Apr 27, 2026 Keep Angleton Beautiful Commission

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OKAY. MEETING AT 5:30. ALRIGHT JASON. HELLO, SIR.

[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]

GOOD. GOOD. BLAINE SMITH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

A FAIRLY LIGHT AGENDA. WE'LL KIND OF JUMP RIGHT INTO IT, BUT KIND OF JUST GIVE A PRECURSOR TO IT.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT FOR BUDGETS. TALK ABOUT SOME PROGRAM STUFF, KIND OF WANT TO DISCUSS SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS AND EVERYTHING.

SO WE'LL KIND OF SEE THIS AS JUST AN OPEN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS PROJECTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

BUT WE'LL ROLL INTO THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION MEETING ON OCTOBER 27TH,

[1. Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes from Keep Angleton Beautiful Commission meeting on October 27, 2025. ]

IF YOU HAD, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM OR IF THERE'S ANY EDITS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 2025 MEETING.

SECOND. OKAY IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I HAVE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

SO OUR SECOND ONE IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSION ON KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL YEAR TO DATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF MARCH 31ST,

[2. Discussion on Keep Angleton Beautiful YTD financial statements as of March 31, 2026. ]

SO THIS WOULD BE SIX MONTHS' WORTH OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES.

JUST GOING TO SHOW A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS ON THESE TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD IS AWARE OF OUR CURRENT STANDING FOR REVENUE AND OUR EXPENSES.

SO YOU'LL SEE THERE ON PAGE 7 IS THE REVENUE PORTION OF IT.

TRASH BAGS IS CONTINUING TO TREND UP. SO AT THE HALFWAY MARK WE ARE JUST OVER $6,000.

AND SO WE'VE SEEN A GREAT INCREASE IN THERE. SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT TREND CONTINUING AND ANTICIPATE TO HIT THAT NUMBER.

WELL ANOTHER ONE I WILL POINT OUT IS OUR KAB DONATIONS.

WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE ON POINT FOR THAT ONE. I LOOKED AT THE CALCULATIONS FOR DONATIONS.

THIS IS FROM OUR WATER BILL. WE GET ABOUT $3,100 A MONTH THAT COMES IN FROM THAT ONE.

AND SO THAT SHOULD PUT US JUST OVER THAT $36,000 THAT WE PROJECTED.

SO DOING WELL ON THOSE SIDE. AND THEN OUR KAB WASTE CONNECTIONS INCOME, THAT'S THE $500.

THAT'S PART OF THEIR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY THAT THEY CONTRIBUTE $500 PER MONTH TO KAB.

AND SO WE ARE SEEING THAT COMING AS WELL ON THE EXPENSE SIDE.

NOT A WHOLE LOT TO REPORT ON THIS ONE. AS FAR AS EXPENSES GO I WILL SAY POINT OUT ONE OF THE ONES I AM LOOKING INTO IS THE SALARY SIDE.

IF YOU ALL RECALL, WE DID BUDGET THIS YEAR TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT PARK STAFF AND PUBLIC WORKS STAFF THAT DID NOT RECORD ON THIS ONE.

SO I'M TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW THAT WAS WHERE THAT CODED TO.

SO THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT CORRECTED FOR NEXT MONTH TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THAT.

BUT WE'LL ALSO SEE THAT FROM THIS MONTH'S SPRING CLEANUP, THAT STAFF WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO THAT ONE AS WELL.

SO YOU'LL SEE CHARGES ASSOCIATED THERE. WE DO HAVE CHARGES FOR APPAREL.

WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE NEW APPAREL THIS YEAR.

SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT TO THE BOARD.

A COUPLE OTHER EXPENSES THAT YOU WON'T SEE IS WE HAD THE BUTTERFLY SEED BALL MADE THIS YEAR WITH MAKING THOSE.

WE DO HAVE SOME CHARGES THAT DON'T REFLECT UNTIL APRIL, SO THAT WON'T BE ATTRIBUTED IN THIS MONTH.

SO IT WILL COME IN THE NEXT ONE. AS FAR AS OUR MAJOR SERVICE ITEMS IS OUR CLEANUP COSTS AND OUR BEAUTIFICATION COSTS.

THE MAJORITY OF THESE FOR CLEANUP COSTS ARE REFLECTIVE OF ACTUAL COSTS THAT CAME FROM THE FALL EVENTS.

I WILL SAY THERE WERE A FEW MISSING. AND SO WE DID PAY KEEP PEARLAND BEAUTIFUL.

THEY HAD THE PAINT COLLECTION AND IT TOOK A WHILE FOR THEM TO GET THEIR INVOICE. SO THAT WAS PAID IN APRIL.

SO THAT INVOICE HAS BEEN PAID. I STILL AM WAITING ON THE ONE FROM DATA SHREDDING.

THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT. THEY DID REBRAND.

SO THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE KIND OF ALLUDING TO THE MISCOMMUNICATION OR WHERE THAT LOST INVOICE IS.

I HAVE REACHED OUT TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT INVOICE.

THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PRODUCE IT YET. SO EVENTUALLY, OVER TIME, WE MAY NOT HAVE A BALANCE AND THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT SO.

IT SHOULD PUT US ON POINT WITH ABOUT THAT HALFWAY MARK.

LOOKING AT THE TWO OF THEM SHOULD PUT US ABOUT $9,000 AS FAR AS EXPENSES GO.

THAT SHOULD LEAD US WELL INTO PAYING FOR THE SPRING CLEANUP.

THE BEAUTIFICATION PORTION, IF YOU ALL RECALL, THIS IS ONE THAT'S A COLLECTION FOR A NUMBER OF THINGS.

WE HAVE OUR BOX WRAPS, WHICH SHOULD BE SCHEDULED TO BE INSTALLED THIS MONTH.

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IF YOU RECALL FROM A PREVIOUS MEETING HOLDING OFF ON SOME OF THOSE THAT MAINTENANCE ON DOWNTOWN PLANTERS BECAUSE THEY DO PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROJECT DOWNTOWN THAT IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE ROAD AND THE SIDEWALKS THERE.

SO IT MAY CAUSE US TO LOSE THE PLANTERS DOWNTOWN BASED ON WHAT THAT DESIGN LOOKS LIKE.

SO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO NECESSARILY INVEST TOO MUCH INTO THAT IF THOSE PLANTERS ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED.

STAFF ARE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER OPTIONS, THOUGH. IF WE DECIDE TO PUT THOSE IN OTHER PLACES THROUGHOUT TOWN.

AND SO MORE TO COME ON THAT ONE AS WE GO THROUGH.

ONE OF THE ONES I CAN TELL YOU WILL HAVE IS A SAVINGS ONE IS TRAVEL AND TRAINING.

KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL, STAY ON THE LINE WITH THEIR VIRTUAL CONFERENCE.

AND SO I'LL BE ATTENDING THE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY IN HOPES THAT FIND OUT THAT THEY'LL HAVE IT IN PERSON NEXT YEAR.

BUT THEY ARE GOING, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE EVERY OTHER YEAR IN PERSON AND ONLINE OPTION.

SO WE'LL HAVE A COST SAVINGS THERE TO BE ABLE TO, IF WE DON'T EXPENSE ALL THAT OR BRING ALL OUR REVENUE, BE ABLE TO DUMP SOME OF THAT INTO OUR FUND BALANCE. SO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT ONE AS WELL.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING FOR UPDATES.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS FAR AS THE FINANCIALS.

I GUESS THE LAST THING I WILL MENTION IS DID RUN NUMBERS IN OUR CURRENT FUND BALANCE THAT STARTED THIS YEAR WAS AT $99,000.

SO WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE TO ADDRESS SOME ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THIS YEAR THAT I'M HOPING TO BRING AT OUR SUMMER MEETING.

DO YOU NEED US TO APPROVE THIS BUDGET? NO, THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE.

AWESOME. WELL, I THINK SATURDAY WENT VERY WELL.

WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE COUNT? ABOUT 420 ISH PEOPLE.

SPOT ON YEAH I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY. 331. 331. THEY WERE LINED UP AT 7:30.

YEAH BECAUSE WE CAN DISCUSS THE CLEANUP MORE IN ITEM 3.

OKAY. OKAY SHE JUST SHE'S TOO EXCITED. SHE WANTS TO GO FORWARD NOTHING ELSE ON ITEM 2? NO. OKAY. SO WE'LL ROLL INTO ITEM 3.

[3. Discussion and update on Keep Angleton Beautiful programs and projects. ]

SO I WANTED TO JUST BRING A RECAP OF SOME OF OUR, YOU KNOW, CURRENT AND UPCOMING PROJECTS.

SO AS TRACY HAD MENTIONED, WE HAD THE SPRING CLEANUP ON SATURDAY.

OFFICIAL NUMBERS FOR THAT WERE THE 420. AS FAR AS PEOPLE, WE DID HAVE 331 CARS COME THROUGH.

AND THE ONLY NUMBER AT THE MOMENT THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM OUR VENDORS IS TIRES.

WE HAD 246. SO HAD A GOOD SHOW OUT THERE. SHOWING THEY'RE STILL WAITING ON OUR DATA FROM THE PAPER SHREDDING THE ELECTRONICS, HEAVY TRASH AND PAINTS, WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SATURDAY.

SO WORKING THROUGH THOSE ONES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, WE DID HAVE OUR BUTTERFLY SEED BALL AND TREE GIVEAWAY.

WE ORDERED 750 TREES THIS YEAR, WHICH I BELIEVE MAY BE A HANDFUL OF THEM MADE IT TO THE SECOND DAY.

I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE HOT ITEMS THAT PEOPLE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO BRING TO THE BOARD IS POTENTIAL REBRANDING OF THIS EVENT, IF WE WILL. I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION WITH IT BEING TWO DIFFERENT ONES.

SO I THINK IF WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF A REBRANDING, IT MAKE IT MORE OF A WEEKEND EVENT, IT WILL HELP HIGHLIGHT TO PUT THE TWO TOGETHER TO MAKE IT REALLY ONE EVENT THAT'S HAPPENING ON MULTIPLE DAYS AND JUST HAVE MULTIPLE PORTIONS THAT GO WITH IT.

THE OTHER OPTION WE CAN LOOK AT AND DISCUSS TOO, IS IF WE RESERVE TREES FOR BOTH DAYS, ONLY HICCUP THAT RUNS IN THERE.

IT SEEMS TO BE OUR EBB AND FLOW OF THESE EVENTS.

IN YEARS PAST, WE DID NOT GET RID OF ALL THE TREES.

SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH TWO DAYS OF AN EVENT AND HAD TREES LEFT OVER.

YOU RUN INTO THAT IF YOU HOLD ON TO SOME OF THEM.

NOT ALWAYS, RIGHT? BUT WE'VE EXPERIENCED THAT IN THE PAST.

SO IT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE ONE THAT WHEN WE OFFER ON FRIDAY, WE'VE HAD THEM LEFT OVER FOR SATURDAY.

WE'VE ALSO OFFERED ON FRIDAY AND HAD NONE LEFT OVER.

SO HAPPY TO RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FEEDBACK, DISCUSSION ON THAT ONE.

IF YOU ALL'S THOUGHTS OF REBRANDING AND FUTURE THOUGHT ON, YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF TREES WE ORDER, HOW WE DISTRIBUTE THOSE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WAS THE BIGGEST FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED WAS,

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RIGHT IT'S BEEN STANDARD ON ARBOR DAY TO ALWAYS DO TREES ON ARBOR DAY.

AND ANY, ANY OF OUR, ON OUR FALL SEASON, WE HAVE MUCH MORE TREES TO OFFER ON THE SATURDAY CLEANUP DAY VERSUS THE ARBOR DAY. REWORDING IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S POSTED ON FACEBOOK. AND I DON'T THINK Y'ALL DON'T MAIL THE FLIERS OUT.

SO THE POSTCARD GOES OUT AND IT JUST HAS THE CLEAN UP ON THERE.

YEAH. AND SO IT TALKS ABOUT POTENTIAL FOR TREE GIVEAWAYS THAT DAY, BUT IT'S ATTRIBUTED TO SO WE CAN CHANGE THE WORDING ON THAT OF.

I MEAN, MY THING, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE JUST CHANGE THE WORDING THAT WHATEVER'S BEING GIVEN AWAY ON A SPECIFIC DAY WILL CARRY OVER AS LEFTOVERS FOR THE PREVIOUS DAY, OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. THIS WAY PEOPLE KIND OF KNOW.

