Mar 25, 2024 City Council

ENJOY.

YOU WANT IT THIS WAY? YEAH, JUST POSE.

MAKE IT LOOK REALLY GOOD.

NEXT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION OF TREE CITY USA AND TREE LINE USA RECOGNITION BY MARK BAYES OF THE OKLAHOMA FORESTRY SERVICES.

EXCUSE ME.

[B. Presentation of Tree City USA and Tree Line USA Recognition by Mark Bays of Oklahoma Forestry Services.]

WELL, HELLO MAYOR.

HELLO CITY COUNCIL AND ALL THE GOOD FOLKS OF EDMOND HAPPY ARBOR WEEK.

AND THAT'S JUST A AMAZING PROCLAMATION.

UH, HEY, IT'S A GREAT DAY TO GET OUT AND PLANT TREES.

EVEN IF IT'S COLD, I THINK THEY'LL STILL BE OKAY.

INTERESTING ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS PAST YEAR WAS YOU COMPLETED A FOREST COMPOSITION AND ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS STUDY, AND THIS INCLUDED A TREE CANOPY ASSESSMENT, UH, FOREST COMPOSITION MAPPING.

BUT I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME HERE TO JOIN YOU, UH, IN THIS SPECIAL DESIGNATION AND CELEBRATION.

AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF OKLAHOMA FORESTRY SERVICES AND THE NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION, UH, TO HELP RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF EDMOND 25 YEARS IN A ROW OF GETTING THIS SPECIAL DESIGNATION AS A TREE CITY USA AND ALSO HERE TO RECOGNIZE EDMUND ELECTRIC FOR 24 YEARS IN A ROW AS A TREE LINE UTILITY COMPANY.

AND YOUR MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS PAST YEAR HAVE REALLY EARNED YOU THIS DESIGNATION.

IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GIVEN OUT.

YOU ALSO WENT ABOVE THE MINIMUM.

I MEAN, THERE'S 23 CITIES AND TOWNS THAT HAVE THIS UNIQUE DESIGNATION, BUT ONLY TWO OF THOSE GOT A GROWTH AWARD.

EDMOND IS ONE OF THOSE CITIES THAT ALSO GOT A GROWTH AWARD, SO IT'S THIS WAY TO GO.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR DAVIS, EVERYONE, CITY COUNCIL.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN AMAZING THING.

YOU CONTINUE TO BE LEADERS, UH, IN THE STATE BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND AND RECOGNIZE JUST HOW IMPORTANT THE TREES AND YOUR FOREST RESOURCES ARE.

YOU'RE VERY MINDFUL OF HOW A COMMUNITY CAN GROW WITH ITS TREES.

ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE REALLY

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YOU ACTUALLY QUANTIFIED THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND BENEFITS THAT THOSE TREES ARE PROVIDING, AND YOU DEVELOPED A FOREST PRIORITIZATION MATRIX.

AND DATA FROM THIS REPORT WILL HELP YOU, UH, UTILIZE, UH, THIS INFORMATION TO INFORM FUTURE POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT.

PRETTY SOON YOU'RE GONNA START UP A PARK INVENTORY WITH SOME GRANT FUNDS THAT WERE SECURED FOR OUR OFFICE, UH, OKLAHOMA FORESTRY SERVICES.

SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN INVENTORY OF ALL YOUR CITY PARK TREES, GET THEIR SPECIES, THEIR CONDITION, THEIR HEALTH, AND SO YOU REALLY BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME PROACTIVE, UH, DECISIONS ON THAT.

THIS ONE IS TRULY AMAZING.

I MEAN, UH, OUT OF ALL THE CITIES AND TOWNS, UH, IN OKLAHOMA, THERE WERE ONLY THREE THAT RECEIVED, UH, SECONDARY FUNDING FROM THE US FOREST SERVICE THROUGH THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.

YOU ONLY ONE OF THREE THAT GOT SOME OF THAT MONEY, SO THAT, THAT'S TRULY AMAZING.

SO ACTIVITIES OF THIS AS IT GETS, UH, GOING IN THE NEXT YEAR WILL INCLUDE TREE PLANTING, TREE MAINTENANCE, EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMING WITHIN SOME OF EDMOND'S DISADVANTAGED, UH, COMMUNITIES.

AGAIN, I MENTIONED WE'RE ALSO HERE TO RECOGNIZE EDMOND ELECTRIC.

THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF DELIVERING ELECTRICAL NEEDS TO YOUR CITY, BUT THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN DO THIS WHILE TAKING CARE OF THE TREES ALONG THEIR CORRIDOR, AND THEY ARE GETTING THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE.

THIS PAST YEAR, EDMOND ELECTRIC WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE URBAN FORESTRY DEPARTMENT ON THEIR VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND THEY ALSO CONTINUED TO SPONSOR THE ENERGY SAVING TREES PROGRAM FOR THE NINTH YEAR IN A ROW WHERE THEY PLANTED, UH, IN ED EDMOND NEIGHBORHOODS 514 TREES.

AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, GLEN, WHERE'D YOU GO? THERE IT IS, GLEN.

BECAUSE RECENTLY WE HAD, UH, A CELEBRATION WHERE WE CELEBRATED WITH ALL THE TREE CITIES ACROSS THE STATE IN OKLAHOMA CITY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

AND IT WAS ONLY THROUGH, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS THAT EDWIN ELECTRIC HELPED SPONSOR THAT.

SO IT'S REALLY, UH, A REALLY THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT.

'CAUSE WE COULD NOT DO IT WITH SOME OF THOSE SPONSORSHIPS.

SO NOW ON A LITTLE BIT OF A PERSONAL NOTE, I'D LIKE TO SAY HOW MUCH OF A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR THAT IT'S BEEN FOR ME TO BE HERE THESE PAST 25 YEARS, WATCHING AND HELPING IN MY SMALL WAY AS EDMOND CONTINUE TO GROW YOUR COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROGRAM.

UH, I JUST RECENTLY TALKED WITH YOUR VERY FIRST URBAN FORESTER, CARRIE TOMLINSON.

SHE IS NOW MY COUNTERPART IN COLORADO, AND I TOLD HER ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL BOTH CYPRESS TREES AND TREES THAT YOU HAD PLANTED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

SHE WAS HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED.

AND IT WAS PRETTY CONTROVERSIAL.

I MEAN, THERE WAS PEOPLE THAT JUST DID NOT WANT TO SEE THOSE OLD DILAPIDATED TREES COME OUT.

BUT I TOOK PICTURES, I SENT THEM TO HER AND SHE SAID I MADE HER YEAR BECAUSE SHE WAS JUST SO ECSTATIC JUST TO SEE HOW THOSE TREES HAVE DONE SO WELL OVER THAT.

I'VE BEEN HERE THROUGH EIGHT MAYORS GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO BOB RUTKIN IN 1999.

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TAKE THAT ? I'M SUPPOSED TO GO.

OH, YEAH.

BUT, UH, SO ALL THE WAY BACK TO HIM IN 1999 WHEN YOU FIRST RECEIVED THIS DESIGNATION, AND A YEAR LATER, UH, IS WHEN WE, YOU WERE DESIGNATED TO TREELINE UTILITY.

AND, AND, AND SOMETIMES WHAT'S SO UNIQUE ABOUT THAT IS WITH CHANGING LEADERSHIP, THERE'S CHANGING PRIORITIES.

BUT THAT, THAT'S NOT THE CASE HERE IN EDMOND BECAUSE THROUGHOUT THESE TIME, TREES HAVE REMAINED IN THE FOREFRONT HERE IN EDMOND.

AND I KNOW THAT THE EVERYBODY HERE, INCLUDING THE CITIZENS DEMAND THAT.

AND SO THAT'S JUST REALLY FOR ME TO BE THROUGH EIGHT MAYORS AND HAVE THAT SAME LEVEL OF PRIORITY, THAT'S JUST AN AMAZING STORY.

SO ALL THAT SAID, I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS WILL BE MY LAST TIME HERE FOR THIS PRE THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE I'M RETIRING IN MAY, UH, START A NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE.

UH, I'M NOT GOING FAR.

I'LL STILL BE AROUND, YOU KNOW, AND HOPEFULLY THE NEXT PERSON THAT COMES IN MY FOOTSTEPS WILL CLEAN UP SOME OF MY MESS.

BUT THEN ALSO BE HERE PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS OR SO, HELPING YOU GUYS TO CONTINUE GROW YOUR PROGRAM.

AND SO IT'S WITH HONOR AND GREAT PRIVILEGE THAT I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION AND OKLAHOMA FORESTRY SERVICES TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF EDMOND AND EDMOND ELECTRIC FOR ALL THEY DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE TREES CONTINUE TO BE A-S-A-A-A PRIORITY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.

I'VE GOT, UH, THANK YOU PRESENTATION.

SO YOU COMING UP FOR THIS? YES, BEEN DOING THIS.

THE GROWTH AWARD IS FULL.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.

WE CONTINUE TO GROW.

AND THIS IS, YOU GUYS BEEN DOING THIS SO LONG.

WE GOT ANOTHER THING HERE.

YOU GOT ALL THESE LITTLE CL HERE? DO YOU WANT ME TO HOLD YOUR BACK FIRST?

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WELL, WE'RE SORRY TO SEE YOU GO, BUT WE'RE EXCITED FOR YOU AT THE SAME TIME, .

THANKS.

IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN MY REAL, REALLY THIS IS THE THING.

I'M GONNA MISS THIS THING, HELPING THE COMMUNITIES DO WHAT THEY CAN TO GROW THEIR PROGRAMS. AND IT IS JUST TIME.

IT'S JUST TIME.

THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS.

BUT, UH, YEAH, HOPE THAT YOU'LL BE IN GOOD HANDS ONCE I'M GONE.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, THOUGH.

THANK YOU, MARK, FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR US.

ABSOLUTELY.

ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT.

YOU KNOW, IT.

FISHING, GOLFING, ALL THAT STUFF.

I'M GONNA OUT AND PLAN A FEW INVITED.

THE RECOGNITION OF OUR BEST OF SHOW WINNERS, UH, IN THE ARBOR DAY ART CONTEST, OUR NEAR MARTIN MIA MARTIN'S GONNA COME DOWN FOR OUR URBAN FORESTRY.

