[00:00:06]
[1. Call to Order by Mayor Darrell A. Davis.]
ORDER ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH.[2. Consideration of Approval of City Council Meeting Minutes:]
ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO, UH, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.UH, APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING, MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2023.
APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING, MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2023, AND CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2023.
WE ARE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH OUR ON, UH, TV DISPLAY, SO OUR CITY CLERK WILL GIVE US THE, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT.
MAYOR, UH, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[A. Presentation of the Purple Heart and the Police Medal of Valor to Sergeant Joe Wells.]
NEXT, WHY 99.9% OF EVERY REASON WHY EVERYBODY'S HERE.WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF THE PURPLE HEART AND POLICE MEDAL VALOR TO SERGEANT JOE WELLS, CHIEF, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL.
FIRST, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE, UH, A LONG-TERM CITY EMPLOYEE, A MEMBER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SERGEANT JOE WELLS TONIGHT.
UH, TRADITIONALLY WHEN THESE MEDALS ARE AWARDED, UH, WHICH AREN'T FREQUENTLY, UH, IT'S DONE WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WITHIN YOUR COWORKERS, UH, BUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND, UH, JOE EARNING THESE MEDALS, UH, IMPACTED NOT ONLY MEMBERS OF YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT MEMBERS OF YOUR CITY, STAFF, CITY COUNCIL, THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, UH, THAT AT THIS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY, UH, THAT WE INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY IN THE RECOGNITION OF SERGEANT JOE WILLS.
ON THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER THE 23RD, 2022, THE EDMOND POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED MULTIPLE CALLS, REPORTING THAT THE DRIVER OF A PICKUP TRUCK HAD CRASHED INTO SEVERAL VEHICLES AND FLED THE SCENE.
THE SUSPECT CONTINUED DRIVING ERRATICALLY THROUGH EDMOND, PUTTING OTHER MOTORS IN DANGER.
EDMOND POLICE LOCATED THE SUSPECT AND INITIATED A PURSUIT.
SERGEANT JOE WELLS, A 16 YEAR VETERAN OF THE EDMOND POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND A MEMBER OF THE MOTORCYCLE UNIT STATED DISTANCE BACK TO ASSIST AND ENSURE NO OTHER MOTORISTS WOULD BE IN THE SUSPECT'S PATH.
WHEN THE LEAD OFFICER ATTEMPTED A TACTICAL VEHICLE INTERVENTION, THE OFFICER'S PUSH BUMPER WAS TORN OFF LANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
IN THIS HIGHLY DANGEROUS SITUATION, SERGEANT WELLS VOLUNTARILY GOT OFF HIS MOTORCYCLE TO CLEAR THE ROADWAY, DEMONSTRATING BRAVERY.
DESPITE THE IMMINENT RISK OF SERIOUS BODILY INJURY, THE SUSPECT REGAINED CONTROL OF HIS PICKUP AND DROVE IT DIRECTLY AT SERGEANT WELLS, STRIKING HIM AND THROWING HIM OVER 100 FEET INTO A NEARBY CREEK.
AS A DIRECT RESULT OF HIS POLICE ACTIONS, SERGEANT WELLS SUSTAINED CATASTROPHIC LIGHT LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES TO MOST OF HIS BODY THAT HE IS STILL RECOVERING FROM TO THIS DAY, SERGEANT WELLS, IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR BRAVE ACTIONS, YOU'RE HEREBY AWARDED THE POLICE MEDAL OF VALOR.
AND IN RECOGNITION OF THE DEVASTATING INJURIES YOU SUSTAINED, AND AS A RESULT OF THOSE ACTIONS, YOU WERE HEREBY AWARDED THE POLICE PURPLE HEART MEDAL.
UM, I'M NOT A BIG TALKER, BUT, UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING OUT.
UH, IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A, A LONG, UH, JOURNEY RECOVERY, BUT I'M GETTING THERE.
SO THANKS EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE, HAVE STOOD BY JOE, UH, SINCE THIS INCIDENT, AND BY THEIR PRESENCE
[00:05:01]
TONIGHT TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH THAT THEY CARE FOR BOTH HIM AND THE CITY AND, AND HOW THEY RESPONDED TO THIS SITUATION.SO, THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR BEING HERE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO STAY FOR, AND JUST GIVE THEM TIME.
[4. Consideration of Appointments, and Reappointments:]
WE HAVE THE CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS, THE MAYOR REAPPOINTMENT REAPPOINTMENT OF STEVE STILLE TO THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE ADVISORY BOARD TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER, 2026.WE HAVE WARD FOUR APPOINTMENT, APPOINTMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF JOEY MORRIS TO THE VISIT EDMOND TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD TO REPLACE MICHAEL HENDERSON TERM EXPIRES JUNE, 2024.
COUNSEL, THOSE ARE ONLY, UH, REAPPOINTMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS WE HAVE TODAY.
MAYOR, THAT'S PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
[5. City Council General Consent: 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.]
HAVE OUR GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE 13, UH, GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS, COUNSEL, WE DO HAVE, UH, PRESENTATIONS FROM STAFF ON ITEM SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT AND 11, 12 AND 13.DO YOU WANNA DO THE PRESENTATIONS NOW, OR THAT'S YES, GO AHEAD.
[6. Consideration of Approval of Agreement for Project Maintenance, Financing, and Right-of-Way with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) to receive $1,000,000.00 in Federal Funding via the Transportation Alternates (TA) Set-Aside Program for the Arcadia Lake Masterplan Trail from Spring Creek Park to Carl Reherman Park. (Ward 2)]
[7. Consideration of Approval of Agreement for Project Maintenance, Financing, and Right-of-Way with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) to receive $1,000,000.00 in Federal Funding via the Transportation Alternates (TA) Set-Aside Program for the Arcadia Lake Masterplan Trail from Edmond Park to Spring Creek Trail. (Ward 2)]
[8. Consideration of Approval of Agreement for Project Maintenance, Financing, and Right-of-Way with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) to receive $1,000.000.00 in Federal Funding via the Transportation Alternates (TA) Set-Aside Program for the Edmond Masterplan Trail along State Highway 66 from Post Road to Westminster Road. (Ward 2)]
DO THE PRESENTATIONS.ALRIGHT, I'LL BRING THE INCIDENT, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UH, I'LL BE WALKING THROUGH THESE.
UH, ALSO, YOU KNOW, STEVE LAWRENCE, UH, WITH THE, THE CITY'S ENGINEER HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THIS, AS WELL AS JAN FEES, WHO I BELIEVE IS HERE, WHO APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED THESE GRANTS FOR US.
UM, SO LAST FALL, WE WERE IN FRONT FRONT OF COUNCIL ASKING FOR A RESOLUTION, SUPPORTING, UH, APPLYING FOR TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE GRANTS AVAILABLE THROUGH ODOT.
UH, IN SPRING, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET THREE OF THOSE GRANTS EACH FOR $1 MILLION.
UH, THE ITEM TONIGHT IS APPROVING, UH, CONTRACTS WITH ODO TTS TO ACCEPT THE MONEY AND MOVE ON TO CONSTRUCTION.
UH, TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF WHERE THESE ARE IN THE CONTEXT OF THINGS, THIS IS THE CITY'S OVERALL TRAIL MASTER PLAN, KIND OF THE ULTIMATE VISION.
UH, THE THREE TRAILS WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ARE RELATIVELY CLOSE TO ARCADIA LAKE TONIGHT.
UH, PROJECT ONE IS, UH, THE SPRING CREEK, THE CARL RUMAN PARK TRAIL.
UH, IT'S A PROJECT OUT OF THE ARCADIA TRAILS MASTER PLAN.
UH, THIS WILL CONNECT FROM THE SOUTH END OF THE EXISTING SPRING CREEK TRAIL SOUTH TO 33RD STREET.
IT'S EXPECTED CONSTRUCTION IS IN THE SUMMER OF 2024.
UH, THE CITY SHARE OF THIS IS 1.79 MILLION.
PROJECT TWO IS, UH, EDMUND PARK TO THE SPRING CREEK TRAIL.
[00:10:01]
OUTTA THE ARCADIA TRAILS MASTER PLAN.IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAKE, AND IT'S CONNECTING TWO EXISTING TRAIL SEGMENTS, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THE RED AND THE LEFT.
AND THE RIGHT, UH, DESIGN IS NEARLY COMPLETE.
UH, IT'S UNDER REVIEW BY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
UH, PROBABLE DE CONSTRUCTION IS IN THE SPRING OR SUMMER OF 2024.
UH, THE CITY SHARE ON THIS ONE IS 2.29 MILLION.
AND THEN PROJECT THREE, UH, THIS IS A TRAIL, UH, LONG ROUTE 66 FROM POST TO WESTMINSTER ROAD.
UH, IT'S OUT OF THE TRAIL AND BICYCLE MASTER PLANS.
UH, IT'S NOT AS FAR AS LONG, UH, NOT AS FAR ALONG AS THE OTHER TWO.
UH, THE DESIGN WILL BEGIN LATER THIS YEAR.
UH, CONSTRUCTION NOT UNTIL THE WINTER OF 2025.
UH, THE CITY SHARE ON THAT ONE IS $835,583.
UH, NOTE, ALL THESE TRAIL SEGMENTS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE ORIGINAL SPRING CREEK TRAIL, UH, 18 FEET WIDE, UH, NOT THE DIVIDED TRAIL THAT WAS BUILT ALONG THE NORTH EDGE OF THE LAKE.
