[1. Call to Order by Mayor Darrell A. Davis.]
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I'D LIKE TO CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER ON APRIL 10TH, 2023.
[2. Approval of City Council Meeting Minutes: March 27, 2023]
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 27TH, 2023.THOSE MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS.
I DO WANNA MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ON, IF YOU'RE HERE FOR ITEM A C, WHICH WAS A REZONING FROM A D TWO TO A E TWO PUBLIC DISPLAY, THAT ONE'S GOING TO, UH, WHEN WE GET TO IT, IT'S GONNA BE MOVED TO MAY 8TH, SO WE WILL NOT BE HEARING THAT CASE TONIGHT.
IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE EIGHT C CASE.
JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT GONNA BE HEARING THAT TONIGHT.
[A. Recognition of the University of Central Oklahoma Wrestling Team for being NCAA Division II National Champions.]
OKAY.NOW, ON TO COUNCIL OF PRESENTATIONS.
THIS IS THE UCO, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WRESTLING TEAM.
THEY WON THE NCAA DIVISION TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA ON MARCH 11TH.
THIS IS THE PROGRAM, 16TH TEAM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND THEIR FIRST, SINCE 2007, THE TEAM HAD NINE WRESTLERS REACH ALL AMERICAN STATUS, TWO INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS AND ONE WRESTLER NAMED NATIONAL WRESTLER OF THE YEAR.
THEIR HEAD COACH IS TODD TYK AND OOH, GOT IT.
AND WHAT I, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING LATELY IS BRINGING SOME OF THE GOODNESS THAT EDMOND HAS DOWN HERE AND WELCOME HIM TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU FOLKS.
I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO THANK MAYOR DAVIS AND THE COUNCIL FOR INVITING YOU, INVITING US OUT THIS EVENING.
UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN EDMOND.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT 20 OR SO OF 'EM.
THEY'RE UGLY, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOOD GUYS.
AND IT'S AN HONOR TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF EDMOND AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
WE'RE PROUD TO BE HERE AND, UH, I'M PROUD OF THESE GUYS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY TOUGH BABIES.
YOU NOTICE THE COACHES ALWAYS WENT AWAY WITH SAYING, CALLING HIM UGLY.
YOU DIDN'T HEAR ANY INVESTING.
[B. Proclamation for Water Conservation Month and Drinking Water Week.]
MM-HMM.WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, IN HIGH SCHOOL PROCLAMATIONS HERE.
DID YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS WATER CONSERVATION MONTH AND DRINKING WATER WHEATED
WHEREAS THE CITY OF EDMOND, THIS PROCLAMATION IS FOR THE WATER CONSERVATION MONTH AND DRINKING WATER WHEAT.
THE CITY OF EDMOND, OKLAHOMA CONTINUES TO EXPLORE WAYS TO MANAGE RESIDENTIAL CONSUMPTION OF WATER AND POWER, AND TO INSPIRE ITS RESIDENTS TO CARE FOR OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.
AND WATER IS OUR MOST VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCE IN DRINKING WATER SERVES AS A VITAL ROLE IN DAILY LIFE, SERVING AN ESSENTIAL PURPOSE TO HEALTH, HYDRATION, HYGIENE NEEDS FOR THE EQUALITY OF LIFE OUR CITIZENS ENJOY.
AND TAP WATER DELIVERS PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION.
FIRE PROTECTION SUPPORTS TO OUR ECONOMY AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
WE ENJOY THE HARD WORK PERFORMED BY THE ENTIRE WATER SECTOR, DESIGNING CAPITAL PROJECTS, OPERATORS, ENSURING THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER OF
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A MEMBER OF A PIPE CREW, MAINTAINING THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITIES RELY ON, RELY ONTO TRANSFERRED HOT TRANSPORT, HIGH QUALITY DRINKING WATER FROM A SOURCE TO CONSUMERS TAPS.AND WE ALL ARE STEWARDS OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPON WHICH CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS DEPEND.
AND CITIES SHOULD GOOD CAN ENGAGE IN EFFORTS TO INSPIRE THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS THEIR NEIGHBORING CITIZENS CITIES TO BECOME BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL STORAGE.
AND WHEREAS ON THE 11TH ANNUAL NATIONAL MAYOR'S CHALLENGE OF WATER CONSERVATION, PRESENTED BY WYLAND FOUNDATIONS WITH THIS, WITH SUPPORT FROM TOYOTA, THE US EPA WATER SENSES, THE TORO COMPANY AND THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, IS A NONPROFIT CHALLENGE TO RESIDENTS TO ENCOURAGE POLLUTION REDUCTION IN SMART WATER USE.
AND WHEREAS WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THEIR MAYORS, ME RESIDENTS MAY REGISTER THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY'S CHALLENGE ONLINE BY MAKING SIMPLE PLEDGES TO DECREASE THEIR WATER USE AND TO REDUCE POLLUTION FOR THIS PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, THEREBY ASSISTING THEIR CITIES TO APPLY STATE AND FEDERAL WATER CONSERVATION STRATEGIES AND TO TARGET MANDATED REDUCTIONS.
AND FROM ONE APRIL, TWO 30 APRIL, THE CITY OF EDMOND WISHES TO INSPIRE ITS RESIDENTS IN ITS NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES TO TAKE THE WILDLANDS MAYOR MAYOR'S CHALLENGE FOR WATER CONSERVATION BY MAKING IT A SIMPLE ON A SERIES OF ONLINE PLEDGES@MYWATERPLEDGE.COM, TO REDUCE THEIR IMPACT ON THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND TO SEE THE IMMEDIATE SAVINGS IN THE WATER, TRASH, AND ELECTRIC ELECTRICITY BILLS.
THE PROGRAM IS TO BE IMPLEMENTED FROM ONE THROUGH 30, UH, APRIL, 2023, THROUGH A SERIES OF COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH STRATEGIES WHERE WHETHER NEW OR EXISTING, TO ENCOURAGE EDMUND RESIDENTS TO TAKE THE CONSERVATION CHALLENGE IN FROM MAY 7TH THROUGH MAY 13TH, 2023.
THE CITY OF EDMOND WISHES TO CONTINUE ENCOURAGING THE RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES TO HELP PROTECT OUR SOURCE WATER FROM POLLUTION AND PRACTICE WATER CONSERVATION IN RECOGNITION OF DRINKING WATER WEAK.
NOW, THEREFORE, I DARRYL A DAVIS, THE MAYOR OF CITY OF EDMOND, OKLAHOMA, ON BEHALF OF EDMUND CITY COUNCIL DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL ONE THROUGH 30TH, 2023 AS THE WYLANDS MAYOR CHALLENGE FOR WATER CONSERVATION MONTH IN MAY 7TH THROUGH THROUGH 13 20 23 AS DRINKING WATER WEEK AND CALL UPON THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF EDMOND TO JOIN IN ACCEPTING THESE CHALLENGES GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL CITY OF EDMOND ON ITS 10TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023.
THIS CHALLENGE, WE DID IT LAST YEAR AND I THINK WE CAME AT 11TH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THIS, IN THIS COUNTRY.
SO I'M CHALLENGING EDMOND NOW.
WE CAN CONSERVE OUR WATER BECAUSE IT'S A NATURAL RESOURCE FOR US.
AND WE, AND ED, AS YOU KNOW, ANY CITY THAT CONTROLS ITS WATER CAN CONTROL ITS FUTURE IN DESTINY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PROCLAMATION IS FOR.
CHIEF THANK WAS GONNA RECEIVE THAT.
[C. Proclamation for National Public Safety Telecommunicator's Week.]
AND THIS IS THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK.SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TELE 9 1 1 SAFETY, UH, THE, THE, UM, TORNADO SIRENS, OUR, OUR BROADBAND PEOPLE, ALL THAT, HOW IT HELPS US STAY SAFE AND ED AND EDMOND.
SO THIS IS, THIS PROCLAMATION IS TRYING TO BRING ALL THAT TOGETHER HERE.
UM, WHEREAS IN 1991, CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION NAMED THE SECOND FULL WEEK IN APRIL EVERY YEAR, NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK, ANDER EMERGENCIES CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME AS WE KNOW, OR ANY PLACE OR REQUIRE THE ASSISTANCE OF POLICE, FIRE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
AND 9 1 1 IS THE HOTLINE FOR HELP FOR PEOPLE IN THE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
AND THE NINE ONE ONE CALL TAKERS VOICE IS THE FIRST ASSURANCE THAT HELP IS ON ITS WAY.
AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS REGULARLY MEET THE CHALLENGES OF EXTREMELY STRESSFUL SITUATIONS WITH CALMNESS AND EFFICIENCY.
AND WHEN AN EMERGENCY OCCURS, THE PROMPT RESPONSE OF POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND PARAMEDICS, IT'S CRITICAL TO, TO THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY AND THE SAFETY OF THESE EMERGENCIES.
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IS DEPENDENT UPON THE QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CITIZENS WHO CALL THE NINE ONE ONE COMMUNICATION CENTER.AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS ARE THE FIRST FIRST RESPONDERS PROVIDING ASSISTANCE BEFORE ANY OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVE ON THE SCENE.
AND PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONALS ARE A VITAL LINK FOR OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS BY MONITORING THEIR ACTIVITIES, BY RADIO, PROVIDING THROUGH, UH, THEM INFORMATION AND ENSURING THEIR SAFETY AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS IS IN THE CITY OF EDMOND, CONTRIBUTE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE APPREHENSIVE APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS, SUPPRESSION OF FIRE AND TREATMENT OF INJURIES AND ILLNESS ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND EACH DISPATCHER END CALL TAKER HAS EXHIBITED COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING, AND PROFESSIONALISM DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER DAILY JOB DUTIES.
THEREFORE, I DARYL DAVIS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EDMOND, OKLAHOMA, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 9TH THROUGH 15 20 23 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK IN HONOR THE WOMEN AND MEN WHO DILIGENTLY AND PROFE AND PROFESSIONALISM KEEPS OUR REGION CITIZENS AND EMERGENCIES RESPOND.
RESPONDERS SAFE, GIVEN UNDER MY HAND, IS SEALED FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND ON THIS TIFF MAY.
MR. STILLWELL IS OUR EMERGENCY MANAGER CHAMPION.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, SIR? YEAH, JUST, UH, REAL QUICKLY, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I APPRECIATE THE PROCLAMATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE UNSUNG HEROES OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THEY'RE ACROSS THE STREET ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
AND AS THE MAYOR STATED IN THE PROCLAMATION, 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR, UH, THEY'RE THE FIRST CONTACT THAT THE PUBLIC HAS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.
THEY'RE DEDICATED, THEY'RE VERY HIGHLY TRAINED IN WHAT THEY DO.
UH, AND WE'RE SO VERY PROUD, UH, OF THE GROUP OF FOLKS THAT, UH, YEAH, I'VE JUST TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS EACH AND EVERY DAY.
UH, I, I DID WANT TO MENTION TONIGHT AND J JUST A LITTLE, UH, KINDA OFF SCHEDULE A LITTLE BIT, BUT I KNOW COUNCILMAN MOORE, THIS IS ONE OF YOUR LAST MEETINGS.
COUNCILMAN MOORE HAS BEEN OUR, UH, 9 1 1 ACOG, UH, ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM EDMUND, REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD DOWN THERE.
AND HE'S BEEN SUCH AN ADVOCATE,
SO IT REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA MISS YOUR PRESENCE ON THAT BOARD.
UM, AND THEN ALSO UP HERE YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE RILEY WEATHERFORD.
HE'S ONE OF OUR SHIFT SUPERVISORS.
UH, A VERY, VERY DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL, VERY INVOLVED IN OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH.
UH, WE'RE IN A STAFFING CRISIS RIGHT NOW.
SO HE'S, HE'S GOING AROUND, UH, THE REGION TRYING TO RECRUIT PEOPLE, JUST DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND EVERYTHING.
AND, AND JOKINGLY THIS MORNING I SAID, RILEY, DO YOU WANNA SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS? AND HE SAID, YES.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, GUYS.
UM, I AM A MILLENNIAL, BUT I'M ALSO A DISPATCHER, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITHOUT LOOKING AT SCREENS, SO I'M GONNA READ OFF MY PHONE, IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND,
UM, IT'S WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT I ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF ALL THE HARDWORKING DISPATCHERS UPSTAIRS WITH ME AND CALL TAKERS.
LIKE MATT SAID, WE ARE THE UNSEEN HEROES WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES.
IT'S A CLICHE IN OUR INDUSTRY TO SAY THIS, BUT WE TRULY ARE THE FIRST FIRST RESPONDERS.
UM, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INCREDIBLE DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM, AND COMPASSION THAT ALL OF THE DISPATCHERS AND CALL TAKERS IN OUR CENTER HAVE.
YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES ARE TRULY COMMENDABLE.
YOU ARE THE DEFINITION OF UNSAID UNSUNG HEROES.
ALSO, UH, WE'RE HIRING EDMUND OK.GOV/JOBS.
[D. City Manager's Update.]
NOW WE HAVE THE CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE.I HAVE FIVE PAGES HERE TO READ THROUGH.
SO
ONE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, BUT IT ACTUALLY STARTED TODAY, WHICH IS THE ODOT ROUTE 66 77 REPAVING PROJECT, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS BROADWAY AND SECOND STREET STARTED TODAY.
I NEED TO REMIND MYSELF, BILL TOLD ME TO SLOW DOWN AS I TALK.
SO CREWS BEGAN WORK TO REMOVE AND REBUILD THE BASE IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE ALONG SOUTHBOUND
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BROADWAY, BEGINNING AT SOUTH OF 15TH STREET.THE WORK LOAN IS, THE WORK ZONE IS, IS APPROXIMATELY TWO BLOCKS SOUTH OF 15TH STREET FROM THE CORNER WHERE THE STARBUCKS IS LOCATED.
