Thursday, January 13,
2005
Wayland High
School
Commons Conference
Room
Attendees
HSBC members: Lea Anderson, Josh Bekenstein, Dianne
Bladon, Brian Chase, Jim Howard, Mary Lentz, Joe Lewin, Cindy Lombardo, Eric
Sheffels, Steve Tise
Absent: Steve Breit
Ex Officio
members: Gary
Burton, Fred Knight, Joe Madden
Turner team: Dick Amster
HMFH team: Steve Friedlaender, Doug
Sacra
Call to order - Chairman Lea Anderson called the
31st meeting of the HSBC to order at 6:40 p.m.
Town Meeting preparation
Lea reviewed the
discussion regarding Special Town Meeting at the Wayland School Committee
meeting on 1/10/05.
Logistics There will be three
sites available at WHS. All voters
will go to the Field House. When
the Field House is full, voters will be directed to the Commons where they will
be checked in and seated. When the
Commons is full, voters will be directed to the Little Theater where they will
be checked in and seated. There
will be video and audio equipment to connect all three sites. Doors will open at 6
p.m.
Parking
will be available at WHS until full, then at St. Anns Church, Sandy Burr
Country Club, and Wayland Middle School.
School buses will shuttle people from the remote parking lots to
WHS.
Scenarios The HSBC discussed
the possible scenarios.
1. If the ballot question passes, Lori
Frieling, Wayland School Committee chairman, will make a motion under Article
I. She will speak very briefly to
the article. Lea will then speak to
the article by summarizing the work of the HSBC and reasons for its
recommendation. This will be accomplished within the ten-minute limit. The consensus of the HSBC was not to ask
HMFH and Turner to speak to the motion, but to have George Metzger, Doug Sacra,
and Dick Amster available to answer questions during debate. The HSBC will sit together and
participate in the debate. Lea will
orchestrate the participation.
2. If the ballot question fails, Lori
Frieling will make a motion to pass over Article I. The HSBC discussed whether there was any
reason to request an amount of money to continue with the Waste Water Treatment
Plant testing and design. Doug
Sacra informed the group that WHS is out of compliance with Title V, so a WWTP
will be required with any addition.
He also said that any construction permitting requirement at WHS
renovations, additions or modular classrooms, etc. triggers the review of the
project by the Board of Health. If
changes are minor, such as converting SPED space to science labs and other space
to SPED use, or adding a couple of modular classrooms, it is likely that no
additional requirements would be made for a WWTP. He has spoken with Steve Calichman of
the Health Dept. who confirmed this.
The Health Dept. will now allow ground testing in June. It is expected that DEP will also allow
it based on local authority.
The consensus of the HSBC was
that it would be premature to request funds for WWTP testing and design before
it is even known what project might be defined.
Handout
material The School Committee does not want to have any handouts. The warrant includes the detailed report
of the HSBC, which can be referred to throughout the
debate.
Crier
column Lea reported that there is one more HSBC column in the works on the
topic of finances, drafted by Josh Bekenstein. It will be reviewed before submission
for the January 20th Town Crier.
Comments There were no comments from the
public.
The
meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
Observers: Pat Abramson, Sam DiSavino,
Heather Pineault, Rosie Rosenzweig