Aug 22, 2022 City Council

AND NOW WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE ITEM.

5 81 IS ALSO IN PAST,

[10. Discussion and Consideration of the following items related the calling of a Special Election to consider Referendum 02-21 (Ordinance No. 3832) rezoning certain property generally located north of Memorial Road and west of the West I-35 Frontage Road. Approval of Resolution No. _________ Authorizing the Calling and Holding of an Election in the City of Edmond, in the State of Oklahoma on the 8th day of November 2022, for the Purpose of Submitting to the Registered, Qualified Voters of said City, Question related to a Referendum on a Zoning Ordinance for Real Property Generally Located North of Memorial Road and West of the West I-35 Frontage Road. Approval of Election Proclamation and Notice Authorizing the Calling and Holding of an Election on the 8th day of November 2022 for the Purpose of Submitting to the Voters, Question related to a Referendum on a Zoning Ordinance for Real Property Generally Located North of Memorial Road and West of the West I-35 Frontage Road.]

NUMBER 10 WAS POOR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS RELATED TO THE CALLING OF A SPECIAL ELECTION TO CONSIDER REFERENDUM ZERO TWO DASH 21 ORDINANCE NUMBER 38 30 TO REZONE CERTAIN PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF MEMORIAL ROAD IN WEST OF FRONTAGE ROAD, MARY COUNCIL, WHERE WE DID THE TWO ITEMS TONIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, ON ITEM KENNEDY IS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 DASH 22, AUTHORIZING THE CALLING AND HOLDING HIM AT ELECTION IN CITY OF EDMONTON.

INSTEAD OF OKLAHOMA ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022, FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUBMITTING TO THE REGISTERED QUALIFIED VOTERS, IT SAID CITY QUESTION RELATED TO A REFERENDUM ON A ZONING ORDINANCE FOR REAL PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF MEMORIAL ROAD IN WEST OF THE WEST SIDE 35 FRONTAGE ROAD.

SECOND ITEM IS APPROVAL OF ELECTION PROCLAMATION AND NOTICE AUTHORIZE THE CALL AND HOLD ELECTION.

ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER FOR THE SAME PURPOSES INDICATED IN THE RESOLUTION, YOU MIGHT RECALL ON OUR DISCUSSION BACK IN JULY, UH, THE, ALL THE PROTESTS WERE RELATED TO THAT REFERENDUM PETITION HAD BEEN RESOLVED THE MATTER CONCLUDED AT THE DISTRICT COURT LEVEL.

AND THE NEXT STEP FOR THE CITY COUNCIL IS TO SUBMIT THIS MATTER TO THE VOTERS, UH, AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE ELECTION YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THAT YOU WANT TO DO THAT ON NOVEMBER 8TH.

UH, SO TONIGHT WE'RE HERE FOR THE FORMAL, UH, ACCIDENT ON TO DO THAT.

UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER, UM, MR. FRANK BATTLE IS AWARE THAT HIS COUNSEL'S PRESENT THIS EVENING AND WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL, I BELIEVE TO NEW FORD AND THE SECOND ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 8TH.

UM, THERE'S ALSO DISCUSSION ABOUT IF THERE WAS A WAY NOT TO HAVE TO HAVE THE ELECTION RESEARCH, THAT ISSUE DISCUSSED THAT WITH OTHER COUNCIL.

AND, UH, THE ONLY OPPOSITE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE UNDER THE LAW, ONCE THE REFERENDUM PETITION PROCESS HAD BEEN INITIATED AND CONFIRMED AND THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF VOTES, UH, SIGNATURES HAVE BEEN DETERMINED.

AND THEN THE NEXT STEP FOR THE COUNCIL WOULD BE TO SET IT FOR AN ELECTION.

SO OUR STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THESE RESOLUTION AND THE ELECTION PROCLAMATION, AND THEN I'LL AFFORD THE INFORMATION THEY'LL CALL THE COUNTY ELECTION BOARD LATER THIS WEEK AND GET THE MATTER SET FOR AN ELECTION.

AND THAT WAS THE ONLY OUTSTANDING QUESTION WE HAD ABOUT WAS THERE ANY OTHER WORKAROUNDS THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE? ALL RIGHT.

UM, I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE, UH, AS MR. MURDOCH INDICATED.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ILLEGAL? THERE'S AN ABORIGINAL HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD MIGHT WANT TO SAY, OR SIR, KELLY WORK IS MY SEAT.

PLEASE COME HERE, MR. MAYOR.

AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

I HEAR EM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS EXPRESSWAY DEVELOPMENT, LLC, WHICH IS MR. FRANK BATTLE'S COMPANY.

AND,

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IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY REFERENDUM PETITION HAS BEEN THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES WERE CERTIFIED, UH, AS SUFFICIENT.

AND THEY CHALLENGED THAT WAS FILED WITH THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT HAS NOW BEEN, UH, CONCLUDED THE COURT, HAVING DETERMINED THAT THEY, UM, THAT THE REFERENDUM WOULD GO FORWARD.

AND SO OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THE NEXT STEP FOR THE, FOR THE CITY IS TO, UM, SCHEDULE THE REFERENDUM ELECTION, UH, AS REQUESTED BY THE PEOPLE.

AND JUST FOR, I THINK YOU ALL RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION AT YOUR MEETING IN JULY, BUT THERE IS NO LONGER A CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY BY THE APARTMENT DEVELOPER THAT WAS ORIGINALLY INVOLVED IN THE, IN THE PROJECT.

AND THAT THE OWNER'S PRESENT PLAN IS TO, UH, DEVELOP THE PROPERTY WITH A COMMERCIAL BUYER.

THERE IS A NEW NOW SEPARATE CONTACT TRACT WITH A DEVELOPER THAT INTENDS TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY FOR COMMERCIAL USE THAT WOULD INCLUDE NO APARTMENTS AS PART OF IT.

UH, SO, UH, THAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE CONTRACTS.

I'M, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NOPE.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? YES.

MA'AM PLEASE COME DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MY NAME IS LYDIA LEE.

UM, I JUST WANT TO, UM, EXPRESS A CONCERN.

UH, ONE OF MY FIRST REFERENDUM PETITIONS IN THE CITY OF EDMOND WAS IN 2006 AND THE ELECTION WAS PLACED ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT AT THAT TIME.

UM, WE EXPRESSED CONCERN AND, AND QUITE FRANKLY, UM, CHALLENGED THAT SETTING AS OF, UH, THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, BECAUSE THE STATUTES ARE VERY CLEAR THAT SAY THAT A REFERENDUM PETITION A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE AS, AS RESULT OF A REFERENDUM SHALL BE PLACED ON THE NEXT MUNICIPAL ELECTION OR A SPECIAL ELECTION AS SET BY THE CITY COUNCIL BY LAW TITLED 26 O S SECTION ONE DASH 1 0 1 SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT THE FIRST TUESDAY FOLLOWING THE SUCCEEDING FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER IS TO BE KNOWN AS THE GENERAL ELECTION.

IT IS NOT A SPECIAL ELECTION.

IT IS THE GENERAL ELECTION AND SETTING A MUNICIPAL REFERENDUM ON A GENERAL ELECTION IS NOT ALLOWED BY LAW.

AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S VERY CONCERNING.

UM, WELL HE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT IN 2006.

AND IN FACT, AFTER THE ELECTION, DURING DISCUSSIONS, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CITY STAFF WHO SAID, YEAH, WE PROBABLY SHOULD NEVER HAVE DONE IT ON THE GENERAL ELECTION.

AND YET HERE WE ARE, AGAIN, 20 YEARS LATER DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN.

SO MY CONCERN IS THAT YOU ARE SETTING A REFERENDUM IMPROPERLY ON A GENERAL ELECTION AS OPPOSED TO A SPECIAL ELECTION.

ANYONE ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE? SO WHAT OUR LEGAL STAFF LIKE THE ADDRESS THAT I APPRECIATE MS. LEE'S OPINION AND THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DELAY IT TO ANOTHER TIME.

THEY CERTAINLY CAN.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU WANTED TO PLACE IT ON THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S, WHAT'S CALLED A SPECIAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 8TH, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED.

SO I DON'T DISAGREE THAT IT'S A GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 8TH, BUT AS FAR AS THE CITY OF EDMOND GOES, IT'S A SPECIAL, SO COUNSEL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THIS IS THIS ACTION HAS BEEN PROTRACTED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

WE'VE PROVEN I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT.

UM, I APPRECIATE OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S LEGAL OPINION AND GUIDING US.

UM, AND THIS IS YEAH.

I MEAN, I, I RESPECT HIS OPINION.

THIS IS A SPECIAL ELECTION.

IT IS PROPERLY PLACED ON THERE.

THIS IS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY WE'VE HAD TO PLACE THIS ON A BALLOT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN PROTRACTED LITIGATION

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OVER THE REFERENDUM.

SO NOW THAT THAT'S FINALLY SCHEDULED, I DO THINK IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PROPERTY OWNER TO GET THIS ON THE BALLOT, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO GET THIS RESOLVED, NOTHING CAN HAPPEN WITH THIS PROPERTY UNTIL THIS REFERENDUM ISSUE IS RESOLVED.

AND SO TO DELAY IT FURTHER, I THINK IS NOT.

I AGREE WITH I RESPECT OUR, OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S LEGAL OPINION.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S AGAIN IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE LANDOWNER THAT WE MOVE FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU HAD TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND, SECOND, THE COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THAT ITEMS PASS.

IT WILL BE ON THE NOVEMBER EIGHT BALLOT.

ALL THE PAPERWORK WILL BE SUBMITTED.

LIGHTING AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN AN ENTRYWAY.

NEXT ITEM IS ITEM

[B. Approval of Purchases:]

FIVE.

B IS APPROVAL PURCHASES.

FIRST ONE IS DIRECTED BEDS RECEIVED FOR THE AC CABINET.

YOUR SPORTS COMPLEX PROJECT.

SECOND IS APPROVAL OF PURCHASE A REGIONAL RESPONSE POOL VEHICLE FOR THE WHOLE TRUCK CENTERS FROM THE STATE CONTRACT, SW 0 1 0 6 AND SWA 0 0 3 5 T FOR $125,791 AND 82 CENTS.

THIRD IS THE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF THREE PACK, 15 AND TWO LIGHT PACK, 1000 DEFIBRILLATORS FROM STRYKER MEDICAL ON STATE CONTRACT NASPA SW 3 0, 0 FOR $107,290, 85 CENTS A SET FORTH ACCEPTANCE OF BED FOR LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION, AND THEN NORTH KELLY MEDIUMS FOR THE COMMUNITY IMAGE FOR $61,400.

THOSE ARE FOR PURCHASES COUNCIL, LIKE TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR ON ANY OF THOSE PURCHASES.

