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BM 2011-08-18 KCBKeep Coppell Beautiful Minutes of Meeting August 18, 2011 The Keep Coppell Beautiful Board met on August 18, 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: Shawn Thompson, Eric Dillie, Richard Kelley, Tabitha Wilson, Samuel Duff, David Caviness, Geetika Rao, and Goutham Kandru, City Liaison: Amanda Vanhoozier, Community Programs Supervisor, and Nikki Moore, Parks and Recreation Administrative Technician, were present. Item 1: Call to Order  David Caviness called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Item 2: Consider Approval of Minutes for May 19, 2011  Motion was made and carried to approve the May 19, 2011 minutes. Item 3: Citizens’ Forum  No citizens were present. Item 4: Introduction of New Keep Coppell Beautiful Board Members  David Caviness introduced Shawn Thompson and Richard Kelley. Each new member gave a brief report on how long they have lived in Coppell, what they do for a living, and why they wanted to be on the board. Item 5: Discussion of Adopt-a-Location  David Caviness gave each board member their respective Adopt-a-Location groups/sites that they are responsible for following up with and encouraging to do their clean-ups.  Tabitha Wilson volunteered to coordinate the Keep Coppell Beautiful location clean-ups.  The Keep Coppell Beautiful board members decided to meet on location for clean-up on September 10, 2011 at 8:00 a.m. Item 6: Discussion of Green Team and Chamber of Commerce Involvement  Amanda Vanhoozier reported that Tony Moline, new President of the Chamber of Commerce, expressed interest in revamping the Green Team with the KCB Board.  Board discussed having Tony Moline come speak at a Keep Coppell Beautiful Meeting in the near future. Item 7: Youth Report  Geetika Rao introduced project “The Green Santa.” It is based on a children’s book that is used to teach young children eco-friendly concepts. The goal is to have high school or junior high students in the community read the book to children in pre-school or elementary. North Middle School has already teamed up with Primrose to participate in this project. Item 8: Formation of Subcommittee for KCB Priority Goals  David Caviness reiterated the priority goals as follows: - Diversion and participation rate for residential recycling - Increase schools’ involvement in recycling - Green Team - Youth advisor activities involvement Item 9: Community Programs Report 1) Recycling Carts – “Make Your Cart Count” goals – 65% Participation Rate (PR) & 20% Diversion Rate (DR) MARCH APRIL MAY 2011 YTD 64% PR 69% PR 63% 65% PR 16.4%DR 15.68% DR 19% 17% DR 2) Coppell Farmers Market – Customer Count on July 23rd was 1300 people. Acceptance of Lone Star/ EBT cards and bank debit cards beginning 8/20/11. 3) CCG Education – Tour of Texas SmartScapes on September 24th at 9am to noon Starting a Organic Gardening Series this fall with monthly classes on soil building, composting, vegetable gardening, water conservation, etc. 4) Upcoming Events – Music Series in the Plaza on Friday nights in August. EcoCoppell Corps starting Oct. 20-22. 5) KCB was awarded 2nd Place in the 2011 Governor’s Community Achievement Award at the Keep Texas Beautiful conference in Austin in June. New Business to be placed on next meeting’s agenda  Sub Committees for KCB Priority Goals ADJOURNMENT  Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m. by David Caviness. Minutes respectfully submitted by Nikki Moore. Next meeting is September, 15 2011, 7 p.m., Conference Room, Coppell Road Service Center, 816 S. Coppell Rd.