Council consensus to Chief McCarraher to move forward and come back to the Council, but to move cautiously. Space Needs Study Ammondson Architects RFP sent out in Late January to firms to plan for 5 town buildings to include Municipal Building, DPW Administration, Senior Center, Library, Human Services Dept, and to include School Administration. Recommendation was for Ammondson Architects. The Finance Committee funded the study in April. Question feasibility of removal of offices on East Central Street and putting in a parking lot option.
Concerns re projected increase in personnel in some departments.
Concerns re the private funding of the Human Services Building. Non-inclusion of town owned modulars and the bank building. Concern that main focus of study is building onto the Community Center to ease shortages and assumes a 500-space garage. Likes MBTA location of Parking Lot. Study did not consider parking behind Franklin Furniture.