HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-01-21-PBC-min.pdf TOWN OF LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS
PERMANENT BUILDING COMMITTEE
Minutes of Wednesday January 21 1998 Meeting in Town Office Building,
as approved January 28 , 1998
The meeting was called to order at 7 35 p m by Chairman Kelley, with
other committee members Johnson, Poinelli and Touart attending, as well
as Owner ' s Representative Fay DeAvignon and Director of School Buildings
Operation John Moynihan Also attending were Dawn McKenna, School
Committee Chairman Barrie Peltz ; and HMFH architects John Miller,
Dorthea Hayes and Mario Torroella
Minutes of January 6 1998 which had already been approved, were further
corrected and clarified by DeAvignon, and the committee requested that
these this amendment be added to the official minutes last sentence,
next to last paragraph of page 1 to read "The staff has already
reviewed general plans , except for the new guidance proposal , with
DeAvignon and Moynihan, the committee was told "
Minutes of January 14 1998 were APPROVED as amended
Work is still in progress on the high school , Hayes reported A study
of how LHS plans evolved from the original study done by Steve
Friedlaender, will tell how large differences in population and
programmatic inputs from Philip Lanoue and the staff , caused an increase
in the number of required classrooms The educational specifications
have not yet been fully evolved to match the current plans , including
teacher work spaces and the like For example, peak enrollment figure
for the original study was 1849, but the presently projected peak is
nearly 2100 students Moynihan expressed concern about support space in
relation to classroom space
Plans for the high school library were discussed at length When
committee members questioned the size of the library, it was explained
that space for three classes to use the facility simultaneously would be
needed Chairman Kelley questioned the library ' s fulfillment of its
purpose and whether there was waste Explained that a total of 14 ,000
square feet is planned to be added to the building With the
elimination of the enclosed walkways between building the square footage
of addition was reduced, since they are no longer counted
In discussion of possible presentation of the high school plans to the
public, need for emphasis on the educational program and how the
facility would become a better facility for that program, was
recommended by the architects and School Committee chairman
Elevation drawings of the south-exposed side of the high school library
were displayed by Torroella, and the committee expressed clear
preference for "Scheme 6" The stepped and jutting wall line was
questioned, but it was explained as an amplification of existing stepped
walls nearby and as a solution to bring in daylight with almost all
northerly-facing windows Only one central window would face east
The committee agreed to add a meeting Wednesday, January 28 to its
already scheduled January 29 meeting at Cary Library, so that high
school interior plans as well as plans for Hastings , Clarke and Diamond
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can be discussed
HMFH architects departed 9 40 , saying that pricing data has been mailed
to Moynihan and DeAvignon
HMFH December 31 invoice for $285 ,501 49 contract and additional basic
$27 ,500 00 services was distributed Moynihan informed that about
$80 ,000 more work is to be done through January 31, 1998 Then
$2 , 201 , 137 will have been spent altogether, and a balance of $369,000 of
design money will remain The town and the architects will then go into
"suspension of contract , " which could be left open, closed or be
renegotiated after a time specified in the contract has passed VOTED
to pay the amounts listed in the invoices, as long as there is still
some money left to bring forth plans
Meeting adjourned at 10 09 p m
Respectfully
submitted,J
Erna S Greene
Secretary