I MEAN, WE KNOW A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO COME OUT AND GET TREES BECAUSE THAT IS A THAT'S BUILDING INTO THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDING MORE OXYGEN INTO THE COMMUNITY OR CARBON, CARBON MONOXIDE, WHATEVER IT IS IT PROVIDES.

BUT I'M NO SCIENTIST. BUT ANYWAY WE LOSE TREES.

WE WANT TO PUT IN NEW TREES TO GET, YOU KNOW, MORE SHADE WHEREVER.

BUT YEAH, I WOULD JUST, I WOULD SAY JUST KIND OF ADD IN THERE THAT ANY LEFTOVERS ON THIS DAY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON THE FOLLOWING DAY. BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE WHAT'S GOING TO BE LEFT OR SOMETHING.

SO, I MEAN, AND IT IS YOU ARE CORRECT THAT EVERY EVERY TIME WE HAVE THE TREES, THERE IS A FLUCTUATION IN HOW MANY PEOPLE COME TO PICK THEM UP. AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE WITH A LOT OF LEFTOVERS.

I THINK ONE YEAR WE DID END UP WITH QUITE A FEW LEFTOVERS.

I THINK THE MOST WE'VE ENDED WITH. ON WHETHER IT BE FALL SWEEPERS OR SPRING CLEANUP WE HAD ABOUT 200 LEFTOVER ONE YEAR.

YEAH. AND SO THAT'S A LOT OF TREES. THAT'S A LOT OF TREES.

HONESTLY. DO WE EVEN HAVE A CHOICE. I THINK SOME OF IT HONESTLY IS BASED ON THE TREE.

YEAH. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL A COUPLE WEEKS PRIOR TO.

SO I PUT THE REQUEST IN WITH TREES FOR HOUSTON, AND THEY PROVIDE US WHAT IS AVAILABLE.

WE COULD, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS A SPECIFIC ONE, I COULD SEND THAT LIST OUT TO THE GROUP AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS AND MAYBE WE DON'T TAKE AS MANY.

BECAUSE AN EXAMPLE I GIVE THIS YEAR IS MAGNOLIA TREES LASTED 45 MINUTES.

LIKE THOSE WERE GONE. THE LIVE OAKS WERE THE NEXT TO GO WHICH IS KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE WE'VE HAD LIVE OAKS ON A REGULAR, BUT I BELIEVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST A LOT OF LIVES OVER TIME.

VERSUS WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN THE FALL TO HAVE FRUIT TREES.

WELL, WE PUT A LIMIT OF TWO PER PERSON ON THAT AND WE GOT RID OF THEM.

ALL RIGHT. AND SO I THINK SOME OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THAT IS SOME OF THE TREES WE GET PEOPLE AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH.

I CAN TELL YOU THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD ON THAT FRIDAY IS I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE COME UP AND WE TELL THEM WHAT WE HAVE AND THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, OKAY. AND YOU CAN TELL IN THEIR FACE, THEY'RE LIKE, I HAVE ZERO CLUE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

LIKE ALL I HEARD WAS YOU HAVE OAKS AND A MAGNOLIA.

OKAY. GOT IT. AND SO GOING LIKE, THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE TIME TO GO THROUGH AND SHOW THEM THE FLIER THAT WAS MADE FROM TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE OF LIKE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE TREES ARE.

AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? I LIKE THAT ONE BETTER.

LIKE I'D LIKE A SHUMARD OAK THAT CHANGES COLOR.

OKAY. YES. YEAH, LET'S DO THAT ONE INSTEAD VERSUS YOUR TRADITIONAL LIVE OAK.

AND TRYING TO HELP EDUCATE THEM ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

BUT THERE REALLY IS, IT'S, A HIT OR MISS. THAT'S WHAT THE HARD PART IS, IS BECAUSE I'VE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT OF, YOU KNOW, DO WE LIMIT IT TO THREE TREES PER PERSON THIS YEAR FOR THE SPRING? WELL, THEY ALL WENT AWAY. BUT WE'VE HAD NO LIMITATIONS IN THE PAST AND COULDN'T GIVE THEM AWAY.

SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE THERE'S NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER THAT GOES WITH IT.

THE POSITIVE IS ALL THE TREES ARE GONE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR. AND WE HOPE THAT THEY'RE PLANTED AND AND USED WELL.

BUT YOU COULD ALSO GO A YEAR AND GET SOME LIKE WE GET ALL LIVE OAKS.

I THINK THAT ONE OF THE FIRST YEARS I DID, IT WAS MAINLY LIVE OAKS AND WE HAD TREES LEFT OVER.

BUT THIS YEAR NONE OF OUR LIVE OAKS WERE LEFT OVER.

THAT WAS ONE SECOND. HOW FAR IN ADVANCE DO YOU KNOW WHAT TREES WERE GOING TO GOING TO HAVE? IT CAN VARY. USUALLY IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT A MONTH IN ADVANCE.

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THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEER HOURS. OR EVEN PUT SOMETHING ON.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OUR FACEBOOK, IT'S, YOU KNOW, GOOD INFORMATION ON IT LIKE THAT.

I MEAN, EVEN IF YOU KNEW THAT FAR IN ADVANCE, YOU COULD PUT SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK EXPLAINING THE TREES, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU CARE FOR THEM. BUT IS IT AFTER ON ARBOR DAY, AFTER Y'ALL STOPPED GIVING THEM AT 11 OR WHATEVER TIME IT IS? WHAT STILL SITS OUT THERE IS THAT ONE MOST OF THEM, WHEN PEOPLE COME BY AND START PICKING UP MORE THAN THEIR SHARE. SOMETIMES. YES. I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT ALWAYS.

I MEAN, WE CAN PUT SIGNAGE OUT THERE THAT SAYS DO NOT TOUCH.

YEAH. BUT I MEAN, I'LL USE THE EXAMPLE FOR THE FALL SWEEP.

WE GET THEM DELIVERED ON THURSDAY FOR ALL THE EVENTS.

SO THURSDAY IS TYPICALLY OUR DELIVERY DAY TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE THERE AHEAD OF TIME.

WE'LL HAVE THEM IN THE SAME SPOT, SAME LOCATION AND THEY DON'T GET TOUCHED.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON IF PEOPLE COME THROUGH AND PAY ATTENTION TO WHEN THE EVENTS GOING ON OR IF THEY'RE GOING TO STOP.

I CAN TELL YOU IT'S BENEFICIAL AFTER THE SATURDAY ONE AND THEN WHEN THERE'S TREES LEFT OVER, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR. RIGHT. IS SOMEBODY TO COME TAKE THEM. IT'S, YEAH, I WOULD SO WE SAW AN INTERESTING GROUP OR I SHOULD.

THE TRAFFIC FLOW THIS YEAR WAS INTERESTING FOR THE ARBOR DAY GIVEAWAY.

THEY STARTED A LITTLE BIT EARLY AND SO STARTED ABOUT 7:30, 07:45 TO GIVE AWAY TREES.

HAD A GOOD RUSH. ABOUT 9:30, 10:00 IS WHEN WE ALWAYS SEE IT SLOW DOWN.

AND THAT'S KIND OF THE TIME THAT WE WRAP UP AND STOP.

AND SO WE DID IT EXACTLY THAT WE HAD NO CARS COMING THROUGH AND WE STOPPED AND I WALKED AWAY.

AND THERE WAS A LADY CAUGHT ME IN THE PARKING LOT AND SHE ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT THE CLEANUP WAS THAT DAY. AND SO SHE WAS TRYING TO DO SOME RECYCLING. SO I WAS ABLE TO HELP HER OUT, TAKE SOME OF HER STUFF FOR HER, AND SHE LOOKED FOR TREES. I WALKED BACK OVER THERE AND SAID, NO PROBLEM. ABSOLUTELY HAPPY TO HELP YOU. THAT WAS A 10:00.

I STAYED OVER THERE UNTIL 11:00 BECAUSE THE LINE PICKED BACK UP AND MORE PEOPLE CAME AND IT JUST KEPT ON GOING, KEPT ON GOING. SO IT'S THAT'S THAT PART I WOULD SAY ISN'T NORMAL FOR US IS USUALLY 10:00 IT STOPS, BUT FROM 10 TO 11 CARS JUST KEPT ON COMING. AND I MEAN, THE GREAT NEWS AGAIN IS IT'S WORD OF MOUTH.

AND PEOPLE RECOGNIZE WE'RE OUT THERE. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS GET RID OF THEM.

JUST TRYING TO BE CAUTIOUS TOO IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE UP IT TO 1200 TREES AND WE GET RID OF 500.

THAT'S A PROBLEM. WE'VE GOT 700 TREES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT TO DEAL WITH.

SO IT'S, LIKE ONE OF THOSE. I THINK THE NUMBERS ARE GOOD THAT YOU'RE GETTING.

YEAH. I DO. MY THOUGHT WAS WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST HAVING AN EVENT JUST FOR THE TREE GIVEAWAY.

YEAH. BUT YOU, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S AN EBB AND FLOW, SO MAYBE WE JUST KEEP IT ALONG WITH THE CLEANUP, BUT CHANGE THE WORDING TO SAY. MAYBE LEFT OVER.

THIS IS THE TREE GIVEAWAY DAY. THIS IS THE CLEANUP DAY.

IF THERE'S ANY, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE LEFTOVERS YEAH.

YOU KNOW THEY WILL BE GIVEN AWAY ON SATURDAY.

ANYTHING LEFT OVER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. OKAY.

WE NEED TO TALK SPEAK ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC COMPANY THAT CAME OUT OF CONCERN.

YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST. YEAH. SO I'M GOING TO I'M HOPEFULLY MITIGATE THAT ONE FOR YOU.

I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THEM TODAY. OKAY. THAT WAS NOT OUR NORMAL CREW THAT WAS OUT THERE.

AND SO I THINK WE IDENTIFIED PART OF THE ISSUE THAT AROSE FROM THAT IS THE GROUP THAT WAS OUT THERE.

NOW, THIS WAS THEIR FIRST TIME DOING IT AND THEIR PROCESS THAT THEY FOLLOWED TO DO IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

SO THE BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN THAT IS THE NORMAL GROUP THAT WE'VE HAD OUT THERE FOR I THINK THREE YEARS NOW THEY OFFLOAD EVERYTHING OFF THEIR TRAILER, LOAD EVERYTHING ON PALLETS. STACK IT WRAP IT.

YES. YEAH. WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE NOTICED BECAUSE THE TRUCK THAT CAME IN WAS MORE OF A IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A U-HAUL TRUCK IN A SENSE.

THEY PULLED IN, OPENED UP THEIR BACK DOORS AND STUFF.

THEY WERE HALF FULL. I MEAN, THE WAY THEY LOADED IT, I MEAN, THEY WERE JUST THROWING THE STUFF ON THERE, WHICH WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT THEM BOXING, THAT THE OTHER GUYS WOULD BOX THE STUFF AND LOAD IT.

YEP.

SO THAT TAKES SPACE AS WELL, AND IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.

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YEAH. WE HAD THIS, HE, CAME OVER AND SAID, WE CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE.

WE CAN'T GET IT IN THE TRUCK BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET IT UP HIGHER.

YEAH. AND THEY WERE VERY NICE AND THEY WERE, THEY WEREN'T RUDE ABOUT IT OR ANYTHING.

SO ALMOST EVERYBODY WENT TO HEAVY TRASH WITH THEIR.

PROBABLY WHAT THE LAST 20 MINUTES. YEAH, 20, 30 MINUTES OR SO.

BECAUSE THEY LEFT AT TEN.

SO PRETTY CLOSE. YEAH. SO IT WAS WITHIN THAT RANGE THAT THEY LEFT.

I CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE. I MEAN. YEAH. YEAH. I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS I SAID, WHEN I SENT THE EMAIL OUT, I GOT A PHONE CALL IMMEDIATELY AFTER. AND PART OF WHAT I TOLD THEM I WAS LIKE, AND I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN, LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE NUMBERS IN MAYBE THE NUMBERS WERE COMPLETELY THE SAME, LIKE HAVE NO IDEA UNTIL WE OFFICIALLY GET THE WEIGHT AND DISTRIBUTION OF WHAT THEY HAD.

BUT BASED ON THE DISCUSSION I HAD WITH THEM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEIR PACKING METHOD WAS JUST DIFFERENT.

IT WAS, YEAH, IT WAS THEIR PACKING METHOD. AND HE IS.

I MEAN, NOT TO SAY HE CAN GUARANTEE IT, BUT THE CREW THAT WE NORMALLY HAVE, HE'S LIKE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WE JUST NEED TO HAVE YOUR NORMAL CREW OUT THERE.

