2018_10.09 KKB MinutesKENNEDALE
Parks and Recreation Board
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Keep Kennedale Beautiful Commission
Minutes
REGULAR MEETING
October 9, 2018
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 405 MUNICIPAL DRIVE
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Michael Chandler called the meeting to order at 6:05pm
II. ROLL CALL
Present: Darlene Winters, Wilda Turner, Vinita Thomas, Cesar Guerra, Laurie Sanders, Michael
Chandler Absent: Dora Ann Markle
III. MINUTES APPROVAL
Consider approval of minutes from September 11, 2018 regular meeting. Motion to: Approve
September 11, 2018 minutes Action: Approve. Moved By: Laurie Sanders Seconded: Cesar
Guerra Motion Passed Unanimously
IV. VISITOR/CITIZENS FORUM
V. REGULAR ITEMS
A. Discuss and consider October events
1. Trunk or Treat has been scheduled for October 20th. KKB will set up a table.
City staff will purchase candy, 3 bags of tootsie rolls and 2 bags of chocolate.
Gave away trees last year. Board members did not want to give away trees
again this year. L. Sanders suggested giving away bluebonnet seeds. D.
Winters suggested wildflower seeds rather than bluebonnets. K. Michaels
suggested getting seeds for free from TxDot. L. Sanders will purchase seed
packets and submit the receipt to the City. W. Turner stated that Home Depot
and Lowes donate seeds to the Master gardeners that are out of season and
she could see if some are available.
2. D. Winters will be out of town during Trunk of Treat.
3. The board members discussed doing a low key Arbor Day tree planting but
were concerned that some of the trees planted in the past had not survived and
wanted to plant a tree in the park so it would have a better chance of surviving.
4. Wilda talked about a presentation that she attended with the Master Gardner
group that was very interesting about Indian marker trees. The board expressed
a desire to have the speaker give the same presentation at a KKB event in the
future. L. Sanders felt it would be a good Arbor Day activity. W. Turner will
check to see if the speaker could be booked in the future as the Arbor Day
activity.
B. Discuss and consider Calendar of Events for 2019
1. D. Winters asked about getting a committee together to modify the windshield
survey. M. Chandler said that was fine. D. Winters stated she can have
something to present at the January meeting. This item will be included on the
January agenda.
2. Choose Master Gardner topics/speakers at the January meeting. This item will
be included on the January agenda.
3. The Crud Cruiser needs to be contacted in January to set up the next event that
they will attend for next year.
C. Consider approval of plan to replace diseased rose bushes at Town Center Plaza.
1. Kenneth Michels presented a very detailed plan for the project.
2. The board members discussed the plan. Some board members were
apprehensive that the project may be too large to complete in a single event.
3. Motion to: Approve the following dates for the project: Monday October 29th
roses will be removed by City staff, Wednesday October 31st KKB group will prep
the beds and add compost/manure, Saturday November 3rd Planting event will
be held. Action: Approve. Moved By: Wilda Turner Seconded Cesar Guerra
Motion Passed Unanimously
4. W. Turner and L. Sanders will let R. Taylor know how many bags of
compost/manure will be needed for the Wednesday bed prepping and what
brand to buy. D. Winters will email either M. Goza or R Taylor with information
about the brand of mulch that the board would like to use.
5. R. Taylor will talk to L. Hoover about the parking lot area and the possibility of
replacing the roses there with grass and maybe some Indian Hawthorn bushes.
D. Discuss and consider KKB budget
1. This will be discussed when Larry Hoover returns per M. Chandler.
VI. REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS
A. K. Michels moved the Kennedale sign. D. Winters said it looks great. The dead cedar
tree has been removed from the park.
B. L. Sanders talked about attending the Master gardeners' tour of homes event in
Arlington. She said it was a lot of fun and very interesting.
VII. ADJOURNMENT
Motion to: Adjourn Action: Adjourn. Moved By: D. Winters
The meeting was adjourned at 7:36 pm
Approved
Michael Chandler, Chairman
Attest:
Mary Goza, KKB Secretary