SO, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF GAINING THOSE GRANTS, GETTING THAT MONEY TELLING.
[11. Consideration of Approval of Memorandum of Understanding for the Lease of City-Owned Property Located at 25 W 3rd Street, Edmond, Oklahoma 73003 By and Between the City of Edmond and Edmond Mobile Meals, Inc. (Citywide)]
[12. Consideration of Approval of Cost Sharing Agreement By and Between the City of Edmond and Edmond Mobile Meals, Inc. (Citywide)]
[13. Consideration of Approval of Temporary Relocation Agreement By and Between the City of Edmond and Edmond Mobile Meals, Inc. (Citywide)]
THE, UH, MOBILE MILLS, UH, FOR ITEMS NUMBER 11, 12 AND 13.I'M THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND.
AND TONIGHT I'M VERY EXCITED TO, UM, PRESENT TO YOU THESE, UM, MOUS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, I ALSO HAVE CHRISTIE, UH, TWIN HERE WITH ME, WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EDMOND MOBILE MEALS, AS WELL AS I THINK ALMOST HER ENTIRE BOARD, UM, AND
UM, SO THE REASON WHY THIS IS IN FRONT OF YOU IS EDMOND MOBILE MEALS OPERATES IN A CITY EDMOND FACILITY LOCATED OFF OF THIRD STREET.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING ABOUT, UM, ABOUT 15%, YOU SAID 15% ABOVE CAPACITY.
THEY ARE FACING MORE SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS.
SO THE SERVICE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 18 MONTHS, UNLESS THEIR KITCHEN IS EXPANDED OR THEY FIND A NEW LOCATION, THEY HAVE GONE ABOVE 300 MEALS PER DAY.
AND, AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE MEALS THAT THEY PROVIDE TO SOME SENIORS ON THE WEEKENDS.
BY EXPANDING THE KITCHEN, IT WILL ALLOW THEM TO SERVE UP TO 600 MEALS PER DAY.
UM, FROM NOW UNTIL, UM, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, IT'S ESTIMATED THAT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, UM, THE POPULATION OF THOSE THAT ARE 68 AND YEARS OF OLD AND AGE AND OLDER WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE.
AND CHRISTIE'S GONNA SPEAK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
EDMOND MOBILE MEALS WILL HAVE THE CAPACITY ALSO, WHICH THIS IS THE VERY EXCITING PART, IN ADDITION TO THE ADDITIONAL MEALS PER DAY.
BUT WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH THE EDMUND SENIOR CENTER, UM, TO PROVIDE THE MEALS DAILY THAT THEY PROVIDE.
CURRENTLY, THIS M O U REPRESENTS THE TERMINATION OF THE CURRENT LEASE THAT'S IN PLACE RIGHT NOW IN PREPARATION FOR A TEMPORARY KITCHEN LOCATION AND, UM, THE REMODEL OF THE FACILITY, AND THEN INHABITING THE FACILITY AFTER CONSTRUCTION IS DONE.
AND I'M GONNA LET CHRISTIE GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND ABOUT EDMUND MOBILE MEALS.
GOOD EVENING, AND THANKS FOR INVITING US TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR PROGRAM AND THE SERVICE IT PROVIDES TO EDMOND SENIORS.
WE ARE CURRENTLY DELIVERING BETWEEN 270 AND 275 MEALS A DAY, SOME DAYS UPWARDS OF, UM, ALMOST 300 MEALS A DAY.
UM, AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL AT LEAST 120 MEALS EACH FRIDAY ON TOP OF THOSE TO PROVIDE WEEKEND MEALS FOR EDMOND SENIORS WHO DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT OVER THE WEEKEND.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, WHICH IS NOT INCLUDED ON HERE, IS WE HAVE, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER, FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOPE CENTER, AND WE PROVIDE GROCERY ASSISTANCE TO ABOUT 35 OF OUR CLIENTS WHO DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT OUTSIDE OF THE MEAL.
WE PROVIDE THEM EACH DAY, SO WE PROVIDE THEM A MONTH'S WORTH OF GROCERIES, ONE TIME A MONTH, TO THOSE CLIENTS WHO ARE MOST AT NEED.
SO, WE ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE THAT NO SENIOR IN EDMOND EVER GOES HUNGRY.
UM, MOST OF OUR CLIENTS ARE OVER THE AGE OF 65, AND ALMOST ALL OF THEM LIVE COMPLETELY ALONE.
WE RE UH, WE SURVEY OUR CLIENTS EVERY YEAR AND ASK THEM HOW OUR SERVICE, UH, ASSISTS THEM.
A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR CLIENTS STATE THAT THE MEAL THEY RECEIVE FROM US ALLOWS THEM TO REMAIN LIVING AT HOME INDEPENDENTLY.
UM, SO THAT'S A BIG, THAT'S A BIG REASON WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.
UM, THE US CENSUS, ALONG WITH EVERY OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC, UH, PROVIDER IN THE UNITED STATES WILL TELL YOU THAT THE, UM, THE AGING GENERATION, THE BABY BOOMER GENERATION, IS SET TO DOUBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 20 TO 25 YEARS, AND THEN PERHAPS DOUBLE AGAIN.
UH, WE'RE JUST NOW SEEING THE FRONT END OF THAT, UM, HAPPENING.
THOSE, UM, CROSSING THE AGE OF 65 AND OLDER, AND HERE IN EDMOND, WE KNOW THAT ABOUT 15% OF OUR POPULATION
[00:15:01]
IS ALREADY, UM, OVER THE AGE OF 65, WHICH THAT MIMICS A NATIONAL LEVEL.SO IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR THIS, DO I JUST HIT THE MIDDLE ONE? IT'S THIS, THIS ONE? YEP.
UM, SO, UH, THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE FACE RIGHT NOW AT EDMOND MOBILE MEALS, IS TO CONTINUE TO SERVE EDMOND SENIORS WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF WAITING LIST.
WE ARE PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WHEN A SENIOR CALLS US AND ASKS US, UH, TO START SERVICE, WE CAN START THEM WITHIN 24 HOURS.
MANY PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE PROGRAM IN OKLAHOMA CITY, CURRENTLY HAS A WAITING LIST, AND WE ARE DETERMINED TO NEVER PUT A SENIOR IN EDMOND ON A WAITING LIST.
SO, AS I, AS, UH, CHRISTIE MENTIONED, WE'RE OPERATING ABOUT 15% ABOVE CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS FOR THAT TO OUR AMAZINGLY CREATIVE AND INVENTIVE CHEF AND DIRECTOR OF FOOD SERVICES, TONY WASHINGTON, BECAUSE SHE HAS MANAGED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE MORE AND MORE SENIORS EVERY SINGLE DAY WITHOUT BATTING AN EYE.
UM, AND IT'S CERTAINLY TAKING A TOLL ON THOSE VOLUNTEERS IN THE KITCHEN.
UM, THE, THE ONE OVEN AND STOVE WE HAVE ARE CROWDED, AND IT TAKES A LOT LONGER TO COOK THAT, THAT MANY MEALS EACH DAY.
SO SHE HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF, UM, WHEN WE SAY, CAN WE ADD MORE PEOPLE TO THE ROSTER? SHE SAYS, WE'LL FIND A WAY.
AND THAT'S, UM, THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF EDMOND MOBILE MEALS.
WE ARE THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, EXPAND OUR KITCHEN SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE EDMOND SENIORS NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, A KITCHEN EXPANSION THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TODAY, UM, WILL TRIPLE OUR CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE EDMOND SENIORS, ALONG WITH SERVING UP TO A HUNDRED MEALS EACH DAY TO THE EDMOND SENIOR CENTER FOR THEIR CONGREGATE MEAL.
UH, THIS GRAPH REPRESENTS, UM, OUR TRACKING OF THE NUMBER OF MEALS WE SERVE EACH MONTH.
UM, YOU'LL SEE WE RETURN TO NORMAL DAILY SERVICE AFTER COVID IN MAY OF 2021, WHERE WE WERE SERVING ABOUT JUST OVER 4,000 MEALS A MONTH.
AND, UM, AS OF AUGUST 31ST, UM, THE GREEN LINES YOU'LL SEE ARE THIS YEAR.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, A DEFINITE UPTREND, UM, NOT ONLY JUST OVER WHERE WE STARTED WHEN WE CAME BACK FROM COVID, BUT OVER 2022 AS WELL.
UM, SERVING NOW WELL OVER 6,000 MEALS A MONTH.
UM, AND WE, WE PREDICT THAT WE WILL, UM, BE OVER 7,000 MEALS A MONTH WITHIN JUST ANY, ANY TIME.
NOW, WE HAVE ALREADY, AS OF AUGUST 31ST SERVED NEARLY 50,000 MEALS TO ALMOST 500 SENIORS, WHICH IS WAS OUR CAP JUST TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO.
SO WE ARE DETERMINED TO CONTINUE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT NO SENIOR IN EDMOND HAS TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL'S GONNA COME FROM.
SO THE KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS, UM, WE CONTRACTED WITH GH TWO TO DESIGN THE KITCHEN REMODEL.
WE ARE READY TO START, UH, PRESENTING THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, AND THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE OUT NEXT MONTH.
UM, AND, AND THEN COMPLETED THE WHOLE ENTIRE PROJECT SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED COMPLETED ABOUT MID, UH, 2024.
UM, PART OF THE, ONE OF THE AGREEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE CONSTRUCTION COST SPLIT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDMUND AND EDMUND MOBILE MEALS.
