SOMERS SCHOOL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE

                                                  May 9, 2002

 

Present:  P.Roland, J.Formeister, T.Cowles, J.Butler, J.O'Brien, D.Pinney

(7:42)

Ex-Officio:  B.Boutwell, K.Klein, J.MacFeat

Guests:  C.Landolina, D.Moser, H.Pearson

 

The meeting was called to order at 7:33 p.m. by Chairman Roland.

 

Minutes of the April 11, 2002 meeting were approved as presented (Cowles,

Butler).

 

Somers Town Attorney Carl Landolina presented the contract between the Town

of Somers and Moser, Pilon, Nelson Architects.  A letter had been sent to the

Board of Selectmen with a copy of the contract; the Board gave the Building

Committee the okay to move ahead with it.  Attorney Landolina went through

the contract with the committee, and a motion was made (O'Brien), seconded

(Cowles), and approved unanimously to accept it.  A motion was then made

(O'Brien), seconded (Butler), and approved unanimously to direct the chairman

to present the contract to the Board of Selectmen for the First Selectman's

signature.

 

There was a brief discussion about where all documents will be kept

concerning the  school construction and renovation process.  It was the

consensus that records and copies will be kept at Central Office.

 

A draft of a timeline for pre-referendum tasks was presented by Hugh Pearson,

covering base plan development, data gathering, meetings with town officials

and administrators, cost estimates, public presentations, etc.  Phil will

speak with officials at Town Hall to set up a meeting; Bill will do likewise

with administrators.  Building Committee members will be present at these

meetings.

 

Doug Moser and Hugh Pearson went through the plans for the three school

buildings with suggested revisions to Planning the Future, including the

possibility of a permanent classroom addition instead of temporary classrooms

at MBA.  The architects will work on alternative ideas for the next meeting.

 

Next meeting---discussion of names for the public support group.

 

Motion to adjourn at 9:15 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Joan Formeister, Secretary