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[1. Call to Order.]
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING FOR STRATEGIC PLAN YEAR REVIEW, WE HAVE A FEW THINGS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, SO LET'S MOVE RIGHT ALONG.IS MR. CASEY MORGAN TO START US OFF OR WHO'S GOT, I THINK WE'RE UP
[2. Discussion of Modifications to the City Council/Edmond Public Works Authority Agenda.]
ABOUT FIRST IS THE AGENDA ITEM.SO HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THIS ITEM, UH, AND I'LL PARTLY SAY THIS IS KIND OF THE NEW GUY COMING INTO TOWN, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW, UH, EDMUND WORKS AND HOW WE DO THINGS.
AND SO YOU TURN AND I BEEN QUITE A BIT OF TIME TALKING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THE AGENDA, HOW IT'S STRUCTURED.
UH, SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN PIN IT ON ME IS LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE THINGS.
UM, SO IF YOU OPEN UP YOUR, WE HAVE A SAMPLE AGENDA THAT WE HAVE SOME RED LINES PUT INTO IT FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS TONIGHT AND POTENTIALLY IF COUNCIL FEELS GOOD, WE'D LOVE TO PUT IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, A FUTURE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, WHERE THIS STARTED WAS, UH, OFTENTIMES WE HAVE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT FOR, HEY, WE HAVE A, UH, GENERAL APPROVAL ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS OR PURCHASES OR BIDS OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
AND OFTENTIMES WE WOULD SAY CONSENT ITEM.
AND THEN IN THE, IN THE ACTUAL ITEM, WE WOULD SAY IN THE TITLE, UH, DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, SO PROBABLY PART OF MY BACKGROUND IS WHENEVER I HEAR PUBLIC HEARING IS YOU CAN'T BE A CONSENT ITEM BECAUSE CONSENT, I OWN MEANS YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE ITEMS TAKEN UNDER ONE ORDER AND APPROVE 3, 6, 5, HOWEVER MANY CONSENT ITEMS THERE ARE.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, YOU HAVE TO STOP HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION FROM STAFF, THE MAYOR AND OR WHOEVER'S RUNNING THE MEETING, OPENS A PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKES PUBLIC COMMENT AND CLOSES A PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKES ACTION ON THAT SPECIFIC ITEM.
SO MY DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER LET'S MAKE SURE WE SEPARATE.
THOSE ARE CONSENT THAT AREN'T, UM, GOVERNED BY STATE LAW OR CODE OR ORDINANCE THAT DON'T REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE CAN LEAVE THOSE ON CONSENT.
THOSE ITEMS THAT REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARING NEED TO BE SEPARATE ITEMS FOR SEPARATE THINGS, BUT WE CAN'T REALLY SAY GENERAL CONSENT AND THEN SAY, DAN'S, WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THAT'S WHAT STARTED THE DISCUSSION.
SO ONE OF THE FIRST PROPOSALS ON THIS IS, UM, ITEMS THAT WILL NOW BE IF YOU'LL SEE THE ITEMS AND ON NUMBER FIVE, GENTLEMEN, I AM JUST SAYS, ITEMS LISTED ON OUR GENERAL CONSENT ARE USUALLY APPROVED AS A GROUP WITH A PROPER MOTION FOR A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MAY REQUEST DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION ON ANY ITEM ON GENERAL CONSENT.
TYPICALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE COUNCIL HAS REVIEWED THE AGENDA.
THERE'S NOTHING OF SPECIAL NOTE OR UNIQUENESS OF, OF AN ITEM IT'S GONE THROUGH, WHETHER IT'S ZONING OR WHATEVER, THE PROPER CHANNELS, UH, NO OBJECTION TO THE ITEM.
THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT BY STATE LAW FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNCIL CAN, CAN APPROVE AS ON A SINGLE MOTION.
THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPTION FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM XYZ THAT COUNCIL CAN VOTE ON THE REST OF THE COUNCIL ITEMS AND THEN SAY, OKAY, WELL NOW HERE DEFINITION ABOUT THAT ONE PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO I WAS THE FIRST, UH, ITEM WE DISCUSSED.
AND THEN WE ALSO DISCUSSED, SHOULD WE SEE DOWN THERE UNDER FIVE B FOR CLARITY, WE ARE MOVING CONSIDERATION ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, FURTHER DOWN THE AGENDA TO DENOTE THAT THOSE GENERALLY REQUIRE A DISCUSSION OR SOMETIMES A PUBLIC HEARING IN ST.
JOURNEY CAN JUMP IN IF YOU'D LIKE TO, TO HELP OUT ON THIS.
BUT SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO REARRANGE THE AGENDA.
SO IT'S MORE CLEAR FOR THE COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC ALSO FOR APPLICANTS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO SPEAK FOR FOUR AGAINST.
IF THEY KNOW THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING THEN ARE ABSOLUTELY FOR SURE, GUARANTEED THAT THE MAYOR VICE MAYOR WHOEVER'S ON THE MAIN HAS TO STOP FOR MEETING, CALL THAT ITEM TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.
ALSO THE, IF THEY ARE ON A CONSENT, THEN GENERALLY THE APPLICANT KNOWS THERE AREN'T ANY KNOWN OBJECTIONS FROM COUNCIL OR FROM ZONING.
IT SHOULD MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY.
INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DEPLOY, LET'S SAY THEY'RE FROM OUT OF TOWN AND AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE TO COME HERE.
THE GENERAL FEELING THAT THE ITEMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH SMOOTHLY.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO PARTICULAR ITEMS AND MARY, YOU CAN STOP ME ANYTIME AND ASK ME QUESTIONS.
WE'VE COME SO FAR BECAUSE SOME OF MY CONFUSION IS UP HERE IS THAT I SEE AN ITEM I'M LIKE, THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IT'S UNDER GENERAL CONSENT.
THEN I GET NUDGED OVER HERE, STOPPED.
AND I FEEL LIKE A PING PONG BALL OFFICIAL NOW.
SO NUMBER, NUMBER NINE IS SIMPLY WHERE RESTATING FOR APWA ITEMS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONSENT AND ACTION, WHERE YOU SEE THE REALLY NEXT CONSIDERATIONS UNDER PLANNING ITEMS IN THE PAST, WE WOULD SAY PLANNING CONSENT ITEMS. WE'RE JUST CLARIFYING
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THAT THESE ARE PLANNING ITEMS REQUIRE A SEPARATE VOTE.SO OFTEN YOU SEE UNDER, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, 10, A CASE D WHATEVER, 0 0, 0, 0 9, WE'D SAY PUBLIC HEARING.
WELL, AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF CONTRADICTORY ABOUT A PLANNING CONSENT ITEM.
SO WE JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC AND TO COUNCIL WHAT ACTIONS WE'RE PROPOSING ARE NECESSARY UNDER STATE LAW.
SO UNLESS IT SAYS CONSENT, THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS ITEM BY ITEM CONSIDERATION FOR DISCUSSION.
AND THOSE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE NOTED.
SO IT SEEMS THAT AS YOU MOVE DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, WE'LL STILL RETAIN CITIZEN COMMENTS.
THAT'S GENERALLY WHERE WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE CITIZENS UP TO THREE MINUTES.
THE NEW ITEM WE'D LIKE TO ADD, UM, IS COMMENTS FROM MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, AND IN PLACE OF NEW BUSINESS, WHICH WE DETERMINED AND DISCUSSION THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY.
AND I DISCUSSED IF THERE'S EVER A NEED FOR A NEW BUSINESS ITEM, WE CAN ALWAYS CALL A SPECIAL MEETING OR WAIT TO THE NEXT SCHEDULED VERSUS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK ON A NEW BUSINESS ITEM.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS THAT CAPABILITY.
SO WE DIDN'T FEEL THERE WAS NECESSARY TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A NEW BUSINESS ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
INSTEAD, WE REPLACED THAT WITH ITEM K, WHICH HAS COMMENTS FROM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS IS TYPICALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MAYOR COUNCIL TO PERHAPS DISCUSS, HEY, AS A, I WAS AT A MEETING WITH, LET'S SAY ODAT REPRESENTATIVES, OR I WAS AT THE FUNERAL JUST RECENTLY.
I JUST WANT TO COMPARE THOUGHTS.
YOU MAY WANT TO TALK ABOUT A COMMITTEE THAT YOU'RE CHAIRING WITH A COCK OR SOMETHING.
YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE GENERAL COMMENTS.
IT'S NOT FOR ACTION, BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO REPORT BACK TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO WITH THAT CITY ATTORNEY, ANY OTHER THINGS YOU WANT TO ADD, OR WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT IS MAYBE WAYS TO STREAMLINE THE MEETING? YUP.
WELL, TO ME IT HAS CLARITY BECAUSE AS I SAID BEFORE, THERE ARE SOME, THERE WERE SOME CONFUSING POINTS THERE JUST, JUST BY THE LANGUAGE.
AND SO THIS GETS RID OF THAT LANGUAGE AND THERE MIGHT BE OTHERS, YOU KNOW, LIKE A CITIZEN COMMENT.
DO WE WANT TO PUT SOMETHING IN THERE SAYING THAT WE CANNOT RESPOND? I MEAN, I DON'T, BUT THAT MAY, THAT MAYBE THAT'S WHERE SOMETHING FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE TABLE TODAY, I APPRECIATE YOUR GOOD.
DO YOU NEED A MOTION TO BRING UP NONE OF THIS, NOT IN THIS BOOK SHOP, WE'VE ACTUALLY PUT AN ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT AND THERE'S GENERAL CONSENSUS.
WE'LL, WE'LL PUT IT ON AN UPCOMING AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION OUT OF.
[3. Update from Staff and Discussion of Current Council Strategic Plan Goals. ]
CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM IS UPDATE FROM STAFF BY AND DISCUSSION OF CURRENT COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS.UM, SO OBVIOUSLY WE CAN, UH, WE CAN JUMP IN AND GO OVER YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS AND WE'RE PREPARED TO DO THAT.
SO, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A TIGHT TIME TONIGHT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN HOPEFULLY EAT SOMETHING BEFORE THE MEETING, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET TO EAT EARLIER BEFORE THE SERVICE.
SO, UM, WE'RE GOING TO JUMP IN.
I GOT TO JUST A FEW GENERAL BULLETS AND THEN WHAT I WANTED TO DO, UH, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, IS GO THROUGH THE FOUR-STAR AND THE THREE-STAR ITEMS. GIVE YOU QUICK, QUICK UPDATES.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE RECEIVED THE FULL 15 PAGE REPORT.
THAT'S ALSO AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, BUT THE THOUGHT WAS IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THOSE, UM, EXPEDIENTLY AS POSSIBLE, THEN IF THERE'S THINGS YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND ASK ON ANY OF THOSE, THAT, AND THAT WAY WE AT LEAST MAKE SURE WE GOT THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
UM, WE'LL BE GETTING BACK TOGETHER IN THIS FALL AND WE'LL REVISIT THIS, BUT TODAY IS TO JUST KIND OF CHECK IN ON PROGRESS SINCE, UH, SINCE YOU GUYS SET ALL THESE AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHERE, WHERE WE'RE AT AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT.
UM, THIS STRATEGIC PLAN WAS DRAFTED BY THIS CURRENT SITTING COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER, 2021.
AND WE ALWAYS NOTE THAT ON THE PLAN BECAUSE, UH, WHEN WE DO HAVE NEW ELECTIONS, THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS ACTUALLY THOSE GOALS ARE ACTUALLY CREATED, UH, BY A SITTING COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER, BUT THEN YOU HAVE NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE ELECTED AFTERWARDS.
SO WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE TO NOTE THAT, UH, WE'VE RESTRUCTURED OUR PROCESS, UH, TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE STAFF PROCESS TO HELP OPERATE OPERAS, OPERATE, OPERATIONALIZE THE GOALS.
SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL SEE AS IMPORTANT AND BE ABLE TO MORE EASILY PUT THOSE INTO THE WORK THAT STAFF IS DOING.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FELT LIKE WAS, WAS A GOOD IMPROVEMENT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS NEW THIS YEAR, AND IT'S BEEN VERY IMPACTFUL AND HELPFUL FOR US TO STAFF.
UH, YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ASSIGNED SCORES TO ALL THE GOALS, UH, WHAT THAT LEFT US WITH WAS 12 FOUR-STAR GOALS, 15 THREE-STAR GOALS.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER TODAY, A SIX, TWO STAR GOALS AND TWO, ONE STAR GOALS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THESE AREN'T IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY'RE ON THERE.
SO THEY'RE IMPORTANT, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THEY, THEY DIDN'T GET SCORED AS HIGH BECAUSE MAYBE WE KNEW THE TIMING WASN'T GOING TO BE RIGHT.
THEY WERE, THEY WERE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE SOME OTHER THINGS.
I THINK THOSE WERE SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU ALL TOOK, UH, INTO YOUR THOUGHTS.
SO WE'LL JUMP IN AND WE'LL START
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GOING THROUGH THESE AND WE'LL JUST GIVE EVERYONE A QUICK UPDATE ON 27 GOALS.AND IF I FALL DOWN, THEN MR. CONYERS WILL JUMP IN AND JUST TAKE OFF FROM WHEREVER I FILLED OUT.
ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH IN THE DOWNTOWN TIF DISTRICT.
AND THAT WAS FORMALLY ADOPTED OCTOBER, 2020 TO TIF FIVE PROJECTS HAD BEEN APPROVED FOR TIF FUNDING, UH, THAT AT THIS TIME WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL GENERATE $110 MILLION IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN ADDITIONAL PROJECTS ARE BEING LOOKED AT TO POTENTIALLY SECURE A TIF FUNDING WITH YOUR APPROVAL.
OBVIOUSLY, ANY PROJECT THAT WANTS TO HAPPEN IN THE TIF HAS TO GO THROUGH COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, REDEVELOP CITY OWNED PROPERTIES TO INCLUDE NEW CITY HALL AND PARKING GARAGE.
WE'VE GOT A PICTURE OF THE SITE RIGHT THERE OF OUR TEMPORARY PUBLIC SPACE.
A DESIGN CONTRACT WAS AWARDED IN JUNE.
ESTIMATED TIME FOR DESIGN IS 12 MONTHS ESTIMATED TIME FOR CONSTRUCTION, 18 TO 24 MONTHS.
UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S LOOKING TO BE ABOUT A $32 MILLION PROJECT.
SO THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT.
AFTER HAVING TALKED ABOUT IT FOR MANY YEARS, REDEVELOP VACATED CITY OWNED PROPERTIES IN DOWNTOWN AFTER OFFICE CONSOLIDATION.
SO THIS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE OTHER ONE, OBVIOUSLY, WHICH IS WHAT MAKES IT SO IMPORTANT.
UH, AN RFQ TO PARTNER WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM WILL BE RELEASED WHEN THE CITY HALL PARKING GARAGE DESIGN REACHES 30%.
SO THAT'S BEGINNING WHEN THAT REACHES 30%, THEN WE'LL HIT THE RFQ FOR THIS, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE AREA THAT'S, THAT'S BEING USED FOR A CITY HALL THAT LEAVES AROUND THREE ACRES AND IT'S ALL PROPERTY ALONG LITTLER.
SO WE'VE GOT THIS ONE HERE, THE ONE THAT WE'RE IN TODAY, ALSO THESE PROPERTIES THERE.
SO WE KNOW THAT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF YOU, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DOWNTOWN, FREEING UP THAT, THAT PROPERTY.
WHEN YOU ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS DURING YOU MIND, YOU CAN, YOU CAN THAT'S PROGRAMMING GONE FAR ENOUGH ON, YOU MENTIONED 32 MILLION ON CITY HALL, WHICH MAKES ME THINK THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A SQUARE FOOTAGE IN MIND.
HAVE YOU DECIDED, HAVE WE DECIDED ON THREE OR FOUR STORIES? OH, THEY'RE ALL LOOK AT ME.
SO ACTUALLY TOMORROW I THINK BLUE TOMORROW IS IT TOMORROW IS THE KICKOFF OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHERE COUNCILOR CHAPMAN AND THE MAYOR SIT DOWN WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM WITH THE ARCHITECT.
AND WE START SCOPING THAT OUT.
I THINK EARLY ON THERE SOME GENERAL NUMBERS, WHAT WAS ABOUT 40,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO YEAH, ANDY CONGRESS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ADMINISTRATION IN 2018, WE DID A NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF SQUARE FOOTAGE WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THAT'S ROUGHLY 60 TO 65,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO YOU HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE HIGHER.
