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To: Dale Street School Building Committee

Change Agenda for Sept. 9 Dale School Building Meeting

Add public input time at Sept. 9 Dale School Building Meeting BEFORE voting on site selection and building design.

Why is this important?

The Medfield community needs to have a voice at the Wednesday, Sept. 9 Dale Street School Building Committee (SBC) meeting (7 p.m. start time), yet the meeting notice shows no time set aside on the agenda for public input BEFORE votes are cast on the proposed site and building scenario for a 575-student school. (A public forum specifically on site selection had been previously planned, but never materialized.)

Our Board of Selectmen is also scheduled to cast its own vote related to the overall "preferred solution" for the Dale Street project at its Sept. 15 meeting. A public forum is tentatively slated for AFTER that meeting on Sept. 22, so that means two town boards will not have their votes adequately informed by community input. (No public hearing is legally required prior to SBC and Selectmen casting its upcoming votes related to the Dale Street project.)

We believe that before any town committee votes on such a significant decision with economic, educational, environmental and historic impacts, community members should have an adequate chance to weigh in.

Now is the time to engage Medfield community members in the critically important site selection and schematic design decisions -- not after preliminary votes are cast. Our school building committee risks having the project derailed without sufficient community input early on in the process.

Updates

2020-09-08 12:17:49 -0400

Good news -- The Dale Building Committee meeting for Sept. 9 has been amended to include time for public input prior to the critically important vote on site selection (Dale or Wheelock) and the preferred design option (e.g., new at Dale or Wheelock; or renovate/add on at Dale).

Here's a link to the revised meeting agenda for 7 p.m., Sept. 9: http://www.town.medfield.net/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09092020-2153

Thank you for signing the petition regarding the need for community engagement before a critically important building decision is made!

If you plan to attend the Zoom meeting but don't feel comfortable speaking up about the site options, feel free to send an e-mail to Town Administrator Kristine Treirweiler with your views, and ask that it be forwarded to the appropriate individuals. Kristine's e-mail is [email protected].

Thanks again,
Chris McCue Potts

2020-09-07 08:47:28 -0400

25 signatures reached

2020-09-04 14:55:57 -0400

10 signatures reached