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Home My WebLink About2025-10-06-SBC-min (draft) Project: Lexington High School Meeting:School Building Committee Meeting No. 35-10/06/2025 Page: 1 OII:Zlfiii: .m wi°°I III"'III'°'TIE P Project: Lexington High School ,,,, Project No: Subject: School Building Committee Meeting Meeting Date: 10/06/2025 Location: Hybrid(146 Maple Street&Zoom) Time: 12:00 PM Distribution d By:Attendees, Project File PrepareJ.Greco Present Name Affiliation Present Name Affiliation Kathleen Lenihan* SBC Chair&SC Member ✓ Mike Burton DWMP Michael Cronin* SBC Vice-Chair&LPS Facilities ✓ Christina Dell DWMP Angelo I/ Julie Hackett* Jacob Greco DWMP Superintendent Steve Bartha* Town Manager Chris Schaffner Green Engineer Joe Pato* Select Board Chair ✓ Lorraine Finnegan SMMA J . Mark Barrett* Public Facilities Manager Rosemary Park SMMA Charles Favazzo PBC Co-Chair Thomas Faust SMMA Jr.* Jonathan Himmel PBC Chair Brian Black SMMA Andrew Baker* Lexington High School Principal ✓ Erin Prestileo SMMA Carolyn Kosnoff* Finance Assistant Town Anthony Jimenez SMMA Manager Hsing Min Sha* Community Representative J Martine Dion JSMMA Kseniya Slaysky* Community Representative ✓ Anoush Krafian SMMA Charles Lamb Capital Expenditures Michael Dowhan SMMA Committee Alan Levine Appropriation Commit tee � Andy Oldeman �SMMA Dan Voss* Sustainable Lexington Rick DeAngelis Recreation Committee Department Maureen Director of Planning and Cindy Arens Recreation Kavanaugh Assessment Department Veirirrrncairnk Ma:aSSa:aa.ihUseU �rr�rnr.rlr irearudW�rlhliu::tlie .coin Project: Lexington High School Meeting:School Building Committee Meeting No. 35-10/06/2025 Page:2 Claire Sheth Recreation Committee ✓ N.Martin Lexington Athletic Director Mina Makarious Town Counsel ✓ E.Sheehan LHS Athletic Trainer Item........ No Action Item Re Ball in Court Requested by q Please clickIFi,e,Ire'for the presentation o This ill be referenced in the meeting minutes with slide numbers called out to refer t . ® Below is a summation of key points, please view the recording.!g.!Eg for full transcript. Item Descriptio No. n 35.1 Call to Order&Intro:Called to order by K.Lenihan at 12:02 pm Record Please refer to attendee list 35.2 Approval of September 15 -2025, Meeting Minutes: Record A motion to approve the September 15th 2025 Meeting Minutes was made byJ.Pato& seconded by K.Slaysky Roll Call Vote:A. Baker-Yes, M.Cronin-Absent,C. Favazzo-Yes,J. Hackett-Yes,J. Himmel-Yes, C. Kosnoff-Yes,J. Pato-Yes, K.Slaysky-Absent, H. Sha-Yes, K. Lenihan -Yes, D.Voss-Yes,S.Bartha-Yes, M.Barrett-Yes 10-0-2. 35.3 Design Update Record B.Black provided a design progress update for Design Development including: (Slide 5) o Design Team Onboarding o Coordinating the Revit Model o Programming Meetings o Plan Optimizations o Preparing Design Presentations Page 2 of 7 Project: Lexington High School Meeting:School Building Committee Meeting No. 35-10/06/2025 Page:3 35.4 Total Project Budget Update Record • M.Burton provided an update on the total project budget including an increase in the MSBA grant to$121.3 Million (Slide 7) o H.Min Sha asked how likely this will be the final number M.Burton said that after this point they usually do not change but it will not be final until the October 29th MSBA Board Meeting o C.Lamb asked where the$112 Million number came form • M.Burton noted it was shared publicly multiple times o A.Levine asked if the money already appropriated is included in the total budget number • M.Burton noted yes o A.Levine asked when the$1 Million from LABBB will be available J.Hackett said it was ready it just has to be processed 35.5 Targeted Value Design Update Record • K.Cassen provided an update on the progress of Targeted Value Design(Slide 9&10) 35.6 Field House Update Record • L.Finnegan noted there has been a lot of conversation about the field house so the presentation will remind everyone of the process that has occurred to date and decisions that have been made • A.Krafian discussed the field house slides including who uses the field house, programming meetings that have occurred, SBC decisions,&general field house information(Slides 12-26) • M.Burton noted that the total project cost for the field house is$33.7 Million • J.Himmel asked if a 200M track is precluded on Options C&D from PSR o B.Black noted no but it would displace all the other programming that they have in that space o A.Krafian noted that in all the programming meetings there was a strong preference for a 146M track even if the option that can have a 200M track were chosen • A.Levine asked if the cost for the field house includes the addition o M.Burton noted yes Page 3 of 7 Project: Lexington High School Meeting:School Building Committee Meeting No. 35-10/06/2025 Page:4 • J.Himmel noted that M.Burton had mentioned that the project cost was$33.6 but the slide 18 shows$42.6 so it may want to be updated • K.Lenihan asked if there was conversation about the future tack having a better layout than the current one C A.Krafian noted yes the future track would have an improved shape compared to the existing one • A.Levine asked if the project team has looked into removing the dome and add a flat roof o L.Finnegan noted that is what Option D was in PSR and it would be more expensive to add the structure instead of renovating it • K.Lenihan noted that they are in the Middlesex League and that all meets are held at the New Balance and other locations because they provided state of the art facilities. • N.Martin asked if there is any conversation they can look at to improve a 146M track such as shape or banking it to notjust have a flat track o B.Black noted they are happy to work towards a better solution that helps the layout or the track but will still have to work within the parameters theyjust discussed. He also noted they do have another programming meeting for the field house next week to dive deeper into this o N.Martin thanked the design team and Lexington community for all their devotion and hard work 35.7 Community Meeting Record • M.Burton noted they carved out this time to just discuss any