CBC 12-07-2000(2)MEETING NOTICE
The City Beautiful Commission will hold its regular meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday,
December 7, 2000, in the Sister Cities Conference Room on the second floor at City
Hall. This will be a brown bag lunch meeting.
AGENDA
Call to Order — Dottie Funk, Chair
Roll Call
Welcome New Members
Approval of the Minutes November 2, 2000 Meeting
Treasurer's Report - Randy Stocks
Committee Reports
e Festival — Tim Heiple
■ Gateway — Nash Abrams and Randy Stocks
Old Business
New Business
Miscellaneous Business
• Parks & Recreation Report — Scott Carter
Adjournment
NOTE: Remember "Polish the Rock" Awards. Keep your eyes open for potential
nominees for this award.
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The City Beautiful Commission held its regular meeting Thursday, December 7, 2000 at
11:30 a.m. in the Sister Cities Conference Room at City Hall. Meeting was called to
order by Chair Dottie Funk.
Members Present: Nash Abrams Tim Heiple
Randy Stocks Dottie Funk
Troy Laha Ann Ivey
Sharon Vogelpohl
Also Present: Bob Brown, Plans Review Specialist, Planning Department
Gayle Owens, Admin. Asst., Parks and Recreation
Scott Carter. Cultural Affairs Administrator
Welcome New Members: Dottie introduced three new members to the City
Beautiful Commission; Troy Laha, Anne Ivey, and Sharon Vogelpohl.
Approval of Minutes: Minutes of the November 2, 2000, meeting were approved as
distributed.
Treasurer's Report: Current balance: $2,488.52 as of December 7. Designated for
fountain $1,098.50, designated for festival $1,000, leaving $390.02 for operating.
Reports of Committees
• Festival — Tim Heiple after giving the new members a brief background on the
festival said that the festival is on hold until we know more about the proposed
merger of Arts and Humanities and City Beautiful.
• Gateway Project — Nash reported that he and Randy had met with the Downtown
Partnership and were well received. He said they were interested in the Gateway
Project and it is possible to resurrect it. The City Beautiful Commission was invited
to send a representative to the Downtown Partnership Committee.
Old Business
• Landscape Awards. Gayle reported that the plaques were ordered,
invitations sent, board members notified, letters sent to all recipients,
refreshments ordered (fruit and cheese tray, hot cider and cookies). She also
said that Scott had prepared a power point presentation. The commission
members discussed asking the mayor and board members to help make
presentations. It was decided that the board members would not want to come