Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee Minutes - 01/12/2021 MINUTES
LAKE WICHITA REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE
January 12, 2021
PRESENT:
•Members
David Coleman, Chair
Kathie Forehand-Chaddick, Secretary
Steve Garner
Sharon Roach
Kendrick Jones
Eve Montgomery
Alicia Castillo, Gold Star Family
Blake Jurecek, Assistant City Manager ■Staff
Vikesh Desai, Engineering
Terry Points, Parks Department
Robert Mauk, TP&W •Guests
ABSENT: Eric Stevens, Pete Gill, Jeremy Garza, Ford Swanson, Tim Brewer, Crystal Byrd
1. Call to Order: David called the meeting to order at 10:02 am, declared a quorum, and
introduced Steve Garner, our new member. Steve expressed how excited he is to be
back on the Committee and see the projects moving forward.
2. Approval of Minutes: December meeting minutes were approved unanimously.
3.a. Veteran's Plaza Project:
The Veterans Plaza design is almost complete, KHA needs to know how many of each
brick paver has been ordered. David will get that information to Vikesh by the end of
the week. However, we have many requests for bricks to be grouped by family, most of
which span different Conflicts. The Committee unanimously decided that the bricks will
be grouped by Conflict (when a conflict is specified) unless a different grouping has
been requested. So, the walkway between the Gold Star Family monument and the
Vietnam Statue will be used for Conflict groups. The other side of the walkway, leading
from the Vietnam Statue to the parking lot, will be used for Family groups and
miscellaneous bricks, not tied to a specific Conflict.
3.b. Lake Deepening Alternatives
David informed the group that the WFISD instructed their Engineering Design firm to
investigate the Compressed Earth Blocks as a possible construction material.
Huckabee Engineering has done this, and after discussions with Earth Blocks TX LLC,
they have concluded that using CEBs would increase the budget for the two high
schools by $2.2 million. The lead Engineer will be passing this information to the
WFISD Superintendent.
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Steve asked whether it might be worth $2.2M to get a portion of the Lake dredged, and
David said he will ask the Engineer what volume of material would be removed for the
two high schools, and check what percent this would be, of the overall dredging
required.
4. Discussion of Brick Sales and Fundraising Initiatives:
Two of the letters to local foundations yielded results: $1,000 from the Donnell
Foundation, and $500 from the John Hirschi Foundation. We will submit a request to
the Priddy Foundation within the next several weeks.
David asked Blake whether the 4B Board might be inclined to fund a portion of the
Veterans Plaza project, and Blake asked him to contact Paul Menzies to inquire how to
get that request on their agenda. He said this project would certainly qualify.
5. Other Business Matters:
Kathie said the prospective Intern is named Kimberly Paris, and she is going thru the
City's process to be official. Kathie will work up a task list for her.
Purchase of a Post Office box for Committee business is pending, but David will contact
Eric to find out if it's still needed.
Kathie asked members to contact their City Council member to ask the Lake Wichita
park road pavement project get higher priority.
Steve said that Builder's Lumber is holding donated pavers and rock products, but Terry
stated that he already has those materials stockpiled and has no more storage space.
6. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 10:45 am.
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David Coleman, Chair Date
January 12, 2021