Lunenburg Municipal Building Design Committee, March 7, 2022

The town published an agenda for this meeting. No minutes have been published; the recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

capitaldebtfacilitiespolicypublic commenttown departmentstown meetingwarrant article

Present: Mr. Jeffries (member (new, first meeting)); Mr. Beardmore (member); Mr. Roy (member (Greg/Roy)); Mr. Black (member); Christina (member); Matt Allison (member); Brian (member (school committee clerk)); Dave (member); Peter (member); Greg (member); Michael Ray (chair). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

1. ▶ 1:18:56Authorize Brian to post informational posts on social media at the committee's instruction. — moved by a member, as heardpassed (roll call; all members heard answering aye)

And 2 procedural: approve the minutes of the october 27, 2021 meeting. (▶ 1:49:10); adjourn. (▶ 1:56:51).

The money

1. ▶ 21:48Asbestos removal at Ritter

   A member said regardless of use there is an underlying asbestos cost, plus roof and windows.

   as heard:two hundred thousand dollars

2. ▶ 30:47Borrowing capacity

   The chair said unused borrowing capacity and the Turkey Hill project will compete for debt capacity over 10 to 15 years, needing financial consultants.

3. ▶ 36:34Mold remediation at Town Hall

   A member said mold remediation was done a couple years ago and he did not recall it going to the public or capital planning.

   as heard:eighty thousand dollars

4. ▶ 38:18High school cost

   A member criticized the high school cost and past rejected rebuild proposals.

   as heard:72 million20-something million40 million

5. ▶ 42:03Landfill solar as revenue

   A member suggested investing in site prep and panels could return revenue; another noted no one would bid on the dump panels.

   as heard:a million dollarsthree million dollarsfour million dollars20

6. ▶ 53:47Furnishings in prior design

   A member said prior study included furnishings costs that could have been reused.

   as heard:over a million dollarstwo million dollars

7. ▶ 1:22:01Tax bill mailer outreach

   A member suggested using the May tax bill mailer to survey residents; it costs a couple hundred dollars.

   as heard:a couple hundred bucksa quarter million dollars

8. ▶ 1:40:33Parcel subdivision

   A member said an ANR plan to subdivide would be a waste.

   as heard:five thousand dollars

9. ▶ 1:42:39Asbestos on capital plan

   The chair noted asbestos mitigation is already in the capital plan, including at 30 School Street.

   as heard:a few hundred thousand dollars

10. ▶ 54:49Prior studies

    A member said over a half million dollars was spent on reports.

    as heard:a half million dollars

Settled without a vote

• ▶ 28:42Milestones set: review reports, facility requirements, prior prioritization, programming to space, timeline/phasing, financial roadmap; Brooks House added to the list.
• ▶ 57:34Brooks House added to the scope list and the programming steps merged.
• ▶ 1:46:25No warrant article to be filed; a handout or survey at annual town meeting to be discussed at next meeting.
• ▶ 1:50:12Second April meeting targeted for April 13 instead of April 18.
• ▶ 1:55:48Chair to invite building reuse committee members to give feedback at a future meeting.
• ▶ 13:10Deliverable from report review is a summary table of recommendations, work done, and work programmed.

Documents and exhibits

State law asks minutes to list the documents and exhibits used at a meeting (M.G.L. c.30A §22(a)). Names from the recording are the caption model’s hearing; the two sides are matched by name, by script, so a document named two different ways can be missed. A place to look, not a finding.

Public comment

1. ▶ 1:03Chair asked for public comment at the start; no hands were raised.
2. ▶ 1:02:00Chair checked the participant list for public comments; none.
3. ▶ 1:54:27Final call for public comment; none.

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

• facilities85 min · 72%
• capital60 min · 51%
• debt60 min · 51%
• warrant article24 min · 21%
• town meeting24 min · 21%
• policy17 min · 15%
• fees3 min · 3%
• public comment2 min · 1%

The whole meeting, in order

1. ▶ 0:00Open meeting notice, public comment, new member welcomeinformational · 1:43 long · public comment
2. ▶ 1:43Calendar and execution of charge: roadmap milestones brainstorminformational; milestones listed · 1:00:17 long · facilities, capital, debt
3. ▶ 1:02:20Committee communications and public outreach, APDC advisor, social mediavoted · 17:16 long · policy
4. ▶ 1:19:36Newspaper notices and tax bill mailerinformational · 3:05 long · fees
5. ▶ 1:22:41Potential town meeting warrant articles, TC Passios parcelno articles; handout to be considered · 24:24 long · warrant article, town meeting, facilities
6. ▶ 1:47:05Correspondence, report access, prior minutesvoted · 3:07 long
7. ▶ 1:50:12Future meeting schedule and virtual formatApril 13 targeted · 4:35 long
8. ▶ 1:54:47Committee comments and adjournmentadjourned · 2:46 long

What the captions could not carry

• Whether every committee member was recorded in each roll call is only partly clear from captions.
• Speakers are not identified; attribution of statements to named members is uncertain.
• Stated name of the clerk member and exact abstainers on the minutes vote were garbled.

Reports this meeting suggests

Our reading of the discussion: questions where numbers were in play and a page laying them out would have helped. Every meeting’s suggestions are merged into one register.

• ▶ 11:44Town building conceptsWhat did past studies recommend for Town Hall, Ritter and TC Passios, what has been done, and what is budgeted?
• ▶ 8:37Ten-year capital planWhich building repairs from the studies are in the capital plan's out years?
• ▶ 30:47Debt capacityHow much borrowing capacity does the town have for buildings versus Turkey Hill?already answered: thread:turkey-hill-rebuild

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