Board of Park Commissioners

CITY OF FITCHBURG Filed in the City Clerk’s Office: NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING FITCHBURG CITY CLERK Apr 01 2022 8:47 am NAME OF PUBLIC BODY HOLDING THE MEETING: BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS MEETING DATE: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 MEETING TIME: 5:30 ☐AM ☒PM FITCHBURG CITY HALL WEST CONFERENCE ROOM 718 MAIN STREET MEETING PLACE: FITCHBURG, MA 01420 This meeting will be open to the public. Persons who wish to participate remotely in the Public Forum portion of the meeting may request a remote attendance link by contacting the Recreation Director prior to NOON on the day of the meeting at recreation@fitchburgma.gov. AGENDA ITEMS:* 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: Special Meeting, Thursday, December 16, 2021 Approval of the 2022 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:  Updates on Mass Trails Grant for Mirror Lake Accessibility Project Design  Discussion on proposal to create Public Art in the Parks Policy and Application Process (Tabled)  Updates on Park Rules Signage (Tabled)  Shara Osgood to present updates on the Lowe Park Pride Mural Project New Business:  Empower Children for Success to request a park permit for the use of Riverfront Park on July 23, 2022 for a Health Fun for Children Wellness Fair.  Beers for Good to request a park permit for the use of Riverfront Park on June 24, 2022 through June 25, 2022 for the Annual Nashua River Brewers Festival.  Beers for Good to request a special permit to serve alcohol at Riverfront Park on June 25, 2022 at the Annual Nashua River Brewers Festival.  Growing Places to request park permit for the use of the Upper Common on Thursday Nights in June through October, 2022 for the annual Farmers’ Market. 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.