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Home My WebLink AboutKMB 09/22/2016t4wfsfiddU,I u TOWN C ERC `FS OFF} KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATE "Empowering residents, businesses, and government T to l FEB 3 A 40 make Mansfield a greener, cleaner place to live, work, and pl ",;% >' i' US1, TS Meeting Minutes for September 22, 2016 7:O0 pm Town Hall, 3"' floor Attendees: Nancy Wall, Pat Colbert, Jason Dodd, Dan Guglielmi, Erik Bednarek, Mike Healey Absent: Neil Rhein, Mike McCarthy, Martha O'Connell, Jeff Ward KEEP MANSFIE, LD BEAUTIFUL Welcome & Call to Order: 7:00 _Nancy Motion to accept minutes from previous meeting • Minutes approved Treasurer's report 7:05 - Mike • Our current balance is $12, 293.57. Updates Arts fair—Nancy The MMAS Arts fair was a huge success! Nancy used our new tent, passed out our brochures, had the ring toss game, sold mural mugs, and had an artist doing caricatures for $10.00. She also had the newly painted barrel from the Adult Center on display for recruiting artists to paint a barrel. See below for details of Painted Barrels Project. Route 106 Embankment — Nancy • Guerrini weeded the embankment and it looks great! Existing/Ongoing Projects Flower barrels - Pat & Nancy • Pat, Nancy, and David (Nancy's husband) emptied all the barrels in preparation for the fall MUMS. Nancy and Mike Healey will be planting some of the mums on Friday, September 23`d. Pat, Martha, Mike McCarthy, Jeff, and Erik will plant the remaining mums on Saturday morning. Erik will arrive early and prepare the barrels by turning over the soil and digging a hole for the location of the plant. Pat has written a project plan for this project. Nancy and Pat will be going over the plan to determine ways to improve the program. Adopt a Spot- Martha • No update. Litter Busters — Jeff • No update. Painted Barrel Program — Pat • Twelve people signed up at the MMAS Art Fair to paint a barrel. Since it is close to the time when DPW starts putting away the barrels for the winter, Pat will notify the people that we will start up the program again in the early spring. Some people expressed they do not have a place to paint the barrel so we will be asking DPW to hold a painting session like we did the first year this program was started. We will also allow people to bring a barrel home and paint it. • Pat needs to contact DPW and get an inventory of the number of barrels that are in good shape and the ones that need to be replaced. • The new painted barrel from the Adult Center is located at the North Common gazebo. Pat took pictures and sent to the Heather Coogan. She was very happy with the location of the barrel. • We have two primed barrels ready to paint. The Adult Center has already requested another barrel for November. New Programs/update of existing urograms Fall clean-up —Neil Neil would like to start up a "Mansfield Autumn Littah Sweep" to take place over the weekend on November 5`r' and 6a'. It would be a scaled down cleanup, with no t -shirts, no banner, and no picnic. Neil will take care of the advertising. Sign up will be done online and Precinct Captains will assign locations, trash bags, and recycle bags. Trash will be left on the side of the road and DPW will pick it up on Monday morning. Recycle bags will need to be brought home and placed in residents' recycle barrels since Xfinity will not be picking it up. Everyone was in favor of the fall weekend cleanup. Family Fun Night — Pat • Family Fun Night was a huge success! It was a beautiful night and there were a record number of people at the event. The signed "Flower Power" barrel is located in front of Town Hall. The signing of the barrel and ring toss game was a big hit! Inventory of unnecessary/outdated signs - Neil Neil requested help in identifying outdated signs. Members were asked to start identifying signs that need to be removed. We need to plan a morning to drive around town looking for signs that need to be removed. We Noticed — Nancy Both Rockland Credit Union and Sherman Jackson were nominated. Sherman Jackson won because it is located downtown and the owner does all of his own landscaping. Xfinity Center — Mike Healey • Mike has been doing lots of walking and noticed the area behind Xfinity is filled with litter and the fences are in need of repair. Mike would like it cleaned up. Erik is going to look into Xfmity's maintenance requirements. Downtown Strategy Workshop —Nancy • The Downtown Strategy Workshop is scheduled for October 5`" at 7:15 in room 3AB. Nancy will be presenting to the Selectmen. She will discuss what our committee has accomplished over the past 10 years, our commitment to the downtown, and our future goals. The following contains Nancy's notes with some additions from the committee: Litter and Recycle Management and Education Accomplishments • Great American Cleanup — 10`h year coming, this year 500 residents, 3 tons of trash removed, tons of recycle, and money saved for the town. • Litter Busters — volunteers sign up for trouble areas; 32 families volunteering and covering 36 streets. • Trash Barrels — Big Thank You to DPW 0 30 painted barrels 0 11 pole mounted barrels downtown (some still need to be installed) o Black steel barrels installed at North Common, Fulton Pond, and downtown • Working with schools on recycling. • Provided recycling containers for the schools and grounds. • Litter and recycling education in Robinson, J/7, and Qualters. Beautification Accomplishments • Downtown Flower Barrel Program — Another big Thank You to the DPW 0 40 businesses participating with a total of 80 barrels o Summer (June — September) and fall flowers (September — November) planted o Barrels extend from South Common (Town Hall) to North Common (Bead Cache) • Black steel park benches — Farmer's market, North Common, and end of Rumford Avenue on path to train station • Adopt -a -Spot — see website for program description and names of participants • Mansfield Green — done by Guerrini Landscaping with Non-profit gift fund grant; maintained by Guerrini as part of Adopt -a -Spot program. • Route 106 embankment—done by Guerrini Landscaping with Non-profit gift fund grant; maintained by Guerrini as part of Adopt -a -Spot program. • On/Off Route 95 Highway Ramps —through Bristol County Jail Program • Mansfield Signs —North Common, South Common, East Common, and Library • "We Noticed" — award to businesses for their landscaping — Bolea, Fabric Care, Harbor One, Mansfield Crossing, Cavallo & Signoriello, and Mansfield Bank. Downtown Focus Our focus for the downtown has been litter reduction and beautification. We have collaborated with the DPW, businesses, and DBA. Downtown Vision Our vision is for the downtown to be an attractive, inviting and walkable area, with prosperous businesses and happy customers and residents. Future Goals • A complete makeover of Fulton Pond/Park with a walkable connection to and from downtown. • Collaborate with all committees and organizations to reach common goals; everyone involved and informed with opportunities for input. • Curb appeal — places to sit, uniform and/or attractive store fronts, lighting, green areas with maintenance plans, signage, and litter under control and recycle receptacles. • Continue to involve and tap into the businesses and landlords. • Have every resident patronize downtown to eat, shop, stroll, and come back! • Redesign Fales Fuel area. • Have Mansfield be a cultural center. • Install trees along route 140. Administration Brochure — Pat • Pat placed brochures in three different areas in Town Hall. Pat also plans to put brochures at Mansfield Bank and Mansfield Deli. Website — Neil • No update. Town maintenance- Trees • No update. Next meeting date: Oct 20, 2016 Meeting Adjourned at 9:20 Minutes approved on: o:?O/�. at '7'0-V Secretary signature: ' i ',