Page 6 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, February 21, 2020 Saugus TV relocation from Saugus High to 30 Main St. will happen two months earlier By Mark E. Vogler ack in December, Saugus TV Executive Director Bryan Nadeau said he hopes that his staff would be moving into its future home – an addition built onto the 1865-era Saugus Historical Society building at 30 Main St. – by June. But Nadeau and Saugus TV recently learned their relocation will be much sooner. Saugus Public Schools Superintendent Dr. David DeRuosi, Jr. told Saugus TV staff it must leave B its current quarters at Saugus High School by April 17. Eight weeks from today (Friday, Feb. 21) – at the latest – Saugus TV will have to complete a move it anticipated would take at least two months longer. “We thought we’d have til summer, then June – and then, recently we got a letter from the superintendent that it’s April 17,” Saugus Community Television, Inc. 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We have the electricians and plumbers are in there now. The walls are up. The roof is on. It’s a matter of how it all comes down in the next seven weeks. I have instructed the builder and our executive director to concentrate on the room that will house the broadcast rack, so that at very least, we will have that going,” he said. The major challenge will be moving the feed cable to the new studio that’s been under construction for several weeks, according to DiNardo. The target deadline for getting the essential equipment set up is April 1. Saugus TV still has to work out the logistical details with Comcast. “We’re trying to get the rooms prepared so we can move the crucial stuff in just to broadcast,” DiNardo said. “Sometime in early April, we will be in the new quarters. The relationship between us and the Saugus Historical Society has been going well. It’s been running smoothly, considering all the stuff that’s been happening,” he said. “It’s still the best deal” The Saugus TV staff has worked under a cloud of uncertainty since learning more than two years ago that it was not included in the plans for the new Saugus Middle-High School when it opens this year. The current quarters of Saugus TV at the back of the exWORK GOES ON: Construction crews this week continue building the new addition to the Saugus Historical Society that will house the new studio and employee area for Saugus TV. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler) isting Saugus High School are scheduled to be demolished this spring. It took more than a year of studying several sites for a new home before Saugus Community Television, Inc.’s Board of Directors determined the best option was to form a unique partnership with the Saugus Historical Society at 30 Main St. A special Town Meeting last September approved $550,000 to build a Public, Education and Government (PEG) access studio/facility in Saugus. Town Meeting members also approved a $275,000 request to buy equipment for the studio. They also voted to provide $215,088 for the operating budget of the PEG access studio. All of the funds would come from the PEG Access Enterprise Fund and be distributed under the authority and direction of the Board of Selectmen. The funds constitute the money received from ratepayers under the current Cable Television Renewal License Agreement and held in the enterprise fund. “We did a study and found the average rent was $8,000 to $10,000 a month plus the construction costs,” DiNardo said. “That’s what we had studied vs. what we are doing here. If we factor in the next seven years with the investment we’re making, it’s still the best deal when a municipal location is not available,” he said. “We’re in there rent-free, but we’re covering the bulk of the utilities for the entire building.” A chance to showcase Saugus history DiNardo calls it “a great marriage between two nonprofTV | SEE PAGE 18
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