[1. Call to Order by Mayor Darrell A. Davis.]
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ORDER ON THIS BEAUTIFUL, COOL.
[2. Approval of City Council Regular Meeting Minutes: July 10, 2023]
APPROVAL OR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL.REGULAR MEETING, MINUTES OF JULY 10TH, 2023.
THOSE MEETING MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
UH, TODAY IS A, UH, SPECIAL DAY FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND AND FOR COUNCILWOMAN PETERSON.
UH, SO I'D LIKE FOR ALL OF US TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA WORK IN COUNCILWOMAN PETERSON IN THE LYRICS.
SO LET'S JUST SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO STACEY
A BETTER WAY TO SPEND A BIRTHDAY.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE I WANNA BE ON MY BIRTHDAY,
WE'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
[3. City Council Presentations:]
COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS.[A. City Manager's Update]
MANAGERS UPDATE.UH, JUST WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY DURING THESE DOG DAYS OF, OF THE SUMMER HERE.
FIRST THING WE WANNA TALK ABOUT IS THE REOPENING OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS WITH A RECENT OUTBREAK, OUTBREAK OF DOG FLU ACROSS THE MITCHELL AREA, SINCE MID-JUNE, OUR OUR ANIMAL SERVICES SHELTER HAS BEEN CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AND UNAVAILABLE, TAKEN STRAYS OR SURRENDERED ANIMALS.
NORA HAS BEEN ABLE TO OFFER ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION.
WE ARE PLEASED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT BEGINNING TUESDAY, AUGUST 1ST, OUR ANIMAL SERVICES SHELTER WILL REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND RESUME INTAKE OF STRAY ANIMALS, ADOPTIONS FOR ANIMALS AT THE SHELTER, REOPENED TODAY, BUT CURRENTLY BY APPOINTMENT ONLY TO BE SAFE.
THERE WILL BE A LIMITED NUMBER OF ADOPTION APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE DAILY, AND THERE WILL BE A DESIGNATED SAFE PL SAFE SPACES FOR THE PRE-ADOPTION INTRODUCTIONS.
ALL DOGS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION HAVE BEEN MEDICALLY CLEARED.
ANYONE INTERESTED IN ADOPTING A DOG OR CAT FROM THE SHELTERS ASKED TO CALL THE SHELTER AT (405) 216-7615 TO GET MORE INFORMATION OR SET UP AN APPOINTMENT.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THE SHELTER IS LOCATED AT 24 24 OLD TIMBERS DRIVE.
MORE, MORE INFORMATION ON THE SHELTER, FOSTERING PARENTS, FOSTERING PARENTS FOSTERING PETS, UH, OR ADOPTING PETS CAN BE FOUND ON THE C'S WEBSITE.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, MY CARS ARE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ROUTE 66 77 PROJECT.
IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT ON THE ROADS AROUND TOWN, YOU'VE SEEN FURTHER PROGRESS ON THE ODOT OR OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S PROJECT TO RESURFACE S 77 SOUTH BROADWAY AND ROUTE 66 EAST SECOND STREET.
ODO T'S CONTRACTOR, UH, SPENT LAST WEEK GETTING MORE WORK COMPLETE STRIPING THE FINISHED RESURFACED AREAS.
UH, WE ASKED THEM TO ADDRESS SOME CONFUSION, WHICH WITH TURN LANES, BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE OF LANE ARROWS PAID IN THOSE LANES, AND THEY HAVE BEGUN THAT TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
I KNOW MY CAR IS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE SMOOTHER RIDE, UH, MY MECHANIC MAY NOT BE.
SO THE O O CON CONTRACTOR IS NEARLY FINISHED WITH PAVING THE SOUTHERN LANES FROM WESTMINSTER TO POST ROAD ON ROUTE 66.
AFTER COMPLETION, THEY WILL SHIFT TRAFFIC TO THAT SIDE AND WORK ON THE NORTHERN LANES AND GREEN STRUCTURE.
SO A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR ODOT PARTNERS.
THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH, UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN REALLY ACCOMMODATING WITH, UH, CITY OF EDMOND, SO I APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORT.
THE OTHER ONE IS, UH, A HIGH PRIORITY.
THE, FOR MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS IS THE MITCH PARK TRAILS PHASE.
ONE OF THE MITCH PARK TRAILS PROJECT IS COMPLETE AND OPEN, OPEN FOR PUBLIC USE.
THE TRAILS OPEN INITIALLY LAST MONTH, BUT SOME FINISHING WORK WAS NEEDED THAT WAS DONE.
SO THE TRAILS ARE NOW OPEN, BUT WITHIN THE NEXT 1690 DAYS, THE OUTER LOOP TRAILS WILL CLOSE AGAIN BRIEFLY FOR A SEAL COAT AND REPAINT JUST NORMAL PROCESS.
PHASE ONE INCLUDE THE REBUILDING AND WIDENING THE OUTER LOOP.
WORK ON PHASE TWO INCLUDE THE REBUILDING WORK ON PHASE TWO INCLUDES THE REBUILDING OF THE INTERIOR TRAILS IN MITCH PARK, AND THEN THE PUBLIC TRAILS EAST OF KELLY AVENUE AND SOUTH OF COFFEE CREEK ROAD.
THAT SECOND PHASE HAS STARTED WITH REMOVAL OF THE OLD TRAIL AND IS MOVING ALONG QUICKLY.
WHETHER PERMITTING INSTALLATION OF THE ROAD BASE SHOULD BEGIN NEXT WEEK.
THE $2.4 MILLION PROJECT BEGAN AT THE END OF MARCH AND IS ON TRACK TO FINISH IN EARLY FALL.
UH, SPECIAL NOTE, UM, I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT BEN CURRY, HE'S HERE.
HE'S ON MY PERSONAL PROTECTION DETAIL.
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WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR NEARLY 17 YEARS, OFFICIALLY BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY ON JULY 22ND.SO, THANKS SO MUCH, BILL FOR BEN.
HE BRINGS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
UH, BEN, BEN NOW HOLDS A VITAL ROLE PREVIOUSLY HELD BY MATT SWELL, WHO RETIRED FROM THAT POSITION AFTER 17 YEARS.
BEN IS A 2006 GRADUATE OF, OF U C O AND WILL LEAD THE CITY'S EFFORTS IN OVERSEEING EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS 9 1 1 DISPATCH, EMERGENCY PLANNING AND MANAGING CRITICAL SITUATIONS.
JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND WORKING WITH THE CITY'S 9 1 1 TEAM.
BEN WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE, AS THE 2010 REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD BY THE ASSOCIATION OF THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA GOVERNMENT, AND WAS NAMED TELECOMMUNICATOR, UH, OF THE YEAR BY THE CITY OF EDMOND IN BOTH 2008 2012.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD.
IF YOU SEE HIM IN THE HALLS OR OUT ABOUT, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO, TO WELCOME BEN, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
THANKS AGAIN, BEN, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UH, ONE IS, IS CLOSE TO, UH, COUNCILOR ROBINS HART IS THE CITY OF EDMOND WILL HOLD A RECYCLING OPEN HOUSE, UH, JULY 24TH, WHICH IS TOMORROW EVENING FROM FIVE 30 TO 7:00 PM AT THE CROSS TIMBERS COMPLEX.
THAT'S, UH, 2000, UH, FOUR OLD TIMBERS ROAD OR DRIVE.
THIS COME AND GO EVENT WILL BE A GREAT CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CITY'S RECYCLING PROGRAM.
LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOUR BLUE RECYCLING BIN IS COLLECTED, WHERE THE MATERIAL GOES.
UH, AND THEN WHEN IT ARRIVES TO THE PROCESSING CENTER, WHAT HAPPENS? INTERACTIVES, UH, ACTIVITIES WILL BE AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS A SALT WASTE TRUCK WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WANTING TO GET AN UP CLOSE LOOK.
LAST ITEM IS JUST A SPECIAL PERSON TO, TO THANK.
THIS PERSON HAS BEEN A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR EDMOND.
UH, THIS PERSON HAS ALWAYS HAD A GREAT, UH, SMILE AND ALWAYS BRINGS WARM GREENS TO THOSE, UH, THAT THEY'RE AROUND.
UM, THIS PERSON HAS BEEN, SOMEONE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO BE A LEADER IN EDMOND, AND THEY HAVE NEVER WAVERED IN THEIR SUPPORTIVE ED ADMIN.
UH, THOUGH IT OFTEN HAS NOT BEEN A WALTZ TO DO THAT.
UH, AND WE JUST HAVE A RECENT VIDEO TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THIS PERSON'S EFFORT FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND.
SO IF YOU CAN SHOW THAT, OH MY GOSH,
SHE CAN BE OVERDRAMATIC AT TIMES, BUT, UH, SHE ALWAYS BRINGS A GREAT ATTITUDE.
SO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN TO COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON COUNCILS.
I'D SAY TO EVERYBODY, SHE'S TOP FIVE OF MY BOOK, SO
SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, THAT'S MY UPDATE.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN TRACK IT DOWN.
ALRIGHT, ITEM THREE B IS, WE'RE
[B. Recap of 2023 State Legislative Session and Adopted Priorities.]
GONNA HAVE A RECAP OF OUR 2023 STATE LEGISLATOR SESSION AND ADOPTED PRIORITIES.I'M DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
UH, PART OF MY ROLE WITH THE CITY OF EDMOND IS, IS WORKING ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
AND WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE AS AN ORGANIZATION, UH, TO HAVE CONTRACT, UH, UH, STAFF THAT IS DOWN AT THE CAPITOL ON OUR BEHALF, C S SS PARTNERS.
AND, UH, TYLER POWELL AND BROOKS WRIGHT ARE HERE TONIGHT, AND THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A RECAP OF THE LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT IS ACTUALLY STILL HAPPENING.
UM, BUT THERE, EVERYTHING AS FAR AS OUR, UH, PRIORITIES GO IS, IS FINISHED AND OVER WITH.
SO THEY'RE GONNA GIVE A RECAP, TALK ABOUT HOW THINGS TURNED OUT, AND, UH, IT WAS A VERY GOOD SESSION FOR US AS AN ORGANIZATION.
UM, SO I THINK I'M GONNA WELCOME UP, UH, THE GENTLEMAN HERE AND I WILL GET OUTTA THE WAY AND LET THEM SPEAK.
GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO, UH, WE OBVIOUSLY HAD A REALLY GOOD LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UM, FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND, UH, THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, WITH IT WRAPPING UP, I, IT ALWAYS GOES OFF WITHOUT STARTING THIS TO GO THROUGH AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE A GREAT STATE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION AT THE STATE CAPITOL FROM EDMOND.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, UM, FOLKS THAT REPRESENT EDMOND THAT ARE IN THE RIGHT POSITIONS TO HELP US A TON.
SO, UH, WE'LL KIND OF DO A QUICK LITTLE RUN THROUGH OF, UM, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF SESSION AND SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU ALL SET OUT ON YOUR AGENDA, UM, LAST YEAR.
HI, NAME IS BROOKS WRIGHT, AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, WORK WITH TYLER POLICY ASSIST PARTNER.
SO, UM, THE 59TH LEGISLATURE, UH, KICKED OFF FEBRUARY, UM, SIXTH OF THIS YEAR, AND THEN ADJOURNED ON MAY 26TH OF LAST FRIDAY, UM, BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY.
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AND, UM, WE HAD A, A RAUS, UH, LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR THAT FOCUSED MOSTLY ON EDUCATION FUNDING.UM, WE ACTUALLY SAW, UM, THE DEBATE AND, AND THE TIME IT TOOK TO GET THE EDUCATION BUDGET SPILL OVER.
UM, AND THE NEED TO START A SPECIAL SESSION, UM, WAS, WAS CALLED IN ORDER TO HOPEFULLY AVOID A, OR HELP WITH AN OVERRIDE OF THE GOVERNOR'S FIDO.
SO WE DID SEE THAT, BUT WE SAW, UM, HISTORIC FUNDING LEVELS FOR EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA THAT STARTED.
SO, UM, THE LEGISLATURE STARTED WITH 3,200 BILLS.
UM, THE GOVERNOR ENDED UP SIGNING 344 BILLS.
UM, AT THE END OF IT, THE GOVERNOR LET 36 BILLS BECOME LAW WITHOUT SIGNATURE, AND HE ENDED UP VE VETOING 50 BILLS WITH 19 OF THOSE OVERRIDDEN.
AND THE LEGISLATURE IS IN THE PROCESS OF OVERRIDING TWO MORE, UM, THAT STARTED TODAY.
SO, UM, WE OBVIOUSLY HAD BOTH THE REGULAR SESSION AND THE SPECIAL SESSION TO DEAL WITH THE STATE BUDGET.
UM, THE LEGISLATURE CALLED THEMSELVES INTO SPECIAL SESSION ON MAY 16TH AT THE END OF SESSION, UM, TO ALLOW THEM ENOUGH TIME TO NOT ONLY PASS A BUDGET, BUT ALSO COME BACK AND OVERRIDE.
SO LEGISLATORS PASSED, UH, $12.9 BILLION IN APPROPRIATIONS, WHICH IS THE LARGEST AMOUNT IN STATE HISTORY.
UM, A COUPLE KIND OF KEY PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND.
UM, O ODOT RECEIVED ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS IN APPROPRIATIONS, WHICH IS THE TOP HIGHEST LEVEL THAT THEY'VE EVER RECEIVED.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 200 MILLION OF THAT IS SPECIFICALLY MARKED, UM, FOR PROJECTS AND COUNTIES UNDER 75,000 PEOPLE.
WHAT THE HOPE IS THOUGH FOR THE METRO COUNTIES IS THAT THAT WILL MOVE SOME PROJECTS UP ON THE EIGHT YEAR PLAN.
UM, FOR THOSE FUNDING, UH, THAT $200 MILLION WAS A ONE-TIME APPROPRIATION.
SO, UM, IT MAY NOT BE THERE NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT ADJUSTS WITH THE THE EIGHT YEAR PLAN.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, UM, THE LEGISLATURE CREATED A $215 MILLION, UM, PROGRAM FOR HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE STATE.
UM, SPLIT BETWEEN A, WHAT THEY'RE CALLING THE HOME BUILDER PROGRAM, WHICH WILL PROVIDE 0% INTEREST LOANS THROUGH THE OKLAHOMA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY TO HOME BUILDERS TO BUILD, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND THEN THE OTHER HALF TO GO FOR WHAT THEY CALL THE INCREASED HOUSING PROGRAM TO BUILD OUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS THE STATE.
AND SO THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE TAX CREDIT, AND THAT'S ALSO ONE-TIME DOLLARS THAT THEY PUT IN.
AS BROOKS MENTIONED, UH, EDUCATION WAS THE BIGGEST, UM, FIGHT THROUGHOUT THE SESSION AND DRUG ON THE ENTIRE SESSION.
UM, IT WASN'T REALLY FIGHT OVER WHETHER EDUCATION WAS GONNA GET MORE MONEY OR NOT.
IT WAS THE HOUSE STARTED WITH ONE NUMBER, THE SENATE PUT MORE SO THE HOUSE PUT MORE, AND THEN THE SENATE FINALLY PUT MORE.
SO IT WENT BACK AND FORTH THROUGHOUT SESSION.
BUT, UM, WE SAW $286 MILLION GIVEN FOR PAY RAISES, $214 MILLION TO GO INTO THE STATE FUNDING FORMULA.
UH, 125 MILLION TO GO INTO THE RED BUN FUND FOR SCHOOLS WITH LOEB, UM, AT LAUREN RATES.
UM, AND THEN $150 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS, UM, FOR SCHOOL SAFETY.
IN ADDITION TO A SCHOOL CHOICE TAX CREDIT, UM, GOVERNOR STIT ALLOWED, UH, THE FFY 24 BUDGET PACKAGE LARGELY BECOME, BECOME LAW WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE ON JUNE ONE.
UM, HE DIDN'T SIGN IT WITHIN THE FIVE DAYS.
UH, THE TWO BILLS THAT BROOKS REFERENCED WITH THE O VETO OVERRIDES ARE DEALING WITH TRIBAL COMPACT ISSUES THAT WERE PART OF THE BUDGET, UM, THAT THE HOUSE WILL COME BACK ON MONDAY TO FINISH UP THE OVERRIDES.
SO, GETTING INTO SOME OF THE PRIORITIES OF PRIORITY BILLS FOR ADMIN.
UM, ONE OF THE MAIN BILLS THAT WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING ON WAS A BILL DEALING WITH, UM, RESTRICTIVE DEEDS.
UM, WE HAD, UH, BEEN ALERTED TO THIS FROM CITY STAFF THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON AND, AND HELP FIX.
SO, UH, TYLER AND I GOT TO WORK, UM, ON PASSING THIS BILL AND OVERWHELM PASSED WITH OVERWHELMING AUTHORITIES IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WORKED TIRELESSLY WITH THE OKLAHOMA LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS THE, UH, OKLAHOMA REALTORS ASSOCIATION ON GETTING THIS PASSED.
SO, UM, THIS ALLOW THIS BILL IS SIMPLY ALLOWS FOR REAL PROPERTY OWNERS TO FILE A FORM WITH THE COUNTY CLERK IF THEY IDENTIFY ON THEIR DEED, UM, WITH THEIR PROPERTY, THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF, THAT, SOME KIND OF THIS LANGUAGE DEALING WITH, UH, RESTRICTIONS ON WHO CAN OWN, UM, THE PROPERTY FROM HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS.
THEY CAN FILE A FORM, UH, WITH THE COUNTY CLERK TO HAVE THIS DOCUMENT, UM, ESSENTIALLY STRICT, UH, STRICKEN OUT FROM THEIR DEEDED.
SO, UM, THE LEGISLATURE ALSO PASSED HOUSE BILL 24 16, WHICH WAS THE OMNIBUS HIGHWAY NAMING BILL, UM, INCLUDED IN THAT WILL RENAME THE INTERSECTION AT, UH, BROADWAY EXTENSION AND COMFORT DRIVE FOR SERGEANT CJ NELSON.
UM, THOSE SIGNS WILL START GOING UP.
UM, THAT BILL TAKES EFFECT ON NOVEMBER ONE.
