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[1. Call to Order by Mayor Darrell A. Davis.]
TO CALL THIS MEETING ORDER ON, UH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH.[2. Approval of City Council Meeting Minutes: November 14, 2022]
IS APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 14TH, 2022.THOSE MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[A. Presentation on implementation of the City’s Family Violence Waiver policy.]
PRESENTATION, UH, FOR PRESENTATION ON I, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY'S FAMILY VIOLENCE WAIVER POLICY.I'M MADELINE SAWYER, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE MR. IME ASKED ME TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW POLICY WITHIN OUR UTILITY CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
IT IS THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WAIVER POLICY.
UM, AS I'M SURE EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS, OKLAHOMA IS CONSISTENTLY AMONG ONE OF THE WORST STATES IN THE NATION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STATISTICS.
AND THE INTENTION OF THIS POLICY IS TO MITIGATE, UM, AT LEAST ONE OF THE BI BARRIERS, IN THIS CASE, THE FINANCIAL BARRIER ASSOCIATED WITH LEAVING AN ABUSIVE SITUATION.
UM, SURVIVORS OFTEN DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO LEAVE A SITUATION LIKE THAT.
EVEN IF THEY DO HAVE THAT ACCESS, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE SAFELY.
AND WITH THIS POLICY, WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS UPON SUBMISSION OF THE COMPLETED FORM, THAT CAN BE CERTIFIED IN ONE OF THREE WAYS THAT, UM, THAT SURVIVOR IS THE, THE DEPOSIT ASSOCIATED WITH STARTING, STOPPING, TRANSFERRING UTILITY SERVICES WAIVED FOR THAT PERSON, THAT APPLICANT.
UM, THE THREE WAYS THAT THEY CAN BE, YOU KNOW, CERTIFIED IS IF THERE'S A PROTECTIVE ORDER SIGNED BY A JUDGE.
IF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RESPONDED TO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION AND THEY CAN VERIFY THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT CALL'S BEEN MADE, THEY CAN LOOK INTERNALLY, UM, OR ONE OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGENCIES, THE Y WCA OR PALOMAR, UM, CAN SIGN OFF ON THAT FORM.
THERE'S, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE FORM IN YOUR PACKET, BUT THERE'S NO DETAILS REQUIRED OF THE SURVIVOR.
UM, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION TO US.
WE JUST TRUST WITH THE SIGNATURE FROM ONE OF THOSE THREE AGENCIES, UM, WE KIND OF TAKE THEM OTHER WORD.
SO THAT IS REALLY ALL THAT THERE IS TO IT.
UM, IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING IT.
SO THE Y WCA AND PALOMAR WILL, BOTH OF THOSE AGENCIES WILL KEEP THE FORMS ON HAND.
SO IF SOMEBODY COMES TO THEM, UM, AND DOES AN INTAKE, THEY WILL, UH, THAT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO 'EM.
THEY'LL AT LEAST HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S, IT'S OUT THERE FOR THOSE TWO PLACES.
UM, THERE'S CERTAINLY OTHER WAYS THAT IT COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE.
I KNOW THAT IT'S, IT WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, STARTING DECEMBER 1ST.
UM, ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT, I, I'M NOT REALLY SURE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TALK WITH BILL AND COMMUNICATIONS AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING HE'S WILLING TO DO.
WELL, IT'S ALSO ANOTHER NUGGET THAT WE CAN PUT IN OUR MENTAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LIST OF, OF THINGS.
[4. City Council Nominations to Boards and Commissions:]
COUNCIL NOMINATIONS TO THE BOARD AND COMMISSIONS WARD FOR NOMINATIONS, NOMINATION OF RYAN DAWSON TO THE CENTRAL EDMOND URBAN DISTRICT BOARD TO REPLACE NANCY OLI EXPIRES JUNE, 2025.ARCADIA LAKE COMMISSION NOMINATION OF JENNIFER FIELDS TO THE VISIT EDMOND TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD TO REPLACE DEREK KERN EXPIRES JUNE, 2025.
THOSE ARE OUR TWO NOMINATIONS FOR TONIGHT.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO, COUNSEL? MOTION TO APPROVE YOUR SECOND.
PLEASE CASH YOUR VOTE, THOUGH NOMINATIONS IN OUR APPOINTMENTS.
NOW WE HAVE A GENERAL CONSENT.
[5. General Consent Items: (Items listed under General Consent are usually approved as a group with the proper motion from a member of the Council. Members of the Council may request discussion or separate action on any item under General Consent.)]
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WE DO HAVE A COUPLE THAT WE WILL, UM, HAVE PRESENTATIONS.SO LET'S SEE HOW WE WANNA DO THIS ONE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT NUMBER THREE FIRST, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2021, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT C DBG CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT TO CAPER.
UH, MY NAME IS CHRISTIE PATTERSON.
I'M THE HOUSING AND COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND.
AND TONIGHT BE PRESENTING TO YOU WHAT WE HAVE DONE THIS PAST FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AS YOU REMEMBER, I WAS BACK HERE IN JULY PRESENTING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS NEXT FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR, UH, WHICH STARTED OCTOBER 1ST, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE DID IN THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR OF 2021.
UM, JUST A REMINDER, GRANTEES ARE, UM, REQUIRED TO REPORT ON THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, OUR FISCAL YEAR FOR FEDERAL IN SEPTEMBER 30TH.
SO WE HAVE UNTIL ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER, UM, TO REPORT OUR, UM, WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED FOR THAT YEAR.
WE DO HAVE A 15 DAY COMMENT PERIOD THAT STARTS TOMORROW, UM, REPORT ON THIS CAPER, AND THIS KICKS THAT, UM, TIME OFF.
SO JUST TO RECAP, WE WERE ALLOCATED $527,493 FOR FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR.
WE STILL HAD ABOUT 50,000, 51,000 LEFT IN, UM, OUR CARES FUNDING FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND WE ALSO HAD, UM, OTHER FUNDS AVAILABLE TO US FROM PREVIOUS YEARS THAT WE ALLOCATED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO, WHICH GAVE US A GRAND TOTAL OF $678,330.
THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS AND WHAT OUR ENDING BUDGET WAS.
AND I'VE GOT A FEW SLIDES THAT KIND OF, THAT BREAKS DOWN IT EVEN FURTHER.
UM, THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THIS YEAR'S FROM PREVIOUS YEARS IS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF NEED FOR REHABILITATION OF OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES, AND WE HAD NO, UM, APPLICATIONS FOR HOME BUYERS ASSISTANCE.
UM, I CONTRIBUTE THAT TO THE LOW INTEREST RATE THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, AND THAT EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO GET INTO A HOME WITHOUT ANY HOME BUYER'S ASSISTANCE.
UM, WE HAD RELATIVELY LOW NEIGHBORHOOD TREE PROGRAM, UH, NEEDS AS WELL, BUT OUR PUBLIC SERVICES AS ALWAYS, UM, THEY PRODUCE OR THEY SERVE OUR PUBLIC, UM, TO THE FULLEST.
AND WE ALLOCATED, UM, THE, UM, OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE ALLOCATED TO PUBLIC SERVICES WERE SPENT.
UM, MOST OF THEM SPENT WITHIN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS.
UM, JUST TO NOTE THAT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE OKLAHOMA COMMERCE CARES FUNDING THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL SPENDING.
THIS IS ONLY OUR ENTITLEMENT THAT WE, WE RECEIVED DIRECTLY FROM HUD.
SO WHAT AREA DID WE SPEND THE MONEY? UM, SO WE, UM, HELPED OR ASSISTED, UM, SEVEN RESIDENTS, UM, THROUGH A VARIETY OF HOUSING AND NON HOUSING ACTIVITIES.
UM, WE HAD FOUR REHABILITATIONS THAT WE STARTED AND COMPLETED.
UM, WE HAVE SINCE, UM, ACTUALLY HAD TWO THAT STARTED IN A CONJUNCTION TO THIS, BUT THEY'RE NOT COMPLETED YET.
THEY'RE STILL ONGOING, SO THEY'LL BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE IN THIS NEXT FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR.
THOSE WERE HVAC SYSTEMS THAT WE HELPED PUT IN.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD ONE, UM, ASSISTANCE OF A TREE REMOVAL THAT WAS CAUSING, UM, A HEALTH IS SAFETY ISSUE, UM, TO THE RESIDENTS.
DO, LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, OUR COLLABORATION WITH OUR NONPROFITS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND OUR PUBLIC SERVICES, UM, ARE PHENOMENAL WHEN WE, UM, GOT THE CARES MONEY, AS WELL AS ANY ANNUAL ALLOCATION THAT WE GIVE GIVE, THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE, UM, TO HELP ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS JUST KIND OF, OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE OUR PUBLIC SERVICES GO.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MAJORITY DID GO TO THE EDUCATION SERVICES, WHICH WAS THE, WITH THE EDNA PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION, UM, WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING, THEIR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL, UM, EDUCATION SERVICES.
WE ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO FAIR HOUSING, METRO FAIR HOUSING, NUTRITIONAL AS ASSISTANCE, BOTH WITH, UM, EDMUND MOBILE MEALS AS WELL AS PROJECT 66.
AND THERE WAS ADDITIONAL YOUTH SERVICES WITH THE PUBLIC FOUNDATION.
UM, WE SUPPORTED THEM IN OPENING A FOOD PANTRY AT THE EDMUND PUBLIC SCHOOL, UM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
AND THEY ALSO OPENED UP, UM, IT WAS A, UH, BOY SCOUT EAGLE PROJECT.
UM, AND THEY ALSO BUILT A LITTLE FOOD PANTRY OUTSIDE ED, UH, IDA FREEMAN AS WELL.
AND WE SUPPORTED IN THOSE MATERIAL COSTS.
UM, EDMUND PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION.
AGAIN, IT HELPS BRIDGE THAT GAP BETWEEN, UM, WHAT THE SCHOOLS, UM, BUDGET CANNOT SUSTAIN, UM, WITH THEIR
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PROGRAM READY SCHOOL READINESS, THEIR EARLY BIRDS, UM, THAT IS THE PRE-K, UM, PRIOR TO PRE-K AS WELL AS PRE-K PROGRAMMING, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.AND THEN THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING FOR THOSE SCHOOLS.
MOST OF THEM, TITLE ONE SCHOOLS, UM, THOSE STUDENTS THAT BENEFITED FROM THIS ARE ON THE FREE AND REDUCED MEALS, AND THAT'S HOW WE CAPTURED THOSE.
UM, JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS, UM, LOW TO LOW AMOUNT INCOME BASED ASSISTANCE.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE PIE CHART.
AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, MODERATE INCOME THAT IS 80% BELOW THE AREA OF MEDIAN INCOME FOR 2021 FOR A SINGLE PERSON THAT WAS ANYTHING BELOW 41,000.
AND FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, THAT'S, UM, 52,700.
SO BELOW THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD SERVE.
HOPE CENTER PROVIDED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, PRESCRIPTION COST.
AND, UM, AGAIN, THIS WAS, UH, THE MAJORITY, THIS WAS ACTUALLY EVENLY, UH, PLACED.
THEY DID NOT, UH, USE A LOT OF, UH, THE ENTITLEMENT MONEY THIS TIME AROUND BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL USING CARES MONEY.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE THE, THAT'S WHY IT'S LOWER THAN WHAT IT TYPICALLY IS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
UM, WE PARTNER WITH METRO FAIR HOUSING TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS AND ASSIST OUR CITIZENS WITHIN ED CITY LIMITS.
UM, THERE'S JUST A QUICK BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THEIR 30, I THINK IT WAS REALLY 31, UM, RESIDENTS THEY ASSISTED LAST YEAR, UM, FOR A VARIETY OF COMPLAINTS.
ANYWHERE FROM, UM, INCOME SOURCE OR RIGHTS AGE DISCRIMINATION, ET CETERA.
EDMUND MOBILE MEALS, OF COURSE, SINCE, UH, SERVES THE MAJORITY OF OUR SENIOR HOME BOUND AND DISABLED RESIDENTS WITH NUTRITIONIST MEALS.
UM, THEY, I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ON THEM THAT AS OF TODAY, THEY HAVE 304 ACTIVE CLIENTS, UM, AND THEY SERVE APPROXIMATELY 248 MEALS A DAY, WHICH IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 1200 MEALS A WEEK.
UM, SO THERE, OF ALL OUR NON-PROFITS, UM, PROBABLY SERVE BESIDES THE EDMUND PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION, SERVE THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS IN, UM, EDMUND PROJECT 66, AGAIN, FOOD PANTRY THAT ENABLES, UH, FAMILIES, UM, TO HAVE, UH, GOOD NUTRITION, FOOD CHOICES.
UM, AND, UM, THEY QUICKLY WENT BACK TO, THEY ARE BACK TO IN PERSON SHOPPING AGAIN.
UM, THEY WERE DOING JUST THE BOXED, UM, DISTRIBUTION THERE FOR A WHILE BECAUSE OF COVID, BUT THEY'RE BACK TO IN PERSON PERSON DISTRIBUTION.
AND THEN OUR LAST NON-PROFIT, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE THAT WE WORK WITH IS UR SPECIAL THAT PROVIDES CLOTHING DISTRIBUTION THREE TIMES A YEAR TO THOSE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN, THREE TO NINE WITH NEW CLOTHING, UM, AND COATS AND BOOTS DURING THE WINTERTIME.
SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU ON THE REPORT OF THE CAPER, AND I HAVE, WE'LL TAKE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE.
GREAT WORK FOR WHAT YOU DO, AND YOU'RE MAKING A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE TO DO THE REPORT.
SO THAT JUST INFORMS THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE IS THAT NEED HERE FOR US.
SO COUNSEL, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TAKE ITEMS FIVE A TWO THROUGH EIGHT AS ONE VOTE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO MODIFY THE VOTE FOR FIVE A ONE, MOVE TO APPROVE TWO THROUGH EIGHT.
FIVE A TWO THROUGH EIGHT HAVE PASSED.
[1. Approval of application to the Oklahoma City Community Foundation Community Activity Fund for the Veterans Memorial project. ]
HAVE FIVE A ONE, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS WITH OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION COMMUNITY TO ACTIVELY FUND FOR THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PROJECT.[B. Approval of Purchases:]
[1. Presentation on ULI (Urban Land Institute) and Approval of the Advisory Services Agreement for Edmond, Oklahoma; $135,000. ]
WE HAVE APPROVAL OF PURCHASES.UM, FIRST ONE IS THE PRESENTATION OF ULI URBAN LEAGUE INSTITUTE, AND APPROVAL OF THE ADVISORY SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR EDMOND, OKLAHOMA FOR 135,000.
I'M GONNA DO THE PRESENTATION, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE OKAY, I CAN STAY UP HERE, OR YOU WANT ME TO WALK ALL THE WAY DOWN? STAY RIGHT HERE.
SO, UM, HAPPY TO BRING THIS FORWARD.
THIS IS A CONCEPT, UH, OF PROPOSAL THAT, UH, I THINK I PROBABLY SPEARHEADED, UH, FIRST, AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION FOR COUNCIL.
THIS IS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE, UH, WHICH IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LAND PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, FINANCIAL, UH, GROUP THAT BRINGS TOGETHER INDUSTRY SPECIALISTS FROM AROUND
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THE WORLD TO ASSIST, UH, ON LOCAL AS WELL AS NATIONAL ISSUES.WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THEM INTO MOND TO LOOK AT UNIQUE SITUATION FOR US.
SO IF YOU WANNA PICK THE NEXT ONE FOR US.
SO ONE OF 'EM IS, UM, WE WANNA BRING IN ULI ADVISORY PANEL.
AND THIS IS, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ADVISORY PANEL HERE IN A SECOND, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE THEM BRING IN A THIRD PARTY WITH EXPERTISE AND LAND DEVELOPMENT FINANCING, ECON DEVELOPMENT, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO LOOK AT OUR URBAN CORE.
AND SO JUST ON THIS MAP YOU HAVE ON THE RED, I'M RED BOY, I NEED, I'M NOT COLOR BLIND.
SO BLUE IS UCO CAMPUS, AND THE, UM, YELLOW, WE'LL CALL IT IS OUR URBAN CORE.
UH, AND THE AREAS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS IN THAT GENERAL AREA, INCLUDING THE UCO CAMPUS, AS WELL AS A SPACE IN BETWEEN OUR URBAN CORE AND UCL, PROBABLY GOING UP TO AIRS ON THE NORTH SIDE, FRITZ TO THE WEST, AND THEN SOUTH TO RANDY.
WHAT DID WE DECIDE? NINTH NINTH STREET.
UH, AND THEN OVER TO, TO BRIAN, WHO TO TAKE THE UCL CAMPUS.
AND, AND YOU'LL SEE THERE IN THE RED ARE JUST A, IT'S JUST A HANDFUL OF THE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE IN DISCUSSION.
I'VE BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
I'M GONNA GO TO THE NEXT CAMPUS.
NEXT VIDEO SLIDE IS, AS I'VE GONE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TALKING OVER THE LAST SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS IN THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTING IDEAS AND CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITY AND, AND HOW WE BRING THEM FORWARD TO BRING FORWARD A, A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN URBAN CORE.
AND SO, JUST A COUPLE OF NOTICE THINGS I WANNA BRING UP.
WE HAVE A MAJOR UNIVERSITY, UH, P THREE OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IS PUBLIC PRIVATE, UM, PARTNERSHIP.
UH, RECRUITMENT NEEDS AND CONNECTIONS.
