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HomeMy WebLinkAboutKMB 03/15/2022t IRTCEIVED -FDKS OFFICE 1011 APR 13 P,.1: 24 "Empowering residents, businesses, and government to iU;jFj 'C make Mansfield a greener, cleaner place to live, work, and play" KEEP MANSFIELD BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes Meeting Date: 15 March 2022@ 6:00 p.m. Location: MBC Room -Mansfield Town Hall Attendees: Jeff Ward (Chair), Pat Colbert, Mike Healey, Mike McCarthy, Martha O'Connell, Janice Wivagg Absent: Ana Newell Welcome & Call to Order • > Meeting called to order at "6:03 p.m. • Motion to accept minutes from previous meeting of 22 February 2022. Minutes approved with Michael McCarthy abstaining. Treasurer's Report March 15.2022 Report - KMB Funds Deposits $12,555.49 (Funds at Town Hall) $330.85 (Funds at Bluestone Bank) ($546.71) (Funds at Town Hall - Lori Weiner Memorial Bench Fund*) Net Total: $12339.63 Payments (Ex ep nses paid this month) Note • New motion was made and approved to supplement the $500 amount approval made at 22 February 2022 meeting for 5 cases of trash grabbers for the upcoming April cleanup. An additional $931.25 was needed by Mike Healey to complete the purchase. He received a 20% discount on the goods thanks to Keep Massachusetts Beautiful. Committee members motioned and approved additional funds. Reimbursements made to Mike Healy for items purchased: $1,431.25 (5 cases of trash grabbers for Great Mansfield Cleanup 2022) $216.54 (10 new flower barrels) $1,647.79 "Page 1 Donations received as of 15 March 2022 No checks deposited fiorn Town Hall February 15.2022 Report - KMB FLnds $ 14,203.28 (funds at Town Hall) $ 262.74 (at Bluestone Bank) $ (546.71) (Reserved in the Town Hall account from the bench donations) $ 68.06 (at PayPal $13,987.37 Discussion Items Resolutions from 22 February 2022 Meeting Notes Mike McCarthy resolved PayPal fees. No funds currently at PayPal. *This may be the last time discussion is needed regarding reserve funds at Town Hall for the Lori Weiner bench. DPW agreed to take the $100 shortfall in funds and move forward with the memorial bench installation. Fundraising • Shaw's and Stop and Shop Reusable Bag Fundraiser will be in progress through end of March. • KMB Fundraising letter was finalized for mailing with the assistance of Mr. Neil Rhein. Urgency to move forward with a mailing at this time is not as critical as decision was made not to include Cleanup event sponsors' names on backs of the event T-shirts. The Cleanup event sponsors will be acknowledged via email and social media with the possibility of including their names on sandwich boards at the Cleanup Celebration Picnic event on 30 April 2022. The KMB Committee will need to decide if the sandwich boards are a good recognition option at their next meeting. ■ Event T-shirts will be yellow with the Keep Mansfield Beautiful logo on front and include the word "Volunteer" on the back of the shirts. This decision may help with pricing as well as make the shirts more generic and easily reused for future events. Karen Reardon will do the T-shirt design and Pat Colbert and Jeff Ward will finalize T-shirt order. Pat Colbert and Neil Rhein will place order once the participant responses for the Cleanup event are finalized. Ongoing Programs 1. GREAT MANSFIELD CLEANUP 2022 ` • Spring Cleanup Date and Time: Saturday, April 30"' — 9:00a.m: 11:30 a.m. The after Cleanup Picnic event will be held from 11:00 a.m, to 3:00 p.m. • Cleanup Promotion: This will be a one -day event this year which will be publicized in social media as well as by posters made by the children at Qualters Middle School and flyers distributed around Mansfield. • Downtown Banner: Pat Colbert will file the necessary Town Hall paperwork for the Rte.106 banner that publicizes the event. Date of banner installation TBD. ■ After Cleanup Celebration Picnic: The celebration picnic event is planned fiom 11:00 a,m. — RMB Meeting Minutes " Page 2 Donations received as of 15 March 2022 ■ No checks deposited from Town Hail February 15.2022 Report - KMIR FAndc $ 14,203.28 (funds at Town Hall) $ 262.74 (at Bluestone Bank) $ (546.71) (Reserved in the Town Hall account from the bench donations) $ 68.06 (at PayPal) $13;)8'737: Discusstesion Items - Resolutions from 22 February 2022 Meetine No ■ Mike McCarthy resolved PayPal fees. No funds currently at PayPal. *This maybe the last time discussion is needed regarding reserve funds at Town Hall for the Lori Weiner bench. DPW agreed to take the $100 shortfall in funds and move forward with the memorial bench installation. Fdiunraisina ■ Shaw's and Stop and Shop Reusable Bag Fundraiser will be in progress through end of March. ■ KMB Fundraising letter was finalized for mailing with the assistance of Mr. Neil Rhein. Urgency to move forward with a mailing at this time is not as critical as decision was made not to include Cleanup event sponsors' names on backs of the event T-shirts. The Cleanup event sponsors will be acknowledged via email and social media with the possibility of including their names on sandwich boards at the Cleanup Celebration Picnic event on 30 April 2022. The KMB Committee will need to decide if the sandwich boards are a good recognition option at their next meeting. ■ Event T-shirts will be yellow with the Keep Mansfield Beautiful logo on front and include the word "Volunteer" on the back of the shirts. This decision may help with pricing as well as make the shirts more generic and easily reused for future events. Karen Reardon will do the T-shirt design and Pat Colbert and Jeff Ward will finalize T-shirt order. Pat Colbert and Neil Rhein will place order once the participant responses for the Cleanup event are finalized. I. GREAT MANSFIELD CLEANUP 2022 ■ Spring Cleanup Date and Time: Saturday, April 30s' — 9:00a.m: 11:30 a.m. The after Cleanup Picnic event will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ■ Cleanup Promotion: This will be a one -day event this year which will be publicized in social media as well as by posters made by the children at Qualters Middle School and flyers distributed around Mansfield. ■ Downtown Banner: Pat Colbert will file the necessary Town Hall paperwork for the Rte.106 banner that publicizes the event. Date of banner installation TBD. ■ , Atter Cleanup Celebration Picnic: The celebration picnic event KMB Meeting Minutes d from 11:00 a.m. — Page 2 barrel set aside for Family Fun Night. Cultural Council has funds that were appropriated for the painting of retired relay storage postal boxes. Eileen Cusack is contact for the Council and was working with HS Art Dept. Possible that students could use funds to paint barrels. Mike Healy could deliver 4barrels to the HS if they are interested. Mike has some latex paint as well. ■ Memorial Park could use a few new trash barrels as volunteer (Melanie Barry) reported a need for more barrels at that site. 4. Adopt -a -Spot ■ Ana Newell contacted Allyson Sterling, Garden Club of Mansfield President, about the pruning of an overgrown butterfly bush in the club's sidewalk garden near Bluestone Bank. Garden Club members to address during their spring garden clean-up and in prep for the installation of new signage for the downtown pathway to Fulton Pond near the Bluestone Bank public parking lot. ■ New business sign at corner of Otis St. in West Mansfield is currently awaiting DPW to complete curbing. Ana Newell will work on garden design with local resident once work is completed. Ask Ana to follow-up with Todd Richardson: Does Mr.. Richardson want a barrel for rainwater placed at the site? Mike Healy would place one there if requested. ■ Ana Newell is also, preparing to reach out to Adopt -a -Spot Program participants. S. Adopt-A-Street/MA Litter Cleanup Crew ■ Jeff Ward will continue his work on small issues to refine website for mobile devices. ■ Suggestion was made to advertise Adopt -a Street website at the after cleanup celebration. This program is usually promoted at the summer Family Fun Night. 6. We Noticed ■ Recognition for the Trattoria Romana restaurant is pending advancement. Committee discussed waiting until spring landscaping is completed at that site before recognition, 7. Monthly Litter Busters • Discussion on last successful monthly cleanup at Fultons Pond area and Downtown. Pat Colbert noted the excessive trash around Harry Chase Park in back of Jimmy's Pub. ■ Next monthly cleanup is proposed for Saturday, 26 March 2022, 10:00 a.m. — noon. Neil Rhein will publicize on social media. Proposed sites for clean-up include Oakland St. to Foxboro line or the downtown train station to Cibo Matto. KMB Meeting Minutes Page 4 barrel set aside for Family Fun Night. Cultural Council has funds that were appropriated for tte painting of retired relay storage postal boxes. Eileen Cusack is contact for the Council and was working with HS Art Dept. Possible that students could use funds to paint barrels. Mike Healy could deliver 4 barrels to the HS if they are interested. Mike has some latex paint as well. ■ Memorial Park could use a few new trash barrels as volunteer (Melanie Barry) reported a need for more barrels at that site. 4. Adopt -a -Snot Ana Newell contacted Allyson Sterling, Garden Club of Mansfield President, about the pruning of an overgrown butterfly bush in the club's sidewalk garden near Bluestone Bank, Garden Club members to address during their