At the May 31 meeting, staff announced that Keep Angleton Beautiful received the 2025 Governor's Community Achievement Award with a funding allocation of $180,000. “So as you all know, we won the GCAA award this year,” the staff member said. Staff described the award as an opportunity to partner with the Texas Department of Transportation and said TxDOT rules limit where funds can be used to TxDOT right-of-way and properties. Staff asked for volunteers to participate in initial brainstorming and suggested convening a short working group or one-off meetings with the city's TxDOT representative, Ethan, to develop project ideas and understand what TxDOT will approve. Suggested projects included enhancing the large concrete “heart” feature, upgrading medians and entryway landscaping, adding benches, low-maintenance hardscape and up-lighting, and creating planted buffers to reduce maintenance needs in rights of way. Staff recalled the large heart project was previously expensive — the heart construction cost was described as about $225,000 in prior work — and said TxDOT or architectural budgets covered differences on past projects; staff emphasized a phased approach, using the $180,000 for one or more durable improvements and supplementing with city fund balance where appropriate. No formal subcommittee was constituted and no contract awards were approved at the meeting; staff said they will schedule meetings with Mr. Ethan to refine options and report back.