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CBC 02-05-2015MEETING NOTICE February 5, 2015 THE CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION WILL HOLD ITS REGULAR MEETING AT 11:30 A.M. ON THURSDAY February 5, 2015, AT CURRAN HALL, 615 E. CAPITOL AVENUE AGENDA CALL TO ORDER: Ed Peek ROLL CALL: Tracy Spillman APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: January 8, 2015 VARIANCE REQUESTS: None at this time TREASURER'S REPORT: • EXPENSES REPORT WALLY COMMITTEE REPORT: UPDATES • COMMUNITY PROJECTS o 1-630 TREES WALLY/ED o CITY HALL SOUTH YARD STEVE • PUBLIC RELATIONS o WEBSITE LYNN o Communications CHRIS MORGAN • KLRB (UPDATE) (4th Wed / Noon) WALLY • ADOPT -A -STREET COORDINATORS WALLY • EYE OF THE BEHOLDER CARRIE, ED, WALLY • LANDSCAPE AWARDS STEVE • Tree Funds STEVE NEW BUSINESS: ANNOUNCEMENTS: • NEXT MEETING - Thursday, March 5, 2015 • Adopt A Street Pickup - To be decided ADJOURNMENT L TTLE ROCK CITY BEAUTIFUL C0MMISS10N The City Beautiful Commission held its regular meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 08, 2015, at Curran Hall, 615 E. Capitol Avenue. Chairman Ed Peek called the meeting to order. MEMBERS PRESENT: Ed Peek Wally Loveless Steve Homeyer Bob Winchester Chris Hancock Carrie Young MEMBERS ABSENT: Ashley Jones Chris Morgan Lynn Warren Two Open Positions ALSO PRESENT: Beth Carpenter, City Attorney's Office D. Tracy Spillman, Plans Development Administrator, Department of Planning and Development, City of Little Rock. APPROVAL OF THE NOVEMBER MINUTES: Motion: Chairman Peek entertained a motion to approve the January 08, 2015 Minutes. Commissioner Winchester made a motion to approve. Second: Commissioner Loveless seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. TREASURER'S REPORT: E.r cnse Report: Commissioner Loveless stated: That money has been transferred from the old checking account to the new checking account. COMMITTEE REPORTS: UPDATES: Community Proiects I-630 Trees: • The commissioners briefly discussed and noted this item needs to be removed from the Agenda since there is no opportunity for planting trees in this area. City Hall South Yard: Commissioner Homeyer stated: a That there is no update. Commissioner Winchester inquired about the scope of the work for this project. Commissioner Homeyer gave a brief history of what the CBC is trying to accomplish with this project. Public Relations Website: Commissioner Hancock stated: a He had uploaded the Minutes from January's meeting to the website. a That the Agenda for February will be uploaded Communications: In Commissioner Morgan's absence there was no report, Commissioner Hancock stated: • He had investigated what would be required for the CBC to acquire a Facebook page and had found a list of the City's policies. This would be used as a guide to draft a letter for further discussion. KLRB: Commissioner Loveless stated: 0 The City Wide Cleanup will be March 14t`. • Chairman Peek read a letter from Keep Little Rock Beautiful addressed to Adopt -a -Street Participants. This outlined the City Wide Cleanup and provided an application for registration. ■ Twenty ($20,000.00) thousand dollars has been raised for beautification / landscape for the Kavanaugh round -a -bout. • He had spoken with merchants in the Hillcrest area who were in agreement that they would be receptive to cigarette disposal canisters affixed to telephone poles. Finalization of details and placement will be accomplished Friday afternoon February 06, 2015. Adopt -A -Street: Commissioner Loveless stated: That the Adopt -A -Street program will be celebrating its 28t' year anniversary in June. There will be a presentation at City Hall. ■ Chairman Peek proposed a cleanup for Saturday February 07, 2015 at 8:30 am. Eye of the Beholder: Commissioner Young stated: ■ There is nothing new to report. Landscape Awards: Commissioner Homeyer stated: ■ There is nothing new to report. ■ As noted at the last meeting signs are being made and paid for out of 2014's budget. T.R.E.E Fund: Chairman Peek inquired: ■ About the tree installation at War Memorial Golf Course. City Attorney Carpenter stated that she would see Mark Webre from the City's Parks Department at next week's Parks Commission meeting and would inquire about the schedule for installation. NEW BUSUINESS: Chairman Peek stated: CBC Retreat will be March 18, 2015, 3:00 pm— 5:00 pm at Mangan Holcomb Partners. ANOUNCEMENTS: Chairman Peek stated: • The next meeting will be March 5th at 11:30am. The next Adopt -A- Street cleanup will be