Feb 26, 2024 Keep Angleton Beautiful Commission

5:32. ALL RIGHT.

[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]

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WE'RE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO IT.

[1. Approve the minutes from Regular Called meeting on August 28, 2023]

SO, THAT'LL BE FOR THE LAST MEETING WE HAD, WHICH WAS QUITE SOME TIME AGO.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY AUGUST 28TH.

SO, YOU'LL SEE THOSE IN YOUR PACKET HERE.

AS FAR AS THE MINUTES GO YOU CAN TAKE A SECOND TO REVIEW THOSE.

WHEN Y'ALL ARE READY, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE UNLESS THERE'S ANY AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES TO THAT.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

OKAY. A MOTION TO APPROVE.

DID I GET A SECOND? YES, SECOND.

OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN. GREAT MOTION CARRIES.

[2. Discussion on Keep Angleton Beautiful YTD financial statements as of February 15, 2024]

SO, KIND OF AS I TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO DO IS BRING BEFORE YOU ARE EACH MEETING THAT WE DO HAVE IS START TO REVIEW OUR FINANCIALS TO SEE.

SO, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.

SO, YOU CAN HELP TRACK WHERE THAT PROGRESS, WHAT THAT PROGRESS LOOKS LIKE.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, AS IT ALWAYS DOES, SNEAK UP ON US, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET REALLY QUICKLY.

TYPICALLY, WE START TO PRESENT THIS TO OUR BOARDS COME MARCH AND APRIL.

SO, OUR NEXT ONE WILL REALLY BE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

SO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO GET THIS BEFORE YOU GUYS SO YOU COULD BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

WITH THAT THE FIRST THING YOU'LL SEE IS THE REVENUES THAT COME IN FOR CPRB.

SO, YOU'LL SEE AS FAR AS OUR TRASH BAG REVENUE, IF YOU LOOK IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE EASIEST ONE TO READ AS FAR AS WHAT OUR YEAR TO DATE IS.

SO, ALL THE NUMBERS REALLY ON THE LEFT ARE YOUR CURRENT BUDGET IS.

THAT'S WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING THE YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUAL SHOWS OF FEBRUARY 15TH.

WE HAD 3170 THAT WE BROUGHT IN FOR TRASH BAG REVENUE, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HIT HALFWAY YET AND WE'RE ALREADY ABOVE OUR HALF YEAR HALFWAY PROJECTION ON THAT. SO, WE ARE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THE NEXT ONE GOING DOWN IS OUR DONATION.

SO THAT IS THE DONATIONS THAT COME FROM OUR WATER BILL THAT IS JUST OVER 13,000 SO FAR.

SO PRETTY CLOSE. SO ABOUT 45% OF OUR BUDGET THAT WE BROUGHT IN FOR THAT.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY THROUGH FEBRUARY 14TH, SO IT HASN'T QUITE GONE THROUGH THE FULL SIX-MONTH PERIOD YET.

WASTE CONNECTIONS IS THE NEXT ONE.

SO, WE GET A CHECK FROM THEM OR $6,000 FROM THEM ANNUALLY.

SO THAT'S JUST SHOWING THAT THAT'S STEADILY COMING IN.

I BELIEVE THAT ONE SET UP ON A $500 A MONTH IS HOW THAT ONE TAGS IN.

SO, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE DOWN FROM THE OTHER ONE AS FAR AS A FUND BALANCE TRANSFER.

AND THAT ONE IS TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS.

SO, WHEN WE NEED TO IF WE NEED TO TRANSFER MONEY IN FROM FUND BALANCE TO COVER SOME OF THE THINGS WE PROJECTED FOR THE YEAR.

SO THAT SHOWS OUR CURRENT REVENUE.

NO CONCERNS. THERE ARE STILL TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON THE CURRENT REVENUE EXPECTATIONS, AND FULLY EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE REVENUES.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT PAGE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS THE EXPENSES WISE.

SO, YOU GO THROUGH AND THE FIRST SECTION YOU'LL SEE FOR THE SUPPLIES.

ONE, I HAVEN'T REALLY EXPENSED TOO MUCH OF THAT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS SLATED THIS YEAR AS FAR AS STILL DOING SOME OF OUR CLEANUP INITIATIVES.

NEED TO GET NEW APPAREL ORDERED PLANNING TO ORDER SOME GIVEAWAY SUPPLIES AS FAR AS PROMOTIONAL STUFF TO GET READY FOR THE YARD AND THE BUSINESS OF THE MONTH AS SOME OF THE PROMOTIONAL ITEMS WE GIVE AWAY.

SO, WE'LL START TO EXPENSE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. SO, YOU'LL START TO SEE INFORMATION COMING ABOUT THAT.

I'LL PROBABLY BE SENDING SOME EMAILS AND SOME FACEBOOK CORRESPONDENCE TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE AS FAR AS THOSE GIVEAWAYS ARE THE NEXT SECTION, THE BIG ONE AFTER THAT IS THE SERVICES.

