Project Updates

December 2019

  • Public meeting held to to introduce the complete building project team to the community
  • Community visioning workshops are scheduled for January 2020. 

November 2019

  • Three responses to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for an Architect/Designer opened. Interview questions developed and interviews scheduled for respondents:
    • Turowski2 Architects
    • Arrowstreet
    • Tappé Architects
  •  Interviews of Architect/Designer candidates took place in the Kathrine Cornell Theater. 
  • Tisbury School Building Committee voted to approve Tappé Architects as the preferred firm.
    • A presentation was made to a joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and the Tisbury School Committee. A unanimous vote approved the selection of Tappé Architects.
  • Building Committee member Alice Robinson resigns and is replaced by Sean DeBettencourt as the Tisbury School Grades 5-8 representative on the committee.

 

October 2019

The Town of Tisbury and the School Building Committee have released a Request for Qualifications for Designers. The project team held a briefing and site walk-through on October 23rd to tour the existing school.

  • Request for Qualifications for architect/designer discussed, refined and published.
  • Continued discussion of grant opportunities.
  • Tisbury School Education Program updated and presented to TSBC and School Committee.
  • Discussion and revising of building project website. 
  • Establishment of an email address for TSBC which can be accessed on the project website.
  • Formation of communications working group to assist Daedalus with website and community outreach. Currently this group is made up of TSBC members.
  • Architecture learning sessions conducted by Peter Gearhart.

 

September 2019

  • Interviews of Owner’s Project Manager (OPM) candidates and selection of Daedalus Projects, Inc., as OPM.  Firm agrees to serve as OPM for the building project as well as for the emergency repairs needed immediately at the school. These are separate parts of the contract to be negotiated by the Town.
  • OPM presents a draft project timeline and public outreach strategies which are adjusted with committee input.  
  • Request for Qualifications for architect/designer discussed and refined.

 

August 2019

  • Three responses to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for an Owner’s Project Manager (OPM) opened and interviews scheduled for early September. Interview questions developed with community input.
  • Begin discussion of Request for Qualifications for architect/designer.
  • Discussions of  alternative funding opportunities beyond taxes to support the building project.
  • Continued communication from the School Committee concerning the deteriorated conditions at the school, with the emphasis that these issues are being addressed by the Selectmen and School Committee, not the TSBC.

 

July 2019

  • Completion and publication of  Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for an Owner’s Project Manager (OPM).
  • Financial learning session conducted by Jon Snyder, Town Accountant and review of economic data from Martha’s Vineyard Commission.
  • John Custer leads the committee through a review of  the Tisbury School Education Program.
  • Begin discussions of TSBC mission statement for town and  project websites.
  • Communication from the School Committee concerning the deteriorated conditions at the school.
  • Committee agrees to remote meeting participation by members unable to attend scheduled meetings.

 

June 2019

  • The Tisbury School Building Committee is formed with nine members, representing the Tisbury Board of Selectmen (one member), Tisbury School Committee (one member), Tisbury School (3 members) and four members from the community at large.  
  • Committee meetings begin on June 6. Rachel Orr is voted by the committee as chairperson, Reade Milne as vice-chairperson and Alice Robinson as recording secretary.
  • Meeting dates are set for 5:00 PM on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month at the Emergency Facilities Building lower level meeting room. Changes in date, time or location will be posted at the Town Hall at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
  • Discussions begin on creating the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for an Owner’s Project Manager (OPM), as required by law, in cooperation with Jay Grande, Chief Procurement Officer for the Town of Tisbury.

 

May 2019

Selectmen and School Committee solicit interested persons to participate on the Tisbury School Building Committee.

 

April 2019

Town Meeting approves warrant article for four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) to fund: owner’s project manager services, and architectural, design, engineering, cost estimating, bidding, construction management, and other related services for the renovation of and addition to the Tisbury School facility.