BM 2002-01-17 KCBKeep Coppell Beautiful
Minutes of January 17, 2002
The Keep Coppell Beautiful Committee met on January 17, 2002 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, Pat Lambert, Judi Smith, Becky Moore
and Amanda Vanhoozier, City of Coppell, liaison. Not Present: Julia Petty, Co-Chairperson,
Jeannie Farrier, and Mark Hoffman.
Item 1:
Call to Order - Thomas Guidry called the meeting to order.
Item 2:
Approval of Minutes from November 15, 2001- Minutes were approved
as written.
Item 3:
Citizen's Forum - No citizens were present
Item 4:
Discussion and appropriate action on February's meeting date and
subcommittee meeting- The committee approved the February meeting
to be moved from February 21 to February 28, 2002 due to the Master
Composter Seminar on February 21, 2002.
Item 5:
Discussion of Community Involvement Objectives -Thomas Guidry
gave an overview of the KCB mission and the background for a
Community Action Subcommittee, including the organization, members,
responsibilities, and recognition. The committee discussed certificate
plaques for recognition. The committee set the date of February 26, 2002,
6:30pm social, 7-8pm presentation for the Subcommittee meeting.
Members of the KCB committee will represent each of the KCB mission
components for a power point presentation. Discussion was held to send
Community Action Meeting invitations to the list of organizations by the
end of next week.
Item 6:
Discussion of Education Objectives and approval of project
application to NCTCOG-Judi Smith discussed the Education items on
the Annual Work Plan. The committee discussed clarification of
Ordinance education for Law Enforcement. Judi will contact Keep
Lewisville Beautiful to see what they have planned. The committee
discussed increasing awareness on litter and waste reduction and Judi
talked about a Did you Know? Paragraph for the waterbill insert or
newspapers. Amanda presented the project proposal for the 2002 Project
Application for the North Central Texas Solid Waste Management Plan. If
funded, it will be a Community Organics Recycling Education and
Training Project.
Item 7:
Discussion of Waste Reduction Objectives - Pat Lambert gave an
overview of the Pay as You Throw program as a way to encourage
Item 8:
Item 9:
Item 10:
recycling by unit pricing of waste. The committee was interested in
learning more about this program, so Pat will continue to provide
information. The committee wanted to schedule John Klaiber, Waste
Management, at the March KCB meeting to talk about Pay as you Throw
programs.
Discussion of Litter Prevention Objectives, including the Clean
Coppell-Earthweek event and Report of Adopt-a-Location Status-
Becky Moore will call the Adopt-a-Locations that have not returned their
2002 agreements. She also wanted to schedule the Keep America Litter
Index Survey for March 2, 2002. The committee will view the KAB Litter
Index training video at the February meeting.
The committee discussed Clean Coppell-Earthweek 2002 on April 20, 2002.
Amanda went over the various components of the event, including pre-
registration for volunteers, a band, Earthfest activities. The committee
discussed the theme to be along the lines of Community Pride with the
emphasis on the KCB mission.
Discussion Beautification Objectives - Item nine was tabled until next
meeting.
New Business to be placed on next meeting's agenda-Litter Index
Training Video, Reports on Objectives, Clean Coppell -Earthweek,
Subcommittee Meeting review.
ADJOURNMENT
Next meeting: February 28, 2002, 7pm,
Second Floor Conf. Room, Town Center.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Amanda Vanhoozier, Keep Coppell Beautiful, Liaison