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Municipal Building Committee – City Hall Redevelopment Meeting

March 10, 2020 · Malden, MA
Source: Meeting minutes 2020-03-10 (PDF, 3 pp)
Retrieved April 14, 2026 from www.cityofmalden.org ↗
Confidence: 99%
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Attendees

Gary Christenson (Chair, Mayor)
Eric Rubin (Public Facilities Director)
Barbara Murphy (2016 Council President)
Craig Spadafora (Council President Appointee)
Ryan O'Malley (Ward 4 Councillor)
Debbie Burke (MRA Director)
Ron Hogan (Mayor's Appointee)
Kathleen Manning (Hall Clerk, Non-voting member)
Maria Luise (Mayor's Office)
Nelson Miller (Building Commissioner)
Andy Vo (Hill International, Senior Project Manager)
Debbie DeMaria (Councillor-At-Large)
Peg Crowe (Ward 1 Councillor)
John McNaught (Assistant City Solicitor)
Anthony Rodrigues (IT Director)
Steve Winslow (Councillor-At-Large)
Amanda Linehan (Ward 3 Councillor)
✓ Present: 17/17

Decisions

#1

UNANIMOUS APPROVAL

#2

UNANIMOUS APPROVAL

#3

UNANIMOUS APPROVAL

#4

UNANIMOUS APPROVAL

Agenda Items

#1

Roll Call of Committee members

Meeting was called to order at 5 PM. Clerk called the roll and there was a sufficient quorum.

#2

Review and Approval of January 21, 2020 Minutes

Motion by Eric Rubin to approve the Minutes of January 21, 2020, seconded by Barbara Murphy and approved unanimously.

#3

Construction Completion Schedule

Floors 5, 4 and 3 have been completed, final cleanings are being done on these floors in preparation for furniture delivery which began today.

#4

Move in Schedule

Move-in dates are not currently scheduled. Ron will begin meeting with Department Heads next week.

#5

Conference Room Naming

This item was tabled to the next meeting in the interest of time.

#6

Language and Signage Languages

Mayor Christenson thanked Councillor O'Malley for bringing the issue of including additional languages on signage to the MBC's attention.

#7

Approval of Payment of Invoices

Several invoices were approved for payment.

#8

New Business

Debbie reported that she and Kathleen are working on incorporating public art and are putting out a call for artists to request artwork in phases.

Public Comments

9 speakers
Linda Thorsen · Topic: Language and Signage Languages

Submitted a letter of support

Monique Ching · Topic: Language and Signage Languages

Submitted a letter of support

Angie Liou · Topic: Language and Signage Languages

Submitted a letter of support

Councillor Dave Camell · Topic: Language and Signage Languages

Submitted a letter of support

MEA President Deb Gesualdo · Topic: Language and Signage Languages

Submitted a letter of support

City Councillor Amanda Linehan · Topic: Language and Signage Languages

Submitted a letter of support

Councillor Debbie DeMaria · Topic: Language and Signage Languages

Submitted a letter of support

Diana Jeong · Topic: Language and Signage Languages

Submitted a letter of support

Danyal Najimi · Topic: Language and Signage Languages

Submitted a letter of support