THEY'RE GOING, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR A NEW PRESENT HERE SHORTLY.
AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEM.
WE ARE BUILDING A NEW CITY HALL, WHICH WILL COME FORWARD HERE IN THE, IN THE NEXT COUNCIL.
NEED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
BUT WITH THAT, WE WILL NOT NEED AS MANY OF THE, THE BILLING SITES THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
SO THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UCO HAS DEVELOPMENT, UH, POTENTIAL AS WELL OFF CAMPUS THAT WE WANNA TAKE ADVANTAGE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME CH TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES WITH THE BARRIERS, UM, THAT, THAT DO GREAT FOR MOVING TRAFFIC.
BUT THEY ALSO CREATE CHALLENGES FOR PEDESTRIAN.
THAT'S, IF YOU THINK ABOUT BOULEVARD SECOND STREET, UH, AND ROUTE 77.
UH, AND THEN HOW DO WE CREATE A VIBRANT, ACTIVE URBAN CORE, BUT YET IT'S SAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS TO UTILIZE.
JUST IN THE SHORT TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UH, STORIES THAT HAVE BEEN TOLD TO ME ABOUT INTERACTION BETWEEN CARS, INDIVIDUALS THAT AREN'T ALWAYS THE, THE GREATEST TO, TO HAVE.
AND SO HOW DO WE CREATE THAT? WE ALSO HAVE A RAIL CHALLENGE.
I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I HEARD ABOUT WHEN I CAME DOWNTOWN, IS, UM, WE HAVE TRAINS THAT DECIDED TO STOP IN EDMOND.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE NOT SPENDING THEIR SALES TAX HERE.
AND IT'S CREATING CHALLENGES FOR, UH, ECONOMICS OF CHALLENGING OUR DOWNTOWN AS WELL AS THE GENERAL COMMUNITY, MOVING PEOPLE EAST TO WEST IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, BUT WE ALSO KNOW WITH RAIL DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE RTA REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND THE HEARTLAND FIRE, WHICH IS THE AMTRAK THAT WE BRING SERVICE BACK FROM DALLAS ALL THE WAY TO KANSAS CITY.
SO WE KNOW THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY DOWN THERE.
AND THEN LASTLY IS WHAT'S OUR DOWNTOWN HOUSING MIX? IS IT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE APARTMENTS.
WE HAVE WHAT CALLED URBAN DENSITY.
IS THERE OTHER, UH, TYPES OF MIXES OF HOUSING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AN URBAN CORE TO CREATE THAT LIVE WORK PLAY OPPORTUNITY? AND THEN AGAIN, AS WE ARE TALKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF OF TRANSPORTATION, IS HOW DO WE REIMAGINE THAT 77 CORRIDOR? THERE ARE A LOT OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE THAT HAS, I'LL CALL A LOT OF AGE TO IT.
AND THERE IS, THERE'S I THINK, AN AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME REDEVELOPMENTS AND WHAT DOES THAT OPPORTUNITY LOOK LIKE, AND HOW DO WE REIMAGINE TO DO THAT? SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE GET TWO SLIDES IN A ROW THERE.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE A SHORT VIDEO, AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL WORK.
OH, YEAH, THERE IS SOUND, I PROMISE.
WELL, WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS TALKS ABOUT IS URBAN LAND INSTITUTE BRINGS TOGETHER ABOUT SEVEN TO EIGHT INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
THEY COME INTO YOUR COMMUNITY, SPEND A WEEK IN A COMMUNITY DOING INTENSIVE UM, ANALYSIS.
THEY DO ABOUT A HUNDRED INTERVIEWS.
UH, THEY MEET WITH THE, NOT JUST, UM, KEY STAKEHOLDERS, BUT THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT WOULD THEY LIKE TO SEE IN THE DOWNTOWN, WHAT ARE CONCERNS, WHAT ARE ISSUES? WE
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TALKED TO IN INDUSTRY SPECIALISTS ABOUT HOW DO WE LOOK AT REIMAGINING EDMONDS, DOWNTOWN URBAN CORE.UH, WE CREATE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS FOR THEM TO DO SOME ANALYSIS WITH, UH, AND THIS GROUP HELPS US WITH THAT.
SO I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY JUST SKIP AHEAD IF WE'RE NOT GETTING VIDEO.
SO I'M GUESSING WE'RE NOT GONNA GET SOUND WITH THIS ONE EITHER.
WE TRIED THIS OUT BEFORE, DIDN'T WE?
IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS I'VE EVER SEEN
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE IT POSTED ON ONLINE TOMORROW, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO, TO NEAR SPARE TIME, TO, TO VIEW IT.
THEY'RE JUST QUICK TWO MINUTE LONG.
AND, AND THE SECOND VIDEO WAS GONNA BE OKLAHOMA CITY DID THIS.
THEY BROUGHT IN U ULI AFTER THE DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING.
AND REALLY THEY'RE TRYING, HOW DO WE RESPOND TO THIS TERRIBLE EVENT? AND ULI HELPED THEM UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF CREATING A MEMORIAL DISTRICT.
SO WHAT YOU SEE TODAY IN THAT DOWNTOWN AREA WHERE THE BOMBING OCCURRED IN THE, IN THE MEMORIAL, IS REALLY AN OUTGROWTH OF WHAT ULI PRESENTED AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THEM HOW TO NOT ONLY PRESERVE THE SITUATION, BUT A ALSO HOW HIGHLIGHT ULTIMATLY CITY'S GONNA RESPOND TO THAT SITUATION.
THEY WENT ON AND DONE OTHER WORK WITH THE MIDTOWN AREA AND THE, AND THE MOTOR CITY BLOCKS.
JULI HAS BEEN DONE A LOT OF WORK TO HELP OAK KC REIMAGINE THEMSELVES.
THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE CONVICTION CENTER SITING.
SO THEY BRING A LOT OF EXPERTISE.
I'VE SEEN THIS DONE AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH, UM, REALLY THE BENEFIT BENEFIT OF THIS IS BRINGING EXTERNAL PEOPLE THAT REALLY DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THE HUNT WHO CAN TELL YOU TRULY OBJECTIVE STRATEGIC ANALYSIS.
BUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT, MAYBE BROADEN OUR HORIZON.
SOMETIMES WE GET CAUGHT INTO WHAT WE THINK MAY BE JUST BEST BECAUSE THIS IS OUR PERSPECTIVE.
AND SOME, SOMETIMES WE NEED A THIRD PARTY SAY, THAT'S GREAT.
DID YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? OR, WHAT ABOUT THIS? OR, YOU KNOW, FROM A FINANCIAL ASPECT, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE OF THESE THINGS.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BREAK DOWN THIS BARRIER TO GET SOME MOVEMENT ON THIS.
SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING A THIRD PARTY IN.
THIS JUST OUTLINES WHAT A WEEK LONG EXPERIENCE WOULD BE.
THEY'LL COME IN SATURDAY NIGHT, WE'LL DO A, A ORIENTATION DINNER FOR THEM.
THEY'LL DO A TOUR ON MONDAY, UM, MEET WITH THE PUBLIC.
THERE'S A PUBLIC RECEPTION, STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS.
AND OFTEN WHAT WE FIND IS THESE INTERVIEWS COMMUNITY'S DESPERATE TO WANNA BE ONE OF THOSE 75 TO A HUNDRED BECAUSE IT'S AN HOUR LONG ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW WITH THESE EXPERTS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU LIKE, DON'T LIKE, WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE OCCUR IN, IN EDMOND, WHAT ARE THINGS YOU MAYBE THINK THEY ARE HOLDING US BACK.
AND IT'S NOT JUST EVERYBODY THAT MAYBE ALL EDMOND'S GREAT, BUT ALSO COULD BE THE ONES THAT MAYBE ARE, ARE WE'LL CALL THROWING STONES AT, AT WHAT THE DOWNTOWN MAY BE THINKING ABOUT.
BUT TO GET 'EM ALL INVOLVED, UH, TO EVERYBODY HAVE A STAKE INTO THAT.
AND THEN WEDNESDAY, THEY USE THEIR TIME AS A, THAT, UH, SEVEN, EIGHT PANEL MEMBERS TO REALLY COME UP WITH CONSTRUCTIVE, UH, CONCEPTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, KEY STEPS THAT THE CITY OR COMMUNITY, AND AGAIN, THIS ISN'T JUST THE CITY.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE ASKING OUR PARTNERS.
IT'S UCO AND THE CHAMBER AND OTHERS TO BE PART OF THIS TO SAY IT COULD BE A TASK FOR US TO DO.
BUT THE NEXT ONE COULD BE A TASK THAT UCO DOES.
THE NEXT ONE, IT COULD BE A CHAMBER INITIATIVE OR THE COMMUNITY OUTLOOK, BUT BECOME STRATEGIC CONCRETE STEPS FOR US TO DO.
AND THEN FRIDAY, THEY'LL ACTUALLY MAKE A PANEL, UH, PRESENTATION TO THE PUBLIC.
AND USUALLY THAT'S A BIG THING WHERE THE MEDIA OFTEN WILL COVER, WILL COME TO COVER TO SAY, HERE'S, UM, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING WITH OUR EXPERTISE.
NOW IT'S UP TO THE COMMUNITY TO DECIDE HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT I'M GONNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE TIMING, UH, I REACHED OUT TO ULI AND LITERALLY THE NEXT DAY THEY REACHED, PACKED OUT AND SAID, WE'LL BE IN TOWN NEXT WEEK.
THEY'VE ALREADY COME IN TOWN, REVIEWED THE AREA.
THEY'RE EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS.
THEY THINK THERE'S A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES FOR EDMUND BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION CLOSE TO OKLAHOMA CITY, THE GREAT LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
AND SO WE'RE TARGETING THE LAST, WHERE'S JANE? ANYWAY, THAT'S OKAY.
THE LAST, LAST PART OF FEBRUARY WILL BE WHEN THEY'LL BE COMING IN TOWN.
IT'S NOT A FREE, IT'S $135,000, BUT IT'S SEVEN TO EIGHT INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL EXPERTS THAT COME IN AND IN DEPTH REVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE 50% OF OUR COSTS COVERED BY OUR PARTNERS.
AND, AND WHAT I'LL TELL YOU TODAY TO THE AMOUNT OF PARTNERSHIPS AND, AND COMMITMENTS WE HAVE IS WE'LL MEET THAT OR EXCEED THAT ALREADY.
AND WE, I KNOW COUNSELORS ARE WORKING ON SOME ADDITIONAL MEETINGS FOR ME TO MEET WITH THEM WITH OTHER, UH, LIKE DEVELOPERS AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO INVITE THEM TO PARTICIPATE.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA REACH THAT NUMBER, IF NOT MORE, WHICH IS EXCITING.
CAUSE THAT TELLS ME THAT THE COMMUNITY'S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WE'VE CREATED A LIST WITH OUR PARTNERS OF, UH, QUESTIONS.
LET'S GO TO HAT GO THAT, NICK.
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NOT IT.WE DIDN'T GET THE QUESTIONS, BUT ANYWAY.
OH, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, YOU DID.
OH, I SENT 'EM TO YOU, BUT FAILED TO PUT 'EM IN A PRESENTATION.
BUT THEY WERE GREAT QUESTIONS, WEREN'T THEY? SO, UH, ONE OF 'EM, FOR EXAMPLE, IS WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AT UCO IS HOW TO EXPLORE LIKE UNIVERSITY VILLAGE OR A CAMPUS CORNER ATMOSPHERE JUST OUTSIDE OF UCO FOR, WE HAVE 12,000 STUDENTS THERE, PLUS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, 1500 FACULTY AND WORKERS.
AND RIGHT NOW, BOULEVARD IS REALLY A BARRIER FOR US.
YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO COME ACROSS PEDESTRIAN WISE ACROSS IN OUR, IN OUR URBAN CORE AS WELL AS US TO MOVE BACK ACROSS THERE.
ALSO, IT'S A RECRUIT COOL FOR THEM.
IF THEY CREATE A VIBRANT AREA JUST OUTSIDE OF CAMPUS, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO RECRUIT STUDENTS WHO MAY HAVE NOT HAVE THOUGHT AS THIS EDMOND CAMPUS IS THIS SOMEPLACE WHERE I NEED TO BE? WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH OUR, UH, CHAMBER AND, AND OTHER PARTNERS TO LOOK AT WHAT'S THE RIGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOP MIX OF TENANTS, AND DO WE DO MORE COMMERCIAL? DO WE DO RING BACK OFFICE USERS IN THE DOWNTOWN? WHAT IS THAT CAPABILITY? WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT EXCESS PROPERTY.
WE HAVE IN THE DOWNTOWN, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DEVELOPERS IN ADDITION TO THE CITY THAT HAVE, I DON'T WANNA SAY EXCESS PROPERTY.
WE HAVE PROPERTY THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
WHAT IS THAT TYPE OF REDEVELOPMENT WE WANT TO SEE, UH, AND MAYBE BROUGHT IN OUR HORIZON WHAT WE THINK COULD REALLY BE POSSIBLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE I THINK THIS IS HOW WE DO DEVELOPMENT IN, IN THIS COMMUNITY, THAT IT TOOK SOMEBODY OUTSIDE WHO SAID YOU COULD REALLY ELEVATE THAT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND ONCE WE SAW THAT, IT GAVE US COURAGE TO TAKE THAT STEP TO DO THAT.
AND SO THE HOPE WAS THAT AS U I WILL BRING THAT, UM, EYES WIDE OPEN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO THAT.
SO WITH THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, EXCITED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE PROJECT.
I'VE BEEN A ULI MEMBER FOR A LONG TIME, AND I'VE ACTUALLY SERVED ON ONE OF THESE.
AND, UH, SO IT'S A REALLY WORTHWHILE, UH, THING TO DO BECAUSE I LIVE AND I WORK AND PLAY DOWN HERE IN DOWNTOWN, AND I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES I'M TOO CLOSE TO IT.
AND SO I THINK I'LL JUST TAKE VACATION FOR A WEEK WHEN THEY'RE HERE, AND THEN COME BACK AND LISTEN TO THEIR PRESENTATION, UM, AND JUST SEE, UH, WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
I'M VERY ANXIOUS TO SEE, UH, FOR THEM TO HAVE IN TO, FOR SOME STRANGERS TO COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY FOR A WEEK AND REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GET INTO THE WEEDS WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND RESPOND TO US TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO.
UH, AND THEN IT'LL BE UP TO US TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND DECIDE WHETHER TO DO IT OR NOT AND HOW TO DO IT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF BRINGING IN THE THIRD PARTY.
UM, THEY HAVE NO DOG IN THIS FIGHT.
THEY'RE GONNA BRING THEIR EXPERTISE TO IT.
AND, AND JUST LIKE THE PRESENTATION WE HAD EARLIER TODAY, THEIR EXPERTISE, THEY'RE GONNA SHOW IT TO US AS A COMMUNITY AND WHERE CAN WE GO FROM THERE? AND I APPRECIATE THE CITY MANAGER SPEAKING TO THESE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS GROUPS AND, UM, ADMIN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AUTHORITY, ADMIN, CHAMBER, UCO, OUR COMMITTED MM-HMM.
I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC THAT OTHER THAN THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR OPINIONS THAT ARE GONNA COME OUT OF IT, IT ALSO SHOWS OUR BUSINESS OWNERS DOWNTOWN AND, UH, RESIDENTS AND, AND INVESTORS, DEVELOPERS THAT ARE ALREADY, UH, PROSPECTING IN DOWNTOWN.
IT SHOWS THEM THAT, THAT WE CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF, OF ITS DEVELOPMENT AND HOW IT, HOW IT EVOLVES OVER TIME.
AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST A GREAT, UH, A GREAT COMMUNITY IMAGE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR UCO INCREASE ENROLLMENT AND HAVE PEOPLE WANNA COME HERE NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL, BUT TO HANG AROUND IN THE STUDY AND KNOW THAT THEY CAN HAVE, UH, THEY CAN WALK ANYWHERE THEY WANT TO GO RIGHT.
AND HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED RIGHT HERE.
[2. Consideration of Approval of Interlocal Agreement and Professional Services Agreement for the City of Edmond’s participation with the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Advisory Council; $17,400]
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY OF EDMONDS PARTICIPATION WITH THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVISORY COUNCIL.UH, THERE WAS GONNA BE SOME STAFF COMMENTS ON THIS ONE.
REAL BRIEFLY, MAYOR COUNSEL, BACK ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, SEPTEMBER 26TH, THE COUNCIL APPROVED THESE AGREEMENTS AND, UH, SINCE THAT TIME, UM, MIDWEST CITY HAS, UM, NO LONGER DECIDED, HAS DECIDED NOT TO PARTICIPATE.
SO THAT RELIEVES US WITH THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY AND OKLAHOMA COUNTY, AND IT DOESN'T INCREASE OUR PARTICIPATION RATE OF $17,400 AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
SO OKLAHOMA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA CITY HAS APPROVED THE LOCAL AGREEMENT AND PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ROOM.
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SO THAT'S JUST REALLY PROCEDURAL THAT WE'RE DOING HERE.THE THIRD ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE SO SUPPLIER PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES FROM SAFE FLEET MOBILE VISION, INC.
FOURTH IS ACCEPTANCE OF BID AND APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG REHABILITATION OF RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE AT 5 0 8 REYNOLDS DRIVE FOR CDBG FOR $62,430.
