2014-10-24-CCAC-min (Interiors-Space Group)

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Minutes of Meeting of October 24, 2014 A meeting of the Ad hoc Community Center Advisory Committee Interiors Group was held on Friday, October 24, 2014 at 1:00 PM in the 2nd Floor Training Room of the S. Hadley Public Services Building, 201 Bedford St. Members Present: Florence Koplow, Chair; Laura Hussong, Pat Goddard (Director of Public Facilities), Mark Barrett (Department of Public Facilities), Laurie Lucibello (Department of Public Facilities), Lynne Klemmer (Lexington Council for the Arts), Cristina Burwell (Lexington Council for the Arts) Members Absent: Leslie Zales Also present: Betty Borghesani, CCAC Meeting called to order at 1:00 PM. Existing Furnishings Staff has evaluated what we already have, and has arranged it within the building (mostly in offices). New Furnishings Discussion of importance of making the beautiful but serious building look warm, inviting, and fun. Florence felt that it is very difficult for those whose expertise is not design to select appropriate pieces of furniture to accomplish this, and she feels the space needs a cohesive design created by architects and/or designers who are schooled in this field. Pat Goddard explained that both SBA and the furniture dealers have interior designers who can help with the furniture design that will be what we want. Members would like to see what suggestions the architects/designers have before making a recommendation. Use of interior space Discussion of how to orient people within the building. Florence suggested that the building is confusing with many corridors. It could be very helpful if we can think of something so that visitors can quickly identify where they are going, something that would not involve construction or much cost. This would be another question for the architect/designer. Pat reminded us that we have wayfinding signs as part of the bid documents. He suggested that we wait until the building is in operation to see if additional cues are needed. Minutes: The minutes of the April 11, 2014 and May 13, 2014 meetings were approved unanimously by the only member in attendance at both those meetings and today's meeting. (Florence) Florence will confirm with Town Clerk that this is permissible. Motions To hire an SBA architect and/or interior designer to create a proposal for a cohesive design for the furniture and color selection for the Community Center entrance. (Florence, Laura) Passes.