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MUNICIPAL BUILDING COMMITTEE
JANUARY 31, 1995 `:>
MINUTES
MEMBERS PRESENT: Bill Antoine, Larry Carpenter, Richard Feeley, Emil
Giordano, Russ Hartmann, Steve MacCaffrie, Don Nicoletti, Bill Williams and Dave
Young
GUESTS PRESENT: Representatives from Keyes Associates and Wallace Floyd
Associates, members of the School Committee, Mr. Bob Gurek - Business Agent - MPS,
Mr. Driscoll - principal - QMS, QMS - Advisory Council, Bernie Jackson - Buildings and
Grounds, members of the press and concerned citizens
The meeting opened at 7:10 PM in Room 101 of Mansfield High School.
The reading of the 1/24/95, minutes were postponed until the February 7, 1995, meeting.
CORRESPONDENCE:
• An informational brochure from Kaestle Boos illustrating Police Stations.
• A letter to RD. Kimball (CC:MBC) RE: January 17, 1995, meeting
• A letter of thanks from Hisham Ashkoury RE: Building Tours
• A letter to J. Chelauski, R W. Granger and Sons, Inc. RE: Deduct Change Order #56
A memo to W. Williams from B. Swanson (CC:MBC) RE: Test pits
MOTION: To approve an invoice in the amount of $31,000 for Hayner &
Swanson, Inc. for site survey work - School Projects.
(contract complete) (Antoine/Giordano) 8-0-0 PASSES
MOTION: To request the Town Manager to sign the agreement between the
Town of Mansfield and Hayner and Swanson, Inc. for site survey
work - School Projects. (Giordano/Carpenter) 8-0-0 PASSES
(NOTE: This amount is to be recorded in the contingency portion for accounting
purposes the amount contracted for this item was $35,000.)
PRESENTATION - KEYES ASSOCIATES AND WALLACE FLOYD -SCHOOL
Members from the Firms of Keyes Associates and Wallace Floyd Associates gave a
presentation of the School Projects. The fust `DRAFT" presentation had been estimated
over the approved amount of $23.8 million dollars. Keyes and Wallace Floyd met with
members of the School Department and Faculty to make deductions in the original plan.
There have been changes in all the schools, however, no classrooms have been cut. Some
of the changes have been programmatic in nature. All the new construction has been set
at the minimal workable square footage allowed by the state. Specialized subject
classrooms will be consolidated, i.e., art, music, home economics etc.
Municipal Building Committee Comments: Comments from the members of the MBC
included, confidence level to meet our goals and objectives for education while
maintaining a tight control over the budget, acceleration of the building process to save
money, will the minimum workable size of the classroom be enough room should the class
size swell.
Public Comments: The public had viewed the presentation and had comments which
included, location of cuts, number of classrooms, number of children per class, QMS -
auditorium, MHS - library, location of science labs, flow of students, CVI and networking.
Members of the MBC thanked the representatives from Keyes and Wallace Floyd for all
their hard work and ability to bring the project closer to a realistic situation.
The public was reminded that the school renovation project would not be similar to the
Jordan/Jackson Project. There are many factors to be covered. This project does not
allow for a large expansion of the technical services or library/media centers.
NEWBUSINESS:
The MBC met with the Finance Committee (FinCom) to discuss the budget increase
caused by the approval of the Capital Plan. The MBC budget has been separated from
other Board and Committees.
The MBC discussed the upcoming selection process for the municipal projects.
MOTION: To ask the Board of Selectmen to select three people to vote for
the selection of the architect for the municipal projects.
(Young/Carpenter) 5-0-1 (Williams abstained) PASSES
OLD BUSINESS:
Office space has been secured for the MBC at Town Hall.
The next meeting of the Municipal Building Committee has been set for February 7, 1995,
at MHS - room 101.
Respectfully submitted,
Maureen R. Doherty J
Secretary