AND I'M LIKE, I MEAN, YES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO HAPPEN. YEAH. AND SO I THINK IT WAS AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM OF, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S NOT THAT GAME, MAYBE THAT'S YOUR WHO TRAINS YOUR STAFF ON WHAT TO DO.

BECAUSE WHEN THEY EXPLAIN IT TO ME OF HOW THEY WERE LOADING THEM, I'M LIKE, THAT'S LIKE THAT WASN'T YEAH, DOESN'T SOUND EFFICIENT. YEAH. BECAUSE THERE WAS EVEN SMALL ONES THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT AND, YOU KNOW HOW THE EVENT RAN OR HOW THEY PUT THE BOXES TOGETHER BECAUSE I WOULD GET SOME OF THE LARGER ITEMS. MAYBE YOU HAVE A CAPACITY FOR THAT, BUT DID THEY FILL UP ON THEIR SMALLER BOXES? BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE THE MISCELLANEOUS, THE LAPTOPS, LIKE THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT DON'T REALLY TAKE UP A LOT OF ROOM, AND MAYBE YOU STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE SOME OF THAT STUFF AND SAY, I'M SORRY, WE CAN'T TAKE ANY LARGER ITEMS. WE'RE GOING TO STAY HERE AND STAY FOR THOSE SMALLER ITEMS THAT ARE EASIER TO NAVIGATE.

SO WE EVEN TALKED THROUGH SOME OF THAT. I CAN TELL YOU THEY WERE THE SUPERVISOR I TALKED TO WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY LEFT.

AND THAT'S MORE.BECAUSE I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING. I JUST SAW THEM TRYING TO GET THOSE THINGS UP IN THE TRUCK.

I MEAN, IT WAS UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY HAD TO LEAVE EARLY.

YES. AND WE STILL HAD PEOPLE WHO HAD ELECTRONICS THAT WERE COMING THROUGH.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT HAVING TO TAKE IT TO HEAVY TRASH.

SO THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR INTENT OF THE EVENT IS, RIGHT? LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THINGS OUT OF. RIGHT.

AND INSTEAD WE HAD TO THROW SOME THINGS IN THERE.

SO I MEAN, OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE AND LEARN THROUGH SOME OF IT.

BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT THE COMPANY WAS RECEIVED FEEDBACK VERY WELL.

AND SOUNDS LIKE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A SIMILAR ISSUE IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO HOPEFULLY WE DON'T BECAUSE YEAH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST EMAILS I SENT OUT THIS MORNING WAS WANTED TO GET THAT AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

SO YEAH, I THINK THEY WERE OVERWHELMED AND JUST WEREN'T PREPARED.

THE SAME AMOUNT? AND I MEAN, SAME THING, LIKE NO IDEA.

RIGHT. BUT IT IS ALWAYS. YES. ANTICIPATE WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.

AND I WILL SAY EACH EVENT IS PRETTY SPOT ON AS FAR AS WHAT WE GET FOR ELECTRONICS.

LIKE IT DOESN'T DEVIATE A WHOLE LOT. I MEAN, BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE, THE WAY THEY CHARGE IS UNIQUE.

SOME THINGS HAVE A SPECIFIC COST TO THEM, LIKE TVS, LIKE NUMBER OF TVS.

SO I KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY OF A CERTAIN TV WE GET BECAUSE THERE'S AN EXTRA COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT VERSUS A LAPTOP IS JUST PUT INTO HIS WEIGHT.

BUT IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT WHETHER IT'S FALL OR SPRING, IT IS ALMOST SPOT ON.

SO EVERY SINGLE TIME I TELL THEM LIKE, YEP, EXPECT WHAT EXACTLY WHAT WE HAD LAST TIME, RIGHT? AND THEY WOULD KNOW LIKE IT MAY DEVIATE. I MEAN, I REMEMBER ONE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO THEY, THEY WERE PLAYING TETRIS VERY WELL. AND THE CONTRACTOR WAS MOVING STUFF OFF AND PUTTING BACK ON AND MOVING STUFF OFF AND PUTTING IT BACK ON BECAUSE HE COULDN'T FIND THE RIGHT SETUP TO GET IT ALL IN THERE.

AND I EVEN TALKED TO HIM. I WAS LIKE, ARE YOU GOING TO NEED TO LEAVE SOMETHING HERE? LIKE IF YOU DO LIKE, JUST LET ME KNOW. HE'S LIKE, NO, WE GOT IT, WE GOT IT, WE GOT IT. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. AND THEY DID. I MEAN, AND IT WAS KIND OF CRAZY TO SEE HOW THEY MANEUVERED SOME OF THAT. VERSUS THE EXPERIENCE THIS TIME WAS JUST DIFFERENT. AND SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED FOR THE FUTURE ONES.

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HE'S SMILING. HE DIDN'T HELP THIS TIME. MAYBE HE DID LAST TIME, TOO.

YEAH. HE DID. YEAH. YEAH. HE'S GREAT TO WORK WITH.

YEAH. HE'S A HAPPY YOUNG MAN. YES. YEP. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON SPRING CLEANUP FEEDBACK? THOUGHTS ON THAT ONE? I'LL AGREE. WE REALLY LIKE THE REC CENTER.

YEAH. GOOD. IT SEEMS TO BE THE CONSISTENT AND THE STAPLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO STICK WITH.

SO YES, LIKE IT GIVES THAT GREAT VISIBILITY AND ALSO CONTRIBUTES WELL TO BE RIGHT THERE AT THE FACILITY AND MORE THAT WE CAN TIE INTO.

ADVERTISING FOR THE REC CENTER. IT IS. YEAH. IT IS.

YEP. OKAY. WE ACTUALLY LET IT START A LITTLE EARLY TOO.

SO I MEAN, WE HAD A LINE ALREADY. AND SO AT 7:30.

YEAH. YEAH. BETWEEN 7:30 AND A QUARTER TILL. YEAH.

THE LINE WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE STOP SIGN ALREADY.

SO EVERYBODY WAS IN POSITION. SO WE JUST STARTED.

AND THAT'S TRULY WHAT IT IS, IS AS LONG AS ALL THE VENDORS ARE THERE.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. YEP. THEY STAYED OUT THERE WITH US THE WHOLE TIME.

YEAH. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS CONCERNS QUESTIONS IDEAS SUGGESTIONS ON THAT ONE.

NO. I THINK WE JUST KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.

GREAT. SO THE NEXT ONE I KIND OF WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS PROGRAMING WISE IS KIND OF A BEAUTIFICATION EFFORT.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE IN THE PAST, BUT WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND IT AND GET A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECTION ON WHERE WE COULD GO HERE. BUT WANTED TO DO SOMETHING OF LIKE A GARDEN DAY.

THERE'S, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BEAUTIFICATION.

IF YOU RECALL, ONE OF THE CUTS THAT WE HAD FROM PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS OUR BEAUTIFICATION EMPLOYEE.

SO OUR INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS DEDICATED TO DOING WEED PICKING, KEEPING UP WITH THE GARDEN BEDS ALSO DOING TRASH IN THE THROUGHOUT THE PARK AS ONE OF THE POSITIONS THAT WASN'T FILLED THIS YEAR. AND SO I CAN TELL YOU SOME OF THE SPOTS AREN'T IN THE CONDITION THAT WE WOULD PREFER TO OUR STANDARD.

SO I WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON RUNNING A BEAUTIFICATION DAY TO WHERE WE DID KIND OF GARDEN CLEAN UP, WHETHER IT BE PLANTINGS OR JUST WEED PULLING, JUST SOME KIND OF EDUCATIONAL PIECE BEHIND THAT.

WE HAVE THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN AT BATES. WE HAVE.

YEAH. DID Y'ALL DID EVERYTHING HAVE TO GET CUT OUT OF THERE? NOT AT THE ONE AT BATES. THE ONE AT PEACH STREET IS THE ONE THAT'S KIND OF.

YEAH, THERE'S NOTHING IN IT. THE ONE AT PEACH STREEE.

YEAH, I GO BY IT. I'M GOING. WHAT HAPPENED? SO IF YOU REMEMBER THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SOME UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES HAPPENED TO WHERE THAT DIDN'T COME TO FRUITION, TO WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO COME BE A PART OF IT.

AND THERE WAS GOING TO BE A TRAIL FROM CATS ACADEMY, AND THERE WAS A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WENT WITH THAT ONE. BUT WE JUST YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE USAGE. THERE'S NOTHING. THERE'S NO PARKING AT THAT ONE.

THERE'S NO TRAIL, THERE'S NO REAL ACCESS. AND SO SOMETIMES MAINTENANCE TURNS INTO START OVER.

AND SO IT JUST HASN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE ONE TO UPKEEP AT THE TIME.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR WILDFLOWER BEDS AT LAKESIDE.

WE HAVE A SECTION OF THEM AT ANDERSON AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS.

WE HAVE THE LIBERTY GARDEN OUT HERE. IS ANOTHER ONE TO CONSIDER.

SO THERE'S JUST A FEW AREAS THROUGHOUT TOWN WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE PLANTERS.

JUST WANTED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTS, DISCUSSIONS ON RUNNING THIS AS A VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY OR PROGRAM THAT WE COULD DO TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT, TO ASK THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND VOLUNTEER AND DO SOME INITIATIVE WITH THAT.

MAYBE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, LATE FALL. BUT I WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS OR TIME FRAME THAT, OR WE COULD CONTRACT IT OUT.

COULD WE DO SOMETHING LIKE ADOPT A SPOT OR SOMETHING AND LET PEOPLE PUT AN APPLICATION IN TO MAYBE ADOPT A CERTAIN BED OR, YOU KNOW, FLOWER BED. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

MAINTAIN IT. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO DO STUFF LIKE THAT AND MAYBE THEY HAVE DONE THEIRS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT, WHICH I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE SCHOOLS, BUT MAYBE WE LOOK AT THE MORE MATURE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE RETIRED.

SO MAYBE THE SILVER SNEAKERS GROUPS, YOU KNOW.

OKAY. SO CAN I INTERJECT FOR THE BRAZORIA COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS PROGRAM? THEY HAVE A LOT OF MEMBERS. EVERY YEAR THEY HAVE A NEW CLASS.

THEY HAVE TO GET SO MANY VOLUNTEER HOURS, TO BE EXACT, 50 A YEAR.

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BUT I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATE WITH LITTLE BRIEF DISCUSSION IN THE PAST ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY'D LIKE TO COLLABORATE, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW I COULD WRANGLE IN SOME VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT IF WE JUST HAD A, YOU KNOW, JUST A TIME FRAME, LIKE A MONTH OR SOMETHING, THROW IT ON THEIR AGENDA.

OKAY. AND LIKE I SAID, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.

SO SO IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THAT, THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT.

I MEAN, I'M OPEN FOR ANYTHING. THIS IS DEFINITELY AN AREA THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP TO OUR STANDARD.

MOST, NOT ALL, BUT MOST ARE RETIRED. AND AND SO, AND LIKE I SAID, LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.

I THINK IF WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND ADOPT A SPOT, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME GUIDELINES IN PLACE WITH WHAT THEY CAN PUT THERE, MAYBE. AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO MULCH IT, WHAT TYPE OF MULCH? WE DON'T WANT RED MULCH IN ONE PART OF TOWN AND AND. DO WE PROVIDE THE PLANTINGS MULCH? WOULD THE CITY PROVIDE THAT OR ARE WE WANTING THEM TO PAY FOR THAT? I MEAN, YOU CAN HONESTLY GO EITHER WAY. I YOU MIGHT GET MORE WE'RE JUST USING THEM FOR THE LABOR.

YOU MIGHT GET MORE INTEREST IF YOU'RE PROVIDING THE SUPPLIES.

SUPPLIES. YEAH. I MEAN, IF YOU SAY NATIVES AND COLOR, THAT'S PRETTY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ONLY IS IT BROAD, BUT IT'S ALSO OBTUSE BECAUSE WE LIKE NATIVES IN ANGLETON, RIGHT? YES. AND SO I THINK NATIVES IS A GOOD DIRECTION.

RIGHT. IT COULD BE, I WILL SAY, IF YOU LEAVE IT TOO BROAD THOUGH AND YOU MAY NOT GET THE INTENT OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE SECOND SIDE IS YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND OF IF YOU GO ADOPT A SPOT, IS IT THEIRS TO MAINTAIN ALWAYS? SO WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION THAT GOES WITH THAT? SO LET'S SAY IT'S BATES PARK IS THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN.

