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Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee Minutes - 08/14/2018MINUTES LAKE WICHITA REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE August 14, 2018 MEMBERS PRESENT: Penny Miller, Interim Chair/Secretary ■ Members Sam Bownds Jack Browne Kathie Forehand-Chaddick Steve Garner Pete Gill Kendrick Jones Tom Lang, Ex-Officio John Pezzano Jim Dockery, City Manager's Office ■ staff James McKechnie, Senior Assistant City Attorney Terry Points, Parks and Recreation Davis Powell, Engineering Vikesh Desai, Engineering Claire Kowalick, Times Record News Ashley Sissel ABSENT: Ford Swanson I. Call to Order and Introductions Penny Miller called the meeting to order. Members, staff and guests introduced themselves. Penny Miller announced that she received an email from Jake VanDonge, resigning from the committee. Jack Browne announced this would be his last meeting as a committee member. Due to time constraints, he is resigning from the committee. She welcomed John Pezzano to the committee. Mr. Pezzano introduced himself. IL Approval of Minutes It was moved and seconded that the meeting minutes of the July meeting be approved. Motion passed. The committee could not approve the minutes from June as they were not placed on the agenda. Ill. Presentation Steve Garner introduced Ashley Sissel. Ms. Sissel spoke to the committee about applying for the Senior Engineering Design Project. She was a member of a student group which worked on an environmental project on improving water quality to reduce algae, so she feels the Lake Wichita project would appeal to the students, who choose their projects from those submitted. There is an obligation for the submitting LAKE WICHITA COMMITTEE August 14, 2018 Page 1 organization to commit $7500 to the project, but there is a provision for a waiver for nonprofit organizations like the Friends of Reservoirs. She has spoken to the advisors and they have agreed to extend the submission deadline to September 13 to allow our committee to submit a project. Ms. Sissel agreed to assist with putting the proposal together. James MacKechnie stated that city council approval would not be required to apply if the application came from the Friends of the Reservoirs. Jack Browne moved that the committee approve that the subcommittee assigned to work on the project proposal (Ashley Sissel, Penny Miller, Tom Lang, and Steve Garner) have the authority to determine the scope of the project, submit the proposal, and negotiate with the advisors at the university in order to see the project submitted in advance of the next committee meeting. Steve Garner seconded. The motion passed. Tom Lang told the subcommittee that he is working on a project with a group of MSU students do a hydrologic evaluation of' the watershed for the watershed management plan. IV. Discussion of Grant Projects Davis Powell has been working with Kinley-Horn, negotiating the proposed contract, which is now at Legal. The details should be resolved in the next week or so. The city will be sending a request for funds to the Friends of the Reservoirs to transfer the amount of the design to the city. The funds must be transferred before the contract can be approved by the city. Steve Garner stated the funds are available. If the city could split the invoice, it would help as the funds in two different accounts - Tom Lang discussed the Arconic grant for $20,000. This money was part of the matching funds for the Kemp boat ramp project and was for a fish cleaning station. The committee discussed purchasing the station now. Terry Points stated the station could be installed by the end of November. Tom Lang will research vendors for the unit. The city will invoice the Friends of the Reservoirs for the slab, electric and water. V. Discussion of Fundraising Steve Garner stated there was no news on the brick sales --the meeting to discuss was rescheduled. Steve Garner met with one of the local foundations last week to discuss funding the boat ramp and/or boardwalk, They are considering matching funds for either or both of these projects. We should know by the end of September. We will have a trade booth at Hotter "n Hell and will need committee members to help staff the booth. Jack Browne stated that he feels holding various social events at the lake would be helpful to awareness of the project. The Southwest Rotary has various events and may be able to move one or more to the area around the lake. Kathie Forehand-Chaddick reminded the committee that Texoma Gives is September 13--talk up Lake Wichita as a project to donate to during this event. LAKE WICHITA COMMITTEE August 14, 2018 Page 2 A Discussion of Committee Matters The committee affirmed that Penny Miller will serve as Interim Chair until a new chair could be nominated. Steve Garner moved that the subcommittee structure submitted by Tom tang at the last meeting be approved. Kendrick Jones seconded. Motion passed. Tom Lang stated we may want to consider moving the time/day of the committee meetings now that we have some new members Penny Miller encouraged member of the committee to encourage people to apply to be members of the committee or one of the subcommittees. Vil. Other Discussion The meeting adjourned at 9:50 a.m. Penny Miller, Interim Chair D4 LAKE WICHITA COMMITTEE August 14, 2018 Page 3