ANDY, WHERE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT ITEM ONE? WELL, LET'S HAVE ANDY COME UP AND TALK ABOUT ADDING ONE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO AS MAYOR STATED, UH, THIS ITEM WOULD BE THE REJECTION OF BIDS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THE AC KAPLAN, GER, UH, SPORTS COMPLEX IMPROVEMENTS.

AND SO I WOULD, IF YOU WOULD'VE ASKED ME TWO WEEKS AGO, I WOULD HAVE BEEN STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU ALL WITH VERY GOOD NEWS TO SAY, ASKING YOU TO AWARD THE BID FOR AC CAPLINGER.

BUT, UM, AS THINGS WERE SORT OF CONSTANTLY CHANGING, I KNOW THE COMMUNITY IS CERTAINLY READY FOR THIS, AND THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THAT STAFF DIDN'T TAKE LIGHTLY, BUT WE FEEL IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE FUTURE OF YOUTH BASEBALL TO REJECT THESE BIDS AND REEVALUATE THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS AND NEED OF IMPROVEMENTS.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES KIND OF WALKING THROUGH WHAT THE PROJECT WAS GOING TO BE AND A POSSIBLE PATH FORWARD IF YOU DO DECIDE TO REJECT.

SO I WAS REMINDED AS I WAS PREPARING FOR THIS EVERY, EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, WE WOULD GO VISIT MY GRANDMOTHER IN INDIANA.

IT'S ALWAYS A VERY PLEASANT TRIP, BUT, UH, SHE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF OTHER FAMILY AROUND.

AND AS WE WOULD GO TO LEAVE, UM, NEAR THE END OF OUR TRIP, SHE WOULD ALWAYS SIT, WAKE UP THE MORNING, WE WERE GOING TO LEAVE AND SAY, THIS ISN'T THE FUN PART.

AND SO FOR ME PREPARING FOR THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT THE FUN PART, BUT WE DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A PATH FORWARD, BUT AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO REVISIT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ABOUT THIS.

WELL, ANDY, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL DOING THAT HARD, MAKING A HARD DECISION.

AND I, I TOO THINK THAT THIS IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR YOUTH AND THEIR PARENTS AND, UH, GOING FORWARD.

I HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE REALLY GOOD DECISIONS AND HAVE A PRODUCT THAT THERE'LL BE PROUD OF.

YEAH, APPRECIATE IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

YEP.

SO JUST A FEW, I JUST HAVE A FEW SLIDES HERE, JUST A FEW MINUTES TO VISIT WITH YOU ABOUT IT.

SO, UH, THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS GUIDING THIS PHASE ONE IMPROVEMENTS WAS BEGAN DEVELOPMENT IN 2018.

AND THE GOAL OF THAT WAS TO PROVIDE ONE OF THE PREMIER COMPLEXES IN THE REGION.

AND REALLY WHEN WE SAY THAT, THAT BREAKS DOWN INTO TWO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.

SO WE LIKE TO THINK OF THAT AS THE LEAD PLAY, WHICH IS QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS THE TOURNAMENT PLAY, WHICH WE VIEW AS MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE AREA THEY ALREADY WIDE.

UM, SO THE IMPROVEMENTS WERE FOCUSED ON PRIMARILY ON FIELD IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN ADDITIONAL PARKING.

AND AS I MENTIONED, IT WAS ALWAYS PLANNED TO BE IN TWO PHASES TO ALLOW THE COMPLEX, TO REMAIN OPEN.

SO WHAT PHASE ONE WAS PROPOSED TO BE AND WHAT WE HAD BID.

AND NOW WE'RE ASKING YOU TO REJECT IS THE I'LL, I'LL PROVIDE A VISUAL AFTER THIS THAT I THINK WILL HELP TELL THE STORY A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WANT TO JUST TO PROVIDE THE VERBAL FIRST.

SO PHASE ONE WAS GOING TO BE REMOVAL OF TWO T-BALL FIELDS.

AND, UM, SORRY.

SO REMOVAL OF TWO TEE FIELDS UPGRADES TO FOUR FIELDS, WHICH INCLUDES DUGOUT, NEW DUGOUTS, BACKSTOP, FENCING, FIELD CONDITIONS, AND SHADE.

AND THEN, UH, GO BACK TO THE PARKING WOULD BE A NEW PARKING LOT WITH 111 NEW PARKING SPOTS.

ADDITIONALLY, IT WOULD ADD

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SO HERE'S A VISUAL.

SO THE LEFT IS THE EXISTING.

I TRIED TO BLOW IT IF IT BULLIES UP AS BIG AS POSSIBLE, BUT I CAN, I CAN WALK THROUGH THESE A LITTLE BIT ON THE LEFT IS THE EXISTING.

SO CURRENTLY THERE'S 12 FIELDS OUT THERE AND THESE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.

SO FEEL THE 11 FIELD NINE, TWO AND 12, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT T-BALL AND THEN FIELD FOUR, AND THEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL PARKING HERE.

SO THIS I'LL WALK THROUGH THIS.

SO THE PROPOSED, SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE EXISTING VERSUS THE PROPOSED ALL THE UPGRADES IN PHASE ONE, WE'RE GOING TO OCCUR OVER HERE.

SO HERE'S THE ADDITIONAL PARKING THAT WAS TO TAKE PLACE.

UH, THE ENTRYWAY WAS TO BE RIGHT HERE AND THEN UPGRADES TO FEEL NINE, UH, THIS FIELD RIGHT HERE.

AND THEN THIS WOULD BECOME AN ADDITIONAL FIELD WITH THE REMOVAL OF, UH, THE T-BALL FIELDS.

SO, SO HERE WE WERE REASONS TO REJECT THE BIDS.

SO WE'VE RECEIVED TWO BITS AND WE HAD ESTIMATED, UH, ROUGHLY $6.9 MILLION.

THE ESTIMATE WE DID RECEIVE TWO BIDS THAT WE DO, WE DID BELIEVE THEY'RE ARE GOOD BIDS, BUT THE LOWEST ONE WAS 7.3.

SO AGAIN, ABOVE OUR ESTIMATES, UM, RELOCATION AT TEE-BALL FIELDS TO NICHE PARK, WHICH WAS TO OCCUR.

SO, UM, THE GROWTH OF PARTICIPANTS.

SO IN SPRING 2022, WE SAW 1,250 PARTICIPANTS AT AC CALENDAR, WHICH WAS A RECORD.

30% OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS WERE T-BALL PARTICIPANTS.

SO AS WE BEGAN, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO 2018, WE FEEL LIKE CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED.

AND SO THAT'S WHY, WE'RE WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE REJECTION OF BIDS.

UM, AND WHY STAFF.

SO ALSO APPROPRIATE MIX OF NEW PARKING VERSUS WHAT I LIKE TO CALL INSIDE THE FENCE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THERE, I THINK THERE IS AGREEMENT THAT THERE DOES NEED TO BE ADDITIONAL PARKING DOESN'T NEED TO BE 111 SPOTS, NOT SURE.

UM, AND TALKING WITH THE OPERATOR WHO AGAIN, IS A NEW OPERATOR THAT CAME ON BOARD IN DECEMBER OF 2021, HE HAS RELAYED TO US, HE'S HAD VERY LITTLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT PARKING, LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF THE FIELD.

SO IS IT A TRADE-OFF YOU MIGHT NOT GET AS MUCH PARKING, BUT YOU GET MORE IMPROVEMENTS INSIDE THE FENCE.

SO WE'RE W WE WOULD LIKE TO REEVALUATE THAT, UH, THIRD POINT IS ARTIFICIAL TURF PURCHASING VERSUS NATURAL GRASS.

WE WERE MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE NATURAL GRASS.

SO WITH THE FIELD CONDITIONS, THEY WOULD BE LEVELED.

UH, THEN WE PUT SOME NEW SOD DOWN AND THEN WE REPLACED THE DIRT.

THAT'S OUT THERE AS, AS WE'VE MOVED FORWARD FROM 2018 TO NOW THERE ARE FIELDS IN, IN THE VICINITY OF US THAT HAVE GONE TO ARTIFICIAL TURF, AND WE BELIEVE IT'S IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST TO EVALUATE THAT AT THIS POINT, SPECIFICALLY, MIDWEST, MIDWEST, CITY, CHOCTAW, HARA, SEMINOLE, AND ELK CITY HAVE ALL EITHER GONE TO ARTIFICIAL TURF OR ARE GOING TO ARTIFICIAL TURF.

AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE MORE OF THE TOURNAMENTS IN THE AREA, WE FEEL IT, BUT WHO'S US TO AT LEAST LOOK AT THE COST OF GRASS VERSUS TURF.

NOT SAYING WE'LL MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT WE DEFINITELY THINK IT NEEDS TO BE, UM, BID SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT COSTS WILL BE.

AND ALSO THE ADDITIONAL THING WITH THE TURF IS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LESS RAIN OUTS, ESPECIALLY LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT FOR TOURNAMENTS, MORE PREDICTABLE, PLAIN SURFACE, AND CREATE MORE OF A REGIONAL ATTRACTION.

AND THEN ALSO THE BOTTOM ONE, THERE IS A NEW OPERATOR IN DECEMBER, 2021.

SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, AS YOU APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH THE NEW OPERATOR, AND WE SAW RECORD PARTICIPATION THIS SPRING WITH A NEW OPERATOR COMES FRESH EYES.

AND SO AFTER THEY'VE HAD A SPRING, AND NOW THEY'RE MOVING INTO FALL TO OPERATE THE FACILITY, THEY BEGIN TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT SOME OF WHAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE, RIGHT? AND SO WE'D HAD THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR FOR 15 PLUS YEARS AND THINGS HAVE NOW CHANGED.

AND SO WE THINK IT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO JUST TAKE A PAUSE AND LOOK AND MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT PROJECT.

AND NEXT STEPS OF BIDS ARE REJECTED.

SO WE ALREADY HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED THIS WEEK WITH, BETWEEN THE CITY, THE OPERATOR, AND THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING TEAM THAT DESIGNED THIS, WHICH HAS HALF AN ASSOCIATES.

SO THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK, ASSUMING THAT THE BIDS ARE REJECTED.

AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO WORK WITH THE OPERATOR TO IDENTIFY SOME IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO, UM, THE BATHROOMS ARE IN NEED OF SOME IMPROVEMENTS AS ARE THE TRASH SITUATION.

SO WE'RE THINKING BEFORE THESE PHASE PHASE ONE IMPROVEMENTS TAKE PLACE, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO BEFORE NEXT SPRING TO, UH, MAKE THE FACILITY A LITTLE NICER.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL EVALUATE THOSE AS WELL.

AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY I'M LIST IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHY THIS IS OCCURRING.

AND THEN WE HAVE A PATH FORWARD TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PATH FORWARD LOOKS LIKE.

AND THEN, UM, ONCE OBVIOUSLY ONCE THE DISTRICT DIRECTION IS DECIDED TO ESTABLISH FIRM DEADLINES, MAKE SURE WE, WE HOLD IT AS DEADLINES.

SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT THIS WAS, BECAUSE I KNOW OUR, OUR BASEBALL COMMUNITY IS REALLY WANTING THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF MAKE A COMMENT IF I CAN, AND YES, SIR.

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UM, BUT I, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE A GAP FROM, FROM NOVEMBER TO MARCH ABOUT FOUR MONTHS THERE.

AND SO, UM, MAYBE, MAYBE NOT, PROBABLY NOT, UM, FOR FULL PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION READY BY THAT POINT.

UM, BUT MAYBE A REQUEST THAT I THINK THE WORDS USED IN OUR PACKET WERE INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS DURING THAT TIME.

UM, IF WE, IF WE CAN AT LEAST GET TO A GAME PLAN BY, YOU KNOW, BY SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, YEAH.

THEN MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN REALLY GET SOME MEAT WHATEVER'S GOING TO STAY OR, AND MAYBE HAVE AN IDEA OF COMPONENTS OF PHASE ONE TO DO DURING THAT DOWNTIME.

UM, THAT, THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE NEXT BEST, NEXT BEST THING THAT WE COULD DO.

JUST MY OPINION.

THAT'S OKAY.

I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK.

LIKE I SAID, WE WERE ALREADY IN ANTICIPATION OF PERHAPS THE BIDS BEING REJECTED ALREADY MADE SURE THAT WE GOT THE CONTRACTOR, THE OPERATOR AND THE ANNIE TEAM TO THE TABLE WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK TO START GETTING MOVING ON THIS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

SO, AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS, IT'S NOT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT.

AGAIN, A LOT OF THE LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS, THE LANDSCAPING, THE ENTRYWAY, SOME OF THOSE THINGS, UM, WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA STAY.

IT'S JUST MAYBE HOW ARE THEY GOING TO STAY WELL AND S AND SOME, SOME GOOD NEWS TO THE SITUATION, THE SPECIFICATIONS ON THE F ON THE FIELD IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THE DUGOUT THAT CAN EAT THE SPECIFICATIONS ON THE DUGOUT, ON THE BLEACHER AND THE SHADE STRUCTURE.

AND A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN CREATED, YOU BET, AND WHATEVER HAPPENS THERE TO IM IMPROVE THE FIELDS WE HAVE THAT I'M ASSUMING WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH OKAY WITH THAT.

AND IT LOOKS GOOD.

YEP.

UM, SO A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THAT DESIGN WORK, IT CAN STAY AND, AND MOVE FORWARD.

JUST SOME LAND PLANNING TYPE OF STEP.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND I I'LL JUST SAY IT OUT LOUD.

WE, WITH, WITH RECORD, REALLY THE STORY IS, IN MY OPINION, IS WITH RECORD REGISTRATIONS IN BASEBALL AND T-BALL, WE JUST CAN'T STAND TO LOSE ANY FIELDS.

AND THIS TOTAL PLAN WAS GOING TO LOSE THREE FIELDS.

SO IT WAS, YEAH, IT WAS.

SO I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE PAIN NOW.

REGROUP AND GO FORWARD AS WE'VE SEEN THAT THE DYNAMICS OF OUR COMMUNITY CHANGE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT.

IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A HARD CONVERSATION, BUT WE'LL GET THROUGH IT.

AND LIKE I SAID, STAFF HAS PREPARED TO HAVE IT AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE USERS UNDERSTAND AND REALLY ARE EQUIPPING OUR OPERATOR WITH THE INFORMATION, BECAUSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS, AND ESPECIALLY THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

SO IT'S A HARD DECISION, BUT IT WAS NECESSARY AND IT'S FOR THE BETTER.

GOOD.

YEAH, NO, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE FIELDS AWAY, ESPECIALLY, AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

OUR POPULATION HAS CHANGED OUR, UM, SINCE 2018.

SO MAYBE THAT WAS A GREAT THING THEN.

AND NOW WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT IT, GET READY TO START.

IT WAS WHOA.

WHOA.

NO, YEAH, YEAH.

SO IT, IT, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING.

AND I THINK, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE PLAYERS WANT AS WELL.

WE'VE SEEN, WE'VE SEEN A BIG GROWTH IN, SO THIS FACILITY IS TEE-BALL THROUGH 12 YEARS AND WE'VE REALLY SEEN, MOST OF OUR USERS ARE FROM T-BALL TO NINE U.

SO I THINK WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING MOST OF OUR RESOURCES IN THAT AGE BUCKET.

RIGHT.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING RESOURCES APPROPRIATELY AND THAT WHOLE OUTSIDE THE FENCE VERSUS INSIDE THE, THAT T-BALL NEEDS TO STEP.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT.

COUNSEL, WE HAVE FOUR, UH, PURCHASES HERE WHEN REJECTION, BUT FOR FIVE B, DO WE HAVE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE B ONE THROUGH FOR A SECOND? IS THAT THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO MAKE THE AMEN? YEAH, I GUESS SINCE IT SAYS REJECTED.

HAVE A MOTION SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER SIX IS UPDATING CONSIDERATION AND HAVE DIRECTION TO CITY STAFF REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1300 EAST AIRS TO OHIO HOTEL, PRETTY CLARITY PUBLIC NUISANCE ON JANUARY 24TH, 2022 MARIN COUNCIL.

THOSE PURCHASES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

UH,

[6. Update and consideration of direction to city staff regarding the property located at 1300 E. Ayers (OYO Hotel), declared a public nuisance on January 24, 2022.]

WE'VE HAD THIS ITEM ON OUR AGENDA FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS AND BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER AND PROPERTY MANAGER WITH REGARD TO THE PROPERTY IN THE PAST MONTH OR SO WE REALLY HAD A COUPLE OF FALSE ALARMS, UH, FAR ALARMS, UM, TO GO OUT, LOOK AT THE PROPERTY, UM, AND IT STILL NEEDS TO BE SOME MA MADE, IS DONE AND SOME WINDOWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, UH, BUT WE'RE STILL, THEY'RE STILL, BASICALLY THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN VACANT.

UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF JUST

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MAKING SOME MINOR REPAIRS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, TRYING TO MAKE, UH, UH, AS A RESULT OF OUR LAST INSPECTION, UH, GET THOSE MATTERS, TAKEN CARE OF, BUT, UH, REALLY WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE, UM, THEY'VE ALSO FILED A ZONING APPLICATION, DENIED TO RESIGN APPLICATIONS TO BE HEARD.

UH, SO WE'RE JUST CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN OUR INSPECTIONS AND OUR REVIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

AND WITH REGARD TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT.

AND, UH, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

UM, PROBABLY CONTINUE TO, CAN YOU CONTINUE THAT FOR THE NEXT MONTH OR SO? UM, BUT THEN HOPEFULLY THEY'LL, OUR PLAN WOULD BE, IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LOOK FAVORABLY UPON THEIR REASONING APPLICATION DEPENDENT, ONE, HOW THAT WOULD WORK OUT, UH, THEN WE WOULD MEET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THEIR STAFF AND, UH, ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH REGARD TO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.

NO, ONE'S GOING TO BE MOVING IN THERE ANYTIME SOON.

UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AT THIS JUNCTURE, UH, IN MY REPORT WITH REGARD TO THE PROPERTY.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR LEGAL STAFF? VERY GOOD.

DID APPLICANT WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ON THIS ITEM? GOOD EVENING, TODD MCKINNIS FOR THE LANDOWNER, AS YOU KNOW, I STARTED REPRESENTING THIS PROPERTY AGAIN IN MARCH OVER THE LAST FIVE MONTHS WE'VE BEEN IN, I'D SAY PRETTY REGULAR CONTACT WITH THE CITY STAFF AND CERTAINLY THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

AND SO MR. MURDOCH AND I PROBABLY SPEAK ONCE EVERY WEEK TO 10 DAYS ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

AND, UH, WE'VE METHODICALLY MOVED THROUGH THE PROCESS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES.

YOU MAY REMEMBER WHEN, UH, I FIRST GOT BACK INVOLVED, THERE WAS PROBABLY A COUPLE HUNDRED CALLS A MONTH, I THINK, FROM VARIOUS FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE CITY OF EDMOND.

AND THEN WE HAD AN ISSUE ABOUT VACATING THE PROPERTY AND WE'VE DONE ALL THAT AND ADDRESSED VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE LIST.

AND WE'VE CONTINUED A VERY INFORMAL DIALOGUE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS I THINK MR. MURDOCH TOLD YOU ALL A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THERE WASN'T A DESIRE TO REALLY, UM, LOOK INTO THE DETAILS OF COMPLIANCE UNTIL WE ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT WERE IN THE CONDEMNATION MATTER.

AND SO WE HAVE, AND SO WE'RE NOW AT THE STAGE WHERE OUR ZONING APPLICATION IS BEFORE YOU DENY IT.

WE FILED THAT BACK IN MAY AND IT'S OUR DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

AND THEN, LIKE STEVE JUST SAID, IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL TONIGHT WITH THAT, OUR NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE CITY LEADERSHIP AND STAFF AND IDENTIFY THE PLAN FOR A MOVING FOR FULL COMPLIANCE WITH OUR PROPERTY, UH, AND MOVING TO PARTIAL OCCUPATION, PROBABLY THE FIRST FLOOR.

AND THEN AS WE GET OCCUPANCY NUMBERS UP, MOVE INTO THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR OVER TIME.

UH, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO TRY TO SPEAK TO ALL THE RUMORS THAT ARE THERE ABOUT THE PROPERTY.

I GET A CALL ABOUT ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS ABOUT SOME OUTLANDISH ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY.

UH, I'VE TOLD YOU, AND I TOLD COUNCILMAN MUG AT THE FIRST TIME, I SIT, SIT HERE THAT IF, IF I DIDN'T REPRESENT THE TRUTH, I WOULD QUIT REPRESENTING THEM ON THIS PROJECT.

AND SO I'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW ABOUT IT.

UH, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, DR.

NARULA IS HERE TONIGHT AS IS THE PROPERTY MANAGER, DANNY FRANKS.

UH, THEY CAN ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT MIGHT HAVE, AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE PREMATURE BEFORE OUR ZONING ISSUE.

THAT'S IN FRONT OF US HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT DANNY FRANKS OR YOU'VE HEARD HIS NAME BEFORE, HE'S BEEN THE PERSON.

THAT'S A POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE CITY.

ALL THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP KNOWS HIM.

AND SO AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HE WILL BE THE POINT OF CONTACT GOING FORWARD.

THAT'S NOT CHANGING, THERE'S NOT SOME BAIT AND SWITCH THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE BACK IN CHARGE OF THE FACILITY.

I'VE HEARD THAT RUMOR, I'VE HEARD SEVERAL OTHER THINGS.

