BM 2001-11-15 KCB Keep Coppell Beautiful
Minutes of November 15, 2001
The Keep Coppell Beautiful Committee met on November 15, 2001 at 7pm in the Second Floor
Conference Room at Town Center, 255 Parkway Boulevard, Coppell, Texas. The following
members were present; Thomas Guidry, Jr, Chairperson, Julia Petty, Co-Chairperson, Jeannie
Farrier, Pat Lambert, Judi Smith, Mark Hoffman, Becky Moore and Amanda Vanhoozier, City of
Coppell, liaison.
Item 1:
Call to Order - Thomas Guidry called the meeting to order.
Item 2:
Approval of Minutes from October 18, 2001- Minutes were approved as
written.
Item 3:
Citizen's Forum - No citizens were present
Item 4:
New Member orientation: Introductions, Code of Conduct, and Open
Meetings- All members introduced themselves, KCB involvement and
interests in the committee. Amanda presented the Open Meetings Act as
the guidelines for KCB public meetings. She guided them to the Open
Meetings Handbook found at www.oag.state.ts.us. The committee
members were also reminded to read the Code of Conduct in their
welcome packet.
Item 5:
Discussion and appropriate action on KCB Mission, Objectives, and
Plan of Action and Assignments- Thomas presented the mission and
objectives in five categories. The committee discussed each category and
individual members expressed interest in volunteering to help with one
that interested them. The committee made a motion to approve the
mission, objectives and plan of action and the following assignments:
I. Citizen Involvement-Thomas and Julia, II. Education-Judi, III. Waste
Reduction-Pat, IV. Litter Prevention-Becky and Jeannie,
V. Beautification- Mark. (further discussion later in meeting)
Item 6:
Discussion of Community Action Subcommittee Membership Drive-
Amanda provided a list of potential contacts from the Adopt-a-Location
organizations, Green Team and a prospective candidate list. Currently,
there are seven members on the Subcommittee and Thomas and Julia will
invite others by the February meeting.
Item 7:
Adopt-a-Location Status - No new applicants were reported. Pictures of
Teen Leadership's pick-up at CHS were passed around and the Park Board
was reported to have picked up State and Ruby Road.
Item 8:
Report of Texas Recycles Day booth at Old Town Coppell Day,
November 3rd.- The committee discussed the success of the booth. They
estimated more than 150 people were reached during the event. There were
65 curbside recycling bins, 52 compost bins, and 75 little bins distributed.
The committee discussed people learning new information from the booth.
Item 9:
Discussion and appropriate action on a Holiday Parade entry- The
committee discussed the parade as an excellent tool to educate the public.
They approved an entry in the Holiday Parade on Dec. 3rd. The entry
would be decorated on Mark's trailer at his house on November 24th. The
front half of the trailer would be "Holiday Recycling" and the back half
"Support the Liberty Garden". The committee will meet at Mark's, 428
Cooper on Sat. November 24, 10am. to decorate the float.
(prior to Item 10 the committee made a motion to reopen Item 5 to discuss the Liberty
Garden concept. The process for city approval, funding, concept design and
timeline was discussed.)
Item 10:
Discussion and appropriate action to cancel or hold the December Keep
Coppell Beautiful meeting as schedule. The committee approved to
cancel the December meeting.
Item 13:
New Business to be placed on January 17, 2002 Meeting's Agenda-
Reports from Community Involvement, Education, Waste Reduction, Litter
Prevention, and Beautification, Liberty Garden, and Clean Coppell-
Earthweek.
ADJOURNMENT
Next meeting: January 17, 2002, 7pm,
Second Floor Conf. Room, Town Center.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Amanda Vanhoozier, Keep Coppell Beautiful, Liaison