I WOULD, IF I WERE TO BE ASKED WHETHER TO, UM, UH, NAIL A SQUARE FOOTAGE RIGHT NOW, OR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, AND IF THAT MEANS AN ADDITIONAL FLOOR AND DOES MAKE, MAKE IT TALLER, I'M OKAY WITH I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
BUT THAT'S SO THAT'S VERY PRELIMINARY.
I JUST, BY YOU NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT BY SAYING A NUMBER, I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT'S MAYBE THAT'S DECIDED, AND IT WAS A QUESTIONNAIRE.
IN FACT, UH, THE DESIGN CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO REESE.
AND SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT REESE WILL DO IS TO BASICALLY REEVALUATE WHAT WAS DONE IN 2018 IS TO SAY, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'VE HEARD THAT YOU NEED NOW.
AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT GAP SIZE.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A LITTLE LARGER.
I KNOW WE SET UP THERE 12 MONTHS TO DESIGN AND 1824 MONTHS.
WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THAT AS QUICK AS WE CAN, NOW THAT WE DO CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
THAT STUFF CAN, SOME OF THAT CAN MOVE CONCURRENTLY.
SO OUR EFFORT IS TO GET THE DESIGN TEAM ON BOARD AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, THE KICKS OFF TOMORROW AND HOPEFULLY THREE OR FOUR MONTHS, WE'RE READY TO GO OUT FOR THE IMMEDIATELY FOR THE RFQ, FOR THE ACTUAL CONTRACTOR.
WILL SHE HAVE SOMETHING ADDITIONAL SHIFTS? IN FACT, YESTERDAY, I JUST ON FRIDAY JUST RECEIVED A PO UH, JUST A DRAFT OF THE RFQ FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK SERVICES.
SO IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS ON THEIR PLATE IS TO GET THAT OUT THE DOOR.
SO OUR GOAL IS WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS WITH THIS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL SCOPE WHO IS GOING TO BE IN THE BUILDING AND WHAT'S OUR GOAL.
YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER, OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW YEARS ABOUT NEEDS, NOT JUST ON SPACE NEEDS, BUT ALSO SECURITY AND SAFETY.
AND OUR PARTNERS ARE THE PARKING GARAGE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT'LL HELP GIVE THE ARCHITECTS SOME CONCEPT OF WHAT'S THE SPACE NEEDS AND WHAT THE FOOTPRINT NEEDS TO BE.
AND THEN WE CAN GO INTO, I THINK YOU ALL WILL DO A GREAT, I THINK Y'ALL WILL DO A GREAT JOB.
YOU SAID THAT NOW I'LL PUT THAT ON VIDEO TAPE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY.
WE'LL JUMP BACK IN PURSUE DEVELOPMENT OF INDOOR SPORT COMPLEX THIRTY-FIVE AND COBELL PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN HELD WITH AN EXPERIENCED OPERATOR OF THESE FACILITIES.
UH, AS OF NOW, THE PLAN IS FOR CITY INVOLVEMENT TO BE LIMITED, UH, ADDITIONAL CITY INVOLVEMENT WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RETAIL COMPONENTS.
UH, AS ANOTHER STANDALONE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SIDE IS NOT IDEAL.
OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THIS AREA VERY WELL.
WE'VE GOT TWO STANDALONE DEVELOPMENTS, AND WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO KICKSTART
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FURTHER PROGRESS OUT THERE.SPORT FEASIBILITY OF ALTERNATE FUNDING WITH TRAN FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, UH, WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO SECURE MORE FUNDING FOR PROJECTS, UM, WITH OUR, OUR DELEGATIONS AND, AND WITH, UH, WITH ODAT AND ANYONE ELSE THAT WILL LISTEN, UH, INITIAL CONVERSATION HAS TAKEN PLACE TO EXPLORE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FINANCING, UH, THERE'S CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP COMING UP IN AUGUST, I BELIEVE ON THE 22ND, UH, WE'LL UPDATE NUMEROUS TRANSPORTATION RELATED PROJECTS.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY A TIME WHERE, WHERE THIS IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
OBVIOUSLY WE'LL NEED TO BE WITH ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT MR. MANOCK IS WORKING ON, CONTINUE TO WORK, TO FILL GAPS IN SIDEWALK, CONNECTIONS ALONG KEY TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT? MR. MORA THAT'S OPERATION.
WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? FILL THE GAP OPERATION, FILL THE GAP.
UH, DOWNTOWN SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.
IN FACT, THIS, THIS PICTURE CAME FROM MR. CHAPMAN.
I STOLE THAT FROM YOUR FACEBOOK.
UM, SECOND STREET SIDEWALK PROJECTS, SANTA FE TO
AND THAT'S FROM BRIAN TO THORN.
BROOKE WILL COINCIDE WITH WATERLINE PROJECT IN 2023 AS WELL.
SO WE WERE WORKING TO TRY TO FILL THOSE GAPS DOING GREAT.
SUPPORT EFFORTS OF REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITIES, COMMUTER RAIL PROJECT, UH, EDMOND AND NORMAN VIA DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CITY IS MAKING PROGRESS.
AND AS A HIGH PRIORITY INITIAL COST ESTIMATING AND STATION ALESIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
AND THEN DUE TO OTHER CITIES EXITING THE PARTNERSHIP, EDMUND WILL NOW HAVE A SECOND BOARD MEMBER.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, OOPS, I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON.
THIS IS, THIS IS THE KEY CORRIDOR FOR US.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S STILL TALK ABOUT OTHER CORRIDORS, UH, BUT WITH, WITH THERE BEING THREE MAIN CITIES NOW, UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL NORMAN HAVE A SECOND AND THEN OKLAHOMA CITY A THIRD.
AND WHEN, AND HOW WILL WE PICK THAT? YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL GETS TO APPOINTED A VENDOR FOR YOU.
THEY DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE YET.
THAT WAS A RECENT DEVELOPMENT.
SO YES, THAT WILL, THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WILL BE INVOLVED IN.
CONTINUED SUPPORT OF STAFF NEEDS FOR WATER AND ELECTRIC, SMART METER INSTALLATION, UTILITY PARTNERS OF AMERICA.
UPA IS SET TO BEGIN SYSTEM-WIDE METER ROLLOUT.
UH, VERY SOON AUGUST 1ST WORKS EXPECTED TO TAKE 18 MONTHS, TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
AND THE SMART CHOICE WEB PORTAL IS CURRENTLY PROJECTED TO GO LIVE IN OCTOBER.
SO WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROJECT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR MANY YEARS, LARGE INVESTMENT, BUT SHOULD BE VERY BIG BENEFITS BOTH ON THE FRONT AND THE BACK END FOR NOT ONLY US, BUT OUR CUSTOMERS AS WELL, SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF UPGRADES AT KICKING BERG GOLF, UH, SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE IN ALL FACETS OF CONSTRUCTION.
IF YOU EVER DRIVE BY, YOU CAN CERTAINLY SEE THAT ANTICIPATED OPENING UP THE CLUBHOUSE AND OTHER BUILDINGS AS MARCH, 2023 AND THE GOLF COURSE DRIVING RANGE AND SHORT GRAIN PRACTICE AREA OPENINGS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE TURF CONDITIONS.
THE CURRENT PROJECT COSTS ARE JUST SLIGHTLY OVER 19 MILLION AND THINGS ARE MOVING OUT THERE.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE THAT IF YOU DRIVE BY REGULARLY CONDUCTED ASSESSMENT OR INDEX OF HOUSING OPTIONS AVAILABLE IN EDMOND TO DETERMINE GAPS AND RFP, TO HAVE A CONSULTANT, UH, COMPLETE A HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
WE'LL CLOSE HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AUGUST 12TH, THIS STUDY WILL INCLUDE AN INCLUSIVE HOUSING NEEDS ANALYSIS AND MARKET DEMAND STUDY FOR EDMOND AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO ADDRESS HOUSING NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE FUTURE.
STUDIES SHOULD EXTEND TO SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
ARE YOU GETTING INTEREST ON THAT? I HAVEN'T CALLED AT LEAST A COUPLE OF RESPONSES, PURSUE CREATION OF AN OVERLAY DISTRICT IN THE CITY CORE TO ALLOW FOR MORE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, INFILL, UH, WORK IS PROGRESSING ON ORDINANCE LANGUAGE TO ALLOW DENSIFICATION CERTAIN AREAS OF DOWNTOWN LOCAL AND FEDERAL RESOURCES ARE BEING FOCUSED IN THESE AREAS.
