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Meeting Name: School Building Facilities and Maintenance Special Committee Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 6/28/2023 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual
Joint Meeting with the School Committee's Finance and Facilities Subcommittee.
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Meeting video:  
Attachments: SBFM - 2023-06-28 Joint CC-SC School Building Cmt Response 2023Jun28
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23-0723 11.Committee MinutesApproval of the Minutes of the School Building Facilities and Maintenance Special Committee Joint Meeting of May 1, 2023.AcceptedPass Action details Not available
23-0972 12.ResolutionThat the Administration expedite the planning, design and construction of the Winter Hill Community Innovation School to ensure the re-opening of said school as soon as possible.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
23-0984 13.OrderThat the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management and the Commissioner of Public Works present to this City Council, the building failures that took place in the Winter Hill Community Innovation School and a plan for assessing those failures.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
23-0985 14.OrderThat the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management dedicate full time staff and/or create new position(s) to the planning, design and construction process for the Winter Hill Community Innovation School and the Benjamin Brown School and include this position in the FY 2024 budget.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
23-0986 15.OrderThat the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management work with the School Department to create milestones for the academic programming needed for the planning and design of a new school building or for retrofitting an existing school building, and create a parallel collaboration program, meeting weekly or bi-weekly, to move this work forward.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
23-0987 16.OrderThat the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management explain what Request for Proposals (RFP) will be necessary for consultant services for planning and architectural services for any future school building programming and planning, and expedite those RFPs.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
23-0988 17.ResolutionThat the Administration work with the School Department to develop emergency plans for at-risk school relocation including, but not limited to, the Winter Hill Community Innovation School and the Benjamin Brown School.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
23-0989 18.ResolutionThat the Administration create a permanent staff position for a Superintendent of School Buildings within the Department of Public Works to oversee all maintenance, repairs and assessments of school buildings, and include this position in the FY 2024 Budget.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
23-0990 19.ResolutionThat the Administration evaluate the need to create permanent staff positions within the Department of Public Works for school buildings that address the highest needs of our school buildings including, but not limited to: mechanical systems, plumbing systems, fire alarm and electrical systems and exterior envelope and structural systems.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
23-0991 110.ResolutionThat the Administration include in the FY 2024 budget, $150,000 for an exterior envelope consultant to assess ongoing leaks in school buildings.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available
23-0992 111.ResolutionThat the Administration develop a five-year assessment plan for school building systems and structures for all schools over five years old, to ensure proper funding is in place for capital repairs and to ensure the safety and undisrupted operation of schools.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
23-0993 112.ResolutionThat the Administration publish yearly on the city website, a list of ongoing school repairs and improvements, similar to that posted by Chelsea Public Schools, and provide a yearly report to the City Council of such repairs and improvements before and after completion.Kept in committee  Action details Not available