THAT'S TODAY'S WORLD, WHERE WE SAY WHERE THINGS ARE BY.
THE STARBUCKS IS LOCATED TO APPROXIMATELY THE SECTION IN FRONT OF THE SUMO STAKES AND SUSHI BAR.
THE PROJECT WILL BE DONE IN TWO PHASES, SO THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE AVAILABLE TO THE BUSINESSES ALONG THE PROJECT ROUTE.
AN O A ODOT REP MET WITH THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA LAST WEEK TO KEEP THEM UPDATED ON THE WORK AND THE PLAN.
THIS PORTION OF THE PROJECT SHOULD BE DONE BY THIS THURSDAY WITH COOPERATIVE WEATHER.
AND IF THERE ARE NO UNINSPECTED UTILITY SUBSTRUCTURE ISSUES, UM, THE REPAVING OPERATION WILL BEGIN ON BROADWAY.
BUT LATER IN MAY, SOME REPAVING WORK IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN ON THE EAST END OF SECOND STREET.
SO JUST UPDATES WILL BE POSTED ON THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.
AND YOU CAN FOLLOW PROGRESS ON THE ODOT WEBPAGE FOR THE US 77 AND STATE ROUTE 66 RE SERVICING IN EDMOND.
AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, YOU CAN EMAIL YOUR THOSE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS TO ODOT INFO ODOT.ORG.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE COVELL CO-TRAIN, UH, ROAD PROJECT WORK TO REPAVE THE COVE ROAD BETWEEN COLTRANE AND BRYANT LANE IS NEARLY COMPLETE.
THAT PROJECT BEGAN MARCH 15TH.
TEMPORARY LANE MARKINGS ARE IN PLACE UNTIL STRIPING CAN BE COMPLETED.
WORK ON THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED SOON.
THE WIDENING OF THE FOUR-WAY STOP AT THE INTERSECTION AT COVE AND COLTRANE WAS COMPLETED IN LATE 22, LATE 2022.
BUT NOW WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO GETTING SIGNALS AT THE LOCATION.
SIGNAL LIGHTS WERE INSTALLED LAST MONDAY AND FLASHING RED.
NOW WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR DETECTION SYSTEM EQUIPMENT FROM OUR VENDOR.
THAT EQUIPMENT IS IN HIGHER DEMAND AND SHORT SUPPLY, BUT OUR VENDOR REPORTS THAT THESE SHOULD BE DELIVERED IN LATE APRIL OR EARLY MAY.
ONCE THE FINAL PIECES, PIECES OF THAT EQUIPMENT ARE IN HAND INSTALLED, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING WILL NEED TO COMPLETE A STUDY OF THE INTERSECTION TRAFFIC, PA PATTERNS, AND DEVELOP A TIMING PATTERN.
WHEN THAT PLANT IS FINISHED, THE LIGHTS AT THE INTERSECTION WILL BE ACTIVATED AND THE STOP SIGNS REMOVED.
SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC AT THAT LOCATION.
ALL RIGHT, WE WANNA TALK ABOUT TREES, UH, SPECIFICALLY ENERGY TREES.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WHAT IT IS, BUT IT IS.
EDMOND ELECTRIC AND EDMOND URBAN FORESTRY TEAMED WITH THE ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION TO BEGIN AGAIN, AGAIN, BRING OUR COMMUNITY TO THE ENERGY SAVING TREES PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM OFFERS FREE TREES ALONG WITH EASY TO USE ONLINE MAPPING TOOL TO MAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT OF PLANTING A TREE.
THIS YEAR, 275 GALLON TREES WERE AVAILABLE.
AN EDMOND RESIDENT SNAPPED THEM UP IN RECORD TIME.
RESIDENTS USE AN ONLINE PORTAL TO RESERVE THEIR TREE, AND BETWEEN MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY, APRIL 2ND, AND 9:00 AM APRIL 3RD.
SO PEOPLE WERE UP BETWEEN NINE, UH, MIDNIGHT AND 9:00 AM ALL 270 TREES WERE CLAIMED.
THOSE TREES WERE DISTRIBUTED LAST WEEK, AND THAT MEANS, TO DATE, 2,400 FREE TREES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO RESIDENTS.
ACCORDING TO THE ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION, ESTIMATES THOSE TREES RESULT IN A REDUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 3 MILLION KILOWATT HOURS DUE TO THE SHADE AND, UH, AESTHETICS THAT YOU BRING TO THE COMMUNITY.
NOW, I WANNA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MANY OF US WATCHED ON TV, BUT ACTUALLY MANY OF US IN THE COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE.
THIS IS THE WILD, WILD, NOT WILDFLOWERS, WILDFIRES BACK ON MARCH 31ST.
UM, AND THIS IS ABOUT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
SO JUST A FEW STATISTICS WE WANT US TO, TO SHARE ABOUT THAT INCIDENT.
UH, EDON FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO 17 DIFFERENT GRASS FIRE INCIDENTS THAT DAY, AND HAD CREW OPERATING AT FOUR FIRES IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION.
THE FIRST FIRE LOCATION WAS WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS.
THE SECOND WAS IN OKLAHOMA COUNTY, JUST NORTH OF OUR CITY LIMITS.
THE THIRD WAS IN OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA COUNTY, EAST OF OUR CITY LIMITS.
AND THE FOURTH WAS ASSISTING OAK CLIFF WITH FIRES IN LOGAN COUNTY.
UH, THE FIRST FIRE WAS, THE FIRE IN OUR CITY LIMITS WAS MOSTLY BETWEEN I 35 AND MIDWEST.
BETWEEN SORGHUM MILL AND THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF OUR CITY, WE DID NOT LOSE ANY STRUCTURES IN OUR CITYS, BUT APPROXIMATELY 30 STRUCTURES WERE THREATENED AND THE FIRE WAS STOPPED IN THE BACKYARDS OR PATIOS OF SOME STRUCTURES.
CERTAINLY MANY STRUCTURES WOULD'VE BEEN BURNED HAD WE NOT BEEN THERE TO RESPOND.
ED AND FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD CREWS ON THE SCENE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NIGHT AND INTO THE NEXT DAY.
THIS FIRE STARTED WITHIN 10 FEET OF THE I 35.
SO IT HAS APPEARED TO BE CAUSED BY VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG THE HIGHWAY.
THE FIRE IN THE AREA JUST NORTH OF OUR CITY LIMITS IN OKLAHOMA COUNTY, WA UH, WAS MOSTLY BETWEEN AIR DEPOT AND MIDWEST BOULEVARD.
BETWEEN OUR CITY LIMITS AND WATERLOO, WE DID NOT LOSE ANY STRUCTURES IN THIS AREA.
BUT AGAIN, THE FIRES THREATENED NUMEROUS STRUCTURES, MANY OF WHICH WOULD'VE LIKELY BURNED DOWN HAD WE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RESPOND.
CREWS WERE THERE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND INTO THE NEXT DAY.
THE NEXT FIRE IS THE ONE IN OKLAHOMA COUNTY BETWEEN HIWASSEE, IS THAT HOW WE SAY IT? HEY, THAT'S
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GOOD.AND BETWEEN TWO 20TH AND TWO 34TH, ONE VACANT STRUCTURE AND ONE RV BURNED DOWN IN THESE FIRES.
OKLAHOMA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WAS ABLE TO, TO SECURE A HELICOPTER FOR THE AIRDROPS AND BULLDOZERS TO ASSIST WITH EX EXTINGUISHED EFFORTS.
CRUZ AND RESOURCES TO ASSIST OAK CLIFF WITH THE NUMEROUS FIRES EARLY ON IN, IN THE INCIDENTS.
BUT WHEN FIRES BEGAN TO BREAK OUT IN OUR CITY, MANY OF THOSE RESOURCES WERE PULLED BACK INTO OUR CITY TO BATTLE THOSE FIRES.
UM, AS WE'RE ABLE, WE SENT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BACK OUT FOR MUTUAL AID ASSISTANCE.
NUMEROUS STRUCTURES WERE LOST IN LOGAN COUNTY WILDFIRES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK CHIEF GOODWIN AND HIS TEAM.
UH, I KNOW, UM, MANY OF US WERE, I MEAN, I THINK I WAS OUT AT LUNCH WATCHING THE SMOKE AND WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON? AND I QUICKLY REACHED OUT TO HIM.
AND THE NEXT THING, I THINK ALL AFTERNOON, MOST PEOPLE WERE WATCHING THE NEWS.
AND, UH, I THINK EARLY ON PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS, IT IS FAR AWAY, AND THEN IT QUICKLY BECAME REAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW, UH, YOUR BRUSH PUMPERS AND YOUR ACTIVITIES REALLY, UH, PROACTIVELY GOT AHEAD OF THE SITUATION.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS, SO, UH, KUDOS TO THEM.
LASTLY, UH, I WANNA FORMALLY WELCOME TWO OF OUR NEW DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, AND MAYBE IF THEY'LL STAND UHHUH.
HE'S OUR NEW PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
BRAD STARTED THE CITY ON MARCH 27TH, AND I THINK HE'S YOUR FAMILY NOW, ALL HERE.
UH, THEY COULDN'T GET OUT OF GREEN RIVER FAST ENOUGH CAUSE IT WAS JUST SNOWING NONSTOP.
IT'S, I LITERALLY COULDN'T GET OUT
I THINK THAT MY KIDS WERE DRIVING BACK FROM SOUTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHERN UTAH, PROBABLY FOLLOWING YOU GUYS AND UNBEKNOWNST, BUT THEY WERE SAYING THEY WERE SNOW THE WHOLE WAY.
THE SECOND ONE IS SECOND, AFTER A EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW PROCESS WITH EXTERNAL, INTERNAL, AND ELECTED STAKEHOLDERS, I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT STEVE LAWRENCE, GO AHEAD.
STEVE HAS BEEN SELECTED AS OUR NEW CITY ENGINEER.
STEVE HAS BEEN SERVING AS OUR INTERIM CITY ENGINEER FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY OF EDMONDS SINCE 1999.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD.
AND I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY, UH, YOU STARTED AN INTERIM BACK IN WHAT, DECEMBER, JANUARY.
UH, AND JUST IN THAT SHORT TERM, SHORT TIME, I'VE SEEN HIM GROW IN HIS LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND HIS, UH, EXPERTISE IN WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE BOTH OF THEM AND STEVE ON.
AND WITH THAT MAYOR STEVE DID SAY HE WENT ON VACATION AND CAME BACK TO A NEW JOB, SO HE'S NOT GOING ON ANY MORE VACATION.
SO WITH THAT MAYOR, BACK TO YOU.
[4. 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.)]
NUMBER FOUR IS THERE GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS, COUNSEL, WE HAVE ITEMS FOUR A ONE THROUGH FOUR, AND YOU MIND IF WE PULL ITEM FOUR, PLEASE? I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE? NO, WE DON'T, COUNSEL.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, VOTE ON ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE? AND WE TAKE ITEM FOUR.
I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS. UH, A ONE, TWO, AND THREE SECOND.
[4. Consideration of Acceptance of Final Plat, Public Improvements, and Maintenance Bonds for Town Square, Section 7. (Ward 2)]
ITEM FOUR IS A CONSIDERATION OF, UH, FINAL PLA, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE BONDS FOR TOWN SQUARE.SECTION SEVEN IS THE APPLICANT HERE BY CHANCE.
CAN I ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? YES, THANKS.
HOW ARE YOU? BRADEN, RIGHT? YES.
SO THIS IS THE NEWEST PLAT WITH FRANCIS TULE BEING COMPLETE.
AND HOW'S, HOW'S IT GOING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, KINDA STRETCHING AROUND THE CAMPUS THERE, AND JUST CURIOUS HOW IT'S GOING IN THAT AREA? I MEAN, IT'S, UH, IT'S GOING WELL.
COULD YOU BRING THE MIC UP? SORRY.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S GOING REALLY WELL.
THE, WE'RE WORKING WELL WITH FRANCIS TUTTLE.
GOOD, GOOD, GOOD PARTNERS AND THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE AND IN THAT AREA, OR YES, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY ISSUE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS NECESSARILY IN, IN DETAIL, BUT I'M CURIOUS AS FAR AS A NEW PLAT AND WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IN BUILDING PERMITS AND DEMAND MOVING FORWARD, ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING SOME NEW HOMES IN THIS NEW PHASE? YES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT STARTING, UH, NEW
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HOMES.WE HAVE ABOUT SIX SCHEDULED PER MONTH.
AND WE'RE GOING, I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 18 ALREADY ON HOLD.
OKAY, COUNSEL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO FROM ITEM FOUR, MOVE TO APPROVE A FOUR SECOND MOTION? SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[1. Approval of Amendment #13 to the Professional Services Agreement with LandPlan Consultants, Inc. for Additional Survey for the Arcadia Lake Northwest Trail Design; $14,243.00. (Ward 2)]
WE HAVE SOME APPROVAL OF PURCHASES.I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE STAFF COMMENTS ON THE FIRST ONE.
UH, APPROVE OF AMENDMENT NUMBER 13, NUMBER 13 TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH LAND PLAN CONSULTANTS INC.
FOR ADDITIONAL SURVEY FOR THE ACADIA LAKE NORTHWEST TRAIL DESIGN, $14,243.
THIS IS, UM, AS, AS PLANS ARE WRAPPING UP AND THEY'RE GETTING INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS OF HOW THE TRAILS GRADED, UH, AND WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE WATERLINE CONFLICTS WITH THE TRAIL ALIGNMENT CONFLICTS THAT WE REALIZED A FEW MONTHS AGO.
UH, THERE'S AN DO SOME ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORK.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS, UH, IS, IS FOR YOU IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING AND ALLOW US TO WRAP UP THOSE PLANS AS THAT PERMITTING IS COMPLETED.
