Aug 28, 2023 Keep Angleton Beautiful Commission

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BEGIN MEETING AT 5:33, PLEASE.

[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]

[1. Approve the minutes from Regular Called meeting on May 30, 2023.]

AND THEN ONCE YOU REVIEW THOSE, I'LL NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR MEETING ON MARCH 20TH, 2023.

SECOND THAT I HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON IT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT.

MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL GO ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, AND THAT IS DISCUSSION ON KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

[2. Discussion on Keep Angleton Beautiful programs and services]

SO THE FIRST ONE IS JUST A RECAP TO OUR POP UP CLEANUP.

IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT FUNDING THAT WE HAD LEFT OVER AS FAR AS HVAC GRANTS TO PROVIDE SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WITH A SHORT TIME FRAME TO GET IT COMPLETED.

IN ADDITION TO THAT KIND OF HAVING A QUICK TURNAROUND AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME.

WE DO FEEL LIKE IT WAS A SUCCESS STILL, THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A TWO HOUR EVENT.

SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE STATISTICS THERE.

WE ENDED UP HAVING TEN TOTAL VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT DAY WITH A TOTAL OF 21 HOURS.

ESPECIALLY FOR AN EVENT THAT REALLY WAS ONLY FROM ABOUT 7 TO 10.

THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT FOR US.

TOTAL TRASH COLLECTED.

SO THAT WAS FROM THE COMMUNITY CLEANUP PORTION.

SO WE WENT TO TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AS FAR AS VOLUNTEERS.

WE HAD A LOCATION ON HENDERSON AND THEN ON 30 OR SORRY, ON LOOP 274 FROM ABOUT SHIPLEY'S DOWN TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

SO WE HAD INDIVIDUALS OUT CLEANING UP THOSE TWO SECTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT WAS ABOUT 150 POUNDS OF TRASH.

SO THEY HAD QUITE A FEW BAGS THAT CAME BACK WITH SOME UNIQUE ITEMS, SOME LARGE DEBRIS THAT WAS COLLECTED AS WELL, BUT HAPPY TO REESTABLISH THAT, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THOSE.

SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ONE DOWN THE ROAD.

TOTAL TIRES COLLECTED WAS 52 FOR THIS EVENT.

ELECTRONIC RECYCLING WAS JUST UNDER 2,000 POUNDS.

I WOULD IF YOU WERE THERE FOR THE EVENT, I WOULD BET THAT HALF OF THAT CAME FROM TWO OLD FLAT SCREEN TVS THAT WERE STILL ON THEIR PACES.

YEAH, SO IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THOSE STILL ROLLING IN.

AND THEN AS FAR AS TRAFFIC, WE SAW 6 TO 8 VEHICLES COME THROUGH.

I WILL ADD TO THAT, IT WAS ALSO UNIQUE TO SEE THAT DATA SHREDDING WAS PROBABLY OUR MOST UTILIZED SERVICE FOR THIS ONE, WHICH WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE SOME OF THE ONES IN THE PAST, ESPECIALLY THE PAST YEAR, THAT WASN'T THE CASE.

USUALLY IT WAS HEAVY TRASH TIRES AND OR RECYCLING OR ELECTRONICS WAS USUALLY THE BIGGEST ONE.

BUT DATA SHREDDING WAS QUITE POPULAR THIS TIME, SO WE SAW SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK ON THAT.

SO IT CONTINUES TO SHOW THAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ARE BEING UTILIZED.

SO. NEXT ONE IS OUR BOX WRAPS.

JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT AFTER SOME DELAYS IN GETTING SOME PROOFS TAKEN CARE OF AND LOCATIONS FINALIZED, WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WILL PROBABLY BE DONE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK AS FAR AS THOSE BOX WRAPS GETTING PUT UP AND EVERYTHING.

SO THOSE WILL BE THE THREE THAT YOU SEE LISTED.

VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM AND GET SOME MORE IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND THEN WE WILL KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT ONE FOR FUTURE OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM.

THIRD ITEM IS OUR GREEN RIBBON PROJECT.

SO AS YOU REMEMBER FROM SOME PREVIOUS MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, THE CITY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND WE WERE TRYING TO.

BEAUTIFY DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY BY LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR MEDIAN SPACE ON 274 OR ON 288 JUST TO A MAKE THE APPEARANCE LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

AND TWO IS TO CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THE NEED FOR OUR STAFF TO HAVE TO GO INTO THOSE INTO THOSE MEDIANS TO BE ABLE TO CUT THE GRASS THAT PUTS THEM IN IN A MAJOR ROADWAY, TRYING TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT.

SO THE UNFORTUNATE NEWS IS WHEN WE PUT AN RFP OUT, WE HAD NOBODY SIGN UP TO TAKE THAT ON.

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SO THE AMAZING NEWS ON THAT IS IT ACTUALLY IS GOING QUICKER THAN WE ANTICIPATED.

WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT THE WORK WAS GOING TO BE STARTED UNTIL NEXT YEAR, BUT WE JUST SAT OUT IN A MEETING AS FAR AS STAFF TO HEAR THAT 100% PLAN COMPLETIONS.

THEY HAVE ALREADY SELECTED A VENDOR WHO'S GOING TO START TO COMPLETE THE WORK.

IT WILL BEGIN JANUARY 20TH 2024 IS WHEN IT'S SLATED TO START.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

AND SO THEY'LL BE GOING THROUGH AGAIN SOME OF THOSE SPACES WITHIN 288 TO CLEAN UP SOME OF OUR DEAD TREES THAT ARE THERE.

THEY'LL ALSO BE UTILIZING SOME OF THAT LANDSCAPING PIECE TO ADD MORE VEGETATION.

IT'LL CUT DOWN ON OUR STAFF HAVING TO GO OUT THERE AND MOW AND BE IN THE MEDIANS AND THE RIGHT OF WAYS.

SO COME THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE SHOULD SEE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE WITH THAT.

SO AWESOME. THANK YOU, JASON.

AND THEN THE NEXT ONE THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS OUR FALL PROGRAMING AS WE START TO GET INTO THE FALL SEASON.

