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BM 2011-04-21 KCBKeep Coppell Beautiful Minutes of Meeting April 21, 2011 The Keep Coppell Beautiful Board met on April 21, 2011, 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: Shannon Wentz, David Caviness, Brandi Todd, Eric Dillie, and Samuel Duff. Student advisors, Goutham Kandru, and Geetika Rao were present. City Liaison: Cristal Rollins, Community Programs Coordinator, and Kami Marcom, Parks and Recreation Administrative Technician, were present. Item 1: Call to Order  Brandi Todd, Chair, called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. Item 2: Consider Approval of Minutes for January 20, 2011  Motion was made and carried to approve the February 17, 2011, minutes.  Motion was made and carried to approve the March 17, 2011, minutes. Item 3: Citizens’ Forum.  No citizens were present. Item 4: Presentation from ECoppell Group Members  ECoppell Group Members were not present. Item 5: Discussion and Approval of Date for Litter Index Survey  Board members, Eric Dillie and Geetika Rao volunteered to participate in the Litter Index/Survey at 5:45 pm on May 19, 2011. Item 6: Discussion and Approval of June and July Meeting Dates  Motion was made and carried to cancel June and July meetings. Item 7: Discussion of Board’s Priorities for 2011 and Presentation of Survey Results  David Caviness reported on the priorities and the survey results.  The top four priorities according to the results: - Diversion and participation rate for residential recycling - Increase schools’ involvement in recycling - Green Team - Youth advisor activities involvement Item 8: Discussion of Earthfest and Board’s Booth  Goutham Kandru reported on the games.  Cristal Rollins reported on the flyers and giveaways.  Brandi Todd, along with board members, created a list of items to bring to Earthfest.  Cristal Rollins reported that the shift rotations would be from 9:00am – 12:00pm and 12:00pm – 3:00pm. Shannon Wentz and David Caviness volunteered for the 9:00am – 12:00pm shift and Eric Dillie, Geetika Rao, and Goutham Kandru volunteered to stay for both rotations.  Cristal Rollins reported on the shredding information taking place at Town Center Elementary. Metrocrest will be available to accept clothing donations and the High School Wrestling team will be there volunteering their assistance as well.  Brandi Todd, Geetika Rao, and Goutham Kandru agreed to meet on April 28, 2011 to set up and test out the games. Item 9: Update on Clean Coppell  Cristal Rollins reported that Clean Coppell began on April 16, 2011 and continues until Earthfest on April 30, 2011. This year, Clean Coppell has record numbers reaching 1,995 volunteers and 2,000 pounds of clean up. Item 10: Community Programs Report 1) Recycling Carts – “Make Your Cart Count” goals – 65% Participation Rate (PR) & 20% Diversion Rate (DR) JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH 2011 YTD 67% PR 62% PR 64% PR 64% PR 21.74% DR 18.74% DR 16.4%DR 18.78% DR 2) Coppell Farmers Market – Weekly season started April 9th. 3) CCG Education – 26 people attended the Spring Vegetable Gardening class on 3/26 and 15 people attended the Grub Composting class on 4/9. Upcoming classes: “Make & Take Rain Barrels” – April 23rd – 10:00 a.m. (Fire Training Room) – must pre-register for this one, “Drip Irrigation” – Saturday, April 23rd – 11:30 a.m. (Fire Training Room), “Composting 101” – Saturday, April 23rd – 2:00 p.m. (Library). Education and Farmers Market committees partnered together for a booth at the Live Green Plano Expo on 4/16. 4) Upcoming Events – EGGstravaganza (Egg Hunt) – Saturday, April 23rd - 11:00 a.m. at Wagon Wheel Park (arrive early!!!!); Earthfest – Saturday, April 30th – 10:00 to 2:00 at Town Center Plaza; Bounce! – Saturday, May 14th - 10:00 to 2:00 at Wagon Wheel Park. New Business to be placed on next meeting’s agenda  Ecoppell Kids  Adopt-A-Location  Earthfest and Clean Coppell Wrap-Up  Sub-committees  Discuss ways to involve schools ADJOURNMENT  Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m. by Brandi Todd. Minutes respectfully submitted by Kami Marcom. Next meeting is May 19, 2011, 7 p.m., Conference Room, Coppell Road Service Center, 816 S. Coppell Rd.