Episode 1240
FM #1240 - Davis Thayer Reuse Subcmte Mtg - 06/25/24
This session shares the audio for the Davis Thayer Reuse Advisory Subcmte meeting held on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The meeting was conducted in the Council Chambers.
The second meeting of the month, and last of the time period per the Committee Charge. This session was a more ‘formal’ review of the Expression of Interests in the building/property. Four were scheduled to present this night. Two joined together to collaborate on a single proposal.
After hearing the brief presentations from the three proposals, the committee reviewed and revised the draft report to the Council with their recommendation. The recommendations were high level (keep building, lease land, etc.) and not picking or recommending a specific proposal.
The report will be presented to the Town Council in a future meeting for the next steps (Council likely to authorize a formal Request for Proposal (RFP)) to get into the real selection process. Cost remains a driving factor, hence what can one of the proposals do with their financing and little (if any) assistance from the Town.
The recording runs about almost 2 hours, so let’s listen in.
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The Franklin TV video is available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cruuseXmHqc
1. Expressions of Interest Presentations
a. 7:00 to 7:20 - Dean College combined with Camford Property Group
b. 7:20 to 7:40 - Pennrose, LLC
https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/uploads/pennrose.pdf
c. 7:40 to 8:00 - HFA and TMC Properties
2. Final Recommendation to the Town Council - the draft was revised to remove "if possible", change the date from Dec to June 30, change # of proposals from 4 to 3 and approved as amended. Other typos were to be sent to Town Administrator Jamie Hellen to include in the updated version. The amended version was approved via roll call vote (one member was remote) 9-0.
a. Draft Letter https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/uploads/2024-06-26_davis-thayer_reuse_committee_recommendation.pdf
My notes can be found in one PDF -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-v2wyKzAdoDYv68PiueotKmBFbdIeuLA/view?usp=drive_link
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