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Home My WebLink About1999-04-13 Beautification Summary - Work SessionREMINDER: BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE WORK SESSION -- 5:00 P.M. ITEM 4: ITEM 5: ao ITEM 6: ao ITEM 7: a, ITEM 8: ITEM ao ITEM 10: KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE APRIL 13, 1999 *** 5:30 p.m. Kenai Council Chambers Chairperson Marilyn Dimmick "'AGENDA'" ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER/k ROLL CALL ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- MARCH 9, 1999 PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD OLD BUSINESS Discussion -- Goals & Objectives Discussion -- 1999 Theme Discussion -- Flower Brochure NEW BUSINESS Discussion -- Volunteer Orientation REPORTS Committee Chair Parks & Recreation Director Kenai City Council Liaison 0UESTIONS AND COMMENTS INFORMATION Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes - March 4, 1999 City Council Action Agenda - March 3 and 17, 1999 Kenaitze Indian Tribe Greenhouse -- Native Flower List Kenai Visitors & Cultural Center/Gold Rush Site Plan ADJOURNMENT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE APRIL 13, 1999- 5:30 P.M. KENAI CITY HALL CHAIRPERSON MARILYN DIMMICK~ PRESIDING 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Chairperson Dimmick called the meeting to order at 6'15 p.m. Members Present: Nord, Dimmick, Jung, and Rogers Members Absent: Brown and Johnson attended work session at 5'00 but not the meeting. Karolee Hansen was absent. Non-Voting Members Absent- Linda Overturf, Jeneane Benedict Also Present: Councilwoman Linda Swarner, Parks and Recreation Director Bob Frates, Contract Secretary Victoria Askin 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ® NORD MOVED TO APPROVE THE AMENDED AGENDA. MOTION SF~ONDED BY JUNG. THE AGENDA WAS APPROVED AS WRITTEN. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Regular Meeting of March 9, 1999 Dimmick noted corrections to page 3, Berna Pratt should be Verna Pratt and Tom Johns should Tom Jahns. Minutes were approved with amendments. 4. PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD - None 5. OLD BUSINESS Re Discussion- Goals and Objectives After a short discussion, it was unanimously agreed to accept Goals 1 through 6 with minor changes. The final goals and objectives read: , 2. 3. 4. New flowerbed at the Fire Station Rose bed at Leif Hansen Memorial Park Improve beds and planters at Kenai Visitors Center Cemetery Cleanup and Planting Day BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES APRIL 13, 1999 PAGE 1 ® , Children's Garden Contest Bernie Huss Trail Renovation Project. In addition, Goals 7, 8 and 9 were unanimously approved after a brief discussion about each: e , Monitor planting and hanging baskets in Old Towne Focus on attracting new volunteers for planting and weeding and better expressing appreciation of volunteers Improvement of entrance at Cemetery Dimmick suggested Frates contact DOT to find out who did the seeding in Old Towne and offer to do watering and weeding if they will agree to replace anything that doesn't survive. It was unanimously agreed this was a good idea to ensure the Old Towne area was kept up and looked as nice as the rest of Kenai. b. 1999 Theme Dimmick read several themes submitted by Hansen including "Kenai Blooms Again," "Blossoms Take Over," "Kenai, Celebration of Blooms," "Blooms Beautify Kenai" and "Kenai, Alive and Blooming". Jung contributed "Kenai, Blooming with Pride." It was unanimously agreed the year's theme would be "Kenai, Blooming with Pride." c. Flower Brochure Dimmick asked for suggestions and comments for the year's Flower Brochure. She noted there was a suggestion to list major locations of flowers. She suggested highlighting the sentence in the brochure thanking volunteers and listing major donors. Nord suggested bolding flower color headings and names for easier reading. Dimmick asked if all the members' names could be made smaller to note the donations. Frates stated he would make the changes work and include the 1999 theme. NEW BUSINESS a. Discussion - Volunteer Orientation Dimmick read a list of ideas for volunteer orientation from Hansen for consideration at the volunteer orientation. Suggestions included a costume contest; Dimmick giving a short talk on the role of Beautification Committee members and volunteers; Brown giving a short talk on banners; and Frates showing some slides of past projects with Overturf narrating. Additionally, instead of a sign-in sheet, passing the hat for everyone to put their name in and BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES APRIL 13, 1999 PAGE 2 ® the number of hours they can pledge to volunteer over the summer. It was stated Hansen would make the prizes for the costume contest and for the person who pledges the most hours. Frates noted his opposition to having people pledge hours when they are already there to volunteer. He suggested waiting and giving the prizes to the ones who volunteer the most hours. He noted, he did like the idea of the contest, however. Frates presented the idea that people who volunteered in the past had to sign up for a flowerbed. He thought people might shy away from taking on that much responsibility for an entire summer. He asked if people could just sign up and notices would be sent to them to tell them where the work group would be meeting. Swarner suggested invitations to a "gardening party" for everyone to get together and then disperse to do the weeding and watering as needed. It was unanimously agreed this was a better idea. Benedict asked if old photos were available to review for organizing the slide presentation into a story. Overturf volunteered to bring small plants for everyone to take home. Dimmick suggested going on "Sound Off' to advertise and request volunteers for the summer. Frates agreed to go on "Sound Off' with Dimmick if it could be arranged. Nord asked if there was money available to mail out a small invitation to people who volunteered in the last couple of years. Rogers asked if the Master Gardeners would be interested in volunteering. Dimmick stated she would call a Master Gardener representative and thought this would be a great way for them to connect with the Committee. Dimmick asked if someone could make a sign for the volunteers. Frates stated he could make small "teepee" signs for on the tables and the public service announcements. Rogers pointed out a name missed on the Volunteer Appreciation list and asked Frates to include it and get an invitation sent to her. Frates acknowledged and stated he would send the invitation. REPORTS Chair Report- No report b. Parks/1~ Recreation Director Frates reported five volunteers, organized by Lori Holleman at the Fire Department and Christopher Walker, had visited the BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES APRIL 13, 1999 PAGE 3 Ce greenhouse on Friday and planted some of the baskets for Old Towne. He added, he had a lot of anemones and rinoculas coming in later in the week. Frates noted, they always look nice in the circle planters. City Council Liaison Swarner had to leave early and encouraged everyone to attend the volunteer appreciation reception on April 20 at the Visitors Center. She also reminded everyone April 22, Rita Jo Schulz would be giving a presentation to the Master Gardeners. In addition, it was reported the volunteer orientation would be held on May 11, at 7:00, immediately following the next Beautification Committee meeting. Swarner also reported a budget work session was scheduled for Monday, April 26 at 6'00 p.m. in the council chambers. She stated she would contact Beautification Committee members if a representative is needed. e COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS / QUESTIONS 10. INFORMATION a. Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes- March 4, 1999. City Council Action Agenda- March 3 and 17, 1999. Kenaitze Indian Tribe Greenhouse- Native Flower List Kenai Visitors & Cultural Center/Gold Rush Site Plan 10. ADJOURNMENT NORD MOVED TO ADJOURN. MOTION SECONDED BY ROGERS. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:35 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Victoria Askin Contract Secretary BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES APRIL 13, 1999 PAGE 4