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[1. Call to Order.]
MEETING WORKSHOP TO GET TO ORDER.WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, THE MOND ELECTRIC ON WHOLESALE POWER.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ALSO, SO TALK ABOUT THE DISCUSSION ON THE CITY COUNCIL 2023 STRATEGIC PLAN.
[2. Update and discussion from Edmond Electric on wholesale power prices and electric supply chain issues. ]
NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EDMOND ELECTRIC.COUNSEL, UH, WANTED TO COVER TWO TOPICS TONIGHT.
FIRST OF ALL IS WHOLE, WHOLE WHOLESALE POWER PRICES, BECAUSE WE RECENTLY HAD AN INCREASE IN HER FUEL COST ADJUSTMENT.
AND IF YOU EVER SEE COMMENTS ONLINE, THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT WE BUY FROM OG AND E AND JUST RESELL IT AND MARK IT UP AND RESELL IT, WHICH ISN'T HOW IT WORKS.
WANTED TO COVER THAT AND KIND OF EXPLAIN WHY WHOLESALE POWER PRICES ARE HIGHER.
SECOND TOPIC I WANTED TO ADDRESS WAS JUST MATERIAL SHORTAGES ON FOR THE ELECTRIC UTILITY INDUSTRY AND HOW IT MAY AFFECT THE PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY.
SO WITH WHOLESALE POWER PRICES, UM, WE BUY ALL OF OUR POWER THROUGH OPA.
UM, O MPA IS A JOINT ACTION AGENCY THAT WE BELONG TO, CREATED IN 1985.
UH, SERVES 42 MEMBER CITIES WITHIN OKLAHOMA.
WE HAVE A FULL REQUIREMENTS CONTRACT WITH OPA, AND THAT BASICALLY MEANS ALL THE POWER AND ENERGY, UH, THAT WE NEED TO SERVE OUR CUSTOMERS.
WE PURCHASE THROUGH O M P A, SO THEY HAVE A MIX OF GENERATION ASSETS AND THEY SELL THAT GENERATION INTO THAT SOUTHWEST POWER POOL WHOLESALE MARKET, AND THEN BUY ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS FROM THAT SAME MARKET.
I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT S P AND HOW IT WORKS BECAUSE THIS DOES INFLUENCE THE PRICING OF OUR WHOLESALE POWER.
SOUTHWEST POWER POOL COVERS 550,000 SQUARE MILES, UH, IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS OF THE COUNTRY.
UM, S PPP OPERATES AS THE REGIONAL POWER POOL FOR THIS ENTIRE REGION.
WITHIN THAT REGION, THERE ARE 949 GENERATING UNITS OWNED BY DIFFERENT ENTITIES, INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS, GENERATION TRANSMISSION COMPANIES, INVESTOR OWNED UTILITIES, UM, MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATIONS, UM, ET CETERA.
SO SVP ACTS AS THE INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR OVER ALL OF THOSE GENERATING ASSETS.
THEY DON'T RUN 'EM, THEY DISPATCH 'EM.
UM, THERE'S ALSO 70,000 MILES OF TRANSMISSION WITHIN THAT SYSTEM.
THEY ACT AS A REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATION, SO THEY MAKE SURE THAT DEGENERATION AND THE TRANSMISSION ARE CAPABLE OF SERVING THE LOAD FOR ANY PARTICULAR INTERVAL THAT HAPPENS.
SO WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE MARKETPLACE? I'M GONNA SIMPLIFY THIS DOWN CUZ THIS CAN BE A WEEK LONG SEMINAR.
I'M GONNA SQUEEZE THIS INTO JUST A FEW MINUTES.
GENERATORS BID INTO THE MARKET.
SO IMAGINE A GENERATOR COMES IN AND SAYS, I CAN OFFER YOU A THOUSAND MEGAWATTS AT $50, AND THEY JUST STACK THOSE PRICES UP.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THEN S P P LOOKS AT THAT STACK AND DISPATCHES BASED UPON THE ECONOMICS.
SO IF YOUR HIGHEST PRICE UNIT TO MEET THE LOAD FOR THAT HOUR IS $80.
EVERYBODY WHO BID INTO THAT MARKET, REGARDLESS WHAT THEIR BID GETS PAID $80.
SO THAT $80 SETS THE PRICE FOR THE MARKET FOR THAT PARTICULAR INTERVAL.
THAT'S CALLED THE MARGINAL PRICE.
TYPICALLY DURING HIGH LOAD PERIODS, LIKE DURING THE SUMMER, NATURAL GAS SETS THAT PRICE BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN MOST, MOST UNITS ARE CALLED ON.
YOU GET YOUR MORE INEFFICIENT UNITS, YOU GET YOUR HIGHER PRICE UNITS.
THINK OF JULY AND AUGUST WHEN WE HAD SUCH HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HIGH LOAD.
THOSE UNITS GET DISPATCHED AND THOSE HIGH PRICE UNITS TYPICALLY SET THE MARKET PRICE DURING THOSE INTERVALS, AND THAT PRICE IS JUST PASSED ON BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS LOADS THEN BUY FROM THAT MARKET.
SO IF IT IS $80, $120, $150, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PAYING PER MEGAWATT TO SERVE OUR CUSTOMERS AND IT'S JUST PASSED DOWN THROUGH US BY MPA.
WE ALSO PAY FOR THE USE OF TRANSMISSION THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED AN OPEN ACCESS TRANSMISSION TARIFF BASED UPON A KILOWATT HOURS, UH, LOAD.
WE HAVE, IT'S A SET TARIFF THAT'S, UH, DETERMINED THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST POWER POOL.
SO OPA CONDUCTS ALL THESE TRANSACTIONS ON OUR BEHALF THROUGHOUT TODAY.
IT'S A 24 7 OPERATION AND THEY, THEY DO THAT, UM, FOR US.
UM, AND THERE'S BEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN NATURAL GAS PRICES SINCE 2020.
IN 2020, YOU SAW GAS PRICES HOVERING BETWEEN TWO AND $3.
THIS SUMMER WE GOT UP TO EIGHT, ALMOST $9 PER BTU AS A 14 YEAR HIGH IN GAS PRICES.
2008 WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD GAS PRICES ANYWHERE NEAR THIS HIGH.
AND SO WE HAD A REALLY HOT SUMMER.
WE ACTUALLY HIT 90 DEGREES IN MAY, WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL AS A FIRST 90 DEGREE DATE WE HAD, AND IT STAYED PRETTY MUCH HOT ALL SUMMER LONG.
WE HAD REALLY RECORD HIGH LOADS IN JULY AND AUGUST, ESPECIALLY AUGUST.
UM, AND SO YOU ADD THAT IN THOSE TWO FACTORS TOGETHER, LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE GETTING MORE INEFFICIENT UNITS STRUCK, SO YOU'RE HAVING A HIGHER WHOLESALE PRICES.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF NATURAL GAS PRICES, THESE ARE, UH, HENRY HUB PRICES FOR THE THIS SUMMER.
UM, AND WE EXPECT A FUTURE PRICING TO BE SOMEWHERE IN A $4, FOUR AND A HALF, FIVE 50 RANGE.
SO NOT DOWN TO THE $2 RANGE WE
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HAD IN 2020.TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THIS IS HENRY HUB PRICES FOR THE FUTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT ON OUR WHOLESALE POWER PRICES.
IF YOU LOOK AT 2020 WHEN NATURAL GAS PRICES WAS CHEAP IN JULY AND AUGUST 6.6 MILLION, THIS LAST, UH, JULY AND AUGUST, WE WERE ALMOST DOUBLE.
