COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & NEIGHBORHOODS -  April 23, 2019

MEETING AT 7:00 PM, CASMIR PULASKI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ~ 1097 BRALEY ROAD

AGENDA

1. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Gomes, Oliveira and Abreu, requesting that the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods meet with Pulaski School Parents and School Staff in conjunction with the Far North End Neighborhood Association, to discuss the ongoing traffic and public safety issues at Pulaski school and that the Administration look into funding for two (2) traffic guards during drop off and pickup times at said school further requesting, that this Committee Meeting be held at the Pulaski School to get Parents and School staff input. (To be Referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods.) (Ref’d 3/23/17) (4/18/17-tabled; forward the list provided by Mrs. Tavares to the School Committee, DPI and the City Council, from the Committee, explaining that the attached are possible short and long term solutions to the traffic congestion and student safety issues as they relate to the Pulaski School.) (4/26/17-letter and list forwarded to all contacts outlined above)

 

1a. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Gomes, submitting an email from Lisa Tavares, concerned    parent of a student at Pulaski School, regarding the traffic issues at the school. (To be Referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods.) (Ref’d 3/23/17) (4/18/17-tabled; forward the list provided by Mrs. Tavares to the School Committee, DPI and the City Council, from the Committee, explaining that the attached are possible short and long term solutions to the traffic congestion and student safety issues as they relate to the Pulaski School.) (4/26/17-letter and list forwarded to all contacts outlined above)

 

INVITEES: Thomas Anderson, Superintendent, New Bedford Public Schools; Captain Paul Dacosta, Station Three, New Bedford Police Department; Jamie Ponte, Commissioner, Department of Public Infrastructure; Melissa Rego, Principal, Casimir Pulaski Elementary School; Carol Strupczewski, Braley Road Area Resident; Members, Far North End Neighborhood Association; Members, New Bedford School Committee; Pulaski School Parents & Guardians; Representative, Mayor’s Office

 

 

 

 

 

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