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The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) held its annual meeting Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 to select officers for 2023. Park Commissioners reelected Meg Forney as President and Alicia D. Smith as Vice President.
President Forney is in her third term serving as an At Large Commissioner. She first took office in 2014 and this will be her second year as President of the Board of Commissioners. Vice President Smith is in her first term as an At Large Commissioner and this will be her second year as Vice Present.
Park Commissioners selected District 6 Commissioner Cathy Abene as the MPRB representative on the Board of Estimate and Taxation, Jennifer Ringold to serve as Secretary to the Board, and law firm Rice, Walther & Mosley as General Counsel. District 3 Commissioner Becky Alper will serve her second year in a two-year term as the MPRB representative on the Minneapolis Planning Commission.
Standing Committees
President Forney appointed the following Commissioners to serve one-year terms on MPRB Standing Committees:
Administration and Finance Committee – Co-Chairs Elizabeth Shaffer and Becka Thompson, Members Billy Menz, Steffanie Musich, Alicia D. Smith
Legislation and Intergovernmental Committee – Co-Chairs Cathy Abene and Tom Olsen, Members Billy Menz, Alicia D. Smith, Becka Thompson
Operations and Environment Committee – Chair Steffanie Musich, Vice Chair Billy Menz, Members Cathy Abene, Becky Alper, Elizabeth Shaffer
Planning Committee – Co-Chairs Cathy Abene and Becky Alper, Members Tom Olsen, Elizabeth Shaffer, Becka Thompson
Recreation Committee – Chair Billy Menz, Vice Chair Alicia D. Smith, Members Becky Alper, Tom Olsen, Becka Thompson
Standards and Conduct Committee – Chair Alicia D. Smith, Vice Chair Steffanie Musich, Members Cathy Abene, Tom Olsen, Elizabeth Shaffer
External Appointments
MPRB Commissioners and Minneapolis residents were appointed to serve on the following external boards, committees and organizations. All appointments are one-year terms unless otherwise noted.
Cedar Riverside Partnership – Becky Alper
Internal Audit Committee – Cathy Abene
Lake Street Greenway Partnership – Becky Alper
METRO Blue Line Extension LRT Corridor Management Committee – Tom Olsen, Becka Thompson (alternate)
Minneapolis Bicycle Advisory Committee – Jeremy Bergerson, Janice Gepner, Maxwell Singer
Minneapolis Institute of Arts Board – Steffanie Musich
Minneapolis Parks Foundation – Becka Thompson
Minneapolis Tree Advisory Committee – Billy Menz, Barbara Schlaefer, Chris Linde, Giuseppe Marrari, Carol Sersland, Mary Bolla
Mississippi Watershed Management Organization – Billy Menz, Elizabeth Shaffer (alternate)
Neighborhood Revitalization Program Board – Alicia D. Smith
St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board – Billy Menz, Tom Olsen, Elizabeth Shaffer, Paul Reyelts
Southwest LRT Community Works Steering Committee – Elizabeth Shaffer, Tom Olsen (alternate)
Youth Coordinating Board – Alicia D. Smith
President Forney will announce citizen appointments after January 6 for the following three committees: Homegrown Minneapolis Food Council, METRO Blue Line Extension LRT Community Advisory Committee, and the Racial Equity Community Advisory Committee.
Board Meetings
The MPRB usually meets at 5 pm every first and third Wednesday of each month for regular meetings. MPRB meeting agendas and related information are posted on the Board Meetings page, usually the Friday preceding each Wednesday Board meeting.
Board meetings are broadcast live on the Minneapolis Parks YouTube channel, where videos of past meetings are also posted. Live meetings are also viewable on the Minneapolis Government Meeting Channel, SD channel 14 or HD channel 799 on Comcast.
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