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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.