Live reporting: Storage Facility

J. Legislation for Action

8. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 17-786: Storage Facility Bylaw - 1st Reading (Motion to Move Bylaw Amendment 16-786 to a 2nd Reading (majority vote)) motion to open hearing, seconded move to allow storage within the industrial zoning rather than letting it getting into another commercial zone motion to close reading, seconded motion to move to a second reading, seconded, passed 8-0

Live Reporting: Town Council Meeting - Feb 15, 2017

Present: Pellegri, Padula, Vallee, Kelly, Pfeffer, Bissanti, Dellorco, Jones
Absent: Mercer

A. Approval of Minutes	February 1, 2017 motion to approve, seconded, passed 8-0
B. Announcements	This meeting is being recorded by Franklin TV and shown on Comcast channel 11 and Verizon channel 29. This meeting may also be recorded by others.
C. Proclamations/Recognitions
D. Citizen Comments	Citizens are welcome to express their views for up to five minutes on a matter that is not on the Agenda. The Council will not engage in a dialogue or comment on a matter raised during Citizen Comments. The Town Council will give remarks appropriate consideration and may ask the Town Administrator to review the matter. Old Forge Hill resident road not cleared for snow
E. Appointments	Design Review Appointment James Bartro motion to approve, seconded, passed 8-0

skipping ahead to cover other agenda items due to the scheduled Pubic Hearing at 7:10 PM

J. Legislation for Action

1. Resolution 17-06: Appropriation: Animal Control - Prior Year's Bill (Motion to Move Resolution 17-06: appropriation Animal Control - 4/5 vote) motion to approve, seconded, passed 8-0

Old bill received late

J. Legislation for Action

2. Resolution 17-07: Local acceptance of Amended Provisions of G.L. Chapter 40, Sections 22A, 22B, and 22C (Motion to Move Resolution 17-07: Local Acceptance of Amended Provisions of G.L. Chapter 40, Sections 22A, 22B, and 22C - Majority vote (5)) motion to approve, seconded, passed 8-0 MA general law changes a current Town of Franklin practice funds collected from parking would go to a fund for future purchases of space for parking

J. Legislation for Action

3. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 17-779: Changes to Chapter 185 Section 3 Definitions - 2nd Reading (Motion to move Zoning Bylaw Amendment 17-779 - Roll Call - 2/3 majority vote (6)) motion to approve, seconded, passed 8-0 (via roll call, Mercer absent) the first of a set of bylaws zoning recreational marijuana with medical

J. Legislation for Action	4. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 17-780: Changes to Chapter 185 Section 4 Districts Enumerated - 2nd Reading (Motion to move Zoning Bylaw Amendment 17-780 - Roll Call - 2/3 majority vote (6)) motion to approve, seconded, passed 8-0 (via roll call, Mercer absent) the first of a set of bylaws zoning recreational marijuana with medical
J. Legislation for Action	5. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 17-781: Changes to Chapter 185 Section 5 Zoning Map - 2nd Reading (Motion to Move Zoning Bylaw Amendment 17-781 - Roll Call - 2/3 majority vote (6)) motion to approve, seconded, passed 8-0 (via roll call, Mercer absent) the first of a set of bylaws zoning recreational marijuana with medical follow up questions on potential challenges, this is setting us up conservatively as the State has not yet set up their process. The State will be the licensing authority for this. If the State doesn't do anything, our zoning actions set us up
J. Legislation for Action	6. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 17-782 Changes to Chapter 185 Section 7 Compliance required - 2nd Reading (Motion to Move Zoning Bylaw Amendment 17-782 - Roll Call - 2/3 majority vote (6)) motion to waive the reading, seconded, passed 8-0 motion to approve, seconded, passed 8-0 (via roll call, Mercer absent) the first of a set of bylaws zoning recreational marijuana with medical
J. Legislation for Action	7. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 17-783: Amendment to Chapter 185 Section 49 Marijuana Use Overlay District - 2nd Reading (Motion to Move Bylaw Amendment 17-783 - Roll Call - 2/3 majority vote (6)) motion to waive the reading, seconded, passed 8-0 motion to approve, seconded, passed 8-0 (via roll call, Mercer absent) the first of a set of bylaws zoning recreational marijuana with medical

FHS Panthers Softball Clinic - March 25, 2017

Saturday March 25th 2017 (Rain or Shine) 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Franklin High School Gymnasium

$30.00 per player Grades 1-6

Players will learn the fundamentals of Fastpitch Softball. Specific skills will be covered using a series of stations which the players will rotate between to insure age groups and skill levels are being maintained.

