SOMERS SCHOOL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE

April 11, 2002

Members Present: P.Roland, J.Persano, J.Butler, T.Cowles, H.Broer, D.Pinney,

J.Formeister, J.O'Brien, G.Hilton (7:30)

Ex-Officio: B.Boutwell, A.Maneggia, K.Klein (7:15), J.MacFeat (7:53)

Guests: C.Landolina

The meeting was called to order at 7:08 p.m. by Chairman Roland.

Minutes of the March 28, 2002, meeting were approved as presented (Pinney,

O'Brien).

Somers Town Attorney Carl Landolina was introduced. A standard agreement

letter between architect and committee had been forwarded to P.Roland from

Doug Moser. There was discussion about what will be included in the

contract---timeline, price for services ($65,000 plus printing expenses),

preliminary design work, plan to get us to referendum. A motion was made

(O'Brien), seconded (Broer), and unanimously approved to set the referendum

date for December 10, 2002. We need the date the ED049R must be submitted.

Atty. Landolina will bring the contract to the 4/25 meeting for signing. The

First Selectman must sign for the town.

Public support group---we will defer till Doug Moser is working with us and

get direction from him. We can bring names of interested parties to the next

meeting; committee can be formed in May.

Building plan---the scope remains the same, SHS, MBA, SES, C.O./BOE, storage.

A motion was made (O'Brien), seconded (Pinney), and unanimously approved to

confirm scope of the project. The BOE felt the firehouse is not desirable

for storage of school equipment. The Board had reviewed Jim MacFeat's

recommendations and letter and told the superintendent to convey this

decision to the Building Committee. The committee will send a letter to the

First Selectman stating that we do not wish to use the old firehouse for

storage.

Population projections---we need 2001 data (number of births) to compare with

2000 to see if 100 births in 2000 was an anomaly. The state's projections

are based on that figure. Greg Pac would like to see this data along with

housing purchases to determine accuracy of state numbers. SES was discussed;

the plan is adequate as it is now and allows for growth if that occurs. The

committee should keep the plan big enough to match the state's projections

and could cut back size if needed when construction begins.

Financial update---J.Persano has worked some figures with town growth, debt,

etc. and reported Somers can handle this construction project.

Correspondence---information about a seminar and a letter from Pinnacle One

expressing interest in serving as a consultant for Somers throughout the

building project.

The committee expressed its thanks and a gift to Andy Maneggia for his

guidance, time, and help while he was interim superintendent.

Motion to adjourn at 8:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Joan Formeister, Secretary