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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee Thursday, December 6, 2012, 2:30 pm Parker Room Town Offices Building Present: Board Members: Wendy Manz,Chair; Joel Adler, Norman Cohen, Marilyn Fenollosa, Vice Chair; Jeanne Krieger, Leo McSweeney, Sandra Shaw and Dick Wolk. Administrative Assistant : Nathalie Rice Also in attendance were David Kanter of the Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) and Town resident, Robert Pressman. The meeting was called to order at 2:41 pm. by Ms. Manz. 1.Approval of the Minutes – A vote was taken (7-0) to approve theminutes from the th meeting of November 29, 2012 as amended by Ms. Shaw. (Mr. McSweeney was not yet in attendance.) 2.Cary Hall Memorial Building Upgrades, $550,000 – Patrick Goddard, Director of Facilities, and Fred Johnson, Chair of the Ad hoc Cary Memorial Building Program Committee, met with the CPC to present amendments to the application for Upgrades to the Cary Memorial Building. Mr. Goddard noted that the revisions to the CPA application had not yet received Board of Selectmen approval, nor had they been presented at a public meeting, but due to the CPC meeting schedule, he felt it would be prudent to meet with the CPC in a timely manner. Mr. Goddard presented a revised “Preliminary Estimate of Project Costs”, and noted that the changes in the budget were due to increases in “Contractor Overhead & Profit” and “Escalation Allowance”. Mr. Goddard said these changes were for construction planned for FY15, but had ramifications for the Design and Development funds requested for FY14. The initial request for FY14 funding was for $500,000, which had been amended to $550,000. Mr. Goddard explained that certain items in the construction budget had been eliminated from the list of upgrades after Ad hoc Committee review. These included acoustic shells, certain stage upgrades, access to an unused entrance behind the stage, and ADA access to the Civil Room, for which they would seek a variance. Items added in the process of the Committee’s review primarily included audiovisual work in the hall and in the meeting rooms. Mr. Johnson noted that the upgrades had been methodically reviewed by the Ad hoc Committee, and by project architects and consultants. In response to a question from Mr. McSweeney, Mr. Goddard said that approximately $135,000 of CPA funds had been spent to date on various repairs for the Cary Memorial Building. Mr. Adler questioned whether any such repairs would need to be improved upon, to which Mr. Goddard said they would. Mr. Goddard specifically noted that the thermostatic control for the hall and meeting rooms would need replacement, but said there was no other alternative for a building built in 1929. He said past work had been a “band aid” approach, while the current project would permanently remedy heating and cooling problems. Ms. Manz questioned Mr. Goddard about the possibility of phasing the work, to which Mr. Goddard replied that it was not feasible as it would increase cost and put the hall out 1