NUMBER FIVE IS ACCEPTANCE OF BID AND APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CD, BG, REHABILITATION OF RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE AT 26 0 5 SUMMERFIELD DRIVE FOR CDBG FOR 126,000 $122.
NUMBER SIX, ACCEPTANCE OF PROPOSAL FOR A TECHNICAL RESCUE PROP FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR $449,516 AND 30 CENTS.
NUMBER SEVEN IS APPROVAL TO RETAIN TRADE IN ELECTRIC TRUCKS TO INCREASE RESERVES UNITS $7,500.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS ONE,
[8. Approval of professional services agreement with Davey Resource Group to conduct a Forest Composition and Analysis study; $94,723.]
APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH DAVY RESOURCES GROUP TO CONDUCT A FOREST COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS STUDY FOR $94,723.YES, RYAN, THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
I'M RYAN OCHSNER, THE, UH, CITY OF EDMONDS URBAN FORESTRY DEPARTMENT FILLING IN THIS EVENING FOR OUR URBAN FORESTER.
SO IN THE FUTURE, YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR FROM LEE MARTIN AS THIS PROJECT, UH, MOVES FORWARD.
SO I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ABOUT, UM, AN AWARD OF A CONTRACT FOR DA RESOURCE GROUP TO PERFORM A FOREST COMPOSITION AND AN ANALYSIS STUDY.
NOW TO UNDERSTAND THIS PROJECT, UM, SOME BACKGROUND IS IMPORTANT.
SO I'LL TOUCH BASE ON WHAT THE EAST EDMOND PLAN 2050 SAID ABOUT THIS ITEM.
AND, UM, WE'LL ALSO, OF COURSE, EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU CITIZEN INPUT IN THE 2050 PLAN.
UM, REALLY REITERATED THAT CITIZENS WANNA PRESERVE, UH, SEA PRESERVATION OF FOREST.
UH, THAT, AND THAT WAS A TOP PRIORITY FOR, UH, CITIZENS AND STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND, UH, THIS UP IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER IS TAKEN FROM THAT PLAN, AND IT INDICATES ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS YOU SEE HERE IS TO, UH, NOTES THAT WE SHOULD UPDATE THE CROSS TIMBERS SENSITIVE AREAS OF ASSESSMENT STUDY.
THAT'S WHAT THAT'S REFERRING TO THERE IN TASK ONE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS, UM, ANALYSIS WOULD START TO DO.
FOR FURTHER BACKGROUND, A, UH, PREVIOUS STUDY, OUR SENSE OF VARIOUS STUDY LOOK TO IDENTIFY TREES THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, UNDISTURBED SINCE PRIOR TO 1871.
AS WE HAVE WORKED WITH THIS STUDY OVER THE, UH, LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE REALIZED THAT THERE ARE IN FACT SOME VERY OLD TREES IN THESE AREAS FOUND, UH, IDENTIFIED ONE IN ARCADIA LAKE.
IT WAS AROUND 194 YEARS OLD WHEN AT HAER PARK.
AND WHILE OLD TREES ARE IMPORTANT AND, UM, IMPORTANT TO THE CITIZENS AND TO THE ECOSYSTEMS, CANOPY COVER IS A MORE USEFUL TOOL TO MEASURE OUR BIG PICTURE.
LOOK AT HOW OUR URBAN FOREST HEALTH IS.
SO OUR TREE CANOPY IS COM COMPRISED OF, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT FOREST TYPES SUCH AS CROSS TIMBERS, RED CEDAR FOREST, AND, UM, LOT OF BOTTOM LAND HARDWOODS AND REPAIRING AREA FOREST.
SO TO OBTAIN THE PREFERENCES EXPRESSED IN THE EAST EDMOND PLAN 2050, WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHERE THESE DIFFERENT FOREST TYPES ARE SO THAT DECISIONS ABOUT LAND USE CAN PROVIDE FOCUSED GROWTH IN KEY AREAS IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE CUSTOMER'S FOREST AND OPEN SPACE.
SPECIFICALLY, THIS STUDY THAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT WILL HELP DO THAT BY PROVIDING AN ITRY ECO ASSESSMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE US A LOOK AT THE STRUCTURAL VALUE, THE MONETARY VALUE THAT OUR URBAN FOREST IS PROVIDING TO US.
IT WILL DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR RANKING SYSTEM THAT CAN RELATE TO OUR LAND USE PLANNING, AND IT WILL UPDATE OUR TREE CANOPY ASSESSMENT.
AS YOU KNOW, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT TREE CANOPY COVER AS IT RELATES TO DIFFERENT LAND USES.
WE'LL ALSO IDENTIFY CHANGES THAT OCCURRED IN OUR TO OUR TREE CANOPY COVER OVER THE LAST, UH, 10 YEARS.
SO, UM, THAT'S THE STUDY THAT'S BEFORE YOU.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, OR EXPLAIN FURTHER IF YOU LIKE.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ROY AS WE SAW FROM ANOTHER ASSESSMENT WE HAD THE OTHER DAY, THE ECO ASSESSMENT PROBABLY GONNA BRING OUT SOME VERY INTERESTING FACTS.
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FORWARD TO IT.OKAY, THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NUMBER NINE, FROM THE APPROVAL OF PURCHASES, APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE TO THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH MID-STATE TRAFFIC CONTROLS FOR THE RED BUTT ELEMENTARY, UH, SCHOOL ZONE PROJECT B 2219 FOR $16,550, UH, INCREASE.
NUMBER 10 IS DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF A CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH CO GROUP ENGINEERING FOR PLAN REVIEW OF PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT FOR $50,000.
[11. Approval of purchase of playground equipment for Stephenson Park from Landscape Structures on State Contract NASPO SW0111L; $719,334.00.]
HAVE A, A STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS ONE COMING UP, APPROVAL OF PURCHASE, UM, A PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR STEVENSON PARK FROM LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES ON STATE CONTRACT NA SPO SW 0 1 1 11 L FOR $719,334.THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL CASEY MOORE, I HAVE PUT ON MY INTERIM PARKS DIRECTOR HAT AND TALKED TO YOU ABOUT STEVENSON PARK PLAYGROUND.
I WANNA SHOW YOU KIND OF WHAT, UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT FITS INTO THE OVERALL PROJECT OF STEVENSON PARK.
SO WE WILL, UH, JUMP RIGHT IN.
SO AS, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE ARE UNDERGOING A, UH, MULTIMILLION DOLLAR, UH, BASICALLY REIMAGINING REFURBISHING OF STEVENSON PARK.
IT'S THE THIRD MAJOR RENOVATION OF THE PARK SINCE IT WAS DEVELOPED IN 1892.
THE LAST ONE WAS IN THE 1970S.
SO, UH, AS, AS ANYONE THAT'S BEEN BY THEIR KNOWS, THERE IS A, UH, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK HAPPENING IN THE AREA, UM, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO DRAINAGE AND STORMWATER DETENTION.
SO, UH, THAT WORK IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW, WILL IMMEDIATELY BE FOLLOWED UP BY, UH, QUITE A BIT MORE WORK.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY TODAY, UH, IS THIS PLAYGROUND AREA, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE.
UM, JUST JUST FOR REFERENCE, IF, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH HOW THE PARK LOOKED BEFORE, WE TORE IT ALL UP RECENTLY, UM, THE PLAYGROUND TRADITIONALLY FILLS A MUCH SMALLER SPACE.
AND SO KIND OF IN THIS AREA, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE HISTORIC ROCKET SHIP SLIDE, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A NAUSEUM OVER YEARS, UM, AND THEN A MUCH MORE UNDERWHELMING PLAYGROUND, UH, THAT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, UH, WITH THIS PURCHASE IS HONESTLY SET, SET THE TONE FOR THIS PLAYGROUND AND THIS PART FOR, FOR COMING GENERATIONS AND, AND FUTURE DECADES.
SO, UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THIS AREA HERE, AND THEN ALSO, UH, WE'LL HAVE ONE THING RIGHT UP IN THIS AREA AS WELL AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS KIND OF THE LAYOUT AND IT'S ACTUALLY CHANGED JUST A LITTLE BIT SINCE WE GOT THIS.
UM, SO THIS, THIS IS THAT AREA THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU UP THERE.
LET ME TAKE YOU BACK AND SHOW YOU.
SO THAT'S THE SAME SHAPE AS THIS.
UM, HERE YOU HAVE ONE LARGE PLAY STRUCTURE, ANOTHER LARGE PLAY STRUCTURE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE THREE BAYS OF SWINGS INSTEAD OF TWO.
UM, AND SOME OTHER SMALL PLAY STRUCTURES HERE.
UH, ADDITIONALLY UNDERNEATH ALL OF THIS, WHERE TRADITIONALLY IN THIS PLAYGROUND WE'VE HAD WOOD CHIPS, UM, WHICH ARE GREAT FOR GETTING IN YOUR SHOES.
UM, THIS'LL ACTUALLY BE A POURED SURFACE.
UM, THAT'LL, THAT'LL BE COVERED, UH, WITH, WITH THE SOFT MATERIAL, SO IT'LL BE MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR MORE PEOPLE TO USE.
SO, UM, HERE IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND, UM, JUST, JUST FOR SOME BACKGROUND, WE PRESENTED THIS TO PARKS BOARD.
PARKS BOARD HAD A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.
THEY LOOKED AT, UM, UNANIMOUSLY WANTED TO GO WITH THIS OPTION, SO THAT'S WHY I'M SHOWING YOU THIS ONE.
WE HAVE THE OTHER ONE IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT AS WELL, BUT, UH, WANTED TO SHOW YOU KIND OF THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING.
UM, SO STILL KIND OF HAVE THAT SPACE THEME.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE, UH, ROCKET SHIP SLIDE THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE.
UH, BUT THIS IS MORE 2020S SPACE THEME.
THINK MORE, UH, MARS LANDING LUNAR EQUIPMENT.
SO THIS IS THE SMALLER OF THE TWO PIECES HERE.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT EVERY KID'S GONNA WANT TO COME PLAY ON AT THE TOP THAT'S 25 FEET HIGH.
SO ROUGHLY ABOUT THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE ROCKET SHIP SLIDE, BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET TO THE TOP PUT FOR THIS ONE AND PLAY INSIDE OF IT.
UM, THEN WE'LL HAVE THE THREE BESS SWINGS OVER HERE AS WELL.
UH, GOT THIS LITTLE TEETER TOTTER.
THIS ONE IS GEARED MORE FOR YOUNGER KIDS.
THIS ONE IS GEARED FOR OLDER KIDS, SO WE TRY TO HIT DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS AS WELL.
HERE'S MORE OF A, UH, A CLOSE UP OF THIS.
YOU GOT ALL THIS WHERE YOU CAN CLIMB AND YOU CLIMB UP INTO THESE AND YOU CAN CLIMB ALL THROUGH THESE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE TWO MASSIVE SLIDES THAT THAT COME DOWN.
UM, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT, WHAT, WHEN THE, THE FIRST ROCKET SHIP SLIDE CAME DOWN WELL OVER A DECADE AGO, AND THEY PUT UP THE NEW SPACE THEMED THING IN CHIP WOOD PARK.
UM, VERY SIMILAR, A MUCH, A MUCH BIGGER PLAGUE PIECE WITH LARGE SLIDES COMING OFF OF IT.
SO IF YOU LIKE TO GO FAST OR IF YOU LIKE TO GO IN IN CIRCLES, THERE YOU GO.
YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
CASEY, I'M ASSUMING I'M, I'M GONNA GO BACK.
IS THE SLIDE METAL? IT IS, IT IS STAINLESS STEEL.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BECAUSE IT'S TUBULAR, IT WILL NOT GET BLAZING HOT, RIGHT.
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WHICH HAS BEEN ONE OF THE ISSUES.IF YOU GO OUT TO THE ROCKET SHIP SLIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, UM, IT CAN GET VERY HOT AND JUST BURN YOU ALL THE WAY DOWN.
WE'VE HEARD THAT FROM DECADES OF PEOPLE.
SO, UM, YES, THIS IS STAINLESS STEEL, BUT SINCE IT IS ENCLOSED, WE'RE TOLD THAT THAT THE HEAT WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE.
THIS IS, IF YOU, LET ME GO BACK HERE REALLY QUICK.
SO I TALKED ABOUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE SOMETHING UP IN THIS AREA HERE.
UM, AND THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
THIS WILL BE EVERY KID'S FAVORITE THING IN THE PARK.
AND, UM, NOT SURE ABOUT THE ADULTS, BUT IT MAY BE ALSO.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, UH, THINGS WHERE YOU CAN GO OVER AND YOU CAN MAKE MUSIC.
AND, UM, SO THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE TREND NATIONWIDE, THESE SORT OF INTERACTIVE PLAY TOYS.
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT KIND OF IN THAT LITTLE SPACE AS WELL, THAT JUST OFF OF THE PLAYGROUND.
AS FAR AS PICTURES GO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS BEING FUNDED OUT OF ARPA DOLLARS.
WHEN YOU ALL LOOKED AT, AT ARPA PROJECTS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED WAS UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS IN QUALIFIED CENSUS TRACKS FOR PARKS.
AND STEVENSON PARK DOES FIT WITHIN THAT.
THIS WAS NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL STEVENSON PARK PROJECT, AND THAT WAS BY DESIGN SO THAT WE COULD GO OUT AND USE STATE CONTRACT FOR THIS.
SO THE PLAN IS THIS WILL BE PURCHASED.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO BID THIS, THIS WILL BE PURCHASED OFF OF STATE CONTRACT.
SO UPON APPROVAL WE'LL BE READY TO GO WITH THIS, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.
IF, IF THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL LIKE TO DO, WE THINK THAT THIS IS GONNA SET THE TONE AND, AND HOPEFULLY BE, UH, THE MEMORABLE TOY FOR, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE THAT EXPERIENCE THE PARK.
QUESTIONS, THIS IS SUCH A UNIQUE PARK TO SO MANY IN EDMOND AND SO MUCH HISTORY.
I, I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE A HUGE CHALLENGE COMING BACK WITH SOMETHING UNIQUE, UM, TO, TO, TO SATISFY THE COMMUNITY THERE.
AND I THINK, I THINK YOU'VE HIT THAT MARK, SO THANK YOU.
YEAH, AND, AND A LOT OF CREDIT GOES TO OUR STAFF, UH, SPECIFICALLY GARY JOHNSON, UM, WHO, WHO HANDLES A LOT OF THIS STUFF.
AND HE'S, HE'S WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH, WITH THE VENDOR ON THIS AND, AND HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THIS PROJECT.
CASEY, WILL THIS BE COMPLETED WHEN THE PARK'S COMPLETED OR WHAT'S THE TIMING FOR THIS? UH, THE, SO THE THOUGHT IS WE'LL, WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET GOING WITH THIS AND THEY SHOULD, THEY SHOULD OPEN PRETTY CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER.
UM, IF WE CAN GET THIS ORDERED PRETTY QUICKLY BY NOT HAVING TO BID OUT AND USING THE STATE VENDOR, THE THOUGHT IS THAT WHEN THE PARK REOPENS FOR USE, THIS WILL BE PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING READY TO GO WITH PARKER.
REOPEN FROM WHAT? SPRING OF, IN THE SPRING? YES.
I THINK WE GOT A PROMISE ON VIDEO.
WHAT'S THAT? I SAID I THINK WE GOT A PROMISE ON VIDEO ON THE DAY OF THE I.
SO EVERY, EVERYTHING, THE CONTRACTOR'S WORKING HARD OUT THERE, UH, TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING READY TO GO BY THIS SPRING.
FINGERS CROSSED THAT OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED IS AVAILABLE.
YOU, YOU CAN BE FIRST IN LINE AND WE'LL LET YOU GO DOWN THE FAST SLIDE.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GH TWO ARCHITECTS WHO PROVIDE DESIGN SERVICES FOR A SPLASH PAD AT TED ANDERSON PARK.
$1,000 DEDUCTION FOR A REVISED CONTRACT PRICE OF $72,000.
NUMBER 13 IS APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE, BUT C FOUR L LLC FOR MONUMENT SIGN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR $23,007.
NUMBER 14 IS THE APPROVE OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE FOR ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION, UH, RELATED TO THE KELLY LANDSCAPE PROJECT FOR $9,013.
NUMBER 15 IS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH RENEWAL WITH P BAY SPORTS FACILITIES OF MANAGEMENT, LLC P BAY SFM LLC TO MANAGE AND OPERATE A PELICAN BAY AQUATIC CENTER DURING THE 2023 SEASON FOR $209,756 IN 80 CENTS.
ACCEPTANCE OF BID OF, UH, NUMBER 16 IS ACCEPTANCE OF BID FOR THE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES FOR BERG GOLF CLUBHOUSE AND SPECIAL EVENT CENTER.
AND NUMBER 17 IS PROOF OF CHANGE ORDER OF JEFFREY L. BRUCE AND COMPANY LLC FOR ADDITIONAL DESIGN SERVICES AT THE SERVICE LAKE SOCCER COMPLEX FOR $3,500.
COUNSEL, THOSE ARE OUR 17 PURCHASES FOR THIS EVENING.
YES, I PROPOSE THAT WE SPEND THE MONEY.
SECOND, PLEASE CASH YOUR VOTE.
THOSE PURCHASES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
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VERY MUCH.AND WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTIONS.
