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Readin_a School Building Committee
Minutes of RSBC Meetinq Held on April 3, 2003, 7:30 p.m. _i~t~
(In the RMHS Guidance Career Center)
_i,;I~`EX, MASS.
Committee Members Attending:
Russ Graham, Chair (RG)
Tim Twomey (TT)
Dennis LaCroix (DL)
Warren Cochrane (WC)
Rich Radville (RR)
Paula Perry (PP)
Jeff Struble (JS)
Bill Carroll (BC)
Michael Scarpitto (MS)
Featured Guests:
Sid Bowen (Flansburgh Associates, Inc.)
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RG recounted the events that occurred since the last SBC meeting (1/8/03) regarding
the RMHS project, including Town Meeting's acceptance of its recommendations and
the subsequent debt exclusion election, which passed. He thanked the advocacy group
Building Pride for its efforts, Flansburgh Associates and the SBC itself. He said he felt
that the Committee had done an exemplary job through the years of fulfilling the task
assigned to it by Town Meeting.
RG then called for a review of the final invoices submitted by Flansburgh Associates for
their work on the schematic design of RMHS.
RR presented his review of FAI's satisfaction of the terms of its contract with
the SBC. He noted that earlier, FAI had delivered a draft of its final report to
SBC members and he had gone through it to see if they had performed the
work required in the contract. He had also talked to Sid Bowen to confirm the
existence of items that were not in the report, such as required plans of
existing conditions and electronic files of FAI's drawings. He said he was
satisfied that all the deliverables had been produced and were available to
the Town through the School Committee for use in the completion of the
approved RMHS design (by the architect chosen by that committee, Design
Partnership of Cambridge). Mr. Bowen displayed an example of a drawing of
an existing mechanical layout that was produced, but not included in the final
report. He said that architectural, structural and mechanical drawings of the
existing conditions were produced and available.
RR then made a motion for the Committee to accept FAI's final report for the
schematic design of RMHS, which was seconded by DL. JS asked if the
electronic files had been transferred to Reading, or were still at Flansburgh's
office. Mr. Bowen replied Ahat they were at his office, but would be
transferred to the new design team whenever they requested them. With no
further discussion occurring, a vote was taken and the result was unanimous
in the affirmative (9-0-0). Committee members then approved the
outstanding invoices.
Readh g .School Building Committee
Meeting Minutes from April 3, 2003
RG called for a motion to accept the minutes of the December 3, 2002 RSBC meeting.
RR so moved and was seconded by DL. He called for any additions, deletions or
corrections desired by the Committee. With none appearing, a vote was taken and the
result was unanimous in the affirmative.
RG called for a motion to accept the minutes of the December 11, 2002 RSBC meeting.
RR so moved and was seconded by DL. He called for any additions, deletions or
corrections desired by the Committee. With none appearing, a vote was taken and the
result was unanimous in the affirmative.
RG called for a motion to accept the minutes of the December 23, 2002 RSBC meeting.
RR so moved and was seconded by DL. He called for any additions, deletions or
corrections desired by the Committee. With none appearing, a vote was taken and the
result was unanimous in the affirmative.
RG called for a motion to accept the minutes of the January 8, 2003 RSBC meeting.
RR so moved and was seconded by DL. He called for any additions, deletions or
corrections desired by the Committee. With none appearing, a vote was taken and the
result was unanimous in the affirmative.
The Committee consented to the idea of reviewing the minutes of the present meeting
after they are mailed to the members and transmitting any corrections to the Secretary
individually so as to avoid calling another meeting just to approve them.
RG then discussed making a final report to Town Meeting to close out the work of the
SBC. He said he had had discussions with FAI, DPC and the Administration and
nobody saw a need to involve the SBC with the school projects now underway. Future
work at Killam Elementary School was seen as a maintenance project and not an
enrollment upgrade; hence the SBC would not be charged with moving it forward.
RG then called for a motion to make a final report to the Annual Town Meeting
(scheduled for April 28`"). RR so moved and was seconded by DL. With no further
discussion appearing, a vote was taken and the result was unanimous in the affirmative.
RR then took the opportunity to thank Flansburgh Associates and Sid Bowen personally
for their work on the schematic design for Reading Memorial High School. He said he
felt it was the right solution for the school and he thought it never would have been
realized if it weren't for the hard work and creativity of the FAI architects, noting Mr.
Bowen's work in particular. He expressed disappointment that FAI was not chosen for
the completion of the project, but wished them well with the completion of the two
elementary schools (Dividence Road and Barrows). The other Committee members
also extended their thanks and good wishes to Mr. Bowen and FAI.
With no other business appearing, RG called for a motion to adjourn. DL so moved and
was seconded by RR. A vote was taken and it was unanimous in the affirmative (time
7:55 p.m.).
(Author's note: this is the final record of the deliberations of the Reading School Building
Committee, which was dissolved by Reading Town Meeting on April 28, 2003)
Minutes prepared and submitted by:
Jeffrey W. Struble, Secretary
Reading School Building Committee