FM #1389 - Police Station Bldg Cmte - 02/25/25

This session shares the audio of the Police Station Building Committee (PSBC) meeting on Tuesday, Feb 25, 2025. This is the first meeting of 2025. The full project team, OPM, and architects provided an overview of the process and what next steps were starting. 

Quick recap:

• Discussion on how many 3 or 4 open houses for public to visit the station to see the existing conditions and need for new space
• Discussion on how many site visits to other new police facilities, likely 3 so at least the committee members could try and make at least 2 of the 3
• Presentation on template of project webpage, still in draft, discussion around what to add to it 
• Discussion around the video walk through to be coordinated by Steve Sherlock/Franklin TV. Would enable residents who can’t make the open houses to still see the situation. 
• Discussion on 3 sites, one just rose along Grove St but won’t be considered further as it is too small. Davis Thayer and Parmenter remain currently under evaluation
• Town administrator Jamie Hellen made a clear statement on the deed for the Parmenter property that nothing in it prohibits another use. The requirement at the time was to build a school within 3 years, and that was completed. There were no penalties or clawbacks in the deed in case the conditions weren’t met
• Not likely to meet again as a committee until summer time. The OPM, architects, etc have work to do gathering info and developing the initial concepts before having something for the committee to review and weigh in on 

The recording run about an hour and 10 minutes

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Franklin TV video of the meeting -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWC6PbFTu0s 

Meeting agenda ->   

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02252025-1601 

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