Riverfront Boathouse Building Committee

CITY OF MIDDLETOWN RIVERFRONT BOATHOUSE BUILDING COMMITTEE Department of Planning, Conservation, and Development MEETING MINUTES September 18, 2019 Members Present: Members Absent: Gerald Daley, Chairman Augie DeFrance Joseph Samolis, Vice-Chair Daniel Cunningham Angela Wong Jeff Clark Jen Alexander Wendy Sheil Chris Holden Public Members: Amy Vaillancourt, Tighe and Bond Meeting called to order at 5:35 p.m. by Chair Gerald Daley. 1. Public Comment – None 2. Update on Meetings with DECD and DEEP regarding Bid Specifications Amy and Joe to provide updates. Meet with DEEP and DECD, they have provided all the plans ahead of time and all seemed well. Then went on the site visit. The DEEP representative kept referring to we throughout the comments. Two handouts, a photo log and email from Stacy Pappano. She had big issues with a tree in the bank Waiting on the NDDB response to respond to Stacy Pappano’s email. 3. Status/balance of funding Design - 1,281,143 remaining Approximately 1.14 million left for remediation. 4. DiBattisto Associates Christina Wasch and DiBattisto Associates Not very likely to be able to use the previous design. Should be under 10 million.  New boathouse - similar to Wesleyan, with a larger upstairs. Existing boathouse to be renovated for the community program 5. Next Steps: Gerry would like to present the project and cost to the Council in July so that the referendum can be placed on the November ballot. He stated the importance of having this project voted on in the upcoming election. 6. Public Comment for Items not on the agenda: No members of the public present. 7. Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 6:58 p.m.