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, February 11, 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 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 January 7, 2020 Selection of Chair and Vice Chair Approval of the 2020 Meeting Schedule 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)  Discussion on long-term plans for winter storage of domesticated animals from Coggshall Park (tabled) New Business  Park Use Request by the Fitchburg Arts Stewards for the use of Riverfront Park on February 29, 2020 from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. for the Leap Year Light Festival  NoWoCo Pride Event Application. 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.