Franklin TV and wfpr.fm schedule for Monday, June 12, 2023

• wfpr.fm or 102.9 on the FM dial = Monday

9 AM 12 PM and 6 PM Talkin’ the Blues – Jim Derick & Nick Remissong
2 hours of awesome blues music, info, interviews

11 AM 2 PM and 8 PM A More Perfect Union – Discussing American Politics and Current Events - Peter Fasciano, Dr. Michael Walker Jones, Dr. Natalia Linos, State Rep Jeff Roy, and Nick Remissong hold a round table discussion on current events and American politics, bringing about thoughtful conversation, compelling discourse, and a look at what the future might hold for the United States.

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 8, Verizon 26) = MONDAY

9:00 am     SAFE Coalition: Woody Geissman

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Meatballs

12:30 pm Sandhya: Eclairs

1:00 pm     Cooking Thyme: Red Pepper Soup

1:30 pm     Pizzapalooza: Meat-Lovers Pt. 2

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 3

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 10

3:30 pm     Veterans' Call: Steve Crouteau

4:00 pm Drink Responsibly: Craft Roots

4:30 pm     Eat Around The World: Peru

5:00 pm Frank's Musings: Joe Biden

8:00 pm Extended Play Sessions: Season 10 Show 3 - Hipnotics

9:00 pm FHS Senior Awards Night 2023

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel (Comcast 96, Verizon 28) = MONDAY

8:00 am FHS Girls Varsity Lacrosse: v Wellesley 06-09-23

10:00 am FHS Graduation 2023

12:00 pm FHS Boys Varsity Lacrosse: v Needham 06-08-23

2:00 pm FHS Pops Night 2023

3:30 pm     FHS Senior Awards Night 2023

6:00 pm SAFE Coalition: Woody Geissman

9:30 pm     FHS Varsity Softball: v Milford 05-22-23

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 11, Verizon 29) = MONDAY

8:00 am Planning Board: 06-05-23

2:00 pm Planning Board: 06-05-23

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf  

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Efforts to Develop Skilled Manufacturing Employees Earns Tegra Medical a Community Partnership Award

Tegra Medical received the Community Partnership Award from the Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School in Franklin, Massachusetts on May 31, 2023. Employees Ken Nadeau, Ronan McDermott and Brian Yanofsky attended the ceremony and accepted the award.

“We are very pleased to receive this award. Tegra Medical is taking the steps towards building a more sustainable workforce for the future,” said Benjamin Stolzel, Tegra Medical General Manager. “Manufacturing in the US is not possible without developing a highly skilled workforce. Co-ops and apprenticeships are the best path to get there. That’s why we have made it such an important goal to have at least five percent of our staff in secondary education programs such as the career paths we have developed with the state of Massachusetts.”

L-R: Ken Nadeau, Ronan McDermott, Brian Yanofsky

The relationship between Tegra Medical and Tri-County began in 2018 with two engineering students employed as co-ops. These students made a great impression, leading to Tegra Medical employing sixteen more co-op students over the following several school years, and even hiring one upon graduation.

Not even COVID 19 could put a damper on the co-ops’ work at the company. As a manufacturer of medical devices, Tegra Medical was designated as an essential business in 2020, which meant that the company was allowed to continue operations – and the students were able to continue their valuable on-the-job education.

Tegra Medical looks forward to many more years of working with Tri-County students, as well as students at other schools and colleges who are interested in a career in the medical device industry.

About Tegra Medical

Tegra Medical

Known as the company that brings medical devices to life, Tegra Medical is focused exclusively on the medical device industry, providing true end-to-end solutions from prototyping to full production, and from complex components to finished medical devices. Offering a wide range of manufacturing technologies, the company creates devices used in cutting-edge procedures for leading medical device companies. Tegra Medical has ISO 13485 manufacturing locations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Costa Rica. The company is ISO 14001 certified for effective environmental management. Tegra Medical is a member of SFS.  

https://www.tegramedical.com/

Agenda for the initial Master Plan Committee meeting Wednesday, June 14, 2023 - 6:30 PM

Master Plan Committee 

Agenda for June 14, 2023 6:30 PM

Meeting will be held at the Municipal Building Town Council Chambers

355 East Central Street

1. Swearing in of Master Plan Committee Members 

- by Town Clerk Nancy Danello

2. Introductions

a. Town Council

b. Planning Board

c. Zoning Board

d. Conservation Commission

e. Members At-Large

f. BETA & Barrett

3. Rules, Policies, and Procedures

a. In-House Communications, Town Emails, and Data Collection storage

i. Google Town Emails, use of.

