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° Town of Reading
= Meeting Minutes RECEIVED
I "OWN CLERK
LADING. MASS.
Board - Committee - Commission - Council: 1013 DEC -9 P bt %f
Library Building Committee
Date: 2013 -11 -12 Time: 7:00 PM
Building: School - Memorial High Location: Conference Room
Address: 62 Oakland Road
Purpose: General Business
Attendees: Members - Present:
David Hutchinson, Chair; Rachel Baumgartner, Vice -Chair Cherrie Dubois,
Secretary, Karen Herrick, Bob Newton, Greg Stapler, Nancy Twomey, Ruth
Urell, Library Director.
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Joe Huggins, Facilities Director
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Cherrle Dubois, Secretary
Topics of Discussion:
Approval of Minutes
• Motion to approve both the minutes of Thursday, August 8, 2013 and Thursday, October 12,
2013 (R. Baumgartner/N. Twomey) Vote: Unanimous
Building Update: Ruth Urea
Ms. Urell informed the Committee that CBT is working on rough schematics and plans to present these
preliminary designs to the Committee on November 25, at which point we will be able to suggest
changes, if we wish, or affirm the design. This design will be used for the first set of cost estimates from
A.M. Fogarty, CBT's cost estimator for this job.
With a changing timeline, the Library will likely not vacate its present space until June. CBT hopes the
project will be ready to go into the construction phase in June or July. It also anticipates the building may
be ready in slightly less time than previously anticipated, with a possible reopening in late 2015 or early
2016. We have learned that the MBLC would permit us to apply for an extension.
To date, the contract with our architect has not been signed; however, discussion continues with Evan
Warner acting as the go-between; he hopes to get the Town and the architects to reach complete
agreement in the near future.
The temporary space contract also remains unsigned, although our move-in date is now later than
originally planned. We have talked to TM Bob LeLachem regarding reducing operating costs at the
temporary space. Will utilities and maintenance budget be used to pay those temporary-space operating
costs?
The meeting was adjourned at 7:00 pm (N. Twomey/K. Herrick)
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