1993-HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE

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Point property could be a problem with this layout. The Town will most likely have to grant them an easement. The Committee would like to keep all access off of Rte 151 . Mr. Franceschi can talk to town counsel about the options of taking the front piece of property and not the back, i .e. grant an easement but will they have to build the road also? The Committee thinks they will only have to grant acceptable access to Fields Point. Tom suggested an outside chance of trading pieces of property with Fields Point. Dr. DeMoura would like the elementary school close to the high school to share some facilities. It is very difficult to put another building close to a high school facility and not many facilities could be shared. B. Second 151 schematic - this plan does acknowledge the proposed arts center and has some shared parking . The Committee agreed not to attempt to get involved with a separate entity (arts center) . They did not like the very large parking lot. The Committee liked the location of the building near the river (with a good view) . Mr. Griffin suggested shifted the parking area from the side of the building towards the front and reducing the road. Towns do • not do a good job maintaining their properties and the road could become a disaster and it would also be expensive to build it. The first plan limits the cost of maintenance. Mr. Dinizio asked if this Committee is charged with building more fields than are needed for a high school? Dr. DeMoura had suggested that because the town has very few fields for community use. C. Rte 130/Davis School site - access is from Rte 130 (not Meetinghouse Rd) . It has more of a community sense. The plan shows pedestrian connections and shared parking lots to the Davis School/Town Hall . There is a permitted sewage treatment plant on one of the parcels. The issue is how much of the land to take. The biggest issue may be the old town dump and the old DPW site. Tom stated this plan shows the building on what he suspects is the worst site ( Leary property) which is a sand pit filled with old gas tanks, oil cans, etc. The Town may get money to complete the road as an extraordinary expense above the formula. Mr. Franceschi will get a definitive answer on that. The Town can determine what Chapt 90 reimbursement is and see which is a better way to complete the road. Tom is concerned the connections delete much of the open space. • He also asked DRA to consider some to the special areas of tree cover (white pine groves) on the property. They should show up 3