PARKS, RECREATION & CULTURAL SERVICES COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular Meeting
 Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 – 7 P.M.
Council Chambers | Novi Civic Center |45175 Ten Mile Road
248.347.0400



1.         PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:  
 
2.         ROLL CALL:  Commissioners Staab, Bauss, Dooley, Jewell, Pratt, Thomopoulos, Torimoto, Student Representative Katherine Wei
 
3.         APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
 
4.         CITIZEN COMMENTS: In order to hear all citizen comments at a reasonable hour, the Parks Commission 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 PRCS Commission. Speakers wishing to display visual materials through the City’s audiovisual system must provide the materials to the PRCS Office no later than 5 p.m. five days before the meeting and the materials cannot be changed before the meeting.
                                                                                                                                                
5.         APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
 
A. Approval of August 2016 minutes
 
6.         COMMITTEE REPORTS:
 

A.        Walkable Novi – Commissioners Bauss
B.         Novi Park Foundation – Commissioner Torimoto & Jewell
C.        Grants Committee – Commissioners Pratt & Dooley
D.        Parks Maintenance Standards
1. Wildlife Woods Park – Commissioner Torimoto
2. Rotary Park – Commissioner Bauss
3. Novi Dog Park – Commissioner Pratt

 
7.         MATTERS FOR COMMISSION DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION:
 

A. Discussion on PRCS 35th Anniversary
B.  Committee, Chair & Vice Chair Appointments

 
8.         STAFF REPORTS:
           

A.        Administration Division – Director Jeff Muck
1. Project Updates
                                                                                               
B.         Recreation Division – Deputy Director Tracie Ringle
1. Program & Services
2. Annual Report
 
C.        Older Adults – Older Adult Services Manager Karen Kapchonick
1. Program & Services

                                   
9.         CITIZEN COMMENTS:
           
10.       COMMISSIONER COMMENTS:
           
11.       ADJOURNMENT
           
12.       FUTURE EVENTS:        
 
         
September 2016
 
            15         Parks Commission @ Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
            17         Fall Fair @ MSU Tollgate Farm – 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
            22         Novi Concert Band Concert @ Novi Public Library – 7 p.m.
            22         Novi Group Travel Fair @ Atrium – 7 p.m.
            24         Discover Villa Barr @ Villa Barr Art Park – 2-5 p.m.
            26         City Council @ Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
            29         Throwback Thursday ‘50s Sock Hop @ Civic Center – 6-10 p.m.
 
            October 2016
 
            1          Household Hazardous Waste Day @ Civic Center – 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
            1          Shredding Day @ Corrigan Record Storage – 9 a.m.-noon

            1          Euchre Tournament @ Civic Center – 4-7 p.m.
            2          Japan Festival @ Novi High School – 1-5 p.m.
            6          Battle of the Badges Blood Drive @ Civic Center – noon-6 p.m.
            10         City Council @ Council Chambers – 7 p.m.

            15         Shredding Day @ Corrigan Record Storage – 9 a.m.-noon
            15         “Fall into health” Novi Health & Wellness Fair @ Meadowbrook Activity Center – 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

            15         S’mores Family Fun Run @ Lakeshore Park – 5:30-8 p.m.
            18         Mobile Mammograms @ Civic Center – By Appointment
            20         Parks Commission @ Council Chambers – 7 p.m.

            23         Novi Concert Band Concert @ Novi Public Library – 2 p.m.
            24         City Council @ Council Chambers – 7 p.m.

            27         A “Boo”tiful Luncheon @ Meadowbrook Activity Center – noon-2 p.m.
            27         Boo Bash @ Civic Center – 6-7:30 p.m.
            30         Day of the Dead Celebration @ Civic Center – 2-4 p.m.
            30         Spooky Skate @ Novi Ice Arena – 3-4:50 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.
 

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