What was said

TCP Building Design Committee, November 2, 2020

the recording · 1:41 long, about 12,697 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

  1. ▶ 1:00:06The Building Design Committee voted 5-0 by roll call to approve the schematic plans for departmental adjacencies and areas, meeting rooms and storage locations.
  2. ▶ 4:36The Boys and Girls Club, the Lions Club and a selectman asked for space in the TC Passios building; the committee said it could not fit them.
  3. ▶ 31:45Committee organization (chair, vice chair, clerk) was tabled until more members, including a new planning board member, join.
  4. ▶ 1:27:02The chair will draft an outline of the Town Meeting presentation, described as an update rather than an approval or funding request.
  5. ▶ 1:38:15Next meetings were set for Nov 9 and Nov 30 at 5:30, and the approved plan will go on the town website once packaged.

Why it matters — our reading

  • The approved schematic layout fixes which departments occupy the building and leaves out the Boys and Girls Club and the Lions Club food pantry, so those services would need space elsewhere.
  • Costs, including a possible commercial kitchen, are to be reviewed in design development, and those numbers shape what residents are later asked to fund; the Town Meeting article carries no funding request.

Watch next

  • Committee meetings on Nov 9 and Nov 30 at 5:30.
  • Handout materials due to the town clerk by Nov 12, and the schematic plan to be posted on the town website.

capitalfacilitiesplanning and zoningpublic commentrecreationtown departmentstown meetingwarrant article

Present: Greg (chair) (chair); Dave Passos (member); Dave Blatt (member); Brian Leighton (member); Michael Ray Jeff (member, remote); Tom (presenter (architect)); Ed (presenter (design team)); Heather Lemieux (town staff); Mr Alonzo (selectman); Steve Walker (PACC representative). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 1:00:06Approve the schematic plans, meaning departmental adjacencies and areas, conference and meeting rooms and building storage locations, not the details — moved by a committee member, as heardpassed 5-0 by roll call

And 1 procedural: adjourn (▶ 1:41:04).

The money

  1. ▶ 41:39Commercial kitchen

    A member wants a serious conversation on the commercial kitchen, including Board of Health rules. The architects can give the install cost, and that may sway whether to spend on it.

  2. ▶ 43:04Design development cost review

    The chair said cost implications will be reviewed in design development and decisions may follow from the design team's numbers.

  3. ▶ 1:27:02Town Meeting article

    The chair said the Town Meeting article is an update, not an approval or funding request.

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 31:45Committee organization (chair, vice chair, clerk) was tabled until more members, including the new planning board member, join.
  • ▶ 1:23:53The chair will draft an outline of the committee's Town Meeting presentation before the next meeting.
  • ▶ 1:29:31Handout materials go to the town clerk by Nov 12 at the latest; about 150 copies were suggested.
  • ▶ 1:38:15Next meetings set for Nov 9 and Nov 30 at 5:30.
  • ▶ 1:35:07The committee will not post a meeting for Town Meeting since no vote is expected.
  • ▶ 1:13:34The chair will tell the moderator that the architects may present at Town Meeting.
  • ▶ 1:31:00The approved schematic plan will be put on the town website once packaged.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The town has not published minutes for this meeting.

Heard in the recording

  • ▶ 32:05the plans from Tomplan or drawing, shown
  • ▶ 54:03two variations of the plan emailedletter or email, shown
  • ▶ 1:06:37draft Town Meeting presentationpresentation, shown
  • ▶ 1:12:30the Town Meeting articlewarrant article

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. ▶ 4:36Boys and Girls Club asks to be considered for space in TC Passios — Michelle, as heard
  2. ▶ 8:15Boys and Girls Club lacks space; TCP would offer more room, gym access and safety — Brent, as heard
  3. ▶ 10:02Lions Club food pantry needs a ground-level space — Karen, as heard, Lions Club
  4. ▶ 11:32Supports Boys and Girls Club; kids use the gym daily — Heather, as heard
  5. ▶ 12:35Asks that alternatives such as the Ritter building be considered so TCP isn't overfilled with offices and another building isn't left vacant — Mr Alonzo, as heard, member of the board of Selectmen

Where the time went

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

The whole meeting, in order

  1. ▶ 0:00Opening and roll callinformational · 3:46 long
  2. ▶ 3:46Public comment on space for Boys and Girls Club, Lions Clubinformational · 12:34 long · public comment, facilities
  3. ▶ 16:20Committee responses on the programming and space limitsinformational · 14:24 long · facilities, town departments
  4. ▶ 30:44Committee organizationtabled · 1:21 long
  5. ▶ 32:05Schematic design review and approvalvoted · 29:35 long · facilities, town departments, capital
  6. ▶ 1:01:40Code review, occupancy and legend notesinformational · 3:53 long · facilities
  7. ▶ 1:05:33Town Meeting presentation preparationinformational · 25:06 long · town meeting, warrant article
  8. ▶ 1:30:39Community outreachinformational · 3:26 long
  9. ▶ 1:34:05Minutes, future meeting scheduleNov 9 and Nov 30 set · 5:18 long
  10. ▶ 1:39:23Closing comments and adjournmentvoted · 2:23 long

What the captions could not carry

  • Part of Michael Ray Jeff's remarks around 1632 were lost.
  • Mover and seconder of the schematic design motion are not identified.

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.

  • ▶ 41:39TCP design costsWhat will the TC Passios renovation and the departments' relocation cost?already answered: thread:town-offices

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