Min - 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.
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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
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Acting Chair, Susan Bernard
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