7/11/1995 TOWN HALL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

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r IMAsHPEE TOWN#Y HALL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes for July 11, 1995 Page Jim stated that the Committee would be providing the Selectmen Frith their recommendations at theJuly 24, 1995, meeting. He asked if they had any closing remarks. Mr. Hoit stated that he felt they had presented a viable option for the budget allowed. He stated that this would be a primary project for therm and would be able t begin immediately if awarded the contract. ,Jinn thanked the Str kal v ky & Hoit tear for their presentation. After the Str kal v ky & Hoit team had left, ,Jim asked for the Committee members' opinions and comments. All members agreed that Strakal vsky & Hoit had presented very thorough presentation and had offered some very interesting options. Jiro stated that the only adverse comment made during the high school building project architect selection was that Strklvky & Hit had not had enough new construction experience. Ho r v r, he stated that their type of renovation/restoration experience was hit they were looking for in the current project. Bob Fox had stated that he had heard that Strkalovsky & Hoit had an excellent reputation. ,Jiro stated he felt that the Committee had received very straight forth and honest replies to their questions. Greg started that he was quite impressed with the job they had done on the Mashpee Middle School addition project. ,Jim agreed and felt that Strkalovsky & Hoit had also provided good follow up during that project. Bob vhritanour stated that he liked their idea of grouping public services offices together and within easy access to the public. All members agreed. Greg stated that he agreed with their suggestion for using trailers as temporary office space during the project. Jim stated that it made more sense to prepare the upstairs for future expansion versus trying to build over the 1960's building. Bob Fox stated that he liked their honesty in admitting that the best way to complete the project was to move the offices out into trailers during the construction. Greg agreed and stated that it was also a more cast effective option. The net interview began at 3:02 p.m. by Jiro greeting Tadhg Sweeney of Donham Sweeney. IIIb. Sweeney distributed to Committee members an agenda of his presentation. He stated that he would like to pick up where he left off last May and presented a floor plan for the project. He suggested locating the Selectmen's Meeting Room in the basement to resolve the problem of moving anyone into the basement. H suggested placing the most highly used offices on the first floor; i.e., Town Clerk, Assessor's office. He suggested a centrally located conference room for use by all administrative offices. Mr. Sweeney offered suggestions for the exterior of the building to include creating a peaked roof over the flat roof of the 1960's building as part of the preparation for the second phase addition of a second floor. He stated that he felt they could find the money necessary for this by reusing as much as possible in this first phase. Mr. Sweeney stated that it was very important to keep Phase 11 in mina during Phase I. He stated that they were recently awarded the Carlisle Town Offices project. He also started that with their present workload, they could begin on this project immediately. He cited their past experience working on this type of project and stated that they had experience working in occupied buildings. He feels that it is very