SO THOSE SIGNS SHOULD BE GOING UP SOON.
ANOTHER BILL THAT THE, UH, CITY IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY THAT WE WORKED ON WAS HOUSE BILL 2165.
THIS WAS DEALING WITH, UH, REINSTATING, UM, FINES FOR, UH, TEENAGERS WHO ARE, OR ADOLESCENTS WHO ARE, UH, CAUGHT WITH, UH, VAPING.
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UM, SO THIS WAS, UM, OBVIOUSLY A YEAR AGO THEY HAD TAKEN OUT THE FINES, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.SO, UM, BUT THE CAVEAT IS IF A, UM, ADOLESCENT COMPLETES A TRAINING PROGRAM OR AN EDUCATION PROGRAM, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET THESE FINES, UM, TAKEN DOWN.
SO FOR FIRST OFFENSE, UM, IT'S A $50 FINE, AND THEN SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES, IT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS FINE, BUT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THESE FINES TAKEN AWAY IF THEY COMPLETE A EDUCATION PROGRAM.
AND THEN TWO OTHER ITEMS THAT I, WE WANTED TO MENTION, UH, BEFORE WE CLOSE IT OUT, UM, THERE ARE TWO UTILITY RELATED BILLS THAT WE DID WANT TO FLAG FOR YOU ALL.
ONE BECAME LAW AND ONE DID NOT, THE ONE THAT DID NOT BECOME LAW.
UM, THERE WAS A LARGE SCALE CONVERSATION AT THE BEGINNING OF SESSION THAT WE BELIEVE WILL COME BACK NEXT SESSION RELATED TO THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR TRANSMISSION PROJECTS, UM, WHICH EDMOND ELECTRIC, UM, HAD SOME CONCERNS ON.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL COME BACK.
THERE ARE SOME INTERIM STUDIES THAT ARE, WILL BE TAKING PLACE, UM, THIS SUMMER, UM, TO KIND OF DISCUSS THOSE.
AND SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURES WHO ARE WATCHING THAT.
UM, SECOND ONE BILL THAT DID BECOME LAW IS HOUSE BILL 2, 2, 4 2, UM, WHICH REQUIRES CITIES TO WAIVE DEPOSITS FOR, UM, VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR THOSE, UM, WHO HAVE STALKING OR HARASSMENT.
AND THERE ARE SOME REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS PROOF FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER.
UM, SENATOR PUGH WAS THE SENATOR AUTHOR ON THAT ONE.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS ACTUALLY BASED ON WHAT EDMUND ALREADY DOES AS BEST PRACTICE.
SO WE SAW, UM, A PRACTICE HERE IN EDMUND GO STATEWIDE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT WE'RE OBVIOUSLY WATCHING AS WE GET INTO NEXT SESSION.
UM, TWO, JUST KIND OF OTHER PRIORITIES FROM THE AGENDA.
WE DID NOT SEE ANY SIGNIFICANT GUN BILLS THIS SESSION THAT ENDED UP BECOMING LAW.
AND THEN THERE WERE OBVIOUSLY, UM, NO CHANGES TO THE SALES TAX, UM, WITHIN THE STATE.
SECONDLY, WE WILL BE WATCHING, UM, SOME OF THE STUFF WE KNOW.
OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY IS MAINTAINING LOCAL CONTROL, UH, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO ZONING AND PLANNING EFFORTS.
THERE WERE SOME EFFORTS THIS LAST SESSION, UM, THAT MADE IT ALMOST TO THE END, UM, THAT WE'LL BE COMING BACK NEXT SESSION.
AND SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE WORKING WITH LEGISLATORS TO PROTECT YOUR ALL'S ABILITY TO, UM, PASS ZONING LAWS.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? I HAVE ONE.
I HAVE ONE COMMENT, MR. MAYOR.
UM, IT WAS A LITTLE TECHNICAL AS FAR AS WHAT THEY WERE EXPLAINING, BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CITIZENS, THE BILL THAT THEY WERE REFERENCING THAT WAS PASSED, UM, AT THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THIS COUNSEL PRIOR TO ME, BUT ALSO MR. JOE THOMASON, I KNOW FROM NON DOCKED A STORY ON IT THAT HIGHLIGHTED AS WELL, UH, FIX SOMETHING THAT I THINK, UM, IS WORTH NOTING.
AND THAT IS, UM, ASIDE FROM THE EDMOND HIGHWAY EDITION IN 1924, EVERY ADDITIONAL PLATT AND EDMOND FROM 1911 UNTIL 49 CONTAINED A RACIALLY RESTRICTED COVENANT.
ALL LOTS HEREIN PLOTTED, ARE RESTRICTED FOR THE USE AND OCCUPANCY BY THAT CAUCASIAN RACE OR BY AMERICAN INDIAN RACE THAT NO OTHER PERSON OR PERSONS OF ANY OTHER RACE SHALL USE OR OCCUPY ANY LOT OR LAND BUILDING OR LOT EXCEPT THE OCCUPANCY OF SERVANTS QUARTERS BY DOMESTIC SERVANTS OF A DIFFERENT RACE WHO MAY BE EMPLOYED BY AN OWNER TENANT OF PRINCIPAL DWELLING UNQUOTE.
AND NOW, IF SOMEBODY COMES ACROSS THAT, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY THEY WOULD, AND, UH, AND MANY OF THE EARLY ADDITIONS THAT WERE PLOTTED, THERE IS A REMEDY FOR THEM TO EASILY ON A ONE FORM, UH, BECAUSE THAT BILL THAT WAS SHEPHERD AND PASSED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THE COUNCIL FOR HAVING THAT AS A, AS A GOAL WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE CAPITOL TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO UNANIMOUSLY AND FOR REPORTERS THAT BROUGHT THAT TO LIGHT AND TO ATTENTION.
'CAUSE I THINK IT, IT REALLY SPEAKS TO WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY TODAY, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS, THAT'S ALL.
AND PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE ABLE TO FILE THAT FILE THAT THE FORM SUDDEN STATUTE BEGINNING NOVEMBER ONE, UM, AND THE FILING FEES ARE WAIVED ON THAT STATEWIDE.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOU DO.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD BRIEFLY, FIRST OF ALL, WE, WE HAVE FANTASTIC REPRESENTATION FOR THE EDMOND, UH, AREA DOWN AT THE STATE CAPITOL.
AND, UH, THESE GUYS HELP US DO A GREAT JOB IN BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
AND SO LATER IN YOUR, UM, IN YOUR AGENDA, WE DO HAVE OUR, OUR RENEWAL, UH, FOR THIS NEXT YEAR TO WORK WITH C S S PARTNERS AGAIN.
UM, SO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE AWARE, WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP FROM THE STAFF LEVEL.
UH, SCOTT AND I BOTH, UH, GET TO WORK CLOSELY WITH, WITH TYLER AND BROOKS ON A WEEKLY BASIS, UH, AND THEN MORE SO DURING, UH, DURING THE SESSIONS.
SO, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.
BUT, UM, WE ARE, WE'RE DEFINITELY VERY PLEASED WITH, WITH HOW THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, HELP US IN, IN A WIDE RANGE OF, OF SITUATIONS AND IN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH, WITH OUR LEGISLATORS
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DOWN AT THE STATE CAPITAL, AND THEN ALSO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL.THEY, THEY ALSO HELP US WITH OUR, OUR FEDERALLY UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS TOO.
I, I JUST WANNA ADD, MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, RICK TYLER DO A FANTASTIC JOB FOR US.
UH, I THINK LATER ON THIS SUMMER, WE'RE GONNA DO AN EDMOND DELEGATION KIND OF RECAP, WHICH MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WILL BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE AT THAT.
WE'LL ALSO DO A FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH OUR DE DELEGATION TO TALK ABOUT NEXT YEAR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
SO, UM, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY TIME YOU'LL SEE 'EM, WE ACTIVELY TALK WITH THEM AND WE WILL EITHER, YOU KNOW, COMMANDER MAYOR TO, TO TAKE ACTION OUT THE LEGISLATURE OR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
BUT, UH, THE OTHER ONE THAT THAT'S REALLY GREAT IS THEIR PARTNERSHIP.
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP FOSTER FOR US WITH ODOT TO GET US ON THE EIGHT YEAR FUNDING PROGRAM, WHICH IS HUGE FOR EDMOND RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO PARTICULARLY FEDERAL.
I THINK IN THIS PAST YEAR, WE RECEIVE SEVERAL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH FEDERAL FUNDING TO HELP US WITH OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER PROGRAMS. WE'RE, WE'RE BACK IN THE QUEUE AGAIN THIS YEAR, HOPEFUL WITH THE UPCOMING OMINOUS BILL AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BUT THEY'RE ALSO WORKING WITH US AND WITH GUTHRIE ON FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE GUTHRIE AIRPORT.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE AMOUNT THAT THAT, THAT THEY ASK FOR US TO HELP FUND THEM, WE GET A TREMENDOUS VALUE.
SO THE RE THE ROI IS TREMENDOUS.
I WASN'T TO SAY BROOKS AND DUN, BUT BROOKS AND TYLER, UM, WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS SO MUCH.
[4. City Council Nominations to Boards and Commissions:]
NOMINATIONS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THE MAYOR NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS APPOINTMENT OF DARRELL A DAVIS AS THE DESIGNATED VOTING DELEGATE TO THE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA GOVERNMENT'S, ACOG, BOARD OF DIRECTORS 9 1 1 ACOG BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ACOG METROPOLITAN AND PLANNING ORGANIZATION POLICY COMMITTEE, AND THE GARBER WELLINGTON ASSOCIATION POLICY POLICY COMMITTEE TO REPLACE BARRY KAY MOORE TERM EXPIRES MAY, 2025 HAVE THE APPOINTMENT OF BARRY KAY MOORE AS A DESIGNATED ALTERNATE TO THE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA GOVERNMENT, ACOG BOARD OF DIRECTORS 9 1 1 ACOG BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ACOG METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION POLICY COMMITTEE, AND THE GARBER WILLINGTON ASSOCIATION POLICY COMMITTEE TO REPLACE DARYL A DAVIS TERM EXPIRES MAY, 2027, APPOINTMENT OF BAR KAY MOORE AS A DESIGNATED MEMBER OF THE OKLAHOMA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO REPLACE DARYL A DAVIS TERM EXPIRES MAY, 2027, AN APPOINTMENT OF DARRELL A DAVIS AS THE DESIGNATED ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE OKLAHOMA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TERM EXPIRES MAY, 2025 AWARD.ONE NOMINATIONS THE COMMON NOMINATIONS OF MICHELLE MAGNUSSON TO THE EDMOND MOBILITY COMMISSION TERM EXPIRES JUNE, 2026.
WARD TWO NOMINATIONS, NOMINATIONS, NOMINATION OF ANN THAXTON TO THE EDMOND MOBILITY COMMISSION.
WARD THREE NOMINATION NOMINATION OF TYLER MERKLEY TO THE EDMOND MOBILITY COMMISSION.
TERM EXPIRES JUNE, 2026, AND THE NOMINATION OF SEAN MCGRAW TO THE EDMOND MOBILITY COMMISSION TERM EXPIRES JUNE, 2026.
COUNSEL, THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR NOMINATIONS.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NOMINATIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THOSE NOMINATIONS AND OUR APPOINTMENTS.
NOW WE HAVE OUR GENERAL CONSENT
[5. General Consent Items: (Items listed under General Consent are usually approved as a group with the proper motion from a member of the Council. Members of the Council may request discussion or separate action on any item under General Consent.)]
ITEMS. UM, WE HAVE[A. Consideration of Approval of Administrative Items:]
ITEM FIVE, A ONE THROUGH SIX, UM, COUNSEL, IF YOU WANT ANY OF THOSE PULLED YOU, PLEASE LET US KNOW.BUT WE DO HAVE STAFF PRESENTATION FOR THE FINAL, OR NUMBER FOUR FOR THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, THE C D B G F F Y 2023 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
CHRISTY BATTISON IS HERE FOR US TODAY.
I'M THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND.
AND THIS IS OUR FINAL, UM, HEARING, PUBLIC HEARING AND COMMENT PERIOD FOR OUR, UH, FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2023.
JUST A REMINDER AND A REFRESHER, UM, WE ARE AN ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY.
THERE'S ABOUT NINE OF US STATEWIDE, UM, THAT RECEIVE, UH, ALLOCATIONS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HUD, UM, ANNUALLY.
UM, THESE, UH, THIS ALLOCATION IS USED TO MEET NATIONAL GOALS, UM, PRIMARILY BENEFITING LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS.
UM, WE HAVE TO SPEND 51% OF OUR FUNDS WITHIN OUR C D B G AREA, AND WE DO NOT ASSIST ANYBODY THAT MAKES ABOVE 80% OF OUR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME, UH, INCOME LIMITS.
UM, IT IS ALSO USED IN AID, UH, PREVENTION AND ELIMINATION OF SLUM AND BLIGHT, AND IT MUST HAVE AN URGENT NEED.
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UM, SOME OF THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ALLOWED, UM, UNDER HOOD ARE, UM, ALLOCATIONS TO PUBLIC SERVICES TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, MUCH LIKE, UM, HOPE CENTER, EDMOND MOBILE MEALS, ET CETERA.OUR HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM, THIS IS OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHABILITATION PROGRAM THAT WE DO.
AND HOMEOWNER, UM, HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF DOWN PAYMENT OR CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE.
THIS IS YEAR FOUR OF OUR FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATION PLAN.
A CONSOLIDATION PLAN IS DONE EVERY FIVE YEARS OUTLINING WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, BY, UM, DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE NOT ONLY FROM OUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE, BUT, UM, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND FRAMEWORK, UH, IN SELECTING THOSE, UH, STRATEGIC GOALS THAT WE WOULD CARRY OUT THROUGH THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
AND THEN YOUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN IS HOW YOU CARRY OUT THAT FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
THIS IS JUST A REFRESHER OF WHERE OUR TARGET AREA IS, AND DANFORTH IS OUR NORTHERN BOUNDARY.
UM, WE COME DOWN AROUND, UH, BY NORTHERN HILLS ELEMENTARY, DOWN AIRS TO BRYANT AND AROUND RANKIN, DOWN RANKIN TO 15TH.
AND THEN OUR WESTERN BORDER IS KELLY.
SO THAT DOES THE SURROUNDING AREA OF DOWNTOWN, UM, AND U C O AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS OUR, WHERE WE CALL OUR TARGETED AREA.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA ARE, UM, HAVE, UH, 51% OF THEM ARE LOW TO MOD INCOME INDIVIDUALS.
UM, CITYWIDE WE HAVE ABOUT 25, 20 7%.
SO OUT OF OUR CONSOLIDATION PLAN THIS YEAR, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THREE GOALS.
UM, GOAL NUMBER ONE IS TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS AND IMPROVE ASSESS, UH, ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE ENERGY EFFICIENT AND FAIR HOUSING.
WE WILL DO THIS WITH OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHABILITATIONS AND POTENTIALLY OUR RENTAL, UM, REHABILITATION AS WELL.
UM, WE WILL PRIORITIZE OFF OF A D A ACCESSIBILITY, UM, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ANY, UM, EMERGENCY REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO CODE.
UM, AND THEN AS WELL AS EXPANDING HOMEOWNER OPPORTUNITIES BY PROVIDING DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, WE PROVIDE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE UP TO $14,999, UM, AND AS WELL AS HOME BUYER EDUCATION CLASSES.
GOAL TWO IS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC NEED THROUGH PUBLIC OR SOCIAL SERVICES.
WE WILL PROVIDE, UM, ALLOCATIONS TO FIVE NONPROFITS HERE IN THE CITY THAT WILL PROVIDES, UM, PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SERVICES SUCH AS RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UM, NUTRITION MEALS, UH, CLOTHING, ET CETERA.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU THOSE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
AND THEN, UH, THE LAST STRATEGY IS PRE, UH, PREVENT ELIMINATES SAFETY HAZARDS.
AND WE DO THIS THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM.
SO OUR ALLOCATION FOR THIS NEXT YEAR THAT STARTS OCTOBER ONE, IS $544,917.
WE HAVE PREVIOUS YEAR C D B G FUNDS THAT ARE BEEN, UM, IN HOLDING BECAUSE WE HAD CARESS FUNDING THAT WE SPENT FIRST, UH, AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
AND THEN WE STILL HAVE SOME C D B G CV FUNDING OR CARES FUNDING THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED TO EDMOND MOBILE MILL'S KITCHEN EXTENSION.
SO OUR TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET IS $788,194.
THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT IS HOUSING, UH, AND NON HOUSING, UM, ACTIVITIES.
AND THAT WOULD, UM, THAT WOULD BE 454,000 AND $196.
WE DO HAVE TWO MAXES THAT WE CANNOT, UH, SPEND OVER.
ONE IS OUR PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
WE CAN'T SPEND MORE THAN 15% OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
AGAIN, WE HAVE CARESS FUNDING LEFT OVER.
AND THEN OUR PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, WHICH, UH, NOT ONLY IS STAFF, UH, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION FEES, BUT THAT'S ALSO OUR METRO FAIR HOUSING, UH, CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE.
UM, THAT IS A 20% MAX, SO WE CAN'T SPEND OVER THAT.
SO JUST A LITTLE BREAKOUT, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE ARE GONNA BE DOING OWNER-OCCUPIED REHABILITATION, PRIORITIZING ON A D A ACCESSIBILITY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND BRINGING HOMES UP TO CODE.
UM, AND, AND PROVIDING HOME BUYERS ASSISTANCE.
NEIGHBORHOOD TREES PROGRAM IF A TREE, UM, WE WORK WITH URBAN FORESTRY TO GO OUT AND ASSESS THE TREES TO SEE IF THEY, UM, CAUSE A THREAT TO THE HOME AND OR PER PERSONS.
AND WE WILL REMOVE THAT AT NO AT NO COST TO THE HOMEOWNER.
AND THEN AGAIN, UM, OUR FAIR HOUSING ADMINISTRATION, THAT'S METRO FAIR HOUSING, IS GONNA BE AWARDED $10,000.
AND OUR GENERAL GENERAL ADMINISTRATION IS $98,983.
