2000-03-06JOINT POLICE FIRE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES FROM MEETING
MARCH 6, 2000
BEVERLY PUBLIC LIBRARY
PRESENT: JOHN BIANCHI, RICHARD COTRARO, TIMOTHY HEGARTY,
KENNETH PELONZI, MARK RAY, WILLIAM TERRY, JR.,
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY CO-CHAIR BlANCHI AT 5:00 P.M.
R. COTRARO STATED THAT ROBERT BATTIS HAS RESIGNED FROM THIS
COMMITTEE, AND THAT JACK SMALLWOOD AND AN UNDETERMINED
ALTERNATE WOULD BE TAKING HIS PLACE.
MINUTES OF LAST MEETING WERE READ.
MOTION: BY CO-CHAIR RAY TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES. SECOND BY T.
HEGARTY. UNANIMOUS VOTE IN FAVOR OF MOTION.
CO-CHAIR RAY STATED THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SHOULD
BE SUPPLIED WITH COPIES OF THE MINUTES OF EACH MEETING.
CO-CHAIR BIANCHI INQUIRED ABOUT THE GROWTH FIGURES THAT THE
ARCHITECT HAS USED, AND WHERE HE GOT SAME. K. PELONZI STATED
THAT "MOST LIKELY" HE GOT THEM FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
OF THE CITY.
R. COTRARO DISCUSSED THE ISSUE OF "TEST RUNS" FROM THE PROPOSED
SITE ON ELLIOTT STREET TO AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. HE
QUESTIONED COMMISSIONER PELONZI, ASKING IF THE TESTS RUN WERE
GOING TO BE DONE. COMMISSIONER PELONZI REPLIED THAT THE
"ARCHITECT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT." R. COTRARO ASKED IF THE
BEVERLY FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE DOING ANY "TEST RUNS" FROM
THAT PROPOSED SITE AND COMMISSIONER PELONZI REPLIED, "NO."
K. PELONZI STATED THAT THE SITE FOR THE PROPOSED JOINT FACILITY
WAS DECIDED IN 1995 AS PART OF "THE BLACK AND DECKER DEAL." K.
WEAFER WAS TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE PLANNING BOARD REGARDING
THE SPECIFICS OF THE "BLACK AND DECKER DEAL."
DURING CONVERSATION, COMMISSIONER PELONZI STATED THAT THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE BETTER DISTRIBUTED AT THE PROPOSED
ELLIOTT STREET SITE, THAN IT IS CURRENTLY.
R. COTRARO ASKED ABOUT TESTING ON THE PROPOSED SITE AND MORE
SPECIFICALLY TEST BORING BEING DONE. K. PELONZI STATED HE FELT
THAT THERE WERE CHECKS DONE. W. TERRY, JR., STATED THAT THE
UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY DID EXTENSIVE BORINGS WHEN
THEY WERE FULLY OPERATIONAL. J. BIANCHI DISAGREED, STATING HE
FELT THE ARCHITECT STATED THAT NO BORINGS HAD BEEN DONE.
T. HEGARTY SUGGESTED THAT MORE MEETINGS WITH THE ARCHITECT
SHOULD BE HELD, WITH AT LEAST THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
PERSONNEL IN BOTH THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO EXPRESS
THEIR OPINIONS TO HIM IF THEY DESIRED. K. PELONZI FELT THAT
ENOUGH "KEY" PEOPLE HAVE CONSULTED WITH THE ARCHITECT AND
THAT REGULAR MEETINGS WERE UNNECESSARY. THE COMMITTEE WILL
CHECK WITH THE CITY BUILDING COMMISSION REGARDING ANOTHER
MEETING WITH THE ARCHITECT.
COMMISSIONER PELONZI STATED THAT HE WOULD PROVIDE THIS
COMMITTEE WITH COPIES OF ALL DRAFTS RECEIVED FROM THE
ARCHITECT IN THE FUTURE.
MOTION: CO-CHAIR BIANCHI MADE MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND BY R. COTRARO.
UNANIMOUS VOTE.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:30 P.M.
NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2000
BEVERLY PUBLIC LIBRARY, PROGRAM ROOM
7:00 P.M.