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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-05-06-PBC-min.pdf TOWN OF LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS PERMANENT BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes of Wednesday May 6 1998 -joint meeting of the Permanent Building Committee and the ad hoc Advisory Committee in the Selectmen' s Meeting Room, Town Office Building The meeting was called to order by Chairman Kelley at 7 28 p m with the following present other PBC members Cannalonga, Johnson and Touart and ad hoc committee members Boyle, Busa, Fenn, Kennedy, LaPointe, Lucas , McSweeney and Natale Also present were Director of School Building Operation John Moynihan; School Committee member Rosenberg, Town Meeting Members Collier, McKenna and Schroeder as well as Lexington Minuteman reporter Les Masterson Moynihan reported that he had met with the architects and received corrected and refined cost estimates of each of the Phase I and Phase II suggested cuts The Phase II list was passed around first and discussion of it lasted until after 10 p m The Phase I sheets were distributed at the end of the joint meeting for inspection before next week ' s meeting Moynihan noted that the Phase II data are still being worked on and may change At the outset of discussion explanation was requested about what the $100 ,000 that the 1998 Town Meeting had appropriated would fund Moynihan told that it was for the creation of two classrooms in what was the industrustrial arts area, as well as a science storage room and handicapped bathroom in that area Phase 2A 1 Deleting Athletic Entrance met with some favor if an entrance at the corner between the athletic wing and the main building were to be made more significant If this were done, it would still be possible to close the remainder of the school when an athletic event is going on 2A, 2 . Reduce Library Addition to one story simple footprint met with initial favor until it was suggested that there might be a use for second story space above the library Some exploration would need to be done if the second story (as well as the first floor curtain wall , which would be replaced with columns in the library)y) were to be eliminated Moynihan told that the state guidelines for high school libraries call for between 8, 500 and 12 ,000 square feet The present LHS library is 8 ,000 s f , and the planned new library, combined with media room, would be 9,700 s f 2A 3 Do not reconfigure second floor ABC/DEF to enlarae classrooms did not meet favor because of the small amount of savings that would accrue from not meeting today' s classroom standards During the course of discussion Busa emphasized that the ad hoc committee is committed to producing a report to the School Committee and PBC Fenn called for more information on the function and reason for various parts of the school 's plans Moynihan noted that the cafeteria' s size is driven by the current school standard that calls for seating 1/3 of the student body at one sitting LaPointe recommended that the group ask what the town can finance, rather than what the sticker price of the project would be In discussing 2A, 4 those present questioned relocating the main school entrance and how much was needed for safety and traffic easing Worthen PBC Minutes 5/6/98 2 Road curb cuts and a better way to handle school bus and parental dropping off was deemed worth leaving in the plan, without radical changing to the Worthen Road parking lot (resurface, do not rebuild and landscape) seemed to be the instruction 2B 5 Work on the athletic wing discussion favored gender equity but drew no conclusions pending a site inspection next week 2C 6 and 7 Relating to demolition of the Science Lecture Hall and refurbishing of science labs drew considerable discussion about uses of the space that would be created with demolition of the lecture hall Some noted that office, storage and project room space only would be created, but then it was pointed out that space for these functions would have to be created elsewhere 2C 8 Do not build new Library Addition discussion again brought out that space would need to be found elsewhere for the library function Pointed out that the only other space that could be found would involve bumping the LABS program (for special needs children from Lexington, Arlington, Belmont, Bedford and Burlington) would have to be found elsewhere in town so that Lexington could fulfill its financial share of collaborative responsibilities 2C 9 Do not build the custodial wino addition Moynihan pointed out that this wing would also contain a system-wide print shop as well as space for the high school music program so that some of this space would have to remain while some might happen elsewhere if space could be found Revisions to the library and science building were indicated on the Design Development full set of high school plans , and the group agreed to meet at the high school to see for themselves at 7 00 p m next Wednesday, May 13 Ad hoc group adjourned at 10 12 p m , while the PBC remained Minutes of Wednesday May 28 meeting were APPROVED as amended Meeting adjourned at 10 23 p m Respectfully submitted, !! Erna S Greene Secretary