HomeMy WebLinkAboutKNRH 2019-08-20 Minutes • MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING ,
OF THE KEEP NORTH RICHLAND HILLS BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION
FOR THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS,TEXAS,
HELD AT THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS CITY HALL
4301 CITY POINT DRIVE
AUGUST 20,2019
The Keep North Richland Hills Beautiful Commission of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas met on the 20TH day of
August, 2019,at 5:45 p.m. in the Neighborhood Services conference room.
A. CALL TO ORDER
Kathy Luppy called the meeting to order at 5472 p.m.
Present: Kathy Luppy Chairperson, Place 6
Sandra Totty Place 1
Amy Steele Place 2
Susan Young Place 3
Mi'Shon Landry Place 4
Brandon Kelley Place 7
Absent: Donah Tyner Place 5
Rene Martinez Alternate
Staff Members: Kristin James,Asst. Director of Neighborhood Services
Joyce Fister,Admin.Secretary of Neighborhood Services
B. CITIZENS PRESENTATION- None
C. ACTION ITEMS
C.1 Approval of minutes of the March 26,2019 Keep NRH Beautiful Commission meeting
Motion to approve, carried 6-0 as written.
C.2 Election of Chair and Vice-Chair
Motion to nominate Kathy Luppy as Chair was made and seconded. Vote was unanimous for Kathy
Luppy to be Chair. Motion to nominate Mishon Landry as Vice-Chair and seconded. Vote was
unanimous for Mishon Landry to be Vice-Chair.
D. PRESENTATION/DISCUSSION ITEMS
D.1 Recognition of Appointed Members—1-3-5&7
Kathy Luppy announced names of re-appointed members in places 1-3-5&7.
D.2 Discuss KNRHB Commission Ground Rules for Meetings
Kristin James took suggestions from Members and the following rules were agreed upon:
1. Staying on track during the meetings,following items on the Agenda.
2. All members shall participate in discussions.
3. Embrace the culture of respect.
4. No cell phones
5. Leave meeting with purposeful next steps.
Kristen James will begin sending out a synopsis of the meeting by the end of the week of the meeting to
all Commission Members.
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D.3 Presentation—Common Code Violations—Rayneice Jones, Lead Code Officer
A presentation was presented explaining the most common code violations and the process that is
involved in solving the issues. Ms.Jones also answered questions from the Commission members.
D.4 Recap of the Keep Texas Beautiful Conference
Mishon Landry, Brandon Kelley and Kristin James gave brief reports on the Conference and their"take-
aways"from it.
D.5 Discuss 2019 Trash Bash
Kristin James reported that there are currently 84 volunteers signed up. She has reached out to Scout
Troops and past volunteers. This year there will be a hands-on project for the kids to do: Container
Gardens. Brandon Kelley,Amy Steele and Sandra Totty will arrive early to help hand out supplies and
set up the tables.
D.6 Discuss Green Campus Awards and Environmental Education Grants
Packets for the schools were passed out to Members for delivery to the schools by 9/9/19. Entries are
due by 10/31/19.
D.7 Discuss Ideas for Arbor Day Activity
Commission decided to focus on dates around Earth Day,which will be on 4/22/20. Kristin James will
check the City Calendar to see if there is already an event scheduled during that time that the
Commission can join.
D.8 Discuss KNRHB Social Media
Kristin James advised the Commission that all future postings to the KNRHB Facebook page will be done
by her or other City staff. Discussion was held about how to increase visibility,such as asking everyone's
friends to "like"the page.And the use of QR Codes.
D.9 Brainstorm Future Activities for KNRHB
Commission members had several ideas such as:
• Youth Environmental Council
• 10 on Tuesday Litter Pickup program such as Watauga now has
• Eco Lunch & Learn
• Adopt-a-Trail
• Wine Walk
• Additional Events at the Community Garden
Various members will further investigate these and other ideas,giving results at the Sept. meeting.
Kristin James and Amy Steele will research ideas for promotional items that can be handed out at the
various events.
E. GENERAL INFORMATION
E.1 Dates to Remember:
Kristin James advised the Commission members of the upcoming events:
• KNRHB Meeting—September 17,2019
• DIY Sprinkler Class at Library—September 25, 2019
• 2019 Trash Bash—September 28, 2019
• Road Runner 5K—October 5, 2019
• 2019 Fix It Blitz—October 19, 2019
• Fall Community Clean-up—October 26, 2019
• Hoot N Howl—October 26, 2019
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F. ADJOURNMENT
Kathy Luppy, President, adjourned the meeting at 7:38 pm.
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