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HomeMy WebLinkAboutKFB Minutes 2013-02-26Keep Friendswood Beautiful Minutes February 26, 2013 Board members in attendance: Sherry Goen Paul Marx Patty Steinke Jeremy Sampson Charles Richardson Martha Cotton Sara Eakin Kaye Corey Chris Chism, guest Frank Garza, guest James Toney, Director of Community Services Kimberly Ramirez, staff 1. Call to order: Called to order at 6:32p.m. 2. Discussion/approval of January 22, 2013 minutes: Martha Cotton made a motion to approve the minutes as presented, Patty Steinke second the motion and it passed unanimously. 3. Communications/Guest: James stated the new board members will be appointed at the March meeting which will be Frank Garza and Chris Chism. A. Volunteer Hours: Sherry requested board members to turn in hours their hours for January. B. Median Maintenance: James informed the board that there was an accident in front of Alton Todd, and a crepe myrtle was hit by a car, the tree needs to be replaced. James asked for a motion to purchase a new tree if the board was interested. James stated that he received an estimate from Cornerstone for $600 for a 15-18 ft. tall tree, installed. The board discussed and thought that was too much and asked for a smaller tree. Patty and Jeremy suggested spending $300 for a new tree. Patty made a motion to spend a max of $300 for a new crepe myrtle to replace the one that was hit by a car at the median near Alton Todd, Martha second the motion and it passed unanimously. C. Stevenson Park/Reader Board/City Hall-Color for spring: Sherry stated that Kimberly will monitor the color of the Stevenson Park Bed since Loretta is no longer a board member. Kaye suggested dwarf Pentas to be planted in beds at Stevenson Park. Kimberly informed the board that her goal is to have the beds ready by the Fig Festival. D. Keep Friendswood Beautiful **Judging Expenses: Sherry is leaving tomorrow to participate in the judging for Keep Texas Beautiful Governors Award. Sherry asked board if KFB will cover her travel expenses to Austin for this purpose. Kaye moved not to exceed $350 on the travel expenses to participate in the Keep Texas Beautiful Governors Awards judging, Martha second the motion and it was approved unanimously. **Spring Sparkle: The event is scheduled for April 13; Fall Haul is scheduled for November 2nd. **2012 Governor's Grant Completed: Sherry informed the board that the grant is completed and has been submitted, we will know the results on April 1st. **KTB Conference June 17-20 in San Antonio: Sherry asked if any of you that are interested in going please let Kimberly know soon. E. Committees **Business Beautification Award: Sherry stated that the sign is at Mary Queen, it looks good. Kaye suggested that Parkwood Animal Hospital receive the award for the 2nd quarter. Kaye made a motion to award Parkwood Animal Hospital receives the 2nd quarter beautification award, Jeremy second the motion and the motion passed unanimously. **Fig Fest Participation: Sherry informed the board that April 20th is the date for the Fig Festival; she asked the board if they want a booth and have Figgy participate? The board stated yes. Kimberly will submit KFB’s application for the event and order promotional material for the event. F. 2013 goals/projects update: **Street sweeping: James Toney contacted both Harris County and Galveston County about street sweeping FM2351. Harris County TXDOT stated that they usually maintain from Beamer to Blackhawk, but they said they will sweep up to Diamond. James then called TXDOT with Galveston County; they said you can do what you want as far as cleaning the curb areas of FM2351 on the Galveston County side. James stated we have a municipal agreement with them; we assume responsibility for Galveston County roadways and will need to have a flashing truck and road man during cleanups. James stated that Corey with Cornerstone agreed to take care of this at an as needed basis. James stated that I have been in contact with Calvary Church and they want to do another cleanup project, they want to clean FM2351 Galveston County side and clean the Harris County side off of the TXDOT right away which is 10ft from the street. May 11th is the scheduled Calvary Chapel cleanup from 9am-12pm. We’re going to get with Progressive and request a roll off to dispose of all the branches and debris in that area. **Additional entrance signs: Sherry asked the board to see if we want to investigate that, it all boils down to land acquisition. James Toney stated you have to get that land owner to allow us to donate an easement to allow the city to install a sign on their property. Chris stated he will take it on. Patty would like to see a sign by rancho Viejo. Jeremy, Chris and Patty will be looking into property acquisition for the signs. James stated we need $20,000 to pay for the sign. **Lights on water tower on FM528: Kaye stated the Focus on Friendswood newsletter had a picture of a water tower that was lighted. How was that lit? James Toney stated the city had the budget to repaint it and the school funded the painting of the horse on it and lighting the tower by using one of their field lights. Kaye stated that the tower by the sports park already has electricity on it. Jeremy stated that the wattage is too low to install a light. James Toney stated he would have to get with the putting range to allow us to put a light on their property. James Toney stated it might interfere with their property. Kaye stated we don't have land to put a sign out there so that’s why I want the water tower lit. James stated we would have to look into land acquisition put a sign off of FM528 coming in from Alvin. Sherry suggested looking into installing an entrance sign in that area. Martha, Kaye and Jeremy agreed to look into acquiring land off of FM528 for an entrance sign. **Banners on FM528 softball field: James stated 3 banners could be installed in this area. Possibly having the banners with pictures of girls’ softball, lacrosse and football. Patty made a motion that we look into designing 3 banners for Moore Rd, Jeremy second the motion and it passed unanimously. **Landscaping on fm2351 and 518: James showed the board the design of the FM2351 irrigation and landscape project. James stated the first median at Beamer would be fully irrigated; the entire median would be fully landscaped including the entrance sign. James Toney stated a much brighter solar light will be installed at the FM2351 entrance sign median with Jeremy's help. James stated were also going to have bull rock and boulders installed within the medians. James stated we won’t be irrigating all the medians. Sara asked when will the project start, James stated that this project will start in a few months at a cost of $400,000. Kaye asked if citizens can get the Magnolia trees that will be pulled out to start the new project. James stated he could ask the contractor, but Kaye decided to tell them no. James stated the bid process will begin in April and hopefully get council approval in May. The projected will probably take 3 months to complete. Solar irrigation will be installed for this project. **Recycling Christmas trees-Susan did check into this with Texas New Mexico, but Keep Friendswood Beautiful decided that they are not interested in mulching trees for the beaches. G. New Business: Back the bay, Sherry informed the board that Susan is getting more information for that project. We need a waterway project for the grant for next year. Paul stated he will find us some creeks to clean up. Paul stated the bond advisory group has had several meetings. The subcommittees are separated into Parks, Streets/Drainage, and Facilities. It has been very interesting from our subgroup and we have made aware of the different projects that are going on and the proposed projects. Sherry stated she has been fortunate to be able to participate on the bond committee; it has been an eye opener for me. The group is extremely positive and motivated. These are people that truly want to help parks, facilities, streets and bring them up to standards in this city. I find it very rewarding and I hope that people will listen. I think the next step is educating the people. Sherry informed the board that the city is interested in participating in the Scenic City Certification. There is a $500 application fee. Kaye moved to spend $500 on the registration fee for the Scenic City application, Jeremy second the motion and it passed unanimously. Kaye asked maintaining the post office is Keep Friendswood Beautiful’s responsibility. Sherry stated no and to remove the Keep Friendswood Beautiful sign from the post office. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned7:55 pm Approved by: Kimberly Ramirez Date: March 26, 2013