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Committee reviews CIP projects, security upgrades and parks-and-recreation gym access request
Summary
Officials reviewed capital projects including fencing and security vestibules, Memorial track repairs and Central High boiler options, and discussed Parks & Recreation’s request for standing access and waived rental fees for school gyms; administration will coordinate scheduling systems and return with recommendations.
Committee members received a multi-part update on capital improvement projects and a proposal from Parks & Recreation to increase community programming through school gym usage.
Josh Gagne outlined summer CIP completions and near‑term priorities: new roofs at Green Acres, boiler projects, exterior door replacements, security fencing planning for Central High’s deck entrances and security vestibules at several elementary schools. He described engineering concerns for the proposed fence on the deck — wind and weight loads and how to attach the architectural fence without piercing critical waterproofing — and said he would share working drawings with the board.
Mark Gomez, for Parks & Recreation, briefed the committee on athletic‑facility work: new locker‑room flooring, warranty repairs and partial replacement activity on the Memorial High School track (a full replacement under warranty was completed in June 2024 but areas have shown new peeling and additional repairs are being pursued), d‑zone repairs and summer paving across several schools. "The track should be usable," Gomez said, but the department is pressing the contractor to complete repairs to the committee's satisfaction.
Parks & Recreation (Brendon Lynch) requested standing authorization to use school gyms to offer low‑cost youth programming and asked that standard rental fees be waived to keep registration costs low. Lynch said Parks & Rec would accept accountability for damage and cleanup and proposed giving the department visibility into school calendars to coordinate scheduling. Administration noted that existing calendaring systems do not interoperate and asked for further discussion; the committee asked administration to work with both departments and return with a recommendation and implementation plan rather than taking immediate action.