SO THAT REALLY ENCOMPASSES OUR CLEANUP COSTS.

SO, WE'VE GONE THROUGH OUR ONE CLEANUP COST THUS FAR.

THE ONE ITEM THAT IS MISSING FROM HERE AS FAR AS THAT, JUST UNDER $6,000 IN EXPENSES.

I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE INVOICE FROM CAROLYN BEAUTIFUL YET, SO THAT WAS FOR OUR PAINT RECYCLING THAT WE DID WITH THE FALL SWEEP.

I STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT ONE.

COME IN. SO THAT ONE IS NOT REFLECTIVE IN HERE.

AND THEN WE WOULD STILL HAVE THAT ONE IS THE EXPENSES THAT COME UP FOR THE SPRING CLEANUP.

SO, BEAUTIFICATION STUFF THERE, THERE.

WE DID A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT OUT HERE FOR CITY HALL, SO WE CLEANED UP ONE OF THE FLOWER BEDS, AND SO DID SOME BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS THERE TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE I WILL POINT OUT, AS FAR AS ADVERTISING GOES SO THIS ONE, WE WERE HOPING TO GET THE INVOICE PUT INTO LAST YEAR'S BUDGETS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE INCREASE THAT WE HAD IN THE REVENUE LAST YEAR.

SO, FOR THE ANTIQUE LIGHT POLES THAT YOU SEE THROUGHOUT TOWN ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE DID THIS YEAR IS WE REPLACED TWO STANDARDIZE THE ONES FOR DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

AND SO, WE UTILIZED THAT TO CREATE A BEAUTIFICATION EFFORT TO HAVE THEM STANDARDIZE AND CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT TOWN.

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SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE ADVERTISING IS OVER BUDGET RIGHT NOW, BUT THE FUND BALANCE HELPS TO COVER THAT COST.

AND THEN INFRASTRUCTURE WISE IS THE LAST BIG ITEM.

SO THAT WAS WE HAD IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR TO REPLACE ANOTHER PARK SIGN TO INCREASE OUR INITIATIVES FOR MONUMENT SIGNS.

AND THAT ONE IS FOR DICKEY PARK, SO THAT ONE IS SLATED TO BE GET DONE.

THAT WAS THE 50% THAT WAS DUE.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER CHECK COME THROUGH ONCE THEY COMPLETE THAT PROJECT.

SO THAT ONE IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO TAKE PLACE.

ANY QUESTIONS WITH THE BUDGET? NOW. NEVER MIND.

NO. ARE YOU SURE? YEAH. OKAY.

IF WE HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL MOVE INTO ITEM THREE.

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

SO, THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS PROVIDE A RECAP.

SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT WE'VE MET, WE WERE ABLE TO HOST OUR TREE PLANTING AND FALL SWEEP.

SO, WITH THAT, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE NUMBERS THERE AS FAR AS THE IMPACT THAT WE'VE HAD ON THE COMMUNITY.

BROKEN DOWN IN VOLUNTEER HOURS, NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS, HOW MANY TIRES? WE RECYCLED ELECTRONICS THAT WERE RECYCLED AT THAT TIME, DATA SHREDDING, SOLID WASTE, AND JUST THE EVENT TRAFFIC THAT CAME THROUGH THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FALL SWEEP. WE DID HAVE THE TREE PLANTING THAT TOOK PLACE.

THAT ONE WAS AT THE CORNER OF KHYBER AND ANDERSON.

SO, WE'RE ONE OF THE OLD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS.

WAS ONCE THAT GOT TORN DOWN LAST YEAR, WE WANTED TO USE THAT AS A BEAUTIFICATION EFFORT.

SO, WE PLANTED OVER 100 TREES THERE AND PLANTED WILDFLOWERS OUT ON THE ROAD.

THE EDGE OF ANDERSON.

SO UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT NOW YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY SEE THEM, BUT THEY WILL COME BACK ONCE THEY BLOOM AGAIN.

WHEN WE PLANT THEM IN NOVEMBER, THEY ACTUALLY CAME UP PRETTY QUICK.

AND WE'RE GOING IN.

YOU COULD START THEM TO COME UP IN DECEMBER.

SO, IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.

TREATMENT PLANT. WAS THIS WHERE YOU PLANTED THEM? YEP, YEP. THAT'S WHERE WE PLANTED THOSE.

SO, WE HAD THE, YOU'LL SEE CLUSTERS OF TREES OUT THERE AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE WILDFLOWER A ROW OF WILDFLOWERS.

THAT'S AGAIN IT'S ON A LONG THE WALKWAY OR THE ROADWAY ON ANDERSON.

OKAY. THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THEY GO TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE MAY CALL ME, I'LL JUST CONCENTRATE ON THE NORTH.

AND. YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO SPREAD THE LOVE.

