Farm Hill School Roof Building Committee
Regular MeetingMiddletown, CT · March 16, 2023
Minutes
March 16th, 2023
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Committee Members Committee Staff
Councilwoman Meghan Carta, Co-Chair Dr. Alberto Vazquez Matos, Superintendent
Councilman Vincent Loffredo Jennifer Cannata, Assistant Superintendent
Councilman Anthony Gennaro Christopher Puorro, Purchasing Agent
John Giuliano Kevin Dion, Director of Facilities
Farah Scala Marco Gaylord, Ex. Director of Operations
Richard Pelletier Elisha De Jesus, Director of Athletics
David Bauer Randall Mel, Jr., Committee Secretary
Paul Gionfriddo
Meeting Minutes
***Online-Virtual Meeting***
Farm Hill-Snow School Roof and MHS Turg Building Committee
3-16-2023
5:30PM
Members Present: Councilman Loffredo, Paul Gionfriddo, Councilman Gennaro, Farah Scala, John G,
Richard P,
Members Absent: Councilwoman Carta, one vacancy (BOE Member)
Staff Present: Kevin Dion; Director of Facilities, Marco Gaylord; Executive Director of Operations,
Elisha De Jesus; Director of Athletics, Randall Mel; Committee Secretary
Others Present: Kevin Fuselier-SLR Consulting, Paul Jorgensen-Silver Petrucelli
1. Call to Order: Acting Chair Councilman Loffredo called the meeting to order at 5:35PM
2. Adoption of the Agenda:
a. Motion: Councilman Gennaro
b. Second: Farah Scala
c. Call to vote: Unanimously voted to approve the adoption of the agenda
3. Public Comment:
a. Public Comment opened at 5:40 PM
b. Comments made by Middletown Coaches and Community Members
c. Public Comment closed at 5:57 PM
4. Approval of the minutes from the February 16th, 2023 Regular Meeting
a. Motion: Councilman Gennaro
b. Second: John Giuliano
c. Call to vote: Unanimously voted to approve the minutes from the February 16th,
2023 Meeting
5. Approval of the minutes from the March 9th, 2023 Special Meeting
a. Motion: Councilman Gennaro
b. Second: John Giuliano
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c. Call to vote: Unanimously voted to approve the minutes from the March 9th, 2023
Special Meeting
6. Approval of the time card of the committee secretary
a. Motion: Councilman Gennaro
b. Second: Farah Scala
c. Call to vote: Unanimously voted to approve the time card of the committee
secretary
7. Approval of the Change order form #2 , Young Developers for the credit of
$10,625.92
a. Motion: Councilman Gennaro
b. Second: Paul Gionfriddo
c. Call to vote: Unanimously voted to approve the change order #2 from Young
Developers for the credit of $10,652.92
8. Approval of Young Developers Application for Payment #5 for $54,946.18
a. Motion: Councilman Gennaro
b. Second: John Giuliano
c. Call to vote: Unanimously voted to approve the Application for Payment #5 for
$54,946.18
9. Update and Discussion on the Farm Hill Roof Building Project
a. Update from Paul Jorgensen;
i. Additional punch list and clean up items will occur in the spring
ii. Project should be able to close as soon as punch list items are complete
which included some gutter work, clean up in the parking lot, sidewalk
repair and clean up in the field area.
