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 MEETING DATE: Tuesday, July 07, 2020 MEETING TIME: 5:30 ☐AM ☒PM MEETING PLACE: VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING The public is invited to participate in the Board of Park Commissioners meeting on July 7th via the GoToWebinar platform. The public should register in advance of the meeting at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 3745437289982437390 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 digitally raise your hand and be recognized by the Chairman. You may speak for no more than 2 minutes. Approval of the Minutes: Regular Meeting March 5, 2020 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: New Business  Updates on current Park Rules during COVID-19 State of Emergency  Discussion on Park/Field Use during Phase II and Phase III of Covid-19 State of Emergency  Request by the Fitchburg Firefighters Relief Association to install signage on the Upper Common requesting dogs waste be picked up  Discussion with Community Development regarding Park Use by local businesses  Discussion on opportunities which may be available to facilitate a streamlined approvals process for events in City Parks during Phase III of the Governor’s Reopening Plan.  Request by the Community Development Dept. and the Sam Pawlak Playground Community to relocated the proposed park to Parkhill Park and apply for a PARC Grant. Please see the attached presentation.  Friends of Coggshall Park request to install signage on Henry Coggshall Memorial Stone House recognizing contributions by the Montachusett Regional Technical Vocational School in the reconstruction of the stone house. 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.