Wednesday
Jan182012
Guthrie Theater and Gold Medal Flour Sign at Gold Medal Park
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 1:00PM
Views of the Guthrie Theater and Washburn A Mill taken at Gold Medal Park in the Mill District of Minneapolis.
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Covering life, work, and play in the Historic Mill District and Downtown Minneapolis Riverfront neighborhoods. Have an opinion, local news or events to share? Contact us.
Wednesday
Jan182012
Take Advantage of Mill City Commons' New Membership Promotion
Join Mill City Commons in January and have your annual membership extended through March 31, 2013!
Our mission: Mill City Commons’ members build community through social, educational, cultural, and wellness activities and connect with each other and the resources to maintain healthy and vibrant lives as we age.
For more information, please contact Executive Director Linnea Tweed at linneatweed@millcitycommons.org or 612-455-3329.
Dave and I have been members for a year now and consider it a valuable part of our lives in the Mill District.
Tuesday
Jan172012
City Community Development Committee Votes to Approve Land Sale to Izzys
Minneapolis Community Development Committee just voted 6-0 to approve the land sale to Izzy's.
Izzy's owner Sommers, one of his employees and his architect spoke in favor of the sale.
8-12 (I'm estimating) neighbors, developer Stanton and his attorney spoke against the sale. No local residents spoke in favor.
The matter goes next to the full City Council for approval.
Tuesday
Jan172012
Crown Hydro Update
The Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board will vote to approve its 2012 Legislative Agenda during the next regular MPRB meeting Jan. 18. One of the items on the Legislative Agenda is the following which addresses the Crown Hydro proposal:
PROTECT LOCAL CONTROL OF PARK LAND: Attempts were made last year to force the Park Board to grant a private entity the right to use park land for a hydroelectric facility. The Park Board and other local governmental units had serious concerns about the constitutionality of the legislation and the usurpation of local control, and no such legislation was passed. We will again fight any efforts to force the Park Board to relinquish control of its land to private entities.
Tuesday
Jan172012
Scenes from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Guthrie Theater
In the course of one sultry evening, a prominent Southern dynasty is pushed to the brink when tender memories are relived and life altering secrets are revealed. It's the 65th birthday of wealthy Southern plantation owner Big Daddy and his family has gathered to celebrate, while sparing him the news that he's dying of cancer. As one son Brick, a hunky former football hero, mysteriously retreats from his desirable but sexually frustrated wife Maggie, his money hungry brother and sister-in-law plot to secure more than their share of the family fortune.
Don't miss this Pulitzer Prize-winning gem, an emotionally intense drama that sizzles with passion and greed like you've never experienced before. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is being presented on the Wurtele Thrust stage through February 26, 2012.
Monday
Jan162012
The Week Ahead in Mill City / January 16-22
Above: The latest update to the Mill City Photo Pool...
Each Monday morning we provide an easy to reference list of events and activities for the week ahead in the Mill City neighborhood. Submit your events here...
Tuesday, January 17
Public Hearing at City Hall re: Izzy's
Wednesday, January 18
Christine Stark & Olga Trujillo Reading at The Loft
Cook for the Week Class at Local D'Lish
Minneapolis Park & Rec Board Meeting
Thursday, January 19
Happy Hour with a Preservationist - Tour of the Basilica of St. Mary
Friday, January 20
Suzzy Roche Reading/Performance at The Loft
Saturday, January 21
Washburn A Mill Tour at Mill City Museum
Farmers Market at Local D'lish
Snow Play Family Workshop at MCBA
Minneapolis Central Friends Children’s Book Sale at Central Library
Sunday
Jan152012
CPED Needs a New Calculator - Izzy's: Good Ice Cream, Bad Neighbor? Part 2
About the Author: David Tinjum is a resident of the Historic Mill District of Minneapolis, Publisher of Mill City Media, and CEO of St. Paul based software company Customer FX Corporation.
*Disclaimer: Izzy's Ice Cream is not yet a neighbor, and therefore cannot be considered a bad one, yet.