AS TRADITION, WE WILL BE HOSTING A TREE PLANTING AGAIN COME THE FIRST FRIDAY IN NOVEMBER.

SO THAT IS TEXAS ARBOR DAY.

SO WE DO PLAN TO HOST THAT AS WELL.

WE'LL BE SEEKING VOLUNTEERS AS WE GET CLOSER.

WE WILL BE THEN COUPLING THAT AGAIN WITH THE FALL SWEEP.

SO THAT PLAN THERE IS TO DO, JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE BEFORE AND HAVE THE ELECTRONIC RECYCLING, THE HEAVY TRASH, THE TIRE RECYCLING, THE DATA SHREDDING, AND THEN WORKING WITH TWO DIFFERENT AGENCIES RIGHT NOW TO SEE HOW WE CAN INCLUDE THOSE PAINTS AND THE HOUSEHOLD CLEANING CHEMICALS AS WELL, AS WELL AS THE TURNING OF THE FLAGS IN TO BE RECYCLED AND EYEGLASSES AND OUR TREE GIVEAWAY FOR THAT.

AND THE ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS WILL BE LOOKING TO DO A COMMUNITY CLEANUP THAT MORNING AS WELL.

SO THE HOPE IS FOR MOVING FORWARD IS THAT WE START TO COUPLE THOSE RECYCLING DAYS WITH A COMMUNITY CLEANUP.

SO WE KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON THE COMMUNITY TO GET MORE VOLUNTEERS INVOLVED AND REALLY LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFICATION SIDE OF HOW CAN WE GO EXPANDING IT FARTHER THAN JUST THE RESIDENTS IN THEIR HOMES, BUT REALLY GETTING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO TACKLE SOME OF THOSE.

SO NOVEMBER 4TH IS WHAT YOU'RE SHOOTING FOR.

NOVEMBER 4TH IS WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR.

OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. BECAUSE FYI, THE VETERANS PARADE IS IN ANGLETON THIS YEAR ON THE 11TH.

YEP. YEAH.

WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO BE PARTNERING WITH THAT.

AND SO PARKS AND REC WILL BE ACTUALLY HELPING WITH THAT.

SO GOOD. AND THE CITY, THE GREAT TRANSITION INTO FROM THE FALL SWEEP IS KIND OF TESTED THIS FROM OUR POP UP CLEANUP. SO WE'LL BE INTRODUCING A ADOPT A SPOT PROGRAM.

THE DESIGN BEHIND THE ADOPT A SPOT PROGRAM IS WE'RE GOING TO FIND HOTSPOTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND IDENTIFY BASED ON HOW OFTEN WE SEE TRASH THERE, WHAT THE ACCESS LOOKS LIKE.

SO IS IT IN A DITCH VERSUS A PARK ON A MAJOR ROADWAY TO IDENTIFY SOME CLEANUP OPPORTUNITIES? SO TRADITIONAL ADOPT A SPOT WOULD BE SOMEBODY ADOPTS THAT WHOLE THING, THEY GET NAMING ON IT AND DEPENDING ON THE PROGRAM, THEY MIGHT BE MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT TO TRY TO DO THE UPKEEP ON IT AND HAVE SOME REQUIREMENTS FOR IT OR THE MONEY THAT YOU WOULD BRING IN FOR THAT WOULD BE TO SUPPORT THAT. THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE IS TO IMPLEMENT AS WE CAN, SPREAD THE WEALTH THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

SO EXAMPLE THAT I GAVE FOR THE POP UP CLEANUP IS IF WE HAVE A GROUP THAT GOES OUT AND CLEANS 274 IS THAT WON'T ACTUALLY BE AVAILABLE FOR ANOTHER CLEANUP UNTIL WHETHER IT BE THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, 12 MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO HIT DIFFERENT PARTS OF ANGLETON.

SO THAT WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE VERSUS ONE GROUP JUST COMING IN AND ONLY ONE ROAD GETS AN ATTENTION IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE IT TO WHERE IT'S IMPACTING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

IT'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO HIGHLIGHT THINGS THAT IF IT'S LIKE A YOUTH GROUP THAT COMES IN, WE'LL HAVE AREAS THAT THEY HAVE.

IT'S A LITTLE MORE SAFER, A LITTLE BIT EASIER OF ACCESS VERSUS GOING DOWN TO ONE OF OUR LARGE DITCHES TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THE WATERWAYS.

SO IT WILL BE BASED ON IS IT A YOUTH GROUP, IS IT AN ADULT GROUP? AND WE'LL KIND OF TAKE THAT AS A GO.

SO WE'LL BE ROLLING THAT OUT THIS FALL AS WELL.

GOOD THINGS HAPPENING.

WILL THAT INFORMATION BE GOING TO THE SCHOOLS FOR THEIR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS? YES. YEP.

WE'LL BE DOING A BIG MARKETING PUSH TO PUSH ALL THAT STUFF OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, TO SOME OF THE USER GROUPS, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES SO THEY KNOW IT'S AVAILABLE.

AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE PLAN TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, TO ENCOURAGE GROUPS TO COME OUT AND LET THEM KNOW OF SOME VARIOUS AREAS THAT CONTAIN ADVANTAGE OF.

I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN ANDERSON TODAY, I SAW IT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS, AND I WAS LIKE ANOTHER SPOT.

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THERE'S SOME TLC THAT'S NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

SO. YEP.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS, FEEDBACK ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL THEN TRANSITION INTO OUR NEXT AGENDA, OUR AGENDA ITEM.

[3. Discussion and possible action on KAB 2023-2024 budget.]

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD FULL TRANSPARENCY OF THE BOARD KNOWING WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AS FAR AS THE UPCOMING YEAR YOU'LL SEE THERE IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET SOME OF THE ITEMS AS FAR AS HOW WE BUDGET AND LINE ITEM THINGS OUT.

I WILL POINT OUT A FEW OF THOSE AS FAR AS SOME OF THE MAJOR CHANGES FROM THIS CURRENT YEAR MOVING INTO OUR NEXT YEAR.

