BM 2007-05-17 KCB
Keep Coppell Beautiful
Minutes of Meeting
May 17, 2007
The Keep Coppell Beautiful Board met on May 17, 2007, at 7:00 p.m., in the Conference Room at the
Coppell Service Center, 816 South Coppell Rd., Coppell, Texas. The following members were present:
Brent Wooten, Chairman, Chris Reed, Vice Chairman, John Dobson, Joyce Whitbread, Cindy Geppert and
Tom Hudon. Student Advisors present: James Halpin, and Zach Flores. City Liaison Amanda Vanhoozier,
Community Programs Supervisor, and Carrie Stevenson, Special Events Coordinator, were present.
Item 1: Call Meeting to Order
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Brent Wooten, Chairman, called meeting to order at 7:12 p.m.
Item 2: Consider Approval of May 17, 2007, Minutes
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Chris Reed made a motion to approve minutes.
Joyce Whitbread seconded the motion.
Vote: 6-0, approved.
Item 3: Citizen’s Forum
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No citizens present.
Item 4: Discussion of Evaluation of Clean Coppell
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Beautiful day, good turn out with 1636 volunteers. Registration went really well. 140
tires and 32 tons brought in. We had $8,361.00 in donations, grants and sponsorships.
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Food service was a problem because the pizzas were not delivered on time and the
amount was not as promised. Do we really need to serve a lunch? Maybe just give
out ice cream bars, bring sack lunches or have food vendors.
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The balloon ladies needed their own tent. Needed more directions for other places,
and more locations for families with small children, maybe in their own
neighborhoods.
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Not all Adopt a Location groups signed up to work. There was still trash left on the
roads after the clean up.
Item 5: Consider Approval of the Plan of Action for 07-08
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Amanda Vanhoozier highlighted the goals and objectives for the year. See attached
list.
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TX DOT landscape project committee needs to be activated.
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Discussed turning this board into a 5013C non-profit organization rather than being
council appointed. It would have autonomy, a budget, be stronger and draw from
businesses and school district having more arms in the community. A budget request
was made this year for a Keep Coppell Beautiful coordinator who would handle a lot
of this. The bylaws would need to be amended. Lewisville and Irving have non-profit
organizations. Future agenda item.
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The governor’s award was submitted for this year and looked even better than last
year’s. Working toward 2009 and need to keep the score above 90 for three years.
There would be more projects to document if we were non-profit.
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Cindy Geppert made the motion to approve the plan with later additions to be made.
Chris Reed seconded the motion.
Approved 6-0
Item 6: Orientation: Beautification and Water Conservation
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Amanda Vanhoozier shared about a lot of the beautification in Coppell. Because the
city parks department keeps everything mowed and planted, we have concentrated on
inner beauty not outer beauty. We teach people about resource and water
conservation in landscaping with Texas Smartscape classes, community gardens, and
Master Composter seminars.
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The city manager sent aerators to all homes to reduce water usage. We have had
water talks at Farmers Market with the Upper Trinity Water District, Soils Alive and
landscape designers. An Eagle Scout put in a Smartscape at the market to
demonstrate the possibilities. Smartscape is going in everywhere in Coppell because
it uses less water.
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There are informational segments on TV at 11:30 p.m. about resource and water
conservation.
Item 7:Community Programs Report
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James Halpin reported on his recycling project at Coppell Middle School West. A
raffle will be held to raise money for the bins. Gift certificates and a ride in a Learjet
simulator are some of the prizes being raffled. Recycling starts first day of next year.
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Amanda Vanhoozier shared some praise a teacher had about James Halpin and the
other kids for the service learning work they have done.
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1. Coppell Community Garden
- Share the Harvest ahead of last year in pounds
donated. Waiting list for gardeners. The Ground Delivery Garden will be on the
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Dallas Water Utilities WaterWise Tour on June 2.
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2. Coppell Farmers Market
- There are 14 vendors selling organic produce,
natural meats, seafood, coffee and tea, dog treats, honey, breads, cottage
cheese/yogurt, fruits and vegetables, plants, salsa and preserves.
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3. Coppell Community Garden Education
- Water Talks at the CFM every Sat. in
May. Preparing for the Jr. Master Gardener class this summer.
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4. Master Composters of Coppell
- Maintaining compost bins at both CCG.
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5. Yard Trimming Recycling –
The week after the storm 120 tons was collected
by Waste Management and taken to the compost facility.
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6. Recycling Promotion in Motion –
Project funds almost complete. Still waiting
on the final brochure on computer recycling.
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7. School Recycling –
CMS West and Denton Creek getting closer to plan for Fall
’07. This is becoming a good service learning project for the schools.
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8. Chamber of Commerce Greenstorming Group -
There has been an
environmental discussion group that has met since Jan. Business leaders are taking an
interest in sustainable practices. The group will continue this fall.
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9. Awards Submitted-GCAA -
The narrative and notebook was due on May 8
and also submitted the Citizens’ Advocate for a KTB Media Award for their
environmental efforts and printing almost 1000 column inches on related articles.
New Business to be placed on next meeting agenda:
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No meetings in June or July.
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July 4 parade entry: truck and trailer
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Applications for boards: Cindy Geppert, Tom Hudon, John Dobson, James Halpin
and Zach Flores
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Interviews for board applicants at 5:30 p.m., August 16, 2007.
ADJOURNMENT
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Meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m. by Brent Wooten, Chairman.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Phyllis Shepherd.
Next meeting: August 16, 2007, 7 p.m., Conference Room, Coppell Road Service Center, 816 S.
Coppell Rd.