HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-07-20 ad Hoc School Building Committee MinutesSCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
JULY 20 1998
A MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE WAS HELD ON
JULY 20,1998.
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 9:03 PM. PRESENT WERE ROGER
SANSTED, TIM TWOMEY, MARGARET COWELL, JOE LUPI, RICH RADVILLE, JEFF STRUBLE
AND RUSS GRAHAM.
JEFF STRUBLE REPORTED ON THE FINDINGS AND RECCOMENDATIONS OF
THE SUB COMMITTEE ON EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FEASIBILITY STUDY. THREE MEETINGS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE WERE HELD, ALL
PROPOSALS RATED AND FINAL RATINGS COMPARED.
THE SUB-COMMITTEE RECCOMENDED THAT THE BUILDING COMMITTEE
INTERVIEW THE TOP FOUR RECCOMENDATIONS WHICH WERE:
1) DRUMMEY ROSANE ANDERSON INC.
2) THE DESIGN PARTNERSHIP OF CAMBRIDGE INC.
3) STREVALOSKY & HOIT INC
4) SYMMES MAINI & MCKEE ASSOCIATES INC
RICH RADVILLE EXPRESSED SURPRISE THAT DRA ENDED UP AS NUMBER
ONE CONSIDERING HIS OPINION OF THEIR WORK ON THE HIGH SCHOOL FEASIBILITY
STUDY. ROGER SANSTED ALSO EXPRESSED HIS SURPRISE, BUT CAUTIONED THAT THE
RATINGS HAD BEEN DONE TOTALLY OBJECTIVELY AND THE PRINCIPALS ON ALL JOB
REFERENCES WERE DIFFERENT THAN THE PRINCIPALS INVOLVED IN THE READING
PROJECT.
TIM TWOMEY SUGGESTED THAT CONSIDERING THESE CONCERNS,
PERHAPS THE FIFTH RATED ARCHITECT ALSO BE INTERVIEWED.
EARL R. FLANSBURGH & ASSOCIATES WAS THE FIFTH RATED, AND TIM
NOTED THAT THEY HAD A STRONG REPUTATION.
JEFF REMINDED THE COMMITTEE THAT NO FOLLOW UP OR REFERENCES
HAD BEEN PURSUED ON EARL FLANSBURGH, SINCE THE SUB-C OMMITTEE HAD NOT
RECCOMENDED THEM..
THE CHAIR POINTED OUT THAT EARL FLANSBURGH & ASSOCIATES WERE
IN THE MIDST OF GREAT DIFFICULTIES IN THE TOWN OF ANDOVER, AND SUGGESTED
THAT IF THEY WERE ADDED THEN REFERENCES SHOULD BE SOUGHT, AND THAT
ANDOVER BE SPECIFICALLY 'CONTACTED.
ON MOTION OF RICH RADVILLE, SECONDED BY ROGER SANSTED, THE
COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO INTERVIEW THE FIVE TOP RATED ARCHITECTS ON
THE LIST SUBMITTED BY THE SUB-COMMITTEE. JEFF STRUBLE WOULD FOLLOW UP ON
SEEKING BACKGROUND AND REFERENCES ON EARL FLANSBURGH, SPECIFICALLY
CONTACTING THE TOWN OF ANDOVER.
THE COMMITTEE BELIEVED THAT TWO NIGHTS WOULD BE NEEDED FOR
INTERVIEWS, AND AUGUST 18 AND 20TH WERE TENTATIVELY SET ASIDE FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
RICH RADVILLE REPORTED THAT THE COOLIDGE PROJECT WAS ON
SCHEDULE.
ON MOTION OF MARGARET COWELL. SECONDED BY JEFF STRUBLE THE
COMMITTEE VOTED TO ADJOURN AT 9:38PM.