In attendance: Kate , John C., Kinny & Bill Reed(phone)
Monday, September 23, 2013
10:13 AM
John summarized a phone conversation he had
with BR about the way the planning solution has wondered from the original
principles.
·
We
discovered that the original building had to be preserved (75%)
·
We
re-directed our efforts to solve for this new constraint and for the DRB
approval
·
We
maybe weren't as vigilant as we might have been on keeping to our principles.
Kinny sees the building configuration as an
improvement with less impervious surface, damming and slowing water flows,
protecting the wetlands. John asked Bill if he would enumerate the
areas where he sees the most discussion potential vis a vis the new and the old
plans.
Discussion of Daylighting the stream
followed. David Warren, who is most "intimately involved" is
the primary (only?) opponent. Kate wonders about the additional
consequences. Beyond the immediate setback requirements aside, the
additional impact on the natural wastewater treatment, the drainage swales, and
the general pedestrian experience of the campus.
Kate suggested that we get Peter L and Joel
back into to actually locate the engineered wetlands, the drip irrigation, the
storm water strategy, etc. Right now we only have conceptual bubble
diagrams.
Kinny brought up Ben Falk's rice paddy
strategy for slowing down stormwater.
John suggested the next steps might be:
1. Bill to review DRB
plan and general concepts
2. Invite the experts
to a meeting (maybe mid October)
a. Peter L (civil
engineer)
b. Joel (ecology &
stormwater)
c. Andres Torizzo
(stormwater)
3. Goal is to work
toward a buildable, well defined solution that reflects the storm water, waste
water and programmatic needs of the site.
Kate brought up the possibility of bringing
the Semester Program on campus next semester, but without housing. It's important
to keep the discussion of when the actual lodging might be built. Kincaid
quickly calculated that the school will need about $2M to accomplish this and
we already have 1/4 of that.
Kate will speak with Peter to see how much
of Andres work he metabolized. She will determine if he needs to be
brought up to speed before getting together with Andres, Joel, Bill, and us.
Next meeting planned for Oct 27th -
Oct28th.
