FM #310 Town Council Meeting - 6/24/20 (audio)

FM #310 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 310 in the series.

This session shares the Franklin, MA Town Council meeting held on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. The meeting was conducted via conference bridge to adhere to the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.

Chair Tom Mercer opens the meeting on schedule at 7:00 PM. Each person who speaks is announced. The show notes contain links to the meeting agenda and to the individual documents referenced.

The meeting recording runs about an hour and 50 minutes, so let’s listen to the Town Council meeting of June 24.

Audio file: https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/Hs5z8tDK





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Town Council agenda
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/06/school-committee-budget-sub-committee.html

My notes from the meeting
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/06/state-to-call-for-water-ban-due-to.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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FM #310 Town Council Meeting - 6/24/20 (audio)

Franklin, MA: Board Of Health - Agenda - July 1, 2020

 Wednesday, July 1, 2020

#5:00 PM

Due to the growing concerns regarding the COVID-19 virus, we will be conducting a remote/virtual Board of Health Meeting. In an effort to ensure citizen engagement and comply with open meeting law regulations, citizens will be able to dial into the meeting using the provided phone number (Cell phone or Landline Required) OR citizens can participate by clicking on the attached link (Phone, Computer, or Tablet required). The attached link and phone number will be active for the duration of the meeting for citizens to ask questions/voice concerns.

Link: Meeting; pin # =  ID meet.google.com/vxi-qpda-odp-
Phone dial = 1-470-745-0585; pin = 483 909 156#

1) Reading of June 3, 2020 Minutes

2) OLD BUSINESS
• None
Chairman opens the floor for any other old business

3) NEW BUSINESS
• Discussion of FY 21 Budget
• Discussion of Tobacco Control Law
• Update on Re-opening Businesses
• Discussion of EEE
Chairman opens the floor for any other new business

4) CITIZENS COMMENTARY

5) ADJOURNMENT

  
Shared from the Town of Franklin page
https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif591/f/agendas/agenda-7-1-2020.pdf

https://www.franklinma.gov/home/pages/coronavirus-information-portal

"Social distancing has fundamentally challenged the way libraries across the MetroWest region operate"

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

"Nearly every library has needed to similarly adapt to changing demands - particularly in children’s departments. 

Summer reading and summer programming helps serve as vital educational supplements to maintain learning out of school, Caleigh Keating, youth services librarian at the Franklin Town Library, said. Children’s departments are often one of the busiest sections of the library and serve a vital role in the community. 

As a result, Franklin has begun offering more virtual events than ever before, such as storytime sessions, book clubs, and “Dungeons and Dragons” sessions, and has started promoting novel software, such as Beanstack, to track reading logs. Additionally, the Franklin Town Library has sent weekly packets with activities including arts and crafts and STEAM projects so children can continue learning at home. 

Though she misses seeing her patrons, Keating said offering more online events has helped the library better fit parent schedules, encouraging increased family participation."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20200628/region-wide-libraries-are-changing-how-where-and-when-they-offer-services-during-coronavirus-pandemic

The Franklin Public Library has a resource page focused on service for this pandemic period  https://sites.google.com/view/toflibrarycovid19resources/home

Franklin Public Library has a resource page

Effectiveness of masks demonstrated

It's amazing how much good one little mask can do! Check out how a normal, everyday mask keeps respiratory droplets from spreading outside your body, potentially sharing viruses. pic.twitter.com/zeXyemJwO8

— Providence Eastern WA (@providence_phc) June 26, 2020

https://twitter.com/richdavisphd/status/1276629366789697536/photo/1

Franklin radar picked up via Twitter
https://twitter.com/richdavisphd/status/1276629369675370496?s=09

FM #309 "Talk Franklin" with Jamie Hellen 6/26/20 (audio)

FM #309 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 309 in the series.

This session of the radio show shares my "Talk Franklin" conversation with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen. We had our conversation via conference bridge to adhere to the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.

We talk about

• Water conservation measures vs. ban

• Virtual Coffee session with Brutus on Tues, June 30, 9:00 AM

• Budgets

• Closing FY 2020, Starting FY 2021

• Re-opening

• Restaurants, July 4 weekend

And close with some comments about Concerts on the Common opening Friday, July 24. Farmers Market will be there in the afternoon. Plans for a movie and a band, with space for the audience appropriately socially distanced on the common. Reinforcing the need for Social distance, face coverings, hand washing, etc to keep re-opening gradually

The recording runs about 40 minutes, so let’s listen to my conversation with Jamie

Audio link: https://anchor.fm/letstalkfranklin/episodes/News-and-Happenings-in-Franklin-eg0dsn/a-a2inm0e



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

Water Ban info
https://www.franklinma.gov/public-works/news/water-ban-now-effect

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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"

Jamie on the FHS field for the Town Council budget hearings

FHS Graduation 2020 - Video downloads available for limited time

by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 06/28/2020

Three Programs 

 freely available for Video On Demand

We have recently completed the final release versions of programs for the FHS 2020 Graduation. They will be shown on our cable channels for several weeks according to our weekly schedule. These TV Program files are also available for downloading in high-definition at these links.

