Town of South Berwick, Maine Building Committee Minutes February 3,2010 Town Hall Present: Tom Harmon, Brad Christo, Fred Wildnauer, Dave Stansfield, Mark Gagnon — Building Committee; Guests: Barbara Joslin — JCJ Architecture, John Schempf— Town Manager, Mamie Anthoine Ney — Library Director. The meeting was called to order by Tom Harmon. Minutes from the January 19tI~ meeting were approved. Tom reviewed the following items from the January 19th meeting as a guide for the meeting’s discussion about proceeding with the Young St. property: • maximizing the Young St. and church property frontage • reducing the overall size to 10-12,000 SF • renovating the existing space to allow for addition work done in phases • moving the rectory • locating access from the parking lot • defining initial systems (heating, cooling, walls, acoustics, etc.) • emphasizing need for good sightlines within the building • emphasizing staffing limitations. Fred expressed the committee’s disappointment in the plans that had been presented at the January 11th meeting. Barbara acknowledged and addressed those concerns. There was agreement that better communication at all levels is needed. Going forward, the discussion centered on the issues above and possibly doing the construction in two phases. In the first phase the Library would relocate to Young St. with just the first floor of the church available. That would provide approximately 5K SF. The second phase would add 5K-7K SF to the building. There was consensus that that Barbara will begin working on plans to reflect this option. She will provide examples of other libraries that JCJ has worked on in similar fashion. The group also discussed plans to address the drainage issues on the property. A $200,000 federal funds grant has been awarded to the Town through the Southern York County Planning Commission for drainage work, asbestos removal, lead paint and mold abatement. There are some procedural items that need to be worked out before the funds can be disbursed. John is working on this. The next steps in the process are for JCJ to provide revised building plans. The group is planning to meet again on Weds., Feb. 24th at lOAM, at the Town Hall.