[A. Discussion and Consideration of Resolution No. ______ authorizing the selection of Fulmer Sill and Frantz Law Group, APLC to serve as counsel for the City of Edmond in litigation involving e-cigarettes for the marketing, sales practices & products liability which has caused harm to the City of Edmond. ]
A SIX A IS CON, UH, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 35 DASH 2235 DASH 22, AUTHORIZING THE SELECTION OF FORMER SEAL AND FRANCE LAW GROUP A P C TO SERVE AS COUNSEL FOR THE CITY OF ED IN THE LITIGATION INVOLVING E-CIGARETTES FOR THE MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY, WHICH HAS CAUSED HARM TO THE CITY OF EDMOND.ANY QUESTION I BE GLAD TO ANSWER.
AND WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY THIS LAW FIRM,
AND THIS IS A MULTI-DISTRICT LITIGATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND, UM, ALLOWS US TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT ALONG WITH OTHER CITIES IN METROPOLITAN AREA AS WELL AS
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW HOW THAT PROCEEDS AND UH, BUT I FELT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
AND NEXT IS, DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON YOU? VOTE ON THAT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT ONE.
A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND YOU.
MOTION TO SECOND PLEASE CATCH YOUR VOTE.
[B. Consideration of Resolution No. ______; Resolution No. ______; and Resolution No. ______ for Transportation Alternative (TA) Program funds that have been made available through the Oklahoma Department of Transportation for transportation improvements. ]
B IS CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 36 22, 37, 22, AND 38, 22, 36, 22, 37, 22, AND 38 22 FOR THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE TA PROGRAM FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.REAL QUICK, UM, YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER ABOUT A MONTH AGO WE CAME TO YOU WITH A BUNCH OF, UH, APPLICATIONS WE WERE PUTTING WITH ACOG.
THEY CONTROL EVERYTHING ON THE WEST SIDE OF AIR DEPOT.
UH, WE GET TO APPLY FOR A DIFFERENT POT OF MONEY ON THE EAST SIDE OF AIR DEPOT.
SO WE'RE MAKING THREE MORE APPLICATIONS TO ODOT.
UH, EACH ONE OF THESE APPLICATIONS ARE UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS.
UH, SO THE THREE THAT WE HAVE APPLIED FOR ARE THE, UH, STATE HIGHWAY 66 MULTI-USE TRAIL.
UH, THAT ONE IN TOTAL IS ABOUT 2.6 MILLION TOTAL COST FOR THAT TRAIL.
IT'LL RUN PARALLEL TO THE HIGHWAY 66 THERE FROM THE CORNER OF POST UP TO, UH, THE CITY LIMITS WITH, UH, THE TOWN OF ARCADIA.
UH, THE NEXT ONE IS THE ARCADIA LAKE NORTHWEST MULTI-USE TRAIL, WHICH RUNS FROM THE EXISTING, UH, ROUTE 66 TRAIL ALONG SECOND STREET DOWN TO THE SPRING CREEK TRAIL, UH, TO BE THE NICE CONNECTOR THERE THAT BRINGS ALL OUR TRAIL SYSTEM TOGETHER.
UH, THAT ONE IS 3.3 MILLION TOTAL COST.
AND THEN, UH, THE LAST ONE IS FROM SPRING CREEK PARK TO CARL RUMAN, JUST EXPANDING THEM, EXPANDING THE LAKE TRAIL, UH, A PIECE AT A TIME.
UH, THAT ONE IS ROUGHLY ESTIMATED TO BE 3 MILLION TOTAL COSTS.
SO EACH ONE OF THOSE GRANTS WILL BE FOR A MILLION DOLLARS EACH IN THOSE.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
G FEES IS THE PERSON IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHO PUTS THOSE APPLICATIONS TOGETHER.
SHE'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE COMMENTS? SO WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE ENGINEERING GOING ON THE CONNECTOR TRAIL, CORRECT? YEAH, WE'RE I THINK AT ABOUT 60%.
ANY ENGINEERING ON THE OTHER TWO? UH, VERY PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING ON BOTH OF THOSE.
WHEN WOULD CITIZENS ACTUALLY SEE THIS? DEPENDS ON WHICH ONE.
THE QUESTION IS HOW LONG, IF WE WERE TO RECEIVE THESE, HOW MUCH TIME DO THEY GIVE US TO GET IT DONE? MISS FEES, 10 FEES.
UM, THESE ARE FOR THREE YEARS.
SO THEY WOULD BE AWARDED IN THE SPRING AND THEN WE WOULD KNOW WHICH ONE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
AND THIS IS A THREE YEAR CYCLE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO 2023, THESE WOULD BE FOR A THREE YEAR PROGRAM.
UM, THE CAR REMAN TO THE SPRING CREEK TO CAR REMAN.
WE DID HAVE ABOUT 30% COMPLETE PLANS ON THAT ONE AT ONE TIME, CUZ THAT WAS ONE THAT WE HAD KIND OF MOVED, BUT THEN WE JUMPED UP TO THE STATE HIGHWAY 66 TRAIL.
SO, UM, TWO OF THESE HAVE, UM, HAVE SOME PLANS THAT NORTHWEST CONNECTOR, THAT ONE'S REALLY MOVING ALONG.
SO WE'RE IN GOOD PLACE WITH THAT ONE.
WAS THAT LANE PLAN AS WELL? CORRECT.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE FOR ALL THE TRAIL OPPORTUNITIES OUT AT THE LAKE THERE, I LIKE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE THOSE AND EXPAND THOSE.
SO COUNSEL, WHAT WE LIKE TO DO ON, UH, THESE RESOLUTIONS FOR SIX A AND B.
[ <Recess Edmond City Council Meeting and Convene Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting>]
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EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND RECON AND CONVENE THE ENT PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.WE'RE NOW IN I IN PUBLIC WORKS MEETING.
[7. Approval of EPWA Meeting Minutes: November 14, 2022]
BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE E P W A MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 14TH, 2022.THOSE MEETING MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
UH, WE HAVE NO GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS, BUT THEN WE HAVE OUR APPROVAL PURCHASES.
[1. Approval of Change order No. 1 to the Construction Contract with TMI Coatings, Inc. for the I-35 Tall Tower Rehab Project; $3,400.00; Decrease.]
HAVE APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE TO THE CONCESSION CONTRACT WITH TMI COATING INC.FOR THE I 35 TALL TOWER REHAB PROJECT FOR $3,400 DECREASE.
[2. Discussion and Approval of Engineering Services Contract with MKEC Engineering, Inc. for Engineering Construction Plans for City of Edmond’s Signal Ridge Detention Pond; $52,300.00]
WE HAVE NUMBER TWO IS DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF ENGINEERING SERVICE CONTRACT WITH M K E C ENGINEERING INC.FOR ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR CITY OF EDMONDS SIGNAL RIDGE DETENTION POND FOR $52,300.
AND THOSE ARE OUR PURCHASES UNDER E P W A.
THOSE PURCHASES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[ <Adjourn Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting and Reconvene Edmond City Council Meeting>]
I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING OR RECONVENE THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.WE'RE NOW BACK IN THE, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.
NOW THESE ARE THE PLANNING DISCUSSION ITEMS AND THESE ITEMS REQUIRE SEPARATE VOTES FOR EACH ONE.
[A. Case #ES22-00015 Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ________ an Easement Closing for an electric easement located at 3801 North Westminster. (Monty Courtney)]
ONE IS CASE NUMBER E S 22 5 PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 39 24.AN EASEMENT CLOSING FOR ELECTRIC EASEMENT LOCATED AT 38 0 1 NORTHWEST.
MINISTER MONTE COURTNEY IS THE APPLICANT.
THE AREA SHOWN IN RED RIGHT THERE.
UH, THE EASEMENT IS FOR EDMOND ELECTRIC AND THEY HAVE REVIEWED AND SUPPORT THE CLOSING.
UH, THEY DID SAY THAT FUTURE EASEMENTS MIGHT BE NEEDED IF THE PROPERTY'S EVER DIVIDED, UH, BUT THAT CAN BE PLACED OVER JUST THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS IN PLACE.
PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR NOVEMBER 8TH MEETING.
ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD QUESTIONS.
SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF APPLICANT LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING.
COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
AUDIENCE, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION.
[B. Case #Z22-00017 Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ________ Rezoning from “C-2” Medium Density Multi-Family to “PUD” Planned Unit Development for The Square, located on the northeast corner of W. Main and N. Story. (Castle Custom Homes LLC)]
NEXT IS BE CASE NUMBER Z 2217 PUBLIC HEARING.CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 39 25.
39 25 REZONING FROM C2 MEDIUM DITY MULTIFAMILY TO P U D PLAN, UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SQUARE LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WEST MAIN AND NORTH STORY CASTLE CUSTOM HOMES, LLCS, THE APPLICANT IS THE APPLICANT HERE.
AS YOU SAID, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE, THE P D ON THE CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND STORY, UH, THAT AKIN HAS BEEN ACTIVELY REDEVELOPING THE AREA AROUND CHITWOOD PARK AND THIS REQUEST IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE P D PROPOSES A MIXED USE BUILDING APPROXIMATELY 20,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE AND THREE STORIES TALL.
UH, THE BUILDING WILL INCLUDE A MIX OF RETAIL SPACES ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND UP TO 16 APARTMENTS ABOVE TO THE NORTH EAST ZONE C2, MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, AND A PART OF THE APPLICANT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO THE WEST AND SOUTH FOR PUBLIC PARKS.
UH, THE PED IS INDICATING THAT ON STREET PARKING WILL BE USED TO SERVE THE BUILDING ON STORY AND ON MAIN.
UH, THE EDMOND PLAN DESIGNATE THIS AREA AS URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH ARE AREAS THAT ACT AS A TRANSITION BETWEEN THE MORE INTENSE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AND THE LESS DENSE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING RETAIL AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL ARE CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE IN THOSE AREAS.
PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON NOVEMBER 8TH.
THANK YOU COUNSEL ON ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SO THAT'S ENOUGH PARKING FOR ALL OF THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL.
THEY HAVE ENOUGH PARKING INCLUDING THE ON STREET.
I MEAN, THAT'S MORE OF A SITE PLAN ISSUE, BUT AS THEY'RE SHOWING IT RIGHT NOW, THEY WOULD NEVER MEET THAT.
QUITE A BIT OF PARKING AROUND THE PARK ON THAT.
APPLICANT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? NO, SIR.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS APPLICATION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
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THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.[C. Case #Z22-00018 Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ________ Rezoning from “A” Single-Family to “PUD” Planned Unit Development for West End, located on the west side of Kelly & Main Street. (Castle Custom Homes LLC)]
CS CASE Z 2218 PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 39 26.39 26 REZONING FROM A A SINGLE FAMILY TO A P U D PLAN, UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR WEST END, LOCATED AT THE WEST SIDE OF KELLY AND MAINE CASTLE CUSTOM HOMES LLCS, APPLICANT.
OKAY, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A PDD ON THE WEST SIDE OF KELLY, JUST WEST OF BARNETT FIELDS.
UH, THE PARK SPACE THERE, UH, TO THE NORTH IS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND TO THE WEST IS A NEW DUPLEX DEVELOPMENT, UH, KNOWN AS CHATEAU QUARTZ.
UH, TO THE SOUTH IS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT CALLED KELLY CROSSING, WHICH INCLUDES RETAIL AND MULTIFAMILY USES.
UH, THE ALMOST TWO ACRE SITE HAS LIMITED ACCESS ON THE KELLY WITH JUST THAT FRONTAGE BEING RIGHT HERE.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A P D THAT WILL ALLOW STORAGE USES AND USES ALLOWED IN E ONE GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
UH, THE P D DOES NOT PROHIBIT MORE INTENSE USES SUCH AS, OR I'M SORRY, DOES PROHIBIT MORE INTENSE USES SUCH AS GROCERY STORES, THRIFT STORES, INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT, ET CETERA.
UH, THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN SHOWS STORAGE BUILDINGS THAT LINE THE PROPERTY WITH A 70 FOOT BUFFER TO THE WEST, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE DETENTION AREA.
UH, IF THE SITE WAS TO DEVELOP AS ANYTHING BUT STORAGE, THE P U D WILL BE AMENDED TO REFLECT THE NEW MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UH, THE EDMONT PLAN DESIGNATES THIS AREA SUBURBAN INFILL, WHICH ENCOURAGES PEDS TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA, UH, COMMERCIAL USES ALONG KELLY, INCLUDING THE PERSONAL STORAGE SEEM APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE EXISTING INTENSITIES OF COMMERCIAL, PARTICULARLY TO THE SOUTH.
UH, PLAN AND COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL NOVEMBER 8TH.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ON THIS ONE.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? YES SIR.
PLEASE COME DOWN AND STATE YOUR, YOUR NAME PLEASE.
UM, MAYOR MEMBER CITY COUNCIL.
ED MOORE, THE EDMOND NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
I, UH, I'M JUST READING THROUGH THIS AND I CAME ACROSS PARAGRAPH NINE ON THE DESIGN, UH, REGULATIONS.
AND, UH, I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT SAID AND I THOUGHT MIGHT BE INTERESTING.
AND IF YOU'RE APPROVING SOMETHING, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'D WANNA KNOW WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING OR, I THOUGHT THIS, THIS PARAGRAPH WAS KIND OF, KIND OF, UH, I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS SAYING ANYTHING OR WHAT I WAS SAYING.
I'D LIKE THE APPLICANT TO POSSIBLY EXPLAIN IT TO US.
I'LL JUST READ IT TO YOU, UH, AT MY PACE, WHICH WOULD BE SLOW.
UH, DESIGN REGULATIONS EXCEPT TO SET FORTH WITHIN HERE IN THE PROJECT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORD FOR CITY OF EDMOND REGULATIONS, INCLUDING THE GENERAL AND PRELIMINARY PROJECT ILLUSTRATION ON, ON EXHIBIT B ATTACHED HERE TOO.
HOWEVER, THE ILLUSTRATION ON EXHIBIT B IS SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION AS DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS, DESIGN ELEMENTS AND MARKET CONDITIONS DICTATE EXCEPT TO SET FORTH HERE IN THE E ONE RETAIL GENERAL COMMERCIAL SETBACKS SHALL APPLY.
AND I JUST THINK BE INTERESTING IF WE HAD THE APPLICANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT PARAGRAPH SAYS.
UH, SIR, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UM, BASICALLY THE E ONE DESIGNATION HAS A LOT OF, UM, USE CASES THAT, UH, ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE CITY COUNCILS, THE CITY'S FAVORITE THING.
SO WE TRIED TO PROHIBIT THOSE USES.
THE MOST LIKELY CASE WOULD BE FOR STORAGE FOR THIS SITE.
UM, BUT WE DID NOT, NOT WANT TO LIMIT IT.
SO THAT'S WHY, UM, RANDY WAS MENTIONING THAT, UH, IF WE WERE TO CHANGE THE USE OTHER THAN STORAGE, WE WOULD HAVE TO RESUBMIT, UH, A SITE PLAN FOR THAT.
YOU, THERE'S SOME ITEMS THAT YOU WANT UNLIMIT IT TO, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE SPECIFIC.
NOW, THE WAY YOU, WELL, THE WAY YOU'RE BEING SPECIFIC IS THAT IF IT'S NOT JUST FOR STORAGE, THIS APPLICATION'S DEAD AND YOU HAVE TO REAPPLY.
WE HAVE TO RESUBMIT THE SITE PLANS MM-HMM.
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IS THAT THE WAY STAFFING OUR, OUR ILLUSTRIOUS ATTORNEY INTERPRETS THAT? YES.LIKE I SAID, THEY LISTED THE E ONE USES AND THEN THEY PROHIBITED A BUNCH OF USES THAT WERE MORE INTENSE THAT THEY THEN TOOK OUT, COULDN'T BE THERE, AND THEN THEY SAID THEY WOULD MEET.
BASICALLY THAT PARAGRAPH IS SAYING THEY WILL MEET ALL OF OUR DESIGN STANDARDS.
AND THEY WILL MEET THE E MEET THE E ONE SETBACK STANDARDS FOR THE MM-HMM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? THANK YOU.
OKAY, COUNSEL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON NINE C MOVE TO BRIEF SECOND.
[D. Case #Z22-00019 Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ______ Rezoning from “A” Single-Family to “PUD” Planned Unit Development for The Kelly, located on the southeast corner of Kelly & 1st Street. (Castle Custom Homes LLC)]
YOU VERY MUCH.NINE D IS Z 22 0 19 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 39 27 27 REZONING FROM A SINGLE FAMILY TO A P UD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE KELLY, LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF KELLY IN FIRST CASTLE CUSTOM HOMES LLCS THE APPLICANT.
I THINK THIS IS THE HAT TRICK FOR CASTLE CUSTOM HOMES.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AN APPROVAL OF A P UD ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KELLY IN FIRST STREET, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR A 20,000 SQUARE FOOT MIXED USE BUILDING WITH COMMERCIAL USES, LIVE, WORK UNITS AND RESIDENTIAL, UH, APARTMENTS THERE.
UH, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RESIDENCE IS CAPPED AT 20.
UH, THE AREA IS A MIX OF SINGLE FAMILY ZONING TO THE EAST, NORTH, AND SOUTH.
AND KELLY CROSSING THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT FOR MENTIONED TO THE WEST.
UH, DIRECTLY WEST IS THE RECENTLY APPROVED CULTURE CAR WASH FARTHER TO THE SOUTH.
ABOUT A HALF BLOCK IS VACANT PROPERTY ZONE FOR E ONE AND E TWO OPEN DISPLAY COMMERCIAL USES.
