1993-HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE

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Center site is houses. Town meeting turned down buying that land in 1988. The school will only use 60 of the 160-180 acres of land. This is the most realistic way to preserve the land . Bill Martiros stated if they want the land preserved there has to be another avenue because the town turned it down . Go to the State or Federal government for assistance. Keeping a school off of that land will not preserve it. Peggy Lillenthaul asked about an alternative site the town had considered , down near New Seabury? The Committee explained that property is Conservation land the request was brought to the Conservation Commission and they said no. She asked if the Cons Com knew of these two sites and the pandoras box they were opening; neither site is a good one for a high school . The site she is speaking of is part of the Mashpee River Woodlands which is protected. Steve Greelish stated he presented this to Cons Com, they gave it due consideration and voted no. The town has no recourse. Tom Fudala added that property was only 55 acres and the Committee is looking for more than that. If that site were chosen , there is no provision that the 2 other sites would be preserved , they will just be developed with • houses. What are the reasons you are opposed to this site because this Committee ' s investigation has not found any. Ms. Lillenthaul said she is not convinced all the environmental problems have been looked into. Ms. Hendricks asked about the time frame, the final report, with new information will be presented next week and you will vote on it that same evening, why not push the vote back a week? Chairman Dinizio explained the Committee' s tight schedule. The project has already been pushed back 2 months and the school must be open by Sept. 1996 . The Selectmen have set the schedule. They need the recommendation so they can vote on it and prepare the warrant for town meeting with sufficient time to advertise. Ms . hendricks suggest they go to the Selectmen and ask them to push this back one week. Geotechnical - Steve Greelish explained the engineers have walked the entire site, have been there 2 times , have talked with people who lived in the area and have aerial photos . They did a thorough investigation for this level of study . Should the site be chosen more investigation will be done. There is no contamination of groundwater within the immediate area of the Center site. Acquisition Costs - the Committee is waiting for appraisal • information which will be available shortly . David Lillinthaul asked about the schedule? Next week, Tues Nov . 9 at 7 : 30 the architect will present their 4