AND THE OVERLAY IS AWAITING A DRAINAGE STUDY TO BE COMPLETED DUE TO THE LACK OF STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA.
AND THE CONCERNS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT IMPACTING, UH, IMPACTS FROM DENSIFICATION.
SO DO WE KNOW IF THAT DRAINAGE STUDY IS IN THE WORKS? YES, SHE WAS ALL HERS.
IT WAS APPROVED ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
THEY HAVE STARTED AT, AT STORMWATER OR DID WE YEAH.
OR SWAB FIRST, HE CAME TO US LIKE THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THOSE ARE THE, LIKE THE THREE AREAS THAT YOU WERE PROPOSING OR IS THAT A GREATER AREA SPENDING AN AREA IN WEST OF DOWNTOWN.
DO, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THAT? CAUSE DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT ON POSSIBLY TWO OTHER AREAS?
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UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE AS DEVOID OF STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS THIS ONE AND HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS.RIGHT? SO THIS WAS THE ONE THAT KIND OF, UM, MADE THE STORM WATER ENGINEER A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE HILL.
THEY ARE SO WE'RE STOPPED ON THOSE.
UM, NO, WE COULD MOVE JUST YET THE PRIORITY AREAS.
SO YEAH, THAT WAS ONE WE WERE MOST FOCUSED ON IS ON THE WEST OF DOWNTOWN.
FOR THE MOST PRESSURE IS BEING SEEN RIGHT NOW.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT ONE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OKAY.
IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS TO MEET NEEDS IDENTIFIED BY COMMUNITY HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UH, THE HEALTHY MINDS INITIATIVE CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY BETWEEN JULY OF LAST YEAR AND APRIL.
THIS YEAR FINAL REPORT IS EXPECTED TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL IN THE COMING MONTHS.
UH, CITY STAFF HAS WORKING WITH NORTH CARE TO OPEN A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY IN EDMOND AND ALSO SEED FUNDING IS BEING PROVIDED TO LAUNCH CASE MANAGER, A CASE MANAGERS PROGRAM IN THE EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SO THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THOSE, THOSE INITIATIVES CONSTRUCT DOWNTOWN BROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND PROVIDE LINKAGE ACROSS MAJOR ROADWAYS.
KIMBERLY HORN CONDUCTED VISIONING PROJECT TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR IMPROVEMENTS STAKEHOLDERS, UH, AT THIS TIME DO NOT DESIRE A VERY DISRUPTIVE PROJECT AND STAFF HAS WORKING WITH CURRENT CONFIGURATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE NOW TO FIND A WAY TO IMPROVE SAFETY, TO INCLUDE ADA IMPROVEMENTS, STRIPING, WAYFINDING, ENHANCE LINING.
AND YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THOSE THINGS ALREADY WITH CHANGING LIFE CYCLES, LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT, UH, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, AND TRYING TO MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN ADA IMPROVEMENTS WILL, WILL ALSO BE A BIG PART OF THAT AS WELL.
I WONDER IF THE STAKEHOLDERS WOULD EVER DESIRE A DISRUPTIVE PROJECT, WHY CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SAID STAKEHOLDERS.
NOW I SUSPECT THAT ANSWER WOULD ALWAYS BE NO, YOU'RE CLOSER TO THE STAKEHOLDERS THAN MOST OF US.
IS THERE ANY POTENTIAL FOR MANY LESSONS LEARNED FROM THIS ANALYSIS FOR THE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY SINCE? YEAH, PROBABLY NOT.
I MEAN, MAYBE NEW AREAS OUT EAST, WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP TOWN CENTERS OUT THERE THAT HAVE MORE OF AN URBAN FEEL.
I WOULD DEFINITELY APPLY THERE, BUT THIS WAS A SPECIFIC TO THE FOUR OR FIVE BLOCKS THAT ARE KIND OF THE OLD CORE OF EDMOND AND VERY RELATED TO THOSE BUILDINGS, THE WAY THEY SIT CLOSE TO THE STREET AND THOSE THINGS.
SO I, NONE OF THAT, IT HAS REAL WIDE RANGING APPLICATION ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY.
SO IT'D BE A SEPARATE ANALYSIS FOR PLACES LIKE KELLY AND IN SANTA FE WHERE WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT NOW STARTING TO GO ON THE EAST AND WEST PARTS OF THOSE STREETS, BUT WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WANT TO TRAVERSE ACROSS THOSE.
AND IN VERY MUCH SO WE ARE, UH, AS A PART OF THE EDMOND SHIFT PLANNING, PROCESSORS, UH, FOUR PRIORITY AREAS THERE.
I REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, UH, WHETHER THE CONSULTANT IS TAKING A MORE DETAILED LOOK AT CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS THAT HAVE CERTAIN ISSUES.
UH, AND THOSE WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE APPLICABLE IN OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY AS WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS GOING TO GET A WHOLE LOT MORE DISRUPTIVE AFTER WE HAVE ABOUT OH, 600 MORE PEOPLE LIVING DOWN HERE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE STAKEHOLDERS DOWN THERE.
SO THAT CHANGE, THAT OPINION MAY CHANGE ON HOW DISRUPTIVE A PROJECT IS OR NOT.
THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD ANSWER COMING OUT OF COVID THE BUSINESS OWNERS HAS HAD NO APPETITE FOR ANY KIND OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WAS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR THEM.
BRANDY GETS 50 POINTS, UNFORTUNATELY, AND THEY'RE WORTH, THEY'RE NOT USABLE.
AND YOU'LL BE SITTING RIGHT HERE.
IMPLEMENT TRAFFIC FLOW IMPROVEMENTS AT COVELO AND COLTRANE.
I HAVE A FEELING YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UH, INTERSECTION IS UNDER DESIGN FOR AN INTERIM IMPROVEMENT AND THE ULTIMATE WIDENING A SMALL LEFT TURN LANES AND SIGNALS WILL BE ADDED TO THE EXISTING AREA TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW AND RIGHT AWAY PURCHASES FOR THE ULTIMATE WIDE WIDENING IN DESIGN ARE MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? OR JUST MOVE FORWARD? OKAY.
SO WHAT DOES SMALL LIFT IT'S LIKE FOR REALLY COMPACT CARS OR
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE ULTIMATE DESIGN GOING, AND THEN WE DID AN INTERIM DESIGN.
WHAT WE DECIDED WAS ONCE WE PUT THE SIGNALS UP AT
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COLDWELL 9 35, WE GOT TRAFFIC MOVING OFF THE INTERSTATE COMING TO THIS INTERSECTION.SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE MET WITH OUR DESIGN ENGINEER AND WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD AN OVERLAY PROJECT AWARDED TO HASKELL AND THE CONSTRUCTION WE'VE MET WITH THEM.
WE HAVE COME UP, WE LITERALLY MET OUR OFFICE.
WE DESIGNED HOW WE CAN AVOID, WE THINK EVERYTHING OUT THERE.
UM, WE'VE COME UP WITH THE QUANTITIES FOR THAT.
IT WILL PROVIDE FOR LEFT TURN LANES IN ALL DIRECTION.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ROOM TO PUT RIGHT TURN LANES, BUT WE CAN MOVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OFFSET INTERSECTION.
IT WON'T BE AS NICE AS WHAT SETS BRYANT AND COBELL OR SANTA FE COBELL, BUT WE CAN GET A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FOOT STORAGE BAYS IN THERE WITHOUT HAVING TO MOVE ANYTHING AND PROVIDE LEFT TURNS AND, UM, MOVE FORWARD.
SO I'M EXPECTING A KIND OF A COST ESTIMATE BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY FROM HASKELL LEMON.
THEY'RE LOOKING, THEY'RE LITERALLY SCAVENGING EVERYBODY'S YARDS IN TOWN TO FIND OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT PIPE SIZES THAT EVERYBODY HAS SO THEY CAN MAYBE BORROW THEM.
THERE'S A LOT OF DRAINAGE STRUCTURES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
SO ONCE WE CAN GET ALL THAT IN PLACE, WE CAN GET THEM STARTED TO START EXTENDING THOSE PIPES.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN REALLY CREATIVE.
MR. FISHER BACK THERE HAS VOLUNTEERED TO INSTALL SOME WOOD POLES FOR US, FOR SOME SORT OF SIGNALS, POSSIBLY SPAN WIRE.
