Downtown Development Steering Committee Minutes - 01/08/2018
M
INUTES OF THE
DDSC(DDSC)
OWNTOWN EVELOPMENT TEERING OMMITTEE
January 8, 2018
P:
RESENT
Mayor Stephen Santellana, Chair §
Jesse Brown, Vice Chair §
Danny Ahern §
Cody Magana §
Rick Hatcher §
Scott Poenitzsch §
Christy Whiteley §
Ripley Tate §
Dusty Potter §
Darron Leiker, City Manager § City Staff
Paul Menzies, Assistant City Manager §
Dana Schoening, Director, Community Development §
Jim Dockery, Deputy City Manager §
R. Kinley Hegglund, Jr., City Attorney §
Tracy Norr, City Clerk §
Delores Culley, Wichita Co. Heritage Society §
Henry Florsheim, Chamber of Commerce §
A:
BSENT
Dave Clark
DeAndra Chenault
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1. Call to Order
Mayor Santellana called the meeting to order at 3:31 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes of Meetings of November 6, 2017
3:31 pm.
Motion made by Mr. Ahern to approve the minutes of the November 6, 2017 meeting.
Motion seconded by Brown and carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Santellana, Brown, Ahern, Magana, Hatcher, Poenitzsch, Whiteley, Tate, Potter
Nays: none
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3.Committee Reports
3:32 p.m.
Historic Preservation
Pam Hughes said there had been no meetings held for a while. Delores Culley
has been attending the other subcommittee reports to keep in touch with what they
are doing. There are 8 or 9 members of this committee.
Lifestyles
Cody Magana said
holding pattern until they get feedback from the consultants. He offered to help
the other committees in determining the impact of their projects on lifestyles.
There are 15 members of the committee.
Regulatory
Danny Ahern said they are also waiting for the meeting with the consultants.
They plan to do site visits prior to the meeting. There are 12 members.
Marketing
Dusty Potter reported that an official downtown Wichita Falls Facebook page has
been set up. They also have a unified downtown merchants marketing program
that was presented to the downtown merchants. Downtown Development Inc. is
working on this campaign through a co-op.
Streetscapes:
Scott Poenitzsch said in the last several weeks they have developed typologies
and street elevation visions and presented those to the consultants. They look
forward to the meeting next week. The traffic department has looked at traffic
flow changes in the downtown area. The subcommittee will look at those
proposals this week with recommendations to the committee in February.
Finance
e last committee meeting.
The consultant recommended getting further along with the streetscapes design
before the next financing steps are taken. They will not be meeting with Freese &
Nichols at the January meeting.
Upcoming Freese & Nichols Meeting on January 18, 2018
4.
3:40 p.m.
Mayor Santellana reviewed the time schedule for the January 18, 2018 meeting with the
consultants, Freese and Nichols. The regulatory subcommittee meeting will be first, followed by
streetscapes. He said he is pleased with the progress to date.
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5.Public Comments
3:41 p.m.
Jim Dockery said there are a lot of 4B projects going on, including a grant for the Petroleum
Building for housing, upscale for the Brown Building, improvements for a coffee shop and
winery, and approval of the franchise agreement for the hotel/conference center, and general
agreement for the hotel/conference center private financing.
6. Other Business
3:47 p.m.
Dusty Potter said Downtown Wichita Falls Development Inc. has announced Jana Schmader will
be the new executive director. She will be at the next meeting.
7. Adjourn
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:48 p.m.
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MayorStephen Santellana, Chair
Downtown Development Steering Cmte.