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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Advisory Committee On Community Pride - 04/24/2015 Meeting Minutes ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY PRIDE Friday, April 24, 2015 4:00 pm Solid Waste Operations 12525 Hygeia I Corpus Christi,Texas 78415 I. Call to Order Time: @4:07pm II. Roll Call of Members Present Absent Notification Notes 1. Bob Copes X 2. Laurie Turner X 3. Mike Munoz X 4. Lily Gonzalez X Notified she would be working 5. Paul Gottemoller X Notified he would be out 6. Christina Hernandez X 7. Bill Hoelscher X X Notified he would not make it 8. Criselda Carrasco X 9. Brittney Richerson X 10. Eric Newman X 11. Vacant Other City Staff present: Celina Pulcher III. Public Comment: Criselda Carrasco commented about needing more recycling done in the city. IV. Approval of Minutes: Minutes from March 27, 2015 Eric Newman made the motion to approve the minutes, Christina Hernandez, seconded, minutes were approved as written. V. Business for Discussion and Possible Action A. Discussion and possible action on committee name change recommedations Bob started the discussion on the name change.The two committee chairs, Paul and Bill, that suggested the change were out. Bob suggested that the committees presence on Facebook could be changed without going to Council because it was not a regulated communication. In order to change the formal name,the Committee would have seek council approval in order to implement. Eric stated the current name was causing brand confusion and that the committee needed a specific brand to get public awareness. Corpus Christi Proud was a suggestion. It was discussed that they could change the name on Facebook, without losing history but it can only be done once. Brittney stated it will help to clarify the committee. Eric Newman made the motion to change the current committee name on Facebook from CCPride to CCProud. Criselda Carrasco seconded, all were in favor and motion passed. PRIDE Meeting Minutes April 24,2015 Brittney stated she would like to work on some changes to the logo and would bring some decisions for next meeting. She also stated that we may have to kill the twitter account and start over since the current committee did not have access to the account. B. Updates from subcommittees: 1. Picky Pete—Christina said she met with Dr. Bissell about the program and that Dr. Bissell had a number of ideas. Her main concern was to be ready with packets for the next school year.There is a principal's meeting in August and she needs the packets then to hand out. She stated she had not received inquiries about the program but usually does at the first of the school year. She also discussed providing a feedback component on how to improve the program. Some of the members reached out to the current schools and received some feedback. Laurie stated she was having a hard time getting in touch with people. Christina had heard back from several schools and the kids enjoy getting the incentives. Both would continue with contact. Christina mentioned the possibility of obtaining a Picky Pete costume that would help to reinforce the message with the kids.The committee discussed the use of volunteers for the costume,the police explorers can help with wearing of the costume. Bob stated they need to put forward an expenditure expense to Lawrence for the costume. Celina discussed talking to Whataburger about expenses. 2. Community Outreach— Brittney and Laurie have not a chance to meet. Four committee members, Bob, Eric, Criselda, and Bill, were able to attend Earth Day/Bay Day and the event was a great success. On attending the Cinco De Mayo event, the committee decided to go ahead and pass. Brittney would like to change the social strategy for the Facebook page. Brittney talked about posting pics and getting people to tag themselves on the page. Eric talked about$50 a month for boosting the posts. 3. RePridelization —Celina stated the event is scheduled for June 6, 8:30am-11:30am - Bob commented he would put together a checklist of what needs to happen to include set- up of zones, chore list, and logistics.The focus will be mainly on painting.The committee was looking at visiting the area before hand to look for big issues. Celina said she could visit with Beautify Corpus Christi and Clean City for volunteers. Bob will send a checklist to Criselda, Mike and Celina and will assign some jobs. There is some interest on the Mayor's part to move out to Annaville. It's a huge geographic area that might have to be broken into quadrants. 4. Recognition Programs - Bob discussed that he took the information to the Mayor, and it was dramatically different from what had been said before. He stated that the committee was trying to instill pride in a broader sense and that their role should be on a broader sense, advising on what the city should be doing. He stated he would have to approach this in a different way and would report back to the committee. Bob discussed his meeting with the Mayor and said she was focused on the committee cleaning up. He talked about his meeting with the Clean City Chair, Scot Barker, and the Committee does more on an advisory sense and he would like to move the Pride committee more towards that. He stated another player in the clean-up arena Beautify Corpus Christi. He discussed that the committee may want recognition to focus more on pride and building a pride recognition program. Eric discussed the fact that Corpus Christi has a very low pollution rate and bringing recognition to that fact. PRIDE Meeting Minutes April 24,2015 C. Discussion and possible action regarding upcoming Agnes-Laredo Clean-Up: The Committee discussed everything during the subcommittee reports. D. Discussion of upcoming community events The Committee discussed everything during the subcommittee reports. E. Identify Agenda Items for May Requests included feedback on the recognition event, budget proposal and the Agnes- Laredo Clean-Up. IV. Meeting Adjourned: Eric Newman made the motion to adjourn, Laurie Turner seconded. Meeting adjourned at 5:02pm Approved / Disapproved Chair, Bob Copes Date