AND SO THAT IS JUST A DIRECT PASS THROUGH.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THE COST RECOVERY NEXT.
THAT'S A DIRECT PASS THROUGH TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
WE DID EXPECT, WE EXPECT IT TO BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 75 AND 80 MILLION FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE RUN FROM JUNE THROUGH JULY.
WE BUDGETED 63 MILLION BASED UPON GAS PRICES WHEN WE PREPARED OUR BUDGET.
SO SINCE GAS PRICES ARE SO MUCH HIGHER, WE EXPECT WHOLESALE POWER PRICES TO BE HIGHER.
WE PASS THIS THROUGH TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
A PORTION OF IT IS RECOVERED THROUGH OUR BASE RATES, OUR, OUR ENERGY CHARGE AND DEMAND CHARGES AND THE REMAINDER IS, UM, PASSED THROUGH ON THE FUEL COST ADJUSTMENT.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE TYPICALLY SEE AND THAT'S WHAT WE PUSH OUT WHENEVER WE MAKE THAT CHANGE.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THEY'RE SEEING AS AS INCREASE OR I KNOW THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SEEING AS THE INCREASE, BUT IT'S WHAT WE ADVERTISE.
SO, UM, WE ADJUST THAT MONTHLY.
WE TRY TO KEEP IT AS STEADY AS WE CAN SO THAT THERE'S NO SHOCKS, BUT WE HAVE ADJUSTED THAT UP FROM 1.50 CENTS TO 2.20 CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR, HOUR OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO KEEP UP WITH THAT INCREASE IN WHOLESALE POWER PRICE.
WE APPLY THAT TO ALL KILOWATT, ALL KILOWATT HOUR SOLD TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
SO, UM, AND ACROSS ALL CUSTOMER CLASSES.
SO IF YOU TAKE THAT, UH, INCREASE TO 1.5 TO 2.2, THAT FACTORS OUT TO BE ABOUT $8 PER MONTH FOR AN AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT OG AND E'S RATES AND, UH, FROM A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER BASIS, THAT PUTS US COMPARABLE TO OG AND E NOW.
SO THERE, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR, OUR BILLS VERSUS AND APPLY THAT SAME KILOWATT HOUR USAGE TO AN OG WITH OG AND E RATES, THEY'RE GONNA WASH OUT.
IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
IF YOU WANT TO FIND IT ON YOUR BILL, IF YOU GO TO PAGE TWO AND LOOK AT ELECTRIC DETAILS, THERE'S THE FUEL CUS FUEL COST ADJUSTMENT PIECE RIGHT THERE.
IT'LL SHOW YOU HOW MUCH THAT PORTION IS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE WHOLESALE POWER PRICES? ALL RIGHT, SECOND THING I WANT TO COVER MR. SUNSHINE HERE, UH, MATERIAL SHORTAGES, UM, THERE IS A NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE OF BASIC ELECTRIC SYSTEM COMPONENTS THAT I KNOW DEVELOPERS ARE SEEING THIS WITH SWITCH GEAR AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS IS NOT AN EDMOND ISSUE, THIS IS NOT AN OKLAHOMA ISSUE.
THIS IS A NATIONWIDE ISSUE AFFECTING ALL ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
TRAN DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMERS IS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL.
UM, WE ARE SEEING LEAD TIMES FOR THAT SLIP FROM WHAT WAS TWO TO THREE MONTHS IN 2020 TO TWO TO THREE YEARS DEPENDING UPON THE SIZE OF THE UNIT.
UM, SO WE ARE, I KNOW I'M WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION, I'M IN THE LISTSERV THERE AND I KNOW SOME UTILITIES ARE ACTUALLY SEEING ORDERS BEING CANCELED AS THEY GET CLOSER TO THE DELIVERY DATE.
SO WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT WE, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD ABOUT GETTING OUR MATERIAL IN, BUT THAT LEAD TIME IS GETTING A LOT LONGER.
AND I, I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO PRIORITIZE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
IT MAY AFFECT A TIMELINE ON THOSE PROJECTS.
IT WILL PROBABLY AFFECT SOME DEVELOPMENT AS WELL, PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT IN THIS CITY OF EDMOND AS WELL.
THE OTHER THING IS THE COST FOR THESE, THIS MATERIAL, ESPECIALLY DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMERS HAS BASICALLY DOUBLED SINCE 2020.
SO IT'S NOT ONLY HARD TO GET, IT COSTS A LOT MORE SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, LEAD TIMES WILL PROBABLY AFFECT SOME OF THE INTERNAL PROJECTS, BUT ALSO IT WILL LIKELY AFFECT OUTSIDE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT IN ADMIN AS WELL.
SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO TRY TO MITIGATE THAT AND MINIMIZE THAT IMPACT? WE'VE BEEN REALLY PROACTIVE IN ACQUIRING MATERIAL.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE STARTED DOING WHEN WE SAW LEAD TIME START STRETCHING OUT, WE ACTUALLY STARTED BUYING MORE THAN WE NORMALLY WOULD AND JUST STOCKPILING CUZ WE DIDN'T SEE IT GETTING ANY BETTER.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE ACTUALLY BUILT UP SOME STOCK.
BUT OF COURSE WITH DEVELOPMENT GOING ON, IT'S, IT'S, IT IS, WE'RE PUTTING OUT MORE THAN WE'RE GETTING IN RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE DID SET MINIMUM STOCK LEVELS FOR OUR EXISTING CUSTOMERS BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE, WE HAVE MATERIAL TO GET THEM BACK ONLINE SO THAT THEY'RE NOT SITTING OUT OF POWER.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT OPTIONS TO RELOCATE UNDERUTILIZED EQUIPMENT IF IT'S NOT FULLY LOADED.
WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN CHANGE THAT OUT FOR A SMALLER UNIT TO MOVE THAT SOMEWHERE FOR A NEW DEVELOPMENT TO SERVE THEM.
UH, SO WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT DELAYING SOME OF OUR INTERNAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
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PROJECT AND SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.IT'S NOT GONNA AFFECT THE RELIABILITY OF OUR SYSTEM, BUT WE JUST FELT IT WAS PRUDENT TO DO THAT JUST TO KEEP THE STOCK IN HAND FOR EXISTING CUSTOMERS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
YEAH, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION HERE.
SO I REMEMBER WHEN, I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE TRANSFORMERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WHEN A HURRICANE CAME THROUGH THE SOUTHERN REGION.
AND THEY KNOCKED OUT SOME OF THOSE MANUFACTURERS.
SO THIS, SO THIS IS A DIFFERENT ISSUE NOW.
THE MANUFACTURERS ARE THERE, BUT THE INTERNAL PARTS THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE OUR UNITS AND THAT THAT'S THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE.
ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES WITH DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMERS IS THE CORES OF THE TRANSFORMER TAKE A VERY SPECIFIC STEEL GRAIN OVER UNIT STEEL.
IT HAS THE GRAINS OF THE METAL ARE ALIGNED IN ONE DIRECTION AND THAT ABOUT, I BELIEVE IT'S 80 SOMETHING, I THINK IT'S 84% OF THAT IS IMPORTED.
THERE WERE SOME TRADE CHANGES TARIFFS ENACTED THAT KIND OF SLOWED THE IMPORT OF THOSE MATERIAL.
AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE THAT'S AFFECTING THAT IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD THAT ARE ELECTRIFYING DIFFERENT THINGS, EVS, ET CETERA, THAT ARE ALSO COMPETING FOR THAT STEEL THAT WEREN'T THERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
SO THAT IS THE BIG THING THAT'S AFFECTING, AFFECTING DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMERS.