AND NEXT WE HAVE

[C. Recognition of "Best of Show Winners" in the Arbor Day Art Contest.]

I'D LIKE TO THANK MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR HAVING US HERE TO KICK OFF THIS YEAR'S ARBOR WEEK CELEBRATION.

UM, ARBOR WEEK IS IN THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE CELEBRATE TREES AND ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THEY DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, WERE INCLUDED IN THE PROCLAMATION.

UM, FOR THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION, URBAN FORESTRY IS HOLDING, UM, SEVERAL DIFFERENT EVENTS AND WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED.

UM, ON THURSDAY THIS WEEK, WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO FACILITATE A SUNSET HIKE OUT AT THE SPRING CREEK TRAIL.

THAT'LL START AT 6:00 PM ON, UM, SATURDAY THE 30TH AT 10:00 AM AND WE'LL HOST THE, UM, ARBOR DAY TREE PLANTING THAT'LL TAKE PLACE AT EDMOND 66 PARK SOFTBALL COMPLEX.

UM, INVITE PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND PLANT TREES WITH US.

IT SHOULD BE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, AND WE'LL PROVIDE LUNCH AFTERWARD.

UM, SO WE WELCOME EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO ATTEND THAT.

UM, WE'RE ALSO KICKING OFF THE URBAN FOREST SCAVENGER HUNT ON THE 27TH, AND THAT'S A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUTSIDE AND LEARN ABOUT TREES AND ALSO SUBMIT ENTRIES, UM, INTO THEIR DRAWINGS FOR PRIZES.

AND THAT WILL GO ON UNTIL APRIL 20 OR APRIL 18TH.

UM, SO THE OTHER KIND OF LONGSTANDING TRADITION THAT WE HAVE HERE IN EDMOND IS THE ARBOR DAY ART CONTEST.

AND, UM, THIS IS A CONTEST THAT FIFTH GRADERS PARTICIPATE IN ACROSS EDMOND, AND THEY CREATE ARTWORK SURROUNDING THE THEME TREES IN OUR TOWN.

AND THE FIRST THROUGH THIRD PLACE, AN HONORABLE MENTION FROM EACH OF THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS IS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARBOR DAY ART SHOW AT THE EDMOND HISTORY MUSEUM.

SO THAT IS ON DISPLAY NOW, AND IT'LL BE UP UNTIL APRIL 27TH.

AND, UM, WE HAVE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE EDMUND VISUAL ARTS COMMISSION OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO SELECT THE FIRST THROUGH THIRD PLACE BEST OF SHOW WINNERS.

AND SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, TONIGHT, UM, TO RECOGNIZE THOSE THREE STUDENTS.

AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, IF I COULD, CALL UP JENNIFER WALLACE FROM CITIZENS BANK OF EDMOND, UM, TO HELP WITH THE PRESENTATION.

CITIZENS BANK OF EDMOND HAS, UM, GRACIOUSLY DONATED $75 GIFT CARDS FOR EACH OF THE WINNERS.

UM, SO THANK YOU TO THEM FOR THEIR SPONSORSHIP AND LIKE TO ALSO THANK, UM, OUR OTHER SPONSORS AND PARTNERS, INCLUDING EDMOND HISTORY MUSEUM, THE EDMOND VISUAL ARTS COMMISSION, UM, EDMOND ELECTRIC AND EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND THE TEACHERS, UM, WHO PARTICIPATE IN, UM, HELPING PUT ON THE SHOW.

UM, NOW WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE OUR WINNERS, UM, STUDENTS.

WHENEVER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE JUST COME ON DOWN AND WE'LL GIVE YOU YOUR CERTIFICATE AND GIFT CARD AND TAKE A QUICK PHOTO.

THE THIRD PLACE BESTFEST OF SHOW.

WE HAVE KAITLYN JONES.

THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

YOU AGAIN AND FOR INFORMATION ABOUT A WEEK EVENTS, AND HE'S AT OK.GOV/A WEEK.

IN SECOND PLACE, WE HAVE ZOE BODA.

AND, UM, FIRST PLACE WE HAVE SUSAN GLENN.

I SAY THANK

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

UH, ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION, CAN WE GIVE OUR WINNERS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? ONE MORE TIME.

MOTION TO RECESS THE, UH, EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND CALL TO ORDER THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.

NEXT WE NEED A

[3. Recess of the Edmond City Council Meeting and Call to Order of the Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting.]

SO MOVED.

SECOND MOTION.

FOUR IS OUR GENERAL, UH, PUBLIC WORKS GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH E COUNSEL.

WE'RE NOW IN THE PUBLIC WORKS MEETING.

NEXT IS THE ITEM

[4. Public Works Authority General Consent Items: 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 pull any item under General Consent for separate discussion and/or action.]

UH, ANY OF THOSE ITEMS YOU WANT PULLED? IF NOT, MOTION TO APPROVE.

TAKE SECOND.

A MOTION.

SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

COUNCIL.

THERE WE GO.

THOSE FIVE GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS MAY PASSED.

UH, PUBLIC WORK, UH, AUTHORITY, UH, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ITEMS. WE HAVE ITEM, WE ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM HERE, ITEM FIVE B, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF NETWORK FIREWALLS AND SWITCHES FROM CHICKASAW TELECON, INC.

NEXT WE HAVE OUR,

[B. Consideration of Approval of Purchase of Network Firewalls and Switches from Chickasaw Telecom, Inc. on State Contract ITSW1006; $892,620.92. (Citywide)]

ON STATE CONTRACT ITSW 1 0 0 6 FOR 8 890 $2,000.

UM, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO, NO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANY? UM, DID I TAKE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I SECOND.

MOVE TO RECONVENE THE, UM, EDMUND CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND ADJOURN THE EDMUND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.

THAT ITEM'S PASSED.

THANK YOU RUSH.

MAYOR, I

[6. Adjournment of the Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting and Reconvene the Edmond City Council Meeting.]

WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE PUBLIC WORKS MEETING.

NUMBER SEVEN, IT'S OUR GENERAL, UH, CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ITEMS. WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE THAN THAT.

WE SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

WE'RE NOW IN OUR GENERAL COUNSEL.

ANY NEXT ITEM? ITEM

[7. City Council 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 pull any item under General Consent for separate discussion and/or action.]

UH, SIX, EIGHT, JUST 1215 ITEMS HERE.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTION, COMMENTS ON OUR GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS? I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT DOCKET.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MOORE.

WE HAVE SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN MUG.

THOSE 15 ITEMS HAVE BEEN PASSED.

WE'RE ON OUR ARE ITEM EIGHT IS OUR, UH, CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ITEMS. FIRST ITEM IS ITEM EIGHT B, WHICH IS THE, UH, CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANNUAL COMP, COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND SINGLE AUDIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2023.

[B. Consideration of the Acceptance of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and Single Audit for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2023 by Andy Cromer of HSPG & Associates. (Citywide)]

[C. Presentation and Discussion of the Performeter for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2023 by Frank Crawford of Crawford and Associates. (Citywide)]

UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR'S GONNA START US OFF ON THIS.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

WE DO HAVE BOTH OF OUR PERFORMER, FRANK CRAWFORD FROM CRAWFORD ASSOCIATES HERE, THAT HE WILL BE DISCUSSING THAT IN A MINUTE.

AND WE ALSO HAVE ANDY KROMER FROM, UM, HSPG, WHO ARE OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS.

AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A QUICK RUNDOWN OF, UH, THE AUDITOR'S OPINION.

BUT ANDY'S HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE ANY QUE ASK HIM ANY QUESTIONS.

BUT BASICALLY, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, HERE'S OUR AUDIT REPORT, FRESH OFF THE PRESSES.

IT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE@MNOK.COM.

AND JUST SEARCH FOR BUDGETS AND YOU WILL FIND IT.

AND, UH, BASICALLY WE GOT A CLEAN OPINION, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.

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AND JUST TO READ IT TO YOU, IN OUR OPINION, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REFERRED TO PRESENT FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS, THE RESPECTIVE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, THE BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES, THE AGGREGATE DISCREETLY PRESENTED COMPONENT UNITS, EACH MAJOR FUND, AND THE AGGREGATE REMAINING FUND INFORMATION OF THE CITY AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2023.

SO THAT COVERS ALL OF OUR VARIOUS THINGS, INCLUDING OUR, UH, FEDERAL PROGRAMS. THEY'RE AUDITED UNDER GAP AND GA, WHICH IS A GENERAL ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, AND THE GOVERNMENTAL AUDITING STANDARDS, WHICH IS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE COM COMPTROLLER OF THE GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES.

SO THAT'S WHERE OUR AUTHORITY LIES.

BUT BASICALLY, UM, THEY JUST SAY THAT ALL OF OUR ESTIMATES ARE REASONABLE.

THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTIES DEALING WITH MANAGEMENT, NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT, NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN INTERNAL CONTROL.

THE CITY COMPLIED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS WITH COMPLIANCE FOR MAJOR PROGRAMS. THE MAJOR PROGRAMS ARE OUR SINGLE AUDITS, WHICH ARE LIKE OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS LIKE FEMA AND ARPA.

AND THERE ARE ANY, UH, PROGRAMS THAT ARE OVER A HUNDRED, $750,000 ANNUALLY.

AND THAT OUR CFA, WHICH IS OUR SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS, IS FAIRLY STATED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS.

SO BASICALLY THAT'S THE, UH, THE NUTSHELL.

WE HAD A COUPLE COMMENTS ON SOME OF OUR PROCESSES WITH RECONCILIATIONS, AND WE ARE, UH, WORKING CLOSER WITH OUR INTERNAL AUDITOR TO COME IN MORE, UM, OFTEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THOSE PROCESSES JUST TO GET SOME OF OUR RECONCILIATIONS A LITTLE MORE ROBUST.

BUT IT WAS A GOOD AUDIT.

THEY WERE VERY THOROUGH.

HSPG.

AND, UH, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, AND WE DID PRESENT IT TO THE FINANCIAL, UH, AUDIT COMMITTEE.

SO, UH, IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THEM TOO, SO.

OF THE THREE, IT'S ON THE RIGHT THERE OF, UH, SLIDE FIVE AT THE TOP.

WELL, THANK YOU.

AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO FRANK CRAWFORD OF CRAWFORD AND ASSOCIATES, AND HE WILL REVIEW OUR ANNUAL PERFORMER.

