Final Report

Attached is the final report for the Bates Mill # 5 Task Force.

Mike Carey
Lewiston

Appendices

Below are the combined links to appendices for the Bates Mill #5 Task Force Report. A few files have not yet been uploaded. Please email batesmill5@gmail.com if you are looking for those particular files.

Mike Carey
Lewiston

I. TASK FORCE

1. CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
2. COMMITTEE ROSTER
3. PUBLIC MEETINGS: Jan 5th Minutes, Feb 26th Minutes
4. PUBLIC MEETING FACT SHEET
5. FEEDBACK FROM PUBLIC
6. PUBLIC EMAILS AND LETTERS

II. STRUCTURAL INFORMATION

1. BATES MILL #5 HISTORIC CAPITAL EXPENDITURES MEMO
2. BATES MILL #5 OPERATING COST MEMO
3. SHELLEY ROOF STRUCTURAL INSPECTION REPORT
4. PROTZ CONCRETE STUDY
5. FORMER BATES CHIEF ENGINEER LETTER TO EDITOR

III. PLANNING

1. LETTER TO COUNCILS FOR JOINT DOWNTOWN PLANNING
2. WESTERN GATEWAY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN and MAP
3. BATES MILL MASTER PLAN

IV. DEMOLITION

1. BEAUPARLANT MEMO/ESTIMATE
2. COSTELLO ESTIMATE
3. END WALL CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE
4. SPREADSHEET FOR DEMOLITION 20 YEAR COSTS
   

VI. CONVENTION CENTER

1. COOPER & LYBRAND STUDY
2. ME CONVENTION CENTER STUDY
3. ECONOMIC RESEARCH ASSOCIATES 2001
4. ECONOMIC RESEARCH ASSOCIATES 2003
5. ECONOMIC RESEARCH ASSOCIATES 2008
6. CITY REFERENDUM RESULTS
7. PLATZ ASSOCIATES OVERVIEW
8. PLATZ ASSOCIATES – SPACE ALLOCATION
9. CONVENTION CENTER CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE

VII. OTHER USES

1. RKG ASSOCIATES HIGHEST AND BEST USE LETTER
2. PARKING GARAGE AS REUSE MEMO (PLATZ)
3. CULTURAL/ACADEMIC SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT
4. RETAIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT
5. CONVENTION CENTER SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT
6. LA MUSEUM ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT
7. RFP POINT SYSTEM IDEA
8. BATES MILL PARKING AGREEMENT SCHEMATIC

Sun-Journal: Task Force Update

The Mill 5 Task Force met with Former Bates Head Engineer Bud Lewis on Jan 31st. The Sun-Journal reported on that meeting and on the work of the Task Force. Click on the article title to read entire article and comments.

Former Bates engineer urges razing Mill No. 5

By Scott Taylor , Staff Writer
Monday, February 4, 2008 LEWISTON - Emotion will play as big a role in the future of the Bates Mill No. 5 as common sense, according to a former building engineer.

"It's a money decision, but that's not what it's going to come down to," said William B. Lewis, former chief engineer at Bates Manufacturing. "Some people are practical and others tend to be sentimental. How people are, that's what's going to decide this."

Without a doubt, Lewis said he's on the practical, common-sense side. He's advocating for tearing the building down. It's an idea he offered in a letter to the editor last month and one he discussed with the Bates Mill No. 5 task force Thursday.

According to Lewis, the circa 1912 building was never built to last, and years of vibration from looms have caused stress and other deterioration. Years of neglect will make it expensive to fix.

But he admits its size will make it expensive to tear down... Finish Article

Mike Carey
Lewiston

Jan 5th Public Meeting

The City Council mandate included the following: "The Task Force shall conduct at least one public hearing prior to issuance of the final report".
Most of the 15 citizen members of the Task Force had no little or no professional experience with the structural, financial and functional topics inherent in the re-use of a building or site on the scale of Mill #5. After considering and debating possible uses, we commissioned a series of professional studies to guide our deliberations.
We decided to have two public meetings, one before we received professional reports, and the second after.
The first meeting, on January 5th, had three elements:

• A tour of the facility lead by Steve Myers of Platz Associates. Much of the information from the tour is available in a fact sheet.

• Public Meeting participants received a handout about the building that included some information abstructural facts and information about historical operating losses.
  
• A presentation by co-chairs Mike Carey and Jonathan Labonte. The size of that presentation prevents it from being posted online, but it is available by emailing batesmill5@gmail.com
• Small group conversations about possible uses for the building and land. Notes from those conversations can be found at: notes.

The Sun-Journal published a story the next day.
Architect Gabrielle Russell sent the Task Force a letter after the meeting with a forceful argument for the building's preservation. She included a document detailing the costs and financial benefits of Green Building.

Mike Carey
Lewiston