UH, OVERALL, UM, STEEL HAS BEEN HARD TO GET.
SO THAT'S BEEN JUST OUR BASIC TRANSFORMER BOXES, JUNCTION CANS, ET CETERA.
UM, THAT HAS BEEN IN SHORT SUPPLY AS WELL.
IS OUR STEEL STILL UNDER OR IS IT UNDER THE BIO AMERICAN OR ARE WE ABLE TO I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
I, UH, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH OF THE, THE MATERIALS FOR THE ELECTRIC UTILITY INDUSTRY IS IMPORTED.
UM, THAT, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS.
SO HOW, IF IT DOES GET TO THE POINT THAT IT AFFECTS NEW DEVELOPMENTS, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DECIDE WHO GETS IT
UM, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS IF THEY ARE ACTUALLY MOVING DIRT AND BUILDING WALLS, THEY WILL PROBABLY HAVE A PRIORITY OR SOMEBODY WHO'S COMING THROUGH THE PLANTING PROCESS.
WE WILL NOT SET THINGS ASIDE ASSUMING THAT SOMEONE'S GONNA BUILD.
UM, THAT'S JUST UNFAIR TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY MOVING DIRT AND BUILDING.
UM, SO THEY WILL GET PRIORITY.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFYING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, ANYBODY COMING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW, THAT MATERIALS COULD BE IN SHORT SUPPLY AND THEY NEEDED TO PREPARE AND GET WITH US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO AVOID ISSUES.
WE HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE ACTIVE IN THAT RECENTLY, JUST BASICALLY EMAILING THEM AND SAYING, HEY, YOU NEED TO PLAN ON TWO YEARS FOR LEAD TIME AND WE KNOW WHAT YOU NEED, WE'LL ORDER IT.
SO WE'VE TRIED TO LET THEM KNOW.
UM, AND I THINK THEY'RE SEEING THAT WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO GET MATERIAL FOR THEIR PROJECT AS WELL.
I KNOW WE'D LIKE TO LOOP AND, AND I KNOW THAT'S A GREAT THING TO DO AND TO GET IT, TO GET IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND AROUND.
DO WE, DO WE CHANGE IN THAT WAY TO WHERE IT'S, IT'S NOT SO MUCH NEEDED.
WE WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN, UM, DO LONGER RUNS WITH OUR PRIMARY WHEN WE PULL IT.
WE TYPICALLY DO ABOUT 350 TO 400 FEET, DEPENDING UPON THE NUMBER NINETIES IN IT.
AND WE PUT JUNCTION CANS TO PULL THROUGH.
WELL, JUNCTION CANS ARE HARD TO GET.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO EXTEND THAT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE JUST CABLE WE CAN GET RIGHT NOW.
I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, POWER WHAT AND, AND A DEVELOPER BUILDER MAY HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE STREET TO PULL BUILDING PERMITS ON.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE, WE'RE GOOD ON SINGLE PHASE TRANSFORMERS, THREE PHASE OF THE ONES THAT REALLY LEAD TIME IS STRETCHED OUT.
WE ARE, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS SWITCHED TO SINGLE PHASE JUST SO THEY COULD KEEP MOVING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GLENN? CAN YOU TALK ABOUT MAYOR, TALK ABOUT HURRICANES, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE OUR OWN WEATHER HERE IN OKLAHOMA.
WHAT ARE WE TAKING STEPS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE EMERGENCY SUPPLIES AND OH BOY, THAT SCARES ME SO BAD.
UM, TORNADOES OR ICE ICE OR WE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING STOCK LEVELS THAT WE FEEL ARE ADEQUATE.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HIT YOU.
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UM, I KNOW THAT WE COULD LEAN ON OTHER UTILITIES FOR ASSISTANCE IF THAT NEED CAME ABOUT.ALSO THROUGH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION, THEY HAVE A, UM, UM, EQUIPMENT SHARING PROGRAM SET UP FOR THOSE TYPE OF SITUATIONS FOR EMERGENT SITUATIONS.
WHAT'S THAT FOR? EMERGENT SITUATIONS? YEAH.
IT'S REALLY KIND OF OVERALL, BUT IT, THEY DO FOCUS ON EMERGENCIES AS WELL THAT WE, WE COULD GET IN ON THAT.
UM, I PROBABLY WILL NOT SLEEP MUCH ANYTIME THERE'S THIS THUNDERSTORM ROLLING THROUGH BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT SITUATION.
I WAS JUST GONNA ASK A QUESTION.
JUST PIGGYBACKING OFF OF WHAT HERE LOCALLY, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THE, THE, THERE USED TO BE A PROGRAM I, I'M ASSUMING IT'S STILL GOING ON WHERE, UH, CUTTING BACK THE TREES THAT ARE GROWING UP INTO THE POWER LINES MM-HMM.
WE HAVE, WE DO A FOUR YEAR CYCLE ON THE TREE TRIMMING THROUGH EACH CIRCUIT.
SO WE HIT EACH CIRCUIT EVERY FOUR YEARS.
WELL YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON SOMETHING AND I'LL JUST BRING IT UP AND I, I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING WE CAN COMPLETELY SOLVE, BUT IT, IT'S A, IT'S A PROBLEM I SEE MAYBE GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AND IT'S FOR IN AND IT'S MISINFORMATION AND WE KNOW IT COMES ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMENTS AND, AND I SAW THE, THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON POWER BEING DOWN AND, AND IT WAS A, AND IT WAS AN OG AND E TRANSMISSION LINE MM-HMM.
AND, AND THAT'S HOW THE SOUTHWEST POWER POOL WORKS, WHERE IT'S ONE BIG SYSTEM.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GETTING POWER FROM OG AND E, BUT SOMEBODY COULD ASSUME THAT FROM THAT THEY DO.
AND THEN YOU SEE THE, I DON'T KNOW, MAY MAYBE HUNDRED OR HUNDREDS OF COMMENTS THAT IS JUST NOT CORRECT INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE, AND THEN PEOPLE READ THEM AND THEN THEY BELIEVE THAT INFORMATION MM-HMM.
AND TO US WE SEE THAT AND GO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH WITH, WITH QUESTIONS OR INFORMATION THAT'S OUT THERE WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.
I I, MOST OF THE TIME I WISH WE COULD JUST TURN THE COMMENTS OFF, UM, WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO AN ANNOUNCEMENT CUZ THERE'S JUST SO MANY WRONG RIGHT COMMENTS.
IT IT JUST FRUSTRATES THE TAR OUTTA ME.
AND IF I WERE TO GET ON THERE AND COMMENT, IT WOULD JUST TURN INTO WE, WE KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
UM, SO ANYWAY, I A BIGGER PICTURE ON THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
I COMPLETELY BELIEVE IN USING THOSE CHANNELS TO, TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INFORM, BUT WE HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWING SO MUCH MISINFORMATION TO COME OUT OF THAT THAT JUST, THAT'S MORE DAMAGING IN THE LONG RUN THAN, THAN MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT ITSELF.
SO THAT'S JUST A GENERAL STATEMENT.
WELL THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT THEY WERE TRYING TO HELP ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
I WAS SEEING SOME OF THOSE SAME COMMENTS, BUT EVERYONE'S THINKING IT WAS, IT WAS EDMOND AND SO THEY BROUGHT IN THE, THE, THE REST OF THE STORY TO SAY THAT THIS IS WHY THE POWER'S OUT.
