HEADS-UP FOR THE JANUARY 2, 2013 PARK BOARD MEETING
Happy New Year! This is the first regular board meeting of the year and follows the Annual Meeting.
5:05 P.M. REGULAR BOARD MEETING. The meeting will be held in the boardroom at Park Board headquarters, 2117 West River Road, just north of Broadway Pizza.
5:30 P.M. OPEN TIME Speakers can call 612-230-6400 before 3:00 p.m. the day of the meeting to sign up or they can sign up at the Board meeting prior to the start of “Open Time.”
The following topics are some agenda highlights:
–Approving Amendment #2 to the May 10, 2011 Fundraising Agreement with Minneapolis Swims for an Indoor Aquatic Facility at the Phillips Community Center
–Approving One-Year Contracts Effective January 3, 2013 with Rice, Michels & Walther, LLP Campo and Associates, and Tom Workman for State Lobbyist Services with Funding from the Approved 2013 Budget
–Update of Loppet Foundation Fundraising Agreement for Welcome Center at Theodore Wirth Regional Park
–Accepting the Non-Appointed Citizen Advisory Committee Recommendations and Approving Concept Plans for the Minnehaha Family Play Area Project in Minnehaha Regional Park
–Approving the Allocation of $80,000 from the Flatiron Account Toward a New Gymnasium Floor in the Brian Coyle Community Center
The complete agenda, with staff reports, for the MPRB Board of Commissioners’ meeting on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 is at http://minneapolisparksmn.iqm2.com
Board meeting agendas and related information are posted on http://www.minneapolisparks.org two business days prior to meetings.
Also of interest and now available to the commissioners and the public are the monthly reports that Superintendent Miller has initiated for construction permits and for Planning Department projects. The availability of these reports is one of the important changes instituted by Superintendent Miller. Look for the links to these reports under Petitions and Communications in the agenda for the first Regular Meeting of the month.
View Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board meetings live from 5-9 p.m. on the Minneapolis Government Meeting Channel 79 on Comcast Cable. You may also view live meetings online on the Channel 79 webpage: http://www.minneapolismn.gov/tv/79
Regular meetings are typically rebroadcasted on Channel 79 on Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. and on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 5 p.m. Broadcast schedules are subject to change.
Webcasts of MPRB regular board meetings are posted on the MPRB website two to five business days following each meeting and are available for viewing, along with webcasts for the recent two months, at http://www.minneapolisparks.org.
Board meeting agendas and related information are posted on http://www.minneapolisparks.org two business days prior to meetings.
The Park Board’s website is http://www.minneapolisparks.org. The phone number is 612-230-6400.
Arlene Fried
Co-founder of Park Watch