HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-10-14-PBC-min.pdf TOWN OF LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS
PERMANENT BUILDING COMMITTEE
Minutes of Tuesday October 14 1997 Meetina in the Legion Room, Cary
Memorial Building, as approved November 25, 1997
The meeting was called to order at 7 35 p m by Chairman Bruckman with
other committee members Johnson, Kelley, and Touart present Also
attending was HMFH representative Dorthea Hayes , Project Manager Fay
DeAvignon, Director of School Buildings Operation Moynihan and Dawn
McKenna
Phase I Schedule was outlined by Hayes Work on construction and bid
documents would begin in December, with bid award planned for July,
1998 Diamond and Clarke bidding times would be late fall , with award
December, 1998 Harrington's bidding time would be early spring, 1999,
with award in May for June beginning of construction Noted that bid
documents for the high school would have to be ready no later than June
1, 1998 For the project to go ahead would require total funding (of
$65 million) to be approved
PBC member Touart asked what would happen if no Proposition 2 1/2 debt
exclusion vote were obtained Moynihan predicted that the schools would
have to request three to four million of capital expenditure annually,
with no reimbursement from the state Funds to be requested
High school - $28 5 million
Clarke 11 8
Diamond 14 7
Harrington 8 . 2
TOTAL 64 4
Addition of inflation and subtraction of design development fees is
factored into these figures , which also include an allowance for
conversion to natural gas heating for all schools
Content of PBC report book was reviewed page by page Reasons for
selecting the four schools in phase I are to be added Fiske plans were
approved for inclusion in the presentation book
Middle School population distribution was debated in light of the
reported School Committee decision to keep with the 800-800 formula for
populations at each school Debated how much could be subtracted from
the Clarke new wing if the triangular classrooms are not squared off
Decided to keep the Diamond wing according to the previously approved
plan, but the administrative offices will be moved closer to the new
wing Committee instructed that any new one-story additions to
Harrington should be planned and constructed to be capable of supporting
a second floor
Meeting adjourned at 9 20 , to go into Executive Session that was VOTED
unanimously in order to discuss personnel matters
Respectfully submitted, ����� j �' a Secretary