[2. Professional Services Agreement with Kimley-Horn for the Design of Restrooms at EC Hafer Park & the Development of Conceptual Plans for Remodeling the Pavilion & Deck Located at the Pond; $109,400.00. (Ward 1)]
OUR NEXT, UM, UH, PURCHASE IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH KIMBERLY HORN FOR THE DESIGN OF RESTROOMS AT EC HAYFORD PARK AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTUAL PLANS FOR REMODELING THE PAVILION AND DECK LOCATED AT THE POND FOR $109,400.COUNSEL, THOSE ARE OUR TWO PURCHASES UNDER COUNSEL TODAY.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND.
THOSE PURCHASES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[A. Discussion and Consideration of Resolution No. ________ of the Edmond City Council Requesting City Staff Develop a Process So That All Sales Tax Revenue Received from the Oklahoma Tax Commission for the Sale of Marijuana and Related Products from Marijuana Dispensaries Located in the City Of Edmond be Used for Community Programs and Projects in Edmond that Positively Impact the Health and Well-Being of Youth and Adults.]
NOW WE HAVE CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION.AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 12 DASH 23.
THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 12 DASH 23 OF THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL REQUESTING CITY STAFF DEVELOP A PROCESS SO THAT ALL SALES TAX REVENUE RECEIVED FROM THE OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION FOR THE SALE OF MARIJUANA AND RELATED PRODUCTS FROM MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES LOCATED IN THE CITY OF EDMOND, BE USED FOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS AT EDMOND THAT POSITIVELY IMPACT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF YOUTH AND ADULTS.
SO WE ARE BRINGING THIS FOR US TODAY TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION ON, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS HAPPENING FOR THE CITY.
UH, SIR, DID YOU WANT TO? SURE.
UM, THIS KIND OF IDEA AND SOME QUESTIONS AROUND IT CAME TO ME WHEN, IN THIS LAST YEAR WHEN I LISTENED TO A PRESENTATION FROM ADRIAN BARRY, UH, WHICH IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OKLAHOMA MEDICAL MARIJUANA ASSOCIATION.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY TO OUR EDMOND ROTARY GROUP.
AND A STATISTIC JUMPED OUT TO ME, UH, THAT, THAT MADE ME STARTED, START TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND, AND WONDER HOW MUCH WE KNOW ABOUT THIS.
BUT I THINK HER, I THINK HER STATISTIC AS AT THAT TIME WAS THAT SINCE, UH, MEDICAL MARIJUANA WAS APPROVED, UH, BY THE VOTERS OF OKLAHOMA IN 2018, THAT EDMUND HAS RECEIVED SOMEWHERE IN THE, IN THE RANGE OF TWO TO 3 MILLION, UH, IN SALES TAX REVENUE SINCE THAT TIME.
AND OF COURSE, THIS IS FROM, THIS IS FROM DISPENSARIES AND, AND RETAIL SALES OF THE PRODUCT IN OUR CITY LIMIT.
SO, UM, UH, THE FIRST KIND OF QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH INFORMATION DO WE KNOW, UH, OR ARE WE TRACKING OF, OF WHAT THIS SPECIFIC REVENUE IS? AND, AND IS THIS INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED TO, TO EVERY COMMUNITY IN OKLAHOMA? AND KIND OF DIGGING FURTHER INTO THAT, OBVIOUSLY A PART OF THIS IS, AND I THINK WHY IT'S WORDED AT REQUESTING CITY STAFF TO DEVELOP A PROCESS, I DO THINK THERE IS, UM, THERE'S THE NEED TO IMPROVE THAT WITH THE OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION ON, ON HOW WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT REVENUES A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC, MAYBE EVEN A SPECIFIC REPORT, UM, THAT'S PROVIDED TO US TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS.
BECAUSE IT, UM, DOES IT INCLUDE, UM, UH, BUSINESSES IN OUR ZIP CODES, WHICH MIGHT BE OUT OF OUR CITY LIMITS? IS IT, IS IT, IT IT WOULD NEED TO BE SPECIFIC TO BUSINESS LOCATIONS THAT ARE DIRECTLY INSIDE OUR CITY LIMITS.
BUT LONG STORY SHORT, I THOUGHT IF WE DON'T KNOW MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'RE RECEIVING, UM, RIGHT NOW, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE, IT'S GOING INTO OUR GENERAL FUND, UM, WHICH WOULD BE THE SAME AS A, YOU KNOW, A, A DEPARTMENT
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STORE OR A CLOTHING STORE OR A GROCERY STORE.AND, AND I JUST FELT LIKE, UH, MY OWN PERSONAL FEELING WAS THAT'S NOT A TAX THAT I FEEL LIKE THAT WE SHOULD GROW DEPENDENT ON, UH, IN OUR CITY FOR, FOR SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS AND MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO IN THE FUTURE, IF IT WERE TO EVER CHANGE OR BE CHANGED OR EVEN BE REPEALED, IF BY CHANCE IT WERE TO BE REPEALED, UM, THEN WE WOULDN'T BE DEPENDENT ON IT FOR, FOR OTHER JOBS IN, FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND.
UM, HOWEVER, UH, IF WE DO HAVE IT AND WE ARE RECEIVING ANYWHERE FROM, I THINK IT'S ESTIMATED ANYWHERE FROM 500,000 TO, TO A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR RIGHT NOW IN REVENUE THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM THIS, I DO THINK WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEDICATE IT TO, UH, TO POSITIVE HEALTHY COMMUNITY PROGRAMS IN EDMOND, UH, ON PURPOSE, I LEFT THE, UH, THE LANGUAGE BROAD FOR CURRENT COUNCIL AND FUTURE COUNCILS AT BUDGETING TIME AND STAFF, UM, TO REALLY NARROW IT INTO, UM, POSITIVE PROGRAMS, POSITIVE, UH, PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS, UH, FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF YOUTH AND ADULTS.
SO, UH, THIS CAN BE USED FOR, FOR SEVERAL THINGS IN GOOD WAYS, UH, HELP TO START, START A PROGRAM, UH, SEED MONEY TO, TO LEVERAGE A GRANT, PERHAPS WITH MAYBE OUR CD B G FUNDS, UH, MAYBE EVEN E EBON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, UH, THAT MAY HAVE A PROGRAM STARTED WITH OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UM, THAT NEEDS HELP WITH SEED MONEY OR, OR TO MATCH A GRANT IN THAT WAY.
UM, SO I CAN SEE ALL KINDS OF POTENTIAL, UH, FOR THIS MONEY INSTEAD OF IT, UH, WE CAN TRACK IT BETTER, UH, WE CAN KNOW MORE ABOUT IT, PUT IT TO GOOD USE, UH, INSTEAD OF IT, UH, JUST GOING INTO OUR GENERAL FUND.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IT'S A UNIQUE IDEA, WHICH, UH, I LIKE EXPLORING TO SEE WHAT'S, WHAT, WHAT'S REALLY IMPOSSIBLE THERE.
THIS IS A DISCUSSION IN CONSIDERATION.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE? I MEAN, I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO CAREFULLY TRACK THE SOURCE AND, UM, AND KNOW WHAT IS COMING FROM MEDICAL MARIJUANA SALES OR WHATEVER THE TAX COMES FROM.
AND I, I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT THAT WE NOT BECOME DEPENDENT UPON IT.
IT, UM, SO I APPRECIATE YOU EXPLORING THIS MM-HMM.
I ALSO THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO, UM, HELP IN DIFFERENT ENTITIES FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR CITIZENS.
UM, I JUST THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND IT ALLOWS FUTURE COUNCIL WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE BUDGETING PROCESS TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE CURRENTLY.
COUNSEL, THERE WAS NO ONE FROM THE AUDIENCE WHO WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING.
UH, COUNSEL WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM? ED, MOVE TO APPROVE.
[ <Recess Edmond City Council Meeting and Convene Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting>]
WE NEED A MOTION TO RECESS THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND CONVENE THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.WE'RE NOW IN THE E P W A MEETING APPROVAL, UH,
[6. Approval of EPWA Meeting Minutes: March 27, 2023]
NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS APPROVAL OF E P W A MEETING MINUTES FROM MARCH 27TH, 2023.THOSE MEETING MINUTES HAVE BEEN PASSED.
[7. EPWA General Consent Items: (Items listed under EPWA General Consent are usually approved as a group with a proper motion from a trustee of the EPWA. Trustees may request discussion or separate action on any item under EPWA General Consent.) ]
WE HAVE OUR GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. WE, UH, WE JUST HAVE SOME APPROVAL OF PURCHASES.UH, NUMBER ONE IS APPROVAL OF C E C CHANGE ORDER FOR PREVENTIVE CALLS FOR CATCH SUBSTATION SWITCH GEAR PROJECT 1601 WEST STANFORD, $22,850.
AND THEN SECOND ONE IS APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE TO THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH FOUR M TRENCHING, LLC FOR WATER MASTER PLAN PROJECTS U P S Z DASH FOUR IN NEW DASH FOUR, A DANFORTH WATERLINE PROJECT FOR $161,447 AND 97 CENTS.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE PURCHASES?
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UH, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS A ONE AND TWO.THOSE PURCHASES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING AND RECONVENE THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE'RE NOW BACK IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE HAVE PLENTY DISCUSSION ITEMS. THESE ITEMS REQUIRE A SEPARATE VOTE FOR EACH ONE.
[A. Case #PR23-00002 Consideration of the Final Plat for Boulevard Industrial Park, located at 4620 North Boulevard. (4260 N Boulevard Industrial, LLC) (Ward 4)]
FIRST ONE IS CASE NUMBER PR 23 DASH 0 0 0 2.CONSIDERATION OF THE FINAL PLAT FOR BOULEVARD INDUSTRIAL PARK, LOCATED AT 46 20 NORTH BOULEVARD.
46 20 NORTH BOULEVARD INDUSTRIAL LLC.
AS YOU SAID, IT'S A FINAL PLAT.
UH, IT'S ONE LOT COVERING 2.49 ACRES AND IT'S LOCATED ON, UH, NORTH SIDE OF COFFEE CREEK, JUST EAST OF BOULEVARD.
IS THE AREA OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN? UH, THE PLAT DOES CONFORM TO THE SITE PLAN, WHICH IS WAS APPROVED IN 2022.
PLANNING COMMISSIONER REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR MARCH 21ST MEETING.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNSEL, WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO FOR EIGHT? A MOVE TO APPROVE.
PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE THAT IT IS PASSED.
[B. Case #U23-00001 Public Hearing and Consideration for a Specific Use Permit for New Song People, a place of worship located north of Technology and 33rd Street. (New Song People) (Ward 3)]
NEXT IS CASE NUMBER U 23 DASH 0 0 0 1 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A NEW SONG FOR NEW SONG PEOPLE.A PLACE OF WORSHIP LOCATED NORTH OF TECHNOLOGY IN 33RD STREET.
IS THE APPLICANT'S APPLICANT HERE.
AS YOU SAID, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED, UH, NORTH 33RD STREET IS WEST OF TECHNOLOGY DRIVE.
IT'S ZONED F1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WHICH REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE PLACE OF WORSHIP USE.
UH, THE CHURCH PROPOSES TO USE AN EXISTING BUILDING AND PARKING LOT.
THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO MOVE FROM THEIR TEMPORARY SPACE THAT WAS APPROVED ON SOUTH BROADWAY IN AN AREA THAT WAS ALSO F ONE.
UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THE AREA'S EMPLOYMENT, UH, FOR REFERENCE SAKE.
THERE ARE THREE OTHER EXISTING, UH, SPECIFIC USE PERMITS ALLOWING CHURCHES IN THIS AREA.
UH, PLANNING COMMISSIONER REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR MARCH 21ST MEETING.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DOES THIS HAVE A STANDARD LANGUAGE THAT, THAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE FOR PLACES OF WORSHIP THAT ONCE THEY, IF ONCE THEY VACATE THAT PROPERTY, THE THE ZONING WILL GO BACK OR WILL IT STAY AS, UH, IF THEY VACATE UP FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS, IT GOES BACK TO JUST STRAIGHT F ONE.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY? GOOD EVENING.
CAITLIN TURNER, 5 22 COLCORD DRIVE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT WHO'S ALSO HERE WITH ME.
AGAIN, THIS APPLICATION IS JUST FOR THE OPERATION OF THE NEW SONG PEOPLE CHURCH, UM, EXISTING BUILDING, EXISTING PARKING.
THERE'S JUST GONNA BE SOME GENERAL CLEANUP AND AN 88 RAMP ADDED TO THAT NORTH ENTRANCE THERE.
UH, SO WITH THAT, WE WOULD REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PPLICANT? ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH MA'AM.
COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM? UH, MOVE TO APPROVE.
[C. Case #Z23-00003 Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ________ Rezoning from “D-2” Neighborhood Commercial to “E-2” Open Display Commercial for the property located at 900 South Broadway. (Itza Lara) (Ward 3)]
PASSED.NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO MOVE EIGHT C UH, TO THE MAY 8TH.
EIGHT C HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO MAY 8TH.
[D. Case #Z22-00035 Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ________ Rezoning from “A” Single-Family to “PUD” Planned Unit Development for Kelly Corner, a mixed-use development on the southeast corner of Covell and Kelly. (Broadway Development Group) (Ward 1)]
NOW WE HAVE CASE NUMBER EIGHT D, CASE NUMBER Z 22 DASH 0 0 35 PUBLIC HEARING.CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 39 44.
39 44 REZONING FROM A A SINGLE FAMILY TO A P U D PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR KELLY CORNER, A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF COVELL.
AND KELLY BROADWAY DEVELOPMENT GROUP IS THE APPLICANT.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES, SIR.
AS YOU SAID, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING APPROVAL OF A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OR P U D THAT WOULD, UH, ALLOW A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF KELLY AND COVELL.
