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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Advisory Committee On Community Pride - 09/26/2014 PRIDE Meeting Minutes September 26.2014 Meeting Minutes ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY PRIDE Friday, September 26, 2014 4:00 pm Solid Waste Operations 12525 Hygeia Corpus Christi,Texas 78415 I. Call to Order Time: @4:09 pm II. Roll Call of Members Present Absent Notification Notes 1. Bob Copes X Did notify that he would be out 2. VACANT X 3. Mike Munoz X 4. Lily Gonzalez X 5. Paul Gottemoller X Did notify that he would be out 6. Christina Hernandez X 7. Bill Hoelscher X 8. Criselda Carrasco X 9. Brittney Richerson X 10. VACANT X 11. Laurie Turner X Other City Staff present: Celina Pulcher III. Public Comment: No public comment at this time IV. Approval of Minutes: Minutes from August 29, 2014 Bill Hoelscher made the motion to approve, Brittney Richerson seconded, minutes were approved as written. V. Business for Discussion and Possible Action: A. Report from Outreach Coordinator on Community Initiatives - Celina Pulcher distributed and discussed a report on what other Committees are doing in the community. There was discussion on the definition of what the Pride Committee did as compared to what the Clean City Committee did. Lawrence explained that the PRIDE assisted with the RecycleBank program, getting it through City Council and the Clean City works with Recycling outreach programs. Bob's goal is to see how all three can work together, including Beautify Corpus Christi. One of the items that Solid Waste will be working on is inlet protection with Clean City, which Pride can also assist in. Lily asked if there were opportunities to offer different types of awards other than Green & Clean which was discussed with the group. It was decided that they would look further into other avenues. In addition, Celina handed out a calendar of events that were coming up for the committee to assist with. Adopt-A-Beach clean-up, Ice Rays games, the Texas Jazz PRIDE Meeting Minutes September 26.2014 Festival and HEB Partner Event were all events that volunteers are needed at. Celina also introduced DeAnna McQueen, who will be replacing Kim Womack. B. Review and re-establish subcommittee participation - The Committee decided to table this discussion until next month when they can get a clear list of which member resides where. There was a suggestion that there be a change to the Green & Clean Subcommittee to an Awards Subcommittee. Criselda said she would like to work on the Agnes-Laredo Corridor Subcommittee. Bill would like to work on the awards subcommittee. Mike asked about changing the Agnes- Laredo subcommittee to RePridealization Sub. C. Subcommittee Reports 1. Subcommittee— Picky Pete Initiative Christina discussed trying to get a quote for a creation of a costume. She had spoken with Iris Martinez who had a costume created for her organization. There was a discussion about keeping the costume wearable and appealing. Lily talked about contacting the YMCA and they have agreed to promote the Picky Pete program. The afterschool program in located at Incarnate Word from 3 —5pm, Monday thru Friday. An initial presentation needs to be done and then their counselors can help to continue the program. Celina explained that there has been a problem trying to get bracelets from the sponsors. Mike Munoz said he would try to make contact with Georganne Gasoway and see about the bracelets. There was discussion about how to get the program out further into the community and the Committee would like to see about getting some color sheets for the kids. 2. Subcommittee -Agnes-Laredo Corridor Revitalization Laurie explained that the event has been moved to November 15, 2014. A Saturday was chosen to get more participation. There was some discussion as to what the Mayor is looking for in the event but no decisions were made. The committee discussed doing a possible walk-thru prior to the event and then a clean-up on the Saturday. The committee asked if we could get a list of property owners in the area to send them a letter beforehand. Lawrence explained that homeless have been an issue in the past and vacant overgrown lots. 3. Subcommittee—Community Outreach Brittney discussed the glass recycling event held in September, 18 tons of glass was collected. The next glass recycling event will be held on December 13, 2014. Brittney also discussed a conversation she had with Priscilla Torres, with KIII-TV and her wanting to do a recognition program next time that the committee does one. D. Discussion and possible action on Neighborhood Recognition Program PRIDE Meeting Minutes September 26.2014 Laurie discussed that if an Awards committee is created, this should be part of it. This was tabled for a later date. E. Identify Agenda Items for November The committee chose to move the meeting to October 24 so that it doesn't fall on Halloween night. Revisit of subcommittee appointments Subcommittee reports: Picky Pete, RePRIDEalization, Community Outreach, Green and Clean Neighborhood Recognition Program IV. Meeting Adjourned: Mike Munoz made motion to adjourn, Criselda Carrasco seconded. Meeting adjourned at 4:57pm Approved/ Disapproved Chair, Bob Copes Date