SO THE FIRST ONE BEING REVENUE WISE, WE ARE PROJECTING TO HAVE ABOUT $1,000 INCREASE IN REVENUE AS FAR AS THE TRASH BAGS.

SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE THAT TREND UP.

I WILL SAY THAT PART OF THAT DOES COME FROM THE INCREASE THAT WE HAD DUE TO TRASH BAGS BEING INCREASED.

SO EVEN THOUGH THAT REVENUE IS GOING UP, WE ALSO PAID FOR MORE OF THEM OR PAID MORE FOR THEM.

BUT WE ARE SEEING A GOOD TRANSITION INTO THAT AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING.

I WILL SAY AT THE SAME TIME, THOUGH, NUMBERS THIS YEAR ACTUALLY LOOK REALLY GOOD.

SO WE SHOULD BE TRENDING FURTHER THAN WE ANTICIPATED ORIGINALLY.

SO GOOD NEWS ON THAT ONE.

THE WATER BILL HAS DONE GREAT FOR US.

SO THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR UNANIMOUSLY VOTING ON THAT ONE TO INCREASE THAT WATER BILL DONATION.

WE ARE PROJECTING AN $8,000 REVENUE INCREASE GOING INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGETS.

SO THAT CONTINUES TO HOLD STEADY AND TRUE FOR US.

WE ANTICIPATE PROBABLY LEVELING OUT AROUND ABOUT 35,000 THIS YEAR COMPARED TO WHAT WE PROJECTED ABOUT 22,000.

SO IT'S A MAJOR INCREASE THERE.

BUT ALSO WANT TO BE COGNIZANT AND MINDFUL OF LOOKING AT THE BUDGET OBJECTIVELY AND KNOWING THAT IT COULD FLUCTUATE AND CHANGE.

SO WE WANTED TO HAVE BE FAIR WITH WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE 8000 INCREASE THERE AND THEN DONATIONS IS THE OTHER ONE.

SO THIS IS THE SIDE FOR SPONSORSHIPS FOR SOME OF OUR EVENTS.

AND AS WE ADD IN SOME OF THE OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OR THE ADOPT A SPOT PROGRAM AS THAT STAFF PLAN TO REFOCUS ON SOLICITING SPONSORS FOR OUR EVENTS TO HELP REDUCE THE COST OF OUR EVENTS, ENSURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE OFFERINGS AND SUPPORT SOME OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS. SO EXPENSE WISE, YOU WILL SEE INCREASES AS WELL.

SO FIRST ONE I WILL SAY IS FOR THE CLEANUP COSTS, AND THIS WAS FROM WHAT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WAS TO THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE THE GRANT MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR.

THE OUR COSTS ON CLEANUP WILL GO UP JUST TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE HAD COMING IN FROM THE GRANT.

THE CAPITAL EXPENSE, THAT ONE IS WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OUR MONUMENT SIGN OR GATEWAY SIGNAGE AS FAR AS STANDARDIZING WHAT THE LOOK AND FEEL THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IS.

SO YOU'LL NOTICE WITH AT LAKESIDE, IT HAS A BRAND NEW PARK SIGN FOR THAT NEW PARK.

MASTERSON PARK JUST GOT REPLACED THIS YEAR.

SO IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WE WERE ABLE TO BUDGET FOR THAT, TO REPLACE THAT, AND THEN WE ARE PLANNING TO REPLACE ANOTHER SIGN NEXT YEAR.

SO THAT'S THE INCREASE THERE IS TO ACCOUNT FOR WHAT THE ACTUAL COST WAS.

AND AS UNFORTUNATELY AS WE'VE SEEN IS INFLATION IS CONTINUING TO DRIVE THINGS UP.

SO DEPENDING ON WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IF YOU DON'T JUMP ON IT QUICK, WE JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE TO PLAN FOR THAT.

SO BUT THE OTHER SIDE IS YOU'LL SEE IN CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, IT IS DECREASED BY 25,000 THAT WE PROJECTED FROM LAST YEAR.

SO WE DID PURCHASE A SOOFA SIGN THAT IS CURRENTLY AT BATES PARK TO HELP WITH SOME MARKETING TOURISM STUFF, TRAFFIC TO PUSH TRAFFIC FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN PEAR LAND.

AND SO THAT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAD.

SO WE WON'T HAVE THAT EXPENSE NEXT YEAR.

SO THAT WAS A ONE TIME PURCHASE THIS YEAR AND PARKS DEPARTMENT IS PICKING UP THE COST THAT GOES THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RENEWAL OF THAT SOFTWARE.

SO BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THAT.

SO FOR US, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IS TO BE ABLE TO DO THE MARKETING ON IT.

IT DOES FEED INTO FACEBOOK.

IT ALLOWS US TO PUT FLIERS IN THERE, PUT NOTIFICATIONS ON THERE, CHANGE EVENT SCHEDULES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE HAVE INCREASED VISIBILITY THAT WE HAVE THERE.

THE LAST THING I WILL MENTION IS IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SPREADSHEETS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THAT AGENDA ITEM, YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THE THINGS AS FAR AS WHAT THE ESTIMATES GO

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I WILL POINT OUT A FEW OF THOSE.

SO I MENTIONED THE TRASH BAG ONE.

SO WHEN WE PUT OUR AGENDA ITEMS TOGETHER, THIS WAS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO TO GET READY FOR COUNCIL AND TO BE ABLE TO PUSH THAT STUFF IN THERE.

HOWEVER, WHEN I CHECKED THE YEAR TO DATE ON THAT, WE ARE JUST OVER 7000 ON TRASH BAGS THIS YEAR.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY OVER WHAT WE PROJECTED IT TO BE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

SO THAT'S CONTINUING TO TREND WELL.

CCB DONATIONS IS PRETTY MUCH RIGHT ON LINE WITH THAT AS FAR AS THE 34,000.

SO AS I MENTIONED, THAT'S A BIG INCREASE FROM WHAT WE SAW IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

I WILL SAY KEEP IN MIND, TOO, THAT WHEN WE DID THAT INCREASE, IT DIDN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL JANUARY OR DECEMBER.