ii. Google Drive for DATA/Information Storage (Amy Love)

b. Robert's Rules of Order

c. State Open Meeting Law

i. Open Meeting Law Guide and Educational Materials | Mass.gov

d. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, General Law on Master Plans

i. MGL Section 81D: Master plan; economic development supplement

4. Current 2013 Master Plan Document

a. 2013 Master Plan Document

b. Goals & Policies

c. Land Use

d. Natural, Cultural and Historic Resources

e. Open Space and Recreation

f. Circulation

g. Housing

h. Economic Development

i. Community Services and Facilities

j. Implementation Plan

5. Committee Charge:

a. Master Plan Charge

b. Five Sub-Committees

i. Land Use & Zoning Subcommittee (6 Members)

ii. Housing & Economic Development (3 Members)

iii. Community Services, Facilities, & Circulation (3 Members)

iv. Sustainability (3 Members)

v. Open Space & Recreation and Natural, Cultural, & Historic Resources (4 Members)

The agenda doc also contains remote participation info ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/june_14_2023_mp_agenda_0.pdf

 The Master Plan update Committee page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/master-plan-update-committee

Agenda for the initial Master Plan Committee meeting Wednesday, June 14, 2023 - 6:30 PM

Town Council recognizes Electric Youth, approves annual appointments, authorizes additional funds for School budget (video)

The Town Council met as scheduled on Wednesday, June 7 and in a session lasting just over 3 hours, they covered and accomplished a bunch.

Quick recap:

Recognition

• Electric Youth 2023 were recognized with a proclamation and provided  song for the Council (and audience). They have a pair of 'Bob Voyage' concerts June 16 & 17 at THE BLACK BOX and then leave on their European tour the week after

Appointments

• The Annual Reappointments of Boards and Committees was approved, there are a few positions still open, some are in process of being filled, some are still looking for candidates
• Davis-Thayer Building Reuse Advisory Committee recommendations by year end

Public hearings

License corporate formalities
Zoning Bylaw for Accessory Dwelling units

• The set of zoning bylaws was moved to a second reading with modification to one of the three measures in the set of three. There are three as one covers the bylaw language, one covers the definition, and one covers the use table. The use table received the modification to revert the language to what originated from the EDC Plus committee. 

  The Town Council in their actions during the April 12, 2023 meeting modified the use table to expand coverage for 'by right' for additional residential zones. The Planning Board did not like the expansion and in turn recommended the 'original' language over the modified. The Town Council after some discussion agreed to the original language and moved that to second reading

Pair of resolutions to adjust the FY 2024 Budget to provide an additional $736K to the schools

Resolution 23-39: FY2024 Budget Adjustment 

Resolution 23-40: MECC Stabilization Account Transfer to MECC Appropriation FY24 

Folks may recall that at the end of the Finance Committee budget hearings and repeated at the end of the Town Council budget hearings, Town Administrator laid out the plan for providing additional funding for the school budget. The MA Senate passed their version of the State FY 2024 which set into play this "plan b" earlier than Jamie had outlined. The two resolutions passed unanimously. The additional funds restore 8 of the 30 positions targeted to balance the budget. Of the 22 that remain to be cut, some number (I recall it was 16) were going to be cut anyway as the result of declining enrollment. Stay tuned for the School Committee meeting scheduled for June 13 where they will approve the 'final' budget and confirm the number affected

Interesting to note that while most if not all of the Town departments that gave up the funds to enable this transfer were present, only Dave McNeill, the School Committee Budget Subcmte Chair spoke to acknowledge the transfer to increase the school budget and express appreciation for this action. If other members of the School Committee were present virtually, they remained quiet. (They at least were not in the Council Chambers.) 

Franklin TV video link ->  https://www.youtube.com/live/eejInS90WgM?feature=share

Council agenda and documents released for the meeting ->  https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/town_council_agenda_-_june_7_2023.pdf

My notes in this ThreadReader PDF -> 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hc2egjV3zKOqJmIziMKApdR4z24gNMya/view?usp=drive_link

Franklin, MA: Town Council - Agenda for June 7, 2023 

FHS baseball top Bridgewater-Raynham to advance to Final Four, FHS boys lacrosse end playoff run vs. Hingham

Via HockomockSports.com and Twitter, we share the results of the spring sports competition for Franklin High School on Saturday, June 10, 2023. We also provide the link to the full set of Hockomock League results below.

