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FINAL <br /> Approved 2.6.18 <br /> MINUTES <br /> JOINT MEETING: School Building Committee and School Committee <br /> Tuesday January 16,2018 6:00 PM Paul Revere Room Minuteman High School <br /> School Building Committee Members Present: Quorum,with 11 Present <br /> Ed Bouquillon,Kevin Mahoney, Jack Dillon, Ford Spalding,Alice DeLuca, Dana Ham,Marianne <br /> Cooley,Frank Cannon,Mike Majors,Nawwaf Kaba,Bill Blake <br /> School Committee Members Present: Quorum,with 9 Present <br /> Dave Horton, Sue Sheffler,Pam Nourse,Jen Leone,Jim Gammill, Carrie Flood,Alice DeLuca,Ford <br /> Spalding,Dave O'Connor <br /> Weighted Vote present at start of meeting: 91.28 %(Not Needham) <br /> Others Present: Skanska: Mary Ann Williams; Gilbane: Walt Kincaid, Tripp McElroy;KBA: Gregory <br /> Joynt,Larry Trim,Brian Solywoda; Elizabeth Rozan <br /> 1. CALL TO ORDER: OPEN SESSION <br /> There being a quorum of members present,the School Committee Chair Dave Horton called the Joint <br /> Meeting to order, and School Building Committee Chair Ford Spalding called the Joint Meeting to order <br /> at 6:00 PM. Mr. Horton passed chairing of the meeting over to Ford Spalding. <br /> 2. SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE REPORT <br /> a. Introductions of School Building Committee Members Present <br /> Ford Spalding began the meeting by having School Building Committee members present introduce <br /> themselves, and note the towns they represent. <br /> b. Progress Report Presentation <br /> Mr. Spalding then introduced Tripp McElroy of Gilbane,who went to the podium to give a presentation <br /> of the progress made on the project from November 15,2017-January 16,2018 (Attachment A). With <br /> slides,Mr. McElroy reviewed the delivery of structural steel,the completion of timber bridges, and <br /> described the excavation, foundation, steel erection,and backfilling progress in various areas of the <br /> project(A,B, C,D,F, and G). He explained that all areas are complete,with the exception of F and E. <br /> Mary Ann Williams confirmed that despite the weather,the schedule is on track, and the project is <br /> moving along as expected. She noted that this is due to working 5 days/week and 75%of the Saturdays. <br /> She also summarized the status of the budget,which is favorable, and noted that they are starting to look <br /> at value engineering and options on add-alts. Mr. Spalding added that the School Building Committee <br /> will be meeting to discuss the status/progress on the budgeting, on a date soon to be confirmed. <br /> c. Permitting Update <br /> Ed Bouquillon gave an update on the permitting with the Town of Lincoln. He noted that they began <br /> with$1.3 M in permit fees, and late last week reduced it to $1.1M. He reported that he has talked with <br /> the attorneys and with MSBA regarding the level of these costs. He explained that he was in need of a <br /> different way to look at this information, and he has sent out a survey to all the Superintendents,with the <br />