1996-02-05ELEMENTARY FACILITIES BUILDING COMMISSION MINUTES
A meeting of the Elementary Facilities Building Commission was held on
Monday, February 5, 1996 at 12:00 noon at the Briscoe Middle School. Present
were Mike Lauranzano, Nancy Levin and John Drislane of the Building
Commission; Judy Mulligan, Rod Maxner and Larry Chase of the School
Dept.; Tom Scully, Chief Procurement Officer; Jeanne Kuespert, David Soleau
and Earl Flansburgh of ERF & Assoc., and Kevin Jensen of Shooshanian
Engineering. Earl Flansburgh handed out an agenda and spreadsheets
regarding review of the budget for the project (see attached). If no additional
changes are made in the scope of the project the budget will increase
significantly due to the change to all day kindergarten, increase in size of the
new school, expanded renovations, staff requests, and recommendation of the
architect to increase the amount of non-educational space. There was much
discussion about the prospective increase and options to reduce it. The
Building Commission decided it would be advisable to hold a joint meeting
of the City Council, School Committee and Building Commission to advise
them of the potential increase in cost and to receive their input. It was
tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, February 13, 1996. ERF &A plans to bring
in preliminary schematic drawings at the next meeting which will be held on
Monday, February 12, 1996 at 12:00 noon at the Briscoe Middle School. Mike
Lauranzano nade a motion that the architect go forward with developing
preliminary designs based on the 1992 study with the increased program costs
as outlined in the handouts. John Drislane seconded the motion and it was
voted unanimously. ERF & A distributed proposals for landscape services
from Geller Associates and cost estimator services from Costpro. Mike
Lauranzano made a motion to approve. It was seconded by John Drislane and
voted unanimously. Proposals for additional services were distributed to
Judy. She will see that they are reviewed by the appropriate city agency before
the February 12 meeting. She was also asked to get proposals for asbestos and
lead containment ASAP. Judy will send letters to the City Council requesting
their attendance at a meeting on February 13 and will have the City Clerk post
the meeting. The meeting adjourned at 2:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Judith A. Mulligan
Secretary/Clerk