Heartland Beautification
Committee Agenda
May 7, 2015 at 11:45
Stettler Recreation Centre Board
Room
2015 Projects
Community Gardens
Environmental Action
Downtown Park
Stettler Blooms
Banners & Signage
Tidiness
Parks and Trees
Heritage Conservation
1.
Agenda/Agenda Approval
2.
Confirmation of the April 2, 2015 HBC Minutes
3.
Business Arising from the April 2, 2015 HBC Minutes
4.
Statement of Revenue & Expenses as of April 30, 2015
5.
Trade Show
6.
Sub-committee reports
a.) Community Gardens
b.) Environmental Action
c.) Downtown Park
d.) Stettler Blooms
e.) Banners and Signage
f.) Tidiness
g.) Parks and Trees
h.) Heritage Conservation
7.
Heartland Beautification facebook page
8.
Correspondence
CIB Judges Bio (was forwarded to committee members) 9.
Next Meeting – June 4, 2015
10.
Adjournment
“Keeping Stettler Clean and Green”
MINUTES OF THE HEARTLAND BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE MEETING
April 2, 2015
Present: Councilor Will Brown, Councilor Karen Sernecky, Chairperson Rob Spencer, Lee
Penner
Call to Order: Chairperson Rob Spencer called the meeting to order at 12:00 pm
1)
Additions/Agenda Approval
2)
Confirmation of March 6, 2015 HBC Meeting Minutes
3)
Business Arising
None
4)
Statement of Revenues & Expenses
**We did not have quorum so did not have any motions.
5)
Trade Show
Schedule: Schedule was reviewed and Karen will work 1 to 4 on Sunday. The
Town booth is across the aisle so some Town staff will be able to help out.
Input on layout of booth: Graham showed the print outs he had prepared.
6)
2015 Projects
a) Community Gardens- Rob and Lee prepared a memo to Town council to
request location of 4204-50 A Ave as the best choice for the new Community
Gardens. The road allowance will not be developed for some time. Access to the
light industrial property will be granted across the railway tracks to the East. It is
on the Council agenda on April 7th.
Rob applied for the Miracle Grow: Grow 1000 grant for community orchard
rather than Community Gardens as a location for a 3rd garden has not been
found yet and it is unlikely to get done this year. The community orchard will be
beside the Rotary Millennium Tree Park and will include annual and semi-annual
fruit beds for community use.
A possible location for the 3rd community garden was the boulevard beside The
Brick on the east side of the creek. That boulevard contains some utilities so
may have to be raised beds.
b) Environmental Action – (see report attached to March agenda) Graham
reported that Grace was not back yet but he has continued to put the green tips
out.
Trash 2 Treasure date that is set for April 25 and 26th.
c) Downtown Park- No real changes have been made. Electrical tender will be
back April 24th.
d) Stettler Blooms- Rob showed us the posters ready for the different events
held. He will be holding an information session on daylilies together with the
Library.
e) Banners and Signage – The signs have not yet been installed by Public Works.
f) Tidiness- Karen had two Earth Day Clean up posters made by school kids in a
contest. A BBQ will be held April 24th sponsored by Newalta and located at
Sean’s no frills. Supplies can be picked up at the Rec Centre.
g) Parks and Trees- Have 1 new person for the committee so far
h) Heritage Conservation- Nothing to report
7)
New Business – Because it is difficult to have the financial report for the
previous month ready for a meeting so early in the month it was discussed if the
meeting should be moved one week later. The group felt this was not necessary and
will continue to meeting the first Thursday of the month.
8)
Correspondence – None
9)
Next Meeting- May 7, 2015
10) Adjournment- 12:50 pm
HEARTLAND BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTE
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Prepared: 2015-05-01
REVENUE:
VENDOR
2015
Feb
Mar
Apr
TD Friends of the Environ.
