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DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
Minutes of Meeting - Wednesday, December 7, 2016
The Hopkinton Design Review Board met in Room 215 at the Town Hall, 18 Main Street,
Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
Present: Jeff Doherty, Jeanette Thomson, Amy Ritterbusch, David Paul, Sue-Ellen Stoddard,
John Westerling, DPW Director, and Jeff Alberti & David Steeves from Weston & Sampson.
At 7:13 pm, Jeff Doherty called the meeting to order.
83 Wood Street - New DPW Facility - Review Color Choices
Jeff Alberti & David Steeves from Weston & Sampson presented the updated DPW plans
including two initial options. The building includes an Admin Storefront area and a Vehicle
Storage area. The roof on the Admin Storefront has a slight pitch, not flat, but not very tall
either. It will be visible from the street. The vehicle storage roof is galvanized metal but painted.
A horizontal masonry band will go around the base of the building, it will be about 3’ up from
the ground on the Admin Storefront area and about 4’ up from the ground on the Vehicle
Storage area.
Initial Options Presented for Admin Storefront & Vehicle Storage:
● Option 1 Front part of building with admin storefront shown in medium gray panel, with
slight metallic, snow white roof.
● Option 2 Dark bronze walls with bone white roof on admin storefront area. Light gray
sides “Tundra” on vehicle storage area building. Highlighting the windows with a dark
red “redwood.” Masonry is speckled gray.
Jeanette Thomson asked about roof color being so white, and wondered how it would weather
and if it would look bad after a short time due to pollution. She also noted that the white is a
stark contrast to the dark bronze building color.
The Design Review Board discussed the color choices in detail and concluded that the following
color palette would be the most appropriate for the main building:
● Tundra (gray) - Roof throughout
● Dark Bronze - Admin Storefront walls
● Redwood - Admin Storefront fenestration highlights
● Regal gray - Vehicle storage walls
● 580-G (the medium gray) - Masonry
Next Jeff Alberti & David Steeves from Weston & Sampson presented designs and options from
the Salt Shed, which will be in the back left, but will be visible from Wood Street. They explained
that the shed must be closer to the front of the lot than desired due to environmental reasons
(wetlands) & state regulations. It will have a gambrel roof line. The building will have a
horizontal ship lap at the base with wood siding. On the two ends of the building above the ship
lap, it will have vertical board & batten at the top. The Gambrel roof will come down to meet the
ship on the two long sides of the building. The Design Review Board discussed the color choices
in detail and concluded that the following color palette would be the most appropriate for the
Salt Shed:
● Tundra (gray) - Gambrel roof, same color as the main Admin & Vehicle Storage building
roof
● A shade lighter than Tundra gray - Vertical Board & Batten
● A shade lighter than Tundra gray - Horizontal Ship Lap
The DPW Building Completion date target is November 2017.
David Paul left at 8:12pm to attend the Charter Review Public Forum at the Senior Center.
DRB had been notified by Jennifer Burke via email today that the Zoning Advisory Committee
(ZAC) would like a member of DRB to attend their meeting on Monday, December 12 at 7pm to
discuss the changes to the sign bylaw requested by the DRB. Ria McNamara confirmed via email
that she can attend. Jeff Doherty & Amy Ritterbusch said they would also try to attend.
Future Agenda Items:
It was noted that Bill’s Pizza has recently added new signage that did not come before DRB. It is
possible that Bill’s Pizza has now exceeded the amount of square footage of signing allowed. The
DRB asked Jennifer Burke to follow up on that.
Adjournment
Jeanette Thomson, seconded by Sue-Ellen Stoddard, moved to adjourn at 8:25 PM.
Vote: 5-0-0, Unanimous
Respectfully submitted,
Amy Ritterbusch
Design Review Board member