Addition of ADA "Mary Anne Zak Entrance" at KML, May 2015
Capital Projects, RFPs & Bids
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RFPs & Bids
Town Hall:
Project Name: Suffield Town Hall Renovation
Project Number: J08546
Construction Manager: Gilbane Building Company
Bid Due Date/Time: 5/13/20 1:00PM
Bid Location: Gilbane Office – 208 New London Turnpike, Glastonbury, CT 06033
- Advertisement to Bid
- Link to Access Bid Documents
- Supplement #1
This supplement includes additional clarifications to bidders and latest RFI log that includes all questions/Requests for Information received from bidders thus far. - Supplement #2
Streetlights
For questions, contact Chris Matejek, Facilities Manager
Town Meeting, February 20, 2020
- Town Meeting Presentation 2-20-2020
- Streetlight resolution passed
a. Approval of the purchase and retrofit of streetlights for an amount not to exceed $700,000 and the resolution entitled “Resolution Authorizing an Appropriation Of $700,000 For The Street Lighting Project and the Financing Of Said Appropriation By the Issuance Of General Obligation Bonds Of The Town and Notes In Anticipation Of Such Bonds In An Amount Not To Exceed $700,000.”
Remington Street Bridge
Remington Street Bridge Replacement Project (No. 139-114)
Start Date: March 2, 2020
Estimated Completion Date: October/November 2020
Designer: Cardinal Engineering Associates
Project Management: Arborio Corporation, Cromwell, CT
Construction Review/Field Inspection: Cardinal Engineering Associates
For questions contact Gerald Turbet, Town Engineer
Traffic Advisory
NOTICE OF ROAD CLOSURE FOR REMINGTON STREET BRIDGE PROJECT
June 1, 2020
Due to the requirements of the Remington Street Bridge Replacement Project, Remington Street will be closed to through traffic starting on Monday, June 1st and extending to the end of October at the earliest.
We apologize for any inconvenience that the construction may cause.
The project is 80 % funded under the Federal Local Bridge Program administered through Connecticut DOT.
Remington Street Detour Plan
Photos
Project Details
Legal Notices
Town Hall
Town Hall Renovation & Addition
Information will be added shortly!
Info
Design Plans
Budget
Documents
RFP
Town Hall:
Project Name: Suffield Town Hall Renovation
Project Number: J08546
Construction Manager: Gilbane Building Company
Bid Due Date/Time: 5/13/20 1:00PM
Bid Location: Gilbane Office – 208 New London Turnpike, Glastonbury, CT 06033
- Advertisement to Bid
- Link to Access Bid Documents
- Supplement #1
This supplement includes additional clarifications to bidders and latest RFI log that includes all questions/Requests for Information received from bidders thus far. - Supplement #2
Q&A
Photo Gallery
Bridge Street School
February 5, 2020
Update to First Selectman Column
November 2019, The Suffield Observer
In our Fall 2019 review of Town properties, our insurer (CIRMA) informed us that it may no longer cover the vacant Bridge Street School (BSS) based on its current state. Despite the Town’s efforts to heat the inside of the building with space heaters over the last several years and hiring a roofing contractor to mitigate roof leaks in 2018, pictures posted on the Town’s website show a blighted building permeated by black mold, crumbling asbestos, peeling lead paint and collapsing ceilings from over fifteen years of deterioration. Thereafter, on September 27, 2019, the Town of Suffield Building Official provided the Town with a Notice of Unsafe Structure and Order to immediately vacate the structure and make plans to either remediate the serious health hazards within the building or demolish it in accordance with the state demolition code. The building was posted and is unsafe to enter for any reason.
1,176 residents voted by referendum to appropriate $8.4M to convert the BSS into a community center and authorized the issuance of no more than $8.4M in debt to finance the project in October 2015. The vote was not a mandate to do the project at any cost, but a permissive authorization to do the project if it complied in scope and dollar amount with the information presented by the Bridge Street School Ad Hoc Committee (BSSAHC) to the public, and the legal bond authorization upon which the residents relied to cast their votes.
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Approvals
- Referendum, Rescind BSSCC Approval & Bond Resolution 2-25-2020
- 899 Yes
- 831 No
- Legal Opinion, Rescission of BSSCC 7-12-2019
- Referendum, BSSCC Appropriation & Bond Resolution 10-8-2015
- 1,176 Yes
- 1,076 No
- 2,264 Voted = 29% turnout
- Town Meeting, Resolution 9-2-2015
Documents
- Town Meeting Presentation 2-20-2020
- Includes Procedural History of Project since 2015
- First Selectman Update to Board of Selectmen 10-16-2019
- Gilbane Conceptual Estimate 9-22-2016
- $9.9M estimated
- $300,000 estimated for abatement (see p.2)
- ATC Hazardous Materials Inspection Report 3-16-2016
- Silver Petrucelli Design 1-2015
- Ad-Hoc Committee Business Plan 2-13-2015
- $8.35M estimated
- Hazmat "Assumed by Owner"
- $0 in allowance for abatement
RFPs
- Construction Manager at Risk 7-18-2017
- Scope included abatement
- Abatement 6-21-2016
Demolition?
Q&A
Press Release Regarding Clarification of February 25, 2020 Referendum Questions
Updated Questions
Q: Did the Board of Finance approve the $450,000 appropriation for BSSCC?
A: At the February 10, 2020 BOF Meeting, the members did not approve the appropriation in a unanimous vote.
Q: What will be on the February 25, 2020 Referendum that relates to the Bridge Street School Community Center?
a. Shall the Town rescind approval of Bridge Street School Community Center project and bond resolution entitled, “RESOLUTION TO APPROPRIATE $8,400,000 FOR RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO BRIDGE STREET SCHOOL FOR CONVERSION TO A TOWN COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF BONDS, NOTES OR TEMPORARY NOTES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8,400,000 TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION” ? Yes/No
Q: Why does this need to be decided now?
A: Because on September 27, 2019 the Building Official issued a Notice of Unsafe Structure stating: "Pursuant to State Building Code §116, you are hereby ordered to immediately vacate the structure and make plans to either remediate the serious health hazards within the building or demolish it in accordance with the State Demolition Code. The Building was posted and is unsafe to enter for any reason."
Questions prior to February 10, 2020 Board of Finance Meeting
Q: What will be on the February 25, 2020 Referendum that relates to the Bridge Street Community Center?
A: It depends on if the Board of Finance approves the following agenda item at their February 10, 2020 Meeting: "Shall the Town of Suffield appropriate up to $450,000 to obtain the actual price to complete the Bridge Street School Community Center renovation project? Yes/No"
Q: If the Board of Finance votes yes, what are the next steps?
A: The Board of Selectmen will decide if a vote will be taken on the question at the February 20, 2020 Town Meeting or sent directly to the adjourned Town Meeting on February 25, 2020.
Q: If the question is approved at the Town Meeting/Referendum, what does that mean?
A: If passed, the question requires that the Town appropriate up to $450,000 in order to obtain a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) to renovate the Bridge Street School Community Center project as approved in 2015.
Q: What happens if the GMP exceeds the $8.4M approved at the 2015 Referendum?
A: The project will not move forward unless the Town appropriates additional funds through the budget process or Town Meeting/Referendum process.