Minutes of Bradford Town Hall Restoration Oversight Committee (THROC) Meeting, September 1, 2016
The meeting was held at the Town Hall and was called to order at 5:31pm by Harry Wright, chair. Present were Marcia Keller, Will Kranz, Brackett Scheffy, Jim Bibbo, Jen Richardson, Rural Heritage Connection (RHC), sitting in for Michele Halsted who was absent. David Halsted and Scott Mckenney were also in attendance.
Minutes of the August 11th meeting were approved as presented.
Input from Scott Mckenney. Scott has been reviewing what Kelly Gale has sent him. There is a lot of information to go through. He has been getting in touch with some of the previously contacted bidders and will pursue getting updated bids from them as well as bids from new sources. Scott indicated that companies won’t bid on the ADA elevator until the foundation upon which the elevator is to be built is in place. There must be space allocated for it on the plans, a place to construct it. Discussion turned to the heating system. Fuel oil had been ruled out and it was thought last fall that the source would be propane or wood pellet. Marcia motioned that the Committee recommend to the Select Board that propane be used as a long term heating solution for the building. Harry seconded. The vote was 5 in favor with one abstention.
ADA Access and where it should be located was discussed. Harry motioned that the committee recommend to the Select Board that the ADA access be located in the front, north-east corner of the building with a permanent ADA access door (as shown on the current version of the plans). Jen seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Scott believes it is possible to pull together a plan in time to put together a bond article and do the necessary PR work associated with it. It was noted that the code review still needs to be done.
The question was raised as to how to bring the Select Board into the loop. A joint meeting was suggested for Wednesday September 14th at 5:30.
(Jen left at 7:00)
Letter to LCHIP – The Committee was in favor (5-0) of sending the current draft of Harry’s letter to LCHIP requesting an extension until December 2017.
Define the Scope – It was agreed (5-0) that the scope of the bond should include a full basement, a sprinkler system for the basement and 1st floor, electric work, the ADA entrance located in the front of the building and the septic.
The group briefly discussed the PR work necessary to get the word out about the bond. They agreed that this should be discussed at the next meeting with something to go into the Bradford Bridge following their meeting with the Select Board.
The next THROC meeting is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, September 14, at 5:30 in the Town Hall with the Select Board.
Meeting adjourned at 7:25pm
Respectfully submitted,
Karen Hambleton