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”

6:30 P.M.  PUBLIC HEARING for the Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park Master Plan.  Individuals wishing to speak can sign up at the meeting.

Listed below are some agenda items of interest:

–Approving the Master Plan for Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park and to suspend Board Naming Policy and Authorize Central Mississippi River front Regional Park to be Renamed St. Anthony Falls Regional Park

–Approving the Master Plan for Theodore Wirth Regional Park

–Approving the Master Plan for the Nokomis-Hiawatha Regional Park

–Determining that the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) Will Not Pursue Tunnel Crossing Options for the Southwest Light Rail Transit (SWLRT) Project; Approving a Memorandum of Understanding with the Metropolitan Council that 1) Establishes a Process that Recognizes Parks and Park Resources in the Transit Project Development Process, 2) Outlines a Process for Collaboration Between the Southwest Project Office and MPRB on Design of Bridge Crossings at the Kenilworth Channel, and 3) Results in an Agreement Between the Metropolitan Council and the MPRB to Facilitate Approval and Construction of the SWLRT Project; and Authorizing the Superintendent to Initiate Agreements with Metropolitan Council to Reimburse the MPRB for Costs Related to Its Work on the SWLRT Project and the Blue Line Light Rail Transit Extension (Bottineau) Project ;