WE WERE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS, TRYING TO SCAVENGE THEIR YARD TO FIND ANY SINGLE HEADS, TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, SPAN, WIRE CONTROL, ANYTHING OUT THERE SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT INSTALLED ONCE WE GET THE LANES IN.
SO WHAT DID HE GET THE PAVEMENT IN FIRST, HOPEFULLY HERE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, MAKE IT A LOT BETTER THAN WE CAN PUT A SIGNAL OUT THERE AND GET PEOPLE MOVING.
SO THAT'S OUR GOAL TO GET THAT, UM, AS FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE, CONGRATULATE YOUR CREATIVITY.
ANYTHING'S BETTER THAN NOTHING.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT GOOD AS WE CAN.
SO I REMEMBER AT STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION, WE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT CREST, MAYBE COMING, YOU REMEMBER THAT AND THE TIMING AROUND THAT AND HOW IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM NOW THEY ARE COMING.
AND I KNOW Y'ALL ARE WELL AWARE.
AND SO I, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS GONNA GONNA WORK OUT JUST FINE IF IT KEEPS MOVING NOW, UNLESS WE FIND A POISON PILL HIDDEN UNDER THERE, THAT WE DIDN'T GET FROM THE FOUR GAS COMPANIES, THE 18 DIFFERENT FIBER OPTIC LINES, THE WATER, THE SEWER, THE OVERHEAD ELECTRIC, THE O G N E COX CABLE.
I CAN KEEP GOING DOWN THE LIST.
WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE DONE PROBABLY BEFORE THEY EVEN HAVE A FOUNDATION BOARD FOR THEIR BUILDINGS.
AND IF SOMETHING CHANGES, I WILL LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THAT IS OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW TO FIT SOMETHING IN.
IF WE'RE OUT THERE HANDING IN OURSELVES.
JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'RE NOT SCAVENGING BECAUSE WE'RE CHEAP, WE'RE SCAVENGING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIND THINGS.
CONTINUE PLANNING WITH ODAT FOR REVAMPING OF
UH, ODA HAS COMMITTED TO THIS WORK IN THEIR EIGHT YEAR PLAN WITH RIGHT AWAY AND UTILITIES WORK IN THIS, UH, FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR THAT STARTS THIS OCTOBER CONSTRUCTION OR PROJECT WILL TAKE PLACE IN TWO FEDERAL FISCAL YEARS, 24 AND 25.
THIS IS IDENTIFIED AS A $23 MILLION PROJECT, AND IT'S NOT YET KNOWN WHAT OUR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IS.
UH, WE'VE MET WITH THEM AGAIN THIS WEEK AND HAD A GREAT MEETING THERE THEY'RE VERY MUCH, UH, ON BOARD WORKING WITH US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
THEY UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS PROJECT IS AND ARE VERY THANKFUL, UH, TO HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND NOT JUST SHOW UP AND SAY, DO, DO DO.
UM, SO THIS, HOPEFULLY AS WE WERE GIVEN ASSURANCES THAT THIS IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR THEM, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO? YEAH.
WHAT I'D SAY IS THIS ISN'T GOING TO COME QUICKER THAN, YOU KNOW, OR WE THINK IT'S YEARS OUT.
BUT LITERALLY I THINK THEY SAID, IT'S GOING TO START LATE THIS FALL.
SOME OF THIS WORK SO THAT OUR DISCUSSION WITH SECRETARY GATZ AND HIS TEAM WAS WHAT CAN WE DO TO BE PROACTIVE WITH THE COMMUNITY, TO LET OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, LET OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT, UM, CHANGE IS GOING TO OCCUR.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT YEARS TO DO THIS WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL TALK BRIEFLY HERE IN A MINUTE, ABOUT 66 AND 77 ARE GONNA BE A GREAT PARTNER WITH US.
WE'VE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO EXPLORE A FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, PERHAPS HAVE THE CITY TAKE ON MORE OF A ROLE FOR 77, 66 AFTER THEY REBUILD THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.
BUT EVEN IN THE INTERIM, THEY'RE GOING TO DO AN OVERLAY PROJECT, WHICH IS GOING TO START.
WHEN WAS THAT CASEY? LATE THIS YEAR? UH, I THINK IT WAS 23, 23.
BUT IF YOU THINK THAT TRULY ONLY SIX MONTHS AWAY.
SO IF YOU'RE THINKING I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTION OR, OR WORK ON I 35 AND THEN 66 AND 77 ARE OUR THOUGHT AS A STAFF, WE NEED TO BE WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET THE WORD OUT.
WHAT MIGHT BE THE, UH, THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, THE LOANS, HOMEOWNERS CONES, YOU KNOW, PROGRESS
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SOMETIMES DISRUPTIVE.WELL, THE CITIZENS ARE PRETTY MUCH CONVINCED AT THIS POINT THAT WE DON'T HAVE EVERY STREET AND REDIRECTION.
SO THIS COULD BE WELL, BUT I, I WOULD SAY AFTER DRIVING 77, THIS WEEK FOUR OR FIVE TIMES, I THINK IT'D BE LOADED.
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS AS ODATA IS VERY EXCITED TO HAVE US A PARTNER, WE'RE VERY PROACTIVE WITH THEM AND THEY'D LOVE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO BE CREATIVE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED WITH THEM, I KNOW I'M JUMPING AHEAD TO 77.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ONE OF THE FUTURE SLIDES THERE.
CASEY IS IF WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING CREATIVE TODAY, IT'S A STATE HIGHWAY AND THEY'D HAVE TO SAY, WELL, WE HAVE STATE GUIDELINES.
WE REALLY CAN'T DO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
BUT IF WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, PERHAPS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE MORE CREATIVE ON HOW WE REDESIGN REBUILD 77 66.
SO WE THINK WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT, BUT WE JUST KNOW, WE WANT TO TELL OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC THAT CHANGE IS GOING TO COME.
AND SOMETIMES WE'RE GOING TO BE A PERIOD WHERE THERE MIGHT BE DISRUPTION, UH, OWED ON AND WE DISCUSSED, UH, A KIND OF A PROACTIVE OUTREACH TEAM.
SO WHETHER THEIR STAFF IS ON SITE OR NOT, OR WE HAVE STAFF THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE AS CONCERNED ABOUT INTEREST IN AS ACTRESSES TO BUSINESSES.
AND THEY CAN SURE WE CAN DO CHANGE ON THE FLY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN GET WHERE THEY NEED TO BE WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF CONGESTION.
SO IT'S THE 23 MILLION FROM THEIR EIGHT YEAR.
YES, THIS IS THIS, THIS INFORMATION IS ALL IN THE EIGHT YEAR PLAN.
AND THAT WHEN WE MET WITH THEM JUST THIS PAST WEEK, THAT WAS, THAT WAS ALL RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
AND I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UH, WE INVITED THEM, THEY ACCEPTED WHOLEHEARTEDLY AS IT, WHEN WE DO OUR WORKSHOP IN AUGUST, WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY TAKE FIVE, 10 MINUTES, ALLOW ODA TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS SO THEY CAN START GETTING THE MESSAGE ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT.
SO, AND JAY, WASN'T IT JUST A FEW, HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT THIS WASN'T EVEN ON THERE EIGHT YEARS PLAN.
YEAH, IT, IT WASN'T, BUT THEN IT WAS ON, IT WAS ON, BUT IT WAS EIGHT YEARS OUT.
AND THEN, AND THEN THROUGH THE HARD WORK OF A LOT OF, A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT'S, IT'S MOVED UP.
I MEAN, HONESTLY, SOMETHING THAT'S ENCOURAGING TO ME IS 23.
MILLION'S A BIG NUMBER, BUT NOT A BIG NUMBER FOR ODAT NECESSARILY FOR ONE OF THEIR BIGGER PROJECTS.
AND IT'D BE WONDERFUL IF THEY COULD.
I MEAN, WE'RE SPREADING DOLLARS IN A LOT OF OTHER PLACES.
AND IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY AT, THAT'S THE WAY IT WILL BE, BUT IT'D BE FANTASTIC IF THEY COULD JUST COVER IT.
SO WE'LL KNOW MORE AS, AS THINGS START TO MOVE FORWARD.
PURSUE GROWTH OF USERS AND REVENUE AT GUTHRIE EDMOND, REGIONAL AIRPORT, A REALIGNMENT OF THE TAXIWAY DEVELOPMENT OF A BUSINESS PARK ARE BEING DISCUSSED AS MAJOR.
