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 : Thursday, November 07, 2019 MEETING TIME : 5:30 ☐AM ☒PM MEETING PLACE : MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL Name of building (if applicable) Room number (if applicable) CAFETERIA Address 615 ROLLSTONE RD City FITCHBURG, MA 01420 AGENDA ITEMS :* Pledge of Allegiance Public Forum: This is an opportunity for the public to speak to any item appearing on the agenda. If you wish to speak, you must stand and be recognized by the Chairman. You may speak for no more than 2 minutes. Approval of the Minutes: Regular Meeting October 1, 2019 Department Reports:  Friends of Coggshall Park Report  Community Development Report  Parks Maintenance Report  Riverfront Parks and Trails Fund Report  Recreation Director's Report Old Business:  Fitchburg Arts Community and Lowe Playground: o Vote to release the described easement from jurisdiction to the Board of Park Commissioners; (tabled) o Vote to declare the easement area to be surplus property and refer the same to the City Council for lawful disposition; (tabled) o Vote to approve the draft Resolution to City Council granting in the appropriate form a memorialization of the City’s intention to fund improvements at the Lowe Park in the amount of $150,000.00 after the receipt of 40 R funds on account of this project. (tabled)  Discussion on amending the Park Rules (tabled)  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. (tabled) New Business  Boy Scout Eagle Scout Candidate Devin Caron to do Eagle Scout project to add railings to the Stanley Park Gazebo. 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.