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Meeting Name: School Building Facilities and Maintenance Special Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/8/2025 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual
Joint Meeting with the School Committee's School Building Facilities and Maintenance Committee
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Meeting video:  
Attachments: SBFM - 2025-12-08 Cummings School (with 25-0906).pdf, SBFM - 2025-12-08 Memo (with 25-0234).pdf, SBFM - 2025-12-08 Memo (with 25-1722).pdf
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25-1708 11.Committee MinutesApproval of the Minutes of the School Building Facilities and Maintenance Special Committee Meeting of October 28, 2025.AcceptedPass Action details Not available
24-0466 12.ResolutionThat 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.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
25-0234 13.OrderThat the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management develop a Swing Space plan to accommodate Somerville Public Schools students to mitigate disruption to students, families, and staff while a school building is unavailable or during construction.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
25-0906 14.ResolutionThat the Mayor create and make public specific plans that outline the full scope of the work necessary at the Cummings School, including capacity, time, and cost, to host Somerville Public School students in the event of an emergency, and provide regular updates to this Council on such plans until completed.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
25-1096 15.OrderThat the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management and the Director of the Office of Sustainability and Environment provide a written report to this Council by July 1 regarding any updates on measures and practices taken to assess, monitor, maintain, and improve healthfulness of the schools’ physical environment.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
25-1455 16.OrderThat the Director of Health and Human Services inform this Council which school buildings have menstrual products available and which school buildings have inoperable menstrual product dispensers and when they are scheduled to be replaced.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
25-1637 17.OrderThat the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management update this Council on how the foundation at the Brown School is monitored, whether mitigation is required to address any concerns, and if so, the details of those mitigation plans.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
25-1721 18.ResolutionThat the Administration and the School Department discuss with this Council the budgetary and planning impact of snow days, and how adaptation to climate change may affect future snow day planning.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
25-1722 19.OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works provide an update on how snow and ice is removed from different types of surfaces in schoolyards, including any limitations based on surface type.Kept in committee  Action details Not available