FINAL School Committee Minutes November 16 2021.pdf

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e. Capacity Building Update Dr. Bouquillon reviewed the three capacity building projects. The first is the North Building so that we can expand welding and metal fabrication. The foundation is in place; the structure is out to bid. Kaestle Boos is handling that project as we hired them as an"on-call" architects, so all their services are availed to us such as engineering,design services,inspection services, and estimating services and we anticipate receiving bids on December 8th. So, with everything moving along as we plan,we will have an expansion in place by the fall of 2022. It has been designed so that our electrical,plumbing, and HVAC students can all be a part of finishing it off and then we will move the equipment that is in the advanced manufacturing space into the new metal fabrication area. This will free up space in advanced manufacturing,free up space in welding,and has a cascade effect on that end of the building. The second project is the Tremont School renovation into a veterinary clinic and academic classroom space. In 2018,we had legislation passed which allows Minuteman to enter long-term ground leases for up to 50 years for mission-compatible partners.Our regional Blue Pearl partners were made aware of that and they are discussing this in Tampa now at the company's executive level and we anticipate feedback from them in the next week or so if they are interested in entering into a long-term partnership. This will go through the School Committee as the Superintendent has no authority to enter into those leases on his or her own,and his idea is that Blue Pearl will make all of the investments in the renovation of that facility and they will have a teaching hospital primarily built to teach Minuteman students and Minuteman Technical Institute students which will include six academic classrooms and other spaces available. The third capacity building project is the south foundation where we want to build as an innovative green energy demonstration facility. Dr. Bouquillon will be meeting tomorrow with potential partners and the CEO of SolaBlock on the next steps to getting that building built as a SolaBlock demonstration building. SolaBlock is the Massachusetts company that we received a grant with from the Clean Energy Council and Minuteman's role is to develop training materials. Mr. Stulin asked with these three projects, how many students does each project allow us to add to our total capacity. Dr. Bouquillon responded that with the first project, we would be able to add 8 students per year for three years so approximately 24 additional students. The veterinary project would allow us to add 60-80 students, depending on staffing, and just those two projects would get us to 800 students. He added that the third project is to free up space in the horticulture shop and the warehouse facility so that then becomes a storage facility and a small demonstration area. It puts some of our equipment which is outside in to a garage,with no sheds. Mr. Stulin stated that Blue Pearl would solve our problem with funding with respect to reaching our 800 target,otherwise we must wait into the future to do that portion of it, and Dr. Bouquillon agreed. 7. FINANCE REPORT 8. Approval of the Easement for Electric Services VOTE: To approve the Easement for Electric Services, as presented Mr. Ikonen provided members a copy of the Easement for Electric Services in their packet and described the map outlining a dotted line from Marrett Road to a concrete pad PMH27546 adjacent to the stadium field which would hold the electrical conduit that powers the entire 10