PUBLIX SERVICES, AGAIN, THAT'S AT 15% MAX.
UH, UR SPECIAL MINISTRIES THAT PROVIDES THREE CLOTHING DISTRIBUTIONS AT AT RISK CHILDREN WILL BE RECEIVING $10,000 EBB AND MOBILE MEALS REP PROVIDING NUTRITION, UH, MEALS TO SENIORS AND THOSE THAT ARE HOME BOUND, 15,500 HOPE CENTER RENTAL ASSISTANCE, 25,500, PROJECT 66 FOOD PANTRY, 15,500 AND EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION, THAT WILL BE DOING SOME, UM, MENTAL HEALTH, UM, PROGRAMMING, $15,238.
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AND THEN AGAIN, OUR EDMOND MOBILE MILLS KITCHEN REHAB.UH, WE WILL BE ALLOCATING FUNDS TO THAT AS WELL.
AND WITH THAT, THAT IS OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
I'LL TAKE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME OR QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNSEL, SINCE THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THIS ITEM? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? YES, SIR.
PLEASE COME DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UH, LEONARD SCOTT, SIR, UH, THE MONEY GOING TO THE EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, WHY ISN'T THAT BEING SAVED TO PAY FOR, UH, SROS FOR, UH, THE EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE 15 SHORT AND THERE'S NO ELEMENT, THERE'S NO OFFICERS IN 15 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
SIR, AS WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE, IS THAT THE, UH, EMMIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL MAKE THE DETERMINATION IF THEY NEED ANY SS R O OFFICERS, AND THEY HAVE NOT SENT A REQUEST TO US.
SO BOTTOM LINE IS, EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOL HAS NOT SENT YOU REQUESTS FOR 15 OFFICERS THAT ARE NEEDED IN EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
IS THAT WHAT I, IS THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY, SIR? SIR, WHAT I JUST SAID IS THAT EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS NOT SENT US A REQUEST FOR S O R OFFICERS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THOSE ARE OUR CONSENT ITEMS. FIVE A ONE THROUGH SIX.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THESE ITEMS? I MAKE A MOTION.
THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[B. Approval of Purchases:]
SERIES OF PURCHASES HERE.WE HAVE APPROVAL OF SUBSTANCE OF URBAN COMMUNITY FORCE STREET GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000.
AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND, UH, RELATED DOCUMENTS, WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION ON THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH FLINTCO L L C CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR PHASE ONE OF THE CITY CENTER COMPLEX TO INCLUDE A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES, UH, GENERAL CONDITIONS, PROJECT REQUIREMENTS, INSURANCE AND PERFORMANCE BOND AND OWNER'S CONTINGENCY.
AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 DASH 23 24 4 DASH 23, APPOINTING PURCHASING AGENT FOR $6,000,992 $992,588.
IF IT IS MY WALKUP MUSIC, THAT MAY BE A NEW THING.
SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING.
ANDY CONYERS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OF ADMINISTRATION.
UM, UH, THIS IS AN EXCITING EVENING.
SO A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING AS I'LL GET TO IN THE PROJECT BACKGROUND AND THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING INTENTLY ON FOR OVER THE LAST YEAR IN DESIGN, UM, IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO I WILL WALK THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IN THE PACKET THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU AND THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PUBLISHED ONLINE.
BUT JUST THOUGHT MAYBE JUST A FEW SLIDES TO GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE PACKET, AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WE MOVE ALONG.
UM, SO THE ITEM IS ITEM FIVE B TWO, WHICH AS MAYOR SAID, I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL THOSE WORDS, BUT THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH FLINT CO, WHICH IS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR PHASE ONE OF THE CITY CENTER COMPLEX, AND ALL THE ITEMS, UH, THAT FALL UNDERNEATH THAT, UH, PHASE ONE.
AND SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS WALK THROUGH EACH OF THOSE ITEMS ON THE, UH, PROCEEDING SLIDES.
UH, BUT THE GRAND TOTAL OF THAT IS JUST A LITTLE UNDER $7 MILLION.
AND AS I'M GONNA ALLUDE TO SEVERAL TIMES, THE PROJECT BUDGET FOR THIS, UH, CITY CENTER COMPLEX IS $44 MILLION.
AND ALL OF THESE COSTS WERE ANTICIPATED AND FALL UNDERNEATH THE $44 MILLION.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PROJECT BACKGROUND.
SO ON APRIL 4TH OF APRIL 5TH, 2016, UH, THE VOTERS OF EDMOND APPROVED AN EXTENSION AND REPURPOSING OF A SALES TAX THAT BUILT A PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
UH, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WERE LISTED THAT WAS GONNA BE FUNDED THROUGH THIS SALES TAX EXTENSION, WHICH IS A 10 YEAR TAX, A HALF CENT TAX.
TWO OF THOSE IDENTIFIED PROJECTS WERE A DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE AND CONSOLIDATED CITY OFFICES.
AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, IN JUNE OF 2022, COUNCIL APPROVED THE DESIGN CONTRACT WITH REESE.
AND THEN A FEW MONTHS AFTER THAT, IN DECEMBER OF 2022, COUNCIL APPROVED A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CONTRACT WITH FLINTCO AND THEN, UH, PROCEED.
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IN MARCH, 2023, UH, THE COUNCIL TOOK THE ACTION TO APPROVE A $44 MILLION LOAN TO CONSTRUCT THE CITY CENTER COMPLEX.AND AS A REMINDER, WHEN I SAY CITY CENTER COMPLEX, WHAT THAT IS IS THREE BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MAIN AND LITTLER.
SO AGAIN, AFTER A YEAR OF PROGRAMMING WITH REESE AND ALSO WITH FLINTCO, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, UH, THE CITY HALL IS GOING TO BE TWO STORIES.
UH, 59,000 SQUARE FEET HAVE A COUNCIL CHAMBERS THAT'S THREE TIMES THE ONE THAT WE'RE IN THREE TIMES MORE SEATING THAN THE ONE WE HAD TONIGHT, AS WELL AS CITY STAFF OFFICES TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY AND PUBLIC MEETING SPACE AS WELL.
UH, THE SECOND BUILDING TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THIS 44 MILLION IS MUNICIPAL COURT, WHICH IS ONE STORY, 15,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND WE WILL BUILD A COURTROOM THAT HAS THREE TIMES MORE SEATING THAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND AS WELL AS MORE CITY STAFF OFFICES TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH.
AND THEN THE FINAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IS A PARKING GARAGE THAT IS, UH, THREE STORIES, 216 SPACES THAT WILL HAVE PARKING FOR CITY STAFF, AND THEN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO DO BUSINESS WITH CITY HALL AND COURT, AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
AND THEN, UM, HERE'S THE LATEST RENDERINGS OF THE PROJECT.
SO ON THE LEFT, UH, THE STREET RIGHT IN FRONT HERE IS MAIN STREET, AND THIS IS WHAT THE MUNICIPAL COURT WILL LOOK LIKE.
AND THEN AS YOU MOVE JUST A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE WEST IS THE THREE STORY PARKING GARAGE.
AND THEN AS YOU MOVE FURTHER TO THE WEST, UH, DOWN MAIN STREET, THIS IS THE TWO STORY CITY HALL COMPLEX.
JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THE LATEST RENDERINGS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE PROJECT.
UM, AGAIN, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND, SORT OF AT A HIGHER LEVEL ABOUT WHAT THESE ITEMS ARE.
A LITTLE UNDER $7 MILLION THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATED AND FALL UNDERNEATH THE PROJECT.
BUDGET, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT WILL, WILL OCCUR IN FOUR PRIMARY PHASES.
AND THE FIRST IS WITH YOU, IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, WHICH WILL BE THE DEMOLITION OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER, AS WELL AS THE PLANNING AND PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING, WHICH IS THE BUILDING JUST TO OUR NORTH HERE.
AND THAT'S THE AGENDA ITEM, UH, AND FUTURE PHASES.
UH, THE NEXT PHASE THAT WILL COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL, THAT WILL BE PUBLICLY BID UNDER TITLE 61 WILL BE THE SITE PREPARATION THAT WILL OCCUR ON BOTH OF THE FOOTPRINTS.
AND THEN PHASE THREE, UH, WILL BE THE VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION.
UH, FIRST YOU GOTTA GET THE UTILITIES, AND THEN MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, THE PLUMBING, AND THEN WE GO VERTICAL WITH THE STRUCTURAL.
AND THEN THE FOURTH PHASE OF BUILDING THE BUILDINGS WILL BE THE ENVELOPE AND THE FINISHES.
AND AGAIN, EACH PHASE WILL BE BID SEPARATE, BROUGHT FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL WITH A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE NOT TO EXCEED WITH EACH OF THE PHASES.
SO ALL THIS WILL FALL UNDERNEATH THE 44 MILLION AND EACH WILL COME AS A PHASE AND AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WITH FLINTCO THAT WAS SIGNED IN DECEMBER, 2022.
UM, SO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
AGAIN, IT'S THE FIRST GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE CONTRACT AMENDMENT.
UH, JUST PUT IT UP THERE AGAIN TO HIGHLIGHT IT.
A LITTLE UNDER $7 MILLION THAT WAS ANTICIPATED.
SO FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL OCCUR WITH THIS PHASE, PHASE ONE WILL BE THE DEMO OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE PLANNING AND PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING.
SO THAT, THAT WAS PUBLICLY BID, UH, THROUGH THE CITY WITH FLINT CO.
AS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, WE HAD BUDGETED $500,000, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THE FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION WILL BE TO DEMO THOSE BUILDINGS AND MAKE THE UTILITY SAFE IS $189,000.
SO WE'RE OFF TO A GREAT START AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION OF THIS.
UH, THESE THREE BUILDINGS ALSO INCLUDED WITHIN, UH, THE $6.99 MILLION IS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FEE FOR THIS PORTION OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS $352,000.
SO AS WAS, UH, AGREED TO IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WITH FLINTCO, THAT WAS APPROVED IN DECEMBER OF 2022, UH, 3.95% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET, UH, WILL GO, UH, TO FLINTCO FOR OVERSEEING THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO THIS IS JUST A PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THAT 3.95% OF THE OVERALL 44 MILLION.
THAT IS NOT ABOVE THE 44, IT'S INSIDE THE 44 FOR THE PROJECT BUDGET.
AND THEN, UH, JUST A LITTLE UNDER THREE AND A HALF MILLION FOR WHAT'S CALLED GENERAL CONDITIONS AND PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.
SO THINK OF THIS AS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER OR FLINT CO'S OVERHEAD FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO THE PROJECT, THE FIELD OFFICE, THE PERMITS THAT THEY HAVE TO PULL THE FENCING, THE SITE SAFETY CLEANUP, EVERYTHING THAT GOES, AND IT'S A NORMAL PART OF CONSTRUCTING A PROJECT THAT IS THIS SIZE AND SCOPE.
SO WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE, UH, FOR THE GENERAL CONDITIONS IS IF COUNSEL APPROVES THIS, THIS EVENING, THE FULL 3.47 MILLION WILL BE ENCUMBERED.
AND THEN MONTHLY FLINT CODE WILL SEND US AN INVOICE THAT SAYS, HERE'S THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WAS SPENT ON THE SITE THIS MONTH.
HERE'S, HERE'S WHO DID WHAT, UM, HERE'S THE RENTAL COST FOR THE TRAILER, ALL OF THOSE THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THEN WE WILL LOOK AT THAT, WE WILL VET THAT INVOICE,
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AND THEN IF WE RECEIVE APPROVAL TONIGHT, WE WILL PAY THE MONTHLY AMOUNT THAT COMES.AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT.
AND THEN 1.7, UH, MILLION IS FOR INSURANCE AND PERFORMANCE BONDS.
THAT'S REQUIRED OF EVERY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
SO AGAIN, THEY'RE TAKING THE RISK, SO THEY'RE CARRYING THE INSURANCE, AND THAT IS, AGAIN, FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT, MUCH LIKE GENERAL CONDITIONS AND PROJECT REQUIREMENTS, THEY WILL, UM, THAT'S FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT.
AND THEN 1.27 MILLION IS FOR, IS FOR THE CONTRACTOR CONTINGENCY.
I, THERE WAS A MINOR ERROR IN THE, UM, I APOLOGIZE IN THE, THE AGENDA HEADING THAT SAID, OWNER'S CONTINGENCY IS ACTUALLY CONTRACTOR CONTINGENCY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S OUT THERE.
SO THIS IS THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT TO COVER ANY UNEXPECTED COSTS THAT MAY OCCUR AGAIN INSIDE THE 44 MILLION.
BUT AS WE KNOW WITH A PROJECT THAT'S THIS SIZE AND SCOPE RELYING ON FLINT, FLINT COAST'S EXPERTISE IN THEIR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD, UM, THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT COME ALONG THAT WERE UNEXPECTED.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHY WE MAY BE ENCUMBERING THIS MONEY NOW, NONE OF THIS MONEY WILL BE SPENT WITHOUT THE OWNER'S APPROVAL, WITHOUT THE CITY'S APPROVAL.
SO IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT COMES UP AND THE DECISION IS MADE BY THE CITY TO GO AHEAD AND FUND THAT, WHATEVER THAT CHANGE MAY BE, THEN WE WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND THEN THERE WILL BE AGREEMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
BUT WE'RE, UH, SEEKING FULL ENCUMBRANCE OF THAT MONEY THIS EVENING.
SO TOMORROW, JU ASSUMING APPROVAL TONIGHT, UH, JULY 25TH, CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION, FENCING GOES UP AND THEN THE ROADS WERE CLO THE ROADS ARE GONNA BE CLOSED.
AND I'LL HAVE A SLIDE ON THAT, UH, AND TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION THAT'S OCCURRED SO FAR AND THE COMMUNICATION THAT WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.
UH, AUGUST 7TH, THE WEEK OF AUGUST 7TH IS WHEN WE ANTICIPATE THE ACTUAL DEMOLITION OF THE TWO BUILDINGS TO OCCUR.
AND THEN, UM, FROM SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR THROUGH DECEMBER, THE REMAINING THREE BID PACKAGES, WHICH I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WILL COME FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
THEY'LL ALL BE BID SEPARATE AND THEN FLINTCO AS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER WILL VET THOSE BIDS, PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY STAFF, AND THEN CITY STAFF WILL LOOK AT THAT AND THEN BRING THAT FORWARD TO FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL.
AND EACH TIME IT WILL BE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT BID PACKAGES THAT ARE IN THERE.
AND AGAIN, ALL FALLING WITH UNDERNEATH THE 44 AND THEN APRIL, 2025, TA-DA PROJECT COMPLETION.
AND I'VE GOT TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM FLINT CO HERE BEHIND ME THAT CAN CONFIRM IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE GUARANTEED FINAL DATE.
OH, APRIL, 2025, PROJECT COMPLETION
THAT'S FOR THEM TO FIGURE OUT, YEAH, THAT THEY'RE REALLY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO.
UH, THAT'S WHY THEY WERE SELECTED.
UM, I DID WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE, UM, FOR THE SA FOR THE SAFETY, UH, OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION FENCING THAT WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE ROADS THAT WILL BE CLOSED.
SO JUST TO ORIENTATE EVERYBODY WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO THIS EVENING WE ARE SITTING RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THE, THE BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IS HERE, IS WHERE THE NEW TWO STORY CITY HALL WILL BE.
HERE IS WHERE THIS FOOTPRINT, WHERE THE PARKING GARAGE WILL BE.
AND THEN JUST RIGHT NEXT TO THAT IS WHERE MUNICIPAL COURT WILL BE.
SO THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT, LITTLER FROM FIRST TO MAINE WILL BE CLOSED.
AND THEN THIS SMALL SECTION OF MAIN STREET RIGHT HERE WILL ALSO BE CLOSED.
UM, THERE WILL BE SIGNAGE, AS YOU CAN SEE EVERYWHERE, CONSTRUCTION FENCING WILL GO UP.
UM, FOLLOW THE RED LINE THERE.
UM, SO LAST WEEK, UH, SEVERAL CITY STAFF, UM, PRODUCED A SHORT LITTLE ONE, A PICTURE, AND THEN ONE AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE PICTURE SAYS.
AND WALKED AROUND TO MANY OF THE BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN, TALKED ABOUT THE PROJECT, UH, LEFT THEM WITH A CONTACT, WHICH IS, UH, BILL BEGLEY.
OUR, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, UH, HAD GOOD CHATS ABOUT, UM, THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PROJECT AND CONCERNS THEY MAY HAVE ABOUT THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, UM, AGAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MESSAGE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT AS THINGS, UM, AS THINGS GET, GET MOVING.
COULD YOU REPEAT THAT ON THE ROAD CLOSURES PLEASE? WHAT'S THAT, SIR? COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
SO THE ROADS THAT WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT WILL BE LITTLER AVENUE FROM FIRST UP TO MAIN.
SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR STAGING OF THE PROJECT AND THIS IS FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE IN THE AREA.
AND THEN THIS SMALL SECTION OF MAIN STREET RIGHT HERE THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE PROJECT SITE.
SO WE ALSO ON, UH, FRIDAY FLINTCO VISITED WITH, UH, THE PRINCIPAL AT RUSSELL DOHERTY ELEMENTARY AND TALKED ABOUT, UM, SORT OF THE AREAS THAT WILL BE LEFT OPEN FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT AND POTENTIAL WAYS THAT PARENTS COULD MAKE SURE THEY HAD AN EFFICIENT AND SAFE PICKUP.
SO, UM, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE INCONVENIENCES WHILE THIS OCCURS, BUT AGAIN, UH, FOR THE SAFETY OF THE AREA, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT AND FOR,
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UM, FOR THE, FOR THE SORT OF MAKING SURE WE ARE SUFFICIENTLY GETTING THE PROJECT COMPLETED IN A TIMELY MANNER.UM, SO, AND WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING MORE, MORE TECHNICAL IN NATURE, MY, OUR OUR PARTNERS FROM FLINTCO CAN ALSO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? I'D SAY I APPRECIATE I HAVE A COPY OF THAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONSTITUENTS GAVE IT AND MARKED IT UP AND ASKED ME QUESTIONS.