SO, UH, YOU HAVE MY WORD THAT GOING FORWARD AS A PROPERTY GOES BACK INTO, UH, OCCUPANT STATUS THAT MY REPRESENTATION AND DANNY FRANKS AS THE PERSON WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PROPERTY WILL BE THE TWO POINTS OF CONTACT GOING FORWARD.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

AMERICA IS NOT AS MUCH AS JUST, JUST TO KIND OF KEEP TRACK OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

WE MIGHT CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER SIX TO THE SEPTEMBER 26TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THAT'LL JUST KIND OF TRACK ALONG, RIGHT? CORRECT.

AND WE'LL JUST KEEP TRACKING THAT, THAT WAY.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

DO WE NEED EMOTIONAL PLEASE? YEAH, I MOVE THAT.

WE CONTINUE THIS ITEM TILL OUR SEPTEMBER 24TH, 26TH COUNCIL MEETING.

WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.

SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

ALL RIGHT.

DECIDE OUR MOVIE BACK ON OUR AGENDA ON SEPTEMBER 26TH.

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF APWA MEETING MINUTES FROM AUGUST 8TH, 2020 TO MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND, VERY MUCH.

[ <Recess Edmond City Council Meeting and Convene Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting>]

NEXT.

I NEED A MOTION TO RECESS THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND CONVENED THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.

SECOND MOTION SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

WE ARE NOW IN THE UPW AIDING APWA MEETINGS.

[7. Approval of EPWA Meeting Minutes: August 8, 2022.]

THE SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THOSE MEETING MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED, AND

[8. EPWA General Consent Items: (Items listed under EPWA General Consent are usually approved as a group with a proper motion from a trustee of the EPWA. Trustees may request discussion or separate action on any item under EPWA General Consent.)]

NOW WE HAVE OUR APWA, UH, GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE APPROVAL OF PURCHASES, UH, APPROVAL.

UH, ONE NUMBER ONE IS APPROVAL OF BID DISPOSITION

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BY THE PURCHASING AGENT, UH, ELECTRICIAN SERVICES FOR THE METER BASE REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENTS FOR THE AMI PROJECTS, INCLUDING YOUR NEW OPTIONS FOR EDMOND ELECTRIC FOR AN ESTIMATED ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $300,000 APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WILL WELDON OR WILL DAWN FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR A REVENUE AND EXPENSE OPTIMIZATION STUDY FOR $34,700.

IF EVERYONE IS ACCEPTED, DO YOU WANT TO, I'M NOT EVEN SPEAK ON THAT ONE THING.

ACCEPTANCE OF EASEMENTS FROM CHAD D DAVIS AND MELISSA DAVIS FOR WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN PROJECTS.

E THREE DASH 2 8 3 DASH 3 8 3 DASH FOUR.

COFFEE CREEK INTERCEPTOR PHASE TWO, PARCEL FOUR FOR $3,500.

YES,

[2. Approval of Agreement for Professional Services with Willdan Financial Services for a Revenue and Expense Optimization Study; $34,700.00.]

MAYOR.

UH, IF, IF YOU WOULD, IF WE HAVE A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION, JIM SMITH, ONE OF OUR CITIZENS SEE MANNERS IS GOING TO DO A SHORT PRESENTATION ON THE WILL DAN, UH, FINANCIAL SERVICES CONSULTANT REPORT.

UH, THIS ONE IS REALLY AN OUTGROWTH OF OUR DISCUSSION FROM THE WORKSHOP ABOUT, UH, STAFF'S IDEA TO DO DIVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WERE PROPOSED IN THE EDMUND 2050 PLAN, AS FAR AS HOW DO WE FINANCE THE CITY ONGOING WITH GROWTH AND OTHER NEEDS.

AND SO THIS IS KIND OF THE FIRST STEP.

THIS IS I CALL IT, I'LL CALL IT THE CLIFF NOTES VERSION OF, OF DIVING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO SOME OF THE PROPOSALS IDEAS TO SEE IF THEY MERIT I'LL CALL IT WHEN WE COME BACK WITH THIS REPORT, MERIT FURTHER, UM, DEPTH OR GO INTO FULL REVIEW.

SO WITH THAT TOO, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A, JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS CONSULTANT REPORT WOULD BE ABLE TO DO FOR US.

YES, SIR.

AGAIN, THEY'LL CONSIDER, UH, ALL CHALLENGES AND THE BENEFITS OF THAT INITIATIVE.

SO, UH, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL FROM WILDAVSKY FINANCIAL SERVICES.

WE DO A REVENUE AND EXPENSE OPTIMIZATION STUDY FOR US.

SO WHAT BROUGHT THIS ABOUT, UH, FIRST THING IS THE EAST EDMOND, UH, 2050 STUDY HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED TO EXPLORE REVENUE SOURCES FOR ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, AND EVEN THE BEST CASE SCENARIO, UH, INDICATED A $9 MILLION ANNUAL DEFICIT FOR ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF NEW DEVELOPMENT.

UM, ANOTHER REASON IS, UH, TO IMPROVE CONTINUE IMPROVING THE CITY'S POSITION OF FINANCIAL STABILITY.

AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD ADDITIONAL PRESSURES ON THE CITY'S FINANCES THROUGH, UH, INFLATION THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, RECENT YEARS, AS WELL AS A ESCALATION OF BIG COSTS.

TYPICALLY 30% HIGHER ON MOST ALL OUR PROJECTS.

SO THE REVENUE AND EXPENSE OPTIMIZATION STUDY WE'LL EXPLORE THE CURRENT REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OPPORTUNITIES, FEASIBILITY OF NEW FEES, REVIEW CURRENT IMPACT FEES AND OTHER POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE SCOPE OF WORK QUICKLY, UH, JUST VERY BRIEFLY.

AND THE VARIOUS TASK THAT HAD BEEN PROPOSED, UH, TASK NUMBER ONE IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL STATE.

UH, THE, UH, CONSULTANT WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE CITY FINANCES, FINANCIAL REPORTS, AS WELL AS THE EAST EDMOND, 2050 PLAN AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS AS APPROPRIATE.

UM, THE QUANTIFY THE TOTAL PUBLIC WITH UP TO THREE METRICS AND ALSO HAVE FIVE COMPARISON JURISDICTIONS TO, UH, MAKE COMPARISONS WITH THE CITY OF EDMOND.

UM, THEY'LL ALSO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE AT LEAST FIVE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OPTIMIZATION OPPORTUNITIES AFTER THAT ASSESSMENT, UH, THE NEXT TASK, UH, THEY'LL TAKE A LOOK AT A FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC SAFETY DISTRICT.

UH, THEY'LL DEVELOP A FINANCIAL MODEL, ANALYZE THE PATH TO APPROVAL AND CONSIDER ALL THE CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS OF THAT INITIATIVE.

UH, THE NEXT TASK IS TO, UH, REVIEW ALL OF OUR CURRENT IMPACT FEES AND, UM, AGAIN COMPARES TO, UH, FIVE, UH, DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS, UH, TO THE CITY OF EDMOND.

AND THEY'LL PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THEIR FINDINGS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OF ANY CHANGES AT THE MONTH CONSIDERED FOR IMPACT FEES, UH, TASK NUMBER FOUR.

UH, THEY'LL ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT A FEASIBILITY AND LIMITATIONS, UH, FUTURE GEO BONDS.

UM, THEY'LL DEVELOP A FINANCIAL MODEL FOR GEO BONDS.

THEY'LL CONSIDER, UM, PREPARING AN ASSESSMENT OR PRIORITIZE USES OF THOSE BONDS.

AND THEN

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WHOOPS, I SKIPPED RIGHT OVER ONE.

UH, THE NEXT TASK WOULD BE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING LEVEL OF SERVICE ADJUSTMENTS.

UH, THEY'LL TAKE AN INVENTORY AND, AND DO AN ASSESSMENT OF OUR CURRENT PERFORMANCE AND SERVICE LEVEL METRICS AND THE BARE CASE STUDY ON LEVEL OF SERVICE BUDGETING METHODOLOGY, AND AGAIN, CONSIDER ALL CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS OF THAT PARTICULAR INITIATIVE.

UH, AFTERWARDS THEY'LL DOCUMENT, UH, THE FINDINGS IN A SUMMARY REPORT, THEY'LL FACILITATE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING FORCE, EXCUSE ME, A CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP, WHICH THEY ANTICIPATE TO TAKE ABOUT TWO HOURS TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT ALL THE FINDINGS AS WELL AS HAVE A NICE LONG QA SESSION.

AND SO I'M SURE YOU'LL HAVE MANY QUESTIONS.

AND SO THE HOPE THERE IS TO GET FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL TO GET YOUR DIRECTIVES ON POSSIBLY WHICH INITIATIVES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, MAYBE WHICH ONES NOT TO GIVE AT THIS POINT, UH, ET CETERA.

AND THEN THEY'LL PUT TOGETHER A FINAL REPORT AND THE ACTION PLAN OF HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DIRECTORS FROM CITY COUNCIL.

AND THEN OF COURSE, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, QUALITY CONTROL THEY'LL CONTINUE, UH, COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE INPUT THAT WE NEEDED AND TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY INITIATIVES THAT WE, THAT COUNCIL DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND DELIVERY OF SERVICES.

12 WEEKS FROM NOTICE TO PROCEED AND TENTATIVE.

WE HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 28TH CONTINGENT OF VOLUNTEERS.

AT THIS POINT, I'LL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU MAY HAVE COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SETTER, REMIND US, WHAT WILL DAN HAS DONE BEFORE? OH, I'M SORRY.

I SKIPPED RIGHT OVER THAT.

WILL THEY ADD SERVICES? THEY'RE BASED IN PLANO, TEXAS, THEY HAVE OFFICES ALL THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

THEIR CLIENTS INCLUDE, UH, GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AT ALL LEVELS, LOCAL STATE COUNTY, FEDERAL, UH, WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR US.

AND WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM IS THEY'VE, UM, CALCULATED, UH, THEY'VE DONE OUR RATE STUDIES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES FOR WATER SERVICES FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW.

SO WE'RE VERY, UH, FAMILIAR AND CONFIDENT IN THE WORK THAT THANK YOU.

WE'RE NOW BACK INTO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

WHAT COUNSEL? I MOVED TO APPROVE ITEMS EIGHT, A ONE, TWO AND THREE, AND A MOTION.

SECOND SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

ALL RIGHT.

THOSE PURCHASES ARE APPROVED THERE NEXT ANITA, UM, A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING AND RECONVENE THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

[ <Adjourn Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting and Reconvene Edmond City Council Meeting>]

[A. Case #PR22-00026 Consideration of the Final Plat of Broadway 38, located at 3800 South Broadway. (MTV Real Estate, LP)]

THE FIRST ITEM IS NINE 80 CASE NUMBER PR TWO TWO DASH 0 0 0 2 6.

CONSIDERATION OF THE FINAL PLAT OF BROADWAY 38 LOCATED AT 3,800 SOUTH BROADWAY MTV REAL ESTATE, LPS AFRICAN.

