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CALL TO ORDER: The regular meeting of the BEE Committee was called to
order at 7:00 P.M. at the City Hall in the Council Conference Room by
Dee Heilman.
ATTENDEES: Dee Heilman Irene Rosecrans
Marge Crow Louise Webb
Marland Ernest Alice Ernest
Althea Staks
The minutes of the August meeting were lost due to a faulty tape
transmission.
TREASURERS REPORT: Balance $2,807.38 as of September 1, 1990. The
major expenditure was for the Christmas 1990 project.
VOLUNTEER HOURS: Members were asked to turn all volunteer hours into
Irene Rosecrans. The total volunteer hours reported for June through
August is 227.5.
OLD BUSINESS: Mr Nix is working on the newest edition to our
Christmas display. Four feet candy canes will also be worked on as a
group project. Other interested participants will be brought in to
work on this special project. There was discussion on framing the 12
days of Christmas that was on display for Christmas 1989 and it was it
was decided to frame them, allow Rick Herold to elevate and will check
into some type of glitter paint to brighten our "days" . A Christmas
tree has been purchased and permission from K.B. Fuller will be
requested to place it on the Public Safety Building.
It was discussed to seek permission to place a reservation for the
Ruth Millican Center for the painting of. the candy canes.
AWARDS BANQUET: Suggested date for the annual awards banquet is
November 3 at Midway Park Recreation Center. Irene will verify dates
and reserve the center. Dee will check with the caterer, James Smith.
Awards to be given out were discussed and it was decided to do
something different. Irene Rosecrans made the motion that someone
look into the purchase of water containers (like runners use) at
Shield's Trophy. Marland Ernest seconded the motion. The "BEE" logo
and " volunteer, year and city of Euless" logo were to be included on
the insulators. Invited guests will include council members, city
staff, Administration staff, Parks and Recreation Board, BEE members
and volunteers. Decoration and entertainment will be taken care of by
Jay Heilman. Irene Rosecrans suggested a puppet show by Vietnamese.
It was decided that we might use the Viet Nam people to entertain at
some other time.
AWARD AT EULESS JUNIOR HIGH: Marge will check within the next two
dew "We're Building a Beautiful Tomorrow"
weeks in order to make date for Pep Rally presentation,
NEW BUSINESS: Marland Ernest passed pictures of latest Business
Landscape Award winner which was Taco Bell at corner of Main Street
and Hwy 10. He asked for suggestion for the next award. Wilshire
Shopping Center was suggested. Much discussion followed. Irene
suggested that another award emphasizing improvement might be
introduced. Marland asked that we table the discussion regarding
Wilshire Shopping Center. B and B Auto Supply, Chevron Service
Station, McDonald's and Mobile Service Station were suggested as
potential winners. Kroger was brought up with its history of
littering. Althea spoke of documenting their code violations with
pictures and then turning in complaint to Irene Rosecrans, who accepts
citizen complaints for Administrative Services. Alice said that she
would take pictures of Kroger documenting their violations. These
pictures will be sent to corporate offices of Kroger.
Althea Staks volunteered to serve as our chairperson for youth
activities.
Marge Crow reported on latest articles on recycles in newspaper
including the article on Buck Hubbard and Irene. Althea brought up
the "Don't Bag It" program in Bedford. Rick has said that he will
head the committee as a volunteer to introduce the program in Euless.
Althea mentioned that the airport problem has created apathy in the
affected neighborhood. We need to be aware of this problem.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 P.M. .