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CONTACT INFORMATION
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
2117 West River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55411
Phone - 612-230-6443, Ext. 8
bfine@minneapolisparks.org
TERM OF OFFICE
Jan. 1, 2010 - Dec. 31, 2013
PREVIOUS TERMS
Jan. 1, 1998 - Dec. 31, 2001 (at-large)
Jan. 1, 2002 – Dec. 31, 2005 (District 6)
Jan. 1, 2006 - Dec. 31, 2009 (District 6)
MPRB OFFICES AND COMMITTEES
Administration and Finance
Recreation
Planning (Vice Chair)
PARK RELATED APPOINTMENTS AND COMMITTEES
Board of Estimate and Taxation
St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board
Youth Coordinating Board
Riverfront Corporation
ABOUT COMMISSIONER FINE
GOALS
- To continue to implement the Comprehensive Plan, including the innovation and initiatives in the urban park system, including clean energy.
- To work with improving the aging infrastructure (fields and buildings) while we simultaneously improve the system and meet the park and recreation needs of citizens. This includes improvement of water quality, forestry and the trails throughout the system.
- To continue to look at the importance of our parks as the centers of our communities and especially to direct our youth in positive involvement in the parks.
PUBLIC SERVICE
- Minneapolis Civil Rights Commissioner, 18 years
- Minneapolis Zoning Board, 2 years
- Hennepin County Conciliation Court Judge, 28 years.
- Minneapolis Board of Estimate & Taxation since 1998
I am very proud of the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Headquarters as well as the Leonard H. Neiman Sports Complex at Ft. Snelling Sports Complex. The Neiman Sports Complex is a premier state-of-the-art athletic complex that is named for the late MPRB Commissioner Leonard H. Neiman who was instrumental in my coaching involvement. We look forward to continuing our lake water quality program, such as the Calhoun and Nokomis wetlands and completion of the work on the Minnehaha Creek trail corridor.
In 2003, the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board moved into its first owned headquarters building, located at 2117 West River Road in North Minneapolis. This important acquisition demonstrates our investment in future riverfront development called for in the Upper Mississippi Master Plan and is close to the start of one of the largest river systems in the world. The best part of the four-acre acquisition is that the rehabilitated building costs less annually to occupy than the rent and parking costs incurred previously in downtown Minneapolis.
BACKGROUND
Life-long resident of Minneapolis. I grew up and played in the parks, worked as a lifeguard for the MPRB and still use and enjoy parks today. I have coached youth softball, baseball, basketball volleyball and soccer over the last 35 years (including baseball and softball every spring since 1975). I have coached over 1,000 different kids throughout that time, including numerous teams for female athletes.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Attorney at Law/Real Estate
EDUCATION
University of Minnesota, BA 1970, Majors: Mathematics and History
Washington University (St. Louis, MO), School of Law, JD 1973
Southwest High School (Minneapolis), 1967
Univ. of Minnesota Certificates in business administration & accounting.
FAMILY
Wife and four adult children.
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