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KEEP ENGLEWOOD BEAUTIFUL
April 10, 2007
I. CALL TO ORDER
The reg ular m eet in g of the Keep Englewood Beautiful (KEB) Commission was ca ll ed to
o rd er at 6:30 p.m. in th e City Council Co nfe re n ce Roo m, Chair Sabrsula presiding.
Present: Bronson, Cross, H oag land , Montague, Olson, Ro v ne r, Rutherford, Sabrsula,
Sampson, Winthorp
Absent: Adams, East, Rothe (Exc u sed)
Ringenberger, (U nexc u sed)
Sta ff: Audra Kirk, Staff Li ais o n
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Mr. Bronson moved:
Ms. Montag u e seconded:
Motion carr ied.
Ill. OLD BUSINESS
A. Mission Statement
TO APPROVE THE MARCH 13, 2007 MINUTES AS
WRITIEN .
M s. Kirk distributed inform ation prepared by Mr. Ho ag land. Chair Sab rsul a asked if the
Co mmi ss ion wished to c hange the mission state m ent. Ms. Olson stated she would lik e to
see the Commission develop a tag lin e, which summari zes th e mis sion state m ent. Mr.
H oag land sta t ed the Ordinance is very spec if i c that the Commission is to rep rese nt Keep
A m eri ca Beautiful and its programs. He pointed o ut that the mi ss io n state m e nt does not
m e ntion Ke ep American Beautiful. M s. M o ntag u e clarified that the Ordinance c han ged the
Commission's name from "En glewood Clean, Green and Proud Commission" to "Keep
Englewood Beautiful Commission"; the mi ss ion sta t e ment w as then also changed.
Commissioners expr esse d co n ce rn s th at th e nam e "Keep Englewood Beautiful" and the
mi ss io n statement mi ght misl ead th e public that th e Commission is only inte rested in
flowers and tr ees -beautifying Englewood. Wh e n in fact, it is invo lv ed in ed u ca tin g the
com munity on e nviro nm e ntal, recycl in g i ss ues. Discussion ens ued. Commissioners
sugges ted add in g the KAB logo to the mi ss io n state m e nt. It was the consens us of the
Comm iss io n to keep the mi ss io n stateme nt as i t c urrentl y ex ists .
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• B. Web Sit e
Ms. Kirk distributed a snapshot of th e City's web home page. Sh e asked if the Commi ss ion
w ished to ad d a link to th e Comm iss ion's page und er "Commu ni ty" and a link un der "I
W ant To" to the recycl in g guid e. Dis c ussion e nsu ed . The Comm iss ion dec id e d to add th e
two links.
Mr. Ho ag land moved
Mr. Bronson seco nd e d:
Motion ca rri ed .
C. Good Neighbor Da ys
TO CREATE A SUBCOMMITIEE TO IMPR OVE THE
COMM IS SION'S WEB PAGE.
Ms . Kirk stated W as t e Manage m ent has ag reed to o nce aga in donate th e 250 $20 co up o ns
for Good N e i ghb o r Days. Commission e rs n ee d to d ec id e on Jun e distribution dates so
the y can b e p laced in th e En glewood Citi zen . D isc ussi o n e nsu ed re ga rdin g el ates and
locat io ns. Th e Comm i ss ion de c id ed to d istr ibute co up ons 10:00 -11 :30 am on Jun e 9 an d
23 in th e f ir st floor l obby outs id e the li brary.
IV. NEW BUSINESS
• Ms. Kirk stated th e House hold Haza rdous W ast e Roundup will b e he ld on Sep te mb er 8
and 15 . She has co ntac ted Saf ety Kl ee n to obta in a cost est im at e. Th e Comm i ss ion sho ul d
be av ail ab l e fo r both dates. Th e ev ent is promoted on th e w e b site and in th e Citi zen as th e
dates get clos er.
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V. 2007 GOALS
Ms. Kirk stated that she and Mr. Stitt went b efo re Counci l requestin g mon ey for th e
Comm i ss ion's budge t. Th e Co un c il wants addition al information rega rdin g t he
Commission's events before i t appropri ates mon ies. Th e Co mmi ss ion rev iewe d their
current programs and the goa ls o utlin ed in th e Compre he nsive Plan.
Comm iss ioners discuss ed t he fo ll ow in g:
• Dev e lo ping an ed ucat io nal pro gram, to includ e m arketin g m at e ri als. Th e
edu cational program sho ul d includ e in format ion on li tte r and graffiti .
• Adopt-a-Street/ Adopt-a-St op pro gram.
• Distributing vou c hers fo r low e ner gy li ght bulbs.
• South Platte River Cl ea n Up be includ ed in th e Adopt-a-S t reet/ Adopt-a-Stop
pro gram
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• VI. STAFF'S CHOICE
Ms. Kirk distributed the updated Board/Commission rosters. Ms. Kirk reminded
Commissioners of Bob Simpson's, Director of Community Development, farewell reception
on April 19.
VIII. COMMISSIONER'S CHOICE
Parks and Recreation and South Suburban are holding Arbor Day events on April 21.
Commissioners interested in getting involved with Arbor Day are encouraged to attend one
these events.
It was strongly encouraged that a Commission liaison be appointed to work with the
Englewood schools and South Platte River group. Ms. Cross volunteered to work with the
schools and Ms. Olson volunteered to research the Greenway Foundation.
It was asked what the City was doing to promote energy efficiency in its buildings and if the
City used E-85 alternate fuels or hybrid vehicles. The City should set the example for its
citizens. Mr. Mccaslin stated he would submit a Counci l Request.
The meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
• Nancy Fenton, Transcriber
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