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HomeMy WebLinkAboutKFB Minutes 2013-05-28Keep Friendswood Beautiful Board Meeting Minutes May 28, 2013 Board members in attendance: Sherry Goen Frank Garza Jeremy Sampson Todd Mendenhall Paul Marx Martha Cotton Patty Steinke Kaye Corey James Toney, Director of Community Services Kimberly Ramirez, Staff 1. Call to order: The meeting was called to order at 6:33pm. 2. Discussion/approval of April 23, 2012 minutes: Martha Cotton made a motion to approve the minutes as presented, Frank Garza second the motion and the motion passed unanimously 3. Communications/Guest: A. Volunteer Hours: Sherry informed the board that from Jan-April, KFB has 866 hours so far. B. Median Maintenance: James stated that everything is looking good at the medians and with the project. C. Stevenson Park: Patty stated she met with Loretta at Stevenson Park and she informed her of the Satsuma’s that were planted in the back by the pavilion, Patty stated that Loretta would like to add more grass to the drive area. Sherry stated that there is a big difference in the new solar lights that were installed recently, and that’s why the price has gone up because it’s a different light that covers a broader area. Jeremy stated 10 or 15 more solar lights will cover the entire park. James stated we could retrofit the original lights and expand the lights since the new ones cover more area. The volleyball group has contacted the city and is interested in possibly doing a volleyball tournament. Patty suggested adding Figgy clean up signs to the park near the volleyball courts and basketball courts. The board stated the parks look beautiful. D. Keep Friendswood Beautiful **Solar Lights Project: Paul suggested having a poster with a solar light on it at the KFB booths at events. Jeremy stated he will help us with the signs. Kimberly informed the group that KFB acquired a new solar light from the proceeds from the Crawfish festival. **KTB Conference-June 17-20 in San Antonio-KFB Presentation on Wednesday, June 19-"Branding Your Organization with Mascots" Panel Discussion: Sherry informed the group that the presentation still in the till works; James will be attending this year. E. Incentive Grants for Beautification Efforts-Input from Karen Capps: James stated that Karen Capps doesn’t think it’s a good idea for the partnership with KFB and the incentive grant but is open to work in partnership with another project. F. Committee: **Business Beautification Award: Patty suggested Calvary Chapel, with the addition of the new building. Patty suggested sending a letter to Calvary Chapel. Kaye stated that the San Joaquin entrance looks really looks good. Board was in favor of choosing San Joaquin entrance way for the 3rd quarter beautification award. **Bond Advisory Group: Sherry stated that all reports are turned in and will be discussed at the June 3rd council meeting. **Fourth of July-Figgy Ride in Parade/KFB booth at Stevenson: Figgy will be in the parade and KFB will have a booth at Stevenson Park during the day program. G. 2013 Goals/Projects Updates **Additional Entrance Signs: Jeremy stated we'll wait for the new owners on the house on FM528’s permission. Patty suggested getting quotes on getting the water tower painted. James stated painting the water tower Is very expensive. **Banners for 528 Softball Fields: James stated that we went thru another company they should be ready by next month. **Landscaping on 2351 and 518: Martha stated that the post office looks great but needs weeding. Patty asked who is going to take responsibility on maintaining the project. Do we take care of this community building or what should we do. Ozzy stated he might be able to continue on maintaining this project with the post office. Kaye stated when she was driving down FM2351 she noticed that the oak trees have grown out almost to the curb and we didn't address that when we were doing all this planning. We have a lot of magnolias blooming, is that going to be addressed. James stated that trimming the trees will be maintained thru the City or by Cornerstone. James stated it will be part of our maintenance contract or thru Friendswood Firewood. James stated that TXDOT has reviewed the plans but had concern about the knockout roses and wants them kept under the 36" that we talked about. Patty stated that the reader board looks good on Blackhawk. James stated the traffic light is going out for bid soon, the remaining funds from the project is for the traffic light and the landscaping project on FM2351; we may look at it again but suggested to send it out for bid. **Monarch way station at 1776: Sherry stated that she emailed Penny Burke about her question on adding a Monarch way station, but hasn’t received a response. Sherry stated we'll wait for Penny to get back with us. **Appreciation/Recognition Letters: Sherry sent out letters to day care, Kings Kids and McDonalds. Now we want send one to Calvary Chapel. Todd suggested sending out a letter to the detention pond by Hunters Creek. Board stated that Spreading Oaks and FM518 need to be mowed. Bayou Florist, looks bad, the condos on FM518 on Walden Pond look really bad. Martha stated a lot of them have been condemned. H. New Business: We need to do a survey for the grant, Sherry stated, I have 2 different kinds of surveys that I found. One that’s for businesses and the other one is for schools, for students. Board decided to go thru the Survey Monkey and start on this project in September. Sherry stated that Susan Delcambre sent some information to Kaye on working on water conservation. Sherry stated that she'll check it out at the conference. Next meeting-June 25, 2013 4. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 7:30pm. Approved by: Kimberly Ramirez Date: June 25, 2013