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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-04-20 11111ilii. Beautify Euless Everyday T£4. ;,,\--kill :� May 6, 1987- MINUTES 1, '' ���' � MINUTES OF MEETING HELD APRIL 20, 1987 at SIMMONS �� 4rA04,- RECREATION CENTER, EULESS U T \ taib. ATTENDEES: Alice and Marland Ernest, Patsy and Bob Phillips, Carolyn Park, Helen Lightbody, Dottie and George McKinney, Marge Crow, Althea Staks, Karen Kennedy, Wadette Matthews, and visitor - Bruce Simpson The meeting was called to order by Chairman Alice Ernest at 7:00 P.M. Copies of the KTB Update were provided for all attendees by Helen Lightbody. A motion was made by Carolyn Park and seconded by Marland Ernest to approve the minutes of our March 16th meeting. The minutes were approved unanimously. Patsy Phillips gave the Treasurer's report. She stated that we had a balance of $3525.86 as of last March 16. Some bills were paid for supplies for Karen Kennedy's library display, posters and supplies for Marge (scrapbook), film, and Euless Service Center leaving a balance of $3492.12. We sold the Euless Park Dept. 33 timbers at $2.00 ea. totalling $66.00 and 20 bags of bark at $2.50 each totalling $50.00. We now have a balance of $3608.12. Chairman Ernest announced that the KTB Inc's Twentieth Anniversary Meeting will be held June 30 - July 2. Discussion was held reviewing the various options of the Seminar. Since this is an excellent way for new and old members to become more aware, knowledgable and see what other cities are doing on this program, it was felt that everyone that could attend was urged to do so. The registration fee for this event would be paid for by the "BEE". Hotel and other events such as "Six Flags" will be at the expense of the participants. Forms were filled out at this meeting for those who felt that they could attend and turned in to Treasurer Patsy Phillips. Deadline for entry to seminar will be June 1. Since we have had so many workshops and effort devoted to our entry form which will be hand carried to Austin April 30, it was felt that a noon meeting during the the month of May would be more desirable. This meeting will concentrate on evaluating the work we have done this past year and determine what we will do next year. Corresponding Secretary Helen Lightbody reported that she had typed a rough format on the brochure we are working on. A letter of thanks to Paul Baggerly, Texas Power and Light for his work and that of his staff in providing the artwork/typesetting for this brochure. They did an excellent job and we are proud of the result. A letter was also written from the "BEE" to the City of Euless Street and Public Utilities Department for their excellent work on "SPARKLE WEEK". The cooperation by City departments in many areas has been very rewarding. Chairman Ernest explained the content of the brochure, copy of which was shown, and explained the background in attempting to get this project going. The brochures will be in two colors and we have ordered some 2500 copies at a cost of approx. $260.00. These will be handed out to newcomers who apply to have water turned-on, in-service training at HEB Schools, mail outs, youth groups, etc. totem "We're Building a Beautiful Tomorrow" Page 2 - Minutes of Meeting held April 20, 1987 Marge Crow reported that many workshops were held on preparation of the scrapbook. She gathered much of the material and with assistance of Carolyn Park and Alice Ernest and ..1\ others, she feels we now have a good scrapbook for our entry this year. Pictures from the Saturday TARRANT CO. TRASH OFF and the tree project near McCormick Park will be added. Wadette Matthews is doing all the handwriting for the scrapbook. The Committee certainly appreciates the much dedicated work on this Scrapbook. Carolyn Park - Publicity, reported that we have had some PSA Storer coverage on Channel 10. We had two small articles in newspapers on "Sparkle Week". The schedule was sent out with Mayor's Newsletter. She talked with a reporter relative to Texas Trash Off day. A suggestion was made that we also contact our local Euless Newspaper regarding our trash pick up. News releases of Texas Trash Off were to be sent in by the State Hwy.Dept. Channel 5 had PSAs regarding Texas Trash Off. Mr. Phillips reported that he talked to Channel 5 and they indicated that they would talk to newspapers. We have TREE CITY, USA award this year and we have gone by the Tree Ordinance in working on a project near McCormick Park. The residents in that area have all purchased a pear tree from the City nursery and a tree will be planted in the boulevard in front of each residence. We have sold some 15 trees. We are trying to get everything along the treescapes planted with one type (pear) tree which will bloom (white) in Spring and is non-bearing. All neighbors chipped in for two who were unable to afford the trees. All areas have been staked and with assistance from Michael Chance and others, it was gratifying to see this neighborhood involved in this project. Most trees were of li" caliber. The project will enhance the appearance of the area, put money back to the City and certainly increase property values. The "BEE" is proud of the efforts made by this area. Mr. Phillips also stated that he talked to the State Highway Department and indicated that approx. 150 people will appear for litter pick-up this Saturday. The Highway Dept. will provide orange jackets, highway signs to slow traffic and bags for collecting the trash. We propose to pick up trash on Highway #10 and Main Street and any other area time will permit. All of the Highway #10 plants for the beds have been planted. We need to work to keep these beds going and become established. Mr. Phillips mentioned that we have many landscape timbers available for purchase at $2.00. They are treated 8' timbers and can be purchased from the greenhouse. Checks should be written to the City of Euless. Funds received from these timbers will be returned to the "BEE" since it was purchased from our account last year. Althea Staks passed a letter of information around which she sent to Youth Group Leaders telling them about Tarrant County Mess Busters. Approx. 10 groups will participate this Saturday. Total number will be provided for our entry form later. Suggestions were made by her as to getting some pictures taken and the possibility of having some youth groups meet at the Simmons Center after the litter pickup. Several Leaders have already had their groups picking up trash on different occasions and this will be a good opportunity for the youth to see older people participating. Emblems were sent out with letters to leaders. Althea suggested that an areathat needs to be cleaned up is Fuller-Wiser Road at Glade Road. Marland Ernest reported that much time was spent in providing information in our Entry Form regarding enforcement. He reported that he had a good positive feeling about the progress made by the Police Department and the City of Euless. He made numerous personal contacts with city personnel and noted that the response in our Entry Form will reflect the positive attitude of our City toward enforcement. He has given some thought to future projects such as instituting a program whereby first -, time juvenile traffic violators could work off their fines by picking up litter, etc. Some cities are 'currently doing this with success and we would like to pursue it further. Page 3 - Minutes of Meeting held April 20, 1987 It was recommended that we keep all City Departments aware of what we are doing on beautification. It takes a combined effort to get results. We could not have accomplished our goals this year without the efforts of many of the City Departments. This is obvious by the numerous categories that were completed on our official Entry Form and reflects positive participation by the City and other areas. We need to continue to get this support. The Waste-in-Place program has been very successful. As a result of the cooperation of Donna Hibbitts and many others, we feel we are gaining good public relations in many areas. Donna mentioned that the fact that we presented this project as a HEB activity instead of just the City of Euless was impressive to her. The joint efforts of the three cities can in many ways be worthwhile to all. The beautification program can only benefit from the activities we had this past year - starting with the children in school, youth posters, Arbor Day, Tree City USA recognition and the special slide presentation. A special thanks to Dottie McKinney for providing sweets and coffee at each of our meetings. Her job in keeping a record of volunteer hours has also been appreciated. Mention was made that of the handful of committee members, we seem to get 100% participation and cooperation. This coupled with the various groups that assisted us makes us feel that the project has been very worthwhile. Much has been accomplished and much more will be accomplished in the future. We hope our entry wins the award this year - but if we do not there is reward in the achievements thus far. The meeting was adjourned at 9:43 P.M.