Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee Minutes - 10/11/2022 MINUTES
LAKE WICHITA REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE
October 11, 2022
PRESENT:
• Members
David Coleman, Chair
Steve Garner, Vice Chair
Sharon Roach
Mike Battaglino
Austin Cobb
Kari Shaw
Alicia Castillo, Gold Star Family Rep
Blake Jurecek, Assistant City Manager ■ Staff
Blane Boswell, City Engineer
Terry Points, Parks Superintendent
Robert Mauk, TX Parks & Wildlife •Guests
ABSENT: Ford Swanson, John Strenski, Alison Sanders, Tim Brewer, Matt Marrs, Rick
Hernandez
1. Call to Order: David called the meeting to order at 10:07 am. David introduced our
new member, Kari Shaw, and welcomed her to the Committee.
2. Approval of Minutes: September meeting minutes were approved unanimously.
3. Project Updates:
3.a. Veteran's Plaza Project:
Blane stated that the design will be 100% complete, signed and sealed, by the end of this
week. Then the City will send the plans to Marrs Patriot Construction for them to update
their pricing. After that, City Council approval will be required to proceed with a change
order to effect the new design and start construction. The target City Council meeting is
15 November, at the earliest.
David stated that he and Steve had been discussing holding a Groundbreaking ceremony
on Veteran's Day, since Congressman Jackson is already scheduled to be here that day
(originally set up so he could speak at a Dedication ceremony). However, since it's not
possible to have City Council approval by 11 November, the decision was made to scrap
the idea of a Groundbreaking ceremony. Instead, David will contact the Congressman's
staff and discuss the situation with them, to see how they would like to proceed, perhaps
to hold a Press Conference to publicize the potential start of the Veterans Plaza project.
3.b. Lake Deepening: Steve suggested we create a project to make improvements to the
former Wichita Falls Yacht Club basin, which is on City property now leased by the Wild
Bird Sanctuary. This idea was met with general support, and Steve will get more
information from a company called Dredge America, since he recently got a point of
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contact there. Also, Austin will research any potential historic preservation grants that
may be available from the State of Texas.
3.c. Kayak Launch Grant: Terry will schedule his crews to install the walkway first, but will
wait for some rain to install the launch itself.
4. Discussion of Brick Sales and Fundraising Initiatives: David stated that all but
about 75 of the Replicas have been picked up, but there are still many damaged or
missing Replicas that will have to be re-made by Polar Engraving. Sharon suggested
that Committee members could start calling the people who have not yet picked up their
Replica, and David stated he would send out the information for that process to begin.
In light of the construction schedule, the group agreed that the webpage at Polar
Engraving (to enable new Brick orders to be placed) will be available until the end of
November.
5. Other Business Matters: Steve mentioned that we need a rendering to show what the
final Veterans Plaza project will look like, and the group agreed this should be done.
and authorized David to spend up to $400 to get our rendering updated by Carey
Dodson and printed on poster size foam board.
6. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 10:55 am.
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David Coleman, Chair Date
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