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Parks board approves fee changes and several partnerships; two naming/repair requests deferred
Summary
At its Jan. 7 meeting the Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation approved proposed fee changes and multiple partnership and friends-group requests, accepted its consent agenda, and deferred two naming/repair items to later consideration.
The Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation on Jan. 7 approved department fee changes, several partnership agreements and the establishment of a park "Friends" group, while deferring two items for further review.
Board Chair Michelle Steele opened the meeting and the board then approved the minutes from December and moved through routine business before considering individual items. The board voted to approve proposed fee changes for department programs and facilities, accepted the consent agenda in full, renewed a partnership with Belmont University's occupational therapy program, and approved the Friends of Blockland Springs Park as an official Metro Parks friends group. The board deferred two items: acceptance of an in-kind grant and reconstruction of the historic summerhouse gazebo in Sevier Park to be returned in…
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