SO WE DID MISS A COUPLE OF MONTHS ON THAT.

SO THAT DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR A FULL YEAR IN THAT PROGRAM.

UM, AND THOSE ARE.

THE MAJOR ONES.

ANOTHER ONE I'LL POINT OUT IS.

AS FAR AS SOME OF OUR GENERAL SUPPLIES.

ONE, NOW THAT WE HAVE A OUTDOOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION SPECIALIST ON OUR TEAM FOR THE RECREATION DIVISION.

SHE'S TAKING MORE OF AN INVOLVEMENT TO TO DO THINGS FOR TO SUPPORT KB AND OUR PROGRAMING.

SO SHE IS ACTUALLY THE LEAD RIGHT NOW FOR THE GREEN SERIES.

AND SO WITH THE GREEN SERIES, THEY'RE LOOKING TO BRING IT BACK TO AN IN-PERSON OPTION AGAIN.

SO IT'S BEEN VIRTUAL FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO TO MAKE THAT RE-ENGAGE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT A VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON HOSTING.

AND THEN THE IN-PERSON SIDE OF THINGS WOULD BE ACTUALLY HANDS ON.

SO IF THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC PIECE OF GARDENING, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO THAT WHILE THEY'RE AT THE IN-PERSON OPTION.

AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO PROMOTE IT FOR THOSE AT HOME.

IF THEY CAN'T, THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE THEM WITH LIKE THE SUPPLY LIST SO THEY CAN GET STUFF AHEAD OF TIME TO KIND OF FOLLOW ALONG IF THEY WERE TO EITHER WATCH THE LIVE STREAM AND OR WATCH THE RECORDING AFTERWARDS, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED FOR THAT.

SO IT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR ITEMS TO POINT OUT THERE.

YEAH. QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET.

NOW. OKAY.

I'M DOING A GREAT JOB, JASON.

THANK YOU SO FOR THAT ONE.

IF I COULD JUST GET A MOTION FOR THAT ONE JUST TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS APPROVE.

I MOVE WE APPROVE THE KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 BUDGET.

AND I SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? AND NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT.

GREAT. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO.

AND THAT WILL BRING US TO OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM FOR THE EVENING.

[4. Discussion on Keep Angleton Beautiful subcommittees]

SO THIS ONE I TO BRING BEFORE YOU AS FAR AS AN OPPORTUNITY.

SO IN OUR CHARTER IT TALKS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL.

AND ONE OF THOSE IS TO DEVELOP VARIOUS SUBCOMMITTEES THAT ARE PART OF THE ORGANIZATION TO ASSIST WITH DIFFERENT THINGS FROM THE CLEANUPS LITTER PREVENTION, BEAUTIFICATION, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION, MARKETING, KIND OF THE LIST GOES ON AND ON, IF YOU WILL.

WHAT IT DOES IS AFFORD US THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THE BOARD.

SO YOU GUYS SERVE AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL, BUT SUBCOMMITTEES ARE ALLOW US TO BRANCH OUT TO REALLY MAXIMIZE OUR IMPACT.

SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO LOOK AT THE NEXT YEAR TO SEE WHAT FEEDBACK YOU GUYS HAVE ON WHAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WE COULD START TO ESTABLISH, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THINGS YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT, THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN, THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THE BEST WILL BE THE MAKE THE GREATEST IMPACT FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO I WANT TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO SEE WHAT DISCUSSION YOU GUYS WANT TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT SOME IDEAS OF WHAT WOULD BE GOOD SUBCOMMITTEES AND HOW WE CAN START TO ROLL THAT OUT.

BUT THIS PART IS JUST TO REALLY ESTABLISH WHAT WOULD BE GOOD TO IDENTIFY AS SUBCOMMITTEES, WHETHER THAT BE SOMEBODY OVER CLEANUPS, OVER EVENTS, YARD AND BUSINESS AND MONTH COULD BE ITS OWN.

AGAIN, WHAT IT DOES IS IT WOULD PUT SOMEBODY AS THE IN CHARGE OF THAT COMMITTEE AND TO KIND OF HELP SPEARHEAD SOME OF THOSE THINGS, TO RALLY BEHIND THAT. IF, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE THINGS AS FAR AS BEAUTIFICATION, LIKE WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, KNOWING THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A VOLUNTEER BOARD AND I

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SO I'M LOOKING FOR THOUGHTS, SUGGESTIONS, CONVERSATION.

SO YOU WANT IDEAS FOR SUBCOMMITTEES? I DO. OKAY.

UM, WELL, YOU AND I HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON IDEAS, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COULD HELP WITH THE CLEANUP PLUS YARD AND BUSINESS OF THE MONTH, THINGS LIKE THAT, IS TO GO BACK TO AND THAT'S WHERE WE COULD EVEN BRING VOLUNTEERS IN, IS TO DIVIDE UP THE CITY.

AND WE AS THE BOARD OR AS PEOPLE ON OUR SUBCOMMITTEE, WE JUST KIND OF TAKE A MONTH AND TAKE A SECTION OF THE CITY AND WE KIND OF PERUSE IT, DRIVE THROUGH IT EVERY NOW AND THEN.

AND YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE IS THERE AREAS THAT ARE BLIGHTED WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE ADOPT A SPOT GROUP AND GO AND TAKE A LOOK AT ARE THERE AREAS WHERE, HEY, THERE'S SOMEONE WHO'S DOING A FANTASTIC JOB ON THEIR YARD? WELL, THEY CAN BE A NOMINEE THEN FOR YARD OF THE MONTH.

SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ON A REGULAR PATH OF TRAFFIC.

SO THAT WOULD BE A SUGGESTION.

AND LIKE I SAID, THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE YOU CAN GET.

VOLUNTEERS AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY. WHAT ABOUT WITH, LIKE, RECYCLING? I KNOW THE CITY RECYCLES, BUT I KNOW AT ONE TIME THAT WE HAD RECYCLING WHERE WE HAD OUR BINS AND WE HAD IN THE SCHOOLS WHERE WE HAD OUR CONTEST.

ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, THAT'S A GREAT ONE.

LIKE AND THAT'S KIND OF JUST LOOKING FOR THOSE KIND OF IDEAS OF RECYCLING IS THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? I MEAN, I SAW A CODE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND. TRACY, I THOUGHT OF YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO SPEARHEAD.

EXPLAIN YOURSELF. ME? OR DO YOU SAY THAT TO YOUR RESIDENTS OR BOTH? SHE IS A GOOD CODE ENFORCER.

I DRIVE. I DRIVE AROUND ALL THE TIME, BUT I DON'T WANT TO MAKE CHRIS AND STAFF CRAZY, SO I JUST SORT OF PICK THE BIG.

YOU'RE HELPING TO BEAUTIFY THE COMMUNITY.

MY GOD. YEAH.

EVEN IF YOU DID, WHAT? ANDREA'S THOUGHTS ON SOLID WASTE.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THERE? I MEAN, AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY FOR ME SPECIFICALLY LIKE THAT WAS ONE THAT'S INCLUDED CURRENTLY IN THE ORDINANCE IS LIKE ONE THAT'S LISTED.

SO EXAMPLE IS, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR COMMUNITY CLEANUP, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE LOCATIONS FOR PEOPLE TO DISPOSE OF SOLID WASTE APPROPRIATELY.

SO WHEN THEY COME IN AND WE HAVE THE ROLL OFF TRASH BINS AND THEY'RE JUST DOING ALMOST ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING, IT FEELS LIKE IT DOESN'T END UP IN OUR DITCHES OR ON THE ROADWAY OR ILLEGAL DUMPING IS ONE THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE A LOT.

SO IT'S FINDING WAYS TO INCORPORATE THAT.

THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN LOCATIONS TO GO DROP OFF SOLID WASTE THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ELSEWHERE.

TRASH COLLECTION, ALTHOUGH IS FANTASTIC.

THEY DON'T ALWAYS TAKE EVERYTHING AND SOME THINGS JUST CONTINUE TO SIT THERE.

SO IT'S THINGS THAT THOSE THAT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, MERGE INTO WHAT WE DO AS FAR AS OUR CLEANUPS GO.

SO THAT MIGHT NOT BE A VERY SPECIFIC ONE THAT ONLY ONE PERSON TACKLES IS MAYBE IT'S UMBRELLA UNDER THE EVENT SIDE OR THE CLEANUP SIDE THAT IF YOU HAVE LIKE A CLEANUP COMMITTEE THAT MIGHT ENCOMPASS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LIKE PIECES UNDERNEATH THAT, BUT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLEANUP EVENTS AND.

IS A LOT OF THIS STILL GOING? WOULD THIS WOULD THESE THINGS BE PUSHED OUT STILL IN IN FLIERS AND STUFF? I MEAN, IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF THINGS, WHETHER IT BE FLIERS, OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, THE CITY FACEBOOK PAGE, A NEWSLETTER.

WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO THE SCHOOLS, WHETHER IT BE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS.

IT'S KIND OF LOOKING AT THE HOLISTIC APPROACH OF WHAT IS THE BEST BENEFIT AND HOW DO WE CREATE THE BIGGEST IMPACT.

SO. A MARKETING COMMITTEE WOULD BE GREAT, RIGHT? WELL. AND EVEN LIKE WHAT ANDREA WAS SAYING ABOUT ADOPTING CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE LOOKING FOR HOUSES AND PLACES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFYING OUR CITY.

BUT THAT WOULD ALSO, IF YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF THAT LITTLE SECTION, CAN GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO LOOK AT SOME PLACES THAT NEED EXTRA CLEANUP ALSO.

SO YOU WOULDN'T JUST HAVE TRACY HAVING TO GO AROUND THE WHOLE CITY LOOKING FOR THINGS.

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THAT MAY NOT BE A BAD IDEA.

BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THEY MAY HAVE AN OVERGROWN TREE OR A TREE THAT FELL OR SOMETHING.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS EITHER PHYSICALLY OR WHATEVER.

TAKE CARE OF IT, BUT NOT CAVE IN TO IT, BUT TO CONNECT TO CHURCHES OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE COMMUNITY MINDED AND SAY, HEY, CAN YOU ALL DO A YARD CLEANUP ON [INAUDIBLE], RIGHT? AND THEN GO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A DATE PROJECT OR SOMETHING? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I BET YOU SOME OF THESE CODE ENFORCEMENT STUFF, IT'S PEOPLE THAT CAN'T [INAUDIBLE] FOR WHATEVER REASON,[INAUDIBLE] I AGREE. I MIGHT BE.

YEAH. THAT I DO.

ON YOUR THOUGHTS.

AND YOU SAID EDUCATION IS PRETTY MUCH BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

I MEAN, IT IS, BUT IT WOULD ALWAYS BE GREAT TO HAVE SOMEBODY ON THE BOARD THAT WOULD BE A CONTACT WITH.

SO WE LOOK TO THE BOARD TO AS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH SIDE OF THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS AND OFFERING WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR.

SO IT DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T BE A COMMITTEE LIKE SOMEBODY CAN'T BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

BUT WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER THAT WOULD HELP TO ENGAGE THAT AND MAKE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS POSSIBLE.

SO LIKE OUR GREEN SERIES WOULD FALL UNDER EDUCATION.

IT JUST WOULD LIKE WHAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD JUST NEED TO LEAD TO ENSURE THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE BEING TICKED OFF TO WHERE, IF IT'S GREEN SERIES IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

IF THERE'S A PROGRAM TO GET INTO THE SCHOOLS, IF THAT FALLS UNDER EDUCATION, THERE WOULD BE A COMMITTEE MEMBER THAT WOULD HELP TO ENSURE THOSE THINGS ARE GOING THROUGH OF FINDING THE CONTACTS AND WHO TO GET IN TOUCH WITH OR THE OUTLETS THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH THEM.

AGAIN, THINK OF IT A SIDE OF OUR BOARD ONLY HAS SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR CITY HAS 20,000 PEOPLE.

