Wayland Council on Aging gets community center update, sets March meeting

WAYLAND — February 12, 2024 — Wayland Council on Aging tracks senior center build, weighs totaling damaged van. Vice Chair William Sterling led the Feb. 12 remote meeting in Chair Betsy Soule's absence, reporting site work has begun with topsoil excavation and underground utilities next. Member Frank Kennedy, relaying the Jan. 30 Permanent Municipal Building Committee meeting, said a new monthly project report tracks the December 2024 completion target and called it "a substantial thing"; he also flagged that the owner's project manager is seeking roughly $250,000 in added fees, which would cut contingency from about $750,000 to $500,000. The director said repairs to a tree-damaged van jumped from a $5,000 appraisal to a $31,000 body-shop estimate, and that grant-funded taxi rides to Boston are running seven to nine per day before a March 31 deadline. The board unanimously approved January minutes and set March 11 at 5 p.m., in person.