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AUGUST 27,1998
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BUILDING COMMITTEE WAS HELD ON AUGUST 27, 1998 AT THE SUPERINTENDENTS
CONFERENCE ROOM. THE MEETING WAS CALLED
TO ORDER AT 7:35 PM. PRESENT WERE JEFF
STRUBLE, JOE LUPI, ROGER SANSTED, TIM TWOMEY, RICH RADVILLE, JOE
FINNEGAN, BOB GRASSO AND RUSS GRAHAM.
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS TO INTERVIEW TWO
ARCHITECTS FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PROJECTS AND TO CHOOSE AN ARCHITECT FOR THAT PROJECT FROM THOSE
INTERVIEWED THIS EVENING AND ON THE 25TH OF AUGUST.
THE FIRST INTERVIEW WAS WITH
STREVALOSKY AND HOIT. THEY POINTED OUT THAT THEY WERE ALREADY
WORKING ON PROJECTS WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OF READING AND WERE
FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE TIME
CONSTRAINTS AND BELIEVE EACH BUILDING HAS TO BE VISITED AND DIFFERENT
OPTIONS PRESENTED THAT CONFORM WITH THE EDUCATIONAL PLANS OF
READING. THEY ACKNOWLEGED THAT WE WERE ON THE VERY LOW RANGE OF
FUNDS ALLOWED TO ANSWER THE PROBLEMS, BUT RECOGNIZED THE FISCAL
RESTRAINTS THAT WERE IN PLACE. THEY STRESSED THAT THE TEAM WESEE
IS THE TEAM WE GET-SPECIFICALLY ROGER HOIT AND GENE RAYMOND.
THE SECOND INTERVIEW WAS WITH DESIGN
PARTNERSHIP OF CAMBRIDGE. DAVE FINNEGAN OF THAT FIRM MADE A
PRESENTATION OUTLINING WHAT THEY SAW AS THE PROBLEM AND REVIEWED
THEIR RECENT PROJECTS THAT HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE SBAB, MOST
IMPORTANLY, THE PARKER MIDDLE SCHOOL IN READING. THEY
EMPHASIZED THAT THE PARKER PROJECT WAS TYPICAL OF WHAT AND HOW
THEY DO A PROJECT. THE TIME CONSTRAINTS WERE NOT A PROBLEM TO
THEM.
AFTER THE ARCHITECTS LEFT, THE COMMITTEE WAS ASKED TO CRITIQUE
THE PRESENTATIONS AND EXPRESS THEIR PREFERENCE.
CONSENSUS WAS QUICKLY REACHED THAT EARL FLANSBURGH AND
ASSOCIATES HAD MADE THE BEST PRESENTATION AND THE MOST COMPLETE
PRESENTATION AND SEEMED BEST ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE TOWN AT
THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
A MOTION WAS MADE BY ROGER SANSTED SECONDED BY BOB GRASSO TO
AWARD THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE READINF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PROJECT TO EARL FLANSBURGH ASSOCIATES.
THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE NEEDS TO HAVE AN ANNUAL
OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE NEW SCHOOL AND THE NEED TO ADRESS
POTENTIAL ISSUES BOUND TO ARISE OVER THE SITE FOR A NEW SCHOOL.
ON MOTION OF ROGER SANSTED, SECONDED BY RICH RADVILLE, THE
COMMITTEE VOTED TO ADJOURN AT 10:21 PM