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DATE: December 17th, 2018
LOCATION: Princeton Town Hall Annex-large room
REQUESTED BY: ~Richard Chase, Chair
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“The listings of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair 48 hours before said meeting, which may be discussed at the meeting.~ Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.”
LIST OF TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED
- Review and approval on minutes of 12/10
- Townsend’s visit and see new buildings update
- Review JWA proposal for refinement and update of cost modeling
- Review and approve next round of question and answers, #8
- Discuss ideas and input from Steve Mirick on construction methods
- Opportunity for public questions and input.
Action items:
- RM & NC, to compile lists of questions and answers. To be reviewed at regular meetings and then posted, ongoing
- RC to follow up with NN on questions:
- Please point us to the State regulations for doing a Design Build process, as opposed to the traditional Design, Bid, Build process?
- Is there anyone who is qualified to serve as Owners Project Manager involved with the Town currently?
- Who would be a best source of information on doing a sale & leaseback for the facility?
- RC to follow up with SM on question:
- Please clarify the source for the requirements for 3 holding cells, not just one. Can you point me to the documentation of this requirement?
- RM to contact CMRPC, what can they do to help?
- Selectboard & Advisory Committee, please provide financial context for this project with all the other projects and expenses going forward.
Additional discussion points:
- What, specifically, are you looking for from Townsend regarding West Station ?
- Plans (Electronic version would be helpful)
- Cost with detail at medium level
- When constructed?
- How has the building met Town’s needs now and the foreseeable future?
- Experience with building, issues and how will it handle growth?
- Lessons learned
- UPCOMING MEETINGS~~MEETING/EVENT~~~EST. TIME~~~~~~~LOCATION
- Dec 17th Regular Meeting~ 7:00 PM~ Annex (Large Rm)
- Jan 7th, 2019 Regular Meeting~ 7:00 PM~ Annex (Large Rm)
Abbreviations:
RC Richard Chase
NC Noelani Chase
RM Rick McCowan
NN Nina Nazarian
MP Michele Powers
JB John Bennett
TK Tim Kelly
SM Steve Mirick
KC Karen Cruise
TO Takako Oji
EC Ed Cichon
Other background information:
- Draft plan to meet revised charge;
- Talk with JWA to better understand the conceptual proposals and the NFPA and Police standards and other information which drive the conceptual proposals and costs.
- Review JWA proposals A & B using the above standards and information.
- Refine options to limited number, All new “required minimum building”, Fire and EMS only, Fire, EMS & Police.
- Option 2 additional construction requirements & costs for incorporating orig façade
- Option 3 additional construction requirements & costs for incorporating original classrooms of PC bld.
- From review, develop the above conceptual designs with input from citizens, format tbd.
- Work with Selectboard to secure small amount of funding ($10-20K) for the professional review, elevations, floor plans and cost modeling.
- Prepare for Town Meeting/ Vote to select option and approve funding for construction documents for the selected design only. Not for building construction.
- Pursue state bond bill money once full construction documents are completed.
Key points from previous meetings:
- Bill Holder, to maintain Town debt to less than 7% of Town Budget would constrain total borrowing to $4M-6M over the next 3 years for all purposes including a public safety complex.
Steve Mirick, recommendations:
Use pre-engineered steel or wood construction, or panelized construction to give the lowest construction cost building.
Use radiant heat system driven by multiple small boilers for facility to provide efficient, reliable heating.
12/05/2018
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