Franklin (MA) Matters

This session shares the Police Station Building Cmte Mtg held on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. One member (G Premo) was absent.  Quick recap:Joe Lynch, Owner Project Manager, (OPM) provides an overview, then the other members of the team walk through the presentation doc shared hereStarting with 200 in Franklin they whittled down to 36, then to 8, then finally to 2; Davis Thayer and ParmenterCompiled the listing of deficiencies and needs for the current and future department operations, lead to preliminary building design requirementsIn turn, these requirements lead to initial placement on the final 2 sites (DT & Parmenter) and a discussion on the pros and cons of eachAn initial estimation of the building cost and total project cost was provided. For Parmenter site it could be about $48M, the DT site would be more as it would also require demolition of the existing building and that was not calculated at the timeNext steps were outlinedopen houses scheduled for the community to view the existing f