Jun 28, 2021 Keep Angleton Beautiful Commission

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OK, START THE MEETING.

[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]

[1. Approve the minutes from Regular Called meeting on April 26, 2021.]

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY, AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

[2. Development Services Department update of code enforcement and health inspection information to Keep Angleton Beautiful Commission from April 1, 2021 to May 31, 2021.]

I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO LINDSAY.

MY NAME IS LINDSAY KOSKINIEMI AND I WORK FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND PART OF WHAT WE DO IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INVOLVES CODE ENFORCEMENT AND HEALTH INSPECTIONS.

SO WE KEEP RUNNING STATS AND REPORT THOSE TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE IT DOES INVOLVE AESTHETICS AND BEAUTIFICATION. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'D INTRODUCED TO YOU GUYS LAST TIME WAS OUR SUBSTANDARD BUILDING INITIATIVE.

SO WE'VE BEEN GOING OUT INTO THE FIELD IDENTIFYING SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES AND BEGINNING THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION ON THAT UP TO AND INCLUDING DEMOLITION.

IDEALLY, WHAT WE AIM TO DO IS BRING PEOPLE INTO CODE COMPLIANCE.

HOWEVER, THAT CAN'T ALWAYS BE ACHIEVED BECAUSE SOMETIMES PROPERTIES ARE JUST TOO FAR GONE. SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU'VE MET, WE HAVE HELPED PROCESS FIVE MORE DEMOLITION PERMITS.

SO FIVE MORE OF THOSE HOMES HAVE COME DOWN.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE AROUND BACK IN FEBRUARY WHEN THERE WAS THE BIG DEPARTMENT FIRE AT THE LEA VILLA, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO GET THAT ONE BROUGHT DOWN TOO. SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

WE'RE VERY GLAD BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT JUST AN EYESORE, BUT THAT WAS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DEAL WITH JUNK VEHICLES.

STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED AN ADDITIONAL FORTY FIVE TO THE NUMBER THAT WE GAVE YOU LAST TIME.

SUMMER, THEY SAY, IS THE SEASON FOR CONSTRUCTION.

IT'S ALSO THE SEASON FOR TALL GRASS.

SO WE'VE BEEN PRETTY INUNDATED WITH TALL GRASS ENFORCEMENT ACTION.

OUTSIDE STORAGE IS ANOTHER BIG THING DURING THE HOT MONTHS AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CITATIONS ISSUED OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS, FIVE ONE LANE ISSUED, PROBABLY A SECOND ONE HERE VERY QUICKLY CONCERNING TALL GRASS, SEVEN WRITTEN WARNINGS ISSUED AND 30 CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND IF NOT.

YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. KYLE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE DISCUSSION ON KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL

[3. Discussion on Keep Angleton Beautiful updates.]

SHE WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED AS OUR NEWEST KAB COMMISSION MEMBER AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 22ND.

SO WELCOME ABOARD, HEATHER.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

THANK YOU. AND IN JANUARY 2021 THE KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION, AS YOU ALL KNOW, VOTED TO ADOPT AN ANNUAL STRATEGIC PLAN.

WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN WORKING ON SEVERAL OF THOSE ITEMS OUTLINED FOR THE GIVEN GOALS.

AND WE'RE JUST PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS TODAY.

FOR INSTANCE, UNDER LITTER PREVENTION PUBLIC WORKS HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED THEIR NEW STREET SWEEPER. SO WE HAVE BEEN DOWN WITH OUR STREET SWEEPER FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT WE HAVE JUST BROUGHT THAT ON BOARD.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT OUT ON THE ROAD YET.

BUT ONCE THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION IS COMPLETE, YOU WILL SEE THAT UP AND RUNNING.

STAFF AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WORKING DILIGENTLY TO ENFORCE CODE VIOLATIONS, AS YOU JUST RECENTLY HEARD. AND WE HAVE PRELIMINARILY SET THE DATE FOR FALL SWEEP AS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16TH, FROM 8 TO 12.

SO WE ARE JUST WAITING ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN THEY ARE BACK IN OPERATION TO CONFIRM THAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE FOR US TO USE.

AND THEN ALSO STS ELECTRONIC RECYCLING.

THEY WERE NEW VENDORS THIS YEAR THAT DID A FABULOUS JOB FOR US.

THEY SURE DID. SO THEY TYPICALLY WORK MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SO THIS IS DEFINITELY CONSIDERED A SPECIAL EVENT FOR THEM.

