Min - Keep Allen Beautiful Board - 2001 - 12/18 - RegularMINUTES
KEEP ALLEN BEAUTIFUL BOARD
(^ REGULAR CALLED MEETING
ETUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2001
KABB Members Present
Pat Buckley. Chair
Susan Bernard
Wendy Gardner
Kurt Kizer
Mary Tittle
Staff Present
Steve Massey, Director of Community Services
Donna Kliewer, Recycling/Solid Waste/HHW Coordinator
1. Call to Order
With a quorum of the Board members present, the Keep Allen Beautiful Regular Meeting was called
to order by Co -Chair Buckley at 7.07 p.m. on Tuesday, December 18, 2001, in the Council Chambers
Conference Room at City Hall, One Allen Civic Plaza, Allen, Texas,
2. Introduction of Guests
No guests were present
3. Approve the Minutes of the October 16, 2001 Regular Meeting
MOTION: Upon a motion made by Board member Kurt Kizer and a second by Board member Mary
Tittle, the Board voted five (5) for and none (0) opposed to approve the Minutes of the
October 16, 2001, Regular Meeting. The motion carried.
4. Items of Interest to the Board
• Financial report/budget. Steve Massey reported that there is $5965.25 in the KAB account.
• Fall Event Follow-up. Discussion of improving next year's event. Suggestions include
conducting the event from the Rotunda again, using the Council Chambers for the award
ceremony; having a height adjustment (step up) for the children to be on more of an even level
with the presenter, having one person read the award and another present the award.
• 2002 Trash Off Date. Discussion of the right date in April for the event Donna Kliewer will
check City, Chamber of Commerce and AISD schedules to be sure there are no conflicts on either
April 6's or later in the month.
• Parks and Recreation Projects Update. Update from Donna Kliewer on status of Liberty
Gardens, Arbor Day poster contest, Arbor Day tree purchase, Seed Project and KAB participation
in each event.
• Christmas Parade Participation. Discussion of how to improve KAB participation next year.
The board agreed that this year had good participation with 19 volunteers that made up the KAB
group. Suggestions for improvement include putting the younger parade walkers around the
CWD truck with candy/handouts in the truck bins for easy access; ten times more candy, more
"gimmies" such as pencils, t -shirts; water is needed for participants that walk the route;
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registration should be done earlier in November when first available and confirmation should be
had before the event, possibly pay cash at the Chamber of Commerce and have the City
reimburse the money to assure registration; have someone park their car at the end of the parade
route for transportation back to the original starting/parking point; more Santa hats are needed.
• KAB banners are needed for special events. Banners need to be in color with the KAB logo and
advertise the annual events Discussion of needed banners are Fall Recycles Day, Spring Spruce
Up, seasonal banners to include Happy Holidays, Recycle Your Christmas Tree, banner for USA
Celebration parade, and other special events The board will need to decide on wording and
details before prices can be sought.
• HHW Project. Discussion of the school projects in progress and the public education campaign
Suggestions for certificates to be given to contest participants. Mary Tittle will design a generic
certificate and present it at the January board meeting. Suggestion that the ,judging schedule for
HHW contests be set at the January board meeting.
• Discussion of HHW brochures to be handed out at Spring Spruce Up event; informational booth
for HHW demonstration and informational handouts at the USA Celebration manned by KAB
volunteers.
• Website and Hotline. Discussion of whether to keep the website and doing away with the
hotline. Decision about both will be made at the January board meeting after more information is
gathered.
• Items of Interest. Pat Buckley will write a letter of recommendation/thank you to the Mayor and
Council of Rockwell on behalf of Dan Roberts.
• Illegal Dumping signs from the Collin County Constable's Office are ready for installation They
will be picked up this week and installed soon KAB members will be on hand for photographs.
Date set by Drainage Department will be conveyed to members via email.
5. Adjourn
MOTION: Upon a motion made by Board member Susan Bernard and a second by Board member Kurt
Kizer, the Board voted five (5) for and none (0) opposed to adjourn the regular session of the
Keep Allen Beautiful Board at 8:20 p.m. on Tuesday, December 18, 2001. The motion
carried.
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Pat Buckley, CHAIR
ATTEST:
Lesa Stelcz, Co -CHAIR