I do not understand why one of the agreed to options for the Community Center plan cannot be to set a budget limit on one version of the possible plans and see what that produces. Often having a budget limit leads to the right tradeoffs as well as innovative, out of the box thinking. This should not be personalized and framed as "not trusting the CCBC'" who have clearly been dedicated to trying to thoughtfully explore the challenges and circumstances. The CCBC should listen to the many voices who could be supportive of a Community Center facility or a combination of a new building and some rehabbed space but all at an affordable budget for the town; the approach to developing design ideas and presenting its case needs explicit adjustment to address these valid concerns.
David Giber On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 9:02 AM Dennis Picker <[email protected]> wrote: > In a Nov 18 post, Andy Wang said: > > E*) Folks need to either trust that the CCBC is operating in good faith > and assessing the options fairly and being able to separate out 'need' from > 'want', or just assume that they never are, in which case you're not > trusting them to do anything and you'd vote no regardless. > > > *admittingly this one is a bit more subjective, though I believe it to > be true." > > I disagree with Andy on this and do not feel that the CCBC separated > must-have needs from nice-to-have wants. The 2015 study included several > items that strike me as big wants and not essential needs. These items > include a sound room, a game room for playing pool and a kitchen that is > big enough to accommodate cooking classes. These items were all carried > forward and incorporated into both of the 2018 designs. > > I attended a few of the charettes leading to the 2018 study and when I > heard about the cooking classes I asked for justification. I was told that > "someone asked for it." Why should we pay taxes to support this when there > are businesses that offer cooking classes? I have heard more recently that > the intent for the "cafe" in the proposed design is to offer complimentary > beverages and light snacks and that it is not intended to compete with > local businesses such as the Twisted Tree. I think a kitchen that can > serve that purpose could be a lot more modest in equipment and space than > one that accommodates cooking classes. As for senior lunches, why not get > take-out/catered food and just reheat it? Why pay the capital cost for a > full-blown kitchen to allow us to cook it all from scratch for the > relatively few times when these meals are provided? > > Not sure where the support for the sound room came from, but do we really > need this? A town pool table? > > Dennis Picker > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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