UH, THE MASTER PLAN IN P U D SHOWS THE BUILDING ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WITH THE PARKING ON THE WEST WITH ACCESS FROM THE, UH, AN IMPROVED ALI ON THE SOUTH AND A DRIVE ON FIRST STREET.
UH, THE EDMUND PLAN DESIGNATES THE AREA'S URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH ARE AREAS THAT ACCESS THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE MORE INTENSE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AND THE LESS DENSE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS, INCLUDING RETAIL AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ARE CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE.
UH, PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR NOVEMBER 8TH MEETING.
SO HOW MANY UNITS ARE THEY PROPOSING FOR HERE? THEY'RE CAPPED AT 20 CAP BUT NOT EXCEED WHAT? 20.
AND WE, SINCE IT'S SO EARLY IN THE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD LOOK LIKE OR PRICE POINTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY WILL HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF APPLICANT LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ON THIS ONE? NO, SIR.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND IF YOU HAVE A MOTION.
PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE THAT IT HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[E. Case #Z21-00024 Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ________ Rezoning from “A” Single-Family to “PUD” Planned Unit Development for Frost Auto Accessories Extension, located at 4618 Rhode Island Ave. (Frost Holdings LLC)]
ITEM IS CASE NUMBER Z 2100 DASH TWO FOUR.PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATIONS.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 49 28 39 28 REZONING FROM AN AE FAMILY TO A P U D PLAN, UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR FROST AUTO ACCESSORIES EXTENSION LOCATED AT 46 18 ROAD ISLAND.
FROST HOLDINGS, LSCS, APPLICANT IS APPLICANT HERE HEAR.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING APPROVAL OF A P U D ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF RHODE ISLAND AND MEMORIAL ROAD.
UH, THE LOT IS ZONED, CURRENTLY ZONED A SINGLE FAMILY.
IT WAS PREVIOUSLY A PART OF THIS LOT AND HAS SINCE BEEN SPLIT OFF.
UM, THE, THE LOTS TO THE WEST AND NORTH ARE ZONED AND USED A SINGLE FAMILY TO THE EAST AS A STORAGE FACILITY AND APARTMENT COMPLEX IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
UH, TO THE SOUTH IT'S FROST AUTOMOTIVE AND A REAL ESTATE OFFICE.
UH, THE AREA, UH, PARTICULARLY THOSE PROPERTIES FACING MEMORIAL HAVE BEEN CHANGING, UH, OVER FOR SOME TIME.
UH, THIS LOT HAS NEVER BEEN DEVELOPED.
A SINGLE FAMILY, IT'S BEEN VACANT.
UH, THE ITEM APPEARED IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND WAS CONTINUED BY THE APPLICANT INDEFINITELY AT THAT TIME TO CONSIDER A FEW OTHER OPTIONS.
UH, THE P UD WOULD EXTEND THE CURRENT FROST AUTOMOTIVE SITE.
UH, THAT'S FINE AND EXPAND THE USES, UH, TO INCLUDE A BUILDING AND THE STORAGE OF BOATS AND RVS AND VEHICLES.
ACCESS WILL BE FROM THE EXISTING FROST AUTOMOTIVE SITE.
THE P U D DOES COMMIT TO A 70 FOOT SETBACK ON THE NORTH AND AN EIGHT FOOT SITE PROOF FENCE AND LANDSCAPING ON THE BOUNDARY SURROUNDING THE STORAGE AREA.
UH, THE BUILDING IS LIMITED TO 18 FEET IN HEIGHT AND THE P U D P UD STATES THERE WILL BE NO LIGHTING, UH, THAT WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE NORTH AND THERE
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WAS NO OUTDOOR STORAGE.UH, THE PED STATES THE BUILDINGS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING BUILDINGS AND MAY BE METAL WITH WAYNE'S COT ON THE BOTTOM.
THIRD, UH, THE EDMUND PLAN DESIGNATES THIS AREA SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH RECOMMENDS PEDS FOR ANYTHING NOT RESIDENTIAL.
SO THAT COMPATIBILITY CAN BE ACHIEVED.
UH, PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, UH, BY A VOTE OF THREE TO ONE ON NOVEMBER 8TH.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM FOR STAFF? I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS, I THINK THIS IS A QUESTION FOR RANDY, BUT, UM, YOU HAD STATED THAT BLACK AND WHITE DRAWING, NO ONE'S WRONG.
I THINK INSTEAD OF GRAVEL IT WAS GOING TO BE PAVED, BUT THEN I'M SEEING UNDER PARAGRAPH SIX, THE APPLICANT STATED HE WOULD DISCUSS HIS REQUEST TO PROVIDE A GRAVEL SURFACE WITH HIS NEIGHBORS AND PROVIDE LETTERS FROM ADJACENT OWNERS VERIFYING NO OBJECTION.
SO I WAS JUST CONFUSED ABOUT THAT.
SO AT PLANNING COMMISSION, MY APOLOGIES.
THIS DRAWING NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.
THIS IS THE ONE FROM PLANNING COMMISSION, NOT THE ONE SUBMITTED SINCE, UH, THIS GRAVEL LOT HERE HAS GONE AWAY AND THE GRAVEL UP TO THE STORAGE AREA IS NO LONGER.
HE WILL, UH, COMMITTED TO PROVIDING HARD SURFACE PAVING TO THIS POINT.
SO ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE WILL BE HARD SERVICE.
AND THEN ANYTHING INSIDE CAN BE GRAVEL, BUT IT STILL HAS TO MEET THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS.
IS THIS REQUEST TO PROVIDE WILL GET LETTERS FROM ADJACENT OWNERS VERIFYING NO OBJECTIONS? DOES THAT STILL APPLY OR WAS THAT IN REFERENCE TO THINGS OUTSIDE THAT BARRIER? I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE.
THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD QUESTION FOR THE OFFICER.
BUT DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANYTHING LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE FOR US? PLEASE? YES.
COME ON DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE.
I'M DAVID DOBSON AND I'M APPEARING ON BEHALF OF MR. WAYNE FROST.
UM, VERY BRIEFLY, UM, MR. FROST, UH, AS YOU LIKELY KNOW, PURCHASED A DILAPIDATED HOME AT THE CORNER OF, OF MEMORIAL AND RHODE ISLAND BACK IN 2016 AND SOUGHT A VARIANCE AT THAT TIME TO CREATE HIS BUSINESS THERE, HERE IN THE CITY OF EDMOND AND CREATED FROST AUTO AND DESIGN, UH, WHICH THE EDMUND CITY COUNCIL IDENTIFIED AS THE SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR IN 2019.
UM, HIS BUSINESS HAS OPERATED SUCCESSFULLY AND GENERATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND.
UM, IN 2021, MR. FROST PURCHASED A SMALL ONE ACRE VACANT LOT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING BUSINESS, THE ONE MR. ENZ JUST DESCRIBED AND WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A SMALL RV, UH, AND BOAT STORAGE FACILITY ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, HEARD AND APPROVED AS INDICATED BY MR. NCE, UH, ACTUALLY TWICE NOW BY THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION A YEAR AGO AND THEN THREE WEEKS AGO AS WELL.
UM, WHEN THIS MATTER WAS HEARD BEFORE THIS COUNCIL BACK IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY DEFERRED A, A VOTE ASKING THAT MR. FROST ENDEAVOR TO ADDRESS SOME NEIGHBOR CONCERNS.
MR. FROST HAS SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL NEIGHBORS AND WILL CONFIRM THEIR SUPPORT OF HIS ENDEAVOR, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS STILL SOME PUSHBACK FROM SOME NEIGHBORS.
BUT TO BE CLEAR, THE UPDATED REQUEST THAT MR. ENS REFERENCED GOES BEYOND WHAT WAS INITIALLY APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION A YEAR AGO, FOR EXAMPLE, NO NEW DRIVE ENTRANCES.
UH, THE INGRESS AND EGRESS WILL STILL BE THE SAME AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
NO ADDITIONAL ENTRANCES OR EXITS ALL ENCLOSED.
NO OPEN SPACE ANY 1717 UNITS IS WHAT IT IS.
THERE WILL BE NO OPEN AIR STORAGE, UM, SETBACK INITIALLY, MR. FROST HAD TALKED ABOUT PUTTING IT ON THE NORTH SIDE, AGREED TO PUT IT ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH IS MORE THAN A 70 FOOT SETBACK, UM, UNITS TO BE ON THE SOUTH INSTEAD OF THE NORTH ASPHALT INSTEAD OF GRAVEL.
IS THAT CORRECT? UM, AND, UH, AND AN EIGHT FOOT PRIVACY FENCE ON THE NORTH SIDE, UH, INCLUDING SOME SHRUBBERY AND, AND WEST SIDE, WEST SIDE, I'M SORRY, WEST SIDE.
UH, AND, UM, UH, SO, SO WHAT MR. FROST IS PROPOSING IS A SMALL EXPANSION OF HIS EXISTING BUSINESS
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THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS BEING AN IMPORTANT BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF EDMOND.AND ONE I KNOW THIS COUNCIL APPRECIATES AND MR. FROST APPRECIATES OPERATING IN THE CITY OF EDMOND AND WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND HIS BUSINESS A LITTLE BIT AND WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF EDMUND IN DOING SO AND HAS ATTEMPTED, UM, THROUGH ALL MEANS TO ACCOMMODATE SPECIFIC CONCERNS IDENTIFIED BY NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND ANYTHING THAT WAS RAISED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED AND SPECIFICALLY AGREED TO, UH, BY MR. FROST, AGREED TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THOSE REQUESTED, UH, UH, CHANGES THAT I JUST IDENTIFIED.
UM, AND SO WE RESPECTFULLY ASKED THAT THE COUNCIL, UH, GRANT FINAL APPROVAL TO THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND PROMOTE FURTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN THE CITY OF EDMUND.
AND, UH, EITHER I OR MR. FROST CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ANY COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE PPLICANT ON THE, UM, AGREEMENT TO, FOR STORAGE TO BE INSIDE INTERIOR ONLY? HAS THAT, HAS THAT BEEN UPDATED IN THE, IN THE P U D LANGUAGE? YES, I BELIEVE IT HAS.
AND THAT WOULD, JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR, THAT WOULD PASS FROM, SINCE IT IS P U D SLASH ZONING STATEMENT, THAT WOULD PASS FROM TO ANY FUTURE OWNER, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
CAN YOU CLARIFY A BIT? I, I MEAN, IT SAYS RATHER THAN GRAVEL IT'S GONNA BE PAVED, BUT THERE'S BEEN DIFFERENT STATEMENTS, SO I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE PAVED AND WHAT'S GRAVEL.
AND I GUESS AN EXTENSION OF THAT QUESTION, I'M POINTING WITHOUT POINTING.
UM, I GUESS I'M JUST A LITTLE UNCLEAR AS TO HOW THE BOATS AND RVS ARE GOING TO ARE.
ARE THEY, IS THE ONLY ENTRANCE AND EXIT GONNA BE ON MEMORIAL OR CAN THEY COME OUT HERE AND IS THERE REALLY ENOUGH ROOM FOR THEM TO COME OUT THERE? UH, YES.
UH, ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION YOU INTRODUCE, YEAH, TWO QUESTIONS ACTUALLY.
INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR IT, FOR, FOR THE AUDIENCE.
OH, I'M WAYNE FROST, BY THE WAY.
UH, THE, UH, THE APPLICANT, THE ENTRANCE WILL BE ON MEMORIAL AND ALSO OFF OF RHODE ISLAND, MY EXISTING ENTRANCE.
AND WE'RE, UH, RIGHT THERE ON MEMORIAL, MY MAIN ENTRANCE, UH, JUST UP A LITTLE BIT RIGHT THERE, THERE, KRISTEN, IS THE, THAT'S THE ENTRANCE RIGHT THERE.
AND YOUR QUESTION WAS, HOW CAN BOATS RVS ENTER THERE? I'VE BEEN THERE FOR FIVE YEARS AND EVERY DAY, UH, EITHER BOATS OR RVS COME IN AND OUT THROUGH THERE, I HAVE A CEMENT DRIVEWAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
SO AS YOU ENTER OFF OF MEMORIAL, UH, THERE'S A PAVED DRIVEWAY THAT GOES TO THE, UH, WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT WILL CONTINUE NORTH AS FAR AS YOU CAN GO.
I HAVE A BOAT, UH, TRUCK PICKUP TRAILER, AND I PULL IN AND OUT AND MY BOAT'S 24 FEET, AND OF COURSE MY TRUCK IS ABOUT, UH, 14, 15 FEET.
SO BY THE TIME, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL OF THAT HOOKED UP, I MEAN, I COME IN AND OUT EVERY DAY.
I CAN BAG VEHICLES IN AND OUT EVERY DAY.
AND WITH THIS WOULD BE EASIER CAUSE YOU CONTINUING ON TO THE NORTH, TO THE OTHER OPEN AREA TO PULL IN TO EXIT BACK THE SAME WAY, OR YOU CAN EXIT ON, UH, RHODE ISLAND, SO IT COULD BE DONE.
IT'S BEING DONE EVERY DAY, SO, OKAY.
SO MOST OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE, WHO WOULD BE PARKING RVS AND BOATS WOULD BE ENTERING OFF OF RHODE ISLAND THOUGH, AND NOT MEMORIAL OR EITHER? WELL, THEY CAN ENTER OFF OF MEMORIAL.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE DRIVEWAY.
I MEAN, BUT THEY COULD ENTER OFF OF RHODE ISLAND AS WELL? THEY COULD, BUT MOST PEOPLE, LIKE MOST MAJORITY OF MY CUSTOMERS NOW, 90% ENTER OFF OF MEMORIAL.
SO THAT'S THE MAJORITY, BUT THEY DO HAVE THAT OPTION TO COME IN OFF OF, UH, RHODE ISLAND ALSO.
AND AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN THERE, UH, NO ONE HAS EVER VENTURED FURTHER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I MEAN, THEY CAN ENTER MY PROPERTY, STAY ON MY PROPERTY, EXIT FROM MY PROPERTY, RIGHT BACK TO THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE
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OF MEMORIAL ROAD.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU, SIR.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? YES, SIR.
PLEASE COME INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, UH, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS KELLY WORK AND I AM HERE, UH, ON BEHALF OF A GROUP OF, UH, NEIGHBORING HOMEOWNERS ALONG RHODE ISLAND AVENUE IN LEVITS PARK OR LEVITS NORTH PARK EDITION.
AND IF I COULD REQUEST THE STAFF TO PLEASE PUT UP THE AERIAL PHOTO.
WE'RE, UM, WE'RE HERE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUESTED REZONING APPLICATION AND RE REQUEST THAT YOU, UH, DENY IT.
IT IS, UH, PROPOSED AS A COMMERCIAL SLASH INDUSTRIAL P U D, UH, THE, THE AREA.
THIS IS RHODE ISLAND HERE THAT RUNS IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THIS IS, OF COURSE IS MEMORIAL ON THE SOUTH EDGE.
UH, THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
IT IS, OF COURSE ZONED A SINGLE FAMILY.
IT WAS PREVIOUSLY PART OF THIS RESIDENTIAL LOT AND THE, IT NEVER REALLY HAS BEEN AVAILABLE FOR INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT AS A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BECAUSE IT WAS OWNED BY THIS RESIDENTIAL OWNER.
AND THEN MR. FROST, I BELIEVE IN, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO ACQUIRED THIS PIECE WHEN IT WAS SPLIT OFF FROM, FROM THIS PARCEL, BUT OF THE, UH, 32 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT FRONT ONTO RHODE ISLAND, IT EXTENDS ON UP TO THE NORTH BEYOND WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS, UH, AERIAL THAT IS PICTURED, UH, OF THE 32 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AT FRONT ON ROAD RHODE ISLAND AVENUE 26 HAVE JOINED IN SIGNING WRITTEN PROTESTS TO THIS REQUESTED REZONING.
AND IN OUR VIEW, EVEN WITH THE, UH, RE THE REVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, MADE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, IT IS STILL NOT APPROPRIATE AND, UH, SHOULD NOT BE APPROVED.
IT ACTUALLY IS NOT AN EXTENSION OF, UH, MR. FROST'S EXISTING BUSINESS.
IT IS IN FACT AN ENTIRELY NEW AND DIFFERENT USE THAT IS PROPOSED.
THE PROPOSED BOAT AND RV STORAGE FACILITY WOULD BE AN INTRUSION INTO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND WOULD HAVE AN ADVERSE, UH, IMPACT ON IT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE RESIDENCES DIRECTLY TO THE WEST ACROSS RHODE ISLAND, TO THE NORTHWEST AND DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH.
EACH OF THOSE THREE ARE AMONG THE 26 THAT HAVE, UH, MADE WRITTEN OBJECTIONS TO THIS, UH, REZONING APPLICATION.
THERE IS AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, THESE PROPERTIES ALONG MEMORIAL ROAD.
IF MR. FROST DID HAVE A DESIRE TO EXPAND HIS BUSINESS OR START A NEW USE, HE COULD, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE AVAILABLE PROPERTIES THAT ARE FRONTING ON MEMORIAL ROAD AND HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BASED ON THEIR, UH, ORIENTATION TOWARDS MEMORIAL AS APPROPRIATE FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE, UM, RHODE ISLAND AVENUE, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THE CITY'S MINIMUM STANDARD FOR A LOCAL RESIDENTIAL STREET FOR PAVING IS 26 FEET WITH CURB AND GUTTER.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE WITH RHODE ISLAND.
