A stated meeting of the Fairmount Park Commission was held in the Commission
Conference Room, Memorial Hall, at 3:00 P.M.
The President in the Chair.
PRESENT: Commissioner F. Eugene Dixon, Jr.
Commissioner Ernesta D. Ballard
Commissioner John K. Binswanger
Commissioner James J. Bloom
Commissioner Karen Lloyd Borski
Commissioner Robert P. Levy
Commissioner Robert N. C. Nix III
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Commissioner Richard E. Roy
Commissioner Isadore A. Shrager
Commissioner Joseph R. Syrnick
Mrs. Marcia Makadon, Designated Representative of the Mayor
The Honorable Darrell Clarke, Designated Representative of Council President
Anna C. Verna
Deputy Commissioner John Herzins representing Commissioner Andres Perez
ABSENT Commissioner Victor N. Richard III
ऀCommissioner Mary Mason
ALSO William E. Mifflin, Executive Director, Fairmount Park
PRESENT: Barry A. Bessler, Chief of Staff, Fairmount Park
Lawrence K. Copeland, Counsel to the Commission
Stephanie Craighead, Deputy Director for Planning
Valerie Robinson, Counsel to the Commission
Jamie Hazelton, Fairmount Park Rangers
Robert J. Hunter, Secretary, Fairmount Park Commission
Paul Nice, Deputy Director of Administration
Dennis Waller, Deputy Director of Business Administration
Dominic De Bias, President, Fairmount Park Commission Advisory Council
Observers
APPROVAL OF SUMMARY OF MEETING HELD JUNE 5, 2000
The Commission voted to approve the summary of the meeting held June 5, 2000.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
The Commission voted to adopt the recommendation of the Finance Committee:
(A) Fairmount Park Commission Trust Portfolio Account
To approved the recommendation of the portfolio manager to:
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700 SHS Lowes Company Inc.
200 SHS Seagram Ltd.
52 SHS Visteon
$70,000 USA T-note 6.25% due 08/31/2000
Buy 300 SHS Walt Disney Co.
600 SHS Nortel Network Comm.
200 SHS Royal Dutch
300 SHS Viacom. Inc. Class B
$75,000
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The motion carried. Commissioner Bloom abstained.
(B) Request of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
To approve the Museum's request to lend the following work猀 of art:
From the Wilstach Collection-
Copy after Pietro Longhi
The Engagement of a Singer, 18th-19th C.
Oil on canvas
James McNeill Whistler
Arrangement in Black, c. 1883
Oil on canvas by
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1897
Oil on canvas
Louis Gauffier
The Monastery of Vallombrosa and the Arno Valley Seen from Paradisino, 1797
Oil on Canvas
Luca Giordano
Saint Sebastian Cured by Irene, c. 1665
Oil on Canvas
The objects will be insured on a wall-to-wall basis and will be accompanied by a
courier for travel and handling.
REPORT OF NATURAL LANDS PROGRAM COMMITTEE
The Chair reported there were no action items for Commission.
REPORT OF PARK USE AND REVIEW COMMITTEE
The 䌀栀愀椀爀 爀攀瀀漀爀琀攀搀 Committee 爀攀挀攀椀瘀攀搀 昀漀爀 椀渀昀漀爀洀愀琀椀漀渀㨀
⠀䄀⤀ऀ匀琀愀琀甀猀 爀攀瀀漀爀琀㨀 Trail Restoration in
the Wissahickon.
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work being performed in the Wissahickon by
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吀栀攀 Philadelphia College Student Retention Committee 眀椀氀氀 hold
its second annual concert and festival at the Mann
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4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
The Commission voted to adopt the recommendation of
the 倀愀爀欀 唀猀攀 愀渀搀 刀攀瘀椀攀眀 䌀漀洀洀椀琀琀攀攀㨀
⠀䄀) Request of Girls on the Move
To grant the request of Girls on the Move approval to hold a concert and
festival on the grounds of Memorial Hall on November 12, 2000.
⠀䈀) Curfew and the prohibition of alcoholic beverages at Ford Road
Playground
To grant at the request of staff a curfew for Ford Road Playground from 9:00
p.m. to 6:00 a.m⸀ and to prohibit alcoholic beverages.
REPORT OF PLANNING COMMITTEE
The Chair reported for information that Committee received an update from
Philadelphia Youth Tennis regarding the design of the facility at Gustine Lake.
REPORT OF PROPERTY COMMITTEE
The Chair reported there were no action items for Commission.
REPORT OF THE DESIGNEE TO GLEN FOERD CONSERVATION CORP. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Commission received the report of Commissioner Karen Lloyd Borski, Designee
to the Glen Foerd Conservation Board of Directors.
REPORT OF THE DESIGNEE TO THE JOHN BARTRAM ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Commission received the report of
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to the John Bartram Association Board of Directors.
REPORT OF THE DESIGNEE TO THE PEGASUS RIDING ACADEMY BOARD
The Commission received the report of Deputy Director Dennis Waller, Designee to
the Pegasus Riding Academy Board⸀
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF FAIRMOUNT PARK
The Fairmount Park Commission received the report of William E. Mifflin,
Executive Director of Fairmount Park.
REPORT OF THE FAIRMOUNT PARK RANGER CORP匀
The Fairmount Park Commission received the report of Jamie Hazelton, Operations
Director of the Fairmount Park Rangers.
REPORT OF THE FAIRMOUNT PARK COMMISSION ADVISORY COUNCIL
The Fairmount Park Commission received the report of Dr. Dominic De Bias,
President, The Fairmount Park Advisory Council.
NEXT COMMISSION MEETING
The next scheduled meeting of the Commission will be held on Wednesday, October
11, 2000, 3:00 p.m. in the Commission Conference Room, Memorial Hall.
ADJOURNMENT
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p.m.
VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT
The verbatim transcript of the meeting held September 13, 2000 is on file in the
office of the Secretary and is available to any Commissioner who wishes to
review it.