THANK YOU, KATHY.

AND THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, UH, TO ECHO, UH, WHAT KATHY SAID ABOUT THE AUDIT, UH, 172 PAGES OF, UH, NUMBERS AND ROWS AND COLUMNS, UH, VERY DIFFICULT TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND UNLESS YOU'RE A, A VERY SEASONED OR VETERAN ACCOUNTANT.

UH, WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE THOSE NUMBERS AFTER THEY'VE BEEN, UH, AUDITED AND EVERYTHING IS CLEAR.

AND THEN WE PREPARE THIS PERFORMER, WHICH IN ESSENCE BASICALLY TAKES ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS AND ANSWERS A SINGLE QUESTION.

ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10, HOW ARE WE DOING? UM, VERY SIMPLE QUESTION, UH, BUT AN ELABORATE ANALYTICAL PROCESS IN ORDER TO GET THERE.

UM, SO TECHNICALLY WE HAVE A SCALE OF ANYWHERE FROM ZERO TO 10, ZERO BEING VERY POOR FINANCIAL HEALTH AND SUCCESS, AND A 10 BEING EXCELLENT FINANCIAL HEALTH AND SUCCESS.

AND BY ANALYZING ABOUT 17 DIFFERENT FINANCIAL RATIOS, WE'RE ABLE TO PINPOINT A NUMBER, UH, AS TO WHERE THE CITY OF EDMOND LIES AT THE, AT THE POINT OF JUNE 30TH, 2023.

AND ALONG WITH A HISTORICAL TRACK OF WHERE THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN, YOU CAN KIND OF TRACK YOURSELF OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

IT'S ONLY ABOUT 30 PAGES LONG.

IT HAS A LOT LESS NUMBERS AND A LOT LESS, UH, VERBIAGE IN IT.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO READ THAN THE AUDIT, BUT I WILL JUST SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH IT.

I'M GONNA FLIP YOU TO PAGE FIVE OF THIS, UH, PERFORMER REPORT.

AND I KNOW THIS WAS, UH, PROVIDED TO YOU PROBABLY ELECTRONICALLY.

AND WE ALSO PRESENTED THIS TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ON PAGE FIVE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE YOUR OVERALL RANKING, UH, OF THIS PERFORMER.

UH, FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 23, YOU SCORED A 7.7, WHICH WAS AN IMPROVEMENT OF THE SCORE FROM THE YEAR BEFORE, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY AN IMPROVEMENT OF THE SCORE OF THE YEAR BEFORE.

UH, IT'S KIND OF RETURNED OURSELVES BACK TO WHERE I TYPICALLY SEE EDMUND LIE, WHICH IS THE, IN THE UPPER SEVENS.

UM, BEFORE YOU, YOU THINK ABOUT A SCORE IN THE UPPER SEVENS AS BEING GOOD OR BAD OR, OKAY, LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE.

UH, IN THE 24 YEARS WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS, UH, WE'VE SEEN THREE SCORES GET INTO THE NINES.

AND THAT'S ONLY HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN 24 YEARS.

AND THAT SCORE WAS A 9.1.

SO LITERALLY, YOU CAN'T SCORE A 10 ON THIS NO MATTER HOW WELL YOU MANAGE YOUR FINANCE.

AND YOU REALLY CAN'T SCORE A ZERO ACROSS THE BOARD ON EVERY ONE OF THOSE RATIOS.

ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT OF PUERTO RICO IS TESTING MY LOWER END OF THE ZERO SIDE, THEY'RE A, UH, 0.7 RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS AS LOW AS I'VE EVER SEEN.

SO A 7.7 IS ACTUALLY VERY GOOD, UH, AND IT'S VERY SUSTAINABLE.

UM, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS ABOUT THESE NUMBERS ARE, EVEN THOUGH I'M MEASURING MULTIPLE THINGS, BOTH YOUR HEALTH AS OF JUNE 30 OF 23, YOUR PERFORMANCE FOR THE 12 MONTHS, THAT WOULD'VE ENDED ON JUNE OF 23.

AND YOUR SUSTAINABILITY OF GOING FORWARD.

UH, I CAN WRAP IT ALL UP IN ONE NUMBER, WHICH IS THE 7.7.

HOWEVER, IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN

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YOUR FINANCIAL POSITION IS YOUR HEALTH SCORE.

THAT'S A 5.3.

ANYTHING ABOVE A FIVE IS WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE SATISFACTORY.

UM, THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IS THE ONE THAT REALLY WENT OUT THE DOOR THIS YEAR.

IT, IT WAS A 9.9, UH, LITERALLY ABOUT A, A PERFECT SCORE ACROSS SIX OR SO, UH, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE RATIO.

SO WE HAD A GOOD 12 MONTH PERIOD THAT ENDED JUNE 30, 23.

AND THEN OUR FINANCIAL CAPABILITY, OR WHAT WE CALL SUSTAINABILITY, UH, SCORE TO 7.7.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S GREAT.

UH, WE JUST LIKE TO SEE THAT NUMBER STAY ABOVE A A FIVE.

AND IT DOESN'T FLUCTUATE VERY MUCH LIKE THE OTHER TWO NUMBERS.

SO THE SEVEN SEVEN IS OUR HIGHEST SCORE IN THREE YEARS.

UH, IT'S NOT QUITE OUR HIGHEST SCORE EVER.

I THINK WE HAD AN 8.1 ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.

UH, BUT WE'RE KIND OF NOW BACK AFTER A COUPLE OF WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER, UH, LOWER YEARS.

WE'RE KIND OF NOW BACK TO THE AREA WHERE WE HISTORICALLY HAVE STAYED, WHICH IS IN THE, UH, MID TO HIGH SEVENS.

UM, THE REST OF THIS PERFORMER REPORT, UH, THE OTHER 25 PAGES KIND OF TAKE YOU THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE RATIOS THAT WE LOOK AT.

IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE TO READ.

THERE'S A GRAPH ON THE LEFT IF YOU LIKE, A HISTORY.

THERE'S A FEW WORDS ON THE RIGHT, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO READ TEXT.

AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, THERE'S A GREEN, YELLOW, OR RED NUMBER.

AND PRETTY MUCH LIKE A STOPLIGHT GREEN MEANS GOOD.

AND GO YELLOW MEANS, HEY, CAUTION.

AND RED MEANS, HEY, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT, UH, UNSATISFACTORY AND SOMETHING MAYBE WE NEED TO IMPROVE UPON.

AND SO, UM, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T READ ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS, BUT IT'S GREAT COFFEE TABLE READING.

UH, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT TIME TO READ IT.

EXCITING AS ACCOUNTING CAN BE.

I THOUGHT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE EARLIER WERE HERE FOR MY PRESENTATION.

I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS ARBOR DAY AND ARBOR WEEK.

SO, UH, BUT I WILL POSE FOR PICTURES IF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE STILL HERE, IF THEY WANT TO TAKE PICTURES OF, OF THE REPORT.

BUT BY AND LARGE, UH, GREAT YEAR, UH, RECOVERED KIND OF NORMAL, UH, AFTER A COUPLE OF WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A LITTLE BIT DOWN YEARS, BUT STILL NOT DOWN VERY FAR.

BUT I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THIS.

BUT I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SHARE YOU SHARE THIS WITH YOU.

WE COME ABOUT EVERY OTHER YEAR TO THE COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

UH, SO YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS FROM A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

UM, BUT WE DO PRESENT IT TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE IN A, IN QUITE A BIT MORE DETAIL, UH, EVERY TIME.

SO, BUT I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THIS OR ITS PROCESS.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, THE FORMULA HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT'S USED INTERNATIONALLY, NOT ONLY JUST LOCALLY, BUT IT'S, UM, AND IT'S BEEN PROVEN TO SHOW THE HEALTH OF A, OF A COMMUNITY, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET THAT READING EACH AND EVERY YEAR.

WE'RE VERY GOOD.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT UP ITEM IS ITEM EIGHT D.

PARDON ME.

OH, I'M SORRY.

WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE CONSIDERATION OF, OF I EIGHT B.

I'D MOVE TO ADOPT, UH, OR ITEM EIGHT B.

MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THAT A SECOND.

THAT ITEM IS PASSED.

FOUR ZERO.

WE'VE HAD THE PRESENTATION.

NOW I'M ON EIGHT D, EIGHT C.

EXCUSE.

NO, WE, WE JUST HAD HC BECAUSE WE, THAT WAS THE PERFORMER.

PERFORMER, UH, PRESENTATION, CORRECT? NO, THAT WAS WELL, YEAH.

WE JUST HAD, WE JUST HAD THAT TOGETHER.

WE JUST HAD EIGHT.

WE KIND OF BLENDED TOGETHER THERE.

SO NOW WE'RE ON EIGHT

[D. Consideration of Approval of Purchase of Network Firewalls and Switches from Chickasaw Telecom, Inc. on State Contract ITSW1006; $892,620.92 (Citywide)]

OH D.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID B AGAIN.

NO, I'M SORRY.

DI GOTCHA.

E IN DOG.

SO WE VOTED ON B AND C.

NO, JUST B, C.

C IS JUST A PRESENT.

C IS JUST A PRESENTATION.

EIGHT D IS ACTUALLY THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE OF NETWORK FIREWALLS AND SWITCHES FROM CHICKASAW TELECOM ON STATE CONTRACT ITSW 1 0 0 6 FOR 800.

WE CAN'T HEAR YOU SIR.

SIR, THANK YOU FOR STATE CONTRACT ITSW 1 0 0 6 8 4 890 $2,620 AND 92 CENTS.

THIS IS THE COMPANION TO WHAT WAS IN THE PUBLIC WORKS THAT WE JUST APPROVED.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

THAT ITEM IS PASSED.

FOUR ZERO.

CHOICE ADVANCED METERING SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION.

NOW WE'RE ON ITEM EIGHT

[E. Presentation and Discussion on Status of the SmartChoice Advanced Metering System Implementation. (Citywide)]

WE GONNA PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE STATUS OF THE SMART

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UM, MR. GLENN FISHER'S GONNA GIVE US THAT PRESENTATION.

HAVE ANY PAYMENT OPTIONS LIKE, UH, UH, LEVELIZED BILLING, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AUTOPAY SET UP, ALL OF THAT TRANSFERS OVER TO THE NEW PORTAL.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL GLENN FISHER, DIRECTOR OF EDMOND ELECTRIC.

WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR SMART CHOICE PROGRAM.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, JUST WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING? UM, WE CURRENTLY, OR I SHOULD SHOULDN'T SAY CURRENTLY, BUT WE, IN THE PAST, WE HAD MANUAL READS OF OUR METERS, UH, WATER AND ELECTRIC METERS.

WE HAD FIELD CREWS GO OUT THERE, DRIVE OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WALK TO NEIGHBORHOODS, READ 'EM, WRITE 'EM DOWN, AND GET 'EM IN THE HANDHELDS.

UPLOAD THAT.

AND WHAT WE'RE JUST CHANGING OVER TO IS A, UH, BASICALLY A 900 MEGAHERTZ RADIO SYSTEM WHERE THE METERS WILL ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE BACK TO WHAT WE CALL THE A MI HEAD END.

THAT HEAD END GATHERS ALL OF THAT DATA FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT METERS ACROSS THE SYSTEM, FEEDS THAT TO A METER DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH THEN, THEN VALIDATES THAT ALL THE READS COMING FROM THE WATER AND ELECTRIC METERS.

AND THEN THAT METER DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FEEDS ALL THAT INFORMATION OUT TO VARIOUS PLATFORMS. OUR BILLING SYSTEM, OUR, UM, DIFFERENT OPERATING PLATFORMS, G-I-S-O-M-S, ET CETERA.

ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. NOW, I WANNA SAY THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST COMPLICATED SYSTEMS THAT THE CITY HAS EVER IMPLEMENTED.

AND I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO THE IT STAFF AND UCS STAFF WHO'VE PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS TESTING, VALIDATING, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS WORKING CORRECTLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO, HOW DID WE GET HERE? WE STARTED OFF THIS PROJECT, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED CONTRACTS WITH LANDIS AND GEAR BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2019.

WE STARTED WORK WITH, UH, LANDIS GEAR IN EARLY 2020 AND IMMEDIATELY RAN INTO THE PANDEMIC, WHICH SLOWED US DOWN QUITE A BIT.

AND THEN WE STARTED, OF COURSE, ALL THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES SLOWED US DOWN EVEN MORE.

UM, WE THEN MOVED INTO 2021 WHERE WE HAD A CONTRACT APPROVED FOR THE CUSTOMER PORTAL SOFTWARE.

WE DID A CONTRACT WITH UTILITY PARTNERS OF AMERICA IN OCTOBER OF 2023 TO ACTUALLY INSTALL THE METERS OUT IN THE FIELD.

THEY WRAPPED THAT UP IN AUGUST OF, UH, UM, LAST YEAR.

UM, AND WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 4,000 WATER REGISTERS IN ABOUT 1800, UH, ELECTRIC METERS THAT STILL NEED TO BE INSTALLED.

WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED THE INSTALLATIONS 'CAUSE WE'VE HAD SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.

THERE'S BEEN A MAJOR DELAY IN SOME OF THE, THESE METERS, UH, FOR SOME OF OUR COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS.

SO WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

WE GOT A PLAN IN PLACE AS WE GET THOSE, UM, THAT WE ARE USING OUR ELECTRIC STAFF AND FIELD SERVICES STAFF TO INSTALL THOSE METERS.

UH, WE DON'T KNOW THE SCHEDULE YET.

WE'RE WORKING OUT THAT PLAN RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE GETTING DELIVERIES IN OF THOSE CURRENTLY.

SO WHERE ARE WE NOW? UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE, AS I MENTIONED, WE WERE USING THE OLD MANUAL READS.

CURRENTLY OUT OF 44,000 ACCOUNTS, WE HAVE 39,000 OF THOSE ACCOUNTS USING THE A MI SYSTEM FOR BILLING.

WE ARE ACTUALLY MOVING THAT INFORMATION BACK INTO THE CIS SYSTEM, AND WE'VE BEEN USING THAT FOR MONTHLY BILLING.

THAT'S 68, THAT'S ALMOST 68,000 METERS ALTOGETHER, ELECTRIC AND WATER.

SO WE'VE BEEN MOVING THOSE OVER BOOK BY BOOK STARTING, UH, IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT IT AND UCS HAS BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY ON, IS MAKING SURE ALL OF THOSE READS ARE ACCURATE, COMPARING THOSE TO MANUAL READS BEFORE WE GO LIVE WITH THAT.

SO THEY'VE BEEN SLOWLY MOVING THOSE OVER.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.

SO THERE'S SOME FINAL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.

WE'VE GOT AN UPGRADE TO THE CIS SYSTEM THAT IT IS WORKING ON.

WE'VE GOT SOME FIRMWARE OUT THERE FOR OUR GATEWAYS AND ROUTERS ON OUR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OUT IN THE FIELD THAT'S BEING UPDATED.

UM, WE'VE GOT THE CUSTOMER PORTAL PLATFORM THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO GO LIVE ON SOON.

UM, THERE'S, THAT'S IN FINAL ACCEPTANCE TESTING RIGHT NOW.

UM, IT IS WORKING ON THAT.

AND WE'VE ALSO GOT A UPDATE TO THE COMPASS, UM, OUR METER DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOFTWARE.

WE KEEP THESE ALL UPDATED AS WE GO FORWARD.

AS THERE'S NEW VERSIONS COME OUT, THEY TEST EACH OF THOSE VERSIONS AGAINST ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE FINAL TO-DOS.

AND SO WITH THAT, WE ARE LOOKING TO GO LIVE ON THE PORTAL BETWEEN APRIL 8TH AND 24TH.

SO WE ARE CLOSING IN ON THAT.

THE REASON I HAVE THAT DATE IN THERE, THAT, THAT TIMEFRAME IS BECAUSE THOSE LITTLE PUNCH LIST THINGS THAT I JUST MENTIONED, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE ALL THOSE ARE DONE BEFORE WE CAN GET TO THAT FINAL GO LIVE.

SO IF YOU ARE A CURRENT E CITY EXPRESS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE USING NOW FOR OUR CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION ONLINE, UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY SEEN AN EMAIL THAT BASICALLY SAID, HEY, THIS IS COMING.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO RE-REGISTER, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

BUT IT IS A NEW PORTAL THAT WE'RE REQUIRING REGISTRATION AGAIN, UM, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER BEFORE YOU TRY THAT.

UM, IT LETS YOU KNOW THAT THE, YOUR MONTHLY BILLING INFORMATION WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE.

IT TALKS ABOUT, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A FACT PAGE YOU CAN GO TO AND IF YOU

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NOTHING WILL CHANGE FOR YOU.

WHAT YOU DO GET.

UM, OH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE OUTREACH THROUGH A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE'VE GOT SOME VIDEOS COMING OUT ABOUT USING THE PORTAL, HOW IT WORKS.

WE'RE USING DIGITAL BANNERS.

WE ARE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME, UM, UM, GEOFENCED ADDS THROUGH COX SO THAT IT, IT, WE CAN PROMOTE THIS INTERNAL TO CITY, TO THE CITY OF EDMOND.

UM, SO PRINT, I'LL GO OUT AND SPEAK IF ANYBODY WANTS TO HEAR ME RATTLE ON ABOUT A MII WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME OUT TO WHATEVER ORGANIZATION AND SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT IT WHERE WE ARE.

AND SO FINALLY, UM, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME SCREENSHOTS ABOUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME, ABOUT WHAT THE CUSTOMER'S GONNA GET OUT OF THIS.

THIS IS BASICALLY CURRENTLY WHAT YOU SEE IS A MONTHLY BILLING.

THIS IS, THIS IS JUST THE MONTHLY BILLING THAT YOU'D SEE IN YOUR STATEMENT.

YOU'LL STILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.

UM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DRILL DOWN EVEN FURTHER AND GO IN AND SAY, OKAY, SHOW ME WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT LAST BILLING CYCLE.

WHAT WERE THE DAILY READS LIKE, WHAT DID I DO EVERY DAY? SO IF YOU HAVE A HIGH DAY AND YOU WANT TO CLICK ON, SEE THAT ONE WITH THE HIGHEST BAR.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THAT DAY, YOU CAN GO INTO THE HOURLY REITS AND YOU CAN SEE HOW YOU USE ENERGY IN EACH HOUR OF THE DAY.

SAME THING WITH YOUR WATER.

YOU CAN STILL SEE YOUR MONTHLY BILLING.

YOU CAN GO IN AND LOOK AT YOUR DAILY WATER USAGE TO SEE WHAT YOU USED EACH DAY.

AND YOU CAN GO IN AND SEE THE HOURLY REITS ON YOUR WATER.

AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS IS THAT YOU CAN GO IN AND SAY, OKAY, I GOT THAT HIGH PEAK RIGHT NOW.

WHAT DID I DO? WELL, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PREVIOUS DAY'S USAGE, YOU CAN TYPICALLY REMEMBER WHAT I DID YESTERDAY.

DID I TURN MY SPRINKLERS ON AND LET 'EM ON? DID I LET A HOSE RUN ACCIDENTALLY FOR A LONG TIME? AND THE OTHER ADVANTAGE OF THIS IS I CAN GO IN AND SAY, OKAY, IF I WANT TO CHANGE MY METERING CYCLE OR MY WATERING CYCLE, SAY I HAVE IT AT FIVE MINUTES, I WANNA MOVE IT TO THREE MINUTES.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAKES, HOW MUCH LESS WATER YOU USE.

SAME THING WITH ELECTRIC.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT HOURLY USAGE.

YOU KNOW, IF I TURN MY, HAVE MY STOVE GOING WITH MY WASHING MACHINE RUNNING AND MY DRYER GOING AND EVERYTHING GOING, YOU, YOU CAN TELL HOW THAT'S AFFECTING YOUR ENERGY USAGE.

SO IT'S A GOOD TOOL FOR THE CUSTOMER TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT HOW THEY'RE USING ELECTRIC AND WATER, BE ABLE TO CONTROL THAT USAGE.

AND THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE ROLL OUT IN THE FUTURE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.

THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THE CUSTOMERS, AND WE PLAN TO IMPROVE ON THAT GOING FORWARD.

SO WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

UM, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? GLAD THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO ROLL OUT.

WE KNOW IT'S BEEN A TEDIOUS PROCESS, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.

THAT WAS JUST A PRESENTATION.