UH, THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO SEEK AN APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLATFORM.

38 BROADWAY MAN.

IT WAS RECENTLY REVIEWED A RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.

UH, IT INCLUDED AS SOME COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS SOUTH OF THE EXISTING PARTS HERE AND HERE.

THE FINAL FLAT IS ONE BLOCK.

THE ENTIRE AREA SHOWN IN YELLOW, THERE AS 3.58 ACRES.

THE SITE PLAN PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL MEETING.

COUNSEL.

DO WE EVER INDUSTRIAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UM, I'VE MENDEZ ASKED WAS THE APPLICANT HERE WITH ADVOCATE, LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING.

COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? A NUMBER NINE, A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, WE HAD A MOTION SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE, UH, IN SPANISH.

NEXT IS CASE NUMBER NINE, CASE NUMBER PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 39, 14 39 14.

[B. Case #ES22-00008 Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ________ closing a utility easement on the south side of Ridgecrest Road, east of Bryant Avenue, on Block E, Forest Oaks Phase 1. (Blue Leader Investments, LLC]

CLOSING A UTILITY EASEMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RIDGE CREST ROAD, EAST

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OF BRYANT AVENUE ON BLOCK E FOREST OAKS PHASE ONE BLUE LEADER INVESTMENTS.

LLC IS THE APPLICANT AS THE APPLICANT HERE, LIKE A RUSH ROAD, EASTMAN AS HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN YELLOW LOCK HERE, UH, THEY HAVE ABANDONED AN EIGHT INCH PUBLIC CENTER, A SEWER, WHICH IS BEING RELOCATED AND COVERED BY A NEW EASEMENT OR NO UTILITIES, EITHER CITY OR FRANCHISE IN THIS EASEMENT PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL THAT COUNSEL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE COUNCIL? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? MOVE TO APPROVE THE SECOND MOTION SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

ITEM B AS PASSED.

NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER NINE.

[C. Case #Z22-00012 Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ________ Rezoning from “PUD Z19-00024” Planned Unit Development to “PUD Z22-00012” located at 1300 East Ayers for New Life Village. (Spectrum Life, LLC)]

SEE CASE NUMBER HERE IN CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 49, 15 39, 15 REZONING FROM P U D Z ONE NINE DASH 0 0 0 2 4 PLANNING UNIT DEVELOPMENT TO PUD Z 22 DASH 0 0 0 1 2, LOCATED AT 1300 EAST EHRS FOR A NEW LIFE VILLAGE SPECTRUM LIFE LLC IS AFRICAN.

IS APPLICANT HERE? YES, SIR.

THE AFRICAN TO SEEK AN APPROVAL OF A PUD AT 1300 EAST AIRS, UH, FORMER SIDE OF THE OREO HOTEL.

UH, THE SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR A PUD, WHICH ALLOWS ONLY THE HOTEL USE, UH, ON THAT SIDE WAS APPROVED IN 2019.

UH, THE HOTEL HAS CEASED TO OPERATE ON THE SIDE AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE.

UH, THE AFRICANS DESIRE TO OPERATE THE BUILDING AS MULTIFAMILY, WHICH IS WHAT THE BUILDING WAS PRIOR TO THE 2019 CHANGE.

UH, THE AREAS ZONED IS A MIX OF C3 AND C2, MULTIFAMILY HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL ZONING.

UH, THE PLAN DOESN'T MAKE THE AREAS UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH SUPPORTS THE DENTURE STYLE HOUSING PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR JULY 19TH.

BUT YOU REALIZE SHE TELLS HER ANY CURRENT QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF.

UM, MAYOR I'D TALKED TO A CITY MANAGER, MR. RIGBY THIS AFTERNOON AND THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME STAFF TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD PROCEED FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.

UM, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY THAT, THAT FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WON'T BE OCCUPIED IMMEDIATELY.

AND I THINK MR. MURDOCH KIND OF MENTIONED THAT AS WELL, BUT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MAYBE HAVING THIS BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME EDUCATION.

WE WANT THAT NOW OR AFTER THE AFRICAN TELLS US ABOUT THE WHENEVER IS APPROPRIATE MAYER.

OKAY, WELL, LET'S SEE THAT THE APPLICANT GIVEN THEIR PRESENTATION HAS, THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW WE'LL PROCEED.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, MR. MOORE.

THANK YOU, TODD MCINNES FOR THE APPLICANT AS, UH, MR. ANT SAID, THIS PROPERTY WAS ZONED C3 A LITTLE OVER TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.

UH, WE HAD SOME ISSUES RELATED TO THE CURRENT THEN MANAGEMENT.

AND SO WE ADDED THE HOTEL USE AND THEN THAT WAS A COMPLETE DISASTER.

AND SO, UH, THERE'S A NEW MANAGEMENT GROUP THAT'S IN CONTROL AND RUNS THE PROPERTY.

AND SO IT WAS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, UH, THIS TYPE OF HOUSING IS IN DESPERATE NEED AND EDMOND.

AND THIS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT TYPE OF HOUSING TO BE AVAILABLE IN A GREAT PART OF TOWN.

THAT'S EASILY WALKABLE TO A LOT OF CITY SERVICES AND GOODS AND SERVICES AS WELL IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

SO WE CAME BACK WITH THE APPLICATION BASICALLY JUST TO, UH, ADD THE C3 ZONING, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LARGE TRACK OF LAND THAT'S TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT COULD ALLOW FOR AS, AS MENTIONED IN RANDY'S MEMO, UH, DIFFERENT PRESERVATION AREAS OR OTHER ENHANCEMENTS OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AREA THERE, C3 IN THE AREA THERE'S UNIVERSITY HOUSING IN THE AREA.

SO IT MAKES APPROPRIATE SENSE TO, UH, TO GO BACK TO THAT TYPE OF A USE GOING FORWARD.

SO THAT'S OUR APPLICATION.

OUR PD, AS YOU'VE SEEN IS VERY SKINNY, BUT JUST ADDRESS THAT ONE ISSUE COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE AFRICAN? HM.

SO WHEN THIS, YOU MIGHT'VE ALREADY SAID THIS, WHEN THIS WAS SENIOR HOUSING TO BEGIN WITH, DID IT HAVE THE SAME ZONING AS THIS? ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME AND RICH RANCH? YES.

RANDALL'S HERE.

HE MIGHT'VE DONE IT.

IT WAS,

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I APOLOGIZE.

WOULD IT BE THIS? IT WOULD BE THE SAME ONE DAY.

I BELIEVE IT WAS STREET C3 ZONING.

SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY, YEAH.

CURRENTLY ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR TIME AND EFFORT.

AND AS MR. MURDOCH KNOWS, THE STAFF HAS BEEN VERY DILIGENT ON THIS AND HOPEFULLY WE'VE BEEN RESPONSIVE IN AN INAPPROPRIATE WAY.

SO THIS MIGHT BE THE GOOD TIME FOR, SO NOW THAT WHAT I SAID BEFORE, BEFORE, BEFORE WE OPENED IT UP FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS ON, ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT IN MY OPINION, WE NEED THE HOUSING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I, I TRUST THAT THAT WILL GO THROUGH EVERY AVENUE THAT WE HAVE AND OUR STAFF HAS TO ENSURE THAT IT'S PROPERLY DONE AND THAT IT CAN BE GOOD HOUSING FOR, FOR A GROUP OF PEOPLE.

I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GOOD PEOPLE AND IT MAKES SENSE TO DO THIS.

IT CERTAINLY DIDN'T MAKE SENSE AS A HOTEL.

AND THAT DOES MAKE SENSE AS A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT BY APPROVING THIS IN ANY WAY, WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO ANY CONDITIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN ON THIS PROPERTY IN THE PAST.

RIGHT.

I THINK BEFORE, JUST TO REITERATE, WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS SAFETY WITH THE NUMBER OF NUMBER OF CALLS AND, AND ACTIVITY, UM, THAT WAS, UH, UNHEALTHY ACTIVITY THAT WAS HAPPENING AROUND THE PROPERTY.

AND, UM, AND WE ALSO JUST, JUST CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE AREA AND, AND VISITORS IN THE AREA.

AND SO WE'VE OBVIOUSLY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, UH, I THINK WE WERE CALLING IT GETTING TO ZERO WHERE THE PROPERTY WAS EMPTY AND, AND REACHING THAT AND THAT, AND THE OWNER HAS BEEN, UM, HAS BEEN COOPERATIVE THE ENTIRE TIME IN DOING THAT.

UM, AND IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT IT WAS DONE RIGHT, AND LEGALLY, AND, AND NOW WE, WE ARE, WE'RE STILL AT ZERO AND, AND TALKING ABOUT A NEW PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD FOR HOUSING, YES, HOUSING, WE DESPERATELY NEED, BUT WE KNOW NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED AS WELL.

AND I THINK THE OWNER WANTS TO IMPROVE IT IN THAT WAY.

UM, AND SO WE'RE, I, I THINK WE WOULD SAY IT'S THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS TO, TO, TO MAKE THIS PRODUCTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY? YES.

THERE'S A SERIES OF STEPS THAT THIS APPLICATION HAS TO GO THROUGH AND IT WILL GO THROUGH EACH ONE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE, UH, WELL, THE CITY SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT HEARTACHE ON THIS PROPERTY AND THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA, IN THE WARD MORE I UNDERSTAND CITY MANAGER WANTED TO, YES, I CAN TELL HE WANTS TO TALK MAYOR COUNCILMEN ABOUT A GREAT QUESTION.

AND I KNOW, UM, SO HE TURNED, HE MADE SOME COMMENTS EARLIER TODAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO RESTATE THOSE, WHAT SOME OF THE NEXT LEGAL PROCESS WOULD BE.

I KNOW RANDY CAN TALK ABOUT THE PLANT NEXT STEPS FOR PLANNING, OBVIOUSLY THE CUSTOMER CHAPMAN'S CONCERN, AND OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST AND FOREMOST PRIORITY IS MAKE SURE THE PROPERTY DOESN'T BACKSLIDE INTO WHAT GOT US IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO OBVIOUSLY THEY NEED TO KEEP THE PROPERTY UP TO CODE COMPLIANCE LEVELS, NOT JUST FROM THIS POINT, BUT MOVING FORWARD, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO KEEP, KEEP A WATCH ON THAT GOES FORWARD ALSO WITH OUR BUILDING SAFETY AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, TO MAKE SURE AS THEY CONVERT THESE, UM, THIS FACILITY INTO MULTIFAMILY IS BROUGHT UP TO CODE TO THE CERTAIN LIGHT SAFETY ISSUES ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

ARE THEY COMPLIANT WITH THOSE THINGS? SO THERE'LL BE A NUMBER OF STEPS, NOT JUST LEGALLY TO FINISH OUT THIS PROCESS, BUT THEN THERE'S DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

WE MAKE SURE THAT LIFE SAFETY ISSUES, QUESTIONS ARE HANDLED.

