AnonymousFriday, June 13, 2014
From The Advocate yesterday.Separate from this post, who expects the former schools to ever sell/lease after seeing the proposed restrictions placed on it/them? And I didn't think it was the committee's job to make a list of restrictions.
Research the possible uses and make recommendations based on them to the Select Board. If it's rented, are we going to have to invest to make repairs to make it usable?
I don't understand what the R/O study committee is thinking, except how best to protect their own neighborhood's interest. Am I missing something?
Research the possible uses and make recommendations based on them to the Select Board. If it's rented, are we going to have to invest to make repairs to make it usable?
I don't understand what the R/O study committee is thinking, except how best to protect their own neighborhood's interest. Am I missing something?
In answer to the questions, I am going to offer my perspective. The who is going to be an extremely short list. In fact potentially a tailored list.
Got to love a rating scale by the way that list the neighborhood character as a lower priority than a number of other ones.
Good luck getting any amount based on an "as is" sale requiring you to maintain the historic and distinctive character of the building.
When they do up the RFP perhaps they are going to have the forethought also to put time standards with penalty clauses.
You also have to shake your head over the development of a RFP rating system before the study to sold to town meeting as crucial to determine "the options" necessary to develop a proper RFP has been completed, made public and discussed. Review the tape on the discussion and presentation arguing for the appropriation and tell me how it makes sense to develop this criteria before the study is done.
Please, anyone?
Again, it ain't going to matter. The pattern has been drawn and the suit is being tailored.
And related to the Oxford building, just what possible advantage on any plane of reality is a short term rental of that building. We spent thousands winterizing the buildings last year. Factor in the costs of prepping the building for occupancy, whether it at this point could even be given an occupancy permit for a school what ever potential "net" income exists is an amount beyond my grasp.
If you are missing something, so are a whole lot of other people.
In my shortsightedness, I hadn't even thought costs for re-winterizing the building after a short term lease. I just don't believe it's the "job" of the committee to guide a specific group into the buildings. Or develop a set of criteria that limits what can be done with the properties. You also bring up the rating system. Who developed that? The committee or the neighbors? The story left me dazed.
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