11/1/1994 SCHOOL - HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

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Mr. Tavares has no yet decided if he is going. Paul said it would be helpful to Committee members lo f he or a representative of his company were there. Ian asked if his fee included all expenses, will there be any additional Costs? Mr. Tavares said that is ars all inclusive fee . Paul said unless the Committee makes some special request, the fee is based on the value of the purchases. The Committee thanked M r. Tava res p Paul explained that at one time the Committee considered doing some purchasing themselves. Paul spoke to Mr . Tavares about this and he is only w l 1 i ng to exclude the technology items from his contract, The group 2 requires only 10-15% of his efforts, all the effort is in the group although they do not have a lot of value. If the Committee wanted to exclude G roup 2 he would have to restructure his fee to reflect that. The one other candidate SMMA expected to bid is too busy to stake the job. Mr' Tavares is also very busy; he doesn 't need the business. Peter~ will put the New Orleans trip on the next Selectmen ' s agenda. He suggested Merry sue and Janice come to the meeting to offer explanations . LAND ACQUISITION SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT Paul explained they net with Town Counsel earlier today . He i s preparing an offer letter to the owners. The deadline for their response , or for the Town to toe the land by eminent domain is December r 1 , 199441 Paul cannot comment or discuss the offer at this time. It seems a fair and esu i table offer. Peter explained the Committee will soon get official notification from the Performing Arts Center that they will not be using that site. There will be no land swap . Dan so l i en asked ghat portion of the Cornish property will they acquire? Paul said all of i t. Paul asked Tori wren if he looked into the Com Electric easement issue, Bob Fournier i s going to pass that issue to Dan so l i en. Paul explained there is an easement, owned by Com Electric, ao moss the property, The Town is going to ask there to give that u p . Dan said several months ago he was told verbally by Com Electric that is was not currently in use and to plan the property without regard to i t. He has now asked for something in writing from there and i t has not been easy to get an answer. They want the Town to provide a deed describing the easement. Paul said Bob whritenour has that deed. Dan should call town counsel directly and work together- to get this resolved . Dan said ComElectric has been reasonable but said they could not do anything until they got the deed . [fan asked if a land acquisition plan i s ne cessa r y Paul said Town Counsel said it i's. He should talk directly with Town Counsel .