Izzy's is not the only company offering to buy the vacant lot across the street from Gold Medal Park:
In September 2010, the City issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for redevelopment of the site for commercial, residential, industrial, or mixed-use purposes. The RFP contained an asking price of $437,850, which was based on an outside appraisal. The City received one response to the RFP from Shamrock Development, Inc. Shamrock owns the neighboring property and received final City planning approval in November 2010 to build a 150 unit residential project called Park Vista on its property. The City and Shamrock negotiated over the terms of a potential sale of 1100 2nd Street South for several months, but were unable to come to agreement on important issues such as price....(see the document embeded below)
The City's rationalization for refusing the original offer from Shamrock:
The City and Shamrock negotiated over the terms of a potential sale of 1100 2nd Street South for several months, but were unable to come to agreement on important issues such as price and development on the property. Shamrock consistently offered no more than $350,000...(see the document embeded below)
I don't need to draw on my 30 years of contract negotiation experience, or my advanced math skills, to choose the better offer (again, numbers are from the document embeded below):
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Izzy’s Offer |
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Sales Price |
$437,850 |
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*Minneapolis Taxpayer Subsidies |
$88,000 |
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Net |
$349,850 |
*Not shown - $104,000 in additional Taxpayer Subsidies from the State of MN and Hennepin County
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Shamrock Original Offer |
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|
Sales Price |
$350,000 |
|
Minneapolis Taxpayer Subsidies |
$0 |
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Net |
$350,000 |
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Shamrock’s Latest Offer |
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|
Sales Price |
$450,000 |
|
Minneapolis Taxpayer Subsidies |
$0 |
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Net |
$450,000 |
Congratulations CPED, on negotiating a lower price for a City Minneapolis Taxpayer asset. If you do enough deals like this you can assure another round of property tax increases.
The Park Vista development will not be built should the City of Minneapolis accept the lowball offer from Izzy's. There are several factors which make building this shovel ready, City approved housing development next to a factory unfeasible, which CPED is, or should be aware of. We will discuss this in the next installment of this series.
Our Elected Officials Have an Either/Or Choice to Make
This should be easy:
- $25,000 annual property tax revenue from Izzy's
- $1,500,000 annual property tax revenue from the Park Vista condos
And
- $2 million pumped into economy during construction of Izzy's
- $60-70 million pumped into economy during construction of Park Vista
And
- $1.2 million from Park Vista in City licensing & inspection fees for construction
- A tiny (proportionate) amount from Izzy's
And
- Dozens of high paying construction jobs from Izzy's
- Hundreds of high paying construction jobs from Park Vista
And
- Decreased property values for property near the factory
- Increased property values for property near new luxury condos
And
- Economic benefit to local businesses from 300+ Park Vista residents vs. a handful of part time Izzy's employees
The economic impact of these two alternatives goes much further than outlined above. The difference in property tax revenue alone is so great, the question has to be asked:
What is Really Driving this Decision?
An exhaustive search of the public record has failed to turn up anything. Discussions with some of those involved have not resulted in an explicit explanation. But, listening to the tone of those involved and reading between the lines of what was said has led me to this opinion:
The City and Shamrock had a pissing contest over the initial RFP, Shamrock lost, now the City is rubbing its face in it, regardless of the best interests of Minneapolis taxpayers.
This Decision Will Result in Higher or Lower Property Taxes
This is an important issue that will have an impact on Minneapolis Taxpayers, and this neighborhood for decades to come. Please make your voice heard, contact our elected officials.
Part 1 - Izzy's: Good Ice Cream, Bad Neighbor?
Part 2 - CPED Needs a New Calculator (this article)
To download click the downward arrow above, or go to the download page here...
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Please Email the Minneapolis Community Development Committee
In advance of the next meeting (see below) please email the City Council Members with a simple request: "Please vote against the Izzy's proposal".
Email Lisa Goodman, Chair at:
Lisa.Goodman@minneapolismn.gov
cc the members below:
John Quincy, Vice Chair – John.Quincy@minneapolismn.gov
Kevin Reich - Kevin.Reich@minneapolismn.gov
Robert Lilligren - Robert.Lilligren@minneapolismn.gov
Cam Gordon - Cam.Gordon@minneapolismn.gov
Don Samuels - Don.Samuels@minneapolismn.gov
info@thedmna.org (Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association)
Your voice makes a difference in local policy making, please take action!
