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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - Keep Allen Beautiful Board - 2014 - 08/19 - Regular305 CENTURY PARKWAY ALLEN, TX 7501 Present Cheryl Baez Mardy Brown Mark Schallhorn Stacy Gonzales Susan Ponder Absent Kelly McDonald Kimberly Holton Staff Present Jesse Simmons, Urban Forester Donna Kliewer, Waste Services Manager Andrea Smith, Education Specialist Casey Bennett, Education Specialist Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present With a quorum present, the Keep Allen Beautiful Regular Meeting was called to order by Chair Mark Schallhorn at 6:32 p.m. on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 in the City Council Conference Room at City Hall, 305 Century Parkway, Allen, TX. 1. Update from Parks Department on Horticulture and Environmental Programs Jesse Simmons shared about the expansion of the tree farm through the mitigation of trees from Steeple Chase subdivision, as well as other commercial projects throughout Allen. Plans are in place to have a well drilled at Molson Farm to ensure sufficient water resources to maintain the farm. 2. Approve Minutes of July 15, 2014 Meeting A motion to approve July 15 minutes was made by Mardy Brown; seconded by Cheryl Baez, with all in favor. 3. Receive Financial Report/Budget Update Casey Bennett reported $4,446.40 unencumbered in the City account; $27,056.48 in the American National Bank account. A motion to approve the financials was made by Marcy Brown; seconded by Cheryl Baez, with all in favor. 4. Receive Update on KAB Events and Projects • National Planting Day—September 27 Landscape designs will be prepared by Matt McComb of the Parks and Recreation Department for implementation in the Heritage Village. This event is the third annual event, sponsored by Keep America Beautiful. Other partners include the Allen Garden Club and the JROTC from Allen High School. • DEA Sponsored Medication Take Back—September 27 The Allen Police Department will be on -hand to accept medication at the Becky Lowery Freshman Center from 30am to 2pm. Allen, Lucas and McKinney residents are invited to participate in this event. MINUTES KEEP ALLEN BEAUTIFUL BOARD AUGUST 19, 2014 - 6:30 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM 305 CENTURY PARKWAY ALLEN, TX 7501 Present Cheryl Baez Mardy Brown Mark Schallhorn Stacy Gonzales Susan Ponder Absent Kelly McDonald Kimberly Holton Staff Present Jesse Simmons, Urban Forester Donna Kliewer, Waste Services Manager Andrea Smith, Education Specialist Casey Bennett, Education Specialist Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present With a quorum present, the Keep Allen Beautiful Regular Meeting was called to order by Chair Mark Schallhorn at 6:32 p.m. on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 in the City Council Conference Room at City Hall, 305 Century Parkway, Allen, TX. 1. Update from Parks Department on Horticulture and Environmental Programs Jesse Simmons shared about the expansion of the tree farm through the mitigation of trees from Steeple Chase subdivision, as well as other commercial projects throughout Allen. Plans are in place to have a well drilled at Molson Farm to ensure sufficient water resources to maintain the farm. 2. Approve Minutes of July 15, 2014 Meeting A motion to approve July 15 minutes was made by Mardy Brown; seconded by Cheryl Baez, with all in favor. 3. Receive Financial Report/Budget Update Casey Bennett reported $4,446.40 unencumbered in the City account; $27,056.48 in the American National Bank account. A motion to approve the financials was made by Marcy Brown; seconded by Cheryl Baez, with all in favor. 4. Receive Update on KAB Events and Projects • National Planting Day—September 27 Landscape designs will be prepared by Matt McComb of the Parks and Recreation Department for implementation in the Heritage Village. This event is the third annual event, sponsored by Keep America Beautiful. Other partners include the Allen Garden Club and the JROTC from Allen High School. • DEA Sponsored Medication Take Back—September 27 The Allen Police Department will be on -hand to accept medication at the Becky Lowery Freshman Center from 30am to 2pm. Allen, Lucas and McKinney residents are invited to participate in this event. • Educator Expo—September 30— Donations Update Raffle items have been collected from local businesses throughout Allen. More donations are in the process of being acquired. Each business donating at least $30 is awarded advertising opportunities to Expo participants. • Recycled Art Contest in Schools — October 1 through October 29 There will be a focus on carton recycling as CWD has added cartons to its list of recyclable materials in August 2014. • Arbor Day—October 25 The Parks & Recreation Department will host this event at Story Park from Sam to 12pm. There will be a tree planting, as well as a Dl and other fun activities for the whole family. • Allen Recycles Day/Recycled Art Contest Awards Presentation — November 8 Support Staff followed up on last month's discussion and is in the process of evaluating how to best utilize an R2, E -Steward e -cycling vendor into our events. ECS Refining has been contacted for possible future involvement. • Arbor Day Poster Contest in Schools— November 10 through December 12 The theme for this year's contest is "Trees are Terrific ... In Cities and Towns" The Texas Trees Foundation has agreed to a partnership with KAB and the City of Allen. • Rotary Holiday Parade— December 6 KAB Board members are in agreement that we should continue the tradition of throwing t -shirts to the participants at the parade. 7. Receive Reports from Strategic Planning Initiatives a) Como unication Twitter updates are still occurring on a regular basis. AISD schools and residents are reading more of KAB's content recently and showing their appreciation by "Favoriting" or "Re -Tweeting" posted content. b) Environmental Center/Molson Farm —Mardy No update at this time. c) Environmental Education in AISD — Kelly Clear Stream recycling containers and educational posters have been delivered to each school in AISD to allow for recycling at the schools in the cafeteria and teacher's lounge areas. This year is the first year that milk and juice cartons will be accepted as recyclable materials. d) Parks and Recreation Liaison — Cheryl At the Parks Board Meeting they discussed Ford Pool. It will be closed as the facility is in utter disrepair New pocket parks in East Allen will be built in the coming years. Lastly, money from the Community Development Corporation will be sent as matching funds with money from the Governor's Award to create an entrance monument into the city. e) Scout/Service Organization Liaison — Susan Scout Roundtables are being held monthly and Susan will arrange for Casey or Andrea to attend these meetings to publicize KAB events, such as the Educator Expo, Allen Recycles Day, etc. Ad ourn The regular session of the Keep Allen Beautiful board was adjourned at 7:31 p.m. on Tuesday, August 19, 2014. ATTEST Donna Kliewer, ATT ST APPROVE: Ad Chair. Mark Schallhorn