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available on the Planning Department page of the This project was funded 100% by Green Communities Town's website at www.mashpeema.gov. funds and an incentive from Cape Light Compact. Respectfully submitted, Additional projects are proposed at the KC Mary Elaine Waygan,Chair Coombs School (window, fire protection system), Joseph Cummings, Vice-Chair Middle/High School (building envelope, HVAC), David Kooharian, Clerk Quashnet School (domestic hot water), and DPW Dennis Balzarini (vehicle exhaust system)in 2019. David Weeden Robert Hansen,Associate Member Quashnet School Project The Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) approved funding through their Accelerated Report of the Repair Program for replacement of the windows,doors, Planning & Construction and roof at the Quashnet School. The total budget approved for the project was$10,477,884 of which the Committee MSBA would reimburse 37.95% of eligible costs or $3,781,952. Borrowing by the Town was approved at To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the the May 2017 ATM. With the completion of the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: project, approximately 85% of the exterior of the building will be new. The Planning & Construction Committee was Construction on the project began in February appointed by the Board of Selectmen in August 2005 to and continued in phases for the entirely of 2018. oversee capital improvements to the Town's facilities During the school year,students were relocated within as well as the construction of new buildings. Below is the school so work on the windows and EFIS for a summary of projects from the past year. limited classrooms could occur with minimal Capital Improvement Bond disruption to learning. Once the school year ended on June 20th, work began in earnest. Work performed The May 2017 ATM approved a $1.5 bond for over the 11 weeks of summer vacation included completion of capital improvements at various Town replacement of the roof, replacement of the exterior buildings and Town roads. The specific building doors, continued replacement of the windows and improvements had been identified through the 6-year EFIS,ADA accessibility improvements/renovations to Capital Improvement Plan which is updated annually. the bathrooms, and modification to one of the courtyards. Students returned for the new school year Over the past year, a number of HVAC-related on September 4th as scheduled. Work on the remaining projects were completed at the three schools. Funding phases continued through the end of October. Through for these projects was supplemented by a grant from November and December,detail work was completed the MA Department of Energy Resources because of and punch lists generated. Substantial completion was Mashpee's designation as a Green Community as well achieved by December 28th. As of the end of 2018, as utility incentives for improvement in energy the project is 99.6%complete. The total project cost is efficiency. Three roof-top units for heating/ventilation on target to be around$8,000,000,almost$2.5 million were replaced at the Quashnet School. This work was less than the original budget estimate. The last invoices coordinated with replacement of the roof(see below). are still being processed and MSBA reimbursement The two air handler units for the Middle/High School finalized,so the final project cost and cost to the Town gym were replaced. At the KC Coombs School,a new will not be known until early Spring 2019. energy management system was installed to control all the HVAC components. Three furnaces at the Coombs For other building-related projects,please refer to School were scheduled for replacement. One was the DPW annual report. completed over the holiday break in December of this year; the other two will be replaced over the Respectfully Submitted, winter/spring vacations. Steven Cook,Chairman Joseph Brait, Vice-Chair An interior light upgrade(conversion to LED)at the Thomas O'Neill Fire Station Headquarters was completed in Fall 2018. Geoff Gorman 139