ARE THERE OTHER AESTHETIC THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY? SO I DON'T KNOW IF BRANDY OR RYAN OR FARSI CINDY TURNER, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JUMP INTO DISCUSSIONS.

WELL, MAYBE I'LL START WITH RANDY, HOLD UP THE NEXT STEPS FOR US.

I MEAN, ONCE I GET PAST JUST KIND OF THE RESOLUTION OF VIOLATIONS THAT ARE THERE IS, UH, ANY KIND OF ALTERATIONS ARE DOING, THE BUILDING WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS.

UH, ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WOULD THEN HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT ENTAILS AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN DEALING WITH THEM FOR THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO CODE.

THEY DO THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING CODES AND WE'LL HAVE INSPECTORS IN THERE INSPECTING TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE, THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE PERFECT.

SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE DEFINITION THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT AND WHAT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT, BUT THEN WE DO MAJOR CHANGES.

THEY ADD MORE THAN 20% OF THE BUILDING, OR IF THEY HAVE TO ADD PAVING TO ACCOUNT FOR PARKING, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY WOULD PROBABLY TRIP THE WIRE FOR A SITE PLAN REVIEW, WHICH MEANS IT WOULD BE BACK AT LEAST IN FRONT OF PLANNING COMMISSION.

IT'S NOT IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL.

I WOULD SAY, AS THEY MOVE FROM A HOTEL, UH, TO LIVING UNITS, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY GONNA HAVE TO DO SOME SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES TO MAKE SURE EACH LIVING UNIT HAS CERTAIN STANDARDS

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FOR COOKING.

THEY'LL STEP OUT OF THEIR ACTIVITIES.

UH, THIS IS NOT A 30 DAY PROCESS.

THIS IS THE LENGTHY PROCESS.

THERE'LL BE LOTS OF ITERATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE APPLICANT AS THEY MOVE FORWARD.

IF PENDING CITY ACTION TONIGHT, IF THIS DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE GRANT, THE REZONING THAT STARTS THE NEXT PROCESS OF WHEN THEY CAN START TO SUBMIT PLANS AND SCHEDULES TO BE REVIEWED, DOES IT MEET OUR CURRENT CODES? WHAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP, UH, THEN THERE'S THE LITERALLY THE CONSTRUCTION ASPECT AND INSPECTIONS FINAL SIGN-OFFS THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO IT COULD BE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SEE A COLOR RESIDENTS LIVING BACK IN THERE.

ALL THAT TIME CODE WILL STILL BE WATCHING THE PROPERTY, MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T BACKSLIDE WELL BETWEEN NOW AND THIS TIME INSTRUCTION TO MAKE SURE IT'S FREE AND CLEAR.

I KNOW PUBLIC SAFETY WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH THE PROPERTY, NOT JUST FOR OUR PURPOSES, BUT ALSO FOR THE APPLICANT.

OBVIOUSLY I DON'T THINK THE APPLICANT WANTS TO SEE, UH, NEFARIOUS TYPE ACTIVITIES THERE.

SO IT'S A LENGTHY PROCESS, BUT IT'S THE FIRST, IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO HELP THIS PROPERTY TRANSITION, TO HOPEFULLY PRODUCTIVE USE IN THE COMMUNITY.

VERY GOOD.

MARY, IF I MIGHT JUST MENTIONED A COUPLE THINGS, UH, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY, UH, EXTERNAL, UH, SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO THE FACILITY.

I DON'T ANTICIPATE WE'LL HAVE A SITE PLAN APPLICATION.

THE BUILDING IS ALREADY OVER PARKED AND WE'RE NOT ADDING ANY SQUARE FOOTAGE TO THE BUILDING.

I DON'T, I'M NOT CORRECTING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I'M JUST GIVING THAT ONE ISSUE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF US AND EVERYTHING.

I JUST LIKE TO MENTION.

AND I, AND I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE AFFIRMED BY MR. MURDOCH.

UH, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY IN THIS PROCESS, ONCE I GOT INVOLVED IN MARCH HAS BEEN COOPERATION BY THE LANDOWNER.

WE DIDN'T CHALLENGE ANYTHING.

WE DIDN'T GO TO COURT AND FIGHT ABOUT A BUNCH OF CRAZY STUFF.

WE'VE GOT A MOUNTAIN OF BAGGAGE FROM THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SHARE.

UH, AND IT STILL AFFECTS US EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT US.

UH, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MR. MURDOCH AND THE CITY STAFF AS WE HAVE.

AND, AND WE ARE ANXIOUS TO GET MOVING.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S HARD TO HAVE AN INCOME PRODUCING PROPERTY, SIT VACANT FOR FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX MONTHS, UH, UP UNTIL NOW.

AND SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE LIKE MR. MURDOCH AND I TALKED ABOUT ON THE PHONE TODAY, IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL TONIGHT, THAT WE'LL INITIATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS IMMEDIATELY AND WORK LIKE WE HAVE IN COOPERATION WITH THE STAFF AND THE CITY LEADERSHIP.

SO JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT PLUG IN THERE FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AS WELL.

NO, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT, TODD, I JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, WANTED BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN AND THAT FOLKS WON'T BE IMMEDIATELY OCCUPYING THIS JUST BECAUSE WE PASSED THIS.

NO, I APPRECIATE IT.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE WHEN THIS APPLICATION YEAH.

OR MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND, EVERY MOTION SECOND, PLEASE.

YES.

YOUR VOTE.

SORRY THAT I'M AS FAST.

[10. Citizens Comments - (This is an opportunity for citizens, both resident and non-resident, to address the City Council on city related matters not on the council agenda. Citizens must sign up to speak either online by 3:00 p.m. the day of the City Council meeting, or in person by the start of the meeting. Remarks should be directed to City Council as a whole and limited to three minutes or less.)]

THIS IS OUR TIME FOR CITIZEN COMMENT.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS, BOTH RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON CITY RELATED MATTERS, NOT ON THE CITY ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA.

CITIZENS MUST SIGN UP TO SPEAK EITHER ONLINE BY 3:00 PM, THE DAY OF THE COUNCIL MEETING OR IN PERSON BY THE START OF THE MEETING REMARKS.

AND I ALREADY EMPHASIZE THIS, PLEASE.

THE REMARKS ARE BE TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE, AND NOT DIRECTLY TO ANY PARTICULAR COUNCIL PERSON.

AND YOU ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES OR LESS.

I AM THE TIMER FOR THAT.

SO I WILL BRING UP THE RIGHT TIMING APPARATUS.

AND THEN THE FIRST PERSON A RESIDENT IS RHONDA MCLEAN.

I'M A BORN AND BRED OGEE AND HAVE LIVED IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA, MY ENTIRE LIFE.

UM,

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I'VE WORKED IN EDMOND FOR 18 OF THE LAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.

AND I'VE LIVED IN EDMOND FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF MULTIPLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

I VOLUNTEER REGULARLY WITH TWO NONPROFITS.

I HOLD A PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND A WELL-REGARDED IN MY FIELD.

I HAVE BEEN BOTH A HOMEOWNER AND A RENTER.

I WANT THIS MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT I SEE, I SEE THE WORK YOU DO.

AND I SEE THE CHALLENGES YOU FACE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORT TO SERVE THIS CITY AND ALL OF ITS RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, ORIENTATION, OR CLASS.

ALTHOUGH I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH YOUR DECISIONS.

I RESPECT THE JOB YOU DO.

AND I NEVER DOUBT WHAT IS IN YOUR HEARTS.

MA'AM NEXT RESIDENT IS JOY WALLACE COUNSEL.

TONIGHT.

I EXPRESS MY REGRETS FOR WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE CITY OF EDMOND AND ITS CITIZENS.

THE DIVISION HAS BEEN CREATED THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A SOLID COMMUNITY, HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR THE PROGRESS OF A POLITICAL AGENDA.

OUR CITY STRENGTH WASN'T SACRIFICED FOR A BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE, OR EVEN FOR THE FRUIT OF LONG HOURS SPENT IN PLANNING COMMITTEES AND COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT RATHER FOR THE PROGRESS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN IDEOLOGY THAT CONTROLLED INSTEAD OF ALLOWS CITIZENS TO BE FREE TO GOVERN THEMSELVES IN THE NAME OF EQUITY, YOU HAVE DIVIDED IN THE NAME OF INCLUSION YOU HAVE EXCLUDED IN THE NAME OF DIVERSITY, YOU HAVE MANDATORY MANDATED CONFORMITY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CANNOT SEE BEYOND YOUR AGENDA.

WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT YOU EACH TOOK AN OATH TO SERVE YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS.

DOES THAT NOT MEAN ALL CITIZENS? DOES THAT OATH MEAN NOTHING? DO YOU HONESTLY STAND ON YOUR OWN CONVICTIONS? I NO LONGER RECOGNIZE THE CITY OR ITS GOVERNMENT.

IT SEEMS THAT IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, THIS COUNCIL HAS FOCUSED ON TAKING OUR CITY ON AN ABRUPT DETOUR FROM OUR CITY GOVERNING.

AS WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN IT, YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO PLACE POLITICAL THEORIES OVER CITIZENS.

PEOPLE ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE CITY, NOT POLITICAL THEORIES, ANY ALIENATION FROM THIS FACT HAS IRREPARABLE CONSEQUENCES AND USUALLY SPELLS DISASTER.

MA'AM NEXT RESIDENT IS LEONARD SCOTT SIR, I HAVE IT BEFORE YOU START THAT I HAVEN'T APOLOGY TODAY.

WERE TOO ODIOUS TO OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR CITIZENS TO PRODUCE A PICTURE PETITION OF RECALL, WHICH REDUCED OUR ABILITY TO HOLD OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE.

GOT IT.

PUBLIC SERVANTS.

I STAND FOR THIS COUNCIL, BUT VERY HEAVY HEART CAME IN AND AGAIN, CHECK THE AGENDA.

AND NONE OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS DECIDED TO STAND UP HERE AND TELL US, EXPLAIN TO US WHY THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED.

ARTICLE 11, THEREFORE THE, WE, THE PEOPLE HAVE NO RECOURSE.

YOU ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS SWORE AN OATH TO FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE YOUR DUTIES TO YOUR OFFICE, TO PROTECT AND SERVE THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

YOUR MAJOR DUTY WAS TO HOLD THE UNELECTED BUREAUCRAT KNOWN AS THE CITY MANAGER POWER IN CHECK.

THAT WAS YOUR JOB.

WHAT THIS REGINA HAS FORGOTTEN OR IGNORED IS THAT WE, THE PEOPLE ARE THE SOVEREIGNS.

WE INSTITUTE GOVERNMENTS, THE PEOPLE ELECT OFFICIALS BELIEVING THEY WILL SERVE ADVOCATE AND BE THE PEOPLE'S VOICE.

WE, THE PEOPLE GAVE EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL, OUR POWER.

