Central Wichita Falls Revitalization Area Committee Minutes - 03/18/2025 MINUTES
Central Wichita Falls Neighborhood Revitalization Committee
March 18, 2025
PRESENT:
Ann Arnold-Ogden ♦ Member
Wendy Browder ♦Vice Chair
Councilor Whitney Flack ♦Councilor
Jose Garcia ♦ Member
Mike Mitchell ♦Chairman
Paul Menzies, Assistant City Manager ♦City Staff
Terry Floyd, Development Services Director ♦City Staff
Fabian Medellin, Planning Manager ♦City Staff
Christal Cates, Neighborhood Revitalization Coordinator ♦City Staff
Brandon Petersen, Plans Examiner ♦City Staff
ABSENT:
Councilor Robert Brooks ♦Councilor
Larry Fox ♦ Member
Andrea Robles ♦ Member
GUEST:
Jeremy Jarvis, Artist ♦Guest
Heather Langford ♦Guest
LilliAnn Sutherlin ♦Guest
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Mike Mitchell called the meeting to order at 1 :30 p.m.
II. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Chairman Mitchell asked if any members of the public wished to speak. No
comments.
III. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES
Chairman Mitchell asked if there were any public comments regarding the minutes.
Councilor Whitney Flack made a motion to approve the minutes as presented from
March 4th, 2025. Vice Chairwoman Wendy Browder seconded. The motion passed
unanimously, 5-0.
IV. UPDATES
At this time per the request of Mrs. Ann Arnold-Ogden, the Committee would hear
Updates as Mr. Jeremy Jarvis would be joining the meeting virtually and had other
previous commitments.
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Mrs. Arnold-Ogden introduced Mr. Jeremy Jarvis, the artist finalist for the Bridwell
Park futsal court mural to the Committee. Mr. Jarvis gave a brief presentation on
himself and how he typically works when doing murals. Staff and the Committee
where shown his portfolio while Mr. Jarvis gave a brief description and setting for
each piece.
Staff thanked Mr. Jarvis for his time and expressed their eagerness to work with
him on the murals.
Ms. LilliAnn Sutherlin, a member of the public stated she felt a graffiti park would be nice
to have as a creative outlet for artists and graffiti taggers that could possible reduce any
defacing of public art.
At this time Chairman Mitchell resumed normal proceedings starting with the
regular agenda.
V. REGULAR AGENDA
1. Consider taking action to recommend including the discussed Heart of
the Falls Initiatives & Goals into the Neighborhood Revitalization Plan
Chairman Mitchell asked if there was a motion to approve the recommendation of
the Heart of the Falls Initiatives & Goals into the Neighborhood Revitalization Plan
to be presented to the City Council for approval.
Mrs. Arnold-Ogden made a motion to favorable recommend the plan as presented.
Vice-Chair, Wendy Browder seconded the motion.
Chairman Mitchell asked if any member of the public wished to comment. There
were no public comments. Chairman Mitchell asked if there was any discussion
from the Commission or questions. With no further discussion from the
Commission Chairman Mitchell called for a vote to favorable recommend the plan
as presented to City Council. The vote passed unanimously 5-0.
VI. OTHER BUSINESS (continued)
1. Updates
A. Community Change Grant Update
Staff advised through news articles from the New York Times is was
stated all grant funds through the EPA had been frozen with no other
information.
B. Bridwell Park Mural — Artist Selection
Update was previously given by Mrs. Arnold-Ogden.
C. Future Public Meeting
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A future public meeting was scheduled for Sunday, March 30th from 3pm — 5pm to
be held at Bridwell Park Pavilion to gather feedback from the neighborhood
regarding the Heart of the Falls Neighborhood Revitalization Report Plan.
VII. ADJOURN
Staff discussed the need for another public meeting to present the Heart of the Falls
Neighborhood Revitalization Report Plan to the Commission. After discussions a
meeting was set for Wednesday, March 26th at 1:30pm at the Travel Center
Conference Room for the plan to be presented in its entirety to the Commission.
Chairman Mitchell adjourned the meeting at 2:21 p.m.
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