THE EXISTING PAVING WI AT THE DRIVE, WHICH IS ABOUT RIGHT THERE, UH, THAT GOES INTO MR. FROST'S PROPERTY.
THE EXISTING PAVING THERE IS ABOUT 20 FEET, TWO INCHES.
AND THEN AT THIS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THE AVAILABLE EXISTING PAVING IS 18 FEET NINE INCHES, AND THERE'S NO CARBON GUTTER.
SO IT, IT IS BELOW THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR EVEN A LOCAL RESIDENTIAL STREET.
IT'S INADEQUATE TO HANDLE, UH, COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC TRAILERS AND RVS.
UH, THE ONLY POINTS OF ACCESS FOR THIS ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE RHODE ISLAND HERE AT MEMORIAL, AND THEN JORDAN HERE TO THE WEST, AND THEN THIS DOES A U ESSENTIALLY UP AT THE NORTH END OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THIS LOT IS JUST NOT COMPARABLE TO THESE LOTS THAT FRONT ON MEMORIAL, THIS IS WHERE OF COURSE MR. FROST HAS HIS EXISTING, UH, AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS.
THIS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS A REAL ESTATE OFFICE, AND THIS IS REMAINS, UH, AS
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A, UH, RESIDENTIAL USE CURRENTLY.UM, THE, UH, THE ALLOWING THIS USE OF AN RV AND BOAT STORAGE WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY BRING, UH, COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WOULD, WITH THE LIMITED AMOUNT, LIMITED WIDTH OF PAVING THAT IS AVAILABLE IS UNDOUBTEDLY GONNA RESULT IN, UM, TRAFFIC CONFLICTS.
ALSO, IF THE, UH, IF A REZONING APPLICATION WERE APPROVED FOR THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY, IT WOULD ESTABLISH A PRECEDENT THAT WOULD MAKE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR A, AN APPLICATION FOR THIS PROPERTY DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET TO BE, UH, CHANGED TO COMMERCIAL USE.
IT WOULD MAKE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR THE CITY TO TURN THIS ONE DOWN IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED.
SO IF THE NEW LINE IS ESTABLISHED, IT IS LIKELY GOING TO RESULT IN FURTHER COMMERCIAL INTRUSION INTO THIS VERY VIABLE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THE REQUEST IS NOT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS AREA AND THE AREA, INCLUDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS DESIGNATED AS SUBURBAN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROPOSED BOAT AND RV STORAGE USE IS CLEARLY OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT MIGHT MEET THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD CRITERIA.
UH, STORAGE, RV AND BOAT STORAGE IS A, AN CLASSIFIED AS AN INDUSTRIAL USE UNDER EDMUND ZONING ORDINANCE.
IT REQUIRES THE F1 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS THE, UH, IS THE WHITEST IN DIS DISTRICT WHERE THAT USE BECOMES A PERMITTED USE.
OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN, UM, THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THIS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT NEW HOMES CONSTRUCTED, AND IN THAT SAME 10 YEAR PERIOD, THERE HAVE BEEN 24 SEPARATE UPGRADES AND REMODELS ACCORDING TO THE, UH, BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE, UH, CITY OF EDMOND TO ALLOW, UH, THIS, UH, BOAT AND RV STORAGE USE TO BE ESTABLISHED, UH, THERE IN THIS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE, UH, CONTRARY TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WOULD BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER OF THIS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AS I MENTIONED, IT WOULD CREATE A NEGATIVE PRES PRECEDENT THAT WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL, UH, COMMERCIAL AND INDU INDUSTRIAL INTRUSION INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF THIS, UM, REZONING REQUEST IS ALLOWED TO GO FORWARD IN A, UM, RV AND BOAT STORAGE USE, UH, IS ESTABLISHED ON THIS, UH, PROPERTY, IN OUR VIEW, IT WILL CREATE LONG TERM AND LASTING PROBLEMS FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND ONE OTHER POINT I WANNA MAKE, ALTHOUGH WE CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE IT, IS, UH, SEPARATE FROM THE CITY'S ZONING REGULATIONS AND NOT A CONTRACT THAT THE CITY IS A PARTY TO, THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THAT APPLIES TO THIS, UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE OTHER RESIDENCES WITHIN THE LEVIT NORTH, UH, PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
THOSE RESTRICTIONS WERE RECORDED WITH THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION PLAT AT BOOK, WHICH IS RECORDED AT BOOK 50, EXCUSE ME, BOOK 26, PAGE 65 OF THE RECORDS OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY.
AND IT RESTRICTS THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY TO RESIDENTIAL USE AND TO NO STRUCTURE OTHER THAN ONE SINGLE FAMILY, UH, DWELLING.
FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS, WE ASK YOU NOT TO APPROVE THIS, UH, COMMERCIAL, UH, P U D THAT WOULD ALLOW, UH, AN RV AND BOAT STORAGE FACILITY TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THIS PROPERTY.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT, THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF ME.
I'VE BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND I, I THINK I'VE SEEN METAL BUILDINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT? I'M, I'M SURE THERE ARE.
AND THOSE WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, RIGHT? DO ANY OF THOSE USE ARE USED FOR TRAILERS OR BOATS OR RVS? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, BUT I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF SOME OF THEM ARE THANK YOU.
BUT NOT FOR A COMMERCIAL USE, BUT FOR A HOME.
THEY'RE NOT COMMERCIAL USES OF, OF, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS YOUR QUESTION, BUT THEY'RE NOT NO, IT WAS REALLY MORON IS THE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE WIDTH OF RHODE ISLAND AND,
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AND IF IT CAN OR CAN'T BE USED FOR THAT, AND IT, IT, THERE'S SOME METAL BUILDINGS IN THERE NOW, AND I PROBABLY FOR SOME BIGGER EQUIPMENT OR BIGGER VEHICLES AND, UM, I THINK IT'S USED FOR THAT NOW.WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT BEING USED FOR, UM, A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS USE OF, UH, STORAGE OF, UH, OF LARGE VEHICLES AND, AND, UH, TRAILERS.
THIS, THIS IS A RESIDENCE PROPERTY RIGHT HERE, SIR, CORRECT.
BRANDY, HOW, OR MR. WORKS, YOU MAY KNOW HOW, HOW DEEP IS THAT LOT? IS IT 75 FEET? DO WE KNOW THAT? RIGHT.
7 25 TO THE NORTH IT'S 125 FEET.
AND SO THE SETBACK IS 70 FEET, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
YEAH, THAT IF MY MATH IS CORRECT.
I WAS CURIOUS ON THE DEPTH OF THAT.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
CAN I GO BACK TO DO THAT? YES.
SO I'VE, I'VE DROVE OUT THERE AND DROVE AROUND AND I TOO, SEVERAL TIMES GOING OUT THERE HAVE NOT EVER SEEN ANYONE ENTER OFF OF RHODE ISLAND.
I'M SURE MAYBE THEY HAVE, BUT I JUST, IN THE TIMES THAT I'VE SEEN IT, NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, COMMERCIAL DAILY TRAFFIC FROM BOATS AND RVS.
THIS IS A STORAGE FACILITY, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE A WAREHOUSE WHERE PEOPLE WOULD BE GOING IN AND OUT, IN AND OUT AND IN AND OUT ALL DAY LONG, IS THAT CORRECT? NO.
UH, THE BOAT, AS MOST PEOPLE KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME WITH A BOAT OR RV, YOU MAY ONLY GO PICK IT UP MAYBE ONCE A WEEK, EVERY TWO WEEKS.
SOMETIMES IT MAY BE MONTHS BEFORE YOU EVEN GO IN THERE.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO DOWN RHODE ISLAND, THEY CAN COME OUT.
SO THEY DON'T EVER HAVE TO GET ON RHODE ISLAND.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE HAS A QUESTION? WELL, ANOTHER MR. WORKS WAS REPRESENTING, BUT IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT GO AHEAD.
COME ON DOWN MA'AM AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
MY NAME IS BECKY RAINS AND I LIVE ON BRANCH DRIVE HOME, HOME OWNER THERE.
UM, NUMBER ONE, MR. FROST I THINK HAS ALREADY PROVEN HIMSELF THAT HE CAN BUILD SOMETHING DECENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE HE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, IT WAS PRETTY SHABBY AND HE HAS TURNED THAT AROUND.
UM, HE TAKES CARE OF HIS PROPERTY, HIS YARD IS ALWAYS MOWED, LOOKS NICE, THERE'S FLOWERS, THERE'S SHRUBS THERE.
UM, HE STOOD UP HERE AND SAID, IT'S GONNA BE AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE IN IT UNLESS THE GATE'S OPEN, IF SOMEBODY'S GOING IN OR COMING OUT.
UM, WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NOW THAT THE CITY OF EDMOND ARE LETTING GO ON WITH PEOPLE DRIVING FLATBED TRUCKS, BUSES, PARKING 'EM OUT IN THE OPEN, PEOPLE, UH, PARKING IN, IN THEIR FRONT YARDS, WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RUNNING OVER NEIGHBORS YARDS IN THEIR TRUCKS, BLOCKING DRIVEWAYS THAT SOME OF THESE RENTALS OR AIRBNBS, WHATEVER THEY WISH TO CALL 'EM, UM, AND WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T GET OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS.
THE AIRBNBS WERE NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE APPROVED.
THEY WERE BUILT, THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE APPROVED TO BE BUILT THERE, AND NOW THEY'RE THERE AND THEY'RE SOME OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINERS HERE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT, AND THOSE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I THINK IF THIS GETS DENIED IN THE CITY OF EDMOND NEEDS TO GO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CRACK DOWN ON THE FLATBED TRUCKS, BUSES, AND ALL THAT, THAT'S RIGHT OUT IN THE OPEN THAT ALL OF US HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THE TIME.
IT'S CALLED DO UNTO ONE AS YOU DO UNTO OTHERS.
AND LIKE I SAID, HE'S ALREADY PROVEN HIMSELF THAT HE CAN BUILD SOMETHING DECENT.
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THAT THIS WILL BE NICE.HE'S NOT GONNA PUT UP SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE CRAP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT SOME OF THE HOMES IN THERE AND THE FLATBED TRUCKS AND THE BUSES AND PARKING IN FRONT YARDS AND RUNNING OVER PEOPLE'S YARDS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED EITHER.
AND THAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? OKAY.
COULD INTRODUCE YOUR SHERIFF SIR.
UH, I LIVE AT 44 18 ROAD ALLEN AVENUE.
JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT A GREAT MANY PEOPLE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BUILT NEW PROPERTIES ON THIS ROAD AND, UH, AND OTHERS HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THAT PARTICULAR LOT IS THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NOW THAT, NOW THAT THE GROUP OF, UH, UH, LOTS ALONG ROAD, UM, SORRY, MEMORIAL HAVE BECOME TARGETED FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS NOW OUR, THE VERY FRONT OR FIRST LOT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE VERY MUCH THINK THAT THAT SHOULD REMAIN A RESIDENTIAL LOT BECAUSE SURELY AS SOON AS THAT IS ALLOW, UH, RE I'M SORRY, COMMERCIAL IS ALLOWED TO EXIST ON THAT LOT, IT WILL IMPACT THE ABILITY OF THIS BODY AND, AND YOUR FUTURE SUCCESSORS TO RESTRICT OTHER LOTS FROM GOING THE SAME DIRECTION.
AND THAT'S WHY WE VERY MUCH OPPOSE IT.
ANYONE ELSE WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
COME ON DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF THIS EVENING.
ANY MAYOR, COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCIL PEOPLE? MY NAME IS EDDIE.
ME, I LIVE, UM, OVER ON RANCH DRIVE IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, AND SORRY I DIDN'T GET YOUR NAME, BUT AS HE DID MENTION, UM, IT COULD AFFECT, UM, YOU KNOW, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT THE ONLY REASON THAT MR. FROST IS DEVELOPING THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS ADJACENT TO HIS CURRENT PROPERTY.
AND YES, THAT HIS BUSINESS, HIS CURRENT BUSINESS IS THE FOCAL POINT WHEN PEOPLE PULL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT IS A NICE LOOKING PROPERTY.
HE'S IMPROVED THAT PROPERTY, HE HAS MAINTAINED THAT PROPERTY, PROPERTY, UM, AND I THINK THAT IT, IT LOOKS WELL, NO ONE ELSE IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPING THERE, UH, FUR FURTHER COMMERCIALLY.
HE'S JUST, HE'S JUST EXTENDING HIS CURRENT BUSINESS.
AND YES, IT IS A DIFFERENT LINE OF BUSINESS.
UM, I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.
UM, AS, AS HE STATED, BOATS AND RVS, YOU KNOW, ON AVERAGE YOU MIGHT BE MOVING YOUR BOAT AND RV ON, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YEAR ROUND, MAYBE TWO, THREE TIMES A WEEK.
I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE, I MEAN, IT'S VERY SEASONAL.
UM, BUT HE'S, HE'S BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
UM, AS FAR AS PROPERTY VALUES, IF VALUES ARE IN QUESTION, IT'S NOT GONNA BE BECAUSE OF THIS GENTLEMAN'S PROPERTY.
IT'S BECAUSE A LOT OF THE OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND YES, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT USE THEIR PROPERTY TO STORE THEIR, THEIR EQUIPMENT FOR THEIR JOBS.
I'M NOT THERE TO CON TO TO TO BASH THOSE PEOPLE, BUT IF PROPERTY VALUES ARE IN QUESTION, IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THIS GENTLEMAN.
ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM? MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE A SECOND.
[F. Case #PA22-00012 Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ________ for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the Edmond Plan 2018 from Rural Neighborhood to Suburban Commercial located on the southwest corner of Covell Road and Sooner Road. (Creighton Companies, LLC)]
ITEM IS CASE NUMBER PA 2212, PUBLIC HEARING.CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 39 29.
39 29 FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
PLAN 2018 FOR RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF COVE ROAD AND SUN ROAD.
CREIGHTON COMPANY'S LLC IS APPLICANT.
YOU SAID THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO 15 ACRES ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF COVILLE AND SOONER.
UH, TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THAT CONFERENCE OF PLAN.
SINCE ITS ADOPTION, UH, THE 15 ACRES IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS ZONED A SINGLE FAMILY, WHICH WAS DONE IN 1964.
UH, WHEN THE PLAN WAS UPDATED IN 2018, THE SITE WAS SOUGHT TO LACK ACCESS TO UTILITIES.
UH, SINCE THAT TIME, SEVERAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS ON THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE SITE.
UH, SEWER AND WATER ARE AVAILABLE TO THE SITE.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THE UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, THE CITY HAS WIDENED THE ROADS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SITE AND IMPROVED THE INTERSECTION OF COVE AND SEWER AND COVE AND I 35 A HALF, HALF MILE TO THE EAST.
UH, THE AREA, WHICH IS THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF
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THE CITY, IS ENVISIONED, UH, BY THE PLAN AS A COMMERCIAL NODE WITH A VARIETY OF USES.UH, THE AREA TO THE NORTHEAST IS ZONED AS A P U D TO ALLOW COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY USES AND HAS ALREADY SEEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER, HOTEL AND MOVIE THEATER WITH MORE DEVELOPMENT IN THE PLANNING STAGES.
UH, DIRECTLY NORTH IS THE SITE FOR THE RECENTLY APPROVED CREST GROCERY AND OUT PARCELS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND SOME OFFICE USES, UH, DIRECTLY EAST IS UNDEVELOPED ADJACENT TO THIS SITE, BUT CLOSER TO I 35 IS DEVELOPED WITH RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL SPACE.
UH, THE RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGNATIONS SEEMS MISAPPLIED AT THIS POINT ON THE SITE DUE TO THE AREA-WIDE IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
UH, THE AVAILABILITY OF UTILITIES AND THE CURRENT ZONING, WHICH ISN'T EVEN RECOMMENDED AS APPROPRIATE IN THE RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD CATEGORY.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS DESCRIBED IN THE PLAN AS AREAS THAT MAY INCLUDE OFFICES, SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, AND SERVICES THAT MAY CONTAIN A LARGE SINGLE ACTIVITY GENERATOR, SUCH AS A BIG BOX RETAILER OR SIGNIFICANT ANCHOR, SMALLER IN SCALE, UH, OR SMALLER IN SCALE THAN THE DESTINATION RETAIL CATEGORY.
AND THE PLAN, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE SECOND AND BRYANT.
UH, THIS CATEGORY WOULD BE A TRANSITION FROM THE MORE INTENSE URBAN CENTER AND MIXED USE CAMPUS TO THE NORTH AND EAST, UH, TO THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE WEST AND THE RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH.
UH, AREAS THAT ARE DESIGNATED SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL ARE OFTEN ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR NOVEMBER 8TH MEETING.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF UNDER THAT? THE ZONING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO TO? YOU COULD HAVE RESTAURANTS AND CAN IT HAVE GAS STATIONS AND, AND, AND CAR WASHES OR, SO THE SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL IS DESIGNATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WITHIN THAT THERE ARE ZONING CATEGORIES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED, UH, OF WHICH WOULD ALLOW THAT TYPE OF RETAIL.
ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW FOR STAFF? NO ADVOCATE, LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? YEAH, BRIEFLY, UH, DAVID BOX FIVE TWENTY TWO CALL CORE DRIVE.
UH, AS RANDY SAID, UH, THIS, THIS IS, UH, A DESIGNATION THAT THE CONFERENCE PLAN VIEWS AS KIND OF A TRANSITIONAL DESIGNATION.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DESIGNATIONS THAT EXIST AROUND US, THEY ARE FAR MORE INTENSE THAN WHAT WE PROPOSE.
