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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-09-05-PBC-min.pdf TOWN OF LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS PERMANENT BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes of Friday September 5 1997 Meeting in Room 111 , Town Office Building, as approved December 16 , 1997 The meeting was called to order at 7 54 a m by Chairman Bruckman with other committee members Himmel , Kelley and Poinelli present Also attending were HMFH representatives Dorthea Hayes and Philip Lewis as well as Project Manager Faye D'Avignon, Director of School Buildings Operation Moynihan and Dawn McKenna Cost compilation sheets were passed out Hayes explained briefly that "other project costs" was really a difference between costs before and after PBC had cut from schematic estimates The committee recommended that more breakdown of project costs and that costs for swing space and phasing be added, making this sheet into a two-page document Noted that cost estimates have not been developed since July 11 The 30 percent "project cost" has been brought down to 23 percent Committee requested that this amount be broken down to its components Bruckman further requested specific listing and inclusion of costs involved in phasing, inflation escalation (to be calculated at a compromise 3 1/2 percent) , cost of portable classrooms and incorporation of the remaining technology plan Decisions dependent upon cost data not vet in hand Use of oil is assumed for all heating plants unless the gas company should make a not-yet-heard attractive offer Air conditioning in secondary school auditoriums is being carried until more initial and operating cost information is known Clarifications and review of architects understandings were reviewed on the subjects of univent reconditioning and floor coverings Moynihan questioned the architects closely about their proposed plans for Clarke' s possible conversion from electric to oil or gas-fired heating He advised reuse of four-year-old oversized univents Mechanics of assembling presentation materials were discussed by Chairman and Hayes Ten copies of all materials are to be provided by architects and committee - five for the selectmen, and one each for the PBC, CEC, Appropriation, SC and Moynihan There will be a thick notebook and a skinnier GBC-bound Executive Summary, including project descriptions , schematic plans and the committee's writeup Expressing uneasiness about the entire project , the committee agreed that the written material should take a few more days - until after Thursday morning's meeting - to be firmed and given more overall thought , especially since it seemed unlikely that the Selectmen would be making any decision on Monday D'Avignon pleaded for a larger design contingency that might give the committee a little wiggle room with the numbers Committee did not all agree on this Meeting adjourned 9 30 a m (actually ending at 9 45 a m ) until Monday, September 8 at 6 30 p m � '�� Respectfully submitted, f-A �e�" SZ-1(.12-- • Secretary