BM 2001-02-15 KCBKeep Coppell Beautiful
Minutes of February 15, 2001
The Keep Coppell Beautiful Committee met on February 15, 2001 at 7pm in the Second Fl. Conf. room at
Town Center, 255 Parkway Boulevard, Coppell, Texas. The following members were present; Diana
Sircar, Chairperson, Barbara Piels, Pat Lambert, Julia Petty, Thomas Guidry, Jr, Scott Braugh and
Amanda Vanhoozier, City of Coppell, liaison. Member not present was: Jeannie Farrier
Item one: Call to Order -
Diana Sircar called the meeting to order.
Item two: Approval of Minutes from January 18, 2001
-Minutes were approved.
Item three: Citizen's Forum -
There were no citizens present.
Item four: Adopt-A-Location Status and Action-
The Bahai Faith, National Honors Society,
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints youth, Valley Ranch Early Childhood PTA, and
Mom's Club of Coppell have done a litter pick-up since January 18, 2001. They picked-up 52
bags of trash and 8 bags of recyclables. The letters of renewal were sent to the current AAL
groups. The two groups from the YMCA have renewed their agreements for 2001. The CHS
Student Council turned intheir new agreement for ABCentral.
Diana brought forth a proposal for the priorities of AAL. The committee discussed adding
Magnolia, Hunterwood and Thweet Park. The committee will call the renewals to remind them
to send in their new agreement.
Item five: Update and action on Keep America Beautiful Pre-certification process
Organization Structure-
Discussion led by Thomas on the overview of ordinance and
amendments. The committee approved the mission statement as proposed with Pat making the
motion and Barbara seconding the motion. The committee agreed that there needs to be a
Community Action Subcommittee of members from various affiliations in the community. They
discussed how those members would be solicited and the focus would be to support the two
yearly events. The celebration as a Keep America Beautiful affiliate would be a great time to
invite targeted groups to join the subcommittee.
Litter/Solid Waste Evaluation- Discussion was lead by Pat on the data collection process.
Amanda gave Pat the forms filled out by other city departments and the Waste Management
Company. Pat will collate the information for the document.
Litter Index- Barbara provided the committee with their map and the locations chosen for the
drive by evaluation on Feb. 24. The committee watched a training tape provided by KAB.
Administrative Structure- Amanda presented the budget and administrative structure for the
document.
Item six: Discussion of Clean Coppell-Earthweek 2001
The committee discussed the date of
April 21 and the activities for that day and the week to follow. Amanda will bring a project
planner to the March meeting detailing the event's activities. Suggestions were made by the
committee to have a water conservation education section with nurseries and landscapers there
to show and demonstrate drought tolerant plants.
Item seven: - Presentation and necessary action regarding the Annual Plan of Work for
KCB committee-
The Annual Plan of work was approved.
Item eight New Business to be placed on next meeting's agenda -
Clean Coppell-Earthweek,
Review the proposed amendment designating the Community Programs Coordinator as city staff
liaison to KCB.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:05
Next meeting: March 8, 2001, 7pm, Second Floor Conf. Room AT TOWN CENTER.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Amanda Vanhoozier, Keep Coppell Beautiful, Liaison