7:00 pm

Samuel G. Dodd Award

for

Distinguished Volunteer Service in Mansfield Natural Areas

 2009 recipient -Betty Robinson

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Parks Advisory Committee Meeting

March 4, 2009

MANSFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM

7:30 pm

Acting Secretary- Tom Harrington

I. Welcome

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of February minutes

IV. New Business

1. Supporting Last Green Valley Funding

2. Town Council Referral:  Feedback on relevant vision points identified in

                  Strategic Planning-Mansfield 2020: A Unified Vision

V. Continuing Business

1. Management plans

2. Upcoming FOMP Programs

3. FOMP ideas for summer programs

4. PAC Projects

5. Planning, Acquisition, and Management Guidelines

VI. Staff Report

1. Recent Acquisitions

2. NAV workdays-spring schedule reminder

3. Grant in Process

§ Commonfields Path through time

§ River Park (online trail guide)

§ NEPA Tree Grant Program-rain garden plantings at River Park

VII. Other Committee Minutes

1. Conservation Commission

2. Open Space Preservation Committee

3. Planning and Zoning Commission

VIII. Other

IX. Adjournment

1. Future meeting dates/agenda items for meeting of May 6, 2009