Meeting called to order by President Olson
Agenda Approved
Reports of Officers
River District Sara Ackman in for Jon Oyanagi
showed DVD of photos from various rec center Halloween parties with
Monster Mash as the music
total number of attendees 4015 kids under 17 and 1572 adults (
includes numbers from Creekview Park's haunted house which was open
more than one evening)
biggest turn outs at Creekview, Folwell, Webber, North Commons and
Logan Parks.
Commissioner Dziedzic comments on the "fear Factor" at Bottineau Park
being very high
Commissioner Olson thanks the staff, donors and volunteers for all of
their hard work.
Lakes District Paul Hokeness
Sailboats off of the lakes
converting the mowers to snowplows and brooms
soccer and football wrapped up and now taking sign ups for basketball
and volleyball
Lots of people at the Halloween Parties
Great haunted house at Armatage Park
the Lowry Hill neighborhood Association is donating $30,000 in NRP
money for upgrading Kenwood Park
The lakes district has hired a planner ( is this a new hire or from
within ... inquiring minds would like to know)
The Lake of the Isles bike trail is in and had a celebrity rider....Sir
Paul McCartney
Minnehaha District Eileen Kilpatrick
Halloween parties at the parks and 3 big features...
outdoor celebration at Minnehaha Park with hay-rides
Pre-school Halloween at Pearl Park and
Haunted house at Powderhorn Park
2 new skate-parks are open at Brackett and Morris parks
on Oct 29th McCrea park hosted the Ed Solomon football tournament
And the Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association conference was held
in Rochester MN and the keynote speaker Dr. John Compton form Texas A &
M had many compliments for the MPRB.
The Board now moves to consent business and passes the 4
recommendations about the Paddleford Company dumping Raw Sewage into
the Mississippi River. The term Raw Sewage is changed to inadequately
treated sewage per the agreement with the MPCA per the Paddleford's
attorney. Go to this link for specifics...
http://www.minneapolisparks.org/documents/meetings/agendas/uploaded11
-02-05Regular.pdf
All Pass
Unfinished Business
Commissioner Young makes a report from the Charter Commission ( held
earlier in the evening) that the commission has delayed forwarding the
8th draft so that during the next 4 weeks the additions request by the
MPRB as well as some from the Library Board can be considered and a
subcommittee was formed to handle it ( which may lead to version 9).
Petitions and Communications
Commissioner Erwin was glad to announce that the Mississippi Watershed
Management Organization ( MWMO) had funded many MPRB requests except
for a Green roof for the headquarters building.
Commissioner Young has had many calls regarding Peavey Park
Commissioner Kummer had copies of the Charles Birnbaum editorial for
all to read. http://www.startribune.com/stories/562/5695927.html
Commissioner Dziedzic mentions the Cadillac prize was not given out to
the best halloween party due to a tie and he also mentions that the U
of M boathouse has had a delay.
Commissioner Hauser gives an example of how the new district manager
system is working with her only having to contact one person to get an
answer to a constituent's problem with a curb cut.
She has also been receiving calls about Peavey Park and went with GM
Schmidt to a meeting at the American Indian Center where there was much
dismay over the closing and a renewed call for a facility at East
Phillips.
Commissioner Fine thanks staff etc.. for Halloween parties and gives
compliments to the folks at the Linden Hills rec center for their giant
Muppet theme Halloween rooms.
Commissioner Erwin compliments the staff on getting the proposal in to
get the MWMO funds mentioned above
and Commissioner's Young and Kummer mention the Halloween parties they
attended and how nice they were.
end part 1
DeLaSalle Public Hearing speeches in part 2
Liz Wielinski
Columbia Park
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