Con't of the Regular meeting
OPEN TIME
Liz Wielinski asks....
1) The outcome of the $15,000 consulting fee to Idein LLC about
compatible places in our parks to put restaurants.
Item 1 is they assisted in the review of vendors for the
Minnehaha concession - no services have been provided "about
compatible places in our parks to put restaurants".
2) How much year to date the firm of Rice Michaels has billed the
MPRB for legal and lobbying services?
Item 2 is $338,206.85 through September 30, 2005
3) Could the information that Commissioners Erwin and Kummer
requested for the committee of the whole meeting regarding staffing
levels and board costs to please be attached to next weeks agenda on
the website?
Item 3 is on the website
(replies from GM Siggelkow on 10-24-05 )
Report from Park Police ( they got to go home... lucky them)
Lots of consent business passed most without discussion except for 7.3
about rental rates for the Plank Road ( as the Stone Arch Bridge was
eliminated at the beginning of the meeting)
it is moved and 2nd for discussion, is tabled and then a motion is made
to reconsider...
Commissioner Young would like to direct staff to hold a neighborhood
meeting, have a public hearing and do an RFP for the catering company
Commissioner Mason concurs about the caterers as Mill City Museum has
an exclusive caterer and the Plank Road might be in their purview.
GM Siggelkow states that this falls under the Enterprise division and
they have no way of holding a public hearing
Commissioner Dziedzic has a letter form the Marcy Holmes neighborhood
in opposition
President Olson explains that the Mill City Museum has, showcasing
events on the Mississippi, as part of their operating budget and that
maybe they should be the controlling party with the Plank Road
Commissioner Berry Graves sites the entire issue as another incident of
bad MPRB process
After some discussion between President Olson and GM Siggelkow,
Commissioner Young substitutes a motion that President Olson approach
Mill City Museum and have them come up with a policy for the Plank Road
and how to deal with the neighbors. PASSES
Unfinished Business....passed resolution 2005-114 to assess some
properties to remove dead elms
New Business
Discussion of Open Time
Commissioner Erwin makes a motion for OPEN TIME to be a maximum of 30
minutes, with each person receiving 3 minutes to speak on a first come
sign up basis.
Commissioner Young cannot support the 30 minute maximum (and uses the 1
minute request this evening as an example of the rarity of it being
long)
President Olson deems it should come through the Standards and Conduct
committee and that maybe public hearings within a committee should also
be discussed
Commissioner Kummer (chair of Standards and Conduct) will schedule it
(no specific date given)
the motion is withdrawn
Petitions and Communications
Commissioner Dziedzic mentions the boxing match at Richard Green Middle
School on Nov. 12, 2005 at 3:00 p.m.
Commissioner Mason received calls and e-mails regarding DeLaSalle and
the Stone Arch Bridge
Commissioner Young received a letter about the wonderful tour offered
by the Minneapolis Parks Legacy Society at the Theodore Wirth House
She also received a petition about the closing of the rec center at
Peavy Park with 200-300 signatures which is amazing to her for the
Phillips neighborhood
Commissioner Kummer also received the letter about the Wirth House and
also the packet about the repurposing of the schools MPS is closing (
like the one where Peavy Park rec center used to be)
LIZ'S NOTE: One of the schools slated for closing is Putnam in NE
which shares space with the Northeast Park rec center. Will that be
lost as well?????
Commissioner Berry Graves also received the above mentioned letters and
mentioned that 800-1000 people went through the Wirth House during the
tour.
She also mentions that the north end of Lake of the Isles is showing
some improvement though it wants to revert to its swamp like origins
Meeting Adjourned 8:20 p.m.
Liz Wielinski
Columbia Park
www.mplsparkwatch.org
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