Lunenburg Municipal Building Design Committee, March 21, 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.

capitalfacilitiesgrantsplanning and zoningpublic commenttown departments

Present: Corey Jeffries (Michael Ray?) (chair); David Black (member, remote); Brian Leighton (member); Peter Beardmore (member); Matthew Allison (member); Greg Roy (member); Christina (Masitis) (member); Jamie Toll (presenter (former Building Reuse Committee)); Dave McDonald (presenter (former Building Reuse Committee)). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

No substantive votes heard. 1 procedural.

The money

1. ▶ 9:31Town hall expansion cost estimate (reuse committee era)

   Reuse committee believed municipal offices could fit in an expanded town hall for a range of a few million dollars depending on iteration.

   as heard:one to six million dollars

2. ▶ 20:131990s town hall renovation design

   Town paid for design plans in 1995 for an expansion that was priced near 20 million and never built.

   as heard:75 000under 20 million dollars

3. ▶ 32:38Ashland town hall renovation comparison

   Ashland's old town hall renovation was cited as costing several million; the reuse committee judged that too much in 2013.

   as heard:five grandfive million dollars

4. ▶ 1:06:14Offer for Ritter building

   A speaker recalled an outside offer to buy the Ritter building.

   as heard:650 000

5. ▶ 1:08:39Renovation cost threshold for TC Pacios

   A member said last fall's figures showed a full renovation was above what the town can bear, so work must stay under the code-triggering renovation threshold.

   as heard:30 million or 40 million dollars

6. ▶ 1:32:48Vertex report capital needs by building

   A member noted Vertex lists TC Pacios needs highest, Ritter lower and town hall lower still.

   as heard:just under three million dollars150 000just under 300 000

7. ▶ 1:44:54Old primary school park cost and funding

   Park plan quoted at an all-in figure; asbestos abatement is in the capital plan and demolition is a separate article. ARPA funds at select board discretion could help avoid debt.

   as heard:4.5 million dollarsabout a million dollarsa little over three millionabout three and a half

8. ▶ 1:45:37Self-imposed building budget limit

   The committee is working to a self-imposed limit on a building, which could rise if new revenue such as landfill solar appears.

   as heard:20 million dollars

Settled without a vote

• ▶ 1:36:14Working groups assigned between meetings: Vertex town hall (Greg and Brian), Vertex Ritter (Matt and Peter), TAPE town hall (Christina), TAPE Ritter (David Black), chair to list work done since the reports and format the template.
• ▶ 1:38:17Groups to list must-have recommendations from the reports with page citations, for review next meeting.
• ▶ 1:49:25Agendas and meeting notices may be posted to social media, linking to the town calendar.
• ▶ 1:50:06Next meeting April 4; second meeting moved to April 13 (chair absent); a May 16 meeting set.
• ▶ 1:54:54A member will draft a written update handout for town meeting; it goes on the next agenda.

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. ▶ 1:43Asked whether the meeting would be recorded on Zoom.
2. ▶ 1:51:07A resident urged the committee to be good owners and bring a proposal to a vote rather than let it drag on.
3. ▶ 1:53:11A member speaking from the floor asked for a written handout for town meeting outlining the committee's approach.

Where the time went

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

• facilities93 min · 83%
• planning and zoning79 min · 71%
• capital24 min · 22%
• grants10 min · 9%
• public comment6 min · 6%

The whole meeting, in order

1. ▶ 0:00Call to order, roll, public commentinformational · 2:05 long
2. ▶ 2:29Former Building Reuse Committee members' history and Q&Ainformational · 1:18:31 long · facilities, planning and zoning
3. ▶ 1:25:48Dividing up Vertex and TAPE report reviewworking groups assigned · 14:14 long · facilities, capital
4. ▶ 1:40:02Communications: School Street, old primary school park, ARPA, social mediainformational · 10:04 long · capital, grants
5. ▶ 1:50:06Schedule, public comment, town meeting handout, adjournmentadjourned · 6:14 long · public comment

What the captions could not carry

• Motion to adjourn: roll call was taken but the votes were only partly audible; no count stated.
• Chair's name is rendered inconsistently (Corey Jeffries / Michael Ray / Mr. Jeffrey).
• Speaker identities in the discussion are often unlabeled.

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.

• ▶ 1:08:39Town building conceptsWhat would each option for housing municipal offices (Town Hall, Ritter, TC Pacios) cost and fit?
• ▶ 1:32:48Vertex building needsWhat capital repairs do the Vertex reports list for Ritter, Town Hall and TC Pacios, and which have been done?
• ▶ 1:44:54Old primary school parkWhat does the old primary school demolition and park cost and how could ARPA pay for it?already answered: thread:tc-passios-site

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