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Thursday, March 19, 2015

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Live reporting: Legislation through to closing

I. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
none

J. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION

1. Resolution 15-10-Order of Layout, Acceptance, and Taking of Lenox Drive, Berkshire Drive, and Symphony Drive and related Drainage Lot and Easement

motion to accept, seconded, passed 9-0

2. Resolution 15-11-Order of Layout, Acceptance, and Taking of Windsor Circle and Related Drainage Lot and Easement

motion to accept, seconded, passed 9-0

3. Resolution 15-12- Acceptance of Gift-Town of Franklin Police Department

motion to accept, seconded, passed 9-0

4. Bylaw Amendment 15-746: Chapter 181, Wetlands Protection – 1st Reading

mirrors bylaw with other sections, to ensure some cost recovery
motion to move to 2nd reading, seconded, passed 9-0

K. TOWN ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
right now, about $500K over budget, also want to make sure the salt barns are full

thanks to Lacrosse and soccer leagues who donated money to help clear the fields (turf field)

high school turf field came in at $839,000
had been projected at about $1M to 1.1M

L. OLD BUSINESS
none

M. NEW BUSINESS
Mr Lipit, title issue raised by DPW
town meeting notes authorized drainage work on the road but not much documented, lot built on private lot and probably shouldn;t have been
town employees stepped up at the time to help with a private matter
water would be taken from a pump station to elsewhere

property has had the benefit of the town maintaining it for 45 years

nothing, easement is only the right to do something for a public benefit
that doesn't resolve anything here; it is only the ground or surface water on the property

the first thing we do is look back to the developer for a remedy, why the town got involved I don't know

Kelly - we have established intent

pipe going through multiple properties to a town storm drain

Kelly - can't we work it out?
Nutting - we are stuck between a rock and a hard place
I have no problem taking a second look, I'll leave it at that

Lipit - I can't afford to maintain it, if it fails, and my neighbor sues me, I am not in a position to do it

Cerel - there is no liability from a permit, it is a flood plan, it is not buildable
how it got permitted for septic given the typography I don't know

Lipit - I am the second owner

Nutting - the town had no right spending money to support the private matter, is there a way to resolve it, I don't know

Bissanti - isn't this something we can find a way
Cerel - we are constrained, if we did something wrongfully 40+ years ago, doesn't mean we can

Pfeffer - we are city who calls itself a town, people who stepped in then and it was the right thing to do, everybody down there is going to be flooded unless we did something

Cerel - there may be other situations like this out there, what you do here may have repercussions

Pfeffer - can we get dsignated as a "purple heart' town

N. COUNCIL COMMENTS

Padula - thanks to the DPW for a response on a frozen water line for a rental property

Kelly - a quick comment on Gus and his staff, they are always with a smile and willing to help, you don't always get that from town halls, but here especially in the building dept.

Feldman - an update on the Franklin Solar Challenge, new logo by David Mann

Pfeffer - Dean College is sponsoring a series of lectures at the Senior Center in honor of Stella Jean

Open House Algonquin pipeline at Keller/Sullivan the other night, the most polished entity. It was the scariest thing I have ever been through, they made sure your answers

Nutting - reading at Davis Thayer, it is a great time

O EXECUTIVE SESSION
– To consider purchase of real property (unimproved land)
motion to go to executive session, seconded, passed 9-0 (via roll call)

Live reporting: Presentations

H. PRESENTATIONS/DISCUSSIONS

FY 16 Budget

Jeff Nutting, apparently the charter school enrollment is incorrect which should help the budget forecasted as the proper numbers roll through

Awaiting the fire fighters arbitration award

Once the last numbers come in, will go through the process, beginning with the Finance Committee

Gus Brown - Building Commissioner

3 years as building commissioner

review and process residential and commercial permit applications

interpret and enforce zoning

totals of permits on one slide (hopefully will be posted later)

140 unit at Chestnut Ridge under construction

Starbucks and 3 other businesses in the one building

picture of a fire inspection: due to the sheet rock in the garage, the fire stayed in the garage and did not enter the building

there are no unregistered cars allowed unless you are a registered dealer

State offering a program to help manage abandoned homes

the property can be repaired through a court ordered receiver process

136 Chestut St - part of the Affordable Housing Trust

15 Beaver Court - being constructed by students at Tri-County

the framing was done at the school, moved to the site and now the working to complete the house is being done inplace on site

housing zoning starts with Building Commissioner and gets routed through to the Zoning Board of Appeals

Q - on solar panels

A - recent surge, checking for the ability of the roof to support the solar panels especially with snow

Q - what is the outlook on permits

A - it has evened out, several projects on Grove St are coming along

a tenate will potentially use the section of the building wil use the rail connection

Q - Pfeffer - kudos to Gus for working with the Housing Trust

Q - Padula - are the students taking it through to the finish?

A - yes, Glenn Jones is working on the electrical and is doing a great job. If you get a chance to see the kids operating, it is a joy to watch

Q - Bissanti - as far as the vacant homes, are you getting this money?