THE SITE IS ROUGHLY 150 ACRES AND IS THE LAST CORNER TO REMAIN UNDEVELOPED AT THAT INTERSECTION.
THE P U D PROVIDES FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT USES.
UH, THERE'S OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL MIXED USE ON 37 ACRES.
IT'S MOSTLY SHOWN IN THE RED UP THERE ALONG KELLY AND COVELL.
UH, THERE'S MULTIFAMILY NOT TO EXCEED 300 UNITS SHOWN IN THE PEACH PEACHY
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ORANGE THERE.UH, ALONG COVE, UH, THE P U D WOULD ALLOW THE BUILDINGS TO BE THREE OR FOUR STORIES LIMITED TO 48 FEET.
THAT'S THREE FEET ABOVE THE CURRENT C3 STANDARD IN OUR CODE.
UH, IT'S 14 ACRES AND IT'S ABOUT, UH, 20 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
UH, TOWNHOMES, UH, AT LESS THAN 12 UNITS PER ACRE.
SHOWN IN THE YELLOW RIGHT THERE SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE.
UH, THOSE ARE ALL ALLEY LOADED AND THAT'S ROUGHLY 23 ACRES.
UH, THERE'S 43 ACRES OF SINGLE FAMILY AND THE LIGHT YELLOW.
AND THAT'S TYPICAL A SINGLE FAMILY ZONING THAT YOU WOULD SEE, UH, ACROSS A LOT OF EDMOND.
UH, THERE'S, UH, 30 ACRES OF SENIOR HOUSING SHOWN IN THE BLUE DOWN IN THE CORNER.
UH, THAT WILL BE DUPLEXES LIMITED TO 120 UNITS.
UH, IN THE GREEN IS A BUFFER THAT INCLUDES, UH, THE SITE PRESERVATION AREA AND A 70 FOOT WIDE BUFFER ON THE SOUTH BOUNDARY AND A BUFFER VARYING FROM 50 TO 70 FEET ON THE EAST.
UH, THERE COULD BE OTHER ACCESS POINTS ALONG THE ARTERIALS IF THEY CAN MEET THE CITY OF EDMONDS STANDARDS.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER POTENTIAL ACCESS TO THE EAST INTO THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, THAT WILL, UH, BE DECIDED WHETHER THAT CONNECTION'S GOING TO BE MADE AT PLATTING.
UH, THE EDMOND PLAN 2018 DESIGNATES THIS AREA'S MIXED USE CAMPUS, WHICH ENCOURAGES DEVELOPMENT WITH A VARIETY OF USES THAT CREATE JOBS, GENERATES UH, TAXABLE SALES AND PROVIDES A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES.
UH, THIS P D SEEMS TO MEET THAT INTENT, UH, PLANNING COMMISSIONER REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR MARCH 21ST MEETING.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? I WOULD THANK YOU.
TODD MCKINNIS FOR THE APPLICANT.
CLAY COLD IRON WITH BROADWAY DEVELOPMENT GROUP IS, UH, REPRESENTING THE FAMILY ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
SO I THINK I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THESE THINGS AT PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT IN 2005 WE DID A SIMILAR PROJECT ON A SIMILAR SIZE PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF COVELL AND KELLY.
AND THAT DEVELOPMENT HAS 17 YEARS LATER ALMOST COMPLETED ITS PROCESS WHERE IT'S A MIX OF SINGLE FAMILY, MULTI-FAMILY OFFICE.
THERE'S A CHURCH UP THERE, LARGE BOX RETAIL, WHICH I DON'T THINK WILL LIKELY FIT HERE, BUT OTHER TYPES OF RETAIL WILL FIT HERE.
AND SO CLAY AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB OF IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL USES UP HERE, IDENTIFYING HARMONY WITH THE RELATED NEIGHBORS TO THE WEST, I MEAN TO THE EAST AND TO THE SOUTH.
UH, AND I THINK YOU'VE GOT A GREAT PROJECT THAT'LL SERVE THIS CORNER WELL IN THIS PART OF EDMOND.
WELL, UH, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT REMEMBER IN 2006 WHEN WE DID THE LOWE'S ON THE OTHER SIDE, THERE WASN'T EVEN A FULLY DEVELOPED INTERSECTION AT COVELL AND KELLY LOWE'S ACTUALLY PAID FOR THE ROAD TO BE DEVELOPED IN FRONT OF THEIR STORE.
SO A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THAT TIME.
THE CITY OF EDMONDS INFRASTRUCTURE IS CERTAINLY IN PLACE FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT TO BE DEVELOPED OVER TIME, AS WE KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
UH, WE HAD A COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS MEETING A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DIALOGUE, UH, WITH THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT ACCESS POINTS GOING TO THE EAST AS WELL AS, UH, PROTECTION OF THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE SOUTH AND THE EAST.
UH, RANDY ENTS MENTIONED IT JUST A MINUTE AGO.
UH, THERE'S A STUB THAT EXISTS AND I DIDN'T BRING A POINTER WITH ME, I APOLOGIZE.
BUT WE'RE TP THREE AND FOUR ARE, UH, THAT'S ROUGHLY IN THAT AREA FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE EAST.
AND WE DON'T MAKE THAT DETERMINATION AT THIS STAGE.
BUT WHEN WE COME WITH OUR PLOTTING, THE NEIGHBORS HAVE ALREADY TOLD US IT WOULD BE THEIR DESIRE FOR THAT NOT TO BE CONNECTED.
SO WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT WHEN THAT COMES.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A STRONG OPINION ABOUT THAT CONNECTIVITY, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WITH THE NEIGHBORS WERE CONCERNED WITH AND THE NEIGHBORS HAVE HAD GREAT DIALOGUE WITH US.
I THINK YOU'LL HEAR A COUPLE OF COMMENTS TONIGHT.
UH, THERE'S SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE AS ALWAYS, WHEN YOU HAVE A BIG PROJECT LIKE THIS COME IN, WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS LINE UP THE, THE MOST, UM, I WAS GONNA SAY THE LEAST ATTRACTIVE STUFF WITH THE THINGS THAT AREN'T ATTRACTIVE TO THE NEIGHBORS.
BUT WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SAY IS THE MOST HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS DETENTION TYPE FACILITY UP HERE.
RANDY MENTIONED ALL OF THIS BEING A BUFFER THAT'S ANYWHERE FROM OVER 70 FEET TO ALONG THIS SIDE AS WELL AS THIS BUFFER HERE WITH OTHER DETENTION AND WITH OTHER GREEN SPACE.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE SAID IN OUR P D DESIGN STATEMENT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, IS THAT WE MAY HAVE NEED FOR TREE PRESERVATION.
WE CERTAINLY WILL IN THE SINGLE FAMILY.
AND WE MIGHT ON THE OTHER, THE P FIVE ACCESS POINT DEPENDING ON OUR DEVELOPMENT.
SO TO THE EXTENT WE DO, THEN THAT WILL BE PART OF OUR TREE PRESERVATION THAT'LL HELP TO MEET THAT WHEN WE COME IN FOR THE SITE PLANNING OR THE PLATING FOR THAT PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT REGARDLESS, WE WANTED TO IDENTIFY AREAS, UH, THAT WILL BE SET ASIDE WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST.
UH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL USES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED INFORMALLY AS WELL AS THE IDEA OF IN OUR P U D DESIGN STATEMENT, THIS KIND OF HIGHLAND 55 TYPE PRODUCT.
AS YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR THAT ABOUT EVERY OTHER MEETING NOWADAYS
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BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN IN-DEMAND TYPE PRODUCT.UH, THERE'S A COUPLE HAVE DONE IT REALLY, REALLY WELL ALREADY IN OUR CITY AND THERE'S OTHERS THAT WANT TO BE HERE TO DO THAT.
UH, AND THEN THIS LARGE SINGLE FAMILY THAT IS CERTAINLY MOST ADJACENT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY THAT IS TO THE EAST.
UH, IT'S INTERESTING, I RANDALL'S HERE TONIGHT.
I'VE GOTTEN TO DO THIS FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS.
UH, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS ONE OF THOSE KINDA ONCE IN A CAREER TYPE DEALS.
THE SAWER FAMILY HAS HAD THIS LAND SINCE, I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN KNOW.
I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE THREE DAUGHTERS WHO ARE MY CLIENTS NOW.
AND EVERYBODY HAS ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THESE PIECE OF PROPERTY, RIGHT? AND THERE CAN BE EXAMPLES WHERE SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING THAT MAY BE GOOD BUT MAY NOT BE GREAT, WHERE THEY SELL OFF A BIG PIECE ON THE CORNER AND THEN EVERYTHING JUST KIND OF FILLS IN BEHIND IT.
BUT I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT THE SAWER FAMILY BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN VERY METHODICAL ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GONNA DO THIS.
THEY DIDN'T JUST SELL OFF A CORNER TO A CONVENIENT STORE FOR $30 A FOOT AND FILL IN THE REST WITH THOUGHTLESS DEVELOPMENT LATER
AND, AND I, I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC AND THERE HAVE BEEN AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
AND THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER SOMEDAY BY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
BUT I CAN REPRESENT THAT THE SAUDI FAMILY IS MULTI-GENERATIONALLY INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND MRS. SAER STILL LIVES ON THE PROPERTY AND THEY ARE, UH, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THIS DEVELOPS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY HIRED EXPERTS LIKE CLAY, UH, TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT IS NOT JUST A DEVELOPMENT BUT IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GENERATIONALLY BENEFICIAL TO OUR CITY.
SO THIS IS WHAT THAT IS ADMITTEDLY WORTH THE ZONING STAGE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS, BUT WHAT WE HAVE IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR UH, TRY TO RESPOND TO ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.
TODD, OUR EAST ADMIN STUDY GOT INTO MIXED USE MIXED CAMPUS.
IT WAS IN THE SURVEYS AND SAW THE RESPONSES.
HOW, HOW MUCH THOUGHT OF THAT WENT INTO THE PLANNING OF THIS PROJECT AND P U D AND I MEAN HOW MUCH OF IT IS, IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONNECTING THINGS AND CREATING THESE KINDS OF PLANNED COMMUNITIES AND HOW MUCH OF IT IS UH, THE MARKET JUST, JUST WANTING IT AND DEMANDING IT AT THE SAME TIME? WELL I THINK THOSE ARE ALWAYS IN, IN GOOD DEVELOPMENTS ALL THO THOSE HAVE TO BE COMPLIMENTARY, SYMBIOTIC, MAYBE EVEN.
AND SO THE IDEA WE COULD HAVE A GREAT PLAN AND IT LOOKS LIKE SEASIDE ON 30 A DOWN OUTSIDE OF DESTIN, BUT IF NOBODY CAN AFFORD TO BUILD IT OR COME HERE, IT'S A WONDERFUL DRAWING THAT NEVER HAPPENS.
RIGHT? AND SO THE EDMOND PLAN, AND I RANDY, I DON'T WANT TO QUOTE HIM INACCURATELY, BUT I THINK WHAT HE SAID IS THIS PLAN MEETS ALL OF THOSE INTENTIONS OF EDMOND PLAN 2018 WHEN IT COMES TO THIS AREA.
I DIDN'T JUST, THIS WASN'T CLAY PUTTING SQUARES ON A BOARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT INTEREST USERS IN ALL OF THESE PARCELS TODAY AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MARKET TIMING.
BUT IT'S NOT A MATTER OF MARKET WHIMS CUZ THOSE NEEDS AND DESIRES ARE HERE AT THIS LOCATION.
NOW ONE OTHER QUESTION, THIS WILL BE IN THE PLATTING STAGE, BUT WHEN I ASK IT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONNECTIVITY.
UM, AND I THINK NO DOUBT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE IT BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL USES INSIDE.
HOW MUCH ARE YOU PLANNING ON CONNECTING THE RESIDENTIAL TO THE COMMERCIAL CORNER? WELL CLAY USE USED THE TERM REALLY WELL OF NEW URBANISM WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS KIND OF DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT 150 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES AND IT'S REALLY NOT URBAN.
I MEAN IT'S NOT LIKE THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU GUYS ARE DOING DOWNTOWN, BUT THE IDEA IS TO CREATE A MICRO ECONOMY UP IN THIS AREA.
AND WHENEVER WE DEVELOPED, OR DEREK TURNER HERE, HECK IT'S LIKE AN ALUMNI NIGHT HERE WHEN THEY DID COFFEE CREEK, THERE'S CONNECTIVITY RIGHT OVER HERE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND AND COMES BACK OUT TO KELLY, RIGHT? AND THE IDEA WAS FOR IT TO GO BEHIND THE SCHOOL AND COME BACK THROUGH MITCH PARK AND RIGHT HERE TO COVELL AND THEN COWELL VILLAGE DRIVE AND COME AROUND THROUGH HERE AND CONNECT RIGHT HERE.
SO YOU HAD THIS SECONDARY MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC, RIGHT? THAT WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN.
AND I THINK THAT PLAN IS SUPPLEMENTED BY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO SECONDARY MOVEMENTS, THAT DESIRE IS IN PLACE.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THESE PEOPLE TO THIS, THEN THAT'S CERTAINLY THE PLAN.
THE REASON THAT THIS IS IDENTIFIED AS A THREE TO FOUR STORY BUILDING IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT PLANNED TO BE A GARDEN STYLE APARTMENT PROJECT WHERE YOU HAVE SEPARATED BUILDINGS AND LIKE YOU SEE IT, A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS REALLY SPREAD OUT.
AND SO THE IDEA IS THAT FOR IT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DENSE, WHICH CREATES MORE OPEN SPACE BUT ALSO MORE WALKABILITY AND MORE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S THE PLAN OR THAT'S CERTAINLY A GOAL OF WHAT THE PROJECT IS.
I THINK IT'S THOUGHT OUT WELL HOW THEY'RE PLACED ON THERE TOO.