IN ADDITION TO EDMOND MOBILE MEALS WILL COVER THE COST OF THEIR EQUIPMENT THAT IS USED FOR THE PREPARATION OF FOOD.
WE WILL STILL HAVE TO PUT THE H YOU KNOW, UPGRADE THE HVAC SYSTEM AND OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT TO THE BUILDING ITSELF.
EDMOND MOBILE MEALS WILL BEGIN PREPARING MEALS FOR THE SENIOR CENTER COME OCTOBER 15TH.
THEY HAVE HIRED THE CURRENT STAFF THAT IS CURRENTLY SERVING MEALS FROM ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.
THEY HAVE ALREADY OFFERED HIM A POSITION, AND THEY, HE WILL CONTINUE SERVING THERE JUST UNDER THE EDMOND MOBILE MEALS UMBRELLA.
AND THEN EDMOND MOBILE MEALS WILL MOVE INTO THE SENIOR CENTER NOVEMBER 1ST.
UM, AND THIS WILL BE WITHOUT ANY, UM, STOPPAGE OF MEALS TO THE SENIOR CENTER OR TO THOSE, UM, SENIORS THAT THEY DELIVER TO NOW.
AND STAFF MAKES RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.
I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU'VE GOT IT.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY, IT'S NOT JUST A MEAL TO KEEP THEM HEALTHY.
IT'S A FACE TO CHECK ON 'EM TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE OKAY, AND ALSO TO GIVE THEM SOME FELLOWSHIP AND COMMUNION WITH ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
YOU COULD BE THE ONLY PERSON THEY SEE, WELL, WHOEVER YOUR VOLUNTEER IS.
SO, YES, IT'S, IT IS IMPORTANT TO FEED THEIR BODIES, BUT I THINK IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THOSE LONELY PEOPLE AND GIVE THEM A FACE, A HAPPY FACE.
IN FACT, THEY JUST, UH, CHRISTY JUST HANDED ME A STORY PRIOR TO THIS, UM, OF INDIVIDUALS THANKING THEM FOR JUST MAKING, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY BRINGING THE MAIL TO THEM, BUT SAYING HI, CHECKING IN ON 'EM.
I KNOW THEY'VE HAD SEVERAL WELFARE WELFARE CHECKS OVER THE COURSE OF THE TIME WHERE FAMILIES LIVE OUTSIDE THE AREA, BUT HAVE CALLED THEM TO SAY, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM MY FAMILY MEMBER.
CAN YOU PLEASE GO CHECK ON 'EM NEXT TIME YOU DELIVER A MEAL? MM-HMM.
SO IT IS A VERY, UM, IMPORTANT, UM, ORGANIZATION AND WHAT THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE, AND IT JUST SHOWS THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATION THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE IN A ROUTINE, HOW YOU DELIVER THOSE MEALS.
[00:20:01]
AMAZING.SO IF SOMETHING'S DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THAT PERSON.
UM, I JUST WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD VOLUNTEER THERE.
IT'S, IT'S AN AMAZING THING TO DO.
I'D SAY YOUR MISSION IS ADMIRABLE.
THE TYPE PEOPLE MIGHT ASK, WHY WOULD THE CITY OF EDMOND CARE ABOUT THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY WHEN IT REGARDS SUPPORT FUNDING? I WOULD SAY ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OUT Y'ALL'S ORGANIZATION, WE GET BACK A HUNDRED FOLD.
AND IT'S LED BY YOUR AMAZING BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ALL YOUR VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS.
BUT, UM, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IS IT DOESN'T EVEN BASED ON NEED, IT'S BASED ON CAN THAT PERSON STAY IN THE HOME? MM-HMM.
AND AS I WAS JUST VISITING WITH HIM, I SAID, WOULD YOU THINK YOU WOULD BENEFIT FROM A DAILY VISIT AND A WARM MEAL? HE GOES, YEAH, I THINK I WOULD.
AND SO I'D SENT A LITTLE NOTE AND, AND THEY SAID, YEP, WE'LL, WE'LL REACH OUT TO 'EM.
AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, LATER THAT NEXT, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, I JUST GAVE 'EM A CALL AND SAID, HEY, DID YOU GET THAT PAPERWORK FILLED OUT? OR WHAT'S THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? HE GOES, OH, I'M ALREADY GETTING MEALS.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT Y'ALL POINTED OUT WHEN I VISITED WITH YOU IS WHEN YOU DO YOUR SCREENING, YOU DO IT FOR LONELINESS AS WELL.
AND THAT IT'S JUST AS DETRIMENTAL SMOKING A PACK OF CIGARETTES.
SO YOU GUYS EXPLAINED AS FAR AS PEOPLE'S WELLBEING, IF THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN AND YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO, YOUNG PEOPLE TO WRITE A NOTE OR TO JUST MAKE A QUICK PHONE CALL AND CHECK IN WITH SOMEBODY.
BUT I WANT TO, I WANT TO, EVERYONE ON THIS COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FULLY SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS.
AND I THINK AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO AS A CITY, IT, WE ALWAYS GET IT BACK TENFOLD.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR MISSION AND THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ALL GONNA PARTNER WITH THE SENIOR CENTER AND EDUCATE THEM AND ENGAGE THEM.
I THINK PEOPLE WILL TAKE THAT INITIAL STEP OF HELP.
I JUST SEE WINS ALL ACROSS THE BOARD AND APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.
IT'S THE LITTLE THAT YOU HAVE.
AND I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW YOUR BOARD WERE SO MANY ATHLETES OUT THERE RUNNING THE FIVE K THE OTHER DAY.
COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THESE 13 ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS HERE? MOTION TO APPROVE.
[B. Consideration of Approval of Purchases:]
NEXT WE HAVE A CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF PURCHASES.THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2023 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, C D B G PROGRAM FUNDING TOTALING $235,001, INCLUDING PUBLIC SERVICES ADMIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AND METROPOLITAN FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY.
I'M JUST GONNA READ THESE BECAUSE THESE ARE IMPACTFUL FOR EACH AND EVERYONE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
THE EDMOND MOBILE MEALS INCORPORATED FOR $15,500.
THAT'S JUST FOR THE NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
THEN WE HAVE $143,263 FOR THE KITCHEN EXPANSION OF THE HOPE CENTER OF EDMOND 25,500 A PROJECT 66 15,500, THE EB PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION 15,238.
AND THAT IS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
YOU ARE SPECIAL MINISTRIES FOR 10,000 FOR CLOTHING DISTRIBUTION FOR AGES THREE TO 11 YEARS OLD, THE METROPOLITAN AND FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL OF GREATER OKLAHOMA FOR 10,000.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE MOND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, UH, NO FUNDS OR BUDGETED ADMINISTRATION.
UH, IT'S PART OF THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
THEN WE HAVE THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF REVISED SPORTS PARTNERSHIP LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE GREATER O K C PICKLEBALL CLUB OF FOR USE OF THE BERG PICKLEBALL CENTER FOR $10, THE ANNUAL REVENUE.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL FOR, UH, BID DISPOSITION BY THE PURCHASING MANAGER FOR AS NEEDED WATER SYSTEM REPAIR SERVICES, INCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR THE WATERLINE WASTE WATERLINE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS FOR FROM MATTHEWS TRENCHING AND BREWER CONSTRUCTION FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BOTH TWO AND THREE.
SO LEMME JUST GO AHEAD AND GO DOWN THROUGH THE, THEN WE GET THROUGH 'EM.
CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH THE M G T CONSULTING GROUP.
UH, ANNUAL BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR BUDGET YEAR FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO 25 FOR 18,100.
[00:25:01]
CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF SOLE PROVIDER PURCHASE FOR TWO BOWER SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS COMPRESSORS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM CASCO INDUSTRIES, $88,135.APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT WITH STUDIO ARCHITECT FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR NORTH TIMBERS $20,850 CONSIDERATION APPROVAL TO CONTINUE USE OF FUELMAN FLEET CARDS FOR PURCHASING FUEL FOR CITY EMERGENCY VEHICLES, ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST $650,000.
AND CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO THE G I S DATA UPDATES AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES CONTRACT WITH C E D R A CORPORATION TO MAINTAIN G I S DATA, LEVERAGE LAYERS TO INCLUDE THE CITY'S FIBER OPTIC MAPPING LAYER FOR $36,300.
INCREASE YOU CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE AND ASSOCIATE IMPLEMENTATION FEES WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGY INC.
ESTIMATED $66,360, INCLUDING RECURRING ANNUAL FEE.
AND THEN A CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL TO PURCHASE FIVE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES FOR MOND ELECTRIC FROM A B M EQUIPMENT OFF OF SOURCE, WELL CONTRACT $1,249,896.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON ITEMS NUMBER TWO AND THREE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
BRAD RAINEY, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
SO I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS, BUT THIS IS ON THE, UM, EXTENDING THE LEASE WITH THE GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY PICKLEBALL CLUB.
UM, SO THE ACTION ITEM IS JUST A SHORT TERM LEASE THAT'S BASICALLY THE SAME LEASE, BUT TAKES OUT OF THE LANGUAGE ABOUT THE INDOOR FACILITY BECAUSE THERE IS NOT AN INDOOR FACILITY RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S BASICALLY JUST TO KEEP KIND OF LIGHTS ON, RESTROOMS OPEN, SO, SO PEOPLE CAN KEEP PLAYING.