SO NEXT WE'RE IN ITEM

[A. Consideration of Approval of Resolution No. ___ Adopting the Revised Edmond TIF Policy Guide; Creating The Citizen TIF Oversight Committee (CTOC); Establishing The Committee’s Duties And Responsibilities; Providing For The Appointment And Qualifications Of Committee Members; Providing For Committee Meeting Rules; And Providing An Effective Date. (Citywide)]

NINE, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. FIRST ITEM UP IS NINE A IS THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 10 DASH 24 10 DASH 24, ADOPTING A REVISED ADMIN TIFF POLICY GUIDE, CREATING THE CITIZENS TIFF OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE C TALK, ESTABLISHING THE COMMITTEE'S DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS, PROVIDING FOR COMMITTEE MEETING RULES AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

COUNCILMAN MOORE, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS? I DO.

MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU.

AND THANK THE COUNSEL FOR ALLOWING ME TO OFFER THIS.

IT'S, UH, SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, AND IT'S NOW WORKED IN THE CALENDAR IN OUR EXISTING TIFF POLICY TO DO SO.

IT'S THE TRANSPARENCY COMMITTEE FOR OUR TIFF DISTRICT.

UH, I THINK OUR FRIENDS IN THE PRESS WILL BE HAPPY TO KNOW.

LAST WEEK WAS TRANSPARENCY WEEK.

SO HERE WE ARE FOLLOWING THAT, UH, THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE MADE UP OF FIVE MEMBERS, ONE UPON IT BY THE MAYOR, ONE BY EACH COUNCIL MEMBER.

IT'LL MEET QUARTERLY.

UH, THE MEMBERS WILL BE BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, MS. PANIS, AND BY MS. DOZIER, THE DOWNTOWN TRANSFORMATION MANAGER, AND ANY OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT THE CITY MANAGER BELIEVES THEY NEED TO TALK TO.

UH, THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH TIF PROJECTS.

IT'S SIMPLY A PUBLIC VIEWING OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITIONS EACH QUARTER.

AND, UH, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION.

BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU MS. PETERSON, MS. MUG, MR. ROBBINS, FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS.

WELL, THIS IS THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION PART OF IT.

UM, COUNCIL, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE?

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IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THIS ITEM NUMBER NINE A THAT SEEING ANY, MR. MOORE, YOU'RE FREE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MOORE, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS.

I KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT TO YOU, AND I'M EXCITED THAT IT'S HAPPENING.

IT'S A GOOD THING.

I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT TOOL FOR EDUCATION.

UM, AND AGAIN, FOSTERING THAT TRANSPARENCY AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC, UM, THESE TIFF UH, PROJECTS ARE COMPLICATED.

AND I THINK HAVING A CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL HELP, UM, BE ADVOCATES TO HELP EDUCATE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THEM.

, THANK YOU, MS. BUG.

I, UH, ALSO, I, I WANNA THANK THE CITY MANAGER.

I, I WAS RUNNING OUTTA PATIENCE, UH, TO DO THIS, BUT THERE WAS A METHOD TO WHAT HE WAS WORKING ON, AND I FINALLY UNDERSTOOD IT AND FINALLY ACCEPTED IT.

SO THANK YOU MR. RIGBY FOR THAT.

AND LASTLY, I OVERLOOKED OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR HELPING DRAFT THE RESOLUTION AND THE, AND THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.

SO THANK YOU, MS. SAWYER.

I PRESS MY MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, WAS THAT A MOTION, SIR? YES, SIR.

I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THAT ITEM PASSED FOUR ZERO.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

B, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF A CONSULTING AGREEMENT WITH CO-ALIGN GROUP LLC FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND AND SALES TAX ELECTION STRATEGIES FOR $88,500.

THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT IS ITEM NINE

[B. Consideration of Approval of a Consulting Agreement with COAlign Group LLC for Development of General Obligation Bond and Sales Tax Election Strategies; $88,500.00 for Total Scope of Services. (Citywide)]

UH, FOR THE TOTAL SCOPE OF SERVICES, MR. MAYOR? THAT'S ME.

YES, SIR.

UM, I CAN GO DOWN THERE IF YOU WANT, OR I CAN STAY UP HERE.

STAY RIGHT HERE, SIR.

ALRIGHT, PERFECT.

, APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, THIS, UH, DISCUSSION HAS BEEN ON AN ITEM ON MINES OF COUNCIL FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST CAME ON IN 20 22, 2, 2 20, 22, UH, READING PREVIOUS BUDGET BOOKS, UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER, ALWAYS NOTING THAT ALL THE FINANCES WERE SEEMED TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE.

THERE WAS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER DOWN THE LINE ABOUT OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT.

UH, IF YOU MAY REMEMBER, LAST, IN JANUARY OF 2023, WE HAD A REPORT FROM WILL DAN LOOKING AT, UH, FEASIBILITIES ABOUT REVENUE AND, AND FORECASTING ECONOMIC CHALLENGES.

AND ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT SAID, AS WHILE SALES TAX WAS IMPORTANT, YOU NEED TO FIRST CONSIDER, UH, REAUTHORIZING THE EXISTING CIP IN 1 CENT SALES TAX.

ADDITIONALLY, IT SAID, YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT, UH, UM, DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, WHICH WE HAVE A STUDY ONGOING THAT YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT INFORMATION IN THE NEXT, UH, UH, FEW WEEKS COMING TO YOUR, YOUR EYES, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC BODY TO DISCUSS THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER ASPECT WAS, UH, IN SECTION SIX OF THE WILL DAN REPORT, IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A FUND, BOTH LIMITED NON-ST STREETT AND NON-UTILITY PROJECTS AS WALL STREET PROJECTS.

UH, HAVING SAID THAT, WE HAD A MUCH ROBUST DISCUSSION LAST NOVEMBER AT THE CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC, UM, MEETING OVER AT KICKING BIRD.

AND, UM, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION THERE, IF YOU WANNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THERE FOR US.

AT THE NOVEMBER, 2020 THIRD STRATEGIC MEETING, UH, THERE WAS A, UH, ITEM IDENTIFIED ON THE STRATEGIC GOAL OF 2024 TO APPOINT A CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND APPROPRIATE PROJECTS AND FUNDING LEVELS TO, TO FUND, UH, A POSSIBLE OR OR FUNDING LEVELS FOR A POSSIBLE GEO BOND ELECTION.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I APPRECIATE THE HELP HERE.

UM, ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF THAT IS IN CONSIDERATION OF TIMING AND WHICH, WHICH ALL WHICH, UH, FINANCING METHODS WE WANT TO CONSIDER AND DATES AND WHAT THAT GOES INTO, THAT AS WE LOOKED AROUND THE TABLE AS FAR AS STAFF WHO HAS EXPERIENCE DOING THAT TYPE OF WORK, UM, WHILE WE HAD PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE BITS AND PIECES OF IT, BUT NOBODY HAD AN OVERALL, UH, EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND LEADING THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND EFFORTS, UM, WE, WE DECIDED TO LOOK OUTWARD TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER, UM, EXPERTISE IN THE COMMUNITY, MEANING THE METRO AREA.

UH, IT WAS DECIDED THAT WE WOULD, SHOULD LOOK AT HIRING A CONSULTANT TO HELP US, UH, INVESTIGATE THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

SO, UH, AS WE DID THAT, WE CAME ACROSS SMITH, KATHY O KATHY O'CONNOR, UH, WHO LEADS THE CEO ALIGNED GROUP.

AND SO THE GOAL OF THIS CONTRACT, OR THIS, UM, PROPOSAL THAT'S BEFORE HERE TODAY IS TO ASSIST STAFF AND COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE THE VIABILITY, TIMING AND STRUCTURE, AND POTENTIALLY LEADING A CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE THE BEST OPTION, UH, FOR THE CITY ON THAT EFFORT.

UM, AS KATHY IS, SHE'S SITTING THERE IN THE BACK.

I'LL, I'LL INVITE HER UP HERE AT THE END IF YOU HAVE ANY

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QUESTIONS FOR HER.

UH, SHE BRINGS GREAT EXPERIENCE WORKING WITHIN, WITH SEVERAL METRO COMMUNITIES, AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I GET THIS WRONG, KATHY, AS WELL AS HER BACKGROUND, WORKING AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AT THE OKLAHOMA CITY, UH, IN THEIR FINANCE DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS, LOOKING AT THESE TYPE OF FUNDING QUESTIONS.

SO SHE BRINGS A ROBUST EXPERIENCE IN THAT EFFORT.

SO AS WE LOOKED AT DEVELOPING A SCOPE, I'LL GO THROUGH HERE THE, THE THREE DIFFERENT PHASES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING UNDER THIS SCOPE OF WORK.

PHASE ONE WOULD BE, UH, TO CONDUCT A SERIES OF, OF INTERVIEWS WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS.

SOME OF THE, UH, THE GROUPS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, PROBABLY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE, FROM OUR EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, EEDA, OR REALTORS, UH, OTHER CIVIC GROUPS TO HAVE HER TEAM GO OUT AND MAKE THOSE INTERVIEWS.

TO, TO, TO PROBE, TO ASK THEM QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR THOUGHTS, ABOUT THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT BE SALES TAX AND OR GEO.

TALK ABOUT TIMING WITH THEM, CONCERNS, OPPORTUNITIES.

TAKE THAT FEEDBACK INTERNALLY, ASSESS THAT IF THERE'S A GENERAL THEME OR A GENERAL THOUGHT PROCESS AS WELL AS THEN, UH, COME REPORTING BACK TO COUNCIL ON THOSE RECON, THOSE INTERVIEWS.

AND KEY THEMES IS ALSO POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR BEYOND A YEAR, WHAT POSSIBLE DATES COULD, UH, PRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER, UH, THE SALES TAX, UH, REAUTHORIZATION AND OR, UH, A GEO POSSIBLE ELECTION.

UH, AND THAT, I CALL IT, THAT'S THE FIRST STEP.

I THINK THAT'S ANTICIPATE TO BE ABOUT FIVE TO SIX WEEKS ON THAT EFFORT, UH, TO, TO, TO MAKE THAT REPORT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AND TO STAFF.

UH, AND THEN IF THE, IF THE CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT PHASE.