iii. Highest priority would be to get the P/V Panel grant application for Farm
Hill complete as the work must be in progress by the time the new roof
hits the one year mark
10. Update and Discussion on the Snow School Roof Building Project
a. Currently no updates on the Snow School Roof Project
b. Continued need to work with the district, city and state for grant application for
the roof and P/V project
11. Update and Discussion with SLR Environmental Consulting on the MHS Turf and
Track Project
a. Update from Kevin Fuselier, SLR Environmental Consulting
i. Site visit before this meeting to walk the MHS Turf/Track
1. Created a photo inventory of specific areas for the basis of design
ii. Reviewed the Department of Health’s presentation, will provide the
committee with a formalized memo with their feedback
iii. Memorandum to be prepared for committee on natural grass versus
synthetic turf
1. Will provide schematics on cost estimating for both situations
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a. This will include maintenance and repair cost estimates for
both situations
iv. Provided with proposal and quotes from the Board of Education from
Keystone Sports Construction which SLR will review and provide their
recommendations to the Committee
v. Currently this project, if bid and selected on time, the timeline is 12-14
weeks long; however most companies are already slated with projects for
this Summer and this project may not be able to be completed by the new
school year
b. Marco Gaylord; Executive Director of Operations, provided and read a letter from
the President of Keystone Sports construction for the public record stating
Keystone’s commitment on pricing and project completion should Middletown
move forward with their company in the near future
i. Comments from Councilman Loffredo, Councilman Gennaro, John
Giuliano and Paul Gionfriddo on concerns of safety, timeline completion,
city ordinances, procurement procedures and wanting the consulting firm
to review the project properly before commitment to any project
12. Future Business:
a. SLR to provide memorandums of their reviews on Keystone proposal,
presentation from the Department of Health and the photos and studies being
conducted by SLR in the next meeting
13. Approval of Committee Recess
a. Motion: Councilman Loffredo
b. Second: Councilman Gennaro
c. Vote:Unanimously voted to approve the recess to view the MHS Turf and Track
d. Recess began at 6:33pm
14. Return from Committee Recess:
a. Acting Chair Councilman Loffredo Called the meeting to order after the recess at
7:25PM
15. Adjournment:
a. Motion: Councilman Gennaro
b. Second: Farah Scala
c. Vote:Unanimously voted to adjourn the meeting at 7:28PM
Agenda
3/14/2023
Ms. Ashley Flynn-Natale
Town Clerk
Municipal Building
245 deKoven Drive
Middletown, CT 06457
Dear Ms. Flynn-Natale,
The City of Middletown, the Farm Hill Roof Building Committee, Snow Roof the Building
Committee and the Middletown High School Turf/Track Building Committee will be holding a
special meeting on Thursday, March 16th, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in a
hybrid manner at Middletown High School located at 200, LaRosa Lane, Middletown in the
Media Center and on Webex via a webinar platform.
The public can view attend this meeting at:
Join link:
https://middletownct.webex.com/middletownct/j.php?MTID=m9a4f0a78dd79d844bc223b20748
dfb06
Webinar number:
2335 889 5663
Webinar password:
nrGVZMFx526 (67489639 from phones)
Join by phone
+1-408-418-9388 United States Toll
Access code: 233 588 95663
Notice on Public Comment:
Live public comment via Webex: Any member of the public wishing to provide live public
comment may do so by joining the webinar meeting and requesting to speak during the public
session at the link above/call in number. Public comment should be kept to three (3) minutes per
person. All commenters must provide their name and city address during their public comment.
Live Public Comment in Person: Members of the public wishing to provide live public
comment in person may do so during the Public Comment portion of the agenda. Public
comment will be kept to under three minutes per person and members of the public must state
their name and city address.
Public Comment In writing: Members of the public can also submit their public comment to be
read during the open public comment portion of the meeting to the committee secretary at
melr@mpsct.org. Written public comments should be the equivalent to three minutes in reading
time and should contain the name and city address of the resident submitting the comment.
Public comment will be accepted until 4:00PM on March 16th to be read at the March 16th, 2023
meeting
The agenda for this meeting is as follows:
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Adoption of the Agenda
3. Public Comment
4. Approval of the minutes from the February 16th, 2023 Regular Meeting
5. Approval of the minutes from the March 9th, 2023 Special Meeting
6. Approval of the time card of the committee secretary
7. Approval of the Change order form #2 , Young Developers
8. Approval of Young Developers Application for Payment #5
9. Update and Discussion on the Farm Hill Roof Building Project
10. Update and Discussion on the Snow School Roof Building Project
11. Update and Discussion with SLR Environmental Consulting on the MHS Turf and Track
Project
12. Future Business
13. Approval of Committee Recess for 30 minutes
14. Return from Committee Recess
15. Adjournment
Submitted Respectfully by,
Randall Mel, Committee Secretary
Cc: Dr. Vazquez Matos, Jennifer Cannata, Kevin Dion, Christopher Puorro, Michael Skott, Cody
Altieri, Marco Gaylord, Elisha De Jesus
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