HomeMy WebLinkAboutKMBmin06132012 KMB Minutes June Meeting
June 13,2012
Stop and Shop
Attending: Neil, Nancy, Patricia, Jason, Mike, David, Heather, Pat
Beautification and.Community Greening
• "We Noticed"-May winner- Bolea Presentation went well.
o -Press release went out
o -200 letters went out to the businesses
o -Next Winner is`Fabric Care'
• Tree City USA:
o -According to Lee and Mark we don't spend $2 per capita on maintenance
o -David will try Gary Babin-Electrical Department-see if he has a better idea on
tree maintenance cost
• Post Office Grant-we did not win the grant
• Extra Barrel Placement—Maybe North Common-maybe downtown, maybe
Cumberland Farms area on 106
• ' Painted Barrels for North Common-Nancy talked to Mark and they don't want so many
painted barrels on the North Common because they weren't getting full -for next
season we are going to make an inventory and list of all of the barrels and where they
should go
• Benches—2 at Fulton's Pond and 1 at Plymouth Street
• Adopt-a-Spot—Nothing new here—still need some new signs here-
• Flower Barrels—Look very nice—57 barrels are in—we have not collected money for all
of them yet-Patrick Lyons is sending bill to the town for the flowers (Total about
$1200 estimated) need some PR Maybe a What's Going on Here Question and
Answer section
• Mansfield Green Signs—We have 6 - 1 to go out at Green Project
o Maintenance—Guerrini is going to maintain it
• Plaques for South Common—Lou'Andrews sent an email for Plaques for people who
donated signs for various things. Does KMB want to help replace the signs? No—we
recommend he apply for the non-profit gift fund
• Strategic Plan-Neil is going to be on the oversight committee to represent the
downtown piece and the work KMB have done they are currently painting the lamp
posts
Litter Prevention and Cleanup
• Litter Busters Swat June 23 - 9am-location Wendy's/Copeland Drive
o Future Spot-Plymouth Street
o We received a nice recognition letter from Keep America Beautiful
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Administration
• Treasurer's Report-We have$10,402.87—plus or minus a few bills and checks due
outstanding
o Brought in $2645 (including KAB Grant)for Flower Barrel Projects—Total cost
about$2000
o Likely about$7500/$8000 free cash
• Communications and PR
o GACUM on cable
o Foxboro Cable TV June 20—Neil to be on to try and recruit Foxboro for clean-up
o Family Fun Night July 10, 6-9pm-we plan on attending again—tee shirt give
away, bags,We noticed nomination box? Another Project by KMB Sign—
Recycling bin games-Television/Computer Slideshow bench
o .;NRT Conservation Fair—we didn't get a huge turnout last time, likely not worth
attending next year
o Update on Website—our volunteer/community service person-Neil is going to
contact a few people so we would pay to convert the current site to Word Press
o ;160 Facebook Fans, 77 Twitter Followers
o Thank you notes-Pat and husband'are going to print out the Thank you cards
Big Projects ideas-what is next?
• Fulton's Pond—Parking area as first part
• 140 Trees
• Embankments along 106
• Next meeting August 8