IF YOU WANT TO TURN THE SLIDE THERE, PHASE TWO WOULD BE, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE HAD MADE THE SUGGESTION THAT THE RETREAT BACK IN NOVEMBER IS TO FORM A CITY, UH, A CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO START EXPLORING, UH, POSSIBLE BOND PROJECTS AND STRUCTURING AND THOSE THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

MS. O'CONNOR, HER TEAM, HER TEAM WOULD, WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THAT DISCUSSION BECAUSE OF HER EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND, HOW TO STRUCTURE, UM, THOSE TYPE OF, OF BOND DISCUSSIONS.

WHAT POSSIBLE PROJECTS I THINK WE HAD EARLIER THIS EVENING, UM, DISCUSSION FROM ANDY CONNER'S, ASSISTANT SENIOR MANAGER ABOUT THE CIP AND WHAT, WHAT PROJECTS THERE ARE ON THAT AS WELL AS, I'LL CALL IT MIND THE GAP, I THINK HE CALLED THAT, WHICH IS, WHAT ARE THE ANTICIPATED NEXT 10 YEARS OF WORTH OF PROJECTS? WHAT ARE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES? WHAT ARE THE FUNDING GAPS? WHAT COULD BE, UH, IDENTIFIED, UH, WITH THAT CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS THAT COULD BE FUNDED EITHER FOR A GO OR A SALES TAX.

UH, AND THEN, UH, WORK WITH THAT GROUP TO IDENTIFY THOSE KEY PROJECTS AND POSSIBLE MILL LEVY AND, UM, AND TIMING OF THE, OF THOSE ELECTIONS.

SO WE SEE THERE, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DELIVERABLES WILL BE FINDING RECOMMENDATION FOR SIZE STRUCTURE IN TERM OF A GEO BOND AUTHORIZATION.

ASSESS HOW THE BOND GEO BOND WILL RELATE TO A SALES TAX, UH, LEVEL FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE KEY DISCUSSION IS, UH, WE WANT HER TO LEAD THAT DISCUSSION IN AN EFFORT TO, IS IT ONE OR THE OTHER, OR IS IT ONE END? AND THEN DISCUSSION IS WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE TIMING? AND AS YOU DO ANYTHING IS IF YOU SET, LET'S SAY A TARGET DATE, WHAT NEEDS TO OCCUR BACKWARDS TO OCCUR TO THIS? IT'S NOT JUST, HERE'S THE DATE AND WE ALL SHOW UP ON THE DATE.

USUALLY THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO, TO DEVELOP A PLAN OF ACTION, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR THOSE TYPE OF EFFORTS.

UH, AND THEN, UH, RETURNING BACK TO COUNCIL TO, TO DISCUSS, UH, THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION OF PROJECTS FROM THE GO, UH, CITIZENS COMMITTEE.

SO THAT, THAT, THAT PHASE TWO IS A BIG STEP, UM, TO, TO, 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA CONVENE, UH, A GO, UH, CITIZENS COMMITTEE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SIZE AND SCOPE.

UH, AND MS. O'CONNOR AND HER TEAM WOULD LEAD THAT EFFORT 'CAUSE OF THEIR BACKGROUND TO, TO HELP THAT CITIZENS COMMITTEE KIND OF NAVIGATE WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE SIZING, WHAT TYPE OF PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, TAKING HER EXPERIENCE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT TEND TO HAVE HIGHER LEVELS OF SUCCESS FOR CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROJECTS.

AND THEN IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO MOVE ON TO PHASE THREE, UM, IS TO WORK WITH, UM, THE CITY AND, AND POSSIBLY PUBLIC RELATIONS TO FIRM TO DEVELOP A PRESENTATION FOR THE GEO BOND CITIZENS COMMITTEE, DEVELOP MATERIALS FOR THAT MEETING.

THOSE MEETINGS CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO HELP WITH COMMUNICATION ADVOCACY.

IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO DO A GEO BOND ELECTION, OBVIOUSLY THE BIG ONE IS PRESENTED GEO BOND ELECTION PROPOSALS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL TO SET THE ELECTION DATE.

SO NO MATTER WHAT, IT'S GONNA COME BACK FOR DISCUSSION FOR COUNCIL, DECIDE

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IF AND WHEN ON EITHER OF THESE TYPE OF PROPOSALS, WHETHER IT BE SALES TAX, UH, AND OR A GEO.

AND THEN IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD, IS CONTINU TO LEAD THAT EFFORT TO IMPLEMENT, UH, A SALES TAX AND OR GEO BOND ELECTION PLAN.

SO THAT'S THE EFFORT OF, OF THIS, THIS INITIATIVE.

AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN, I'LL CALL IT SEVERAL YEARS IN THE WORKINGS, EVEN BACK TO PREVIOUS CITY MANAGERS SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO APPROACH.

I THINK THE WILL DOWN STUDY HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED TO DIG DEEPER INTO THIS AND APPRECIATE THE DIRECTION ON THE 2024 STRATEGIC COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN IS, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF TALK, BUT NOW WE NEED TO GET DOWN TO REALLY, UH, INVESTIGATE, UH, THE DIFFERENT ISSUES AND WHAT MERITS THERE ARE OR CHALLENGES THAT, THAT GO WITH THIS.

SO, UH, IF YOU WANNA STAND UP, KATHY O'CONNOR, IF YOU WANNA COME FORWARD, I'LL ASK HER TO INTRODUCE HERSELF AND MAYBE ADD ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD ON TO WHAT I DISCUSSED.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

I'M KATHY O'CONNOR AND IT'S VERY NICE TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME AND MY BACKGROUND.

I WAS WITH THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS, THE LAST, UH, 15 OR SO OF THAT WHERE WAS INVOLVED IN, UH, BEING THE CITY'S FINANCE DIRECTOR AND AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, IT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SEVERAL OTHER DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS.

UM, IN 2011, I LEFT THE CITY TO BE THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE ALLIANCE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH LED ALL OF THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.

DID THAT FOR 11 YEARS, AND THEN ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, STARTED MY OWN CONSULTING FIRM.

UM, MY CONSULTING WORK HAS REALLY GROWN INTO WORKING WITH CITIES IN OKLAHOMA ON A VARIETY OF, UH, FINANCIAL ISSUES, UH, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT, UM, FINANCIAL PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE, WHETHER THAT'S RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.

I'VE DONE SOME, UM, FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, JUST OPERATING BUDGET KIND OF WORK FOR SOME CITIES, UM, HOW TO, HOW TO HANDLE DIFFERENT KINDS OF OPERATIONS IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

SO LOTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF WORK THAT, THAT I'VE STARTED TO DO ALL AROUND THE STATE AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY OF EDMOND ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.

I THINK IT'S A REALLY, UM, IMPORTANT STEP THAT TAKES A LOT OF CAREFUL THOUGHT AND PLANNING.

UM, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND IN, IN THE LATE EIGHTIES, I WAS INVOLVED AT THE CITY'S, UH, INITIATIVES TO BEGIN TO ISSUE GE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AGAIN, UM, AND SUCCESSFULLY LED THE STRUCTURING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A BOND ISSUE IN 1989 THAT REALLY KIND OF LED TO THIS PRACTICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY OF HAVING REGULAR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ISSUES TO FUND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY SEE AS A BIG PART OF THEIR TOTAL, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE.

REALLY, THAT IT'S JUST ONE OF THE, THE, THE LEGS ON THE STOOL THAT THE CITY DEPENDS ON FOR RELIABLE, SUSTAINABLE, UH, FUNDING O OPTIONS THAT ARE NOT AS SUSCEPTIBLE TO SOME OF THE VOLATILITY THAT SOME FUNDING SOURCES ARE FOR CITIES.

SO, UM, I, YOU KNOW, REALLY APPRECIATE THE APPROACH THAT YOU ALL HAVE ASKED ME TO LOOK AT.

THAT IS A SERIES OF STEPS ALONG THE WAY WHERE YOU ALL GET TO DECIDE IF YOU WANNA GO FURTHER, UM, AND, AND REALLY TRYING TO GET SOME INPUT, UH, AND TRANSPARENCY FROM THE COMMUNITY IN THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.

WELL, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF US THIS EVENING BECAUSE, UH, IT IS A BIG STEP FOR US IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AMEN.

WE'VE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE.

AND SO ANY PROJECT YOU DO, IT DOESN'T RATHER BE DO IT YOURSELF OR BIG STRUCTURE.

YOU HAVE TO GET THE INFORMATION TO MAKE THE, THE RIGHT DECISIONS.

AND THE, AND THIS, I FEEL GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS GONNA BRING THE INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE CITIZENS.

IS THIS SOMETHING, WHAT SHOULD WE DO? AND THEN INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING IT ALIGNED ON OUR BUDGET SAYING THAT WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT, WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY DO MORE TALK ABOUT IT AND ANALYZE IT.

SO I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.

COUNSEL, ANYTHING? I APPRECIATE IT.

I THINK, UH, I HAVEN'T BEEN SHY ABOUT IT.

PEOPLE MOVE TO EDMOND BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

THE BUDGET MEETINGS THAT WERE HEARD EARLIER TODAY, UM, UH, HIGHLIGHTED CLEARLY, UH, SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE, BUT THEN ALSO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES UNKNOWN AND KNOWN, WHETHER IT BE, UH, SOMETHING AS NEEDED AS FAR AS PELICAN BAY AND MODERNIZATION OR JUST MAKING, ENSURING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS POLICE AND FIRE HAVE THE PROPER EQUIPMENT

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FROM FACE MASKS AND OTHER THINGS.

AND I THINK GIVING OUR CITIZENS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE AND INTELLIGENTLY LOOK AT WHAT CAN WE DO IF WE HAVE A DEDICATED PROCESS TO LOOK AT THEM, GIVING A THUMBS UP OR A THUMBS DOWN TO PROJECTS, I THINK IS, IS SMART.

AND IT'S UTILIZED BY EVERY CITY OF ABOVE 50,000.

AND SO IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD START TO A CONVERSATION THAT, THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN.

VERY GOOD WITH.

OKAY, SO IT'S EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED.

MM-HMM, , IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAS A QUESTION, COMMENT ABOUT THE PROCESS? YES SIR.

COME ON DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

HMM.

LEONARD SCOTT, I ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW MUCH ARE YOU PAYING THIS LADY TO DO THAT JOB, SIR, WHAT WE UH, SORRY, WE'RE PAYING A COMPANY, SIR.

