HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-12-20-SCAP-minSenior Center Action Plan Committee Meeting
December 20, 2005
5:30 pm
Present: Shirley Stolz, Mary Lou Touart, Paul Lapointe, Tom Griffiths, Duke Bitsko
Lauren MacNeil, Marilyn Campbell, Marian Cohen, Maria Constantinides
Laura Kole, Richard Pagett, John Rossi
The town produced a report from the Assessors office stating Munroe has measured
square footage of 21,252 sq. ft. If you subtract 480 sq. ft of unfinished basement you get
20,772, or approximately the desired amount of space.
Richard passed out: Summary of Depot Sq. parking lot, map of Depot Sq. parking lot,
Assessors' Report on Munroe School, Dec. 13 minutes for review.
Muzzey Field
There are many issues with this site. It's very small and tight with no advantages. Issues
with the condo association are too hard to overcome. Paul recommended that we drop
Muzzey Field from consideration and instead focus on a location with a greater potential
for success. We took a vote on whether to drop Muzzey from our list.
The vote was unanimous to drop Muzzey Field from our list of sites under consideration.
Depot Square Parking Lot
Richard and John met with Suffolk Construction (they build parking structures) to see
what they think will work.
For efficient use of the space, it would be harder to design a parking structure for the
narrow part of the parking lot, so we should consider building the senior center at that
end and the parking structure down at the Meriam St. end. The current lot is zoned RS,
the setback required 30' on Meriam; 25' on Oakland St; 15' -20' along the bikepath.; 40'
height limit (2 1 /2 stories). If it changes to CB there would be required 0' setback on
Meriam and along the bikepath; 25' on Oakland; 30' height restriction.
With a 30' height restriction we can get two whole floors above grade. Note: we are only
allowed to have two stories above grade, town bylaws. That much parking would be
more than we already have, the entrance to the Senior Center would require going
through the parking lot.
General discussion: If we could solve the long -term parking issue, we would have an
easier sell to the Board and Town Meeting. What will it look like? We will certainly
have an entrance from Meriam St. And will the seniors have trouble using a parking
garage? And there is an objection that this building will not have presence, the way the
COA wants this new, important building have it. We want access to the Senior Center
without going through the parking garage. Paul says he does not see a groundswell of
support for a parking structure. John is getting to like the idea. Here we could control
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the footprint of the building. The current lot generates $125,000 per year in gross
revenue.
Is Depot Sq. in or out? Can't decide yet, last discussion will be next week. It would
definitely need a group with energy to support and champion this parking structure.
Meeting adjourned at 7:15 pm
Next meeting: Tuesday January 2, 2005 at 5:30 in the Selectmen's Meeting Room,
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