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[1. Call to Order by Mayor Darrell A. Davis.]
CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER APRIL 24TH, 2023.[2. Approval of City Council Meeting Minutes:]
BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 10TH, 2023, AND APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 10TH, 2023.PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE THAT THE MEETING MINUTES HAVE PASSED.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FIRST THAT, UH, ITEM NINE A, IF YOU WERE HERE FOR NINE A, WHICH IS A, UH, THE BROADWAY LOFT, CAMPBELL STREET APARTMENT MULTI-USE PROJECT, THAT ITEM IS GONNA BE CONTINUED INDEFINITELY IF YOU WERE HERE FOR THAT ITEM.
UH, BUT IF YOU WANNA STAY FOR ALL THE OTHER FUNDING EXCITEMENT, PLEASE DO.
[A. Recognition of Councilmembers David Chapman and Josh Moore for their years of service and dedication to the City Council and to the City of Edmond.]
IS A DAY FOR ME AND FOR ALL THESE OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE.IF YOU, UM, I'VE BEEN UP HERE FOR OVER A DECADE AND I'VE COME TO KNOW AND LOVE TWO GENTLEMEN UP HERE THAT ARE GONNA LEAVE ME AFTER THE NIGHT AND LEAVE THIS COUNCIL.
THIS IS THEIR LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A, WE HAD TO PUT ON THE AGENDA CUZ JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU FOR THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN FOUR YEARS.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOMENTUM THAT'S GOING ON IN THIS CITY, IF YOU HAVEN'T REALIZED THAT.
AND JUST TO NAME A FEW THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE HERE.
YOU KNOW, UH, WE GOT A TIFF DISTRICT DOWNTOWN.
WE GOT RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS COMING DOWNTOWN.
WE HAVE A ARCADIAN LAKE MASTER PLAN.
WE HAVE A EAST EDMOND 2050 PLAN.
WE HAVE A TREE CANOPY PLAN, WE HAVE EDMUND CENTER COURT.
WE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE BEST MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE IN THE REGION, ALONG WITH OUR BEST MUNICIPAL TENNIS COURT IN THE REGION IN EDMAN.
UM, WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE GONE ON CONTINUALLY IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'VE, WE CODES HAVE BEEN RE RE-LOOKED AT RE REVISITED BECAUSE OF THESE GENTLEMEN UP HERE.
WE HAD OVER 800 CYCLISTS IN OUR TOWN JUST THIS PAST YEAR.
HOPEFULLY A THOUSAND NEXT YEAR, TOUR THE DIRT, SOMETHING TWO YEARS IN A ROW THAT WE'VE HAD HERE IN EDMOND IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
AND THERE'S JUST A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON THE MOMENTUMS THERE.
AND WE'D JUST LIKE, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND ENERGY THAT YOU ARE BOTH GIVEN, UH, THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU MAY, THE SACRIFICES THAT YOUR FAMILY'S MADE FOR YOU ALL SITTING UP HERE.
AND I JUST WISH THAT, UM, THE BEST FOR YOU ALL AS YOU GO ON AND DO THINGS.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE,
YOU ARE MEMBERS OF THESE COMMUNITIES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT ALL OF THE EVENTS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME HERE FOR EVERY COUNCIL MEETING,
BUT WE DIDN'T GET YOU A, A PLAQUE FROM, UH, OAK TREE FROM THE EAST SIDE OF EDMOND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT WHAT I DID WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL, OR THESE COINS THAT MARK SOME TWO KEY EVENTS IN OUR CITY SO FAR WAS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERTY FEST, AND THEN OUR CYCLE 66 AS WE GET READY FOR THE CENTENNIAL YEAR.
GENTLEMEN, I, I WANTED YOU TO HAVE THIS FOR YOUR, I CALL IT COUNCIL TREASURE CHESS, YOUR COUNCIL.
I HAVE A ROOM,
NO, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE AS A, UH, HALFTIME FOR STACY AND ME IN OUR TERMS. WE WERE TOLD TODAY, HALFTIME.
UM, BUT COMING ONTO THE COUNCIL, UM, YOU CAN NEVER BE FULLY PREPARED OR EVEN HALFWAY PREPARED.
AND THESE TWO SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS, I KNOW WITH STACY AND ME, UM, EXPLAINING THINGS, WORKING WITH US.
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A PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW THEM.WE'RE GONNA REALLY MISS THEIR EXPERTISE AND TO A VOTE.
I NEVER SAW THEM DO ANYTHING THAT WAS NOT FULLY OF INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND HONESTY AND DOING WHAT THEY TRULY FELT LIKE WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THIS COMMUNITY AND ITS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
UM, JUST HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR BOTH OF YOU AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE, AND TRULY A SACRIFICE OF A LOT, UM, TIME, ENERGY, RESOURCES, FAMILY.
UM, AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND, AND I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR.
A LOT OF THE MOMENTUM AND THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING ARE REALLY, UM, THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU AND THE EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE DONE.
I HAVE SO MUCH APPRECIATION FOR BOTH OF YOU.
YOU GUYS LOVE YOUR CITY SO MUCH.
YOU'VE DONE SOME GREAT THINGS.
THERE'S NOT A RESIDENT IN THIS CITY WHO DOESN'T PROSPER FROM HAVING YOU TWO ON THIS COUNCIL, AND YOU'LL JUST BE SUBTLY MISSED.
UM, LIKE KRISTEN SAID, IF I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT ANYTHING I COULD CALL EITHER OF YOU AT ANY TIME AND HELP ME OUT, UM, THERE WASN'T A TIME THAT YOU GUYS DIDN'T LEAD WITH YOUR HEART, WITH YOUR PASSION, WITH YOUR CONVICTIONS, WITH YOUR LOVE OF CHRIST.
IT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY SAD THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THE PASSION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN YOUR HEARTS.
AND, UM, YOU SAT ON COUNCIL IN SOME OF THOSE DIFFICULT TIMES IN OUR WORLD'S HISTORY, AND YET YOU STILL HAVE SMILES ON YOUR FACE,
UM, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA DO AND CONTINUE TO DO IN THIS CITY.
AND I HAVE NO DOUBT, NO DOUBT.
UM, I'M EXCITED THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE BACK WITH YOUR FAMILIES AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS A, IT'S A TIME CONSUMING JOB.
AND Y'ALL HAVE SHOWN THAT WITH YOUR LOVE OF THE CITY OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND I JUST SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, JOSH, YOU WANNA GO FIRST? SURE, I WILL.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A SECRET OR NOT, BUT YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL.
I THINK SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT EDMOND AND UNIQUE TO EDMOND, AND I GOT TO SEE IT AND, AND LIVE IT, IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE ELECTED INTO OFFICE, UM, HERE, YOU, YOU IMMEDIATELY FEEL THIS RESPONSIBILITY, UH, RIGHT AWAY TO, UH, TO START WORKING TOGETHER AS A GROUP.
WE EACH REPRESENT OUR OWN WARDS.
UM, BUT BUT YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE JUST TOLD, AND YOU, AND YOU SEE IT IMMEDIATELY THAT IF WE WORK TOGETHER, UH, WE CAN GET MORE DONE AS A GROUP.
AND SO WHAT I'M GONNA MISS SO MUCH IS EVERY, EVERY ONE OF YOU, UM, CUZ WE TALK ALL, ALL THE TIME WITH EACH OTHER AND WE TALK THROUGH THINGS AND WE REASON THINGS AND WE, WE GET INFORMATION FROM EACH OTHER OR SOMEBODY'S GOING TO A MEETING OVER HERE AND HEY, CALL ME AND TELL ME HOW THAT GOES AND FILL ME IN.
AND, AND WHEN YOU DO THAT FOR FOUR YEARS, UH, YOU REALLY FORM THESE BONDS WITH EACH OTHER AND TRUE FRIENDSHIPS THAT ARE JUST LIKE LIFETIME FRIENDSHIPS.
AND, AND SO I'M, I'M GONNA MISS THAT PART OF IT, BUT I'M ALSO EXCITED FOR, FOR TOM AND BARRY, UM, TO COME ON AND, AND FIND OUT WHAT THAT'S LIKE.
UH, CUZ YOU, YOU TRULY WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT WE'RE FACING IN EDMOND AND DECISIONS THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE, YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO, YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO TALK IT OUT WITH PEOPLE AND, AND WITH FRIENDS.
UM, THE SECOND THING IS, SOMETHING THAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT EDMOND IS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER I'M SITTING HERE OR CHAPMAN, IS THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE PROCESS IS SET UP WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND WITH OUR STAFF AND OUR, AND OUR LOOKING AHEAD FOR YEARS.
UM, IT IT, IT'S JUST SET UP TO WORK.
UM, BUT EACH YEAR WHEN WE'RE DOING STRATEGIC PLANNING AND WE'RE LOOKING AT AT, OKAY, WHAT DO, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS YEAR? BUT WHAT'S THE PICTURE FIVE AND 10 YEARS FROM NOW? THAT IS HOW, UH, IT, IT, IT IS SET UP IN EDMOND AND FOR LEADERSHIP AND, AND IT'S A WONDERFUL MODEL AND IT'S A WONDERFUL PROCESS.
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IT'S WORKED FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK.AND THEN THE THIRD THING IS THE, THE CITY MANAGEMENT AND, AND STEVE CITY ATTORNEY AND DEDICATED STAFF, UM, THAT IT, IT IS JUST A SECRET WEAPON BEHIND EDMOND THERE.
IT, IT IS WHAT MAKES OUR CITY WORK OVER 800 EMPLOYEES, UM, THAT ARE KEEPING THE POWER ON, KEEPING THE PARKS CLEAN, KEEPING THE RIGHT OF WAYS, MODE, UH, AND IT'S JUST, IT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S THE INTANGIBLES THAT THE REASON WHY PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE HERE AND WANT TO MOVE HERE IS BECAUSE THINGS WORK WELL, UH, IN EDMOND AND THEY OPERATE WELL.
AND, AND IT'S, AND IT'S NO, THERE'S NO MAGIC WAND TO DO THAT.
IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK.
UM, AND IT'S, AND IT'S REALLY GOOD CITY MANAGEMENT AND HIRING A REALLY GOOD CITY MANAGER, UH, THAT HELPS MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND HIGHER LEADERSHIP IN PLACE.
AND SO, UM, I, I SAID THIS IN A VIDEO A FEW DAYS AGO.
I, I THINK THE SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR EDMOND.
IT, IT'S, IT'S GROWN FOR A LONG TIME.
I THINK IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW.
UM, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES HERE FOR THE FUTURE AND THE, THE EVENTS AND, AND ACTIVITIES AND RECREATION AND ECONOMY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOBS, UM, I THINK IS JUST GONNA BE INCREDIBLE FOR EDMOND MOVING FORWARD.
SO IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SERVE.
I THANK MY FAMILY FOR LETTING ME DO THIS.