OG E HAS TO DO THEIR PART TO HELP RESTORE IT MM-HMM
WE CAN'T CONTROL WHATEVER EL EVERYBODY ELSE IS GONNA SAY OR THINK OR DO ABOUT THAT.
CLINT, DO WE HAVE ANY, I KNOW IT'S A FORECAST OR ESTIMATE WHEN PRESSURE MAY EASE ON EITHER THE SITE SUPPLY CHAIN OR PRICE PRESSURES? UM,
I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A SUPPLY CRUNCH FOR A COUPLE HOLES TO THREE MORE YEARS AT LEAST.
UM, I KNOW PART OF IT IS JUST LABOR.
UM, BUILDING A TRANSFORMER SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'RE THESE BIG GREEN BOXES THAT SHOULD BE PRETTY SIMPLE TO MAKE.
MAKING THAT CORE IS ACTUALLY HANDS-ON THING.
SO THERE'S, IT'S A SKILLED LABOR THAT'S NEEDED TO MANUFACTURE THOSE UNITS.
UM, I DIDN'T, I DON'T SEE THE SHORTAGE ON THE STEEL TO EASE UP ANYTIME SOON.
SO UNFORTUNATELY IT'S GONNA BE A CHALLENGE GOING FORWARD.
IS THAT THE SAME WITH PRICING FOR WHOLESALE? WELL, WHOLESALE POWER IS REALLY DRIVEN BY, UM, NATURAL GAS PRICES IN THE, IN THE MARKET.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE A TREND DOWN IN NATURAL GAS PRICES.
UH, I THINK PART OF THE REASON THAT THEY WENT SO HIGH IN JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST WAS THERE WAS A LESS STORAGE THAN TYPICAL GOING INTO THE WINTER SEASON AND
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WINTER WITH THE HOME HEATING THAT USUALLY IMPACTS PRICE.AND SO I THINK WITH THE EXCESS GENERATION IN JULY AND AUGUST, UM, POWER GENERATION TAKING FROM ALREADY SHORT STORAGE THAT CAUSED A PRICE TO GO UP FOR THOSE MONTHS, I THINK THAT WILL LEAVE OFF, I BELIEVE NEXT SUMMER THEY'RE FORECASTING SOMEWHERE AROUND THREE.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON.
SO RELUCTANT IF I DIDN'T SAY THIS, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME.
I KNOW WE WANTED TO BRING US TO COUNCIL TO SHARE AN UPDATE.
CAUSE YOU MAY GET QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, OUR DEVELOPER COMMUNITY.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE ADMIN 2050, IT MAY BE ADMIN 2055 NOW WITH, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, GROWTH DOES GENERATE SALES TAX, WHICH WE RELY ON HEAVILY HERE AT THE CITY.
AND SO AS DEVELOPMENT IS, COULD BE POTENTIALLY SLOWED, THAT HAS AN IMPACT TO US AND PLUS ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT YOU HAVE.
AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS WE HAVE SO FAR AS WE'RE EVERY YEAR WE TRANSFER SOME AMOUNT OF DOLLARS FROM EDMUND, UH, UTILITIES TO THE GENERAL FUND TO HELP SUPPORT THE GENERAL FUNDS.
SO AS, AS THEY FACE PRESSURE, THAT PUTS THE PRESSURE BACK ON WHAT, WHAT IS OUR CAPABILITY TO TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO IT JUST REINFORCES THE LONG-TERM PRO PROGNOSIS AS FAR AS HOW DO WE CREATE A STABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE FIND THE LEVEL OF SERVICE.
WELL, I WOULD SAY I'D COMMEND YOU ON THAT COMMUNICATION WITH DEVELOPERS IN THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY.
I KNOW ROBERT, ROBERT DOES A GREAT JOB.
AND I THINK AS HONESTLY, IF IT, IF, IF IT'S NOT JUST AN EDMOND ISSUE AND IT'S NOT, OR EVEN AN OKLAHOMA ISSUE, AS LONG AS I THINK THAT, THAT THAT INDUSTRY IS, IS COMFORTABLE THAT YOU'RE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN WITH CREATIVE IDEAS OR YOU DID EVERYTHING YOU COULD TO, TO BE OUT IN FRONT OF IT, THEN UM, THEN THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
BUT, UM, SO I WOULD UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING PROACTIVE WITH IT AND SHOWING THAT, UM, AND, AND BEING AS CREATIVE AS YOU CAN AND, AND THAT'S THE BEST, THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO.
[3. Discussion of City Council 2023 Strategic Plan.]
WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO OUR 2023 STRATEGIC PLAN.JAMES'S GONNA KICK THIS OFF FOR US.
CASEY'S GONNA DO IT, BUT WE UH, CAN DO IT EVEN BETTER.
UM, JANE ROBERTSON, MANAGEMENT SERVICES MANAGER, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER YOUR PRIORITIZATION RESULTS.
UM, AND I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A RECAP OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE UP UNTIL THIS POINT.
UM, SO YOU HAD A WORKSHOP SESSION ON NOVEMBER 4TH, UM, OUT AT THE WATER RESOURCES CENTER WHERE WE WENT OVER, UM, A FINANCIAL UPDATE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT HAD BEEN MADE ON YOUR GOALS THAT ARE ON YOUR 2022 COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, WE WORKED THROUGH WHAT NEEDS TO COME OFF, WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED.
A LOT OF GREAT WORK WAS DONE DURING THAT SESSION.
UM, NORMALLY DURING THAT SESSION WE WOULD COMPLETE IT WITH THE PRIORITIZATION, BUT WE HAD A, A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WAS MISSING.
AND SO WE DELAYED THAT SO THAT SHE COULD BE, UM, A PART OF THAT AND HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION.
SO, UM, AFTER THE WORKSHOP, CASEY WORKED WITH YOU ALL ON THE, THE WORDING FOR ANY WORDING CHANGES THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN.
WE THEN ASKED YOU TO PRIORITIZE THE, YOUR GOALS FOR 2023, WHICH YOU DID.
UH, WE ARE AT A WORKSHOP NOW, UM, TO FINALIZE THAT THERE'S AN ITEM ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA TONIGHT TO, UM, JUST FULLY APPROVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2023.
AND THEN ONCE IT'S BEEN APPROVED, WE WILL TURN THAT INTO THE FORMAL DOCUMENT, WHICH LOOKS LIKE THIS FROM LAST YEAR.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
SO AFTER YOUR NOVEMBER 4TH SESSION, UM, YOU HAD A TOTAL OF 36 GOALS FOR 2023.
YOU HAD, UM, THREE COME OFF, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER IN FOUR.
UM, SO JUST ONE MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
AND AS A REMINDER, THOSE ARE IN YOUR FOUR, UM, BUCKETS AS WE CALL THEM.
MORE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, WHICH ARE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, QUALITY OF LIFE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN PEOPLE AND PARTNERSHIPS.
SO THE GOALS THAT CAME OFF FROM 2022, UH, STEVENSON PARK REDESIGN, THIS CAME OFF BECAUSE IT'S YOUR ROLE IN THAT IS LARGELY DONE.
UH, IT'S IN PROGRESS AND HOPEFULLY SOON TO BE COMPLETED.
THE BEAUTIFICATION OF I 35 CORRIDOR, THIS DIDN'T COME OFF THIS SUBMERGED WITH ANOTHER GOAL.
UM, IT MADE MORE SENSE TO COMBINE IT WITH THE, UH, GOAL YOU HAD FOR ODOT AND I
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35.AND SO WE COMBINED THOSE AND THEN TRAFFIC FLOW AT COVE AND COLTRANE.
