This session shares the Franklin (MA) MasterPlan Update Committee meeting held on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. 11 members participated, 10 in the 3rd floor training room, 1 remote (Frongillo), 2 were absent (Williams, Power).

Quick recap:

• Meeting opened by Chair Jones, round of updates from each subcommittee chair, many have not met since the public hearing to incorporate the feedback gathered, one had, others scheduling, or have scheduled such sessions
• Much time spent reviewing the internal committee working doc on objectives section by section
• Doc formatting to be worked on by Beta & Barrett to set up goals, objectives, and actions for subcommittees to fill in the responsibilities, priorities, etc.
• Next meeting for the committee scheduled for Aug 21 to work on the implementation steps, as well as iron out the cross points among the subcommittees, and continue work on the language for the objectives to be voted on by the committee
• Discussion around if this could be accomplished in the next session, or if another session is needed. The current timeline for presentation to the Planning Board and Town Council in September acknowledged that it is not going to be met. As the session was over an hour longer than planned, side conversation between Taberner, Jones, and Beta/Barrett to be held and then provide an update to the committee on possible timeline adjustments

The recording runs almost 3 hours, so let’s listen in. 

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The Franklin TV video is available for replay ->  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjUIdmORU9Q

Note: video was recorded of the meeting but not broadcast due to technical difficulty within the Municipal Bldg likely due to the renovations underway. Planning Board meeting was successfully broadcast on Monday from same room.

Agenda doc  -> https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/master_plan_agenda_-july_24_2024.pdf 

My notes in one PDF ->  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EhCkDnDJA8bdL8FIGw917UnLu079KMaA/view?usp=drive_link 

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