ARE THEY REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN IT AND HOW OFTEN AND HOW FREQUENTLY? RIGHT. SO IF THEY PUT THE PLANTINGS IN, ARE YOU REQUIRING THEM TO GO TREAT IT AND UPKEEP IT AND WATER IT AND TAKE CARE OF IT EVERY MONTH, EVERY QUARTER. THERE'S JUST GOT TO BE SOME SPECIFICS THAT GO WITH THAT ONE.

YEAH DEFINITELY. THAT'S TYPICALLY THE HARD THING YOU RUN INTO WITH AN ADOPT A SPOT IS THE INITIAL IDEA GOES, WELL THE FOLLOW THROUGH ON IT DOESN'T.

THE LONG TERM EFFECT IS. AND SO ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN IN THAT STANDARD GOES WITH IT.

BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, THEN WE'RE BACK AT SQUARE ONE OF WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE PLANTS ARE DYING.

IT'S OVERGROWN BY WEEDS. A NUMBER OF THINGS, RIGHT.

SO IT'S BEING INTENTIONAL IN THAT REGARD OF HOW CAN WE PROVIDE THAT BEAUTIFICATION, BUT ALSO ENSURE THAT LONG TERM MAINTENANCE IS PUT IN THERE.

AND THERE'S NO TRUE GUARANTEE WITH IT. THE BEST WAY I LIKE TO ATTRIBUTE IT THOUGH, IS I KNOW WE'VE THROWN OUT THE IDEA BEFORE OF LIKE HAVING A COMMUNITY GARDEN, RIGHT? WELL, IT'S ALL GREAT, BUT IS THE EXPECTATION THAT IT'S COMMUNITY GARDEN.

IF THE COMMUNITY DOES IT, GREAT. IF THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T DO IT, THEN WHAT? RIGHT. AND IT COMES BACK TO IF GO THE PEACH STREET ONE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE, RIGHT? WHAT WAS THE INTENT BEHIND IT? THE INTENT WAS THERE, BUT IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION LIKE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD.

AND SO SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO ABANDON THOSE. PEACH STREET IS NOT SO BAD BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE GREATEST OF LOCATION.

BUT THE ONE AT BATES, DICKEY IS PRETTY PROMINENT.

SO IF IT'S NOT UP, WELL, I CAN TELL YOU LIBERTY GARDEN IS ONE I PASS BY EVERY SINGLE DAY AND I'M LIKE, MAN, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING DONE WITH THAT, RIGHT? AND SO IT JUST HAS TO BE INTENTIONAL AND MONITORED AND MAINTAINED WELL.

SO. I THINK VOLUNTEERS. OKAY. SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DEEPLY THEY'RE INTERESTED, THEY'RE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND THEY'RE REQUIRED TO KEEP THEIR CERTIFICATION EVERY YEAR.

SO. OKAY. AND THEY'RE AN ORGANIZATION. SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE MAINTENANCE ON THEIR AGENDA.

OKAY. EVEN IF WE SPEND THE MONEY TO GET A VENDOR TO COME OUT AND DO IT, WHO'S GOING TO MAINTAIN IT? IT'S YES RIGHT.

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AND THEN IT SWITCHED OVER AND BECAME PARKS RESPONSIBILITY.

AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY, WE LOST THE STAFF THAT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOUR, YOUR FALL OFF IS, RIGHT, IS WHEN YOU START SHIFTING YOUR FUNDING TO SOMETHING ELSE.

AND NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO COME BACK AT THAT. SO SO THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITIES THERE, BUT IT'S, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO BE, THAT WOULD BE THE PLAN IS THAT ONCE A YEAR WE GO THROUGH THE CONTRACTOR.

BUT IF WE ARE ABLE TO, WE TURN IT INTO A VOLUNTEER DAY, THAT MIGHT BE A ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR THAT WE GO DO A CLEANUP OF IT.

YOU KNOW, GET IT READY FOR SPRING. AND IF WE KNOW STUFF DOESN'T LAST, IT'S BUTTERFLY GARDENS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.

LIKE IT'S NOT A YEAR ROUND PRODUCT TYPICALLY.

RIGHT? AND SO YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GO DO SOME MAINTENANCE ON IT AND SOME UPKEEP ON IT.

SO. I HAVE A QUESTION AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE, I MEAN, LIKE THE MASTER GARDENERS, THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY THE BUDGET WE HAVE IN OUR BUDGET TO BUY THE PLANTS THAT THEY WANT TO PLANT AND THEY PLANT.

YEAH. BUT WHAT ABOUT WATERING AND THINGS LIKE THAT? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO MAINTAIN IT LIKE THAT? BECAUSE.

AND SOME OF THAT'S JUST CONVERSATIONS OF ONCE YOU.

DO YOU NEED A WATER TRUCK. DO THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, CAN? THEY SHOULDN'T BASED ON I MEAN, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL ON WHAT THE AREA AND THE DESIGN IS, RIGHT? YOUR BUTTERFLY GARDEN MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT MAY HAVE IRRIGATION TIED IN.

I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S IRRIGATION UP HERE AT THE, LIBERTY GARDEN.

AND SO YOU TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, RIGHT? LIKE WE WOULD IDENTIFY AREAS OF WHETHER THEY HAVE LOCAL WATER ACCESS.

THE, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF BATES, DICKEY ONE HAS IT, BUT YOU HAVE I BELIEVE THERE'S A SPIGOT RIGHT OFF THE BACK OF THE RESTROOM RIGHT THERE.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE HOSE ACCESS, RIGHT? AND SO THERE'S SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

AND SO IT'S JUST HOW THAT TIE IN GOES. IT COULD BE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE BOARD AND PARKS OF HAVING THAT AS WELL.

LIKE, HEY, ONCE A MONTH, SOMEBODY'S GOT TO GO OUT THERE AND WATER, RIGHT? OR YOU INTENTIONALLY PUT IN THINGS THAT DON'T NEED HEAVY WATER.

AND THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THAT IS WHAT IS SORRY, TRYING TO THAT'S WHAT'S NICE ABOUT THE EDUCATION SIDE OF IT IS KNOWING WHAT THE LOCAL NATIVES, THE THINGS THAT JUST DON'T NEED MUCH WATERING.

YEAH. YES. AND WEEDS DON'T. AND YEAH. I MEAN AND, AND THAT COME BACK AFTER THE FREEZES AND THAT ARE JUST SUCH LOW MAINTENANCE. AND EVERY YEAR THEY COME BACK BETTER, BIGGER AND BETTER.

YEAH. AND THERE'S A, I MEAN, A LOT OF THE NATIVES ARE GOING TO DO THAT AND THEY'RE A FREEZE, RIGHT. IT'LL KILL MOST OF IT BECAUSE. AND IT COMES BACK.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. RIGHT. AND THE BIGGEST THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS SOMEBODY HAS TO GO IN AND JUST CUT IT ALL BACK. AND IT'S GOING TO LOOK BETTER FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEN IT'S GOING TO GROW BACK. THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN AT PEACH STREET WAS VERY MUCH THAT THERE JUST WAS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CUTTING BACK GOING ON.

AND THEY TURNED INTO IT'S RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE MORE TREES AND WILD AND LIKE WILD THAN IT DID A GARDEN.

SO HERE'S THIS OLD HOUSE THAT'S THERE ON THE CORNER, RIGHT ACROSS THE SCHOOL.

AND THEN RIGHT BEHIND IT IS THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN.

IT'S STUCK IN BETWEEN THE BUSH.

I GO TO PEACH STREET SO MUCH. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO BY CATS ACADEMY.

WEST SIDE, WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY. YES. SO THE SIDE STREET.

LEAVING CATS ACADEMY AND YOU'RE GOING DOWN PEACH STREET THERE'S A BIG DETENTION POND ON YOUR RIGHT. OH, YES. OKAY, YOU POINTED THAT OUT.

THAT'S RIGHT. OR OUR DEAL THAT WE DID WHEN WE WERE MARKING DOWN.

OKAY. OKAY. SO NOT AT PEACH STREET FARMERS MARKET.

NO, THAT'S WHAT I'M ENVISIONING IN MY HEAD. LIKE, WHERE IS THAT? OKAY.

I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. IT'S A NICE THAT'S A NICE LITTLE AREA RIGHT THERE. IT'S JUST I MEAN, IT DOESN'T GET. YEAH. THERE'S I MEAN THERE'S NOT BENCHES OUT THERE.

THERE'S NOT ACCESS TO IT LIKE YOU. NO. I MEAN YOU COULD PARK THE STREET BUT IT JUST DOESN'T IT, IT WAS THE INTENT WAS DIFFERENT. HAS HAS EVERYONE HERE BEEN OUT AT BEES.

HAS ANYONE HAD LIKE A DONE LIKE A LITTLE FIELD TRIP OUT THERE AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE.

WELL I RECOMMEND I'M SO HAPPY TO TAKE YOU OUT THERE.

EVEN IF IT'S FOR 20 MINUTES, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO STAY MORE THAN 20 MINUTES, JUST 30 MINUTES AND SEE THE THINGS THAT ARE GROWN OUT THERE THAT COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. WHERE IS THIS AT? IT'S OUT ON.

WHAT'S IT CALLED. IT'S CALLED BEES. IT'S LIKE WHERE WE HAVE THE MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM AND IT'S RENTED FOR LIKE A DOLLAR A YEAR FOR YOU KNOW, THE TEXAS A&M AGRICULTURE ANYWAY, SO AND IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S A GREAT TIME OF YEAR TO DO IT. AND YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF, LIKE WHAT COMES BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR AND EVEN SAY, HEY, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS, THIS AND THIS.

AND I GUARANTEE THEY WOULD LOVE TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, AND SO, BUT THEY'RE JUST A LOT OF IT'S LOW MAINTENANCE AND IT JUST COMES BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR AND IT COMES BACK BIGGER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR.

SO YEAH. AND IT'S THE ONLY THING I HAVE IN MY YARD REALLY OTHER THAN ROSES.

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I'M HAPPY TO MEET YOU ALL OUT THERE. AND YOU KNOW, AND, IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL AND BEES, BUTTERFLIES, BIRDS, THAT'S WHAT THEY ATTRACT. AND SO AND LIKE I SAID, AND HONESTLY, MOST OF IT'S REALLY LOW MAINTENANCE OTHER THAN WEEDS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF LEARN WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE MULCH AND THAT KIND OF SIDE OF IT.

I DON'T KNOW THE COLLABORATION. I KNOW THEY WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. SO AND EVEN IF Y'ALL WANT THEM TO COME HERE TO OUR NEXT MEETING, I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO DO THAT AS WELL.

I SAY THEY, WE, YOU KNOW, SO YEAH. I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL THIS NEXT MEETING LIKE WE CAN, THIS CAN BE SOMETHING THAT IS DONE OFFLINE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AT THE MEETINGS TO DO THAT.

RIGHT. IT CAN BE A, YOU KNOW, A SUB OF. RIGHT.

IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN ONE OF THE CLEANUP EVENTS. WE TALK ABOUT THE CLEANUP EVENT AND ALL THE ACTION OF THOSE OF PREP AND PLANNING, AND ALL MARKETING HAPPENS OFFSITE, RIGHT? SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE HERE IS MORE OF MAYBE AN UPDATE, LIKE IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION TO GO OF, YOU KNOW, HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND THEY COME AND JUST SAY, THIS IS THE PROPOSAL WE WANT TO DO TO COLLABORATE.

SURE. LIKE THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE. OKAY. RIGHT.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? THAT BEING SAID, ONE MORE AREA FOR FUTURE IS ANGLETON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. THEY HAVE AN AREA LIKE A GARDEN AREA, AND THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO ME FOR BOTH SIDES OF KEEPING ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL.

AND ALSO MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM. AND I'M MEETING WITH THEM ON FRIDAY, BUT JUST BRIEFLY OUT THERE JUST TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT IT, BUT THEY REALLY WANT SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO LAST.

AND SO ANYWAYS, BUT THAT COULD MAYBE BE A SPOT AS WELL.

OR WE CAN LEAVE IT UP TO THE MASTER GARDENER. IT DOESN'T MATTER EITHER WAY, YOU KNOW. BUT IT'S AN IDEA.

IT'S RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN. AND IT'S A COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT IT'S WHICH I DID NOT REALIZE THE COLLABORATION DIDN'T WORK OUT ON THE OTHER END.

SO SO YEAH, LET ME KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

BUT ANYWAYS, SO, BUT AS FAR AS THE ANGLETON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, THEY HAVE AN AREA OUT THERE THAT IS REALLY NEAT THAT THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE SOME HELP WITH. AND SO. DO YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT IS.

