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BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
THURSDAY JULY 26, 2018
NAUSET HIGH SCHOOL ROOM N109 6 : 00 PM
1 CALL TO ORDER /AGENDA CHANGES :
Building Committee Chair Greg Levasseur called meeting to order at 6@00pm . In attendance :
Ron Collins, Tom Conrad , Jody Craven , Chris Easley, Chris Ellsasser, Michael Embury, Tom Faris,
Greg Levasseur, Tony Nannini, Jim Nowack, John O' Reilly, Lisa Orlandella , Harry Terkanian ,
Kathleen Tringale, Giovanna Venditti , Peter Wade, Richard Marks, Joe Sullivan , Christina Opper
NO Agenda Changes
11 CITIZENS SPEAK
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III PRIORITY BUSINESS
A. Introduce Daedalus Team
General discussion about their role .
The building committee introduced themselves to the Daedelus Team .
Richard Marks the principal with Daedelus Projects introduced the core team with a brief slide
show . Joe Sullivan is our project manager and point of contact on a day to day basis . Christina
Opper is our marketing director and client relations and outreach .
Richard explained their role is to serve as a focal point for management communications for all
parties . We need to sell our project and for the next year we will work on getting to the right
school, size, design , and cost . We want the 4 communities to be part of the process so that they
will be in favor of the project .
Time is not on our side and we need to move rapidly because costs are inflating, cost control is
a big issue ; construction prices have increase 5 - 6% in the last year .
We should have a public process and encourage our b c meeting to be televised . The hardest
part of the project will be making sure the community understands what we are doing and
votes for the project .
Feasibility Study Phase : MSBA will pay 37 . 95 % of the cost . All costs during the Feasibility Study
should be eligible including the Daedelus Fee, Architect fee, and additional site investigations .
We will look at alternate sites, requested by the MSBA as the cost of renovating is high . We will
also look at off site locations .
Architect : Richard explained the process of selecting an architect , it is overseen by the MSBA
with a 16 team member selection committee . We will have 3 members to represent .
MSBA has given us an enrollment of 905 . This number cannot be appealed but we can manage
designs to accommodate more students .
Next big task is to develop the Educational Program . The principal will write the educational
program . Daedelus will give us some model documents ; put us in touch with other principals
and their successful educational programs for review .
Community engagement — As soon as information and data is ready, and approved by the
building committee, Christina Opper will put information on our web , through the school , and
local cable television . Public forums and tours of the school will be important to get the
message out as to why the school needs to be renovated or replaced .
B . Desiener Selection Process
Architect is a key part of the team . Get RFQ out and draft should go to the MSBA on Monday
7/30/ 18 for review . MSBA has a 9/ 18 slot available .
The Feasibility Study and schematic design each will take about 6 months — looking for a MSBA
board approval on April 10, 2019 and Dec 11, 2019 for schematic design .
Spring town meeting season we are hoping to go to town meeting for funding .
Greg Levasseur asked if any committee members had questions for Richard . Harry Terkanian
asked Richard to explain the Educational Plan process . Richard explained it is a 30 or 40 page
document that lays out the existing educational process at NRHS . All programs, how they are
taught, what size classrooms, what is unique to NRHS, the physical space needs for those
programs . This is a collaborative process, with the superintendent, principal , teachers, parents,
and community members .
The MSBA will read , bring us in , critique, and ask for a next draft if necessary .
C. Form subcommittee
Designer Selection Subcommittee - Interested members are John O' Reilly, Jim Nowack, Ron
Collins, Harry Terkanian , Greg Levasseur, Tom Conrad , and Chris Ellsasser .
Harry Terkanian asked if the 3 members that represent our votes at the MSBA Designer
Selection should be on this subcommittee . Richard confirmed the vote should be the Chair of
the Building Committee, the Superintendent, and the principal .
Chris Easley moved that the designer subcommittee be made up of the members that
volunteered . Harry second the motion . The committee voted unanimously . We will pick a chair
at the next meeting .
D . Oreanize Educational Subcommittee
Members are Tom Faris, Kathleen Tringale, Lisa Orlandella , Jody Craven , Chris Ellsasser and Tom
Conrad . Lisa Orlandella nominated Kathleen Tringale as the chair . Jody Craven seconds the
motion . The committee voted unanimously.
E . Organize Public Information Subcommittee
Members are Tom Conrad , Mike Embury, Chris Easley, Giovanna Venditti , and Peter Wade . Tom
Conrad said it would be ideal if we had members from each of the communities . Tom Conrad
volunteered to be the chair. Greg Levasseur nominated Tom Conrad . John O' Reilly seconds the
motion . The committee voted unanimously .
F . General Discussion and Information about the Project
Greg Levasseur and Tom Conrad met with Teresa Martin and Lower Cape TV to discuss the
project . We would like them to stay on campus . They would like more space and want to come
in front of our building committee to discuss . Parking and accessibility for all community
members are their biggest concerns .
New member of the building committee is the Town Administrator from Eastham , Jacqueline
Beebe ,
Harry Terkanian asked if we needed to brief the school committee with where we are at, Greg
Levasseur said we are all set for now . We will present to school committee after the
educational program is done and the designer selection is made .
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
John O' Reilly motioned to approve the minutes . Chris Easley seconds the motion . Minutes were
unanimously approved .
Daedelus will send out documents from time to time . Richard will send them to Secretary
Wendy Spampinato who will forward them to the rest of the building committee .
Greg Levasseur made a motion to adjourn the meeting . John O seconds the motion . Meeting
adjourned at 6 : 42 pm
Minutes submitted by Wendy Spampinato