The attached current version of the master plan shows the known conditions and constraints including wetlands, steep slopes, stream setbacks, zoning setbacks etc. The building forms are “principle gestures” and have not yet been designed.
The
CORE
team’s
focus
has
been
on
defining
the
build
constraints
of
the
proposed
master
plan
and
to
this
end
the
following
field
teams
have
been
established:
• Forest, Agriculture, Wildlife, Wetlands – Kinny Perot, Abby Martin, Dave Warren, Buzz Ferver, Aaron Locker
• Ground & Storm Water – Kinny Perot, Andres Torrizo, Tony Stout, Maeve McBride, Peter Lazorchak,
Ethan Timm
• Waste Water – Robin Morris, Pete Munoz, Peter Lazorchak, Malena Marvin, Barton Kirk, Harold Leverenz
• Design
&
Plan
–
John
Connell,
Kathy
Meyer
• Energy & Solar – John Connell, John Ringel, Jeff Schoellkopf, Andy Shapiro, Kate Stephenson, Jesse Cooper
In January, the school submitted an application to the Waitsfield DRB for sketch plan review and plans to submit a detailed site plan application by July 24th (6 months after sketch plan review). The next review is a two-‐step approval process and we anticipate that dialogue with the DRB during the first step will result in additional reconciliation and data generation prior to the final review.
Critical to our permit is the approval by the DRB of “design criteria” for the buildings in phase I & II that will allow a Semester Course to design/build a building without returning to the DRB for any approvals. This was discussed in the DRB at sketch plan review and will likely be a lengthy discussion.
On
approval
of
a
permit
from
Waitsfield
DRB,
the
next
step
is
an
Act
250
application
together
with
other
supporting
permits.
Once we receive the Act 250 the school will be in a position to decide whether to move forward with Phase I of the build out including:
Phase Ia Greenhouse Phase 1b
Intern housing
Phase 1c Semester Studio/Workshop and student accommodation
Applying
and
receiving
Town
and
State
permits
for
the
master
plan
is
critical
to
the
school
for
the
following
reasons:
• The Town’s
Adaptive
Reuse
Overlay
District
requires
a
master
plan
• The master
plan
provides
a
context
for
decision
making
of
any
built
form
on
site
• Additional
permitting
does
not
work
for
on-‐site
semester
design
build
projects
• Master
Plan
provides
clarity
for
the
future
of
the
School
• The current
waste
water
system
will
require
moving
to
a
replacement
field
The
financing
of
the
master
plan
was
from
restricted
funds
specifically
donated
for
Master
Planning.
In summary, whether or not the school moves forward with the entire build-‐out, a permitted master plan is critical to ongoing decision-‐making. The CORE team is committed to finishing this current stage
of permitting and look forward to further discussion at the forthcoming board meeting.
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| Current iteration of master plan as of 6-12-12 |
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