BM 2004-01-15 KCB Keep Coppell Beautiful
Minutes of Meeting
January 15, 2004
The Keep Coppell Beautiful Committee met on January 15, 2004 at 7pm in the Conference Room at
the Coppell Service Center, 816 So. Coppell Rd, Coppell, Texas. The following members were
present John Dobson, Rene Lawson, Karen Smith, Jane Filarowicz, Julie Basham, City of Coppell
Liaison: Amanda Vanhoozier, Community Programs Coordinator.
Item 1: Call to Order - Rene Lawson called the meeting to order at 7:10 PM
Item 2: Consider Approval of Minutes, ]Minutes approved as written. (5-0)
Item 3: Citizen's Forum. George IGng 332 Timber Ridge Ln.
Item 4: Election of Co-Chairman. John Dobson was elected co-chair.
Item 5: Discussion and consider approval for Adopt-a-Location date. Committee members
discussed and approved the dates of January 10, 2004, March 27, 2004, July 10, 2004
and October 2, 2004 for Adopt-a-Location pick-ups. (5-0)
Item 6: Discussion and consider approval of Goals for 03-04. Karen $. gave presentation
regarding the Governor's Award. Entry for the award was discussed but will be place
as an agenda item for approval next meeting. Goals for 03-04 were approved as
written. (5-0)
Item 7: Discussion of Adopt-a-Location Program for 2004. Adopt-a-Location sign up forms
have been sent out to all organizations. Karen S. requested a list of the groups that
have responded to mail out. Amanda V. requested that Committee members recruit at
least two more groups to their Adopt-a-Location area. Committee discussed ways to
encourage groups to fill out their clean up reports.
Item 8: Discussion of Residential Yard Trimmings Recycling Status. Amanda V. reported the
status on Residential Yard Trimmings. Ordinance will be discussed with City Manager
on January 16, 2004 with a goal to have the ordinance in the agenda for the January 27
City Council meeting and have the ordinance take effect April 1. Marketing Grant has
been submitted and should have status information by the end of February.
Item 9: Presentation and Discussion of Marketing Plan for KCB. Karen $. gave a PowerPoint
presentation about marketing strategies for KCB. Committee members discussed
how the Marketing Strategies would affect the Goals for 03-04 and the Governor's
Award.
Item 10: Presentation and Discussion on Green Purchasing. John D. gave a presentation
regarding Green Purchasing. Committee discussed ways on how they could present
the information to the City officials. Committee members showed interest on Green
Purchasing, item will be placed as an agenda item for the next meeting.
Item 11: Community Programs Report. Amanda V. reported that 1,200 trees were brought in
during Holiday Tree Recycling. 170 People come in to drop off computers during
Computer Recycling. Arbor Day poster workshop is scheduled for January 12 at
Middle School East. Amanda was not able to get trees due to no availability.
Community Garden sign-up is coming up; also, the garden at Town Center is
expanding gardeners will be out Saturday working. Master Composter Seminar is
scheduled for February 26 & 27. Keep America Beautiful presented KCB with the
President's Circle Recognition Award, recognizing the standard of excellence
achieved by KCB during 2003.
New Business to be placed on next meeting's agenda:
Discussion and Consider Approval for Governor's Award
Green Purchasing Update
Adopt-a-Location Stares
ADJOURNED
Meeting adjourned at 9:25pm. Minutes respectfully submitted by Cecilia Gandara
Next meeting: February 19, 2004, 7pm, Conference Room, Coppell Service Center, 816 So.
Coppell Rd.