Planning Board meets Monday discussing a proposed sign bylaw change among its agenda items
School Committee meets Tuesday with their capital budget and high school updates among their agenda items
Finance Committee meets on Wednesday for what should be a good session covering the capital budget, opioid settlement funds, and the hold harmless issue with school funding via Chapter 70
Master Plan Update Committee also meets Wednesday reportedly with the Planning Board to finalize the master plan document.
Franklin Q&A sessions are planned for Monday, the 13th at the Library and Wednesday, the 15th at the Senior Center. Both session are hybrid
You can also join Representative Roy and Town Officials for coffee and "office hour" at the Senior Center at 8:30 AM
*** Looking back over the prior week
The key takeaways were 2 items from the Town Council meeting on January 8
1 - the update on Franklin Ridge Senior housing and likely ground breaking this summer https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LANyOIzMoh71lWdxwZh_jHssfi9B7BIb/view?usp=drive_link
2 - the update that the Town of Franklin sits at 10.86% for 40b. Which is good. Additional details on the approximate 1,000 housing units permitted or in the process, of which about 400 are "Affordable". Yes, capital A "affordable" which is not the same as little a "affordable" https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LA_DOFBow3fTLMXUNUGf-mOpjG6uqAd7/view?usp=drive_link
Audio, video and recap of the meeting -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/01/town-council-gets-updates-on-franklin_0626938403.html
Visit Franklin Matters for additional details including the daily Franklin TV and Franklin Public Radio schedule -> www.franklin.news
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| Look out Franklin, here comes the week of January 13, 2025 |