YEP. SO GOOD.

AND MORE THINGS WILL COME WITH THAT SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.

BUT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER DAY.

SO, THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE GREEN RIBBON PROJECT.

SO, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER MAYBE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD GONE OUT FOR GRANTS TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME BEAUTIFICATION, BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS ALONG THE MEDIANS THROUGHOUT TOWN TO HELP RELIEVE THE IMPACT IT PUTS ON OUR STAFF FOR GOING IN THE MEDIANS, TRYING TO UPKEEP THOSE AND MOW THOSE.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT RECEIVE THAT FUNDING.

HOWEVER, WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH TXDOT TO GET INTO THEIR PROJECT.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR ATTACHMENTS ON PAGE 12 AND A LITTLE BIT PAST THAT, I THINK ABOUT TILL 15 HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO BE COMMENCING VERY SOON.

THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE STARTING HERE IN ANGLETON IN MARCH, SO THEY SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE STARTING ABOUT NEXT MONTH.

IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT SOME OF THE STAKES ARE THROUGHOUT TOWN.

SO, IF YOU GO OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS DOWN LOOP 274, YOU'LL SEE A COLORED STAKES ARE IN THE GROUND.

THAT IS THEM ACTUALLY LAYING PUTTING IN THE LAYOUT FOR WHAT'S GOING TO BE PLANTED.

SO, THEY'RE ACTUALLY STARTING THOSE PROJECTS NOW.

SO, WHEN YOU GO DOWN 288 AND GO THROUGH 274 AND SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN YOUR MAP HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE ALREADY STAKED OUT TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE PREPPING TO GET THAT WORK STARTED.

SO, IF YOU SEE SOME SLOWDOWNS IN THE AREA AND YOU SEE OR WONDERING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THAT'S FOR THAT PROJECT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AGAIN, TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE STAFF HAVING TO GO IN TO TAKE CARE OF THAT PROPERTY.

IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A NATURAL AREA, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF VEGETATION FOR OUR AREA.

SO EXCITED FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE.

THEY ANTICIPATE THAT ONE FINISHING UP BY JUNE, OBVIOUSLY WEATHER DEPENDANCE IF THEY HAVE ANY SETBACKS OR ANYTHING.

SO, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO ADD ANOTHER LAYER TO WHAT WE'RE OFFERING IN THE COMMUNITY.

NEXT THING WE'LL GO INTO IS UPCOMING EVENTS.

SO, WE HAVE ARBOR DAY FOR OUR BUTTERFLY SEED BALL AND TREE GIVEAWAY IS PLANNED FOR APRIL 26TH AT 8 A.M.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR ANNUAL EVENTS.

WE'VE ALREADY WORKED OUR SECURED TREES WITH TREES FOR HOUSTON TO BE ABLE TO DONATE STUFF.

AND THEN WE MAKE THE SEED BALLS IN HOUSE.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING DAY WILL BE OUR ANNUAL SPRING CLEANUP ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH.

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TO WHERE WE'LL HAVE VOLUNTEERS COME IN.

THEY WILL SUPPORT BY GOING OUT TO CLEAN OUT ROADWAYS.

SO, THEY'LL START AT 7 A.M., AND THEN OUR ACTUAL COLLECTION EVENT WILL START AT 8 A.M.

I WILL SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A LITTLE BIT THAT WE'RE HAVING A DELAY ON THIS FOR, SO WE ARE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE HJK SOLID WASTE GRANT AGAIN.

AND SO THAT WAS I THINK YOU DO NOVEMBER.

I THINK IT WAS WHEN IT WAS DUE OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER.

SO, WE GOT THAT GRANT IN AGAIN AND WE ANTICIPATE WINNING THAT AGAIN.

SO, WE SHOULD GET FUNDING TO HELP SUPPORT THESE EVENTS TO OFFSET SOME OF OUR COSTS.

THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO FINALIZE A COUPLE OF THINGS UNTIL THE OFFICIAL AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED.

BUT ALL INDICATORS SHOW THAT WE WILL GET FUNDING FOR OUR EVENTS AGAIN.

AT ABOUT $23,000 TO COVER SPRING THIS YEAR THROUGH SPRING NEXT YEAR.

SO, PART OF THE REASON WE'RE HOLDING OFF A LITTLE BIT ON THE MARKETING FOR IT IS THEY HAVE VERY SPECIFIC MARKETING CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO INCLUDE THEIR INFORMATION ON.

SO, UNTIL WE GET THE OFFICIAL APPROVAL ON IT, WE WON'T DO A REAL PUSH TO GET THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GIVE THEIR BLESSING ON THE MARKETING BEFORE, WE SEND IT OUT.

SO AS SOON AS WE GET THAT BLESSING FROM THEM, WE'RE PULLING THE TRIGGER TO GET THEM TO APPROVE IT.

AND THEN WE'LL BE PUSHING OUT MARKETING THAT GOES WITH THAT.