Various Vendors
Various Vendors
DESCRIPTION
Donations
Community Garden Grant
Community Garden Rent
Community Garden Rent
2,000.00
-
Revenue Budget (over)/under
2015
Jan
Jan
Jan
Feb
Feb
Mar
Mar
Mar
Mar
Apr
Apr
Apr
Apr
Apr
Apr
Communities in Bloom
Wm E Hay High School
Kathy's Printing
Ecolad Corporation
Black Press Group
Coffee Tree
Stettler Eartery
Stettler Board of Trade
Corporate Visa - Lee
Corporate Visa - Lee
Fix, Grace
Gablehouse Farm
Kathy's Printing
Spencer, Rob
Wm E Hay High School
Total YTD Expense
(2,000.00)
DESCRIPTION
Registration
2 Sandwich Boards
Shopping Cart Tokens
Cigarette Waste Contain.
Beautification Flyers
Lunch
Lunch
Trade Show Booth
Sobeys
Subway - Lunches
Trade Show Prizes
Daylillies Presentation
Heartbeat Ad
HBC Coin Envelopes
Compost Bin for Trade Show
REVENUE
BALANCE
120.00
395.00
Revenue Budget
2-64-03-00-00-519
VENDOR
Grant
2,000.00
Total YTD Revenue
EXPENSE:
Other
General
Meetings
2-64-03-00-00-519
515.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(515.00)
-
-
-
Streetscape
Streetscape
CIB
CIB
Community
Environment
Misc. Events
Banners
Signage
Travel & Subs
Membership
Gardens - Supplies
Supplies
Supplies
2-64-03-01-00-518 2-64-03-01-00-519 2-64-03-02-00-211 2-64-03-02-00-214 2-64-03-03-00-519 2-64-03-04-00-519 2-64-03-05-00-519
760.00
60.00
850.00
383.00
615.00
2,515.00
(2,515.00)
EXPENSE
BALANCE
105.00
228.00
260.60
5.31
65.70
100.00
67.80
30.00
39.95
84.00
404.01
Expense Budget
2,000.00
Expense Budget (over)/under
1,595.99
-
-
-
-
760.00
-
2,022.00
468.35
3,654.36
2,000.00
5,000.00
1,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
2,000.00
22,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
240.00
5,000.00
2,978.00
1,531.65
18,345.64
Budget
Total YTD Revenue
Page 1 of 2
Total YTD Expense
Actual
-
22,000.00
2,515.00
3,654.36
HEARTLAND BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTE
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Prepared: 2015-05-01
VENDOR
2015
DESCRIPTION
General
Meetings
2-64-03-00-00-519
Streetscape
Streetscape
CIB
CIB
Community
Environment
Misc. Events
Banners
Signage
Travel & Subs
Membership
Gardens - Supplies
Supplies
Supplies
2-64-03-01-00-518 2-64-03-01-00-519 2-64-03-02-00-211 2-64-03-02-00-214 2-64-03-03-00-519 2-64-03-04-00-519 2-64-03-05-00-519
Net: Revenue - Expense
Page 2 of 2
(22,000.00)
EXPENSE
BALANCE
(1,139.36)
Environmental Action Sub-Committee Report to HBC
May 7, 2015
The EA committee met on April 21 with Graham Scott, Sue-Anne Hennessey, Marie Brown, Mark Fox
and Grace Fix in attendance.
A.
TRADE SHOW Evaluation
Draw Winners:
Walk 'n' Roll $50 gift certificate Source for Sports - Teela Lynn
Compost bin – Melissa LaQuant
Rain barrel – May Knowles
Compost bins – took orders for the High School to make 8.
The ongoing total of our compost bins out in the community is now 40 in 3 years.
a) giveaways -
-
general set-up
draw format
compost bin ($85, made by High School)
rain barrel (donated by the Town)
shopping cart tokens (2.70 each) – gave out 250
re-usable bags (donated by No Frills, id apparel, Sobeys, TD
Canada Trust) – gave out 450
sticky note pads (35 cents each) - gave out 300
"Trying to Be Idle-Free" window stickers – ($1.80 each)
gave out 11 to those who requested one
seeds (donated)
-
Trash 2 Treasure info - gave 100
Backyard Composting: Getting Started – gave 30
Gardening sessions info – gave 15
Trying to Be Idle-Free info – gave 5
Recycling Excellence Awards info – gave 4
Business Recycling info – gave 2
Walk/Bike distances map – display only
Evaluation of our booth
-
b) info
Trade Show next year:
reserve booth by May 29 with 50% payment; balance due March 1, 2016
H30 - $300
H31 - $270 (10% off second booth)
Total - $570
50% due now = $285
-
Last year, we paid our booth deposit in May, 2014 ($275) but we don't see the remainder
paid anywhere in our financial statement. The balance had to be paid by March 1, 2015.