Stations include:
• Proper throwing and catching mechanics
• Proper hitting mechanics
• Overall fielding and base running

The lead instructor will be KATE FALLON-COMEAU, Franklin High School Softball Program Director and Head Coach of Franklin High Panthers Varsity Softball. 

Coach Fallon-Comeau was a four year starter at Curry College in both pitching and catching and was team captain her senior year. After coaching JV softball at Cardinal Spellman High School, she went on to be Varsity Coach of SE Regional Vocational High School.

FHS Panthers

Assistant coach Matt Connelly, along with the Varsity players will be on hand to assist in what should truly be an exciting three hours.

Please complete and mail the form below with payment by March 18th 2017, to insure your softball player will be part of this event.

Blood Drive - March 4 - Hockomock YMCA

Giovanna and Olivia Sabini-Leite, seniors at Franklin High School, are coordinating their second blood drive through Boston Children's Hospital in the Franklin community as part of their National Honor Society Service Project. Joining them is their younger sister, Sophia, who is a junior at the High School.

Giovanna, Olivia, and Sophia have been regular blood donors at Boston Children’s Hospital since they turned 16, the legal age to donate. When one of the twins underwent major surgery and needed blood at the age of 12, the significance of blood donation hit home. 

Today, their goal is to encourage young people like themselves to become life-long donors. Donating takes only a little time, but the result is huge and lasts forever! Each pint can help make well three children. Their first blood drive held on November 11, collected more than 30 units of blood! That's equal to helping up to 90 children.

Their blood drive will take place on Saturday, March 4, at the Hockomock YMCA, 45 Forge Hill Road, in Franklin from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.

Giovanna and Olivia Sabini-Leite, seniors at Franklin High School, are coordinating the blood drive March 4

Sign up on-line at halfpints.childrenshospital.org for an appointment time (sponsor code YMCAFR), or contact Giovanna and Olivia at (857)266-3324, or giovannasylvia@hotmail.com, or oliviasabini@hotmail.com, for more information and to sign up.

Get on board the bus, and give the gift of life!

Hope to see you on March 4 on the Boston Children's Blood Mobile bus!

Both FHS basketball teams top Attleboro, girls in OT

Boys Basketball = Franklin, 73 @ Attleboro, 65 – Final

– Franklin built a 10-point lead heading into the final quarter and held off the Bombardiers to earn the win. Attleboro cut the deficit to five on two separate occasions, including with just under a minute to play but the Panthers finished the game strong. Connor Peterson had 16 points while Josh Macchi and Paul Mahon each chipped in with 14 points for the Panthers.

Girls Basketball = Attleboro, 52 @ Franklin, 59 – Final (OT)

– Franklin rallied late in the game to force overtime and outscored Attleboro 16-9 in the extra period. Carli Koffinke buried a pair of threes (her only two of the game) and Bea Bondhus scored five points in OT to lead the Panthers, after the duo combined for only one point in regulation. Freshman Ali Brigham was the game’s top scorer, leading the Panthers with 21 points, and classmate Megan O’Connell added nine points in the win. Julia Strachan led the Bombardiers with 18 points and Sarah Deyo had nine.

Girls Hockey = Mansfield/Oliver Ames, 4 @ Franklin, 2 – Final

– Cat Luciano scored a hat trick for the Warriors and Madison Haughey scored the fourth.