SO JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE.

I JUST WANTED TO WRAP UP WITH THAT, THAT WE WILL WE DO ANTICIPATE HAVING ALL THE SAME VENDORS TIRE COLLECTION, HEAVY TRASH THE ELECTRONICS, DATA SHREDDING AND PAINT RECYCLING IS SLATED TO COME BACK AS WELL, SO WE WILL HAVE THAT FOR THE SPRING.

SAME LOCATION, SAME LOCATION.

PERFECT. YEP. AND I LIKE THE 8 TO 11.

THAT'S GOOD. YEP.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS WITH EVENTS.

COMMENTS. CONCERNS.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

[4. Discussion and possible action on current TxDOT traffic controller cabinet art wrap program]

SO, AS YOU KNOW, EACH YEAR WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE BEEN SELECTING DIFFERENT TEXT TRAFFIC CONTROL BOXES TO ART OR TO WRAP AND ARTS TO ADD AS A BEAUTIFICATION EFFORT IN THE CITY.

BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL THING TO PROMOTE THE ARTISTS LOCALLY.

ALSO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF FLAIR TO OUR CITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID NOTICE, THOUGH, IS THAT SOME OF THOSE BOXES ARE STARTING TO DETERIORATE A LITTLE BIT.

SO, NUMBER OF THINGS CAN BE I MEAN, THESE ARE IN THE HOT SUN ALL DAY LONG.

SO, WE DID ANTICIPATE THIS.

HOWEVER, THEY ARE COMING A LITTLE QUICKER THAN WE THOUGHT.

ADDITIONAL TO THAT IS TXDOT DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO AND MAKE REPAIRS.

SO, IF THEY HAVE TO MAKE REPAIRS AND CHANGE OUTDOOR PANELS OR DIFFERENT PANELS ON THE BOX, IT DOES ALTER THAT AS WELL.

SO, IT LOSES SOME OF THE ARTWORK THAT WAS ON THERE DOESN'T GET TAKEN OFF.

THEY ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO SO.

SO, THERE WERE THREE IDENTIFIED THAT NEED REPLACEMENT.

SO, THERE CURRENTLY ARE ALREADY THREE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT REPLACING.

SO, ON YOUR LIST YOU'LL SEE HERE THE ONE ON WEST ORANGE AND SOUTH VELASCO.

WEST CEDAR AND LOOP 274 AND WEST WILKINS AND 274 ARE THE THREE THAT STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE LOOK AT REPLACING.

THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS WE DID BUDGET $5,000 THIS YEAR TO BE ABLE TO PUT TOWARDS THIS, THIS PROGRAM.

HOWEVER, THAT WILL EAT INTO THE COST OF IF WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM.

SO, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY IS A DISCUSSION ON WHAT YOU ALL THINK YOU WANT TO DO AS FAR AS THE PROGRAM GOES FOR THE FUTURE THAT ARE DO WE LOOK AT SUSTAINABILITY NOW AND JUST REDO THESE BOX WRAPS AND TRY TO GET A LITTLE BIT LONGER LIFESPAN OUT OF THEM? DO WE CONTINUE THE PROGRAM AND SELECT OTHER ONES THAT WE WANT TO ADD AS A BEAUTIFICATION EFFORT? SO, KIND OF OPENING THAT UP FOR DISCUSSION ON WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROGRESS.

WELL, WE KNOW WE GET A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS ON ALL THE TIME.

THAT'S MY OPINION.

I WANT TO KEEP THE. OH YES.

DO YOU WANT TO KEEP ADDING TO IT? SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE WRAPPED IN LONGER THAN A COUPLE OF YEARS, RIGHT.

SO, WE WERE HOPING SEVEN YEARS, WEREN'T WE.

5 TO 7 YEARS. 5 TO 7.

YEAH. OVER LAST YEAR.

FOR HOW LONG DID THE WRAP WOULD LAST? LIKE WE KNOW WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT EVENTUALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THEM.

AND THE DISCUSSION AT THAT TIME WOULD ALSO BE DO WE POTENTIALLY REPLACE THEM WITH SOMETHING NEW.

SO, YOU ADD NEW ARTWORK, OR DO YOU REPLACE AND KEEP THE SAME STUFF THERE? SO, THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS WE HAVE.

WHAT ABOUT GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PERSON THAT ORIGINALLY DID IT, THAT IF WE IF WE CONTINUE TO USE THEM THEN DO A NEW ONE, THEY COULD DO IT AT A

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SO, THE ARTIST ACTUALLY ONLY RECEIVES A STIPEND OF $250.

OKAY. SO THAT'S PRETTY MINIMAL OKAY.

IT'S THE PHYSICALLY INSTALLING THE WRAPS ON THERE IS WHAT THE COST IS I SEE.

SO, THE ESTIMATE THAT YOU SEE HERE IS FOR THE COMPANY THAT WE'VE CONTRACTED OUT TO DO THAT.

