1993-HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE

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c • MASHPEE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE MINUTES AUGUST 17 , 1993 MASHPEE TOWN HALL Present: Peter Dinizio, Merry Sue Ahlgren, Janice Mills , Paul Griffin, Bill Martiros , Bill Jones, Joe Polito, Tom Fudala Absent: Steve Greelish, Robert Mills, Linda Murtha Also Present: Carl Franceschi , DRA, Gary Larson, DRA Meeting convened at 4:05 p.m. DISCUSSION WITH ARCHITECT Carl Franceschi presented a Schedule of Meetings for the Committee' s review. He worked backwards from a proposed Nov. 1 special town meeting . They expect to have their final report a few weeks before that date but they need the appraisal information 2 weeks before that to incorporate it. (The Executive Secretary is working on the RFP for the appraisal work. ) He suggested they meet bi-weekly prior to that. DRA can continue to make progress between meetings and reserve alternate weeks if something comes up. The Committee agreed they have other business to take care of on • alternate weeks and will continue to meet weekly : preparing for Phase II work after town meeting , preparing RFP for the architect of the next phase, developing agenda' s for those alternate weeks. Mr. Franceschi expects the geo technical engineer and traffic engineer to attend the meeting in 2 weeks to answer questions. Bill Jones asked if the traffic engineer would have a fairly definitive study at that time? The Committee would like a summary of the report/study. Mr. Franceschi responded the traffic engineer will have come to their conclusions but it will not be in a final report format. The geo technical may be just the beginning of more information to come. The Committee reviewed the Site Selection Matrix presented by DRA. Mr. Franceschi explained it is a proposed format and the criteria can be ranked with a positive, negative or neutral , relative to the other site. Each criteria will obviously have different "weights" . Bill Jones stated that aesthetic appeal is not on the criteria list, i . e. one site overlooks the Quashnet River, one site is rolling and wooded. It is a vague term but is important. Joe added that creating a town center, giving the town an identity may also be important. Peter suggested the overall impact to the town be considered. Mr. Franceschi noted there are secondary benefits, or negatives, • the project creates that are beyond the proximity of the site. You cannot get confused as to what is driving the project. 1