Board of Park Commissioners

CITY OF FITCHBURG Filed in the City Clerk’s Office: NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING NAME OF PUBLIC BODY HOLDING THE MEETING: BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS Agenda Revised January 3, 2020 MEETING DATE: Tuesday, January 07, 2020 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 Presentation: Appreciation to Darlene Bergeron for her many years of service to the Children of Fitchburg through the Fitchburg Youth Soccer Association. Presentation: Fitchburg Trails Vision Committee presentation on proposed Trails Vision document. 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 November 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 Old Business:  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  Acceptance and referral to the Mayor’s Office of a MassTrails grant to design an accessible boardwalk and trail to the Coggshall Park Gazebo for $50,000.  Discussion and Approval to submit annual CDBG Application  Discussion on long-term plans for winter storage of domesticated animals from Coggshall Park  Request for Board of Park Commissioner support for a City MassTrails application to install wayfinding signage in parks and on public land providing guidance towards different public trails. 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.