WE GAVE THE POWER TO YOU OF THE PEOPLE TO SPEAK FOR US, TO REPRESENT US.

THE REASON FOR YOUR RECALL IS YOU FAILED TO REPRESENT US.

YOU DID NOT FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE YOUR DUTIES.

JUST ONE EXAMPLE, THE CITY CHARTER ARTICLE 11, RECALL OF ELECTED OFFICERS WHO WAS OUTDATED AND HAS WRITTEN THE REQUIREMENTS

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WE, THE PEOPLE CAME TO THIS COUNCIL REQUESTED ARTICLE 11, BE AMENDED FOR THE REASONS STATED ABOVE.

AND YET OUR OFFICIALS REFUSE TO PLACE OUR REQUESTS ON THE AGENDA FOR THEM, FOR PUBLIC DEBATE, WITHOUT GIVING WE THE PEOPLE REASONS OR JUSTIFICATION FOR NOT DOING THAT FOR 19 MONTHS, WE, THE PEOPLE HAVE ASKED YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO EXPLAIN YOURSELVES.

YOU HAVE NOT, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN GO TO YOU.

WE ASK YOU REQUESTED YOU HOLD A TOWN HALL, EXPLAIN YOURSELF YOU IGNORED US.

WE DEMANDED IT.

YOU IGNORED US.

THESE ARE JUST SEVERAL EXAMPLES.

YOU HAVE, YOU ALL LOOKED.

OFFICIALS HAD IGNORED YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES TO FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF YOUR OFFICE AS PER THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

IT STATES GOVERNMENTS ARE INSTITUTED AMONG MEN.

DERIVING JUST POWERS FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERN THAT WHEN ANY, WHENEVER ANY FORM OF GOVERNMENT BECOMES DESTRUCTIVE TO THESE ENDS, IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO ALTER OR ABOLISH IT AND NO, AND INSTITUTE NEW GOVERNMENTS.

THEREFORE WE ARE GOING THROUGH WITH THE RECALL PROCESS OR THE PETITION OF, UM, INITIALLY RE INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM PETITION PROCESS FOR THE STATE RECORD.

I THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT RESIDENT IS RICHARD BRIGHT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR DAVIS, DAVID AND CONSOLE.

I'M HERE TONIGHT AS AN INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN OF ADVENT, WHO HAS WORKED WITH THIS COUNCIL, PREVIOUS COUNCILS PLANNING COMMISSION, CITY STAFF.

UM, AND I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE OR HARD TO SAY THAT HOW I CAN COME UP HERE OTHER THAN MYSELF AND SAY THAT I REPRESENT A LARGER GROUP OR REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW ONE PERSON'S INDIVIDUAL OPINION CAN BE GENERALIZED TO ALL PEOPLE I'VE BEEN BEFORE PREVIOUS COUNCILS, WHERE I HAVE HAD THE RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR OTHERS WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE IN THE MEETING IN ORDER TO EXPRESS THE VIEWS OF THE GROUP.

I HAVE A CONCERN THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PART OF THIS MEETING IS SERVES NO CONSTRUCTIVE PURPOSE AND EVEN USING THE OKLAHOMA OPEN MEETINGS ACT, IT'S SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT, UM, PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP HERE AND DO ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

IT'S WELL WELL-ESTABLISHED, UM, YOU HAVE FOLLOWED THE PART FOR OUR GUIDANCE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THAT MEANS THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN ATTEND THE MEETINGS, BUT THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE IN NO POSITION TO ADD ITEMS TO THE AGENDA, DEMAND EXPLANATIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR CITY STAFF OUTSIDE THE ESTABLISHED JINJA.

FURTHER THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT COMMENTS ARE TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE AND NOT TO THE MAYOR OF THE COUNCIL.

I'VE SEEN THIS VIOLATED EXTENSIVELY WITHOUT ANY RESTRAINT AFTER THE INDIVIDUALS HAVE EVEN BEEN WARMED.

THE CALLING OUT OF CITY STAFF HAS ALSO OCCURRED, WHICH IS TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE COUNCIL DROPPED THE ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR VIOLATIONS AND CONTINUED AND CONTINUED OFFENDERS BE BARRED FROM FUTURE MEETINGS.

THE COUNCIL SHOULD ALSO EVALUATE WHETHER THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION SERVES ANY PURPOSE, WEIGHING THE INFORMATION RECEIVED IN THESE SESSIONS VERSUS THE, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY WITH YOUR COMMUNITY FROM ATTENDING AND VIEWING COUNCIL MEETINGS.

I OBSERVED THAT A GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE CONTINUALLY VIOLATING THESE STANDARDS AND BERATING, BELITTLING PROVOKING, AND ANTAGONIZING MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND OTHER CITY STAFF.

I FIND THIS OFFENSIVE AND IT APPEARS TO BE ATTEMPT TO CREATE DRAMA, NOT SO DISCONTENT AND CREATE DIVISION WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION OF THE GENERAL DECORUM RULES IN PLACE OR ANY CONSIDERATION OF THE FACTS.

SO I'D JUST LIKE TO ADDRESS A FEW THINGS AND I'LL PROBABLY RUN OUT OF TIME.

UM, A COUNCIL MEMBER WAS CALLED OUT TO APOLOGIZE AND RESIGN.

IT'S A DIRECT, IT'S A DIRECTLY AT AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S AT VIOLATION OF THIS.

AN INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS DEMANDED OF THERE.

ARE THERE ANY POLICE REPORTS? UM, THE DEMAND FOR AN INVESTIGATION CANNOT BE EXECUTED BY THIS BODY AND HAS NO PLACE IN THE MEETING.

THE CITY MANAGER'S SALARY WAS COMPARED TO THE GOVERNOR.

FIRST CITY STAFF ARE DIRECTLY, UH, NOT TO BE SINGLED OUT BY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SECOND, THE POSITIONS ARE NOT COMPARABLE.

THE CITY MANAGER'S SALARY IS IN LINE WITH LEVELS IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA CITY.

AND THERE ARE SEVERAL ASSISTANT MANAGERS IN OKLAHOMA CITY

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THAT EXCEED THE SALARY OF THIS EDMOND CITY MANAGER.

FINALLY, THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE IT, MAYOR.

NEXT RESIDENT, SAM KEARNEY.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AND TO ALL FIVE OF YOU FOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.

I'VE ATTENDED SEVERAL MEETINGS THROUGH THE PAST YEARS AND I POST THE VETERANS MEMORIAL OUT ON OUT THAT AT THE SMALL PARK AND I WANTED IT OUT ON I 35 IN COVILLE FOR ONE REASON, TOURISM.

A FEW WEEKS AGO, I SPOKE AGAINST A POPULATION GROWTH AND MORE DEVELOPMENT.

ALSO TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE MEETING, IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT, THE BIKE RIDE AND THE RODEO FOR TOURISM.

THOSE ARE FANTASTIC.

I THINK THE CITY IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON TOURISM.

I WANTED TO SUPPORT ALL THE TOURISM THAT WE CAN MUSTER PEOPLE COME HERE.

THEY SPEND MONEY IN OUR RESTAURANTS, RETAIL HOTEL, AND THE CITY GETS SALES TAXES.

AND THE BEST PART OF ALL THE PEOPLE LEAVE.

I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, BUT MAYBE A 10 PLAN 2050, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A 1 CENT SALES TAX FOR A SET AMOUNT OF TIME TO RAISE FUNDS, TO BUY A QUARTER SECTION OF LAND AT THE MINIMUM OUT IN MR. MORRIS WARD TO CREATE SOMETHING CALLED EDMUND FAIRGROUNDS.

WE COULD HAVE MULTIPLE PURPOSE BUILDINGS OUT THERE AND AN AMPHITHEATER TO HOST CAR SHOWS, BOAT SHOWS, CRAFT SHOWS, AND MORE.

WE COULD ALSO HAVE CONCERTS FOR COUNTRY MUSIC, JAZZ, ROCK, AND ROLL, WHATEVER.

AND THIS TAX WOULD BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH STRICT CONTROLS ON GROWTH.

WE ALSO NEED TO UTILIZE LAKE ARCADIA, MAURA WITH WATER, SPORTS EVENTS, SAILING, SEA DUES, UH, WATER SKIING BOAT.

WE HAVE 35 AND 66 IN OUR TOWN.

SO WE NEED TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL.

TOURISM WILL HELP CREATE IMPROVEMENTS FOR OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

CREATE FUNDS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

THE SALES TAX REVENUE FROM THE TOURISTS WILL HELP WITH FUNDING FOR STREET, SEWER LINES, FIRE POLICE, AND OTHER CITY SERVICES.

I KNOW EDMOND IS GOING TO GROW, BUT I WANT IT TO GROW CAREFULLY REGULATED AND MANAGED AND EDMUND FAIRGROUNDS OR CALL IT BY ANOTHER NAME WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR CITY, TO THE CITY LEADERS, TO PROMOTE GROWTH, UH, GROWTH IN TOURISM AND NOT PROMOTE GROWTH WITH ALL THE NEGATIVE PROBLEMS THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

OUR QUALITY OF LIFE HAS PARAMOUNT, NOT GROWTH.

NEXT RESIDENT, MEGAN SCHMIDT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR DAVIS MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

THE OXFORD DICTIONARY DEFINES THE WORD WOKE AS BEING ALERT TO INJUSTICES IN SOCIETY, ESPECIALLY SOCIAL INJUSTICES.

EACH TIME I WATCHED THESE MEETINGS ON VIDEO AND THAT'S BEEN FOR THE LAST MONTH, TWO MONTHS, I SEE PEOPLE USING THAT WORD ALMOST LIKE A SLUR.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, IT'S SOME HORRIBLE THING TO STAY AWAY FROM, BUT I WAS RAISED ALWAYS TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS AND YOU KNOW, TO BE WELL-INFORMED THOUGHTFUL, COMPASSIONATE, HUMBLE, UNKIND.

IF BEING WOKE MEANS BEING EAGER TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL PEOPLE, THEN I'M HAPPY TO CARRY THAT TITLE.

I'M HAPPY FOR THE CITY LEADERSHIP THAT STRIVES TO MAKE EDMOND A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE FOR THE LEAST AMONG US MAYOR DAVIS, YOU ARE BY FAR THE MOST ACTIVE AND INVOLVED MAYOR WE HAVE EVER HAD IN OUR CITY.

I SEE YOU OUT AND ABOUT AT SO MANY PLACES AND EVENTS INTERACTING WITH SO VERY MANY PEOPLE AND IT MAKES ME FEEL SO HAPPY TO HAVE A LEADER WHO IS THAT IMPASSIONED.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS A PERSONAL ANECDOTE, I, YOU KNOW, AS A DISABLED VETERAN, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH THE ENDEAVOR GAMES MEANS TO ME.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAW YOU AT THE ENDEAVOR GAMES CYCLING EVENT, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT, WELL THAT'S CAUSE HE LIKES CYCLING.