I DO. CLASS OF 67 STARTED THAT. JOHN MORGAN REACHED OUT TO ME THIS PAST WEEK.

YEAH. AND THEY JUST ADDED SOME NAMES ON SATURDAY.

I MEAN, KIND OF GREAT SEGUE TO THAT ONE. I MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT AREAS THAT COULD NEED THAT VETERANS PARK IS ONE THAT WE TALK ABOUT.

NOT A CLEAR DIRECTION ON THAT PARK AT THE MOMENT, BUT YOU KNOW, BEING THAT THAT'S IN THE CENTER OF TOWN, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S AN AREA ESPECIALLY CALLED VETERANS PARK THAT COULD SEE SOME ATTENTION.

THERE IS BEING A SHIFT FOR CITY CONCERTS THERE EXPLORING A NEW LOCATION.

SO THAT LOCATION VETERANS PARK MAY NOT BE THE LOCATION FOR CONCERTS ANY LONGER, DEPENDING ON HOW THE NEW LOCATION GOES.

AND SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, IT MIGHT BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REVITALIZE THAT PARK.

YEAH, YOU KNOW, THE GAZEBO WAS TONED DOWN 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO NOW.

AND SO WHILE IT'S STILL A PARK I DON'T KNOW IF IT NECESSARILY SERVES THE NAME VETERANS PARK WELL.

THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S REACHED OUT AND HAS EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST IN THAT, BUT UNTIL I GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTION ON WHERE WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TIE INTO FOR WHAT VETERANS PARK IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

OBVIOUSLY A VERY SMALL PARCEL, SO THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO WITH THAT, BUT THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER ONE THAT COULD BE A TIE IN TO WHERE IT'S A IF IT TURNS INTO MORE OF A VETERANS MEMORIAL OR A BEAUTIFICATION AREA, RIGHT.

BEING DOWNTOWN WOULD BE A GREAT LOCATION TO HAVE FOR PEOPLE TO WALK TO AND HAVE PICNIC TABLES AND SIT AND HAVE A GARDEN IN A QUIET SPACE, MINUS THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND THOSE WILL GO, THE ALARM WILL GO OFF FROM TIME TO TIME. BUT THEIR SPACE IS BEAUTIFUL AS WELL, SO BUT JUST SOMETHING. CAN YOU SAY WHERE THE CONCERTS ARE GOING TO BE HELD? YEAH. SO THAT IS I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED.

BLAINE. CORRECT. WAS IT JUST ANNOUNCED ON FACEBOOK? RIGHT.

SO THEY ARE GOING TO, INSTEAD OF UTILIZING, IF YOU WILL, THE PARKING LOT THE COUNTY PARKING LOT THAT'S RIGHT THERE BY VETERANS.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT TO THE WEST THERE AND GO RIGHT OFF OF FRONT STREET.

SO RIGHT BY THE HEART, THE LARGE HEART.

LOCK THIS UP. OH, AND THEN JUST CLOSE PATIO.

YEP. CLOSE FRONT STREET. LIKE EL PATIO AND THEN BIG PARKING LOT.

OKAY. YEAH. SO IS NOW THE TIME OR AT THE END OF THE MEETING, WE TALK ABOUT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR.

END OF THE MEETING. OKAY. YEP. YEP. I WISH WE HAD A FLAT AND BIG FLAGPOLE BY THE HEART.

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I MUST HAVE MISSED THAT. YARD AND BUSINESS OF THE MONTH IS THE NEXT ONE.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATION GOING ON IN OUR COLLABORATION GROUPS.

FOR THAT ONE, JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GET EVERYBODY'S RADAR.

THANK YOU, TRACY AND PATTY FOR HANDLING THE FIRST MONTH.

I BELIEVE SUZANNE AND HEATHER.

IT'S REALLY EASIER WITH TWO PEOPLE. YES. OH, I CAN IMAGINE.

SO WHAT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ESTABLISH IS IF WE COULD JUST GET A CALENDAR FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

SO THAT WAY WE JUST HAVE IT ALREADY PRE-ESTABLISHED. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHO'S GOT THIS MONTH AND WHO CAN SIGN UP FOR THAT.

SO WE SHOULD SO WE HAD APRIL. WE HAVE MAY COORDINATE IT.

SO WE'LL HAVE JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER.

UNTIL OCTOBER. CORRECT. YES. JULY. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO COMMIT TO THOSE.

WELL, BASICALLY IT'S THE MAIN THING IS FINDING THE HOUSE, FINDING THE BUSINESS.

AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T MIND HELPING PUT SIGNS OUT AND STUFF, BUT IT'S A LOT OF LEGWORK WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT BY YOURSELF. AND I'M NOT COMPLAINING. YEAH.

NO. OF COURSE. TO YOUR POINT AS WELL, WHAT I THINK A MONTH AHEAD TOO.

SO LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'LL BE GETTING READY FOR MAIZE.

AND MAIZE WILL ACTUALLY NEED TO BE TURNED IN BY THE FIFTH.

THE 5TH OKAY. SO IT'S ACTUALLY THE AHEAD OF TIME.

SO THINK THAT WAY AS WELL. SO AS YOU'RE PLANNING GOING THROUGH, SO JUNE REALLY IS DETERMINING BY LIKE THE 1ST JUNE.

I CAN DO JUNE AS WELL. I'LL DO JUNE TOO. GREAT.

OH Y'ALL DO. OKAY, THEN WE CAN JUST ROTATE IT OUT.

YEAH. GOOD. OKAY. SO I WILL PICK UP THE SIGNS ON THURSDAY, GET THEM CLEANED UP AND I'LL PUT I'LL LEAVE THEM AT MY HOUSE.

AND THEN I'LL COME PICK THEM UP FROM YOU. YOU AND SUZANNE WILL PICK THEM UP. OKAY. AND I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE EASIER. THAT'S PERFECT. EASIER WAY TO DO IT SINCE WE KNOW WHERE WE PUT THEM. AND. OKAY. I GOT JUNE SO FAR. WHO'S GOT JULY? I GUESS I'LL DO JULY. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW. WE'RE WE'RE ODD NUMBER.

RIGHT. I'LL HELP YOU IN JULY. OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

ARE YOU DOING. I CAN DO IT BY MYSELF. I CAN'T PUT THE SIGNS OUT, BUT I'LL GO OUT AND LOOKING.

YEAH, AND JUST TAKE A PICTURE AND SHOOT IT. AND I MEAN, IT'S STILL A TEAM EFFORT, BUT EVERYBODY'S GOT SO MUCH GOING ON.

YEAH. OKAY. YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT A PARTNER IN JULY? NO.

HEATHER AND SUZANNE AND CHERYL. AND ANYBODY GETS INTO A JAM, FEEL FREE.

I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT, RIGHT? WITH ME. AND WE HAVE OCTOBER. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD.

AND THEN IT KIND OF AFTER THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY.

IT'S DONE. YEAH, YEAH. OCTOBER IS A HAPPY TIME.

YEAH. I THINK OUR HOLIDAY THING WAS KIND OF FLOPS.

YEAH. WE DIDN'T GET LIKE ANY OF THAT. BUT PEOPLE GET SO EXCITED, YOU KNOW, IN JULY YOU CAN LOOK FOR THOSE HOMES THAT ARE DECORATED UP AND OCTOBER YOU CAN.

OH, I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU, YOU HAVE THE BUSINESS OF THE MONTH.

THE [INAUDIBLE] SIGNS IN THE BLACK STAND. YEP.

OKAY. IT BROKE AT THE CHURCH, SO I HAD A WHITE ONE.

IT'S THE LEG. IT WAS TIME. ANYWAY, I HAD A WHITE ONE AT THE HOUSE WHEN I WORKED FOR BELINDA, SO I JUST PUT IT IN THE WHITE. SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO ORDER.

NEW SIGN STANDS. YES. AND PROBABLY NEED TO ANYWAY.

IS IT JUST BLACK AND WHITE OR DO THEY HAVE COLORS? I MEAN, I'M PROBABLY I'M SURE. IF YOU COULD GET A PURPLE OR I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING THE BLACK AND THE WHITE DOESN'T HELP IT EITHER SO.

BUT ANYWAY, YES, YOU NEED SOME STANDS SOMETHING THAT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. SO I DROVE BY AND I WAS LIKE, WHY IS THAT THING LEANING? WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO PUSH THINGS. HOW ARE THE SIGNS THEMSELVES. WAS GONE. DO WE NEED TO REBRAND OR REPRINT THE SIGNS? I THINK WE NEED A NEW. I THINK IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE SOME NEW SIGNS.

OKAY, I KNOW BUSINESS OF THE MONTH. OR MAYBE GERARD HAS SOME STAINS ON IT.

I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER. DO THEY HAVE OUR NEW BRANDING ON THEM? THESE SIGNS? YES. OKAY. YEAH. BUT I MEAN, THEY'RE OUT ON THE WEATHER FOR.

I'D GO AHEAD AND ORDER A COUPLE, AT LEAST HAVE BACKUP AND THEN CHECK OUT THE COLORS.

OKAY. I MEAN, BLACK AND WHITE. IT'S ALL RIGHT.

BUT MAYBE IF YOU GET LIKE A PURPLE OR A WHATEVER COLORS.

FIREWORKS OFF TO. OH, HEATHER DOES. SHE HAS ONE, TOO.

WE BOTH GOT ONE. YEAH, I WAS JUST LOOKING WHEN CHERYL DID OUR NEW ONES.

YEAH. OH, YEAH. I'VE ALREADY. YEAH, THEY'RE STILL IN DECENT SHAPE, BUT YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO AHEAD AND BUY SOME.

NO. THAT'S OKAY. SO STANDS. [LAUGHTER] I GOT IT.

OKAY ALL RIGHT GOOD ON THAT ONE. OH, NO, THAT'S NOT GOOD. IT'S NOT GOOD.

LAST ONE. AND THIS IS JUST A REMINDER OF THE UPCOMING ONE.

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AND SO THAT'S NOVEMBER 6TH AND NOVEMBER 7TH. NOVEMBER 6TH.

OKAY. I HAVE TO SAY SOMEONE, SOME. NEW BUSINESS OR WHATEVER IT IS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. WHERE IS THE PLANNING GOING TO TAKE.

WHERE Y'ALL GOING TO DO THE PLANNING THIS YEAR? TBD. I CAN TELL YOU FREEDOM PARK MIGHT BE A OPPORTUNITY.

WE WILL, THE BASEBALL FIELD WILL BE DONE AT THAT POINT, AND I'VE HAD A COUPLE REQUESTS TO DO MORE PLANTING OUT THERE ONCE THE OUTFIELD IS DONE, BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE A NICE BERM THAT'S OUT THERE.

SO IT'LL PROVIDE THEM ADDITIONAL SHADING AND TIE INTO THE FIELDS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THEM WE LOOKED AT. WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO LOOK AT BUILDING UP THE FOOTPRINT OUT AT LAKESIDE.

SO THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER LOCATION. IT'S REALLY SAD.

BARREL KNOCKED OUT TWO OF THE LARGEST TREES IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY, RIGHT ON THE SIDEWALK THERE.

AND SO IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE THERE'S NO TREES OUT THERE. SO I WOULD LOVE TO KIND OF TIE INTO THERE AS WELL, BUT CONTINUE TO EXPLORE. VANDALISM, HAS IT SLOWED DOWN OUT THERE? KNOCK ON WOOD. SINCE WE PUT THAT POST OUT, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY OTHERS HAPPEN.

SO BUT I SAY ALL THAT. I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU SMALL ONE, WE GOT A PLAYGROUND BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW AND PEOPLE ARE PLAYING ON IT.

IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION FENCE AROUND IT.

WHY? IT'S SO IT'S JUST, I MEAN, IT'S JUST PEOPLE GET BORED FOR WHATEVER IT IS, RIGHT? MOST OF THEM MINUS, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE THINGS ARE USUALLY MINOR.

LIKE WE PEOPLE WRITE ON THE SLIDES ALL THE TIME OR THE PLAYGROUND. SO WE CAN GO WIPE THAT OFF.

AND IT'S, IT'S NOT FUN BY ANY MEANS, RIGHT? BUT THE RECENT ONES WE HAD WERE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DESTRUCTIVE.

I MEAN, THE WRITINGS THAT PEOPLE PUT ON SOME OF THE WELL, THOSE ARE OLDER KIDS DOING THAT THOUGH. THOSE ARE.

PAINT THAT WAS ON THE BIG ONE WAS THE PAINT ON THE TENNIS COURTS.