SO THEY HAVEN'T COMMITTED AT THIS TIME, BUT THEY DO BELIEVE THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO

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SO WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM IN AUGUST.

AND THE SAME TIRE COMPANY CAN THEY COME BACK.

YES, THEY HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED EVERYONE ELSE HAS ALREADY COMMITTED.

SO WE'RE LOOKING GOOD ON THAT.

BEAUTIFICATION. NEW VEGETATION HAS BEEN PLANTED AT DICKEY AND LIBERTY BUTTERFLY GARDENS WE STILL WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME ADDITIONAL MILKWEED.

SO ANY TIME WE CAN GET OUR HANDS ON IT, WE WILL GET MORE OUT THERE.

[LAUGHTER] AND THE SECOND ROUND OF TXDOT BOX WRAPS IS GOING TO WE ARE UNDERWAY IN THAT PROJECT. THAT'S ACTUALLY AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WE'LL DISCUSS LATER TODAY.

EVALUATIONS ARE COMPLETE AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE TOP THREE.

AND SO ONCE WE GET THOSE APPROVED, WE ARE PLANNING ON BRINGING A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 13TH FOR APPROVAL.

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT YEAR TO DATE OUR REVENUE FOR OUR TRASH BAG SALES, WHICH WE JUST REINSTITUTED THIS YEAR, IS OVER SEVENTEEN HUNDRED IT EXCEEDED OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS.

SO WE WILL ADJUST ACCORDINGLY NEXT YEAR.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET.

STAFF IS WORKING TOWARDS ADDITIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT GOALS, INCLUDING INFORMATIONAL CAMPAIGNS, REVOLVED AROUND HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL, HEAVY TRASH PICKUP SCHEDULE AND CAPACITY, AND TREE TRIMMING AND BRUSH DISPOSAL AS WELL AS PARK RECYCLING.

PARK RECYCLING WAS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS. IT WAS THAT DAVEYON STARTED WITH STEWART THAT WE WILL REVISIT.

WE JUST HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT YET.

IN EDUCATION STAFF HAVE BEEN USING THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER TO DISPERSE INFORMATION, INCLUDING INFORMATION REGARDING OUR KAB MEMBERSHIPS.

WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE AS MANY AS WE DO AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT ANNUALLY.

WE ALSO PROMOTE OUR EVENTS, PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS AS WELL AS POINTERS ON AND JUST KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL INFORMATION.

SO YOU ALWAYS SEE A LITTLE POINTER ON THE BACK.

ALONG WITH OUR MONARCH [INAUDIBLE] STATION MAP.

WE ALSO WILL CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH STEVEN [INAUDIBLE] FOR OUR ANNUAL GREEN SEMINAR SERIES THAT HAS BEEN WELL ATTENDED EVER SINCE COVID HIT.

I THINK I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME WE ACTUALLY RAMPED UP OUR ATTENDANCE OR OUR PARTICIPATION WHEN WE WENT TO FACEBOOK LIVE.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT FORMAT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO REACH SO MANY PEOPLE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR GROUP.

HE WORKS WELL WITH THE LOCAL MASTER NATURALIST, NOT MASTER NATURALIST EXCUSE ME, MASTER GARDNER CHAPTER. AND SO WE HAVE THEY HAVE CURRICULUM THAT THEY CAN BRING TO THE SCHOOLS.

WE HAVEN'T HAD A GREAT DEAL OF LUCK OF GETTING IT INTO THE SCHOOLS.

AND SO AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH JUST COVID AND NOT ALLOWING ANYONE REALLY INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PURSUE THAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

BUT IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, WE MAY TRY AN ELECTRONIC SEMINAR SERIES FOR YOUTH AS WELL.

SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY UPDATES THAT WE HAVE.

DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE OR PROGRESS ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

ESTABLISHED GOALS ARE.

OKAY. OCTOBER 16TH FALL SWEEP.

ITEM 4 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO RECOMMEND CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR THE TOP

[4. Discussion and possible action to recommend City Council approval of the top three TxDOT traffic controller cabinet art wrap submissions.]

THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT ITEM, YOU CAN CLICK YOUR HYPERLINK AND IT'LL TAKE YOU DOWN TO ALL OF THE SUBMISSIONS AND THE OVERALL EVALUATIONS.

THE TOP RANKING THREE WERE ACTUALLY, ODDLY ENOUGH, WE DID HAVE SOME NEW ARTISTS SUBMIT.

