Medway/Millis July 2016

July 2016 Local Town Pages www.millismedwaynews.com Page 9
Millis Elementary School Building Committee Decides on Preferred Plan
Committee to Submit Design for a September MSBA Review
By J.D. O’Gara
On Wednesday, June 15, the
Millis Elementary School Building
Committee meeting the
Committee unanimously voted
on the 1C3 school building option
as the preferred choice for
the Preferred Schematic Report
that will be submitted to the
MSBA in August. The meeting
and the discussion and vote can
be viewed at http://www.millismedia.org/node/235.
“After months of hard work
the project team consisting of
members of the Elementary
School Building Committee
(ESBC), Compass Project Management,
and Tappe Architects
were pleased to come up with a
preferred choice in a fiscally responsible
manner that meets the
educational programing needs
of the Millis Public Schools. The
process was collaborative involving
input from the community
as well as teachers and staff at
multiple times. The ESBC looks
forward to an endorsement vote
of the Board of Selectman and
the School Committee so we can
submit our plan to the MSBA.
There is a lot of work to be done
but we are pleased with reaching
another milestone,” says Steven
Catalano, ESBC and School
Committee member.
The MSBA had required Millis
to look at both renovations to
the existing school, renovations
plus additions to the existing
school or the replacement of the
school. The C3 option was one
of two replacement options presented.
It places a new elementary
school where current van
parking, tennis and basketball
courts are located. This option allows
for separation of bus and car
drop offs, increasing safety, and
connects green space together
between schools. The building itself
would represent an education
vision plan for the Clyde Brown
that includes increased safety,
bright lighting, public space and
an arts hub on the first floor and
a second floor with central zones
for project based learning, individual
study and group study. A
baseball field, tennis court and
basketball court would need to
move to the current location of
the Clyde Brown School.
During the meeting, a hopeful
timeline was discussed. Now
that Millis Elementary School
Building Committee has chosen
an option, the MSBA board will
meet and hopefully approve the
preferred schematic in September.
At the November 2016 town
meeting, a necessary land swap
that was begun at the spring town
meeting would need to be approved
in order to have the state
transfer the land in time. Final
approval by the MSBA would be
needed in March of 2017, and
then in May of 2017, provided all
necessary approvals are secured,
a townwide meeting would vote
on the project, with a ballot question
on a debt exclusion.
Medway DPS Director Tom Holder Elected to Mass. Coalition
for Water Resources Stewardship Board of Directors
The Massachusetts Coalition
for Water Resources Stewardship
(the Coalition) announced
the election of Tom Holder,
Director of the Department of
Public Services for the Town of
Medway, to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Holder is a resident of
Holliston.
Mr. Holder has been Director
of the Department of Public Services
in Medway since 2009. He
oversees programs to maintain
and support the strategic goals of
the Town. Mr. Holder manages
staff engaged in the administrative
and technical management
of the planning, design, construction,
and maintenance of
the Town’s public infrastructure
including wastewater collection,
water supply and distribution,
stormwater management, solid
waste and recycling, public facilities,
parks, and roadway and
bridge systems.
Prior to joining Medway, Mr.
Holder was Deputy Director of
Public Works for the Town of
Framingham and before that
Deputy Superintendent of Operations
for the Boston Water and
Sewer Commission. He received
a Bachelor of Science degree in
Engineering from the Florida
Institute of Technology and a
Master of Science degree in Civil
Engineering from Northeastern
University. Mr. Holder is active
in the New England Chapter of
American Public Works Association,
New England Water Environment
Association, the New
England Section of American
Water Works Association, and
is currently a Board Member
of the MassDEP Safe Drinking
Water Act Advisory Committee.
He holds a Grade 4 Drinking
Water Operators License and is
MCPPO Certified as a Public
Procurement Official.
The Massachusetts Coalition
for Water Resources Stewardship
is a coalition of municipalities;
public agencies that transport
and treat drinking water, wastewater
and stormwater; quasigovernment
agencies, and
private and nonprofit organizations.
Members are committed
to the principles of stewardship
and environmental, social and
fiscal responsibility in protecting
the environment and public
health. The Coalition promotes
using scientifically based, sustainable
approaches to realize
environmental and community
goals. For more information,
please visit the Coalition’s website
at www.mcwrs.org or contact
Kate Barrett at (617) 357-5772
or kbarrett@mcwrs.org.
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