GOING, GOING DOOR TO DOOR, I KNOW OUR, OUR MAYOR AND I HAVE DISCUSSED AND WE THINK IT'S CRITICAL FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO BE UPDATED AS, UH, TRANSPARENTLY AND AS TIMELY AS POSSIBLE FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO ASK FOR A, UH, A PUBLIC, PUBLIC MEETING AT SOME POINT WITH OUR DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS OKAY.
SO SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE WORKING TOWARDS AND THAT WE WOULD REQUEST.
UM, UH, BUT YEAH, JUST WANTED TO LET OUR WARD ONE RESIDENTS KNOW IN PARTICULAR THAT'LL BE IMPACTED DOWNTOWN THAT WILL WE'LL LOOK TO HAVE A, AN UPDATE OF ACTIVITY ABSOLUTELY.
FROM THE TEAM AT FLINTCO AND OUR CITY STAFF TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND ASK, UH, MORE QUESTIONS.
WELL, THE GOAL IS TO OVER-COMMUNICATE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON DOWNTOWN SO THAT EVERYONE CAN TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
UH, WE'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND, AND MAYOR, I DO WANT TO WANNA HIGHLIGHT AND, AND I'LL ASK OUR, UH, CITY ENGINEER MAYBE JUST TO SAY A COMMENT REAL QUICKLY AND I'LL ALLOW HIM TO TURN HIS MIC ON AS I SAY WORDS, WHY NOT TO PUT HIM ON THE SPOT.
BUT, UM, AS, AS MANY PEOPLE, UH, THAT, THAT LIVE OR WORK OR FREQUENT DOWNTOWN KNOW, UH, WE HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKING FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS, A DOWNTOWN WATERLINE PROJECT THAT PROJECT IS, IS, HAS, HAS COME WITH ITS CHALLENGES AS, AS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS DO IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT ONCE YOU START GETTING BELOW THE SURFACE.
BUT I KNOW, UH, MR. LAWRENCE HERE CAN GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO COMPLETION OF THAT.
UM, SO WE'VE HAD THE CONTRACTORS HAD SOME STRUGGLES, UH, WITH, WITH, UH, NEW, NEW PIPE LEAKING AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
UM, BUT UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY OLD INFRASTRUCTURE.
THERE'S A LOT OF BURIED THINGS IN DOWNTOWN EDMOND AND THE ALLEYS, THEY'RE VERY CROWDED.
UH, THEY'VE HAD TO HAND EGG THEIR WHOLE WAY.
UM, BUT BASICALLY WE, THERE, WE WERE DOWN TO ABOUT ONE BLOCK OF ALLEY THAT IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROADWAY, NORTH OF HERD UP TO CAMPBELL, UM, THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, LAST WEEK WE HAD THEM COME IN AND DO MAIN STREET, UM, AND GET IT BACK IN, IN UH, SERVICE AT THIS LOCATION RIGHT IN HERE SO THAT WHEN WE CLOSE, UH, MAIN STREET FURTHER EAST, UH, THEY'LL STILL HAVE ACCESS THROUGHOUT THIS AREA HERE.
UM, THIS WEEK THEY'RE WORKING ON HERD, THE HERD CROSSING RIGHT UP HERE.
UH, THEY ARE GOING TO POUR CONCRETE TOMORROW MORNING AND HAVE IT OPEN FRIDAY.
UM, ALL OF THE, UH, OTHER PAVING, UH, REPLACEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE OF BROADWAY, UM, THEY'RE WORKING ON AND SHOULD BE, THOSE SHOULD BE DONE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
UM, THE ONLY PORTION THAT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THAT IS THE PORTION THEY'RE WORKING ON NORTH OF HER STREET, UM, IN THE ALLEYWAY.
AND THAT'LL TAKE ANOTHER FIVE TO SIX WEEKS TO COMPLETE THAT.
UM, SO BASICALLY EVERYTHING BUT THAT ONE ALLEYWAY, UH, SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS WHILE THEY'RE PERMITTING.
THAT'S BEEN KIND OF THEIR HOLD UP WITH PAVING IS THE RAIN.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT, THE PATIENCE OF THE DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS.
AND JUST, UH, YOU SAID IT SEVERAL TIMES, BUT I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN, THESE STREET CLOSURES ARE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR THIS PROCESS, CORRECT? NOT, EXCUSE ME, NOT PERMANENT CLOSURES OF ANY STREETS.
IF THAT WERE EVER CONTEMPLATED, THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE DISCUSSION ITEM.
WELL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM NUMBER? UH, WE'RE ABOUT, TALK ABOUT THAT, SIR.
EXCUSE ME, SIR, I WILL GET TO YOU.
I WILL GET TO PUBLIC COMMENT IN JUST A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? YES.
THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ITEM.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? YES.
PLEASE COME DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
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I LEARNED SCOTT KIND OF DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN.WE CAME HERE SOME MONTHS AGO AND YOU SHOWED OBJECT OR THE BUILDING OF THE, UH, CITY, UH, CENTER AND THE ELDERS HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND YOU SAID, OH, THIS IS JUST A RENDERING AND THIS LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A DONE DEAL.
THE ELDERS WERE WONDERING, CAN WE SEE A PICTURE OF THAT CENTER AGAIN BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO US.
IT LOOKS LIKE, LIKE IT DID BEFORE WHEN WE ASKED THE QUESTIONS AND I DON'T SEE A CHANGE TO IT.
CAN WE SEE A PICTURE OF THE FRONT OF THE CITY CENTER PLEASE? SOMEBODY GOT SOME PICTURES OF IT.
THE CITY CENTER'S OFF, OFF THE SIDE, I GUESS.
DO YOU NOTICE THERE'S, WHERE'S THE PARKING ALONG THE ROAD? IS THERE ANY PARKING ALONG THAT ROAD? COME ON GUYS.
YOU GUYS FROM THE BUILDERS ARE THERE, BE PARKING ALONG THAT ROAD IN FRONT OF THAT PLACE.
THERE'S NO PLACE TO TURN IN FOR ELDERS TO BE LET OUT EITHER.
ELDERS CAN GET UP THERE AND PARK CLOSE TO IT.
THEY CAN GET OUT AND GO TO IT.
WELL, IF THERE'S NO PARKING AND THERE'S NO ROLL AROUND THERE, A PULL IN, WHERE DO WE GET OUT AND GET TO THAT PLACE? I'M ASKING THE QUESTION.
THERE IS A, IN IN THE DRAWINGS THERE IS A PARK FOR PEOPLE TO BE LET OUT, SIR.
BUT SIR, WE NEED TO SEE THERE'S, IF YOU'RE GOING INTO THIS, WE WANT TO BE CONCERNED.
WHERE DO WE GO NOW? YOU SAID A PARKING GARAGE.
HOW MANY OF THOSE PARKING GARAGE SPACES ARE FOR EMPLOYEES? DID ANYBODY TELL ME THAT? HOW MANY SPACES ARE INVOLVED IN THE PARKING FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND THERE'S HOW MANY SPACES? AND SOMEBODY TELL ME THAT.
WELL THEN IF THE, AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, HOW MANY ARE GONNA BE THERE FOR US TO PARK IN AND HAVE TO WALK 200 YARDS TO THAT PLACE? THAT'S OUR CONCERN.
IF THERE'S NO PARKING PLACES FOR US AND WE CAN'T HAVE A ROLLOUT, WHERE DO WE GO? WE'RE ASKING THE QUESTION.
AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING UP HERE THAT SAYS ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
WE'VE GOT NO ACCESS TO THIS PLACE.
SO I'M ASKING WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WHY ARE WE SPENDING THIS AND SAYING, OH, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AND WE'RE GONNA SHUT IT DOWN NEXT WEEK OR WHATEVER.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE FINISHED PRODUCT AND YOU TOLD US THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE, THIS IS JUST A RENDERING.
WELL, LET'S SEE THE NEWER INJURY BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS, 'CAUSE WE CERTAINLY HAVEN'T APPROVED IT, THE ELDERS HAVEN'T.
AND THE OLDER PEOPLE AND THE YOUNG MOTHERS WITH KIDS WITH, WITH UH, ROLLERS, THEY HAVE TO PARK AND ROLL UP TO THIS PLACE.
HOW DO WE GET THERE? HAS ANYBODY GOT ANY ANSWERS? COME ON.
WHERE'S THE GOT, WHERE'S THE CONSTRUCTORS FOR THIS THING? I THINK HE'S TRYING TO LET YOU FINISH AND THEN THERE'LL BE SOME RESPONSE.
SO WHAT ABOUT THE 4TH OF JULY, YA MAIN STREET, IS THAT GONNA BE CLOSED OFF AT 4TH OF JULY? IT'S RIGHT ON MAIN.
SO HOW ARE WE GONNA, ARE WE GONNA REROUTE AROUND MAINE FOR THAT THING TOO? BY THE WAY, JUDGE, I'M ASKING 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE ASKING ME ABOUT IT.
HAS THAT BEEN CONSIDERED? YES SIR.
SO I I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION AND I JUST TOLD YOU YES, I DIDN'T, DIDN'T, YES, IT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED.
SO THE PLANNING, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING LIBERTY FEST WILL TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT IN THEIR ROUTING.
SO IS SOMEBODY GONNA SHOW US ANOTHER RENDERING WITH THE PARKING AND HOW IT'S GONNA SET UP? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU'RE SHOWING ME SOMETHING.
IT'S NO DIFFERENT FROM LAST TIME AND YOU GUARANTEED ME THIS WAS NOT THE FINAL PRODUCT AND THAT'S THE FINAL PRODUCT LOOKS LIKE TO ME FOR ELDER'S SAKE.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AFTER RECEIVING SOME PUBLIC FEEDBACK PREVIOUSLY, UM, THE NEW, UM, APOLOGIES, I DO NOT HAVE THE, THE, THE RENDERING THAT SHOWS IT EXACTLY WHERE IT'LL BE ON THE SITE, BUT THERE WILL BE A LONG LITTLER HERE AGAIN, WHEN THE PROJECT OPENS APRIL, 2025, THERE WILL BE, WE WORKED WITH THE DESIGNER REESE AND SAID, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A DROP OFF AREA RIGHT HERE? SO THERE WILL BE A DROP OFF AREA THAT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF LITTLER, SO YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARK THERE, BUT THERE WILL BE A DROP OFF AREA THERE.
UH, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, DAY ONE, WHEN THE CITY CENTER COMPLEX OPENS, THERE WILL BE 115 EMPLOYEES THAT WILL OCCUPY THE CITY HALL AND WILL OCCUPY MUNICIPAL COURT.
AND THERE'S 216 PARKING, WHICH LEAVES OVER A HUNDRED SPOTS.
AND JUST BECAUSE THERE'S 150 OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS, DOES THAT MEAN THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL IS DRIVING A NO SIR.
SO A HUNDRED PLUS EXTRA PARKING SPOTS CORRECT.
AND YOU HAVE A RENDERING OF THE DROPOFF? UH, I, I DO HAVE A RENDERING OF THE DROPOFF.
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HAVE IT WITH ME THIS EVENING.I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THE QUESTION, BUT EMAIL THAT TO THE GOOD COLONEL SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? VERY GOOD.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, CITIZEN, UM, STAFF COMMENT ON ITEM B, UM, SEVEN, NO FOUR DON'T.
WE HAVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT OF THE SIGNATURE STRUCTURES FOR THE EMERGENCY MEMBRANE REMOVAL AND ASSESSMENT AT BURG PICKLEBALL.
BRAD RAINIER PARK STRUCTURE CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL, JUST A COUPLE QUICK UPDATES ON THIS.
THIS AGREEMENT WAS FOR SOMETHING THAT ALREADY HAPPENED BECAUSE IT WAS AS AN EMERGENCY.
UM, THIS IS FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE FABRIC ROOF AT THE PICKLEBALL FACILITY AT KICKING BIRD.
UM, THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND THAT WAS FOR AN INITIAL, UM, ASSESSMENT AND KIND OF STEPS TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND THAT HAS ALSO BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, IN GENERAL, THE METAL FRAME, THEY FOUND DAMAGE TO IT, BUT IT IS REPAIRABLE.
UM, WE JUST RECEIVED AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION IN THE WORKSHOP THAT GAVE US LOTS OF INFORMATION TO KIND OF DRIVE CONVERSATIONS, UM, MOVING FORWARD AS WE AWAIT, UM, THE, IN THE RESULTS OF THE INSURANCE CLAIM.
AND JUST FINALLY ALONG WITH THAT, THE, UH, RENOVATION OF THE OUTDOOR COURTS IS ONGOING.
IT'S MOVING ALONG JUST LIKE IT SHOULD.
AND ARE YOU GIVEN THE PRESENTATION ON SEVEN FOR THE APPROVE OF THE STEVENSON PARK CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FOUR? IT'S RYAN.
RYAN OCHSNER, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY QUALITY.
AND, UM, THIS ONE OF THE PROJECTS I'VE BEEN HELPING, UH, HELPING OVERSEE.
SO, UM, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF PROJECT UPDATE AND, UH, AS I, AS I INTRODUCED THE REQUEST FOR APPROVAL FOR ADDITIONAL WORK AND THE CONTRACTOR'S REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL TIME, THIS IS A, UH, VERY EXTENSIVE PROJECT.
HAS A LOT OF, UH, HISTORICAL ELEMENTS, UM, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, A LOT OF SYSTEMS ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT.
AND AS WE ARE IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO DO IS TO TAKE THE CARE THAT'S NEEDED TO, UH, TAKE, GIVE ATTENTION TO THOSE DETAILS AS THEY DESERVE.
ALSO, THERE'S A LOT, A LOT GOING ON THIS SITE ON A RELATIVELY SMALL, UM, WORK SITE.
IT CAN BE CHALLENGING TO GET A LOT OF THOSE DIFFERENT PEOPLE ON THE SITE WORKING AT THE SAME TIME.
UH, LET ME ORIENT YOU TO THE SITE, AND ON MY NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE CHANGES AS THEY CURRENTLY LOOK.
SO, HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE, OF COURSE, IS FOURTH STREET, UH, THE EXISTING BASKETBALL COURT.
UM, WE'VE GOT THE ROCK BRIDGES HERE IN THE CENTER.
WE'LL SEE SOME IMAGES UP HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
OF COURSE, THE, UH, HISTORY MUSEUM OVER HERE IS BOULEVARD.
SO AS I, WHEN I TRANSITION TO THE NEXT SIDE, YOU'LL SEE IT, UH, THE IMAGE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, TRANSITION INTO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY IF, UH, IF THINGS WILL WORK RIGHT FOR ME.
OKAY? SO AGAIN, UM, THIS, UH, IMAGE WAS TAKEN ABOUT 18 DAYS AGO.
YOU SEE FOURTH STREET, UM, COMING INTO SHAPE HERE, PARKING ON EACH SIDES OF IT, THE BASKETBALL COURT THAT'S BEEN RESURFACED.
THE, UH, THE BRIDGE IS HERE AND THE GREAT LAWN, KIND OF WHERE THE TENNIS COURT USED TO BE.
AND HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, DOWN TOWARDS FIFTH STREET, IT'S A WATER FEATURE.
UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE, OUR PAVILION THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SOME NEW ASPHALT RECENTLY COMPLETED FOR THE MUSEUM.
AND, UH, OF COURSE, OUR ICONIC ART PIECE AND OUR NEW PLAY STRUCTURE, UH, THAT'S GOING IN.
SO HERE'S AN IMAGE OF FOURTH STREET, WHAT IT, UH, RECENTLY LOOKED LIKE.
AND HERE YOU WERE LOOKING TOWARDS BOULEVARD, KIND OF NEAR LITTLER.
UM, NEXT THING TO GO ON HERE INCLUDE PAVERS, SIDEWALK, LIGHT POLES, IRRIGATION TREES, AND LANDSCAPE.
YOU SEE, THE BASKETBALL COURT HERE HAS, UH, NEW GOALS AND RESURFACING.
UM, THIS STARTS GETTING INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS ABOUT HOW COLORS WERE SELECTED TO MATCH THINGS THAT ARE IN THE AREA AND IN THE PARK THAT COMPLIMENT THAT VERY NICELY.
UM, MATERIALS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT.
THERE'S, UH, BEEN MANY THINGS ADDED TO THIS PARK OVER THE DECADES, AND, UH, VERY LITTLE COORDINATION WITH HOW THEY LOOK.
SO TRYING TO TIE ALL THAT TOGETHER HAS, UH, HAS TAKEN A LOT OF ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
FOR EXAMPLE, THESE BRIDGES, UM, THAT YOU SEE HERE THAT WERE PRESERVED, TWO OF THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ROCK WORK ON THOSE WE WANTED TO PRESERVE AND THEN WE DID.
UM, BUT WE CAN'T FIND THAT ROCK ANYMORE.
SO, UM, ALL THE ROCK WORK THAT LINES THESE CHANNELS AND THE RETAINING WALLS, UM, HAD TO FIND NEW SOURCES FOR THAT.
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LET'S SEE HERE YOU, HERE YOU SEE SOME, ONE OF THOSE BRIDGES.AND THIS STRUCTURE HERE IS ACTUALLY AN INTAKE TO AN UNDERGROUND RAINWATER DETENTION SYSTEM.
UM, WE'VE ENCLOSED PART OF THE CHANNEL AND THAT WILL ACTUALLY SERVE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND URBANIZATION UPSTREAM OF THIS AND HELP WITH, UM, UM, RAIN WATER MANAGEMENT AND FLOOD PROTECTION.
SO AT THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY HERE, YOU GET AN IMAGE OF OUR, UH, WATER FEATURE THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
VERY MASSIVE WATER FEATURE AS YOU CAN SEE FROM SOME OF THESE PIPES.
PIPES HERE INVOLVED WITH THE RECIRCULATION OF THE WATER SYSTEM.
IN THE, UH, CENTER OF THE PARK.
YOU START TO SEE OUR PAVILION FOOTINGS COMING INTO SHAPE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY WORKING THAT INTO THE EXISTING BALD CYPRUS.
THAT IS, THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS GOING INTO PRESERVING THOSE.
