The Hains Park Boathouse Improvement Committee (HPBIC) met Thursday evening in Old Lyme’s Memorial Town Hall with a single agenda item to review the architect’s fee for designing Options 2A and 3A. Six committee members were present along with Selectman Arthur ‘Skip’ Sibley, who is an ex-officio member.
Option 2A involves use of the existing foundation combined with construction of a new building while Option 3A also uses the existing foundation, but retains the existing building with a new addition. Both options call for improvements to toilets and consideration of new pavilion.
Architect Nina Cuccio Peck’s proposed fee was a discounted rate (for this phase only) not to exceed $7,000 to create drawings for both options in sufficient detail that they could then be handed to a professional estimator to develop two firm quotes. The plans would not be a “full bid set,” but Fuchs noted, “Nina will be creating the same level of detail for both options so an estimator will be able to create an apples to apples comparison of the costs.”
The expectation is that Peck will have these plans ready within four weeks, at which point the committee will select an estimator and send out the plans for estimation. The motion (to approve Peck to proceed with the work) passed unanimously with the only significant discussion being about how accurately it would be possible to estimate costs given that the plans would fall short of the “full bid set” standard. Paul Gianquinto, HPBIC Co-Chairman, estimated that the margin of error would be around 15 percent but also pointed out that the variance should be roughly the same for both options.