What was said

TCP Building Design Committee, September 29, 2020

the recording · 2:58 long, about 22,627 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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The town has published neither minutes nor an agenda for this meeting. The recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

The short version

▶ 2:50:01The committee agreed to hold a committee-only workshop on priorities on Tuesday, October 6, with public comment at the end; the Oct 14 and Oct 22 meetings stay.
▶ 5:12The superintendent said school administration space and archival storage in the current plan were still inadequate, and members debated how to rank town, school, PAC and community uses.
▶ 1:20:46The design team reviewed parking, site layout and drainage; members questioned extra courtyard pavement, a conference room stage, and the added cost of vertical archive storage.
▶ 2:37:42Architects will follow up with the town clerk on interim election space and send a recap and updated plan; the committee will mark up the plan for storage and school space.
▶ 48:10The architect said the contract covers seven building committee meetings while nine are needed, so extra meetings may fall outside the contract.

Why it matters — our reading

The plan for the town offices and school space is not settled, and how the committee ranks competing needs will shape the building's size and cost, which would be paid mostly through taxes.
Extra design meetings may fall outside the architect's contract, which could add to the project's design cost.

Watch next

Priorities workshop on Tuesday, October 6 at 5:30, with public comment at the end.
Committee meetings on Oct 14 and Oct 22, and a coming agenda to reorganize, elect a clerk and fill the vacancy.

capital facilities planning and zoning public comment town departments

Present: Brian Leighton (member); Dave Pacios (member); Dave Black / Blatt (member); Michael Ray (member); Greg Jeffries (chair); Dr. Burnham (superintendent); Heather (town manager); Tom (architect presenter); David Kelly (presenter (Meridian Associates civil engineer)); Ed (presenter (design team)); Lisa (presenter (Boys and Girls Club)). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

No substantive votes heard. 3 procedural.

The money

▶ 1:18:21Gravel area design/site work
A member said finishing the gravel area is worth extra cost so it is not an eyesore.
▶ 1:20:46Extra pavement for courtyard parking
A member said extra pavement for a couple of spaces made no sense.
as heard:10 000 square feet
▶ 1:16:40Site cost
The civil engineer said ADA parking placement keeps site costs down.
▶ 2:15:33Stage in conference room
Members called a stage an added cost or waste of money.
▶ 48:10Architect contract schedule and meetings
Architect said contract has seven building committee meetings, nine needed; extra meetings may be outside contract.
as heard:sevennine
▶ 2:14:50Vertical archive storage system
A member said vertical storage systems come with a dollar premium.

Settled without a vote

▶ 2:50:01Hold a committee-only priorities workshop Tuesday October 6 at 5:30, with public comment at the end; keep Oct 14 and 22 meetings.
▶ 2:37:42Architects will follow up with the town clerk on interim election space and send a recap and updated plan; committee to mark up plan for storage and school space.
▶ 2:55:38Reorganize and elect a clerk on a coming agenda, along with the vacancy.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The town has not published minutes for this meeting.

Heard in the recording

▶ 11:53the latest plan emailed to membersplan or drawing, shown
▶ 42:06the contract with the architectcontract or agreement
▶ 1:06:47site parking planplan or drawing, shown
▶ 1:35:11drainage reportreport
▶ 2:52:50minutes of February 26 and March 11prior minutes

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.

Where the time went

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

facilities156 min · 88%
town departments117 min · 66%
primary school59 min · 33%
planning and zoning35 min · 20%
capital35 min · 20%
public comment2 min · 1%

The whole meeting, in order

▶ 0:12Opening remarks and roll callprocedural · 3:12 long
▶ 3:24Public comment and committee announcements (resignation of planning board member)informational · 1:48 long · public comment
▶ 5:12Community input: school admin space, archive storage, prioritization, scheduleinformational · 59:08 long · facilities, town departments, primary school
▶ 1:04:20Site and parking plan, drainageinformational · 35:20 long · planning and zoning, capital, facilities
▶ 1:39:40Floor plan, conference rooms, stage, archive storageinformational · 58:00 long · facilities, town departments
▶ 2:37:40Design team updates and community outreachinformational · 4:00 long · facilities
▶ 2:41:24Workshop and meeting scheduleagreed · 11:06 long
▶ 2:52:30Minutes, reorganization, adjournmentvoted · 5:22 long

What the captions could not carry

Vote counts for minutes and adjournment were roll calls but individual responses garbled.
Speaker identities not given in captions; Dave Black and Dave Blatt appear to be the same member.

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.

▶ 42:06TC Passios building costsWhat will the TC Passios renovation cost as space needs grow?already answered: thread:tc-passios-site
▶ 20:29Records storage needsHow much archive storage do the town and schools need, and can it be shared?

These are ours, and they are not the record

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