OF COURSE, THE VERY VISIBLE, UH, NEW PLAY STRUCTURE.
THERE'S SOME OTHER SMALLER PLAY ELEMENTS COMING INTO THE PLAYGROUND.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR ART PIECE THERE IN THE BACKGROUND.
SO WE'RE GETTING A MORE ACCURATE PROJECTION FROM OUR CONTRACTOR ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION.
UH, GENERALLY WE EXPECT TO HAVE THIS PARK, UH, PARTS OF THE PARK OPEN IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, THE THINGS THAT WE ANTICIPATE AND PLAN ON OPENING THEN WILL BE THE PLAY AREAS.
UH, OF COURSE, FOURTH STREET ARE ACTUALLY WORKING ON GETTING THAT OPEN SOONER THAN THAT, UH, THE BASKETBALL COURT AND THE GREAT LAWN AND, AND EATING AREAS THAT WE'LL HAVE IN THE PARK.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE WHAT WE ANTICIPATE TO OPEN IN SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN, UH, CONTRACTORS PROJECTING IN DECEMBER, THE AREA SHOWN IN RED HERE, TO HAVE THOSE OPEN.
THAT'LL INCLUDE THE PAVILION, THE BOARDWALK, THE, THE LAWN AREA IN FRONT OF THE PAVILION AND THE WATER FEATURE.
SO THE ITEM THAT IS UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING IS TO RELOCATE, IS A CHANGE ORDER TO RELOCATE.
I'M SORRY, TO RELOCATE AN EIGHT INCH WATER LINE.
UH, THAT CONFLICTS WITH SOME DRAINAGE STRUCTURES.
THE COST FOR THAT CHANGE ORDER IS $53,210 AND 4 CENTS IF APPROVED.
THAT WOULD PUT OUR TOTAL COST INCREASE AT 3.23% TO DATE ON THIS PROJECT.
THE OTHER I ITEM THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS REQUESTING IS TO ADD 88 DAYS TO THE CONTRACT.
UM, THE DATE ON WHICH PAYMENT MAY BE MA MADE, UH, REQUIRED TO THE CONTRACTOR IF, UH, CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS AREN'T MET, UM, COULD BE, COULD BE ASSERTED.
SO, UH, THAT EXTENSION WOULD PUT US AT SEPTEMBER 28TH.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHEN WE WILL BE READY TO OPEN UP THE PARK AT THAT TIME FOR THOSE AREAS SHOWN IN GREEN FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF OPENING.
AS I EXPLAINED, THAT'LL OF COURSE BE A PARTIAL OPENING AND, UH, WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE ADDITIONAL DAYS REQUESTED, I BELIEVE, FROM THE CONTRACTOR AS THEY, UH, GET CLOSER TO THAT DECEMBER COMPLETION OF THE ENTIRE PARK.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE AARON WITH RUDY CONSTRUCTION, UM, HERE TO COMMENT ABOUT THEIR TIMELINE.
I'VE INVITED AARON AND HE'S GRACIOUSLY, UH, AGREED TO COME AS HE'S THE MOST DIRECT SOURCE OF INFORMATION, JUST ABOUT THEIR TIMELINES AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT GO INTO TO WHAT THEY'RE NEEDING AND WHY.
SO, IF I MAY, I'LL TURN OVER TO AARON FOR A MINUTE.
HELLO, I'M, I'M AARON TON WITH, UH, RUDY CONSTRUCTION.
SO JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE.
CAN YOU PULL THAT MICROPHONE? UH, THANK YOU.
UM, I'M MAYOR NORTON WITH RUDY CONSTRUCTION.
I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE STEVENSON PARK PROJECT.
SO JUST TO TALK MORE ABOUT, UH, UH, THE DELAYS ON THE PROJECT, STARTING OUT WITH THE, THE GLUE LAND BEAMS, UH, FROM THE BEGINNING, WERE A LONG LEAD TIME ITEM.
UM, THERE'S SEVERAL ITEMS, UH, SPECIALTY ITEMS FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, THAT WERE, UM, LONG LEAD TIME THAT, UH, WE HAD SEARCHED SEVERAL, SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
UM, AND WE FOUND ONE, UH, THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING IN THIS WEEK.
SO THAT'S WHY THE WHOLE PAVILION AND THAT CENTER SECTION THAT WAS OUTLINED IN READ IS GONNA BE DONE IN DECEMBER.
UM, SO, UM, AND THEN ALL THE OTHER DELAYS ARE JUST FROM WEATHER DELAYS.
'CAUSE THE PARK, UH, IF YOU GET ANY, ANY RAIN IN THERE, IT'S, IT'S VERY TOUGH TO GET IN AND, AND WORK IN AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I CAN KIND OF ANSWER ANY OTHER DETAILED, UH, UH, PARTS OF THE PROJECT, IF YOU HAVE ANY.
UM, YOU SAID ALL THE OTHER DELAYS WERE WEATHER.
THE REPORT SAYS THERE ARE 92 NON WEATHER DELAYS.
YEAH, SOME OF MAYBE THE PROJECT MANAGER I'D LIKE MR. CONYERS, MAYBE FOR BOTH OF YOU.
I, HOW DO WE AVOID THAT IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE 92 DAYS OF NON WEATHER DELAYS? THE OTHER DELAYS ARE LIKE THE CHANGE ORDERS OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT
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HAD TO HAPPEN.AND THEN, UH, OTHER LIKE DISCUSSIONS AND THEN, UM, STUFF TO, TO MAKE THE, GIVE A BETTER PRODUCT, LIKE ON FOURTH STREET WAS THE STABILIZATION RECOMMENDATION.
WE, WE DECIDED TO CHANGE IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO, UH, THE, UH, THE SPECT PRODUCT WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
SO WE HAD TO GET A NEW RECOMMENDATION FOR STABILIZATION ON FOURTH STREET, WHICH TOOK TIME.
AND, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WERE, UH, A LIST OF THE CHANGE ORDERS THAT WE HAD ON THE PROJECT.
SO HOW DO WE AVOID THAT IN THE FUTURE? THAT TYPE OF MR. CONYERS OR SOMEBODY? I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S RYAN.
UM, TO AVOID THAT IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL, UH, LOOK AT ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE AROUND OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT STAFF WISE.
UM, THAT'S ONE THING WE'LL DO TO AVOID IT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, ALSO TO AVOID IT IN THE FUTURE, ARE ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF BIDDING PROJECTS SUCH AS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE CITY CENTER.
SOME PROJECTS THAT'LL BE RIGHT FOR SOME IT, SOME IT WON'T BE.
UM, BUT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT INHERENT TO THIS FORM OF, OF BIDDING, DESIGNING A PROJECT AND BIDDING IT.
AND, UM, ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS.
BUT, AND, UM, WE'VE HEARD IT MANY TIMES BEFORE.
IT IS VERY UNIQUE AND CHALLENGING GETTING SUPPLIES ON THIS TIME.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S NOT AS MUCH OF A FACTOR IN THE FUTURE.
BUT CERTAINLY THERE ARE INTERNAL THINGS THAT CAN AND, AND ARE BEING DONE TO AVOID THAT IN THE FUTURE.
I HAVE ONE MORE, UH, 30 DAYS TO REDESIGN A BOARDWALK.
WHAT IS THAT? THAT'LL HAVE TO DO WITH, UH, DETAILS ABOUT HOW THE BOARDWALK IS, UM, CONSTRUCTED.
ORIGINALLY, THE CON, THE, UH, DESIGNER SPECED ONE BRAND OF MATERIAL, UM, AFTER THE PROJECT BID, THAT THAT MATERIAL WAS NOT AVAILABLE ANY LONGER.
UM, SO THE ALTERNATIVE MATERIAL THAT IS AVAILABLE DOESN'T BEND THE WAY THAT WAS DESIGNED USING THE ORIGINAL.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF CURVES AND RADIUSES ON THIS DECK, ON THIS BOARDWALK.
UM, SO FIGURING OUT HOW TO BEND THAT DIFFERENT MATERIAL THAT, UM, WAS A CHALLENGE.
I, MAYBE AARON HAS ADDITIONAL INPUT ON THAT, BUT THAT'S, THANK YOU, SIR.
AND SO FOR ALSO WITH THE BOARDWALK, THERE'S JUST OTHER QUESTIONS THAT, UH, JUST THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT WE THOUGHT THAT COULD, UH, BENEFIT THE BOARDWALK TO MAKE IT SAFER AND, AND EASIER.
UM, FOR, FOR LESS, UM, LESS MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THERE'S AN OVERHANG ON THE BOARDWALK WHERE LEAVES COULD BLOW UNDERNEATH IT.
SO WE WERE PROPOSING TO SHORTEN IT SO IT OR COULDN'T, KIDS COULDN'T GET UNDER THERE AND, AND LEAVES AND A BUNCH OF OTHER DEBRIS.
SO THERE'S JUST OTHER THINGS THAT WE KIND OF WANTED TO CHANGE.
UM, AND SO THERE'S JUST THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL.
SO I HAVE A, I HAVE A PRACTICAL QUESTION, UH, ON THE PROJECT.
SO, UM, I'VE DRIVEN BY, BY THE WAY, THE PAVEMENT WORK LOOKS FANTASTIC.
COULDN'T BELIEVE THE UPGRADE THERE IN FRONT OF THE HISTORY CENTER.
UM, THE PLAY STRUCTURE ITSELF, I KNOW IS A, IS A NOD TO THE SORT OF HISTORY AROUND SPACE AND ROCKET SHIP AND EVERYTHING.
UM, MY KIDS ASKED ME, AND SO I'LL ASK YOU, UM, LIKE THIS LAST WEEK, THIS MONTH, GIVING THE AMOUNT OF METAL ON THAT IS THAT, CAN SOMEONE, CAN SOME KID ACTUALLY PLAY ON THAT WHEN IT'S HOT? SO WE, WE WERE NOT ACTUALLY A PART OF THIS PLAY STRUCTURE ON THIS JOB, BUT FROM OTHER ONES WE WERE THAT'S WHAT I ASKED THAT SAME QUESTION.
'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, THAT'S GONNA HURT GOING DOWN THAT SLIDE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS, THIS WEATHER.
BUT FROM WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, YES, IT'S, IT, IT'S ALL, UH, IT, IT, IT REFLECTS OUTWARD, BASICALLY THE HEAT REFLECTS OUTWARD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT ALL HAPPENS, BUT I THINK THEY HAVE THIS, THAT SAME STRUCTURE ALSO IN THE SHAWNEE PARK AS WELL.
AND I DON'T, I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY ISSUES, BUT, UM, FROM WHAT, UH, THE PLAYGROUND, UH, CONTRACTORS TOLD ME THAT YES, THAT THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
SO I WOULD APPRECIATE, UH, MAKE A REQUEST TO, UM, IF SOMEONE COULD EMAIL ME.
I JUST, 'CAUSE MY KIDS POINTED THAT OUT AND I WAS LIKE, MAN, I DON'T KNOW.
SO I MEAN, A LOT OF MOMS AND DADS ARE GONNA ASK THE SAME QUESTION.
IS, UH, AND SO IT'S A GOOD TIME.
THE STRUCTURE'S UP IF WE CAN TEST IT, UH, I DON'T KNOW.
WHY NOT? HEAD FIRST, LET'S GO.
BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING.
NO, BUT YOUR SON IS, I'M, I'M SURE OUT OF THREE OF MY BOYS, ONE OF 'EM, ONE OF 'EM, ONE OF 'EM BE LIKE, I GOT IT DAD.
BUT MY POINT IS I REALLY WANT SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND RETROFIT OR FIX IN SOME WAY.
WELL, AND TO BE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, UM, ROBBINS, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, UM, BUT WHEN WE APPROVED THE PURCHASE AND WE WERE LOOKING AT DESIGNS, THAT WAS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.
AND SO IT IS, IT'S ACTUALLY A LOT SAFER THAN THE UM, UH, ROCKET SHIP SLIDE
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OH.AS FAR AS THE METAL HEATING UP.
UM, BUT IF YOU WANNA SPEAK MORE DIRECTLY TO IT.
BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE VETTED OUT WHEN WE SELECTED AND APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF THAT.
THIS SLIDE, UH, A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THAT WILL BE THAT IT'S COVERED NOW IT'S A TUBE SLIDE INSTEAD OF JUST THE EXPOSED BARE METAL MM-HMM.
SO, UM, THAT WILL, SO AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, GIVEN THE DEGREES THIS LAST WEEK AND THIS UPCOMING WEEK, WE, THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE TESTED.
SO COULD THAT BE LIKE, TESTED? OBVIOUSLY NOT WITH THE CHILD, BUT LIKE TEMPERATURE TESTED
LIKE I, BECAUSE I, BECAUSE HYPOTHETICALLY IT'S LIKE YOU RENDER PLANS, YOU LOOK AT IT, THEY TELL YOU SOMETHING AS FAR AS WHATEVER, BUT LIKE WE CAN ACTUALLY KNOW THE ANSWER, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
I WILL, UH, WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE MANUFACTURER, SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY RESEARCH ON THAT.
WELL, I MEAN, MORE SPECIFICALLY AND NO, JUST TEST IT.
I'D BE GLAD TO GO OUT THERE AND TEST IT.
BUT I DON'T WANNA START A THING.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN TRY TO KEEP, KEEP PEOPLE OFF OF THERE AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY OUT THERE HAVING A GREAT TIME
AND I PROMISE, BUT I'M SERIOUS.
I WANT IT TESTED LIKE, LIKE THIS WEEK.
YEAH, YOU DID AS FAR AS TEMPERATURE, BECAUSE IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, WE GOTTA ADDRESS IT IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, NOT IN JULY OF 2024 OR 22.
WE SHOULD HAVE SOME PURCHASES TO GO THROUGH HERE.
UH, YEAH, NUMBER THREE WAS THE CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF A LOCAL FUND, UH, CONTRIBUTION FOR THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 FOR $257,375.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE CONSIDERATION OF RENEWAL AGREEMENT FOR THE PROFESSIONAL STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SERVICES WITH C S S PARTNERS FOR 36,000.
AND THEN WE HAVE APPROVAL OF ENGAGEMENT LETTER FOR THE ANNUAL AUDITING SERVICES WITH H S P G ASSOCIATES PC TO PROVIDE ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDITING SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 TO 23, INCLUDING ANNUAL OPTIONS TO RENEW FOR 114,500.
AND WE HAVE NUMBER EIGHT AS A CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL OF SERVICES FEE FOR OKLAHOMA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, UH, FOR $61,113 AND 2 CENTS.
AND NUMBER NINE IS ACCEPTANCE OF BID FOR A BRUSH PUMPER FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR $154,343 AND 69 CENTS.
SO COUNSEL, THOSE ARE OUR PURCHASES.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE REGARDING CS.
I DIDN'T, I I WAS GONNA, UM, THOSE ARE OUR PURCHASES, BUT WE NEED TO VOTE ON ONE THROUGH FOUR, SIX THROUGH NINE AND HOLD OFF ON DOING NUMBER NUMBER FIVE.
WILL THERE BE DISCUSSION ON NUMBER SEVEN? WE JUST HAD DISCUSSION ON NUMBER SEVEN.
WE DIDN'T BECAUSE HE WANTED TO SPEAK, BUT THERE, HE DIDN'T HEAR THE CALL FOR IT.
SIR, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT YOU WANNA MAKE? YES, SIR.
AND THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE, UH, GENTLEMAN, MEGAN PARK.
UM, YOU ALL EXPLAINED TO ME, I TALKED ABOUT A FLAG AT THE, UH, LIGHTED FLAG POLE AT THE PARK.
UH, SO WE COULD PUT UP THE 45TH FLAG TO RECOGNIZE THE ALMOST, UH, 645TH GUYS THAT WERE KILLED IN KOREA AND, UH, WORLD WAR II.
UH, IS THAT FLAG POLE GONNA GO UP? THAT'S ONE QUESTIONING.
WAS ANY OF THAT I DIDN'T SEE A FLAG POLE ADDING TO IT.
ANYBODY KNOW THAT FLAG POLE WAS STILL PART OF THE DESIGN OF THE PARK, SIR? I, BUT IT IS ON, ISN'T ON THERE.
WE GOT A GUY HERE CAN TELL ME.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW NOBODY CAN TELL ME IF IT IS OR NOT ON THERE.
THE MAYOR HAS TOLD YOU THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD FROM DAY ONE ON THIS SITUATION.
THE, THERE'S, THERE'S CURRENTLY A FLAGPOLE THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO UPGRADE THE FLAGPOLE AND THE FLAGPOLE IS GOING, IS IS GONNA BE THERE, THERE, THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE FLAGPOLES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT STEVENSON PARK.
SIR, THE FLAGPOLE CURRENTLY AT STEVENSON PARK IS TO THE RIGHT OF IT.
AND IT'S ONLY ABOUT 25 FEET TALL.
AND THERE'S, IT'S NOT LIGHTED.
SO THAT DOESN'T, DOESN'T FIT THE BILL.
THAT IS PART OF THE RENOVATION OF THE PARK.
SIR, SIR, IF YOU'RE GONNA RENOVATE IT OR YOU ARE NOT GONNA PUT A NEW FLAGPOLE AND SLIDE.
WHENEVER YOU'RE DONE, ALREADY DONE.
NO, WHENEVER YOU'RE DONE, I'LL, OKAY.
WELL THE NEXT ONE IS, I NOTICED THAT WE TOOK OUT THE TENNIS COURTS.
THERE WERE TWO TENNIS COURTS THERE.
YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN EIGHT PICKLEBALL COURTS 'CAUSE WE WOULD'VE CONVERTED 'EM.
DID ANYBODY THINK ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE TOOK OUT THE TENNIS COURTS? BECAUSE 10 PICKLE BALL'S
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KIND OF BIG.AND FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND EVAN, DOWNTOWN HERE, THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT FEATURE, BUT IT'S BEEN TAKEN OUT.
SO DID ANYBODY CONSIDER KEEPING THOSE COURTS IN AND CONVERTING THEM? SO WHERE THE SENIORS AND OTHERS COULD HAVE PLAYED PICKLEBALL OR TENNIS? THEY'RE GONE.
