ERCSD Facilities Committee Meeting

October 11, 2005 - 6:00 PM

Cooperative Middle School - Library

 

 

MEMBERS PRESENT: Lucy Cushman, Kim Casey, Sally Oxnard and Ray Trueman

 

ADMINISTRATION PRESENT:      Arthur Hanson and Walter Pierce

 

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS:         Kris Magnusson, Roy Morrisette and Patty Lovejoy

 

GUESTS:        Don Briselden and Russ Dean

 

Chair Cushman opened the meeting at 6:00 PM.  The following agenda items were discussed and/or acted on by the committee.

 

1.       Tuck Building: The town manager of Exeter, Russell Dean, met with the committee to discuss the possibility of some of the Exeter Town offices moving to the Linden Street site.  The town sought an okay from the Facilities Committee to allow their architect to investigate the Tuck building and possibly include that building in their feasibility study for the town offices.  The Facilities Committee had no problem okaying the investigation, fully understanding that nothing more may ever come of the idea.

 

2.       New High School Update: Walter Pierce updated everyone on the progress at the new EHS.  Site work has been challenged by the weather.  We have had issues with one subcontractor at the site, but today the subcontractor for the athletic field “carpet” was hard at work on our artificial surface.  The SST Building trades class is underway with the construction of the maintenance building at the new site.  Walter also shared with the committee the concept of the “patio” or “outdoor gathering space” to be located outside the cafeteria at the back of the building.  We also saw drawings of the grandstand elevations and a possible scoreboard design.  Trees are to be planted on berm on Friday.

 

3.       Non-Public Session: On a motion by Kim Casey, seconded by Sally Oxnard and unanimously voted in the affirmative (Cushman, Casey, Oxnard and Trueman) the committee went into non-public session at 6:45 PM under RSA 91-A:3 II.(d).  General discussion followed about the RFP’s received so far for the Annex.  Committee voted to continue advertising with a deadline of the November 8, 2005 meeting to ensure that all interested parties have an opportunity to submit a proposal.  On a motion by Kim Casey, seconded by Sally Oxnard and unanimously voted in the affirmative (Cushman, Casey, Oxnard and Trueman) to come out of non-public session at 7:00 PM.

 

Meeting adjourned at 7:01 PM.

 

Minutes submitted by:

Lucy Cushman, Chair, Facilities Committee