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Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
April 30, 2007
Present: Ketcham, Miller, Takacs
Also present: six members of the public and S. Wolf of the Redding Pilot
Mrs. Ketcham called the April 30, 2007 meeting to order at 7:00 pm in the Conference Room of the Redding Town Office Building.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion: move to approve the minutes of the March 26, 2007 meeting as submitted. Miller, Takacs. Approved. Unanimous
REPORT ON POLICE DEPARTMENT FACILITY OPTIONS
Brian Humes, AIA of Jacunski Humes Architects LLC, presented his findings regarding the existing police department facility. The report on current conditions was prepared in 2004 and is still valid. Mr. Humes also revisited the report of the RISC committee regarding the facility and concurred with the findings and recommendations that the current facility is inadequate and the department has outgrown the space. The site does not provide sufficient space for expansion and the parking required. Each of the selectmen independently toured the police department and they were in agreement that the space is inadequate.
Mr. Humes presented the option of building on a town-owned 4-acre site across the street from the current facility. He recommended a 9,600 square foot building on two floors with an additional 2,200 square foot outbuilding. The outbuilding would house garage facilities, workshop space and a practice pistol range. The site has not been studied for wetlands impact, along with septic and water issues. He provided schematic drawings of what the site could look like and how it would function. Mr. Humes provided cost estimates for a similar building project that is underway, a total of $3,673,500.
Currently the Town has a STEAP grant that covered the cost of the report and could cover additional studies of the site.
Mrs. Ketcham reported that another option may be relocation of the police department to the Georgetown area in conjunction with the GLDC project. She, Mr. Cotton and Chief Fuchs will plan a meeting to discuss the potential of this option with GLDC.
DISCUSSION OF FUNDING ADDITIONAL SERVICES OF BLADES AND GOVEN FOR THE ATHLETIC FIELD DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Mr. Blades, of Blades & Goven, presented a proposal for additional services for the next phase of work, the Regulatory Investigations Phase. Additional work is needed to identify the required regulatory agencies and permits for each option, the likelihood of obtaining permits, and the time frame associated with each permit process. The four tasks include:
1. Engineering analysis of floodplain filling at JRMS;
2. Surveying the site to support item #1;
3. Septic field analysis and potential modification (option C);
4. Analysis of impacts to intermittent watercourse (option A).
The proposal estimate is a not to exceed figure of $34,800. Mr. Blades noted that some of the costs may be lower depending on the number of tests and samples that are required.
Motion: That the Redding Board of Selectmen recommend to the Board of Finance the expenditure of up to $34,800 out of contingency for the services as presented. Miller, Takacs. Approved. Unanimous.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Mrs. Ketcham reported that claims of $744,905 have been submitted to FEMA for the April 16, 2006 storm.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Maday, Recording Secretary
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