spring garden clean-up and in prep for the installation of new signage for the downtown pathway to Fulton Pond near the Bluestone. Bank public parking lot. • New business sign at corner of Otis St. in West Mansfield is currently awaiting DPW to complete curbing. Ana Newell will work on garden design with local resident once work is completed. Ask Ana to follow-up with Todd Richardson: Does Mr.; Richardson want a ,barrel for rainwater placed at the site? Mike Healy would place one there if requested. ■ . Ana Newell is also preparing to reach out to Adopt -a -Spot Program participants. S. Adopt A Street/MA Litter Cleanup Crew ` Jeff Ward will continue his work on small issues to refine website for mobile devices. ■ Suggestion was made to advertise Adopt -a Street website at the after cleanup celebration. This program's usually promoted at the summer Family Fun Night. 6. We Noticed ■ Recognition for the Trattoria Romana restaurant is pending advancement. Committee discussed waiting until spring landscaping is completed at that -site before recognition. 7. Monthly Litter Busters • Discussion on last successful monthly cleanup at Fulton Pond area and Downtown. Pat Colbert noted the excessive trash around Harry Chase Park in back of Jimmy's Pub. • Next monthly cleanup is proposed for Saturday, 26 March 2022, 10:00 a.m. — noon. Neil Rhein will publicize on social media. Proposed sites for clean-up include Oakland St. to Foxboro line or the downtown train station to Cibo Matto. Meeting Minutes Page 4 A Additional Projects/Initiatives 1. Highway OnMRamps No new discussion. 2. Adopt A -Highway No new discussion. 3. 'No Litter Zone' Signs ■ Mike Healey has 6 signs that need replacement. Suggestion was made to deploy signs before the cleanup event. No particular site was suggested; however, Oakland Street and County Street are sites where trash usually accumulates. Miscellaneous Open KMB Committee Seats — Soliciting 2 candidates as Cathy King, committee secretary, resigned her position. There's an opportunity to solicit new members at the after Cleanup Celebration Picnic. Social Media — No new discussion. Item/ProgramBudeet Wish List — Noted that budget prior to approval will be $2K. Extend invitation to Josh Reinke and Kevin Dumas as a thank you. Wild Flower Bomb Request from Eva Hourigan for support of her 4H project for wild flower bombs was approved for a KMB investment not to exceed $100 that will be reimbursed with submission of receipts. Jeff Ward provided Eva Hourigan with the formal permission to spend up to $100 on materials needed to move the project forward. There were open questions raised after Eva's presentation: (1) How much will the bombs sell for? (2) What will be done with profits raised by the sale of the bombs at Briggs? Tree Plenish Rishi Atluri reached out to Jeff Ward to inform KMB regarding the Tree Plenish event on 30 April 2022. Rishi asked KMB to help promote this event which is planned on the same day as our annual spring Cleanup event. Rishi provided some Tree Plenish promotional materials. Tree Plenish event participants can order samplings until 30 March 2022 at the website: taevents.ore./school/2222. Jeff Ward extended an invitation to the KMB Cleanup Celebration Picnic to the Tree Plenish project volunteers. Pronosed Nip Bottle Ban Presentation was made to committee by Sally Fehervari and Julie Jones, Mansfield residents, to share information on a warrant for the proposed ban on <50 ml plastic nip bottles in Mansfield. Ms. Fehervari and Ms. Jones filed a warrant for the May Town Meeting and sought KMB support for their warrant. Among the improper disposal KMB Meeting Minutes Page 5 issues with these empty nip bottles are: litter, plastic pollution which can enter our waterways and drunk driving. The committee will discuss the warrant and the ban implications and come to a resolution on whether or not to formally support the warrant at the next committee meeting on 12 April 2022. Upcoming Expenses/Approvals Meeting Adjournment Next Meeting Date: 12 April 2022 @ 6:00 pm Meeting Adjourned: 8:04 p.m. Minutes approved on: 2 ' at ,} Secretary signature:---�Yf- KMB Meeting Minutes Page 6 own of Mansfield : KMB 11'Meetig Minutes es issues with these empty nip bottles are: litter, plastic pollution which can enter our waterways and drunk driving. The committee will discuss the warrant and the ban implications and come to a resolution on whether or not to formally support the warrant at the next committee meeting on 12 April 2022. Upcoming Expenses/App ovals Meeting Adjournment Next Meeting Date:,12 April 2022 @ 6:00 pm Meeting Adjourned: 8:04 p.m. Minutes approved on: at Secretary signature: KNtB Meeting Minutes Page 6