1. Roll Call
2. Reading and Approval of Minutes
a. August 9, 2024 Park Board Minutes
3. Reports of the Officers
a. Park Board Chair Report and Comments
4. New Business
a. Spring Forwards SGF Sales Tax Presentation by the City of Springfield’s Department of Public
Information
b. Approval of a Land Conservation Partnership Grant Agreement with the Missouri Department of
Conservation
c. Approval of a Missouri Bird Conservation Initiative Grant with the Missouri Department of
Conservation
d. Acceptance of funds from the Missouri Department of Conservation to install floating wetlands
and shoreline plants at the Dickerson Park Zoo
e. ARPA Funds Project Update –Cooper Park
f. Director of Parks Report and Comments
5. Calendar
a. Park Board Meeting: Friday, October 11, 2024, at 8:30 a.m., at Park Board Administrative Offices,
1923 N. Weller, Springfield, Missouri
6. Closed Session pursuant to RSMo. Section 610.021 (1)
(1) Legal actions, causes of action or litigation involving a public governmental body and any confidential or privileged
communications between a public governmental body or its representatives and its attorneys. However, any minutes, vote
or settlement agreement relating to legal actions, causes of action or litigation involving a public governmental body or any
agent or entity representing its interests or acting on its behalf or with its authority, including any insurance company acting
on behalf of a public government body as its insured, shall be made public upon final disposition of the matter voted upon or
upon the signing by the parties of the settlement agreement, unless, prior to final disposition, the settlement agreement is
ordered closed by a court after a written finding that the adverse impact to a plaintiff or plaintiffs to the action clearly
outweighs the public policy considerations of section 610.011, however, the amount of any moneys paid by, or on behalf of,
the public governmental body shall be disclosed; provided, however, in matters involving the exercise of the power of
eminent domain, the vote shall be announced or become public immediately following the action on the motion to
authorize institution of such a legal action. Legal work product shall be considered a closed record;
7. Adjournment