DUNBARTON CENTER BUILDING COMMITTEE

Minutes - October 6, 2003

 

Attendees:  Jeff Trexler, Co-Chair             Dan DalPra, Co-Chair

                     Nancy Lang                             Norm Roberge

                     Chuck Graybill                         Carl Metzger

 

Archetect:    John Urdi - DMPA

 

Guests: Library Trustee: Deb Gelines

              Library Director: Andrea Douglas

              Library Vision Committee: Ellenor Kimball

 

Meeting called to order at 7:35 pm.

 

Location: Town Library, refreshments were provided by the Library

 Trustees.

 

1. Reviewed/ Approved without changes, minutes of Sept. 22, 2003.

 

2. Jeff passed out a copy of the RFP for the Construction Manager

 (CM).  Jeff reported that 5 CMs showed up for the pre-proposal

 review of the Town Offices and Library. The list included: McMiller,

 North Branch,  Bauen Corp., Glen Builders, and Brookstone Builders.

 General CM questions:

    A. Requirements for sprinkler system?

    B. Library operations during construction?

    C. Starting schedule? 

Jeff said we could start as early as May.  John Urdi said they should be ready to cut into the building around August.  Andrea said the library could close in August for vacation.

 

3.  RFP's must be received by Oct. 9th and copies will be available for each of the committees. The committee members will have to pick up their packets at the Town Office and review them prior to our Meeting on Oct. 14th. Jeff wants to narrow the list of candidates down to 3, interviews will be scheduled for Oct. 20th.

 

4. John Urdi passed out new versions of the design plans with updates to the library's workroom and joint break room. 

Question from Last Meeting: Is it OK to locate mechanicals in Old Basement? Yes

 

Andrea asked:

   A. Where is the Janitor's closet?

   B. Where can we locate Special Historical books?

   C. Where can we store back issues of Magazines?

 

Committee discussed Andrea's questions and decided to re-think the joint break room. Chuck said no-one really would use the break room to sit, they will take their stuff back to their desk.  Jeff suggested to shrink the current break room into a pass thru hall with a sink, micro, coffee, refrig, and small counter.  Divide the rest of the space into 2 rooms, Janitor's closet and display room for the Special History Books and back issues of Magazines.

 

Norm questioned the arrangement of the Libraries storage room/ restroom; will it restrict future expansion of the workroom? The committee decided to switch the restroom and storage room.  By moving the restroom to the outer wall, we could remove the storage room which would open the area into the library or used to enlarge the workroom.

 

5. Set future meeting dates: 10/14/03 10/20/03

 

6. Jeff will meet after tonight’s meeting with John Urdi to review comments from town lawyer about the contract with DMPA.

 

7. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm.

 

Minutes by Carl Metzger