UM, THE INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, THERE WILL BE MORE WORK DONE IN THE FUTURE WITH COVE AS A WHOLE.
UM, BUT THAT ONE CAME OFF THE NEW GOALS THAT YOU ADDED, UM, FUNDING SOLUTION FOR CITYLINK BUS ROUTES.
SO YOU RECENTLY, UM, APPROVED SOME CHANGES TO THOSE ROUTES.
WE WERE ABLE TO FUND THAT THROUGH ARPA, UH, IN THE MEANTIME.
BUT THAT'S LOOKING FOR LONG-TERM FUNDING SOURCES, RECYCLING SERVICES, OFFERINGS AND COSTS, UM, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ARCADIA LAKE MASTER PLAN.
THERE IS ANOTHER, UH, GOAL ON HERE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT MASTER PLAN.
BUT THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESULTS OF THAT.
AND THEN SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNCOMMON GROUND SCULPTURE PARK.
SO AS AN OVERVIEW, SEPARATED INTO THEIR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, YOU HAVE FIVE GOALS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, 11 IN QUALITY OF LIFE, 19 IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN ONE IN PEOPLE IN PARTNERSHIPS.
AND THE ONE IN PEOPLE IN PARTNERSHIPS IS THE, UH, PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
SO JUST, UH, TWO REMINDERS BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE PRIORITIZATION.
ONE, A GOAL WOULD NOT BE ON HERE IF IT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO YOU.
WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE RANKING AND TIERS, IT'S KIND OF EASY TO THINK LIKE, OH, THAT'S NOT AS IMPORTANT, OR YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
IT WOULDN'T BE ON HERE IF YOU DIDN'T THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BEGIN WITH.
I WOULD DEBATE THAT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER UP HERE,
UM, YOUR SECOND REMINDER IS THAT A LOWER RANKING COULD BE FOR MANY REASONS.
UM, IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE YOUR ROLE IN IT MIGHT NOT BE AS ACTIVE IN THE NEXT YEAR.
IT MIGHT BE MORE IN THE FUTURE.
UH, IT COULD BE, UM, YOUR ROLE HAS MOSTLY DONE WITH THAT GOAL.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, OR THEY COULD HAVE JUST BEEN MORE IMPORTANT.
THAT'S AN OPTION, BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY OPTION OF THE ONLY REASON SOMETHING RANKED LOWER OVERALL.
SO JUST TWO REMINDERS BEFORE WE LOOK AT THE FINAL RESULTS.
UM, AND THE FULLEST OF RESULTS IS ATTACHED TO THE ITEM FOR TONIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING IF THE PUBLIC WANTS TO SEE THAT, UM, IN ALL THOSE RANKINGS.
AND THEN THIS PRESENTATION IS ALSO ATTACHED IF THEY WANT TO ACCESS IT.
UM, SO OUR PROCESS FOR PRIORITIZATION, WE ASK EACH OF YOU TO RANK EACH GOAL ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10, ONE BEING THE LOWEST, 10 BEING THE HIGHEST, UH, IN TERMS OF PRIORITY.
AND THEN WE COMPILED ALL THOSE RANKINGS.
WE TOTALED THEM, AVERAGED THEM, UH, AND THEN PUT THEM IN ORDER.
AND THEN WE IDENTIFIED TIERS FOR YOUR RANGES.
SO WE HAVE FOR Y'ALL, UM, STARS.
SO ONE STAR GOALS, THE LOWER FOUR STARS, THE HIGHER.
SO, UM, THE TIER RANGES THIS YEAR WERE DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR BECAUSE THE WAY YOUR SCORINGS AVERAGED OUT THE GROUPINGS WERE MUCH TIGHTER.
SO, AS AN EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR, YOUR TOP TIER WAS STARTED AT AN 86.
UM, IF WE HAD DONE THAT THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE 25 OUT OF YOUR 36 SCHOOLS WOULD'VE BEEN IN YOUR TOP TIER, WHICH KIND OF DEFEATS THE POINT OF PRIORITIZATION TO BEGIN WITH
UM, SO WE HAD TO DO THE TIER RANGES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
UM, AND WE PLAYED AROUND WITH THIS, LOOKED AT DIFFERENT, UH, BREAKDOWNS, BUT THIS IS ULTIMATELY THE ONE WE LANDED ON.
UM, I TURNED THOSE AVERAGE SCORES INTO PERCENTAGES CUZ THAT'S THE WAY MY BRAIN READS AND IT WAS EASIER TO LOOK AT.
UM, BUT THOSE WERE YOUR RANGES FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF NINETIES, WHICH IS WHY THAT GROUP IS LARGER.
I THINK YOU HAD EIGHT OR NINE NINETIES, UM, 80 TO 87.
AND THEN ANYTHING BELOW A 79, THAT WAS A PRETTY CLEAR DISTINCTION.
SO YOU ENDED UP WITH SEVEN IN YOUR FOUR STAR CATEGORY.
13 IN THE THREE STAR NINE AND THE TWO STAR AND SEVEN AND ONE STAR.
SO YOUR FOUR STAR GOALS BASED OFF OF THOSE BREAKDOWNS, UM, AT THE VERY TOP, IT WAS ALMOST A PERFECT 10, WAS THE ULI STUDY.
UM, THEN WE HAD THE CITY HALL AND PARKING GARAGE, UH, IMPLEMENTING THE NEEDS IDENTIFIED BY THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF PURSUING ALTERNATE FUNDING METHODS FOR TRANSPORTATION, REDEVELOPING VACATED CITY PROPERTIES AFTER THE CITY HOLLAND PARKING GARAGE DEVELOPMENT, THE, UM, HOUSING ASSESSMENT OR INDEX TO LOOK AT THE GAPS.
AND THEN IMPLEMENTING EAST EDMOND 2050, YOUR THREE STAR GOALS.
UM, SUPPORTING RTA AND THEIR COMMUTER RAIL PROJECT.
WIDENING DANFORTH AND KELLY, DETERMINING AND IMPLEMENTING, UM, EXPANDED SEAL
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LINK BUS ROUTES, UH, MASTER PLAN FOR ARCADIA LAKE, BOTH THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION WATER AND ELECTRIC SMART METER IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH WE JUST HEARD ABOUT.UH, WATER TREATMENT PLAN EXPANSION PLAN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND LIBRARY, UH, OVERLAY DISTRICT TIF, DISTRICT KICKING BIRD GOLF CONSTRUCTION UPGRADES, AC CAPLINGER AT HAYFORD PARK, ROUTE 66 TRAIL CONNECTOR.
AND THEN LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT METHODS.
UM, FILLING IN THE GAPS IN SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS ALONG KEY TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS.
UM, BEST APPROACH TO RECYCLING SERVICES TO BALANCE OFFERINGS AND COSTS.
SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION OF ARCADIA LAKE MASTER PLAN, SUPPORTING CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNCOMMON GROUND SCULPTURE PARK.
CONTINUED PLANNING WITH ODOT FOR THE REVAMPING OF THE I 35 CORRIDOR, INCLUDING THE ACCESS ROADS TURNAROUNDS AND BEAUTIFICATION MEASURES.
THAT WAS WHERE WE GROUPED THOSE TWO GOALS IN.
TOGETHER EXPANDED TOURISM THROUGH A POTENTIAL LODGING TAX INCREASE, WIDENING SECOND AND BOULEVARD AND SUPPORTING THE CORRESPONDING ADMIN, ELECTRIC UTILITY RELOCATIONS, IMPLEMENTING THE WAYFINDING AND PLACE MARKING SYSTEM.