AND DEVELOPMENT OF A BUSINESS PARK, UH, ARE BEING DISCUSSED AS MAJOR PROJECTS.
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TERMINAL IS UNDER CONSIDERATION WITH FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
OUR CURRENT FISCAL COMMITMENT IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY, BUT ADDITIONAL 250,000 AS POSSIBLE.
IF THE NEW TERMINAL IS CONSTRUCTED.
SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR YEARS WANTING TO SEE MORE GROWTH OUT THERE.
AND THOSE, THOSE THINGS LOOK LIKE THEY COULD BE PROGRESSING.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON A REPORT AND MAYBE CATHY'S KATHY OR SCOTT WILL BE YOUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
I WONDER IF HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A WORKSHOP AT SOME POINT MAYBE SOON, OR THEN LATER ON WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH OUR AIRPORT OR WE DEFINITELY COULD, UM, TA THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER IN GUTHRIE WILL BE LEAVING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UM, MY SUGGESTION IS MAYBE ALLOW THE NEW CITY MANAGER TO COME ON BOARD AND GET FAMILIAR, UM, TO GET HIS OR HER ASSESSMENTS OF WHERE GUTHRIE IS THEMSELVES ABOUT THE AIRPORT.
I THINK THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT THOUGHTS UP THERE.
UH, THEY DO HAVE A GRANT REQUEST IN WITH THE SENATOR'S OFFICE FOR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROPER TERM IS.
ANYWAY, I CALL IT EARMARKS COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
IT'S POLITICALLY CORRECT TO RECEIVE SOME FUNDING FOR THE TERMINAL, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A LONG-TERM DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE, WHERE DO WE SEE THIS AIRPORT GOING? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS AWARE OF THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITIES OR OBLIGATIONS THAT COME BETWEEN NOW AND THEN THAT YEAH.
WELL, IF SOMETHING POPS UP YEAH, SOMETHING NEW TURNS UP WE'LL, WE'LL OBVIOUSLY BRING THAT BACK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION BEFORE THERE'S ANY FINAL COMMITMENT.
IMPLEMENTING THE HAND SYSTEM FOR PLACE MARKING AND WAYFINDING MERGER DESIGN HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US SINCE JUNE OF LAST YEAR ON DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING, UH, FUNDING FOR DESIGN AND INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION.
WE'RE DESIGNATED FROM OUR LOCAL ARPA FUNDS AND INITIAL IMPLEMATE IMPLEMENTATION SHOULD BEGIN IN THE COMING MONTHS.
SO YOU ALL BEEN, YOU'VE SEEN SOME DESIGNS COME THROUGH HERE.
IN FACT, OUR, OUR FRIENDS FOR MERGER HERE TONIGHT
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AND GETTING TO WORK THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, THEY'RE THERE, WE'RE LITERALLY GOING TO BE GOING OUT TO EVERY SIGN LOCATION ACROSS OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE GOING TO GOING TO BE PLAYING IN THE RIGHT SPOTS.SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PROJECT.
IT'S REALLY GONNA, UH, HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE GONNA HELP TOURISM GOING TO HELP OUR LOCAL PEOPLE GET TO KEEP PLACES FROM THE KEY AREAS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW MASTER PLAN FOR ARCADIA LAKE CITY.
COUNCIL APPROVED AN AGREEMENT IN MARCH WITH LAND PLAN CONSULTANTS FOR JUST OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, CURRENTLY IN THE EXISTING FACILITIES ANALYSIS PHASE, AND SOON INTO THE MASTER PLANNING PHASE.
AND THE MASTER PLAN WORK IS SCHEDULED TO WRAP UP AT THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
SO THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD AND WE KNOW, UH, FROM, UH, COVID, LOTS OF PEOPLE FOUND THE LAKE AND WE'RE READY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE USE TO LIKE FOR VERY LONG TIME.
NO, I MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN FUN ABOUT THAT.
THE ENTIRE DISCUSSION UP TO THIS POINT IS IF YOU GO VISIT, UH, THE ARCADIA LAKE COMMISSION, THAT COMMITTEE THEY'RE REALLY THERE, THEY'VE REALLY TAKEN ON THIS, THIS ENERGY, THIS NEW ENERGY, AND THEN THE, UH, JUST, JUST GOALS AND DREAMS AT, AT ARCADIA LAKE.
AND SO OUR I'VE ATTENDED A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AND I JUST THINK IT IN CRAIG'S DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THEM OF FEEDING THEM INFORMATION AND TELLING THEM WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I JUST THINK IT'S, I JUST THINK IT'S FUN THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE REALLY ADOPTED IT AS A NEW PRODUCT.
EXPAND TOURISM EFFORTS THROUGH POTENTIAL LODGING TAX RATE ADJUSTMENT, UH, VISIT EDMUND BOARD HAS BEEN EXAMINING THIS SINCE EARLY 2020, WHICH IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC WHEN PEOPLE STOPPED TRAVELING.
UM, CURRENT SEDIMENT IS THAT A PUBLIC VOTE FOR AN INCREASE FROM 4% TO 6% IS MOST APPROPRIATE.
UM, SO THAT THAT'S CONTINUED TO BE TALKED ABOUT FACT IT WAS JUST ON THEIR AGENDA THIS MONTH TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP LOOKING AT THAT AND FINDING THE RIGHT TIME TO DO THAT SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF THE REALIZED WATER TREATMENT, PLANT EXPANSION PLAN PHASE ONE $38 MILLION SOLIDS HANDLING.
I MADE UP ONE OF THESE TERMS IN HERE, CHRIS, LOOK, WHAT'S WRONG, JUST CORRECT ME.
UM, IS WELL TAKEN A LOT OF WORDS AND PUT THEM ON A SLIGHTEST STUFF, UH, IS NEARING COMPLETION.
WE'LL START OPERATION THIS FALL PHASE 292 MILLION AS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL JUST APPROVED RECENTLY THAT WE KNOW WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN, THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED.
AND THAT WAS NUMEROUS CAPITAL ITEMS, UH, THAT WAS ISSUED WAS ISSUED A NOTICE TO PROCEED IN JULY AND IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN 2027.
AND THEN AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A PLACEHOLDER OF 200 MILLION FOR PHASE THREE.
CAUSE IT'S KIND OF PART OF THE LAST PROCESSES.
UH, AND DESIGN WILL BEGIN THIS FALL FOR THAT.
SO BIGGEST PROJECT IN THE CITY HISTORY.
AND, UM, HONESTLY, IT'S, IF YOU DON'T LOOK AT IT WITH, WITH THE LONG-TERM VIEW, IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND, BUT THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY FOR DECADES TO COME SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF UPGRADES TO AC CAPLINGER BALL FIELDS AT HEYFORD PARK, UH, PHASE ONE BIDS CLOSE ON JULY 26, WHICH IS THIS WEEK.
AND IT'LL BE UP FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL COMING IN AUGUST, UH, THIS NEARLY $7 MILLION PROJECT WE'LL REMOVE FIVE FIELDS AND REPLACE THAT WITH FOUR PLUS ADDITIONAL PARKING ADA SIDEWALKS, UH, COMPLETION OF THIS PHASE IS EXPECTED IN TIME FOR THE FALL 2023 SEASON.
SO KNOW THAT THERE'S A NEED AND THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD.
SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION, THE REDESIGNED STEVENSON PARK COUNCIL APPROVED A BID OF ROUGHLY SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
RECENTLY IN JUNE PROJECT WORK INCLUDES SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO PARK AMENITIES AND NEW STREETSCAPE ON FOURTH STREET AND REGIONAL UNDERGROUND STORMWATER DETENTION.
AND ONCE THAT WORK IS, UH, COMMENCES, IT'S ANTICIPATED TAKE ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS.
SO BIG CHANGE TO A PARK THAT THAT WILL, WILL DEFINITELY BE A MODERN URBAN PARK AFTER THIS IS OVER.
AND WHAT ARE THEY THINKING ABOUT STARTING THERE? WHAT CAN YOU, WHEN DO THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO START? WHERE DO WE THINK WORK MIGHT COME IN? HOPEFULLY IT STARTED PRETTY QUICK.
SUPPORT THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROUTE 66 TRAIL CONNECTOR.
UH, WE'VE CURRENTLY HAVE 60% COMPLETE DESIGN OF THAT PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO BID IN NOVEMBER, 2022.
