Planning & Design Meetings 11/18/2010 - Minutes
Palo Alto HS PAC SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING
Palo Alto Unified School District
18 November 2010
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PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL
Palo Alto Unified School District
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING
DATE: 18 November 2010, 3:30 pm-5:00 pm
SUBJECT: Performing Arts Center, Schematic Design Meeting #4
ATTENDEES: Sign-in sheet (attached)
The following are the highlights of the meeting:
1. Tom Hodges (TH) welcomed the committee and began by sharing the following
information with the group:
Since the last PAC meeting the downsized PAC design was cost estimated and
still came over budget. It was presented to the FSC and they asked for DLM to
consider more cuts to bring the project closer to the budget.
DLM developed another option with more reductions that brought down the
project cost to $25 million.
TH reported that he met with Kevin Scully (KS), Bob Golton (BG), and Phil
Winston (PW) to review what might be an acceptable project cost for the BOE.
KS had informed them that a project cost of $24 million would be an amount
more acceptable due to the possible CTE funds.
Process from this point is to present to the BOE in January ‘11 a schematic
design that meets that threshold. It can include alternates that can later be
funded through fund raising.
Idea is to leave options open in the event funds become available which means
not cutting scope, rather creating a series of construction alternates that DLM
can add back to the design. There will be time during the design/review process
to make changes to the drawings as necessary.
2. EL handed out a PAC Budget Review with Scheme Options and Cost Reduction
Measures, attached, and a group discussion began. Highlights were:
Michael Najar (MN) asked whether they had discussed reducing the seat count
as a means of reducing costs. TH responded that yes they brought it up and KS
felt it was too far down the line to consider anything less than a 600 seat theater.
EL summarized the new reductions since the last meeting which included:
o Motorized orchestra pit (manual pit cover in lieu)
o Defer landscaping (as well as new plaza)
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18 November 2010
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o Revise lighting specs (change fixture types)
o Simplify lobby ceilings
o Exterior cement plaster (1 coat in lieu of 2)
o Lower mechanical well
o Simplify interior walls at house
o Defer balcony seating
o Create additive alternates of $100k
o Reduce number of line sets at fly tower to 30 in lieu of 40
MN noted that deferring the plaza and landscaping worried him as it did not
address the drainage issues. TH noted that this alternate was easy to put back
as that part of the site work would happen at the tail end of the project.
MN noted that eliminating the balcony seating was troubling as well as it could
send the wrong message. Holly Ward (HW) noted that it could be used as a
rallying cry for fund raising.
Kathleen Woods noted that no balcony seating was a very visible sign of need.
Caroline Willis noted that the BOE would not be very pleased with this option.
HW noted that at least seating can go back into a project easily.
3. EL showed a revised set of floor plans that illustrated the various cost cutting
measures. Among changes since the last meeting;
Two feet of diameter were added back to the Lobby in order to accommodate
seating as requested by MN. Seating diagrams show that the space can fit 80
seats at 10 tables or 128 seats at 16 tables taking up the entire lobby.
A storage room in the Basement Level was added back for the grand piano.
A site plan noted that there would only be bark in lieu of landscaping and the
plaza between the PAC and Haymarket Theater would be an alternate.
A first floor plan noted that the orchestra pit would be manually operated.
A second floor plan noted that the balcony seating was an alternate.
A building section showed that the height of the parapet at the house had been
reduced by two feet.
4. TH handed out two preliminary schedule options. The first was based on not getting
the CTE Grant funding letter till this time next year and the second was base on
getting it this summer. TH felt it was unlikely the grant would be funded soon. The
following discussion ensued:
TH noted that the schedule compresses if the funding letter comes in June but
there is still time to do fund raising between now and June.
Rachel Kellerman (RK) asked if the fund raising efforts would occur under the
hospices of this committee. TH noted that this would have to be determined.
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HW noted that she might hire a consultant to handle the fund raising.
KW noted that for the theater at Saratoga High School $4.5 million had been
fund raised.
MN thanked the design team for their efforts thus far and noted that it was a
complicated project but one that is special to get behind and raise funds for.
5. EL asked KW if she had visited an installation with a Meyer sound system and KW
responded, not yet. KW noted that she needs to hear from a high school theater
director whether they are happy with this system. Stu Berman (SB) noted that it
would be helpful if we got a negative reference as well to see where the system falls
short of expectations.
6. Schedule:
Next FSC meeting will be scheduled for December 8th at 3:30 PM.
Next PAC meeting will be determined.
Presentation of the PAC design to the BOE will be on Tuesday, January 8th 2011.
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Prepared by Christopher Ades of Deems Lewis McKinley. Please advise if you feel that any of the above
items are inaccurate or need further clarification or detail.
cc: Attendees, File
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