FM #1203 - Franklin (MA) Police Stn Bldg Cmte OPM Interviews - 05/13/24

This session shares the Franklin (MA) Police Station Building Committee meeting held on Monday, May 13, 2024. In this meeting, they conducted three interviews with firms to select the Owner Project Manager (OPM). 

There is a brief overview of the process, then the three firms (Vertex, Collier, and CHA) are interviewed. There are brief recesses between each interview. That recess audio section was removed and replaced with a brief bit of musical interlude. 

The three firms in order of appearance were Vertex, Collier, and CHA. CHA was the unanimous choice as the top firm. Vertex second, and Collier third.

Town Administrator Jamie Hellen will commence negotiations on contract with CHA and assuming it is successful, the project will proceed. If not, the second vendor will begin negotiations.

The recording runs about 2 hours & 45 minutes, so let’s listen in.

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Building Committee page => https://www.franklinma.gov/police-station-building-committee 

Agenda for this meeting -> https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/_2024-05-13_police_station_building_committee.pdf 

The Franklin TV video for replay -> (link not found)

My notes in one PDF doc -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IYmIjfa06AaXhyGGWWr6d9-vHYtUrWb2/view?usp=drive_link 

Photo albums of each presentation

Vertex -> https://photos.app.goo.gl/QAHNUAKMe3KtpSXE9 

Collier -> https://photos.app.goo.gl/nkhvKpi88J16rAJP9 

CHA -> https://photos.app.goo.gl/LiSr8T5XiJTgWpQc7 

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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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