Please Attend the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Commissioners next regular meeting
Where: MPRB headquarters building, 2117 West River Road When: Wednesday, January 21 General meeting time is 5-8pm, public comments taken at 6:15pm.
Upcoming issues the commissioners may consider:
* A new superintendent search. Commissioners have stated they will perform a search for a permanent superintendent to take office next year at the end of current interim superintendet Jon Gurban's one-year contract.
* The so-called "Master Plan" for the parks, which will encompass plans for the next seventy (70) years.
* The river marina. Irwin Jacobs appears to have pulled out, but this plan is not dead yet.
You can voice your opinion during the open comment time at 6:15pm, but you need to call Diane Hill at 230-6404 before 4pm on January 21 so that she can add your name to the meeting agenda.
Finding and getting to the MPRB building is easy. It's just north of the Broadway and West River Road intersection, and just north of the iconic Broadway Pizza, along the river north of downtown. The building has plenty of free parking for automobile drivers, and 2 bus lines pass right by the building, the #20 and #32.
Until the Park Board begins televising their public meetings, it is essential that members of the public attend these meetings.
Even more desirable if those who attended would summarize what they learned and pass it on to others, such as local neighborhood newspapers (e.g. Hill & Lake Press), neighborhood organizations (e.g. CARAG), and other residents of Minneapolis.
Remember if you are a property owner in Minneapolis, the Park Board is probably the 4th largest taxing entity on your property tax bill, behind the county, city and school district. If you rent, you of course pay the owner rent to cover these same taxes. With a roughly $60 million budget, it's important to make sure our tax money is being spent wisely.
Chris Johnson Fulton
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