Please Attend This Important Meeting at City Hall on Tuesday 1/17/2012
A public hearing for the sale of Outlot C, 1100 2nd St S, for $437,850 to River Road Holdings, LLC, an entity affiliated with Izzy's Ice Cream (the staff recommendation), is scheduled for the next Community Development Committee meeting.
When: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Where: Room 317, City Hall.
The public is invited to give testimony, please do so.
Sunday
Jan152012
Letter to City of Minneapolis Regarding Izzy's Factory
The letter bellow was sent to the members of the Minneapolis Community Development Committee this past week by the Bridgewater Lofts Board of Directors on behalf of it's 400 + residents:
To download click the downward arrow above, or go to the download page here...
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Please Email the Minneapolis Community Development Committee
In advance of the next meeting (see below) please email the City Council Members with a simple request: "Please vote against the Izzy's proposal".
Email Lisa Goodman, Chair at:
Lisa.Goodman@minneapolismn.gov
cc the members below:
John Quincy, Vice Chair – John.Quincy@minneapolismn.gov
Kevin Reich - Kevin.Reich@minneapolismn.gov
Robert Lilligren - Robert.Lilligren@minneapolismn.gov
Cam Gordon - Cam.Gordon@minneapolismn.gov
Don Samuels - Don.Samuels@minneapolismn.gov
info@thedmna.org (Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association)
Your voice makes a difference in local policy making, please take action!
Please Attend This Important Meeting at City Hall on Tuesday 1/17/2012
A public hearing for the sale of Outlot C, 1100 2nd St S, for $437,850 to River Road Holdings, LLC, an entity affiliated with Izzy's Ice Cream (the staff recommendation), is scheduled for the next Community Development Committee meeting.
When: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Where: Room 317, City Hall.
The public is invited to give testimony, please do so.
Friday
Jan132012
Izzy's: Good Ice Cream, Bad Neighbor? Part 1
They want to build a factory across the street from Gold Medal Park? With Taxpayer Dollars? Really?
About the Author: David Tinjum is a resident of the Historic Mill District of Minneapolis, Publisher of Mill City Media, and CEO of St. Paul based software company Customer FX Corporation.
*Disclaimer: Izzy's Ice Cream is not yet a neighbor, and therefore cannot be considered a bad one, yet. Mill City Times, and the author, are opposed to the development of a factory across the street from Gold Medal Park in the Historic Mill District of Minneapolis.
Above: The mock-up of the proposed fortress factory planned for 1100 S. 2nd Street - view full sized image
I like the ice cream Izzy's makes. I try to make sure I have a pint of Chocolate Chip (I know, boring) in the freezer at all times. We get it from the grocery store in our building, which is located across the street from Gold Medal Park. However, making good ice cream does not make Izzy's a good fit for the Historic Mill District neighborhood.
It's a Factory, Not a Parlor
An ice cream parlor at this location would be awesome, and if a casual follower of the issue were to believe the spin coming from the Minneapolis Community Planning & Economic Development Department (CPED), that's what's being planned:
“We think it would be a great use to have this adjacent to Gold Medal Park. What a great thing to have an ice cream place there.” Cathy Polaski with CPED in Finance & Commerce.
Sounds pretty delicious, but what is actually planned is a factory. Forget about visions of strolling through Gold Medal Park with an ice cream cone with your family on a sunny summer evening. This is just one of many misleading statements from our local government officials which the local press has been all too willing to publish.
“It’s also a great fit for the neighborhood’s dynamic mix of residents, cyclists, students, pedestrians and entertainment-goers...” Mayor Rybak said in this Finance & Commerce article.
Really? A factory? That's quite a stretch Mr. Mayor. You better check with CPED, they must have forgotten to copy you on the memo about this being a factory rather than an ice cream parlor.
A Factory is Forever, Long Term Planning is Needed
Regardless of what is being produced, once approved and constructed it will remain a factory regardless of which company owns the building. Future owners of the building will not need any approval from the City of Minneapolis for any use allowed under the Minneapolis Zoning Ordinances.
"It's industrial, but it's a one-story building that makes ice cream," said Council Member Gary Schiff, chairman of the zoning and planning committee. "We're not talking a foundry here." From a recent article in the Star Tribune...
As Chair of the Zoning and Planning Committee, Mr. Schiff is well aware that businesses come and go, but the building retains it's zoning uses. And businesses, especially small ones like Izzy's, come and go frequently.
