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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - Keep Allen Beautiful Board - 2002 - 11/19 - RegularMINUTES KEEP ALLEN BEAUTIFUL BOARD REGULAR CALLED MEETING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2002 KABB Members Present Ron Wheeless Neal Friedman Mary Fntsche Susan Bernard Cynthia (Syne) Ferguson Wendy Gardner (Absent) Staff Present Steve Massey, Director of Community Services Donna Kliewer, Recycling/Solid Waste/HHW Coordinator Susan Campbell, Urban Forester for Allen Parks and Recreation Department Call to Order With a quorum of the Board members present, the Keep Allen Beautiful Regular Meeting was called to order by acting Chair Susan Bernard at 7'07 p in. on Tuesday, November 9, 2002, in the Council Chambers Conference Room at City Hall, One Allen Civic Plaza, Allen, Texas. 2. Introduction of Guests Scott Hams, Urban Orchard Coordinator for the Texas Forestry Service and Pat Buckley, resident, were present 3. Approve the Minutes of the August 20, 2002 Reeular Meetine MOTION: Upon a motion made by Board member Mary Fntsche and a second by Board member Neal Friedman, the Board voted five (5) for and none (0) opposed to approve as corrected the Minutes of the August 20, 2002, Regular Meeting The motion carred. 4. Vote on Time and/or Date Change for KAB Meetings Discussion to change the time of KAB board meetings to 6:30 p.m on the same date, third Tuesday of each month. MOTION: A motion was made to change the time of the board meetings to 6:30 p.m., keeping the regular monthly date the same. The motion passed by unanimous vote. 5. Financial Report/Budget City budget for KAB for Fiscal Year 2002-2003 is $22,765 00. Current amount in the KAB bank account funded through memberships is $5450.25. 6. Parks and Recreation Updates, Susan Campbell Guest speaker, Scott Hams, made a presentation on Urban Orchards This is a program that the Parks and Recreation Department, possibly with KAB's assistance, will implement in the future. KEEP ALLEN BEAUTIFUL REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 19, 2002 PAGE LDiscussion of the Arbor Day poster contest. Contest information was marled to all elementary schools November 1" KAB members will ,judge the local finalists at the January meeting. Winners will be awarded prizes at a City Council meeting. Discussion of the progress of Tim Wiseman's bat house project. Construction is complete and the wood finish will be applied before the houses are ready to be erected in January 7. AAR Texas Recycles Dav Discussion of how to improve the next Texas Recycles Day event Suggestions include an information table at the donation drop-off site, a car count of donators, someone to stay and help the coordinator pack up at the end of the event. The event was deemed a success. 8. AISD Action Plan Development Mary Fritsche, who had been working on the AND initiative, agreed to brig Synne Ferguson the materials and help Synne continue the project. Discussion of what is needed and what goals need to be accomplished this year. 9. Items of Interest to the Board ♦ Discussion of Governor's Award feedback and improvements to the next submission. ♦ The Great American Trash Off was presented three awards ♦ Discussion of updating the Keep Allen Beautiful website. It was unanimously approved that the board solicits bids to update and maintain the KAB website. ♦ Consider a motion to cancel the December board meeting MOTION: Upon a motion made by Board member Mary Fritsche and a second by Board member Neal Friedman, the Board voted five (5) for and none (0) opposed to cancel the December meeting. The motion earned. ♦ Other items of interest A motion was made to limit guest speakers to 30 minutes. The board voted unanimously to limit guest speakers to 30 minutes maximum. ♦ The new WalMart Market Place grocery store asked the KAB board to accept a $500 grant to be used for environmental purposes. The grant was tentatively accepted by Donna Kliewer. The board unanimously voted to accept the grant and purchase a digital camera to be used for educational purposes 10. Adjourn MOTION: Upon a motion made by Board member Susan Bernard and a second by Board member Synne Ferguson, the Board voted five (5) for and none (0) opposed to adjourn the regular session of the Keep Allen Beautiful Board at 8:40 p.m. on Tuesday, November 19, 2002. The motion earned I n r KEEP ALLEN BEAUTIFUL REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 19, 2002 These minutes were approved AM day of G 12003 A ST: teve Nyssey, ATTEST APP D: Acting Chair, Susan Bernard 17.1" *1