AND IT'S CONTEMPLATED THAT THIS SPECIFIC DESIGNATION, UH, WOULD BE ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY.
SO AT THE OUTSET, WHAT WE DID WAS WE WENT AND MET WITH STAFF, UH, KIND OF EXPLAINED THE VISION WE HAD FOR THE SITE, AND REALLY ASKED STAFF WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE DESIGNATION.
UM, WE HAVE A VISION OF WHAT WE WANT, UH, WHAT THE DESIGNATION IS, IS NOT AS IMPORTANT TO US.
UH, WE WANTED IT TO BE A DESIGNATION THAT WAS COMPATIBLE.
UH, AND OF COURSE WE WILL HAVE, UH, A P U D.
SO THE SPECIFIC USES AND, AND THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE P U D APPLICATION, NOT THE, NOT THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN DESIGNATION.
UH, WE DID HAVE A COMMUNITY CONNECTION MEETING ON THIS APPLICATION, UH, AND WE, WE HAVE LETTERS FROM MR. WORK.
WE STAND READY TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE THE P UD WITH, UH, OPPOSING COUNSEL.
UH, WITH, WITH THE IDEA THOUGH THAT I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S UNDISPUTED THAT THIS SITE SHOULD BE COMMERCIAL.
THE CITY HAS SPENT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PUBLIC MONEY IMPROVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA, WIDENING COVELL WIDENING PORTIONS OF SOONER NOT TO HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOME SITES, UH, BUT I THINK TO HAVE SALES TAX GENERATING USES.
UH, AND SO WHAT THIS DESIGNATION WILL ALLOW IS FOR US TO THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE P D TO HOPEFULLY BRING THOSE, THOSE USES.
WE, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE MR. MAYOR TO YOUR, UH, QUESTION THAT SOME RESTAURANT USES WOULD BE APPROPRIATE HERE.
UH, BUT OF COURSE THE DETAILS OF THAT, UH, CAN BE WORKED OUT THROUGH THE P U D PROCESS.
THIS IS SIMPLY THE FIRST STEP TO ALLOW US TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THAT P UD TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, AND AS STAFF MENTIONED THIS TO GO TO, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL UNANIMOUSLY BY PLANNING COMMISSION.
BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE AFTERNOON.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? YES, SIR.
MR. MAYOR, MR. MAYOR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
MY ADDRESS IS 1 0 5 NORTH HUDSON, SUITE 3 0 4 OKLAHOMA CITY.
I AM HERE, UH, REPRESENTING THE AUGUSTA FARMS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.
AUGUSTA FARMS IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE 15 ACRE TRACT THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS PLAN AMENDMENT.
IT COMES IN OFF OF, UH, CO VALE AND ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AND THEN, UH, WRAPS AROUND TO THE, UH, EAST.
IT DOESN'T EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO SOONER, BUT IT ENDS AT THIS POINT.
UM, THE, UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UH, RESIDENTS FROM THE AUGUSTA FARMS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE PRESENT HERE.
WELL, I BELIEVE TONIGHT I'LL JUST ASK THEM TO RAISE THEIR HANDS IF THEY WOULD PLEASE.
UH, WE ARE, UM, WE'RE APPEARING
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HERE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUESTED, UH, PLAN AMENDMENT AND WANTED TO SUGGEST A LESS INTENSE CATEGORY THAN THE SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL THAT IS BEING REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT SUCH AS THE, UH, S TWO SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WE THINK WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE.UM, IF I COULD ASK STAFF TO PUT THE PLAN MAP UP, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS ABOUT THAT.
THE AUGUSTA FARMS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE, YOU CAN I THINK, SEE IT A LITTLE BETTER.
THAT WRAPS AROUND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
IT, UH, IS A 30 ACRE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT BEGAN IN 1995.
IT IS PLANTED AS 19 RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND THEN HAS AN AREA THAT'S DEVOTED TO STORM WATER DETENTION.
UH, IT IS VERY MUCH CHARACTERIZED BY A RURAL FEEL WITH MUCH OF THE NATIVE FOREST PRESERVED.
IT IS SERVED BY PRIVATE WATER WELLS AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC WATERLINES AND FIRE HYDRANTS OR PUBLIC SANITARY, UH, SEWERS TO SERVE.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF AUGUSTA FARMS IS THE, UH, SHILOH VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS ALSO RURAL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE, UM, EDMUND PLAN 2018, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL IN, UH, MARCH OF 2019.
AND, UH, AND IT DESIGNATES THIS ALL OF THIS AREA THAT IS WEST OF SOONER AND SOUTH OF COVILLE AS RURAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THAT DESIGNATION WAS MADE LESS THAN FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND ONE OF THE STATED GOALS OF THE EDMUND PLAN 2018 WAS TO REDUCE THE NEED TO FREQUENTLY AMEND THE, UH, PLAN MAP.
UH, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, ANY, UH, AMENDMENT OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, REQUIRES FIRST A REQUEST TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW EDMUND PLAN 2018, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY, UH, THOSE APPLICATIONS TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WOULD RUN ALONG IN TANDEM WITH THE REZONING APPLICATION.
AND YOUR NEW PROCESS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS NOW THE APPLICANT MUST FIRST, UH, MAKE APPLICATION FOR THE PLAN AMENDMENT AND THEN THE REZONING APPLICATION WOULD TRAIL AFTER THAT.
SO THERE ACTUALLY IS NOW, AS MR. BOX REFERENCED A P U D APPLICATION THAT IS PENDING THAT WILL COME BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 6TH.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY INITIATED THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT ABOUT THAT.
UH, P U D, UM, THE PLAN STATES THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT SUGGESTS THAT YOU LOOK AT THE GOALS OF THE PLAN AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE GOALS THAT ARE SET FORTH IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT TO US SUGGEST A LESS INTENSE CATEGORIZATION WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PROPERTY.
UH, AND THEY ARE THE G U ZERO SIX FROM THE PLAN.
EDMUND WILL CLEARLY DEFINE THOSE CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH A VERBAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN LIFESTYLE AND WILL TAKE ACTIONS TO PROTECT THEM FROM DEGRADATION G L U ZERO TWO.
EDMUND WILL HAVE A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES AND DENSITIES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH NEARBY STRUCTURES AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THEN G L U ZERO SEVEN EDMUND WILL ENHANCE ITS NATURAL RESOURCES INCLUDING REMNANT FORESTS, URBAN TREE CANOPY, PRIME FARMLAND, AND RIPERION AREAS.
NOW, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A P U D APPLICATION, AS I MENTIONED, WITH E ONE COMMERCIAL AS THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT, UH, AND THAT, UH, IS, UM, COMING ALONG, UH, BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN WOULD BE SCHEDULED TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL IN JANUARY AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL'S DECISION ON THE PLAN AMENDMENT WILL OF COURSE, HAVE A BEARING ON THAT P U D REZONING APPLICATION, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
WE JUST WANT TO SHARE OUR VIEW ABOUT WHAT WHAT WE FEEL IS AN APPROPRIATE CATEGORIZATION UNDER THE PLAN FOR THIS AREA THAT INCLUDES, UH, AUGUSTA FARMS, UH, IN ORDER TO ADEQUATELY PROTECT AND
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PRESERVE THESE RURAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT CAME IN SOME DECADES AGO AND OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES, WE THINK A MORE APPROPRIATE STEP DOWN CATEGORY FROM THOSE TO THE EAST OVER HERE TO THE EAST.THIS, OF COURSE, IS THE BOUNDARY OF THE SOONER ROAD IS THE BOUNDARY OF THE I 35 CORRIDOR.
SO WE HAVE URBAN CENTERED DESIGNATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOONER ROAD, AND THEN ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER IS, IS MIXED USE CAMPUS, BUT THEN THAT DOES STEP DOWN TO THE, UH, S TWO SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE, OUR VIEW IS THAT A MORE APPROPRIATE CLASSIFICATION FOR THIS PROPERTY AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER WHERE IT IS DIRECTLY ABUTTING THE RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE S TWO SUBURBAN, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THE, THAT WOULD BE, UH, THE S TWO SUBURBAN CATEGORY DOES CONTEMPLATE COMMERCIAL USES, BUT IT CONSID, IT CONTEMPLATES THEM AT A SMALLER SCALE WITH A LOWER IMPACT, WHICH IN OUR VIEW IS MORE APPROPRIATE WHERE IT IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A RURAL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AS AUGUSTA FARMS AND THEN SHILOH VALLEY ARE, WE PROVIDED YOU ALL WITH A COPY OF THE PROTEST PETITION THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY, UH, THAT INCLUDES, UH, A TOTAL OF 58 SIGNATURES AND MOST OF THOSE CAME FROM THE, UH, AUGUSTA FARMS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND THEN ALSO FROM THE SHILOH VALLEY.
I KNOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE FROM SHILOH VALLEY ALSO WERE EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS.
SO IN OUR VIEW, UH, THE MORE APPROPRIATE STEP DOWN WOULD BE TO THE S TWO SUBURBAN, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
IT GOES FROM THE MIXED USE CAMPUS TO THE S SUBURBAN S TWO NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE THINK THAT WOULD BE A MORE APPROPRIATE STEP DOWN FOR THIS 15 ACRES THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS APPLICATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE AFRICAN? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR RANDY.
I DO, WHEN WE GET A CHANCE, I HAVE TO ADVOCATE.
SO CAN YOU, IS IT, IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN SETBACK REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN S TWO NEIGHBORHOOD AND E ONE? I CAN'T REMEMBER.
SO WE'RE MIXING TWO THINGS THERE.
SO THE S TWO IS A, IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION.
THERE'S NO SETBACK REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO ANY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION, RIGHT? SO ONCE YOU GET INTO THE ZONING, THE A SINGLE FAMILY ZONING THAT IS THERE AND WOULD BE, UM, SUPPORTED HEAVILY UNDER THE S TWO HAS NO SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
SO YOU COULD GO WITH A 6,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTIES THERE.
UH, THE COMMERCIAL THAT MIGHT HAPPEN THERE WITH EITHER ZONING OR EITHER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, DESIGNATION WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE 70 FOOT SETBACK.
UH, YOU CAN REDUCE THAT WITH CERTAIN THINGS IN LANDSCAPING UNLESS THE P U D ADJUSTED IN SOME MANNER.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE IN FRONT OF YOU AND DISCUSSED AT THAT TIME.
RANDY, CAN YOU REMIND US REAL QUICK WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA COMING OFF OF I 35 AND THAT COVELL CORRIDOR PAN OUT A LITTLE BIT REAL QUICK, I MEAN, YEP.
SO THIS IS THE CONFERENCE CENTER HERE AND THEN, UH, THAT IS THE, UH, THEATER RIGHT THERE.
UH, THIS IS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS UP TO 600 DEPARTMENTS, UH, A MIXTURE OF RETAIL, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, THESE ARE OUT PARCELS FOR CREST.
THIS IS AN OFFICE PARK HERE, OFFICE PARK HERE.
UH, THIS IS, THERE'S NO ZONING FOR THIS YET, UH, EXCEPT IN THESE AREAS RIGHT ALONG, UH, COVE, BUT IT'S ANTICIPATED TO BE A MIXED USE CAMPUS, MUCH LIKE UP HERE.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS IN THE I 35 INTERCHANGES RIGHT HERE OFF THE SCREEN.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MAJOR COMMERCIAL AREAS THAT WE SEE AS DESTINATION RETAIL FOR THE CITY.
UH, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE MIXED USE CAMPUS AND, UH, THE URBAN CENTER.
THERE'S TWO OF THE MORE INTENSE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATIONS IN THE PLAN IN.
AND, UM, QUITE A BIT OF INFRASTRUCTURE WORK DONE AT JUST THAT SPECIFIC INTERSECTION, COVE AND SUN, CORRECT? YES.
TO HANDLE WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO HANDLE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.
PARTICULARLY THE ROADS WERE WIDENED AND IMPROVED TO A, UH, PARKWAY STANDARD, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT, TO HELP WITH TRAFFIC FLOW AND WHATNOT.
STEVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE,
WAS THERE WATER AND SEWER WHEN AUGUSTA FARMS WAS DEVELOPED? NO, THERE WAS NOT.
THAT'S WHY IT RECEIVED THE RURAL DESIGNATION AT THE TIME.
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UH, I DON'T KNOW.I THINK WE HAD BAD DATA OR IMPROVEMENTS OF COME SENSE.
WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT LOT COULD BE SERVED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? YES, SIR.
PLEASE COME ON DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
MY NAME IS Z D I LIVE IN 40,015, RED DEER CROSSING.
UM, SO IF YOU SHOOT A FIRST MAP ON THE GREEN, UM, SO MY PROPERTY IS ONLY 70 FEET FROM THE, THAT PIECE OF 15 ACRES.
AND SO RIGHT BETWEEN MY PROPERTY THERE IS A EASEMENT, THE ONE OAK HIGH PRESSURE PIPELINE.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY BANNER WE HAVE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, EDMAN, UH, INVESTS A LOT OF MONEY ON THAT CORNER, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, I AGREE THAT RURAL AREA CATEGORY IS NOT PROBABLY APPLIED, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, SO MR. WARD SAID, SO WE GO FROM SINGLE RURAL FAMILY DIRECTED TO COMMERCIAL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF NORTH CORNER.
WE HAVE SOME LIKE THE OFFICE, YOU KNOW, PARK, THEN THE COMMERCIAL, COMPLETE COMMERCIAL.
WE, I THINK OUR NEGOTIATION BE HAVING THE SAME CATEGORY.
WE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, STEP DOWN BEFORE WE GO DIRECT MY, YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS STILL A RURAL SINGLE, A HOME NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, THEN TO GO COMMERCIAL FROM SINGLE HOUSE TO THE COMMERCIAL DIRECTING.
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A STATEMENT IF I CAN.
THIS IS MY WARD AND, AND I'M, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE COMMENTS MADE AND, AND, AND THE CONCERN TRULY.
UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME IN, IN MY POSITION IS THAT I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE TRANSITION ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COVE, UM, AND HOW THAT HAPPENED UP AGAINST FAIRFAX.
WHAT MAKES THIS SO DIFFICULT TO ME IS THAT IT'S, IT IS ON THE CORNER WHERE YOU HAVE THE, THE OFFICE PARK ON THE OTHER TRANSITION IS, IS NOT ON THE CORNER.
AND SO SINCE, SINCE THIS IS ON THE CORNER AND, AND THE CITY HAS INVESTED THOSE DOLLARS INTO, INTO THE INTERSECTION, I THINK, I THINK THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT, THAT THERE IS SALES TAX REVENUE GENERATED FROM THAT CORNER.
AND SO I'M, THE REASON WHY I ASKED ABOUT THE SETBACKS AND, AND I'M AWARE OF THOSE IS I THINK, UM, I, I DON'T THINK THE, THE E ONE AND, AND RETAIL POSSIBILITY IS, IS UNREASONABLE IN THIS CASE BEING ON THE CORNER.
BUT, UM, I DO THINK THAT, UH, THAT THERE IS DISCUSSION TO BE HAD AT THE P U D LEVEL.
AND, AND I, I HEARD THAT THAT'S, THAT THAT'S HAPPENING AND, AND I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THAT, THAT THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THIS CLOSE TO THE CORNER THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.
AND, UH, AND I THINK THE, I THINK THE APPLICANT AGREES WITH THAT TOO.
AND WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION IN THEIR P U D IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? WELL COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM? AS YOU, AS IT'S BEEN STATED, IT WILL BE BACK IN WHATEVER, IF WE PASS IT TONIGHT, IT WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF US EVENTUALLY BECAUSE THERE'S MANY MORE STEPS THAT HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND THEY HAVE TO COME THROUGH COUNSEL TO MOTION TO APPROVE.
[G. Case #Z22-00015 Public Hearing and Consideration or Ordinance No. ________ Rezoning from “G-A” General Agriculture to “PUD” Planned Unit Development for 6201 E 2nd Street. (Bentwood Investments LLC)]
NUMBER Z 2215 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF OR ORDINANCE OF ORDINANCE NUMBER[01:55:01]
39 30 39 30 REZONING FROM A GA, GENERAL AGRICULTURE TO A P U D PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR 62 0 1 EAST SECOND STREET BIT WOOD INVESTMENTS LLC IS THE APPLICANT.APPLICANTS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A P U D TO ALLOW FOR BOAT AND RV STORAGE ON 6.2 ACRES LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 66, JUST EAST OF COOK TRAIL.
UH, THAT'S THE AREA RIGHT OUTLINED IN YELLOW RIGHT THERE.
UH, THE SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED GA GENERAL AG AND IS IN THE LAKE DISTRICT OVERLAY.
UH, THE PD HAS ONE TRACK AND ALLOWS THE L FIVE RESTRICTED LAKE COMMERCIAL USES, UH, AND AN OFFICE USE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, BUT DOES PROHIBIT UH, MARIJUANA RELATED USES TO THE EAST AND SOUTH IS ZONE GA AND IS UNDEVELOPED TO THE NORTH IS L TWO LAKE RESIDENTIAL AND DEVELOPED AS RESIDENTIAL ACREAGE LOTS, UH, TO THE WEST IS UNDEVELOPED, BUT IT WAS REZONED IN 2017 AS A P U D ALLOWING BOAT AND RV STORAGE AND A CONVENIENCE STORE.
