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Franklin commission faults CP2 deliverable, seeks merged strategic-plan revision
Summary
Members of the Franklin Economic Development Commission said the consultant CP2’s strategic-plan deliverable lacked usable substance and voted to ask the firm to merge the chairman’s edits into a single plan for council review; commissioners discussed funding and staffing needed to implement larger recommendations.
The Franklin Economic Development Commission voted to ask consultant CP2 to merge the commission’s edits into a single strategic-plan document and to report back on whether CP2 will do the additional work and at what cost.
The commission’s chair (name not specified) said CP2’s product fell short of expectations. “We were looking for a strategic plan; what I saw was garbage,” the chair said during the meeting.
John Gregage, director, explained the staff approach to reconciliation: he had already inserted the commission’s suggested edits into a working draft and planned to request that CP2 fully merge the two versions and integrate the consultant’s planning material. “I tried to do it as smoothly as possible here for a rough start, but hopefully they’ll agree to do that,” Gregage said.
Commissioners said they expect a merged plan that identifies prioritized targets (retail nodes, industrial locations), recommended housing and industrial incentives, and a timeline suitable to present to the Common Council. Several members said the final plan should also show resource needs for implementation. “If here’s the plan and in order to get there we need these resources, we might get it,” one commissioner said.
Several commissioners expressed frustration about the quality of CP2’s report and wanted clearer deliverables before paying for further consulting time. One member said the consultant’s work felt like “fluff” and suggested the additional merge work should be limited because most of the material has already been delivered; Gregage said he would ask CP2 whether they would perform the merge and what the charge would be.
Commissioners agreed to circulate the merged draft to members for further edits and directed Gregage to contact CP2. If CP2 declines, the commission discussed completing the merge internally and returning a tightened plan to the Common Council for consideration.