AND THE BUDGET'S ABOUT $3 MILLION.
THIS IS A KEY PROJECT BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE TWO TRAIL SECTIONS OUT THERE AND THEY DON'T CONNECT.
AND ONCE WE CONNECT THESE TWO, THEN YOU NOW HAVE A REALLY LONG SECTION OF TRAIL.
I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF A COMMUNITY, UH, CONTEST ON NAMING IT BECAUSE WE'RE CALLING IT THE CONNECTOR GERALD.
I THINK, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT, LOOK AT ALL THOSE THINGS.
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ABSOLUTELY.THIS, THIS IS THE INTERNAL WORKING NAME FOR NOW.
WE CAN'T JUST CALL IT RANDOM TRAIL SUPPORT, THE LAND ACQUISITION, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND LIBRARY.
THIS IS, UH, GOING TO BE A HUGE PROJECT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, PROJECT KICKOFF MEETING TOOK PLACE ON JUNE 9TH WITH, UH, THREE MAJOR PARTNERS, US METROPOLITAN LIBRARY SYSTEM, AND THE YMCA LAND PURCHASE IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE IN AUGUST, STILL ACCURATE.
AND THE DESIGN RFQ JUST CLOSED.
AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A DESIGN CONTRACT AWARDED IN SEPTEMBER FOR THE $30 MILLION PLUS PROJECT.
SO, UH, THIS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT, THAT IS TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST DECADES, ICONIC, ICONIC SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW MASTER PLAN FOR MICH PARK FOR WILL BE HIRED TO LEAD THE PROCESS DURING THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2023, NEARLY ALL AREAS OF THE PARK WILL BE LOOKED AT IN CONSIDERATION OF IMPROVEMENT.
SO MORE TO COME ON THIS ITEM, REVIEW DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO INTRODUCE LOW-IMPACT DEVELOPMENT METHODS, PROJECT KIND OF SOFT KICKOFF IN MAY WOULD ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS IS CURRENTLY DOING A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY REVIEW OF ALL INTERNAL CITY ITEMS RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT IN PERSON STAFF REVIEW WILL TAKE PLACE IN SEPTEMBER RELATED TO THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE LID GI ROADMAP.
WHAT IS GI MR. MANOCK GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THAT IS MOVING FORWARD, BEGAN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EAST EDMUND 2050 PLAN EVALUATION.
CURRENT CODES AND PROCESSES IS UNDERWAY TO ALIGN THE EAST EDMUND 2015 WITH THE EAST EDMUND 2050 PLAN CONSULTANT FOR THAT WILL BE SELECTED IN AUGUST AND RFQ IS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE IN AUGUST TO BEGIN AN UP-TO-DATE FOREST STUDY.
AND A COUNCIL WORKSHOP IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS SEPTEMBER TO DISCUSS EAST EDMUND 2050 PLAN.
WE RAN THROUGH ALL THOSE BEFORE WE JUMPED INTO THIS.
WAS THERE ANY OTHER, WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THOSE ITEMS THAT, THAT YOU DID NOT GET TO ASK THAT WE NEED TO TOUCH ON? OKAY.
WE, TO STUFF WE MIGHT GET YOU THERE IN TIME TO EAT SOME FOOD BEFORE YOUR MEETING.
UM, SO TH THE QUESTIONS TO ASK
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WHAT ITEMS OF IMPORTANCE ARE NOT IN HERE.WE KNOW THAT THAT THEY'RE ITEMS THAT COME UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THERE'S THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT AND WORKING ON THAT WERE NOT PART OF THIS PLAN IN THE FALL.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE FALL.
AND IF IT'S SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT IN THERE.
UM, ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT WE DON'T KNOW YET, THAT, THAT ARE COMING TO MIND AS YOU'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, AS YOU'RE HEARING FROM PEOPLE, WHAT THINGS ARE NOT IN THIS PLAN THAT, THAT NEED TO BE IN THIS PLAY IN MOVING FORWARD? OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN HERE ALREADY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON.
SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO REMIND YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT, UM, THE PRIORITIZATION HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO SO THAT WE DIDN'T JUST GET A DOCUMENT WITH A LIST OF THINGS AND THEN TRY TO THROW A DART AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TO SPEND OUR TIME ON.
SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT.
UH, BUT THIS IS KIND OF ALSO JUST A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE, WE CAN DO THAT BEFORE WE START TALKING ABOUT WHAT TIME WE WANT TO MEET IN THE FALL.
SO ANYTHING RELATED TO THESE ITEMS, ITEMS THAT AREN'T IN HERE, OR ANYTHING ELSE, STRATEGIC PLAN, AS FAR AS STATION SIX FALL, DO WE WAS INDUSTRY AND A STRATEGIC ITEM OR IS IT JUST DIFFERENT OR SO IT WOULD BE UPDATED.
IT, IT WAS NOT IN THIS, BUT, UH, CHIEF GOODWIN COULD COME AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT ITEM.
DOES THAT FALL AS FAR AS TRACKING IT AND KNOWING ABOUT IT AND YEAH, YEAH, THAT WAS NOT A STRATEGIC ITEM IN THE COUNCIL WORKSHOP.
I WAS GOING TO BRING A RECOMMENDATION BY THE END OF THE YEAR OR THE FIRST PART OF 20, 22 TO YOU.
UM, BUT IT WASN'T A PLAN ITEM BEFORE THAT.
SO WE'D HAVE MET WITH, UH, THE ARCHITECTS NOW WE'VE STARTED THE DESIGN PROCESS, UH, STEVE MANOCK AND HIS STAFF IS HELPING US WITH THAT.
SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SPEED THAT UP.
UM, AND THE STEVE'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL, MOVING IT THROUGH THE CITY SIDE OF THINGS.
SO WE APPRECIATE IT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A STRATEGIC AND ITEM, APPRECIATIVE OF THE UPDATES THAT YOU'RE GIVING US AND SOME OF THE CONSTRAINTS THAT YOU'RE HAVING AND JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ORDERING THE ENGINE NOW AND WE DON'T EVEN, WE HAVEN'T TURNED DIRT YET.
I'LL BE COMING BACK ON THAT SOON TO COUNSEL.
SO THAT MAY MAYOR, IF I CAN JUMP IN FOR A SECOND, A CHIEF FIVE IN DISCUSSING THIS, OKAY, HERE'S THE NEXT STATION, BUT WE KNOW THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL STATIONS DOWN THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY OUT AT EAST EDMOND.
IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT FOR US TO, IN ADDITION TO THIS STATION, START STRATEGICALLY IDENTIFYING THOSE FUTURE LOCATIONS AND MAYBE EVEN SECURING THEM NOW.
AND THAT WAS SORT OF MY POINT.
THIS IS A SECURITY, A VERY STRATEGIC THING FOR THIS, FOR THE COUNCIL TO START LOOKING AT WITH YOU AND SUPPORTING YOU ON.
AND, AND WHAT I WOULD DO IS, IS MAYBE THAT'S
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A DISCUSSION IN THE FALL WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE STRATEGIC IS NOT JUST I'LL CALL IT PUBLIC SAFETY, WHETHER IT BE POLICE OR FIRE OR NO OTHER IS OUR OTHER STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE LOCATIONS WE NEEDED BY IDENTIFYING WHETHER IT'S, HEY, WE NEED A FUTURE LIMITATION STATION ON THIS AREA, JUST BEING PRINTED WITH OUR DOLLARS.I'LL CALL IT BEFORE THE, THE, THE WAVE OF GROWTH HELPS OUT THERE AND THE PRICES, BOOM.
AGAIN, IS IT SMART TO GO SPEND SOME DOLLARS TODAY SECURE THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO LET DEVELOPMENT KNOW THESE RESOURCES WILL BE IN THIS AREA VERSUS WE BUILD IT HERE.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN DEVELOPMENTS OVER THERE AND OUR MOST TIMES THAT'S RIGHT.
SO WE'RE WATCHING THE 2050 PLANNING FUNCTION.
WATCHING THE 2050 PLAN REAL CLOSE, AND RANDY IS HELPING WITH THAT.
BUT IF YOU ALL, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ALL THAT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE PROPER LOCATION OF FIRE STATIONS.
WHAT WE NEED TO BE IS WITHIN FIVE MILES OF THE HEAVILY POPULATED AREAS FOR THE CITIZENS TO BENEFIT THE MOST.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS EAST EDMUND DEVELOPED.
