HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/31/2005 - Regular Minutes - Senior Advisory Committee College Station Senior Advisory Committee
Regular Meeting
Monday, January 31, 2005
College Station Teen Center
1520 Rock Prairie Rd.
10:00am
MINUTES
Members Present: Patricia Boughton, E.E. Burns, Laura Holmes, Joe LeCour, Robert
Meyer, Neal Nutall, Ray Reed, Colleen Risinger, Dipankar Sen, Yvonne Stevens, Betty
Wilborn, and Joanna Yeager
Members Absent: Frank Camplone, Catherine Lamb and Haskell Monroe
Staff Present: Marci Rodgers, Senior Services Coordinator
I. Call to order. The meeting was called to order at 10:04 by Chairman, Robert
Meyer. Marci informed the committee that Catherine Lamb has requested to be
removed as a member of the Senior Advisory Committee due to health reasons.
II. Hear visitors. No visitors were present.
III. Approval of minutes from regular meeting on December 20, 2004. Ray Reed made
the motion that the minutes be approved. Laura Holmes seconded the motion. The
motion passed.
IV. Discussion, consideration and possible action on sub-committees
• Goals committee—Joanna Yeager will join the goals sub-committee with
Ray Reed and Joe LeCour. The sub-committee was asked to meet and
discuss an action plan for implementing the goals adopted by the committee
for 2005.
• Program committee—Betty Wilbom will serve on the sub-committee with
Neal Nutall, Colleen Risinger and Yvonne Stevens. The program
committee will meet prior to the next regular meeting to discuss goals for
the year.
V. Discussion, consideration and possible action on Senior Friendly Award. The new
brochure will list the recognition a business will receive for the Senior Friendly
Award.
• City Council will recognize business at a City Council Meeting
• Business will be featured on"City View" Channel 19
• Announcement in the Golden Eagle and The Eagle
• Business featured on the City Web page
• Decal
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January 18, 2005
Janice Lipp
Brazos County 4-H Equestrian Club
3420 Wimbledon Circle
College Station, TX 77845
Dear Janice:
On behalf of both the Cities of College Station and Bryan, I would like to thank you and
the Brazos County 4-1-1 Equestrian Club for all your efforts in making this year's event a
success. Your club assisted in taking in 357 trees in Central Park and 226 trees at
Haswell Park. In addition, the College Station Sanitation Division picked up from curb
side 699 trees between 12/26/03 and 1/10/04, and Bryan's Sanitation Division picked up
391 trees in the same time frame. Finally, 15 trees were taken in at the landfill and sent
to the compost facility, and 4 trees were delivered directly to the compost facility. This is
a total of 1,692 trees taken in by this year's project.
I realize that a lot of preliminary work (and early hours!) goes into arranging for the radio
and TV spots, and scheduling workers to cover the two sites. Once again, the Club's
dedication and hard work have benefited the community.
My thanks again for the Club's continued support and efforts, and I look forward to next
year! In looking at next year's calendar, we will likely set the Christmas Tree Recycling
event for Saturday, January 7, 2006. Please share this information with the club, and I
will be in contact in a few short months!
Sincerely,
/
Ross Albrecht
Forestry Superintendent
Parks and Recreation
979-764-3410
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2005 CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING PROJECT
On Saturday, January 8, 2005, The Cities of College Station and Bryan conducted the 17th
annual Christmas Tree Recycling event. As usual, this project received tremendous
volunteer support from the Brazos County 4-H Equestrian Club. This group supplied
numerous volunteers to staff drop off locations in College Station's Central Park, were
357 trees were taken in, and at Bryan's Haswell Park, were 226 trees were dropped off.
In addition, both city's Sanitation Divisions picked up Christmas trees on their normal
yard waste routes (duplex and single family residences). Between December 26 and
January 14, a total of 699 trees were picked up curbside in College Station, and 391 in
Bryan. Finally, an additional 4 trees were delivered directly to the compost facility, and
15 trees were taken in at the landfill. This gives a total of 1,692 trees taken in by this
year's recycling event.
The goal of this annual event is to save space in the landfill by diverting the trees to other
uses, and to help educate the public on year round recycling efforts. In Bryan, the trees
taken in at Haswell Park were taken to the compost facility. The trees taken in at Central
Park were chipped on site, and spread throughout the picnic area by the ponds. The chips
will help alleviate soil compaction caused by foot traffic, reduce soil erosion, and will
provide nutrients to the soil.
Prior to the recycling event, Christmas tree lot operators were notified by the College
Station and Bryan Sanitation Divisions of the chance to dispose of left over stock at no
cost at the compost facility.
Many thanks and recognition should go to all the workers involved in this annual event.
This includes the College Station Parks and Recreation Forestry Division, the Sanitation
Divisions of both Bryan and College Station, The Public Relation divisions of both cities,
the Brazos Valley Solid Waste Management Agency, and especially the volunteer efforts
of the Brazos County 4-H Equestrian Club,
Sponsors of the event are: Keep Brazos Beautiful
Brazos Co. 4-H Equestrian Club
Brazos Valley Solid Waste Management Agency
Bryan/College Station Eagle
Cities of Bryan and College Station
Texas Forest Service