Is this the same land that the "Save Anwatin Woods" group is working on? They have a website: www.SaveAnwatinWoods.org. I grew up on 4th and Queen Av N and spent a lot of my childhood in and around Eloise Butler and Glenwood(now Wirth) Park would hate to see anything harm that area.
Buzzy Bohn Folwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My neighbor brought over a flyer about how the Park Board Planning Committee > will be meeting July 6th to eliminate the buffer of natural plants around > the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden. As a functioning bird sanctuary, a > green > buffer around this part of the park seems essential. > > If this is true, this is an extraordinary example of both poor planning and > poor communication. > My neighbor asked me what was going on so I went to the website to see what > was on the agenda. > > There are no agenda listings for the committee meetings or the regular > meeting on July 6. This is an organization with a $49,786,332 annual budget > but > unable to post board agendas. > _http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=37&calid=309_ > (http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=37&calid=309) . > > I used to get the Mpls. Park and Recreation Board Agenda mailed to my house > before each meeting. > In a cost cutting move the MPRB stopped mailing out agendas. The plan was to > post the agenda online and post the agendas at Park buildings so those > without computers could find a published agenda. There are no agendas posted > at my > neighborhood park. There are no agendas online. > > > So now in addition to a Parlimentary body that does not follow Robert's > Rules of Order and approve the minutes its previous meetings, now there is > no > way to find out what is on the agenda. I would be interested in a legal > opinion > about this. > As President of the Seward Neighborhood Group, for both our Audits and for > NRP funding I had to provide an initialed copy of approved minutes to document > actions of our board. That is a proven way of making sure that there is an > accurate accounting of board actions. > > I love our parks, and realize that park commissioners are working to make > our parks better, but it is really time to open up the process and straighten > out some of this mess. > > > > Thanks, > Scott Vreeland Seward > > > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. > If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL > PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn > E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