THEY ARE THE ONES THAT INSTALL THEM NORMALLY.

SO, WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED DOES COVER THE COST.

AND IT WOULD POTENTIALLY COVER THE COST OF ANOTHER TWO, MAYBE THREE, MOST LIKELY TWO TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM FOR MORE BECAUSE WE ORIGINALLY HAD 5000 BUDGETED TO REPLACE THIS.

THESE THREE IS JUST UNDER $3,000.

SO, WE COULD STILL CONTINUE THE PROGRAM AND MAYBE NOT DO THREE WRAPS AND CHOOSE ANOTHER 1 OR 2.

SO THAT CAN STILL HAPPEN.

IT'S JUST KNOWING THAT AS WE PROGRESS, IF WE STILL RUN INTO THE SAME ISSUES, WE'RE GOING TO BE REPLACING THE ONES THAT WE PUT ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO EVENTUALLY DOWN THE ROAD WE'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IS IF WE GET SOMEONE THE SAME CYCLE THAT HAVE TO REPLACE OUT EVERY FIVE YEARS OR EVERY FOUR YEARS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ADDING TO THAT THAT AMOUNT LATER.

SO IF WE REPLACE THESE THREE NOW AND THEN WE DO ANOTHER TWO, THAT MEANS POTENTIALLY IN FIVE YEARS WE HAVE TO REPLACE FIVE, RIGHT. SO IT'S JUST THINKING ABOUT IT IN THAT.

AND IT'S NOT TO SAY WE CAN'T.

IT'S JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD LIKE THINKS THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND KNOWS THAT IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, IMPACT ON THE ROAD, AS WE MIGHT HAVE TO BUDGET A LITTLE BIT MORE TO REPLACE THEM.

AND JUST DETERMINING AT WHAT POINT DO WE SAY, OKAY, WE'VE DONE ENOUGH OF THEM, OR DO WE TRY TO TACKLE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY? HOW MANY MORE ARE AVAILABLE TO DO? IT DEPENDS ON IF WE START TO BRANCH OUT AND GO MORE OFF OF RIGHT NOW, MOST OF THEM ARE LIKE CENTRAL TOWN.

SO, WE HAVE THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I CAN FIND OUT THAT FULL NUMBER, THAT ONE ON WILKINSON LOOP 274.

IT IS PERFECT THOUGH FOR THE BLUE BONNETS.

THAT ONE'S. THAT MEANS IT'S THE AREA.

OKAY, THANKS FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION.

SO THAT WOULDN'T REALLY BENEFIT USING THE SAME.

SO, THREE NEED TO BE REPLACED.

THREE NEEDED. AND THEN IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THREE NEED TO BE REPLACED.

HOW MANY DO WE HAVE IN TOWN.

DO YOU RECALL I CAN'T REMEMBER.

IT'S THREE IF YOU REPLACE THEM AND I WANT TO SAY 10 TO 12.

SO. BECAUSE WE DID A COUPLE OF THE FIRST YEAR, LET'S SAY IT WAS TWO, AND THEN IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THREE.

THE LAST TWO ROUNDS.

WE'VE DONE THREE OF THEM.

OKAY. YEAH.

SO, WE'RE LOOKING AT REPLACING THREE AND DOING TWO MORE IS WHAT WHAT WE'RE BUDGETING IF BUDGETARY WISE WE COULD.

YEAH. SO IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET WE BUDGETED FOR $5,000.

IF WE REPLACE THESE THREE WE WOULD KNOCK OUT ALMOST $3,000 OF THAT.

BUT THE AMOUNT THAT COMES WITH IT FOR INSTALL.

SO IF YOU DID INSTALLATION WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LESS.

SO IT'S ABOUT $900 PER BOX AS FAR AS THE INSTALL GOES.

BUT SO IT'S WITH THE PAYING THE ARTISTS, YOU'RE ABOUT $1,000 PER, PER BOX.

SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO 1 TO 2 OF THEM.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T DO MORE THAN THAT.

THEY DO. THEY HAVE.

I MEAN, DO WE HAVE PICTURES OF THE ONES THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED THAT WE REPLACE VERSUS.

IS THAT IN THERE? I DIDN'T I DON'T HAVE THE PICTURES OF THEM, BUT I COULD SEND I COULD SEND OUT THE PICTURES TO YOU.

YEAH. JUST SO WE CAN MAYBE SEE, I MEAN, JUST IN CASE WE'RE THINKING, OKAY, WELL, ONE OF THEM REALLY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AS YOU KNOW, IT DEFINITELY IS.

SO I DON'T KNOW, IS THE DAMAGE ON THE SIDE THAT FACES THE THE PUBLIC WHERE, YOU KNOW, AS THE PUBLIC IS PASSING.

