Sharon Standing Building Committee

   Meeting Minutes

   May 12, 2009

Members Present:     Chair Gordon Gladstone, Vice Chair Deb Benjamin, Fred Clay, Rick Rice, Colleen Tuck, Rich Slater, Bill Croteau and Joel Wolk                                                                   

Members Not Present:  Roger Thibault and Steve Smith

Associate Members Present: Glenn Allen

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

Others in Present: Robert White – Daedalus Projects, Inc.

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 6:35 p.m. in the Conference Room at the Community Center.

1.         Administration

MOTION:  To approve the meeting minutes of April 28, 2009 as amended (Rice/Wolk) -         unanimous – Croteau and Wolk abstained as he was not at the meeting

             Future Meetings: May 26, 2009

2. Sharon Middle School

Chair Gladstone reported to the Standing Building Committee that Article 22 passed at the May 4, 2009 Town Meeting which reads: “That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $475,000 for a Feasibility Study to finalize architectural and/or engineering plans, for an Owner Project Manager, and for costs and expenses related to the Middle School Plan for the Sharon Middle

School, 75 Mountain Street, Sharon, Massachusetts, said sums to be expended under the direction of the Standing Building Committee, and to meet said

appropriation authorize as the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow said sum under M.G.L. ch. 44, or any other enabling authority, provided that the Town Acknowledges that the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s grant program is a non-entitlement, discretionary program based on need, as determined by the MSBA, and any costs the Town incurs in excess of any grant approved and received from the MSBA shall be the sole responsibility of the Town, and further provided that the amount of borrowing authorized pursuant toe this Article shall be reduced by any amounts received or expected to be received from the MSBA.”

Bob White discussed with the Standing Building Committee following fee proposal for the Sharon Middle School Project:

§ The Project Schedule was reworked by Bob White and Mike McKeon and distributed to the Standing Building Committee;

§ The various scenarios of KBA’s proposal fees for the Middle School Project were discussed;

§ McKeon has to redesign plans, reason for higher fees;

§ Will MSBA pay for early childhood?  Administration?

§ School Committee needs to prepare package re early childhood and administration for Fall Town Meeting;

§ SSBC needs to get some type of an analysis of the early childhood/administration addition from the School Committee;

§ Can KBA work into the design plans the early childhood/administration addition in such a fashion that it can be pulled out, if need be;

§ KBA and Daedalus will put together a package 30 to 45 days before Fall Town Meeting of options;

§ The School Building Committee and the School Committee to be invited to all posted meetings of the Sharon Standing Building Committee.

The following motions were made:

MOTION: That the Sharon Standing Building Committee accept Kaestle Boos Associates, Inc. Phase I Schematic Design Fee proposal of May 11, 2009 in the amount of $368,000.  VOTED: (Wolk/Croteau) unanimously

(9-0-0)

MOTION: To approve the invoice from Daedalus for period April 1 thru 30, 2009 in the amount of $4,000.  (Wolk/Slater) unanimously (9-0-0)

3.   Community Center

MOTION: To approve the invoice from Larkin Iron Works, Inc. in the amount of $11,600.  (Wolk/Slater) unanimously (9-0-0)

MOTION:  To adjourn the meeting at 8:40 p.m. (Tuck/Clay) unanimous

(9-0-0)

Submitted:

Linda Morse – Recording Secretary

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Signature of Chair                                                                     Date of Acceptance