A - yes, we are. You are not dealing with the home owner, you are dealing with the other entity and they sometimes think that you are trying to buy the home. we don't want to. We want to kept up to keep up the neighborhood.

Q - are you collecting the fees?

A - yes, we are. With out this being in place, they could fly under the radar, now that can't hide.

Q - Dellorco - are we going to have other projects for Tri-County?

A - yes, but we are inline, other towns are seeing what is being done by the students and they want some of that too!

Nutting - I get so many comments about the professional courtesy of he and his staff

Gus - you can't put a price tag on having Mark here to answer questions

Live reporting: License Transactions

G. LICENSE TRANSACTIONS
»The Curry House- Transfer of License
motion to approve, seconded, passed 9-0

»The Bamboo House-Transfer of License
motion to approve, seconded, passed 9-0

Live reporting: Public Hearing on street acceptance

F. HEARINGS

Public Hearing to determine whether it is in the public interest to accept Lenox Drive, Berkshire Drive, and Symphony Drive-7:10
Public Hearing to determine whether it is in the public interest to accept Windsor Circle-7:10

working on the process of getting streets that had been developed under the proper support model for the Town. The developer had gone under in this case but the paperwork is in good shape and therefore coming before the Council for approval.

The issue is not with recent subdivisions the issue is with older subdivisions, where the process wasn't followed and the bonds weren't released. The special legislation has allowed the acceptance plan for the road layout no matter where the individual owners property lines were, in the middle of the road or up to the curbs, etc.

Multiple questions around the older process and the process today; where the recent subdivisions came through the process the Planning Board has covered the process and those were taken. Some others had not been properly handled and those are still being worked, these are the easier ones left to do.

There are problems will all that remain. They are being worked.

There is a condition on acceptance of the bond dependent upon the delivery of the plans. Developers need to retain ownership of the road (rather than in some cases where the homeowners own to the middle of the road).

We can make repairs under the statute. We can't do a full depth rebuild. In some cases, where there are unaccepted but the water line has been replaced so they have been repaired.

It is more of an equity issue when tied to Chapter 90 funding.

move to close the hearings, passed 9-0

Live reporting: Town Council - March 18, 2015

Present: Feldman, Padula, Mercer, Kelly, Vallee, Pfeffer, Bissanti, Williams, Dellorco
Absent: none

A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

April 30 2014 Budget Hearing Pt. 1
May 1, 2014 Budget Hearing Pt. 2
January 7, 2015 – Executive Session
March 4, 2015 – Executive Session

motion to approve, seconded, passed 9-0

B. ANNOUNCEMENTS
– This meeting is being recorded by Franklin TV and shown on Comcast channel 11 and Verizon channel 29. This meeting is being recorded by Franklin Matters.

C. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS
- None

D. CITIZEN COMMENTS
Resident from Beth Dr with a story over 45 years of water problems that the Town had maintained a pump to control. THe pump has recently failed and the DPW is now disavowing responsibility for maintaining such pump mitigations.

to be addressed during new business

E. APPOINTMENTS
- Finance Committee = Kerri Anne Bertone
motion to accept, seconded, passed 9-0

Teams still needed for the 18th Annual Trivia Bee - Apr 8th

The Franklin Education Foundation will hold its 18th Annual Trivia Bee on Wednesday, April 8th, 2015. There will be live music by the Franklin High School Jazz Band, a raffle table, and refreshments.

The Bee is the FEF’s largest fundraiser and has enabled the organization to donate over $300,000 to the Franklin Public Schools since 1997 for innovative education programs that would not otherwise be possible.

NEW THIS YEAR: MIDDLE SCHOOL TRIVIA BEE PRIOR TO THE REGULAR BEE!

Trivia Bee - Apr 8th

The Bee will be held at the Thomas Mercer Auditorium at the Horace Mann Middle School. The middle school Bee will be held from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. and the theme will be general trivia.

The regular Bee will be held from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. and the theme will be movie trivia. For the regular Bee, teams consist of three people sponsored by local businesses, civic groups and individuals. Organizations may send their own team or may sponsor a team of Franklin High School students.

Anyone interested in sponsoring a team, donating an item to the raffle table, or bidding on naming rights for the final championship round should contact Kit Brady at cbbrady1@comcast.net. All entries must be received by March 25th.

For more information about the Franklin Education Foundation, please visit our website at www.franklined.org or visit us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/franklined.org)

Good Friday 'Cross Walk' is scheduled on the Franklin Town Common

Good Friday 'Cross Walk' is scheduled on the Franklin Town Common

Friday, April 3- 12:00-1:00 pm

St Mary's teen ministry is organizing a 'Cross Walk' procession on the Franklin Town Common beginning at Noon on Good Friday.

Christians of all denominations and ages are welcome. Participants will gather on the Church Square end of the common. Together, they will walk through and around the Franklin town common and back to St Mary's lawn, pausing along the way to reflect on Jesus' great love for us.

Anyone who wishes to may help share the burden of carrying the heavy cross during the procession. Teens from The Rock Youth Ministry of St Mary's parish will read reflections and prayers at each stop.