** Baseball = Division 1 = #9 Bridgewater-Raynham, 1 @ #1 Franklin, 2 – Final

Franklin 2, Bridgewater-Raynham 1. WP- Alfred Mucciarone (Fredo w/ the complete game 7inn, 4H, R, 2BB & 11Ks)! Offensively, Gerety (1-2,SH), Lyons (1-3,R) Chin (1-2,BB) DiGiorgio (1-3,RBI) Sidwell (1-2,BB) T. Bellan (1-3) Cinelli (1-2,R) Next up: MIAA Final Four:  TBD date & time

https://twitter.com/FHSCoachZBrown/status/1667701433137786881

In his final home start, Alfred Mucciarone pitched one for the ages as Franklin returned to the Division 1 state semifinals

https://twitter.com/GlobeSchools/status/1667700337363304452

** Boys Lacrosse = Division 1 = #5 Hingham, 9 @ #4 Franklin, 6 – Final

Davis: 4G

Consigli: 2G

O'Brien: 1A

https://twitter.com/FranklinHSLax/status/1667650388818894850

For other results around the Hockomock League

https://hockomocksports.com/saturdays-schedule-scoreboard-06-10-23/

FHS Panthers

Franklin TV: Strawberry Stroll?

The weather gods continue to taunt us.

by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 06/11/2023

It’s 6 AM, Saturday, 6/10. Yesterday’s Strawberry Stroll is not history, because as of this writing it hasn’t happened yet.

Franklin TV: Strawberry Stroll?

There were other rainy days in the past that dampened the Franklin Downtown Partnership’s outdoor events. And, given last week’s F.H.S. Graduation deluge –

we fully understand the caution.

Normally, I would be reporting how, “a fun time was had by all”. describing the fun and frolic of the event – the booths, the great food, the local music and activities. There would be pix of happy crowds with cute kiddies in tow, meandering (strolling) among the many exhibit tents. (You had to be there.)

However, it all happens today, Saturday 6/11, 4 to 8 PM. We will be there.

We will bring our own bit of fun. As you meander (stroll) along Main Street, stop by our tent – Smile! – and have your own Official Strawberry Stroll Souvenir Pix taken in our photobooth.

However, if you happen to read this during the week, that leaves us with a timing conundrum. So, just assume that everything I said in the boxed paragraph above was/is absolutely the case. (You had to be there.) The Stroll will be/was fabulous.

It takes a lot of planning and work to make these community events happen – and make Franklin as a community – and us – all the better for them. Thanks to FDP, and watch for our look back on Strawberry Stroll ’23 – next week on Franklin.TV.

Thanks for listening to 102.9 wfpr●fm. 

And – as always – thanks for watching.

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf   

Town of Franklin - June E-Newsletter

The newsletter was shortened for publication here. To view the full set of content ->  https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Town-of-Franklin-June-E-Newsletter.html?soid=1134219428814&aid=y2uOjYdnoso

If you haven't subscribed to receive the Town newsletter you can do so here ->     https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/zVaN7el/News

Stormwater Credit, Nason Street Playground Updates, Family Friendly Fun and more!

Subscribe for News June 2023 Edition Stormwater Utility Fee - July 1st Franklin Property owners will see the Stormwater Utility Fee on their quarterly Utility bills after July 1st, 2023. For those interested in learning more, please watch our Stormwater Utility Fee video for a brief 4 minute breakdown of the fee and what you need to know. Are you Eligible for a Credit on your Stormwater Utility? The stormwater credit application is now available! If you would like to apply for a credit on your stormwater utility fee, please fill out the Impervious Area Credit Application via Viewpoint, the Town's online permitting and licensing program. You may access the full credit manual created by DPW here. Below is a brief overview of eligible credits. Residential Credits Rain Barrel Porous Pavement/Pavers* Gravel Driveways* Rain Garden Dry Well French Drain Other Subsurface Recharge *porous pavers and gravel driveway qualify for an abatement Commercial and large Residential Credits Rain Garden Bioretention Area Detention/Retention Basins Sediment Forebays Deep Sump or Leaching Catch Basin Tree Well Subsurface Structures

 

Town of Franklin - June E-Newsletter

Economic Development Subcmte hears of grant for Nu-Style clean up, discusses GR 5 & cannabis overlap zoning modification (audio)

FM #1007 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1007 in the series. 

This session of the radio show shares the audio recording of the Economic Development Subcommittee held on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 in the Council Chambers with all 4 members participating in the Council Chambers.

Quick recap:

• Nu-Style property now has $600K from two sources; $100K from ARPA funds, and a new grant received for $500K. Thanks to Brian Taberner who has continued to write for grants for this brownfield project and persisted in that effort

• General residential zoning changes initially proposed to increase the impervious coverage for the property and for the property plus parking would be increased as well as reducing the setbacks required for multi-family 

• Discussion around what percent the amounts should be, was currently, initially proposed to increase to 35, 45. 

