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Donham & Sweeney- Brett D;nhan3, Principal, ALA Ie37rety D. Shaw, Principal, 31_x, LEED AP C. Christopher Login, Associate, -X Lexington Police & Fire Station Study Meeting Notes 11 May 2010 Page 1 of 2 Attending: Jonathan Himmel Eric Brown Peter Johnson Carl Oldenburg Richard Perry Chief William Middlemiss Robert Mercer Mark Barrett Brett Donham Jeff Shaw Distribution: All present, plus Chief Mark Corr Patrick Goddard Nick Derr Avi Shoss File: 0907:2.2 Next Meeting: 6/8/2010 ARCHITECTS Chair, Pei uianent Building Committee Permanent Building Committee Permanent Building Committee Permanent Building Committee Permanent Building Committee Fire Chief, Lexington Fire Department Detective, Lexington Police Department Project Manager, Department of Public Facilities D &S D &S Police Chief, Lexington Police Department Director, Department of Public Facilities D &S D &S • B. Donham described the changes to the zoning analysis resulting from a meeting with Dave George, the Town's Zoning Administrator. Both buildings are in different Historic Districts. Both buildings will probably need a number of items of zoning relief. D. George said there is a possibility that town Counsel might rule that town buildings are exempt from zoning regulations. That has not been confirmed. D &S to send a copy of the zoning analysis with these meeting notes. • B. Donham distributed a copy of the revised Space Needs summary for the Fire Department. The fire Chief said it was generally acceptable and details can be worked out in the design phase. • Discussion was held on the issue of the petroleum plume clean -up on the Fire Station site. M. Barrett was asked to contact the Town Manager to determine what kind of encumbrance on the future use of the land this presents. • J. Shaw presented 2 concept design options for the Fire Station. Comments included; o Look at the possibility of a new station on the site o Addition to the present building does not need to be a "Colonial" copy; t a well designed contemporary building is preferred over a poorly designed fake Colonial o One ambulance is cross staffed with a ladder truck o Traffic signaling needs to be reconfigured; the cost for doing that should be included in the report • B. Donham described his meeting with Police Department staff and the resulting changes [additions] to the Space Needs Program. There was expressed some concern about the increases to the size of the range, the locker room and the sallyport. The Committee asked for comparative data with other police stations. The sally port envisioned by the Department is a 68 Harrison :sventte 4 Head fide Lh rcdi Rd. BnsLcn MA 021 1 1 Post Office Box 205 0 1 1 . 2 3 1 4 0 0 A.1na 8.1l:: 7 i.535 dort}t<m_andstvLencv eotn 2 0 7 5 8 6 6 0 0 0