Sharon Standing Building Committee

Meeting Minutes

March 4, 2009

Members Present:     Chair Gordon Gladstone, Vice Chair Deb Benjamin,                                                     Fred Clay, Colleen Tuck, Rick Rice,          Steve Smith, Joel Wolk,                                                Roger Thilbault and Bill Croteau

Members Not Present:   Rich Slater

Associate Members Present: Glenn Allen

Associate Members Not Present:  Sam Liao, Steve Lesco and Rob Maidman

The meeting of the Sharon Standing Building Committee was held at 6:30 p.m. in the Conference Room at the Community Center.

The meeting of the Sharon Standing Building Committee was called to order at 6:34 p.m. in the Conference Room at the Community Center.

1.         Administration

MOTION:  To approve the meeting minutes of February 24 as corrected          (Colleen/Rice) - unanimous  Wolk abstained as he was not at the meeting

MOTION:  To approve the meeting minutes of March 3, 2009

            (Colleen/Rice) - unanimous 

            Future Meetings: March 10 and 17, 2009

2.         Sharon Middle School

The Sharon Standing Building Committee interviewed the following for the         Sharon Middle School Project OPM:

            Joslin Lesser + Associates, Inc. Stuart Lesser, Principal-in-Charge

                                                                        Jeffrey Luxenberg, Project Director

                                                                        Daniel Freeman, Project Manager

                                                                        Lisa O'Donnell, Info / Tech

            Heery International, Inc.            Thomas E. Ellis, Jr., AIA

            Thomas Ellis reported to the Committee that the designated Project Director,     Brian Main, which was stated in the Request for Services Owner's Project   Management Services, is unable to accept if position is offered.

            It was the consensus of the SSBC that Heery International, Inc. withdraws from            the interview due to the fact that the person to be the prospective OPM was not in   attendance to be interviewed.

3.          Deliberations in choosing an OPM

The Standing Building Committee individually discussed the pros and cons of

            Daedalus Projects, Inc., URS Corporation and  Joslin Lesser + Associates, Inc. for       selecting an OPM for the Sharon Middle School Project.  After considerable       discussion, the SSBC decided to select Daedalus to be its Owner's Project             Manager (OPM) for the renovation of the Sharon Middle School.  Committee   members will be doing reference checks re Daedalus.

MOTION:  That the Sharon Standing Building Committee (SSBC) select          Daedalus Projects, Inc., as the Owner's Project Manager (OPM) for the renovation     of the Sharon Middle School and to authorize the Chair or Vice Chair to enter   into negotiating an OPM contract contingent upon reference check satisfaction.

            (Wolk/Rice) unanimous

            Chair Gladstone to meet with Daedalus re proposal for an OPM contract.

            It was mentioned that the MSBA has to approve the OPM.

MOTION:  To adjourn the meeting at 9:40 p.m.  (Wolk/Tuck) unanimous

Submitted:

Linda Morse – Recording Secretary

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Signature of Chair                                                                     Date of Acceptance