SO ARE WE SAYING THE FACE IN A VEHICLE? I'M JUST SAYING, ARE THEY WALKING BY AND EXAMINING IT? WELL, I MEAN THAT. YEAH. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHO DRIVE BY.

THEY LOOK GREAT. GREAT.

YEAH. I MEAN, LIKE, CAN THEY WAIT ANOTHER YEAR? IN OTHER WORDS. I MEAN, AND YOU MAY BE ABLE TO JUST CURIOUS.

JUST CURIOUS. YOU KNOW, IT'S POSSIBLE.

I CAN'T SAY ONCE THEY START TO DETERIORATE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO AND I KNOW WE HAD A REALLY HOT SUMMER, AND I KNOW THAT THAT IMPACTED A LOT OF PEOPLE EVEN ON THAT AS WELL.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A METAL BOX, RIGHT? SO ANYTIME YOU PUT LIKE VINYL ON THAT, YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE 100 DEGREES FOR NO THREE MONTHS IN A ROW.

WELL, I GUESS STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THERE'S, THERE'S DAMAGE, RIGHT.

BUT WE DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY.

LIKE IS IT FADED.

IS IT. IT'S NOT FADED.

SOME OF IT'S JUST STARTING TO PEEL A LITTLE BIT.

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THEY NEED TO BE FIXED.

YEAH I AGREE SO.

I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE USE THE BUDGET TO FIX ONES THAT ARE GREAT.

I AGREE. YES.

AND DO TWO MORE.

ARE YOU GOING TO ADD THAT TO IT? YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD.

YEAH, YEAH. JUST BECAUSE I ALSO.

IN MY REAL ESTATE EAR.

I HEAR THOSE COMMENTS THAT, OH, I LOVE WHAT ANGLETON DOES.

IT JUST MAKES ME WANT TO.

YEAH. COME HERE.

YOU KNOW. SO ABSOLUTELY I AGREE WITH YOU.

YEAH. AND SO YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION TO OKAY, I GUESS I AM.

IF WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT, I GUESS I'M MAKING A MOTION TO REPLACE THE DAMAGED, THE THREE DAMAGED BOX WRAP BOXES AND ADD TWO MORE IN THIS BUDGET FOR NEW WRAPS.

SECOND. OKAY.

SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION YOU WANT TO HAVE? NO. CAN I GET YOU TO COME BACK AND GIVE US WHERE THE POTENTIAL NEW SITES ARE? YEP. MOVE TO 35 OR FINISHING UP DOWNTOWN OR SOMETHING? YEP. YEAH.

I THINK WE NEED TO GET ON 35.

YEAH. SO FOR THE NEXT ONE, WHAT I'LL DO IS KIND OF BASED ON WHAT CHRIS TALKED ABOUT IS GET A TOTAL OF LIKE, COMEDY OR STILL IN ANGLETON.

SO THAT'LL ALSO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW LONG THIS PROGRAM COULD RUN FOR IF WE DID LOOK AT REPLACING THEM ALL.

AND THEN YOU CAN HELP SELECT WHAT THE NEXT TWO LOCATIONS WOULD BE.

SO THAT WAY WE'LL HAVE A FULL LIST OF WHERE THEY ARE AND KIND OF AN IMPACT OF WHAT THEY WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THAT'S GOOD. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT CHRIS, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT EXPANDING IT, EVEN IF THERE'S SOME IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, MAYBE DOING SOME ALONG 35 OR NOT? I THINK THE MOST VISIBLE ONES ARE THE ONES YOU WANT TO DO.

LIKE Y'ALL SAY, IT'S AN EYE CATCHER AND IT'S A BEAUTIFICATION THING.

AND SO THERE'S LOTS OF GOODNESS TO EXPANDING IT.

YES, I WOULD AGAIN, JUST THERE'S ONES THAT IN TOWN I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY PICK.

I WOULD PICK THE HIGHWAY ISH OR THE INTERSECTION ONES.

YEAH. PRIME SPOT PEOPLE STOP HENDERSON ROAD OR 523.

RIGHT. THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

RIGHT. WELL I AGREE.

AND KIND OF TO CHRIS'S POINT, WHEN THE PROGRAM AT FIRST STARTED, THE IDEA WAS TO LOOK AT JUST DOWNTOWN.

AND SO ONE OF THE ONES WE DID THIS LAST GO ROUND THAT'S UP BY WALMART IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE THE ORIGINAL ONE, BUT WE RECOGNIZE BASED ON WHERE IT IS IN TOWN AND THE THE TRAFFIC THAT GOES BY THERE, IT CREATES THAT IMPACT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ONE LAST YEAR WAS BECAUSE IT IS HIGHLY VISIBLE.

SO IN 288, BRAVO IS MORE BUSY THAN 35 AS FAR AS TRAFFIC.

SO MAYBE THE FOCUS WOULD BE TO WORK UP TO HENDERSON ROAD OR 523, WHICH REALLY IS THE EDGE OF THE CITY.

