City Parks Committee Meeting

March 27, 2024, 5:30pm, City Hall

Agenda

I.          Appoint permanent/rotating note taker (5)

            Approve minutes from February

II.         Updates/Park Plans for Spring ’24 (10)

                                    -Dearborn/JH Park Restoration/report-Melissa

                                    -Common Foot Paths-John

III.       Priority/Waterfront Park/Resilience (30)

                                    -John/Spring Work and Challenges

                                    -Marc/priorities, cost and time efficiencies

                                    -Car Show status update/recommendation

                                    -Garden areas – Tamara, Dorothy, Veronica

IV.       A Model for Park Auditing (10)

                                    -How to assess a park’s attributes, needs?

                                     (see reverse side)                                                      

V.        Members’ New Business/Thoughts and Suggestions

                                    -Soldier’s Field Woodland – Doug Baston

                                    -Other

VI.       “Pick-A-Park”  Homework  (5)

Parks/Properties in Gardiner:

Gardiner Common/Brunswick Square, Dearborn/JH Park, McKay Park, The Overlook, Waterfront Park, New Mills Park (Water District), Soldier’s Field Woodland, Quimby Field Park, South Gardiner Park, OC Woodman Site, Dog Park, Macmaster Square, Harrison Ave. Trail, Peg Shaw Garden (GPL/owned by the Library Association)