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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
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206858 3206858OrderThat 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 3207154ResolutionThat 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 3207436OrderThat 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 4205438ResolutionThat 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 4205669OrderThat 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 4205895Public Communication185 citizens submitting a petition to expand access to the Kennedy School swimming pools.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
206188 4206188ResolutionThat 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 4206302OrderThat 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 4206643ResolutionThat 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 4206644OrderThat 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 4206647OrderThat 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 4206699ResolutionThat 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 4206701OrderThat 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 5206457CommunicationParks and Recreation Director responding to #206302 re: outdoor pool utilization and capacity.Work completed  Action details Not available
206232 5206232ResolutionThat 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 5204996OrderThat 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 5205284ResolutionThat 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 5205532Officer's CommunicationParks and Recreation Director submitting the Department's Fall, 2017 youth participation statistics.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
205289 6205289OrderThat 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 6205290OrderThat 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 6205360ResolutionThat 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 6205361OrderThat 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 7204871ResolutionThat 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 9204582CommunicationDirector 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