opening special permit and continuing hearing for 248 East Central/Big Y
Halligan has recused himself
special permit req'd for shopping in excess of 25,000 SQ FT.
met with Conservation Commission twice and continued to March 25th
filed with Design Review committee, scheduled for April 13th
5.7 Acre site across the street from the Municipal Bldg, C2 commercial zoning
proposal meets all zoning requirements of the C2 zoning
looking to construct a 57,000 sq ft bldg, 233 vehicle parking for operations (originally 234)
right in only entrance proposed for east bound traffic
determination of space utilized to calculate the parking required
1 per 200 sq ft = 213 total
1 for office
13 for warehouse
reworking the plan to resubmit with the 'final' numbers on the calculations for parking
Conservation Commission discussion lead to some revisions on the natural area/retention basin to meet needs/requirements (combination of detention/retention basin)
East Central St is under State jurisdiction, needs state permit, met with them recently.
Looking into The Mann Plaza and the King St intersection, and to include the Chestnut Ridge property (although not submitted at this time)
state work looked into justification of need for signal, signal is needed, would be synchronized with the Mann Plaza intersection
would widen RT 140 both ways, would allow cars turning into McDonald's to still proceed
planning shows this moving from D/C range to a C level of service, an improvement in level of services
Issues being raised by Town Engineer
traffic turn in, right turn only out
entrance/exit from Municipal Lot would be widen to meet the intersection
synchronzing with Mann Pl
need to study left turn from Chestnut St, has that been done
can not recharge from a metal roof into C2, therefore building can't be a metal roof
might need a study funded to see impact of Well #7 which is in the back part of the lot
need to know where the high ground water level is, then design a treatment system for that level
what impact does this have on the design
the new DEP storm water treatment puts this in a critical area
water needs to get into the ground, the water going into the ground needs to be treated
needs more study and more thought
need a hydrogeologist to perform the study
Applicant looking to clarify that the ZBA ruling of 1996 is in fact the determining
if we don't need to back to the ZBA we won't, yes we will work to provide the hyrdogeologist
DEP, redevelopment and Town requirements are intersecting in this area and we are working through these items.
should be around 286 parking spaces and they have not reached that level
Communities are moving away from 5 parking spots per thousand to 4, we will look at that the specific operation at the other areas and see how that applies here.
With a signal at the Town Hall, there will be gaps in the traffic.
Jordan Road is a growing traffic problem and we need to do something with alleviating the problem
There is an air quality consultant on board an it will be part of the traffic analysis.
estimated to be 2800 vehicles per day to the operation, some of the traffic is already here shopping elsewhere along the road, some will be coming
The company has done a market analysis to determine if there can be another market.
We can't address any other proposal as it has not been filed yet.
Concerned about the amount of traffic that this and the other might bring.
Folks on the street fear for their safety getting in getting mail from their mailbox.
There will be something to bring traffic to RT 140
There needs to be progress, we can't remain dormant
It is only a matter of time before you get bigger roads.
Reiterating all the frustration that has been said earlier
When is the study going to be public to us for review?
If this happens, the value of our homes plummets?
The traffic analysis has been filed with the Town, it is a public record
I was in favor of this at the last meeting, but if I heard correctly, I may have spoken too earlier.
I am opposed to this if there is the chance of another supermarket
If you are going to put in another grocery store, put in a Trader Joe's
let's get more local diversity in the town
Has Franklin ever done a master plan? Yes, it has been done.
I am going for this, the shopping here has gotten so expensive I go elsewhere to get savings.
I am looking for the increase in jobs, that is a good thing.
What does this end up doing to traffic and to quality of life?
Big Y is a volume business, that is how they make their money
issues with emergency vehicles, Jordan Road is dangerous today,
it will get worse, do we need to get someone killed
Jordan Road is a scenic road, there are a lot of pre-exisitng problems with the road today
If there is such traffic backed up on a Friday or Saturday afternoon, how will a fire truck get through when the traffic is already at a standstill?
Is there another option to a grocery store? Can we explore other options?
Consider making it easier to go down Chestnut?
I'd love to know what we can do to address Jordan Road?
Officer Spillane - would be the proper person for traffic safety
We are here to see that you are representing the people and not the interests of the business
Anything that promotes a safer community is what we're looking for
To be continued May 3rd. 7:30 PM
We don't pick and choose what businesses come here. It does create tax revenue. It does create jobs.
It has been empty for sometime.
Franklin, MA
