Friday, November 18, 2011

High School Project - Nov 17, 2011 (audio)


This is the collection of audio segments recorded during the informational session on the new high school. The forum was conducted by the School Building Committee and held at the Horace Mann Auditorium on Thursday, Nov 17, 2011.


Part 1 – introduction and evolution of model school invitation
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/high-school-project-part-1-audio.html


Part 2 - Jim Jordan, partner and owner of Ai3 Architects provides an overview of the building
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/high-school-project-part-2-audio.html


Part 3 – Q and A: educational space and construction cost
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/high-school-project-part-3-audio.html


Part 4 – Q and A: various project costs and overall process
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/high-school-project-part-4-audio.html


Part 5 – Q and A; cost of designing a green building and debt exclusion timing
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/high-school-project-part-5-audio.html


Part 6 – Q and A; alternate fields and communication campaign 
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/high-school-project-part-6-audio.html


Part 7 – Q and A; building size, school population, and accreditation 
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/high-school-project-part-7-audio.html

Part 8 – Q and A; technology enhancements and traffic concerns; closing
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/high-school-project-part-8-audio.html

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Live broadcast - School Building Forum


The first hour and fifteen 26 minutes were recorded and simultaneously broadcast live from the Horace Mann Auditorium. The remaining portion of the event will be made available as soon as possible.

The presentation begins about 13 minutes into this recording...




The video did not turn out very well. The audio recording was much better quality and available in eight parts for ease of listening. All eight parts can be found here:
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/11/high-school-project-nov-17-2011-audio.html



Town Council - 11/16/11

The collection of posts reported from the Town Council meeting on Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 can be found here:






As I look back at the picture taken when Town Clerk Debbie Pellegri lead them through their oath of office, I realized that they were already sitting in position. So before they formally conducted their organizational nominations of Chair, Vice-Chair and Clerk, they were already in the 'proper' spots.




Franklin Downtown Partnership: Holiday Stroll - Dec 1, 2011



In the News - Police, Town Council



Franklin Police gather tips in home invasion

In the News - Gerry's Place, Interfaith Thanksgiving



Gerry’s Place plans Thanksgiving pie sale

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Live reporting - Closing


K. TOWN ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT

Dog park fencing up, open house this weekend

L. OLD BUSINESS
none

M. NEW BUSINESS
Judy - during election process discussion on transparency of finances etc. would like to get a copy of the report being requested by the FinCom on revolving accounts


N. COUNCIL COMMENTS
Roy - thank to the voters, looking forward to working here for the next two years

Bissanti - happy to be on the council and happy to work with a dynamic group of people

Jones - proud to be sitting here with new folks and returning folks, working with all as a team with what lies ahead

Pfeffer - second the thanks around, new timer, louder, happy thanksgiving

Mercer - public meeting Thursday at 7:00 PM for the model school project at the Horace Mann Auditorium

Dellorco - probably got voted with most of his relatives, happy thanksgiving

Kelly - thanks - plug for the Kennedy Playground fund raising committee and their efforts to raise fund - visit Kennedy Playground.com

Powderly - Plug for the Franklin Downtown Partnership beautification effort at 9:00 to help make the downtown beautiful

Vallee - this is my 27 year, a lot of good things are going to happen

O. EXECUTIVE SESSION – Negotiations, Litigation, Real Property, as May Be Required

motion to go to executive session, passed 9-0 (via roll call vote)