ALSO, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE LAND ACQUISITIONS FOR MAYBE F PLEASE FIRE, UH, CURRENTLY ON OUR LIST ARE A LOT OF ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR PARKS, BUT HOW DO WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIAL LAND ACQUISITIONS FOR FUTURE PARKS? UH, I KNOW, YEARS AGO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT, AND I KNOW THE CITY HAS LOOKED AT IT, BUT, OR IS THAT STILL ON OUR, OUR EYES TO SAY WE HAVE X AMOUNT OF PARKS.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EAST SIDE OF
BUT, AND HOW DO WE DO THAT? RIGHT.
OTHER THOUGHTS? UH, DID I SEE SERVICE BLAKE? THAT WAS NOT ON THERE BECAUSE THAT WAS A TWO STAR, TWO STAR, THREE STAR.
WE CAN GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT.
SO YOU DIDN'T, YOU DIDN'T FALL DOWN, BUT I'LL, I'LL GO.
UH, SO STAFF HAS SENT, UH, OUR FINAL COMMENTS TO THE ARCHITECT, ARCHITECTS INCORPORATING THOSE.
UM, THEY SAID BY AUGUST 8TH, THEY WILL HAVE A FULL 100% CONSTRUCTION BACK TO US.
AND THEN WE REPLACED THAT AUTUMN OUT TO BED, LOOKING AT BID AWARD IN OCTOBER.
DO PRETTY GOOD FOR A TWO-STAR.
UM, W WE DISCUSS IT TONIGHT AND OUR MEETING THAT TURF FIELD COMPLEX SAYS HAS JUMPED IN FOR SURE.
AND, AND I KIND OF TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THE PARKS AND REC BOARD, UH, AT THEIR LAST MEETING, KIND OF SOME REASONS WHY IT POPPED UP SO QUICKLY.
UM, SO ANYWAY, WELL AWARE OF THAT AND THANK YOU FOR RUNNING WITH THAT, BUT ALSO I, THAT GOES ALONG WITH KIND OF OUR NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WE TALK ABOUT YOUTH SPORTS A LOT IN OUR FACILITIES.
THERE'S BEEN TALK TONIGHT ABOUT OUR FACILITIES, BUT BLACK FIELDS IS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT COMES ALONG WITH ARCS OR PARTNERING WITH A LANDOWNER OR SOMETHING, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A DEMAND.
AND ONE THING I WILL MENTION FOR YOU ALL, AND THEN FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL, UM, THESE PROJECTS, PLUS THESE OTHER PROJECTS THAT MAYBE DON'T GET DISCUSSED, WE'RE DOING, WE HAVE THIS MONTHLY STORY MAP ON OUR WEBSITE NOW, WHICH JANE DOES A GREAT JOB WITHIN OF JAMES AND HER WITH US RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL GIVE HER SOME KUDOS.
UM, AND SO MONTHLY THAT GETS UPDATED.
SO ALL THESE PROJECTS GET REGULAR UPDATES, EXCUSE ME.
AND SO, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIND THAT YOU CAN GO TO EDMUND OK.
DOT GOV FORWARD SLASH PROJECTS, AND YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION REGULARLY AS WELL.
OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TOUCH HERE, UM, IF NOT ONE THING WE WANT TO TRY
[5. Discussion and Consideration of Scheduling the Next Strategic Planning Session (Currently Scheduled for November 4, 2022).]
TO DO NOW, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL VERY BUSY PEOPLE.AND, UH, WE FIGURED IF WE TALK ABOUT IT FOUR MONTHS IN ADVANCE OR THREE MONTHS IN ADVANCE, MAYBE WE CAN NAIL IT DOWN.
UH, WHEN DO YOU WANT TO MEET IN THE FALL? WE HAVE ACTUALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT IT INTERNALLY A LITTLE BIT.
UH, WE MOVED FROM SATURDAYS TO FRIDAYS, UM, TO, TO TRY TO PUT THIS ON, ON A WEEKDAY, WHICH SEEMED TO WORK WELL FOR EVERYONE.
UH, WE'RE TENTATIVELY LOOKED AT NOVEMBER 4TH TO SEE IF THAT MIGHT WORK.
HE'S THE ONE THAT ALWAYS TRAVELING THE WORLD.
WELL, IT'S TOO COLD TO BE IN THE LEG, BUT YOU CAN BE SKIING COULD BE SOMEWHERE.
SO JUST LIKE WE DID THIS PAST YEAR, UH, WE WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE A, UH, SESSION THAT WOULD LAST ALL THROUGH THE MORNING AND THEN INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
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UM, AND SO ANY MAJOR, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMMIT TO IT RIGHT NOW, BUT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP REAL SOON TO SEE IF THAT WILL WORK.SO IF THERE ARE NO MAJOR OBJECTIONS RIGHT NOW, WE'LL FILL IT IN FOR US.
AND THEN, AND THEN WE'LL TRY AND PUT IT IN INK BEFORE MR. CHAPMAN CAN PUT SOMETHING ELSE.
SO I CAN SET A COUPLE GO RIGHT HERE.
CLOSING COMMENTS ON THIS IS, UH, THANKS FOR CASEY AND HIS TEAM PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO SEE IF WE CAN ACCELERATE FURTHER ACCELERATE THESE PROJECTS WITH ADDITIONAL PROJECT MANAGERS AND EFFORTS.
A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS, UH, YOU HAVE HEARD OF BUDGETARY NUMBERS, HEY, WE THOUGHT IT WAS 3 MILLION OR WHATEVER.
AND WE COME TO FIND OUT, IT MIGHT BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, FOR HIGHER THAN THAT.
WE'VE SEEN THAT IN SOME OF OUR CURRENT PROJECTS, WE SAW STEVENSON PARK.
I SAID OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT, UM, AND THESE, I WOULD EXPECT THOSE PRICES TO CONTINUE.
UM, NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE R WORD.
THAT'S NOT MY LAST NAME, BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENT WORD, OUR WORD OUT THERE.
UM, DON'T KNOW WHERE PRICING IS GOING TO BE, BUT I WOULD SUSPECT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE NORTH.
WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR BUDGET AS FAR AS BUDGET PROTECT PROJECTIONS.
SO TWO THINGS WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON BETWEEN NOW AND WHENEVER THE RETREAT IS, IS, IS I KNOW, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME.
WE WERE GOING TO BRING A CONSULTANT ON WILL DAN PROBABLY TO DO SOME WORK FOR US TO DO SOME FINANCIAL ANALYSIS.
UH, THERE'S TWO, TWO WAYS YOU'RE GONNA APPROACH.
YOU CAN HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF PROJECTS, AND EITHER YOU FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDING RESOURCES TO CONTINUE ON THAT, THAT TIMELINE, OR YOU'VE STRESSED THAT TIMELINE OUT BECAUSE HERE'S THE PROCESS DOLLARS WE HAVE COMING THROUGH THE DOORS OR THE OTHER OPTION IS DO YOU IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO CONSIDER? SO OUR GOAL IS BETWEEN SPACE PLANNING, EFFORTS OF KNOWING WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN THE COMING YEARS WITH CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE, LOOKING AT WHAT WE PROJECT, SOME OF OUR COSTS WOULD BE, AND PROBABLY WHERE WE MAY UPDATE THOSE COSTS.
AS THING AS WE'VE MAY HAVE THOUGHT THAT WAS $80 MILLION, BUT NOW REALISTIC, IT MIGHT BE MORE WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS SHOWING WHAT THAT TIME ON IS WHAT WE COULD CURRENTLY FUNDED UNDER A CURRENT FINANCIAL TOOLS OR OTHER OTHER OPTIONS TO CONSIDER.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE UPFRONT THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO PUT STARS EVERYWHERE, BUT STARS ALSO MEAN DOLLARS, CANDY, CHRISTMAS CONVERSATION, IS IT? NO, IT COULD BE A ROCK CANDY, OR IT CAN BE A GUMMY BEARS, BUT, UH, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THE RETREAT WILL BE, WE WANT TO PROVIDE YOU THE INFORMATION.
SO AS YOU MAKE DETERMINATION ON STARS AND RANKINGS, YOU KNOW WHAT THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE CITY IS CURRENTLY WHERE WE THINK IT'S GOING.
AND IF THERE ARE OTHER TOOLS WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT TO CONSIDER, THAT'S IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.
THAT'S HYDRATE AND CALL THIS MEETING OVER.