BUT ALL OF THESE ARTISTS WE HAVE CURRENTLY, WE ARE CURRENTLY DISPLAYING THEIR ART ON OUR THREE EXISTING BOX WRAPS.

AND THEY WERE OUR TOP THREE THIS TIME AS WELL.

SO SING US A SONG BY JOY CHANDLER, MONARCH BY LAUREN LUNA AND BUTTERFLIES AND MAGNOLIAS BY WENDY DELGADO WERE EVALUATED AS THE TOP THREE WRAPS.

AND SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE TOP THREE TXDOT TRAFFIC CONTROLLER CABINET ART WRAP SUBMISSIONS.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO ADD ON THAT FOR THE RECOMMENDATION JUST BASED ON THE LOCATIONS THAT WE'VE CHOSEN, LOCATIONS BEING CEDAR AND LOOP 274 WHERE THAT IS LOCATED, IT IS AT THAT MAIN INTERSECTION LIGHT RIGHT BEFORE YOU COME ACROSS THE LOOP TWO SEVENTY FOUR HEADING TOWARDS WAKEY'S AND THE COURTHOUSE.

AND SO IT'S ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY THERE.

THE OTHER LOCATION IS ORANGE AND VELASCO RIGHT OUTSIDE LIBERTY GARDEN WHERE WE HAVE A DESIGNATED MONARCH WAYSTATION AND THEN SOUTH VELASCO AN HIGHWAY THIRTY FIVE.

THAT'S RIGHT OUTSIDE THE RICE BUILDING HERE ON THE CORNER.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DO WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHICH ART WAS THE TOP THREE, IT'S PAGE THIRTY OF YOUR PACKET PAGE THIRTY SEVEN AND FORTY ONE.

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I BELIEVE THAT IS YOUR BUTTERFLIES AND MAGNOLIA'S BY WENDY DELGADO.

NUMBER THIRTY SEVEN OR PAGE THIRTY SEVEN RATHER BE LOCATED AT ORANGE AND VELASCO WHERE OUR LIBERTY GARDEN MONARCH WAYSTATION IS.

THAT IS MONARCH BY LAUREN LUNA AND THEN THE LAST ONE ACROSS FROM CEDAR AND LOOP 274 BE THE WHICH ONE IS IT.

THE COASTAL.

I MAY HAVE FLIP FLOPPED THOSE THE SING US A SONG.

SO LET ME GO TO THOSE PAGES SO I CAN VERIFY THAT AS WELL.

THE MAIN ONE BEING INCLUDING A MONARCH, WHERE WE HAVE A MONARCH WAYSTATION, WHICH IS THE LAUREN LUNA ONE PAGE THIRTY SEVEN.

THE OTHER THING ON HERE ON PAGE THIRTY SEVEN, IF YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE HAS IS A DIFFERENT TEXTURE THAN THE RIGHT ON THE ART.

MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT AND I WOULD GO WITH THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT IN ORDER TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT CAUSING ANY DISTRACTION ON THE ROADWAY.

AND SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE ARTIST AS WELL WHEN WE REQUEST A HIGH RESOLUTION GRAPHICS. AND SO PAGE 30, I ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LAST LOCATION, WHICH I WANT TO SAY IS EITHER THE RICE BUILDING OR OFF OF THE LOOP.

SO STAFF IS JUST LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE TOP THREE RANKING PIECES OF ART. AND IF SO, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGNATED LOCATIONS.

THE MAIN ONE THAT I WANTED TO PAY ATTENTION TO WAS PAIRING THE MONARCH WITH THE MONARCH WAYSTATION. WAS THAT SING US A SONG OR SING TO US? OH, I'M SO SORRY. SING TO US YES.

I'M JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M LOOKING AT THE RIGHT ONE.

IT IS THE CORRECT ONE.

I MADE UP MY OWN TITLES.

I GUESS I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

WITH THE LITTLE WREN IN IT. YES.

YES. I SHOULD MAKE A CORRECTION ON THE SING TO US.

AND I WANT TO SAY IT IS LISTED SOMEWHERE ELSE IN HER PROPOSAL, BUT I CAN VERIFY THAT . I DON'T THINK ANYTHING ELSE WAS TITLED THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE EVALUATION TABULATION.

BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY REFLECT THAT IN WHEN WE GIVE HER CREDIT ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH WE POST AS WELL ON THE KAB PAGE.

