MSBA Board Votes Mount Greylock Regional School into Schematic Design Phase

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The board of directors of the Massachusetts School Building Authority have voted to move the Mount Greylock Regional School into the Schematic Design phase.

In the Schematic Design phase, the Mount Greylock Regional School District and the MSBA will look at possible options for an addition and renovation project at the school. The next step is for the MSBA to work in collaboration with the district to produce detailed designs for a potential project.

“Thanks to our collaborative work with local officials, we are working to build a safe and modern educational facility that will provide students with a top-notch learning environment,” said state Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, chair of the MSBA.


The proposed project would renovate approximately 53,215 square feet at the existing facility and create approximately 79,680 square feet of new space. The school currently suffers from deficiencies in major building systems, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, building envelope and windows.

Mount Greylock Regional School was built in 1960 and serves 535 students in grades 7 through 12.

“The improvements at Mount Greylock Regional School will mean a better learning and teaching location for area students and teachers,” MSBA Executive Director Jack McCarthy said.

 


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Williamstown Planners OK Preliminary Habitat Plan

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board on Tuesday agreed in principle to most of the waivers sought by Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity to build five homes on a Summer Street parcel.
 
But the planners strongly encouraged the non-profit to continue discussions with neighbors to the would-be subdivision to resolve those residents' concerns about the plan.
 
The developer and the landowner, the town's Affordable Housing Trust, were before the board for the second time seeking an OK for the preliminary subdivision plan. The goal of the preliminary approval process is to allow developers to have a dialogue with the board and stakeholders to identify issues that may come up if and when NBHFH brings a formal subdivision proposal back to the Planning Board.
 
Habitat has identified 11 potential waivers from the town's subdivision bylaw that it would need to build five single-family homes and a short access road from Summer Street to the new quarter-acre lots on the 1.75-acre lot the trust purchased in 2015.
 
Most of the waivers were received positively by the planners in a series of non-binding votes.
 
One, a request for relief from the requirement for granite or concrete monuments at street intersections, was rejected outright on the advice of the town's public works directors.
 
Another, a request to use open drainage to manage stormwater, received what amounted to a conditional approval by the board. The planners noted DPW Director Craig Clough's comment that while open drainage, per se, is not an issue for his department, he advised that said rain gardens not be included in the right of way, which would transfer ownership and maintenance of said gardens to the town.
 
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