WELLINGTON SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
MINUTES
November 13, 2008
School Administration Building Conference Room
8:00 AM
Meeting # 26
Committee members attending: Mark Haley, John Bowe, Pat Brusch, Phil Curtis, Mary McHugh, Ike Papadopoulos, Karen Pressey, Lucy Pullen, Greg Poulos,
School Department: Amy Wagner and Gerry Missal
Architect: Jon Levy and Matthew LaRue
Also Attending: Karen Parmett Co-Chair Wellington Debt Exclusion Committee
Mark Haley called the meeting to order at 8:00 AM.
Mark introduced the new member, Ike Papadopoulos, who was appointed by the Town Moderator to replace Rob Wollner, who had resigned from the Committee.
On a motion by Pat Brusch, seconded by Phil Curtis, the Committee voted unanimously to appoint Ike Papadopoulos as Treasurer for the Building Committee, since this was the role that Rob Wollner held.
Pat Brusch provided a brief update of the latest meeting held with MSBA. They indicated that Turner Construction was not acceptable for a Project Manager position because they had refused to sign their standard contract. Other well qualified firms involved in project management have since also refused the contract creating a smaller pool of qualified candidates at the moment.
The MSBA has accepted Jonathan Levy as our Architect and have also accepted our Feasibility Study.
Mark Haley indicated that our number one priority now is to hire a Project Manager at least through the design phase. Gerry Missal has already sent the notice to the Central Register and it will appear next week.
Timeline:
December 3, 2008 Deadline for applicant responses
December 8, 2008 Committee meets to narrow applicants to the short list
December 11, 2008 Interviews 6:00-9:00 PM
December 15, 2008 Submit to MSBA
Gerry will work on the Selection Criteria
Mark Haley said that discussions with MSBA have led to a number of changes in our Ed. Specs and our design.
We have agreed with enrollment projections of 575 students. Of this number, 75 children who come from throughout the system will receive special services provided in a variety of programs.
Jonathan Levy has agreed to alter the design to reflect a building of 88,000 sf instead of the original plan for 91,000 sf. The original plan will be reduced by a number of classrooms to reflect the adjustment in enrollment projections. He will decrease the size of some classrooms a little. The stage of the cafeteria will be combined with the music room with a partition. Storage and office will also be somewhat reduced in
size but not in numbers of these spaces. He plans to retain the basic design, sustainability space and energy efficiency and site design. He will achieve a grossing factor of 1.39 which is significantly lower than the MSBA Guidelines 1.49 emphasizing the efficiency of this design. He and Mathew LaRue will be working on the revised design and hope to have it completed in 2-4 weeks. Jonathan hopes to have a revised cost estimate just after Christmas. Mark estimated that at $250 per sf, construction cost would be $22 million. This would put Project Cost in the range of $40 million not including demolition site costs and FF&E which could be $3-$4 million.
Mark anticipates a Mega Meeting on January 12, 2009, but will be in contact with the Board of Selectmen to provide them with an update on the project as soon as possible.
The next regular meeting of the committee will be December 8, 2208
On a motion by Greg Poulos seconded by Phil Curtis, the committee voted unanimously to adjourn at 9:30 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Karen Pressey, Secretary
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