AND THEN SUPPORTING CONSTRUCTION OF UPGRADES THAT SERVICE BLAKE SOCCER COMPLEX.
LASTLY, YEAR ONE STAR GOALS IMPLEMENT PHASE THREE OF ITS INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC SYSTEM.
UM, SUPPORT, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MITCH PARK.
MASTER PLAN COMPLETION OF THE COVE PARKWAY DEVELOPMENT, PURSUIT DEVELOPMENT OF INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX AT I 35 AND COVE.
UH, PURSUE GROWTH OF USERS AND REVENUE AT GUTHRIE EDMOND REGIONAL AIRPORT, UH, SUPPORTING THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PROJECT AND THEN THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
SO THOSE WERE ALL THE GOALS IN THOSE DIFFERENT TIERS.
UM, I'LL TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT OUR, WHAT WE'LL DO AS STAFF MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN I THINK, UM, WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU ALL.
BUT MOVING FORWARD, AFTER WE GET YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT, WE'LL TURN THIS INTO YOUR FINAL DOCUMENT.
UM, HOW WE USE THE PRIORITIZATION AS STAFF.
SO WE DO OUR OWN INTERNAL STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT WILL START IN JANUARY FOR US FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, WE TAKE YOUR FOUR AND THREE STAR GOALS AND WE ASK OUR, OUR DEPARTMENTS TO LOOK AT THOSE GOALS AND IF THEY PLAY A ROLE IN THEM, UM, IN THE NEXT YEAR, WE ASK THEM TO INCORPORATE THOSE INTO THEIR INTERNAL STRATEGIC PLANS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THEIR HIGHEST PRIORITIES.
SO THAT'S HOW WE INTERPRET AND USE THE PRIORITIZED GOALS AS STAFF.
UM, BUT I THINK MR. RIGBY HAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS PRIORITIZATION MEANS TO YOU.
SO I'LL TURN IT BACK TO HIM FOR A SECOND.
UM, I, FOR STAFF PURPOSES, WE'D LIKE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK AND IT CAN BE A, A VARIETY OF YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT, IN YOUR MIND, WHAT'S A FOUR VERSUS A THREE VERSUS TWO VERSUS ONE.
CUZ WE HAD SOME INSTANCES AND, AND, UM, WE LOOKED AT 'EM LIKE LAST YEAR.
I WANNA SAY LIKE THE INDOOR SPORTS MARINE WAS LIKE A FOUR AND THIS YEAR WAS A ONE.
SO I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DOES THAT MEAN LIKE, HEY, WE'RE COOL NOW WHEN I SAY COOL, NOT LIKE COOL, BUT WE'RE COOL NOW TO THE IDEA OF THAT PROJECT THAT'S NOT AS BIG AS A PART AS IT WAS LAST YEAR OR IS IT WE THINK WE'RE FURTHER ENOUGH DOWN THE ROAD WITH SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
CAUSE NOW IT'S A, I DUNNO WHAT IT IS, A TWO MM-HMM.
SO JUST THE MORE CLARITY CAN HELP US.
SO AS WE SEE, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT NUMBER, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UM, LIKE RTA FOR EXAMPLE, REGIONAL TRANS, IT'S A THREE.
WE, WE WILL DO SOME THINGS FOR RTA, BUT A LOT OF THAT IS WE ARE PART OF A REGIONAL ASSOCIATION.
IT CAN ONLY MOVE AS FAST AS REGIONAL ASSOCIATION.
SO I JUST WANNA BE CAREFUL THAT SOMEHOW THERE'S MISCOMMUNICATION AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING SOMETHING IN YOUR MIND VERSUS WHAT WE MAY TAKE AWAY FROM IT.
SO THE MORE CLARIFICATION YOU PROVIDE, PROBABLY THE BETTER WE CAN HOPEFULLY SUCCEED IN YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
SO THAT'S MY GENERAL COMMENT IN QUESTION TO US.
ARE THERE CERTAIN THINGS PARTICULARLY YOU WANT US TO HIGHLIGHT TO US? THE MORE CLARIFICATION WOULD BE GREAT.
I KNOW STAFF IS ALL LOOKING LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT DO WE, WHAT, HOW DO WE APPLY OUR TIME AND EFFORTS ON IT? SO, AND, AND YOU SKEWED MANY THINGS, BUT ANYWAY,
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WERE 50, 60, 70 5% INTO THAT PROJECT.SO SHOULD THAT BE AT 10? RIGHT? AND HERE WE ARE VOTING ON IT, UHHUH,
AND SO THAT'S, AND THAT'S THE THING.
THIS DOCUMENT IS, EVEN THOUGH IT BECOMES, IN MY MIND STAGNANT FOR A SECOND, IT'S STILL FLUID.
NOW WE, WE JUST HEARD FROM ELECTRIC, THERE'S A POTENTIAL WHERE THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT TO SOME OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF, OF, OF SHORTAGES AND ALL THAT.
HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR THAT? HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, AND A LOT OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WE THAT ARE ON THE LIST BLEND INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
IT IS NOT JUST THAT ONE ITEM, IT'S ALSO, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT ARE FEEDING INTO IT.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALREADY DO.
WE, WE'RE ALREADY FULLY ENGAGED IN DOING THAT.
DO WE JUST PUT IT TO THE SIDE AND NOT VOTE ON IT ANYMORE? BUT THEN THE QUESTION'S GONNA BE WHAT'S FULLY ENGAGED? WHAT IS THAT PARAMETER? WELL, I THINK KICKING BIRD IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THAT.
CLEARLY IT'S A PRIORITY MM-HMM.
WE'RE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO AT THIS POINT.
WE WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP, PRIORITIZE IT.
BUT I ALSO LOOK AT THEM AND, AND THINK ABOUT THEY'RE IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TOO.
I KNOW YOU GUYS LOOK AT IT AS FROM THE TOP IN CITY MANAGEMENT OF, OF OVERSEEING THAT AND, AND, AND HELPING WITH, WITH THOSE RESOURCES.
BUT IF WE HAVE, I MEAN I WOULD KIND OF, AND, AND, AND CAN'T ANSWER THIS NOW, BUT SOMEWHAT OF A QUESTION WOULD BE BACK AT, AT YOU IN SAYING HOW MUCH CAN, HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SURE.
AND CUZ IF YOU CAN HANDLE, WE HAVE, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY FOUR AND THREE STAR, IF WE HAD 10 OR 12 PROJECTS OR MAYBE MORE.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU ONLY HANDLE SIX? OR OR CAN YOU HANDLE 20? AND SO THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW EITHER.
UH, IF YOU HAVE IT, HOW, HOW MANY ARE IN, I NOTICED WE'VE GOT A FEW IN PARKS AND REC MM-HMM.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT A FEW IN, IN ENGINEERING, AND SO THEY ARE IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND I KNOW SOME CAN HANDLE MORE THAN OTHERS.
AND SO I THINK THAT HAS TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION WITH, IF Y'ALL TAKE THIS IN, IN YOUR PLANNING AND SAY THIS IS HOW MUCH WE CAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN BE SET ON THE FOUR AND THREE STARS UNTIL Y'ALL KNOW IF YOU CAN HANDLE LESS OR MORE IN PARTICULAR DEPARTMENTS.
WELL, AND LIKE THE SMART METERS THERE THAT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED.
SO DO DO, WERE WE SUPPOSED TO VOTE 10? YEAH.