MY WIFE IS AT SOMEHOW AT BOTH SOCCER PRACTICE AND TENNIS PRACTICE RIGHT NOW.
AND SO I'M GONNA GET TO GO HELP WITH THAT.
BUT I THANK MY FAMILY FOR, FOR LETTING ME DO THIS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING MORE TIME WITH THEM TOO.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR GIVING US THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW THINGS.
UM, I REMEMBER ONE TIME
UM, I JUST WANT TO START BY THANKING GOD, YOU KNOW, THAT I'M NOT SURE WHY GOD PUT US, PUT JOSH AND I HERE THE LAST TWO YEARS, UM, DURING THIS TIME, THE THINGS THAT WE WENT THROUGH, BUT I DO KNOW THIS, THAT, UH, HIS TIMING'S PERFECT.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE JOSH AND I WERE PUT HERE DURING THOSE TIMES TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THE THINGS THAT WE WENT THROUGH, UM, FOR A REASON.
I WANNA THANK JULIE, MY WIFE, UM, MY DAUGHTER, JENNIFER, AND RYAN.
I DON'T THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR FAMILY MEMBERS TO SEE THEIR HUSBANDS OR, OR WIVES, UH, GETTING CRITICIZED AFTER MAKING THE VERY BEST DECISIONS THAT THEY CAN.
AND, UH, THEY, MY FAMILY WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME WHEN I WENT HOME AFTER THESE MEETINGS.
UM, MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, NICK MASSEY.
UM, THANK YOU NICK FOR SHOWING ME THE ROPES AND BEING PRESENT THERE WHILE I LEARNED, UH, DARRELL, STACY, KRISTEN, I'VE ENJOYED SERVING WITH YOU ALL AND, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE NEXT YOU TWO YEARS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND WATCH YOU ALL AND HOW YOU'VE GROWN IN THIS ROLE.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THIS COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY.
UM, AND I'VE ENJOYED SERVING WITH YOU.
UM, JOSH, UM, WE CAME TOGETHER INTO THIS OFFICE TOGETHER, AND WE, WE BARELY KNEW EACH OTHER AT THAT POINT, UM, BUT WE BECAME THE BEST OF FRIENDS, ALMOST LIKE BROTHERS.
AND, UH, I'M GOING, I TREASURE THOSE, UH, ONE HOUR LONG CONVERSATIONS DISCUSSING CITY BUSINESS AND LIFE AND, AND, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, LARRY STEVENS, STEVE COMMONS.
SO MUCH OF WHAT, UH, I WAS ABLE TO DO AND WHAT HAPPENED DURING MY TERM HAS STEVE COMMONS, D N ALL OVER IT.
UM, THIS GUY WAS, UH, SO POSITIVE AND, UH, JUST HAD A WAY OF WORKING DEALS OUT.
I KNOW SOMETIME TO THE CHAGRIN OF THE STAFF.
UH, BUT IT WAS AN APPRECIATION THAT I HAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF THINGS DONE, UH, JUST BECAUSE HIS, UH, EXPERIENCE, UH, IN DOING IT.
STEVE MURDOCH, UM, THANKS FOR YOUR LEGAL, MANAGERIAL, AND MOST OF ALL YOUR SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP.
UM, I REALLY GREW TO APPRECIATE YOUR TALENT AND YOUR EXPERIENCE, BUT MOST OF ALL, YOUR HEART FOR THE LORD.
OUR PUBLIC SERVICE GUYS, UH, CHIEF YOUNGER, CHIEF, GOOD ONE, AND MATT STILLWELL.
I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD GET TO KNOW, UH, MATT.
UH, BUT WE MET WEEKLY, UH, AT CITY COUNCIL FOR NEARLY A YEAR.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR UPDATES DURING THAT TIME AND KEEPING US SAFE DURING THAT TOUGH, THAT TOUGH PERIOD.
UM, AND JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING OUR POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY MANAGER MANAGEMENT THE BEST IN THE REGION.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING OUR OFFER.
UM, RANDY, RANDY, YOU'VE BUILT A,
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A TALENTED WORLD CLASS TEAM, AND I APPRECIATE THAT IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.TODD, CNDA, JAY AND CHRISTIE, CASSIE, ALL THE REST, ALL THE REST OF YOU ALL, I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT THE STAFF DOES EVERY DAY TO MAKE THIS PLACE GREAT.
UM, I WANT TO THANK MY EMPLOYER UCO, FOR ALLOWING ME TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I'M SURE THEY, WELL, I KNOW THAT, UH, THEY'VE GOT A LIST OF THINGS THAT I NEED TO GET ACCOMPLISHED THAT I HAVEN'T DONE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS ALONG WITH MY WIFE'S LIST.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE CITIZENS, UH, EDMUND, FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY AND TRUSTING ME TO MAKE DECISIONS, UH, FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, BARRY MOORE,
THIS IS SIMPLY A CONTINUATION OF THE VALUABLE SERVICE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN PROVIDING TO OUR, OUR CITY.
TOM, WHERE ARE YOU? TOM? TOM, UH, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE YOU IN THIS ROLE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE IMPACT THAT YOU'LL MAKE.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THE ALLEYS ARE A MESS.
THE ADA CROSSINGS NEED A DRESSING.
THE LIGHTING DOWNTOWN IS POOR, AND THE SPEED OF THE CARS IN TOWN DOWNTOWN IS TERRIBLE, AND SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET HURT.
UM, IN CLOSING, IN THE END, I'M GLAD I RAN.
I'M GLAD I HAD THE ABILITY TO SERVE FOR FOUR YEARS.
UH, FOUR YEARS IS ENOUGH AND I'M MORE CONFIDENT THAN EVER BEFORE IN THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY.
AND AS RAY HIBBARD SAYS, THERE JUST AIN'T NO SKUNK UNDER THE HOUSE.
SO THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS THE CITY OF EDMOND.
NOW WE'RE GONNA GET THE TEARS OUT OF OUR EYES AND PROCEED WITH THE PROGRAM.
[4. City Council Nominations to Boards and Commissions:]
COUNCIL NOMINATIONS TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION NOMINATION OF MARK TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, BOARD OF APPEALS TO REPLACE BARRY MOORE, NO, MAX TERM.THAT IS THE ONLY NO NOMINATION WE HAVE TODAY, COUNSEL, MOVE TO APPROVE.
THAT NOMINATION IS NOW AN EMPLOYMENT.
NOW WE HAVE SOME GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS, UH, COUNSEL,
[5. General Consent Items: (Items listed under General Consent are usually approved as a group with the proper motion from a member of the Council. Members of the Council may request discussion or separate action on any item under General Consent.)]
UH, NORMALLY ON THE GENERAL CONSENT, IF WE UNDER PROPER MOTION, WE CAN PULL SOME OR NOT.DO WE WANT TO PULL ITEM FIVE? A FIVE? YES, MA'AM.
WE STAFF WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MM-HMM.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE, POOR COUNSEL, OUT OF THESE GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS? GOOD.
LET'S TALK ABOUT ITEM 5 85, APPROVAL OF A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL FOR AN AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND.
WELL, UH, CHIEF GOODIN WALKS UP HERE.
I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE PREFACE TO THIS, THIS, THIS ACTION WE TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS ONE THAT, UH, WE DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY AS A STAFF TO TALK ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL FOR, I'LL CALL LIFE SAFETY ACTIVITY, WHICH IS AMBULANCE SERVICE IS CRITICAL.
UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CONSIDER SOME THINGS, YOU MAY SAY, HEY, WE MAY SLIDE A WEEK BEFORE THE NEXT SERVICE PICKS UP, WHATEVER, NOT A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE.
SO WE TAKE THIS, UM, ITEM VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND, AND, UM, OUR GOAL AS A CITY IS PROBABLY THE BEST SERVICE TO OUR CITIZENS AS POSSIBLE.
WE KNOW WE HAVE EXTREMELY, UM, CAPABLE POLICE AND FIRE, AND WE JUST WANT TO HAVE THAT SAME EXPECTATION AND ACHIEVEMENT BY THOSE WHO WE CONTRACT TO EXTEND THOSE TYPE OF LIGHT SAFETY OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, WITH THAT CHIEF, TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
THANKS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT A AMBULANCE TRANSPORT RFP.
UM, I'M GONNA TALK, I'VE GOT SEVERAL SLIDES HERE.
UH, YOU ALL ARE AWARE THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE CITY FOR SOME TIME, SO IT'S NO SURPRISE TO YOU.
I DO WANT TO STRESS BEFORE I GET STARTED THAT NOTHING IN MY PRESENTATION IS MEANT TO BE AN ATTACK ON OUR CURRENT PROVIDER, EMSA.
WE'VE ENJOYED A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM FOR MANY YEARS, UM, BUT THE, THE PAST 33 MONTHS HAS NOT BEEN UP TO THE STANDARDS THAT WE EXPECT, AND THAT'S WHY I'M COMING TO TALK WITH YOU AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THAT.
SO, WANTED TO START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT OUR CURRENT PROVIDER AND, AND THAT RELATIONSHIP.
AND SO, UM, GOT A FEW DATES HERE FOR YOU.
1977 M S A STARTED AS A TRUST IN TULSA.
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1990, IT CAME TO OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA.AFTER THE PROVIDER THAT MOST OF THE METRO AREA WAS USING, UM, FELL INTO DIFFICULTY.
THE TRUST CAME TO OKLAHOMA CITY, UH, AREA.
UH, AND, UH, DURING THAT TIME, UH, IT WAS SPLIT INTO AN EASTERN AND A WESTERN DIVISION.
SO EASTERN DIVISION TULSA, AND THE AREA CITIES AROUND TULSA.
THE WESTERN DIVISION WAS HERE IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA.
AND AT THE TIME, THERE WERE ABOUT 19 NON BENEFICIARY CITIES THAT PARTICIPATED, UM, OR WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRUST HERE IN THE WESTERN DIVISION.
WE'RE DOWN TO ONLY A HANDFUL OF THOSE CITIES REMAINING EDMOND BEING ONE WAR ACRES IN THE VILLAGE.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE TOWN OF ARCADIA.
UH, AND SO IT'S, IT'S PRETTY SMALL.
LAKE ILLUMINA, I THINK, IS STILL IN IT.
UM, SO WHEN I SAY BENEFICIARY CITIES, KEEP IN MIND THE TRUST IS FOR THE CITIES OF TULSA AND OKLAHOMA CITY, THE TRUSTED DESIGNED FOR THEM.
THE OTHERS ARE NON BENEFICIARY CITIES.
HOWEVER, DURING THE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN IN THE TRUST AS EDMOND, WE HAVE BEEN TREATED AS A NON BENEFICIARY CITY.
AND I'LL SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER.
EVEN THOUGH WE WEREN'T TECHNICALLY A BENE A, I'M SORRY.
