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READING SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
MAY 22 1997
THE SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 22, 1997.
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 8:OOPM. PRESENT WERE
ROGER SANSTED, RICH RADVILLE,JOE LUPI, BOB GRASSO,MARGARET COWELL,
BARBARA POOK, ROBIN DANTONA, HARRY HARUTUNIAN AND RUSS GRAHAM.
JOHN DOHERTY, PRINCIPAL OF THE COOLIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS ALSO
PRESENT, AND WAS ASKED TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE PROCEEDINGS.
TWO ARCHITECTS WERE TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR THE COOLIDGE
FEASIBILITY STUDY.
THE FIRST ARCHITECT WAS MT VERNON GROUP JOE LUPI
INTRODUCED EVERYONE.
THEY OUTLINED THEIR CREDENTIALS, QUALIFICATIONS AND
BACKGROUND, AND DISPLAYED A NUMBER OF RENDERINGS OF VARIOUS
SCHOOL PROJECTS IN WHICH THEY HAD BEEN INVOLVED. IN ADDITION, THEY
HAD SLIDES OF A NUMBER OF THEIR PROJECTS WHICH THEY SHOWED TO THE
COMMITTEE.
MARGARET COWELL ASKED THEM AS SHE HAD ALL OTHERS HOW
THEY ANTICIPATED THE IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION ON A FULLY OPERATING
BUILDING. THEY MADE REFERENCE TO A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN WHICH THE
HAD BEEN INVOLVED AND IN WHICH THAT HAD BEEN THE CASE, AND WHAT
THEIR REACTION HAD BEEN. THEY DID NOT ANTICIPATE A PROBLEM.
THEY HAD NO PROBLEM WITH A MENU APPROACH AND FULLY
UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF COST.
THEY DID NOT KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PARKER PROJECT
BUT UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS PROJECT COULD NOT BE OF THE SAME
MAGNITUDE.
THEY BELIEVED FULLY IN A WIDE INFUSION OF PEOPLE IN THE
PROCESS AND IN PERIODIC REPORTING TO THE SCHOOL BLDG COMM AND TO
THE ADMINISTRATION.
THEY USED DR. GEORGE COLLINS AS THEIR EDUCATIONAL
CONSULTANT AND HAD MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER EXPERT AS COUNSEL TO
THEIR FIRM.
THE COMMITTEE THANKED THEM FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THE COMMITTEE AT 9:06PM INTERVIEWED STEKALOVSKY AND HOIT
INC.
THEY TOO OUTLINED THEIR BACKGROUND, CREDENTIALS AND
QUALIFICATIONS.
THEY PRESENTED DRAWINGS AND PLANS FOR SCHOOL PROJECTS IN
WHICH THEY HAD BEEN INVOLVED AND THESE INCLUDED A NUMBER OF
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECTS.
THEY BELIEVED THAT USING THE RIGHT TIME LINE, A PROPER
PHASING OF THE CONSTRUCTION COULD BE IMPLEMENTED WITH MINIMAL
IMPACT ON THE OPERATION OF THE SCHOOL AND OUTLINED JUST SUCH AN
OPERATION IN WHICH THEY HAD BEEN INVOLVED.
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THE MENU APPROACH WAS ONE THEY WOULD HAVE SUGGESTED
AND THEY ILLUSTRATED ANOTHER PROJECT THAT THEY HAD DONE IN WHICH
THE MENU APPROACH HAD BEEN USED. THEY PASSED OUT MATERIAL USED IN
ANOTHER TOWN TO SELL SUCH A PROJECT AND TO EXPLAIN THE COSTS.
THEY HAD VISITED THE PARKER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TAKEN A
TOUR OF THE BUILDING. THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED AND FULLY
UNDERSTOOD THAT SOME DEGREE OF PARITY WAS NEEDED AT COOLIDGE BUT
COULD QUICKLY SURMISE THAT THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT WAS NOT OF THE
SAME MAGNITUDE.
THEY OUTLINED THE PROCESS THEY HAD USED IN OTHER
COMMUNITIES TO INCLUDE GOVERMENT OFFICIALS, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, STAFF AND STUDENTS IN THE
GATHERING OF INFORMATION. THEY HAD READ AND APPRECIATED THE
MATERIAL CONTAINED IN THE COOLIDGE BUILDING COMM REPORT.
THEY TOO USED DR. COLLINS AS THEIR EDUCATIONAL
CONSULTANT AND HAD AS COUNSEL A COMPUTER EXPERT TO ADVISE THEM ON
TECHNOLOGY.
THE COMMITTEE THANKED THEM FOR THEIR PRESENTATION.
THE CHAIR ,TO SEE IF A CONSENSUS EXISTED, ASKED EACH
MEMBER OF THE COMMITTE AND JOHN DOHERTY TO COMMENT ON THEIR
REACTIONS TO THE FOUR PRESENTATIONS AND WHO., IF ANY, WAS THEIR
PREFERENCE FOR THE ARCHITECT.
EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, AND MR. DOHERTY FELT
STRONGLY THAT STREKAVLOSKY AND HOIT INC. HAD XITHOUT DOUBT,MADE
THE BEST PRESENTATION, AND HAD THE BEST BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE
TO CARRY OUT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AT COOLIDGE.
THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES THEY HAD USED,AND THEIR VISIT TO
PARKER WERE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO THE COMMITTEE.
ON MOTION OF ROGER SANSTED, SECONDED BY ROBIN DANTONA,
IT WAS MOVED THAT STREKAVLOSKY AND HOIT BE APPOINTED AS THE
ARCHITECTS TO CARRY OUT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE COOLIDGE
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE MOTION CARRIED 9 0 0.
THE CHAIR ASKED MR LUPI TO TELEPHONE STREKAVLOSKY AND
HOIT THE NEXT MORNING TO INFORM THEM OF THE VOTE AND TO
COMMUNICATE TO THE OTHER INTERVIEWEES THE RESULTS OF THE MEETING.
HE AGREED TO DO SO.
ON MOTION OF ROGER SANSTED, SECONDED BY RICH RADVILLE
THE COMMITTEE ADJOURNED AT 10:38PM