HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-09-18-PBC-min-PM.pdf TOWN OF LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS
PERMANENT BUILDING COMMITTEE
Minutes of Thursday September 18 1997 Meetina in Selectmen's Meeting
Room, Town Office Building, as approved December 9, 1997
The meeting was called to order shortly after 7 30 p m by Chairman Bill
Kennedy of the Capital Expenditures Committee Representing the PBC
were Chairman Bruckman and other committee members Johnson, Kelley and
Touart , as well as project manager/owner's representative Faye
D'Avignon Also present were the following from the Appropriation
Committee Chairman Paul LaPointe, Roger Borghesani , Stephen Coit , Ron
Colwell , Al Levine, Isabel Mroczkowski , and Ron Pawliczek Also other
Capital Expenditures Committee members Paul Hamburger, Charles Hornig,
Shirley Stoltz , and C N Touart as well as School Committee Chairman
Barrie Peltz and Dawn McKenna
A free-form discussion began with Bruckman, announcing that the $6 2
million cuts identified by the PBC had been subtracted from the $113
million cost introduced September 8 He distributed a projected
schedule generated by Town Manager for dealing with the project
Kelley was the first to mention "Option B", but said he favors adopting
the whole project The PBC is in the process of obtaining cost
estimates of the differences between approving the whole project at the
outset and separating process into two parts , with at least a year ' s
delay in beginning work on five elementary schools
A large part of the evening' s discussion was devoted to the pro ' s and
con's of the whole versus a split project Concern was expressed about
how to spread the tax burden The word "phase" was favored over
"option" by Chairman Bruckman Breakdowns of project costs into
components of construction contingency and design contingency were
requested, and D'Avignon shed some light on these, as they had been
incorporated into individual school costs Several urged that these
costs be given individual lines
Two concerns were expressed about the later parts of the project On
the one hand one person emphasized the risk of rejection of the
elementary school part of the proposed project and on the other hand
another asked about possible flexibilities that might be needed in the
out years Bruckman was queried about the origin of the two percent
inflation factor used in the cost estimates
Community understanding of additions would be more easily gained than
understanding of renovations , it was conceded Such items as asbestos
abatement were noted as an examples of non-obvious improvement Also
injected into the discussion by a financial committee member as well as
by Peltz , were overall town budgetary and capital needs in relation to
the school project Information on exactly the SBAB reimbursement works
was requested for Town Meeting PBC promised to get this from Moynihan
The discussion concluded favorably on the worthiness of the project , at
9 35 p m with only the implementation at issue, according to LaPointe
Respectfully submitted, er--' Secretary