ALTHOUGH WE WEREN'T TECHNICALLY A BENEFICIARY CITY, WE WERE TREATED, WE ENJOYED THE TREATMENT OF A BENEFICIARY CITY.
SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
UM, IN 1990S, UH, EMS A BEGAN TO HAVE EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES AS THEY GREW AND AS THE SERVICE GREW.
UM, AND SINCE 1999, THERE'S BEEN ANNUAL SUBSIDIES PAID BY ALL THE PARTICIPATING CITIES.
AND YOU ALL ARE AWARE THAT WE HAVE AN ANNUAL SUBSIDY THAT'S USUALLY AROUND $660,000 THAT'S PAID TO E S A FOR SERVICES HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, THAT AMOUNT DOES INCREASE AT TIMES IF THEY DO A MID-YEAR INCREASE, AND THAT HAPPENS PERIODICALLY.
UM, BUT THAT, THOSE SUBSIDIES HAS GONE ON SINCE 1999.
IN 2020, THERE WERE OPERATIONAL CHANGES VERSUS THE WAY MSU USED TO RUN AS A PUBLIC UTILITY MODEL.
SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
A PUBLIC UTILITY MODEL IS BASICALLY A, A, A GOVERNMENT AGENCY, A QUASI-GOVERNMENT AGENCY, A TRUST.
UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE A E M S A, UH, WHO OVERSEES A CONTRACT, OKAY? SO THERE'S COMPETITIVE BIDDING GOES OUT TO COMPETITIVE BIDDING SO THAT YOU'RE GETTING THE BEST DEAL FOR THE PARTICIPATING CITIES.
AND, AND THE, IN THIS CASE, E M S A WOULD OPERATE AS THAT OVERSIGHT.
THEY WOULD, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASSESS FINES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.
THEY GO OUT TO COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND SO FORTH.
WELL, THAT ALL CHANGED IN 2020.
UH, WHEN M S A DECIDED TO RUN THE SERVICE THEMSELVES, THEY GOT INTO A LAWSUIT WITH THEIR PROVIDER, UM, AND THEY DECIDED TO RUN THE SERVICE THEMSELVES.
AND EVERYTHING KIND OF CHANGED AT THAT POINT.
UM, AND THEN 2023, THERE WERE CHANGES TO THE TRUST DOCUMENTS.
SOME OF THOSE CHANGES HAD TO HAPPEN, IN MY OPINION, TO ALLOW EMS TO CONTINUE RUNNING THE SERVICE INSTEAD OF OPERATING OUT OF A TRUST.
UM, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE CHANGES IN THE RESULTS OF THOSE HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
HISTORY OF EDMOND'S RELATIONSHIP WITH EDMOND, AGAIN, STARTING IN, BACK IN THE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE STARTED IN 1990.
I DON'T HAVE RECORDS GOING BACK THAT FAR, BUT I ASSUME THAT WE STARTED SHORTLY AFTER THEY CAME TO THE WESTERN DIVISION.
BUT AGAIN, EDMOND, AS FAR BACK AS I CAN TELL, EDMOND WAS TREATED AS A BENEFICIARY CITY, ALTHOUGH TECHNICALLY WE'RE NOT.
AND BY THAT, WE HAVE A, A SEAT ON THE BOARD.
THERE'S AN 11 MEMBER BOARD THAT RUNS THE EMSA TRUST BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
UM, OUR CURRENT CITY MANAGER SITS ON THAT BOARD.
OUR CITY MANAGER BEFORE SAT ON THAT BOARD FOR HIS ENTIRE TIME THAT HE WAS IN EDMOND, I BELIEVE, FOR ALMOST 21 YEARS.
UM, SO ALSO THE FIRE CHIEF HAD A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
UM, SO ANY MEETINGS THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN O, NOT ANY MEETINGS, BUT A LOT OF THE MEETINGS THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN OKLAHOMA CITY, TULSA, EDMOND WAS THE KIND OF THE THIRD SEAT I HAD.
THE, THE CHIEF OR, OR THE DEPARTMENT HAD A LOT OF INPUT INTO THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON OPERATIONALLY AND SO FORTH IN E M SSA.
UM, SOME CHANGES HAPPENED, UH OH, I'M SORRY.
VARIOUS SERVICE PROVIDERS WERE CONTRACTED WITH M S A OVER THE YEARS.
PARAMEDICS PLUS, UM, AMR, THEY, THEY'VE HAD DIFFERENT PROVIDERS BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY WOULD GO OUT TO COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND, AND THEY WOULD AWARD THE BID.
UH, AND AGAIN, THAT WORKED IN THE FAVOR OF THE PARTICIPATING CITIES TO KNOW THAT WE WERE GETTING THE BEST DEAL, IF YOU WILL.
UM, SOME CHANGES IN RESPONSE TIME STANDARDS HAVE HAPPENED.
AT ONE POINT, THE RESPONSE, UH, TIMES WERE SEVEN MINUTES AND 59 SECONDS FOR PRIORITY ONE INCIDENTS.
AND OVER THE YEARS, THAT INCREASED TO EIGHT MINUTES AND 59 SECONDS FOR PRIORITY ONE INCIDENTS.
AND EVENTUALLY, THAT'S KIND OF SETTLED AT 10 MINUTES AND 59 SECONDS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW.
SO PRIOR PRIORITY ONE INCIDENTS ARE YOUR MORE SERIOUS, UM, MEDICAL CALLS.
OKAY? UM, AND UNDER CURRENT DOCUMENTS, THEY HAVE 10 MINUTES AND 59 SECONDS
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TO ARRIVE AT 90% OF THOSE PRIORITY ONE INCIDENTS.UM, PRIORITY TWO INCIDENTS, 24 MINUTES AND 59 SECONDS IS WHAT THEY HAVE TO REACH 90% OF THE TIME.
BUT OVER THE YEARS, THOSE HAVE CHANGED.
BUT BASICALLY IT'S BEEN AN INCREASE TO, TO WHERE THEY SIT NOW.
UM, AGAIN, THERE'S BEEN GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE AGENCIES.
OUR FIELD PARAMEDICS WORK VERY WELL TOGETHER.
WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
UM, AND WE HAVE GOOD, WE'VE HAD GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE EM S A LEADERSHIP OVER THE YEARS.
COMPLIANCE HAS BEEN SATISFACTORY UNTIL MAY OF 2020.
AND THAT'S, REMEMBER THAT'S WHEN COVID HAPPENED.
UM, SO AGAIN, LATE, LATE 2019, EARLY 2020 IS WHEN EM, EMSA CHANGED THE WAY THAT BEEN BEEN OPERATING, AND THEY STARTED PROVIDING THE SERVICES.
AND EVERYTHING HAVE NEVER BEEN THE SAME.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN A RECOVERY SINCE THAT TIME.
WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING ON THREE YEARS OF NON-COMPLIANCE.
UM, THEY'VE YET TO HIT COMPLIANCE IN 30, IN THE LAST 33 MONTHS, A SINGLE TIME.
UM, AND PRIOR TO TWO COMPLIANCE, THEY, THEY DIDN'T HIT IT LAST MONTH, THEY WERE AT RIGHT AT 90%.
UM, BUT THAT'S 32 OUT OF THE LAST 33 MONTHS OF NON-COMPLIANCE.
SO WE FEEL LIKE OUR, FEEL LIKE WHAT OUR CITIZENS DESERVE BETTER, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY IS ASSETS.
LET'S SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE, IF YOU WILL, COVID AND CHANGE TO THE TRUST.
AGAIN, COVID PANDEMIC IN EARLY 2020.
UM, AND THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A HIT ON ALL AMBULANCE SERVICES ACROSS THE, THE COUNTRY, ACROSS THE GLOBE, REALLY.
UM, HOWEVER, WE'RE PAST COVID AND WE EXPECT THAT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMEDIED BY NOW.
AND WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING TO MEET OUR, OUR RESPONSE TIME STANDARDS.
UM, AGAIN, THE THE 2023 DOCUMENTS WERE, OR NOVEMBER OF 23, THE UPDATED TRUST DOCUMENTS THAT WAS JUST HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE CHANGES THAT HAPPEN TO THE TRUST, UM, ARE, IN MY OPINION, A DETRIMENT TO EDMUND.
UM, IT REMOVES A LOT OF OUR PROTECTIONS.
IT, IT REALLY GIVES US, THE END RESULT IS WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT.
UM, THEY'RE NO LONGER GOING OUT TO THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
UM, SO THERE'S JUST LOTS OF THINGS THAT I THINK WORK AGAINST US THERE.
AND SO, AGAIN, THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE STILL EXPERIENCING AN UNACCEPTABLE, UH, LACK OF COMPLIANCE EFFECTS OF THAT LACK OF PERFORMANCE AND CHANGES TO THE TRUST, AGAIN, MAINLY OUR, TO OUR PATIENTS, TO OUR CITIZENS.
UM, I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN CONTACTED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS ABOUT LONG AMBULANCE RESPONSE TIMES, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LONG ONES.
AT TIMES THEY'VE EXCEEDED TWO HOURS.
THERE HAS BEEN IMPROVEMENT, I'LL TELL YOU.
UM, ALTHOUGH THERE'S, WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING UNACCEPTABLE WAIT TIMES.
UM, SO THERE'S ALSO, UM, OUR OPERATIONS, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE FILLING THE VOID, IF YOU WILL.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS FILLING THE VOID.
OUR FOLKS ARE OUT ON THE SCENE WAITING.
THEY'RE, UM, PROVIDING CARE FOR EMSA WHILE EMSA ARRIVES.
AND, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT AFFECTS THE, OUR READINESS ACROSS THE CITY BECAUSE EVERY MINUTE THAT WE ARE ON SCENE WAITING UNNECESSARILY FOR AN AMBULANCE TO ARRIVE IS A MINUTE THAT WE'RE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THAT NEXT EMERGENCY.
SO FREQUENTLY WE'RE HAVING TO SEND A APPARATUS FROM ACROSS TOWN, UH, TO A CALL THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE HANDLED BY A CLOSER COMING, BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT AVAILABLE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON SCENE THERE.
SO THAT'S BEEN A, A REAL STRUGGLE FOR US.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND, THE CHANGES TO THE TRUST I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE NOW HAVE NO ABILITY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE.
WE'RE USED TO, UM, M S A COULD FIND THE CONTRACTOR WHEN THEY WEREN'T MEETING COMPLIANCE.
NOW, WE CAN'T FIND M S A, IF YOU WILL.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE NO ABILITY TO REALLY ENFORCE A CONTRACT IN ANY WAY.
WE HAVE NO CONTINGENCY FOR THE FUTURE.
PANDEMICS IS A, A REAL CONCERN THERE.
I WE'RE NOT MEETING, UH, THEY'RE NOT MEETING STANDARDS NOW.