For all the results around the Hockomock League on Tuesday
https://hockomocksports.com/tuesdays-schedule-scoreboard-021417/

FHS Panthers

Franklin Art Association - March 1 Meeting

The Franklin Art Association will meet on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 from 6:30 to 9:00PM at the Franklin Senior Center, 10 Daniel McCahill Street in Franklin. 

Refreshments and social time will begin at 6:30 followed by a short business meeting and a demonstration by Jeanne Rosier Smith, highly acclaimed pastel artist from Sudbury MA. Smith's work has appeared in International Artist Magazine, American Art Collector, and The Pastel Journal, and she is a regular contributing writer for the Pastel Journal. Her paintings are in collections on five continents. 

Meetings are free and open to the public.

For more information log on to www.franklinart.org.

image from https://jeannerosiersmith.com/

Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, Feb 16 for Madalene Village

DATE: Feb. 14, 2017

TO: Mr. Bruce Hunchard, Chairman
Franklin Zoning Board of Appeals

FROM: George Russell, AICP
Conservation Agent

RE: Comprehensive Permit Application, Madalene Village
21 Peck-180 Cottage Streets

I have read the minutes of the Board concerning the above project.

Neither my office nor the Conservation Commission members have been contacted by the applicant concerning this project. Further, until a formal application is presented to the Commission, no comments over and above what have been transmitted to the Board by my office can be made without prejudicing the Commission on an application upon which they must decide. The minutes of 11/17/16 state:

. . . ConComm doesn’t want anything to do with it until they file. Mark: I always take the position that, if someone requests a waiver from a local ConComm rule, we ought to get what the ConComm thinks. Chairman: Their agent responded that they didn’t want to look at it until they file. . . .

Although these minutes have been accepted, I need to go on record that my office has repeatedly indicated that the applicant should be discussing this project with my office. I in fact do “ . . . want to look . . .” just as would happen at a tech review meeting. What must be avoided is compromising the Commission from taking a position before the application is filed.

It is still my opinion that at least some preliminary discussions on the project concerning the wetlands issues are warranted and should have already taken place and that the waiver of the local wetlands by-law is not in the best interests of the Town.

Please let me know if you need any additional information.

Letter From Conservation Commission
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0wjbnXDBhczajZ2YWZESXJGUjlFUUZteUZSUkMtSE92a25j

Flyer
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0wjbnXDBhczdzktaHRvYlI3U1RFWENFM1B0bHU5ZnUwTTgw

Town Engineer letter
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0wjbnXDBhczREF1UFJEN0s4Z191bUtXdFlkZ1lfWUxTdXpj/view?usp=sharing

Spruce Pond Brook is proposed to be rerouted for the development

Real time reporting: School Committee (Twitter notes)

(be sure to scroll within the Storify widget to review all the entries)

Real time reporting: Action items

4. Action Items
a. I recommend acceptance of a check for $479.00 from the Oak Street PCC for in-house enrichment at Oak Street Elementary School.
motion to accept, seconded, passed 4-0 (3 absent)

b. I recommend acceptance of 4 checks totaling $2,445.00 for Parmenter Elementary School as detailed:

1. $470.00 Parmenter PCC – Field Trips
2. $345.00 Parmenter PCC – Field Trips
3. $930.00 Parmenter PCC – Field Trips
4. $700.00 Target – Field Trips

motion to accept, seconded, passed 4-0 (3 absent)
c. I recommend acceptance of a check for $500.60 from Barnes & Noble for supplemental supplies for Horace Mann Middle School.
motion to accept, seconded, passed 4-0 (3 absent)

d. I recommend acceptance of a check for $778.35 from All American Publishing for High School Athletics.
motion to accept, seconded, passed 4-0 (3 absent)

e. I recommend approval of the request for FHS students to travel to the Boston Marriott for a DECA State Competition from March 9 to 11, 2017 as detailed.
motion to accept, seconded, passed 4-0 (3 absent)

f. I recommend acceptance of a check for $4,525.00 from Keller PCC for field trips for Keller Elementary School.
motion to accept, seconded, passed 4-0 (3 absent)

g. I recommend acceptance of a check for $1,000.00 from the Davis Thayer PCC for Library.
motion to accept, seconded, passed 4-0 (3 absent)

