Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee Minutes - 12/14/2021 MINUTES
LAKE WICHITA REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE
December 14, 2021
PRESENT:
•Members
David Coleman, Chair
John Strenski, Lakeside City
Alicia Castillo, Gold Star Family
Matt Marrs
Sharon Roach
Steve Garner
Blane Boswell, City Engineer ■Staff
Terry Points, Parks Administrator
Robert Mauk, TP&W in Guests
Wes Duffer, TP&W
ABSENT: Crystal Byrd, Eve Montgomery, Tim Brewer, Alison Sanders, and Kendrick Jones
1. Call to Order and Introduce New Member: David called the meeting to order at 10:05
am and declared a quorum.
2. Approval of Minutes: November meeting minutes were approved unanimously..
3. Project Updates:
3.a. Veteran's Plaza Project: David shared KHA's revised Construction Cost Estimate,
which deletes the restroom and deletes the second walkway/plaza, and it reflects a new
total of$475,000. After much discussion and debate, the Committee voted unanimously
to proceed with construction, based on the following scope additions: Put restroom back
in, add one 80'flagpole, and increase the number of bronze plaques from 4 to 7. This
increases the cost estimate to approximately $634,000 which must be verified by KHA.
Considering other items that must be paid, including the Gold Star Family Monument, the
Saluting Soldier, and the Memorial Bricks, the total cost will be approximately $729,000.
Since the total funds available are $730,000 this appears feasible to the Committee.
David will summarize these changes for Blane by email, and Blane will contact KHA to
get revisions started to plans and specs. Blane will also find out how funding transfers
from the Community Foundation will work.
3.b. Lake Deepening: Matt suggested that Gene Snideman would be a good POC at the
Army Corps of Engineers in Tulsa.
3.c. Kayak Launch Grant: Terry selected a launch from AccuDocks in Florida, which will
result in a total project cost just above the grant amount of$32,500. The overage will
be covered by the Parks Dept, and will include some clearing at the site by the PW
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Dept. The revised Scope of Work is complete and will be submitted to TP&W Inland
Fisheries by Robert Mauk. We will also need to execute a contract between the City
and TP&W.
4. Discussion of Brick Sales and Fundraising Initiatives: John provided a funding
update, we have $27,249 in the Lake Wichita Community Foundation account, and
$29,913 in the PayPal account.
5. Other Business Matters: None.
5.a.Website Changes: David will contact Crystal Byrd to get our website content updated.
6. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 11:03 am.
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David Coleman, Chair Date
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