Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the MSBA Project topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Triton introduces PMA OPM team; committee appoints Nerissa to MSBA designer-review panel
Summary
The committee heard PMA Consultants present the MSBA project timeline and designer-selection steps, learned the RFS is advertised with proposals due March 11, and appointed Nerissa as the committee's representative to the MSBA designer-selection panel.
PMA Consultants introduced themselves as the district's owner's project manager (OPM) team and provided an overview of the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) process on Feb. 11, including timeline targets for the feasibility study and schematic design phases and an explanation of the designer-selection steps.
Joe DeSantis, senior director at PMA Consultants, said the district is in MSBA Module 2 and highlighted the financial and programmatic benefits of the MSBA process. Anthony Lopresti (PMA) explained that the Designer Request for Services (RFS) was advertised and that proposals are due to Triton on March 11, with a walkthrough of the existing conditions scheduled for interested firms. He described the MSBA designer selection panel (16 equal votes, 3 from Triton) that will convene on April 7 and underscored the importance of preparing district representatives to speak about their firm preferences during that panel.
During the meeting a motion was made, seconded and approved to appoint "Nerissa" (no last name given in the transcript) as the school committee's representative to the designer review panel; Nerissa accepted the nomination and said she would make it work given her flexible schedule. Committee members noted the building committee will select a second representative and the superintendent or designee will serve as the third representative, making the district's three-person team for the MSBA panel.
PMA representatives also outlined their role advising the district, conducting statutory reviews of designer submissions, preparing the selection subcommittee's materials, and performing reference checks. They emphasized that the MSBA panel has a majority of non-district votes and that effective, well-prepared district reps can materially influence panel deliberations.
Next steps: the RFS walkthrough for interested firms, proposals due March 11, selection-subcommittee review in March, and attendance by Triton's three-designated representatives at the MSBA designer-selection panel on April 7.
