Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee Minutes - 09/08/2020MINUTES
LAKE WICHITA REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE
September 8, 2020
PRESENT:
■ Members
Kathie Forehand-Chaddick; Secretary
David Coleman, Chair
Tim Brewer, City Council Rep
Pete Gill
Eve Montgomery
Sharon Roach
Russell Schreiber, Public Works Director ■ Staff
Vikesh Desai, Engineering
Robert Mauk, TPBW Rep Ex-officio ■ Guests
Jeremy Garza, KFDX
ABSENT: John Pezzano, Kendrick Jones, Steve Young, Marcy Brown Marsdon, Eric
Stevens, Ford Swanson
1. Call to Order: David called the meeting to order at 1:02 and declared a quorum
2. Approval of Minutes: Minutes for the August meeting were approved unanimously.
3.a. Project Updates: Boardwalk TP&W grant project: Vikesh stated that the last TPBW
reimbursement is still pending, they are behind due to COVID.
3.1b. Veteran's Plaza Project:
Since the last meeting, KHA submitted 70% design plans. Vikesh distributed them for
comment, and David got Committee input and provided comments to Vikesh. 90%
design plans will be provided on September 30"'. Vikesh stated that Terry Points has
offered for City forces to install the Landscaping portion of the project if we need to save
money, after bids are opened.
Kathie stated that the TPBW Grant may not be needed to achieve full funding of the
Veteran's Plaza project. However, we would like to proceed to request City Council
approval of a Resolution to authorize the City Manager to apply for the Grant, just in
case. David will ask Blake if this process would be acceptable.
Regarding a cutoff date for Brick purchases, the group agreed that we will let KHA know
how many of each size brick has been ordered at the 90% design stage. After that, we
will add a certain number of one size of blank bricks, to be installed during construction
and engraved in place later.
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3.d. Lake Deepening Alternatives
Jim Hallock (Earth Blocks Texas LLC) submitted a "Phase One" invoice for $1,965 for
preparing the lake bed samples and getting lab plasticity tests. These tests will let us
know how much sand must be added to the lake bed materials to make Compressed
Earth Blocks. The Committee approved payment of this invoice. The next step will be
to create some blocks and determine their compressive strength. If the CEBs have
adequate strength, then we will market the blocks for sale.
4. Discussion of Brick Sales and Fundraising Initiatives:
We will participate in Texoma Gives on Thursday, 10 September, from 6am to 10pm.
Kathie has set up matches through the day, using Mr. Patterson's donation to match the
new donations. She will also setup 10-10-10 Challenges for people to donate $10 and
challenge 10 of their friends to donate $10 on the 10'" of September. Events will be
held at the MSU soccer field (unless changed due to weather):
• 6 am: Kathie and Pete
• 3:00-5:30: David, Kathie, Pete and Ford
• 10 pm: David
Other fundraising opportunities we will pursue are a Gannett Foundation grant, letters to
local philanthropists, and a DAR donation that they would like to see matched.
5. Members attendance at meetings
David read the City Policy on meeting attendance to the group (Resolution 21-2015)
and discussion followed regarding our members attendance. Steve Young has not
attended a meeting in over a year, and the Committee voted unanimously to request
City Council replace him with one of the applicants we have. David will discuss the
process with the City Clerk.
6. Other Business Matters:
David and Kathie will go to Robert Mauk's office after the meeting to see what we have
in Lake Wichita promotional items, tshirts, yard signs, etc.
7. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 1:45 pm.
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September 8, 2020