AND IF, SHOULD WE HAVE ANOTHER PANDEMIC IN THE FUTURE? I DON'T SEE ANY, ANYTHING CHANGING WITH THAT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE CITY OF ADMIN FACES THE POSSIBILITY OF SERVICES BEING DROPPED WITH 180 DAYS OF NOTICE.
THAT'S IN ESSENCE WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN.
THEY GIVE US NOTICE THAT THEY'RE DROPPING US.
SO SHOULD WE HAVE ANOTHER PANDEMIC OR SOMETHING, UM, THAT WOULD BE, WE WOULD BE STRUGGLING TO FIND A SOLUTION AT THAT TIME.
WHAT HAVE WE DONE? WELL, WE'VE CONTINUED TO COLLABORATE.
WE'VE COLLABORATED WITH S A LEADERSHIP SINCE THE START OF THE NON-COMPLIANCE.
WE, I KNOW AT TIMES WE WERE, I WAS PERSONALLY MEETING WITH THEM MORE THAN ONCE A MONTH.
AND THEN FOR MANY TIMES WE MET MONTHLY.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM.
AND YET THE NON-COMPLIANCE DOES CONTINUE, ALTHOUGH IT IS GETTING BETTER.
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UM, IF EDMUND FIRE DEPARTMENT CREWS CONTINUE TO FILL, FILL THE VOID, AND THAT IS ONGOING.UM, WE'VE MET WITH OTHER AMBULANCE TRANSPORT AGENCIES.
I KNOW, I BELIEVE MAYBE SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE REACHED OUT TO SOME OF YOU OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO US.
WE HAVE MET WITH OTHER TRANSPORT AGENCIES.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, I BELIEVE WE ARE A VERY DESIRABLE MARKET HERE IN EDMOND, UM, IN THE, IN THE OPINION OF OTHER TRANSPORT COMPANIES.
AND THAT'S CERTAINLY WHAT WE HOPE TO SEE.
IF WE GO OUT TO RFP, WE HOPE TO SEE A LOT OF INTEREST.
UM, WE'VE TALKED WITH OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS HERE IN THE METRO AREA, UH, IN TEXAS AND OTHER STATES, UM, TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THEIR CITIES ARE DOING.
UM, AND THAT LED TO, UH, THIS DRAFT THAT'S BE BEFORE YOU OF AN RFP, AFTER TALKING WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.
AND WE'VE KIND OF, MY STAFF CHIEF WADE BACK HERE IN THE BACK, HE AND HIS STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND DEVELOPING THIS RFP.
UM, AND WE BELIEVE IT'S READY TO GO OUT.
SO, SO THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION, IS THAT WE HOLD AN RFP PROCESS FOR AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SERVICE IN THE CITY OF EDMOND.
WE HOPE TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE APPLYING FOR THAT.
WE HOPE TO ADVERTISE THAT AS SOON AS WE GET YOUR APPROVAL, WE'D BE PUTTING THE WORD OUT THAT, UH, WE'RE DOING THIS.
UM, I WILL SAY S IN CASE ANY OF YOU'RE WONDERING, IS M S A ABLE TO PUT IN FOR THIS? ABSOLUTELY.
THE THEY ARE, THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE THEY'D HAVE TO COMPLY WITH OUR RFP MM-HMM.
AND WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A CONTRACT THAT WE COULD HOLD WHOEVER WE AWARD THAT TO, THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CONTRACT.
SO THE KEY POINTS TO THE RFP, JUST A FEW OF 'EM, AGAIN, WE'D HAVE AN ENFORCEABLE CON CONTRACT WITH DEFINED FINES AND LIQUIDATED DAMAGES IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK IN THAT.
YOU SEE, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF FINES IN THERE.
UM, WE REALLY FEEL LIKE, UM, WHATEVER THE CON THE COMPANY WE GO WITH AGREES TO, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD THEM TO THAT.
WE'RE NOT OKAY WITH HOUR LONG RESPONSES.
IF RESPONSES ARE MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES LATE, THERE'S FINES FOR THAT.
IF THEY DON'T MEET THEIR COMPLIANCE, THERE'S FINES FOR THAT.
IF THEY HAVE BACK TO BACK MONTHS OF NON-COMPLIANCE, THERE'S ADDITIONAL FINES FOR THAT.
SO THERE'S LOTS OF FINES BUILT INTO THE RFP.
AND OF COURSE, ANYTHING WILL BE FINALIZED IN A FINAL CONTRACT.
UM, IT IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW ANNUALLY FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS.
SO, UM, IF, IF BOTH PARTIES ARE HAPPY WITH THE SERVICES, WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, RENEW IT FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK OUT.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT'S GOOD TOO, BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS KEEPING IT FRESH AND KEEPING PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THAT.
UM, WE WILL HAVE AMBULANCES DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF EDMOND 24 7 365, WHICH WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE WITH M S A.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT OR NOT, BUT M S A POST TWO AMBULANCES IN OUR CITY WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO.
SO WE HAVE AN AMBULANCE THAT'S POSTED AT ON CUE AT I 35 AND 15TH AND ANOTHER AMBULANCE POST, UH, POSTED AT THE ON CUE OVER HERE AT BOULEVARD OR BROADWAY, I'M SORRY, BROADWAY AND NINTH.
UM, THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO POST AN AMBULANCE, THEY DO.
IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO, THEN OUR AMBULANCE WILL BE COMING FROM OKLAHOMA CITY.
AND SO UNDER THIS RFP, WE WILL HAVE DEDICATED AMBULANCES HERE IN THE CITY OF EDMOND.
UM, STANDBY COVERAGE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.
WE GOT A LOT GOING ON IN EDMOND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED AN AMBULANCE ON.
UM, PRIORITY ONE AND PRIORITY TWO INCIDENTS.
WE ARE FOR PRIORITY ONE, WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING THAT WE LOWER, UH, OR THAT WE KEEP THE TIME OF 10 59 FOR PRIORITY ONE INCIDENTS.
BUT FOR PRIORITY TWO INCIDENTS, WE'RE LOWERING THAT TIME DOWN TO 1959.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY AGAIN, WITH OUR CONTRACT FINAL HUNDRED, WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE WANT TO WITH THOSE, UM, UH, TIMES.
WE COULD LOWER THOSE TIMES AND, UH, ENSURE THAT PEOPLE GOT THERE EARLIER.
UM, WE DO PLAN TO CONTINUE THE MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM.
UH, WE, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE HAVE, UH, THROUGH UTILITY BILLS, UM, OUR CITIZENS CAN, UH, DO $3 A MONTH TOWARDS A MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM.
AND WE UTILIZE THAT MONEY TO PAY THE EMSA SUBSIDY NOW.
AND THE PLAN WOULD BE TO UTILIZE THAT MONEY AND HOPEFULLY PAY FOR THE CONTRACT GOING FORWARD.
UM, SO WE DO PLAN THAT IS IN THERE THAT WE WANT TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S NO AUTOMATIC EXCLUSION FOR LATE CALLS.
SO CURRENTLY IN PER THE TRUST AGREEMENT, THERE ARE A LOT OF EXCLUSIONS.
UH, OR THERE ARE CERTAIN EXCLUSIONS THAT EMSA GETS FOR WEATHER AND DIFFERENT DEFINED THINGS IN THERE THAT THOSE CALLS ARE EXCLUDED FROM NON-COMPLIANCE, IF YOU WILL, IN THIS RFP.
SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT THEY CAN PETITION FOR AN EXCLUSION AND, UH, WE CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION AT THAT TIME WHETHER THOSE CALLS WILL BE EXCLUDED OR NOT.
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UH, PAST EXPERIENCE IN ALS TRANSPORT, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A STARTUP COMPANY.WE'RE TOO LARGE OF A CITY WITH TOO BIG, TOO BIG OF A POPULATION.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A STARTUP COMPANY.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A COMPANY THAT HAS EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH ALS TRANSPORT SERVICES.
UM, EMERGENCY AND DISASTER ASSISTANCE IS IMPORTANT.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO, IN THE RFP, DEFINE WHAT CAPABILITIES THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH TORNADOES AND LARGE EVENTS.
CAN THEY BRING IN OTHER RESOURCES FROM DIFFERENT AREAS? UM, CONTINGENCY ALLOWANCE THERE.
UM, THAT RIGHT THERE, ONE OF OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO, FOR US TO STAFF AN AMBULANCE WITH OUR PARAMEDICS SHOULD THE NEED BE.
IF THEY'RE, IF THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE UNABLE FOR WHATEVER REASON, UM, STAFFING DIFFICULTIES FOR WHATEVER, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE THEN TO STAFF THEIR AMBULANCE WITH OUR PERSONNEL AND THEY WOULD REIMBURSE US FOR THAT.
UM, THE, IN THE RFP, THEY'VE GOTTA GIVE US THEIR OPTIONS FOR MEDICAL OVERSIGHT.
I WILL SAY WE HAVE ENJOYED WONDERFUL MEDICAL OVERSIGHT, UM, WITH OMD AND DR.
THAT HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD THING FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, FOR OUR CITY, AND FOR OUR CITIZENS.
UM, WE DO SOME REAL CUTTING EDGE THINGS THAT MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY DEPEND, NO MATTER WHO WE GO WITH IT, THAT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD CONTINUE WITH THAT MEDICAL OVERSIGHT AS LONG AS THAT'S A POSSIBILITY WITH THE RFP PROVIDER.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO LET US KNOW WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE UNDER THEIR CONTRACT FOR MEDICAL OVERSIGHT.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A CO-BRANDED AMBULANCE OPTION.
SO IF WE WANTED THIS AMBULANCE TO SAY CITY OF EDMOND OR EDMOND AND WHATEVER THE NAME OF THE COMPANY, THAT WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF THAT WAS BE IMPORTANT TO OUR CITIZENS THAT SIT, THEY SEE AN A EDMOND ON THE AMBULANCE THERE.
UM, AND THEN THE POSSIBILITY FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE AMBULANCES AT COST.
AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF A CONTINGENCY.
YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF OUR TWO PERSON SQUAD PROGRAM THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED MM-HMM.
AND OUR THINKING IS THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD THING TO PUT OUR, RUN THAT SQUAD OUT OF AN AMBULANCE TO GIVE US THE CONTINGENCY TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT IF WE HAD TO TRANSPORT.
UM, AND IN TALKING TO SOME OF THESE PROVIDERS, THERE IS THE, AT LEAST WITH SOME OTHER THAN THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TRANS, UH, TO PURCHASE AMBULANCES AT THEIR COST.
AND THEY GET SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS CUZ THEY'RE, THEY HAVE A NATIONWIDE PURCHASING.
AND SO THAT'S A POSSIBILITY ALSO.
AND OF COURSE, ALL THE FINAL DETAILS WILL BE DETERMINED IN A FINAL CONTRACT TIMELINES.
