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June 10, 2009
Fourth of July Steering Committee
Minutes
A regular meeting of the Fourth of July Steering Committee was held on
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at City Hall, located at 910 S Friendswood,
Friendswood, TX 77546, at which time the following subject will be
considered.
The following members and staff were present at the meeting:
Corey Kirkland
Dan Morgan
Tommy McDonald
Stacy Scarpa
Renae Rives
Skip Redding
Tommy McDonald
Ken Turner
Rachael Williams
Michelle Scarpa
Stefanie Scarpa
Minh Tanita
Robin Hall
Josh Rogers, Friendswood Police Department
James Toney, Director of Community Services
Michael Boyett, Staff
Kimberly Ramirez, Staff
Jim Barr, Council Liaison
1. Call to order: Meeting was called to order at 7:23 p.m.
2. Communications from the public: NA
3. Minutes: Ken Turner made a motion to approve the May 20, 2009
minutes as presented, Renae Rives second the motion and the motion passed
unanimously.
4. Discussion and possible action regarding the 2009, 4th of July
Celebration:
A. Parade: There are currently 33 parade entries that have been turned in.
Set up for the dignitary breakfast will be Friday morning since City Hall will
be closed. Breakfast will be served to the employees and the committee
members at 7am and the dignitaries at 8am. Will need to borrow crock pots
from members that have them for the dignitary breakfast. James Toney
stated that he will contact Interstate Barricade about the use of their
barricades.
B. Day Program: Their has been 16 booths applications turned in for the
day program, Business on Shadwell can park on Shadwell as long as they’re
in there by 9:00 a.m.. Committee suggested that the Shadwell business will
rope off their parking area. Committee suggested to cut grass on Wednesday
and paint booth spots at noon. Will purchase disposable digital cameras and
have digital cameras taking pictures thru out the event and get then Tommy
will process and download the pictures. Haley Holtje has been confirmed
for sing at the day program.
C. Evening: Dan Morgan stated that the Remax sky diving team will
charge the committee $1500 for this year’s flyover. Robin made a motion to
have James Toney have the authority to have the Remax ski diving team
participate in the next two year 4th of July event and charge no more than
$2000 for two years, Skip Redding second the motion and the motion passed
unanimously. Dan Morgan stated that we will need 2 generators for the
evening program. Corey Kirkland stated that Hill Sand will donate $400
toward the generators for this year’s event. Dan Morgan will get with
Stefano’s to provide food for the band. The stage will be coming in on
Thursday. Will need 4 or 5 volunteers/committee members to clean the
Friendswood Community Church parking lot after the event at FCC. The
use of the radios from Able Communication has been confirmed. stage
committee set up at 2pm on the 4thrd.
5. Adjournment: Robin Hall made a motion to adjourn the meeting at
8:25, Tony Scarpa second the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
Approved by:
Kimberly Ramirez
Date:
6-24-09