July 7, 2010 Park Board Meeting
HEADS-UP FOR THE JULY 7, 2010 PARK BOARD MEETING
5:00 P.M. REGULAR BOARD MEETING followed by committee meetings. This will be the first meeting that David Fisher will be attending as MPRB interim superintendent. Some of the topics on the agenda are:
THE APPROVAL of the concept for a Northern Chinese Garden at Washburn Fair Oaks Park as well as fundraising efforts. The staff report is 4.1 on the June 16 Planning Committee agenda at www.minneapolisparks.org/documents/meetings/agendas/uploaded06-16-10plan... (pdf)
THE APPROVAL of the Southwest Light Rail Corridor Mitigation Citizens' Advisory Committee (CAC). The staff report is 4.3 on the Regular Meeting agenda at: www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=37&calid=650
THE BOARD'S AUTHORIZING staff to implement a phased development of Boom Island. The staff report is 4.3 on the Planning Committee agenda at www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=37&calid=650
THE APPROVAL of the concept plan and recommendations of the Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC)for the Wirth Lake Phase III Improvements. The staff report is 4.2 on the Planning Committee agenda at www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=37&calid=650
THE 2011 BUDGET STUDY SESSION II. The Administration and Finance Committee staff report is at www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=37&calid=650
5:30 P.M. OPEN TIME.
6:30 P.M. There will be a PUBLIC HEARING on Wirth Lake Phase III Improvements. Those who want to speak can sign up Wednesday night at the Park Board meeting.
The MPRB meeting will be held in the boardroom at Park Board headquarters, 2117 West River Road next to Broadway Pizza.
MPRB meetings are broadcast live from 5-8 p.m. on the City of Minneapolis Government Meeting Channel 79 on Comcast cable and online at http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/webcasts.
The regular meetings are rebroadcast on Channel 79 at 1 p.m. Saturdays and 5 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Webcasts for the recent two months are posted two to five business days after the meeting and are available for viewing under "Webcast Archives" at the web site.
The complete agenda is on the Park Board's website under "Upcoming Meetings" at http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=37&calid=650
Arlene Fried, Co-founder of Park Watch