Merger Steering Committee Minutes
May 28, 2003
Members Present: Wayne Marquis, Mary Marrs, Ira
Singer, Gus Olson, Sean Fitzgerald (for Mayor Bonfanti), Wayne
Burton, Bob Pariseau, Richard McLaughlin and Amelia O’Malley.
Wayne Marquis called the meeting to order at 6:40 p.m. and introduced the architectural
firm of Design Partnership. Architects,
Mr. Robert Vogel and Mr. Gregg Schroeder (Design Partnership) reviewed
their proposed time table (see attached).
Phase I, which is 25% of the work, involves ed specs,
design options, and preliminary cost estimates.
Phase I will terminate in November with preliminary costs estimates
within 15% of the eventual cost.
Phase 2, will begin after the 16 member communities
of the North Shore
Regional Vocational
School District vote on the project
in the Spring. The mission in Phase 2 is
to bring a more realistic vision and cost to the project.
Principles identified by Design Partnership to be involved
in the project planning are:
Carol
Johnson, Landscape Architect and Assoc. Site Planner
Judith
Nitsch, RES Engineering
George
Koba, Educational Consultant
Mr. Schroeder and Mr. Vogel identified the goals and issues
to be addressed as:
1.
Cost
2.
Education
3.
Traffic
4.
Environmental
Impact
5.
Sustainability
Comments from the audience and committee:
Mr. Perron, Treasurer and Mrs. Marrs, Swampscott
Representative from the North Shore School Committee, expressed concern of
financing the construction of buildings f or North Shore Community College
use. Mr. Williams, from Division of
Capital Asset Management, spoke of two separate funding sources for secondary
education and higher education.
Mrs. O’Malley requested that the architects look to
eliminate the “several small buildings” campus presently in use on the site.
Mr. Marquis expressed concern over traffic and Dr. Anderson,
Lynnfield Representative to NSRVSD, asked to review the possibility of
re-routing Rte. 62.
Jeff Wulfson, Mass Department of Education, stated that
after Phase I the issue would be returned to the respective school committees
for their continued approval and endorsement.
He also stated that after legislation is in place, we would need to
bring the issue to the Town meetings for approval. Mr. Wulfson stated that the legislation
provides for member towns to dissolve the present District and create a new one
with inclusion of Essex Aggie and the City of Peabody.
Mr. Singer suggested we develop a website to keep the
communities apprised of the project.
Mrs. O’Malley offered to host and develop such a site.
Mr. Harvey, Essex Representative to NSRVSD, stressed the
fact that time is of the essence.
“Children are waiting for this school.”
Mr. Harvey reminded the committee that North Shore Tech put their
expansion plans on hold to explore this merger and it was his fervent hope that
we would act efficiently.
The next meeting was scheduled for August 6, 2003 in the North Shore Tech Library.
Mr. Marquis closed the meeting at 8:10 p.m.
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