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Kittredge School Building Committee
Meeting Minutes
November 15, 2023
Present: Laurie Burzlaff, James Mealey, Stephen Foster, Laura Bates, Richard Cushing, Eva Hamori, Maureen
(remote), Gregg Gilligan (remote), and Andrew
McDevitt (remote).
Absent: Diane Beckley and Melissa Murphy Rodrigues.
Meeting was called to order by Laura Bates at 4:05PM in the Select Board Meeting Room at Town Hall.
Approve minutes of October 4, 2023
Motion approve 11-0.
Colliers and School Building Committee Introductions
Phil Palumbo of Colliers introduced his team and their roles. The School Building Committee introduced
themselves.
Feasibility Study Schedule Review and Vote
Phil Palumbo reviewed the schedule for an MSBA project. We are targeting May 2026 Town Meeting for a vote.
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Need to submit Request for Services to MSBA by December 10, contract award date targeting for mid-March. We
then move on to Module 3- educational visioning. Input will be received from staff, community and consultants.
Mr. Palumbo indicated the MSBA puts a lot of weight into the process. District will then be required to put
together educational vision program. Have to do a site analysis and look at other properties. Need to look at
options for addition/renovation, straight renovation and new construction. The Preliminary Design program
submission will be submitted to MSBA in July 2024. There will be community forums to show different design
schemes. The Town needs to submit the selected design to MSBA (April 2025). A cost estimate will be done and
then a value management list will be presented to School Building Committee to approve budget to be submitted
to MSBA (December 2025). Module 5 is outreach prior to Town Meeting to fund the project. It will be 12-14
months before construction begins (June 2027).
Laurie Burzlaff made a motion, seconded by Jim Mealey to approve the schedule as presented. Motion approved
11-0.
MSBA Designer Selection Process Review
The deadline to submit the Request for Services to the MSBA for review/approval is December 14, 2023. Mr.
Palumbo presented the schedule for the design selection process. Colliers will complete reference checks.
Deadline to get to MSBA is 2/8/2024. School building committee will meet to discuss submissions but there will
not be any rankings. MSBA does not allow SBC to rank.
Vote for Three Local Representatives for MSBA Designer Selection Panel
Eva Hamori made a motion, seconded by Steve Foster to appoint Laurie Burzlaff, Jim Mealey and Richard
Cushing as the local representatives on the MSBA Designer Selection Panel. Motion approved 11-0.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion made by Jim Mealey, seconded by Steve Foster, to adjourn the meeting at 5:20PM. Motion approved 11-
0.
Documents used at meeting:
Minutes of October 4, 2023
OPM presentation