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March 19, 2025
MINUTES
ESC Outreach Subcommittee Meeting
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 - 4:45 PM
City Hall, Commission Chamber
800 Seminole Road, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233
Present: Anastasia Houston, ESC Member
Sarah Boren, ESC Chair
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS (5 MINUTES)
None
3. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
A. ESC Education, Outreach, Marketing, and Communication Matters
Awards
New possible event dates depending on ABBQ’s availability –
o Wednesday 4/23/25 (preferred) or Tuesday 4/22/25 (Earth Day)
o Sarah to reach out to Dylan Lynch, GM, ABBQ
Nominations –
o Have eight good nominations to date
o Discussed how to reach out to encourage a few more submissions
o Need to get pictures for those nominations that did not include them for
event presentation
Sponsors
o Have raised $400 to date
o Need to raise at total of $1000-$1,500
o Discussed potential people and companies to ask
Program
o Anastasia to start thinking about run of show
o Sarah to pick out powerpoint theme
o Discussed idea of a well known AB emcee for event (e.g., Tim Deegan)
Yard Stands & Flags
o C. November and D. Giovanucci working on with A. Askew
Physical Awards (in addition to yard flags)
o Sarah working on
Budget
o Discussed status
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Earth Day
Details
o Date: Sunday, April 27, 2025 8:30am-2:30pm (Sunday before is Easter)
o Purpose:
Get lots of “Adopt-a-Tree” / October Tree Giveaway / COJ Free
Tree / ESC volunteer sign-ups
Educate about Monarch butterflies
Planned Activities & Materials Needed
o Monarch Craft
8.5x12 paper to draw/paint Monarchs or have pre-printed ones to
color/paint
25 ft banner to which to tape drawings
o Monarch educational handouts/materials -- TBD
Educate why it is important to create healthy habitat to attract and
nurture Monarch butterflies
Educate why it is important to get native versus tropical milkweed
o Giveaway
Native milkweed seeds
ACE Hardware partners in selling native milkweed plants
o Raffle for Raised Garden Bed
Complete QR code form to enter raffle
Materials Needed
o Sign with QR code to sign up for various free tree opportunities
o Samples of Adopt-a-Tree / Tree Giveaway / COJ Free Tree
o Signs saying “Sign up for free trees”
o Create a visual for on site Tree a Thon
o Sign up sheets for volunteering
ESC Members shifts
o 8:30-10:30am
o 10:30am-12:30pm
o 12:30-2:30pm
Action Items
o Anastasia
to reach out to AB Farmer’s Market for booth space
to reach out to contact at ACE Hardware about partnering/selling
native milkweed plants and sponsoring Awards
o Amanda
to reach out to Public Works for help on 4/27 delivering/setting
and picking up ESC materials and “Adopt-a-Tree” samples (one
of each species that will be offered in October/November
planting)
to check with City Manager and/or AB Arts Market about if
COAB/ESC needs an exception to have a booth in market (e.g., if
only 50 venders are allowed, does ESC need an exception to be
the 51st vendor?)
to order native milkweed seeds to giveaway
o Sarah
to purchase raised garden bed at Costco
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to create sign and form with QR code to sign up for various free
tree and volunteer opportunities, raffle, etc.
to bring sign up sheet for 4/27 ESC member shifts to 4/9 meeting
Other Events
Monthly Educational Speaker Series (Monthly)
o April 3 -- Hands On Workshop (HOW): How to reduce your waste and
use of plastics CONFIRMED
Sarah to create promotional graphics and get to A. Askew and K.
Hogencamp
o May 1 -- Landscaping for Birds and the Neighborhood Natural Area
Network (Virtual) CONFIRMED
Sarah to ask Amanda if OK that speaker is virtual.
Sarah to create promotional graphics and get to A. Askew and K.
Hogencamp
Other Potential Topics
How to reduce chemicals in your yard
Butterfly scaping at individual yard and community level -- Gail Hansen UF
IFAS
How to make your home, community, and yourself more resilient
What is a Blue Zone and how can we achieve one in AB?
How to make sense of incentives and rebates to help your home be more energy
and water as well as healthier
How to assess if solar, geothermal or other renewable energy resources are
feasible and affordable for your home or business
How to take care of house plants and foster clean air inside your home
How to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions
Community Service Days (Quarterly)
o Brazilian Pepper Tree Tides View (February)
o PARTNER BGG Beach Clean Up (April 19th)
Sarah to ask Kevin H to promote heavily
All ESC members to promote to their own networks
o Howell Park Littoral Planting (April)
On 3/24/25 Commission agenda
Steve Swann & Amy Franqui to work on planting plan
Sarah to record a short video of Steve describing what will be
done in Howell Park and why and when – get out ahead of
complaints and confusion
Sarah to work with city staff in determining best date for
planting/Community Service Day and promoting sign-ups and
education
o Future ideas? Marsh clean up?
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Film Series (Bi-annually)
o Sarah to work with K. Hogencamp on one of the family movie nights to
be the Lorax and ESC does some sort of activity with community on that
night before movie
o Sarah to research possible films, logistics, expert local panel, etc. and
bring to ESC
October Tricks, Treats, & Trees Giveaway (October)
o Working date 10/26 or 11/2
o Sarah to check with staff which date is better and if they still want to do
an October giveaway
Annual Community Input Priorities Workshop (Q4; Oct/Nov) -- TBD
Programs/Campaigns/Initiatives
Edible Orchard – Will be on 4/9/25 ESC agenda
2025 Tree-a-Thon – Start with Earth Day effort and go from there
Mature Tree Inventory
o Discussed a “You have an Elder” campaign based on size (20”), species
most prominent in AB; year based on inches to growth rate of species
o Anatasia to research way to measure and any equipment needed
o Anastasia to draft a motion for 4/9/25 ESC meeting agenda to discuss
and vote on and include description of why an “Elder” campaign is a great
idea, proposed logistics and implementation plan, and anticipated
outcomes
4. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
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