AND THEN, UH, JUST KIND OF AN UPDATE ON, ON THE INDOOR FACILITY.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS USING THE INSURANCE TO REBUILD THE BUBBLE.
UM, THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO GET A LOCAL CONSULTANT TO PUT TOGETHER THE BID DOCUMENTS TO EVALUATE MORE THAN JUST THE ROOF DOORS, COURT SURFACE NETS, THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THAT WE CAN DO A PUBLIC BID.
UM, IT'S NO LONGER AN EMERGENCY, SO IT NEEDS TO BE, UM, A FAIR PUBLIC BID.
UM, THAT'LL, THAT AGREEMENT WILL TAKE TO THE PARK BOARD.
UM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM THIS MONTH, SO NEXT MONTH WE'LL, WE'LL BRING IT TO THE PARK BOARD AND THEN THAT AGREEMENT TO COUNSEL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UM, IN THE MEANTIME, WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING, WHILE WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THIS, UM, WE'LL BE EVALUATING THE PARKING SITUATION AT KICKING BIRD, UM, LOOKING AT ANY NEAR TERM THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
AND ALSO AS, AS WE PREPARE FOR A, A REOPENING OF, OF THAT FACILITY, OF, OF HOW IT OPERATES AND, AND HOW THAT'S GONNA LOOK SO THAT IT CAN WORK HARMONIOUSLY OR MORE HARMONIOUSLY WITH, WITH THE GOLF OPERATION SO THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER.
SO I'M HERE IF, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTION FROM COUNSEL.
I MEAN, UH, MR. RENEY, YOU'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO, I KNOW THAT COMMUNITY AND I KNOW THEY'RE EAGER TO HAVE A, A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GATHER INDOORS.
AND I KNOW YOU'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND, AND INTERFACING AS HAVE A LOT OF MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
AND SO JUST APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE HERE AND GETTING THAT CONTRACT UP.
AND I, I KNOW IT'S A, A, A VERY MUCH USED RESOURCE BY OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE GRATEFUL THAT THERE'S SUCH GREAT ATTENTION ON IT.
AND WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER CLOSELY MM-HMM.
AND KEEPS COMING FOR THE WATERLINE WASTEWATER LINE MAINTENANCE.
MAYOR CASTLE, KEITH STEWART, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, WE ARE GOING, WE HAVE GONE OUT TO BID, UH, TO GET SOME HELP ON OUR HIGH, HIGH, HISTORICALLY HIGH NUMBER OF WATER LEAKS THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED REALLY PROBABLY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IS WHEN WE REALLY SAW THE UPTICK.
UM, AND SO OUR CREWS HAVE MADE A VALIANT EFFORT TO, TO TRY AND KEEP UP.
BUT, UM, WHEN WE GOT UP TO 250 ACTIVE LEAKS WHEN WE'RE NORMALLY AROUND 40, UM, IT WAS JUST OVERWHELMING, UH, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT WITHOUT SOME HELP.
WE DIVERTED SOME OF OUR STREET CREWS WHO ARE ALSO TRAINED TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS TO HELP WITH THAT, WHICH HAS ALLEVIATED SOME OF IT, BUT STILL NEEDED SOME HELP.
SO WE'RE GOING OUT TO, UH, TO BID FOR THIS.
WE HAVE GONE OUT TO BID FOR THIS CONTRACT AND, AND RECOMMENDING AWARD TO, TO A PRIMARY AND A SECONDARY, UM, BREWER AND MATTHEWS, TO KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE, UH, I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS OF LEAKS.
AND OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE AVERAGED ABOUT 350
[00:30:01]
TO 400 LEAKS REPAIRED PER YEAR.IN 2022, THAT NUMBER WAS 637 THIS YEAR WITH THREE MONTHS LEFT, WE'RE AT 700 THAT WE'VE REPAIRED THAT CALENDAR YEAR FROM SEPTEMBER ONE OF 22 TO SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR IS 930 SOMETHING LEAKS THAT WE PREPARED.
SO JUST A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON WITH THE SYSTEM.
UH, AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, SOIL CONDITIONS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT, SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THOUGH, THAT THE HEAT, THE DRYNESS, THE, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS AREN'T.
SO IT'S NOT JUST UNIQUE TO ADMIN, THIS UPTICK, IT'S CERTAINLY IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY AS WELL.
OKLAHOMA CITY'S EXPERIENCING SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE AND, AND, UH, MIDWEST CITY, UH, MORE IN THESE OTHER CITIES AROUND US.
AND ALL OUR NEW INFRASTRUCTURES SHOULD MAKE THAT BETTER BECAUSE IT'S OLD.
IT'S 50 YEAR OLD INFRASTRUCTURE, SOME OLDER THAN THAT.
IT'S BOUND TO, IT'S BOUND TO FAULT UNDER GOOD CONDITIONS.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THIS AMAZING HEAT AND THEN A LOT OF MOISTURE, THAT GROUND SHIFTS, IT CRACKS, IT'S HARD, IT'S SOFT, IT'S FLYABLE.
AND THAT JUST POPS THOSE PIPES.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME HOT SOILS.
UM, CORROSIVE SOILS WITH OUR METAL BASED PIPES EATS HOLES IN THEM.
IT'S JUST, UH, CONSTANT BATTLE.
BUT, UH, THIS, THIS CONTRACT WILL REALLY HELP US.
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE OUR NUMBERS BACK DOWN TO A MANAGEABLE LEVEL BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, WE'RE REALLY GONNA THROW A LOT AT THIS BECAUSE AS WE GO INTO THE WINTER TIME, THEN THE TEMPERATURE STARTS RIGHT.
SO WE WANT TO TRY AND GET THIS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, THAT TIME OF THE YEAR.
SO, SO, SO DIRECTOR WIND, UM, CITIZENS COME ACROSS A LEAK.
IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT THEY SEE IN THEIR CUL-DE-SAC OR MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HAPPENING ON THEIR PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD ONES APPROACH ME.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU? WHAT, WHAT DO CITIZENS NEED TO DO WHEN THEY FINALLY, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A NUMBER IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS ADMIN.
OUR WEBSITE HAS ALL THAT INFORMATION AS WELL, UH, CALL IT IN.
UM, AND THE WAY WE, THE WAY WE HANDLE THE LEAKS, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND, AND AS YOU SPEAK, SPEAK TO YOUR CON CONSTITUENTS.
WHEN WE RECEIVE A, A LEAK, UM, COMPLAINT OR, OR OBSERVATION, WE'LL SEND A TECHNICIAN TO THE LOCATION.
THAT TECHNICIAN, THE VERY FIRST THING THEY'RE GONNA DO IS DETERMINE WHETHER THAT LEAK IS ON THE, ON THE CITY SIDE OF THE METER OR ON THE RESIDENT SIDE OF THE METER.
IF IT'S ON THE RESIDENT SIDE OF THE METER, WE MAKE CONTACT WITH THAT RESIDENT.
WE LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO GET THIS LEAK REPAIRED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
'CAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S COSTING YOU MONEY 'CAUSE THERE'S USAGE SHOWING UP ON YOUR METER.
IF IT'S ON THE CITY SIDE, UM, WE DETERMINE THE SEVERITY AND THEN WE WILL MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RESIDENT AS WELL AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE FOUND.
AND THEN WE'LL GIVE THEM A CONTACT NUMBER AND WE WILL GIVE THEM, WE DON'T GIVE THEM AN ESTIMATED TIME THAT IT'LL BE REPAIRED, BUT WE WILL KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THEM AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND LET THEM KNOW, HEY, WE MOVED IT UP BECAUSE IT INCREASED IN SEVERITY.
OR WE'VE HAD SOME OTHER LEAKS THAT HAVE COME IN THAT ARE WORSE.
SO WE PRIOR PRIORITIZE EVERY DAY THESE LEAKS BASED ON THEIR SEVERITY.
I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IN MY WARD OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, UH, THERE'S A, UH, UH, A GENTLEMAN AND HIS AND, AND HIS PARTNER, THEY, UM, HAD A LEAK.
YOU KNOW, INITIALLY IT WAS JUST KIND OF CREATING SOME SEEPAGE AND WHATNOT.
UM, BUT THEN THEY HAD KIND OF NOTICED THE SPOUTING OF IT, WHICH WAS CREATING MORE.
SO IF THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE CONDITION, WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO SOME DAMAGE, RATHER, YOU DO WANT TO BE RE NOTIFIED OF THAT.
AND, AND MOST OF THE TIME PEOPLE ARE PRETTY QUICK TO CALL US AND LET US KNOW MM-HMM.
AND IF IT HAS INCREASED IN SEVERITY TO THE POINT THAT WE NEED TO MOVE IT UP, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT.
SO, SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE OUR, OUR CORE TEAM OF CITY CREWS.
THEN YOU'VE ALSO CROSS-TRAINED FOLKS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THEN WITH ADDITION OF THIS KIND OF CAPITAL FUNDING, WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL KIND OF ONGOING CONTRACTED WORK TO HELP KIND OF GET THROUGH THIS BACKLOG.
IS THAT PICK KIND OF TOTAL PICTURE? RIGHT.
AND, AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS IS GONNA GO ON.
SO THIS CONTRACT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR RENEWAL EACH YEAR, AND WHAT WE'LL PROBABLY DO IS SET OF BASELINE OF LEAKS IN THE QUEUE.
