Heads-Up for the JUNE 15, 2016 Park Board Meeting

4:45 P.M.  COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE–Discussion Regarding Proposed Workers Compensation Settlement (This is a closed meeting.)

5:00 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.  Visitors to Park Board meetings can find at the back of the meeting room the agenda book with all the printed materials for the meeting

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”

Some agenda items of interest are:

–Authorizing a Forty-Five (45) Day Public Review and Comment Period Beginning June 17, 2016 for the Draft South Service Area Master Plan

–First Reading of Resolution Adding Chapter 17 to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Code of Ordinances – Criteria Based System for Capital and Rehabilitation Neighborhood Park Project Scheduling (In Conjunction with Chapter 16 – 20 Year Neighborhood Park Plan)

–Approving an Estoppel Certificate Requested by Acky-Calhoun, LLC in Support of Its Refinancing of Lake Calhoun Executive Office Center and Indicating Its Continued Use of the Northwest Lake Calhoun Adjacent Parking Lot Under an Existing Lease Agreement with the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board

The complete agenda, with staff reports, for the MPRB Board of Commissioners meeting on June 15, 2016 is at http://minneapolisparksmn.iqm2.com/Citizens/Default.aspx

Board meeting agendas and related information are posted on the above web page two business days prior to meetings. Webcasts of MPRB regular board meetings are posted on the same web page two to five business days following each meeting and are available for viewing, along with webcasts for the previous two months.

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. They are normally in the agenda packet 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 re-telecast on Channel 79 on Saturdays and Sundays at 11 a.m. and on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 5 p.m. Telecast schedules are subject to change.

The Park Board’s website is http://www.minneapolisparks.org . The phone number is 612-230-6400.

Arlene Fried
Co-founder of Park Watch
http://www.mplsparkwatch.org