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BM 2003-10-16 KCB Keep Coppell Beautiful Minutes of Meeting October 16, 2003 The Keep Coppell Beautiful Committee met on October 16, 2003 at 7pm in the Conference Room at the Coppell Service Center, 816 So. Coppell Rd, Coppell Texas. The following members were present John Valentine, John Dobson, Lisa Cunov, Rene Lawson, Julie Basham, Karen Smith, Jane Filarowicz, City of Coppell Liaison: Amanda Vanhoozier, Community Programs Coordinator. Item 1: Call to Order -John Valentine called the meeting to order at 7:04 PM Item 2: Election of Committee Chair and Co-Chair. Committe members introduced themselves. The committee unanimously voted John Valentine as Chair and Lisa Cunov as Co-Chair. Item 3: Consider approval of Minutes, September 18, 2003. Minutes approved as written. (7-0) Item 4: Citizen's Forum. George ICing 332 Timbers Ridge Lane. Item 5: Keep Coppell Beautiful Orientation. Amanda Vanhoozier presented the orientation for the new members, went over notebooks, and specified the importance of attending scheduled meetings to make quorums. Amanda also went over history and events that take place with Keep Coppell Beautiful. Item 6: Discussion and consider approval of Adopt-a-Location Assignments. John Valentine presented a map of Coppell divided into sections. Committee members were assigned sections were they will focus on the volunteer groups to improve pickups and recruit groups to be a part of their Adopt-a-Location section. Committee approved assigned Adopt-a-Location sections. (7-0) Item 7: Annual Work Plan Evaluation for 02-03 and Recommendations for 03-04. Amanda Vanhoozier went over the work plan for 02-03 and decided for 03-04 the committee should promote clean up with awards, etc. The committee will have teen involvement with the new curriculum the students have to follow for community service hours. Keep Coppell Beautiful will be allowed one Grant for the year. John Dodson requested a calendar of events for 02-03. No recommendations for 03-04 goals were made until the next meeting. Item 8: Discussion on Residential Yard Trimming Recycling. Lisa Cunov made a presentation in front of City Council about Yard Trimming Recycling. Amanda Vanhoozier stated that City Managers is working on negotiating yard trimmings. Karen Smith suggested going to companies that do the yard trimming and ask them to recycle. John Valentine said the best target would be the Homeowners Association. Item 9: Community Program Report. Wildflower Seeding took place at Andrew Brown East; flowers are expected to bloom next spring. Coppell Recycle booth took place last weekend; many recycle bins and Coppell Recycles brochures were handed out to promote Keep Coppell Beautiful. Master Composter's Seminar will be October 23- 25m. New Business to be placed on next meeting's agenda: Goals for 03-04 Marketing Strategies Discuss December Meeting Computer Recycling and Mulch Day ADJOURNED Meeting adioumed at 8:15pm. Minutes respectfully submitted by Cecilia Gandara Next meeting: November 20, 2003, 7pm, Conference Room, Coppell Service Center, 816 So. Coppell Rd.