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Home My WebLink About02/03/2016 CC Minutes (draft)CENTENNIAL COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Meeting Location: Village Hall — Td floor Executive Conference Room 50 South Emerson Street Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056 CALL TO ORDER Co -Chair Murphy called m II. ROLL CALL Members Present: Sharon Anderson, Al Linda Hoefert, Jean Murphy, Michaele S Members Absent: Gerald "Skip" Farley, Ex -officio Members Present: Mayor Arle Ex -officio Members Absent: David Strah III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Revised October 7, 2015 Mi Motion passed. January 6, 2016 Meeting Mi passed. IV. CITIZENS TOSE A. Nancy Reese, anniversary pt direction ,as to rd" m Meeting Date and Time: February 3, 2016 3:00 p.m. at 3:03 p.m. s. Skowron.moved. Watychowicz seconded. seconded. Motion ount P'rpSpect Garde r'Club President, said club will support Ings 1hey will planf ihv he Moehling Garden. She asked for e scope and vision. Cd lmission requested that plants be purple & ,> ,e�of plantings is epprop' e. Suggestion that a "green thumb us on "atypical ga'r"deri'of 100 years ago. Garden Club might curage hom is Works gar le gardens. Park districts will Dutch B. Todd' V. OLD BUSINESS le. —N rstq ,plant a garden. There will be a meeting with Reese, MP esigner, Randhurst contact, and commission rep to discuss Is will be encouraged to plant purple & white gardens. The intacted after meeting. MP Historical Society will sponsor a A. Report: Website and social media — Lindsay Rice One year from today is the 100`h Anniversary. At the February 18, 2016 meeting at Village Hall, Rice will present how to submit an event for inclusion in the Anniversary website. Thanopoulos will make PDF copies of instructions for participants. Press release will follow. Mayor Juracek will announce update during the Mayor's report at Village board meeting. B. Report: School efforts (movable display boards available?) — John Zulaski, Patrick Mogge There will be a school meeting on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at Forest View Center. Rice will check w/Zulaski as to whether she should attend. Teacher curriculum will be available by early summer 2016. Curriculum will tie w/Common Core standards. C. Report: Sponsorships — Skip Farley, Leo Floros, Christy Watychowicz Picket Fence is sponsoring all yard signs: historical and support. Sponsorship working committee will approach 10 top vendors. Letter to businesses will be sent. Resident Tom Munz will help committee. Committee will insert a modified Sponsor sheet in the MP Village spring 2016 Newsletter and perhaps the summer newsletter. Sponsor amounts will be a single amount and not a range of amounts. D. Report: Centennial Budget update — Jean Murphy, Michaele Skowron Co -Chair Murphy reviewed updated budget. Murphy talked to MP Finance Director David Erb about charging sales taxes on promot nai'items. Erb is checking w/state. E. Report: Items to be sold through MP Murphy had samples of lapel pins. Corr Murphy will order using Pantone numb+ Anderson. Motion passed. Onesies will IN MOUNT PROSPECT FOR 100'Y EA look into Northwest Community Hospiti onesies to Mount Prospect new borns. W+#bsite 4,pins, onesies?, posters, sif,n agresd_to purple background for pin. for color. MOViM by Floros. Seconded by sold. "BABIESAKING A DIFFERENCE " will be on front of'the shirt. Anderson will id Lutheran General Hospital to hand out .phy will order 24 pieces -its white short sleeves -various sizes. Rice will research andwrite up the story of writing for a new baby to qualify for the minlmur number for incdrporation. Tag on onesie will have the story. Back of tag will have hospital logo. Will; ask MP Library to display all items for sale. H. Report: Facebook name — Christy Watychowicz, Marianthi Thanopoulos facebook.com/mbeentennial I. Report: Centennial "app" for social media — Michaele Skowron, Christy Watychowicz, Lindsay Rice, Marianthi Thanopoulos After presentation and discussion, it was agreed that no app will be pursued. J. Report: Meeting with clubs and organizations — plans and handout/calendar - Sharon Anderson Meeting will be Thursday, Feb 18. 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at Village Hall 1St floor meeting room. Website will be presented at meeting. Murphy and Anderson developed a skeleton calendar to present at meeting. Representatives will be asked "What can your group add to the celebration?" Regular events w/centennial theme will be encouraged. "What special events will you consider holding." Church bells. Plantings. Trivia night. Contest for 1 st baby born in 2017. Clubs and organizations are asked to sponsor an event and post it on the website. They will be asked to write up their group's history for posting on website. Histories will contribute to Historical Society's collection. Folder will be distributed that night with handouts. Anderson will send blast to Chamber to send to its members. K. Report: Permanent memorial — Mayor Arlene A. Juracek, Jean Murphy Verbal commitment has been secured from all four founding families to contribute to memorial plaques' costs. Plaques will be dedicate¢;and the time capsule burial will take place at Octoberfest, 2017. The 75th anniversary time capsule will be opened at the Block Party in 2016. Skip Farley will read i mayoral letter from the 751h time capsule. L. Report: International event —date fr6f* Lions? — John Zulaski, Alex Bertolucci Bertolucci will meet w/Sister Cities Commission and Lions `6116b for date. VI. NEW'B;USINESS yor Arlet*A. Juracek, pacity of v, hes. es to stock purple holiday lights? by) to let store know that the owners to display purple holiday e Debb' and Costco. a possible'Randhurst event? — Dale Henricksen ,Randhurst has, had meetings & ideas. Perhaps a MP librate anniversary. Randhurst is working on identifying a ncide with traditional sales. Then notify Randhurst urple birthday cake; MP Restaurant week; Shop/Dine in .nt: a week of events. VII. OTHER BUSINESS — member roundtable — additional ideas? Comments? Watychowicz asked about:a Centennial quarter page in Village Newsletter. Commission should start thinking„about what sort of articles, pictures, events would be published. Hoefert will ask Special Events if Centennial can be at Christkindlmarkt Estimated dates for publication of Village Newsletter. Spring issue is Feb 4, 2016. Summer issue is May 5, 2016 Fall issue is Aug 5, 2016. Winter issue is Nov. 2016 Rice suggested an original MP Fire Truck for use or rental perhaps at Randhurst. Marianthi distributed a banner company brochure to show sponsors. VIII. NEXT MEETING March 2, 2016 — 3:00 p.m. Meeting with clubs and organizations — Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016 IX. ADJOURN Skowron moved. Bertolucci Seconded. Motion carried. Adjourned at 5:02 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Michaele Skowron Secretary