Wilber School Redevelopment Committee

June 27, 2005 Meeting Minutes

Approved July 25, 2005

Committee Members: Marilyn Kahn, Melissa Mills, Joel Tran, Jim Glazer, Jim Goldsmith, Michael Baskin, Marcia Liebman, Bob Levin, David Gordon.

Guests: Benjamin Puritz, Walter Joe Roach, Bill Heitin, Jeanette Keating.

Meeting called to order at 7:38pm by Jim Goldsmith.

Minutes

Tran/Liebman moved to accept minutes for May 23, 2005 as amended; unanimously approved.

Liebman/Marilyn Kahn moved to accept minutes for June 6, 2005; unanimously approved.

Tran/Mills move to accept minutes for June 20, 2005 as amended; unanimously approved.

Baskin reported he had spoken to Town Administrator Ben Puritz about the contract for the planning consultant on June 23th.  At the meeting tonight, Puritz stated we could use a standard form for the contract; he will work with the Committee on this.

Committee Discussion

Goldsmith would like the design consultant to produce sketches, as well as a brief report. Baskin noted that these requests were included in the consultant RFP. Consultant is also to check on the limitations of the zoning laws.

Baskin reported that he called Larry Koff on June 27^th. Koff will meet first with  the task force, develop a work-plan, and then present his ideas at a full committee meeting, tentatively scheduled for July 18^th. :Koff will talk about objectives and, with the committee, set a schedule, with the tentative completion date of September 15^th.

Gordon said that committee members would receive interim updates of the task force meetings, with one week to review, as well as updates of any significant information.

There was discussion about the hiring of a consultant to assist with the preparation and administration of the Developer RFP.  Baskin noted that Koff may be interested in competing for this additional contract.  If Koff does not seek to work with a responding developer, then there should be no conflict. With both Stephen Crane and Larry Koff, the committee still needs to identify one more potential consultant to be invited to respond to a solicitation.  It was agreed that Tran would take the lead on the preparation of a RFP.  Koff will be invited to interview with the Committee on July 18, the same night he will present the initial work-plan.

Next meeting: Monday, July 18^th at 7:30 pm in the Cynthia B. Fox Community Room, Sharon Public Library. (Entrance via High Street.)

Tran/Liebman moved to adjourn 8:01; unanimously approved.

Respectfully submitted,

Stacey Sullivan