2014_04.01 KKB MinutesKeep Kennedale Beautiful
Special Work Session
April 1, 2014 Meeting Minutes
I. Call to 4:06 p.m.
II. II. Members Present:
1.
Michael Chandler
2.
Vickie Chandler
3.
Pam Breault
4.
Wilda Turner
5.
HR Director, Kelly Cooper
6.
Bob Hart, City Manager
7.
Visitors: UTA Capstone Students:
1. Cody Mayberry
2. Kristina Esparza
3. Bob Watson
4. Sophia Ipaye
5. Ge Wei (Bill Black)
IV.
Minutes Approval — none to approve
Visitor /Citizens Forum — none
Our visitors were present to lead the strategic planning discussion.
V. Regular Items
A. Discuss and update the Keep Kennedale Beautiful. Strategic Plan:
I. Cody Mayberry— reviewed our agenda and opened the meeting with
introductions
II. Sophia Ipaye — led a discussion and review of the Electronic Survey results
III. Bob Watson led the discussion regarding the SWOT analysis, discussing
the strengths identified in the telephone survey.
Kristina Esparza led the discussion with regard to weaknesses
Bill Black led the discussion with regard to opportunities
Cody Mayberry led the discussion with regard to threats
IV. Sophia Ipaye reviewed the mission statement
V. Bob Watson — led the discussion about prioritizing which began with
removing duplicate items and then voting on the items listed to prioritize
them.
VI. Break for Dinner at 5:45 — 6:15
VII. Kristina Esparza reviewed the totals from the voting
VIII. Bob Watson — Helped us drilled down on the top ten items to better
define how we wanted to achieve each item or what we wanted to do to
make each a reality /completion.
IX. We scheduled the date to receive the final report May 5, 6:00 p.m.
X. Cody Mayberry— wrapped up or session
B. Discuss and approve April 12 Don't Mess with Texas Clean -Up:
I. The board agreed we would meet at City Hall at 8:00 a.m. for Coffee and
Donuts and then go out and Clean -up around FWT area along Kennedale
Parkway until 9:30 a.m. We will need vests, bio- degradable trash bags,
grabbers.
II. Then we will make our way to Arthur Intermediate School to assist their
Beautification Day (Notes attached). We will be at Arthur from 10:00
a.m. until 11:30 a.m. They are expecting 50 students and parents to
assist with raking and clean -up and planting two different educational
gardens. One with compost and mulch and one without. The purpose of
the project is to educate students. We'll need to bring garden tools,
rakes, and shovels.
III. Kelly will post this information on the website and pass along to Laurie to
post on the Facebook page and see if anyone else is interested in helping
with the cleanup on Kennedale Parkway.
IV. We determined to rearrange the May schedule to have our monthly May
meeting after the final strategic planning report from the students on
Monday, May 5th.
VI. Adjournment -7:32 p.m.
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