Wayland Patch 6/17/11: Public Safety Building Committee Tackles Contract Approval, OML Complaint. Monday night the Public Safety Building Advisory Committee (PSBAC) met to approve execution of a contract that will allow CSS Architects, Inc., to begin working toward repairs to the Wayland building that houses the police and fire departments as well as the joint communication center. Following lengthy discussion of an Open Meeting Law complaint (see linked article), the committee approved a proposed contract not to exceed $105,000 for construction specifications, drawings, and bid and construction administration for CSS Architects, Inc.

Wayland Patch 1/11/11: Selectmen Name Committee Members, Address Other Business. Wayland's Board of Selectmen unanimously appointed Kevin Crowley, Doug Goddard and Brad Carver to the new Public Safety Building Advisory Committee. Selectmen also welcomed Wayland Free Public Library Director Ann Knight and Wayland Reads committee chair Sally Cartwright, who introduced the next Wayland Reads book, “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers, and handed out copies and Wayland Reads buttons to selectmen. The board also discussed a recent Open Meeting Law complaint filed by former Wayland selectmen George Harris, who was in attendance at the meeting. Board members expressed a desire to quickly resolve the issue on a local level. The board thanked retiring Council on Aging administrative assistant Marge O’Brien for her years of service, and Town Administrator Fred Turkington updated board members on logistics for the April Town Meeting.

Wayland Town Crier 1/4/11: Wayland selectmen waiting for more applications to new committee. With only two applications for volunteers to serve on the Public Safety Building Advisory Committee, the Board of Selectmen on Monday evening decided to defer making appointments until at least next week. The two candidates who have come forth so far are Bradford Carver and Steven Glovsky, both of whom are attorneys. Steven Correia, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, said he had several calls over the holidays from people with questions about the advisory committee and/or who expressed an interest in serving. The selectmen agreed it would be wise to wait until more residents returned from their vacations, the applicant pool for the proposed three-person committee was expanded, and it would be possible to appoint all of the members at once. Selectman Tom Fay noted that neither of the applicants to date has engineering experience, a highly desirable skill on the committee. Director of Public Facilities John Moynihan reported to the Board of Selectmen in late October that a budget of $1.2 to $1.3 million will likely provide an adequate fix to the Public Safety Building, while an additional $1 million or so might be spent but is probably not justified. The building sustained major damage during the floods this past spring, virtually shutting it down for several weeks. Major issues to be addressed include moving mechanical, electrical and communications apparatus out of harm’s way.

Wayland Town Crier 10/29/10: Wayland Public Safety Building fix to cost at least $1.2M. Fixing the Public Safety Building will cost at least $1.2 million, selectmen were told last night, but that won't guarantee that the basement will never flood again. The town could spend as much as $2.3 million to fix structural and other problems at the building, but it might not be worth it, Director of Public Facilities John Moynihan said. The structure sustained major damage during floods this past spring, virtually shutting it down for several weeks. Major repairs call for moving mechanical, electrical and communications apparatus out of harm's way. Repairing the existing slab in the basement, fixing the holes and relocating all the equipment to safer areas, Moynihan said, could be done for $1.2 million. Another $1 million could be spent to do the job "from soup to nuts" but is probably not justified, he said. The area suffers severe floods every five to 10 years, he said. "The bottom line," Moynihan told the board, "is that I cannot get the engineers to guarantee that, even with the big number, this will not happen again."

Wayland Town Crier 10/19/10: Engineering firm found not liable for flood repairs. A Suffolk Superior Court jury has found that civil engineering firm BSC Group may have been negligent in not alerting town officials to possible flooding problems during construction of the public safety building but isn't responsible for repairs, according to a BSC executive. BSC Group President and Chief Financial Officer Richard Long said yesterday that the jury found that BSC didn't warn the town of possible future flooding, but that lack of warning did not cause the damages to the building, and the firm isn't responsible for paying the town.

Boston Globe 10/10/10: Town unhappy with finding. A Suffolk Superior Court jury has found a civil engineering firm negligent in its design of the drainage…

A twelve person jury found BSC negligent in its design of the drainage system at the town's Public Safety Building, but declined to hold the…