September is here, and the back to school, or work routines are getting settled.
On the Planning Board agenda are the reviews of the proposed zoning changes to create the Crossing Neighborhood District as well as to create a limited use for commercial kitchens in residential zones. The one key requirement is that the household is on septic not Town sewer.
The Design Review and School Committee meetings are on Tuesday. The School Committee will hear about the improvement plans for the district and then the ECDC, Elementary, MIddle and High School.
The Historical Commission is scheduled for Wednesday. The agenda is likely to be posted on Monday (given prior practice).
The Classical Charter School board meeting is scheduled for Thursday. THere had been a ZBA meeting also but keeping with their recent habit, there is only one meeting in September and scheduled for the 25th.
*** Meeting schedule and agendas as of Town page 9/05/25, 7:30 PM
Planning Board Meeting
Monday, September 8 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09082025-1897
Design Review Meeting
Tuesday, September 9 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09092025-1900
Franklin School Committee Meeting
Tuesday, September 9 Time: 7:00 PM
https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09092025-1902
Friends of the Franklin Public Library Meeting
Tuesday, September 9 Time: 7:00 PM
no agenda posted
Historical Commission Meeting
Wednesday, September 10 Time: 6:00 PM
no agenda posted at this time
Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public
Thursday, September 11 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09112025-1898
ZBA Meeting (no meeting)
Thursday, September 11 Time: 7:30 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09112025-1884
*** Looking back at the week that was ***
The Board of Health meeting was canceled
The Town Council met for 4.5 hours, about an hour and a half just on the recognitions before getting to the presentations and then to the minor set of legislation for action.
Recap and video available -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/09/town-council-retires-fire-chief.html
The Town Council quarterbacking session with Chair Tom Mercer condensed the meeting to about 30 minutes
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/09/tom-mercer-condenses-45-hour-90325.html
The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) added a meeting to the schedule forThursday, September 4 at 5:00 PM via Zoom Only. Franklin TV did broadcast it, the meeting lasted only 6 minutes. You can find the video, audio, and transcript here
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/09/franklin-zba-makes-first-vote-on-28.html
The Conservation Commission also met on Thursday. Franklin TV has the video available for replay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNuycQojdhM
For all the meetings and cultural events, check out the calendar at Franklin.news where each day, that day's events are posted on the top of the page, the TV and radio schedules are on the bottom, and all the other goodness falls in-between.
Town calendar -> https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
Community calendar -> https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar
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