I'M SORRY, SIR.

WE'RE PAYING A COMPANY.

WE'RE PAYING THE, THE, WE'RE GONNA PAY 'EM $88,500.

IS THAT IN, IS THAT YOUR MONEY OR IS THAT OTHER MONEY BROUGHT IN BY THE OTHER GOVERNMENT COMING IN? ARE YOU USING TAXPAYER MONEY TO DO THIS? YES SIR, WE ARE.

THANK YOU SIR.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'D LIKE TO COMMENT OR ANYTHING? WELL, COUNSEL, SIR.

MAYOR, IF I CAN MAKE A COMMENT.

I KNOW THE CON THE FULL CONTRACT, IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO GO THROUGH ALL THE WAY THROUGH PHASE THREE IS UP TO 88, 500 MM-HMM.

AT EACH STEP, UH, THE CITY AND COUNCIL CAN DECIDE TO TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT OR NOT MOVE PAST, OKAY.

CALL PHASE ONE.

MM-HMM, .

SO IT HAS A PRICE FOR PHASE ONE.

IF YOU DECIDE TO GO TO PHASE TWO, THERE'S A PRICE.

IF YOU WANNA STOP AT THAT POINT, WE CAN STOP.

SO IT'S UP TO, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE OBLIGATED UNLESS YOU DECIDE TO GO THROUGH ALL THREE PHASES OF THE PROJECT.

JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLARITY CORRECT.

SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE LUMP SUM OR IT'S, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH EACH PHASE.

OR IN MY WORLD, I CALL 'EM OPTIONS THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH AND SO IT, IT WOULD JUST, BUT IT'S UP TO 88,000.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? I MEAN, I LOOK AT THIS AS A, AN IMPORTANT INVESTMENT IN GETTING VALUABLE INFORMATION THAT COULD THEN ALLOW US TO GENERATE MORE FOR THE CITY TO DO THE PROJECTS.

SO EVERY TIME WE LOOK AT AN EXPENDITURE, I LOOK AT WHETHER IT'S A GOOD USE OF THE SALES TAX DOLLARS AND REVENUES THAT WE HAVE, UM, AS AN INVESTMENT, NOT JUST AN OUTLAY OF, OF REVENUE.

AND I SEE THIS AS A GOOD INVESTMENT.

COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? I MOVE TO APPROVE.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THAT ITEM PASSED.

FIVE ZERO.

NEXT IS ITEM NINE C IS THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 39 88 39 88 AMENDING TITLE 16 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF MOND MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 16.1, 16.130 FEE SCHEDULE ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRICAL PERMITS.

[C. Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ___ Amending Title 16 Buildings and Construction of the Edmond Municipal Code by Amending Section 16.16.130 Fee Schedule Associated with Electrical Permits; And by Adding New Section 16.16.131 Temporary Building Permits; And by Amending Section 16.06.530 Enclosures; And Providing for Repealer and Severability; And Providing an Effective Date. (Citywide)]

AND BY ADDING NEW SECTION 16 POINT 16.131 TEMPORARY BUILDING PERMITS AND BY AMENDING SECTION 16.0 6 5 0 3 5 3 0 ENCLOSURES IN PROVIDING FOR REPEAL INSEPARABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

NOW KIRSTEN'S GONNA STAND HERE AND GIVE US THE LAYMAN'S TERM OF WHAT I JUST SAID.

FIRST OF ALL, KIRSTEN LUDINGTON BUILDING AND FIRE CODE SERVICES DIRECTOR, WE HAVE DECIDED THAT THE NEXT TIME WE MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THIS ORDINANCE, WE'RE WIPING THE WHOLE THING AND ALL YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SAY IS TITLE 16.

I I HAVE NO PROBLEM.

UM, SO WHAT IT IS IS WHEN WE DID OUR ORDINANCE UPDATES LAST JULY, UH, WE ACCIDENTALLY OMITTED TWO THINGS, WHICH ARE THE ELECTRICAL PERMIT FEES OVER 600 AMPS, AND THE LEVELING UP OF THE ENCLOSURES TO ALIGN WITH OTHER CITY ORDINANCES.

SO WHAT IT IS BASICALLY IS WE'RE ADDING IN THE FEES, UM, FOR 600 AMP SERVICES AND OVER ON ELECTRICAL PERMITS, WE'RE ADDING IN A NEW TEMPORARY BUILDING PERMIT.

BECAUSE AFTER MEETING WITH MULTIPLE

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PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO DO TEMPORARY BUILDINGS FOR AN UP TO TWO YEAR BASIS, WE REALIZED IT WAS PRETTY EXCESSIVE TO MAKE 'EM GO THROUGH AN ENTIRE SITE PLAN PROCESS, BRING ALL THE LANDSCAPING UP ON THE SITE, PUT IN PERMANENT UTILITIES, THAT TYPE OF THING, TO TURN AROUND AND TAKE THEM OUT AFTER TWO YEARS.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO MODIFYING THE LANGUAGE OF AN EXCEPTION MADE BY THE OKLAHOMA UNIFORM BUILDING CODE COMMISSION, WHERE THEY EXEMPTED POOL BARRIERS ON TWO ACRE LOTS OR MORE, SO THAT WE ALIGN WITH OTHER, SO WITH TITLE 22.

AND THERE'S ALSO A CODE ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE THAT IT MATCHES UP WITH, SORRY, I FORGOT THAT ONE.

UM, THAT REQUIRE BARRIER FENCING REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF LOT IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, IN EDMOND CITY LIMITS.

AND WE HAVE SENT IT OFF TO THE DIRTT COMMITTEE.

THEY WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND THEY SEE NO ISSUES WITH IT AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM HERE? VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THIS ITEM? 10 C, NINE CC NONE.

STAFF, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? UH, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THAT ITEM PASSED.

FIVE ZERO.

D IS CASE NUMBER Z TWO THREE DASH 12 PUBLIC HEARING.

NEXT WE HAVE ITEM NINE

[D. Case No. Z23-00012; Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ___ Rezoning from “A” Single-Family to “PUD Z23-00012” Planned Unit Development for 601 W Main Street, Located on the Northwest Corner of Main and State Streets. (601 Edmond LLC; Ward 1)]

CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 39 89 39 89 REZONING FROM A SINGLE FAMILY TO A-P-U-D-Z 23 DASH 0 0 12 PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR 6 0 1 WEST MAIN STREET, LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MAIN AND STATE STREETS 6 0 1 EDMOND, LLC IS THE APPLICANT.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR.

NO, HE'S GONNA GO FIRST.

STAFF'S GONNA GO FIRST THEN WE'LL CALL Y'ALL, SIR.

UH, THANK YOU.

UM, WE'LL JUST TAKE A LOOK HERE QUICKLY AND UH, HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS OF THIS PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING HERE TO NORTHEAST, OR SORRY, THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MAIN AND STATE.

THESE TWO LOTS HIGHLIGHTED HERE ON THE MAP.

UM, THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA IS, UH, 13,300 SQUARE FEET.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING ZONING.

SO IMMEDIATELY NORTHEAST AND SOUTH OF THE SITE IS DEVELOPED AND ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY TO THE WEST.

THERE ARE FOUR UNITS ON LOTS ZONED B TWO FAMILY, PUD, SO FOUR UNITS THERE IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST.

UM, THE PUD ALLOWS ONLY SINGLE FAMILY AND TWO FAMILY USES AND A MAXIMUM OF FOUR DWELLING UNITS.

THIS IS MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN EITHER THE A OR THE B BYRITE DISTRICTS.

THE PUD INCLUDES TWO TRACKS ROUGHLY DIVIDING THE SITE INTO NORTH AND SOUTH HALVES.

THE SOUTHERN PORTION HAS AN EXISTING HOME AND THE PUD WILL ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE MORE.

THE NORTHERN PORTION IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND THE PUD WOULD ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF UP TO TWO DWELLINGS.

THE EDMUND PLAN, 2018, THE CITY'S ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS AREA'S URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH SINGLE FAMILY AND TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES ARE APPROPRIATE.

THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD CATEGORY SHOULD BE WALKABLE AND LEVERAGE THE EXISTING STREET GRID UTILITIES, SIDEWALKS, AND ALLEYS.

THIS AREA ACTS AS A GRACEFUL TRANSITION BETWEEN SUBURBAN PATTERNS AND DOWNTOWN PD APPLICATIONS REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SCRUTINY IN AN EFFORT TO EVALUATE WHETHER THEY MEET THE INTENT OF THIS PLAN.

CATEGORY PLANNING COMMISSION MET ON MARCH 5TH AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING AND AGREED THAT IT DID AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO.

HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DO YOU NOT, WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? WOULD YOU ASKED A QUESTION FURTHER JURY? I ASKED DID THE APPLICANT HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY RIGHT NOW? NO.

NO, NOTHING.

COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE APPLICANT? IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ON THIS ITEM? YES SIR.

COME ON DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

I AM SITTING BACK THERE AND I CAN'T SEE THAT AND I CAN'T HEAR YOU ALL TALKING.

SIR, ARE YOU, YOU'RE GONNA SAY, OH, WE'RE GONNA BUILD A NEW BUILDING.

IT'S A YEAR AND A HALF AWAY.

WE SENIORS NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS.

I GOT THE AGENDA HERE, SIR.

SIR.

AND THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.

SIR, ARE YOU GONNA TALK ABOUT THE APPLICATION IN FRONT OF US? ARE YOU GONNA TALK ABOUT THE, I'M TALKING ABOUT IF I CAN'T SEE IT, HOW DO I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON? WELL, SIR, LET ME TELL YOU THIS.

WE DO SEVERAL

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THINGS.

WE, WE SEND YOU THE PACKET.

YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENTS AND TALK TO THE CITY CLERK.

AND IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN MOVE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

NO SIR.

I CAN'T MOVE CLOSER.

WELL, I'M OLDER.

I'VE GOTTA HIT THE BATHROOM BACK THERE.

THAT'S WHY I'M GO THERE.

I, I, WELL, I DON'T, THAT'S TOO MUCH INFORMATION FOR ME.

THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION FOR ME.

SIR.

IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THE APPLICATION ITSELF, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.

SO SIR, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET UP TELL YOU THAT WE CAN'T READ THAT BACK THERE.

