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Home My WebLink About1989-02-09-PBC-min.pdf TOWN OF LEXINGTON MASSACHUSETTS PERMANENT BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes of February 9 1989 meeting in the Oval Room Cary Memorial Library, as amended and approved April 12 , 1989 Chairman Kennedy called the meeting to order shortly after 7 30 p m Present for Cary Library business were additional committee members Edson, John Kennedy and Ann Wallace , as well as Library director Hilton and architect John Davies Attending for schools renovation were staff Coscia and Maclnnes and consultant Brian Rolands Quorum was present for library business only as no additional committee members arrived Library Renovation work was inspected and highly praised Millwork was done by Alex Preston Cambridge formerly of Schwamb Mill in Arlington Subcontract for millwork amounted to $30, 000 , including all added shelving VOTED approval of $16 , 672 00 requested by the contractor ($21 700 balance to finish) and $262 50 to architect Davies Committee members were invited to the 8 a m semiannual committees ' preview of the renovations and to the Sunday, April 16 public event and dedication from 1 to 6 p m At that time the sculpture in the garden will be formally dedicated as the Library now owns it Library business concluded at 8 15 p m Updating on TAMS controversy To answer TAMS letter a meeting will take place March 15 with Jim Whelan of Palmer & Dodge All materials he does not now have will be supplied Chairman Kennedy and Ted Edson will attend TAMS are finishing jobs underway but they have not worked on the high school double door Field House Roof Update Briggs and Morello have not agreed on price for the roof fixing; therefore Briggs is negotiating with another roofing contractor to do the work Before work begins Simpson & Gumpertz will look at the new plan Town Manager will also respond to the proposal , which is basically to extend the rubber segment of the roof , plus insulation of the extension Question raised about responsibility for the leaks Geiger had asked for another letter guaranteeing the safety of all who will be using the facility Chartwell feels , and Chairman Kennedy agrees that provisiion of such a guarantee is not within the scope of their responsibilities to the Town Committee not to produce such a letter but to advise that students be kept out of wet areas Work in Progress/to be done Chairman Kennedy asked for a proposal not to exceed $5 000 from Chartwell to compile a list of additional items not covered in the work now being completed but identified in the KLQ report or clearly evident during the renovation work Chairlift at the High School will be installed during February vacation The new dimmer controls for the auditorium will be installed in about six weeks The old system now is working The clock system is largely 1 PBC Minutes 2/9/89 working, with a few bugs In the main building there is a missing trap in the heating system Altogether heating problems have caused considerable expense At Diamond the clock system transmitter burned out At Clarke nine clocks are out To improve air quality Manny Coscia will instruct the maintenance staff on how to clean the screens that have been blocking fresh air entry Regarding heat balancing, it appears that the electric reheats for the guidance room had been disconnected for some time either by the contractor or previously Harrington library is just about done Old furnishings are to be used The building' s elevator is working Fiske and Diamond libraries are still in progress Contractor J P is unhappy Among his gripes is lack of sufficient or correct details to construct the work properly High School double doors may have to be done without architectural services Brian Rowlands will ask contractor Seaman Bratko about this The new elevators are now ready for inspector ' s certificates Remaining Contingency Funds should not be committeed, chairman recommended An additional $50 000 forecast for field house roof insulation is not yet allotted or committed The chairman recommended that this also not be committed at this time Invoice Payment approved by those present, and chairman will obtain another committee member ' s concurrence for timely payment Meeting adjourned at 9 30 p m until Thursday, March 9 , 1989 at 7 30 p m in Room G-1 , Town Office Building Respectfully submitted ACi Erna S Greene Secretary to the committee 2