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”
6:30 P.M. PUBLIC HEARINGS for Matthews Park Playground Improvements and South Service Area Master Plan
Some agenda items of interest are:
–Accepting the Non-Appointed Community Advisory Committee Recommendation and Approving the Concept Plan for Playground Improvements at Matthews Park
–Approving the South Service Area Master Plan
–Authorizing the Formation and Charge of an Appointed Community Advisory Committee (CAC) for Scherer Site Parcel ‘D’ Development
–Amending the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Rule Section 2 to Include New Language Regarding Decorum at Meetings
–Community Engagement Plan for the Boom Island/Nicollet Island Bridge Repair
–Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board 2016 Goals & Performance Measures Report on Second Quarter Results
–Community Engagement Plan – 2017 Sheridan Memorial Park Improvements
–Community Engagement Plan – Lake Nokomis Community Center
–Community Engagement Plan for Scherer Brother Parcel ‘D’ Development
The complete agenda, with staff reports, for the MPRB Board of Commissioners meeting on September 21, 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 www.minneapolisparks.org . The phone number is 612-230-6400.
Arlene Fried
Co-founder of Park Watch
http://www.mplsparkwatch.org
