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Stoughton building committee moves South Elementary project forward after land‑swap approval
Summary
After a town vote approving a land swap, the Stoughton School Building Committee reviewed design milestones, confirmed a commissioning agent, and set permitting dates including an ANR review, planning‑board hearings in December and January, and a potential site‑plan approval in February.
The Stoughton School Building Committee on an evening agenda confirmed next steps for the Stoughton South Elementary School project after a recent town vote that cleared a land swap needed for the site. Committee members were told the land‑swap articles passed at a special town meeting, allowing the project to advance to permitting and final design stages.
Eric, a committee member, told the panel the special town meeting “took place where the land swap articles passed,” and that the project team will seek ANR (Approval Not Required) determinations at the planning‑board meeting scheduled for the next day. He said, if planning‑board review goes as expected, the team will respond to comments and return for a second hearing on Jan. 22 and that a two‑week appeal period would follow; the earliest possible site‑plan approval was identified as Feb. 12.
The committee learned ICO Engineering has been assigned as the project commissioning agent and that BEA Engineering will be engaged through ICO to handle façade testing and inspections. “They are just started reviewing the DD set, and providing comments in the next 2 weeks,” the committee heard from the project team, referring to the design‑development (DD) submission they recently filed with the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA).
Committee members also received a schedule overview: the project team is compressing the timeline from DD to a 60% design submission that will be filed with the MSBA in January, followed by a 90% submittal and final documents later next year. The architects said early trade packages will be issued to allow mass‑timber fabricators and other contractors to prepare shop drawings and begin site enabling work in advance of full construction.
On permitting, the project team flagged several near‑term steps: ANR review the following evening, a targeted conservation commission meeting (discussed for early January), and a MassDOT review of the submitted 25% roadway/signal documents for Park Street. The team said it expects official MSBA comments on the DD submission within weeks and will have two weeks to respond on the district’s behalf.
The committee asked the team to coordinate with town staff to secure a formal street address following ANR approvals and planned to involve the town’s postmaster and engineer in that work. The project team said they would follow up with MSBA staff after deeds are registered at the registry of deeds to press for the project funding agreement needed for reimbursement.
The committee adjourned after confirming the permitting and design schedule and noting the project will report back as reviews and submissions proceed.
