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Fourth of July Steering Committee
August 19, 2009
Minutes
A regular meeting of the Fourth of July Steering Committee was held on
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at City Hall, located at 910 S Friendswood
Dr, Friendswood, TX 77546, at which time the following subject will be
considered.
The following members and staff were present at the meeting:
Dan Morgan
Nicole Morgan
Michelle Scarpa
Stacy Scarpa
Tony Scarpa
Ken Turner
Darrell Fales
Renae Rives
Skip Redding
Minh Tanita
Director of Community Services: James Toney
Staff: Kimberly Ramirez
1. Call to order: Meeting was called to order at 7:19 p.m.
2. Communications from the public: NA
3. Minutes: Nicole Morgan made a motion to approve the July 15,
2009 minutes as corrected, Renae Rives seconded the motion and the
motion passed unanimously.
4. Discussion and possible action on creating subcommittees for the
2010 4th of July Celebration:
Subcommittees Chairs:
Dignitary Breakfast-Skip Redding
Day Program-Michelle Scarpa
Parade-Tony Scarpa
Stage Committee-Dan Morgan
Bus Committee-Renae Rives
Logistics-Nicole Morgan
Judges-Renae Rives
Corporate sponsorship-Ken Turner
Executive committee will be the chairs of all of the subcommittees to
meet on planning the overall 2010 4th of July Celebration.
5. Budget: The committee went over the budget for 2009 in detail and
made request for next year’s budget. James Toney informed the board
that the 2010 budget will be the same as the 2009 budget. Dan Morgan
stated that a dollar figure should be set aside for the entertainment for
the 2010 celebration. Ken Turner made a motion to spend no more than
$15,000 for the night entertainment, Renae Rives second the motion and
the motion passed unanimously.
6. Discussion and possible action regarding the 2009, 4 th of July
Celebration:
A. Parade: The parade is scheduled on Monday, July 5; since the 4th of
July falls on a Sunday. A theme needs to be decided for the 2010 4th of
July. Stefanie Scarpa requested to have Friendswood schools to submit
the theme ideas in form of a contest and publish the winner in the local
newspaper. Renae Rives will send a proposal to Friendswood schools
for the theme contest. Deadline will be November 1st will have it up for
a vote in January’s meeting. And will provide ribbon and trophy for
winners.
B. Day Program: Will be scheduled Monday, July 5th after the parade
and will start at 11am. The committee requested a larger sound system
for the day band and would like to have multiple stages for the day
program.
C. Evening: The evening program will be scheduled on Sunday July
4th:, the gates will open at 6pm and will have available parking at the new
junior high. Booking entertainment for the 2010 4 th of July celebration
will be decided at January’s meeting.
7. Adjournment: Nicole Morgan made a motion to adjourn the
meeting at 8:25 p.m., Stefanie Scarpa second the motion and the meeting
was adjourned.
Approved by:
Kimberly Ramirez
Date:
1-20-09