Park Board Selects Officers, Committees, Representatives for 2013

Via a January 3 e-newsletter from the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board:

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) held its annual meeting Wednesday, Jan. 2, and elected its officers for 2013. Commissioners elected John Erwin as President for the fourth consecutive year and Liz Wielinski as Vice President for the second consecutive year.

The Board also elected Michael P. Schmidt to continue serving as Secretary to the Board and Attorney Brian Rice and firm Rice Michels and Walther LLP as General Counsel.

President Erwin appointed the following Commissioners to serve on Standing Committees of the Board (one-year terms):

•Administration and Finance Committee – Chair Scott Vreeland, Vice Chair Anita Tabb, Bob Fine, Jon Olson, Liz Wielinski
•Recreation Committee – Chair Bob Fine, Vice Chair Brad Bourn, Carol Kummer, Anita Tabb, Liz Wielinski
•Planning Committee – Chair Anita Tabb, Vice Chair Bob Fine, Jon Olson, Scott Vreeland, Annie Young
•Operations and Environment Committee – Chair Jon Olson, Vice Chair Brad Bourn, Liz Wielinski, Scott Vreeland, Annie Young
•Legislation and Intergovernmental Committee – Chair Carol Kummer, Vice Chair Jon Olson, Bob Fine, Anita Tabb, Liz Wielinski
•Standards and Conduct Committee – Chair Liz Wielinski, Vice Chair Annie Yount, Scott Vreeland, Carol Kummer, Bob Fine
•Innovation and Development Committee – Chair Annie Young, Vice Chair Jon Olson, Scott Vreeland, Liz Wielinski, Brad Bourn, Juli Wiseman
 
Park Board Commissioners, ten citizens and Superintendent Jayne Miller were appointed to serve on the following external boards, commissions and panels. All terms are one year unless otherwise noted.

•Planning Commission – Liz Wielinski (second year of two-year term)
•Board of Estimate and Taxation – Bob Fine
•Neighborhood and Community Engagement Commission – Citizen appointee Ali Warsame (two year term expires July 2013)
•St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board – Scott Vreeland, Liz Wielinski, John Erwin, citizen appointee Stephanie Gruver, Superintendent Jayne Miller
•Youth Coordinating Board – Brad Bourn
•Minneapolis Institute of Arts Board – Anita Tabb
•Mississippi Watershed Management Organization – Scott Vreeland, alternate Annie Young
•John H. Stevens House Organization – Carol Kummer
•Minneapolis Parks Foundation – John Erwin, alternate Bob Fine
•Minneapolis Tree Advisory Committee – Scott Vreeland, citizen appointees Peggy Booth, Gay Noble, Jeanne LaBore, Don Willeke
•Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership – Liz Wielinski, Scott Vreeland, Anita Tabb
•Minneapolis DID Gate Committee – John Erwin
•Minneapolis DID Greening Design & Infrastructure Committee – John Erwin
•Southwest LRT Community Works Steering Committee – Anita Tabb
•Bottineau Transitway Policy Advisory Committee – John Erwin
•Minneapolis Bicycle Advisory Committee – Citizen appointees Janice Gepner, Matthew Hendricks, Joshua Houdek (two-year term expires May 2014)
•Internal Audit Committee – Citizen appointee Mark Oyaas (three year term)
 
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board typically meets at 5 p.m. every first and third Wednesday of each month for regular meetings. Board meetings are broadcast live from 5 to 9 p.m. on the Minneapolis Government Meeting Channel 79 on Comcast cable and online on the Channel 79 webpage.

Meeting agendas and related information are typically posted on http://www.minneapolisparks.org/ two business days prior to each meeting.