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CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS
Keep NRH Beautiful Commission
March 15, 2005
Present:
Kathy Luppy
Monique Hester
Holly Bullington
Sarah Enfinger
Micah Beck
Bill Stewart
Chairperson
Vice-Chairperson
Commission Member
Commission Member
Commission Member
Commission Member
Absent:
Debbie York
Carey Parrack
John Paraskevas
Environmental Resource Coordinator
Secretary
Commission Member
Item Discussion Action Taken Follow Up
Call to Order Meeting called to order at
6:55 p.m.
Approval of Review Minutes from the Motion to approve Minutes
Minutes February 1,2005 meeting. of the February 1, 2005
meeting.
Motion: Holly Bullington
Second: Sarah Enfinger
Motion Passed
Discuss Ten BISD schools applied for Motion to award KNRHB
Environmental the Environmental Education Environmental Education
Education School Grant which is being Grant money to:
School Grants funded by the Keep North
Richland Hills Beautiful · Carrie Francis Thomas
commission. Commission $410 for their Pre-School
members awarded money to Outdoor Learning Center
five of the ten schools who · Birdville High School
applied for the grant. $280.00 for their
Selections were made based Recycling Program
on whether or not the schools' · Green Valley Elementary
environmental program was $200.00 for their Tree
consistent with KNRHB grant Planting/Arbor Day
program goal; has a Celebration
measurable positive impact · North Richland Middle
on the students and campus; $410.00 for their Friday
additional funding Clean-Up Club
sou rces/partnershi p · North Ridge Elementary
opportunities; potential to E-Team $200.00 for their
involve students or multiple Landscaping Outdoor
organizations. Classroom.
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Item Discussion Action Taken Follow Up
The following schools were Motion: Sarah Enfinger
awarded grant money:
Second: Holly Bullington
> Academy at Carrie
Francis Thomas: Pre- Motion Passed
School Outdoor Learning
Center; Awarded $410
> Birdville High School:
Recycling Program;
Awarded $280
> Green Valley
Elementary: Tree
Planting/Arbor Day
Celebration; Awarded $200
> North Richland Middle:
Friday Clean-Up Club;
Awarded $410
North Ridge Elementary E-
Team Earth Saving
Rangers: Landscaping
outdoor Classroom;
Awarded $200
Discuss Debbie York received Debbie York
Participation in information from Park Planner will notify
Liberty Park Britt Flaten regarding the commission
project location of the beds and members and
plants that KNRHB will be let them know
planting and maintaining in the exact date.
Liberty Park.
Debbie York
will add planting
cost in
Administration's
line item
budget.
Planting at
Liberty Park will
be towards the
end of March or
1st of April.
Liberty Park
dedication May
21,2005
Discuss Tree The Trees for Tots program is Director of
Programs on hold until the Neighborhood
Neighborhood Services Services and
Director and Parks Director Director of Parks
have met to discuss program to discuss the
Item Discussion Action Taken Follow Up
further. Trees for Tots
proQram further.
Discuss June 4,2005 is the "tentative"
SeminarslPond date for this year's Pond &
-Garden Tour Garden Tour; seminar prior to
Programs tour.
Advertising ideas will be
discussed at a later date.
Discuss The G.C.A.A. application is Board Members
Governor's due May 10, 2005 so Debbie will each make a
Community York will e-mail last year's list of new
Achievement application to board members programs or
Award so they can work on their events KNRHB
assigned section. has been
involved with
since last May.
Lists will be
reviewed at the
April 19th
meeting.
Discuss Litter The Litter Index project must Commission
Index be completed in order to be members will
Keep America Beautiful meet for the
certified; K.A.B. certification is Litter Index Tour
one of the requirements for April 1 ih, 1 :00
the Governor's Community p.m. at
Achievement Award. Neighborhood
Services.
Sarah Enfinger is working on
a GIS project for school which
can be used to track litter
index. Enfinger will pre-select
certain areas of the city to be
indexed and plan a driving
route accordingly; each
member will do their own litter
indexing/grading of these pre-
selected areas.
Sunday, April 1 ih was the
date chosen for the Litter
Index Tour. The Tour will
take approximately four to six
hours.
Adjournment Meeting Adjourned at 8:20
p.m.
Approved: 11~~
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