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MINUTES
OF APRIL 16TH, 2008
MAYOR’S TASKFORCE TO IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE OF LAWTON
LAWTON BEAUTIFUL, INC
PLACE: Public Library
TIME: 1:30 PM
PRESENT: C.Holt, C.Dentler, B.McNally, J.Powell, K.Jackson, D. Burk,
A. Griffith, J.Evers, K.Filer, C.Myott, A, Johari, L.Parks, K.McConnell,
R.Little
READING AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes of March 19th, 2008
were distributed by email prior to the meeting. There being no additions
or corrections the minutes were approved.
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TOPIC |
DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION |
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ACTION |
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Treasurer’s
Report |
Primary
Acct: $7,105.30. Deposits: 0, debits: 0; Median Acct: $729.13. Deposits:
0, Debits: 0. Donations of $5,000.00 from Wal-mart Sheridan and $1,000.00
from City National Bank and $500.00 from West side Wal-mart will show
up in May statement |
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None. |
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OLD
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Recycle
program |
Wal-mart
is doing a recycling program open to the public. West side Wal-mart is
looking for recycling bins to purchase. City has completed the request
for proposals and there are 5 park locations that can have recycling bins.
Private concerns have entered the field such as J’s Recycling. |
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None. |
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Medians |
Need
signage for Sheridan/Wal-mart median and I-44/Cache road median. After
discussion , it is uncertain what areas on Gore and Sheridan are amenable
to constructing a landscape in the median |
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R.
Bellino to initiate signage
C.Dentler and K.Jackson to bring to next meeting list of areas on Sheridan
and Gore amenable/safe to placing median landscaping
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Underpass
at Quanah Parker |
D.
Burk says B. Hadley approves of the changes that Monkey Business made
on the murals. The mural needs graffiti protection. We have purchased
the materials for graffiti protection
The tunnel at the underpass is the responsibility of the City.. It needs
extensive work to rehabilitate
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R.
Bellino to contact Mike Brown who agreed to pay for the mural with his
logo to obtain funds to reimburse Monkey Business. Ask Monkey Business
if they will apply Graffiti coating.
C.Dentler says that they will have to schedule the repair of the tunnel
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Trash-Off
/ Earth Day |
Trash
Off is Sat. April 19th from 9:00AM to 2:00PM at McMahon Auditorium Parking
Lot. |
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Volunteers
needed |
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Web
page |
A.
Johari says Web page is active. Picture of committee members will be posted |
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None. |
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Tree
Trimming on Gore |
PSO
has trimmed the dead limbs from the trees from 38th st to 2nd st on Gore.
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Please
say thank you to Tim Husbeck from PSO. This was a great service. |
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Adopt
a Street |
A.
Griffith says T-Shirts have been purchased for active Adopt A Street groups.
This should be a great promotion for the program. T-shirts are safety
green and can be worn in place of safety vests. |
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None.
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Littering
Slogan Contest |
There
were many entries |
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R.Little
will post on our Web Page. Please vote for your favorites |
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NEW
BUSINESS |
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LETA |
Working
on 2nd street area between airport and Lee Blvd. Letter was sent and acknowledgement
was received from Dr. Cindy Ross asking that Cameron consider doing a
study as to how the community’s appearance effects people from the
perspective of locating a business in Lawton, retiring here etc. Also,
start of program to acknowledge great lawns in the community. |
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Friends
of the Trail |
Bicycle
Festival May 3rd at McMahon Auditorium. There will be display of antique
bikes, Tour of the Wichita’s, games and refreshments.
The final plan for bike trails around and through Lawton will be presented
May 8th to City Planning Commission
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Need support
for the bicycle trails/path. |
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Rosemary
Bellino, MD
President: Lawton Beautiful, Inc
Chairman: Mayor’s Taskforce to Improve the Appearance of Lawton
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