AND ONCE WE GET TO THAT BASELINE, THEN IF WE GET OVER THAT BASELINE, THEN WE'LL BRING CONTRACTORS IN AND HELP US GET CAUGHT BACK UP.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, UM,
[00:35:01]
THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IS AT NIGHT WE'VE HAD SOME MAIN BREAKS.SO OUR CREWS HAVE TO COME IN AT NIGHT, DEAL WITH THE MAIN BREAK.
THEY, THEY MAX OUT THEIR HOURS, SO THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.
AND SO WE'VE HAD TO PULL 'EM OFF OF LEAK REPAIRS TO DEAL WITH MAIN BREAKS.
AND SO IT'S BEEN, IT'S KIND OF BEEN OF A DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR US, BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY THERE'S LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
PART OF A GROWING, EXPANDING CITY COUNSEL.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO WITH THESE PURCHASES, THESE 10 PURCHASES THAT WE HAVE TODAY? MOTION TO APPROVE.
THOSE PURCHASES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[A. Consideration of Resolutions No. ___, No. ___, and No. ___, Supporting the City’s Applications for Three Projects for the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) Air Quality Small Grant Program. (Citywide)]
NEXT WE HAVE THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES.FIRST ONE IS CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER, GOT 33 DASH 23, 33 DASH 23, AND THEN 34 DASH 23, 34 DASH 23, AND 35 DASH 23 AND 35 DASH 23.
SUPPORTING THE CITY'S APPLICATION FOR THREE PROJECTS FOR THE, UH, ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA GOVERNMENTS ACOG AIR QUALITY SMALL GRANT PROGRAM.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS CHRISTIE BATTERSON.
I'M THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
I ALSO OVERSEE CITYLINK, UH, TRANSIT SYSTEM AND I WORK IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE THREE ACOG GRANTS THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THEM.
BEGINNING SINCE 2015, UM, EVERY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN HAS INCLUDED SOME GOAL OR INITIATIVE RELATED TO MULTIMODAL MOBILITY, INCLUDING MULTI-USE TRAILS, REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, FILLING THE SIDEWALK GAPS IN LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR CITYLINK, OOPS, SORRY, ADVANCED TOO FAR.
UM, OUT OF THAT, UM, WE, THE LONG RANGE MOBILITY PLAN WAS DEF WAS, UM, DEFINED OR CLARIFIED, WE, IT CALLED EDMOND SHIFT.
AND YOU'LL RECALL THAT WE BROUGHT THAT TO YOU LAST YEAR AND, AND IT WAS ADOPTED.
UM, AND THIS, UM, REALLY CLARIFIED WHAT THE RESIDENT'S PRIORITIES WERE OUT OF THAT, WHAT OUR VISION AND GOALS WOULD BE, WHAT ACTIONS NEEDED NEEDED TO BE TAKEN FOR THOSE GOALS.
AND THEN WHAT CAPITAL PROJECTS NEEDED TO ALIGN TO THOSE ACTIONS IN ORDER, UM, TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS THAT ARE, WOULD BE, UM, CONSTRAINED BY BUDGET.
UM, THIS PYRAMID HERE THAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE WAS, UM, SIX OUT OF 11.
THAT CAME OUT OF AN EARLY SURVEY OF THE PRIORITIZATION, UM, OR THE VISION THAT THE COMMUNITY SAW, UM, OVER AN 18 MONTH PROJECT PERIOD.
WE HAD AN ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT MET OVER EIGHT TIMES.
WE HAD THREE SURVEYS, UM, SEVERAL POP-UP EVENTS IN AN OPEN HOUSE.
SO THESE PRIORITIES OR PRIORITIZATIONS CAME OUT OF THOSE.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AIR QUALITY SMALL GRANTS.
UM, STAFF HAS SELECTED THREE PROJECTS OUT OF EDMUND SHIFT THAT APPEAR TO ALIGN WITH THE ELIGIBILITY AND SCORING CRITERIA, UM, THAT ACOG HAS SET.
UM, AND I'LL GO OVER THOSE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
BUT THE GRANT, UM, THESE THREE THINGS, THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLATION, UM, IT CANNOT BE A TRAIL.
RECREATIONAL TRAILS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS GRANT, BUT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF FACILITIES ARE ENHANCEMENT CONNECTIVITY, UM, ESPECIALLY NEW CONNECTIONS IS ELIGIBLE.
AND THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN LOCATED IN INSIDE AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE OZONE AREA OR NEAR A SCHOOL.
SO THE THREE PROJECTS, UM, THE FIRST ONE IS CALLED A BICYCLE WAYFINDING PROJECT.
UM, THIS WAS SUPPORTED BY THE EDMUND BICYCLE COMMITTEE, URBAN BOARD, C I P BOARD AND THE MOBILITY COMMISSION.
UM, THIS PROJECT COST IS A LITTLE OVER 150,000.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WITH, UH, SCORING A LITTLE HIGHER ON AC CG GRANTS, THE MINIMUM IS A 20% MATCH, BUT YOU SCORE A LITTLE MORE IF YOU DO A 30% MATCH.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING A 30% MATCH ON ALL THREE GRANTS.
UM, THERE, SO THE GRANT REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM ACOG IS A LITTLE OVER 105,000 CITY MATCH WOULD BE 45,000.
UM, THE BICYCLE WAY FINDING ARE DOTS ON THE ROAD OR SIGNAGE, NO NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.
THEY GIVE PEOPLE ON THEIR BIKES CONFIDENCE BY FOLLOWING ROUTES TO BE ABLE TO CROSS ON AN MATERIAL ROAD.
THESE WOULD ALL BE ON A LOCAL ROAD, BUT IT WOULD SEND THEM TO AREAS THAT WOULD HAVE A SIGNALED INTERSECTION.
SO THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE SAFETY, CO COMFORT AND CONFIDENCE.
UM, SIX OF THE OR FIVE OF THIS, UH, EIGHT AREAS WERE SELECTED AND IT'S DELINEATED BY THIS ORANGE DOTTED LINE ALL THE WAY AROUND, EXCLUDING THE U C O AREA.
UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH U C O IN THE FUTURE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE, UH, BICYCLE OR PATHWAYS THAT ARE ABLE TO CROSS.
UM, SO THAT'S THE FIRST PROJECT.
[00:40:01]
THE SECOND PROJECT IS WEST DOWNTOWN WALK WEST DOWNTOWN.WALKABILITY, AGAIN, SUPPORTED BY THE URBAN BOARD, C I P AND EDMOND MOBILITY COMMISSION.
THE TOTAL PROJECT IS OVER 805,000.
GRANT REQUESTS WOULD BE 565,000 WITH A LOCAL MATCH OF 242,000, UM, OUT OF EDMOND SHIFT.
UM, REALLY EMPHASIZED THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTIVITY AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, GOING ON IN THIS AREA, UM, IN PARTICULARLY THE OXLEY AND THE LARK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
UM, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE NEW SIDEWALKS AND RAMPS, AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE IN THE RED AREAS.
UM, THE BLACK AREAS ARE SIDEWALKS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED.
UM, IT'LL ALSO PROVIDE CROSSWALKS ALONG SANTA FE AND ANYWHERE THE CROSSWALKS AREN'T AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
AND A NEW PEDESTRIAN STREETLIGHT.
AND YOU CAN THINK OF THIS LIKE THE FIFTH AND FIFTH AND LITTLER AREA STREET SCAPE THAT'S GOING ON.
UM, BUT THIS ALSO CONNECTS THIS REGIONAL DOWNTOWN POND THAT HAS A TRAIL SYSTEM AROUND IT.
WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING SOME, UM, CONNECTION OVER TO THE FRETZ AREA.
UM, AND AGAIN, THERE'S A SCHOOL IN THIS AREA, SO IT ALSO WOULD PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY TO THOSE SCHOOL, SCHOOL-AGED, UM, FAMILIES.
UM, AND ACROSS, OVER INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THIS IS PROMOTES SHORT TRIPS BY WALKING RATHER THAN BY CAR BECAUSE SHORT TRIPS ARE THE WORST FOR AIR QUALITY.
SO THIS IS WHY THIS PROJECT WAS SELECTED.
THE LAST PROJECT THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THE AIRS AND KICKING BIRD BIKE LANE EXTENSION.
UM, THIS WOULD CONNECT THE CURRENT BIKE LANE THAT HAS JUST BEEN FINALIZED THAT, UH, STARTS AT BROADWAY, GO, GOES ACROSS AIRS, SKIPS OVER U C O AND PICKS UP AGAIN, UM, OVER OFF OF CHING TO BRYANT.
UM, IT WOULD PICK UP HERE AT BRYANT AND GO UNTIL THE STREET ENDS.
THIS IS THE FOUR LANE, UM, STREET RIGHT NOW.
UM, IT IS ALSO A TRANSIT, UM, CITY LINK BUS STOPS EN ROUTE.
UM, IN THE FUTURE, WE ALSO LET ME, UH, RECOMMEND OR LET ME SAY THAT WE RECEIVED FUNDING FOR A PART RIGHT HERE OFF OF VISTA LANE FROM SECOND STREET SOUTH THAT WILL ACTUALLY CONNECT TO UM, FER.
UM, WE HAVE A GOAL IN MIND IN THE FUTURE WITH FUNDING AVAILABILITY AND HAVE ALREADY HAVE EASEMENT, UM, SOLIDIFIED TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THIS RIGHT HERE.
BUT IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT I SAID A FEW SLIDES AGO, RECREATIONAL TRAILS AREN'T, UM, AN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY WITH THIS GRANT.
