Details Meeting Name: Youth Services Committee (inactive) Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 4/8/2019 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (24) 24 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 206858 3 206858 Order That the Director of Personnel work with the School District to advertise open City or School positions to families of Public School students. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 207154 3 207154 Resolution That the Administration share how the SomerVision 2040 process will be linked to the Somerville Learning 2030 City/District visioning process. Work completed   Action details Not available 207436 3 207436 Order That the Director of Parks and Recreation work with the School Dept. and SomerPromise to pilot neighborhood-based snow-day care at each elementary school. Work completed   Action details Not available 205438 4 205438 Resolution That the Administration consider the following steps to address the field space crisis: petition DCR for a waiver for a reduced expectation to schedule regional uses, cover costs of using Dilboy for teams displaced from less expensive fields to Dilboy, and prioritize youth sports over adults sports for field usage. Work completed   Action details Not available 205669 4 205669 Order That the Director of Parks and Recreation prioritize Somerville youth sports leagues before any adult sports leagues from outside the city until the city’s field conflicts are resolved. Work completed   Action details Not available 205895 4 205895 Public Communication 185 citizens submitting a petition to expand access to the Kennedy School swimming pools. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206188 4 206188 Resolution That the Administration update this Board prior to July 12, 2018, on providing public restrooms at public parks, including parks that will be used by programs that would otherwise use Conway Park, including Dickerman Park. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206302 4 206302 Order That the Director of Parks and Recreation report on how often the public outdoor pools reach capacity and what, if any, pool staffing or policy changes may enable more people to access pools on hot days. Work completed   Action details Not available 206643 4 206643 Resolution That the Administration report on how the port-a-potty pilot went this summer, whether or not it can be expanded, and how residents should notify the city if port-a-potties need cleaning. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206644 4 206644 Order That the Director of SomerPromise or Health and Human Services provide this Board with an overview of the Somerville Learning 2030 initiative and how the Board may be involved. Work completed   Action details Not available 206647 4 206647 Order That the Director of Parks and Recreation express to DCR the importance of keeping public pools and water fountains open later in the season due to climate change. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206699 4 206699 Resolution That the Administration provide information regarding the transfer of some Kennedy Pool functions to the Parks and Recreation Department. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206701 4 206701 Order That the Commissioner of Public Works report on the materials and practices used for school cleaning in terms of their impact on childhood health conditions, such as asthma. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206457 5 206457 Communication Parks and Recreation Director responding to #206302 re: outdoor pool utilization and capacity. Work completed   Action details Not available 206232 5 206232 Resolution That the Administration install portable toilets at playgrounds and the following parks: Albion, Dickerman, North Street, Lincoln (when it reopens), Marshall Street, Chuckie Harris, Kenney, Grimmons, Healey, Hoyt-Sullivan (when it reopens) and Conway, no later than July 2018. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 204996 5 204996 Order That this Board's Committee on Youth Services organize one or more workshops to ask tweens and young teens about how the city can make sure our community is a great place for them to live. Work completed   Action details Not available 205284 5 205284 Resolution That the Administration consider hiring a software engineer in the FY19 budget cycle to design and maintain information management systems to link data, such as information related to properties. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 205532 5 205532 Officer's Communication Parks and Recreation Director submitting the Department's Fall, 2017 youth participation statistics. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 205289 6 205289 Order That the Director of Purchasing share the process for procuring food, food packaging and flatware for the school cafeterias. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 205290 6 205290 Order That the Commissioner of Public Works share the process of handling different types of cafeteria waste, including recyclables and food waste. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 205360 6 205360 Resolution That the Administration share plans for this summer’s youth jobs program, including the cost to nonprofits for hiring youths and any opportunity to create stipend work for younger teens in local nonprofits. Work completed   Action details Not available 205361 6 205361 Order That the Director of Parks and Recreation and the Superintendent of Schools share their policies and procedures for allocating indoor spaces and outdoor spaces, in particular for local or youth-serving organizations. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 204871 7 204871 Resolution That the Administration report to this Board, by the next Youth Services Committee meeting, on ways to keep the Kennedy School playground open for public use during non-school day daytime hours. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 204582 9 204582 Communication Director of Parks & Recreation and City Solicitor responding to #204160, #203889, and #203733 re: nonprofit soccer and football organizations' use of Dilboy Field. Work completed   Action details Not available