February 07th at 8:30 am. • Commissioner Hancock stated that a date for Pop-up in the Rock / Pop-up West 9th Street had been set for October 24, 2015, ADJOURNMENT: Motion: Chairman Peek entertained a motion to adjourn. Commissioner Loveless made a motion to adjourn. Second: Commissioner Winchester seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 12:07 pm LITTLE ROCK CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMISSIOM DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT - 723 WEST MARKHAM - LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72201 PHONE: 501 371-4864 FAX: 501 371-6863 E-MAIL: DSPILLMAN A ITTLEROCK.OP WEBSITE: WWW.LRCITYBEAUTIFULCOMMISSION.ORG Keep Little Rock Beautiful 1423 C South Main Street www.keeplittlerockbeautiful.org January 15, 2014 Dear Adopt -a -Street Participant: �i Little Rock, AR 72202 info@klrb.org 501-765-3530 /eQP L.1911e Rock Eafntl3f� r Keep Little Rock Beautiful would like to invite you to join us on March 14, 2015 (8:00 until noon) for the 61" Annual City Wide Cleanup. As a Keep America Beautiful affiliate, we are organizing this as part of the Great Arnericarr Cleanup, the largest grassroots cleanup effort in the nation. As a result of the first five years of the City Wide Cleanup, we have made great strides in improving the appearance of the city. Our goal is to empower and energize the citizens of Little Rock to take action in the areas of litter prevention, community improvement, recycling, waste reduction, and beautification. We are reaching out to you join us in our endeavor. We know that as an Adopt -a -Street participant that you have a common interest in improving the appearance of the streets in .Little Rock. We hope that you will make March 14 one of your regularly scheduled pickups. Keep Little Rock Beautiful is proud to partner with the Little Rock Public Works to promote and advance the Adopt -a -Street program, which is going to be celebrating its 20"' Anniversary this summer. Thank you for your participation and support. Please fill out the attached application. We need to hear from you, no later than February 14. You can contact us at: inff) g)klrh.org or call us at 765-3530 and leave a message. Please e-mail the application hack to us. Thank you. Suzanne Hirzel (224-9419-h; 680-7061-c) Keep Little Rock Beautiful City Wide Cleanup Coordinator An affiliate of Keep Arkansas Beautiful and Keep America Beautiful 6�,cilrii Become a Fan and follow us on Facebook TfME10 ARKANSAS N Kev� Keep Little Rock Beautiful Tq'ipeBe= 13svu lc 1423 C South Main Street Little Rock, AR 72202 www.keeplittlerocl<beautiful.org info@klrb.org 501-765-3530 Application to participate in the Deep Little Rock Beautiful 2105 Great American (City Wide) Cleanup March 14, 2015 8:00 am - Noon Last day to register for the cleanup is February 14, 2015 Name of Neighborhood Association or Organization Contact info: Name Phone: City Ward # E-mail Number of volunteers you expect T-Shirt sizes for volunteers : Adult sizes only - list quantity desired Small Medium Large Extra Large Cleanup needs: Trash Bags , Gloves , Safety vests Area that will be cleaned (be specific Type of cleanup (litter, leaves, beautification, pruning, street cleanup, trails, park, etc.) A limited number of dumpsters are available — Do you need a dumpster? (The City now requires a Release of Liability Form for each location, assuring that the property owner has okayed the location and a contact name and number.) Address for roll -off dumvster to be delivered Property Owner. Contact number How will you promote the cleanup to your NA & volunteers? (newsletter, posters, phone, e-mail, flyers, banner, etc.) We understand the importance of providing feedback and reports to KLRB in return for receiving cleanup supplies. We will provide a follow-up report and volunteer sign in logs to KLRB within 5 days post cleanup. Failure to do so may prevent us from receiving supplies for future cleanup. Signature Date Please submit to Keep Little Rock Beautiful via e-mail info0,kirb.org or mail to the address at the top. 1 An affiliate of Keep Arkansas Beautiful and Keep America Beautiful Become a Fan and follow us on Facebook IMETO Adopt -A -Street . $ecxui,Jul City of Program �: I LITTLE ROCK Help Make Differen n Your City For assistance with your cleanup or obtaining cleanup supplied (Trash Bags or Safety Vests) please call us at 501-371=4537 or email us ghaley c@x littlerock.org, For information about the program or to send in your Quarterly reports contact us at klrb.org .