• Senior Awards = http://tbf.me/a/BwXVZ5 (4 GB)
• Car Parade = http://tbf.me/a/BVmlpJ (5 GB)
• Graduation = http://tbf.me/a/CFR8yf (12 GB)

Just enter these links into your browser and download/save the files to your computer. These are lengthy TV programs, and downloading may take some time, depending on your internet speed. These programs will remain available for free downloading until July 23rd.

Congratulations to the Class of 2020!

And – as always –

Thank you for listening to wfpr●fm.

And, thank you for watching.

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And if you want to watch them on the local cable channels, the schedule for the week looks like this:

Franklin All-Access 
Comcast Channel 8; Verizon Channel 26

Sunday
12:00 PM FHS Graduation 2020
04:00 PM FHS Car Parade 2020

Monday
08:00 AM FHS Graduation 2020
03:30 PM FHS Car Parade 2020

Tuesday
07:30 PM FHS Senior Awards 2020

Wednesday
08:30 AM FHS Senior Awards 2020
05:30 PM FHS Graduation 2020

Thursday
11:00 AM FHS Senior Awards 2020

Saturday
04:30 PM FHS Graduation 2020

Franklin Pride 
Comcast Channel 96; Verizon Channel 28

Sunday
03:31 PM FHS Car Parade 2020
09:00 PM FHS Senior Awards 2020

Monday
05:34 PM FHS Graduation 2020

Tuesday
09:01 AM FHS Graduation 2020

Wednesday
11:00 AM FHS Senior Awards 2020
06:30 PM FHS Car Parade 2020

Thursday
08:01 AM FHS Graduation 2020
04:30 PM FHS Senior Awards 2020

Friday
01:30 PM FHS Senior Awards 2020

Saturday
03:30 PM FHS Graduation 2020
09:30 PM FHS Car Parade 2020

The full schedule can be found in the TV guide for this week
http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf

Or for historical record
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GJyATMa_FLnZiTRd9gMYwII7emYAPAFT/view?usp=sharing

FHS Graduation 2020 - Video downloads available for limited time

FM #307 Davis Thayer Facility Analysis Statement - 6/23/20 (audio)

FM #307 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 307 in the series.

This session shares Elise Stokes’ statement on the Davis Thayer Facility Analysis work from the Franklin, MA School Committee meeting held on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. The meeting was conducted via conference bridge to adhere to the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.

Elise Stokes is the Chair of the Davis Thayer Facility Analysis subcommittee. Given the town budget hearing discussion, subsequent comments and emails on the status of Davis Thayer, she made this statement to set the record straight on where the analysis stands.

The show notes contain links to the meeting agenda and reference documents.

The statement runs just about 4 minutes, so let’s listen to Elise’s statement updating the School Committee and community on June 23.

Audio file  =  https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-307-davis-thayer-facility-analysis-statement-6-23-20

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School Committee agenda
https://www.franklinps.net/district/meeting-packets/files/sc-agenda-6-23-20

School Committee meeting packet
https://www.franklinps.net/district/meeting-packets/pages/june-23-2020-school-committee-meeting-packet

Facility Analysis page   https://www.franklinps.net/district/davis-thayer-facilities-analysis

School Budget page  https://www.franklinps.net/district/school-district-budget/pages/fy-2021-budget

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Auto email response (as of 6/28/20)

Thank you for reaching out to the Davis Thayer Facilities Analysis Sub-Committee and sharing your thoughts and concerns.

Communication with the community is extremely important in this process! We want families and community members to be informed and included. At this time no decision has been made regarding the closing of DT. We are following our process as designed and continue to be committed to transparency about our progress as we gather new information. In the near future, we'll be moving into the second part of Stage 1 which is when we gather staff, family, and community perspectives, along with other important information.

Thank you for contacting us; we appreciate your input.

Respectfully,
The DT Facilities Analysis Sub-Committee:

Elise A. Stokes
Mary Jane Scofield
Judith Pond-Pfeffer

For more information, please visit our DT Facilities Analysis website at: https://www.franklinps.net/district/davis-thayer-facilities-analysis

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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?

1. If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors
2. 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 #307 Davis Thayer Facility Analysis Statement - 6/23/20 (audio)