WE, THIS, THIS PARK HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSION FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND SO ALL OF THE AMENITIES THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, THAT WILL BE PLACED ON THE PARK HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN OPEN FORM IN THIS MEETING IN THIS CHAMBERS RIGHT HERE.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS WE DIDN'T SEE THE RENDERING OF IT IN THE ABSENCE OF THE COURT WAY BACK THEN.
I, I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THAT, SIR.
SO REGARDING THE FLAGPOLES, UM, DECISION WAS MADE UNDER DESIGN THAT WE WERE NOT GONNA BE WORKING ON THAT AREA.
WE'RE GONNA PRESERVE IT AND RETAIN IT AS IT IS.
UH, NOW THE FLAGPOLES, THE WAY THEY'RE AT, UM, THE CONDITION THEY'RE IN, THEY'RE BOTH NOT, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO OF THEM.
THEY'RE BOTH NOT SATISFACTORY FOR FLYING A FLAG ON.
SO AS THIS PROJECT WRAPS UP AND WE GET READY TO OPEN THE PARK, OUR PLAN IS TO BE READY TO DISPLAY THE FLAG AT THAT TIME.
ARE YOU LIGHT, SIR? THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE LIGHTING OF THOSE FLAG POLES? I DO NOT KNOW, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY A CONCERN OF MINE AND AS IT IS OF WHERE MOST EVERYBODY'S HERE,
AND WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT ISSUE.
WE'LL MAKE SURE PLANS ARE MADE FOR THAT.
COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO IN THESE PURCHASES? MOTIONS ONE THROUGH FOUR, SIX THROUGH NINE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION ONE THROUGH FOUR, SIX THROUGH NINE.
SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
MR. ROBS, DO YOU WANT TO LEAVE THE ROOM ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE? FIVE? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, SINCE GIVEN THAT LONGSTANDING PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE ITEM IN QUESTION, I JUST WANT TO, OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, JUST RECUSE MYSELF.
NOW WE NEED A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE, SECOND MOTION.
SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[6. Consideration of Resolutions and Ordinances:]
WE NEED A CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION AND ORDINANCES.[A. Discussion and Consideration of Resolution No. ____ Establishing the City of Edmond Utility Benefit Policy for Edmond Citizens Deceased in the Performance of Edmond Police and Fire Department Duties.]
IS DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 DASH 2325 DASH 23, ESTABLISHING THE CITY OF EDMOND UTILITY BENEFIT POLICY FOR EDMOND CITIZENS DECEASED AND THE PERFORMANCE OF EDMOND POLICE AND FIRE DUTIES.THIS WAS ITEM WAS BEFORE, UH, BROUGHT UP AT OUR MEETING ON JUNE 26TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBBINS ALSO WILL PROVIDE THAT THE DESIGNATED SURVIVING SPOUSE OF A MEMBER OF THE ED POLICE DEPARTMENT OR EDMOND FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHO WAS AN EDMOND RESIDENT WHO WAS TRAGIC KILLED IN THE FORMS OF THEIR OFFICIAL POLICE OR FIRE DUTIES.
SINCE THE SPOUSE WILL NEVER RECEIVE A RESIDENTIAL UTILITY BILL FROM THE CITY OF ED FOR THEIR PRIMARY ED ADMIN RESIDENCE, SO LONG AS THEY SHALL BE A RESIDENT, THE CITY OF MOND, UM, THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE UTILITY BILL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FULLY PAID AS TO THE CITY OF EDMOND BY THEIR SACRIFICE OF THE DECEASED SPOUSE AND PERFORMING THEIR DUTY TO OUR CITY.
AND SO, BASED UPON OUR DISCUSSION ON JUNE 26TH, I PREPARED THE RESOLUTION, WHICH OUTLINES THE GENERAL DE UH, REQUIREMENTS OF THE POLICY.
AND, UH, PENDING YOUR APPROVAL, UH, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD THAT WE HOPEFULLY NEVER HAVE EVER HAVE TO USE THIS POLICY.
UM, BUT, UH, COUNCILMAN ROBBINS MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
I SO WANNA THANK, UH, OUR, OUR COUNCIL FOR PREPARING IT.
I WANNA THANK MY FOLK, UH, CITY COUNSELORS FOR, UH, PREPARING FOR IT.
BUT ULTIMATELY HERE IN THE CITY OF EDMOND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BLESSED WITH THOSE THAT ARE WILLING TO SERVE AND PROTECT US IN BOTH OUR POLICE AND FIRE.
AND, UM, IF, AND AGAIN, I ECHO THE COMMENTS, HOPEFULLY NEVER HAPPEN TO BE USED IN THE FUTURE IF A, UH, IF A MEMBER OF OUR POLICE OR FIRE, UH, LAY DOWN THEIR LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND THEIR FAMILY IS A RESIDENT OF ADMIN AND THUS, UM, UTILIZES THE, UH, THE ADMIN CITY UTILITIES, UH, HERE, HERE FORWARD, THEY WOULD NEVER RECEIVE A, UM, REQUEST OR A BILL WITH THE CITY OF EDMOND'S NAME ON IT BECAUSE THEIR DEBT HAS BEEN PAID IN FULL AS FAR AS OUR CITIZEN AND THIS COUNCIL IS CONCERNED.
AND SO, MOVING FORWARD FOR THOSE THAT, UM, UH, IF SOMEONE WERE KILLED IN LINE OF DUTY AS LONG AS THEY WERE IN A RESIDENTIAL, UM, UH, CITY OF EDMOND, AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT, UH,
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MR. CHRIS COOK, UH, WHO COULD NOT BE HERE, WHO IS THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE EDMOND FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, UM, WANTED TO, WANTED ME TO SHARE THAT THANK THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL FOR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE EDMOND POLICE OFFICERS ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF.THE JOB OF THE POLICE OFFICER IS A DIFFICULT ONE, AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AS THEY RECOGNIZE US HOW DIFFICULT OUR JOB IS.
THIS REPORT FOR OUR OFFICERS HAS BEEN TRULY AMAZING.
WE'RE ESPECIALLY THANKFUL FOR THE NEW THREE YEAR CONTRACT THAT HAS GIVEN US SOME OF THE BEST PAY AND BENEFITS IN THE REGION.
WE FURTHER WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR SETTING, THE TREND OF FAMILY LEAVE BENEFITS AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS NEW BENEFIT FOR A SURVIVING SPOUSE OF A POLICE OFFICER OR FIREFIGHTER KILLED IN LINE OF DUTY.
MR. LINDY SIMPSON, THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE EDMOND INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EDMOND CITY COUNCIL FOR SUPPORT OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
THEY'RE HUMBLED BY THE SUPPORT FOR A THREE YEAR, UH, NEW THREE YEAR CONTRACT THAT HELPS PUT EDMOND FIRE DEPARTMENT AS ONE OF THE TOP CITIES IN THE REGION FOR BENEFITS AND PAY.
WE'RE ALSO THANKFUL TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR CREATION AND SUPPORT OF THIS BENEFIT AND FOR ITS CONSIDERATION.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE IN CITIZENS, OUR COMMUNITY.
SO HOPEFULLY IT'S A BENEFIT THAT NEVER GETS UTILIZED, BUT IT'S THERE IF NEEDED ON BEHALF OF OUR, OUR CITIZENS.
SO I WOULD SUBMIT THAT, UH, SUBMIT THAT.
ANY OTHER THANK YOU COUNCILMAN ROSE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE COUNCIL? WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM SIX? A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION? SECOND.
[ <Recess Edmond City Council Meeting and Convene Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting>]
IS, UH, NEED A MOTION TO RECESS? EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.CONVENE THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS WITH HER MOTION.
[7. Approval of EPWA Meeting Minutes: July 10, 2023]
APPROVAL OF THE E P W A ME MEETING.SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THOSE MEETING MINUTES THAT HAVE PASSED, UH, ARE GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS.
[8. EPWA General Consent Items: (Items listed under EPWA General Consent are usually approved as a group with a proper motion from a trustee of the EPWA. Trustees may request discussion or separate action on any item under EPWA General Consent.) ]
WE HAVE, UM, TWO ITEMS IN[A. Consideration of Approval of Administrative Items:]
A, A, ONE AND TWO COUNCILOR.ANY OF THOSE YOU WANT TO BE PULLED? UHM I NEED A MOTION.
THOSE ARE APPROVE OR APPROVE OF OUR PURCHASES.
[B. Approval of Purchases:]
WE HAVE APPROVAL OF SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND FIN, UH, FINANCING ASSISTANT AGREEMENT WITH THE FIFTH STREET PARTNERS, L SS C FOR 110,000.WE DO HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH R A T P D,
WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANDY DO THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE SYSTEM.
YOU DO THE, YOU DO THE SECOND AND YOU DO THE FIRST.
ANDY CONYERS ONCE AGAIN AS, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OF ADMINISTRATION TALKED TO YOU ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ON FIFTH STREET.
SO THERE'S TWO ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA RELATED TO THE SAME THING.
ONE IS ITEM EIGHT A ONE, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR A SECOND AMENDMENT TO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH FIFTH STREET PARTNERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $47,000.
AND THEN ITEM EIGHT B ONE IS APPROVAL OF SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH FIFTH STREET PARTNERS.
SO, UH, JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS.
UH, DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY APPROVED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR $110,000 FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ON FIFTH STREET SOUTH OF STEVENSON PARK.
AND PICTURE AN EXPLANATION ON THE NEXT SLIDE ABOUT WHAT THAT WAS.
UM, SO HOW THAT AGREEMENT, UH, WORKS WHEN IT WAS PASSED IS THE DEVELOPER MAKES THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR $110,000 AND THE CITY REPAYS OVER TIME FROM TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REVENUE.
UH, THE PAYBACK IS TO COME FROM FIVE PARCELS.
AND THE REASON THAT THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS HERE IS WITH YOU TONIGHT, WAS SIMPLY, UH, FURTHER CLARIFICATION NEEDED FROM THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
SO IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT, UM, IT WASN'T CLEAR EXACTLY, UH, WHAT PARCELS WERE GOING TO PAY BACK THE $110,000.
SO WALK A LITTLE MORE IN THAT.
SO TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEM IS TO MOVE, UH, TIFF REVENUE FROM RESERVES TO REPAY THE DEVELOPER, UH, BECAUSE THE MONEY WAS NOT BUDGETED IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
I CAN EXPLAIN THAT IN A MINUTE AND THEN TO CORRECT THE FIRST AMENDMENT, SO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR EXACTLY WHAT PARCELS ARE GOING TO REPAY THE $110,000.
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SO, UH, WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE, SO AGAIN, THIS IS FIFTH STREET.SO FIFTH STREET BETWEEN BOULEVARD AND LITTLER.
AND SO THIS IS THE BEFORE PICTURE.
AND SO WHAT THE DEVELOPER DID IS THROUGH THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, MADE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SIDEWALK, UH, CREATED THIS LITTLE PLAZA TYPE AREA, BETTER CURBING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WATER, UH, STORM WATER ACTUALLY GETS INTO THE GRATES.
UH, STRAIGHTENED UP THE PARKING AND ADDED SOME LIGHTING AND COST OF THAT WAS $110,000, WHICH WAS APPROVED ON IN, UH, LAST DECEMBER.
SO, UH, REPAYMENT, THE REPAYMENT PARCELS AGAIN FROM TIFF REVENUE, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE, ARE PROPOSED TO BE THESE FIVE PARCELS, WHICH ARE OWNED ALL BY THE SAME DEVELOPER.
SO AGAIN, HERE IS FIFTH STREET, HERE IS BOULEVARD.
HERE'S THE PARK THAT WE SPENT SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENING.
SO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, AGAIN FOR 110,000.
AND THEN THESE FIVE PARCELS, UH, THIS TRACK, THIS TRACK, THIS TRACK AND THEN PARK 17, WHICH IS THIS TRACK HERE, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARK.
AND THEN THE PARKING LOT THERE WILL BE THE PARCELS THAT, UM, ARE TIED TO THE REPAYMENT OF THE $110,000.
UM, JUST A REMINDER, JUST SORT OF WHAT EXACTLY THE TIFF IS, IS KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL REFRESHER OF WHAT IT IS.
SO IT'S A 20 YEAR A VALOREM TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN EDMOND.
IT WENT INTO EFFECT OCTOBER OF 2020.
SO WHAT THE COUNTY ASSESSOR DID IN CALENDAR YEAR 2020 IS TO SAY, SET THE BASE VALUE FOR THE WHOLE AREA OF THE TIFF.
SO WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS IS THOSE ENTITIES THAT CURRENTLY RECEIVE PROPERTY TAX WITHIN THOSE BOUNDARIES, WHICH WHEN I SAY THOSE ENTITIES, THEY'RE THE COUNTY, THEY'RE THE SCHOOLS, THEY'RE THE LIBRARY, AND THEY'RE, UH, FRANCIS TUTTLE.
THEY WILL RECEIVE EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT THAT THEY RECEIVED IN YEAR 2020 FOR THE WHOLE AREA.
ANY OF THE INCREASE THAT HAPPENS IN THE AREA WILL COME, 90% OF THAT WILL COME BACK TO THE CITY.
AND WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT OUR AGREEMENT FOR THE TIF PROJECT PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED AS 10% OF THAT GOES BACK TO THE SCHOOLS.
AND WHAT'S, UH, ESPECIALLY UNIQUE ABOUT THAT IS IT DOESN'T GO INTO THE STATEWIDE FUNDING FORMULA.
IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SO THE CITY HAS THE OBLIGATION THEN TO REINVEST THAT MONEY BACK IN THE TIFF AREA.
AGAIN, THAT'S COLLECTED OVER THAT 20 YEAR PERIOD.
SO, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A TIFF UPDATED AGAIN, HERE IS THE MAP ON THE RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS AREA IS.
SO THATCHER ON THE NORTH DOWN TO 15TH ON THE SOUTH, UH, UNIVERSITY ON THE EAST AND THEN FRETS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THOSE FIVE ENTITIES, UH, THAT RECEIVE PROPERTY TAX IN THIS AREA, IF THEY OVERALL ARE RECEIVING A DOLLAR, ALL FIVE OF THOSE ENTITIES, JUST AS A HYPOTHETICAL, THEY'LL RECEIVE THAT SAME DOLLAR FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
IF WHAT COMES IN AS A DOLLAR 25, 20 5 CENTS OF THAT WILL THEN GO BACK TO THE CITY WITH THE 10% TO GO TO THE SCHOOLS.
IF THAT MAKES SENSE, JUST IN BIG NUMBERS.
SO OVER THE FIRST TWO YEARS THAT TIF, UH, WE WILL RECEIVE A YEARLY CHECK FROM THE COUNTY AND IF THERE'S INCREMENT REVENUE GENERATED.
SO FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS, AND WHEN I SAY FIRST TWO YEARS CALENDAR YEAR 2021, CALENDAR YEAR 2022, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED $88,000 IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UH, ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT OF THE PROJECT PLAN, $10,000.
SO REMIND YOU, REALLY MORE REVENUE WILL START TO COME IN WHEN SOME OF THESE LARGER PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, FOR EXAMPLE, THE OXLEY, WHICH WAS A CONCRETE PLANT, THEN STARTS TO HIT THE TAX ROLLS OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS.
THAT 276, UH, APARTMENTS, UH, ONCE THAT HITS THE LIVING UNITS, ONCE THAT HITS THE TAX ROLLS, THEN THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO COME INTO THE TIFF.
SO WE KNEW IT WOULD BE KIND OF SLOW GOING AS IT RELATES TO REVENUE IN THE FIRST FEW YEARS.
BUT ONCE THESE LARGER PROJECTS, UM, BEGIN TO BE ASSESSED, THEN THAT'S WHEN MORE REVENUE WILL BE GENERATED IN THE AREA.
AND THEN ALSO AS IT RELATES TO THE LARC, WHICH IS THE 41 LIVING UNITS, THAT'S JUST, UH, TO THE WEST OF THE OXLEY.
AND THEN THE CAMPBELL THAT'S BEING BUILT, UH, JUST DIRECTLY WEST OF U C O, SO IT'LL BE 61 LIVING UNITS AND THEN SOME RETAIL ON THE BOTTOM.
SO JUST, THAT'S KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL, JUST WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE TIFF.
I THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY JUST TO, UM, TO GIVE A REFRESHER ON THAT AND AN UPDATE.
UM, SO AGAIN, UH, ITEM EIGHT A IS APPROVING MONEY.
THAT $88,000 THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED, THAT WAS UNBUDGETED THIS YEAR, MOVING $47,000 OF THAT, A LITTLE OVER $47,000 TO REPAY THE DEVELOPER FROM THE FIVE PARCELS.
SO OF THE $88,000 THAT WOULD GENERATE IT OVERALL IN THE TIFF, THE FIRST TWO YEARS, $47,000 OF THAT WAS BY THE FIVE PARCELS THAT I HIGHLIGHTED IN THE MAP.
UH, SO THIS WOULD MOVE UNBUDGETED MONEY FROM A FUND BALANCE INTO A BUDGET ITEM TO PAY THE DEVELOPER.
AND THEN EIGHT B WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH WOULD CLARIFY
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THE PARCELS THAT ARE GONNA ASSIST IN THE REPAYMENT OF.SO ONCE THE $110,000 IS REPAID, THEN THE OBLIGATION TO THE CITY IS ENDED AFTER THAT.
SO YOU CAN DO THE MATH ON POTENTIALLY HOW LONG THAT MIGHT TAKE, TWO TO THREE YEARS, UH, FOR REPAYMENT BACK TO THE DEVELOPER.
SO MOVING MONEY AND CLEARING UP AN AGREEMENT.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MR. CONYERS, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND REMIND ME, OR AT LEAST REMIND THE PUBLIC ON IF THEY'RE CURIOUS ABOUT THE TIFFS.
WHEN WILL ALL THAT INFORMATION BE ONLINE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE? YEAH, SO THIS, THE CITY HAS YEARLY REPORTING OBLIGATIONS, UM, OF WHICH WE, UH, WE WILL, THAT INFORMATION WILL BE ONLINE, UH, AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
CHRISTIE BATTERSON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
I ALSO OVERSEE THE TRANSIT, UH, CONTRACT WITH OUR THIRD CON, UH, THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR.
