This session shares the Franklin (MA) Master Plan Update Committee meeting held on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. 10 members participated, 8 in the Council Chambers (Jones, Hamblen, Carlucci, Halligan, Hagen, Williams, Powers), 2 remote (Lange, Hunchard), absent (Frongillo, Gallagher, Stelzer, ?).

Quick recap:

• The Master Plan Update Committee met as scheduled on Wednesday evening, Oct 2, 2024. Much of the meeting worked through the details of how to process the comments etc. coming back from the Town departments on the proposed implementation plan. 
• Ultimately reaching agreement to work on the next update in subcommittee sessions to be scheduled over the next 2 weeks so the comment reviews etc. and updates can be sent back to Amy Love by Oct 20 or Oct 21 so that can be consolidated for review by the committee at their next full meeting Oct 23.
• The community will get to see the 'final' master plan doc proposal early in November and have time for review and comment. Details on what forums or formats the feedback will be taken were not specifically determined. Likely to be similar to what had been done for other efforts (like the Open Space Plan).
• The timeline then would have the committee incorporate the community feedback in December, to present the 'final' version to the Planning Board and Town Council at meetings in January 2025.

The recording runs about 50 minutes, so let’s listen in. 

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Franklin TV video of the meeting -> https://www.youtube.com/live/eVglFJNI7bk?si=UFd_rSVJ1fVAvNqn&t=175 

Meeting agenda

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/master_plan_agenda_oct._2_2024_with_minutes_to_approve.pdf 

My notes taken via the Zoom session ->   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yW315JS648TXnm1gxSGdS-Ht_mwP1TM-/view?usp=drive_link 

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