Facilities Steering Committee
Meeting minutes for 2/6/18
7:00 pm at town hall annex
Attending for the committee: Chris Conway, Karen Cruise, Steve Mirick, Larry Todd,
Not attending: Mary Jo Wojtusik
Attending for the town: advisory committee member Judy Dino
Karen opened the meeting at 7:11 pm
The minutes of the 1/30/18 and 2/3/18 meetings were approved.
Karen previously shared two videos with the committee; one of the buildings tour and the other of the public forum. They are a starting point and we will try to get a more concise video tour prepared and made available to those who don’t attend a public meeting.
The committee agreed that the meeting on Saturday went well with about 50 people in attendance.
Clearly the fire department are strong advocates for what they see as their needs.
The FSC needs to have a prepared budget for any project we recommend.
We need to meet soon with the town moderator to make him aware of what we plan to bring to town meeting.
We will discussed the schedule with JWA; their final report is due by 2/28/18.
We will ask them to add minor work to existing public safety under option B. Can they add a greater breakdown of the sequence of work under options A and B so we have a timeline for the work?
There was discussion regarding community space. The feeling is that whatever space is provided will be used.
We need to present our priorities to the select board and get their support. Unfortunately, Richard Bisk is out of town for the month of February. We will try to get on the selectboard agenda on Feb 20 before their scheduled meeting at 7:30.
We discussed dates for the remaining public forums; we picked Tuesday, 2/27, 6pm for the FSC followed by a public forum at 7pm. The other date we choose is Sunday, March 11 at 2pm. It would be good to have the walk through video before the 27th.
Larry presented information about the Mass Historic Commission grants. The paperwork for the library grant, with supporting material, was more than 200 pages. The previous grants for the Bagg Hall work in 2002 and the library work in 2008 both involved hiring a consultant to assist with the grant writing. We will continue to look into possible grants through MHC, but submitting for this year with the deadline of March 23 seems unlikely.
The committee discussed the request from the public forum to include a plan for public safety showing the reuse of the original 4 classroom section of the Center School. We question the cost difference of $100K previously given between all new construction and retaining part of the current building; seems too low. We need to have this reviewed in greater detail.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:47 pm
Submitted by Larry Todd, secretary
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