FM #305 Town Council Budget Hearing 02 6/18/20 (audio)

FM #305 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 305 in the series.

This session of the radio show shares the second of two Franklin (MA) Town Council budget hearings. Both budget hearings were held outdoor at the FHS football field (Pisini Stadium). Both hearings were broadcast live via WFPR.FM radio (102.9 on the local dial). The outdoor meetings were conducted to observe all the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.

The show notes contain links to the agenda and document packet for this hearing. They also contain my notes captured during the meeting.

The recording runs approx 2 hours and 15 minutes, so let’s list to the second budget hearing for FY 2021 held June 18

Audio file = https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/HBPJG917



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FY 2021 budget info
https://www.franklinma.gov/town-budget/pages/fy2021-budget-materials

Agenda for budget hearing #2
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/06/franklin-ma-town-council-budget-hearing_17.html

Notes from the budget hearing #2
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/06/town-council-budget-hearing-2-recap.html

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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.

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The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.

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FM #305 Town Council Budget Hearing 02 6/18/20

FM #304 Town Council Budget Hearing 01 6/17/20 (audio)

FM #304 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 304 in the series.

This session of the radio show shares the first of two Franklin (MA) Town Council budget hearings. Both budget hearings were held outdoor at the FHS football field (Pisini Stadium). Both hearings were broadcast live via WFPR.FM radio (102.9 on the local dial). The outdoor meetings were conducted to observe all the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.

The show notes contain links to the agenda and document packet for this hearing. They also contain my notes captured during the meeting.

The recording runs approx 3 hours and 15 minutes, so let’s list to the first budget hearing for FY 2021 held June 17

Audio link = https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/HWlgqYM7



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FY 2021 budget info
https://www.franklinma.gov/town-budget/pages/fy2021-budget-materials

Agenda for budget hearing #1
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/06/franklin-ma-town-council-budget-hearing.html

Notes from the budget hearing #1
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/06/real-time-reporting-town-council-budget.html

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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.

This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.

How can you help?

• If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors
• If you don't like something here, please let me know

Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.

For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/
If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com

The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.

I hope you enjoy!
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You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"

FM #304 Town Council Budget Hearing 01 6/17/20

Social Security and AARP Work to Slam the Scam

"AARP is helping SSA and its Office of the Inspector General warn you about scammers using Social Security in coronavirus (COVID-19) scams. AARP has a new webinar available for free (registration required), advising the public that scammers’ tactics continue to evolve, and they are now using coronavirus to try to scare us. Don’t be fooled!

Scammers may contact you by phone, letter, text, or email impersonating government officials to trick you into providing money or personal information. They may tell you Social Security is going to stop your benefits because its offices are closed, or ask you to pay a fee to receive extra benefits due to the pandemic. Scammers may even pose as COVID-19 contact tracers working to stop the spread of the virus and ask for payment or your Social Security Number. Don’t be fooled!"

Continue reading the article online
https://blog.ssa.gov/social-security-and-aarp-work-to-slam-the-scam/

Social Security and AARP Work to Slam the Scam

NPR: "Amid Confusion About Reopening, An Expert Explains How To Assess COVID-19 Risk"

Via NPR, we find this article share worthy:

"Across the country, states are loosening the restrictions that had been put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19 — with varying results. New cases are decreasing in some states, including New York, Michigan and Colorado, while case numbers and hospitalizations have swelled recently in several states, including Texas, Arizona and Florida.

"Since the very first day of this pandemic, I don't think [we've been] in a more confused position about what's happening," epidemiologist Michael Osterholm says. "We just aren't quite sure what [the coronavirus is] going to do next."

Osterholm is the founder and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. His 2017 book, Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs, was recently republished with a new foreword about COVID-19. Mark Olshaker is the book's co-author.

From the earliest days of the pandemic, the coronavirus has often been treated as a political issue rather than a public health issue — and much has been made of President Trump's refusal to wear a mask in public. But Osterholm says that the risks from COVID-19 supersede partisanship."

Continue reading the article online
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/17/879255417/amid-confusion-about-reopening-an-expert-explains-how-to-assess-covid-risk

This hit the Franklin radar via Twitter:https://twitter.com/TracyNovick/status/1274871454111334400?s=09

A server wears a protective face mask while attending to customers amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Bethesda, Md., on June 12.  Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images

School Committee: Policy Sub Committee Meeting - June 24

Policy Sub Committee Meeting

Virtual Meeting 

June 24, 2020 - 6:00 PM

A G E N D A

“The listing of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may, in fact, be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.”

I.Electronic Distribution of Approved Policies

• 1.EBAB - (New) Pest Management
• 2.EBC - Emergency Plans
• 3.Policy Distribution Folder

II.Discussion of Policies sent to School Committee

• 1.None

III.Policy Revisions & New Policies - New Discussion Item

• 1.ECAF - Security Cameras in Schools (NEW)
• 2.Continued Review of Policies

Conference bridge info contain in agenda doc
https://www.franklinps.net/sites/franklinmaps/files/agendas/6-24-20_policy_posting_agenda.pdf

In the News: "New design floated for Allston highway/transit megaproject"

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

"In the wake of widespread pushback against earlier proposals, state transportation officials floated a new design Monday for a landmark Allston infrastructure project that they will consider alongside two other options as a key deadline approaches.

The more than $1 billion Allston Multimodal Project may represent the most significant highway work in Massachusetts in a generation, but planning for up to a decade of construction, accomplishing goals for four different modes of travel, and minimizing impacts on the hundreds of thousands of daily commuters that pass through the narrow stretch of land connecting Boston to the west has been fraught with difficult choices.

Deliberations have been underway for years about how best to balance the project’s goals of replacing the structurally deficient viaduct carrying the Turnpike, straightening a curved section of the road, allowing for construction of a commuter rail West Station and freeing space for pedestrians and neighborhoods.

Because the 12 lanes of crowded roadway, commuter rail tracks and walking paths are crammed into only 204 feet of space between Boston University and the river, construction will impose major disruptions on some if not all of the modes of travel through the area."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20200622/new-design-floated-for-allston-highwaytransit-megaproject

Mass DOT materials for the Allston Multimodal Project
https://www.mass.gov/lists/allston-multimodal-project-2020-meeting-materials

Fact sheet for June 22 meeting
https://www.mass.gov/doc/allston-multimodal-project-fact-sheet/download

In the News: "New design floated for Allston highway/transit megaproject"

Reader's Digest: "13 Things You Shouldn’t Do at Reopened Restaurants"

In the Reader's Digest listing of things you shouldn't do at a restaurant during this pandemic, our Franklin Board of Health Chair, Bridget Sweet is quoted:

Ignore individual restaurant guidelines

While most restaurants will follow the same guidelines, specific restaurants may have certain parameters in place that you, as a guest, should respect and follow. "Upon your arrival, if the restaurant wants to take your temperature or requires you to use hand sanitizer upon entry, allow this to happen," Bridget Sweet, Executive Director of Food Safety, College of Food Innovation & Technology, Johnson & Wales University, tells Reader's Digest. "Restaurants are trying to protect you as well as their staff. If the establishment requests that you wait in your vehicle until your table is ready, do so." Here are 9 etiquette rules you still have to follow during the novel coronavirus pandemic (https://www.rd.com/culture/etiquette-rules-follow-coronavirus/).

Continue to read the full Reader Digest article
https://www.rd.com/food/things-you-shouldnt-do-at-reopened-restaurants/

Shared from the Town of Franklin Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/TOFranklinMA/status/1275066058617966599?s=09