The Long Range Financial Planning Committee is considering expansion of the Committee by two members. The Committee meets approximately 8-10 times per year and is tasked with looking at the 3-5 year financial picture of the Town.
Anyone interested in being considered for the Committee may email a letter of interest to the Town Administrator at jnutting@franklin.ma.us or fax a copy to 508-520-4903.
Letters of interest will be accepted until August 30th.
This was posted to the Franklin website here:
http://franklinma.virtualtownhall.net/Pages/FranklinMA_News/015DAF2B-000F8513
The committee is currently composed of three Town Council, and two each from the School Committee, Finance Committee and general public. By adding two more citizens, this should help broaden the representation for the citizens.
Current members
Town Council: Scott Mason, Shannon Zollo, Steve Whalen
School Committee: Susan Rohrbach, Roberta Trahan
Finance Committee: Jim Roche (Vice-Chair), Rebecca Cameron
Citizens: Doug Hardesty (Chair), Deb Bartlett
Franklin, MA
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
"a natural stormwater-filtration system"
He said the town is indirectly contributing $98,000 to the project - which comes from in-house labor from the engineering and highway departments.
He said town laborers can't devote all their time to the projects, so they'll take longer to complete.
"The whole idea of the grant was not to spend town money," he said. "That's the whole idea: to use as much in-house resources as possible."
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here:
Franklin adding to detention pond
from The Milford Daily News News RSS Franklin, MA
Dean College: President's Cup Golf Tournament
The 14th annual Dean College President’s Cup Golf Tournament is scheduled for Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at the New England Country Club, Bellingham, MA.
Check-in, registration and breakfast begins at 8 a.m. The tournament begins with a shotgun start and scramble format at 9 a.m., and concludes with a luncheon and awards at 2 p.m.
For more information or to register, please contact the Dean College Office of alumni relations at 1-888-711-3326, or go online to https://www.dean.edu/forms/golfregistration.aspx
Franklin, MA
Check-in, registration and breakfast begins at 8 a.m. The tournament begins with a shotgun start and scramble format at 9 a.m., and concludes with a luncheon and awards at 2 p.m.
For more information or to register, please contact the Dean College Office of alumni relations at 1-888-711-3326, or go online to https://www.dean.edu/forms/golfregistration.aspx
Franklin, MA
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
FYI - Boston Subway users
In order to collect data on the behavior of airborne contaminants, the study involves releasing non-toxic, inert, odorless gas and particle tracers into the subway system. Particle and gas concentrations will be sampled in more than 20 stations and in subway cars across the MBTA subway system. The deliberate release of chemical or biological agents is of primary concern, but the study also helps researchers understand airflow for smoke or unintentional spills of chemicals or fuels. This research can be used by the MBTA in developing evacuation, ventilation, and other incident response plans.
Read more here
http://transportation.blog.state.ma.us/blog/2010/08/scientists-study-mbta-subway-airflow.html
Franklin, MA
Read more here
http://transportation.blog.state.ma.us/blog/2010/08/scientists-study-mbta-subway-airflow.html
Franklin, MA
Franklin, MA: Underground Utilities - survey
The facts:
The area already covered by the grant money is shown on the map in the light green. The area in question is shown in pink.- The Downtown Revitalization Project is funded by state and federal grants. It is not funded by local taxpayer money. The grant funds are restricted to use in the Downtown District.
- Electric wiring near the bridge and that related to street lights along Main St will be going underground regardless as part of the streetscape work in the Downtown District.
- The additional stretch of utility wiring that is being considered for putting the utility wires underground is outside the Downtown District according to the grant funding. This area is from the bridge along East Central to approximately Simons Furniture store. This stretch is proposed to be paid for by surcharge fees from the utility companies and paid by their customers (ultimately those of us in Franklin).
- The ESTIMATED fees for the average residential customer would be a total surcharge of approximately $65-75. Because multiple companies are involved (electric, and two cable), the specific details on the timing of the surcharge remain to be worked out. The companies would spread the surcharge amount out over time to minimize the effect on an individual utility bill. We would see the minor increase in both the electric and cable bills. The surcharges are finite and will end after being paid in full.
- Putting the utilities underground now is drastically cheaper than normal due to the proposed road construction. If the utilities aren’t put underground now, it likely will not be considered until the next major road repair of the area (ideally decades from now).
Additional information on the project can be found here:
http://www.milforddailynews.com/topstories/x1452735553/Franklin-council-to-discuss-placing-utility-lines-underground
The Downtown Improvement Project review meeting held on May 12 was broadcast and recorded for review here:
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2010/05/downtown-improvement-project-live.html
The poll question can be found in the center column on the top of the Franklin Matters web page. The question asks "Would you pay approx. $70 to put the utilities underground?" and takes a Yes or No answer.
Feel free to leave a comment here or send me an email. The Town Council email addresses can be found on the Franklin web page here:
http://franklinma.virtualtownhall.net/Pages/FranklinMA_Council/index
My thanks to Tina Powderly for help in crafting this posting.
Updated 8/29/10
The survey results were Yes - 22, No - 44.
"should be done to benefit the aesthetics of downtown"
... the recession creates obstacles, Nutting said.
"In the present, we're in a different situation. We have to look at it differently," he said. "We want to make sure we do our due diligence and give citizens and business owners the opportunity to come in and ask questions and have their voices be heard before we make any kind of decision."
But the decision has to be made relatively soon, as downtown construction to widen sidewalks, raise crosswalks, reroute traffic and other improvements are planned to begin next year.
"We have a bylaw in town that says when we re-pave a road, we can't reopen it for five years," Mason said. "We either do it during reconstruction or forget about it."
Franklin council to discuss placing utility lines underground
Franklin, MA
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