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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-03-26-PBC-min.pdf TOWN OF LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS PERMANENT BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes of Thursday March 26 1998 Meetina joint with Cary Library Building Committee in the library Oval Room, as approved March 31, 1998 (The PBC, with members Kelley, Bruckman, Johnson and Touart met separ- ately before and after the joint meeting with the library committee in the Children's Activity Room - with Barrie Peltz also attending - and in the small room off the large print collection area, respectively Business of these sessions is reported at the end of these minutes ) The meeting was called to order by Library Building Committee Chairman and PBC member Walter Pierce at 7 18 p m with PBC member for the Library Lucker and Library Director Carol Mahoney, staff member Julie Triessl and Library Building Committee member Sara Chase present Design Advisory Committee members John Frey, Stacey Bridge (also Planning Board) , Bruce Creager, Steven Hurley, Betsy Whitman, Selectman Liaison Eddison, as well as Architects Stephen Hale and Melissa Bennett also attended Role of the Library Building Committee was described by Chairman Pierce as nearing its end along with the Design Development phase of the Library's plans He advocated that the preparation of construction documents be under the direction of the Permanent Building Committee Board of Appeals Hearing of March 12 brought approval of all of the library' s six requests for variances were approved, all but one of them unanimously, and that one approved 4 to 1 Historic Districts Commission (HDC) hearing Thursday April 2 is the next hurdle for the project , and review of plans in preparation for this hearing is the primary purpose of this meeting Noted that HDC is concerned exclusively with the exterior of the building A slide show prepared for the hearing was shown and questions raised as noted below Handicapped ramp has been reduced to one at the Clarke Street side of the Mass Ave entrance The slide showing a drawing of it evoked comment on the heaviness of the wrought iron railings Noted that the slide shows only a drawing and does not indicate the mass of the building behind that would tend to diminish the significance of the ramp and railing Concern was expressed about the HDC's expressed distaste for ramps in general Elevation drawings and windows (planned to be aluminum to replicate historic ones) raised many questions , not all of them ending in agree- ment Siding/roofing of "ceramic slate to match original color" samples and other surface materials should be displayed at the hearing it was urged and agreed Need for agreement before HDC hearing advocated around the room Ms Chase listed areas of controversy around which discussion could center Predicted that not all matters would be decided by the HDC in one session and that the hearing was likely to be continued In any case another meeting of the PBC, Library Committee and DAC was agreed upon for Tuesday, March 31 at 7 p m { The PBC meeting continued across the entry hall at about 9 20 PBC Minutes of 3/26/98 - Page 2 Written report from the ad hoc aroma discussions was distributed and it was noted that the word "reimbursable" was missing from the paragraph statement and in addition no sum of money was mentioned (Chairman Kelley mentioned that $15 million was a number given to architects HMFH in asking them to come up with a high school project for that cost ) Noted that Peter Enrich and Susan Elberger have been attending the group's meetings, particularly since local elections The cost of $22,000 to get HMFH' s answers was APPROVED by the PBC, but it also must go through the School Committee Invoices from HMFH dated Januaryfor 30 , 1998 professional services $62 , 961 ,00 ; for "additional basic services" of $3 , 800 , dated March 13, 1998 for additional services through 2/28/98 of $4, 400; and to reimburse Peterson Associates to design a new roof for the School Administration Building for $4, 309 80 were APPROVED by the committee Minutes APPROVED Thursday, January 29, 1998, as submitted Wednesday, February 4, 1998 , as submitted, with corrections * Thursday, March 5 , 1998, as submitted (produced by library's architects) Noted that the Library meeting of March 11 was not posted as a PBC meeting, and that only two PBC members attended Meeting adjourned about 9 50 Respectfully submitted, Erna S Greene, Secretary