WE TRIED TO NAME IT EVERYTHING UNDERNEATH THE SUN AWAY FROM A TRAIL, UM, BUT IT DIDN'T FLY.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA CONCENTRATE FROM THE BRYANT AREA, UM, OVER TO THE EAST.
UM, IN PREPARATION OF BEING ABLE TO CONNECT IN THE FUTURE, THIS IS A OVER A $300,000 GRANT.
UM, OVERALL PROJECT, THE GRANT REQUEST WOULD BE FOR 210,000 WITH THE CITY MATCH OF 90,000.
IT TOO WAS SUPPORTED BY THE EDMUND BICYCLE COMMITTEE, URBAN BOARD CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND EDMOND MOBILITY COMMISSION.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE EACH ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY SINCE WE HAVE RESOLUTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM SIX? A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MAYOR, THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
[B. Consideration of Approval of Resolution No. ___ Authorizing the City to Apply for a Reimbursable Grant to Furnish and Install Electric Vehicle Charging Stations. (Ward 1)]
NEXT WE HAVE ITEM SIX B, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 36 DASH 23.36 DASH 23 AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO APPLY FOR A REIMBURSABLE GRANT TO FURNISH AND INSTALL ELECTRIC VEHICLES, CHARGING STATIONS.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS? I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
[C. Consideration of Approval of Resolution No. ___ Appointing Purchasing Agent for the Shade Structures Project for Community Image. (Citywide)]
THE NEXT UM, SIX C IS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL.RESOLUTION NUMBER 37 DASH 2337 DASH 23 APPROVING PURCHASING AGENT FOR THE SHADE STRUCTURE PROJECT FOR COMMUNITY IMAGE.
THIS IS TO PUT SOME SHADE UP AROUND SOME OF OUR PARKS, I THINK, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON SIX C? MOTION TO APPROVE.
[D. Consideration of Approval of Resolution No. ___ Providing Notice of the Publication of Penal and Other Ordinances of the City of Edmond, Oklahoma, in a Permanent, Bound Form and Volume; Providing that Said Permanent Volume Reflects All Ordinances Through Ordinance Number 3952; Providing for the Deposit of Said Permanent Volume in the Oklahoma County Law Library; and Providing for the Sale of Said Permanent Volumes. (Citywide)]
WE HAVE, UH, SIX D IS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL.RESOLUTION NUMBER 38 DASH 2338 DASH 23, PROVIDING NOTICE OF THE PUBLICATION OF PENAL AND OTHER ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EDMOND, OKLAHOMA IN A PERMANENT BOND FORM AND VOLUME.
PROVIDING THAT SAID, PERMANENT VOLUME
[00:45:01]
REFLECTS ALL ORDINANCES THROUGH ORDINANCE NUMBER 39 52, PROVIDING FOR THE DEPOSIT OF SAID PERMANENT VOLUMES IN THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY LAW LIBRARY AND PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF SAID PERMANENT VOLUMES.MR. ATTORNEY PLEASE, YOUR HONOR, THE, UH, OKLAHOMA STATE LAW PROVIDES THAT AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 10 YEARS, EACH MUNICIPALITY SHOULD COMPILE AND PUBLISH THEIR ORDINANCES IN A PERMANENT FORM.
WE DO IT MORE OFTEN THAN THAT, BUT, UH, WE WERE TO SEEK THE COUNSEL'S APPROVAL AND A RESOLUTION VERIFYING THAT WE'VE DONE THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH REGARD TO THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION.
CITY CLERK TAKES CARE OF THESE, BUT, UH, THIS IS THE, THE RESOLUTION WE NEED TO ADOPT TO VERIFY THAT.
SO MOVE SECOND, PLEASE PASS YOUR VOTE.
[E. Public Hearing and Consideration of Resolution No. ___ Declaring that Certain Structures in the City of Edmond are Dilapidated, Uninhabitable, Abandoned and/or a Public Nuisance, and Constitute(s) a Keeping of a Place Where Activities in Violation of State Law or Ordinance are Practiced, and/or Refuse or Other Things, Which Are, or Are Likely to be, Breeding Places for Flies, Mosquitoes, Vermin or Disease Germs; Directing that Such Structures be Torn Down, Razed and Said Removed by the Owner(s) Within the Dates Specified; Directing the City Clerk to Pursue Recovery of Costs of Such Work if Done by the City; Directing the City Treasurer to Place any Such Revenues Collected as Demolition Costs into the Specific City Fund from Which Said Revenues Were Originally Appropriated; and Further Directing the Filing of a Notice of Lien in the County Clerk's Office. (222 W. 4th St; Ward 3)]
NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 DASH 2339 DASH 23 DECLARING THE CERTAIN STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF ADMIN ARE DILAPIDATED, INHABITABLE, ABANDONED, AND OR A PUBLIC NUISANCE, AND CONSTITUTES A KEEPING OF A PLACE WHERE ACTIVITIES IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW OR ORDINANCE ARE PRACTICED AND OR REFUSE, OR OTHER THINGS WHICH ARE, ARE LIKELY TO BE BREEDING PLACES FOR FLIES, MOSQUITOES, VERMIN, OR DISEASE GERMS DIRECTING THAT SUCH STRUCTURES BE TORN DOWN, RAISED AND SAID REMOVED BY OWNERS OR OWNERS WITHIN THE DATE SPECIFIED, DIRECTED DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO PURSUE RECOVERY OF CAUSE OF SUCH WORK IF DONE BY THE CITY, DIRECTING THE CITY TREASURER TO PLACE ANY SUCH REVENUES COLLECTED AS DEMOLITION CALLS INTO THE SPECIFIC CITY FUND, FOR WHICH SAID REVENUES WERE ORIGINALLY APPROVED.AND FURTHER DIRECTING THAT FILING OF A NOTICE OF LIEN IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
MAYOR COUNSEL, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, REPRESENTATIVES ARE HERE WITHOUT TO ANSWER ANY YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT WE HAVE A STRUCTURES OR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2.2 WEST FOURTH STREET, WHICH HAVE A NUMBER OF ISSUES REGARDING, UM, DILAPIDATED, UH, VEHICLES.
UM, PORT CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE'VE, UH, BEEN BASICALLY PROPERTY'S BEEN THE SUBJECT OF NUMEROUS CODE FOR ACTION SINCE 2013 IN YOUR PACKET AND AVAILABLE ONLINE WITH VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY AND THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY.
WE'VE CONTINUALLY SENT NOTICES TO VARIOUS, UH, PEOPLE THAT WE NOTICE SEND NOTICES TO AT VARIOUS UH, ADDRESSES.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S HERE TO BE HEARD ON THAT, UH, TONIGHT, BUT, UH, UH, MR. SMITH IS HERE TO GIVE US ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS OR ASK YOU ANY, ANSWER, ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT BASICALLY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD AND GIVE THEM A PERIOD OF TIME AND SEE IF THEY WILL RESPOND, BUT NOT THEN WE'LL TAKE, TAKE CARE OF IT OURSELVES.
I, YES SIR, MA, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, IF I MAY, THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY HAS RAPIDLY DECLINED SINCE THE, THE PASSING OF THE ONE SIBLING THAT WAS INHABITING THE PROPERTY.
AND NOW THE, UH, BROTHERS, THE OUT-OF-STATE OWNER.
WE'VE WORKED THIS PROPERTY 35 TIMES SINCE 2004.
WE'VE ONLY HAD TO ABATE THE PROPERTY TWICE IN RIGHT CITATIONS TWICE.
BUT AGAIN, BOTH OF THOSE INCIDENTS WERE SINCE THE PASSING OF THE OCCUPANT OF THE PROPERTY.
AND NOW WITH AN OUT-OF-STATE OWNER, WE WOULD ASK FOR THIS RESOLUTION.
SO THERE'S NO OCCUPANT WITHIN THE DWELLING, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF A DERELICT OR OUT-OF-STATE OWNER THAT'S HASN'T BEEN RESPONSIVE TO ANY TYPE OF ABATEMENT OR CLAIM? YES, SIR.
THERE CURRENTLY IS NO ONE OCCUPYING THIS STRUCTURE.
WE DID ENCOUNTER A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, AN ISSUE WITH SOME AL UNAUTHORIZED OCCUPANTS AFTER THE, UH, LEGAL OCCUPANT DECEASED.
I DO, UH, AM AM IN POSSESSION OF A CONTRACT THAT WAS FORWARDED TO US BY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY OUTTA STATE WITH K AND M WRECKING FOR JUST SUCH AN ACTION.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
SO HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO HOPEFULLY TAKE CARE OF IT HIMSELF.
CORRECT? HOPEFULLY THAT, THAT WOULD BE OUR HOPES, MA'AM.
WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, VEHICLES ON A PROPERTY, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW IN MY WARD I HAVE A GENTLEMAN THAT HAS MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE MOTORCYCLES.
DO WE HAVE A LIMIT AS TO THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES, UH, THAT AREN'T IN USE OR I DON'T KNOW THE NAME FOR IT, BUT BASICALLY DO WE HAVE SOME SORT OF LIKE SET LIMIT OF HOW MANY CARS YOU CAN HAVE ON YOUR PROPERTY? MOTORCYCLES, SIR.
STATE STATUTE AND MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY DEFINE THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT
[00:50:01]
AN OWNER OR A TENANT MAY HAVE, BUT IT DOES STATE THAT THOSE MUST BE IN AN OPERABLE, YOU KNOW, CONDITION.THEY CAN'T BE PARTIALLY DISMANTLED OR, YOU KNOW, NOT REGISTERED UNTAGGED, ET CETERA.