According to an article in the Pioneer Press, Izzy's has has expanded, and failed twice in the last several years, only to retreat to it's current single location:
This isn't the first time Sommers and Hammel have branched across the river. In 2001, a year after opening Izzy's in St. Paul, they opened a second store in the downtown Minneapolis Medical Arts Building. A year later, they ran an ice cream kiosk nearby at the Marshall Field's store. They closed both a few years later. Pioneer Press...
From a community planning perspective, we have to ask ourselves if having say, a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in this location would be bad for the neighborhood. Yep, that would be an approved use under current zoning, as would a whole host of other uses not nearly as yummy sounding as ice cream.
A Factory Only Possible Because of Out of Date Zoning
Although the land is zoned light industrial, this designation is a relic from the days when the area was a railroad yard. Only 20 years ago this area was considered "skid row". Today an elegant and heavily-used park – surrounded by residential, cultural, and professional offices – beautifies this repurposed riverfront section of the city.
The City Needs to Hear from the Community
This is an important issue that will have an impact on this neighborhood for decades to come. As we'll point out in an upcoming installment of this series, so far the neighborhood has had zero input into the decision making process. Please read on below for details on how you can make your voice heard.
This is the 1st in a 5 part series digging into everything the City of Minneapolis and the local press is not telling us about this issue.
Part 1 - Izzy's: Good Ice Cream, Bad Neighbor? (this article)
Part 2 - CPED Needs a New Calculator
On Monday: Why Izzy's will kill Park Vista
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Please Email the Minneapolis Community Development Committee
In advance of the next meeting (see below) please email the City Council Members with a simple request: "Please vote against the Izzy's proposal".
Email Lisa Goodman, Chair at:
Lisa.Goodman@minneapolismn.gov
cc the members below:
John Quincy, Vice Chair – John.Quincy@minneapolismn.gov
Kevin Reich - Kevin.Reich@minneapolismn.gov
Robert Lilligren - Robert.Lilligren@minneapolismn.gov
Cam Gordon - Cam.Gordon@minneapolismn.gov
Don Samuels - Don.Samuels@minneapolismn.gov
info@thedmna.org (Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association)
Your voice makes a difference in local policy making, please take action!
Please Attend This Important Meeting at City Hall on Tuesday 1/17/2012
A public hearing for the sale of Outlot C, 1100 2nd St S, for $437,850 to River Road Holdings, LLC, an entity affiliated with Izzy's Ice Cream (the staff recommendation), is scheduled for the next Community Development Committee meeting.
When: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Where: Room 317, City Hall.
The public is invited to give testimony, please do so.
Below: Summer fun at Gold Medal Park
Friday
Jan132012
Showing through January 19 - "Sleeping Beauty" from the Film Society of Minneapolis/St.Paul
Where: St. Anthony Main Theater - Screen 3, 115 SE Main Street
When: See The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul website for a full listing of January 13 - 19 show times.
The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul presents SLEEPING BEAUTY, the provocative directorial debut by Australian novelist Julia Leigh (The Hunter, Disquiet). This official selection of Cannes and Toronto film festivals stars Emily Browning (Sucker Punch, A Series of Unfortunate Events) as young Lucy, a college student possessed by a radical passivity who takes on niche sex work to fund her studies. Australian auteur Jane Campion (The Piano, Bright Star) served as a consultant and mentor to Leigh, and subsequently endorsed a “presented by” credit on the film.
SLEEPING BEAUTY —
Sleeping Beauty is a fascinating depiction of a young woman’s reckless decent into a shocking world of erotic desires. Lucy (Emily Browning) is a young university student possessed by a kind of radical passivity. She lets a flip of a coin decide the outcome of a random sexual encounter and she displays an uncomplaining patience when facing the repetitions of her various menial jobs that fund her studies. One day she answers an ad in the student newspaper and interviews for a job to be a lingerie waitress. But she is secretly being initiated into a world of strange new work; one where she will have to give into absolute submission to her clients by being sedated; becoming a Sleeping Beauty.
