Budget Subcommittee Meeting - Agenda - Dec 7, 2016

The Budget SubCommittee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, Dec 7 at 6:30 PM in room 205.

The posted agenda can be found here and viewed in the embedded PDF file below
http://www.franklinma.gov/sites/franklinma/files/news/budget_committee_meeting_12-7-16.pdf

Who are the members of the subcommittee?

• Tom Mercer (Chair)
• Matt Kelly
• Deborah Pellegri
• Peter Padula

The complete listing of the subcommittee and members can be found on the revised Town of Franklin webpage
http://www.franklinma.gov/town-council/pages/town-council-subcommittees-liaisons

construction progress on the library - looking to get the exterior closed up for the winter

Franklin Line notice - Forge Park Station platform

The mini high platform is closed at Forge Park/ 495 Station today due to track work. A portable lift is available.

Affected stops:

• Forge Park/495

Last updated: Dec 03 2016 06:54 AM

Franklin Line MBTA train arriving at Franklin Dean Station

Franklin's Festive Holiday Stroll

tree decorated at Dean College

Hundreds of families enjoyed the Franklin Downtown Partnership's annual Holiday Stroll Thursday evening. Thank you for supporting this great community event! The weather was seasonably chilly and many storefronts were decorated beautifully for the season. 

Many thanks to Roberta Trahan and Jennifer Hurst, the Holiday Stroll co-chairs, for organizing the stroll!

Our sponsors helped make the night festive and fun!

Gold Sponsors for this event were Dean College and Dean Bank.

Silver Sponsors were DCU, D.G. Ranieri Real Estate, Franklin Ford, Middlesex Savings Bank and Rescom Exteriors.

Bronze Sponsors were Beaux Regards Photographic Art by Marjorie Sardella, BMW Gallery of Norwood, Boston Solar, Flynn/Wirkus/Young Attorneys at Law, Franklin Central Pizza, Franklin Driving School, Franklin Girl Scouts, Simon’s Furniture, Tom Fricker Heating and A/C.

Thank you to the Franklin DPW and the Franklin Police Department for your help, too!  

We have many more photographs. Check them out in our Google Album or on the Downtown Partnership Facebook page! 


Note: this was shared from the Franklin Downtown Partnership page
http://www.franklindowntownpartnership.org/2016/12/franklins-festive-holiday-stroll_2.html

"we at least have a baseline"

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

"In response to the statewide vote to legalize recreational marijuana, the Economic Development Committee voted in favor of new rules regarding any dispensaries in town. 

The committee, meeting Wednesday afternoon, voted to recommend that any facilities be located in the same zones that allow medical marijuana - the town's two industrial parks and a portion of Grove Street. It also was in favor of a 2 percent local option tax on sales. 

Town Administrator Jeffrey Nutting said it would be best if the town was prepared for January 2018, when recreational sales facilities could open under the ballot question's provisions. 

"Under the law, you can't prohibit the activity," he said. "The idea - in the short run, at least until we know more - is to implement rules and zoning to keep it out of downtown."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20161202/franklin-committee-recommends-marijuana-rules

Halligan, Vallee, Bissanti (chair), Pfeffer, and Padula left to right across the front 

Follow this link to listen to the audio recording of the full Economic Development Committee meeting from Wednesday evening, Nov 30.

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/12/fm122-economic-development-committee.html

Upcoming Events in Franklin, MA Area: FRI 12/2/16 - THU 12/8/16

FRIDAY 12/2/16
10:30am   Knitting Circle for Adults @ Franklin Public Library
2-4pm   Holiday Party @ Franklin Public Library

SATURDAY 12/3/16
6am-12pm   Pancake Breakfast with Santa @ Elks Lodge
9am-2pm   Annual Christmas Fair @ St. John’s Episcopal Church
9-10am   School Committee Coffee Hour @ 23 Hutchinson St.
11:30am   Santa Foundation's Jingle Bell Run @ Olive Day School, Norfolk MA
2-5pm   Bubbles and Bark @ Pour Richard’s
2-3pm   Author Susan Kapatoes @ Franklin Public Library
7:30pm   FPAC Presents: The Nutcracker @ Franklin High School
8pm   Circle of Friends Coffeehouse presents: Ellis Paul @ FUSF

SUNDAY 12/4/16
7:30-10:30am   Sunday Morning Breakfast @ Franklin Rod and Gun Club - open to public
2pm   FPAC Presents: The Nutcracker @ Franklin High School
2-6pm   Shopping @ The Winery at La Cantina Winery (shop local businesses in one place)
7pm   New England Irish Harp Orchestra @ St. John’s Episcopal Church

MONDAY 12/5/16
4pm   Krafty Mondays (ages 6-12) @ Franklin Public Library

TUESDAY 12/6/16
7pm   Franklin Garden Club Meeting @ Franklin Senior Center

WEDNESDAY 12/7/16
7:30pm   Laughter Yoga @ FUSF

THURSDAY 12/8/16
5-9pm   SAFE Coalition’s Substance Abuse Drop In Center @ St. John’s Episcopal Church

For all the Town of Franklin Public Meetings click HERE.

For event details click HERE.

*If you have any suggestions or events for the calendar, please email Renata@BetterLivingRE.com and shersteve@gmail.com

FM#122 - Economic Development Committee pans the bag bylaw proposal

The audio recording of the Economic Development Committee (EDC) here in Franklin, MA. at their meeting on Wednesday, November 30, 2016.

FHS students making the presentation at the EDC meeting

This internet radio show or podcast is number 122 in the series for Franklin Matters. This captured the audio recording of the Economic Development Committee meeting held on Wednesday, Nov 30, 2016.

My notes from the meeting have been posted to the Franklin Matters webpage. The meeting agenda is also available and links are provided. I did use Twitter to record some of my notes from the meeting and then used Storify to summarize the meeting.

Plastic Bag Bylaw

After some contentious discussion and nitpicking, the plastic bag measure was declined to move forward by a unanimous vote. Additional work was acknowledged as required to be done. To the students credit, they took this in stride and are prepared to do the work and bring the measure back.

Recreational marijuana zoning

The Committee also voted to bring forward a measure to allow Franklin to implement a 2% tax on the sale of recreational marijuana and to adjust the zoning to use the existing adult and medical marijuana overlays to also include recreational marijuana. Both of these actions are in advance of the first sale sometime in 2018 with additional State level regulations to be announced before then. The Town Council should see this at one of their meetings in December.

There will be a brief pause in the recording when the first discussion finishes, there was a 2 minute break. I did remove that section of the recording and picked up when the meeting resumed to cover the second topic.

Without further ado, here is the recording of the meeting


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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 and Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission

I hope you enjoy!


The Storify reporting
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/12/plastic-bag-bylaw-put-aside.html

The agenda post
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/11/economic-development-committee-to-take.html


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