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2018_09.11 KKB MinutesKENNEDALE Parks and Recreation Board www.cityofkennedale.com Keep Kennedale Beautiful Commission Minutes REGULAR MEETING September 11, 2018 CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 405 MUNICIPAL DRIVE I. CALL TO ORDER Board Member Laurie Sanders called the meeting to order at 6:OOpm tl. ROLL CALL Present: Darlene Winters, Wilda Turner, Vinita Thomas, Dora Ann Markle, Cesar Guerra, Laurie Sanders Absent: Michael Chandler III. MINUTES APPROVAL Consider approval of minutes from July 17, 2018 regular meeting. Motion to: Approve July 17, 2018 minutes Action: Approve. Moved By: Wilda Turner Seconded: Dora Ann Markle Motion Passed Unanimously IV. VISITOR/CITIZENS FORUM V. REGULAR ITEMS A. Discuss and consider October events 1. L. Hoover stated that he is not sure what direction the council is going for the budget this year and is not sure if Trunk or Treat is going to be funded for FY 18/19. Can't really plan at this point without knowing what the funding will be. He asked the board members if they would like to wait until next month to plan Arbor Day. 2. L. Sanders stated that she had contacted Kimberley with TXU but has not heard back from her. Also contacted Texas Tree Foundation and heard back from them but they said that the board needs to go through TXU to get trees and/or seedlings as TXU are the ones who pay for it. 3. D. Winters talked about the tree survival rate for past trees that were planted. Most of the trees that were planted are now dead. The only trees that are doing ok are the ones that were planted in the park. She stated that the board may need to consider only planting trees in locations that will ensure their survival in the future. 4. W. Turner stated that she didn't think handing out seedlings was that productive either. Most of the seedlings were handed out to children. She wondered how many of these actually were cared for well enough to survive and if this was a good use of funds if the board had to pay for the seedlings especially. Everyone agreed that handing out seedlings may not be the best thing to do for Arbor Day. 5. This item will be put on next month's agenda to finish planning Arbor day. B. Discuss and consider creating a new project to replace diseased rose bushes at Town Center Plaza 1. L. Sanders and Kenneth Michaels surveyed the bushes with Jim Stegall. J. Stegall confirmed that the roses were diseased with rose rosette. He gave recommendations for alternative plantings. 2. The board discussed having L. Hoover's staff remove the bushes and the board volunteers doing the replanting. The KKB would take responsibility for weeding and planting the beds around the clock tower and the memorial. 3. L. Hoover stated that his suggestion is that the board should focus on identifying the quantity, frequency, spacing and price. With the understanding that this will be a twice per year commitment. He also stated that he wanted the plantings in the park and in the beds taken over by the KKB to all be complementary with one another and be tied in together for consistency across the entire park. 4. D. Winters stated that somebody needs to develop the plan for presentation to the board for approval. 5. Some of the board members will follow up and develop a plan that includes what the replacement plants and flowers would be and cost of the project for approval at the next meeting. 6. Motion to: Follow up and develop a plan that includes details for the replacement plants and flowers and cost of the project for approval at the October KKB meeting Action: Approve. Moved By: Laurie Sanders Seconded: Vinita Thomas Motion Passed Unanimously. C. Discuss and consider Calendar of Events for 2019 1. D. Winters asked if the windshield survey is an annual required activity. M. Goza stated that she thought that it was. Some of the board members wanted to modify the windshield survey form that they had been using to make it more useful and applicable to Kennedale. D. Winters stated that she would be willing to modify the form with the help of some other board members if that was ok. L. Hoover stated that he thought that it would be fine for the board to look into making changes to the form. 2. Motion to: Continue to do the Windshield Survey but modify the form to make it more applicable for Kennedale. Action: Approve. Moved By: Darlene Winters Seconded: Laurie Sanders Motion Passed Unanimously, 3. Motion to: Have staff move the previous year's activities over to a new draft calendar for 2019 and present to the board for discussion at the next board meeting. Action: Approve. Moved By: Vinita Thomas Seconded: Dora Ann Markle Motion Passed Unanimously D. Discuss and consider KKB budget 1. The KKB budget was changed to a donation line item which carries over from one budget year to the next. L. Hoover is not sure if the $5,000 per year "seed money" from the streets and parks budget will be approved for the upcoming budget or not but there is already around $9,000 in the budget now so it should be ok even if the $5,000 is not approved for this year. E. Discuss and consider September 15th Bring It event 1. The board updated C. Guerra on work details they had planned. Everyone is meeting at 8:30, individuals can show up earlier if they want to. VI. REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS A. Melissa Daily gave the board a presentation about planning and future development of the City of Kennedale at the beginning of the meeting, B. D. Winters mentioned that the Arbor has been built. Everyone is very happy with it. K. Michaels checked at Stegall's, will probably be purchasing cross vine for the Arbor. The library has expressed an interest in decorating the arbor for their Pumpkin Palooza event. K. Michaels stated that the welcome sign needs to be moved. L. Hoover said he is fine with moving it as long as it remains in the flower bed so that it doesn't interfere with the mowing or watering. C. Other Discussion items 1. L. Sanders mentioned that there was a dead cedar tree and asked if L. Hoover could have staff remove it. L. Hoover stated that he would get staff to remove the tree 2. L. Hoover stated that rain event had cleared the algae bloom out of the pond at Sonora. VII. ADJOURNMENT Motion to: Adjourn Action: Adjourn. Moved By: Laurie Sanders The meeting was adjourned at 7:17 pm Approved: Michael Chandler, Chairman Attest: Mary Goza, KKB Secretary