THE MORE PEOPLE WE CAN GET INVOLVED UNDER THOSE UMBRELLAS TO SUPPORT IT.

SO EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE CLEANUPS, RIGHT? IF SOMEBODY TOOK WAS ASSISTED WITH THE CLEANUP SIDE OF THINGS.

IF IT WAS THE COMMUNITY CLEANUP, THEY MIGHT FIND A COUPLE MORE INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY HAVE AN INFLUENCE, ARE GOING TO KNOW HOW TO TAP IN TO GET X NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO BE ABLE TO COME SUPPORT THOSE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S.

IT'S HARD SOMETIMES TO DO THINGS WITH A FEW PEOPLE AND THE MORE MASSES THAT YOU CAN BRING IN.

AND SO THAT'S THE IDEA OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, IS YOU'RE BREAKING APART THOSE THINGS TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE ONE SOLE FOCUS TO BE ABLE TO GO AND SUPPORT THOSE AREAS.

SO. AND THERE'S NO REAL WRONG ANSWER HERE.

THIS IS JUST MORE OF, AGAIN, LOOKING BACK AT WHAT OUR ORDINANCE SAID AS FAR AS HOW THE THE COMMISSION OR THE BOARD WORKS AND BEING ABLE TO BRING THAT BACK IN TO REALLY MAXIMIZE OUR FOOTPRINT OF KNOWING WHAT ARE ALL THE THINGS AND HOW CAN WE TRY TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THOSE.

AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE LITTLE PIECES OF THEM HERE AND THERE, IT WOULD HELP US TO TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

LIKE JUST LIKE DIVIDE THE CITY, RIGHT? IF WE WERE IF THERE WAS A COUPLE PEOPLE LOOKING AT OR WE HAD VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE SUPPORTING TO DO THAT, IT WOULD MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF IT BECAUSE IT WOULD GET THEM KNOWING THEIR CITY MORE.

IT WOULD GET THEM KNOWING THE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED MORE.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE GRANTS OR OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME UP TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WE WOULD ALREADY HAVE THOSE THINGS ESTABLISHED AND IT WOULD BE A NO BRAINER IN HOW TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE VERSUS, OH, I SAW THIS GRANT, I DON'T KNOW, DEADLINES COMING SOON WE LIKE, IS IT TOO MUCH WORK TO TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT VERSUS HEY, HERE'S HOTSPOTS.

I CAN TELL YOU, FOR ME, AFTER DOING THE POP UP CLEANUP AND THE COMMUNITY CLEANUP, I DON'T KNOW WHY MY HEAD IS JUST TRIGGERED INTO THE TRASH NOW.

SO LIKE WHEN I DRIVE, I'M LIKE, OH, THERE'S A ROAD.

OH, THAT TRASH. OH, THERE'S SOME.

OH, WAIT, THERE'S SOME.

BUT BEFORE IT WAS LIKE, YOU JUST DRIVE THROUGH AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, I KNOW IT'S THERE.

I JUST DON'T FOCUS ON IT.

AND SINCE THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST, I'VE BEEN LIKE, HYPER FOCUSED ON LIKE, OH, THERE'S A ROAD.

YEAH, CIRCLE THAT ONE.

OKAY. THAT'S LIKE, WHAT LEVEL IS THAT AT FOR ME? KIND OF LIKE THE LITTER INDEX, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE THOSE HOTSPOTS OF KNOWING, LIKE HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THAT AND FUNNEL THAT INFORMATION.

AND A REAL HOTSPOT, PARDON ME, IS ON BBC2 ROAD BEHIND THOSE APARTMENTS.

BARBARA PINES OR SOMETHING.

IT'S JUST A DUMPING GROUND AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE APARTMENTS, WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS, BUT THERE'S STUFF ALWAYS NOT IN THE DUMPSTER, JUST, I DON'T KNOW, PEOPLE JUST MOVE AND JUST PUT IT THERE.

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YEP. AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL THESE NEW RESIDENTS COMING, YOU KNOW, TO THAT SUBDIVISION RIGHT THERE.

YEAH. SO THEY GET TO SEE IT.

I CAN'T CLEAN THAT DITCH.

AND THAT'S THE.

YEAH. THE LEVEL. I MEAN, THE LEVEL OF MAYBE WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE APARTMENT AND JUST TALK TO THEM AND JUST SEE OR PUT A FENCE UP OR SOMETHING.

BUT THOSE ARE GREAT ONES TOO, LIKE, SO FOR LIKE KB COULD BRING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS IN AND SAY, HEY, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE NOTICING IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE BRING THEM ALONG TO THE CITY SO THEY'RE AWARE OF THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS, IS, HEY, WE HAVE CLEANED UP THIS DITCH EVERY MONTH AND THERE'S A BIGGER PROBLEM.

YES. VERSUS I MEAN, YOU WOULD LOVE TO SAY NOBODY EVER GETS THEIR TRASH, DOESN'T JUST LIKE SOMEHOW GET ON THE ROAD.

YEAH, BUT IT'S JUST BEEN A CONSTANT PROBLEM FOR A LONG.

BUT IF IT'S ONE THAT WE KNOW NEEDS MORE ADDRESSING, LIKE THAT'S THAT'S THE INFORMATION.

LIKE THE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THAT.

SO. OKAY. CAN I ASK YOU LIKE OUR BUTTERFLY WASTE STATIONS AND OUR BUTTERFLY GARDENS, WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED UNDER BEAUTIFICATION OR DOES THE CITY TAKE CARE OF THOSE SO THE CITY SUPPORTS TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT IT WOULD BE A GREAT ONE FOR THE BOARD TO TO COME INTO AS WELL TO PROVIDE AT ONE TIME WE DID AND SOME OF IT WOULD BE LIKE SO DAY TO DAY, RIGHT.

THE CITY HELPS TO SUPPORT THAT.

SO WE HAVE ONE OF OUR CREW MEMBERS HELPS WITH BEAUTIFICATION BUT.