All area residents and our families and friends from surrounding communities are encouraged to take part in this meaningful procession on Good Friday to remember Christ's Passion.

remember how much snow we had? it is already disappearing!

Softball Players Clinic to be held on Saturday March 21

Could you please help us spread the word regarding the upcoming Softball Players Clinic to be held on Saturday March 21st 9am to 12:00pm at the FHS Gym. The Flyer attached has the sign up information, more details of the event are below.

Saturday March 21st 2015 (Rain or Shine)

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Franklin High School Gymnasium

$30.00 per player

FHS Lady Panthers

Grades 1-6

Players will learn the fundamentals of Fastpitch Softball. Specific skills will be covered using a series of stations which the players will rotate between to insure age groups and skill levels are being maintained.

Stations include:

• Proper throwing and catching mechanics

• Proper hitting mechanics

• Overall fielding and base running

The lead instructor will be KATE FALLON, Franklin High School Softball Program Director and Head Coach of Franklin High Lady Panthers Varsity Softball. Coach Fallon was a four year starter at Curry College in both pitching and catching and was team captain her senior year. After coaching JV softball at Cardinal Spellman High School, she went on to be Varsity Coach of SE Regional Vocational High School. Assistant coach Matt Connelly, along with the Varsity players will be on hand to assist in what should truly be an exciting three hours

Thanks

Blanca Di Giacomo

FHS Softball Boosters

The Flyer mentioned can be downloaded from here

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0wjbnXDBhczRXNVbHowSVMybUE4Wk1IdjVCVzBEMTcxTmw0/view?usp=sharing

FHS members of the boys basketball all stars

The boys basketball all stars have been annnounced after a vote by the coaches. Hockomock Sports shows Franklin's representatives on the team are as follows:

FHS Panthers

Dylan Reno	Franklin
Marcus Giese	Franklin
Tim Prunier	Franklin

and for honorable mention -> Markus Bohmiller, Franklin

For the complete listing of Hockomock League basketball all stars
http://www.hockomocksports.com/blog/the-2015-hockomock-league-boys-basketball-all-stars

You're invited - Meet and Greet With Congressman Joe Kennedy III

Meet and Greet With

Congressman Joe Kennedy III

12 pm on Saturday March 28th

at the Hayward Mansion

(195 Main Street, Franklin)

http://kennedy.house.gov/about-joe

All proceeds benefit the FDTC Scholarship Fund
Suggested Contributions: $50, $20

Students: $10

RSVP at http://www.franklindemocrats.com/

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Movie Night at the Historical Museum

Film: The Miracle Worker (starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke)

Date: Sunday, April 19, 2015

Time: 6:00 PM

Where: Franklin Historical Museum, 80 West Central Street (across from the old municipal building)

Admission: one canned good, for the Franklin Food Pantry

image from Amzon.com

Come join us for a showing of this Oscar Award winning film!!!

Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution. Her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a "half-blind Yankee schoolgirl" named Annie Sullivan. – (from www.imdb.com)

(A few years after their meeting, Helen and Annie took up residence in nearby Wrentham.)

Free popcorn and bottled water will be served!

Senior Center: A new edition of The Franklin Connection is available

A new edition of The Franklin Connection has been published on the Town of Franklin web site.

Click the link below to read the latest edition.

http://town.franklin.ma.us/Pages/FranklinMA_Senior/Apr15connection.pdf

statues around flag pole at Senior Center

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FHS Mock Trial and Drama Club advance

While the winter sports teams have completed their season at FHS, two other teams are continuing to advance.

1 - The Mock Trial team has made it to the Final Four for the 1st time!

With our win this morning, @FHSMock advances to the Final Four for the 1st time in school history. 160 teams began the season, 4 are left.
— Michael Walsh (@MockWalsh) March 16, 2015

auditorium at the new FHS

2 - The Drama Club has made it to the Semifinals

The Franklin High School drama club has moved on to the semi-finals at a drama festival with their play Rebel Without A Cause.

The Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild holds a festival for high school plays every year, and this year it was held at Attleboro High School on Saturday, Feb. 28. During the festival, Franklin High School’s drama club was chosen along with three other schools to move on to the semifinal round.

See more at: http://pantherbook.org/news/school-news/2015/03/16/semifinals-are-right-around-the-corner/#sthash.Hx6O4bEG.dpuf

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Hockomock League girls basketball All Stars named

From Hockomock Sports we find that the Hockomock League girls basketball coaches have voted on the All Stars for the season that just completed.

All Stars

FHS Panthers

Lexi Martin	Franklin
Jill Spolidoro	Franklin

Honorable Mention

Julianne Pisani, Franklin

For the complete list of All Stars for girls basketball
http://www.hockomocksports.com/blog/the-2015-hockomock-league-girls-basketball-all-stars

Monday, March 16, 2015

What is the story about a pipeline coming through Franklin?

Come to the Helen Keller Elementary School Monday night to find out.

Spectra Energy is holding a series of Open House events to share information and gather feedback on the proposed Atlantic Bridge pipeline.