YEAH, RIGHT. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

THAT'S VERY TRUE, I LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU. JASON, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? SO UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO DISCUSS THIS, I WANTED TO GO BACK.

WE COULD GO BACK TO THE BUDGET ON THE TRAVEL AND EXPENSES.

KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AS ONLINE THIS YEAR.

CORRECT? SO I SEE THERE'S 8500 BUDGETED THERE FOR TRAVEL AND EXPENSE.

WE'LL HOLD OFF FOR JUST A SECOND.

OKAY? OKAY. I NEED MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS THING.

ON THIS ITEM? YES.

THANK YOU. OKAY. LIKE, IS IT A QUESTION ABOUT MONEY FOR THIS OR JUST ABOUT THE EXPENSE PART? JUST ABOUT THE EXPENSE PART.

SO I'M GOING TO DO VOTE REAL QUICK AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THAT ONE.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE REPLACING THE THREE DAMAGED BOX WRAPS AND EXPLORE TWO ADDITIONAL ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. GREAT MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY. SO TO GO BACK, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET.

THE 8500 FOR TRAVEL.

YES. SO WHEN WE SUBMIT THE BUDGET IN WE HAVE TO SUBMIT IT SO FAR OUT THAT WE ARE PLANNING BASED ON OUR BEST GUESS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. FOR THOSE WHO REMEMBER WHEN WE ATTENDED LAST YEAR WE DID NOT KNOW FULL DETAILS OF WHAT IT WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THE YEAR AFTER.

SO WE MADE SURE TO KEEP THAT MONEY IN THERE.

SO WE WILL SHOULD NOT BE SPENDING THAT.

HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T LOOK AT ATTENDING SOMETHING ELSE IF WE WANT IT TO GO.

SO THAT MONEY IS BUDGETED.

YES. WE PUT IT IN THERE FOR KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT WILL BE ONLINE, SO IT CAN EITHER BE SPENT FOR THE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE THAT IF PEOPLE WANT TO ATTEND THE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE, THEY COULD DO SO.

BUT IF THERE WAS ANOTHER CONFERENCE THAT WE FIND THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO ATTEND AS WELL, WE COULD UTILIZE THAT.

OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. YEAH.

NO. OF COURSE. YEAH.

IT'S JUST ONCE YOU DO BUDGET YOU, YOU'RE SETTING UP SO FAR IN ADVANCE THAT YOU NEVER EVEN KNOW.

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THAT'S GOOD THAT YOU DO THAT.

YEAH FOR SURE.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR LAST ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

[5. Discussion on Keep Angleton Beautiful strategic planning and board retreat]

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A ANNUAL RETREAT AND GOING THROUGH AND SITTING DOWN AND TALKING ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHAT OUR GOALS ARE FOR FOR THE, THE UPCOMING YEAR.

AND SO I WANTED TO BRING THIS BEFORE YOU GUYS TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND SEE IF WE CAN LOOK AT SECURING A DATE.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ARE LOOKING TO START OUR BUDGET PROCESS PRETTY SOON HERE.

SO MARCH IS REALLY OUR KICKOFF.

AND THEN IT PROGRESSES AS WE GO FROM THERE.

BUDGET. TYPICALLY WE START BUDGET WORKSHOPS TOWARDS JUNE JULY.

SO THE IDEA IS TO GET ONE IN PRIOR TO THAT.

SO THAT WAY WE KNOW WHAT OUR VISION IS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

AND THAT WILL HELP TO OUTLINE SOME OF OUR BUDGET AND STUFF.

SO I WANTED TO OPEN IT UP TO YOU ALL TO TALK ABOUT DAYS, TIMES, MONTHS, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF THAT MIGHT BE BEST FOR YOU ALL THAT WE CAN DO A STRATEGIC RETREAT.

SO ARE WE LOOKING AT ARE WE LOOKING AT SPRING? ARE WE LOOKING AT SUMMER? WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR FALL.

FOR IT BEING WE'RE LOOKING AT NEXT MONTH.

SPRING. OH SPRING.

OH DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT'S WHEN Y'ALL KICK Y'ALL'S OFF.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING. WE WOULD DO IT BEFORE APRIL.

YEAH. SO YEAH.

SO IF WE CAN DO IT IN MARCH OR EVEN EARLY APRIL.

BECAUSE REMEMBER, OUR MEETINGS DON'T HAPPEN UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH.

THAT IS GOING TO HELP US STEER SOME OF THE TOPICS FOR OUR APRIL MEETING.

AND AS WE START TO DEVELOP SOME OF THE THE BUDGETS, WE WOULD COME IN APRIL AND TALK ABOUT OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND SO THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR RETREAT WILL HELP US ADD THAT TO OUR BUDGET.

AND WHAT ARE WE TALKING LIKE, A SATURDAY? I MEAN, BE A NIGHT.