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help supply recycling containers beside each garbage bin in the arenas.
-
Permanent Heartland Beautification logo poster to display at our activities?
-
focus on fewer of our projects??
B.
HBC Facebook page
C.
Trash 2 Treasure –
Snowed out on April 25, 26!
Another date, without the Lane Way clean up followup?
D.
Walk 'n' Roll
1.
Walk/Bike time/distance signs
Suggested new sites:
a) Leaving schools (NE)
54 St. & 50 Ave Signage to Main Street
(or Rec Centre??)
b) Leaving Grandview by County –
68 St. & 44 Ave. Signage to Rec Centre
c) Leaving Parkdale (SW)
40 Ave. & 59 St. – Signage to West Stettler Park (via Grandview)
d) Leaving east Stettler by Stop & Go
46 St. & 47 Ave – Signage to Schools
e)
2.
E.
AB Prairie parking lot
Signage to Main Street ??
Walk 'n' Roll Events:
a)
Met with H.S., SMS, SES re class set of bicycles for
transportation to Stettler venues instead of busing.
b)
Concerts in the Park – enter those who walk/bike into a draw
for $50 gift cert at Source for Sports.
- on-going each Wednesday all summer
- difficult for people to bring lawn chairs???
c)
Shoot out – July, 2015 - enter draw
d)
Walk 'n' Roll Month – August 2015 - 500 trips
Have a community goal of 500 trips during the month of August done by
individuals walking or biking and leaving their car at home.
Individuals could register on a poll on the TOS website.
Recycling Awards – July, 2015
Addition of "Item-Longevity" award.
Possible nominations:
Candice Magee – started FB group
"Stettler Too Good to Toss Out" – 2000 members
Newalta (Kevin Plante, mgr) – recycles oil field by-products and
re-sells them
Burmac Mechanical – solar panels, can run A/C entirely, supplement other
electrical requirements. In 8 months, produced 1.15 megawatthours,
About 41 kwh per week.
F.
Backyard composting –
Post info at neighbourhood bins? Laminate??
G.
Cigarette Butt Receptacles
(Will bring sample to meeting)
Proposed locations: parking lot north of Corner appliance; parking lot north of Legion
Recycle cig butts http://www.terracycle.ca/en-CA/brigades/cigarette-waste-brigade.html
H.
BYO Bag
-
I.
Put "BYO Bag Event Today" on sandwich board outside store.
Store gives out BYO Bag sticky note pads. (Have about 400 pads left.)
Trying to Be Idle-Free promotion
-
recently received permission to install sign in the Mall parking lot.
H.S. made videos "Trying to Be Idle-Free" of varying degrees of quality.
J.
Green Tips
(see May tips attached)
Currently on TOS website, Board of Trade Facebook page, Independent,
Q93.3, Heart Beat monthly newsletter, Coffee News weekly newsletter
K.
NEW PROJECT IDEAS:
1)
Go Bagless – leave grass clippings on the lawn
Promote in Green tips, info at neighbourhood bins, in TOS newsletter
2)
The Blue Dot Movement - started by the David Suzuki Foundation
(The Blue Dot is the earth, as seen from space)
A movement that is catching on across Canada for the right to
a healthy environment. To date, 36 municipalities have signed on.
We have the right of freedom of speech, the right of
freedom of association, the right to an education, …. But
we do not currently have the right to a healthy environment.
People have this right in 110 countries of the world, but not Canada.
It should be recognized at all levels of government, beginning at the
municipal level.
"Shoulders" by Shane Koyczan and The Short Story Long
YouTube video
People should have the right to a healthy environment:
to breathe fresh air, to drink clean water, to eat healthy food
Over the past 6 months, the following 36 cities have signed declarations that people have the right
to a healthy environment.
Declarations are a commitment by municipalities to address local environmental concerns.
• Municipal governments make decisions that affect the quality of the environment.