ALONG THE SIDES OF THE RESIDENTIAL YOU HAVE THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THEN YOU HAVE THE RETIREMENT AREA WHICH IS PERFECT NEXT TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALONG WITH THE BUFFER.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, THE STIGMA ON APARTMENTS, WELL THEY'RE AWAY FROM EVERYTHING BLOCKED OFF BY COMMERCIAL.
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GOT THEIR OWN ENTRANCE ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE, WHICH IS A FANTASTIC LOCATION FOR IT.HOWEVER, IT STILL PUTS THE DENSITY IN THERE.
I LOVE HOW IT'S ALL CONNECTED AND THEN YOU CAN JUMP OVER LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AND EVERYTHING IS GONNA CONNECT.
THE TRAILS ARE GONNA CONNECT THROUGH THERE.
I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND I LOVE EVERYBODY I'VE TALKED TO WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUFFERS AND WHAT'S GONNA GO NEXT TO THE HOMES THERE.
AND I THINK THAT WAS THOUGHT OUT.
WELL YEAH, I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME NUANCES WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINAL STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
THERE ARE, THERE IS SOME TRAIL ACTIVITY THAT APP IS HERE BUT IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS PARCEL'S LAND AND THERE'S A DESIRE TO USE THAT BUT NOT ABUSE THAT.
AND SO THAT WILL BE WELL THOUGHT OUT AND IMPLEMENTED IN A WAY THAT'S ATTENTIVE TO WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN AERIAL PHOTO OR NOT, BUT THE SEPARATION FROM THEIR BACK FENCE OF THE NEIGHBORS ON THE EAST SIDE, THE TRAIL AREA THAT EXISTS IN THERE.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SEPARATION BEFORE YOU EVEN GET TO WHERE WE HAVE ANY STRUCTURES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT LINE.
BUT AS FAR AS TRAIL USE ACCESS AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF BY EDMOND, I THINK YOU'LL SEE THIS WILL ONLY ENHANCE THAT.
AND SOMETHING SO NEEDED IN THIS COMMUNITY IS THE RETIREMENT AREA OR 55 PLUS
WELL YOU AND I GRADUATED IN HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER AND SO THE IDEA
I'M GONNA BE IN THAT CATEGORY, HAVE MY ONE ANNIVERSARY BEING IN THAT CATEGORY HERE IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
SO THERE WAS ONE QUESTION, UH, I DO HAVE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INGRESS EGRESS IS, DID I HEAR CORRECTLY IT'S GONNA BE ON ON SIGNALIZE AREAS? YES.
CHRISTY, CAN YOU GO BACK TO RANDY'S ILLUSTRATION OR HIS DRAWING? YEAH, WE, WHEN WE FIRST SUBMITTED, UH, OUR PD, THERE'S A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BUT I BELIEVE IT NOW IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S DEVELOPED INTERSECTIONS.
SO WE HAVE FULL ACCESS AT THE TWO POINTS ON KELLY AND TWO POINTS ON COVELL.
THERE COULD BE OTHER RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT.
BUT AS FAR AS FULLY DEVELOPED ACCESS, IT'LL BE AT THOSE SIGNAL LIGHTS INTERSECTIONS.
THAT'S RIGHT CUZ EVERYTHING ELSE IS RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? OKAY, WE'RE GONNA START UNO TRACE YOU PLEASE COME UP, INTRODUCE YOURSELF, GIVE US YOUR NAME.
I HEARD MY NAME JUMPING IT AROUND.
WE NEED, SINCE YOU HAVE ON THE OH, I CAN TAKE IT OFF.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT OFF MA'AM.
I CAN TAKE IT OFF BUT YOU, WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU THROUGH THE ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME UP HERE.
UM, MY NAME IS JULIE ER AND I OWN PROPERTY TO THE EAST OF THE, UM, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
AND I WILL SAY THAT, UM, TODD GUINNESS AND, UM, MR. CLAY, IRON CO COL, CLAY COLER HAVE BEEN VERY, UM, VERY GOOD AT WORKING WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORS AND THE CONCERNS FOR BOTH HAWKS LANDING AND UM, THOMAS TRAIL THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS SINCE THIS WAS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
IT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING INITIALLY TO, YOU KNOW, HEAR THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THIS, THESE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN PROPERTY THAT WAS TO THE WEST OF US.
THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW THE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD CONCERNS.
THEY'VE WORKED WITH US VERY WELL WITH THAT.
MY CONCERN RIGHT NOW ARE TWO, ONE IS THE, UM, AREA TO THE EAST IN THE THOMAS TRAIL AREA, UM, OFF OF UH, OREGON TRAIL.
THERE'S A PARK RIGHT THERE, UM, FOR THE AREA.
AND I THINK THAT'S VERY CONCERNING TO PEOPLE AND FAMILIES THAT ARE USING THAT PARK.
UM, TO HAVE EXCESS TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO, COULD POTENTIALLY GO TO THE E OR TO THE WEST INTO THAT AREA.
AND THEN MY OTHER CONCERN IS IN THE UM, P U D FOUR, I BELIEVE IT IS UP THERE AT THE TOP WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT, UM, THREE AND FOUR STORY BUILDINGS.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT IF YOU LOOK TO THE NORTH OF THAT, WHERE THEY HAVE THE, UH, APARTMENTS, I'M JUST GONNA SAY APARTMENTS CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE, UM, TO THE NORTH OF THAT, THOSE ARE THREE STORY APARTMENTS, BUT THEY SIT WELL BELOW THE, UM, LEVEL OF THE, UM, ROAD THERE.
AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FOUR STORY, IF YOU LOOK, IT'S GONNA BE EXCEEDING THE HEIGHT OF THE UTILITY LINES THERE.
I THINK THAT THAT'S, I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT, UM, AS AN INITIAL, BUT THAT'S IT.
UM, OKAY, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF MA'AM.
I LIVE AT EIGHT 10 HAWTHORNE PLACE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY I CAN TALK TO EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, BUT WHEN I SEE YOU ALL HERE, MY NERVES JUST GET TO ME.
UM, I OWN THE PROPERTY AT 1905 RYAN WAY IN WESTBORO.
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AT THE, IF YOU PUT UP THE MAP, WE'RE BY, RIGHT BY THE CITY PARK.ANYWAY, I'M GONNA DO THIS REAL QUICK CUZ I WROTE A LOT.
SO WE'VE LIVED THERE FOR 35 YEARS.
UM, THERE WERE NO HOUSES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF US, NO HOUSES.
BASICALLY WE LIVED IN A FIELD.
THERE WERE NO, THERE WAS NO HAWKS LANDING.
WESTBORO HADN'T BEEN FULLY DEVELOPED.
UM, WHEN MY HUBBY MOVED TO MEADOW LAKES IN 1974, THERE WAS NO WESTBORO, JUST A FOUR-WAY STOP ON KELLY AND DANFORTH AND A SPOOKY OLD HOUSE.
THE ONLY THING IN EDMOND THAT IS CONSTANT IS CHANGE.
AND I AM SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT, I WOULDN'T HAVE RAISED TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN IN WESTBORO.
I WOULDN'T HAVE MADE GREAT FRIENDS IN THOMAS TRAILS AND IN HAWKS LANDING.
EVERYTHING THAT IS BEING SAID ABOUT COVE CORNER, AT LEAST WHAT I HEARD AT THE UM, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, UM, WAS SAID ABOUT THE EMPTY FIELDS OF THOMAS TRAILS AND OF HAWKS LANDING.
AND THESE ARE NOW BEAUTIFUL HOMES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN.
WHAT I HEAR IS FEAR, AND I KNOW YOU HOW GUYS HAVE NO CONTROL OVER SCHOOLS, BUT SCHOOL CROWDING.
WHEN MY KIDS WENT TO JOHN ROSS, THERE WERE 32 TO 35 STUDENTS PER CLASS.
AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM KNOWS WHAT'S COMING IN, THEY PREPARE FOR IT AND WE ALL SURVIVE AND WE THRIVE.
UM, WE WERE RE THERE WAS FEAR ABOUT REDISTRICTING.
WE GOT REDISTRICT INTO CHEYENNE.
MY OLDER DAUGHTER WENT TO SEQUOIA, UM, THE SIDEWALKS TO GET TO KIDS, TO JOHN ROSS.
UM, THEY COME IN MY CUL-DE-SAC ON MY CUL-DE-SAC CITY PROPERTY CUL-DE-SAC.
AND WE DEALT WITH ALL THAT TRAFFIC.
BUT WE WORKED WITH THE SCHOOLS AND WE WORKED WITH THE CITY AND WE, AND IT IMPROVED.
UM, OKAY, LET ME JUST KEEP GOING.
WE HAD LESS TRAFFIC BEFORE THOMAS TRAILS AND HAWKS LANDING WAS DEVELOPED, IT WAS PEACEFUL, IT WAS QUIET.
WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY SWEET.
BUT NOW THOSE EMPTY FIELDS ARE DEVELOPED WITH BEAUTIFUL HOMES, EVEN IF IT HAS INCREASED TRAFFIC CRIME.
I SAW NO INCREASE IN CRIME WHEN THOMAS TRAILS AND HAWKS LANDING WAS DEVELOPED.
STEVE AND I BEGAN OUR MARRIED LIFE IN APARTMENTS.
WE HAD OUR FIRST DAUGHTER IN APARTMENT.
ADULT CHILDREN NEED APARTMENTS, RETIRED PEOPLE NEED APARTMENTS.
AND I THINK THE APARTMENTS NOT BEING GARDEN STYLE, BUT BEING WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS A BETTER USE OF SPACE.
YOU SEE THESE APARTMENTS MORE, UM, IN DEVELOPING AREAS IN CALIFORNIA AND UTAH.
AND I'M NOT SAYING WE HAVE TO BE CALIFORNIA OR UTAH, BUT IT'S JUST IS A BETTER USE OF SPACE.
UM, I ALSO HEARD THIS THING ABOUT SECTION EIGHT HOUSING, WHICH EDMOND HAS, BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT SECTION EIGHT'S HOUSING, WHICH IS BUILDING THE BUFFER.
I NEVER THOUGHT A 70 FOOT BUFFER ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE I'M LIVING WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
I I MEAN THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT PEOPLE USED TO DO IN EDMOND.
I MEAN THEY BUILT RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
THE TREE PRESERVATION IS GREAT.
WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING URBAN FORESTRY DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS HAVE PASSED A WONDERFUL BECAUSE OF YOU ALL.
UM, TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE THAT 20 YEARS AGO WAS NOT POSSIBLE.
WE DON'T ENCOURAGE THE, THE PRESERVATION OF INVASIVE SPECIES CUZ I KNOW THERE'S SOME WORRIED ABOUT THE, WHAT ARE THOSE CALLED? THE RED CEDARS.
I SHOULD KNOW THESE THINGS OR THOSE BRADFORD PAIRS.
UM, THE URBAN FORESTRY DEPARTMENT WILL BE VERY ACTIVE IN THE PRESERVATION OF THE TREES THAT SHOULD BE PRESERVED AND THE TREES THAT SHOULDN'T BE PRESERVED.
UM, I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
STEVE AND I OFTEN JOKED WHEN THAT FIELD WAS GONNA BE DEVELOPED.
HE AND I WERE GONNA MOVE BECAUSE ALL WE COULD SEE IS WHAT BARRY MOORE SAID AT THE COMMISSION ME, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THAT A THOUSAND HOUSES COULD BE PUT IN THERE.
AND SO THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER.
I DON'T LIKE THE MISS MIXED CAMPUS NAME
I THOUGHT MAYBE A CHURCH CAMPUS OR VO-TECH WAS GOING IN THERE.
WHAT'S GOING ON? UM, YOU GUYS NEED A BETTER NAME, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, MIXED, USED, USED URBAN LIVING.
SOMETHING THAT BETTER CAPTURES WHAT AN INTERESTING NEW CONCEPT IS.
THIS IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THIS PROPERTY.
I WILL LOVE TO WALK TO THE NEW COMMERCIAL.
I'M HOPING FOR NEW RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE APARTMENTS WITH NEW FAMILIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND RETIRED COUPLES.
I LOVE THE CONCEPT OF THE TOWNHOMES AND THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND A SECTION FOR SENIORS, WHICH I MAY BE LOOKING AT MOVING THERE CUZ IT'S MY AREA OF THE WOODS.
UM, WE LIVE IN A CAPITALIST SOCIETY.
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RIGHT TO SELL AND DEVELOP THEIR LAND AND OBTAIN THE HIGHEST AND BEST PROFIT THEY CAN.ANYONE WHO LIVES IN EDMOND MUST BE AWARE THEY ARE CURRENTLY LIVING ON LAND THAT WAS A FIELD, UNDEVELOPED LAND, HOMESTEAD LAND.
AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME WHEN IT'S DEVELOPED.
I'M VERY THANKFUL TO THE SAW YOUR FAMILY FOR CREATING THEIR LEGACY FROM THEIR LAND AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE CREATIVE USE OF THE LAND.
AND HOPE ONCE WE GET PAST SPHERE, WE CAN SEE WHAT A BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT COVE CORNER IS AND WHAT A GREAT ASSET IT WILL BE TO EDMOND, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GREAT PLACE TO GROW.
YOUR SOUND SYSTEM WORKS GREAT, BY THE WAY.
PLEASE COME DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
MY NAME IS LARRY SCOTT, 1404 WOODBURY CIRCLE.
MA'AM, YOU DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING IT.
AND SIR, YOU DID A GREAT JOB DOING YOUR, YOUR PLANNING.
I HAVE SOME CONCERNS THOUGH, AS A FORMER SCHOOL TEACHER, 10 YEARS IN EDMOND, OKLAHOMA, AS A TEACHER, I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GET, UH, YOU'VE GOT 24 KIDS IN YOUR CLASS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'VE GOT 30.
