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Subcommittee votes to refer city ordinance on athletic-field responsibility to full school committee
Summary
Committee moved and unanimously voted to refer a motion that the city ordinance on responsibility for athletic fields abutting school property be adhered to, asking facilities and parks to coordinate with the mayor's office; the referral will go to the full school committee.
Member Rodriguez moved that the city ordinance governing responsibility for athletic fields adjacent to school properties be adhered to and that facilities and the parks department coordinate with the mayor’s office on implementation; the motion was seconded and carried by roll-call vote.
The motion noted the need to review how Schedule 19 chargebacks and other mechanisms affect school-department maintenance budgets. In roll call, Pina, Centeo, Oliver and Rodriguez voted yes. The chair noted the matter must be referred to the full school committee for further deliberation and potential action. Committee members requested a deeper review of how adhering to the ordinance would affect middle-school turf projects and ongoing maintenance costs, and asked facilities and the parks department to provide follow-up information to the full committee.
Next steps: the referral will be placed on the full school committee agenda for further review; the subcommittee recording shows the motion was seconded and approved by unanimous vote at the subcommittee level.