THAT'S LIKE FULL CITY BEAUTIFICATION, RIGHT? SO TO HAVE THAT SUPPLEMENT OF MORE HANDS ON DECK OR IN ADDITION TO THAT IS EDUCATION THAT'S OUT THERE LOOKING AT TAKING INITIATIVE TO PUT SIGNS OUT THERE OF WHAT KIND OF PLANT SPECIES ARE OUT THERE OR WHY ARE THEY OUT THERE.

EDUCATION ON WHEN DO THE BUTTERFLIES LIKE WHEN DO YOU TYPICALLY SEE THEM AND WHAT IS THEIR SEASON AND IDENTIFICATION OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF BUTTERFLIES, LIKE TAKING IT A STEP FARTHER OF, HEY, WE HAVE THE GARDENS, BUT IF YOU COME TO THEM, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.

AND IT COULD BECOME LIKE A FIELD TRIP THAT PEOPLE GO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT WAY STATIONS WE HAVE.

LIKE WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THEM? SO THERE'S THINGS ON TOP OF THAT THAT COULD BE AN ADDITION TO THAT.

SO IT COULD FALL IN A FEW AREAS.

OH, MY GOSH. NOW YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF THAT.

CHRIS HAS GOT THAT. YEAH, HE'S HOOKED ON TIKTOK.

HE'S THREATENED US WITH THE CO CHAIRS.

GOVERNING BODY. WE'LL GO HAVE.

WE'LL GO HAVE HIM FLY WITH THE BUTTERFLIES OR SOMETHING.

SO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR US TO VOLUNTEER TODAY, OR WAS THIS JUST A DISCUSSION? THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION AS FAR AS WHAT IT IS.

SO THE IDEA IS TO MOVE FORWARD AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE NEXT YEAR.

WE START TO LOOK AT BUILDING OUT OUR GAME PLAN OF WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE OF OKAY, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET FEEDBACK RIGHT NOW ON WHAT YOU THINK GOOD COMMITTEES WOULD BE.

SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOLID WASTE.

AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED THAT ONE IN THERE, IF THAT MAKES NO SENSE TO HAVE AS ITS OWN COMMITTEE.

LET'S NOT DO THAT. RIGHT.

AND AND THE ORDINANCE JUST STATES THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES.

NOT THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THESE CERTAIN ONES.

AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR US NOW AS FAR AS WHAT COMMITTEES COULD BE SO THAT AS WE DEVELOP THAT, WE CAN THEN SAY, OKAY, WE'VE NARROWED DOWN TO THESE COMMITTEES.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN OR WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD? KIND OF THING. SO THIS IS JUST A BRAINSTORMING OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL THINK WOULD BE GOOD COMMITTEES TO HAVE AND OR LIKE, HEY, AGAIN, THIS ONE DOES NOT MAKE SENSE FOR US.

LIKE CODE ENFORCEMENT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT MAYBE THAT'S NOT OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? TRACY'S EVERY DAY.

SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED A COMMITTEE.

I'M KIDDING. YEAH, IT TAKES TIME, BUT THINGS ARE HAPPENING, SO MAYBE WE CAN RIDE AROUND AND TIK TOK.

YEAH, LIKE, THERE THEY ARE.

YEAH. LET'S DO THIS.

LIKE TO SNEAK UP ON THEM.

IT'S ANOTHER ONE OVER HERE.

SO MEAN.

I'M HEARING RECYCLING, COMMUNITY CLEANUP STUFF OR DAY CLEANUPS.

A SUPPORT LIKE CITY SUPPORTS, BEAUTIFICATION EVENTS, EDUCATION.

DEFINITELY. LITTER PREVENTION.

WHAT DO YOU ENVISION AS FAR AS FALLING UNDER LITTER PREVENTION? WELL, WE DO OUR LITTER PREVENTION, OUR INDEX ANYWAY, BUT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT TIME FOR JUST TO GO AROUND JUST LIKE YOU DID TODAY, JUST LIKE WE DO EVERY DAY WHEN WE'RE DRIVING. NOW THAT WE'VE DONE THAT LITTER INDEX, WE LOOK AT STREETS AND GO, OH.

I LOOK AT ALL THAT LITTER.

SO, I MEAN, IT COULD ALSO FALL UNDER EVENTS.

WHERE WE PARTNER WITH THE CITY.

AND PROVIDE, YOU KNOW.

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THIS IS TRASH THAT COULD BE LITTER PREVENTION.

YOU KNOW, PUT IT IN THE BINS.

AND. ANOTHER THOUGHT TOO, AND I LOST IT.

BUT. BUT I WAS THINKING TO.

THAT A PROJECT? HMM.

THAT'S BEEN A LONG PROBLEM.

HEY, WE COULD DO THE BLOGGING AND THE BLOGGING VLOGGING, RIGHT? I WANT YOU TO RUN OUT OF SUCCESSES.

RIGHT. BUT I MEAN, ONE LIKE THAT MIGHT BE.

IT MIGHT BE AN INITIATIVE FOR THE BOARD TO FIND WAYS TO GET THOSE RESOURCES TO THE CITY.

AND THEN THIS, LIKE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A PASS OFF TO LIKE, HEY, WE FOUND THE FUNDING TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE A RECYCLING AND A TRASH OPTION AT ALL YOUR EVENTS. AND THE BOARD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO FOR A GRANT FOR THAT OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

AND THEN IF IT'S WITH RIGHT NOW, I COMMUNICATIONS OVERSEES LIKE OUR MAJOR CITY EVENTS, BUT THAT MIGHT BE A CROSSBREED BETWEEN PARKS AND REC BECAUSE WE SUPPORT A LOT OF THE EVENTS AS WELL OF ENSURING WE HAVE THE SUPPLIES AND THAT AT EACH EVENT THAT'S SOMEHOW RECOGNIZED THAT MAYBE THEIR LOGO LIKE THIS IS A KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL INITIATIVE.

SO IT'S NOT A KICK STARTS THE PROGRAM AND THE PART THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR BUT THE EXECUTION DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE ON THE BOARD.

KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN.

IT'S LIKE WE MANAGE DAY TO DAY, BUT.

