Design modifications suggested for Lancaster Town Hall addition

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Finding the need to expand and to eliminate costs for leasing property for the Building’s Department, the Town of Lancaster has bonded (or will) somewhere near $1.3 million to renovate the adjacent, and now vacant, former police and ambulance garages.

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[Wag]

My first thought on reading this article was that if one of the gadflies had written this letter, they would be called obstructionists and the letter would be filed, never to be considered again. My second thought was, who did they hire as architects, Dewey, Cheat-em, and Howe? I mean, read the parts about the traffic patterns, what a joke! My third thought was, no sprinkler system, is that allowed?

There was a picture of this addition in one of the papers and it didn't look like a historically matched addition to me. It looks like another contemporary, box type structure. I don't think the town needs to go forward with this addition. It's expensive and there's plenty of town-owned property that could be used instead. There's a 77,000 square foot building on Walden. Why don't we put the stupervisor's office there. Maybe by the loading docks, or the back area that floods. That way, people won't have to deal with him when they go to town hall.

[Lee Chowaniec]

My first thought on reading this article was that if one of the gadflies had written this letter, they would be called obstructionists and the letter would be filed, never to be considered again. My second thought was, who did they hire as architects, Dewey, Cheat-em, and Howe? I mean, read the parts about the traffic patterns, what a joke! My third thought was, no sprinkler system, is that allowed?

There was a picture of this addition in one of the papers and it didn't look like a historically matched addition to me. It looks like another contemporary, box type structure. I don't think the town needs to go forward with this addition. It's expensive and there's plenty of town-owned property that could be used instead. There's a 77,000 square foot building on Walden. Why don't we put the stupervisor's office there. Maybe by the loading docks, or the back area that floods. That way, people won't have to deal with him when they go to town hall.

Planning Board Chair Keysa made a lot of good points in his correspondences. The question is whether the modifications stay near budget. Everything has changed since the inception of this project regarding town revenues and spending.

And, as Keysa brought to light, if the current plan has significant shortcomings architecturally, in safety and in being user friendly, why would taxpayers back such a plan? But then again, does it matter to this town bord what residents think?

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