• A municipal declaration is a commitment to principles that will protect, fulfill and promote the
right to a healthy environment.
Richmond, BC | 10-14-2014
The Pas, MB | 10-15-2014
Vancouver, BC | 10-29-2014
Montreal, QC | 11-23-2014
Austin, QC | 12-01-2014
Whitemouth, MB | 12-04-2014
Yellowknife, NT | 12-08-2014
Keremeos, BC | 12-15-2014
Dunnottar, MB | 12-17-2014
Victoria, BC | 12-18-2014
Duncan, BC | 01-19-2015
Ladysmith, BC | 01-19-2015
Saanich, BC | 01-26-2015
Lytton, BC | 02-10-2015
Port Moody, BC | 02-10-2015
Central Saanich, BC | 02-16-2015
Highlands, BC | 02-16-2015
Burnaby, BC | 02-16-2015
Squamish, BC | 02-17-2015
View Royal, BC | 02-17-2015
Sooke, BC | 02-23-2015
Hamilton, ON | 02-25-2015
Westmount, QC | 03-02-2015
Saanich, BC | 03-02-2015
Whistler, BC | 03-03-2015
Cumberland, BC | 03-09-2015
Gulf Islands Trust, BC | 03-11-2015
Kawartha Lakes, ON | 03-24-2015
Ucluelet, BC | 03-24-2015
Richmond Hill, ON | 03-30-2015
Comox, BC | 04-06-2015
Hudson, QC | 04-07-2015
Courtenay, BC | 04-07-2015
Whitehorse, YT | 04-13-2015
Capital Regional District, BC |04-13-2015
Port Coquitlam, BC | 04-14-2015
Town of Stettler Mission Statement: (is a great start)
We will provide a high quality of life for our residents and visitors through
leadership and the delivery of effective, efficient and affordable services that
are socially and environmentally responsible.
L.
Environmental Action Budget
2015 budget amount
Expenses:
Shopping cart tokens – 250 (BYO Bag/Idle-Free) Kathy's Printing
Cigarette Butt Receptacles - 2 (Ecolad Inc.)
Sandwich board signs – 2
(High School)
Beautification recruitment Flyers
Green Tips Jan – March – The Heart Beat
Stettler Independent ad for Trash 2 Treasure
Compost Bin – High School
Source for Sports 2 gift certs @ $50
Expenditures to date
Balance remaining
$5000
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
850.00
383.00
60.00
615.00???
30.00
273.44
85.00
100.00
$2396.44
$2603.56
May 4, 2015
GREEN TIP OF THE WEEK
"Stettler Plant Swap"
Want plants? Have extra plants? Swap your labeled extra perennials/bulbs
at the 10th Annual Plant Swap on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at West
Stettler Park from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. If you are in need of plants,
come and get them at no cost. If you are a beginner gardener, come get
some perennials and some tips on gardening and composting.
Questions: call Rob Spencer at (403) 742-4142.
No one can do everything. Everyone can do something.
Sponsored by the Heartland Beautification Committee
May 11, 2015
GREEN TIP OF THE WEEK
"Grass cycle"
Leave the grass clippings on the lawn. It's better for your lawn,
less work for you, and it's the #1 way to reduce your summer waste.
Or, if you must occasionally pick them up, use your grass clippings
as mulch to provide weed control and prevent moisture loss around
flowerbeds, trees and shrubs. They are also an excellent addition to a
backyard composter.
No one can do everything. Everyone can do something.
Sponsored by the Heartland Beautification Committee
May 18, 2015
GREEN TIP OF THE WEEK
"Keep your glass jars!"
They are easy to wash (dishwasher-friendly),
have an air tight seal, and don't leach plastic toxics.
Store leftovers and dry goods in any glass jar
(instead of buying containers).
No one can do everything. Everyone can do something.
Sponsored by the Heartland Beautification Committee
May 25, 2015
GREEN TIP OF THE WEEK
"Bike to your Destination"
All Stettler residents live within a maximum 10 minute bike ride
to downtown. Leave your car at home and bike to your destination.
It's great exercise, it saves emissions, it saves money and it's refreshing!
One win for the planet and 3 wins for you!
No one can do everything. Everyone can do something.
Sponsored by the Heartland Beautification Committee