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Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee Minutes - 09/12/2017MINUTES LAKE WICHITA REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE September 12, 2017 MEMBERS PRESENT: Steve Gamer, Chair Jack Browne Pete Gill Kendrick Jones Ford Swanson Tom Lang, Ex-Officio Terry Points, Parks Maintenance Jim Dockery, City Manager's Office Davis Powell, Engineering Vikesh Desai, Engineering ■ Members ■ Staff Ralph Stearns, Artist ■ Guests Claire Kowalick, Times Record News Christine Heiderbrecht, Arts Council of Wichita Falls Tina Henderson Sally Gray, Wild Bird Rescue Margie Carter, Avon fundraising ABSENT: Jesse Brown, Michael Chapman, Larry Scott, Penny Miller, Kathie Forehand- Chaddick, Jake VanDonge I.Call to Order and Introductions Steve Garner called the meeting to order. Members, staff and guests introduced themselves. We had a special guest, Margie Carter who talked with us about Avon's "Rory the Lion" fundraising, where this stuffed animal is sold for $20 each and half of the funds raised are shared with the sponsored project. II. Approval of Minutes Due the absence of the secretary, we did not approve the minutes from the August meeting. III. Introduce Alex Nelson, MSU student Alex was not present at the meeting. LAKE WICHITA COMMITTEE September 12, 2017 Page 1 IV. Ralph Stearns and Lake Wichita Spillway Mural Ralph Steams, mural artist and USMC Veteran, addressed the Committee. He ask for permission to paint a full scale mural on the spillway. He noted that he is ready to start work and take advantage of the nice weather. Ralph has painted 9 murals in downtown Wichita Falls as well as others in Archer City and Seymour. He asked for assistance with funds for materials. Ralph has already painted several birds and fish that would be part of the mural; this speeds completion of the project as the details and precise colors are already determined. Ralph is willing to donate this art to be used for fundraising for the project Benefits to the Lake Wichita Community include the attraction and media attention from a spectacular mural with is a monument honoring wild life. Jim Dockery expressed concerns about funding from Lake Wichita Revitalization funds, given funding requirements of matching grants received to date. Stephen Garner agreed that this makes the Lake more beautiful, and would attract people to the lake, but noted that this must be funded from outside the Lake Wichita Revitalization effort. Jim Dockery noted that this project would need formal council action as current laws prohibit a mural on the spillway as well as access to paint the mural. There was also discussion about liability with a need for the City to review what is required here. Ford made a motion to ask the City Staff to review the Spillway Mural with the City Council and report back to the Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee. V. Report on September 4th event at Lake Wichita Park The committee thanked those who helped make the event a success noting contributions by Ford Swanson in getting the event organized on a short schedule. It was regarded as a great success and should be considered again as a future event. VI. Report on installation of Fish Sculpture donated by Robert Seabury Terry Paints, noted that as the statue was delivered to the City Warehouse, the Parks Maintenance crew was between projects and was able to pour the concrete for the display area and quickly place the sculpture. Several Committee Members thanked the Parks Department for the quick action and noted that the Fish Sculpture was very nice and attracted a lot of interest at the September 4th Lake Wichita Party event. VII. Boardwalk TP&W and Kemp Blvd. Boat Ramp Grant Project. Davis Power discussed the plan to proceed with the work to ask for proposals for the Boardwalk and Kemp Blvd Boat Ramp Projects. We had a brief discussion about fund raising for these projects. Vill. Discussion on Future Grant Application Jim Dockery expressed concern from the City Manager's office with regard to the financial obligations, as matching funds need to be raised for grants received to date. He asked for a delay in additional fundraising request. Tom Lang noted that several organizations are included to fund grants if requested noting if we did not proceed, we would miss a year of grants and lose some momentum. No action was defined. LAKE WICHITA COMMITTEE September 12, 2017 Page 2 IX. Discussion of Brick Sale Campaign. Tom Lang provided an update on brick sales and the KAUZ PSA to help sell bricks. X. Discussion of Fundraising Initiatives. Texoma Gives event was a major success again for the Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee with the "Fishing for Donations" at Parker Square. Stephen thanked those who volunteered their time to staff the donation exhibit, as well as thanking Larry's Marina who provided a pontoon boat to display. Ford Swanson noted that the Smoker Trailer raffle continues and that the ticket prices have been cut to $50 to get the tickets sold so the raffle can be concluded. Ford noted that the water bill inserts are in process. Xl. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 10:32 a.m. i,),lo'% Date WICHITA COMMITTEE September 12, 2017 Page