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Home My WebLink AboutMin - Keep Allen Beautiful Board - 2012 - 08/21 - RegularAbsent Kelley Bayne Staff Present Donna Kliewer, Waste Services Manager Casey Bennett, Education Specialist Joey Herald, Councilmember 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 Stacy Gonzales at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 in the Council Conference Room at City Hall, 305 Century Parkway, Allen, TX. 1. Approve Minutes of lune 19, 2012 Meeting A motion to approve June 19 minutes was made by Kerry Craven; seconded by Michelle Ross, with all in favor 2. Update from Parks Department on Horticulture and Environmental Programs Parks Department has planted over 1,500 plants at The Courses at Watters Creek golf course. The golf course is on schedule to be re -opened in November 2012. 3. Receive Financial Report/Budget Update Donna Kliewer reported $624.78 unencumbered in the City account; $15,779.00 in the American National Bank account. Deposits included a $1,000 grant from WalMart Supercenter 4. Receive Update on KAB Events and Projects • KTB Conference — June 25 — 28 — After Action Report Board members Stacy Gonzales, Beverly Pruitt, Marcy Brown and Mark Schallhorn shared their observations about the KTB Conference and the Governors Community Achievement Award (GCAA) dinner on Wednesday night. • Allen USA—June 30— After Action Report All board members felt the event was a great success: 873 participants were educated at the booth, 90.19% of all waste generated was diverted from the landfill, totaling 4.2 tons of materials that escaped the landfill. Many people have been seen wearing their Keep Allen Beautiful prize t -shirts around town. MINUTES KEEP ALLEN BEAUTIFUL BOARD AUGUST 21, 2012 - 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM 305 CENTURY PARKWAY ALLEN, TX 75013 Present Stacy Gonzales Beverly Pruitt Kerry Craven Michelle Ross Mandy Brown Mark Schallhorn Absent Kelley Bayne Staff Present Donna Kliewer, Waste Services Manager Casey Bennett, Education Specialist Joey Herald, Councilmember 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 Stacy Gonzales at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 in the Council Conference Room at City Hall, 305 Century Parkway, Allen, TX. 1. Approve Minutes of lune 19, 2012 Meeting A motion to approve June 19 minutes was made by Kerry Craven; seconded by Michelle Ross, with all in favor 2. Update from Parks Department on Horticulture and Environmental Programs Parks Department has planted over 1,500 plants at The Courses at Watters Creek golf course. The golf course is on schedule to be re -opened in November 2012. 3. Receive Financial Report/Budget Update Donna Kliewer reported $624.78 unencumbered in the City account; $15,779.00 in the American National Bank account. Deposits included a $1,000 grant from WalMart Supercenter 4. Receive Update on KAB Events and Projects • KTB Conference — June 25 — 28 — After Action Report Board members Stacy Gonzales, Beverly Pruitt, Marcy Brown and Mark Schallhorn shared their observations about the KTB Conference and the Governors Community Achievement Award (GCAA) dinner on Wednesday night. • Allen USA—June 30— After Action Report All board members felt the event was a great success: 873 participants were educated at the booth, 90.19% of all waste generated was diverted from the landfill, totaling 4.2 tons of materials that escaped the landfill. Many people have been seen wearing their Keep Allen Beautiful prize t -shirts around town. P I • Educator EXPO—September 20 The Educator EXPO will be held at the Allen Senior Recreation Center for educators in Allen to sample the free programs offered by the City and County. KAB Board members will collect donations. Casey Bennett will track all donations. • Strategic Planning Session — October 17-9am to 12pm Jim Francis from Finisar has offered to help mediate the strategic planning session at the Finisar offices. Tentative confirmations for this training: Kerry, Mandy, Michelle, Bev, Donna, Casey. Mark & Stacy not available. • Allen Recycles Day Will be held on November 3r°, 2012 at City Hall. B of 9 vendors have already confirmed their attendance. • Arbor Day— November 3(Parks) The date for Arbor Day is November 3`a Jesse Simmons, City Forester, indicated that the Trees for Allen tree sales will be held in conjunction with Arbor Day. An Arbor Day tree will be planted to fulfill the Tree City USA requirements. • Rotary Holiday Parade — December 2 All Recycled Art Contest winners and their parents will be invited to walk with KAB and the CWD truck. • Arbor Day Poster Contest — Due December 14 This contest has been dropped by the State and national levels due to funding constraints. The City will continue the contest for 5`" graders in the coming years. KAB is coordinating with TREES to possibly create a regional contest. S. Receive Reports from Strategic Planning Initiatives a) Communication Daily Green Tips are being sent every day. Twitter updates are occurring on a regular basis. b) Environmental Center/Molson Farm No updates. c) Environmental Education in AISD Stacy to talk with AISD and ASA about writing a grant for recycling bins in the school gymnasiums where water bottles are a common recyclable. d) Parks and Recreation Liaison No updates. e) Scout/Service Organization Liaison Mardy Brown and Donna Kliewer have been approached for projects for advanced Scouting awards. Advanced Scout guidelines were discussed. Adjourn The regular session of the Keep Allen Beautiful board was adjourned at 7:33 p.m. on Tuesday, August 21, 2012. ATTEST APPROVE: Donna Kliewer, ATTE T Chav, Stacy Gonzales