Reporter's Notebook
The proposals from developers interested in providing the Community College of Vermont with a new Rutland facility are in and under review, according to Barbara Martin, dean of administration for CCV.
Vermont State Colleges did not hold a public opening to reveal what they've received.
"We're going to review them in the next month," Martin said last week. "We have started to look at them … we're going to look at them and evaluate them based on many different criteria.
"We may reject any and all of these and need to ask for additional proposals, or we may be able to work with some folks and go from there," she said. "We're very excited about it."
The proposals from developers interested in providing the Community College of Vermont with a new Rutland facility are in and under review, according to Barbara Martin, dean of administration for CCV.
Vermont State Colleges did not hold a public opening to reveal what they've received.
"We're going to review them in the next month," Martin said last week. "We have started to look at them … we're going to look at them and evaluate them based on many different criteria.
"We may reject any and all of these and need to ask for additional proposals, or we may be able to work with some folks and go from there," she said. "We're very excited about it."
Currently, the only entity to publicly state they've submitted a bid has been the tandem of Housing Trust of Rutland County (formerly known as the Rutland County Community Land Trust) and the Rutland Redevelopment Authority – although in recent RRA meetings Board of Commissioners Chairman Mark Foley Jr. has noted that he's distancing himself from anything that has to do with the Berwick proposal because of his family's company's shared interest in the project.
A document on the VSC Web site labeled as an addendum to the guidelines for the CCV request for proposal does give an indication of who might be in the running, thanks to its inclusion of the sign-in sheet from a Dec. 21 pre-proposal meeting and site visit. Housing Vermont, Giancola Construction Corp., Smalley Construction, Pistols & Roses and Russell Construction were all represented there.
A decision is expected by April 16, according to the original proposal, and the college anticipates, whether they opt for a newly constructed building or the rehabilitation or retrofit of an existing space, it will be completed and ready for occupancy on August 1, 2011.
The RFP asked developers to give them proposals for: expanding its current location; leasing suitable facilities including lease/purchase arrangements; purchasing land; purchasing and constructing a building or buildings; and land improved with a building or buildings. It also requests explanation of how the site is able to be expanded and evolve from the initial phase of 2011 to 2016, to the final stage of 2017 to 2022.
CCV currently enrolls about 800 students each fall and spring and anticipates with a new facility that figure will only grow, according to the RFP.
Aldermen to meet tonight
The Board of Aldermen will hold its second meeting of the month tonight.
Among the items on the agenda are two requests from the Department of Public Works. The first is for the aldermen to review the three bids the city received from companies that can replace the failed digester cover at the wastewater treatment plant. The second asks the aldermen to authorize DPW to sell its old street sweeper and associated equipment. Although it doesn't work, DPW Commissioner Alan Shelvey writes that there are several towns and businesses in the area that use the same machine and might be interested in this one for parts.
Shelvey writes that DPW hopes to use the proceeds from the sale to purchase replacement brooms and equipment for the new street sweeper that is expected to be delivered shortly.
This week's packet also contains lists of each department's computer equipment and individual serial numbers, as requested at the March 1 meeting by Alderman Robert Barrett.
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