questions or comments about the meeting agenda and plan o K.Lenihan said that at the last community meeting the date was challenging as it was the elementary school back to school night and hopes to see a better turn out next week. She added it would be helpful to have an update on how we got here for people that are just starting to tune into the project • J.Himmel asked when they will see an agenda for this meeting o M.Burton noted that is the point of this topic is to make sure we add everything that the SBC thinks is needed • J.Himmel noted that it may be good to answer some of the frequently asked questions that keep coming up such as renovating the existing high school and the lack of getting the point across that the costs for operating the high school and doing renovation work are different numbers. He added that the Town's policy the last handful of years has been minimizing the work on the High School with the plan of this project and how it would cost at the very least$300M+ • J.Himmel noted that the field house discussion today was very helpful and how in general the SBCs role is understanding the requests of scope from the education plan while managing the cost Page 4 of 7 Project: Lexington High School Meeting:School Building Committee Meeting No. 35-10/06/2025 Page: 5 J.Pato said it is important to bring up clarifications to some topics that did not have clear responses such as the cost of the field house or what construction disruption mitigation looks like for an adjacent project vs renovation/addition A.Baker added that clarifications about modular classroom use could be clarified K.Lenihan noted they could talk about how education has changed and that even if there were more students fifty(50)years ago it is not the same utilization of space today J.Hackett said that they could reaffirm their(The SBCs)stance on the field house o K.Lenihan noted they reviewed the presentation on the field house today and we are moving forward with the currently selected field house and asked if anyone disagrees with this statement • C.Kosnoff said she does not disagree entirely but noted she did vote previously for the renovation only at the 03/10/2025 meeting. She added it is interesting to see how they got here from the and said that she does not feel comfortable with taking away the field house via VE after the vote and thinks that everyone should just move forward with the current plan • C.Favazzo noted that he did not vote for the addition/renovation and thinks they should spend the least amount of money on the field house as possible • J.Pato noted that even if they did delay this and not move forward the space provided is not enough for what some of the strong advocates want and he is comfortable moving forward with what they currently have • J.Himmel noted that if they do move forward with this they will not be going back in the future to create something new and thinks that it is on the VE list in spirit of saving money • J.Hackett noted that it is fair to say that the SBC was in favor unanimously of proceeding with a field house option that was not the largest opting but there was disagreement on which smaller option everyone wanted • E.Sheehan added that everyone seems to focus too much on the track and the size without looking at all the benefits of the addition that will be added and all the programs that can take use of this • A.Baker wanted to add that any field house that was not an addition or renovation would require a fully separate debt exclusion vote and could not be part of the high school project • C.Sheth wanted the community to think about how every additional indoor space that recreation can use really helps expand their program at the community level. She added that they currently run at a large deficit so this would be very beneficial to the Recreation Department • L.Finnegan wanted to remind everyone that VE has to be done at every phase as it is required by the MSBA and the project team does not make these choices the SBC does and the big ticket items such as the field house and central office are always included.She noted that this level of detail the SBC had the Schematic Design go through is very strong and they are on budget Page 5 of 7 Project: Lexington High School Meeting:School Building Committee Meeting No. 35-10/06/2025 Page: 6 currently. She said that there will always be a VE list but it does not have to be taken. 35.8 Upcoming Meetings Record M.Burton reviewed the upcoming meetings(Slide 28) 35.9 Public Comment Record Please click Yn.elrt to view public comment 35.10 Reflections and Action Items Record • A.Levine said he is working on drafting his committees town meeting report for the appropriation aspect of this and he will have questions about the sustainability systems included • K.Lenihan noted she has heard talk of how the curves in the building add cost to the project and without them the project would be considerably cheaper C M.Burton noted there are not as many radius walls as people actually think it is only the three courtyard ones everything else is straight and at PSR the cost estimators informed the team there is no significant cost savings involved in it • H.Min Sha reflected on how his key points on supporting this project financially have been met by the impact positively to the community,the return on interest of the project,and the financial plans shared by the town o K.Lenihan agrees and it is important how the design looks 35.11 Adjourn: Motion to adjourn at 1:32 was made by H.Min Sha and seconded by A.Baker Record Roll Call Vote:A. Baker-Yes, M.Cronin-Yes,C. Favazzo-Yes,J. Hackett-Yes,J. Himmel-Yes, C. Kosnoff-Yes,J. Pato-Yes, K.Slaysky-Absent, H. Sha-Yes, K. Lenihan -Yes, D.Voss-Yes,S.Bartha-Yes, M.Barrett-Yes 11-0-1 Sincerely, L:S0IRIE.." +-VVI NNFTTIi:::IR Jacob Greco Assistant Project Manager Cc:Attendees, File Page 6 of 7 Project: Lexington High School Meeting:School Building Committee Meeting No. 35-10/06/2025 Page:7 The above is my summation of our meeting. If you have any additions and/or corrections, please contact me for incorporation into these minutes. Page 7 of 7