MEETING START TIME: 5:30pm

ATTENDANCE: Donnelly, Bertel, Porter, Vu, Bailey

Committee: Chairman Donnelly, Senator Bertel, Senator Porter, Senator Vu, Senator Bailey, Senator Burgon

Absent: Lawrence, Ohadoma

Non-Committee: N/A

 

COMMITTEE DISCUSSION:

 

• Narragansett Survey results
  • Grade statistics
    • Freshmen: 4
    • Sophomores: 33
    • Juniors: 54
    • Seniors: 40
    • N/A: 2
    • Net: 133
  • 55.4% of survey respondents were URI commuter students, 25% were landlords/realtors, and 19.6% were Narragansett residents
    • 32.9% of URI community members will be the focus of our research

• 60 (75.9%) of respondents have, currently, or plan to live in Narragansett. 19 (24.1%) do not.
• Why yes?
  • Cheaper
  • Easier to find houses
  • It IS the market
  • Independence
• Why No?
  • Convenient
  • $ in different seasons
  • Error in question wording
• Do you think the Narragansett ordinance negatively affects students?
  • 100% of the 60 Narragansett community members believe the ordinance negatively affects students
  • Include anything else (i.e. next meeting time if different than usual meeting time, future ideas, future goals, etc.)

 

MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME:  6:10pm