• Amendment to change to 50, 60, second; after discussion amendment revised to be 45,55, seconded, passes 3-1 (Jones no)

• Recommendations as amended to move to the Council, passes unanimous 4-0

• Cannabis overlay district; this is literally only a house cleaning of the map itself, nothing else in the bylaw changes. As businesses changed, this allowed for other changes with restrictions removed

The recording of the meeting runs just under 1 hour.   audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1007-economic-development-subcmte-mtg-06-07-23

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The agenda doc also includes remote participation info ->   

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/edc_meeting_agenda_-_june_7_2023.pdf

Franklin TV YouTube video ->  https://www.youtube.com/live/UbMxtOXP6ms?feature=share 

My notes captured via Twitter during the meeting (in 1 PDF file)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZCa5NThqjXcxviE57inxIZMM7ycfnT9B/view?usp=drive_link 

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Economic Development Subcommittee - Agenda for June 7, 2023  Meeting at 5:45 PM

Jake Auchincloss: An Update from Your Congressman for last 2 weeks

LAST 2 WEEKS IN REVIEW I'm your representative in Congress and I write to keep you informed. On the Hill Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Hearing: Earlier this week, as a member of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, I heard testimony from survivors, experts, educators, gun owners, and law enforcement officials about the scourge of gun violence in this country. Their message was clear and compelling: we must politicize gun violence, because only voters can ultimately make the GOP see sense on this daily tragedy. I approach the issue as the parent of young children, as a Marine veteran who trained & patrolled with assault weapons, and as a representative from Massachusetts, which has the most effective gun laws in the nation. Every day, I am fighting to make the Massachusetts model the national standard. Final Debt Ceiling Update: Last week, I joined my colleagues in the House to vote to raise the debt ceiling. After unnecessary brinkmanship, the center held. Representatives from both parties came together to protect jobs & retirement accounts, trim spending, and preserve the full faith and credit of the United States. It is not the bill I would have drafted, but legislating in divided government requires compromise. You can watch my interview recapping the vote here. Investing in the Bioeconomy: This week, I led my colleagues in a letter outlining best practices for how the Biden administration can program science funding. The Industrial Revolution was made possible when chemistry and physics became engineerable disciplines. With the advent of gene editing, biology is becoming an engineerable discipline, too. The possibilities for healthcare, agriculture, climate, industrials, and more – a 'bioeconomy' – are immense. To capitalize on these opportunities in the life sciences, Congress must ensure public-private collaboration that helps industry to run fast within well-defined guardrails. One near-term counter-example is the bio-manufacturing of generic medicines for cancer and other diseases, where a breakdown in public-private cooperation has led to painful and unnecessary shortages. We must address this problem and prevent it from recurring. Make your voice heard → Do you support investing in the bioeconomy? Should investing in the bioeconomy be a priority for Congress? Around the Fourth Sharon Wear Orange: Last week, I spoke at a Wear Orange event in Sharon. As someone who fights in the trenches of congressional gun policy, it was motivating to see students, activists, and local elected officials come together for common sense gun safety. Gun violence is a policy choice. Every day that Republicans in Congress reject popular, proven gun safety legislation like an assault weapon ban, universal background checks, red flag laws, and safe storage requirements, is a day when they choose the NRA over the safety of children and families. I'm committed to staying on offense until the GOP puts kids ahead of the gun lobby. Habitat for Humanity Groundbreaking: After a couple weeks at home with our new daughter, there was no better way to get back on the road than to celebrate the groundbreaking of someone else's future home. Thanks to the terrific work of Old Colony Habitat for Humanity, volunteers and sponsors came together to build a new house for a family in Norton. In Massachusetts, our greatest challenge is the cost of housing. We need to be building more housing of all types – small single-family lots, big multi-family complexes, and accessory dwelling units – to reverse rising costs. CPS Technologies: I also toured precision manufacturer CPS Technologies to see how recent investments in infrastructure and semiconductor manufacturing are driving innovation and job creation here in Massachusetts. I always ask employers the same question, and get the same answer: "What's keeping you in the Bay State?"  – "Talent."  Massachusetts must continue to invest in its students and workers to stay competitive in the coming decade. Chamber of Commerce: I joined the Charles River Regional Chamber to honor Joe Prestejohn, the longtime owner of Cabot's Ice Cream in Newton. Cabot's has been a Newton staple for decades and Joe's lifetime of exemplary service and business leadership is a big reason why. Congratulations Joe! Onwards, Jake WASHINGTON 15 Independence Avenue SE 1524 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-5931 NEWTON 29 Crafts Street Suite 375 Newton, MA 02458 Phone: (617) 332-3333 ATTLEBORO 8 North Main Steet Suite 200 Attleboro, MA 02703 Phone: (508) 431-1110 Contact