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COMMUNITY APPEARANCE COMMITTEE
COMMUNITY APPEARANCE AWARD PROPOSAL
SUB-COMMITTEE MEMBERS: KYM PARKS, CHAIR; SHANNON MALONEY, BETTY
GROCE . TODD MCDANIEL, CITY LIASON .
PURPOSE:
DEVELOP AN AWARDS PROGRAM RECOGNIZING THE COLLEGE STATION
BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR THEIR DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO THE
ENHANCEMENT OF THE APPEARANCE OF OUR COMMUNITY .
ADMINSTRATION OF AWARD PROGRAM :
ONCE ADOPTED, ADMINSTRATION OF THE AWARDS PROGRAM WILL BE THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMMUNITY APPEARANCE COMMITTEE. IT IS
RECOMMENDED THAT THE COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON ESTABLISH A
STANDING SUB-COMMITTEE TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM AND TO
MAINTAIN COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF THE AWARD ON AN ON-GOING
BASIS.
RECOMMENDATION:
1. THESE GUIDELINES ARE VERY GENERAL AND OPEN. THEIR PURPOSE IS
TO RECOGNIZE BUSINESSES THAT EXHIBIT PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY
THROUGH, BUT NOT LIMITED ~O, MAINTENANCE AND/OR DESIGN OF
THEIR BUSINESS PROPERTY, AND/OR THROUGH THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO
THE APPEARANCE OF THE COMMUNITY . THE GUIDELINES USED IN THE
SELECTION PROCESS ARE TO BE RELATIVELY UNSTRUCTURED SO AS TO
ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTATION TO ALL BUSINESSES
WARRANTING SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND OPERATING IN THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION.
2 . NO PRE-DETERMINED NUMBER OF AWARD WINNERS WILL BE ESTABLISHED,
HOWEVER IT IS RECOMMENDED NO MORE THAN THREE (3) TOTAL WINNERS
ARE SELECTED AT ANY TIME. THE EMPHASIS IS TO RECOGNIZE
BUSINESSES THAT ARE DESERVING OF THE AWARD AND THE ACTUAL
NUMBER OF RECIPIENTS REFLECTIVE OF THAT GOAL.
3. WHILE IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT SPECIFIC AWARD CATEGORIES NOT BE
ESTABLISHED TO LIMIT THE PROGRAM, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT .
CONS I DERATION BE GIVEN TO THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF BUSINESS
OWNERSHIP . ( FOR EXAMPLE: PRIVATELY OWNED, SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER S , LARGE CORPORATION S , MULTI -TENANT PROP ERTIE S SUCH AS
STRIP CENTERS .)
CITY OF COLLEGE STAT I ON
COMMUN I TY APPEARANCE COMMITTEE
RECOGNITION /AWARD PROPOSAL
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4 . THE COMMUNITY APPEARANCE AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED SEMI-
ANNUALLY . THE 1995 AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED IN MARCH AND
SEPTEMBER . IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS THE AWARDS SCHEDULE IS AS
FOLLOWS :
AWARD WINNERS SELECTED AWARD PRESENTED
MARCH C.A.C.MEETING
SEPTEMBER C.A.C. MEETING
APRIL COUNCIL MEETING
OCTOBER COUNCIL MEETING
5 . PRIOR TO FINAL SELECTION, THE C.A .C . COMMITTEE WILL VERIFY THE
AWARD WINNERS ARE IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION'S POLICIES AND ORDINANCES.
6. INITIAL AWARD NOMINEES WILL BE SOLICITED FROM THE COMMUNITY
APPEARANCE COMMITTEE . SUBSEQUENT NOMINEES WILL BE ACCEPTED
FROM ANY MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE STATION COMMUNITY BY SUBMITTING
THEIR NOMINATION TO THE COMMUNITY APPEARANCE COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSON. SELF-NOMINATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED .
.. 7. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NEW AWARDS PROGRAM AND ITS GOALS WILL BE
ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE
COORDINATION BETWEEN THE
CHAMBER OF COMMMERCE NEWS
PUBLICATIONS, AND JOINT
COMMITTEES.
UTILIZATION OF PSA'S, ENLISTED
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION AND THE
BULLETINS, CITY NEWSLETTER, LOCAL
EFFORTS WITH OTHER GROUPS AND
8. FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM IS MINIMAL AND WILL BE HANDLED BY THE
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION.
9. FORMS OF AWARD/RECOGNITION:
1.
2 .
AWARD WINNERS WILL BE PRESENTED A CERTIFICATE RECOGNIZING
THEIR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE APPEARANCE OF THE
COMMUNITY AT A CITY OF COLLEGE STATION COUNCIL MEETING.
THE AWARD WILL BE JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR AND THE
CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMUNITY APPEARANCE COMMITTEE OR
THEIR DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE.
PHOTOS OF THE PRESENTATION WILL BE TAKEN AND SUBMITTED TO
THE LOCAL MEDIA AS OUTLINED ABOVE FOR PUBLICATION. PSA 'S
WILL BE SENT TO THE RADIO/TV NEWS MEDIA .
S IGNS WI LL BE PLACED AT THE WINNING BUS I NESS LOCATIONS
AND WILL REMAIN AT THE SITE UNTIL SUBSEQUENT AWARD
WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED.
NAME OF BUSINESS:
CONTACT NAME/OWNER:
NOMINATION
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
COMMUNITY APPEARANCE AWARD
ADDRESS/LOCATION OF NOMINATED SITE:
BRIEFLY EXPLAIN WHY THIS LOCATION/BUSINESS CONTRIBUTES TO THE
APPEARANCE OF THE COMMUNITY:
DATE: TEL #:
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DATE REVIEWED BY COMMUNITY APPEARANCE COMMITTEE:
ACTION TAKEN: