Monadnock Regional School District; Facility Committee Minutes

Unapproved Minutes 11-13-07

Present:  Karen Cota, Bill Felton, Tim Peloquin, Jon Kenyon, Colline Dreyfuss, (arrives at 1910 hrs.)                                                                                                                     

Absent: -0-

Others Present:  Brett Beliveau, Katie Chambers, Ken Dassau, Dave King (KB)

Public Comments:  Gene White offered for thought/asked…what would the district do—what is the “emergency plan” if a school was not usable—or had been reduced in condition by some event, such as a fire, so that it could not be occupied.  Where would the children be educated—how would we react to this.

Ken Dassau:  Dr. Dassau reports that the KB final proposal has been reviewed and appears to meet all needs…both building and enrollment.  “It seems good to go”.

Dave King/KB:  Mr. King reported the following…

          Conceptual estimate of costs…

          $31,164,000.00    Construction costs                                                                               $ 6,420,000.00       Soft costs                                                                   $37,584,000.00        Total cost of proposal

This generated discussion and one of the as-of-yet unanswered questions is…what is the                            

Cost of a new building—a whole new building.  Dave King will generate some information and

 general pricing for the committee, relative to this. A reference book was handed out by

KB, it breaks the projected costs for the Master Plan down into three categories;

          Site work             New Construction            Renovation

These three areas/the book, was gone over and discussed.

Portable Classrooms:  What is going to happen to/with the portable classrooms if this/a building plan is approved and followed through with.

          Motion:  CD moves…portable classrooms be moved off site, (Ms/Hs campus) and that they not be used as classrooms.  BF second.  Vote:  5-0-0-0.

What does this mean for MC2…the comm. will address that at the next meeting.

Copies of Cost Estimate:  How many are needed and who will get them.  This has to be decided and Dave King needs to be given the number needed so that the information can be provided to the boards and committees that will need the info.

Deconstructive Testing:  Dave King and Brett B. both explained that further wall testing is necessary.  It was explained that there are walls, referred to as “high walls”, which are, exactly that, high walls.  These are the walls in the gym and auditorium that are more than two-stories tall.  With regard to the gym area, wherein there was a crack in one of the walls, it is now necessary to determine the amount of damage, if any, has been done to the steel posts within that/those walls.  The wall is supported in part, to a height of approximately ½ of the wall height, by steel posts.  If water has entered through the cracks and moved to the floor it is possible that the steel has been compromised—these posts are structurally necessary.

       Dave King made it clear, that you can wait until some building project takes place—but that this is something that you really should know before a project begins-it is much better to know that there is a problem before any construction begins.

Testing Costs:  The exterior testing, which has been completed, cost only $1,500.00, wherein $3,300.00 had been budgeted.  The interior testing will be slightly more expensive, as it will require more cleaning afterward and may involve one more test site.  K Chambers said that if more money than is left is needed, the other portion can/will come from the maintenance budget.

       Motion:  CD moves…to do the additional deconstructive testing on the “high-walls” in the area of the gym and auditorium.  JK seconds.  Vote…5-0-0-0.

What is next:  The full school board review and acceptance of the plan and finalization of same.  Dave King was asked how we get a final number/cost to go to the next phase.  He said that the construction can be done/designed around the amount of money that you have.  It was decided that this information/rough numbers have to go to the Finance Comm for review to create payment/bond plans.

Next Meeting:  11-14-07

Public Comments None made

Meeting adjourned