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Minutes - School Building Facilities - 9-28-22 Dispositions — File 22-1695

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City of Somerville, Massachusetts School Building Facilities and Maintenance Special Committee Meeting Minutes Dispositions 6:00 PM Virtual Wednesday, September 28, 2022 This meeting was held via GoToWebinar and was called to order by Chair Gomez Mouakad at 6:04 pm and adjourned at 7:35 pm. Chair Gomez Mouakad moved to adjourn, and the motion was approved by unanimous roll call vote. Others present: Hannah Carrillo - Mayor’s Office, Laura Pitone - School Committee (Co-Chair), Emily Ackman - School Committee, Sara Dion - School Committee, Jill Lathan - DPW, Marc Hamel - DPW, Susana Hernandez Morgan - Chief of Staff of Strategy, Jose Mendez - School Committee, Rich Raiche - IAM, Stephanie Widzowski - Assistant Clerk of Committees. Roll Call Chairperson Beatriz Gomez Mouakad , Jesse Clingan and Vice Chair Lance L. Davis Present: School Buildings - Parks 1. That the Executive Director of the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development provide an update on the status of work and finances of the Community Preservation Act grants of 2018 for the Brown School and West Somerville Neighborhood School playground designs and the continuing plans for the projects. 22-0295 Councilor Strezo Sponsors: Kept in committee School Buildings - Feasibility Study 2. That the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management provide an update on the status of the School Building Systems Feasibility Study. 22-1528 Councilor Gomez Mouakad and Councilor Strezo Sponsors: Kept in committee 3. That the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management provide an update on the status of the School Building Feasibility Study. 22-1527 Councilor Gomez Mouakad and Councilor Strezo Sponsors: Page 1 of 3
School Building Facilities and Maintenance Special Committee Meeting Minutes Dispositions September 28, 2022 Kept in committee 4. That the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management report on the status of the 1895 building. 22-1121 Councilor Gomez Mouakad Sponsors: Kept in committee School Buildings - Maintenance 5. That the Commissioner of Public Works report on all major repairs made to school buildings during the summer. 22-1416 Councilor Gomez Mouakad Sponsors: Recommended to be marked work completed 6. That the Commissioner of Public Works provide quarterly reports to the School Building Facilities and Maintenance Special Committee on any major repairs and 311 work orders in school buildings. 22-1417 Councilor Gomez Mouakad Sponsors: Kept in committee 7. That the Commissioner of Public Works report on planned repairs for the East Somerville Community School facade failures. 22-1418 Councilor Gomez Mouakad and Councilor McLaughlin Sponsors: Kept in committee 8. That the Commissioner of Public Works report on the power outage at the West Somerville Public School on September 7, 2022 and the measures being taken for temporary and permanent repairs. 22-1590 Councilor Gomez Mouakad and Councilor Pineda Neufeld Sponsors: Recommended to be marked work completed 9. That the Chief Information Officer update this Council on the work to fix the WiFi signals and cell phone reception at the Winter Hill School. 22-1564 Councilor Strezo Sponsors: Recommended to be marked work completed 10. That the Commissioner of Public Works report on all school building deferred maintenance projects completed following the ventilation system assessment, proposed completion dates, and strategies to assess needs for future deferred maintenance projects. 22-0186 Page 2 of 3
School Building Facilities and Maintenance Special Committee Meeting Minutes Dispositions September 28, 2022 Councilor Gomez Mouakad, Councilor Davis, Councilor Wilson, Councilor Clingan and Councilor Kelly Sponsors: Kept in committee 11. That the Administration respond to educator and parent concerns regarding building maintenance and capital improvements for the Winter Hill School. 22-1116 Councilor Scott, Councilor Clingan, Councilor Wilson, Councilor Burnley Jr. and Councilor Davis Sponsors: Kept in committee 12. That the Commissioner of Public Works and the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management report on all major repairs and work orders for the Winter Hill Community School and the Brown School over the past five years. 22-1122 Councilor Gomez Mouakad, Councilor Kelly and Councilor Clingan Sponsors: Recommended to be marked work completed Page 3 of 3