I MEAN, THAT WE COULDN'T GET, WE COULDN'T GET OFF.

SO YOU ALL HAVE CAMERAS. WE HAVE CAMERAS AT A COUPLE OF THE PARKS.

WE'RE WORKING ON SEEING IF WE CAN GET THE OTHER ONES, BUT NOW.

IT'S CRAZY. THEY'RE EXPENSIVE. YEAH. I MEAN, THE REPAIRS ARE ALSO EXPENSIVE, BUT TRYING TO GET CAMERAS AND GET THEM IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

RIGHT. AND THEY CAN'T GET TO THEM AND. YEAH. SO BUT YEAH, WE'RE WORKING ON.

SO IT'S GOTTEN BETTER. YEAH.

THERE'S A PARK DOWN THERE. DOES THAT BELONG TO THE CITY OR DO YOU RECALL OR IS IT BELONG TO THE APARTMENTS? OH, BRUSHY. THAT'S THE CITY'S. YES. THAT'S THE CITY'S. YEP. THAT'S THE CITY'S. I HAVE SOME FRIENDS THAT LIVE DOWN THERE.

WE GOT SOME MAJOR, MAJOR, LATE NIGHT WALKING YOUNG KIDS WITH BACKPACKS, LIKE 2:30 IN THE MORNING.

OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO LET YOU KNOW BECAUSE THEY'RE USED TO.

MY FRIEND WAS TELLING ME THIS MORNING THERE USED TO BE A FENCE WITH THE APARTMENT.

YEAH. WHICH I WASN'T REALLY FAMILIAR, BUT NOW THERE'S NO FENCE, SO ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT.

I MEAN, THEY GOT IT ALL ON CAMERAS, AND THAT STREET REALLY NEEDS A STREET LIGHT.

I PUT A REQUEST IN, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT HAPPENS.

IT'S DARK SO I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE BAD KIDS, BUT 2:30 IN THE MORNING, A SCHOOL NIGHT.

YEAH. THERE'S CERTAIN TIMES YOU SHOULDN'T BE WANDERING.

YEAH. AND IT'S A SCARY TIME. SO JUST FYI, I THINK WE CAN GET THAT.

I'LL GET LUPE TO GET SOME MORE PATROL FOR IT.

OUR TOWN. HAVE A CURFEW.

YOU HAVE NEW IDEAS ON THAT? YEAH. I'M READY TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR.

JUST BASICALLY COLLABORATING WITH. SO ITEM FOUR IS DISCUSSION ON PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR KEEPING ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL FOR FY 2627.

[4. Discussion on preliminary budget for Keep Angleton Beautiful for FY2026-2027. ]

JUST TO START THE PLANNING PROCESS. THIS IS BY NO MEANS THE FINAL BUDGET.

IT COULD BE CLOSE TO IT. I JUST WANTED TO BRING BEFORE YOU TO START THE DISCUSSION, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL WANT TO CONSIDER OR LOOK AT OR ADDING, INCLUDING REMOVING ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. SO I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THEM.

YOU DO HAVE A SUMMARY THERE IN YOUR PACKET TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE CLEAN UP A LITTLE BIT.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKETS A BUDGET FOR THE TWO CLEANUPS BEAUTIFICATION WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS WELL, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH FOR OUR SEED BALLS OUR ADVERTISING, PROMOTIONS, TRAVEL AND TRAINING ATTRIBUTED TO IF KTB HAS THE CONFERENCE BACK IN PERSON.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE ATTRIBUTED HERE.

REVENUE SIDE OF IT, PRETTY STANDARD. I CAN TELL YOU IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO GET SPONSORSHIP FOR THE EVENTS.

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SO I THINK IF WE LOOK AT THAT AND HAVE SOME IDEAS OF RE-TAILORING THAT TO KIND OF BRING DOWN THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT, TO BE ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL SPONSORS VERSUS GETTING HIGH DOLLAR SPONSORS.

KEB DONATIONS FROM THE WATER BILL, I ANTICIPATE THOSE TO STAY PRETTY CONSISTENT.

YOU WILL SEE I DID DECREASE IT, JUST BARELY PART OF IT.

TRIED TO DO A BALANCE IN THE BUDGET, BUT I ALWAYS WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT BEING FLAT, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN A CONSISTENT TREND WITH THAT ONE.

IF IT'S OVER THAT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD NEWS FOR US BECAUSE IT'LL ROLL OVER INTO OUR FUND BALANCE. SO WE'D RATHER HAVE THAT VERSUS THE REVERSE OF WE ANTICIPATE TOO MUCH AND WE DON'T GET ENOUGH ON THAT. HOWEVER, TRASH BAGS CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

SO I DID PUT AN INCREASE THERE. WE BUDGETED $9,000 THIS YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO HIT THAT. WELL I COULD SEE US DOING POTENTIALLY MORE THAN THAT NEXT YEAR.

AS FAR AS $11,000 SHOULD STILL SEE OUR KEB CURB WASTE CONNECTIONS INCOME COME IN.

I WILL TELL YOU, THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS. BLAINE COULD PROBABLY TELL ME BETTER THAN THIS OF WHEN THEIR CONTRACT EXPIRES.

BUT THE CITY IS LOOKING AT UPPING THE CONTRACT EVENTUALLY WHETHER THAT'S WITH WASTE CONNECTION OR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD STILL ASK FOR THE SAME REQUEST.

IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A TIME TO CONSIDER A GREATER REQUEST.

AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE BRING TO CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.

SO NEXT YEAR, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT BEING A THING.

BUT YOU'LL SEE ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR FOR THE MOST PART ACROSS THE BOARD AS FAR AS EXPENSES GOES.

MINOR TWEAKS THAT I MADE ON A COUPLE OF THEM.

WE TALKED ABOUT PLANNER MAINTENANCE. I DID REDUCE THAT ONE JUST IN THE EVENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE PLANTERS ANYMORE.

BROUGHT THAT ONE DOWN. I DID BRING BEAUTIFICATION A LITTLE BIT DOWN TO OFFSET SOME, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE REVENUE SIDE TO KEEP US BALANCED. AND SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO CONSIDER IN THAT ONE.

THE BIGGEST ONE I REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS TWO DIFFERENT ONES IS A, WE CONTINUE TO DO THE BOX WRAPS AS IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE AND KEEP GOING. WE DID TALK ABOUT EXPANDING THAT AND STARTING TO GO UP THE 35 CORRIDOR, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE GREAT. SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN THERE.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S STILL A DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD TO KEEP THAT INITIATIVE.

AND THEN THE CLEANUP ONE IS ONE I WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON IF THE, ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONFUSION THAT COMES WITH SOME OF THEM OF WE TALKED ABOUT RENAMING THEM OR REBRANDING THEM IS IF TWO CLEANUPS IS STILL THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO.

THE REASON I ASK THAT QUESTION IS JUST BEING MINDFUL OF COST THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

THE COST CONTINUES TO INCREASE. AND SO WE'RE AVERAGING 10 TO $12,000 PER CLEANUP.

AND SO THE BENEFIT IS GREAT, RIGHT? BUT IS IT TIME TO START EXPLORING SOME ADDITIONAL OPTIONS? I MEAN, $12,000 A CLEANUP IS QUITE EXPENSIVE.

AND THAT IS JUST FOR PAINT, TIRES, ELECTRONICS AND DATA SHREDDING.

AND THAT DOESN'T ATTRIBUTE TO IF WE DO ANY OTHER ADD ON OTHER PORTIONS TO IT.

SO I WANT TO JUST START TO HAVE INITIAL DISCUSSIONS ON THAT AND THOUGHTS ON IF WE DID MORE OF A CITY WIDE CLEANUP INITIATIVE THAT IT WAS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION.

AND I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I FAILED TO MENTION THIS DURING THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM.

WE HAD 50 VOLUNTEERS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ON SATURDAY THAT WERE OUT DOING ROAD CLEANUP.

AND SO ONE OF THE BIG ONES WAS LIFE FOURSQUARE CHURCH CAME OUT AND THEY HAD A GOOD FOLLOWING.

AND I'M FORGETTING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THE OTHER GROUP THAT CAME OUT BUT WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WERE OUT.

ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY WENT OUT TO ONE OF THE PARKS BECAUSE THEY HAD SOME YOUNGER KIDS WITH THEM. BUT MAYBE IT'S.

WHAT WE USED TO DO. AND IT ACTUALLY USED TO BE LIKE A, A CONTEST EVEN.

AND SO IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT TRASH, AND THEN IT WAS A GATHERING AT THE END, YOU KNOW, HOT DOGS AND. AND SO MAYBE LIKE, AND THAT'S WHAT KIND OF MY THOUGHTS WERE, DOES IT MAKE SENSE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO INVEST THAT DOLLAR AMOUNTS INTO TWO EVENTS VERSUS TAILORING IT TOWARDS A CITYWIDE CLEANUP.

AND THEN MAYBE THE TREE GIVEAWAY IS STILL PART OF ARBOR DAY.

THE SEED BALLS IS STILL PART OF IT. I MEAN, IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, A CONTEST AND THEN AFTERWARDS, MAYBE ACTIVITIES TO MAKE SEED BALLS, RIGHT? LIKE WE GIVE AWAY SOME, BUT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS TO MAKE THEM.

I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'VE REACHED OUT ABOUT THAT FOR YOUR CLASS. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT ONE AND SEE IF, YOU KNOW, WE TAILOR IT TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, ONE TIME VERSUS THE OTHER.

WE USED TO DO THE BIG ONE, YOU KNOW. BACK AGAIN, THE MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM.

WE HAVE FREE EVENTS THAT WE DO AND WE DO. I'M GOING TO KIND OF PUT A GUESSTIMATE OUT THERE 3 TO 5 A YEAR WHERE WE HAVE FAMILIES COME OUT AND WE DO ACTIVITIES LIKE THE NEXT ONE. IN A FEW WEEKS, I'LL BE DOING, YOU KNOW, PLANTING WITH THE KIDDOS AND IT GETS THEM OUT THERE AND THEY GET

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BUT IT GETS PEOPLE OUT THERE AND FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, AND OF ALL THE ONES THAT I'VE DONE, I MEAN, SOMETIMES WE MIGHT HAVE FIVE AND SOMETIMES WE MIGHT HAVE 30, YOU KNOW.

BUT I THINK COLLABORATING WOULD JUST BE AMAZING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S SPRING AND FALL, YOU KNOW.

AND SO IT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST ME THOUGH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A GREAT COLLABORATION.

BRING DOWN THE EXPENSE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN ON BOTH SIDES, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, BUT JUST SOME TYPE OF COLLABORATION TO WHERE YOU KNOW, I JUST MAYBE I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO.

OKAY. SO THE SEED BALL THING, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT KIND OF SPARKED MY INTEREST IN THAT IS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF I DID THE SEED BALL, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER WANTS TO COME OUT AND DO THE SEED BALL, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE CITY AND YOU'VE GOT THE MASTER, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATING WITH IT, YOU MAY HAVE A BIGGER TURNOUT. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK IT'S AN IDEA BECAUSE IT KIND OF IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, THE ARBOR DAY AND THEN THE NATIVES AND THE POLLINATORS, YOU KNOW, SO.

BUT THAT'S JUST AN IDEA. YEAH. AND WE HAVE LOTS OF TABLES OUT THERE.

LIKE JUST WE HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR KIDS TO SIT AND FAMILIES TO SIT AND PARENTS DO, THEY DO COME WITH THEIR KIDS AND THEY LOVE IT.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I'LL GO BACK TO CHERYL'S COMMENT, WHICH I KNOW IT'S WE DID IT IN THE PAST AND THEN WE MOVED TO SOMETHING ELSE.

AND BUT MAYBE WE GO BACK AND REVISIT THE BIG EVENT.

THAT'S HOW THE TREND GOES. I WAS ON THE OTHER END OF IT BECAUSE I WAS A TEACHER, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS BRINGING KIDS TO IT. SO WE'D GO AND PICK UP OUR STICKS.

WE ALWAYS HAD OUR LITTLE PICK UP STICKS. WE HAD SHIRTS FOR THE KIDS.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A BIG THING AND WE ALL GATHERED AND HAD OUR SPOT AND THAT'S COOL.

AND IT WAS FUN. IN THE VERY BEGINNING, EVERYONE WOULD GATHER IN ONE SPOT, MATT WOULD DO A BIG RAH RAH ANNOUNCEMENT CHEER AND THEN SEND EVERYBODY OFF. AND THEN WE'D COME BACK.

THEY COME BACK. AND, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WELL, OUR KIDS.