Eventually this unnerving experience begins to bleed into her daily life and she finally develops the will to break the spell by discovering what happens to her while she sleeps. With a fearless performance by Browning, director Julia Leigh creates a bold cinematic vision; one where Lucy, both in her clandestine sexual adventures and in her mundane daily existence, lives with the same unflinching and brutal honesty. (IFC Films)
Sleeping Beauty, Director Julia Leigh, 101 min, Australia, 2011, HD
Friday
Jan132012
This Weekend in Mill City / January 13-15
Events this weekend in and around the Historic Mill District and Minneapolis Riverfront Neighborhoods. Have an event to share? Contact us...
Friday, January 13
'Quick Week Night Meals' Class at Local D'Lish
Minneapolis Home & Landscape Expo at the Dome
Saturday, January 14
MCAD Exhibit: 125 years starts at Central Library
Taste Twin Cities Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour
Winning Recipes from the Pillsbury Bake-Off at Mill City Museum
Minneapolis Home & Landscape Expo at the Dome
Sunday, January 15
Urban Yoga Workshop at Southern Theater
Tai Chi for Health Class for Beginners Workshop at Open Book
Rock Guitar Workshop with Randy Sobaski at MacPhail
Minneapolis Home & Landscape Expo at the Dome
Tuesday
Jan102012
Things to Do in Minneapolis in the Winter [Video]
From Meet Minneapolis:
From the Stone Arch Bridge:
Tuesday
Jan102012
Tonight - Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association Board Meeting
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Central Library, Room N-202, 300 Nicollet Mall
Monday
Jan092012
Showing through January 12 - "How the Richest Man in Russia Became Its Most Famous Prisoner" from the Film Society of Minnesota
Where: St. Anthony Main Theater - Screen 3
When: See the Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul website for a full listing of January 6 - 12 show times.
This exhilarating documentary chronicles Mikhail Khodorkovsky's transformation from a self-proclaimed socialist to a fully realized capitalist – also recounting the stunning turn of events that made him one of world's most famous political prisoners.
Weaving together in-depth interviews (including the first on-camera exchange with Khodorkovsky since his arrest), archival material, and stylized computer-animated reenactments, Tuschi shows us a man who embodies the paradox that is modern Russia – condemning the very corruption that helped make his fortune and envisioning a new Russia with respect for the rule of law.
Monday
Jan092012
The Week Ahead in Mill City / January 9-15
Each Monday morning we provide an easy to reference list of events and activities for the week ahead in the Mill City neighborhood. Submit your events here...
Monday, January 9
NT Live Filmed Presentation of Collaborators at the Guthrie
Arts Town Hall Meeting at Mill City Museum
Tuesday, January 10
DMNA Board Meeting at Central Library
Books & Bars Series at Aster Cafe
Wednesday, January 11
'10 Key Foods to Keep You on Track in the New Year' Class at Local D'Lish
Economy Busters Wine Dinner at Spill the Wine
Thursday, January 12
Brenda, My Darling with Eric Utne at The Loft
Taste Twin Cities Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour
Friday, January 13
'Quick Week Night Meals' Class at Local D'Lish
Minneapolis Home & Landscape Expo at the Dome
Saturday, January 14
Taste Twin Cities Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour
Winning Recipes from the Pillsbury Bake-Off at Mill City Museum
Minneapolis Home & Landscape Expo at the Dome
Sunday, January 15
Urban Yoga Workshop at Southern Theater
Tai Chi for Health Class for Beginners Workshop at Open Book
Rock Guitar Workshop with Randy Sobaski at MacPhail
Minneapolis Home & Landscape Expo at the Dome
Saturday
Jan072012
2012 Volunteer and Internship Opportunities at The Soap Factory
The Soap Factory is proud to be supported by a team of over 400 volunteers and 20 interns each year. In 2011 volunteers completed over 14,000 hours of work, supporting programs like The Ten Second Film Festival, The Amazing Adventures of the Corporate Wizard in the Land of LARP, The Haunted Basement and all the regular exhibitions and building improvements.
;)
Applications are now being accepted for 2012 volunteers and interns.
All prospective year-round volunteers must attend a New Volunteer Orientation session. The next orientation session is scheduled for March 10. Internships at The Soap Factory are a terrific way to explore working at a nonprofit art gallery. Every year over 20 interns work closely with Soap Factory staff, board members and exhibiting artists.
See the website for application deadlines and other details.
