2026-08-12 - Parks Committee

Summary

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Built from the posted agenda; no minutes or transcript were read, so nothing here says what was decided.

• A Donation Agreement with the Friends of Bay Beach to accept $1.5 million toward early payoff of Bay Beach Amusement Park debt, and a resolution on paying off a partial cash call of the 2018A General Obligation Bonds for the Bay Beach shoreline project.
• Purchase of train track steel rail, hardware and switches from Harmer Steel ($118,354.00) to replace the miniature train tracks behind the main pavilion.
• A communication from Melinda Eck on behalf of neighborhood residents to rename Beaver Dam Park to General Douglass MacArthur Park, and a Murphy Park Neighborhood Association request to place a neighborhood sign in Murphy Park.
• A Sustainability Commission referral for an ordinance amending Section 28-3 to allow harvesting of edible plants, fruits and seeds in city parks; see Edible Plant Harvesting in City Parks.
• Acceptance of a $6,225 Volunteer Generation Fund grant (Serve Wisconsin) for a UTV for the Green Bay Conservation Corps, and a $25,000 Rosen Family Foundation grant for the Summer Parkee Program.
• See Bay Beach and Parks Funding. Informational: Director's Report; next meeting August 26.

Agenda

1. Zoom information
2. Roll call
3. Approval of the agenda
4. Approval of the minutes of July 15, 2026
5. Donation Agreement with the Friends of Bay Beach to accept $1.5 million toward early payoff of Bay Beach Amusement Park debt
6. Resolution on paying off a partial cash call of the 2018A General Obligation Bonds related to the Bay Beach shoreline project
7. Purchase of train track steel rail, hardware and track switches from Harmer Steel, $118,354.00, for the Bay Beach miniature train
8. Communication from Ald. Melinda Eck (District 11) to rename Beaver Dam Park to General Douglass MacArthur Park
9. Request by the Murphy Park Neighborhood Association to place its neighborhood sign in Murphy Park
10. Sustainability Commission referral: ordinance amending Section 28-3, Municipal Code, to allow harvesting of edible plants, fruits and seeds in the park system
11. Accept a $6,225 Volunteer Generation Fund grant from Serve Wisconsin for a UTV for the Green Bay Conservation Corps
12. Accept a $25,000 grant from the Rosen Family Foundation for the Summer Parkee Program
13. Informational: Director's Report; next meeting August 26, 2026
14. Adjournment

Sources

• Meeting page (agenda, packet, minutes): https://greenbaywi.portal.civicclerk.com/event/9649/files
• Agenda text: https://greenbaywi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=31136,plainText=true)
• Minutes text: https://greenbaywi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=31176,plainText=true)
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPBEolASsuQ (City of Green Bay YouTube channel; titled 8-12-2026)

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