TONIGHT I'M HERE TO ASK FOR AN AMENDMENT TO OUR, UM, AGREEMENT WITH R A T P DEV.
AND I THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD TIME TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR RIDERSHIP WITH CITYLINK AS WELL SINCE WE HAD, UH, ROUTE CHANGES BACK IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.
SO, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND, WE WENT OUT TO R F P IN SPRING OF 20 20, 20 21, UH, FOR A OPERATOR, MAINTENANCE PROVIDER FOR CITYLINK OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM.
WE BROUGHT THREE RESPONDERS IN FOR A PANEL INTERVIEW COMPOSED OF CITY STAFF, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE EDMOND TRANSIT, UH, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
UM, OUR A T P DEV U S A WAS SELECTED AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE APPROVED IT IN MAY OF 2021.
AND COUNCIL APPROVED IT IN JUNE OF 2021.
WE ARE ENTERING OUR THIRD YEAR OF A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT JUST TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ABOUT OUR, UH, ROUTES, OUR CURRENT ROUTES, AND OUR PARATRANSIT SERVICE AREA.
THAT IS OUR DOOR-TO-DOOR SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE THREE QUARTER OF A MILE FROM A FIXED ROUTE.
UM, AS YOU REMEMBER IN OCTOBER, YOU APPROVED ROUTE CHANGES, UM, TWO ADDITIONAL ROUTES AS WELL AS EXPANDING OUR PARATRANSIT AND REDUCING SERVICE TO, UM, OKLAHOMA CITY ON OUR COMMUTER ROUTE.
UH, ROUTE ONE GOES TO, UM, WALMART ON DANFORTH.
ROUTE TWO GOES TO CREST AT SANTA FE.
AND 15TH ROUTE THREE GOES OUT TO VISTA LANE AND BACK AROUND SPRING CREEK, UH, SHOPPING CENTER, UH, IN FRONT OF EDMOND MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
AND BACK IN ROUTE FOUR GOES AROUND U C O, UM, AND THE TARGET AREA.
ROUTE FIVE IS NOW WHAT WE CALL THE CIRCULAR ROUTE.
IT GOES FROM DOWNTOWN EDMOND ALL THE WAY DOWN BOULEVARD TO 33RD, BACK UP BROADWAY AND ROUTE SIX GOES OUT TO INTEGRA, UM, SAM'S WALMART INTO, UH, MERCY NORTH, MERCY SOUTH, AND INTEGRIS AND BACK IN ALL OUR ROUTES RUN EVERY 30 MINUTES.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE STILL HAVE OUR COMMUTER ROUTE THAT GOES DOWN TO OKLAHOMA CITY ONCE IN THE MORNING AND ONCE IN THE AFTERNOON.
THE SHADED AREA IS OUR PARATRANSIT, UM, SERVICE.
UM, THAT HAS INCREASED, UM, EXPONENTIALLY.
UM, IT'S THE HIGHEST IT'S EVER BEEN IN THE HISTORY OF CITYLINK, WHICH WAS, UH, STARTED IN 2009.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF OUR RIDERSHIP NUMBERS.
WE ARE, UM, HIGHER THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR.
UM, JUST LIKE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
UM, AFTER COVID AND DURING COVID TRANSIT, NUMBERS DID DECLINE AND THEY ARE SLOWLY INCREASING BACK UP.
UM, WE FINISHED, UH, LAST YEAR AT 140, ALMOST 146,000 RIDERS OR PASSENGERS.
AND WITH, UM, UH, OVER A LITTLE OVER 26,000 REVENUE HOURS.
UM, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE OUR PARATRANSIT, UH, OR CAPS PROGRAM.
WE SERVED ALMOST 16,000 RIDERS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE HIGHEST IN THE HISTORY OF CITYLINK.
UM, UH, WE'VE ALSO ADDED 10,000 MORE RIDERS WITH THE ADDITIONAL ROUTES THAT WE ADDED.
UM, ROUTE FIVE HAS SEEMED TO BE OUR MOST POPULAR ROUTE 'CAUSE IT JUST GOES AROUND IN A CIRCLE EVERY 30 MINUTES.
SO THAT'S BEEN OUR MOST POPULAR ROUTE.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR OPERATION MAINTENANCE, R A T P DEV DOES OPERATIONS, SO THEY PROVIDE THE DRIVERS OF ALL OUR ROUTES AS WELL AS THEY DO ALL THE MAINTENANCE ON OUR VEHICLES.
UM, THEY STARTED DOING THE MAINTENANCE IN 2018.
THEY'VE PREVIOUSLY HELD THE CONTRACT.
UM, PRIOR TO THAT, UM, MAINTENANCE WAS DONE IN, IN INSIDE, INTERNAL, OUT AT OUR CROSS TIMBERS FACILITY.
WE CHOSE TO ADD THAT TO OUR CONTRACT BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF DEADHEAD MILES.
UM, AND WE WERE ALSO NOT GIVEN PRIORITY.
SO IF A BUS WENT DOWN, UM, OF COURSE PUBLIC SAFETY, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT ITS PRIORITY TO GET THEIR, THOSE VEHICLES UP AND RUNNING AGAIN.
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THE BUS BUSES WOULD TAKE LOWER PRIORITY AND IN INEVITABLY WE WOULD HAVE TO COUNSEL COUNSEL RIGHT ROUTES.UM, RIGHT NOW WE RUN AT A 99.98% ON TIME PERFORMANCE.
UM, AND WE FEEL THAT'S MAINLY DUE BECAUSE WE BROUGHT THE MAINTENANCE IN-HOUSE WITH OUR THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR.
CURRENTLY THE CONTRACT DOES GO UP ANNUALLY.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE LAST YEAR, UM, OUR CONTRACT OPS AND MAINTENANCE COMBINED, THAT IS JUST FOR R A T P TO OUR A T P DEV TO SERVE WAS A LITTLE OVER $1.7 MILLION.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES THAT ON TOP OF THAT WE PAY FOR FUEL.
UH, AND WE PAY FOR, UH, ANY, UM, REPLACEMENT VEHICLES AS WELL AS ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO DO ON THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY ITSELF, AS WELL AS STAFF TIME.
OUR REVENUE SOURCES, UM, I WAS ASKED TO KIND OF SHOW WHAT OUR REVENUE SOURCES WAS.
UH, I DO HAVE AN ASTERISK ON 2021 AND 22.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE, UM, DURING THOSE YEARS, OBVIOUSLY WE GOT CARES FUNDING.
UM, RIGHT NOW WHEN WE GET RECEIVED FEDERAL FUNDS, IT'S A 50 50 MATCH, MEANING WE HAVE TO PUT, WE HAVE TO MATCH ANY FEDERAL FUND.
WE GET AT 50% DURING C O V I AND RECEIVING CARES FUND.
SO IN THOSE YEARS, OUR LOCAL SHARE WAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
UM, WE ARE AT OUR MAX WITH FEDERAL FUNDS.
WE ARE A SUBRECIPIENT OF EMBARK.
UM, THEY RECEIVE A LITTLE OVER $18 MILLION ANNUALLY.
WE RECEIVE A LITTLE OVER $600,000 ANNUALLY.
UM, THAT IS BASED ON REVENUE MILES AND WITH A CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY WITH CAPTA.
UM, WE ALSO RECEIVED STATE FUNDING, A REVOLVING FUND THAT RECEIVE EVERY ANNUALLY FOR OUR PARATRANSIT RIDER.
UM, IT WENT FROM $85,000 IN 22 TO A LITTLE OVER $119,000.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A REVENUE SOURCE WITH OUR, UM, ADVERTISEMENT ON OUR BUS, UH, BENCHES THAT WE RECEIVE WITH TYLER OUTDOOR ADVERTISING.
UM, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING AND REVENUE SOURCE DOES COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
WE HAVE NO DEDICATED SALES TAX FOR TRANSIT.
THIS IS JUST SUCH A, A KIND OF JUST A CHART TO SHOW YOU HOW OUR COSTS HAVE GONE UP OVER TIME.
WE USED TO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH U C O, UH, PROVIDING SERVICE WITH BRONCO LEAK OR ROUTE FOUR, UM, AT WHEN 2020 HIT.
UM, THEY COULD NO LONGER PAY FOR THAT AGREEMENT.
SO THAT'S, THAT AGREEMENT WAS, UM, NOT RENEWED AFTER 2020.
AND ALSO WE USED TO GO TO SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE ON KELLY, UM, THAT THAT DEVELOPER DECIDED NOT TO RENEW THEIR CONTRACT AS WELL.
AND SO WE LOST THOSE TWO SOURCES OF REVENUE IN AND WE STILL PROVIDED SERVICE TO ROUTE FOUR.
UM, SO WE ENDED UP TAKING THAT, THAT COST SHARE ON.
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE, UM, OUR MAINTENANCE IS RELATIVELY SMALL TO OUR OPERATIONS COST.
WE HAVE 12 BUSES, UM, AND THEY HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, DRIVERS THAT HAVE TO BE RELIEVE THROUGH THE DAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR MANIFEST OF PARATRANSIT THAT RUNS DAILY.
I ALSO WANTED TO SHOW YOU, UH, WHAT WE, WHERE WE KIND OF FALL IN WITH THE OTHER SURROUNDING TRANSIT, UM, AUTHORITY OR TRANSIT AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
UM, HERE WE ARE CITA LINK RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL TRANSIT DATABASE.
UM, THIS IS HOW F D A GETS TO SEE IF WE ARE DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
UM, WE ARE A FAIR FREE SYSTEM.
UM, WE'RE NOT FREE, BUT WE ARE A FAIR FREE SYSTEM, UM, WHICH IS UNIQUE TO THE AREA.
UM, UH, EMBARK CHARGES, LAWTON CHARGES, TULSA CHARGES.
NORMAN WASN'T CHARGING AND I THINK THEY'VE DECIDED NOT TO.
THEY'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FAR BACK AND FORTH ON THAT.
AND ALSO NORMAN IS UNIQUE IN 2019, IT USED TO BE OU THAT RAN OR THE CART SYSTEM THAT RAN THEIR TRANSIT SYSTEM.
UM, OU DECIDED NOT TO RUN IT ANYMORE.
AND SO THE CITY OF NORMAN HAD TO TAKE OVER THAT TRANSIT AGENCY, UH, CURRENTLY EMBARK, UM, ACTUALLY SERVES THEIR CONTRACT, UM, FOR THEM.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, F T A SHARE BASED, YOU KNOW, COMPARABLE TO LOCAL SHARE.
WE'RE ABOUT RIGHT WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE IS AGAIN IN 2020 AND 2021.
UM, F EMBARK, THAT'S WHERE WE GET OUR FUNDING FOR FROM.
UM, AND GOT, GOT A GOOD CHUNK OF A GOOD CHUNK OF MONEY.
UH, NORMAN GETS AROUND $2.1 MILLION AND THEY PUT ABOUT $2 MILLION IN FROM GENERAL.
THEY ALSO HAVE A DEDICATED, DEDICATED SALES TAX THAT GOES INTO, THEY ALSO HAVE CAPITAL OUTLAY.
THEY JUST BUILT A NEW, UM, MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND THEY'RE GETTING READY TO BUILD A NEW TRANSIT CENTER.
SO THEIR FT A IS A LITTLE HIGHER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE CAPITAL COST.
SO WHAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT
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IS AN INCREASE IN MAINTENANCE COST.THIS MAINTENANCE FEE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED, IF YOU ACCEPT, UM, COVERS ALL, UM, OIL CHANGES, ANY BELTS, TIRES, EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED IN THAT, IN THAT PRICE.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE TO PAY OUTSIDE OF THIS MAINTENANCE FEE IS IF A MAJOR COMPONENT GOES DOWN LIKE AN ENGINE AND A TRANSMISSION.
AND UNFORTUNATELY I'VE HAD TO BUY A COUPLE OF ENGINES AND A COUPLE OF TRANSMISSIONS THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET BUSES.
UM, SO WE'RE HAVING TO MAINTAIN THE FLEET THAT WE HAVE.
OUR FLEET IS GETTING OLDER, BUT R A T B DEV IS DOING OUTSTANDING JOB WITH PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND KEEPING US ON THE ROAD.
UM, SO THEY ARE PROPOSING AN INCREASE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE EVER ASKED FOR AN INCREASE OUTSIDE OF A CONTRACT RENEWAL.
SO AT THAT TIME, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? WHAT'S BEEN THE RESPONSE AS FAR AS THE DEDICATED MEDICAL, I MEAN IT INCLUDES WALMART AND SOME OTHER PLACES, BUT I THINK THE IDEA WAS IS THAT WE WOULD HELP PEOPLE TO THEIR APPOINTMENTS.
WHAT'S BEEN THE RESPONSE ON THAT FROM THE CITIZENS? WELL, UM, LIKE I, UH, WAS MENTIONING EARLIER, UM, WE FINISHED THE YEAR WITH OVER 15,000 RIDES, WHICH WE OR PARATRANSIT RIDES.
UM, WHEN WE STARTED, OR LAST YEAR, WE RAN WHAT WE CALL TWO MANIFESTS.
SO THAT'D BE OUR MANIFEST OR OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY.
WE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE TO ADD AT FIFTH MANIFEST.
UM, WE SERVE TWO DIALYSIS CENTERS HERE IN EDMOND, UM, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY OU MERCY AND INTEGRIS.
SO, UM, IT'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PARATRANSIT REQUESTS.
SO TO THAT POINT, AND IT'S GREAT THAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AS THEY MIGHT LOSE MOBILITY OR THEY MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT MY MOM WHO HAS A VISION ISSUE THAT IS ONGOING MM-HMM.
UM, SO WHAT DO WE NEED AS FAR AS TO PREPARE FOR OUR, AN AGING OR A SENIOR POPULATION ELDERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CONTINUED QUALITY ACCESS TO THAT PARATRANSIT SINCE WE KNOW IT'S INCREASED AND WE'LL BE INCREASING.
WHAT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO PREPARE FOR THAT MORE, MORE, UH, MORE BUSES AND, AND MORE FUNDING TO PAY FOR THOSE BUSES.
BUT WHAT I AM WORKING ON AT THE REQUEST LAST IN OCTOBER WHEN I CAME TO TALK MORE ABOUT A REGIONAL, UH, TRANSIT SYSTEM WITH EMBARK AND NORMAN AND MORE ESPECIALLY, UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL OF RAIL COMING IS WORKING ON A REGIONAL, UH, KIND OF A REGIONAL PROGRAM.
I'M IN CONVERSATIONS WITH EMBARK AND WITH THE CITY OF NORMAN RIGHT NOW AND CREATING THAT REGIONAL PARATRANSIT SYSTEM SO THAT WE WOULD COLLABORATE TOGETHER AND GETTING PEOPLE AND EVEN POTENTIALLY GUTHRIE AS WELL WITH CAPITAL TROLLEY WITH GETTING THEM FROM GUTHRIE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OKLAHOMA CITY IF THEY NEED IT.
OR YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO HAVE TO GET DIALYSIS UP HERE IN EDMOND.
SO WITH WORKING REGIONALLY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO OUT REGIONALLY WITH, FOR FUNDING POTENTIALLY, UM, AND, AND BE ABLE TO GET SOME MORE FEDERAL FUNDS TO OFFSET THAT COST.
I THINK OF OUR VETERANS FACILITY, WHICH OUR VETERANS DON'T HAVE A CHOICE 'CAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IN A SET LOCATION THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO MM-HMM.
AND I THINK AS, UM, OUR POPULATION WILL SKEW BABY BOOM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUST SKEW A LITTLE BIT OLDER TO THAT.
WE'LL HAVE MORE NEEDS FROM VETERANS AND SENIORS.
SO I APPRE APPRECIATE THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WE CAN BE UPDATED AND HELP.
IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS WE TRY TO GO TO A LESS CAR DEPENDENT SOCIETY AROUND HERE ARE HOPEFULLY MORE PEOPLE BE BESIDES JUST THE VETERANS AND THE, THE ELDERLY ARE USING THE TRANSPORTATION THAT IS BEING PROVIDED FOR THEM.
OUR PURCHASE NUMBER THREE IS ACCEPTANCE OF, OF EASEMENT FROM MARVIN G WELCH AND SHIRLEY J. WELCH.
FOR WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN PROJECTS, E ONE DASH ONE B E THREE DASH ONE E THREE DASH TWO E THREE DASH THREE E THREE DASH FOUR TO COFFEE CREEK INTERCEPTOR PHASE TWO PARTIAL 31 FOR $10,000.
WE ALSO HAVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE BID FOR THE UTILITY LINE CLEARING TREE TRIMMING AND TIME AND MATERIAL TRIMMING FOR ADMIN ELECTRIC ESTIMATED $779,673 AND 44 CENTS.
AND NUMBER FIVE IS CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF H S P G CONSULTING FEES FOR INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF PASSENGER AND REVENUE MILES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2223 FOR $1,800.
COUNSEL, THOSE ARE OUR PURCHASES.
THOSE PURCHASES HAVE BEEN APPROVED UNDER E P W A.
[6. <Adjourn Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting and Reconvene Edmond City Council Meeting>]
I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE E P W A, UH, MEETING AND RECONVENE THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[9. Planning Discussion Items (These items require separate votes):]
COUNCIL MEETING[01:45:01]
THE PLANNING DISCUSSION ITEMS. THESE ITEMS REQUIRE SEPARATE VOTES.[A. Case #Z23-00007 Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. _____ Rezoning from “A” Single-Family to “PUD” Planned Unit Development for Bryant Ave & Smiling Hills Blvd (previously known as Hallmark Farms), located on South Bryant, across from Smiling Hill Blvd. (Hallmark Farms Development, LLC) (Ward 3) This item was continued from the July 10, 2023 City Council meeting. ]
NUMBER NINE A IS CASE NUMBER Z 2 3 0 0 7 PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 49 63 49 63 REZONING FROM A SINGLE FAMILY TO P U D PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR BRYANT AVENUE IN SMILING HILLS BOULEVARD, PREVIOUS KNOWN AS HALLMARK FARMS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH BRYANT ACROSS FROM SMILING HILLS BOULEVARD, HALLMARK FARMS DEVELOPMENT L L C IS APPLICANT HERE.UM, THIS ITEM JUST FOR SATIONAL AWARENESS, THIS ITEM WAS CONTINUED FROM THE JULY 10TH, 2023 MEETING.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO, UH, GET THE SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT FROM THE PREVIOUS AND THEN THE APPLICANT'S.
