Keep Richwood Beautiful Commission

MINUTES KEEP RICHWOOD BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION MEETING Tuesday, September 05, 2023 at 6:00 PM BE IT KNOWN THAT a City of Richwood Keep Richwood Beautiful Commission will meet Tuesday, September 5, 2023, beginning at 6:00 PM at Richwood City Hall, located at 1800 Brazosport Blvd. N., Richwood, Texas 77531, with the following agenda: I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. II. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS Leslie Klug Present Karl Klug Present William Yearsin Present Tracy Bocanegra Present Amanda Seymour Present Others present: Kirsten Garcia, City Secretary; Amanda Reynolds, City Council Liaison. III. PUBLIC COMMENTS There was no public comment. IV. CONSENT AGENDA A. Approval of minutes from regular meeting held August 1, 2023. Motion to approve consent agenda. Motion made by Karl Klug, Seconded by Amanda Seymour. Voting Yea: William Yearsin, Amanda Seymour, Karl Klug V. UPCOMING EVENTS A. Trunk or Treat - October 2023. October 27, 2023 - tentative Discussion held on road closure and conjoining with Polk. Discussion was held on soliciting businesses and charging a fee. Discussion held on fundraising opportunities. Discussion held on activities. B. Fall Sweep, 2023 Leslie presented information Discussion on weekend activities - clean up, roll-off, and garage sale.  November 4, 2023 8-10 am Leslie will look into tire recycling Discussion held on supplies needed. Discussion held on marketing. Discussion held on locations to clean up. C. Texas Recycles Day - November 15, 2023 Leslie presented and stated that she contacted OLQP to see if they wanted to do something. Discussion held on marketing. Discussed the possibility of doing the tire recycling on this day instead. VI. YARD OF THE MONTH - Brazos Crossing Subdivision Tracy will choose next. Will chose 510 N Mahan. VII. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS A. Discuss and consider the possibility of Keep Richwood Beautiful establishing status as a 501(c)(3) organization. Will presented. Discussion was held on the pros and cons. B. Discuss and consider establishing a subcommittee to work and maintain the Community Garden. Leslie presented. Four hundred and sixty-one pounds of food was donated to the community. Discussion was held on possibly growing year-round plants. Discussion was held on what needs to be replaced. C. Discuss and review volunteer hour logs. Leslie requested that they get turned in since they are due soon. Leslie introduced the committee to an app she uses to log her hours. VIII. FINANCIAL REPORT A. Keep Richwood Beautiful Budget Report B. Parks and Recreation Budget Report IX. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT Leslie presented and stated that we are caught up for Keep America Beautiful reporting. The park bench is in and waiting for public works to be installed. Grant work to begin in January. Two new members are to be appointed. She asked members to keep quorum in mind. She also asked members to keep volunteer hour logs. X. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST No report. XI. SET NEXT MEETING DATE October 3, 2023 XII. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Discuss cameras XIII. ADJOURNMENT Being there no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:32 p.m. These minutes were read and approved on the 2nd day of January 2024. __________________________________ Chairman ATTEST: ______________________________________ City Secretary