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buildings evaluated included the Town Hall,Archives, Report of the Police Station, K.C. Coombs School, and Quashnet Planning & Construction School. The consultant assessed the condition of the building envelope (roof, windows, exterior walls) and Committee the building systems (HVAC, electrical, plumbing). To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the The final reports for the assessment were com- Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: pleted in October 2010. These reports identified both routine and capital repairs required. They also made The Planning & Construction Committee was recommendations for improvements or replacements appointed by the Board of Selectmen in August 2005 due to age, condition,accessibility, and/or energy use. to oversee capital improvements to the Town's facili- The routine repairs will be completed through the ties as well as the construction of new buildings. The operational budget as time and funding allows. The primary focus of the Committee during the year was capital projects and recommended improvements were the construction of the new library. Below is a sum- used to develop the 6-year Capital Improvement Plan. mary of projects from the past year. For other building-related projects, please refer Library to the DPW and Energy Committee annual reports. The new approximately 21,000 square foot Respectfully Submitted, library opened to the public in April 2010. The library which includes a 5,000 square foot Children's Library Steven Cook, Chairman wing, a new Young Adult room, 20 public computer Irving Goldberg, Vice-Chair stations,WiFi access, and a 100-person meeting room Janice Mills, Clerk as well as expanded space for the library's collections, Joseph Brait was completed under budget. The final cost for the DJ Ellis construction was $8,314,618. Funding for the project Sheldon Gilbert (resigned November 2010) was provided by a $2,934,541 million grant from the Eugene Smargon State Board of Library Commissioners, $308,286 in other grants, rebates, and donations, and $5,071,791 by the Mashpee: taxpayers ($5.5 million was autho- rized by voters). The building itself incorporated certain "green" design elements in order to be energy-efficient, sus- tainable, and an educational tool/example for other building projects. Among the elements included in the library are day lighting controls,low VOC materi- als, a high-efficiency HVAC system," Xeriscape" or low water use landscaping, on-site storm water infil- tration, and 20.1 kW photovoltaic solar panels. With these and other "green" initiatives, the building achieved Silver LEED certification from the US Green Building Council. Capital Needs Assessment The May 2009 ATM approved funding for com- pletion of a capital needs assessment of Town build- ings. With the funding, a consultant was hired in June 2010 to evaluate five of the Town's older buildings and develop a Maintenance/capital improvement plan for the buildings, with priorities and cost estimates. The 103