HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-03-10 ad Hoc School Building Committee MinutesSCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
MINUTES MARCH 10 1997
A MEETING OF THE READING SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE WAS
CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:36 PM IN THE SUPERINTENDENTS CONFERENCE ROOM.
PRESENT WERE BARBARA POOK, ROGER SANSTED, JOE LUPI, MARGARET
COWELL, ROBIN DANTONA, DR. HARUTTUNIAN, AND RUSS GRAHAM.
THE THREE ARTICLES TO BE REQUESTED BY THE SCHOOL
COMMITTEE AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WERE DISCUSSED. JOE LUPI ASKED
HOW THE REQUESTS WERE ARRIVED AT AND HOW THE SUMS OF MONEY WERE
DETERMINED. DR HARUTTIAN OUTLINED THE PROCESS AS TO HIS CREATION OF
A SMALL GROUP FROM THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SCHOOL BLDG
COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE TOWNS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE GATHERED TO
REVIEW THE REQUESTS AND ANALIZE THE INPUT OF THE THREE SCHHOLS
PRINCIPALS. THE ARTICLES ASK FOR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR THE BIRCH
MEADOW AND JOSHUA EATON SCHOOL TO DO THINGS NOT COVERED IN THE
REQUESTS ORIGINALLY MADE. THE OTHER ARTICLE ASKS FOR MONEY TO DO
SAFETY AND MECHANICAL ISSUES WITHIN THE HIGH SCHOOL. RUSS GRAHAM
STRESSED THAT THESE ARTICLES AND THEIR CONTENTS CAME FROM THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND WERE NOT ARTICLES OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING
COMM. THE SUPERINTENDENT EXPLAINED THAT THE NUMBERS REQUESTED
REPRESENTED FIGURES TAKEN FROM THE ARCHITECTS REPORT ON THE HIGH
SCHOOL AS WELL AS NUMBERS RESEARCHED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES
AND MAINTENANCE.
THE COMMITTEE AGREED THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE ARTICLES WERE
ITEMS OF THE BUILDINGS WHICH WERE LEFT OUT OR REMOVED FROM THE
ORIGINAL REQUESTS TO TOWN MEETING BECAUSE OF FISCAL SHORTFALL. THE
COMMITTEE ALSO AGREED THAT THE WORK REQUESTED OUGHT TO BE DONE.
THE COMMITTEE, BY UNANIMOUS VOTE, VOTED TO RECCOMEND THE
SUBJECT MATTER OF ALL THREE ARTICLES TO TOWN MEETING.
THE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE COOLIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND AN ARCHITECT NEEDS TO BE CHOSEN FOR THAT
PROJECT. THE PROCESS FOLLOWED IN PAST PROJECTS HAS WORKED WELL AND
THE COMMITTEE AGREED TO INSTITUTE IT AGAIN.
A SUB COMMITTEE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE IS TO BE
ESTABLISHED TO REVIEW THE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS AND NARROW THEM
DOWN TO TWO OR THREE APPLICANTS WHO MEET ALL CRITERIA. THOSE
FINALISTS WILL THEN BE INTERVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE SO
THAT THE ARCHITECT FOR THE COOLIDGE PROJECT CAN BE CHOSEN.
BARBARA POOK, ROGER SANSTED, JOE LUPI AND RICH RADVILLE
WERE NOMINATED TO ACT AS THE SUB COMMITTEE. ON UNANIMOUS VOTE
THEY WERE SO NOMINATED AND VOTED.TO BE THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
THE CHAIRMAN EXPRESSED HIS CONCERN THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL
PROJECT WAS DEPENDENT ON FINDING FUNDING ANDIINFORMAL-COMMENTS OF
A NUMBER OF COMMITTEES AND TOWN OFFICIALS POINTED TO THE SALE OF
TIDE LANDFILL AS THAT SOURCE. NOTHING FORMAL HOWEVER HAS TAKEN
PLACE. IT SEEMED, TO HIM, TO BE APPROPRIATE THAT
TOWN MEEING~THE FINAL AUTHORITY.FOR BUILDING AND FOR APPROPRIATIONr
OUGHT TOB INVOLVED.
HE SUGGESTED THAT AN INSTRUCTIONAL, MOTION RELATIVE TO SALE OF
REAL ESTATEFUNDS FROM THE LANDFILL BE APPLIED TO THE HIGH SCHO% BE
ASKED FOR BY TOWN MEETING.
ON MOTION OF ROGER SANSTED SECONDED BY ROBIN DANTONA, THE
CHAIR WAS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE SUCH A MOTION AT THE UPCOMING TOWN
MEETING.
ON MOTION OF MARGARET COWELL SECONDED BY ROGER SANSTED THE
MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 8:47 PM