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Home My WebLink About2005-12-06-SCAP-min Senior Center Action Plan Committee Meeting December 6, 2005 530 pm Present Shirley Stolz, Mary Lou Touart, Duke Bitsko, Maria Constantimdes, Lauren MacNeil, Paul Lapointe, Marian Cohen, Laura Kole, Richard Pagett, Charles Hornig, Tom Griffiths, Marilyn Campbell, John Rossi Minutes We approved the minutes from November 22 and 29 Munroe School Duke brought in his drafted architectural plans of this site as it might be built out for a senior center It includes drawing of proposed parking area, setbacks and access road. On his drawing he used 20 foot setbacks, but it needs 25 foot setbacks where the site abuts houses, this would mean losing some of the proposed spaces In that case, the site can hold approximately 73 spaces, they are a good size at 10'x20' The proposed layout leaves minimal room for snow storage Note also that this site has a building that is approximately half the size requested by the COA, and parking is approximately 2/3 of what was thought to be needed. Muzzev School Duke brought two drawings of Muzzey one with less than the required setback (thus requiring a variance if built) that yields 43 parking spaces, the other has the required 25 foot setback and space for only 35 cars In both cases the building has a 6,300 sq ft footprint with three floors Lauren felt the footprint was too small, the all-purpose room would take up the entire first floor, and the design would be choppy Other Duke stopped by the Liberty Mutual building and the Knights of Columbus building behind. There is a very large amount of parking behind the Knights building. Shirley mentioned that there was an error in the minutes from November 8, 2005 the Recreation Department doesn't maintain Munroe School playground, the DPW does We will meet on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 Phil Poinelli will come to talk about renovations and costs next week (12/13/05) at around 6 30pm. Site summary We voted unanimously to eliminate four of the eight sites from consideration. Clarke St. Medical Building, Worthen Road, Lowell Street and Adams School. This leaves Munroe School, Muzzey Play Field, Harrington School and Meriam St lot for us to consider 11 bnntos. 2005-12-06-SCAP-nnn Discussion of those sites ensued. Munroe Too small Proposed space is not much bigger than the current Senior Center Would have to scale back the program or have the program at Munroe and the current location. This would mean additional staff. A building with a footprint of up to 5,500 sq ft is possible, but that would mean losing at least one of the five rows of parking, leaving 50- 60 spaces total. This makes half to two-thirds of the program possible at this site Muzzev What if the current Muzzey Condos and Muzzey Field space were made contiguous Combine the lots, create a new Master Deed. The new building could then essentially be an addition to the old. How would this be attractive to the Condo Association Harrington Dr Ash wants to get moving on school construction, wants to bring plans to Town Meeting. The School Committee (SC) assumes we still have 10-12 years of school construction. Did the SC want to renovate pairs of schools and build on site while using the old schools This would free up Harrington in 2008 or 2009! But Bowman and Bridge are the swamp schools, they would certainly require swing space So what do we want to do going forwards How can we evaluate these sites We must also consider cost or we can't make a realistic decision. What about Meriam St 9 We will form four subcommittees to study the remaining sites and report back at the next meeting. Harrington. Maria, Tom, Laura Muzzey Paul, Marian, Duke Munroe Shirley, Marilyn, Mary Lou Meriam John, Charles, Richard Meeting adjourned at 7 00 pm. Next meeting Tuesday December 13, 2005 at 5 30 in the Selectmen's Meeting Room at Town Hall J\bnntes. 2005-12-06-SCAP-nnn