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School Building Facilities and Maintenance Special Committee — Agenda, Mar 31, 2025
City of Somerville, Massachusetts
School Building Facilities and Maintenance
Special Committee
Regular Meeting Agenda
Virtual
6:00 PM
Monday, March 31, 2025
Joint Meeting with the School Committee's School Building Facilities and Maintenance
Committee
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Roll Call
1.
Committee
Minutes
(ID # 25-0408)
Agenda Ready: Approval of the Minutes of the School
Building Facilities and Maintenance Special Committee
Meeting of March 3, 2025.
2.
Resolution
(ID # 24-0466)
Sent for Discussion: By Councilor Davis
That the Administration provide the Special Committee
on School Building Facilities and Maintenance with
regular updates about the Massachusetts School Building
Authority (MSBA) process for the Winter Hill and
Brown Schools.
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School Building Facilities and
Maintenance Special Committee
Regular Meeting Agenda
March 31, 2025
3.
Order
(ID # 25-0489)
Sent for Discussion: By Councilor Sait and Councilor
Wilson
That the Director of Infrastructure and Asset
Management work with a consultant to provide this
Council with the renovation cost of the Cummings
School building.
4.
Order
(ID # 25-0466)
Sent for Discussion: By Councilor Strezo
That the Director of Parks and Recreation report on the
process by which Ginny Smithers Pool patrons are
promptly notified of pool cancellations or schedule
changes, including any modifications that could be made
to that process in light of the March 2025 temporary pool
closure.
5.
Order
(ID # 25-0236)
Sent for Discussion: By Councilor Pineda Neufeld
That the Director of Inspectional Services discuss the
metrics for measuring the effectiveness of rodent
mitigation strategies in Somerville Public School
buildings.
6.
Order
(ID # 25-0233)
Sent for Discussion: By Councilor Pineda Neufeld
That the Commissioner of Public Works work with
relevant city staff to develop a prioritization and tracking
system of 311 requests to maintain optimal school
building conditions and proactively address potential
concerns.
7.
Resolution
(ID # 25-0116)
Sent for Discussion: By Councilor Strezo and Councilor
Mbah
That the Superintendent of Schools consider opening the
Highlander Cafe within Somerville High School to the
public for regular lunch hours while school is in session
and that the Administration address any barriers to this
request.
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