OR IS THAT A FOUR BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY GOING.
SO ON HERE, WHAT IS IT? IS IT A THREE SMART METER? YES.
AND SO YEAH, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING IT, BUT HOWEVER, IT'S ALMOST LIKE ELECTRIC CAN GO OR WHOEVER DOES THIS, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO PUT THAT ON OUR LIST BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEING DONE.
OR DO YOU WANT IT STILL AT THE TOP OF THAT? I MEAN, I, I GO BACK TO YOUR POINT, JANE MM-HMM.
THAT'S WHY WE, THAT'S WHY WE LABEL.
I FELT LIKE I SCORED HIGHER ITEMS THAT I FELT LIKE NEEDED MORE PUBLICITY, SO TO SPEAK, OR, OR HIGHLIGHTED.
FOR EXAMPLE, AC CAPLINGER BALL FIELDS.
THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
IT NEEDS, WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME CHANGES OF PLANS MM-HMM.
AND SO TO ME THAT NEEDS MORE ATTENTION THAN SMART METERS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND GOING AND IMPLEMENTING.
AND SO I THINK FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO TRY TO SUPPORT OR HIGHLIGHT OR PUSH FORWARD? AND SO, UM, I MEAN I DEFINITELY KIND OF RANKED THEM THAT WAY.
I MEAN, JUST LIKE KICKING BIRD, I MEAN, I'M THINK IT'S A HUGE PRIORITY AND GONNA BE A GREAT BENEFIT, BUT YEAH, THERE, IT, IT DOESN'T NEED THAT HIGHLIGHTER THAT ATTENTION OR PRIORITIZATION AT THIS STAGE OF THE PROCESS.
SO NOW THAT WE ALL TALK ABOUT IT, WE MIGHT HAVE ALL SCORED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
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IF YOU WERE COMPARING AC CAPLINGER AND SERVICE BLAKE SOC, BASEBALL AND SOCCER MM-HMM.UM, AND NATURALLY WE'VE ALREADY CONTRACTED THE SOCCER SO IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S YEAH.
IT'S NOT, WE HAVEN'T HIGHLIGHTED RIGHT MM-HMM.
SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE A, MAYBE A SUGGESTION IS FOR NEXT YEAR, IF A, IF A AT THE TIME WE DO THIS, IF A PROJECT IS ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT, THEN MAYBE IT'S IN, IT'S EITHER IN ITS OWN CATEGORY OR IT DOESN'T GET ORGANIZATION.
MAYBE, MAYBE AT THE BOTTOM OF STRATEGIC PLANNING THEN THERE'S LIKE PROJECTS YEAH.
YOU KNOW, RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS ALREADY APPLIED TO THAT.
WHERE THE PROJECT IS, IS IT REACHED 75% COMPLETION.
MAYBE IS THAT OR IT'S BURDENED MM-HMM.
MAYBE THAT'S, AND THAT'S I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AS INTERNALLY AS WE PROBABLY NEED TO SPEND SOME MORE TIME EARLY ON BEFORE WE GET TO THE RETREAT OR WHATEVER TO SAY, HERE'S THE STATUS OF THIS ITEM MM-HMM.
SO IT'S REAL REALISTIC EXPECTATION.
UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK TO YOUR POINT, I MEAN HAYFORD, THE BALL FIELDS AT HAYFORD PARK OR AN 8.8 AND A THREE STAR VERSUS THE, THE BLAKE SOCCER COMPLEX, IT DOESN'T MEAN SOCCER'S LESS IMPORTANT THAN BASEBALL, BUT IT MEANS THAT THAT'S ALREADY, ALREADY IT IS NOT CONTRACTED TO BE DONE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE LIKE, THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
UM, I DO THINK THE INDOOR SPORTS ARENA IS, IS WORTH DISCUSSING A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE WENT FROM A A FOUR PRIORITY TO A ONE PRIORITY.
AND SO DOES THAT MEAN WE AS A COUNCIL ARE VIEWING THAT PROJECT NOT AS URGENT OR THINGS HAVE CHANGED? UM, WELL I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT, HOWEVER, IT'S GETTING VERY FRUSTRATING.
I THINK THERE'S BURNOUT MM-HMM.
DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T, I DON'T SUPPORT IT, BUT I'M GETTING VERY FRUSTRATED.
AND I THINK FOR, FOR ME, I MEAN TO BE TRANSPARENT TOO, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE, WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO ALL THE THINGS MM-HMM.
AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'VE GOT ALL THESE PROJECTS AND NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND THEM, DO WE LOOK AT MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY FUNDING THAT AS WITH AS MANY DOLLARS OR, YOU KNOW, IN HOW WE SUPPORT AND FUND IT.
AND WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT MADE OUR LIST.
SO IT'S, IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT THE LIST AND GO, OH, SO THAT'S NOT VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT IT WAS ON THE LIST WHEN I CAME HERE.
AND IT'S, SO I THINK THERE IS SOME ON THE LIST WHEN I'M LEAVING.
SO IS IT REALLY GONNA, HOW IMPORTANT REALLY WAS IT? RIGHT? YEAH.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL ADVISORY, UH, OR THE VETERANS MEMORIAL, UM, I KNOW THAT THEY REALLY HAVE FUNDRAISING GOALS.
WE HAD IT ON OUR AGENDA THAT THEY'RE GONNA USE THE OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO, I MEAN THAT IS IMPORTANT.
I, I KNOW IT'S A ONE STAR, BUT I THINK PROBABLY WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT ALL WE CAN REALLY DO.
OUR, THE ADVISORY COUNCIL IS THE ONE, ARE THE ONES WHO ARE DOING THE FUNDRAISING.
WE'RE MORE JUST PAY FOR SOMEBODY TO SEE THIS AND THANK SO YOU DON'T THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT? WE DO.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT STAFF OR COUNCIL CAN NECESSARILY DO, BUT WE CAN SUPPORT.
BUT IT'S NOT LIKE A PROJECT WHERE GETTING IT DONE IS A HUNDRED PERCENT THE CITY'S STAFF AND MM-HMM.
AND SO THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF PRIORITIZING MAYBE.
THERE'S SO MUCH THAT SCOTT IS, IS SAYING IS WE'RE SPENDING MONEY.
WHERE DOES SPEND, WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO? WHAT CAN STAFF DO? AND THEN EACH YEAR WE, WE HAVE, I MEAN THERE'S, SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE, THERE'S BEEN PROJECTS THAT AT THE START OF THE YEAR THERE WEREN'T ON ANYBODY'S LIST.
AND THEN SOMETIME MIDPOINT IT'S ON A LIST.
AND SO THEN I WOULD SAY, DID WE PRIORITIZE THAT? WE COLLECTIVELY PRIORITIZE IT TO WHERE IT'S ON A LIST NOW.
AND SO THAT INFLUENCES OTHER THINGS THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE LIMITED, UH, HUMAN CAPITAL, WE HAVE LIMITED DOLLARS.
SO WE MOVED THIS ONE HERE THAT WASN'T ON A LIST LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO.
THAT'S WHY I SAID THIS DOCUMENT IS VERY FLUID.
IT'S VERY, SO MUCH HARDER TO DO SINCE IT COST OF EVERYTHING DOES MM-HMM.
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FOR INSTANCE, THE, UH, UM, PERFORMING ARTS CENTER'S BEEN ON THAT, OR ON THAT LIST I BELIEVE FOR A LONG TIME.UM, BUT IT HASN'T GOTTEN MUCH ATTENTION.
I MEAN, BUT IT IS ON THEIR LIST THAT THE CITIZENS CAME UP WITH.