YOU KNOW, BUT THAT COULD ALSO BE A DAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WELL, THIS GROUP IS GOING TO DO THIS FLOWER BED IN TOWN AND THIS GROUP IS GOING TO DO THIS ONE AND CLEAN UP THAT AREA AND FIX UP THAT BED.

AND THAT'S THEIR FREE LABOR.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY STILL DO IT, BUT THEY GET, THEY HAVE TO CLEAN UP DAY THAT THEY DO.

AND THEY WOULD THEY GET HONORED FOR WE WOULD COLLABORATE AND THEY WOULD GO OUT AND THEY GET PEOPLE.

I THINK THIS IS A GROUP THAT DID THIS. IT WAS A BIG EVENT.

AND THEN EVERYONE CAME BACK AT A CERTAIN TIME, LET'S SAY NOON, RIGHT.

AND COUNCIL WOULD HAVE THE BIG GRILL OUT THERE AND THEY'D BE GRILLING HOT DOGS, AND THEY'D HAVE SODAS AND CHIPS AND EVERYONE WOULD, YOU KNOW, FEAST. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG THANK YOU.

SO OKAY, Y'ALL, LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY FIGURED IT OUT, BUT THEY, THEY WEIGHED SOMEHOW THE TRASH OR HOW MANY BAGS YOU BOUGHT IN AND THE WASTE MANAGEMENT DID I THINK. AND THEY KEEP COUNT. OR YOU TELL THEM HOW MANY YOU HAD AND THEY GIVE YOU MORE.

SO MAYBE BOARD. AND I DON'T KNOW, WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK ABOUT THE VOLUME OF THINGS AND THE PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH THERE? BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE DO SEE SOME OF THE SAME FOLKS COMING MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGH THERE, BUT I FELT LIKE SPRING, MAYBE WE GET MORE DIFFERENT FOLKS. IS THAT JUST Y'ALL JUST MY IMPRESSION? OR DO Y'ALL FEEL THAT WAY? I DON'T KNOW, I THINK I SEE THE SAME ONES FALL AND SPRING.

I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE SAME FACES FALL.

I MEAN, YOU COLLECT AND YOU COLLECT AND THEN YOU DECIDE, WELL, IT'S TIME TO START GETTING RID OF SOME OF IT.

I HONESTLY DON'T REMEMBER, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I DON'T KNOW, I JUST I DON'T KNOW, I FEEL LIKE A SPRING.

THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE ARE ENERGIZED. THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE ENERGIZED AND WHEN IT TO ME, IF YOU WANT TO DO IT. YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL OVER THE WINTER.

JUST OVER THE WINTER. WE'RE JUST READY. THE ONLY PERSON I DIDN'T SEE WAS THE LITTLE OLD LADY WITH HER IN HER MAROON LINCOLN.

I MEAN, SHE MUST HAVE BEEN OUT OF TOWN. I LIKE WE CAN WE CAN EXPLORE MULTIPLE AVENUES, RIGHT? LIKE IF WE DECIDED TO SWITCH IT TO ONE EVENT WE CAN GO BACK TO EXPANDING THE TIME OF THAT EVENT, RIGHT? RIGHT NOW WE JUST RUN 8 TO 11. WE COULD ALWAYS MAKE IF IT WAS THE VENDOR PORTION, RIGHT? LIKE WE JUST HAD ON SATURDAY, YOU COULD MAKE IT EIGHT TO NOON, 8 TO 1 AND EXPAND THAT TIME AND ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO COME IN AND THINGS OF THAT.

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YOU'RE GOING LIKE IS THE COST THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT. YOU LIKE YOU MIGHT SAVE ON THAT TO HAVE IT.

AND LET'S SAY IT'S, IT MAY NOT DOUBLE. MAYBE IT'S ONE AND A HALF, RIGHT.

BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU MAY NOT GET EVERYBODY ON A ONE DAY EVENT.

BUT YEAH, WE WOULD PLAN AHEAD TO SAY WE MIGHT NEED LARGER VEHICLES.

WHAT IS THE COST THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? BUT PUTTING IT ALL INTO ONE DAY AND THEN USING SOME OF THAT SAVINGS BECAUSE LET'S SAY IF WE SPENT $20,000 ON THE EVENT OR THE TWO EVENTS IF WE SPENT 16, $17,000, YOU WOULD HAVE $3,000 ON SOMETHING THAT IS A COMMUNITY WIDE CLEANUP, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF THE SUPPLIES.

AND SO IT WOULD BE MINIMAL ON THAT. WE ALREADY SEND THEM ON THE COMMUNITY TO GO DO STUFF.

IT'S THE DAY OF ACTIVITIES. IF WE PARTNER WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S WILLING TO PROVIDE BOOTHS AND ACTIVITIES, AND PART OF THAT, IF COUNCIL IS WILLING TO COME OUT AND COOK HOT DOGS OR COOK IN SOME CAPACITY, RIGHT, YOU CAN MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE TO TIE IN.

WE USED TO SIGN UP AHEAD OF TIME, YOU KNOW, AND THEY ASSIGN US A PLACE.

AND BECAUSE WE HAD SCHOOL KIDS, WE WOULD ALWAYS SAY WE'RE CLEANING UP AROUND THIS AREA.

AND IT'S I MEAN, IT'S A COMMUNITY COLLABORATION, RIGHT? YEAH. WE COULD CALL IT THE, WE COULD CALL IT THE ANGLETON COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE SOMETHING, JUST SOMETHING AND DO IT WELL IN ADVANCE AND GET PEOPLE INVOLVED.

YEAH. IT JUST YEAH. AND IDENTIFY, I CAN TELL YOU FROM THE GROUP.

AND SO THEY WERE DESIGNATED TO FOUR DIFFERENT ZONES AS FAR AS THEIR CLEANUP WENT.

SO THAT WAY YOU KNOW, STRATEGICALLY MADE PART OF IT TOO, I MEAN, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BASED ON THE EVENT, BUT THEY HAD DESIGNATED DROP ZONES. SO THAT WAY THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRYING TO BRING SOME OF THE TRASH BACK TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION, BUT IT WAS JUST CONVENIENT FOR THEM. LIKE I WAS ABLE TO GET THEM TO A CITY FACILITY AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S A DUMPSTER, JUST TAKE PICTURES AND I CAN DO A ROUGH ESTIMATE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, DATA THAT WE HAVE. HOW BIG IS A BAG? HOW HOW FULL ARE THEY? AND THEN THEY DUMPED IT PARK LOCATION. SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

SO DO I CLEAN UP WE COULD, I DON'T KNOW, AS A REC CENTER FOR SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES.

I MEAN, THE REC CENTER COULD BE ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS, RIGHT? YOU DO HAVE OUTSIDE AND YEP, YOU HAVE OUTSIDE SPACE AS WELL. AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE INDOOR SPACE DEPENDING ON TIME OF YEAR.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THIS WEEKEND WAS A LITTLE WARMER. SO YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

LAST YEAR, THE DAY OF THE CLEANUP, I DID THAT CLASS, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME, BUT DID THE CLASS, THE POLLINATOR CLASS. SOME OF THOSE THINGS. RIGHT. AND IT WAS INSIDE THE REC CENTER. SO IT'S A I MEAN, AND I MEAN, I'LL BE HONEST, LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LOVE TO EVENTUALLY GET TO, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE QUITE THERE YET.

IS IT WOULD THE ONE TIME CLEANUP IS NICE, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD HAVE ON A REOCCURRING THAT ONCE A MONTH IT WAS OPEN THAT WE HAD A CONTAINER LOCATED SOMEWHERE TO GO DO A DROP OFF. RIGHT? AND THEN IT'S JUST A REGULAR THAT YOU HAVE.

SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TIED TO A ONE DAY THAT IT WOULD GROW INTO WHAT IS THE NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY? WE, THE EVENT IS GREAT, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY TAKE IN HAVE A HIGH EXPENSE TO THEM, RIGHT? I CAN TELL YOU THE TWO HIGHEST ARE PAINTS AND ELECTRONICS.

HALF OF THE BUDGET IS SPENT ON THOSE TWO ITEMS. DON'T HAVE. THOSE, THE MORE EXPENSIVE ONES AT BOTH.

YEAH, MAYBE, MAYBE DO IT WON'T DO THE ELECTRONICS AND PAINTS ONCE IN THE SPRING AND THEN NOT IN THE FALL.

BUT THEN EVERYBODY PAINTS MORE DURING THE BETWEEN SPRING AND SUMMER.

SO YOU KNOW, WHICH IS THE BETTER DECISION. YEAH.

AND IT'S I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH THE RESPONSE IS VERY POSITIVE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OH YEAH. THE SHREDDING IS MOSTLY THE OLDER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S.

ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS IF IT WAS EVERYBODY WAS EDUCATED.

WELL, IT STEERED IT TOWARDS THAT. WE WERE HOSTING THIS ONE TIME.

LIKE IF WE PUT THAT WORD OUT, PEOPLE WOULD PLAN JUST LIKE THEY ARE.

I MEAN, A GREAT EXAMPLE, PAINT. WHEN I FIRST CAME ON, WE WEREN'T DOING PAINT.

RIGHT. WELL, WHAT WERE PEOPLE DOING WITH THEIR PAINT? THROWING IN THE TRASH, STORING IT IN THEIR GARAGE FOREVER, RIGHT.

SO THE FIRST TIME WE RAN IT, WE LEFT IT OPEN TO 25 CANS AND PEOPLE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF 25 CANS.

AND THEN WE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LIMIT THAT DOWN.

I MEAN, WE CAN DO DISSIMILAR, RIGHT? LIKE NOW THAT WE'VE HAD THE OFFERINGS, WE CAN CONTINUE TO LIMIT DOWN PAINT CANS AND SAY,

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I HAVE QUESTIONS, RIGHT? VERSUS IF IT'S DROPPED DOWN TO FIVE, LIKE FIVE PAINT CANS ISN'T TERRIBLE FOR A SINGLE HOUSEHOLD IN ONE YEAR, RIGHT? YOU SHOULDN'T BE PAINTING YOUR HOUSE EVERY YEAR ANYWAYS, BUT THAT'S JUST ME.

AND SO YOU HAVE SOME WAYS TO NAVIGATE THAT TO GET AHEAD OF IT.

ELECTRONICS IS THE ONE THAT STILL IS WILD TO ME.

BECAUSE THAT NEVER STOPS, RIGHT? THEY JUST DON'T MAKE THINGS LIKE THEY USED TO.

OH YEAH, THEY DEFINITELY DON'T. THEY DEFINITELY DON'T. AND YOU KNOW, I, WELL, EVEN TVS HAVE CHANGED.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF BIG TVS THAT CAME THROUGH ON SATURDAY.

AND YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, ALL THE NEW TVS NOW ARE SMART TVS.

SO YOU GET RID OF THE ONES. WHAT STARTED OUT AS A A FLATTER TV, AND NOW YOU'VE GOT AN EVEN FLATTER ONE.

AND THEY'RE ALL SO CHEAP. YEAH, WELL, THEY WENT FROM THE COST THE CHEAP, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT WORTH INVESTING IN ANYMORE. WHEN YOU WERE PAYING A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A TV, YOU REPAIRED THAT TV IF SOMETHING WENT WRONG, RIGHT? OR YOU JUST DEALT WITH WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T GOING TO BUY ANOTHER ONE. VERSUS NOW YOU CAN GO OUT AND GET FOR A.

COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS. $150, YOU CAN GET A LARGE FLAT SCREEN TV.

YEP. YOU KNOW, LAST A FEW YEARS THROW IN THE TRASH.

YEAH. SO YEAH, TAKE IT TO THE SPRING CLEANUP.

AND SO THERE'S, I MEAN, THERE'S DEFINITELY WAYS BECAUSE WE CAN, I WOULD LOVE TO LEAVE IT OPEN FOR EVERYBODY TO OBVIOUSLY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO BRING THAT POINT UP.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAYBE LIKE A SEPARATE MEETING, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO SIT AT A TABLE AND LAY THIS ALL OUT.

WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO AT THIS TIME OF YEAR AND THIS TIME OF THE YEAR? WHAT WOULD THIS CITYWIDE CLEANUP LOOK LIKE? YEAH. YOU KNOW, AND YOU MENTIONED HAVING JUST A PLACE ONCE A MONTH AND I JUST WE'LL USE MAYBE WE CAN USE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AS OUR OUR SOURCE.