BUT CHERYL, YES, THAT'S A GOOD POINT IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION, IF YOU GUYS DO ITEMIZE THE PIECES OF ART THAT WE'RE SELECTING, JUST MAKE SURE TO RECOMMEND SING TO US.

SO ARE WE PICKING THREE THIS EVENING, SO THE TOP THREE ARE THE PAGES THAT I POINTED OUT, PAGE THIRTY, THIRTY SEVEN AND FORTY ONE BASED ON THE EVALUATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED.

SO STAFF IS LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THOSE THREE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH WRAP INSTALLATION AND AGREEMENTS. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE OTHER ONES, BUTTERFLIES AND MAGNOLIA'S. HERE IS THE MONARCH.

WE'D ONLY BE USING THE RIGHT SIDE FOR BOTH FOR CONSISTENCY.

AND THEN THIS IS THE LAST ONE.

THANK YOU, JASON. SO I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR A MOTION.

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IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

[5. Discuss and provide comment on the preliminary Keep Angleton Beautiful Commission budgets for fiscal years 2021-2022.]

DISCUSS AND PROVIDE COMMENT ON THE PRELIMINARY KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 AND 2022.

SO HERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FORMAT THAN YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, BUT CAPTURES ALL THE SAME INFORMATION AND THEN SOME PROVIDING YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OR EVEN GRAPHS RATHER OF PROJECTED CURRENT EXPENDITURES AND REQUESTED EXPENDITURES SO THAT YOU CAN SEE A COMPARISON OF THE TWO AND HOW THOSE ARE CHANGING.

SO THOSE ARE SOME NICE GRAPHS.

THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A SUMMARY PAGE THAT IS HELPFUL.

BUT IN SUMMARY, LET ME JUST SAY, THE MAJOR THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED WITH THE BUDGET IS AN INCREASE IN GENERAL SUPPLIES BECAUSE WE HAVE INSTITUTED MEMBERSHIPS.

AND SO WITH THOSE MEMBERSHIPS, WE HAVE MEMBERSHIP INCENTIVES, WHETHER IT'S BAGS, SHIRTS, METAL STRAWS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE'VE ALSO INSTITUTED THAT FOR OUR YARD OF THE MONTH OF BUSINESS.

A MONTH AS ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS WAS TO REALLY HYPE THAT UP AND REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND ALSO INCENTIVIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE GENERAL SUPPLIES HAS INCREASED MINIMALLY AND THEN BEAUTIFICATION FOR VEGETATION REPLACEMENT TXDOT WRAPS AS WE CONTINUE THIS TXDOT WRAP PROGRAM AND THEN ALSO OUR MONARCH WAYSTATION MAINTENANCE.

SO WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PROPOSED MONARCH WAYSTATIONS, ONE OF WHICH WE HOPE TO INSTALL.

WHILE IT MAY NOT GO IN INITIALLY AT LAKESIDE PARK, WE DO HAVE AN AREA THAT WILL BE DESIGNATED AS A MONARCH WAYSTATION.

AND SO WE'LL WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO GET THAT ESTABLISHED.

WE'VE ALSO HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT INCLUDING A MONARCH WAYSTATION AT FREEDOM PARK.

SO AS WE DEVELOP THE FREEDOM PARK MASTER PLAN, THAT MAY BE AN AREA THAT WILL BE INCLUDED.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE ON OUR NEWSLETTER, WE'LL START EXPANDING OUR MONARCH WAYSTATION MAP AND KIND OF USE THAT AS A TOUR GUIDE TO SEE ALL THE GARDENS WE HAVE IN PLACE HERE.

DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUDGET THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED? WE HAVE BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE PROPOSALS.

YOU'LL SEE WE DID INCREASE THE REFLECTION OF OUR TRASH BAG SALES.

WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT INCREASING AS WELL AS OUR MEMBERSHIPS TO REFLECT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED HERE PHASE ONE OF GATEWAY SIGNAGE, AND WHILE THAT WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE PUT IT IN THERE INITIALLY, BUT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT BEING FUNDED. IT WOULD BE A VERY LARGE EXPENSE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGN OF THOSE SIGNS AND IMPLEMENTATION.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN CITYWIDE.

SO EVEN IF IT IS NOT FUNDED THIS YEAR, IT IS ACKNOWLEDGED AS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE WORKING TOWARDS.

HEARING NO QUESTIONS, THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. MEGAN. MEGAN AND STAFF . OKAY 5:50.

MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.