SO I'M ASKING THE QUESTION HERE IS, WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN DO YOU EXPECT TO BE LIVING IN THIS? AND WHAT SCHOOLS DO THEY GO TO? AND THE QUESTION THEN IS, ARE THOSE SCHOOLS PREPARED FOR THESE NEW KIDS COMING IN? BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THE TEACHERS, IT AFFECTS THE OTHER STUDENTS.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT WHAT IS THE SCHOOLS THEY GO TO AND WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF THE SCHOOLS AND HOW MANY STUDENTS DO THEY ALREADY HAVE? AND THAT'S MY MAJOR CONCERN.
CAN WE GO BACK TO THE OTHER ONE WHERE THE SENIOR CENTER, UH, SENIOR CITIZEN IS LOCATED IN THAT BUILDING AND I'M ASSUMING IT'S RIGHT HERE IN INSTEAD OF THE LIGHT BLUE IN THE CORNER.
IS THAT CORRECT? GENTLE ONE, YES.
IS THAT A MAJOR HIGHWAY TO YOUR RIGHT AND FRONT? THE BOTTOM AND THE LEFT, UH, RIGHT HERE.
IS THAT A HIGHWAY AND A HIGHWAY? SO WE'RE BOXED IN.
WE ONLY HAVE AN AREA TO MOVE INTO, IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK I'VE GOTTA ANSWER 'EM.
WELL, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, SO FOR SENIORS NOW, SIR, IF YOU CAN COME BACK OVER TO THE MICROPHONE.
IT'S GREAT, BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA GET AROUND TO ALL THOSE THINGS? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
IF YOU'RE IN WHEELCHAIRS OR YOU'RE IN ONE OF THESE AND WE'VE GOT ALL THESE TRAILS AND STUFF, HOW DO WE GET, AND WHERE'S THE PARKING FOR THE SENIORS IN THIS? AND AGAIN, THAT'S A QUESTION THAT I'M ASKING BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PARK CLOSE TO THAT SO WE CAN GET AROUND AND IF WE'RE GONNA WALK, ARE THEY CAPABLE FOR THE SENIORS TO GET TO ALL THESE LOCATIONS? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IN A GREAT THING.
HAVE YOU ALL GOT THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, MA'AM? AND IF YOU HAVE TRIED TO PLAN, MY POINT IS, I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS GOING TO OUR SCHOOLS OR ARE THE SCHOOLS PREPARED FOR IT.
NUMBER TWO IS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SENIORS AND HOW ARE WE GONNA GET AROUND IN THIS THING? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE COME DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
MY NAME IS MEREDITH LEWIS, AND I LIVE AT 4 53 BUTTERFIELD TRAIL ON THE EAST, UH, UH, EASEMENT THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THOMAS TRAILS HOA.
UH, I SAID THIS BEFORE, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN IN THE LAST MEETING, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE OVER ABUNDANCE MORE THAN YOU SHOULD HAVE TO.
I MEAN, THEY ORGANIZED A SEPARATE MEETING WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, ONE-ON-ONE, AND THEN THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE ZONING COMMISSION.
AND THEY, THEY REALLY HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.
AND I AGREE WITH HER AS WELL THAT, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS.
UH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PLAN.
I JUST HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUFFERS AND, UH, BUT SHE POINTED OUT THE, THE EASE, THE, THE STUB, UM, HIS POINTERS UP THERE.
IS THAT THE STUB RIGHT THERE? STAND BY THE, WITH THE BLUE.
WITH THE BLUE AND THE CANDY DOWN HERE.
UH, IN AGREEMENT WITH HER, THERE IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK RIGHT THERE.
SO I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, ALLOWING ACCESS RIGHT BY THE PARK.
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ABOUT THE TRAIL AND SAFETY.UM, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE CEDAR TREES AND THE BRADFORD PEAR TREES, WHICH, UM, DIDN'T THE CITY OF EDMOND JUST PUBLIC PU UH, PUBLICIZE SOMETHING ABOUT CEDAR TREES BEING A FIRE HAZARD? AM I INCORRECT? I'M SURE WE HAVE SAID THAT MANY TIMES.
UM, TALK ABOUT THOSE RESPECTIVE TREES.
UM, I'M NOT EXCITED ABOUT THE APARTMENTS, BUT I CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
THE SCHOOL CROWDING IS A CONCERN.
THE CRIMES, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST THIS BIG AREA, NOT, NOT SPECIFICALLY THOMAS TRAILS OR ANYTHING, BUT, UH, NORTH EDMOND HAS SEEN A LOT OF CRIME.
I I GET POSTS ALL THE TIME FROM NEXT DOOR SAYING, MY CAR'S BEEN BROKEN INTO, MY CAR'S BEEN STOLEN, YOU KNOW, AND I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THE TRAFFIC, UH, AND LET'S SEE.
ARE BOTH OF THE GREEN BELTS, THEY'RE BOTH 70 FEET? NO, ONE 70 FEET AND ONE'S 50 FEET.
SO OUR SIDE IS 50 FEET, AND THEN THIS SIDE IS 70 FEET.
I COULD WE NOT JUST MAKE IT 70 ALL AROUND? I THINK HE'S ADDRESSED THAT, BUT I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN IN MY NOTES.
SO THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
UM, WE HAVE A, OH, I WAS GONNA STEAL HIS LITTLE PEN.
UM, WE HAVE A PATHWAY FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SOMEWHERE RIGHT IN HERE, UH, THAT LEADS FROM THOMAS TRAILS TO JOHN ROSS.
AND THAT TRAIL IS FOR THOMAS TRAILS ONLY.
WE'VE PUT UP SIGNS AND IT'S CAUSED SO MUCH TRAFFIC BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD, INSTEAD OF WAITING IN LINE TO GO DROP THEIR KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL, THEY WOULD CUT THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND DROP THEIR KIDS OFF AND LET THEM WALK THROUGH THE, THE BREEZEWAY.
UH, WE HAVE SINCE CORRECTED THAT.
LIKE I SAID, WE PUT UP NO TRESPASSING SIGNS.
AND THEN JOHN ROSS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY COOPERATIVE.
UM, THE KIDS THAT HAVE A RIGHT TO GO THROUGH THE BREEZEWAY HAVE SPECIAL, UH, TAGS LIKE RED OR, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT THAT, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER CONCERN OF PEOPLE COMING AND USING OUR COMMUNITY FOR, FOR PURPOSE PURPOSES THAT DON'T SERVE THEM.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOUR OPINION BACK.
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE? WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE? I, I THINK I'LL MENTION A COUPLE THINGS.
I THINK I DID A POOR JOB OF EXPLAINING ONE OF THE ITEMS. AND, UH, MRS. MUHOLLAND IS NOT RELATED TO ME.
AND I MADE A POINT OF NOT CALLING HER BACK.
CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE I WAS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MANIPULATE OR INFLUENCE OR ANYTHING.
AND SO I THANK YOU, UH, FOR BEING HERE.
I MEAN, IT'S, UH, IT'S VERY THOUGHTFUL.
JUST LIKE SOMEONE DONE TO COME UP HERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMETHING.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE FOR 50 YEARS, BY THE WAY, TOO.
UH, THE C UH, THE PA SEVEN, THE SENIOR, THAT IS A SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT.
IT'S NOT, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I SAID THIS.
IT'S, IT'S A DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSES, UH, THAT'S GATED AND THAT IS DRIVEN TOWARDS THAT MARKET.
AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID THAT.
SO, UH, IT'S NOT REALLY PARKING AS THOUGH A COMMUNITY CENTER LIKE WE HAVE LIKE AT THE MAC OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THE CONNECTIVITY FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THERE WILL BE MUCH LIKE, YOU WOULD EXPECT INTRA DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT TO GET TO THE OTHER SERVICES AND OFFERINGS THAT EXIST WITHIN THAT PROJECT.
SO I, AND THAT'LL BE ADA ACCESSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE BY LAW, RIGHT? I MEAN BY YES SIR.
UH, TOUCHMARK IS THREE PLUS STORIES.
IT SITS A LOT HIGHER UP IN ELEVATION THAN THIS.
SO IT'S NOT WITHOUT PRECEDENT IN THIS QUARTER CORRIDOR.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T PUT IT RIGHT UP AGAINST THE EAST PROPERTY LINE FOR REASONS OF SEPARATION FOR THAT.
THE IDEA ABOUT THE BUFFER, IT WASN'T JUST AN ARBITRARY 50 VERSUS 70.
UH, THE CONCEPT WAS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY BUFFER WHATSOEVER.
IF YOU HAVE SINGLE FAMILY NEXT TO
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SINGLE FAMILY, THERE'S NO SENSITIVE BORDER REQUIREMENT.AND SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS TRY TO BE SENSITIVE TO THAT IDEA AND THEN GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT HAS EVER BEEN REQUIRED.
AND ALSO WE NEED SOME TREAT PRESERVATION AS WELL.
SO IT MADE SENSE TO PUT IT ON THE EXTERNAL, UH, FOR THAT PURPOSE.
AND SO, UH, I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE SCHOOLS EXCEPT WHAT MRS. MUHALLEN SAID IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM KNOWS WELL WHAT THE LAND USE PLANS ARE FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND.
THAT'S NOT ANY NEWS TO ANYBODY IN HERE.
AND THEY MONITOR THIS ABOUT AS MUCH AS ANYBODY.
AND SO, UH, TODD, CAN I GO INTO THAT FOR A SECOND THOUGH? BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
AND IT, AND IT DOES MATTER WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS MUCH LAND AND, AND THE, THE HOME THAT'S, THAT'S GOING IN THERE AND WHAT THE DATA AND STATISTICS TELL US IN, WE KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE LIGHT BLUE AREA, UM, 55 PLUS OR SENIOR TYPE HOUSING.
YOU CAN'T EXPECT MANY, IF ANY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN COMING FROM THERE IN THE YELLOW.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, TOWN HOMES, WHICH I WOULD, I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS, UH, IS, UH, LESS SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN IN A TOWN HOME STATISTICALLY THAN A, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAN YOUR AVERAGE SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
UH, THE APARTMENTS WE, WE KNOW FOR SURE, UH, ONE AND TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS DON'T GENERATE THAT MANY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN, UH, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NOT BIG ENOUGH APARTMENTS AND THEY'RE NOT FAMILIES THAT ARE LIVING IN THEM.
SO IF YOU, I MEAN, REALLY IF, IF YOU COMPARED THE POTENTIAL OF A THOUSAND HOMES, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WHICH YOU COULD, I'D BE WILLING TO BET 80 TO 90% OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, UH, IS GONNA PRODUCE A, A SCHOOL-AGED CHILD AT SOME POINT IN COMPARISON TO APARTMENT OR TOWN HOME OR 55 PLUS.
UM, I, I MEAN, I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER OF WHICH ONE WOULD PRODUCE MORE KIDS.
I I CAN JUST GIVE YOU THE EDMOND SCHOOL SYSTEM STATISTICS.
UH, THE EDMOND SCHOOL SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THEIR ENTIRE DISTRICT, NOT JUST THE CITY OF EDMOND CITY LIMITS AVERAGES, UH, 16 SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN PER 100 APARTMENT UNITS.
BY COMPARISON, A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD AVERAGES 64 CHILDREN PER 100 HOUSES.
SO WE, SO THAT'S JUST ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND WHEN YOU GET OUTSIDE THE EDMOND CITY LIMITS, WHEN IT COMES TO EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT, A LOT OF THOSE MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS DO HAVE TWO AND THREE BEDROOMS. AND THAT'S NO LONGER THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
WE DID A PROJECT THAT YOU APPROVED THAT LATER GOT OVERTURNED BY THE CITIZENS, THE CASE AND ASSOCIATES DID, AND THEY AVERAGED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ONE IN TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS.
AND THEY AVERAGED EIGHT CHILDREN PER 100 UNITS.
SO JUST NOT AN OPINION, JUST THE STATISTICAL FACTS, SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS OR A MULTIPLE OF FOUR TO ONE WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN COMPARED TO MULTI-FAMILY, UH, OR APARTMENT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS AND SPECIFICALLY WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I SURE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I THINK JUST TO ADD TO THAT A LITTLE BIT, I MEAN, THE TIMEFRAME OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, UM, ALSO GIVES THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TIME TO PREPARE FOR THAT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO, ALL OF THESE, UM, HOMES ARE NOT GONNA BE AVAILABLE AND LIVED IN RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE WHAT, A DECADE PHASES AT LEAST, I MEAN, POTENTIALLY.
SO I THINK THAT THAT ALSO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT JOSH SAID THAT YOU'VE SAID ALONG WITH THE TIMEFRAME AND THE FACT THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT, THEY'RE WELL AWARE OF DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE, WHERE PROJECTS ARE GOING IN AND ARE PLANNING FOR THAT.
UM, SO IF, IF THIS GOES TRUE AND GOES FORWARD AND IS WHAT IT IS, THEN UM, IS THERE GONNA BE SOME KIND OF AN HOA OR SOMETHING, UH, A PERSON TO, OR A PLACE, UH, LLC THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT, WE HAVE SOMEONE TO GO TO? I BET IT'S THAT GUY.
I'M SORRY, WHAT THE PROBABLY CLAY.
I THINK CLAY WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
THIS IS NOT A OUT-OF-STATE DEVELOPER MM-HMM.
SO WHO CARES ABOUT THE CITY? OH, MM-HMM.
I MEAN, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL ISSUE, CUZ LIKE JOSH SAID, WE DON'T OFTEN GET AN OPPORTUNITY HE NECESSARILY TO DISCUSS IT.
I MEAN, SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S INTERESTING IS, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED BY PROPERTY TAXES.
I'LL REMIND AGAIN, THE CITY IS NOT FUNDED BY PROPERTY TAXES, BUT ONLY SALES AND USE TAX.
