Sharon Standing Building Committee

   Meeting Minutes

   June 9, 2009

Members Present:     Chair Gordon Gladstone, Fred Clay, Colleen Tuck, Rich Slater, Deb Benjamin, Rick Rice, Joel Wolk,  Roger Thibault and Steve Smith                                                            

Members Not Present: Bill Croteau

Associate Members Present: Glenn Allen

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

Others in Present:  Robert White – Daedalus

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 May 26, 2009 (Wolk/Thibault) - unanimous – Rice abstained as he was not at the meeting.

             Future Meetings: June 23, 2009

2. Sharon Middle School

The Standing Building Committee discussed the letter dated June 7, 2009 sent to Mary Pichetti, Director of Capital Planning of the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) by Dr. Barbara J. Dunham, Superintendent of Sharon Schools re “Enrollment Projections for Sharon Middle School”.  In the letter, Dr. Dunham is “respectfully asking for reconsideration of the enrollment projection and the Standing Building Committee is working with me to identify an enrollment consultant who will be able to speak to the unique issues relative to Sharon.”

Michael McKeon of KBA Architects needs to know how big the school is going to be i.e., number of students in order to continue with the plans for the Middle School project.

The proposed MSBA Contract documents - Contract for Designer Services (Design Bid Build Project) to be reviewed by a lawyer.

The cost for restoring/extending or replacing the on-site Middle School septic system was brought up for discussion.  Committee member, Roger Thibault, PE, LSP, TEEC, LLC, will look into this matter and report back to the Committee.

MOTION:  To adjourn the meeting at 7:20 p.m. (Wolk/Slater) unanimous

Submitted:

Linda Morse – Recording Secretary

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Signature of Chair                                                                     Date of Acceptance