Present: Douglas, Cafasso, Rohrbach, Mullen, Roy, Trahan, Glynn
Absent: none
1. Routine Business
• Citizen’s Comments - none
• Review of Agenda - none
• Minutes: I recommend approval of the Open and Executive Session minutes from the February 15, 2011 School Committee Meeting, motion to approve, passed 7-0
and the Budget Workshop minutes from January 29, 2011. motion to approve, passed 7-0
• Payment of Bills - Mr. Glynn motion to approve, passed 7-0
• Payroll - Mrs. Douglas
• FHS Student Representatives
• Correspondence
1. Budget to Actual
Franklin, MA
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Proposed Taco Bell / Wendy’s needs more solid traffic plan
5 days after being approved by the Conservation Commission, James Daddario and his consultants hoped to move the project along further at the Town Planning Board meeting last night. The Taco Bell/ Wendy's is slated to occupy the old Knights of Columbus site at 505 West Central Street. While the Board was in favor of having the site redeveloped, the proposal has raised a lot of concern regarding traffic turning left into as well as turning out of the site onto 140, especially since that strip of West Central is notorious as a high traffic accident area.
The town and the developers both did a traffic measurement of the site, but the reports are conflicting, causing a temporary stall in the project. Questions over the different methods used to measure the gaps in traffic on 140 (which would determine how easily a turn into the site could be made), as well as the time of year traffic was measured and a lack of future traffic projections were not agreed upon.
The Planning Board suggested that Mr. Daddario’s traffic consultants meet with the town’s traffic consultant along with MA Highway to jointly devise a more solid plan on how to alleviate traffic concerns at the entrance to the site-whether it be restructuring the lanes or having some sort of traffic light. If they can ensure that public safety won’t be an issue, the project is likely to move forward.
Contributor - Diane Field
Franklin, MAThe town and the developers both did a traffic measurement of the site, but the reports are conflicting, causing a temporary stall in the project. Questions over the different methods used to measure the gaps in traffic on 140 (which would determine how easily a turn into the site could be made), as well as the time of year traffic was measured and a lack of future traffic projections were not agreed upon.
The Planning Board suggested that Mr. Daddario’s traffic consultants meet with the town’s traffic consultant along with MA Highway to jointly devise a more solid plan on how to alleviate traffic concerns at the entrance to the site-whether it be restructuring the lanes or having some sort of traffic light. If they can ensure that public safety won’t be an issue, the project is likely to move forward.
Contributor - Diane Field
Welcome Diane Field!
Let's welcome Diane Field as a contributor to Franklin Matters! Diane will be doing reporting on the Planning Board, Conservation Commission, and Zoning Board of Appeals to provide some coverage for us in the planning and development area. She'll attend some meetings in person and report on others from the video broadcast.
Who is Diane?
Look for Diane's first post reporting on the Taco Bell/Wendy's proposal for 505 W Central St.
If you have an interest in writing about something that matters in Franklin, please let me know. There is plenty happening here in Franklin. If you have something of interest to share, please let me know.
Franklin, MA
Who is Diane?
Diane first fell in love with the town after taking a job with Putnam Investments 13 years ago. After several years of city living, she began looking for a town in which to start a family with her new husband. She was drawn back to Franklin, which was close enough to family in Rhode Island while being commutable to Boston for work. A resident since 2005, she loves the family friendly atmosphere and rich history of the town, and is interested in being more active in the community. Of special interest is land conservation and keeping the town beautiful. Diane has since left her corporate marketing background behind and is a stay at home Mom to her 3-year old son, Elijah. Other interests include gardening, food and wine, and animal welfare - most notably retired racing greyhound rescue and adoption
Look for Diane's first post reporting on the Taco Bell/Wendy's proposal for 505 W Central St.
If you have an interest in writing about something that matters in Franklin, please let me know. There is plenty happening here in Franklin. If you have something of interest to share, please let me know.
Franklin, MA
Workshop: eReaders and eBooks
The Library will be holding a workshop on how to use ereaders and ebooks on Wednesday, March 23. You can register at the Circulation Desk.
Visit the Library blog for additional posts here
Franklin, MA
Visit the Library blog for additional posts here
Franklin, MA
In the News - traffic mitigation, zoning changes
Franklin officials want developer to mitigate traffic
byNew contributor Diane Field report on the Planning Board meeting here
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2011/03/proposed-taco-bell-wendys-needs-more.html
Franklin officials want to hear objections to downtown zoning changes
Franklin, MA
In the News - 4th July, Dean dance team
Franklin Fourth of July Committee seeks volunteers, donations
The website for the 4th of July Committee can be found here http://july4thfranklinma.com/
Dean College Dance Team to perform Friday
Franklin, MA
Healthy Futures in Action!
From the Franklin Community Health Council:
We have some GREAT news to share. A few months back a number of Bellingham Memorial Middle School Students, in conjunction with our YMCA and Whole Foods Market Bellingham, entered the Let's Move! and USDA Recipe for Healthy Kids Challenge. The winners of the challenge receive $3000 and have an opportunity to visit the White House and prepare their recipes along side White House chefs! Amazingly, out of the 15 recipes chosen as finalists, BMMS was the only school with TWO recipes chosen as finalists.
We have some GREAT news to share. A few months back a number of Bellingham Memorial Middle School Students, in conjunction with our YMCA and Whole Foods Market Bellingham, entered the Let's Move! and USDA Recipe for Healthy Kids Challenge. The winners of the challenge receive $3000 and have an opportunity to visit the White House and prepare their recipes along side White House chefs! Amazingly, out of the 15 recipes chosen as finalists, BMMS was the only school with TWO recipes chosen as finalists.
We are asking you to get online and support the BMMS students! Please vote for your favorite BMMS recipe!
The link to vote is as follows: http://www.recipesforkidschallenge.com/submissions
Please help spread the word!
The official government press release is as follows:
USDA ANNOUNCES SEMI-FINALISTS AND OPENS PUBLIC VOTING PERIOD IN RECIPES FOR HEALTHY KIDS COMPETITION
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