Town of Newbury
Municipal Building Committee
MINUTES
DATE: November 6, 2014 Approved as amended, 12/4/2014
Present: Eric Svahn, Chair; Tracy Blais; Mike Doyle (part time); Sam Joslin; Richard Ronder; Martha Taylor
Absent: Steve Fram; John Lucey, Jr.
Guest: Damon Jespersen and Chuck Bear, Selectmen
Eric Svahn, Chair, called the meeting to order at 7:08 a.m.
Motion: A motion was made by S. Joslin and seconded by T. Blais to approve the meeting minutes of October 23, 2014 as written. The motion passed unanimously.
The Committee discussed how best to publicize the need for the Police Station/Town Hall project and the work that has been done to date. Saturday, November 22, was tentatively set as the date for the first public workshop; M. Taylor will check on availability of Town Hall. The Workshop is to be coordinated with a tour of the Police Station for anyone who is interested. The Committee will aim for an evening in December for the second workshop.
The Committee also discussed producing a flyer on the project which could be distributed at various locations throughout Town and the video tour which John Lucey is working on with Caleb Noble.
The Committee reviewed the unanimous decisions made by all Board and Committee members present at the joint October 28, 2014 Selectmen’s meeting held at the Newbury Library (see attached list of attendees) – to keep Town Hall and the Police Station together in one building and to build new instead of renovating the existing Town Hall/Police Station – and the two major site options which have been discussed to date – Town Hall/Morgan Ave. and Route 1. Each location has constraints which will need to be addressed if it is selected. Limited area for parking and traffic flow concerns will need to be addressed if the Town Hall site is chosen and employees will need to be relocated during construction. However, there is no existing water and sewer infrastructure to serve a location on Route 1.
On a motion made by S. Joslin and seconded by R. Ronder, the meeting was adjourned at 8:50 a.m.
NEXT MEETING:
TBD
Respectfully submitted,
Martha L. Taylor, Town Planner
MBC Secretary
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