4/26/1995 TOWN HALL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

Home Browse Search

f• MASHPEE TOWN HALL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes for April 26, 1995 Members Present: Jim Vaccaro, Ray Martini, Bob Fox, Charlie Buckingham Ex- ffi i s Present: Bill Hauch, Bob Whriten ur Also Present: Tadhg Sweeney, Donham & Sweeney, Inc. Architects The meeting of the Mashpee Town Hall Building Committee was called to order by Chairperson Jinn Vaccaro at 3.15 p.m. on April 26, 1995. Jim began the meeting by presenting the meeting minutes from the April 19, 19951 Committee meeting and.asked all members if they had any corrections/ardditins to the minutes. As there were none, Charlie Buckingham motioned t accept the minutes from the April 13, 1395, meeting of the Town Hall Building Committee. Flay Martini seconded the motion, which was carried with a unanimous vote. Jim distributed the revised Proposed Renovation/Restoration handout and Project Estimated Costs for Phase I to all Committee members. He stated that at the Selectmen's meeting the previous Monday, the Selectmen had discussed at length and unanimously voted to approve the Committee's recommendation to proceed with Phase f the proposed renovation/restoration of the Town Hall with a budget of $1.b million. Jim asked the members if anyone had any questions of Tadhg Sweeney regarding the revised estimated costs of Phase 1. Tadhg proceeded to review the revised costs. He stated that the estimated costs for the plumbing, HVAC, and electrical had increased because he had included the basement. He also stated that he put everything under the accessibility core/elevator that would be applicable to handicapped accessibility in order t i make t easier for Bob vhriten ur to apply for a grant from the Executive Offices of Communities and Development. He stated that he had reduced the costs in the existing areas from $56.00/sq. ft. t $39.00/sq. ft. taking into consideration the reuse of some finish items and he proposed selective replacement to get a better handle on the costs. Bob Whriten ur stated he hoped to be able to get the $300,000 grant. Jim asked what could be done if the grant could not be obtained and Bob agreed that the Committee should have an alternate plan. Jinn asked the members for suggestions. He asked Tadhg if the elevator was necessary, which Tadhg replied that it was. Bob stated that he felt the utility issues with patch up construction and the elevator issue were critical items. A brief discussion was held regarding wham possible components of the proposed renovation/restoration could be deleted if the grant was not obtained. It was determined that should the grant not be obtained, the Committee could still go forward with the project, but the space restrictions would become tight. The Committee continued the discussion with suggestions on how the office space could best be utilized. Bob Whritenour stated that he had gone to Boston to set up a special meeting with the E CD just to discuss the possibility of obtaining this grant. He stated that he felt that he had ,made the Town's case with them. He stated that although he feels that sometimes obtaining grants can be vert political, he does feel that the Town will have no problem obtaining the grant. Bob and Charlie compared the grant writing approach to the one submitted for the Senior Center.