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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - Keep Allen Beautiful Board - 2005 - 04/19 - RegularKAB Members Dresent Brian Casstevens Dan Jenkins Pat Buckley Carol Hohmann John Kelley Absent Ron Wheless Synne Ferguson Staff Present Steve Massey, Community Services Director Donna Kliewer, Recycling/Solid Waste/HHW Coordinator Susan Campbell, Urban Forester, Parks and Recreation Department 1. Call to Order and Announce a Ouorum is Present With a quorum present, Keep Allen Beautiful Regular Meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Pat Buckley at 6:40 PM on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 in the Council Conference Room at City Hall, 305 Century Parkway, Allen, Texas. 2. Introduction of Guests Guests present were Stacy Cooper from Leadership Allen and Amen, a Collin County Community College student. 3. Presentation by Ryan Peterson, Troop 1066, reeardine Eagle Scout P[nieCt Mr. Peterson's proposed project was not approved by the Eagle Scout committee and no presentation was made. 4. Financial Report/Budget Current balance in the KAB checking account is $8,993.01. The City account balance is $16,363.37 5. Update on Great American Cleanup Discussion of Troy -Built Yard Vac giveaway; information giveaways for residents; food donations, cooking, and cleanup; greeters for visitors from other cities; sign in sheets, name tags; court volunteers for pick up for elderly or neighborhoods. 6. Parks and Recreation Update Susan Campbell presented information on proposed and completed Scout projects and tree farm projects; skate park opening on June 4; update on Arbor Day — 85 trees planted, 200 volunteers; wildflower update; discussion of USA Celebration. Susan requested KAB to share costs for tree containers. MINUTES KEEP ALLEN BEAUTIFUL BOARD REGULAR CALLED MEETING TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2005 KAB Members Dresent Brian Casstevens Dan Jenkins Pat Buckley Carol Hohmann John Kelley Absent Ron Wheless Synne Ferguson Staff Present Steve Massey, Community Services Director Donna Kliewer, Recycling/Solid Waste/HHW Coordinator Susan Campbell, Urban Forester, Parks and Recreation Department 1. Call to Order and Announce a Ouorum is Present With a quorum present, Keep Allen Beautiful Regular Meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Pat Buckley at 6:40 PM on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 in the Council Conference Room at City Hall, 305 Century Parkway, Allen, Texas. 2. Introduction of Guests Guests present were Stacy Cooper from Leadership Allen and Amen, a Collin County Community College student. 3. Presentation by Ryan Peterson, Troop 1066, reeardine Eagle Scout P[nieCt Mr. Peterson's proposed project was not approved by the Eagle Scout committee and no presentation was made. 4. Financial Report/Budget Current balance in the KAB checking account is $8,993.01. The City account balance is $16,363.37 5. Update on Great American Cleanup Discussion of Troy -Built Yard Vac giveaway; information giveaways for residents; food donations, cooking, and cleanup; greeters for visitors from other cities; sign in sheets, name tags; court volunteers for pick up for elderly or neighborhoods. 6. Parks and Recreation Update Susan Campbell presented information on proposed and completed Scout projects and tree farm projects; skate park opening on June 4; update on Arbor Day — 85 trees planted, 200 volunteers; wildflower update; discussion of USA Celebration. Susan requested KAB to share costs for tree containers. MOTION: Carol Hohmann made a motion to move forward with to buy 10 -gallon tree containers for an Eagle Scout project at the tree farm to be determined in the future. Dan Jenkins seconded the motion with all in favor. 7. KAB Events • Arbor Day Celebration — AAR • Great American Cleanup Ron Wheless has a donation from Tom Thumb for 400 hotdogs and 400 buns; NTMWD has agreed to open the McKinney landfill until 2pm for the Allen and Frisco cleanups. • Governor's Award/Individual KTB Awards — Due May 10 & May 17 Discussion about submissions for individuals, schools and the Governor's Award. • KAB report to Council— May 10 Carol Hohmann will prepare a PowerPoint for the presentation. • Scout recognition — May 24 Approximately 14 Scouts will be recognized that have completed projects for KAB. • Corporate Challenge — June 4 • KTB Convention — June 27-30, Houston Discussion of attendance, registration and accommodations. • Environmental Education Workshop —September 22 Discussion with Carol Hohmann regarding donations from businesses that contributed last year. 8. Items of Interest to the Board Discussion of illegal dumping activity in the city. 9. Adjourn The regular session of the Keep Allen Beautiful Board was adjourned at 8:05pm on Tuesday, April 19, 2005. These minutes were approved on 19th diiE f Jl2005 ATTEST: s Vl4QQ ,MlJIA'itt'/GLS Donna Kliewer, ATTEST Keep Allen Beautiful Staff Support E