BM 2009-01-15 KCB
Keep Coppell Beautiful
Minutes of Meeting
January 15, 2009
The Keep Coppell Beautiful Board met on January 15, 2009, 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:
Chairman Brent Wooten, Tom Hudon, Craig Pritzlaff, Brandi Todd, Shannon Olmstead, Carole Gayler and
James Halpin, Student Advisor. City Liaison Cristal Rollins, Community Programs Coordinator, and Phyllis
Shepherd, Parks and Recreation Secretary, were present.
Item 1: Call Meeting to Order
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Brent Wooten called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m.
Item 2: Consider Approval of November 20, 2008, Minutes
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Minutes approved 7-0
Item 3: Citizen’s Forum
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Ron Curran, 416 Kaye, Coppell
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Patricia Morman, 211 Cove Drive, Coppell
Item 4: Discussion and Consider Approval of March meeting date
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Spring break week meeting on March 19, 2009, approved 7-0.
Item 5: Discussion and Update Adopt-a-Location 2008 Final Totals and 2009 Renewals
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Cristal Rollins reported the 2008 Final Totals: 823 volunteers, 523 bags totaling
11,000 pounds.
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Renewal letters were sent out at the end of December. Some renewals have been
received. Renewal forms will be emailed to board members. Cristal Rollins will be
doing a press release for signups. Board members are to continue to contact and
encourage volunteers.
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The addition of the Rolling Hills Cemetery location was approved 7-0. Ron Curron
will sign contract for litter control there once construction is completed.
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The Boy Scout troop would like to adopt the trail from the pond at end of Gifford
through Andrew Brown East Park. Cristal Rollins will consult with Amanda
Vanhoozier.
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Maps of locations will be emailed to board members.
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KCB 2009 pick up dates approved 7-0: February 21, May, August, and November,
Saturdays at 7:30 a.m.
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Patricia Morman requested that her sign be straightened to stand correctly.
Item 6:Discussion and Consider Approval of Date for 2009 Litter Index Scoring
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The board approved 7-0 March 21, 2009, 8:30 a.m.
Item 7: Preliminary Discussion of KCB’s Earthfest Activities
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Earthfest is Saturday, April 4, 2009, 9 a.m. There will be a two week period of clean
ups and picking up packets and T-shirts before Earthfest in order to participate more
in Earthfest activities. There will be no litter getter contest or trunk sale. There will
be a registration area for walk ups, education booths, document shredder; craft
booths, earth-friendly products vendors, education information, and give aways.
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Suggestion was made to have someone stationed at each site to keep track of the
areas needing pickup. James Halpin reported that the solar car may be ready. The
Smart car would be good to have, also. Contact Channel 5 re using the recycling cart
report segment as a loop at the event.
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KCB booth will contain educational information, AAL signups, blue cart
information, and Green Business information.
Item 8: Discussion of Green Business Program
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Brandi Todd explained the Green Business Program in which members must meet at
least one “green practice” in each category. Each item is worth points.
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The committee requests board members review the information and email the
committee with any suggestions regarding the categories, points and possible name
of the program.
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Cristal Rollins will be running the program along with the Chamber of Commerce
who will contact the businesses.
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The committee plans to promote the program on Earthfest day.
Item 9: Community Programs Report
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1. Rolling Oaks Memorial Center
– Following the last meeting when Ron Curran
brought the trash issues at the cemetery site to our attention, the contractor was
contacted by the parks director and parks manager. They reminded him that he is
contractually obligated to have trash receptacles on site and can be fined if the trash
issues continue. I also spoke with our AAL contact at the Container Store and
brought to her attention that some of this trash could be blowing into the pond on
their site. It has improved, but there are still some issues. Any further dealings will
have to be directed to code enforcement and building inspections, as this is not part
of KCB’s “jurisdiction” since we are dealing with contractors and a construction site.
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2. Coppell Community Garden
- Share the Harvest donated over 13,000 pounds
in 2008. This is the highest yield since the gardens were started in 1998. The CCG
has suspended Youth Action volunteer hours until February 14. CCG annual signup
will be on Saturday, February 7, at the Fire Training Center at Fire Station #3 from
9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
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3. Coppell Farmers Market
- The CFM will reopen in April 2009. There are two
additional produce farmers that want to sell in 2009.
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4. E-Cycling
– E-cycling was held on Saturday, January 10, at Town Center.
Approximately 207 cars came through with items. We collected 19,246 lbs of
electronic equipment; 80 cell phones were collected and have been sent to Ecophones
who will send KCB a check. The next collection will be Saturday, April 4, from 9
am–1 pm at Town Center Elementary in conjunction with Earth Fest. Thank you to
Brent, Angie and James for coming out in the cold and helping out!
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5. Recycling Cart rollout
– The cart rollout has begun. The information has
already been picked up by Channel 5, who did a mention on their December 11, 4:00
p.m., newscast. The rollout promotion continues, and the carts should be coming in
February.
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6. Greenstorming Group
–TheGreenstorming Groupmeets at the Chamber of
Commerce on the first Friday of the month at noon, focusing on business recycling.
This has generated a lot of interest in the Green Business Program.
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7. Keep America Beautiful
has awarded KCB the 2008 President’s Circle
Recognition Award!
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8. Master Composters Seminar
– The spring Master Composters Seminar will be
held Thursday, February 26 through Saturday, February 28. Thursday and Friday
session from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., and Saturday’s session is 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the
Service Center.
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9. Sweetheart Ball
– Friday, Feb. 6 and Saturday, Feb. 7, 6:30-9:30 pm at the
Aquatic & Recreation Center. Moms and sons on Friday night; Dads and daughters
on Saturday night.
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10. TXDOT Landscape
- The TXDOT Landscape architect is drawing up new plans
for Freeport and 635 on the northwest corner that will include a large tree area. We
have a PDF of the design to view!
New Business to be placed on next meeting agenda:
ADJOURNMENT
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Meeting adjourned at 8:39 p.m. by Brent Wooten, Chairman.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Phyllis Shepherd.
Next meeting is February 19, 2009, 7 p.m., Conference Room, Coppell Road Service Center, 816 S.
Coppell Rd.