WELL, I THINK WE, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT IN THE CONTROL OF THE CITY.
AND IF, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYMORE PARTNER, IF WE HAD THE PARTNER, IT WOULD BECOME A PRIORITY.
BUT I, I MEAN, I THINK GETTING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, SCOTT, MY ANSWER WOULD BE IT'S NOT.
I MEAN, I VOTED THE WAY I VOTED MM-HMM.
BUT I WOULD ALSO BE OKAY WITH YOU TAKING THIS, IT NOT BEING SET AS FAR AS THE STARS MM-HMM.
UM, BUT YOU'RE, YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO HAVE TO GET IT DONE MM-HMM.
I, I LIKE THE IDEA AND IS WE'LL PROBABLY COME BACK, YOU KNOW, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, PROBABLY MORE FEBRUARY HAD SOME TIME TO DIGEST THIS DISCUSSION.
AND MAYBE WE LOOK AT IT WHAT REASONABLY CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS IN THE NEXT COURSE OF NEXT YEAR AND COME BACK AND SAY HERE'S KIND OF THE REAL REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS OR TARGETS WE WANT TO HIT TO ON THIS NUMBER FOUR ITEM THAT YOU'VE LISTED OR THIS NUMBER THREE ITEM.
UM, SO, AND I THINK WE'LL TINKER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
IS THERE, IS THERE THERE IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE TO THIS PRIORITIZATION PROCESS? AND I THINK ALSO WE'RE ALL SAYING JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING'S SCORED LOWER, IF IT'S IN THE PROCESS, DON'T TAKE IT OFF
AND CLEARLY IF I HAD IT TO DO OVER, I WOULDN'T SHARE MINE WITH MY COLLEAGUE.
UH, WE HAVE THIS FLUID DOCUMENT, HOW DO YOU ALL USE IT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS? RIGHT? I, I MEAN I'VE POINTED IT OUT TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT THIS PRIORITIES ARE FOR THE COUNCIL.
WHAT'D YOU I'M SORRY, WHAT'D YOU SAY? OH, THE, NO, HE WAS TALKING, DAVID WAS TALKING
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE.
WELL, WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MORE OF THESE, SO THEN WE GOTTA GET IT ALL OUT.
THE, HOW DO YOU ALL USE THIS DOCUMENT? UH, WE CREATED IT.
IT'S, IT BECOMES A PRINTED DOCUMENT AND, AND LIKE FOR ME, WHEN I GO SPEAK IN FRONT OF GROUPS MM-HMM.
SO I TRY TO USE IT AS A, AS A BASIS.
SO I WAS ASKING YOU ALL, I USE IT A LOT WHEN I VISIT WITH RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT'S THIS IS THE QUESTION.
SO WHAT'S GOING ON IN EDMOND? WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING? RIGHT.
AND HOPEFULLY OUR CANDIDATES FOR, UM, OFFICE WILL BE REFERRING TO IT MM-HMM.
WELL, I DON'T, WELL IT SHOWS YEAH, THAT FOR WARD ONE AND WAR II, I MEAN MM-HMM.
CAUSE I KNEW THEN WHAT THE, THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES WERE AND WHAT WE'RE ALREADY, RIGHT.
I LOVE TO SAY THAT EVERY MAJOR PROJECT THAT'S HAPPENED IN EDMOND HAS BEEN ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AT SOME POINT.
AND SO THAT'S, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO TELL EITHER CANDIDATES OR CITIZENS OR PEOPLE THAT WANT, WANT TO HELP GET THINGS SOMETHING DONE OR SOMETHING ACCOMPLISHED.
IT IT, AS FRUSTRATING AS IT CAN BE FOR ME SOMETIMES, AND MY PERSONALITY IS, IT, IT SHOWS THAT IT MAY TAKE, IT TRULY MAY TAKE TWO OR THREE YEARS MM-HMM.
AND, AND SO IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD TOOL TO SHOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THIS IS HOW, THIS IS HOW WE DO IT IN EDMOND AND THIS IS HOW WE PLAN PROJECTS TOGETHER.
UM, WE'VE KIND OF ALREADY TALKED
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A BIT ABOUT THIS, BUT WHAT I'M HEARING, CUZ YOU DO HAVE AN ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA TO APPROVE YOUR 2023 STRATEGIC PLAN.SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS MAYBE WE'RE GOOD WITH THE GOALS, BUT WE'RE NOT AS SURE ON THE PRIORITIZATION BECAUSE OF RESOURCE RESTRICTIONS.
AS WE, THAT'S WHY WE MEET EVERY TWO WEEKS AND WE HAVE OUR OTHER MEETINGS MM-HMM.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE UP HERE.
I ALSO THINK IT'D BE COOL TO HEAR WHAT OUR COMMITTEES OF CITIZENS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES TO SEE OH, SURE.
BECAUSE EACH OF THEM ARE SPENDING THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO BE ON COMMITTEES TO GET THESE THINGS ACCOMPLISHED.
MANY OF THESE THINGS ACCOMPLISHED.
AND UH, SO I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE A VOICE IN IT TOO.
ARE YOU ALL THINKING WE DON'T VOTE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND PRIORITIZATION TONIGHT? WE, I THINK IT'S FINE.
WE GET THAT INPUT OR WE, OR WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT, BUT THEN KEEPING IN MIND THE FLEXIBILITY, RIGHT.
THE INPUT FROM COMMITTEES AS WELL.
I THINK WE HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH EVERYTHING WE DO BECAUSE I THINK YOU WERE HEARING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO I, I THINK THAT WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL IS, YOU KNOW, WE CHOOSE TO APPROVE TONIGHT, STAFF WILL THEN GO BACK.
AND I'LL CALL IT DO A RESOURCE ALLOCATION CAPABILITY FOR NEXT YEAR COMING BACK TO YOU AS WE GONNA ORDER COMMITTEES AND, AND BOARDS IS SHARE THAT WITH THEM AS WELL.
AND AS THEY LOOK AT PRIORITIZING PROJECT, THIS DOCUMENT IS KIND OF THAT GUIDING PRINCIPLE.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE PRIORITIZATION LIST.
WELL, THERE MAY BE C CIRCUMSTANTIAL, WE SAY THIS ONE HAS TO MOVE UP MM-HMM.
LET'S NOT LOSE SIGHT ON THOSE.
AND SAY IT'S OUR, OUR CURRENT INVOLVEMENT AND HOW THAT GOES WITH THE SPORTS COMPLEX.
IF SOMETHING IS SO CLOSE, THEN WE WANT TO HEAR, WE WANT TO HEAR THAT.
AND IF YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT AH, WE'RE SO CLOSE AND IF WE PUSH A LITTLE HARDER, UM, I THINK WE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT.
WELL, AND AGAIN, IT'S ON THE LIST, IT'S IMPORTANT.
SO IF IT CAN GET DONE, LET'S GET IT DONE.
THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAD FOR YOU UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANKS JANE.
WELL THAT PART OF OUR EVENING IS OVER.
NOW WE GO TO OUR NEXT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AT FOUR 30 OUR LEADERSHIP EDMOND DINNER.
UH, IF YOU GOT YOUR ORDER IN FOR YOUR STEAKS, HOW YOU WANT 'EM,
SOMEHOW THAT'LL BE PUT ON YOUR PIZZA.
THAT IS GONNA BE AT FOUR 30 OVER AT THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER IN ROOM ONE 18.
HAVING WE SAID THAT OUR INITIAL WORKSHOP IS OVER.