BUT THERE IS NO SPECIFIC NUMBER THAT THEY MAY POSSESS.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE NONE.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? THANKS SO MUCH.
I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SIX E.
MAYOR THAT PASSED YOUR UNANIM.
[F. Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ___ Amending Section 23.20.045 of the Edmond Municipal Code to Provide for a Change in the Boundaries for Drainage Fee-in-Lieu-of Detention; and Providing for Repealer and Severability. (Ward 1)]
NEXT WE HAVE SIX F IS THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 39 74.39 74 AMENDING SECTION 23.2 0.045 OF THE EDMOND MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE FOR A CHA CHANGE IN THE BOUNDARIES FOR DRAINAGE FEE IN LIEU OF DETENTION AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND SEVERABILITY.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? SO IF I'M TRANSLATING THIS CORRECTLY, I LOOKED AT IT, IT'S THE CITY OF EDMOND IN REGARDS TO STEVENSON PARK PAYING A FEE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR 'CAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT LIKE UNDERGROUND RETENTION THERE IN LIEU OF THE SORT OF ONUR DETENTION.
AND THEN OTHER SORT OF ACTIVITY OR BUSINESSES COULD ALSO GO THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS IF THERE WAS ENOUGH WITHIN THAT RETENTION, WHICH IS UNIQUE THAT IT'S UNDERGROUND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WHERE BASICALLY YOU PAY IT IN LIEU OF FEE INSTEAD OF HAVING A SURFACE.
IS THAT SORT OF THE IDEA? OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNSEL? IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDITS YOU WANT SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ANY ANY COMMENTS? COUNSEL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON MR. MAYOR? I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SIX F.
MOTION TO SECOND PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[ [Recess City Council Meeting and Convene Public Works Authority Meeting]]
MOTION TO, UH, FOR CITY COUNCIL TO RECESS CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND CONVENE THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.[7. Consideration of Approval of Public Works Authority Regular Meeting Minutes: September 11, 2023.]
NOW WE'RE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 11TH.[8. Public Works Authority General Consent: Items listed under General Consent are usually approved as a group with the proper motion from a member of the Public Works Authority. Members of the Public Works Authority may request discussion or separate action on any item under General Consent.]
WE HAVE OUR CON GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. UH, WE HAVE AN EIGHT A ONE, UM, THAT IS JUST A COMPANION TO THE WHAT WE DID IN CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PURCHASING OF THE ELECTRIC FLEET VEHICLES.MAYOR THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
[ [Adjourn Public Works Authority Meeting and Reconvene City Council Meeting]]
NEXT I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING AND RECONVENE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.THAT MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
[A. Case No. SP22-00038; Public Hearing and Consideration of a Site Plan for Life Church Parking Addition, Located South of East Second and I-35. (Olsson; Ward 2)]
WE'RE IN OUR PLANNING ITEMS. WE HAVE CASE NUMBER S SP TWO TWO DASH 0 0 3 8 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF A SITE PLAN FOR LIFE CHURCH PARKING EDITION LOCATED SOUTH OF EAST SECOND STREET.AND I, UH, 35 OLSON IS THE APPLICANT.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SITE PLAN FOR A PARKING LOT ON THE, UH, SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE LIFE CHURCH CAMPUS, UH, WHICH IS AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF I 35 AND EAST SECOND STREET.
UH, SPECIFICALLY THE ITEM ON COUNCIL AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A STORMWATER DRAINAGE ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDATION TO ALLOW FOR THE FEE IN LIEU OF INSTEAD OF ON ONSITE DETENTION.
UH, THE PARKING LOT ITSELF HAS 52 SPACES.
IT'S ADJACENT TO THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND IT REPLACES AN EXISTING GRAVEL LOT PLANNING COMMISSION.
REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR SEPTEMBER 5TH MEETING.
REVIEWED THE RECOMMENDATION AT THEIR OCTOBER 25TH, 2022 MEETING AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS WELL.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DOES APPLICANT LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS THAT DO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE? COUNSEL WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM? I MOVE TO APPROVE.
[00:55:01]
MAYOR.[B. Case No. SP23-00004; Public Hearing and Consideration of a Commercial Site Plan for the City Center Complex to be Located on the Southwest and Southeast Corners of Main and Littler and West of Boulevard. (City of Edmond; Ward 1)]
NEXT WE HAVE CASE NUMBER SP TWO THREE DASH 0 0 0 0 4 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF THE COMMERCIAL SITE PLAN FOR THE CITY CENTER COMPLEX TO BE LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MAINE AND LITTLER AND WEST OF BOULEVARD.THE CITY OF EDMOND IS THE APPLICANT.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES, WE ARE, YOUR HONOR.
AS YOU SAID, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING APPROVAL OF A SITE PLAN FOR THE CITY CENTER COMPLEX AT MAIN AND LITTLER.
UH, THE SITE IS 2.12 ACRES AND THE SITE OF THE FORMER COMMUNITY CENTER AND PLANNING AND PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING.
UH, THE NEW COMPLEX IS THREE BUILDINGS.
UH, BUILDING ONE IS A TWO STORY 60,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MAIN AND LITTLER.
IT IS THE NEW CITY HALL AND COUNCIL CHAMBER BUILDING AND IT'S 33 FEET TALL.
UH, BUILDING TWO, WHICH IS OVER HERE, THAT'S BUILDING ONE, UH, IS ALMOST 14,000 SQUARE FOOT MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING ONE STORY AND HEIGHT.
IT'S LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MAIN AND BOULEVARD.
AND BUILDING THREE IS THE PARKING GARAGE WHICH SITS IN BETWEEN THE TWO.
IT IS 84,000 SQUARE FEET WITH 216 PARKING SPACES.
UH, THE AREA ZONED CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OR C B D.
SO THERE ARE NO REQUIRED SETBACKS OR HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.
UH, THE PARKING IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE.
IN ADDITION TO THE PARKING GARAGE, THERE IS A HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE SPOT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY HALL BUILDING.
IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT REAL QUICK, LOCATED RIGHT THERE, THAT'S FOR PICKUP AND DROP OFF.
AND THEN THAT'S A, UH, LOADING AND UNLOADING FOR, UH, SHIPMENTS TO THE BUILDING.
OH, THE BUILDING'S FACE MAIN STREET WITH A MIX OF GLASS METAL, UH, PANELS THAT GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF WOOD AND MASONRY.
UH, THERE IS ONE VARIANCE BEING REQUESTED AND THAT IS TO A DRIVEWAY, UH, INTO THE PARKING GARAGE IS ONLY 49 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND LITTLER.
UH, THE REQUIRED SPACING IS 150 FEET.
THERE ARE NO OTHER VARIANCES REQUIRED.
UH, THE CENTRAL EDMOND URBAN DISTRICT BOARD CONSIDERED THIS AT THEIR SEPTEMBER 12TH MEETING AND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, RECOMMENDING NOT TO CLOSE THE ALLEY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY HALL BUILDING.
KICK IT BACK TO THE SITE PLAN REAL QUICK.
THAT IS THAT ALLEY RIGHT ALONG THERE.
UH, THERE WERE SOME BALLS SHOWN ALONG THAT ALLEY TO PROTECT THE BUILDING THAT THEY, UH, RECOMMENDED NOT TO CLOSE THE ALLEY.
SO IS THAT IN REGARDS TO, I KNOW, UH, MR. BARRY RICE MADE SOME COMMENTS.
IS THAT IN, IN RESPONSE? HE WAS AT THAT MEETING AND MADE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE ALLEY.
AND THAT'S IN THAT ALLEY AREA, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
WE IDENTIFIED, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SO THE ALLEY'S OPEN, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? COUNSEL.
[10. Executive Session to Discuss Pending Claim or Action: Summit Sports Partners, LLC vs. City and Edmond Public Works Authority. Authorized Pursuant to 25 Okla. Stat. Section 307(B)(4).]
WE NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE PENDING CLAIM OR ACTION SUMMIT SPORTS PARTNER L S C VERSUS THE CITY.WE'RE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[11. Consideration of Action with Regard to Claim or Action: Summit Sports Partners, LLC vs. City and Edmond Public Works Authority.]
PASSED.CORRECT ON ITEM NUMBER 11, NO ACTION.
I HAVE NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON.
[12. Citizen 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.]
IS ITEM CITY.UM, CITIZENS COMMENT NUMBER 12.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS, BOTH RESIDENTS, NOW RESIDENTS.
TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE CITY RELATED MANNER, NOT ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
CITIZENS MUST SIGN UP TO SPEED EITHER ONLINE BY THREE O'CLOCK, UH, PM THE DAY OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, OR IN PERSON BY THE START OF THE MEETING.
REMARKS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES OR OR LESS.
OUR FIRST, UH, UH, RESIDENT IS BEVERLY WOODROW.
I LIVE AT 28 0 4 GREENFIELD DRIVE, FAIRFIELD EDITION, WHICH IS A MIDDLE CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD FULL OF GOOD, HARDWORKING PEOPLE WHO GET ALONG WELL.
MOVING TO EDMOND TO TEACH LATIN AND ENGLISH.
[01:00:01]
I HAVE WITNESSED LOTS OF CHANGES.I MAY NOT LIKE ALL OF THOSE CHANGES, BUT I KNOW OVER TIME THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD ONES.
