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Senior Center Action Plan Committee Meeting
December 6, 2005
5:30 pm
Present: Shirley Stolz, Mary Lou Touart, Duke Bitsko, Maria Constantinides,
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.
Muzzey 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.
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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.
Muzzey
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 school? 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 forward? How can we evaluate these sites? We must
also consider cost or we can’t make a realistic decision. What about Meriam St.? 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.
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