Lunenburg Municipal Building Design Committee, May 1, 2023

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.

budgetcapitalfacilitiesplanning and zoningpolicyprimary schooltown departmentsturkey hill

Present: Michael Ray Jeffries (chair, remote); Mr Greg Roy (member, remote); Mr Matt Allison (member, remote); Mr Tony stellenbrini / Mrs Colin Bruni (member / APDC representative, remote); Mr David black (member, remote); Mr Brian Layton / Leighton (member (school committee), remote); Mr Blatt (member, remote). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

No substantive votes heard. 1 procedural.

The money

1. ▶ 11:11Per-square-foot cost assumption for renovation

   Earlier range was discussed and whether to add an escalator.

   as heard:325350 dollars a square foot375

2. ▶ 14:19Derivation of the cost per square foot from the prior TC Passios renovation

   Total project budget including soft costs divided by square footage gave the working figure.

   as heard:29.530 million55 000545 dollars

3. ▶ 16:16Rough cost of TC Passios portion

   Remaining square footage multiplied by the per-foot figure.

   as heard:25 000 times 545 dollars13.625 or 13.63

4. ▶ 18:04Combined estimate for three buildings

   TC Passios, Town Hall and Ritter together were roughly estimated as a total.

   as heard:20 million dollars

5. ▶ 32:24ADA regrading of Town Hall front

   A similar project elsewhere reportedly cost about the same as an elevator.

   as heard:300 000

6. ▶ 59:44Member objection to putting numbers on options

   A member opposed giving rough numbers; others urged heavily qualifying any figures as notional.

7. ▶ 1:19:00Defending the per-foot figure

   Member compared it to home construction cost per square foot and said it is a not-to-exceed style number.

   as heard:545350 dollars a square footfifteen hundred two thousand dollars

8. ▶ 1:29:28High school cost per square foot comparison

   Members compared the high school project cost to its square footage; a later figure for square footage lowered the per-foot result.

   as heard:72 million dollars80 000900 a square foot113 891 square feet750

9. ▶ 1:32:38Proposed warrant article for a community kitchen

   A member floated a town meeting article to fund a kitchen from a 2018 state bond bill designation.

   as heard:350 000a million dollars

Settled without a vote

• ▶ 39:59Next step is to return to the select board to finalize the hybrid concept, explain how the estimates were derived, and seek guidance.
• ▶ 1:07:41Informal consensus on phasing: Ritter building first (with School Street parking as 1A), Town Hall second, TC Passios third.
• ▶ 1:30:53Joint meeting with the select board planned for Tuesday the 16th; chair to confirm time.
• ▶ 1:03:54Any cost figures presented will be heavily qualified as notional and for comparison only.
• ▶ 1:35:01Chair of select board asked the member to email the select board about the community kitchen funding ahead of the ARPA discussion next week.

Public comment

1. ▶ 1:10Opening public comment: none from the public; APDC representative had none.
2. ▶ 1:31:34APDC representative said she is pleased the Ritter building and Town Hall are priorities in the hybrid proposal.

Where the time went

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

• facilities53 min · 54%
• budget34 min · 35%
• capital29 min · 30%
• policy20 min · 21%
• primary school18 min · 19%
• enrollment18 min · 19%
• planning and zoning17 min · 18%
• town departments17 min · 17%
• legal14 min · 14%
• turkey hill12 min · 12%

The whole meeting, in order

1. ▶ 0:07Call to order and open meeting law noticeinformational · 1:03 long
2. ▶ 1:10Attendance and email issuesinformational · 1:41 long
3. ▶ 2:51Establishing square footage and per-foot cost for the hybrid conceptinformational · 12:59 long · facilities, capital, budget
4. ▶ 15:50Rough cost ceiling for three buildingsinformational · 2:30 long · capital, budget
5. ▶ 18:27Town Hall lot line, ADA access and elevator optionsno resolution · 16:33 long · facilities, town departments
6. ▶ 34:47Ritter parcel, School Street easement and TC Passios layoutinformational · 5:13 long · facilities, planning and zoning
7. ▶ 39:59Need justification, space standards and school programs; alternative school sitesinformational · 18:21 long · facilities, primary school, enrollment
8. ▶ 58:23Disagreement over presenting numbers; need for select board guidanceagreed to caveat figures and return to select board · 6:37 long · budget, policy
9. ▶ 1:04:56Phasing, procurement and land-for-work ideaconsensus on phase order · 13:44 long · capital, policy, legal
10. ▶ 1:18:40Defending cost figure, Turkey Hill as community center, master plan, high school cost comparisoninformational · 12:10 long · budget, turkey hill, planning and zoning
11. ▶ 1:30:53Select board meeting date, public comments, community kitchen article idea, thanksmeeting set for the 16th · 6:31 long · public comment, warrant article, town meeting
12. ▶ 1:37:24Adjournmentvoted · 0:56 long

What the captions could not carry

• Speakers are not identified in the captions; most attributions are inferred from how people are addressed.
• Whether the roll call included all members is unclear; the captions give five responses.
• Several figures (per-square-foot cost, high school square footage, kitchen allocation) are unreliable as rendered.
• Who moved the motion to adjourn is not stated.

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