I LOVE ITS DIVERSITY IN EVERY WAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, RACE, RELIGION, AGE, GENDER OR GENDERS, RELIGION, UH, ABILITIES, DISABILITIES.
SO MANY OF THE PROJECTS YOU TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT ARE REALLY FOR EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE OR WHAT THEIR ABILITIES ARE.
WORKING WITH THOSE DIFFERENT FROM US ONLY MAKES US THRIVE, BUT WE HAVE TO BE NOT HARDHEADED.
BIGOTRY AND HATRED ARE FASCIST PRINCIPLES.
NEITHER AMERICAN NOR CHRISTIAN AND REALLY NOT BELONGING TO ANY RELIGION, BIGOTRY AND HATRED.
DO NOT BUILD A BETTER EDMOND TO YOU ALL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE.
SOME CRITICISM ALWAYS COMES WITH GOVERNMENT, BUT YOU OFTEN ENDURE BULLYING AND DISRESPECT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND VISION.
I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE THE BEST, UM, IN MIND FOR EDMOND.
I AM SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF EDMOND.
LEONARD SCOTT DOWN HERE, NEXT RESIDENCE.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR POSITIVITY RIGHT BEFORE ME.
UM, I WANNA TALK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY TO EDMOND CITIZENS OR THE LACK OF IT THAT I HAVE SEEN AND EXPERIENCED THE E N R COMMUNITY.
UM, I WAS HELPING SOME WORKERS INTO SOME WORKFORCE HOUSING OVER HERE BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND WE HAD TO GET THEIR CITY SURFACES ESTABLISHED.
AND, UM, THERE WAS NO WAY TO DO IT OUTSIDE OF ONLINE STUFF.
AND I SUCK AT THAT OR ON THE PHONE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET, GET HELP ON THE PHONE ALL THE TIME.
YOU, THEY DON'T ALWAYS ANSWER.
YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO CALL YOU BACK.
AND THEN, UM, WHEN WE HAD TO MAKE A PAYMENT OR DO SOMETHING FOR THE DEPOSIT, THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO.
IT HAS TO BE DONE ON THE PHONE.
UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT.
THESE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT, SO I WAS LIKE, HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT? WELL, YOU HAVE TO GO GET A GIFT CARD OUTTA THE STORE AND PUT MONEY ON IT AND PAY YOUR, PAY YOUR BILLS THAT WAY.
THIS IS JUST LIKE A BASIC CITY SERVICE THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR US.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO AND TALK TO SOMEBODY AND PAY A BILL.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU GUYS CAN'T DO THAT FOR US.
UM, WHEN I GO INTO THE CITY OFFICE NOW TO SEE THE CITY CLERK, IT USED TO BE I COULD GO IN AND SIT DOWN.
THE CITY CLERK WAS OVER HERE, THE ASSISTANT WAS OVER THERE.
NOW WHEN YOU WALK IN, IT'S LIKE A LITTLE BOX AND IT'S ALL WALLED UP AND THERE'S A LITTLE WINDOW AND A, A DOOR WITH A KEYPAD TO GET IN.
IT'S LIKE GOING INTO SOME SORT OF TOP SECRET FACILITY OR SOMETHING.
YOU GUYS SHOULD BE OPEN WITH US.
YOU SHOULDN'T BE HIDING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
AND EVERY TIME I DO COME IN THERE WITHOUT FAIL, THERE'S SOMEBODY COMING IN THERE TRYING TO PAY THEIR BILL BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO BECAUSE THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO.
YOU GUYS HAVE A SIGN IN THERE OF WHERE TO GO.
IT'S A DIFFERENT PLACE AND YOU'RE ALWAYS TELLING THEM WHERE TO GO.
UM, UM, ON THAT NOTE ALSO, WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, TRYING TO SPEAK WITH THE CITY TREASURER.
SO WE WENT TO YOUR OFFICES OVER THERE ON COVE, TIMBER RIDGE OR WHATEVER IT IS, ON COVE AND 35.
AND WE FOUND THOSE DOORS WERE LOCKED ALSO.
YOU COULDN'T EVEN GO IN THE BUILDING TO TRY AND TALK TO SOMEBODY.
LUCKILY, A LADY WAS COMING BY.
SHE CAME, SHE OPENED THE DOOR FOR US, AND WE ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON? WE'VE BEEN IN HERE BEFORE.
WHY ALL OF A SUDDENLY ARE ALL THE DOORS LOCKED? THERE'S NOBODY HERE ATTENDING THE DOORS.
THERE'S NOBODY INSIDE AT THE LITTLE RECEPTION DESK.
YOU KNOW, NOBODY COULD GIVE US AN ANSWER.
ALL THEY COULD DO IS FIND US THE, THE TREASURER TO TALK TO.
NO ANSWERS, NO ACCOUNTABILITY, NO NOTHING.
UM, YOU GUYS ARE ARE DOING ALL THIS STUFF WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE OUT AND GET PEOPLE TO LIVE IN EDMOND THAT WANNA LIVE IN EDMOND.
AND EVEN IF THEY DO COME TO EDMOND, OUR BILLS ARE SO OUTRAGEOUS THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT AND THEIR BILLS.
[13. Comments from the Mayor and Members of the City Council.]
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS THE COMMENTS FROM THE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.[01:05:01]
FALLS COMING UPON US.UH, WE STILL HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN THE CITY, UH, YESTERDAY OR IS IT SATURDAY? WE HAD A A, AN EVENT FOR THE NONPROFITS, ONE OF THE LARGEST FIVE KS IN, IN OUR CITY AND IT WAS WELL ATTENDED, UH, BY ALL AND A LOT.
HOW OUR COMMUNITY COMES AND HELPS, UH, THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY.
ANY, I JUST WANT MAKE ONE COMMENT.
SO ON ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS APPROVED TODAY, WHICH WAS CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL AGREEMENTS, STUDIO ARCHITECTURE FOR DESIGN SERVICES, NORTH TIMBERS.
UM, IN MY CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER, IF I CAN TRANSLATE THAT IN PLAIN ENGLISH, THAT'LL INCLUDE A WINDOW OF SERVICE UP IN NORTH TIMBERS.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CITIZENS HAVE ASKED ABOUT IN REGARDS TO AN INTERFACE THAT THEY CAN HAVE THERE AND POTENTIALLY ENGAGE OUR, UM, UTILITY SERVICES FOLKS THERE IN A BILL ITEM.
AND SO IN REGARD TO THE, UH, UH, THE LADY'S COMMENT EARLIER, UM, I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO READ OUR AGENDAS AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY SPEAK TO, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PARTICULAR ITEM THAT WAS APPROVED THIS EVENING WILL PROVIDE FOR THAT SERVICE OR AT LEAST PART OF THAT SERVICE.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS COMMENTED ON.
DO WE HAVE THAT SIR? MAYOR CASEY, CAN YOU, UH, WE'RE HAVING AN EVENT OUT OF STEVENSON PARK.
KNOW THOSE DETAILS? THE SOFT, THE SOFT OPENING? NO.
YEAH, THE SOFT OPENING POPSICLES, YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT, I THINK, I THINK ANDY KNOWS A LITTLE MORE THAN I JUST THOUGHT I'D TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR YEAH, SO WE WILL HAVE A ON ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM THREE 30 TO FIVE, WE WILL HAVE A, FROM THREE 30 TO FIVE WHEN FRIDAY, FRIDAY, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, A PARTIAL OPENING OF STEVENSON PARK.
STILL WAITING ON SOME MATERIALS TO COME IN FOR THE FULL OPENING.
SO THAT WILL BE, UH, AN EARLY SPRING, BUT WE WILL HAVE A PARTIAL OPENING FEATURING THE PLAYGROUND AREA THAT WILL BE OPEN IN THE BASKETBALL COURT AS WELL.
SO WE WILL BE, UH, PUBLISHING THOSE DETAILS VERY, VERY SOON.
IS THAT, IS THAT THIS FRIDAY? THAT IS THIS FRIDAY.
MY PLAN IS, UH, PICKING UP MY SON FROM CLE AND RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AND THERE'LL BE A WHOLE HERD OF LITTLE YOU BET LITTLE GUYS.
GOING THROUGH FIFTH GRADE FOR SOME POPSICLES AND STUFF.
AND OUR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR BRAD RAINS BRAGGING ABOUT HIS BASKETBALL ABILITIES.
SO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO COME AND CHALLENGE HIS ABILITY, UM, IS MORE THAN WELCOME.
SO, WELL, WHEN HE IS NOT HERE, THEN I GET TO SAY THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO PLEASE SHOOT, I'LL HAVE MY GEAR ON
WHAT'S THAT? OH, YOU READY TOO? ALRIGHT, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.
YOUR POPSICLE LEADING GEAR? YES.
SO, BUT ALSO, UH, THAT'S AT FOUR, I THINK.
OH, BUT ALSO AT THE MUSEUM, THEY'RE HAVING THE MONARCH, UH, EVENT BECAUSE IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T, YOU STUDY MONARCHS, LIKE A FEW OF US, THEY'RE GETTING READY TO START MIGRATING THROUGH OKLAHOMA AGAIN.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE NICE NATURAL EVENT.
BUT THE MU UH, THE MUSEUM IS HAVING AN EVENT ALSO TO GIVE YOU SOME EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON THE MIGRATION THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO SEE IN OKLAHOMA.
YOU ANYTHING ELSE? COUNSEL? HOW ABOUT ADJOURNMENT? YES, SIR.