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3. Brief Overview of School Committee Meeting results • DiNisco stated that SC voted to keep the ILP program at Clarke, however the previously added space in the diamond plans for ILP should remain in the plan for future use. • The School Board voted to keep 2 classrooms designed into Diamond for future ILP use. • In response to a question, DiNisco stated that the cost of the two classrooms is at +/- $600, 000. • DiNisco advised that the SC directed the division of modular to be: 2 @ Bowman, 2 @ Bridge & 2 @ Fiske; with the overall cost budgeted at $3 million. • Site plans were reviewed with school administrators showing 3 or more possible locations for the modular units and school administration advised on which location worked best from the educational perspective. For Bridge & Bowman location A was chosen and for Fiske Location E was chosen. The PBC requested that Location C at Fiske be removed from consideration. • Occupancy for these mod units would be as late as December 2016. The reasoning was that the locations chosen were on current grass areas of the site where previously existing pavement locations were evaluated. Locating the mods on grass areas will lengthen the design and approval process as storm water management and in some cases wetlands issue need to be addressed. • PBC asked if the Traffic Safety Committee have been involved in these discussions. DPF stated that people on the Traffic Safety Mitigation Committee had been consulted and participated in some of the site review meetings, PBC believes the DPF should verify if the Traffic Safety Mitigation Committee needs to formally approve plans. DPF states that drawings are still being developed. 4. Discussion of Increasing HVAC Ventilation 30% • As a result of the Integrated Design Group, meetings a request was made to consider increasing the ventilation rate in the HVAC system designs by 30 %, which may also support the reduction of CO2 levels in school buildings to 600ppm. • The School Committee did not act on the increased ventilation issue at their recent meeting outlining increased equipment and operational costs to support that increase in ventilation. The current HVAC designs meet the code requirements /ASHRAE standards for ventilation. • Recent Estabrook classroom CO2 tests was about 780 ppm with outdoor air ranging from 300 to 500 ppm. 5. HVAC Options • PBC and DiNisco discussed the School Committee support of the 2 pipe induction hvac system versus 4 pipe or VRF systems. • School Committee voted for the 2 pipe induction. • DiNisco stated that an alternate was put in place for upgrading to a 4 pipe system if the town desired, if bid prices and budgets were favorable. • PBC asked if there were any other alternatives being considered or included, and if so, had Bond evaluated them at all. • Bond stated that they would evaluate and consult on alternates, although there were no others being considered at this time. • PCB asked about LHS air conditioning and DPF stated they are in discussion with School Committee. PCB Meeting 01.14.16 Page 2