BUT THE PROPERTY VALUE HERE IS GOING
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TO GO UP A LOT, WHICH WILL FUND OUR SCHOOLS.AND WHEN WE HAVE FEWER KIDS THAN IN A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT EXCLUSIVELY, THAT'S A GREAT THING FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
IF IT PRODUCES HARDLY ANY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN, THIS, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS STILL RECEIVING THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE MM-HMM.
UM, FROM, FROM NOT VERY MANY KIDS.
SO WE NEED, WE NEED PROJECTS AND USES AND, AND, AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL THAT OFFSETS THAT MM-HMM.
AND SO YEAH, WE, WE, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT MIX, WHICH IS HELPFUL WITH THE COMMERCIAL ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT, AT LIBERTY PARK, I THINK AT OUR LAST MEETING, AND WE'VE
AND IF SOMETHING'S EVEN BUILT ON THE COMMERCIAL, YOU HAVE TO GET IN YOUR CAR IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND DRIVE OUT ONTO THE MAIN STREET AND INTO THE PARKING LOT, UH, ON THE CORNER JUST BECAUSE IT WAS SO CONTROVERSIAL AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS JUST COMPLETELY CLOSED OFF.
WELL THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TRAFFIC JAMS AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S HAVING TO DRIVE OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET THE SERVICES.
AND SO, UM, I THINK WE'VE COME A LONG WAY ON JUST TWO PROJECTS HERE AND TWO MEETINGS THAT HAVE THIS TYPE OF CONNECTIVITY INSIDE, UH, AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN, WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THERE.
SO THAT, THAT EXCITES ME A LOT.
MITCH PARK AND AMENITIES THERE AND NOT GETTING IN A CAR.
OKAY, COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM? NOT A GOOD DISCUSSION.
HERE I MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION.
NEXT WE NEED TO NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVES.
[E. Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. _______ Amending Title 22 by adding new Section 22.6.6 Route 66 Corridor District Supplemental Site Design Standards to protect and enhance Route 66 east of I-35. (Ward 2)]
OH, I'M SORRY.EIGHT E PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 39 45.
AMENDING TITLE 22 BY ADDING NEW SECTION 22 6 6, ROUTE 66 CORRIDOR DISTRICT, SUPPLEMENTAL SITE DESIGN STANDARDS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE ROUTE 66 EAST OF I 35.
DID THAT TURN OUT TO BE 6.6? YEAH.
IT WAS JUST DUMB LUCK, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
COME MAN, I'VE BEEN SAVING IT THIS WHOLE NO
UH, THE, THE REASON FOR THE OVERLAY, UH, IT'S PRETTY SELF-EVIDENT, BUT AS THE EAST EAST ADMIN 2050 PLAN WAS COMPLETED, UH, THERE WAS AN EXPRESS DESIRE TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE ROUTE 66 CORRIDOR, UH, IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CITY.
UH, THERE IS, UH, A CODE UPDATE UNDERWAY THAT WILL INCLUDE LANGUAGE TO DO THAT, BUT AS WE ARE SEEING SOME DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE ON THAT ROADWAY, UH, COUNSEL ASKED US TO LOOK AT STOP GAP MEASURES UNTIL THAT UPDATE IS DONE.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE NEXT, UH, WHAT THE OVERLAY DOES IS, UH, WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADD A SECTION TO THE TITLE 22 THAT CREATES A ROUTE 66 CORRIDOR OVERLAY THAT EXTENDS ESSENTIALLY THE I FROM I 35 TO THE TOWN OF ARCADIA.
UH, THE OVERLAY EX EXTENDS THE INCREASED LANDSCAPING AND BUILDING MATERIAL STANDARDS THAT ARE A PART OF THE I 35 CORRIDOR OVERLAY.
UM, THE, UH, THE OVERLAY ALSO ONLY APPLIES TO NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE NOT CHANGING THE EXISTING ZONING.
SO THE CURRENT LAND USE RIGHTS THAT ARE THERE REMAIN INTACT.
UH, TO GET IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THE OVERLAY DOES AND HOW IT CHANGES THE LANDSCAPING, UH, WE, THE SIMPLE TO READ TABLE, NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.
UH, THE, THE NEW OVERLAY INCREASES THE MOUND SPACE DEDICATED TO PLANT MATERIALS BY A THIRD AND THE NUMBER OF PLANT MATERIALS BY 50%.
SO THE MIDDLE COLUMN THERE IS WHAT CURRENTLY EXIST THEREIN.
AND THEN THE NEW STANDARDS OR THE I 35 STANDARDS, WHICH WERE JUST MA BASICALLY EXTENDING OUT IS ON THE RIGHT.
BUT WE DIDN'T, IN THE I IN I 35, IT ALLOWS, UH, MORE FRIENDLY SIGNAGE.
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DID NOT SIGNAGE.SO YOU STILL HAVE THESE SMALLER SIGNS ALONG ROUTE 66, WHICH BECAUSE OF I 35 IS CUZ YOU'RE MORE LANES, MORE SETBACK, UH, 200 HIGHER SPEEDS.
UM, CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING ABOUT METAL? YES.
WE GOT INTO THIS ON THE STORAGE BUILDING, UM, 33RD.
THERE ARE SOME NEW MATERIALS THAT ARE ACTUALLY METAL.
IS THIS GONNA BE A, A PROBLEM OR IS THIS BY INTENT? SO IN OUR CODE STILL METAL IS NOT ALLOWED, BUT FOR CERTAIN AREAS WHERE LIKE INDUSTRIAL AREAS WHERE THERE'S ALREADY METAL EXISTING, SO WHERE THERE ARE METAL BUILDINGS AND THAT'S THAT ONE ON 33RD KIND OF FELL INTO THAT, THAT STILL GOT A VARIANCE TO DO ALL METAL IN THAT BUILDING AND NOT THAT, UH, 50% BRICK ON THE FRONT.
SO IF SOMEBODY HAD A PRODUCT, I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE MATERIALS ARE GOING, BUT WE'RE PRETTY SURE THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME METAL THAT ARE GONNA YEAH.
IT SO THEY, THEY COULD DO A VARIANCE.
THEY THEY COULD STILL OFF OFF, YEAH.
OPT FOR THE VARIANCE APPROACH IF THEY WANTED TO.
WHAT IF THIS OVERLAY PASSES, IT LIMITS IT TO BRICKSTONE ROCK OR WOOD.
SO IF YOU WANNA VARY FROM THAT, IT REQUIRES AN COUNCIL APPROVAL.
UH, AND THEN JUST LIKE IT DID ON THE 33RD.
BUT THAT WAS, I MEAN, WE HAVE TO SAY THAT WAS AN, THAT WAS THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF THAT, OF A NICE DESIGN.
SO COULD THIS CORRECT? CORRECT.
THIS, IT, THE INTENT IS AN OLD METAL BARN SIDING.
THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TODAY'S MATERIAL.
SO, OKAY, THAT'S, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
AS LONG AS WE CAN CONSIDER VARIANCES TO OF COURSE.
AND UNDERSTAND ALL METALS NOT METAL.
THERE'S, THERE'S NEW AND IMPROVE IT IS.
HUH? I SAID WE RAN INTO THAT WITH TACO BELL ON I 35.
AND THAT'S THEIR, YEAH, THAT'S THEIR INTERESTING.
THAT'S THEIR, IT'S A MODERN ARCHITECTURAL, MY OPINION.
THAT'S WHAT THE VARIANCE IT'S PROCESS.
SO, UH, ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO NOTE UNDER, UH, THE KIND OF TREES THAT ARE CALLED OUT, UH, THE, THIS STANDARD HAS A SPECIFIC LANGUAGE ABOUT A MAJORITY OF THE TREES HAVE TO BE FROM THE CROSS TIMBERS ECOSYSTEM.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE FOCUSES OF, UH, THE 2050 PLAN WAS TO RESTORE AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF CROSS TIMBERS THERE IS IF POSSIBLE.
SO THIS SHOULD HELP DO THAT IN SOME WAYS.
UH, WHERE THE OVERLAY WILL BE, UH, IT'S BASICALLY 600 FEET EITHER SIDE, THE CENTER LINE OF ROUTE 66 FROM THE, UH, EAST EDGE OF THE I 35 OVERLAY DISTRICT TO THE, UH, TO CENTER LINE OF WESTMINSTER ROAD.
IT'S SHOWN IN YELLOW THERE ON THE MOUNTAIN.
PLANNING COMMISSIONER REVIEWED RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR MARCH 21ST MEETING.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF I CAN.
MY CONCERN ALL ALONG IS, IS WE'RE GROWING SO FAST AND IT TAKES US A LONG TIME JUST TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE CODE AND IT COULD BE AT SOME POINT TOO LATE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE RAPID GROWTH IN THAT AREA AND WE NEED TO PROTECT THAT, THAT AREA.
COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION FOR THE STAFF AUDIENCE? HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.
PLEASE COME DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
HI, RICHARD WRIGHT MOUNTAIN VIEW PARK.
UH, MARK NASH AND I WORKED ON THE EAST EDMOND 2050 PLANT.
AND, UH, WE WERE QUESTIONING THE OVERLAY.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT THIS IS IS IN PLACE BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE PUSHING FOR WAS AN OVERLAY DISTRICT.
AND, UM, I THINK, I DON'T, NOT SURE WE CALLED IT AN OVERLAY DISTRICT WHEN WE, WHEN THIS WAS IN PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT AS A STOP GAP, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE FINE WITH THAT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS IN THE INITIAL WRITING WAS, UH, THE, UH, FLATTENING OF THE LAND.
AND I THAT WASN'T IN YOUR CHART, UM, RANDY, BUT, UM, I THINK ONE OF THE GOALS WAS TO HAVE, UM, TO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP THE TERRAIN THE WAY IT IS.
IS THAT PART OF THE ORDINANCE STILL, OR PART OF THE PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS? THAT IS PART OF THE, UH, I THINK YOU'RE READING THAT IN THE LAKE DISTRICT OVERLAY, IS THAT CORRECT OR IS THAT FROM THE, I THOUGHT, UM, MAYBE, UM, WELL, 2266, THAT'S SUPPLEMENTAL SITE
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DESIGN STANDARDS.THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
RIGHT? LET ME SEE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
YES, THAT'S STILL A PART OF THE ORDINANCE.
YEAH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, UM, PART OF THIS, THE P D DOESN'T REALLY CONSIDER COST BENEFITS.
UM, AND PART OF THAT WHOLE DISTRICT THERE IS IN A, IN A LOW ZONE WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO BUILD A, A LIFT STATION.
SO ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE, I THINK WOULD REQUIRE SOME KIND OF CITY SEWER, UNLESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BOAT BARNS.
BUT I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE PUTTING THIS IN PLACE NOW.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF, IF ANY PLANS DO COME BEFORE US, THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND THE LAST TIME WE DID, WE WORKED ON THIS AT THE CORNER OF AIR DEPOT AND SECOND, THEY SET A LIFT STATION, 750,000.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S PROBABLY UP TO 1.2 MILLION.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S, WELL YOU CAN USE THE MARIJUANA MONEY FOR THAT I GUESS, BUT, UM, BUT UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY NOT COST BENEFIT TO TRY TO PUT IN A LIFT STATION FOR ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE.
AND, AND AGAIN, THE GOAL HERE IS TO KEEP ROUTE 66 THE WAY IT IS AND TO, UM, HELP OUT THE PARK AND TO MAKE IT KIND OF A DESTINATION AS OPPOSED TO JUST A CONTINUATION OF THE RETAIL STRIP THAT WE SEE ALL THE WAY FROM THE WEST SIDE OF EDMOND ALL THE WAY OUT TO I 35.
I APPRECIATE, I THINK THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS, TO KEEP THE AESTHETIC GOING ON, ON ROUTE 66 AS IT IS NOW.
I CAN'T, I MEAN, THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF IS ONE, WE, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF PROJECTS APPROVED BUT NOT BUILT YET.
BUT THE ONLY, THE LAST THING I CAN REMEMBER BEING BUILT WAS A HOME, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
THAT WAS MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, BUT I CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER CORRIDOR IN EDMOND THAT'S, THAT'S THIS IMPORTANT OR HISTORIC THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO PUT SOME STUFF IN PLACE NOW.
BUT LITERALLY BEFORE ANYTHING IS, IS BUILT ON IT, PROTECT, PROTECTED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? COUNSEL, WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM? MOVE TO APPROVE.
[9. Executive Session to discuss pending claims: Doyle vs. City, Tiller vs. City & Roach vs. City. (Executive Session authorized pursuant to 25 Okla. Stat. Section 307 (B)(4).]
[10. Executive Session to discuss the appointment and employment of the City Manager and City Attorney. (Executive Session authorized pursuant to 25 Okla. Stat. Section 307 (B) (1).)]
THANK YOU.NOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
I, I MOVE WE ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION SECOND.
THIS IS WHERE WE LOSE OUR AUDIENCE.
NOW WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE NEED A MOTION TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'RE NOT OUTTA EXECUTIVE SESSION.
BACK INTO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MAYOR,
[11. Consideration of action with regard to the claims of Doyle vs. City, Tiller vs. City & Roach vs. City.]
MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH SETTLEMENT IN THE DOYLE TILLER AND ROACH CLAIMS. A SECOND MOTION.PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE THAT, UH, ITEM IS PASSED.
[12. Consideration of action with regard to the appointment and employment of the City Manager and City Attorney.]
NUMBER 12.MAY I MOVE THAT? UM, CITY ATTORNEY STEVE MAR MURDOCH RECEIVE A 5.4% RAISE EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2022.
SO RETROACTIVE TO JULY 1ST, 2022.
AND THAT'S SCOTT RIGBY, CITY MANAGER.
UM, EFFECTIVE MARCH 14TH, 2023.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH GENTLEMEN.
[13. Citizens Comments - (This is an opportunity for citizens, both resident and non-resident, to address the City Council on city related matters not on the council agenda. Citizens must sign up to speak either online by 3:00 p.m. the day of the City Council meeting, or in person by the start of the meeting. Remarks should be directed to City Council as a whole and limited to three minutes or less.)]
