What was said

TCP Building Design Committee, December 14, 2020

the recording · 0:59 long, about 7,482 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. ▶ 54:10The TCP Building Design Committee lost its quorum when a member left, and adjourned without taking any votes.
  2. ▶ 39:48Members leaned toward abating asbestos and lead paint in occupied spaces now, rather than later, though no vote was taken.
  3. ▶ 48:57Members favored uniform, solid transaction windows, and the design team was asked for life-cycle cost comparisons of floors and other wear surfaces.
  4. ▶ 33:58The committee expects to ask Town Meeting for one project number covering hard and soft costs, with alternates sorted out later in design.
  5. ▶ 20:35The design team will ask Meridian about survey findings and a separate parcel, and the committee kept a Thursday working session.

Why it matters — our reading

  • The single project number and the choice to abate hazardous materials now shape the cost residents will be asked to approve at Town Meeting, and that cost is paid mostly through taxes.
  • With no votes taken and quorum lost, the scope, finishes and furniture choices remain unsettled, so the eventual funding request could still change.

Watch next

  • The Thursday working session, where the design team will join the first part and email missing documents beforehand.
  • The design team's answers on the property line survey and a separate parcel, and the life-cycle cost comparisons for floors.

capitalcontracts and unionsfacilitiesplanning and zoningtown departments

Present: Brion / Brian (member (also takes minutes)); Matthew Allison (member); Michael Ray (member); Jeff (member); Dave pasos (member); Greg Roy (chair); Tom (presenter (design team)); Ed (presenter (design team)); John Hogue (prospective member (guest)); Heather (town manager (referenced)). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

No substantive votes heard. 1 procedural.

The money

  1. ▶ 26:39Furniture and contingency

    Chair warned against being short on furniture at move-in; owner's contingencies expected in the estimate.

    as heard:$250,000

  2. ▶ 29:49Furniture allowance

    The architect suggested an allowance for furniture after asking departments about needs.

    as heard:15 20,000

  3. ▶ 33:58Single funding number for Town Meeting

    Project cost including hard and soft costs would be asked as one number; alternates are sorted out later in design.

    as heard:7 million

  4. ▶ 44:42Flooring cost choices

    Members asked for life-cycle cost comparison of flooring options.

    as heard:$3.50 per square foot$2 a square foot$30,000

  5. ▶ 39:48Asbestos and lead abatement

    Members favored abating in occupied spaces now, noting it adds a couple hundred thousand and never gets cheaper.

    as heard:another couple hundred thousand

  6. ▶ 44:01Unspent construction funds at middle/high school

    Chair recalled that several million unspent dollars were returned to the tax base after the earlier school project.

    as heard:several million dollars

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 16:22Civil engineers to mark up the proposed site-work scope and send it to the committee; design team to confirm with Heather the extent of the approved sidewalk grant work.
  • ▶ 20:35Design team to ask Meridian about property line survey findings and whether the TCP building can have its own parcel.
  • ▶ 45:20Architect to provide brief life-cycle cost comparisons for floors and other wear surfaces; high-traffic corridors assumed to get more durable finishes.
  • ▶ 56:09Keep the Thursday working session; the design team will join the first part and email missing documents beforehand.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The town has not published minutes for this meeting.

Heard in the recording

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.

The whole meeting, in order

  1. ▶ 0:00Call to order, remote meeting notices, roll callinformational · 2:46 long
  2. ▶ 2:46Public and committee comments; prospective member John Hogueinformational · 1:04 long · public comment
  3. ▶ 3:50Design team update: department meetings, finishes, drawings scheduleinformational · 5:50 long · facilities, town departments
  4. ▶ 9:40Civil/site scope, ADA routes, sidewalks, separate parcelreferred to design team · 10:55 long · planning and zoning, facilities, capital
  5. ▶ 20:35Exterior windows, doors and roof replacementinformational; roof replacement agreed · 2:30 long · facilities, capital
  6. ▶ 23:05Furniture, security systems, bid alternates, one number for Town Meetingconsensus to reuse furniture and carry one number · 12:35 long · capital, budget
  7. ▶ 35:40Asbestos and lead paint abatement scopeconsensus leaning to abate occupied spaces · 7:40 long · facilities, capital
  8. ▶ 43:20Cost estimate finishes and life-cycle costsdesign team to provide analysis · 5:40 long · capital, budget
  9. ▶ 48:57Transaction windows; loss of quorummembers favored uniform solid windows, no vote · 5:13 long · facilities
  10. ▶ 54:10Next steps, Thursday working session, adjournmentadjourned for lack of quorum · 5:20 long

What the captions could not carry

  • No vote count for adjournment
  • Chair's name inferred from address as Greg Roy; roll call names garbled
  • Some figures for flooring and furniture unreliable

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.

  • ▶ 36:02TC Passios costsWhat will the TC Passios renovation cost, including abatement, furnishings and site work?already answered: thread:tc-passios-site
  • ▶ 39:48Abatement costWhat would full asbestos and lead abatement of the building add to the project?

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