This session shares my conversation with Town Council Chair Tom Mercer. The Council met on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 for the first of their 2 normal meetings for June.  Our schedules coordinated to talk on Thursday morning to recap the long 4 hour session the night before..

We look to focus on 

• ok, what just happened? 
• What does it mean for Franklin residents and taxpayers?

Topics for this session:

• Electric Youth high point of session
• Verizon cable contract renewal
• Farmers Market licenses for La Cantina, Blisspoint Meadery
• Public Hearing on King St business zoning proposal
• Moved to second reading by 5-4 vote
• Final approval requires 6 Yes votes
• Friendly 40b approved by 5-4 vote
• Still needs to work through the permit process, etc.
• Zoning bylaws referral to Planning Board
• 3 measures regarding MBTA compliance
• Mixed use zoning definition
• EDC recommendation changed on parking minimums
• Still to come back to Council for discussion & vote
• TA Emergency shelter update
• No town funds spent for anything
• Schools reimbursed from State for their additional support costs

The recording runs about 26 minutes, so let’s listen to my conversation with Tom.

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The Franklin TV broadcast 06/05/24  ->  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps1PnsDuPwE 

Agenda and supporting documents -> 

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/june_5_2024_town_council_meeting_agenda.pdf 

My notes for this meeting  captured via Twitter can be found in one PDF file -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/190oyby8h5rC5ivDqN4lKAOV5PBP2UCM4/view?usp=drive_link 

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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 & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.

I hope you enjoy!

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