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HomeMy WebLinkAboutKFB Minutes 2017-08-22KFB Board Meeting Minute August 22, 2017 Board Members in attendance: Sherry Goen Susan Stephens Kaye Corey Patty Steinke Todd Mendenhall Frank Garza Martha Cotton Jeff Smith Brandi Fernandez, Guest Michael Fernandez, Guest Chiquita Taylor Leslie Peralta Katy Blanchard, Staff James Toney, Director of Parks and Recreation 1. Call to order: The meeting was called to order at 6:36 PM 2. Discussion and Approval of June 27, 2017 minutes: Will approve minutes at next meeting on September 26, 2017 3. Communications/Guest: Michael Fernandez and his wife Brandi introduce themselves and explain why they are considering joining KFB. A. Volunteer Hours: Sherry request to have the board members submit their hours. B. Committee Reports **Executive Committee - Sherry/Susan/Natasha: Sherry talks about the new updates to the Santa in the Park for the 10th anniversary. New things added video wall, lights throughout James explains new plans for the Fireworks. Susan has registered all of our events with KTB and KAB for the year such as National Planting Day, Fall Haul, and Fall Sweep. **Public Awareness – Natasha McAdoo: Chiquita informs the board about that the Public Awareness board met. ** Education – Patty Steinke: Patty discusses the Little Library and informs the board that all questions and books will be referred to Patty. Kaye mentions that an additional Little Library was added in her neighborhood. ** Beautification – Kaye Corey: Kaye discussed that the construction site near her neighborhood was cleaned up thanks to Rhonda Neil. She also updates the board the we are no longer working with Barbara Willey due to lack of communication. She said she has spoken with Jerry Erickson and Rotary is still interested in doing something with butterflies. She is going to look into Monarch Proclamations. **Parks – Tom Goodwin: Jeff reports that the fire department is meeting the girl scouts out at 1776 Park to help them put the bat houses high up in the trees. James lets the board know that the construction at Lake Friendswood with the pavilion and bathroom building is moving along and we are looking into getting emergency phones and lights installed. He adds that the Old City park plans should be sent to council next month. James said that we are looking to go out for bid for a new mowing contract with in the next two weeks. **Environmental Action – Paul Marx: Table C. Median Maintenance: James let the board know that we have just sent a report to TxDot and the contractor for the 518 medians with dead plants and trees listed. Kaye mentions that Todd is going go out and look at the Aztec grass at the FM 2351 medians because it is not doing well. D. Keep Friendswood Beautiful **Little Library: Patty updated us in her educational portion. ** Native Plants/Butterfly Garden Workshop: Sherry mentioned that Kim had seen a local group putting a butterfly presentation in the paper and suggested KFB try to come up with a workshop with argillite or Native Plants Society. Kaye offers to look into is because she is a member of both. ** Budget Suggestions: Sherry discusses some of the considerations for the budget such as Christmas décor. James adds that we will need to replace the large park Christmas tree décor. We will vote on this in the September meeting. ** Stevenson Solar Lights: James says the solar lights are being shipped and we should have them soon. In addition we are looking into lighting the bridge. ** Consideration of joining Keep America Beautiful: Sherry informs the board that she spoke with Keep Alvin Beautiful and asked them the benefits about being a member of KAB. She learned because KFB is not 501C3 that it may not be as beneficial for us. She mentions we have a conference call with KTB on Monday. ** National Planting Day: Susan says she plans to plant some plants in a new bed in Stevenson in a new or old bed. Patty says she can help get native plants for this. Susan welcomed the board to come out for when we plan to plant. ** National Night Out: Sherry mentions that Natasha has volunteered her house as a meeting location for National Night out on October 3rd in West Ranch. We will have Figgy there and hand out some marketing material. ** KTB Fall Sweep: Susan explains the KTB “Fall Sweep” event to the board and talks about how we plan to have a clean-up day throughout the lake park, Centennial, 1771 Park, and Stevenson Park. Susan lets the board know we are already registered and looking to receive some supplies. ** Fall Haul: Fall Haul is planned for November 11th at Centennial. We have a request to make a sign that lets people know they cannot enter the park unless with Fall Haul. **Holiday Decorating Contest: We are moving forward with this contest again this year. We are putting out the information out early this year. ** Liberty Tree: Patty reports that the Liberty Tree is not looking to great. The white fence is falling apart, the white bricks are not white, and very over grown. James explain that we had Friendswood Firewood go out and check the tree and saw fungus on the tree, he recommended someone to help us get rid of the fungus. Patty mentioned that she thinks that fixing the area would be a good budget consideration. Sherry mentions to have Todd look at the area and see what can be done. Patty asks James if the parks is willing to pay for the fungicide and he agreed that he would not let the tree die. ** Gazebo Painting: Sherry asks the board their opinion on whether we think the Gazebo needs to be painted. James mentions parks plans to power wash the gazebo. If the paint chips we may need to paint. **Crepe Myrtles in El Dorado Medians: Sherry lets the board know that there is no irrigation on El Dorado. Kaye says she has a plan. She mentions to add about 5 Crepe Myrtles without irrigation like some of the medians on 2351. She suggests doing in sometime in November. Todd informs the board that the tree removal and installation will be difficult. James offers to look into it. Patty suggests maybe to plant new crepe myrtles to cut cost. James says we will make an access the medians and see how many trees, how deep, and wide and will report at the next meeting. ** Santa in the Park: We already mentioned in the Executive Board Report. ** Waste Connections Contest: Sherry explains to the board about the contest and we read the lyrics to the board. 4. New Business: Katy explains some of the things the FHS Recycle club is going to be doing this year and mentioned she is meeting with them tomorrow. Susan says she has looked into the adopt a highway things. Jeff asks how the KFB board stands on the Carousel. Sherry clarifies that she was misquoted in the paper and that we do not post on Facebook or social media as a “KFB” member. You can only post as a citizen of Friendswood and refer other things to the City. 5. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 7:48 PM Approved by: Kimberly Ramirez Date: September 26, 2017