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OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION PLANNING COMMITTEE

The Open Space and Recreation Plan Committee (OSRPC) is convened every 5 years to address
and report on the status of Boxford's open space and recreation areas and to take the "pulse" of
our community regarding needs, opinions, and suggestions. The OSRPC is comprised of
residents Natasha Grigg, Dennis Pyburn Jr. and Jon Schwartz, who were appointed by the Board
of Selectmen in January 2014. This report is updated for the Town of Boxford to be available for
immediate consideration of the Commonwealth’s allocation of Land Acquisition for Natural
Diversity (LAND), Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities (PARC) and other
state administered grants and for on-going consideration of local planning support.

The OSRPC has developed a seven-year action plan based on the results of the survey and input
from many residents, town committees and interested parties. The OSRP has submitted the plan
to the state and is currently awaiting final approval.

PERMANENT BUILDING COMMITTEE

The Boxford Permanent Building Committee (“PBC”) is responsible for the management of all
Boxford municipal buildings, including school buildings. This responsibility includes the
oversight and supervision of the planning, design, construction, reconstruction, major alteration,
renovation, enlargement, major maintenance, demotion, and removal of all Town buildings and
recreation structures and playing fields and courts, including any significant renovation or
upgrade of service equipment and major systems. The Permanent Building Committee is
comprised of five regular voting members. Two temporary members are added to the Committee
for any municipal project involving construction or major maintenance. The two temporary
members are the representatives of the town board or committee sponsoring or requesting the
municipal project.

During 2015, the Permanent Building Committee oversaw several major projects that included
the completion of the Aaron Wood project, the Boxford Common (athletic/recreational fields)
Project, and the repair and replacement of the Spofford Pond School roof and windows funded
through the MSBA Accelerated Repair Program.

For more than a year, the Permanent Building Committee worked closely with the Tri-Town
School Administration and the architect, Gienappe Design on the interior and exterior
improvements to the Aaron Wood Building which houses the Tri-Town School Administration
offices. Change orders were carefully reviewed and offsets negotiated for work that did not
comply with certain specifications in the contract. The $942,000 project was completed by the
end of 2016.

Throughout 2016, the Permanent Building Committee oversaw the $4,557,904 Boxford
Common project to build one synthetic turf and one grass field for the town. The project was

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