What was said

TCP Building Design Committee, November 30, 2020

the recording · 1:02 long, about 7,509 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

▶ 34:06The TCP Building Design Committee set a tentative schedule to finish design and a preliminary cost estimate by the end of January.
▶ 45:46Whole-committee meetings were set for Monday Dec 14 and Thursday Dec 17 at 5:30, with the second possibly cancelled if not needed.
▶ 16:52The design team described the next phase: gathering information for construction and soft cost estimates, pricing alternates, and setting inflation and furniture assumptions.
▶ 30:52The stated goal is a funding article at spring town meeting, with the funding method and vote type still to be worked out with the town manager.
▶ 54:59One member will share the presentation link on town Facebook groups, information only; no votes were taken at the meeting.

Why it matters — our reading

The January cost estimate is the figure a spring town meeting funding article would likely rest on, so it sets what residents may be asked to vote on and, depending on the funding method, what could reach a tax bill.
The funding method and vote type are not yet decided, and those choices determine whether the cost is borrowed or paid another way.

Watch next

Whole-committee meetings on Dec 14 and Dec 17 at 5:30.
The preliminary cost estimate expected around the week of Jan 18, a workshop around Jan 25, and the report by end of January.

capital facilities public comment town departments town meeting warrant article

Present: Dave Pacios (member); Dave Flatt (member); Ryan Leighton (member); Greg (chair); Tom (presenter); Ed (presenter). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

No substantive votes heard. 4 procedural.

The money

▶ 12:05Construction and soft cost estimate
The next phase gathers information to develop documentation for the construction cost and soft cost estimate.
▶ 16:52Alternates, inflation and furniture assumptions
The team wants to price alternates, set construction start assumptions for inflation, and decide whether furniture is reused or bought new as a soft cost.
▶ 21:47Design team fees for added meetings
Time and material labor rates for meetings are in the contract; the procurement officer is to square away payment.
▶ 30:52Funding article at spring town meeting
The goal is a funding article at spring town meeting, with the funding method and vote type to be worked out with the town manager.

Settled without a vote

▶ 45:46Whole-committee meetings set for Monday Dec 14 and Thursday Dec 17 at 5:30, the second possibly cancelled if not needed.
▶ 34:06Tentative schedule: whole group early January, preliminary cost estimate around week of Jan 18, workshop around Jan 25, report by end of January.
▶ 54:59Brian Leighton will share the presentation link on town Facebook groups with information only, no commentary.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The town has not published minutes for this meeting.

Heard in the recording

▶ 11:19proposed list of agendas and deliverablespresentation, shown
▶ 35:51prototype chart of room componentsspreadsheet, shown
▶ 50:00town meeting slides/presentationpresentation
▶ 56:46minutes of Sept 29, Nov 2, Nov 9prior minutes, shown

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

▶ 3:02Congratulated the committee on its town meeting presentation, noted the food pantry still has space in the plan, and offered further conversation. — a speaker, food pantry representative (Lions)

Where the time went

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

town meeting35 min · 56%
capital34 min · 55%
warrant article27 min · 44%
facilities17 min · 28%
public comment2 min · 3%

The whole meeting, in order

▶ 0:32Opening and roll callinformational · 2:30 long
▶ 3:02Public commentinformational · 1:41 long · public comment
▶ 4:43Committee reports: Boys and Girls Club, DPW director and capital planninginformational · 3:43 long · capital, facilities
▶ 8:26Design team update, deliverables and meeting scheduleschedule agreed informally · 27:24 long · capital, warrant article, town meeting
▶ 35:50Prototype rooms and scheduling Dec 14 and 17 meetingsdates set · 10:22 long · facilities
▶ 46:12Level three renovation codeinformational · 3:05 long · facilities, capital
▶ 49:17Community outreach and Facebook sharinginformational · 7:29 long · town meeting
▶ 56:46Approval of minutesvoted · 4:48 long
▶ 1:01:34Public comment and adjournmentadjourned · 0:56 long

What the captions could not carry

Adjournment vote result not clearly heard
Exact dates for January meetings not settled

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.

▶ 30:52TC Passios costsWhat will the TC Passios renovation cost and how will it be funded at town meeting?already answered: thread:tc-passios-site

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