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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-05-05 Beautification SummaryKENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE Meeting of May 5, 1983 Tim Wizniewski, Chairman AGENDA 1. ROLL CALL 2. AGENDA APPROVAL 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES of January 11, 1983 4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS me Ce Budget Spur Highway Greenstrip Trash Receptacles Trees & Flowers Areas to Concentrate on (broken down) 1) Old Town' 2) Green Strip, 3) New Town, 4) Beach, 5) Airport, 6) Willow Street, 7) Cemetary ~' Employee Duties 1) Plant trees & flowers, 2) Crab grass, 3) Trim weeds, 4) Water grass & flowers, 5)Weed flower beds, 6) Pick up trash, 7) Empty trash barrels, 8) Sweep sidewalks 5. NEW BUSINESS 6. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 7. COMMITTEE QUESTIONS & COMMENTS 8. ADJOURNMENT KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE Meeting of May 5, 1983 Tim Wizniewski, Chairman 1. ROLL CALL Present' Tim Wizniewski, Richard Hultberg, Louisa Miller, Rose Anna Sheldon, Marion Nelson, Candy Nugent Kayo McGillivray, Parks & Recreation Director Absent: Annette Jackson, Excused 2. AGENDA APPROVAL Agenda approved by unanimous consent 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES of January 11, 1983 Minutes were approved with no additions or corrections 4. OLD BUSINESS a. Budget Budget items were discussed, the committee noted the changed amounts. A memo from the public works director regarding fertilizer was discussed. b. Spur Highway Greenstrip . .. The money left which totals $1,000 in the operating budget will not be sufficient to fertilize the entire greenstrip and some of the other areas discussed previously. Top soil will have to be brought in to revive the grass already there. Richard Hultberg asked if the sidewalks along the greenstrip were the City's responsbility, Kayo answered that they were in the jurisdiction of the State, however the state has made little or no effort to maintain the sidewalks in that area. A letter was sent to the State and received from the State about a year ago in which the City offered to take over maintenance of the sidewalks and ROW's in return for the cost of doing so, however the state did not respond. There is a small sweeper used by the Recreation Dept. that could be used for the sidewalks. The Committee then asked if the state would have any objection to the City putting the fertilizer and grass on that strip, Kayo indicated that the public works director was to check with the Dept. of Transportation and let the Committee know. KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE Meeting of May 5, 1983 Page 2 If all is approved, the next step is to put top soil on the greenstrip and possibly at the Carr's Mall frontage. Candy Nugent and Marion Nelson will work on obtaining the top soil and a truck to dump it. Also discussed was a water spigot in the area of the greenstrip to run off the existing water line. The main problem of getting water to the project lies with the putting in of the water spigot by the public works department. Kayo will be returning that information to the Committee. Ce Trash.. ReceptaCles Due to the cut in the budget, the original plans for the trash receptacles was changed. Richard Hultberg will find some barrels that are donated and Candy will have the handles put on which will also be a donation. d. Trees & Flowers Several ideas were brainstormed, Tim Wizniewski will be contacting the newspaper for possible donations from the public or businesses, also the Chamber of Commerce. Mo ,, Areas to Concentrate on: These were set aside for the time being, no money being available and the worst area seemed to be the greenstrip so the project will be concentrated there. The subject of the dumpsters creating a problem by overflowing and refuse blowing was discussed with the result being Chairman Wizniewski agreed to speak before the Chamber of Commerce and also to the media in an effort to make businesses and public aware. f. Employee Duties Since Kayo McGillivray will be doing most of the supervising of the employees and also the interviewing and hiring, he stated that he would like the Committee to prioritize the work needed to give him some sort of idea of the direction the employees will be taking. Several applications for employment have been taken and they were briefly reviewed and approved by the Committee. 5. NEW BUSINESS None 6. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD None KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE Meeting of May 5, 1983 Page 3 7. COMMITTEE QUESTIONS & COMMENTS At the last meeting, the discussion of obtaining some of the free trees from Arco was discussed. The latest, information concerning the trees is that Arco probably will not be giving out those trees this year due to the very poor quality. Pat Porter was to draft 'a letter to Arco should the trees become available. Marion Nelson asked the status of the strip between Lawton and Spur, and Rogers and Walker where the fire department had the fire training ground. The 3 wheelers have ruined what grass and shrubbery were there therefore the question is twofold. Can hydroseeding be done there to hold the soil and keep it from blowing and second, can the 2 wheelers be kept off of it. This will be looked into~when the public works director is contacted. 8. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Ja~t Loper, sec~Ze~ary -