THE P U D COMMITS TO NO OVERHEAD DOORS FACING NORTH OR EAST, UH, TO BUFFER.
THE ADJACENT USES SECURITY FENCING OF ROT, IRON EPOXY, COATED CHAIN LINK, OR WOOD AND MASONRY SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY AND USING LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES APPROVED BY, UH, THE CITY OF EDMONT TO MITIGATE WATER RUNOFF.
UH, THE CITY, JUST AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A STUDY, UH, WHICH WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT L I D TECHNIQUES WE COULD USE FOR DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE DETAILS OF WHICH DO NOT EXIST AT THIS TIME, BUT AS THIS DEVELOPS, UH, THEY'VE OFFERED TO IMPLEMENT THOSE.
UH, THE P E D COMMITS TO MEETING THE L FIVE SETBACKS IN THE SENSITIVE BORDER, UH, ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY WITH AN EXCEPTION.
UH, IT DOES STATE THE SETBACK CAN BE REDUCED TO 20 FEET IF A SITE PROOF FENCE AND TREES ARE PLANTED ON 25 FOOT CENTERS ALONG THAT BORDER.
UM, WHILE THE P U D ALLOWS L FIVE USES, THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN SHOWS THE STORAGE BUILDINGS WITH TWO ACCESSES ON THE SECOND STREET.
THAT'S THE PLAN YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU THERE.
NOW THE SITE IS DESIGNATED AS RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND WATER QUALITY RESTORATION IN THE EDMUND PLAN.
UH, BOTH SUPPORT LIMITED COMMERCIAL, WHICH COULD SUPPORT THE LAKE OR SURROUNDING RURAL RESIDENTIAL.
UH, THE WATER QUALITY RESTORATION ENCOURAGES THE USE OF THE, UH, FOUR MENTIONED, UH, LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES, PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR NOVEMBER 8TH MEETING.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF RIGHT NOW? SO RANDY, UM, I KNOW THIS ISN'T A SENSITIVE ORDER AREA AND IT'S NOT A FENCE, BUT IS THIS LANDSCAPING HERE? I MEAN, COULD THAT CHANGE IF WE APPROVE THIS? I MEAN, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS FRONT SECOND STREET, ROUTE 66, A TOURIST TO CORRECTION AS WE'RE DRIVING DOWN, I'D RATHER SEE GREENERY THAN STORAGE BUILDINGS.
SO THEY COMMIT TO MEETING OUR LANDSCAPE STANDARDS, WHICH REQUIRE UM, I THINK 50% OF RIGHT THE LANDSCAPING BE IN THE FRONT.
SO THAT WILL, SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE FRONT.
ALSO, KEEP IN MIND THIS IS, THERE'S A PRETTY BIG ELEVATION CHANGE HERE.
THIS SITS WAY ABOVE THE HIGHWAY, SO THAT WILL BE ALL YOU SEE IS THE LANDSCAPING.
WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT, THIS IS LAKE FRONT, I MEAN AROUND THE LAKE OR ANYTHING? ANYTHING FROM UH, FROM A STORAGE UNIT ASPECT OF CONTAMINATION FOR THE LAKE OR ANYTHING THAT WAS THE REASON THEY COMMITTED TO THE L I D UH, TECHNIQUES TO, UH, WHATEVER THEY CAN DO IN THE PARKING LOT TO CAPTURE THAT FIRST, UH, RAIN THAT FALLS THERE.
JUST RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DETAILS ON WHAT THAT MIGHT BE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T FINISHED OUR STUDY YET.
SO WHAT IF, CUZ I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN OUR STUDY FOR ID IS GONNA BE DONE.
WHAT IF IT'S NOT DONE IN TIME FOR WE CAN, WE HAVE A CONSULTANT ON BOARD AND WE KNOW MANY DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND WE'LL WORK WITH THEM TO CAPTURE THAT FIRST FLUSH, KEEP THOSE CONTAMINANTS ON SITE WHERE THEY CAN BE CLEANED, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH POROUS PAVEMENT, BIOSWELLS, OTHER RETENTION AREAS.
THERE'S, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ADVOCATE LIKE THAT?
UM, JUST TO KNOW, WE HAD A COMMUNITY CONNECTION MEETING ON THIS ONE AS WELL.
UH, AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF UH, I THINK A POSITIVE STEP.
UH, SO THIS SITE WAS REDESIGNED AFTER THAT, THAT MEETING, UH, TAKING SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORS, UH, TO, TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS, TO TURN THE SITE INWARD SO THAT THERE ARE NO OVERHEAD DOORS, THERE IS NO LIGHTING.
AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN MUGGED YOUR, YOUR QUESTION, WE DO REQUIRE THAT ALL ARTERIAL STREET FRONTS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO BE MASONRY GLASS.
SO WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT THAT, UH, THAT SECOND STREET
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FRONTAGE AND, AND KIND OF PUSH THIS SITE BACK AND THEN TURN IT INTERIOR.UH, SO NOT TO SO AS TO NOT IMPACT THE NEIGHBORS.
ALSO NOTING MY CLIENT ACTUALLY LIVES IN THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH.
HE'S ONE OF THE HOMEOWNERS THERE.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S PRETTY WIDESPREAD, UM, SUPPORT AND APPRECIATION FOR, FOR HIM TO, TO BE THE ONE TO GET THIS APPROVED.
DAVID, WHAT SIGNAGE ARE YOU GONNA HAVE ON THIS PROJECT? WE DON'T KNOW YET.
UM, OBVIOUSLY AT THE, YOU KNOW, SITE PLAN PHASE, WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT.
IT'S, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
48 SQUARE FEET, THAT'S REALLY 48 TO 50 SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
BUT I, IN THE END, I HATE THAT THIS IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THE LAND, BUT I WISH IT WASN'T SOMEDAY.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE THING THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE THE MOST ON THIS PROJECT IS THE SIGNAGE.
AND WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK, UH, WITH STAFF AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE SITE PLAN PHASE TO, TO COME UP WITH WHAT IS APPROPRIATE HERE.
THAT KIND OF GOES INTO, UM, NOT A QUESTION FOR YOU DAVID, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, YOU BROUGHT IT UP, THE FRONTAGE AND HIGHEST AND BEST USE AND, AND I DO THINK I, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN ARCADIA LAKE DISCUSSIONS FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF A LOT AND TALKING ABOUT NEEDS AND GOALS AND, AND NO DOUBT WE NEED, WE DO NEED SOME BOAT AND RV STORAGE IN THE AREA.
WE'RE NOT GONNA, THE GAS STATIONS, DIDN'T THEY SAY THERE IS GONNA BE HOPEFULLY A PLACE FOR GAS STATIONS AROUND THERE? OH, THAT, THAT IS THE ONE THAT WAS APPROVED NEXT DOOR TO IT.
SO I MEAN, IT, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE THAT IN A LAKE AREA.
THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH OVER TIME AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE WATER AND SEWER IN THIS AREA, SO, SO STORAGE BUILDINGS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT CAN KIND OF EASILY GO IN THAT WITHOUT, WITHOUT NEEDING WATER AND SEWER.
AND SO, UM, OR AT LEAST PUBLIC UTILITIES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I I THINK IT LEADS, THIS DOESN'T CHANGE MY OPINION OR VOTE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT CUZ LIKE I SAID, THERE IS A NEED AND YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WORKING WITH THE, WORKING WITH THE AREA AND THE NEIGHBORS.
UH, MY COMMENT IS MORE BIG PICTURE AND DO WE, DO, WE AS A COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE ROUTE 66 CORRIDOR IN THE FUTURE THE SAME AS AS OUR DOWNTOWN OR UH, OR SOUTH BROADWAY THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AT STRATEGIC PLANNING MOVING FORWARD.
AND WE, WE UNDERSTAND HOW A ZONING DECISION 30 OR 40 YEARS AGO CAN, CAN PASS ON FOR, FOR A LONG TIME.
AND SO I WOULD, I GUESS I'M READY TO RECOMMEND, UM, REGARDLESS OF THIS, THIS VOTE AND THIS THIS ITEM AND REQUEST RECOMMEND A, A ROUTE 66 CORRIDOR STUDY OR DISCUSSION OF THE TYPES OF USES AND OR PERCENTAGES.
I, I THINK FOR, I MEAN I, I WOULD THINK FOR BOTH RV STORAGE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME, SOME, SOME HARD LOOKING AT HOW MUCH DO WE NEED IN THERE AND HOW DOES OUR ZONING AND HOW DOES A PLAN A CORRIDOR PLAN FIT THAT LONG TERM SO FUTURE COUNCILS CAN, CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, SO ANYWAY, I, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THIS, WITH THIS PROJECT.
I SEE THE NEED RIGHT NOW, UH, BUT ALSO SEE THE NEED FOR A, FOR A CORRIDOR STUDY.
IF I MAY TO, TO YOUR POINT, IT'S A GREAT POINT ABOUT HOW MUCH DO WE NEED.
SO THE SITE TO THE WEST, ALTHOUGH IT'S ZONED TO ALLOW BOAT AND RB, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FLOOD PLAIN MAP, UH, A LARGE PORTION OF IT IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE FLOOD PLAIN.
SO IT'S UNLIKELY TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE MANNER, UH, CONSISTENT WITH HOW IT WAS ZONED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? VOTE COUNCIL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS? YES, WE WERE, WE, OH, OKAY.
MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? SIR, PLEASE COME ON UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
HI, I'M RICHARD REICH, UH, MOUNTAIN VIEW PARK, JUST, UH, JUST WEST OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UH, I WAS AT PLANNING COMMISSION AND I'M, I'M JUST GONNA ECHO THE SAME THING THAT JOSH SAID.
UM, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CORRIDOR, UM, UM, RETAIL, THE IDEA IS THAT RETAIL'S GONNA COME THERE SOMEHOW OR SOMEDAY, BUT I, I DISAGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE, UH, RETAIL FOLLOWS HOUSETOPS AND THERE'S NO HOUSETOPS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LAKE AND WE DO WANNA PROTECT THE LAKE AND WE WANT MAKE IT A, A DESTINATION FOR EAST EDMOND AND, AND THE CITY AT LARGE.
SO I WAS AT THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS MEETING, I AGREE WITH, UH, WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE, AS JOSH HAD SAID, BUT HOW MUCH BOAT STORAGE DO WE WANT THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE IT NEXT DOOR THERE, IT'S ALREADY APPROVED AND THERE ARE FLOOD PLAIN ISSUES.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER 10 ACRES THAT JOE GVO DAY OWNS THAT UM, IF HE CAN'T GET SOMETHING DONE, HE'S GONNA COME HERE AND SAY HE WANTS BOAT STORAGE TOO.
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I THINK THE LAST THING WE WANT IS A HALF A MILE OF BOATHOUSES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ROUTE 66.SO THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, IS THIS DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS, WHICH I THINK JOSH WAS TRYING TO ADDRESS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO LOOK AT WHAT WE WANT 66 TO LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE EVEN ECONOMICALLY, IF YOU WANNA PUT WATER AND SEWER THERE, IT'S A VERY LIMITED AREA BECAUSE OF THE RIDGE THAT'S, UH, NORTH OF 66.
SO I DON'T THINK YOU'D EVER GET THE ECONOMICS OUT OF PUTTING WATER AND SEWER.
WELL, WATER IS WATER'S ALREADY THERE, BUT PUTTING IN A SEWER AND A LIFT STATION BECAUSE IT CAN'T GO TO THE OTHER LIFT STATIONS THAT ALREADY EXIST.
SO YOU'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT TWO OR THREE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THERE THAT WOULD UTILIZE A LIFT STATION, WHICH LAST I HEARD COSTS ABOUT 750,000.
SO I'M JUST PART OF, UM, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS LONG TERM.
AND LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT AGAINST THIS PROJECT.
I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, THEY ADDRESSED OUR CONCERNS.
UH, BUT LONG TERM, WE REALLY DO NEED TO DO SOMETHING HERE.
SO WE, IT'S NOT DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS WITH ROWS OF BOAT HOUSES DOWN ROUTE 66, WHICH I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS.
THAT'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS MENTIONED TO ME BY A NEIGHBOR IN THAT AREA.
THAT, AND THIS WILL PROBABLY MORE OF A SITE PLAN DISCUSSION WHERE THAT'S WHERE IT IS LOCATED ON 66.
IT'S EITHER, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF IT'S AT THE TOP OF A HILL OR RIGHT OVER THE HILL.
UM, BUT THERE'S, THERE, THERE'S CONS.
THEY WEREN'T AGAINST THE PROJECT, BUT THERE WAS A CONCERN.
THERE'S NOT A TURNING LANE IN THAT AREA RIGHT NOW.
AND UH, APPARENTLY THERE'S, IT'S GETTING PRETTY, IT'S GETTING PRETTY SALTY.
THAT WAS MENTIONED AT PLANNING COMMISSION.
THAT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WILL GO CHECK SITE DISTANCE AT THAT TIME, MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE.
I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING, MR. RICKY IS THEY WANNA STUDY ROUTE 66.
CAN YOU HIRE YIELD? CAN YOU PUT THAT ON THE LIST? PUT THAT ON THE NEEDS LIST.
BUT REALLY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, OUR, THE, WE HAVE AN I 35 CORRIDOR.
WE HAVE, AND I, JENNIFER MIGHT CORRECT ME, DO WE HAVE THE AMOUNT OF ROUTE 66 THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY LIMITS IS, IS IT THE MOST IN OKLAHOMA? MM-HMM.
WHICH IS THE MOST IN OKLAHOMA.
AND SO WE'RE, IT'S A BIG DEAL.
SO WHAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO IS HAVE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION BECAUSE THAT IS NOT PART OF THE APPLICATION THAT'S IN FRONT OF US.
IT'S NOT, I WANT KEEP US ON TRACK ON THAT.
THAT'S WHY I JUST SAID, MR. RIGBY, I THINK THIS IS FOR YOU TO, OH, HE, HE GREW UP A WHILE AGO, DIDN'T HE?
AND ARE WE READY FOR A MOTION? WE JUST GET EXCITED.
I'LL SECOND HAVE A MOTION IN SECOND.
WE NEED TO BRING UP THAT ITEM.
WE DON'T, WE HAVE NO CITIZEN'S COMMENTS TONIGHT,
[11. Comments from Mayor and City Councilmembers.]
BUT WE DO HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.AND I THINK BASED ON OUR DISCUSSION TONIGHT, WE NEED A ROUTE 66
CAN YOU GET, CAN I NOW SAY I PROPOSE THAT WE SERIOUSLY CONSIDER A ROUTE 66 CORRIDOR STUDY? WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S BETTER TO DO IT NOW THAN TO BE IN HINDSIGHT AND SAY, OH, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS BETTER.
JUST GO LOOK AT, LOOK AT SOUTH, UH, SECOND OR SOUTH BROADWAY.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T PLAN.
MR. MR. R WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OKLAHOMA, UH, WHAT IS IT CALLED? ROUTE 66 COMMISSION.
ACTUALLY, I'M, I'M ON THAT MM-HMM.
THERE'S A CERTAIN POOL OF DOLLARS THAT COMES FROM THE STATE TO IMPROVE, UM, AMENITIES ALONG ROUTE 66.
SO I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS, IS WE DON'T WANT JUST A SERIES OF SOMETHING.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ABOUT STRIP WALLS, WHATEVER LONG ROUTE TWO SIX THAT RUINS THE AESTHETIC AMENITY AESTHETICS, WE'LL CALL IT AMBIANCE, BUT THE, THE, THE FEEL OF ROUTE 66.
WE DON'T WANNA DO SOMETHING THAT JEOPARDIZES OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY BE MORE CONSISTENT TO LOOK AND FEEL OF THE ARCADIA LAKE AREA.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE THERE, ESPECIALLY IF EVERYTHING THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING OUT THERE.
WE HAVE A, THE ZONING CO UPDATE, AND A LOT OF IT, A LOT OF THESE THINGS CAN BE ADDRESSED BY YOUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
HEY, YOU FRONT THIS UNIQUE ROAD, IT HAS A UNIQUE DESIGN SET OF STANDARDS.
SO EVERYTHING FROM LIGHTING TO
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SIGNAGE.DO YOU WANT VEGAS NEON BOAT RAMP HERE? WHATEVER.
OR IS IT MORE, YOU SEE RANDY'S
YEAH, IT, BUT IT'S LIKE WEST LOOKING FEEL, IS IT DRIVE IN? IS IT MORE OF, OF A, A, I WON'T SAY A RURAL, BUT MORE OF A COUNTRYSIDE.
HEY, WE'RE OUT HERE CLOSE TO THE METRO, BUT YET YOU'RE SO CLOSE TO THESE UNIQUE COMMUNITIES.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO DISTRACT FROM HISTORIC NATURE OF THE ROUTE AND THE LOOK AND FEEL.
AND ALSO NOW IT'S THE NEXT COMMERCIAL STRIP.
ED MAY NOT LOSES THE DISTINCT CHARACTER.
ONLY OTHER THING I HAD TO SAY IS THAT, UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS SMALL BUSINESS WEEKEND.
AND IN MY MIND, THIS 365 DAYS OF A YEAR, YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS AND EVERY DAY IS SMALL BUSINESS.
AND SO WITHOUT SMALL BUSINESSES, THERE ARE NO LARGE BUSINESSES.
AND WITHOUT SMALL BUSINESSES, THERE'S NO ED.
SO THAT'S MY, MY LITTLE PITCH THERE.
ANYONE ELSE? HOW ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 12? AJOUR.