What was said
TCP Building Design Committee, November 9, 2020
the recording · 1:12 long, about 8,029 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately welllunenburgbudgetproject.org — written by the Lunenburg Budget Project, an independent tool for residents. Not affiliated with the Town of Lunenburg, the School Committee or the school district. The data this page is computed from: /data/recording-minutes/tcp-building-design-committee/2020.json
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
- ▶ 1:03:58The committee agreed that the chair will give the Town Meeting presentation and then hand over to the architect, with no questions taken during it.
- ▶ 1:07:04Handouts will be five map pages plus a site plan with parking, and presentations will be posted online.
- ▶ 57:43The committee said no cost estimate will be ready for the special town meeting; the presentation will say one comes from the design development stage.
- ▶ 8:07Members voted by roll call, all ayes heard, to name a new clerk of the committee.
- ▶ 8:51Most of the meeting went to editing the architect's slide deck and the chair's outline for the town meeting update.
Why it matters — our reading
- Residents expecting a price for the building at the special town meeting will not get one; a detailed cost estimate is expected only at a later town meeting, so any vote on cost comes later.
Watch next
- The committee's next meeting, planned for the 30th at 5:30.
- The detailed cost estimate from the design development stage, to be presented at a future town meeting.
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Present: Matthew Allison (member (planning board representative)); Dave Black / Dave Blatt (member (vice chair)); Michael Ray Jeffries (member); Dave Cassios / Pacios (member); Brian Leighton (member (elected clerk)); Greg (chair); Tom (presenter (architect)). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.
Votes
- ▶ 8:07Nominate Brian as clerk of the committee (nominated and seconded) — moved by a member, as heardpassed (roll call, all ayes heard)
And 1 procedural: adjourn the meeting (▶ 1:10:57).
The money
- ▶ 4:13Cost estimate for the building
Residents are eager for numbers, but a member said none would be ready by the special town meeting. The architects and engineers are only now starting to work on numbers.
- ▶ 57:43Future cost estimate
The chair said the presentation will state that a detailed cost estimate will come from the design development stage and will be presented at a future town meeting.
Settled without a vote
- ▶ 1:03:58The chair will give the town meeting presentation, then hand over to the architect.
- ▶ 1:07:04Handouts will be five map pages: overall plan, office wing, community space, meeting room area, school area, plus the site plan with parking. Presentations will be posted online.
- ▶ 1:10:16Next meeting planned for the 30th at 5:30.
- ▶ 1:04:18No Q&A invited during the presentation; the committee will encourage participation at later meetings.
Documents and exhibits
The town’s minutes
The town has not published minutes for this meeting.
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.
- town meeting61 min · 85%
- facilities61 min · 85%
- public comment4 min · 5%
- personnel3 min · 3%
The whole meeting, in order
- ▶ 0:05Open meeting law remarks and roll callinformational · 2:23 long
- ▶ 2:28Public and committee comments, welcome of new member, residents wanting numbersinformational · 3:53 long · public comment
- ▶ 6:21Committee organization: clerkvoted · 2:30 long · personnel
- ▶ 8:51Review of architect's town meeting slide deckedits agreed · 35:25 long · town meeting, facilities
- ▶ 44:16Outline of chair's presentation, presenter selection and handoutsagreed · 25:39 long · town meeting, facilities
- ▶ 1:09:55Minutes, schedule, adjournmentvoted to adjourn · 2:26 long
What the captions could not carry
- Speaker names are mixed in the captions (Dave Black/Blatt, Cassios/Pacios).
- The clerk vote count is not stated beyond the ayes heard.
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.
- ▶ 4:13TC Passios costsWhat will the TC Passios building project cost, and when will the estimate come?already answered:
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Every other report
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