West Cook News

Village of Forest Park Recreation Board met March 14

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. Roll Call

2. Approval of Minutes of February 8, 2024

3. Unfinished Business

a. Dog Park Update

b. Spring Clean-up 4/27/24

i. Preparations

ii. Starting at Roos

iii. How to manage the competition?

iv. Who can start to look for sponsors?

v. Make sure to add talk about recycling/garbage too dirty to recycle

c. Garden Club collaboration

d. Arbor Day 4/27/24 – update

i. Program – music, speeches

ii. Scavenger update from Meghan

iii. Library

iv. D91

v. D209

vi. Park District

vii. Morton Arboretum/West Cook Wild Ones

viii. Prairie Path/Forest Preserve/MWRD

e. Keep America Beautiful update

4. Calendar

a. Arbor Day 4/26/2024

b. Spring Cleanup 4/27/2024

c. Fall Cleanup 9/21/24 (need to contact Community Center re: starving there)

i. Rain date 9/28/24

d. Pumpkin Smash 11/9

i. Perhaps add 2nd smashing option

5. New Business

a. Park Reports

b. Bridge Panel

6. Public Comment

7. Adjournment 

https://www.forestpark.net/dfp/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Recreation-Board-3-14-24.pdf