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Home My WebLink AboutKFB Minutes 2022-02-22KEEP FRIENDSWOOD BEAUTIFUL MEETING MINUTES TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2022 NATASHA MCADOO, CHAIRPERSON KAYE COREY, BOARD MEMBER TODD MENDENHALL, BOARD MEMBER SHAWN POTTER, BOARD MEMBER KELLY BROWNING, BOARD MEMBER STEPHANIE REDDICK, BOARD MEMBER VIJAY MAHAL, BOARD MEMBER MARY WISE, BOARD MEMBER PATTY STEINKE, BOARD MEMBER BETTY MORENO, BOARD MEMBER MICHAEL FERNANDEZ, BOARD MEMBER BRANDEE FERNANDEZ, BOARD MEMBER DIANNA HALL, BOARD MEMBER BRENT ERENWERT, COUNCIL MEMBER TRISH HANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER JAMES TONEY, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION KIMBERLY RAMIREZ, ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION NATALIE MAYFIELD, RECREATION ASSISTANT PAUL MARX, GUEST JUSTIN EST, GUEST SUSAN STEPHENS, GUEST CHRIS PEDINI, GUEST PAULA MATRANGA, GUEST GRACE BLASINGAME, GUEST 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Natasha called the meeting to order at 6:04pm. 2. MINUTES A. Consider approving the minutes of the Keep Friendswood Beautiful Meeting held on October 26, 2021. Patty called to approve the minutes of the last KFB meeting in October. Seconded by Vijay and unanimously approved. 3. PUBLIC COMMENT Natasha wanted to recognize the guests, Grace, Chris, & Paula for joining the meeting. She mentioned the app used for KFB. Natasha also mentioned her upcoming retirement and that she has agreed to be nominated for Chairperson. Additionally, Shawn has agreed to be nominated for sub-chair. Kelly Browning chair of Parks & Mary Wise chair of Education. Natasha called to approve the nomination – unanimously approved. 4. DISCUSSIONS A. Discuss the Volunteer Hours - Track it Forward Program N/A 5. COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Receive reports from the Executive Committee regarding (1) the 2022 KFB budget, (2) the signups for the 2022 KFB Events and (3) nominations for the Committee Chairperson(s). Kim went over the breakdown of the 2022 KFB Budget and purchases. The board has around $8000 until September for future projects. Natasha asked the room if there were any requests or suggestions for future projects or purchases. The committee signup sheets were passed around during this discussion. B. Receive a report from the Keep Texas Beautiful Committee regarding its activities, upcoming events and the FMWT Clean-up Event. (Michael Fernandez) Natasha spoke about needing to let TexDOT know if the board is continuing the adopt a highway project. Natasha mentioned it might be a good idea to schedule the highway clean up on a different day from the Spring Sparkle/Fall Haul since it pulls volunteers away from the events. Toney said he would agree to have this event moved to a different day to avoid conflict from Spring Sparkle/Fall Haul. Michael reported this was discussed this last meeting, and it was decided we would keep the project. He hopes that bringing in more board members will help with additional projects. He said last meeting it was proposed we do a highway clean up once a quarter. Possibly the 3rd week of the first week of every first month of the quarter, minus November since that is typically Thanksgiving week. Stephanie agreed with Michael, stating having the clean up on a different day than Spring Sparkle/Fall Haul will encourage more volunteers to participate in both events. Natasha reminded the Board that Kim will not be available to work every KFB event and this should be considered going forward. Michael asked Kim if it would be possible to use college students to help volunteer for the highway cleanup. She confirmed if they are 18 years of age or older, they can volunteer. Michael will lead the managing/organization of the Highway cleanups. Betty suggested new members have a mentor to help walk them thru the process. Kim showed the committee and guests a slideshow with the history of Keep Friendswood Beautiful. C. Receive a report from the Public Awareness Committee regarding KFB's social media activities and program. (Brandee Fernandez) Brandee reported we improved 13% with followers on Facebook. 18% has been improved with Instagram. Reach for FB was up 86%. Reach for Instagram was up 12%. D. Receive a report regarding the Fairy Trail at Stevenson Park. (Shawn Potter) Shawn reported the Fairy trail is still going strong despite park closure for the track renovation. Park will reopen in April, someone from the Chronicle will come do a story on the reopening. Google had 11,000 views this past quarter. 5000 reviews and website views have been slightly down. In the last 6 months most of the fairy houses have come down and been sanded. Natasha asked the board if they have any suggestions to make the houses more durable. Right now, the hinges used to secure the doors have been wearing out very quickly. Shawn reported she will double check the houses before the park’s reopening to ensure they are in good condition or will be replaced. Kaye inquired about maintenance/beautification of the fairy trail entrance. Planters near the door were suggested to help keep the area looking natural. Shawn reported no additional fairy houses should be needed, not including replacements for existing houses. Shawn mentioned it would be nice to add to or enhance the fairy trail each year. Possibly using funding from a grant. E. Receive a report from the Education Committee regarding the nomination for Education Chairperson. Natasha reported about the upcoming Earth Day event at Mary Queen Church in which Michael & Brandee would attend. She also mentioned the possibility of scheduling a snake identification class or pollinator garden class. Natasha also spoke about the Park’s upcoming Fishing Camp class. Another Fairy Garden class. F. Receive a report from the Beautification Committee regarding the (1) Pollinator Garden, (2) Mustang Field, and (3) Business Beautification Awards. (Kay Corey and Michael Fernandez) Kaye reported the garden is currently “dead” as it is off season for the plants. Many of them will regrow/re-bloom as spring comes around. The solar lights in the park might not be working. The rocks around the fountain need replacing as many are missing. Kaye stated the committee would essentially be “rebuilding” the garden. She stressed the need for volunteers to assist with the garden on March 2nd. Kim spoke on Dianna’s behalf; the Blue Bonnets are being watered on an irrigation schedule. Dianna stated they might start germinating around the end of rodeo season. She would also like to investigate a grant for a bench to be placed near the Blue Bonnet Garden. The cost is $1500 and are currently on back order which could temporarily delay this project. Michael reported Park Ave Yarn was done using the Business Beautification Award. He also mentioned the annual event for KTB is upcoming and that some board members may want to attend. Kaye mentioned the matching grant for $2000 and explained the process of applying for said grant in order to inform the committee’s guests. The due date for application is March 30th. G. Receive a report from the Parks Committee regarding the nomination for the Parks Chairperson Toney informed the committee of upcoming projects. He reminded the committee Stevenson Park is currently closed as renovations on the Park’s walking trail continue. The concrete laid before the rubber surface is finishing curing now. It is anticipated the rubber surface will be laid in the next week or two. He also wanted to note the installation of a new playground set in Old City Park. A swing set was also added to the current playground set at Stevenson Park. Mary inquired about the possibility of a bike trail. Toney stated there is currently no funding for such a project, but it could be brought to the city during a future meeting. H. Receive a report from the Environmental Action Committee regarding the KFB's Recycling Club and recycling trends in the city. Vijay reported an idea he had to donate supplies to a recycling plant. Kim informed him this was already done. 6. BUSINESS ITEMS A. Discuss and take possible action on the KFB's Governor's Community Achievement (GCAA ) Award Project. Natasha mentioned a proposal to make Stevenson Parks’ parking lot “green.” 7. ADJOURN Natasha called the meeting to adjourn at 7:20pm. (The guests spoke up after the meeting to introduce themselves)