IF YOU ALL VOTE TO, UH, HAVE US PROCEED WITH THIS, THEN WE WILL PLAN TO GO OUT, OPEN IT UP ON OR SHORT OR SHORTLY AFTER MAY 1ST, 2023.
SO WE'LL GET TO WORK TOMORROW, GET THE WORD OUT, LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH AN RFP, ADVERTISE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
THOSE PROMO PROPOSALS WILL BE DUE ON JUNE 15TH, WHICH IS NOT QUITE SEVEN WEEKS AFTER OPENING.
GIVE PEOPLE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND GET THEIR PROPOSALS INTO US.
THOSE PROPOSALS WILL BE REVIEWED BY A COMMITTEE AFTER THE CLOSING DATE.
AND I WILL STRESS HERE, I DON'T NEED ANYTHING TO TODAY, BUT IF YOU ALL HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT COMMITTEE, EITHER A COUNCIL PERSON SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE, A CITIZEN SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE, OR BOTH, YOU MIGHT SPEAK WITH THE CITY, CITY MANAGER AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR PREFERENCE IS THERE.
BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWS THOSE, AND THEN WE WILL, UH, INTERVIEW OUR FINALIST OR FINALIST AND, AND, UH, COME BACK WITH A, UH, SUGGESTION ON MOVING FORWARD ON THAT.
UM, OF COURSE NEGOTIATION OF THE FINAL CONTRACT.
AND THEN WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, WE WILL TRANSITION TO THE SELECTED PROVIDER.
I WILL MENTION TOO, I'VE TALKED SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE IMSA CEO.
I KNOW, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER HAS TWO.
UM, THIS IS NO SURPRISE TO THEM.
I I'VE HAVEN'T SHARED THAT WE'VE DONE THIS.
UM, BUT I HAVE SHARED MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WE LIKELY WERE GONNA GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WE'D BE GOING OUT TO RFP AND THEY HAVE STRESSED TO ME THAT THEY WILL DO THEIR ABSOLUTE BEST TO WORK WITH US.
SHOULD WE END UP LEAVING, UH, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH E M S A.
THEY WILL WORK WITH US AND MAKE THAT AS SEAMLESS OF A TRANSITION AS POSSIBLE.
SO, DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE ANY HARD TIMELINES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SCRAMBLE ME.
IT'S WHEN, WHEN THINGS ARE RIGHT AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S READY AND THE SYSTEM IS READY, UM, TO ROLL OUT, THEN WE'LL DO IT AT THAT TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS? SO THERE'S NO, UH, WE DON'T HAVE PROVISIONS IN OUR CURRENT ARRANGEMENT THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM 90 DAY, 120 DAY, 180 DAY NOTICE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN, IN THE ACTUAL TRUST DOCUMENTS.
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WE, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GIVE THEM 180 DAYS OF NOTICE.AND I, I HAVE TALKED SPECIFICALLY WITH THE PRESIDENT CEO, THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO HOLD US TO A, A HARD 180 DAYS.
AND WHAT WAS RE TOLD ME IS, NO, NOT IN ANY WAY.
NOT ON THE FRONT END OR NOT ON THE BACK END.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST WHEN LET THEM KNOW AND THEY'LL WORK WITH US.
AND THEN WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, I BELIEVE BIXBY IS DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR AND HAS BEEN FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
UH, AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, BUT THEY CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS THEM.
SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, I THINK I'VE BEEN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AND FOR, FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
UM, IT'S KIND OF A, THE MEMO THAT WAS KIND OF ATTACHED TO THIS AND, AND I THINK THERE'S, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S REASONABLE REASONS BEHIND THIS POPULATION GROWTH IN OUR METRO, UM, THEM BEING ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH, WITH STAFFING AND JUST RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO IT, AND JUST EDMONDS GROWTH PERIOD.
UM, WE'VE BECOME BIG ENOUGH TO TO, TO HAVE OUR OWN NEEDS AND, AND OUR SPECIFIC NEEDS AND, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES JUST, JUST TIED TO OUR CITY LIMITS, WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS.
AND SO, UM, I THINK WE'VE, I THINK WE'VE CROSSED THAT THRESHOLD.
AND SO I'M IN, IN, IN FULL SUPPORT AND, AND ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT, WHAT KIND OF INTEREST AND, AND PROPOSALS YOU GET.
I DO THINK THAT, UM, I I MIGHT OFFER, UH, MY OPINION ON THIS.
I THINK A, I THINK A BALANCED COMMITTEE, UM, OF, OF CITIZEN AND, AND SOME, SOME EXPERTISE ON THAT IN, IN A FEW DIFFERENT AREAS WOULD BE GOOD.
UM, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'LL BE VERY COMPETITIVE BETWEEN THE, THESE PRIVATE COMPANIES AND THE MORE, UM, THE MORE BUFFER YOU GET BETWEEN THAT, BETWEEN A CITIZEN COMMITTEE WOULD PROBABLY HELP KIND OF KEEP THAT OFF OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
JUST A, JUST A COMMENT AGAIN, I WANT TO STRESS, WE'RE GONNA GO OUT FOR OUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
WE, WE, OUR STAFF WILL NOT MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON CHANGING PROVIDER UNLESS WE ARE ULTIMATELY TO THE UTMOST, WE CAN, UH, HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT ANY OTHER PROVIDER CAN MEET THE STANDARD THAT WE EXPECT.
UM, SO WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH EMSA, UH, THEY MAY BE, UH, A RESPONDENT TO IT AND WE'D ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO THAT.
UM, WE MAY GO OUT AND DO REQUEST PROPOSAL AND GET ONE.
WE MAY GET ZERO, WE GET MAY GET FIVE.
SO I JUST WANNA BE VERY CLEAR TO COUNSEL THAT WE MAY BE BACK HERE IN 60 DAYS.
LET'S JUST SAY WE DON'T HAVE MINIMAL RESPONSE AND SAY NONE OF 'EM MEET THE THRESHOLD WE, WE EXPECT, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO KIND OF RECONVENE NEXT STEPS.
THAT MAY MEAN WE CONTINUE TO GO WITH EMSA AND WE HAVE TO BE OPEN TO THAT.
AND I KNOW THE CHIEF AND I ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
I'M GONNA BE VERY CLEAR THAT, THAT JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER AND THEY RESPOND TO US, IF WE DON'T CHECK ALL THE BOXES, CHECK THE REFERENCES AND MAKE SURE THEY CAN MEET ALL THE PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES, WE WON'T BE HERE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THIS.
IT'S ONE THING TO MISS A MOWING FOR A COUPLE WEEKS.
IT'S NOT ANOTHER THING TO MISS GRANDMA, UM, OR THAT SITUATION.
SO WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.
SO, AND I LIKE YOUR STRICT GUIDELINES.
UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ROOM TO WAIVER WHEN IT HAS TO DO WITH SAFETY, WHEN IT HAS TO DO WITH AN EMERGENT SITUATION.
UM, IF YOU, IF SOMEBODY CAN'T MEET THOSE STRICT GUIDELINES, THEY, I, I'M ALL FOR STRICT GUIDELINES WITH THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME.
COUNSEL, THAT WAS THE ITEM WE PULLED FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO WITH THE ALL OF THE ITEMS? FIVE A ONE THROUGH SIX, MOVE TO APPROVE, FIVE A ONE THROUGH SIX, SECOND MOTION, SECOND PC YOUR VOTE.
WE'VE APPROVE THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. NEXT IS APPROVAL OF PURCHASES APPROVAL.
UH, NUMBER ONE IS APPROVAL OF RENEWAL OF SOFTWARE.
MAYOR, COULD WE ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THIS, SIR? THE PEOPLE, COULD WE ASK A QUESTION? SURE, SIR.
WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? YOU'VE COME ON DOWN.
THIS THING WORKS GREAT, BY THE WAY.
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OUR RESPONSE TIME TO INCIDENT AT A SCHOOL FOR A POLICE OFFICER IS ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, IS ABOUT CORRECT.FOUR TO FIVE MINUTES RESPONSE TIME.
SO WHAT IS THE RESPONSE TIME NOW FOR AN AMBULANCE TO SHOW UP TO OUR SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW? WHAT WOULD BE ESTIMATE THAT TIME TO BE? ANYBODY TELL ME WHAT THE ESTIMATE TIME IS.
WELL, THE QUESTION THEN IS, IS IF THE POLICE ARE GONNA GET THERE IN CASE UNHEARD OF.
WE HAVE A MAJOR, AN INCIDENT AT A SCHOOL, WHICH HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL OCCASIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
OUR POLICE ARE GONNA BE THERE, BUT THE AMBULANCES ARE NOT GONNA BE THERE.
BUT I'M SURE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE AMBULANCES.
I NOTICED IT DIDN'T SAY SCHOOLS UP THERE IS PRIORITIES.
AND SO I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE PLAN? WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE SCHOOLS IN CASE THEY KNOW THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET THERE IN TIME.
IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE, FOLKS, BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE ARE DOWN, YOU HAVE TO DECIDE, WAIT FOR THE AMBULANCE.
OR IF IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA GET THERE IN TIME.
YOU LOAD 'EM UP IN A CAR, YOU TAKE THEM BECAUSE WE GOT HOSPITALS CLOSER TO ME.
I JUST WANNA TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHOOLS, OUR SCHOOLS ARE PROTECTED AND THEY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE KNOWING WHAT THE NEW TIME LIMITS ARE BASED ON AMBULANCES ARRIVING, WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE PLAN.
AND THAT GOES FOR OUT HERE AT THE SPORTING EVENTS WHEN YOU GOT, UH, 400 KIDS, THE SOCCER FIELD AND ALL THAT, AND SOMETHING HAPPENS.
SO I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT FROM THE CHILDREN'S STANDPOINT, FOLKS, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.
I THINK WITH THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWS UP.
CHIEF, AM I CORRECT? YOU'RE COMING IN BROKEN, MA'AM.
WHAT'S THE RESPONSE TIME FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? I'M SORRY? WHAT'S THE RESPONSE TIME FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? WE WILL, WE WILL BE THERE QUICKLY.
YEAH, I MEAN WITHIN MINUTES WE'RE GONNA GET THERE AND WE'RE GONNA BE THERE AND TELL THE, AND THEY PROVIDE, UM, THEY PROVIDE A MEDICAL ATTENTION FIRST.
THEY'RE THE FIRST ONES ON THE SCENE.
OH, THAT KNOW ALL THAT PARENTS ARE.
I THINK WE'VE APPROVED ITEMS FIVE A.
SO NOW APPROVE OUR PURCHASES, APPROVE OF RENEWAL OF SOFTWARE AND SERVICES WITH CONNECT WISE LLC FOR $52,890.
NUMBER TWO IS APPROVAL OF SCANNING SERVICES WITH PERFECT IMAGE INK NOT TO EXCEED $205,000.
