Annual Park Board Meeting / Officer Elections Report
In a quick 35 minute meeting where much of the time was devoted to recognizing past park commissioners and past and present notables in the audience the new MPRB commissioners took the Oath of Office. This was followed by Commissioner Young's annual history lesson. The time was used for a presentation ( with some amusing technical difficulties) on the revitalization of the downtown river front a "documentary" by South High High School students.
Seated left to right on the dais were Commissioners Nordyke, Young, Vreeland, Nordstrom, Olson, Fine, Merrill Anderson, Dziedzic and Kummer. In a unanimous vote Jon Olson was elected President and Tracy Nordstrom Vice President. Don Siggelkow was reappointed as Secretary to the Board and Brian Rice was contracted as the attorney to the board for another year.
Commissioner Nordyke was elected to serve on the Planning Commission and the President's appointments to various boards were as follows...
Board of Estimate and Taxation... Commissioner Fine NRP Board... Commissioner Nordyke, alt Commissioner Nordstrom St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board Commissioners Fine and Dziedzic with Commissioner Merrill Anderson filling President Olson's slot Youth Coordinating Board.. Commissioner Dziedzic, alt Commissioner Merrill Anderson Minneapolis Institute of Arts Board... Commissioner Merrill Anderson Public Art Design Advisory Panel... Commissioner Nordstrom Water Quality Task Force Commissioners Kummer and Nordyke Middle Mississippi Watershed Management Organization... Commissioner Vreeland, alt Commissioner Kummer John H. Stevens House Organization... Commissioner Vreeland Midtown Community Works Partnership... Commissioner Nordstrom Minneapolis Bicycle Advisory Committee... Commissioner Young Blue Water Association ... Commissioner Young, alt Commissioner Vreeland Foundation for Minneapolis Parks... Commissioner Nordyke Minneapolis Tree Advisory Committee... Commissioner Nordstrom and Minnehaha Creek Visioning... Commissioner Fine
Standing Committees...
Planning Chair Commissioner Fine Vice Chair Commissioner Kummer Commissioners Dziedzic, Young and Nordstrom
Administration and Finance Chair Commissioner Merrill Anderson Vice Chair Commissioner Nordyke Commissioners Kummer, Vreeland and Fine
Recreation Chair Commissioner Dziedzic Vice Chair Commissioner Merrill Anderson Commissioners Kummer, Vreeland and Fine
Operations and Environment Chair Commissioner Vreeland Vice Chair Commissioner Young Commissioners Dziedzic, Kummer and Fine
Legislation and Inter-Governmental Chair Commissioner Kummer Vice Chair Commissioner Nordyke Commissioners Nordstrom, Merrill Anderson and Fine
Committee on Standards and Conduct Chair Commissioner Young Commissioners Merrill Anderson and Fine
After the meeting the Commissioners and invited guests retired downstairs to the "reception" in their honor which I'm sure was just fine.