WE CAN SPEAK TO ANY CHANGES THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND TONIGHT.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A P U D PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ON THE EAST SIDE OF BRYANT AVENUE IN THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF EDMOND ADJACENT TO OKLAHOMA CITY.
THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT EXTENDS INTO OKLAHOMA CITY, WHO WILL ALSO REVIEW A P U D REQUEST FOR THAT PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS, UH, THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IS ZONED FOR P U D, UH, THAT ALLOWS TOWN HOMES AND THE PROPERTIES TO THE EAST AND WEST ARE ZONED A SINGLE FAMILY AND DEVELOPED A SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
THE PROJECT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA INCLUDES 8.2 ACRES BROKEN UP INTO TWO TRACKS.
TRACK ONE IS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF BRYANT, WILL INCLUDE E ONE GENERAL COMMERCIAL USES, UH, WITH UP TO 30 WORK LIVE UNITS.
THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT WILL BE 35 FEET.
TRACK TWO ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, UH, WILL ALLOW FOR SINGLE FAMILY OR OFFICE USES THE LOT.
SIZE IS A MINIMUM OF 5,000 SQUARE FEET AND THE SETBACKS WILL MEET THE BUILDING CODE MINIMUMS. THE P U D COMMITS TO MEETING SENSITIVE BORDER STANDARDS AND SITE PROOF FENCING BETWEEN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMERCIAL TRACKS.
THE EDMOND PLAN 2018 DESIGNATES THIS TRACK AS SUBURBAN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHILE MOSTLY A RESIDENTIAL CATEGORY.
IT DOES PROMOTE WALKABLE INFILL PROJECTS WITH COMMERCIAL ALONG MAJOR ARTERIALS THAT DO NOT EXCEED A 20% INCREASE OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE P U D MEETS THIS CRITERIA, THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON THE JUNE 20TH MEETING.
UM, SINCE THIS WAS CONTINUED, I'M ASSUME YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW FOR STAFF.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? SURE.
DAVID BOX FIVE TWENTY TWO, CALL COURT DRIVE.
SO, UM, AFTER WE WERE CONTINUED TWO WEEKS AGO, WE DID STEP OUT INTO THE HALLWAY.
WE DID, UH, GET ALL THE EMAIL ADDRESSES OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAD CONCERNS.
MY STAFF TRANSMITTED A COPY OF BOTH THE OKLAHOMA CITY POD AND THE EDMUND POD TO ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
WE DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM THEM AFTER THAT.
UM, THIS POD IS ONE THAT'S BEEN, I DON'T KNOW DEBATE IS THE RIGHT WORD, BUT, UH, DISCUSSED EXTENSIVELY AT PUBLIC MEETINGS, BOTH OKLAHOMA CITY AND EDMOND.
PRIOR TO SUBMITTAL, WE HAD A LARGE SCALE COMMUNITY MEETING.
UM, THERE WAS SOME 15 PLUS CHANGES THAT CAME FROM, UH, THAT MEETING THAT WE AMENDED OUR PUD.
UH, I SAID THIS LAST TIME, WE HAD CONTACT WITH VARIOUS PEOPLE WITHIN THOSE HOAS.
WE TOLD THEM, HERE ARE THE CHANGES.
WE'D LIKE TO SET UP ANOTHER MEETING SO WE CAN DISCUSS ALL THOSE CHANGES WE WERE TOLD BY THEM, NO NEED.
YOU'VE LITERALLY DONE EVERYTHING WE ASKED OF YOU.
UM, THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE AT THE OKLAHOMA CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, JUST LIKE THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE HERE.
UH, BUT ULTIMATELY BOTH PLANNING COMMISSION AND EDMOND AND OKLAHOMA CITY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
UH, IT'S AN INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT.
OF COURSE, THE LIONS SHARES IN OKLAHOMA CITY, BUT IN EDMOND WE HAVE, UH, AROUND FOUR SINGLE FAMILY UNITS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THAT MIXED USE PIECE ALONG THE FRONTAGE.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MY CLIENT IS ALSO HERE, UH, WITH US TO SEAT COUNSEL.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT RIGHT NOW? THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO EVERYONE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? COUNSEL, MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND, THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DID.
[B. Case #SP23-00001 Public Hearing and Consideration of a Commercial Site Plan for 16 E. Campbell, The Unida (Ryin Jones) (Ward 1) This item is being continued to the August 14, 2023 City Council meeting. ]
B UH, THAT ITEM HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO THE AUGUST 14TH, 2020, UH, THREE MEETING.WE NEED A MOTION TO PLEASE TO CONTINUE.
NINE B HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO AUGUST 14TH.
[10. Executive Session to discuss the purchase of real property generally located in the vicinity of W. Danforth Rd. and N. Kelly Avenue. (Executive Session authorized pursuant to 25 Okla. Stat. Section 307(B)(4).]
TO, UH, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY AND EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE PENDING CLAIM ON THE SUMMIT SPORTS CONFERENCE.[01:50:01]
MAKE THAT MOTION.WE'RE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I NEED A MOTION TO COME OUTTA EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON TO WE VOTE.
NOW THERE'S NO ACTION ON EITHER, UM, 12 OR 13.
12 OR 13 ON OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[14. 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.)]
CITIZENS COMMENTS.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS, UM, BOTH RESIDENT, NOT RESIDENT, TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON RELATED MATTERS, NOT ON THE CITY 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 STAFF START OF THE MEETING.
REMARKS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES OR LESS.
FIRST RESIDENT IS LEONARD SCOTT.
SIR, I REMIND THE COUNCIL OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.
IT IS YOUR SWORN DUTY TO ENSURE THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISIONS, THE LAWS OF LAND ARE THEREFORE AND THEREFORE MUST BE IMPLEMENTED.
SHOULD ANY CITY GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS CONFLICT WITH THOSE LAWS, YOU MUST ENSURE THE CITY GOVERNMENT THAT ANY RACE-BASED PREFERENCES IN HIRING, PROMOTIONS AND CONTRACTING THAT ARE RACE CONSCIOUS, AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONS ARE NOW UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
RACE PREFERENCES ARE AT THE EXPENSE OF FAIRNESS TO ALL AND THAT ANY DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND EQUITY DIE PROGRAMS ARE NOW CONSIDERED AS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND IS CONSIDERED BOTH IMMORAL AND ILLEGAL.
THAT NOW IS LEGAL PRECEDENT THAT WE CITIZENS DEMAND THE LAWS OF THE LAND BE ENFORCED IMMEDIATELY IS INCUMBENT UPON THE CITY GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE OF THOSE LAWS OF THE LAND.
PRESENT CHIEFS OR HR OFFICES OR DIVERSITY INCLUSION AND EQUITY OFFICERS OR DEPARTMENT HEADS IMPLEMENTING SUCH PROGRAMS MUST BE ELIMINATED OR CHANGED.
PLEASE NOTE THAT TEXAS A AND M PRESIDENT JUST RESIGNED BECAUSE SHE WOULD NOT SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM.
SHE SAYS SHE HAD TO RESIGN, IS INCUMBENT TO ENSURE ANY FORM OF SCORING ON WORKPLACE EVALUATIONS ARE ELIMINATED IMMEDIATELY IN ANY PAST EVALUATIONS.
HAVING DI D I A SCORING BE ELIMINATED FROM EMPLOYEE RECORDS, WE, THE PEOPLE, AGAIN, ARE REQUESTING THE EDMUNDS CHARTER 11 RECALL OF ELECTIVE OFFICERS BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE COMMITTEE TO BE FORMED TO AMEND ARTICLE 11 AND WHICH THE STATED REQUIREMENTS TO REDUCE THE PETITION ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE.
WE, THE PEOPLE BELIEVE THE PRESENT ARTICLE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BASED ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
I RE I REMIND THIS COUNSEL TWO MEMBERS CAN AND SHOULD PLACE OUR REQUEST ON THE AGENDA.
WE, THE PEOPLE DEMAND TO KNOW WHY OUR REQUEST WAS DENIED AND WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED DOWN IF THE REQUEST IS NOT PLACED ON THE AGENDA.
REMIND US, COUNSEL, THAT THE GUIDEBOOK STATES THE LAWS OF CODE OF ETHICS.
THAT THE FIRST PRINCIPLE IS THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING.
LASTLY, SIR, I REQUESTED THE MAYOR, YOU, SIR, TO HAVE A PROGRESS REPORT.
YOU DID NOT RESPOND TO MY QUESTION ABOUT THE CLOCK.
IS IT YOUR CLOCK OR IS IT THE PEOPLE'S CLOCK? BUT YOUR CLOCK, YOUR ARBITRARILY DECIDING HOW IT'S USED.
WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR DECISION IS.
THE FLAGS NEED TO BE HERE, NOT THERE.
AND THEY'RE IMPROPERLY PRESENTED RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE FLAGS ON THE DICE WHERE THEY BELONG, OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY.
TO WE, THE PEOPLE, AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR PLAYERS AT HOME TO TONIGHT'S ROUND BINGO.
THANK YOU MR. ROBBINS FOR THE, UM, YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE, THE PEOPLE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU, THE INITIATIVE THAT YOU TOOK UP AND THAT YOU DID SOMETHING GOOD HAS COME OF OUR TAX DOLLARS.
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TO, UM, REQUEST THAT CITIZEN COMMENTS BE MOVED TO THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA, NOT THE END OF THE AGENDA.YOU GUYS ALWAYS TALK ABOUT OKLAHOMA CITY, ALL THESE OTHER PLACES, YOU WANNA BE LIKE THEM.
EVEN OUR STATE SCHOOL BOARD HAS CITIZEN COMMS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA WOULD YOU GUYS CONSIDER DOING THAT FOR US? I RECENTLY SAW, UM, VARIOUS NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT EV CHARGING STATIONS AROUND TOWN.
UM, AND IN THESE ARTICLES IT SAID THAT THERE WERE FEDERAL BIDEN FEDERAL GRANTS THAT PAID FOR THESE EV CHARGING STATIONS.
BUT IT DID NOT SPECIFY WHO PAYS FOR THE COST OF THE ELECTRICITY THAT PEOPLE ARE PULLING UP AND USING TO CHARGE THEIR VEHICLES IN ALL THESE PUBLIC LOCATIONS.
IF THE CITIZENS' TAX DOLLARS IS BEING SPENT TO COVER THAT COST, WHY IS THERE NOT SOME SORT OF STIPEND FOR PEOPLE WHO DRIVE GAS VEHICLES? COULD WE GET SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY? COULD WE GIVE FAIR AND EQUAL TREATMENT FOR EVERYBODY, NOT JUST PEOPLE THAT DRIVE ELECTRIC VEHICLES? AND, UM, ANOTHER, ANOTHER ISSUE.
HE SPOKE ABOUT THE, UM, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, WHICH IS, UM, BASICALLY WHAT IS BEING DONE TO PROVIDE GOVERNMENT SERVICES, FUNDING AND SERVICES FOR JUST A CERTAIN CLASS OF CITIZENS AND NOT EVERYBODY.
THIS RECENT, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVE THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN UPON BY OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES.
WE, WE, AS A CITY, AS A CITIZENRY, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO FUND OTHER PEOPLE TO COME AND LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UNDERSTAND THERE IS A NEED FOR HOUSING, BUT ALL THESE APARTMENTS THAT ARE BEING THROWN UP EVERYWHERE, THEY'RE BEING THROWN UP ON THE PERIMETER OF EDMOND AS WELL.
SO IF PEOPLE WANNA COME HERE AND WORK, THEY CAN RENT APARTMENTS ON THE PERIMETER OF EDMOND AND THEY CAN COME INTO EDMOND AND WORK.
MANY PEOPLE, THEY GO FROM HERE, CLEAR TO OKLAHOMA CITY TO WORK.
WE CITIZENS DO NOT WANT TO HAVE YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO SHOVE THESE PROJECTS, DOWNS OUR THROAT TO USE TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR YOUR GUYS, FOR THE BUREAUCRATIC DESIRES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO BE THE ONES THAT DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHO COMES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, ATTENTION ON ALL THE MATTERS THAT YOU HAVE AT HAND TO WATCH OUT FOR ARCH BEAUTIFUL CITY.
I RECENTLY JUST CELEBRATED MY TWO YEAR OKIE BIRTHDAY.
SO I WANT TO ADDRESS, I HEARD ABOUT A VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE ON ZOOM REGARDING, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSE ASSESSMENT.
IT WAS ON JUNE 28TH, 2023 BETWEEN 5, 5 30 AND 7:00 PM I DON'T KNOW WHY I WASN'T A FORM.
NOT THAT IT'S JUST ME, BUT I COULDN'T FIND ANYWHERE ABOUT IT.
I HEARD ABOUT IT THE NEXT DAY.
WHERE WAS IT POSTED? THAT'S REAL INTERESTING.
I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE IT WAS POSTED THAT WE COULD JOIN THIS ZOOM MEETING AND I FOUND A LIST WHICH I, YOU GUYS ALL GOT A COPY OF.
THERE'S AT LEAST NINE PLACES THAT POSTINGS HAVE BEEN ON ABOUT OUR CITY TO LET PARENT PEOPLE KNOW, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALL THE SAME.
IT'S NOT LIKE IT GOES OUT TO EVERY SINGLE ONE.
IT STATE IT DOESN'T, SO IT MAKES IT VERY HARD TO FIND OUT WHAT, WHAT INFORMATION WE NEED TO GET.
SO TO ME THAT'S NOT VERY TRANSPARENT.
DID YOU GO ALL GET THIS? MM-HMM.
ALSO, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED THAT ED NEWS THAT'S DELIVERED THROUGH THE MAIL.
I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN IT IN OVER TWO YEARS.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHO GETS THAT TO KNOW, BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S CONCERNING.
I, WE WANNA BE TRANSPARENT SO WE ALL CAN BE INVOLVED AND GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT'S HAPPENING.
EDMUND HAS SEVERAL SITES, LIKE I SAID, PROPOSING IT CAUSES CONFUSION.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THAT RECORDING 'CAUSE I KNOW IT WAS RECORDED THAT NIGHT.
I HAVE SOMEBODY THAT SAW IT ON, POSTED ON THE CHANNEL FIVE NEWS AND SHE CALLED THERE 'CAUSE SHE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING ABOUT IT, TO SIGN UP FOR IT FOR THAT ZOOM MEETING.
AND FINALLY GOT SOME INFORMATION FROM CHANNEL FIVE WHERE TO GO.
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I LEARNED THROUGH HER THAT IT WAS NOT AN OPEN HOUSE, SO TO SPEAK, LIKE YOU WOULD THINK BECAUSE WHAT IT WAS IS SHE COULDN'T TELL WHO ELSE WAS VISITING OR IN THAT ZOOM EXCEPT THE PANELISTS.AND THEN THEY WOULDN'T ANSWER HER QUESTIONS WHEN SHE ASKED QUESTIONS.
BUT SHE DOESN'T KNOW IF OTHER PEOPLE WERE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS TOO OR ANYTHING.
SO THAT'S NOT REALLY AN OPEN VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE.
AND SO I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE THAT'S, TO ME, IT'S NOT OPEN.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET A DIGITAL ACCESS TO THAT VIRTUAL HOUSE, OPEN HOUSE.
AND I'M SURE IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE IT TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT TOO, TO SEE WHAT THEY PRESENTED.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAD THE WORKSHOP AND I'VE WATCHED IT ON THAT MONDAY, THE 26TH IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE WORKING SO THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, AND THIS WOULD HELP THEM.
I SO IS THAT IT? THAT'S IT, MA'AM.
MR. UH, MR. CITY MANAGER? YES.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO, IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, THE RESIDENT ETES ADDRESSED US WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THAT PRESENTATION IF IT WAS RECORDED.
WOULD YOUR, SHE'S PROVIDED HER EMAIL HERE.
WOULD, WOULD YOUR STAFF BE ABLE TO JUST SEND HER THAT LINK? WE CAN DO THAT, YES.
[15. Comments from Mayor and City Councilmembers.]
NUMBER 15.THESE COMMENTS FROM THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
I'M JUST LIKE, IS THIS A TEST? OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
WELL, YOU'LL KNOW BECAUSE, UH, THERE'LL BE MORE VEHICLES OUT ON THE ROAD.
ANYTHING ELSE? COUNSEL? UH, JUST WANNA PUT A PLUGIN FOR THE INFORMATION SESSION TOMORROW NIGHT.
FIVE 30 TO SEVEN, UM, REGARDING RECYCLING AND THE NEW CONTRACT.
UM, THAT WAS JULY ONE, ANSWER QUESTIONS.
GET SOME GOOD INFORMATION OUT THERE.
SO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND JUST TO, UH, KIND OF THE, THE HOUSING ASSESSMENT.
I, I HAVE HEARD SOME FOLKS AND RECEIVED A COUPLE EMAILS, UM, REFERRING TO THAT ASSESSMENT AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND SO JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, IT'S REALLY ABOUT WHAT ARE THE HOUSING NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY? WHERE ARE THERE TYPES OF HOUSING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE SUPPORT BUSINESSES, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH EMPLOYMENT AND STUDENTS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO IT'S NOT ABOUT SUBSIDIZING HOUSING OR PROVIDING, UM, QUOTE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO, UM, MORE ABOUT A VARIETY, MAYBE ATTAINABLE HOUSING.
AND SO I THINK SOMETIMES THOSE SOUND BITES GET OUT THERE.
SO I APPRECIATE FOLKS WHO ARE WANTING TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION ARE REACHING OUT, AND UM, I THINK WE WILL HAVE THAT FULL REPORT AT SOME POINT.
THE FULL HOUSING ASSESSMENT REPORT.
UM, AND SO YEAH, WATCH FOR THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE, COUNSEL? THAT'S IT.