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Absent: Mark Brown, Neal Denton, Phyllis Fansler, Terry Faulkner, Kim Hansard, Jan Hutchison, Goldie Simpkins and Lori Tucker

Staff: Tom Salter & Cortney Piper

Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by Page Pratt-Greene at 12:20. There was a quorum for this meeting.

Approval of the Minutes
Page asked board members to review the minutes from the July 2004 board meeting. Mary Lou made a motion to approval and Tim Wheeler seconded the motion. Approval was unanimous.

Presidents Report – Page Pratt-Greene
Page asked for a discussion of nominees for the Hall of Fame and Community Service Awards. Edwards Tree Service, Bob Santore, Halls B&P, Mike Blankenship and the Bednet Company were all suggested for Community Service. We also talked about Eddie Howard for Hall of Fame.

Page asked for a motion to approve board membership for the three visitors we had last month: Ken Bodie, Stevan Curtis and Gary Loe. Tim Wheeler made a motion that we approve these new board members as special directors. Mary Lou seconded the motion. There was no discussion. Approval was unanimous.

Page asked Tom to clarify the status of KKB's relationship to the South Knox and Bearden Beautification projects. Tom reported that in each case we are holding funds in our checking account for these groups and that there could come a time when they actually have more cash than KKB. The board wants to be kept informed about the balances and could look at changing the relationship with these groups in the future. The amounts should be listed as restricted funds on the balance sheet. Tom said he will discuss that with the auditor and figure out how to set that up.

Page announced that just before the board meeting we were alerted that our base Litter Grant amount will be less than previously announced. The amount is not known at this time. The executive committee will meet and discuss the impact of this grant cut.

Executive Directors report – Page Pratt-Greene for Tom
Tom presented the Financial Statement and Summary for July 2004. A motion was made by Mary Lou Horner to accept it. David Collins seconded the motion. The July 2004 financial statement and summary were accepted.

• Mary Lou recorded four new programs for Be Pretty Proud focusing on the litter surveys. Interviews included: City Councilman Steve Hall, J.C. Lay, Cassandra McGee and Tom Salter. Mary Lou did a show with Cortney on the new Clean Business Program.
• Cortney managed the press conference in response to the study, "The Safety Impact of Vehicle Related Road Debris (VRRD)" released by the AAA Foundation in June. The event was in cooperation with Don Lindsey, Director of Public Affairs for AAA of East Tennessee. Chuck Oliver represented the County and talked about the fines associated with unsecured loads and what is and is not considered to be a secured load. Fran Nichols represented the City and provided information about the cost of cleanups and how these resources can be better used. AAA discussed the safety aspect of the study and KKB spoke about our personally responsibility to be good neighbors by creating a clean living environment. Media Coverage included WATE, WBIR, News Sentinel, Fountain City Focus, Knoxville Journal and WNOX.
• KKB staff and County Solid Waste Director John Evans conducted the final litter survey. John provided a Knox County van.
• Website: 1,871 web site pageviews for July 2004.

Beautification

• Tom coordinated a shrub planting project with Bob Santore of the South Knox Beautification committee. A church youth group for Salem-Quincy, Illinois was attending a youth conference at UT and was looking for a community improvement project. Twenty-one volunteers worked for 5 hours. About 60 shrubs were planted.

• There were no specific waste reduction projects in July. During the move some unneeded office items were given to other organizations. Very little was thrown away.

Awards & Recognition

• The KKB blog featured the youth group shrub planting project and the litter survey results have all been posted.
• KKB staff Tom and Annie met with Diana Morgan to plan this year's Environmental Achievement Awards program done concurrently with the Orchids & Onions Awards program.

Membership

• Regular membership donations are more than $1,228 for July.

• Tom sat in on a 4^th Circuit Court session where Chuck Oliver testified against two young men that he cited for throwing litter at each other's cars. Each man pled guilty and had to pay $160 in fines and court costs.
• Cortney facilitated a meeting of the Knox County Cemetery Preservation Association. The group discussed strategies to restore and protect endangered and neglected cemeteries in Knox County and what kind of jurisdiction the County has over them.
• KKB staff and several volunteers completed the move of the office from 402 11^th Street to The Emporium during the week July 26 through 30. According to KKB newsletter archives we moved to The Victorian House in the Fall of 1991 and had an open house on 12/12/91. After more than 12 years at that location we have moved to beautiful new offices in the ground floor of The Emporium at 100 S. Gay Street, Suite 103. Moving expense was very low, likely just a few hundred dollars - limited to the cost of moving telephone service. We obtained some new furniture from the City of Knoxville warehouse and from another non-profit.

Orchids & Onions Committee
Page reported that the O&O Committee has met and made several decisions. The luncheon will be Tuesday, October 12 at The Foundry. The next meeting will be August 11^th, 4:30 p.m. at The Emporium. Event chairs had not been chosen and the board discussed Mickee Mallonee and Janet McGaha as possible. They will be invited to the next meeting. A nomination form was handed out and the board was asked to suggest judges, nominations and table sponsors. Board members were asked to show their preference among two Orchid prints for this year's award.

Unfinished Business – Tom
Tom announced that the annual litter survey is complete. The clean business program committee (headed by Garrett and Cassandra) will meet on Friday morning, August 13^th, 8:00 a.m. at the Emporium - Page, Janet, Tim, David, Tisha and Mary Lou volunteered for this committee. Tom reported that the move is complete and we still need a mini-fridge and conference table.

New Business
There was some discussion about recent press coverage of KKB, the litter survey and the road debris press conference. WBIR is still running related stories, most recently a story on a company called Bed Nets - they make mesh truck bed covers from recycled seat belts.

Meeting Times and Announcements
Orchids and Onions committee meeting: Wednesday, August 11^th 4:30 at the Emporium
Next Regular Board meeting: August 2^nd, 12 noon at the Candy Factory.
Orchid, Onion and Environmental Award nominations due September 10^th
Orchids & Onions Luncheon, Tuesday, October 12^th, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.

Adjournment – the meeting was adjourned at 12:50pm


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Harold Byrd, Secretary                                                          Date