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HomeMy WebLinkAboutKFB Minutes 2015-09-22Keep Friendswood Beautiful Board Meeting Minutes September 22, 2015 Sherry Goen, Chair Kaye Corey Todd Mendenhall Sara Eakin Susan Stephens Natasha McAdoo Martha Cotton Frank Garza Paul Marx Patty Steinke Rhonda Neel, P & Z Committee Liasion James Toney, Director of Parks and Recreation Kimberly Ramirez, Staff Guest, Brett Banfield 1. Call to order: Called to order 6:31pm. 2. Discussion/approval of August 25, 2015: Patty made a motion to approve the minutes as presented, Martha second and the motion passed unanimously. 3. Communications/Guest: Rhonda Neel introduced herself as the liaison for the P & Z Committee; she said she’s planning on attending the monthly KFB meetings. Sherry stated we’re delighted to have a P & Z Liasion attend our meetings. Brett Banfield who is on CEDC and a lifelong Friendswood resident. Brett stated he’s here to talk about Friends of Downtown Friendswood, we’re a brand new association, and Martha is on the committee as well. We have over 70 members already, we’re having a meeting next Tuesday at the Brizendine’s, and he invited the board to attend. We want to go to council with solutions, there’s a lot of potential for our downtown area. Lots of other Friendswood organizations are on board and the group wants to hear what everyone wants for the downtown area. We’re hoping to partner with you in the future. He said to call him anytime, he’s happy to listen. Todd stated we have a vision, and how is this going to come about. Everyone wants to do it but we don’t know how to do it. Over 100 cities in Texas are going thru the same thing with revitalizing their downtown area. He also stated that P & Z met recently to discuss downtown requirements. A. Volunteers Hours: Sherry informed the board to turn in their hours. B. Median Maintenance/Fall Plans: Kimberly is going to meet with Cornerstone soon to coordinate the planting of fall color in Stevenson Park. Kaye Corey stated that the median at the Public Safety Building is looking bad looks like it’s not getting water. Patty asked who maintains the Blackhawk medians. James stated that the city mow’s it but that’s it, we only trim trees for safety purposes. C. Keep Friendswood Beautiful **Update on 518 TxDOT Grant Project: Sherry informed the group that we will be meeting with TxDOT next month on the preliminary drawings. **Fall Haul and Spring Sparkle (2nd Saturday in November and 2nd Saturday in April for net four years Nov 14 and April 9 this year: Kimberly informed the group that everything is confirmed for the event. Tri-Star will charge $450 for shredding services and JSC has agreed to sponsor the shredding event. **Tree Giveaway-January 16, 2016: Kimberly has secured 120 trees at $15 for 15 gallon trees; KFB has requested Redbuds, Red oaks, Magnolias and Mexican oaks. **FHS Recycling Club Report: Katy informed the group that she has supplied the group with 6 new recycle bins, a box of gloves a $100 check from Keep Texas Beautiful and 2 Keep Texas Beautiful awards from the conference. **Parks Board to Regroup under KFB: James stated that there is discussion on the parks board being merged with KFB, he has talked to the council liaison for the Parks board and he is good with it. The group deals with parks and athletics, but the athletics portion will be a totally separate group. Kaye asked if KFB will have a say so on the other parks, James stated yes. **Volunteers signing up with KFB will be invited to join our meeting: Sherry stated that volunteers will now be sent an invite to each of the KFB board meetings. **Restructuring of KFB: Sherry informed the board that she will stay on the board as chair but their will be restructuring of the board, Sherry informed the group that Natasha will inform the board of the change. Natasha passed forms for the board members to fill out, a KFB board member profile which breaks down the areas that the board would like to volunteer with and she also passed out the board member commitment form which list responsibilities of the board members which includes meeting attendance, subcommittees, be active and participate other events. Patty suggests breaking down events. Natasha informed the board to please turn in your forms and we’ll mail out the forms to those who did not attend tonight. D. Committees Santa in the Park-December 12: Sherry stated we have 2 chairpersons for Santa in the park, Todd and Paul. Todd stated Kim and Katy gave a very nice presentation at HomeTown Bank. HomeTown Bank is on board this year also there was an idea brought up that we’re going to have a downtown business decorating contest, the judges will be the board members. Judging will take place December 4-8th and the announcement will be done at Santa in the park. Kimberly stated that we’re 90% done with the event and we mailed out the sponsor letters today. James met with the fireworks company and they stated they will give us a discount since we’re using the same music or we can add extra option to the show. Kaye suggested adding a projected light to sparkle on City Hall for Christmas. E. New Business: Kimberly informed the board that we were able to purchase a popup tent, a set of Big Belly solar trash compactors for Stevenson Park, a new table cloth for KFB and landscape the front of city hall. Sherry informed the board to email suggestions of the beautification award. F. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 7:47 p.m. Approved by: Kimberly Ramirez Date: October 27, 2015