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0- Report of the the project architect, and Pomroy Associates, the pro- planning & Construction ject manager on the final design. A $75,000 donation for the installation of a photovoltaic array on the new Committee library's roof was received from the Friends of the Mashpee Public Library. This donation, in combina- tion with a reimbursement grant from the state's To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Commonwealth Solar program, will allow the instal- j Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: lation of a 19.4 kW system. The Committee also decided to seek Leadership in Energy and The Planning & Construction Committee was Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building certi- appointed by the Board of Selectmen in August 2005 fication for the building. The LEED program is a to oversee capital improvements to the Town's facili- nationally-recognized program for design, construc- ties as well as the construction of new buildings. In tion, and operation of high performance green build- 2008,the Committee,working with the Department of ings. If the building is LEED certified, the Town will Public Works, oversaw the completion of several cap- be eligible to receive a grant to cover costs incurred ital projects. The installation of new emergency gen- for the certification through a state specifically estab- erator at Town Hall, approved at the October 2005 lished for library projects. The long-term benefit for Town Meeting, was completed in March 2008. The the Town of a LEED design will be a building that replacement of the asphalt shingle roof at Town Hall, costs lower to operate by increasing energy efficiency approved at the May 2007 Town Meeting, was com- and conserving water. pleted in November 2008. A contract for installation of a fuel depot at the DPW was awarded in August As the new building will be constructed on the 2008. Site improvements were completed in the fall existing library site, the library collection and staff and the depot is expected to be operational in February was moved in May to temporary quarters in South 2009. The Committee also continued work on two Cape Village. The library will occupy this leased major capital projects, the design/construction of a space until construction of the new building is com- new fire station and the design/construction of a new pleted. library. Contract documents and plans for the project Fire Station#2 were completed in August and the Request for Bids Construction of the 5,100 square foot fire station for a general contractor was advertised in September. at 101 Red Brook Road began in March 2008 and was Eight bids were received in response and a contract was awarded to Bufftree Building Company of New substantially completed in October. The fire station, Bedford, MA in November, the lowest qualified bid- with two apparatus bays, can accommodate up to four pieces of equipment and up to six fire fighters. A ded- der,for approximately$6.4 million. Demolition of the existing building and the site will be completed in kation of the building was held in December and January 2009 with construction of the new building staffing of the station is expected in 2009. The project t was completed on time and under budget. While some beginning immediately after. Completion of the new miscellaneous work has yet to be completed, the library is anticipated in early 2010. Committee will turn back to the Town over $200,000 Respectfully Submitted, of the original $2.1 million approved for the project. Steven Cook, Chairman Library Irving Goldberg, Vice-Chair 1 At the October 2004 Town Meeting,$3.5 million Janice Mills, Clerk in funding for construction of a new library on the Joseph Brait existing library site was approved by Mashpee voters. Sheldon Gilbert C At a subsequent Town Meeting in May 2007, an addi- Kevin Shackett t tional $2 million in funding was approved. In Eugene Smargon September of that year, a grant for $2.9 million was Patricia Parolski,Ex-Officio awarded to the project by the State Board of Library Commissioners in September 2007. With funding in hand,the Committee began work on the design.of the approximately 21,000 square foot, two-story building. In 2008, the Committee continued to work with tha Library Director, J. Stewart Roberts Associates, 131