Friday
Jan062012
This Weekend in Mill City / January 6-7
Events this weekend in and around the Historic Mill District and Minneapolis Riverfront Neighborhoods. Have an event to share? Contact us...
Friday, January 6
Live Music at Crooked Pint Ale House
Minneapolis Home & Landscape Expo at the Dome
Saturday, January 7
Minneapolis Home & Landscape Expo at the Dome
Taste Twin Cities Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour
Washburn A Mill Tour at Mill City Museum
“Jigs and Jives" Family Music Event at MacPhail
Moonlight Snowshoeing at Boom Island
Minneapolis Home & Landscape Expo at the Dome
Thursday
Jan052012
Park Board Selects Officers, Committees, Representatives for 2012
;)
From a January 4, 2012, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board e-newsletter:
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) held its annual meeting Tuesday, Jan. 3, and elected its officers for 2012. Commissioners elected John Erwin as President for the third consecutive year and Liz Wielinski was elected Vice President.
“I’m proud to continue the role of President, representing a Board that has made significant changes the last two years. Those changes include responsive leadership, a more efficient workforce, expanding our city’s tax base through riverfront development, and enhancing our parks and increasing greening while holding the line on property taxes,” said John Erwin, President of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
At the meeting President Erwin also acknowledged Commissioner Young’s contributions last year as Vice President, stating that Young’s service has been instrumental to the progress the Board and the organization has made.
The Board also elected Karen Robinson to continue serving as Secretary to the Board and Brian Rice as General Counsel.
President Erwin appointed the following Commissioners to serve on Standing Committees of the Board (one-year terms):
Administration and Finance Committee– Chair Scott Vreeland, Vice Chair Anita Tabb, Brad Bourn, Bob Fine, Liz Wielinski
Recreation Committee– Chair Bob Fine, Vice Chair Brad Bourn, Carol Kummer, Liz Wielinski, Jon Olson
Planning Committee– Chair Anita Tabb, Vice Chair Bob Fine, Annie Young, Scott Vreeland, Jon Olson
Operations and Environment Committee– Chair Jon Olson, Vice Chair Annie Young, Carol Kummer, Scott Vreeland, Brad Bourn
Legislation and Intergovernmental Committee– Chair Carol Kummer, Vice Chair Jon Olson, Anita Tabb, Liz Wielinski, Brad Bourn
Standards and Conduct Committee– Chair Annie Young, Vice Chair Scott Vreeland, Liz Wielinski, Bob Fine, Carol Kummer
Innovation and Development Committee– Chair Brad Bourn, Vice Chair Anita Tabb, Bob Fine, Annie Young, Scott Vreeland
Park Board Commissioners, ten citizens and Superintendent Miller were appointed to serve on the following external boards, commissions and panels:
Planning Commission– Liz Wielinski
Board of Estimate and Taxation – Bob Fine
Neighborhood and Community Engagement Commission (citizen appointment)– Ali Warsame
St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board– Scott Vreeland, Liz Wielinski, citizen appointee Stephanie Gruver, John Erwin, Superintendent Jayne Miller
Youth Coordinating Board – Bob Fine
Minneapolis Institute of Arts Board– Anita Tabb
Middle Mississippi Watershed Management Organization – Scott Vreeland, alternate Annie Young
John H. Stevens House Organization– Carol Kummer
Minneapolis Parks Foundation – John Erwin, alternate Brad Bourn
Minneapolis Tree Advisory Committee– Scott Vreeland, citizen appointees John Uban, Peggy Booth, Gay Noble, Jeanne LaBore, Don Willeke
Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership– Liz Wielinski, Scott Vreeland, Bob Fine
Minneapolis DID Greening Design & Infrastructure Committee – John Erwin
City-MPRB Green Ribbon Committee– John Erwin, Anita Tabb
Minneapolis Bicycle Advisory Committee– Citizen appointees Janice Gepner, Matthew Hendricks, Joshua Houdek
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board typically meets at 5 p.m. every first and third Wednesday of each month for regular meetings. MPRB Board meetings are broadcast live from 5-9 p.m. on the Minneapolis Government Meeting Channel 79 on Comcast cable and online on the Channel 79 webpage.
Meeting agendas and related information are typically posted on http://www.minneapolisparks.org/ two business days prior to each meeting.
