Law Department Email (with 213889) — File 22-1113

From: DSHAPIRO@somervillema.gov, To: DSHAPIRO@somervillema.gov, Cc: [email removed], hcarrillo@somervillema.gov, rraiche@somervillema.gov, STKACZUK@somervillema.gov, asahni@somervillema.gov, Subject: Agenda Item No. 213889 -- design issues related to ineffective shades and placement of projector equipment in the high school auditorium Date: Tue, Jul 5, 2022 12:14 pm Dear Honorable Members of the School Building Facilities and Maintenance Special Committee, In agenda item no. 213889, you have asked that the City Solicitor review the design issues related to ineffective shades and placement of projector equipment in the high school auditorium and seek recovery for costs to the city or other legal recourse available. In order to bring a legal action for negligence and/or breach of contract, the City needs subject matter experts, in this instance the Department of Infrastructure and Asset Management, to report to the Law Department that there is a breach of the standard of care and/or breach of contract. In the absence of those facts, the Law Department does not identify a viable cause of action. I have sent this email via cc to all Committee members to avoid any inadvertent violations of the Open Meeting Law. Please let me know if you have any additional questions. David Shapiro City of Somerville Acting City Solicitor 93 Highland Avenue Somerville, MA 02143 [phone removed] Extn. 4409 DShapiro@somervillema.gov City of Somerville Public Records Notice Agenda Item No. 213889 -- design issues related to ineffective shades a... https://mail.aol.com/webmail-std/en-us/PrintMessage 1 of 2 7/7/2022, 4:45 AM

Please be advised that the Massachusetts Attorney General has determined that email is a public record unless the content of the email falls within one of the stated exemptions under the Massachusetts Public Records Laws. Agenda Item No. 213889 -- design issues related to ineffective shades a... https://mail.aol.com/webmail-std/en-us/PrintMessage 2 of 2 7/7/2022, 4:45 AM