2002-10-07 DPW Facility/Senior Center Re-Evaluation Advisory Committee - Charge

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DPW FACILITY/SENIOR CENTER RE-EVALUATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE Members: Not to exceed thirteen members Membership shall consist of up to eight citizens, two Selectmen and three members of the Council on Aging, an Appropriation and Capital Expenditures Committee liaison. Appointed By: Board of Selectmen Term Length: Phase I-the 2003 Annual Town Meeting or earlier. The Committee will present its preliminary finding regarding potential locations of the Department of Public Works and Senior Center facilities and costs in time for the Board of Selectmen to inform Town Meeting of potential intended use of the Hartwell Avenue landfill site as part of a landfill closure appropriation proposal. Description: This committee will examine the economic and the practical implications of the future use of the 201 Bedford Street property occupied by the Department of Public Works. The committee will examine various land use options on the 201 Bedford Street property through Requests for Information from various potential developers. Land use options will, at a minimum, include the exploration of the sale/lease of the land to a private party with a Senior Center developed as part of this process and the development of a new DPW Facility at the Hartwell Avenue landfill site, and the exploration of a joint DPW/Senior Center Facility at the 201 Bedford Street site. The committee will identify the costs and benefits of the various options of the re-use of 201 Bedford Street. Through a series of public hearings on the various uses of 201 Bedford Street, the committee will gather citizen’s input about the proposals. The committee will report back to the selectmen by February 1, 2003 the best possible reuse of 201 Bedford Street that will allow the Town the opportunity to build a new Senior Center and a new Department of Public Works Facility and determine the financing strategies that might be pursued. The Board of Selectmen adopted charge and appointed members October 7, 2002. Dissolved April 4, 2005.