IT COULD BE A WEEKEND A DAYTIME.

I MEAN, I KNOW EVERYBODY SCHEDULES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, SO.

I CAN DO THIS IN SURFSIDE OR SOMETHING.

BE NICE. WHAT IS EASTER? THE 31ST? YEAH. EASTER IS THE LAST SUNDAY.

THE 30TH. THURSDAY.

IS THERE A SPECIFIC DAY OF THE WEEK THAT IS A PREFERENCE OR DAYTIME VERSUS NIGHTTIME OR.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO DRAW A DAY OUT OF THE HAT.

AND IT WAS GOOD. WELL FOR ME DAYTIME DURING THE WEEK IS NOT GOING TO WORK.

HEATHER, SAME FOR YOU.

YEP. FRIDAY IS GOOD.

SATURDAY IS GOOD.

THURSDAYS I MIX THE COLESLAW FOR THE FISH FRY AT HOLY COMFORTER.

SO? SO IF WE HAVE IT ON FRIDAY, DOES THAT MEAN YOU CAN BRING SOME TWO? I CAN BRING FISH PLATES.

YEAH. OKAY, OKAY, I'M HEARING THIS.

THIS GOT OUR ATTENTION NOW.

I'M IN A FRIDAY NIGHT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT.

OR A SATURDAY. YEAH.

SATURDAY. YEAH. LIKE MARCH 22ND TO 23RD.

IS THAT THE WEEK AFTER SPRING? THAT'S NOT THE WEEK OF SPRING BREAK, RIGHT.

IT'S A WHOLE WEEK AFTER. THAT'S A WHOLE WEEK AFTER.

AND IT'S BEFORE AND IT'S BEFORE EASTER.

SO THE SATURDAY BEFORE EASTER.

WHAT I'M NOT AVAILABLE ON THE THIRD, 22ND.

ON THE 23RD. OKAY. THE 22ND IS A FRIDAY 22ND.

YEAH. SUZANNE, I'LL BE HERE.

I'LL BE HERE ON THE 22ND, BUT NOT THE 23RD.

OKAY? OKAY. ONLY 22ND.

22ND TO THE 22ND.

YEAH. THIS SOUNDS GOOD.

AND I'M GOING TO SAY, AND JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A SECONDARY PLAN, DO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT APRIL? IS THAT? IS THIS GOING TO BE ALL DAY? I MEAN, JUST A FEW HOURS.

THAT IS UP TO Y'ALL, BECAUSE I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED ALREADY ON THE 22ND AND I CAN'T GET OUT OF THAT.

SO THE 22ND WOULD BE A NIGHT ONE THOUGH.

SO IDEALLY, NO.

LIKE I WOULD SEE PROBABLY 2 TO 3 HOURS.

YEAH. I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO DURING THE DAY.

YEAH. SO WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THIS TIME FRAME.

SO LIKE STARTING LIKE A 530 OKAY.

YEAH. YEP.

OKAY. IDEALLY IT WOULDN'T BE.

NO. AND IF WE DID 5 TO 7 I COULD GET THE FISH PLATES HERE IN TIME FOR DINNER.

I'M 22ND.

IT IS. LET'S LET'S MAKE A MARK.

CHANGES WILL FIGURE IT OUT.

MARCH 20TH. SECONDARY IN APRIL.

BECAUSE OUR MEETING IN APRIL WILL BE.

THE 22ND.

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SO REALLY ALL YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THE WEEKEND OF THE FIFTH, SIXTH OR THE 12TH 13TH.

I'M OUT THE FIFTH SIX.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.

OH YEAH. SO THE 12TH SWEET BABY.

SO I THINK THE 12TH OR THE 13TH.

I WANT TO DO THE 12TH JUST AS A SECONDARY GO AND JUST THROW IT ON THE CALENDAR AND AS A SECONDARY AS A TENTATIVE.

OKAY. YES. YEAH.

PREFERENCES ON WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET RIGHT HERE IN LOVELY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

AMBIANCE. GRAY WALLS.

WE CAN RESTAURANT IN TOWN.

WE CAN THINK ABOUT THAT AND DO IT ON OUR LITTLE PRIVATE MESSAGES.

OKAY. THAT WORKS.

SOMEBODY COME UP WITH A GOOD IDEA THAT HAS A GOOD LITTLE ROOM.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. SO I WILL PUT A MEETING SEND OUT A NOTICE FOR US FOR THE 22ND.

OKAY. TO HOLD THAT TIME, I'LL START TO DEVELOP KIND OF AN AGENDA THAT GOES WITH IT, AND THEN I'LL SEND THAT OUT FOR FEEDBACK JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING I'M MISSING.

AND WE'LL I'LL GET THAT STUFF ROLLING.

ANYBODY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JASON, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

YES. APPRECIATE IT.

I'D BE GOOD. GOOD.

WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN. MEETING ADJOURNED.

602. I NEED THIS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.