Wilber
School Redevelopment Committee
January 9th, 2006 Meeting Minutes
Approved February 27th, 2006
Committee
Attendees
Jim
Goldsmith – Chairperson
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Marilyn
Z. Kahn
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Michael
Baskin
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Bob Levin
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David
DePree
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Marcia
Liebman
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Craig
Edwards
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Melissa
Mills
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James
Glaser
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Joel Tran
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David
Gordon
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Guests
Paul
Lauenstein – Planning Board
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Meeting
Initiation
Meeting was
called to order at 7:55
pm by Jim Goldsmith.
Meeting
Minutes
Edwards/Kahn
moved to accept minutes of December 12th; unanimously approved.
Discussion
- Goldsmith/Kahn
moved to elect Liebman as liaison to the Board of Health; unanimously
approved.
- Goldsmith
informed the committee of his discussion with the Board of Health earlier
in the evening regarding the Wilber progress. He provided the BOH with an update similar to that
provided to the Board of Selectmen to include the Horsley Witten project.
He also mentioned that Peter O’Cain had just received the latest Weston
and Sampson Report (which he brought to the BOH meeting) identifying some
non-Wilber sites where, even at 5000 gpd, ground water level may be too
high for septic systems. The data from W&S will be sent to Horsley
& Witten.The W&S report will also be sent to all committee members
and posted on our website.
- Suggested
changes for the RFP had been compiled by Levitts and distributed to
committee members in preparation for this meeting. However, review by the
whole committee proved to be cumbersome; it was decided that Goldsmith will
review the updated RFP from a legal standpoint and then meet with Liebman
to fine-tune the wording.
- Goldsmith
discussed a rumor of a lawsuit to force the town to knock down the Wilber building
because it is a public health hazard. He emphasized the need to get the
building abated as quickly as possible. Baskin estimated if the abatement
process were to begin in June it would take approximately three to four
months to complete. This includes taking out guano, asbestos, PCB’s, and
lead paint in order to provide a clean shell.
- Lauenstein
noted that January 13th was the deadline for the $45,000 grant application
for water protection areas. Gordon/Lauenstein have already drafted a narrative
for the grant proposal; they will contact Scott Horsley from Horsley and Witten for comments and additional information.
Peter O’Cain will be the lead person on the town side to gather
attachments and signatures. Lauenstein stated that this is a competitive
grant and there are other grants if this one doesn’t work. Our only disadvantage
is that our end result is a plan, as opposed to the completion of the
actual project.
Future Meetings
7:30 pm Monday, January 23, Sharon Public Library Reference
Room
Meeting Adjournment
Tran/Levin
moved to adjourn meeting at 9:00 pm; passed
unanimously.
Respectfully
submitted,
Rachelle
F. Levitts