BUT I THINK THERE ARE VENDORS THAT MAYBE JUST DO CARDBOARD RECYCLING.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL THEY DO. AND THEY CAN, YOU CAN HAVE A SPOT FOR CARDBOARD OR WHATEVER IT IS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK ELECTRONICS WOULD PROBABLY BE EXPENSIVE, BUT AS LONG AS WE HAD SOMETHING, YOU KNOW. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S, GOT TO EVOLVE, RIGHT? LIKE, OBVIOUSLY AN INITIATIVE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME THINGS ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF APPROPRIATELY.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGETS AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $20,000 OF THE $56,000 BUDGET'S BEING ATTRIBUTED TO TWO EVENTS, THEY'RE GREAT EVENTS. BUT ARE WE SPREADING AND MAXIMIZING WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? EXAMPLES I WOULD GIVE IS FOR BUDGET WISE IS HAD INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS OF WOULD THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR GRANT FUNDING TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES OR INDIVIDUALS TO HELP THAT BEAUTIFICATION SIDE AS WELL? RIGHT. WE KNOW THAT HOMES ARE GETTING OLDER. WE KNOW THAT BUSINESSES ARE GETTING OLDER, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR MAIN THOROUGHFARES DON'T HAVE THAT BEAUTIFICATION ASPECT, RIGHT? IS THERE WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THAT? LIKE JUST LOOKING AT DIFFERENT AVENUES TO, SPREAD OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO LOOK AT BEAUTIFICATION AS A HOLISTIC APPROACH? WHEREAS THE EVENTS ARE GREAT, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF TIMES THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF PEOPLE'S HOMES, RIGHT? AND SO YEAH, WE'RE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS HAVING, IF IT'S A CITYWIDE CLEANUP, WHAT YOU GET FROM THAT IS THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, RIGHT? THAT BUILDS AROUND THAT TO WHERE WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN 35 OR IF YOU DRIVE, I MEAN, THE LOOP WAS ONE OF THE ONES I DID.

LIKE. YOU'RE NOT SEEING TRASH EVERYWHERE. OUR MAIN PEOPLE THAT HELPED WITH THAT WERE SCHOOLS AND THE BOY SCOUT GROUPS.

AND SO YOU GET THE KIDS INVOLVED AND THEY'RE OUT DOING STUFF.

YEP. ABSOLUTELY. SO BUT YEAH, I MEAN, WE CAN BRING, WE CAN ALSO PLAN IF THAT.

SO WE COULD DO 1 OR 2 THINGS. WE CAN PLAN A SEPARATE MEETING OR WE CAN DISCUSS IT AT OUR NEXT ONE.

AND WE CAN SCHEDULE IT TO BE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM INSTEAD OF IN HERE.

AND THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF TREAT IT MORE AS JUST A REGULAR MEETING.

KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL CONFERENCE IS IN MAY, RIGHT? YEP. 11,12,13. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT AFTER THAT? MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE SOME IDEAS FROM THAT. CAN DO.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS COMMENTS BUDGET WISE? GREAT DISCUSSIONS.

I HAVE A QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES FROM ETHAN AND TXDOT?

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I GET IT, I GET IT. THIS LEADS INTO OUR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON THOSE BOX WRAPS. DO THEY MAINTAIN THOSE IF THEY'RE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.

BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S THIS FIRST ONE OR A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN.

BOTH. ONE OF THOSE IS NOT IN GOOD SHAPE. THERE'S A 3 OR 4.

SO WHAT I'VE ACTUALLY ASKED THE GROUP THAT MAINTAINS OURS TO COME OUT AND DO AN ASSESSMENT OF ALL SO WE CAN DETERMINE WHICH ONE'S THE CURRENT CONDITION AND WHAT IS NEEDED TO REPLACE AND OR REMOVE.

I THINK THE COUPLES AREN'T REALLY EVEN THAT OLD. THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE WORST CONDITION ARE SOME OF THE ORIGINALS.

SO THEY'RE FIVE YEARS OLD. I KNOW THE ONE THAT I HAPPEN TO SEE.

IT WAS EITHER GOING DOWN. THIS IS 288. THAT WAS EITHER ONE RIGHT UP HERE OR 288 AND 35 OR THE ONE A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN, I CAN'T REMEMBER. I KNOW, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S THAT ONE.

I KNOW THERE'S ONE THAT'S DOWNTOWN THAT'S IN ROUGH SHAPE.

AND I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I DROVE BY ONE THE OTHER DAY AND I WAS LIKE, THAT CHANGED QUICKLY.

YEAH. YEAH. WE WERE COMING BACK FROM SOMEWHERE. I WAS LIKE. IT WAS LIKE A NIGHT AND DAY LAST.

I'M LIKE, AND IT JUST CAUGHT MY EYE AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, THAT ONE GOT PRETTY BAD.

BUT YEAH, SO I ASKED THEM TO DO AN ASSESSMENT ON THAT. AND SO THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR US TO REPLACE THOSE, SO IF IT BECOMES TOO MUCH, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REPLACE AND PUT A NEW ONE BACK ON THERE.

IT COSTS ABOUT $1,000 FOR EACH ONE THAT WE DO.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANY WARRANTY ON THEM. NO. $1,000 PER WRAP.

YEAH. IT'S JUST YOU GET A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK.

OH YEAH, I REALLY DO. AND REALLY THE BIG PIECE IS LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART FOR THE BOARD TO KEEP THIS INITIATIVE.

BUT DO WE GO BACK WITH THE SAME ONE AND FOR HOW LONG? OR DO WE CONSIDER THAT A NEW OPPORTUNITY? RIGHT.

DO WE BRING IN A NEW DESIGN? RIGHT. I WILL SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL LAST.

I KNOW FRIENDSWOOD JUST DID SIMILAR, BUT THEY HAD ALL THEIRS PAINTED.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A BETTER RETURN ON IT, BUT I KNOW THAT A LOT OF CITIES HAVE THE SIMILAR PROBLEM IS IT'S JUST, I MEAN, WE'RE A CLOSE TO THE COAST AND B THE HEAT THAT'S DOWN HERE.

YOU PUT A VINYL WRAP ON HOT METAL. YEAH, IT'S GOING TO.

AND IT JUST SITS IN THE SUN ALL DAY. AND SO THERE'S PROS AND CONS THAT COME WITH IT.

AND SO I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT A COUPLE AVENUES TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IS THE WRAP SOMETHING WE CONTINUE WITH? DO WE LOOK AT SOMEBODY PAINTING THEM? WILL THEY LAST LONGER? IS THAT EASIER TO REMOVE OR REPLACE. WHEREAS MY THAT'S WHERE THE ASSESSMENT IS GOING TO COME IN IS THERE'S A FEW OF THEM THAT I'M LIKE, IT FEELS LIKE THEY MIGHT HAVE TO DO A FULL REMOVAL WHICH MIGHT HAVE AN ADDITIONAL COST THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT VERSUS A COUPLE OF THE OLDER ONES.

I CAN TELL YOU THE ONE RIGHT HERE BY LIBERTY GARDEN THEY PUT ONE RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF THE OTHER ONE.

AND SO THAT ONE WAS EASIER, BUT THERE'S A FEW THAT ARE REALLY DRIED OUT AND CRACKED.

DO THEY PAINT ONE. I MEAN, COULD THEY, BUT COULD THEY REPAINT LIKE WHAT SOMEBODY CREATED THEIR ART? I MEAN, LIKE, OR WOULD IT BE, YOU KNOW, I JUST WONDERED, OR IS IT JUST THEY, WE GIVE THEM AN IDEA AND THEY PAINT IT.

AND YOU COULD WORK WITH STRAIGHT WITH ARTISTS.

I KNOW SOME OF THE ARTISTS THAT HAVE TURNED IN FOR US HAVE ACTUALLY PAINTED THEIR OWN. SO THEY DO MURALS AND THEY DO THAT WHOLE SO THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS.

OR YOU COULD, IF YOU HAD SOMEBODY YOU COULD WORK WITH TO WHERE LIKE THEY WANT TO PROVIDE THE ART AND THE, YOU GOT THEIR PERMISSION. SO USUALLY YOU'D WORK STRAIGHT WITH THE ARTIST AND THEY WOULD KNOW THAT THEY'RE SIGNING UP TO, TO.

I MEAN, THE EASIEST, HONESTLY, THE WAY TO DO THAT, IF WE WENT THAT DIRECTION MIGHT BE TO GET SOMEBODY TO DO A DESIGN, A BUNCH OF THEM AND ONE ARTIST COMES IN AND PAINTS THEM.

ALL RIGHT. SO YOU GET A GRAPHIC DESIGNER TO DESIGN ALL OF THEM AND SAY, WE WANT TO DO TEN OF THEM.

AND THEN WE GET SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND PAINT THEM, WHETHER IT'S THE SAME PERSON OR NOT. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT'S WHAT THEY LIKE.

FRIENDSWOOD. THAT'S WHAT THEIRS WAS, IS THEY HAD THEM ALL DONE AT ONE TIME. AND IT WAS ONE PERSON CAME IN AND DID THOSE.

PEARLAND HAS HAD SIMILAR ART WORK DONE IN THE PAST.

THEY HAVE ONE OF THEIR PARKS THAT THEY DID. THEY PAINTED THE BASES OF ALL THE LIGHT POLES, AND THAT WAS ONE DESIGNER DESIGNED AND PAINTED.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS WE COULD GO WITH IT. SO BUT I NOTICED IT AS WELL. YEAH.

YEP. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

[COMMUNICATION FROM BOARD MEMBERS ]

[01:20:05]

AND EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH TEXAS.GOV SITE FOR YOU.

PUT IT IN YOUR PHONE. THE SITE FOR CITY HALL. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE HIGH GRASS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, YOU GET ON THERE AND SAY HI OR HELLO AND THEN IT PROMPTS YOU.

YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR NAME, WHICH I AM FINE, BUT IF Y'ALL SEE SOMETHING AROUND JUST LIKE HENDERSON ROAD, AND I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A BIG, BIG SORE THUMB, SORE, WHATEVER FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH TRAFFIC AND WITH ALL THOSE SUBDIVISIONS COMING IN, BUT THEY JUST NEED TO KEEP.

OH THOSE POTHOLES. I JUST WENT ON YESTERDAY AND SAID, FILL THE POTHOLES.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BUT IF YOU DO SEE SOMETHING, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT SOME AREAS WE REALLY, REALLY GOT TO GET CLEANED UP. I WON'T SAY IT BECAUSE WE'RE LIVE AND PEOPLE [INAUDIBLE] ON, BUT THERE'S A FEW PLACES THAT. SO WE'RE BACK.

LET'S SAY THAT. AND I MEAN, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

I WILL SAY WITH THE WHILE YOU'RE OUT LOOKING AT YARD AND BUSINESS IN THE MONTH.

YES. IT'S A GREAT TIME TO DO THAT. LIKE IF YOU'RE OUT AND YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THE CITY IS AWARE OF IT.

BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE SAY, OH, THAT'S A NORMAL PROBLEM, THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT. THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. NO NO. LET'S FOLLOW UP. I MEAN THE CODE ENFORCERS HAVE A LOT ON THEIR PLATE. MOST OF ALL THESE NEW BUILDS. BUT AS A TEAM WE CAN GET IT DONE BECAUSE LIKE I'VE SAID, AND I'LL JUST SAY ONE MORE TIME, BUT AND IT STILL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH REAL ESTATE AND IT THAT NEVER WILL BE GROWN UP IN MY HOMETOWN.

HAVING A NEW HOUSE, OLDER HOUSE OR OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD, NEW.

IT DOESN'T MATTER. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SIT ON YOUR FRONT PORCH AND HAVE COFFEE, AND NOT HAVE FIVE JUNK CARS NEXT TO YOU, AND YOU CAN DRIVE DOWN KYLE, STRAIGHT KYLE STREET AND LORRAIN.

AND YOU HAVE FOUR OF THEM RIGHT NOW. AND THE THING IS, IT'S YOUR HOME, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

BUT THEN WHEN YOU WANT TO SELL IT, WHOEVER BE YOU WANT TO GET MARKET VALUE, BUT NOBODY'S GOING TO BUY STILL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH REAL ESTATE.

NOBODY WANTS TO BUY A CUTE LITTLE HOUSE WITH 4 OR 5 CARS NEXT DOOR.

SO THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF, THE BIG STUFF WE REALLY NEED TO GET A HOLD ON.

OKAY. AND THAT'S MY $0.02. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE HAVE A VERY VALID POINT.

YEAH. IT'S TRUE. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? IT'S GETTING COLD IN HERE, EVERYONE. LADIES. ALL RIGHT. MEETING ADJOURNED.

06:53. THAT'S OUR LONGEST MEETING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.