AND NUMBER THREE IS APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE WITH SUNBELT POOLS FOR PELICAN BAY PUMP ROOM RENOVATION TO INCLUDE AN ACID INJECTION SYSTEM AND NEW POOL FILL SYSTEM FOR $17,250.
UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS APPROVAL ENCUMBERING FUNDS RELATED TO THE APPROVED MEMOR MEMORANDUM UNDERSTANDING FOR THE SPEC SPECIALTY SPECIALTY, UH, DESIGNED CONSULTANT FOR THE JOINT USE LIBRARY AND Y M C A FOR $6,712.
AND NUMBER FIVE IS APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO FOR CONSTRUCTION ITEMS RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK.
GRANT C D B G A REHABILITATION OF RESIDE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE AT 5 0 8 REYNOLDS DRIVE FOR C D B G, UM, FOR $3,000.
COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO WITH THESE PURCHASES? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SPEND THE MONEY, SIR, YOU HAVE A MOTION.
THOSE PURCHASES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[A. Discussion and Consideration of Resolution No. ________ Allowing for Certain Military Flags to be Flown on Public Property; Specifying Criteria for Flying said Flag; and Approval of the Same by the Edmond City Council as the Governing Body having Control over said Public Property in Accordance with 21 O.S. § 375.]
WE HAVE CONSIDERATION AND RESOLUTION, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 13 DASH 2313 DASH 23, ALLOWING FOR CERTAIN MILITARY FLAGS TO BE FLOWN ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.SPECI SPECIFYING CRITERIA FOR FLYING SET FLAG IN APPROVAL OF THE SAME BY THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL AS THE GOVERNING BODY HAVING CONTROL OVER IN PUBLIC PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 21 OS 3 75.
UM, MAYOR COUNSEL REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE REGARDING THE, UH, UH, ESTABLISHING A RESOLUTION OR AUTHORITY FOR THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL TO, UH, COMMEMORATE IN HONOR OF THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE SERVING, UH, OUR COUNTRY.
UH, THE 45TH ENTRY GRADE COMBAT TEAM, THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARD OWNERS WITH THUNDERBIRDS HAS ITS HEADQUARTERS HERE IN EDMOND.
AND, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THE COUNCIL, UH, WE PRESENTED THIS RESOLUTION FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, UH, HONORING THOSE MEMBERS BY FLYING THE FLAG OF THE BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM ON CERTAIN CITY OWNED PROPERTY.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A, A POLICY OR PROCESS FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION.
AND SO WE'VE DIRECTED THIS RESOLUTION THAT WOULD, UH, PERMIT THE FLYING OF THE FLAG.
UH, COULD BE AT THAT, THE LOCATION PARTICULARLY NOT SPECIFIED.
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THE STAFF
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HAD WAS THE, UH, THE FLAG POLE THERE AT THE HISTORY MUSEUM THERE ON BOULEVARD AS A POSSIBLE LOCATION, UH, WHILE THE THE UNIT IS DEPLOYED.AND WE WOULD WANT TO COMPLY WITH ALL APPROPRIATE, UM, ETIQUETTE AND REG RULES AND REGULATIONS AND FORMALITIES REGARDING THE REASON AND THE LOWER OF THE FLAG.
AND THAT THE, UH, ED EDMOND CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THAT, UH, TO BE FLOWN IN HONOR OF THE 45TH INTERVIEW.
SO THAT'S THE RESOLUTION PRESENTED TO THE, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT AND FOR YOUR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.
SO CAN WE ASK QUESTIONS? I WAS GETTING READY TO SAY, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH.
DO WE NEED TO CHOOSE A LOCATION OR CAN WE KEEP THAT OPEN? WE WOULD RECO WELL, UH, I THINK YOU MIGHT GIVE US SOME DIRECTION AS TO THE LOCATION THAT YOU HAVE IN MIND WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
SO THE HISTORY MUSEUM IS THE FIRST ARMORY OR THE ORIGINAL ARMORY MM-HMM.
I THINK THAT'S A, IT'S A GOOD LOCATION.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE LOCATED.
AND I LIKE FROM THE, THE, THE GREAT HISTORICAL ASPECT OF IT THAT, UH, UH, THEY WERE KEEPING HISTORY WHERE HISTORY IS BEING MADE.
AND ANYTHING TO SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, ESPECIALLY THOSE COMING FROM OUR CITY.
SO, MR. MURDOCH, IS THIS A TEMPLATE POTENTIALLY TO BE USED FOR FUTURE? COULD BE MM-HMM.
BUT EACH INDIVIDUAL FLAG WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL WITH CORRECT.
A SEPARATE ORDINANCE WITH THE LOCATION AND THE TIME PERIOD THAT IT WOULD BE FLOWN, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THIS IS A DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? YES, SIR.
PLEASE COME ON DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
I AM THRILLED THAT THIS IS EVEN ON THE AGENDA.
UH, THE ANSWER IS BOTH THE ARMORY IS THE OBVIOUS PLACE AND IT SHOULD NEVER BEEN TAKEN DOWN THE FIRST PLACE.
WE REQUESTED THAT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO FOR A NEW FLAG POLE AND ALL BE UP.
SO I REQUEST THAT WE REQUEST THAT IT AUTOMATICALLY GOES TO THE MUSEUM.
BUT THE CITY TO SHOW THE CITY'S SUPPORT, YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE CITIZENS TO SIT, GO BY THERE.
THE CITY'S SUPPORT NEEDS TO BE RIGHT HERE ON THE, UH, FLAG RIGHT OUT HERE.
THAT'S WHERE ALL TO GO TO SHOW THE CITY SUPPORT.
AND THE COOL THING IS, YOU'VE GOT CITY EMPLOYEES, YOU'VE GOT POLICE OFFICERS, FIRE OFFICERS, YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE FROM ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE IN THE 45TH OR SERVED IN THE 45TH.
WHAT A COOL CEREMONY WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE POLICE OFFICERS OR FIRE OFFICERS, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS, THIS, OF THIS CITY THERE, PUTTING UP THAT FLAG.
AND THAT WOULD BE REALLY THE WAY IT SHOULD BE, I THINK SHOULD BE, AND I ASK YOUR, WE CAN GET YOU ANOTHER FLAG.
WE CAN SURE GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE.
PUT THE ONE SHOULD BE OBVIOUSLY AS THE, AT THE ARMORY, BUT ALSO HERE AT CITY HALL TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? YES MA'AM.
PLEASE COME ON DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY I FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR GETTING SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE REQUESTED, AND I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THIS AND PUT FLY THE FLAG TO SUPPORT OUR MILITARY.
I'M, I WORK FOR THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARD FAMILY PROGRAMS. MY ONLY QUESTION IS WHICH FLAG? WHAT FLAG ARE YOU FLYING? THAT'S ALL THE, WELL, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THE, THE, TO ME, THE FLAG WOULD NEED TO BE THE FLAG THAT IS APPROVED BY THE 45TH INFANTRY PER GREAT COMPACT.
AS WE SAID BEFORE, WE DON'T WANT TO VIOLATE ANY, UH, MILITARY ADEQUACIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO I'M, FROM MY EXPERIENCE WITH DEALING WITH THE MILITARY THAT THEY HAVE SPECIFIC FLAGS THAT THEY WANT.
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COORDINATE WITH THE 45TH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, WE DO HAVE A FLAG IN OUR POSSESSION RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE IF THAT IS OR IS NOT THE CORRECT FLAG TO BE FLOWN.WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND SPECIFY THE LOCATION TO BE, UH, THE EDMOND HISTORY MUSEUM.
YOU HAVE A MOTION? I'LL SECOND.
THAT ITEM RESOLUTION IS APPROVED AND SO WE WILL, UH, TAKE YOUR CARE OF ALL THE, SO I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT GONNA GO TO THE CITY ON CORRECT, SIR, WE, THE COUNCIL VOTED THAT WE'RE GONNA FLY ONE APPROVED FLAG, ONE SECOND AT THE MUSEUM.
[ <Recess Edmond City Council Meeting and Convene Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting>]
A, A, A MOTION TO RECESS THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND CONVENE THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING MOVED.WE'RE NOW IN OUR E P W A MEETING.
NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF E P
[7. Approval of EPWA Meeting Minutes: April 10, 2023]
W A MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 10TH, 2023.SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THOSE E P W MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[A. Consideration of Approval of Administrative Items:]
UH, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL.ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS, APPROVAL OF TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FUNDS TO COVER INCREASED COST IN SUBLET REPAIRS FOR $250,000.
OKAY, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR EIGHT A.
UNDER OUR GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS MOVE TO APPROVE.
PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE THAT HONOR PASS.
[B. Approval of Purchases:]
APPROVAL OF PURCHASES.ITEM EIGHT B ONE IS ACCEPTANCE OF EASEMENTS FROM THE DEVON MCKAY AND CRYSTAL MCKAY, TRUSTEES OF THE MOUNTAIN VIEW LIVING DATED OCTOBER 1ST, 2020 FOR WATER MASTER PLAN PROJECTS MAIN DASH UH, THREE PARCEL 24 FOR 26,000, $21,600.
NUMBER TWO IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF EASEMENT FROM EDM FLEX SPACE LLC FOR WATER MASTER PLAN IMPROVEMENT.
WELLS 38 WATER LINE PROJECT PARCELS FIVE FOR 84,000.
AND LAST ONE IS APPROVAL OF ENCUMBERING FUNDS RELATED TO THE APPROVED, UH, MEMORANDUM, UNDERSTANDING FOR THE SPECIALTY DESIGN, CONSULTANT FOR THE JOINT USE LIBRARY AND Y M C FOR $6,712.
COUNSEL, THOSE ARE OUR, UH, THREE PURCHASES UNDER, UH, E P W.
SHOULD THE WORD TRUST BE AFTER LIVING ON THE SECOND LINE? I LOOKED THAT UP AND IT ISN'T ON THE DOCUMENT.
SOMEONE, SOME, SOMEONE OTHER THAN US HAS MADE A RULE TYPO, BUT YEAH.
MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THESE THREE PURCHASES.
PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE OF THE PASS.
NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ED PODIUM WORST AUTHORITY MEETING AND RECONVENE.
WE ARE NOW BACK IN THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
NEXT ITEM IS A PLANNING DISCUSSION.
ITEMS. THESE ITEMS REQUIRE SHE VOTE AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN
[A. Case #SP22-00041 Public Hearing and Consideration for a Site Plan for Broadway Lofts/Campbell Street Apartments Multi-Use Project to be located north of Hurd, south of Campbell and east of the railroad (Broadway Lofts, LLC) (Ward 1) This item is being continued indefinitely. ]
THE BEGINNING.UH, WE NEED A MOTION TO, UH, THIS ITEM IS BEING CONTINUED INDEFINITELY.
MOVE TO CONTINUE INDEFINITELY.
SO WE'LL BE NOTIFIED WITH THAT IF AND WHEN IT COMES BACK.
