Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee Minutes - 04/13/2021 MINUTES
LAKE WICHITA REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE
April 13, 2021
PRESENT:
•Members
David Coleman, Chair
Tim Brewer, City Council Rep
Sharon Roach
Crystal Byrd
Matt Marrs
Pete Gill
Steve Gamer
Kendrick Jones
Ford Swanson
Alicia Castillo, Gold Star Family member
Blake Jurecek, Assistant City Manager •Staff
Russell Schreiber, Public Works Director
Vikesh Desai, Engineering
Shirley King, DAR •Guests
Diane Granbery, BAR
Robert Mauk, TP&W
ABSENT: Eric Stevens, Eve Montgomery, Jeremy Garza
1. Call to Order: David called the meeting to order at 10:00 am and declared a quorum.
2. Approval of Minutes: March meeting minutes were approved unanimously.
3. Election of Officers: Tabled.
4.a. Veteran's Plaza Project:
The Committee had no comments on the 100% design. Vikesh stated that KHA
would like to create a new contract if construction doesn't start this year, and further
suggested that KI-IA bill out the remaining tasks on the Boat Ramp project, to
compensate for work done on the Veterans Plaza. Both were agreed unanimously.
Steve Gamer stated that a group of Harry Patterson's friends are fundraising to help
build the Veterans Plaza, and they would like to see the Plaza officially named after
Harry. Tim stated that he was approached about this, and he supports it. The
Committee voted unanimously to recommend approval of this request by City Council,
and Blake said he will check with Finley and be sure it gets on a Council meeting
agenda in the near future. David will let everyone know when that is scheduled.
April 13,2021
.b. Veterans Plaza Rendering
David stated that the group trying to raise funds for the construction of the Veterans
Plaza requested a rendering of the overall Plaza. David got our artist, Corey Dodson,
to create such a rendering, and showed the group a large print of the rendering. The
artwork cost $475 and the Committee unanimously approved this expense to facilitate
fundraising. The mounted prints cost$60, and Steve and David both personally paid to
have one made for their use.
4.c. Medal of Honor Statue Consideration: The Committee wants to do more research
the idea of placing statues of Medal of Honor recipients at the Veterans Plaza.
5. Discussion of Brick Sales and Fundraising Initiatives:
Steve stated the artist that Harry had commissioned to create the life size painting of
past Presidents reached out to him, and she wants to contribute to the construction of
the Veterans Plaza. Steve will speak to her soon, and he is optimistic that adequate
funds will be raised to build the plaza.
David summarized the funding situation, that $800,000 is required to construct the
plaza, and that available funds are approximately$300t0 which leaves approximately
$500,000 to be raised before we can advertise the construction contract. David further
stated that we have a PayPal account with $29,000 that will cover purchase of the
engraved bricks from Polar Engraving, and that the Gold Star Family Foundation
rrebsite has $500.
David stated that we still have the possibility of requesting funds for the Veterans Plaza
from the 4B Board, and perhaps could focus the request on building the restroom,
which is $75,000. This will only be implemented if absolutely necessary.
6. Other Business Matters:
Nothing has developed with the new Intern, and David said that since the semester is
almost over, there's no point in pursuing the internship. Crystal stated that she can get
started updating our website and social media pages, and will contact Hoegger
Communications to get access to them.
David informed the group that Eric Stevens has resigned as the City Administrator for
Lakeside City, and that when his replacement is named, we will request City Council to
appoint that person to Eric's ex-officio seat on the Committee.
Pete asked the status of the Lake Deepening, since he's had to miss most of the
meetings the past year, and David summarized the actions to date. David will contact
the Tulsa District of the Army Corps of Engineers to start a discussion regarding any
possible options for deepening Lake Wichita.
7. Adjournment:urnment: The meeting adjourned at 10:40 am.
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David Coleman, Chair Date
April 13, 2021