HE RIDES HIS BIKE A LOT, BUT YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU THERE CHEERING US ON AND YOU KNOW, THEN THE NEXT DAY CAME AND I SAW YOU AT THE SWIMMING EVENTS.

AND THEN I SAW YOU SPEAKING AT THE BANQUET THAT NIGHT.

AND I THOUGHT THIS GUY REALLY

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CARES THIS.

THIS MEANS A LOT TO OUR CITY.

AND KNOWING THAT YOU CARE SO MUCH ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT EVENT THAT DRAWS PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD, IT JUST MEANS THE WORLD TO ME BECAUSE THAT EVENT HELPED SAVE MY LIFE.

AND I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU, YOU HAVE A THANKLESS JOB, ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY LATELY, YOU PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME VERY, VERY DIFFICULT ISSUES AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOME VERY HATEFUL PEOPLE.

AND I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT YOUR HARD WORK MEANS A LOT AND IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.

AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT, I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS QUOTE FROM MARGARET MEAD, NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL, COMMITTED CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.

IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS.

NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE COMMENTS FROM THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCILMEN MEMBERS.

MA'AM THE NEXT RESIDENT RONDO SHADED TEMPER DELL TERRACE OR RESENT THE MARKS.

THIS LADY, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT I WAS THE MOST ACTIVE MAYOR IN TOWN.

I'VE BEEN DEMOTED.

IS OUT AND ABOUT EVERYWHERE SO FAR MORE ENERGY THAN I HAVE.

UM, MY TOPIC TONIGHT WAS DEEP THOUGHTS, BUT I COULDN'T GET JACK HANDY TO COME HERE.

AND MOST OF Y'ALL ARE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW WHO JACK ANDY IS FROM SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.

UH, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE KNOWN ME FOR A LONG TIME KNOW, I SELDOM HAVE DEEP THOUGHTS.

SO I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE, WE, THE PEOPLE WHO'VE HIJACK, THE WEED PEOPLE TERM, UH, HAD TO COMMENT ON WAS, UH, YOUR ACTIONS.

YOU KNOW, I SERVED 16 YEARS AS A COUNCILMAN AND THE MAYOR AND I GUARANTEE YOU, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS JUST ADVANCING THE PROGRAMS AND THE POLICIES THAT WE STARTED OR PROMOTED YEARS AGO, YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG AND YOU'RE NOT PROMOTING A WOKE.

I'LL ADDRESS THAT IN A MINUTE AGENDA.

AND YOU'RE NOT A REGIME.

YOU'RE AN ELECTED BODY BY ALL THE PEOPLE, UH, OR AT LEAST THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TO VOTE.

SO THE MAJORITY OF WE, THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED MR. SULLIVAN, TALKED ABOUT YOU, NOT CARING AT YOUR JOB WHEN YOU'VE CARRIED OUT YOUR JOB, FAITHFULLY AND YOUR OATH.

LIKE YOU DO A GOOD JOB REPRESENTING ME.

ANYBODY ELSE IN HERE, LEONARD ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND NO TYRANNY.

YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN SIGNS ACROSS FROM CITY HALL.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE TYRANNICAL, YOU'RE YOUR CHEER TYRANNY.

UH, AND THEREFORE IN THEIR OPINION, WE SHOULD ABOLISH GOVERNMENT.

WELL, THAT'S GREAT.

UH, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

WE'LL HAVE NO WATER.

WE'LL HAVE NO ELECTRICITY.

WE'LL HAVE NO SEWER.

WE'LL HAVE NO SANITATION PICKUP.

WE'LL HAVE NO PARKS WILL HAVE NO STREETS, UH, BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO ANY OF THAT.

AND THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT FORTH THE EFFORT TO RUN FOR OFFICE TO DO IT.

AND THEY WANTED TO COME UP HERE AND BAD MOUTH YOU EVERY WEEK OR EVERY OTHER WEEK.

AND I WANT TO STOP NOW, BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UH, THE LIFE AND LEISURE WILL HAVE ALL OF MY OPINIONS, I THINK, AND IT, THIS THURSDAY, UH, DISCUSSED IT WITH MR. HIBBARD AND IT WILL ADDRESS, UH, MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THAT SILLY PROPOSITION PAPERS, PLEASE.

PARDON? I'M SORRY, COUNSEL.

I SHOULD KNOW THIS, BUT ANYWAY, IT'LL BE THERE.

AND IT'LL JUST BASICALLY SAY WHAT I THINK.

AND I THINK WE, THE REAL PEOPLE PROBABLY WILL AGREE MORE WITH ME THAN THE PEOPLE WHO COME UP HERE.

AND THEN, SO YOU, THANK YOU, SIR.

[11. Comments from Mayor and City Councilmembers.]

UM, AS WE STATED EARLIER, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHERE BLUE PEOPLE, UM, PLEASE PRAY FOR OKLAHOMA CITY COUNTERS SHARES FOR THE TRAVESTY THAT HAPPENED TODAY.

UM, BUT TO END THIS MEETING, SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOMEBODY SIT UP HERE ON THIS BENCH WITH US FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND SEND OUT THIS IS HER LAST MEETING WITH US.

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WOW.

SHE GOT A BETTER OFFER.

SHE GOT HER OFFER AND ALL THAT.

UM, BUT IT'S THE ART OF THE DEAL.

THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR.

ARE YOU, ARE YOU READING? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NECESSARILY TO READ IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING SAD.

I JUST WANT TO PRESENT HER WITH ONE THING TOO.

I THINK YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE, RIGHT? YES.

UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, I, UM, I HAVE A COIN HERE.

THAT'S THE MAYOR'S COIN.

WE DESIGNED IT WHEN I FIRST BECAME MAYOR.

AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, SEND IT, IT'S NOT LIKE ART.

AND SO ON THIS COIN, HE SAYS ON THE FIRST SIDE, IT SAYS THE MOTHER ROAD, CENTENNIAL EDMOND, OKLAHOMA 66, WHICH THE CENTENNIAL WAS IN 2026.

AND WE AS A CITY ARE PREPARING OURSELVES FOR THAT.

AND ON THE SECOND SIDE ON THE BACKSIDE, IT SAYS LIBERTY FAST, 20, 22 FOR YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, YOU REMEMBER THIS PAST LIBERTY FAST WAS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THAT.

SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS COIN HERE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE.

WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU UP HERE AND GOOD LUCK AS YOU GO ON.

BUT YOU'RE NOT REALLY GETTING RID OF ME JUST SITTING HERE.

I WON'T BE HERE, BUT I'M STILL GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF EDMOND OVER THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM NOW AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, SEND A, JUST RECENTLY CELEBRATED 10 YEARS WITH US AND HER 10 YEAR CERTIFICATES BEEN SITTING ON MY DESK.

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO DO THIS AND WHAT BETTER TIME THAN AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

SO YOU ACTUALLY GET THE EXTRA SPECIAL VERSION THAT IS OUTLINED IN PUBLIC ART, BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST PROPER WAY TO HONOR YOU SEND US.

SO THANK YOU FOR 10 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR CITY AND BEST OF LUCK AND WORKING WITH ALL OF US IN YOUR NEW ROLE.

THAT'S ALL HE HAD.

ANYTHING ELSE? I JUST HAD ONE, UH, ONE THING TO SHARE, UM, UH, THIS PAST WEEK, OUR CITY MANAGER AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EDMOND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, JANET YELL, AND THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE EDMOND CHAMBER.

UM, SHERRY, JORDAN, WE ALL VISITED PELCO.

UM, ONE OF OUR LOCAL COMPANIES, UM, THEY EMPLOY 191 PEOPLE.

UM, SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM, YOU SHOULD, THEY MAKE A LOT OF THE STOPLIGHTS AND SAW AND BUTTONS THAT YOU PRESS ACROSS STREETS AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.

UM, AND I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THEM AND, AND THEM, UM, BEING A GOOD PARTNER IN THE CITY, PROVIDING GOOD EMPLOYMENT.

AND THEY'RE DOING A PROGRAM WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS RIGHT NOW, WHERE THEY EMPLOY INCARCERATED WOMEN.

THEY HAVE 22 WOMEN IN THEIR PROGRAM.

UM, THEY'RE LEARNING SKILLS THAT THEN, UM, EQUIP THEM TO, AND MANY OF THEM ARE, ARE, HAVE FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT WITH PELCO AFTER THEIR INCARCERATION ENDS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO PELCO AND HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM AND OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR, UM, FOR WOMEN IN PARTICULAR.

AND THEN IF SOME OF YOU WERE HERE, BUT WE HAD A WORKSHOP AT THREE 30 THIS AFTERNOON, THAT'S RECORDED ALL ABOUT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.

IF YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT ROAD PROJECTS, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY, REALLY INFORMATIVE.

AND SO YOU MIGHT LOOK THAT UP AND CHECK IT OUT.

I HAVE ONE THING TO ADD TOO.

I GOT AN EMAIL ON FRIDAY AND IT REALLY OPENED MY EYES TO SOMETHING AND WANTED TO SHARE.

AND I HOPE WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS PROPOSE THAT WE DO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.

AND THIS EMAIL CAME FROM, UH, FROM AN EDMUND RESIDENT AND ALSO HAPPENS TO BE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF EDMOND AND CONSIDERING HER BACKGROUND AND EDUCATION AND EXPERTISE SIDE, I TRUST HER OPINION ON THIS COMPLETELY SO FAR.

UM, BUT WHAT SHE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION WAS, UM, SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP AND IT, AND IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE.

AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER STATES THAT HAVE RECOGNIZED AND NOTICE THAT, UM, WHEN THERE IS A DOMESTIC ABUSE ISSUE, ONE OF, ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS FOR, UM, FOR A PERSON TO GET OUT OF THAT SITUATION, MAYBE, UH, EVEN OPENING A UTILITY ACCOUNT, UH, MOVING, MOVING AWAY, TRYING TO GET OUT OF THAT SITUATION AND AN OPENING UTILITY COUNT.

A LOT OF TIMES, UH, FUNDS ARE LOCKED UP OR NOT ACCESS TO, TO A BANK ACCOUNT.

UH, AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS PROPOSE THAT IN A FUTURE MEETING AND HOPEFULLY A NEAR FUTURE MEETING THAT WE INVESTIGATE, UH, WHAT'S CALLED IN OTHER STATES THAT FAMILY VIOLENCE WAIVER FOR OUR UTILITY UTILITY DEPOSIT OR TRANSFER OR, OR ON OFF.

UM, AND I THINK I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT, THAT WE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT

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ON A SITUATION THERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS COUNCIL? WELL, BEAUTIFUL MEETING A LOT, A LOT OF GOOD DECISIONS, A LOT OF DISCUSSION HERE, BUT CAN WE GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN PLEASE, GUYS, YOUR HOME MEETINGS.

YOU'RE BY JORDAN.