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Home My WebLink AboutKFB Minutes 2020-01-28Keep Friendswood Beautiful Board minutes January 28, 2020 Natasha McAdoo Justin Estopinal Kaye Corey Patty Steinke Michael Fernandez Brandee Fernandez Betty Moreno Todd Mendenhall Susan Stephens Tim Anderson Dianna Hall Stephanie Reddick James Toney, Director of Parks and Recreation Kimberly Ramirez, KFB Coordinator Trish Hanks, Council Liaison Guest: Alexandra Castillo and family/Girls Softball Guest: Mikayla Wiest, Recycle Club Guest: William Long, Recycle Club 1. Call to order: Meeting was called to order at 6:30pm. 2. Communications from the public: City Liaisons -Our Council Liaison Trish Hanks was in attendance. Trish recently gathered educational curricula from all of our schools. With this, we were able to create a spreadsheet with contacts and detailed efforts of environmental education in our community. Thank you Trish for the huge help gathering this information to help KFB with the GCAA grant application and future educational outreach! Youth Softball Fields- Alexandra Castillo (3rd Grader) presented to the board her enthusiasm for recycling and keeping the softball fields clean. She was/is personally collecting, sorting and taking bags home to recycle from the Friendswood Softball Fields. KFB agreed to help with bins and supplies ($150.00). She will continue to sort the recycling and with help, place recyclables in the parks recycle container. If this project works well, it may be piloted for other parks. FHS Recycle Club- Mikayla Wiest and William Long presented and shared the Recycling Club's collecting and sorting data. Currently they are operating with about 30 members who collect recyclables from 90 rooms in the High School. Weekly they collect about 1,980 bottles. They are currently working on designing a shirt to sell for the Recycle Club to help with funding. In addition, they collect markers, cans, and recently turned in 2,100 drink tabs from drinks to the Ronald McDonald House! 4. Volunteer Hours-VOMO Table 5. Discussion and possible action: A. Executive Committee Santa in the Park Wrap Up • This year's event is the most successful based on ticket sales of $17,000 • There was an estimated attendance of 8,000 people. • We were blessed with the most beautiful weather, the vendors we're very happy with sales, everything behind the scenes went smoothly and we had a lot of happy kids with big smiles on their faces thru out the day! 2019 Overview of KFB Hours We had a big increase in reported hours from KFB Board and KFB Volunteers. This year board members were able to track hours more effectively via a tracking app. In addition, there are new programs KFB took part of this year such as the Adopt -A -Highway, Pollinator Garden, 4th of July Parade, and Fairy Trail. The KFB Board is an outstanding leader in community service! • 2018- 2,967 vs 2019- 4,417 • Addition of 450 hours in Pollinator Garden • Addition of 300 41h of July • Addition of 200 Fairy TraiIHEB Tournament of Champions Grant HEB Tournament of Champions Grant The Friendswood Fairy Trail was awarded $5,000 for the Fairy Trail with a grant from HEB. The committee is currently working with a carpenter on the design and entrance for the Fairy Trail and Fairy/Troll Homes. Shawn Potter gave an update and timeline of all future events. 2020 KFB Calendar of Events Mark your calendars! A handout was disbursed with key KFB Dates for 2020 (attached). B. Keep Texas Beautiful/Michael Fernandez: Adopt -A -Highway Clean Up is scheduled for February 15th. Meeting time is Sam at Centennial Park. Please wear boots and pants. C. Public Awareness/Brandee Fernandez Social Media Update- In 2019 Facebook followers increased by 25% and Instagram had nearly a 100% increase! D. Education: Pollinator Garden Handout was completed and looks great! E. Beautification/Kaye Corey Pollinator Garden Update- Susan and Kaye planted spring wildflower seeds. Kim ordered seeds and KFB members donated some as well, including Milkweed from Michigan. There were new plant donations including a beautyberry and citrus from Master Gardeners. The garden will need a new hose and fencing in 2020, funding will be provided by KFB Garage Sales. Stevenson Park is officially a Certified Wildlife Habitat due to our KFB Pollinator Garden! The sign will be proudly placed close to the garden. In order to be a Certified Wildlife Habitat the following must be incorporated. Food: Native plants provide food eaten by a variety of wildlife. Feeders can supplement natural food sources. Water: All animals need water to survive, and some need it for bathing or breeding as well. Cover: Wildlife need places to take shelter from bad weather and places to hide from predators or hunt for prey. Places to Raise Young: Wildlife need resources to reproduce, and to protect and nourish their young. Sustainable Practices: Maintain your yard or garden in natural ways to ensure soil, air, and water stay healthy and clean. Tree Giveaway/Todd Mendenhall We had a very popular tree giveaway! The giveaway started at 8:OOam and all 200 trees were disbursed by 8:40am. This year the social media posts reached over 20K people. Due to the popularity, we encourage next year's participants to arrive early to be guaranteed a tree. Thanks to all your hard work to make this tree give away a well sought after success! Business Beautification Award/Shawn Potter New signage is ready and available for award winners. This quarter's award will go to Bergamo's Day Spa. F. Parks/James Toney The original disc golf course located at 1776 Park was closed due to a flood mitigation project. Currently Parks is working with Disc Golf Designers to plan the new location of disc course which will be in Old City Park. The diverse terrain of OCP will provide natural obstacles for the course. G. Environmental Action/Tim Anderson Tim reported the recent Litter Survey Results to the board. One of the highlights of the report is KFB's Clean Up Events like Spring Sparkle and Fall Haul were reported as having the biggest impact on keeping Friendswood litter free! The full report is attached. 6. Median Maintenance Updates (FM518) The project redo is set to restart Feb. 3rd. During construction, the inner lane next to the median along the work site will be closed to motorists from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. It will be open at other times to avoid disruption to work and school rush hour. TOOT has agreed to add bricks along the edges of the landscaping it will give the downtown area a lot of character, uniformity, and distinction. Additionally, plants salvaged from the current medians will be reused and placed throughout city parks. The median work is expected to last three months and is being conducted by TxDOT's contractor, Texas Wall and Landscape. For a year after the project is complete, TOOT will handle the maintenance. 7. New Business DMWT Trash Barrel Was successfully installed in Stevenson Park next to the Rotary Pavilion. It is a great addition to our park and great advertisement for keeping our state clean. 8. Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 8:15pm Approved by: Kimberly Ramirez Date: February 18, 2020