[B. Case #Z22-00033 Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ________ Rezoning from “PUD Z21-00025” Chitwood Studios to “PUD Z22-00033” Bensland, located on the northeast corner of Howard and W 2nd Street. (Castle Custom Homes LLC) (Ward 1)]
CASE NUMBER Z 22 DASH 33 PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 39 46.39 46 REZONING FROM P U D Z 21 DASH 0 0 0 21 25 CHITWOOD STUDIOS TO P U D Z 22 0 33.
BENS LAND LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF HOWARD IN WEST SECOND STREET, CASTLE CUSTOM HOMES LLCS, APPLICANT IS APPLICANT HERE.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A P D THAT WOULD ALLOW THREE HOMES TO BE BUILT, UH, ON THE ORIGINAL PLA.
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CORNER OF HOWARD AND WEST SECOND STREET.THE AREA OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE MAP, UH, A P U D WAS APPROVED IN 2021 THAT ALLOWED FOR FOUR UNITS FACING TO THE WEST.
SINCE THAT APPROVAL, THE PROPERTY HAS COME UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP AND THE DESIRE IS TO REORIENT THE HOMES TO FACE SOUTH AS THEY TRADITIONALLY WOULD'VE BEEN.
UH, THE P U D UH, WILL ALLOW TO TWO UNITS PER LOT, EITHER AS A DUPLEX LIMITED TO A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET PER UNIT, OR AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT BEHIND EACH UNIT WILL HAVE A PARKING SPOT AND EACH LOT HAS ACCESS TO THE ALLEY.
THE EDMOND PLAN DESIGNATES THIS, UH, AREA AS URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH SUPPORTS AN INCREASE IN DENSITY BY ALLOWING THINGS LIKE DUPLEXES AND TWO FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR APRIL 4TH MEETING.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNSEL, WHEN YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? NO.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THIS APPLICATION? COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? MOVE TO A PARDON.
[C. Case #PR22-00039 Consideration of the Final Plat for Thunder Canyon Phase II, located on the east side of Midwest Boulevard, south of Covell Road. (STK Developments, LLC) (Ward 2)]
PR 22 DASH 39.CONSIDERATION OF THE FINAL PLAT FOR THUNDER CANYON, PHASE TWO, LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF MIDWEST BOULEVARD, SOUTH OF COVE, S T K DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUEST REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A FINAL PLAT FOR THUNDER CANYON, PHASE TWO.
UH, THIS PLAT CONTAINS 52 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS ON ALMOST 25 ACRES.
UH, THE PLAT IS LOCATED SOUTH OF AND CONNECTS TO THE EXISTING THUNDER CANYON, PHASE ONE.
UH, THE FINAL PLAT CONFORMS TO THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR APRIL 4TH MEETING.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR RANDY.
IS THERE ANYTHING, TH THIS NEXT PHASE IS WHAT, WITHIN A HALF MILE OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
SO THIS SUBDIVISION, OTHERS CLOSE BY HAVE JUST LACK RE REPEATEDLY QUESTIONED ABOUT THE WATER TREATMENT, PLANT, WATER, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND THE SMELLS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, UM, HAS CAUSES TO HAVE MEANS WITH THEM.
AND WE GET, CONTINUE TO GET ISSUES, COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT.
MY CONCERN IS WE'RE APPROVING ANOTHER SUBDIVISION, BRINGING EVEN MORE PEOPLE CLOSER TO THE FACILITIES.
IS THERE ANY TYPE OF DISCLOSURE THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PLY IN THEIR SALES OR THEIR, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING, I'VE BEEN AROUND AIRPORTS LONG ENOUGH FOR YOU PUT ALLEGION EASEMENTS TO, TO DISCLOSE IN YOUR DEED WHEN YOU BUY THE HOUSE THAT HEY, YOU'RE NEXT TO A AIRPORT THAT'S NOT CLOSING THERE.
THERE'S NONE THAT I KNOW OF THAT ARE REQUIRED OF IT.
UH, I THINK THE BEST WE COULD DO IS MAYBE, UH, REQUEST A PLA NOTE, BE PUT ON THE PLAT SO AT LEAST, UH, WHEN A LOT IS SOLD, THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
HOW DO WE GO ABOUT, IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO REQUEST TO THE DEVELOPER TO SEE IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO INCLUDE THAT? YES.
I, I KNOW I'M IN IN THOSE MEETINGS AND THE PHONE CALLS, BUT I, I, I'M WONDERING, JUST THINKING OUT LOUD, WHY, WHY NOW ON, ON THIS DEVELOPMENT, ON THIS PHASE WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT IS ALREADY THIS FAR ALONG.
WE'RE JUST, MY CONCERN IS WE'RE JUST INVITING MORE DEVELOPMENT EVEN CLOSER.
IT IS TO THIS, THIS WOULD BE CLOSEST, WOULDN'T IT? YEAH.
UM, AND I AGREE, AND THIS IS MORE OF A, I'M I'M ASKING THE QUESTION, NOT JUST CUZ OF THIS PROJECT, BUT LET'S SAY WE APPROVE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO, LET'S SAY I 35.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN MY PAST TIMES PEOPLE WOULD BE SHOCKED THAT THEY BUILT THEIR HOME NEXT TO A DAIRY FARM.
THEY'D CALL US UP AND SAY, WINNING, GONNA CLOSE THE DAIRY.
AND THE DAIRY'S BEEN THERE SINCE 1920.
IT'S JUST, IT'S FULL DISCLOSURE.
OFTEN WE HEAR THAT THE REALTOR NEVER TOLD US THEY WERE OR TOLD US THAT IT WAS CLOSING OR WHATEVER.
BUT AT WHAT CAN KIND OF PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE, AT WHAT POINT IS WHAT RIGHTS DO, DOES THE CITY HAVE TO, TO SPREAD ODORS ACROSS OUR PROPERTY LINE? I MEAN, THERE ARE, THERE ARE NEW, THEY HAVE PROPERTY.
THEY, THE DEVELOPER HAS PROPERTY RIGHTS TOO.
THERE'S NO NOTHING TO DISSUADE THEM FROM, FROM, FOR NOT SELLING THOSE LOTS.
WE'RE JUST DISCLOSING THAT THERE IS AN OPERATION IN PROXIMITY THAT GENERATES THESE TYPE OF ACT NO DIFFERENT THAN SURE.
A SUBDIVISION THAT BUILDS BY TINKER OR SOMEBODY ELSE SAYING THERE
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IS THIS ACTIVITY.THERE MAY BE OR MAY NOT BE SMELLS OR MAY BE ACTIVITIES.
THERE MAY EVEN BE, HEY, WE REDEVELOPED THE PARK AND OF A SUDDEN WE PUT LIGHTS UP THERE.
BUT HEY, IT IS RIGHT THAT, THAT WE'RE ALL OF A SUDDEN MM-HMM.
I JUST WOULDN'T WANT THAT DISCLAIMER TO BE TAKEN AS, THIS IS A FULL DISCLAIMER THAT YOU CAN'T EXPECT THE CITY TO DO.
ITS BEST TO BE, BE A GOOD DAY.
IT'S NOT BETTER THAN IF YOU'D CALLED INTO AN AIRPORT AND SAID, HEY.
THEY'RE DOING ENGINE RUNS UP AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, WHAT'S REASONABLE? MILITARY.
BUT IT'S ALSO DISCLOSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE AWARE THAT IT'S CLOSE BY.
WELL, I'LL LEAVE THAT AS THE QUESTION.
DOES THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SAY RIGHT NOW,
I'M WITH TURNER COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE TO KATE.
UM, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK IT'S KIND OF A SLIPPERY SLOPE THOUGH, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY STANDARDS BY WHICH THAT'S GONNA BE SET BY.
SO DO WE LOCATE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OR ARE WE GONNA LOCATE 'EM FOR OTHER THINGS? I THINK THAT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING WE'RE JUST KIND OF THROWING OUT THERE ARBITRARILY.
UH, I I, I'VE HAD A NOTE FROM THE ATTORNEY THAT SAID THAT, THAT WE THINK THAT MAY BE SOMETHING IN THERE ALREADY, BUT MARKING THAT ON THE INDIVIDUAL PLAT AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT SURE, UH, HOW, WHY WE WOULD, WOULD, WOULD DO THAT AT THIS POINT.
NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME COMPLAINTS AT TIMES BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME TIMES THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME THINGS THAT THE, THE CITY'S DONE.
UH, AND THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH PROCESSES AND MAKING THINGS WORK.
UM, I I, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE HUNDREDS OF TIMES AND I'VE NOT NOTICED THE ISSUE, BUT, UH, WE ARE BY FAR THE CLOSEST ONES.
THEY'RE STILL A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GR UH, GREEN BELT SPACE OR FLOODPLAIN BETWEEN US AND THE, AND THE FACILITY.
BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU WOULD CLASSIFY TO SAY THIS DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT STOPS IT FROM SAYING DEVELOPMENT'S A MILE AWAY OR HALF MILE AWAY? UH, IN WHICH DIRECTION? WHAT DIRECTION? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE NICE TO LOOK AT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT NECESSARILY COMES INTO EFFECT ON THIS PRICKER NEIGHBORHOOD.
CAUSE WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THAT AT ALL AT THIS POINT.
UH, ESPECIALLY NOT ON THE PLAT, BUT IT'S, UH, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE WELL AWARE THAT IT'S OUT THERE.
PEOPLE THAT BUY THE LOTS ARE WELL AWARE.
AND I, I, I GUESS I'VE HEARD THAT QUITE A BIT AND IT'S, I'M ALWAYS SURPRISED WHEN PEOPLE SAID, NO, I NEVER KNEW THAT WAS THERE.
OR I WAS TOLD THAT WAS GONNA BE SOMETHING ELSE, OR IT WAS GONNA BE CLOSED.
OR WE HEAR IT THAT HEY, NOBODY EVER SAID THERE WAS GONNA BE DEVELOPMENT RIGHT BACK TO BEHIND US.
THEY WERE GONNA CUT DOWN THOSE TREES.
IT'S, IT'S, I DO THINK DERRICK MAKES A GOOD POINT THAT, I MEAN, I COULD SEE A SITUATION WHERE IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A POTENTIAL CUSTOMER, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THEY COULD DO ANYTHING TO TRY TO, TO HIDE IT OR TO, TO BE DISHONEST ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE AREA.
BUT IF WE'RE, IF THE NOTE IS ON THAT PLAT, A CUSTOMER SEES IT, I MEAN, THAT IS A, A MARKETING COULD BE A MARKETING DISADVANTAGE.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WITHIN SUCH A DISTANCE OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN WE'RE KIND OF SINGLING THEM OUT.
RIGHT NOW, I, I DON'T, I'M NOT AGAINST A, A POLICY THAT KIND OF SETS THAT, BUT IT, IT DOES FEEL LIKE WE'RE SINGLING THEM OUT RIGHT NOW.
