Heads-up For The September 21, 2011 Park Board Meeting
HEADS-UP FOR THE SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 PARK BOARD 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.
5:30 P.M. OPEN TIME. Speakers need to sign up before 3:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.
Probably the highlight of the meeting is 10.1 on the Innovation & Development committee agenda, which has the memo from Superintendent Miller indicating that she is eliminating the Assistant Superintendent of Enterprise's position which has been held by Don Siggelkow. However, there will be a vote on a one-year Professional Services Agreement for a maximum of $80,000 that is being offered Siggelkow. Park Board professional services agreements are consulting agreements with no benefits. Here's an excerpt from Resolution 2011-185:
"After thirteen years with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, serving as Assistant Superintendent, General Manager and again as Assistant Superintendent, Don Siggelkow has decided to enter private business and end his full-time employment with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board effective October 7, 1011."
Other agenda items of interest are the following:
4.3 on the regular meeting agenda which is the resolution approving an agreement with the Minneapolis Parks Foundation and the establishment of a non-appointed CAC for preliminary visioning and implementation study of the former Fuji-ya site, which is now being referred to as the Waterworks site.
4.1 on the Planning Committee agenda which is the hiring of SRF for the Brownie Lake Area Trails Plan.
The Mayor's 2012 recommended budget which is a study item on the Finance & Administration Committee agenda.
The Loring Park Conservancy Framework which is a study/report item on the Innovation & Development Committee agenda.
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. They are listed under Petitions and Communications at the first MPRB meeting of the month.
The complete agenda, with staff reports, for the MPRB Board of Commissioners’ meeting on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 is at http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=37&calid=799
MPRB meetings are telecast live from 5-9 p.m. on the City of Minneapolis Government Meeting Channel 79 on Comcast cable and online at www.minneapolismn.gov/webcasts.
The regular meetings are retelecast 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 www.minneapolismn.gov/webcasts.
The Park Board's website is www.minneapolisparks.org. The phone number is 612-230-6400.
Arlene Fried
Co-Founder of Park Watch