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TOWN OF HOPKINTON
Permanent Building Committee
Town Hall Room 215/216
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
7:00 PM
Approved Meeting Minutes
Board Members Present: Laura Barry, Michael Dawley *, Marie Eldridge, John Ferrari *, Miguel Linera *,
Michael Dimascio *, Robert Scumaci *,
*permanent members
Attendees: Rownak Hussain (Director - Library), Brian Main (Project Manager), John Mosher
Members Absent: Scott Richardson
Distribution: Attendees, Geri Holland, Ann Click, Stewart Roberts (Architect), David Daltorio (Town
Engineer)
Documents Presented: None
Meeting Minutes
1. Approval of October 21, 2010 meeting minutes
a. Motion to approve by: Mr. Scumaci
b. Second by: Mr. Dawley
c. Voted in favor: Mr. Scumaci, Mr. Dawley, Mr. Dimascio
d. Abstain: Mr. Linera, Ms Eldridge, Mr. Ferrari
2. Discussion of Public Forum
a. About 30 people attended
b. The board discussed issues that keep coming up and the best possible methods of
providing information in the future. Questions and concerns were raised about location,
parking, function of the library, and impact of the downtown area among others.
c. The issue was raised regarding the control of Center School and the possibility that the
School Committee may not release the property to the Town in a time frame that
coincides with the grant. The board will need a commitment from the Town that this is
the direction the board decides to continue with.
d. In the next two weeks the board will seek confirmation from the school committee as to
the intention to release the property to the town or not.
e. A motion was made to give direction to the chairman that should the school committee
not approve the use of Center School that the direction to the architect on Wednesday
will be to proceed with schematic design on the existing location.
i. Moved: Mr. Scumaci
ii. Second: Ms. Eldridge
iii. All voted in favor
3. Motion to approve the current invoice for Johnson Roberts Architects
a. Moved: Ms. Eldridge
b. Second by Mr. Linera
c. All voted in favor
4. Motion to adjourn
a. Moved: Ms. Eldridge
b. Second: Ms. Barry
c. All voted in favor