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1. Call to order
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Neighborhood Services
7200 -C Dick Fisher Dr. S.
6:45 p.m.
Meeting Minutes
Chairperson Kathy Luppy called to order the regular meeting of the Keep North Richland Hills
Beautiful Commission at 6:50 p.m. on January 17, 2006 in the Neighborhood Services office
located at 7200 -C Dick Fisher Dr. S.
Roll call
The following persons were present:
Commission Members Kathy Luppy
Micah Beck
Holly Bullington
Doris Tipps
Sarah Enfinger
Staff Members
Vickie Loftice
Debbie York
Carey Parrack
The following persons were absent:
David Webb
Vicki Propp
2. App roval of minutes from last meeting
Chairperson
Vice - Chairperson
Commission Member
Commission Member
Commission Member
Director of Parks and Recreation
Environmental Resource Coordinator
Secretary
Commission Member
Commission Member
Commission Member Holly Bullington motioned to approve the minutes from the November 15
2005 meeting; Commission Member Sarah Enfinger seconded the motion.
The minutes were approved as written.
I Review of current ro rams
Commission members and staff discussed KNRHB current programs and came u p with the
following recommendations:
•'• Adopt -A- Spot - -send a letter out to the Adopt -A -Spot volunteers, reminding them that
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they need to submit their activity reports.
❖ Adopt -A- Highway Participant set a date for a litter pickup at the February meeting.
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•'• Yard -of -the -Month move the program start date from May to April and end the
program in August rather than October.
•'• Clean Campus change next year's application to clarify that curriculum
must be
"above and beyond" what is already required by the schools in order to uali
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Environmental Education program.
❖ Eco Partner —send out mailers to businesses on Davis Blvd. once the TXDOT project
begins.
•'• Litter Cleanups —set date at next meeting, Debbie York will contact the Sher'
' iff's Office
to request volunteers once date has been selected.
•'• Trees for Tots no date or location chosen so far for this ear's dedication but ut Debbie
York has already received 15 applications.
•'• Trash Bash (fall litter cleanup) set for September 16, 2005.
❖ Remembrance Tree —three requested in 2005.
❖ Great American Cleanup (spring)—March 1 -Ma 31, 2006 set date at February
bruary
meeting.
4. Update of TXDOT project
Parks and Recreation Director, Vickie Loftice, updated commission members
on the status of
the TXDOT project and then scanned over a copy of the relimina plans. Ms.
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communicated that she would like the board members to give their opinion as to where the
project should start since it will have to be done in phases. Ms. Loftice then went on
to explain
where the funding for the project will come from and explained some of the different fferent project
ideas currently being discussed, such as using stained aint which adheres
p to asphalt, for
painting on paving stones rather than using actual ones. Ms. Loftice also said they would like
to ask business owners if they would be interested in helping a for some of th
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improvements and told board members if they have any ideas for getting business owners
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involved to feel free to make suggestions.
5. Discuss Environmental Education Grant
Commission members suggested:
➢ Using all CAPS and bolding in the wording in the Awards section of the
application
pertaining to the total amount in grant funding that is available.
➢ Change submission deadline to March 16, 2006.
➢ Add a line to the Project Description part of the application requesting pp q g that before and
after pictures and /or a drawing be included if possible.
➢ Change the project completion date to September 22, 2006 and add —"
pictures of the
completed projects are to be furnished" to the Project g
Re ortin section of the
application.
Reporting
6. Discuss Clean Campus Program for 2005 -2006
Board members reviewed two applications, new Clean Cam lications one from
Campus' Walker Creek
Elementary and one from Smithfield Middle School.
Commission Member Holly Bullington motioned to accept the Clean Campus application
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submitted by Walker Creek Elementary and the application submitted b Smithfield Middle
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School, after they provide additional information on specific educational items above and
beyond Texas curriculum, and award each of them $100.00; Commission Member Micah h Beck
seconded the motion.
Motion passed
Debbie York will request additional information from Bill Mont regarding Smithfield Y g g d Middle
Schools Environmental Education program.
Clean Campus Awards will be presented at the first council meetin g in March.
7. Debbie York told commission members that Sanders Funeral Home and G.T.F.
Design each
would like to participate in the Adopt -A -Spot program and that G.T.F. Design would like e board
members to make a suggestion on an area they should adopt. Commission members
suggested several different locations then asked Debbie York to determine which area to g i ve
them.
8. Adjournment
Chairperson Kathy Luppy adjourned the meeting at 8:10 p .m.
Minutes approved by:
Chair perso