Park Board Minutes - 03/28/2024 Wichita Falls Park Board Meeting
March 28, 2024
W.F. Recreation Center
600 11th St. Room 205
Time: 1:30pm
Presiding: Jim Heiman
Members Present: Dorcas Chasteen, Josh Phillips, Sandy Fleming,
Dawn Ferrell, Steve Garner, Luis Severin, Alan
Donaldson, Adam Arruda, Larri Jean Jacoby
Members Absent: Patrick Hearn
City Council Representative: Tom Taylor
Other: Scott McGee, Terry Points, Blake Jurecek
CALL TO ORDER:
Jim Heiman called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m.
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The minutes from January 25, 2024 were put before the Board for approval.
Dawn Ferrell made the motion to approve the minutes and Larri Jean second
the motion.
2. DEPARTMENTAL REPORT:
A. Recreation: Scott McGee
• See Attached Recreation Report
B. Parks: Terry Points
• No report
C. Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee: Steve Garner
• Request was not accepted for the 2024 year for dredging lake.
D. Circle Trail Update:
• No update
E. Master Plan:
• Parks & Recreation hosted a Stakeholder & public meeting for the Master
Plan on Tuesday March 26, 2024.
F. Other Business, Announcements, Comments:
• No updates were reported
Meeting was adjourned at 2:30pm.
Signature:
Recreation Park Board Report - March 2024
Zone Daily numbers for the week were 256.
Murder Mystery Dinner on 3/21 played to a sellout crowd of 120.
Recreation Class enrollment at 84 students.
Annual Fishing Rodeo in cooperation with TPWD was held on 3/9 with over 200 kids
taking part with prizes in three different age categories.
During Spring Break week, the Recreation Center hosted four days of March Movie
Madness with drinks and popcorn for kids of all ages.
Easter Egg Hunt 3/23 attended by around 2000 people participating in fun and games,
visit with the Easter Bunny and more than 12,000 Easter Eggs and 24 Golden Egg Prize
winners.
Winter Basketball League Championship played Tuesday evening at Scotland Park
gym.
Spring Softball and Volleyball Leagues begin this week. There are 56 softball teams
which is the highest number since before covid and 12 Volleyball teams which is just
about average for Volleyball
Over the past two weekends the Sport Complex has hosted a Youth Softball and a
Youth Baseball tournament with Youth Softball and 20 teams traveling from the
Metroplex, Waco and Lubbock bringing an estimated $199,000 in economic impact and
this last weekend's Youth Boys Baseball with 28 teams from the Metroplex, Abilene,
Lubbock and Amarillo bringing in an estimated $275,000 in economic impact. Total
estimated economic impact for February through March is over $1 million dollars with
the months of April, May and June full of tournaments to come.
Geo technical work is underway on the South Complex taking soil samples for future
possibility of turfing those fields.
Tennis Center and Pickleball Centers are going strong with Pickleball and Pizza Social
this weekend. Tennis Center is hosting thel & 2 A UIL regionals this week and hosted a
Juniors Tennis tournament last weekend 3/23
The Tennis Center has added another new Pro to handle the increase in numbers at the
center Keith Terrel has now joined the staff.
Over the past week Parks & Recreation has hosted two Stakeholders and 1
Public meeting on the Master Plan. Approximately 60 people attended the public
meeting on Tu. 3/26.