DAY TO DAY. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN LIKE THAT GARDEN GETS TOUCHED EVERY DAY.

SO I THINK MARKETING ALSO CAN BE EDUCATION.

SO THE TEXT MY GOV THE CITY WEBSITE.

WASTE CONNECTIONS.

I MEAN, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS ARE THINGS JUST LIKE TRASH.

YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP REMINDING PEOPLE WHAT FOUR CUBIC YARDS LOOKS LIKE, THAT PEOPLE PUT OUT THAT TRASH OR THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T PUT OUT.

THAT'S SO TRUE. AND THE GOV.

HOW DO THE CITIZENS KNOW ABOUT THAT? IS IT STATED LIKE IN A JUST ON YOUR WEBSITE OR IS IT STATED ON THE ANYTHING LIKE THE WATER BILL OR IT'S JUST WORD OF MOUTH? IS THAT JUST A RESOURCE THEY CAN GO TO? CORRECT? WELL, I MEAN, WE'VE PUT PUBLICATION OUT ABOUT IT, SO IT'S BEEN ON THE WEBSITES, WE'VE DONE WE'VE SENT IT OUT TO OUR INSIDE ANGLETON, THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

WE'VE SENT OUT SOCIAL MEDIA, WE'VE PUT IT OUT ON AS WELL.

SO WE TRY TO GET IT ALL OUT THERE.

THAT'S GOOD. I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE AGAIN, WHEN WE DO THE NEXT CLEANUP IS MAYBE MAKE THAT PART OF THE CAMPAIGN.

YEAH, ALL THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES.

OKAY, GOOD IDEA.

AND ACTUALLY, THINK OF A DISCUSSION THAT ANDRE AND I HAD AS FAR AS LIKE THE EVENT SIDE OF THINGS IS PART OF THE EVENTS PIECE MIGHT BE MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY RUNNING THE EVENTS, BUT VOLUNTEER, RIGHT? SO FINDING VOLUNTEERS TO WORK AT DIFFERENT EVENTS TO BE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION OUT THERE.

SO PASSING OUT FLIERS AS FAR AS WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY, GETTING THE RESOURCES OUT THERE ABOUT THE CLEANUPS OR DIFFERENT TIME OPTIONS THEY HAVE AS FAR AS LIKE THE ADOPT A SPOT PROGRAM, LIKE GETTING IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE MASSES.

SO IF IT'S HARD AT CHRISTMAS OR THE CONCERTS IS SOMEONE HELPS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER THERE THAT CAN YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE GIVING PROVIDE GIVEAWAYS OR JUST TO SUPPORT SOME OF THOSE THINGS, THE FOOTPRINT OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO AND I MEAN THE CITY WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO HAVE THE BOARD BE ABLE TO HAVE A BOOTH THERE TO DO THOSE THINGS.

BUT IT'S GETTING THE AWARENESS OUT THERE SO PEOPLE RECOGNIZE IT AS A REGULAR THING.

I CAN SAY LIKE TEXT, MY GOV IS STILL NEW, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT, SO IT'S NOT THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND.

BUT THE MORE THEY SEE IT, THE MORE APT TO DO IT.

JUST LIKE THE CLEANUPS.

EVERY FALL AND SPRING, I TYPICALLY GET PHONE CALLS OF LIKE, HEY, WHEN IS YOUR NEXT ONE? BECAUSE THEY'VE GOTTEN ACCUSTOMED TO KNOWING WE DO A CLEANUP IN THE FALL AND THE SPRING.

SO THEY'RE WAITING TO KNOW WHAT THAT DATE IS, WHETHER THAT BE IN SEPTEMBER OR THEY'RE CALLING OR OCTOBER.

THEY'RE LIKE, I KNOW IT'S COMING SOON.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN.

AND SO BUT THEY'RE ACCUSTOMED TO KNOWING WE DO IT.

SO IT'S JUST THE WORD OF MOUTH OR JUST THE REPETITION THAT'S COME WITH IT THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF IT.

SO. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? WHEN I'M THINKING OF THE EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOLS TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE DONE SOME THINGS WITH SABRINA AND BUT I DON'T HER AND I TALK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF

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I HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT BECAUSE I'M ON THE BOARD, SO I GET HER OVER.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF SHE KNOWS THE CONTACT PEOPLE OR SHE HAS BEEN IN THE OTHER SCHOOLS AND I CAN SAY KIND OF MIXED RESULTS ON THAT.

SO THAT'S THE SIDE OF LIKE IF WE KNOW SOMEBODY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS AN N, THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE WE WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT TO KIND OF HAVE JUST A DROP IN PROGRAM TO WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER PRESENTATIONS ON ONE OF THESE THREE TOPICS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO WHETHER THAT BE THE OUTDOOR EDUCATION SIDE OR WITH THE CURB SIDE OF HOW DO THOSE TWO MERGE TOGETHER.

BUT I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW, LIKE WHO ARE THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO CONTACT AND HOW TO GET INTO THEM.

AND IT DOESN'T MEAN ALL OF THEM TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, BUT AS LONG AS WE COULD GET THEM THE INFORMATION TO KNOW, IT HELPS TO SUPPORT OUR MISSION OF LIKE LETTING KNOW THE COMMUNITY THAT IS AVAILABLE AND HOW CAN THEY PARTICIPATE IN IT.

SO. MM.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? ALL RIGHT. I WILL TAKE THIS INFORMATION AND KIND OF NARROW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WE'LL FOR THE NEXT MEETING, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THESE AND LOOK AT AS FAR AS WHAT A DEVELOPMENT IS, AS FAR AS STRATEGIC GOALS AND WHAT OUR PLAN IS FOR NEXT YEAR TO MERGE SOME OF THESE IDEAS INTO THAT AND WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THERE. WELL, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK.

SERIOUSLY. IT'S MY PLEASURE.

JASON, HAD YOU HAD ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT HAVING A BOARD RETREAT? I HAVE.

AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TIE INTO THIS.

OKAY. GOTCHA.

YEP. PERFECT. READY? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. 615.

MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.