PARKS, RECREATION & CULTURAL SERVICES COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular Meeting
 Thursday, May 16, 2019 – 7 P.M.
Council Chambers | Novi Civic Center |45175 Ten Mile Road
248.347.0400
 

1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:  
 
2. ROLL CALL:  Commissioners Dooley, Thomopoulos, Joshi, Muzzin, Pratt, Staab, Torimoto, Student Representatives Alex Fortsch, Ananya Kamalesh
 
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
 
4. CITIZEN COMMENTS: In order to hear all citizen comments at a reasonable hour, the City Council requests that speakers respect the three-minute time limit. This is not a question-answer session. However, it is an opportunity to voice your thoughts with City Council. Speakers wishing to display visual materials through the City’s audiovisual system must provide the materials to the PRCS Office no later than 12:00 p.m. noon the day of the meeting. The materials cannot be changed before the meeting.
                                                                                                                                                
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
   A. Approval of March 2019 minutes
 
6. COMMITTEE REPORTS:
    A. Walkable Novi – Commissioners Thomopoulos & Muzzin
    B. Novi Park Foundation – Commissioners Staab & Torimoto
    C. Grants Committee – Commissioners Dooley & Joshi
    D. Parks Updates
        1. Wildlife Woods Park – Commissioner Pratt
        2. Rotary Park – Commissioner Thomopoulos/Student Rep. Fortsch
        3. Brookfarm Park – Commissioner Muzzin (Apr.)
        4. Village Wood Lake Park – Commissioner Pratt (Feb.)
 
7. MATTERS FOR COMMISSION DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION:
    A. Strategic Community Recreation & Master Park Plan
    B. Lakeshore Park Playground Options

8. STAFF REPORTS:
    A. Administration Division – Director Jeff Muck
        1. Park Project Updates
    B. Recreation Division – Deputy Director Tracie Ringle
        1. Program & Services
    C. Older Adults Division – Older Adult Services Manager Karen Kapchonick
        1. Program & Services
                                   
9. CITIZEN COMMENTS:
           
10. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS:
           
11. ADJOURNMENT
           
12. FUTURE EVENTS:        
 
May 2019
16         Parks Commission @ Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
17         Spring Palooza @ Novi Civic Center – 6-8:30 p.m.
18         Child Car Seat Safety Check @ Fire Station #4 – 9 a.m.-Noon
18         Household Hazardous Waste Day @ Milford Civic Center – 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
11         Sensory Sundays for Children @ Novi Public Library – 10:30 a.m.
11         Novi Concert Band Performance @ Novi Civic Center – 2 p.m.
20         City Council @ Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
26         Library Closed
27         City Offices, Meadowbrook, Library Closed (Memorial Day)     
27         Memorial Day 5k @ Fuerst Park – 8 a.m.
27         Memorial Day Parade @ 10 Mile Road (Karim Blvd. to Civic Center) – 10 a.m.
27         Memorial Day Veterans Service @ Novi Civic Center – 11:30 a.m.
 
June 2019
1          Novi CARES Cemetery Day @ Novi Cemetery – 9-11 a.m.
1          Shred Day @ Corrigan Records Storage – 9 a.m.-noon
3          City Council @ Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
4          Novi Chamber 32nd Annual Golf Outing @ Links of Novi – 8:30 a.m.
5          CPR Class @ Fire Station #4 – 6:30-10 p.m.
9          Sensory Sundays for Children @ Novi Public Library – 10:30 a.m.
13         Yappy Hour @ Novi Dog Park – 6-7 p.m.
15         Novi Parks Soccer Club’s Lightning Select Tryouts @ Wildlife Woods
15         CPL Class @ Police Training Center – 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
15         Child Car Seat Safety Check @ Fire Station #4 – 9 a.m.-Noon
16         Library Closed (Mother’s Day)
17         City Council @ Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
19         Sizzling Summer @ Fuerst Park – 10:30 a.m.
20         Parks Commission @ Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
26         Sizzling Summer @ Fuerst Park – 10:30 a.m.
21         Sizzling Summer Nights @ Fuerst Park – 7 p.m.
22         The Great Campout @ Wildlife Woods – 3 p.m.
27         OAS “Red, White and You” Fourth of July Luncheon @ Meadowbrook Activity Center – Noon-2 p.m.
 
NOTICE:  People with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in this meeting should contact the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department 248.347.0400 at least two working days in advance of the meeting. An attempt will be made to make reasonable accommodations.