ITEM UP IS CITIZENS COMMENT.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS VOTE RESIDENT NON-RESIDENTS TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY RELATED MATTERS NOT ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
CITIZENS MUST SIGN UP TO SPEAK EITHER ONLINE OR BY 3:00 PM THE DAY OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR IN PERSON BY THE START OF THE MEETING.
REMARKS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
TODAY WE HAVE A NEW ITEM ADDED TO OUR, UM, TO OUR DYES.
HERE WE HAVE, UH, THREE MINUTE TIMER HERE.
SO THE, ONCE THE CITIZEN IS INTRODUCED, THEY WILL COME UP AND ONCE, UH, THE CITY CLERK CONTROLS THE TIMER AND YOU'LL HEAR, UH, MUSIC AT THE END WHEN YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP.
BUT IT AT THE, AT 10, AT THE TEN SECOND MARK, I THINK IT IS THIS, THE SCREEN WILL GO RED, UH, AT THE ONE MINUTE MARK.
IT WILL TURN YELLOW AT 10 SECONDS REMAINING.
AND AS TIME ELAPSED, THERE WILL BE A NOISE.
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GOOD.OKAY, LET'S, ARE WE READY?
OKAY, FIRST OFF, SIR, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN.
THE EASTER WEEK HAS JUST PASSED AND SPRING HAS ARRIVED AT TIME OF HOPE AND RENEWAL AND REFLECTION.
WHEN REFLECTING BACK TO EDMOND IN THE 1930S, EDMOND HAD A POPULATION OF JUST UNDER 4,000 PEOPLE.
MOST WERE INVOLVED IN AGRICULTURE AND SADLY, EDMOND WAS IN A DEEP DEPRESSION.
PEOPLE WERE JUST BARELY HOLDING ON DURING THOSE BLEAK DAYS.
THEN THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION COURT CAME TO THE STATE, OR IN THE STATE BEGAN BUILDING ARMORIES IN TOWNS.
THE PEOPLE OF EDMOND WHO WERE OUT OF WORK GOT WORK BUILDING OUR ARMORY HERE IN EDMOND.
AFTER THE ARMY, UH, ARMORY WAS FINISHED, IT WAS THE MEN WHO HELPED BUILD THAT, WHO JOINED THE ONE 79TH INFANTRY BATTALION IN EDMOND.
YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE IT WAS MONEY.
THEY GOT PAID CASH AND IT WAS A DEPRESSION.
THEY NEEDED IT TO HELP FEED THEIR FAMILIES.
THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO AND FATHERS WHO JOINED BECAME, THEY SAID BECAUSE OF MONEY.
SO THE EDMUND ARMORY ARMORY UP HERE BECAME THE HOME OF THE 45TH INFANTRY'S, ONE 79TH INFANTRY REGIMEN.
IT WAS KNOWN AS THE TOMAHAWKS.
AND OUR ARM ARMORY BECAME THE GATHERING PLACE FOR ALL CITIZENS IN EDMOND.
THE FIRST BASKETBALL COURT, THIS IS WHERE EDMOND LEARNED HOW TO PLAY BASKETBALL INDOORS, WAS IN THE ARM EDMOND ARMORY HERE IN EDMOND.
IT WAS A PLACE WHERE STOCK SHOWS WERE AT FLEA.
MARCUS WERE, THIS WAS A GATHERING PLACE FOR EDMOND AT OUR ARMORY HOME OF THE TOMAHAWKS.
AND THEN WORLD WAR II CAME, THE 45TH WAS CALLED UP.
AND REMEMBER THERE WAS 400 MEN INVOLVED IN THAT.
AND THEY WENT TO WAR, LEADING THE FAMILIES BEHIND.
AND IT WAS THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME UP AND HAD TO SUPPORT THOSE FAMILIES WHILE THOSE MEN WERE GONE FOR WORLD WAR II.
FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, THE 45TH WAS GONE.
SADLY, DURING THAT TIME WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER, EDMOND LOST MORE THAN 120 TOMAHAWKS.
AND OVER TWICE, THREE TIMES, THAT NUMBER WOUNDED AT THIS COMMUNITY.
THEN KOREA SHOWED UP JUST YEARS LATER, 1951 AND HERE THEY WENT AGAIN, LEAVING THEIR FAMILIES BEHIND.
I'M GONNA RUN OUT OF TIME, SIR.
WILL YOU GIVE ME, JUST LET ME FINISH THIS FOR ANOTHER MINUTE.
I DON'T COACH, I DON'T CONTROL THE CLOCK ANYMORE, SIR, SIR, BUT I'VE GOT A LADY THAT'S GOING TO RE RE TO RE REDO MY TIME TO ME.
WOULD YOU LET ME UNDO THIS CUZ THIS IS IMPORTANT HISTORY FOR US, SIR.
I PRESENT TO YOU A FLAG, A THUNDERBIRD FLAG.
WE ARE REQUESTING, SIR, THAT THE THUNDERBIRD FLAG FLY AT OUR CITY HALL UNDERNEATH THE OKLAHOMA FLAG IN RECOGNITION OF ALL THE THUNDERBIRDS IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT HAD STOOD UP FOR OUR COUNTRY.
AND SIR, SATURDAY OR SATURDAY, FIVE DAYS FROM NOW, 500 THUNDERBIRDS FROM EDMOND, OKLAHOMA.
OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, OUR CHILDREN ARE GOING OVERSEAS FOR A YEAR.
VIETNAM VETERANS WENT FOR A YEAR.
OUR THUNDERBIRDS ARE LEAVING FOR A YEAR AGAIN AND LEAVING 847 FAMILY MEMBERS IN EDMOND.
IT'S UP TO US TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS.
AND THAT'S WHY SIR, I REQUEST THE FLAG BE FLOWN TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT WE ARE LEAVING.
WE ARE LEAVING 847 FAMILY MEMBERS HERE FOR A YEAR.
SO SIR, I PRESENT THIS, PLEASE AND I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE ALL THUNDERBIRDS IN ED EDMOND, OKLAHOMA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
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CAROLYN HOL WHY I DO THIS TO MYSELF? OKAY, SO I JUST HAVE TWO QUICK THINGS TO SAY AND UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.UM, GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN AND CITIZENS JUST WANNA BE HEARD.
AND THAT WAS THE MAIN THING I HEARD IN THIS ELECTION WHEN I WAS TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO DID NOT AGREE WITH ME.
THEY, I FEEL HEARD, I ALWAYS FEEL HEARD, BUT MAYBE I KNOW HOW TO BE HEARD.
AND SO SOMEHOW MAYBE WE NEED TO EDUCATE OUR CITIZENS HOW TO BE HEARD, HOW TO CONTACT THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
AND MAYBE NOT STARTING FROM THE TOP WHERE YOU GUYS ARE, BUT MAYBE STARTING FROM OTHER PLACES.
SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
MY MAIN REASON FOR BEING HERE IS TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO SERVE.
TIME IS A FINITE RESOURCE AND I'M RESOURCE AND I'M VERY THANKFUL TO THOSE WHO TAKE THEIR TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO WORK TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY, TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE.
I ASKED JOSH ONCE, DO YOU ALL WANT NEED US TO COME UP AND SAY THANK YOU? AND JOSH SAID, NO.
ALL WE NEED IS CIVILITY, PATIENCE, AND UNDERSTANDING.
WE ALL NEED A THANK YOU, AN ENCOURAGING WORD, A COMPLIMENT FROM TIME TO TIME.
UM, SO THANK YOU CHRISTINE AND STACY FOR PUTTING YOURSELVES OUT THERE AND BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION.
AS A WOMAN, I LOVE SEEING PASSIONATE WOMEN IN POSITIONS WHERE THEY CAN USE THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEIR UNIQUE SKILLS AND THINKING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. YOU GUYS USED TO BE TOGETHER, BUT NOW I CAN'T LOOK AT YOU.
THANK YOU JOSH AND DAVID FOR BRINGING YOUR EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU GUYS HAVE SUCH EXPERIENCE AND I'M SO SORRY NOT TO SEE YOU, BUT I HOPE TO SEE YOU IN EDMOND YOU ALL ALONG WITH DARRELL SERVED IN AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME AND SERVED WITH PATIENCE AND GRACE AND DID THE BEST YOU COULD WITH INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
I HOPE TO SEE JOSH AROUND TOWN DOING JOSH THINGS.
AND I KNOW I'LL SEE DAVID DOWNTOWN BECAUSE THAT'S HIS HOME.
SO, UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU DARYL, FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND CALMNESS AND CALMNESS AND STEADY LEADERSHIP.
YOU EXEMPLIFY WHAT IT IS TO BE A CITIZEN WHO SERVES THEIR COMMUNITY.
MY FAMILY MOVED AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DENY THIS, BUT MY FAMILY MOVED TO EDMUND DURING THE GREAT WHITE FLIGHT DURING 50 YEARS AGO.
AND WHEN I CAST MY FIRST BALLOT FOR YOU, DARRELL, I CRIED.
I DIDN'T VOTE FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE A BLACK MAN.
I VOTED FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE THE BEST PERSON.
BUT TO SEE A MAN OF COLOR AS MY MAYOR IN EDMOND AFTER WHAT THIS TOWN HAS BEEN THROUGH, IT MADE ME CRY.
YOU'RE A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF US AS A, A MAN WHO CARES, TOOK HIS TIME TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE.
WHEN I INTRODUCE MYSELF TO CITY EMPLOYEES AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I ALWAYS ASK, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY? WHAT CAN I DO TO BE HELP AND TO SOLVE A PROBLEM? I'M HERE TO HELP.
NEXT RESIDENCE IS RANDALL SHADED RANDALL SHADED 5 0 7 TIMBER, DALE TERRACE, EDMOND AND MY SON JEREMY IN FROM DALLAS, UH, FOR A FUNERAL.
AND MY TOPIC IS DEEP THOUGHTS
BUT I JUST WANT, AND THIS IS NOT SHALLOW, SHALLOWER, I REALLY JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS, YOU, CONGRATULATIONS TO TOM ROBBINS ON AND TO BARRY MOORE ON THEIR ELECTION.
AND UH, MANY OF US IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE THANKFUL THAT YOU THREE INDIVIDUALS RAN FOR OFFICE.
GONNA MISS JOSH AND MS. DAVID.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND A TWO OR THREE YEAR HECTIC PERIOD OF BEING A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
AND THANKS STACY AND KRISTEN FOR STAYING ON BOARD AND DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB, BOTH OF YOU.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
UH, I WAS GONNA COMMENT AS AN ALUM, I GUESS TODD THINKS I'M AN ALUM CUZ I'M OLD AND BEEN HERE MANY TIMES.
UH, I WAS GONNA COMMENT ON MR. SCOTT'S DISCUSSION, BUT I'M PROUD OF THE THUNDERBIRDS SO I WON'T UH, SAY ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THE ARMY.
THE OLD ARMY IS A COOL ARMY AND IT WAS BUILT PROBABLY BY WPA, WHICH WAS A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM THAT GAVE PEOPLE JOBS TO FEED THE FAMILIES THAT
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LEONARD WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, IN THE THIRTIES AND EARLY FORTIES.AND ALSO GAVE US SOCIAL SECURITY AFTER THAT.
SO I'M GETTING MY CHECK EVERY MONTH.
NEXT, UH, NON-RESIDENT LESLIE MANHAN.
MAYOR, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN.
SO, UM, TO CONTINUE WHAT, UM, LEONARD SAID, WE ALSO REQUEST OUR SCHOOLS PLACE A THUNDERBIRD FLAG AT THE SCHOOL'S, UH, BENEATH THE STATE FLAG IN THE RECOGNITION OF THE THUNDERBIRDS IN OUR NATIONAL GUARD AND ALSO OUR AIR GUARD WHO GRADUATED FROM OUR EDMOND HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE REQUEST PICTURES OF THOSE PRIOR STUDENTS BE PLACED AT EVERY STUDENT ENTRY IN ORDER TO REMEMBER THEM AND THEIR SACRIFICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE WILL, UH, BE THERE WILL BULLDOG, THUNDERBIRDS HUSKY AND WOLF THUNDERBIRDS TO BE HONORED.
AND LASTLY, WE REQUEST THE EDMUND SEAL THAT HAS A BLANK SPACE BE FILLED WITH THE SYMBOL OF THE THUNDERBIRD THAT WILL REPRESENT OUR NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE AND ALL THOSE THUNDERBIRDS WHO SERVED OUR CITY FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS.
IT'S TIME OUR EDMUND SEAL BECOME WHOLE AGAIN WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE THUNDERBIRD.
THERE ARE ALL THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[14. Comments from Mayor and City Councilmembers.]
IS, UH, COMMENTS FROM THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL.DON'T WANT TO GET EMOTIONAL, BUT THIS IS ONE MORE WITH THESE TWO GENTLEMEN UP HERE SO I'LL GET EMOTIONAL AT THE NEXT ONE.
CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR, ON YOUR WIN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND BARRY, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO, LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU GUYS GETTING TO WORK TOGETHER AND STARTING TO LEARN AND COLLABORATE,
EDMOND ED EDMOND IS STILL MOVING ON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? UM, WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE SCOTT'S ONE YEAR, UH, A CITY, CITY MANAGER.
UM, HIS OFFICIAL START DATE WAS, UH, MARCH 14TH, 2022.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN SLOW OR FAST OR SOME DAYS IT FEELS BOTH, BUT WE APPRECIATE
THANK HUMBLED BY YOUR CONFIDENCE.
AND WE'RE GONNA DO SOME MORE, WE'RE GONNA DO SOME MORE GREAT THINGS TODAY.
ANYTHING ELSE, COUNSEL? WELL, OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OVER HERE CRYING, SO THIS