Real time Reporting: District Current Needs

WINN for Education - What I (we) Need Now from Franklin Matters

coordinator for social emotional learning

STEM coordinator for pre-K to 12 levels
a district of this size would have layers of curriculum people, we don't have an entire layer that others have

department heads currently teaching 2-3 classes, other districts usually teach only one so the time can be spent on curriculum development

need a technology support person full time, currently share with the Town and the needs can not be met
1 digital integration specialist at the high school, technical support for each school but that is limited

approx 1,000 special education students in the district. approx 17% of the population

professional development adds days to the school year and is rather expensive
extend school year for teachers to not affect the 180 day requirement
adds approx $200K per day

looking at about $400K to add the line item for textbooks and Chrome books to the budget; currently using capital budget process for this recurring expense

school fees are one item they would like to do away with.
(school fees are one reason why I got started doing this reporting. The fees came in and then went up and up. I went to meetings to find out why and try and make sense of it.)

advertising on the buses? we don't own the buses so it would not be possible to generate revenue that way


(left off at 8:00 for a work meeting; returned to meeting at 9 PM)

Real time Reporting: School Committee - 2/14/17

Present:  Scofield, Bergen, O'Malley, Schultz (late), Jewell
Absent: Douglas, Bilello

1. Routine Business
Citizen’s Comments
Review of Agenda
Minutes: I recommend approval of the minutes from the January 19 and January 24, 2017 School Committee Meetings.
Payment of Bills Dr. O’Malley
Payroll Mrs. Douglas
FHS Student Representatives
1. Nicolas Gnaman
2. Alexander Chitarra
Correspondence: Budget to Actual – Miriam Goodman

2. Guests/Presentations
a. Resources For Our Educational Vision

WINN for Education - What I (we) Need Now from Franklin Matters

Sabolinski - The educational resources needed throughout the district to deliver a world class education.
This is what is needed for the students to be successful in the 21st Century

O'Malley - Budgets and schools are difficult, budgets and Franklin schools are even more difficult.

Bergen 
- the School Committee priorities
STEM materials - science framework
high school Chrome books
renovations at Davis Thayer, carpeting, painting
painting at Parmenter

would like to see your listing so the combination could make a powerful budget

counselors K-8
Professional Development at HS, particularly in differentiated learning
grant writing 
technology coordinator
strategic pan for the Schools
improve communications with the new tools

Franklin, MA: School Committee - Agenda - Feb 14, 2017

Vision Statement

The Franklin Public Schools will foster within its students the knowledge and skills to find and achieve satisfaction in life as productive global citizens.

AGENDA

"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."

the key to learning

1. Routine Business
Citizen’s Comments
Review of Agenda
Minutes: I recommend approval of the minutes from the January 19 and January 24, 2017 School Committee Meetings.
Payment of Bills Dr. O’Malley
Payroll Mrs. Douglas
FHS Student Representatives
1. Nicolas Gnaman
2. Alexander Chitarra
Correspondence: Budget to Actual – Miriam Goodman

2. Guests/Presentations
a. Resources For Our Educational Vision

3. Discussion Only Items
none

4. Action Items
a. I recommend acceptance of a check for $479.00 from the Oak Street PCC for in-house enrichment at Oak Street Elementary School.
b. I recommend acceptance of 4 checks totaling $2,445.00 for Parmenter Elementary School as detailed:

1. $470.00 Parmenter PCC – Field Trips
2. $345.00 Parmenter PCC – Field Trips
3. $930.00 Parmenter PCC – Field Trips
4. $700.00 Target – Field Trips

c. I recommend acceptance of a check for $500.60 from Barnes & Noble for supplemental supplies for Horace Mann Middle School.
d. I recommend acceptance of a check for $778.35 from All American Publishing for High School Athletics.
e. I recommend approval of the request for FHS students to travel to the Boston Marriott for a DECA State Competition from March 9 to 11, 2017 as detailed.
f. I recommend acceptance of a check for $4,525.00 from Keller PCC for field trips for Keller Elementary School.
g. I recommend acceptance of a check for $1,000.00 from the Davis Thayer PCC for Library.

