Board of Park Commissioners

CITY OF FITCHBURG Filed in the City Clerk’s Office: NOTICE OF P UBLIC MEETING NAME OF PUBLIC BODY HOLDING THE MEETING : BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS MEETING DATE : Tuesday, July 09, 2019 MEETING TIME : 5:30 ☐AM ☒PM MEETING PLACE : FITCHBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY Name of building (if applicable) Room number (if applicable) GARDEN ROOM Address 610 MAIN STREET City Fitchburg, MA 01420 AGENDA ITEMS :* Pledge of Allegiance Approval of the Minutes: Regular Meeting May 7, 2019 Department Reports:  Friends of Coggshall Park Report  Community Development Report  Parks Maintenance Report  Riverfront Parks and Trails Fund Report  Recreation Director's Report Presentation:  Fitchburg Fire Department presentation on proposed work for the Firefighters Memorial. Old Business:  Updates from NewVue Communities on the Fitchburg Art Community Project. o Review of proposed construction license agreement o Request to conduct engineering site test on Lowe Playground.  Updates on Rock Walk monument placement.  Discussion on amending the Park Rules (tabled)  Discussion on purchasing additional chairs and tables for Coggshall Park. (tabled) New Business  Request by Veteran Commissioner for the Board of Park Commissioners to exploring installing lighting at all flag poles in the parks flying the American flag per US Flag Code.  Park use request by SunnySide Organization for the use of Lowe Playground Basketball Courts on Saturday, July 20, 2019 from 10am – 7PM for 2nd annual Summer ThrowDown basketball tournament.  Friends of Coggshall Park request for special permission to serve alcohol at Coggshall Park on September 23, 2019.  Park use request by Friends of Fitchburg Dogs for the use of Coolidge Park on August 25, 2019 for 2nd annual Fitchburg Dog Festival. *Please note: Massachusetts Open Meeting Law requires that all topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates must be listed and that the list of topics must be sufficiently specific to reasonably inform the public of the issues to be discussed at the meeting.  CITY OF FITCHBURG NOTICE OF P UBLIC MEETING Park use request by Friends of Fitchburg Dogs for the use of Coolidge Park on October 27, 2019 for annual Howl-o-ween Party. Community Issues: Open Forum Nathan LaRose, Recreation Director Name and title of person submitting this notice *Please note: Massachusetts Open Meeting Law requires that all topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates must be listed and that the list of topics must be sufficiently specific to reasonably inform the public of the issues to be discussed at the meeting.