This session of the radio show shares the audio recording of the housing and zoning discussion with Brad Chafee, Melanie Hamblen, and Cobi Frongillo. We were joined by Town Administrator Jamie Hellen and Town Council Chair Tom Mercer for this discussion on new growth. Most of us were in the Franklin TV Studio on Monday, June 5, 2023. Tom joined us via the Zoom conference bridge.
Consider this a continuation of the downtown zoning discussion from the “Franklin For All” project which is underway with review and discussion at the Economic Development Subcommittee Plus meetings that Melanie Chairs and for which Cobi is Vice-Chair.
The conversation centered on new growth and how the zoning decisions have a relationship with the budget.
The recording of our conversation on zoning runs about 1 hour 10 minutes. Let’s listen in.
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The collection of Franklin For All zoning discussions can be found here ->
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/02/franklin-for-all-housing-zoning-podcast.html
The value-per-acre visual that Cobi mentioned
https://twitter.com/CobiFrongillo/status/1569899170042978304
The "Growth Ponzi Scheme" Cobi mentioned
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/8/28/the-growth-ponzi-scheme-a-crash-course
Town Budget page for FY 2024 -> https://www.franklinma.gov/town-budget/webforms/fy-24-budget-materials
Town Council budget hearings for FY 2024
Finance Committee budget hearings for FY 2024
The “must listen’ intro as mentioned with the 30 minute overview of the revenue projections https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/05/franklinites-spend-few-minutes-with.html
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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.
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