IT WAS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY.
BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS WAS THE NEXT, RIGHT.
THAT GOT CLOSER TO A, AN AREA THAT WE, THAT'S BEEN THERE FOREVER.
AND, UH, WE ALL HAVE RECEIVED THE PHONE CALLS BEFORE.
AND SO YOU'RE JUST MAKING HISTORY.
YOU'RE JUST HELPING US MAKE HISTORY.
SO WE CAN LOOK AT SOME POSSIBLE POLICY, HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IN THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, THERE'S GONNA BE OTHER AREAS LIKE THIS AND JUST, WELL, YEAH.
I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S RULES AROUND THE OIL WELLS, CORRECT.
LISTEN, I, THAT'S WHY I SAID I GREATLY APPRECIATE WHAT, WHAT MR. WAS SAYING.
BUT IT, I THINK THAT WE'RE JUST THROWING ONE THING IN.
IF WE'RE GONNA DO THAT, WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER DIFFERENCE.
I MEAN, WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT AN OPERATOR IN NORTH EDMOND THAT HAS LEAKS EVERY TIME WE TURN AROUND.
AND, UH, THERE NEEDS TO BE MAYBE SOMETHING NOTICED OF THAT NOW PARTLY IS WHEN YOU'RE BACKING UP TO ONE, YOU OUGHT TO SEE ONE.
UH, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MISS THAT THE, THE, THE TREATMENT SITE OUT THERE, BECAUSE THE SIZE OF IT NOW.
SO MAYBE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AFTER THIS MEETING IS THAT WE, THE COUNCIL MIGHT GIVE GUIDANCE TO STAFF TO SAY, TO LOOK AT, IS THERE ANY TYPE OF POSSIBLE POLICIES THAT WE OUT THERE? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, UNLESS WE ASK THE QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL, I MEAN, OF STAFF TO SAY, HEY, LOOK TO SEE.
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THERE IS, MAYBE THERE, THERE ISN'T.BUT, BUT I AM ENCOURAGED NOW THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, THE, THE NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT MM-HMM.
AND, AND VERY, VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT GOES AWAY.
ANYTHING ELSE?
DID I, DID I MISS A SECOND? I SECOND.
SO I GUESS LATER OR NOW, LIKE FOR STAFF TO POSSIBLY LOOK AT HOW TO DO THAT, UH, MIGHT AS WELL LOOK AT MARIJUANA AS WELL.
WE'RE ALL, BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING TO, WE'RE GETTING TO, IT'S A LOT WORSE, UH, COMMUNITY NOW,
NOW WE'RE MOVING TO THE NEXT PART
[10. Citizens Comments - (This is an opportunity for citizens, both resident and non-resident, to address the City Council on city related matters not on the council agenda. Citizens must sign up to speak either online by 3:00 p.m. the day of the City Council meeting, or in person by the start of the meeting. Remarks should be directed to City Council as a whole and limited to three minutes or less.)]
OF OUR AGENDA IS THE CITIZEN COMMENT.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS, BOTH RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS, UH, TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON CITY RELATED MATTERS, NOT ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, CITIZENS MUST SIGN UP TO SPEAK EITHER ONLINE 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, UNLIMITED AT THREE MINUTES OR LESS, AS YOU ALL KNOW.
NOW, WE HAVE A ELECTRONIC TIMER THAT IS CONTROLLED BY THE CITY CLERK.
UH, OUR FIRST RESIDENT IS LEONARD SCOTT.
UH, BEFORE YOU START THAT TIME FROM MR. MAYOR, WE GOT A LITTLE PROBLEM HERE.
WE SAID WE WERE GONNA PUT IT AT THE, AT THE, UH, EDMOND MUSEUM.
WHO'S GONNA BE IN CHARGE OF THE CEREMONY? IS IT GONNA BE THE MUSEUM PEOPLE OR THE CITY MEMBER PUTTING FLAG UP? I, I ASK YOU TO, I GOTTA CLARIFY THE FIRST.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA ANSWER THE QUESTION.
SO WHO'S IN CHARGE OF IT? ANYBODY.
ANYBODY GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE PUTTING THE FLAG UP? ANY IDEAS ABOUT THE MEMBER WHO'S GONNA SHOW UP? OKAY.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THIS THING, AND YET WE PAY FOR IT.
WE PAY FOR ALL THE EQUIPMENT IN HERE, AND WE'RE THE CITIZENS AND WE ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES.
A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO USE THE MACHINERY SO WE CAN PUT A DISC IN AND THEN WE PRESENT OUR STUFF.
I WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER BACK ON IT.
WHO, WHAT'S THE PLAN? ARE YOU GONNA TAKE CARE OF US AND LET US USE THE EQUIPMENT? AND I SENT AN EMAIL THAT WOULD ENTAIL ONE PERSON COME UP HERE ON MONDAY MORNING, AND THEN WE PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THEY PUT ON A COMPUTER.
WE CAN SAY, NEXT SLIDE, NEXT SLIDE, NEXT SLIDE.
THAT'S ALL WE ASK FOR, BECAUSE WE PAY FOR THIS EQUIPMENT.
THE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE.
I HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS I WANNA TALK ABOUT.
THE FIRST ONE IS, UM, FLYING THE FLAG OVER THE CITY BUILDING.
WHAT, UM, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN THAT IS FOR THE DURATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF DEPLOYMENT OF THE TROOPS.
WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE OVER CITY HALL.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN SUPPORT OF FLOODING IT OVER OUR CITY HALL.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE OVER THERE AT THE, UM, MUSEUM, AND THAT'S GREAT AND THAT'S WONDERFUL.
BUT FOR THE CITY TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR OUR TROOPS WHILE THEY'RE DEPLOYED, WE ASK THAT IT FLY OVER THE CITY HALL FOR THAT DURATION.
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AND THEN, UM, WHENEVER THERE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT CITIZENS COMMENTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN TALK AND ANSWER OR HAVE AN INPUT ON DISCUSSIONS, JUST LIKE YOU DID ON THE PRIOR ITEM, I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, THE CHAIR NOTIFY THE AUDIENCE AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY, NOT JUST ONE HERE AND ONE THERE SO THAT WE'LL KNOW THAT WE ARE ABLE TO RESPOND AND GIVE OUR INPUT.AND THEN, UM, REGARDING THE USE OF THE AV EQUIPMENT, I, THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR, FOR A VERY LONG TIME BECAUSE I MEAN, IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE CAN COME IN HERE AND THEY CAN USE THAT AND THEY CAN GET THEIR APPOINT ACROSS, BUT THE CITIZENS WHO PAY FOR THIS STUFF ARE NOT ABLE TO DO SO ARE NOT ABLE TO USE IT.
AND THEN, UM, REGARDING WHAT YOU GUYS, WHAT THE COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY UP HERE OUR CITY GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO THE CITIZENS IN, UM, PUTTING APARTMENTS OR MULTI-DWELLING FAMILY UNITS EVERYWHERE UP IN EDMOND.
I THINK I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN US THE NUMBERS SAYING WE HAVE, UH, 30,000 NEW RESIDENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE HERE.
BUT YOU'RE ACTING LIKE THEY'RE GONNA BE HERE OVERNIGHT.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE OVERNIGHT.
YOU SAID THAT THERE'S GONNA BE, UH, A COUPLE DECADES BEFORE THEY GET HERE.
WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU FIND A BETTER METHOD OF, OF INFORMING THE CITIZENS WHEN, UM, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE DOING PROJECTS LIKE THIS THAT MIGHT BE CONCERNING TO US SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO PETITIONS TO COME AND TRY AND STOP THIS.
AND THEN IF, UM, YOU GUYS KNOW ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN SIGNING A PETITION, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT APARTMENTS A HUNDRED AND 180 FEET FROM, FROM THEIR BACK.
THEY'RE BACK FENCE LINE WHERE PEOPLE CAN LOOK DOWN INTO THEIR BACKYARD, INTO THEIR BACK WINDOWS.
THEY CAN GO BY ALL STORE MOTORS 26 0 6, UH, SOUTH KELLY AVENUE IN EDMOND.
NEXT NON-RESIDENT IS LESLIE MANHAN.
YES, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ALSO SAY THAT FOR OUR CITY AND FOR OUR TROOPS, IF YOU ALL DID NOT ATTEND THE CEREMONY THAT TOOK PLACE AT PAYCOM TWO SATURDAYS AGO, THEN YOU MISSED OUT.
THESE TROOPS ARE ON THE LINE FOR US.
THEY ARE OUT THERE FIGHTING FOR US.
AND I KNOW EACH OF YOU HAVE HAD A RELATIVE IN YOUR FAMILY LINE THAT HAS PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE FOR YOU, FOR YOUR CHILDREN, FOR YOUR GRANDCHILDREN.
WHAT IS SO WRONG ABOUT LEARNING TO, TO BE ABLE TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR OUR TROOPS IN OUR CITY? I'M ASKING PLEASE CONSIDER THOSE PEOPLE JUST LIKE COLONEL LEONARD SCOTT THAT PUT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE FOR YOU.
[11. Comments from Mayor and City Councilmembers.]
COMMENT.WELL, THIS IS, THIS IS IT, GENTLEMEN, I GUESS.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU ALL WANT TO SAY?
THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS, UM, PASSED TO FLY THE 45TH INFANTRY, BE GRADE COMBAT TEAM FLAG.
I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BY SOME OF THE COMMENTS, BUT, UM, WE PASSED A RESOLUTION TO FLY THAT FLAG ON CITY PROPERTY.
THE OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL MUSEUM IS A BEAUTIFUL SITE TO FLY THAT AND SHOW THE CITY SUPPORT OF THESE FOLKS WHO HAVE SERVED AND SACRIFICED.
AND, UM, I REALLY THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT WE'RE GONNA FLY IT IN THAT PLACE.
UM, I WANT TO ALSO JUST AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS.
AND I HOPE THAT IN TWO YEARS, UM, I CAN HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND PARTICIPATED IN HALF THE THINGS YOU GUYS HAVE.
THIS MEETING NEEDS TO END ON THAT KIND OF NOTE TONIGHT.
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THINGS WILL MOVE ON.THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS IN WOODMAN.
WE, WE, WE, WE PLAYED, WE'VE PUT A LOT OF THINGS IN MOTION WITH Y'ALL'S HELP AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE, UH, AND WE'LL CALL YOU STILL.
WHAT DO Y'ALL, HOW DID WHAT? I COULD ACTUALLY WATERFRONT RESTAURANT AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I COULD HAVE DINNER WITH DAVID, JOSH, AND ME AT THE, I'LL BUY, I'LL AT THE WATERFRONT RESTAURANT.
FIRST OPENING NIGHT, WATERFRONT OPENING NIGHT.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, PLEASURE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL.
CAN WE GET THE MOTION TO ADJOURN FROM YOU ALL THE SECOND PARTY