May 30, 2023 Keep Angleton Beautiful Commission

[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]

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MEETING STARTS 5:35.

PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.

WE'LL JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR AGENDA.

SO FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR CALLED MEETING ON MARCH 20TH.

[1. Approve the minutes from Regular Called meeting on March 20, 2023.]

IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A SECOND TO REVIEW THOSE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF ANY HAVE ANY CHANGES WE HAVE TO MAKE.

IF NONE, WE'LL JUST NEED A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR.

SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSED.

THANK YOU. AND WE MOVING ON TO SECOND ONE.

[2. Discussion and possible action to amend approval of the TxDOT traffic controller cabinet art wrap submissions.]

SO AS YOU REMEMBER FROM OUR LAST MEETING ALSO THERE IN YOUR MEETING MINUTES, WE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TO APPROVE TWO ADDITIONAL TXDOT BOX WRAPS BASED ON THE ARTWORK THAT WE RECEIVED AND THEN THE VOTING THAT TOOK PLACE BY YOU GUYS HAD SCORED AND EVERYTHING.

ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS I JUST SAY THE INITIAL APPROVAL WAS BASED ON UTILIZING THE LOCAL ARTISTS.

SO GOING INSTEAD OF GOING AGAINST THE TWO HIGHEST RANKED ONES WAS TO DO THE LOCAL ARTISTS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS WE DID MISSPEAK IN THAT LAST MEETING.

SO THE ARTISTS ARE ACTUALLY ALL LOCAL BASED ON THE CRITERIA THAT WE SET FORTH.

SO THERE WAS CONFUSION.

WE WE THOUGHT WE HAD RECEIVED.

ONE OF THE VENDORS THAT HAD REACHED OUT TO US WAS FROM DALLAS, AND WE THOUGHT ONE OF THE VENDORS WAS THE ONE FROM DALLAS.

SO AGAIN, WE MISSPOKE ON THAT ONE.

SO DO THAT WE WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU TO SEEK AN AMENDMENT TO THAT SO THAT WAY WE WOULD STAY TRUE TO WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR PRIOR TO WAS JUST THE TWO BOX WRAPS.

SO STAFF WORKED TO FIND AN ALTERNATE LOCATION.

SO YOU'LL SEE THERE IN YOUR PACKETS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THERE ARE THREE LOCATIONS AND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT ALL THREE SUBMISSIONS OR ALL THREE ARTISTS AND WITH THEIR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES IN THERE.

SO YOUR THREE LOCATIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED NOW IS [INAUDIBLE] AND LOOP 274, WHICH WOULD BE THE SHOW ME A SIGN BY JOY CHANDLER CEDAR IN BUSINESS 288 IS THE ARTWORK BY MELISSA JACOBSON AND THE LOCUST AND LOOP 274 WOULD BE THE TEXAS WILDFLOWERS BY HEATHER PEZZOTTA.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? AGAIN, THE MAIN REASON FOR BRINGING THIS BACK BEFORE YOU IS THAT WE JUST NEED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT MOTION TO BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE THREE THAT ARE LOCAL ARTISTS BASED ON OUR 70 MILE CRITERIA.

I MOVE TO AMEND APPROVAL OF THE TXDOT TRAFFIC CONTROLLER CABINET FOR WRAP SUBMISSION.

AND I SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE ARE ANY DISCUSSION FIRST.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

GREAT MOTION CARRIES AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR THIRD AGENDA ITEM DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO SUPPORT KEEP BRAZORIA COUNTY

[3. Discussion and possible action to support Keep Brazoria County Beautiful and keep access to Environmental Center Free of Charge.]

SO BRING THIS ONE BEFORE YOU.

IT IS INITIATIVE WITH KEEP BRAZORIA COUNTY BEAUTIFUL THAT HAS GONE ON FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.

THERE WAS A GAP IN THAT SERVICE DUE TO COVID.

SO WHEN OBVIOUSLY COVID PANDEMIC TOOK PLACE, THE THEIR ABILITY TO OPERATE THE CENTER JUST WAS NO LONGER THERE.

SO IN YEARS PAST, JUST AS SIMILAR AS YOU SEE HERE IN YOUR PACKET, THEY REACH OUT TO ALL THE CITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT AND FUND THAT.

AND THEN OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO GO TO THAT LOCATION TO UTILIZE THAT FOR RECYCLING SERVICES.

ONE OF THE MAIN ONES FOR THAT, IT DOES GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO PAINT.

SO I KNOW THAT IS A BIG TOPIC FOR OUR DISCUSSIONS AND IT MAY BE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SEEK TO BRING IT TO BE PART OF OUR EVENT AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

BUT THAT DOES GIVE OUR RESIDENTS AN OPTION TO ATTEND THEIR LOCATION AND UTILIZE THEIR SERVICES.

I WILL POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE SERVICES CURRENTLY ARE ON THE SECOND SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

SO IT IS A ONE DAY SERVICE FULL DAY, 8 TO 4, GOING TO THEIR LOCATION AGAIN, TO FOR DUES FOR THAT IS BIDS JUST OVER THE $21,200 THAT THEY LOOK FOR.

WITH THAT, WE DON'T BRING IT BEFORE THE BOARD.

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WE DO HAVE MONEY FROM SAVINGS FROM OUR CLEANUPS.

WE ARE ROUNDING OUT OUR LAST YEAR OF HGAC GRANT.

SO DUE TO THAT AND SAVING MONEY ON OUR FROM THE GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE CLEANUPS, WE DO HAVE THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS.

IT JUST WAS NOT A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ANTICIPATING IT BECAUSE IT HASN'T WE HAVEN'T PAID DUES SINCE 2020.

SO IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAD IN THE BUDGET.

SO I WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD TO DECIDE BEFORE THE BOARD TO DECIDE IF THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE.

WHAT DID YOU SAY WERE THE HOURS WERE ON THAT SATURDAY? 8 TO 4.

YEP.

WELL, I'M ASSUMING OTHER CITIES ARE CONTRIBUTING AS WELL TO KEEP IT OPEN.

SO. YEP. SO I MOVE WE APPROVE THE EXPENSE OF 1268 TO SUPPORT THE KEEP BRAZORIA COUNTY BEAUTIFUL.

KEEP BRAZORIA COUNTY BEAUTIFUL ENSURE FREE ACCESS TO THE HOME CHEMICAL COLLECTION SITE AT SEA BREEZE.

I HAVE A MOTION DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AND ALL OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES.

AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY.

IF NOBODY HAS ANY OTHER ITEMS, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

OH, NO.

HAVE WE EVER PARKED? OH.

YEAH. DO YOU WANT THIS IN THE MEETING OR NO? OKAY. YEAH. YEAH.

IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. SO THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION WE HAVE.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T PART OF THE AGENDA ITEMS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.