5. Information Matters
Superintendent’s Report
School Committee Sub-Committee Reports
a. Community Relations – Denise Schultz
b. Budget Sub Committee – Kevin O’Malley
School Committee Liaison Reports
a. none

6. New Business
To discuss future business that may be brought before the School Committee.

7. Motion to Adjourn 
– Dr. O’Malley

21st Annual Spring Training Clinic - Baseball - March 18

21st Annual Spring Training Clinic
Ages 7 thru 13

Learn from Franklin High School Baseball Head Coach Zach Brown, his Coaching Staff and Varsity Players!

FHS Panthers

All players will participate in drills and receive instruction on hitting, fielding and throwing techniques.

PREPARE FOR FYBO SEASON!

This event is sponsored by the FHS Baseball Boosters Club, providing equipment, scholarships and support for FHS Baseball teams. 

Cost = $40

Thank you for supporting our teams!

Roy Announces Open Office Hours for February 2017

State Representative Jeffrey Roy (D-Franklin) announced today that constituent open office hours will be held in Medway and Franklin for the Month of February on the following days:

Medway – February 18, 9:00-10:00AM, Muffin House Café – 116 Main Street, Medway, MA.

Franklin – February 23, 8:30-9:30AM Franklin Senior Center – 10 Daniel McCahill Street, Franklin, MA.

Ryan Arego, his Legislative Aide, will be accompanying him.

Representative Roy stated that all office hours are open to any residents of Franklin and Medway who may have questions or concerns that they wish to bring to his attention. Walk-ins are welcome; no appointment necessary. He looks forward to hearing from you.

He also invites all constituents to call him at his State House office at (617)722-2020, stop by Room 527A in the State House, or email him at Jeffrey.Roy@MAhouse.gov

The Franklin Senior Center before the snows hit in February

Tri-County 2nd Quarter Honor Roll - 2016-17

Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School has released their 2Q Honor Roll for the 2016-17 school year.

Count of Grade
Row Labels	High Honors	Honors	Totals
Ashland	1		1
Attleboro	7	17	24
Bellingham	5	7	12
Blackstone		3	3
Franklin	12	38	50
Medfield		1	1
Medway	4	18	22
Millis	3	7	10
Millville		1	1
Norfolk	5	5	10
North Attleborough	30	93	123
Plainville	7	22	29
Seekonk	8	29	37
Uxbridge		1	1
Walpole	3	14	17
Wrentham	5	12	17
Grand Total	90	268	358

For the full listing of student names by grade and honor check this document

Tri-County 2nd Quarter Honor Roll - 2016-17

BFCCPS Performs "Shrek The Musical" - March 3, 4

Please join us for our annual Spring Musical featuring students in grades 6-8. This year's show is SHREK THE MUSICAL! 

This is a wonderful way to see our incredible Fine and Performing Arts Department at work. 

Two shows will be held, March 3rd and 4th at the Horace Mann Auditorium.

http://bfccps.org/event/shrek-performances/

Franklin Public Schools: All Schools Opening at Regular Time on Tuesday, Feb 14

Hello

All Franklin Public Schools will open at the regular time Tuesday, February 14. DPW and Facilities have done exceptional work to clear roads and school parking lots. Many sidewalks around schools have been plowed and the rest will be done on Tuesday.

We will implement emergency busing for walkers where sidewalks have not been plowed. Bus lists are accessible on our web site.

As temperatures fall this evening some side streets may have some icy patches where snow has melted and water has pooled. Please drive carefully.

Thank You
Franklin Public Schools


Bus lists
http://franklindistrict.vt-s.net/Pages/FranklinDistrict_BusOffice/transportation/bus%20routes%20fy17%20final.pdf

Parmenter Elementary School