9/13/1994 SCHOOL - HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

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r Bob Fournier explained ti-iere won ' t be a lot of detail details for roofs in the t I �.r{ coact documents . All manufacturers have their o n ti.letai l is a# d will only guaran ktee their product. if those details are used . SMMA develops a performance spec . Paul said the details are the problem . with a filed subb i d , you can get undesirable contractors . For insurance you should have an inspector watch the instal l at i on . Dr . DeMoura said te..chnically technicallythey should work but reality is they leak . The architects w i 1 i walk away from the project and the School committee is responsible for the building for at least 50 more years . Ed said they will male a re commendat.i on including 1 ow and high Sloped roofs - they are not precluding either one ; Joe said they did not offer the concept of a gabled roof in the i ;r design . The Committee never saw that opt-ion . How could that be fashioned into the concept? A gabled rocf would minimize the opportunity for the roof to lead, . Peter said the bottom line i s we hired an architect to Coble Up w-i t,) a des i n . The o = tee should 1 d trust them to do what is in the best interest of -the Town , trust the technical competency and creativity Of t-)e architects and a i l ovi them l ee�l4a to explore . Paul (rade a r-not i or, to move, the debate , To 1 nstTr uct the architect to give the Committee his best effort on the roofs , Merry sue seconded the motion . Merry Sue added we may have to pay for extra supervision . All members were 1r, -f aivor . Be r;ns . Ed presented an entire book on earth berms and the-i r lost . He said no other architects hired could know more about berms and cost. When they make their final presentat+ion , it is within their~ purview to make a recommendation regarding berms . SITE PLAN Peter exp l ai ned Bob whr i tenour expects to have the appraisal work in weeks , The land acquisition subcommittee met yesterday . They w i 1 1 use the plan Dan is showing today . Fields Point is actively looking at it and will get back to the subcommittee . Dan so 1 i en explained the changes he made ., There were concerns about distance fro available parking to the track/football field . This plan switches the track/football to where tennis was . below a bay of parking , It is now cl ase r to the bulk of parking . He SUggests extending the raw of trees from the gym, down towards the fields , to make it an imp-or Cant pedestrian corridor -through the site . It also becomes a wind break for the tennis}l ba .ketbal l { There is still parking -- 18 spaces -� adjacent to the tern n i 3/bas ketba l 1 . The perimeter drive now loops over the top of the park! ,,,-)9 to make safer 7