AND IT'S NOT IN THE AGENDA THAT YOU'RE SHOWING HERE.

IT IS IN THE AGENDA.

IT'S IN THE ELECTRONIC VERSION.

WE'VE, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONTACT THE CITY CLERK AND HE WILL GO OVER THE PROCESSES THAT WE USE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY.

SO THE AVERAGE CITIZEN COMES IN HERE, WE COME IN HERE AND FIND THIS.

AND NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME, OH NO, NO SIR.

YOU SHOULD HAVE TALKED TO THE CITY CLERK FIRST, SIR, ABOUT THIS.

NO, YOUR TIME'S UP.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? YES MA'AM.

PLEASE COME DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF PLEASE.

FIRST, I'LL APOLOGIZE.

I HAD ORAL SURGERY THIS MORNING AND SEE.

OKAY, SO YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO BRING THAT UP A LITTLE BIT.

SO GET AS CLOSE TO THE MIC AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.

I'M FOR DEVELOPMENT, HOWEVER, JUST TODAY TRYING TO GET THROUGH MAIN STREET WITH VEHICLES PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD, I COULD BARELY GET MY VEHICLE THROUGH IT CONCERNS ME FOR FIRE TRUCKS, SCHOOL BUSES, GARBAGE TRUCKS.

I'M SORRY.

I HAD ORAL SURGERY THIS MORNING AND MY MOUTH STILL ISN'T WORKING VERY WELL.

I LIVE AT, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

MY NAME IS NANCY HENRY.

I LIVE AT 6 0 8 WEST MAIN, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS.

I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THE EXISTING BUILDING BEING TORN DOWN AND REPLACED? I CAN'T TELL FROM THAT.

UM, I, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS.

I TALKED TO TOM ABOUT IT AND HE ASKED THE DEVELOPERS TO CALL ME BECAUSE I HAD QUESTIONS.

THEY NEGLECTED TO DO SO.

OKAY, SO YOU, SO LEMME PAUSE RIGHT THERE.

SO, MS. NANCY, I HAD REACHED OUT TO MR. JAKE SCHOLER, WHO WAS ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS AND ASK THAT THEY CALL, IS THE APPLICANT HERE APPLICANT'S HERE? I'M NOT JAKE THOUGH, BUT ARE YOU HIS, ARE YOU HIS PARTNER? ARE YOU AFFILIATED WITH HIM? SO I HAD CALLED JAKE, UM, I CALLED JAKE ON MARCH 14TH AND GAVE HIM MS. NANCY'S CONTACT INFORMATION, UH, ALONG WITH THE REQUEST TO HAVE HIM CALL AND ANSWER ANY BASIC QUESTIONS AS FAR AS PARKING AND STUFF.

WAS MR. SCHOLER ABLE TO DO SO YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK UP OR DO YOU WANT ME TO PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? SIR.

JAKE'S OUT OF, HE'S OUT OF THE OFFICE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

HE'S, UM, HE'S GOT A, UH, PERSONAL EMERGENCY THAT'S KEEPING HIM OUT OF THE OFFICE.

SO HE MAY HAVE GOT THAT MESSAGE.

IT IS JUST THAT HE'S NOT AVAILABLE TO, TO RETURN THE CALL.

SO WHEN I TALKED, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF US HAVE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE JUST CITIZENS ON THIS COMMITTEE AND WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERING.

SO I DEFINITELY CAN APPRECIATE IF, UM, HE HAS LIFE HAPPENING.

HE DIDN'T COMMUNICATE THAT TO ME.

HE DID MAKE A PROMISE THAT HE WOULD REACH OUT TO MS. NANCY IN REGARDS TO SOME OF HER BASIC QUESTIONS.

SO IF HE HASN'T DONE SO, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS.

THE, UH, I CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT PRIVATELY.

'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY A HIPAA VIOLATION FOR ME TO SAY ANYTHING PUBLICLY, OF COURSE.

OH, SURE.

SO, UM, IN RESPONSE TO OUR QUESTION, WE WOULD NOT BE TEARING DOWN THE EXISTING BUILDING.

THE, WE DID REMOVE THE METAL BU METAL STRUCTURE WAS THERE.

SO WE DID TAKE THAT DOWN.

BUT WE WILL NOT BE TEARING DOWN THE EXISTING BUILDING.

YEAH, I I, OKAY, WE HAVE A PROCEDURAL ISSUE HERE NOW.

'CAUSE COUNCILMAN YOU MADE A MOTION, BUT WE THERE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE JUST HAD TO, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

SO WITH, I'LL WITHDRAW THE MOTION, I WOULD JUST ASK, 'CAUSE MS. NANCY APOLOGIZE, YOU HAD ORAL SURGERY TODAY AND HAD TO COME AND SPEAK WITH US.

OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE MAKING A BIG EFFORT IN ORDER TO DOING THAT.

SO IF WE CAN HEAR FROM YOU ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

AND THEN IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOTTEN A SATISFACTORY ANSWER, I I MIGHT REINTRODUCE THAT MOTION.

BUT WE CAN, I'D LOVE TO HEAR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

MY CONCERNS ARE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

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WE HAVE A SCHOOL ONE BLOCK NORTH OF THAT.

HOW ARE THEY GONNA GET THROUGH? I UNDERSTAND.

UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, MA'AM? OKAY.

THOSE ARE MY MAIN CONCERNS.

SAFETY.

I UNDERSTAND.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ON OTHER AREAS THAT WE HAVE, UH, PERFORMED IN FEELING LIKE THIS.

IN, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, ESPECIALLY OVER BY THE UNIVERSITY.

WE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WE WENT IN AND MADE THEM PARKING ON ONE SIDE ONLY.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER FOR AREAS AS WE HAVE ALLOWED ADDITIONAL INFILLING TO, TO HAPPEN IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA? THE, IF WE HAVE, IF WE PARK, IF WE'RE INCREASING THE DENSITY AND WE WANT MORE MOBILITY AND, AND WALKABILITY AND, AND MICRO TRANSPORTATION, BUT THAT'S NOT, HASN'T OCCURRED YET BECAUSE THE PERSON, THE ODDS ARE THE PERSON WHO'S GONNA MOVE THERE IS GONNA HAVE AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE.

SO WE'VE INCREASED THE DENSITY OF THE VEHICLES.

HAVE WE, ARE WE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, WHEN THESE APPLICATIONS COME IN THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE ROADS, UH, FOR STANDARD EGRESS, UH, FOR THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE THERE, THE VISITORS THAT COME THERE AND THE UH, UH, SAFETY EQUIPMENT THAT HAS TO GO UP EVEN FROM OUR GARBAGE TRUCKS? HAVE WE HAVE WE, HAVE WE TAKEN THAT INTO CONSIDERATION? YES, WE HAVE.

UM, WITH EACH PROJECT AS WE REVIEW IT, WE LOOK AT THAT FOR, UH, SPACE WIDTH OF THE ROAD, UH, PARKING.

AND, UH, IF THERE BECOMES A PARKING ISSUE, THEN WE WILL LOOK AT PUTTING UP SIGNS FOR NO PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA, ON STREET PARKING DOES NOT COUNT TOWARDS YOUR PARKING REQUIREMENT.

SO, AND THE APPLICATION IN FRONT OF US THIS EVENING IS A, IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.

THEY'RE PROVIDING OFF STREET PARKING.

MM-HMM, .

COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, UH, SO THIS, SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS IF THIS APPLICATION IS APPROVED, UH, BUT THERE WILL STILL BE CONTINUAL ANALYSIS GOING ON ABOUT THE STREET EGRESS UP AND DOWN FOR SAFETY FOR, FOR EVERYONE.

CORRECT.

PEOPLE COME OVER, I DON'T HAVE ANY PARKING FOR THEM UNLESS IT'S IN MY DRIVEWAY.

SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS, THEY HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME GOOD OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING, GREAT INVESTMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

I ALSO TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY IF A CITIZEN REACH OUT, REACHES OUT WITH ANY CONCERN THAT THEY'RE HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD.

WHEN MS. NANCY REACHED OUT, I EXPLAINED TO HER, LOOK, YOU KNOW, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AS I VIEW IT, DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ON THE WHOLE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE STOPPED BECAUSE SOME EGREGIOUS VIOLATION OF SOME CODE OR SOME ZONING, IT PROBABLY FITS THERE.

BUT I DID SAY I TAKE SERIOUSLY YOUR CONCERN IN REGARDS TO WANTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE PROPERTY, JUST THAT YOU'RE ADJACENT TO IT, HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE DEVELOPER.

'CAUSE I THINK THAT LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY IS WHAT WE WANNA FACILITATE.

PARTICULARLY IF SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, PROACTIVELY REACHES OUT TO CITY STAFF SEEING THAT YOU HAD SURGERY HERE AND YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND YOU'VE EMAILED ME AND YOU'VE CALLED ME.

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS OF IMPORTANCE.

I CAN EMPATHIZE WITH SOMEBODY HAVING A, A MEDICAL OR OTHER TYPE OF THING.

WE ALL HAVE STUFF LIFE HAPPENING.

UM, BUT, UM, GIVEN THAT I ASKED THE DEVELOPER SPECIFICALLY TO CONTACT THIS INDIVIDUAL AND TO FOLLOW UP, I WOULD JUST ASK OUR RESIDENT, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED? AND IF NOT, I WOULD MOVE TO HAVE IT PAUSED.

BUT IF YES, I WOULD.

I I WOULD VOTE TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.

, MA'AM, WE NEED YOU TO COME UP.

I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.

I'M A, I'M A BLOCK FROM A PARK FROM CHITWOOD PARK AND ALREADY PEOPLE HAVE TO BLOCK, HAVE TO, UM, PARK A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY TO GET TO THE PARK WHEN IT'S FULL.

THAT MEANS LITTLE KIDS ARE RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE STREET AND ACROSS THE STREET.

IF I WANT TO HAVE

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AND THAT TAKES TWO CARS BECAUSE PEOPLE PARK ON THE STREET ALREADY.

SO I, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

UNDERSTAND, YOUR HONOR.

I'M SURE IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED.

SORRY.

SO KEN, HOW MANY OFF STREET PARKING SPOTS ARE PROVIDED FOR, UM, IN THIS APPLICATION? THEY ARE, UM, WITH FULLY BUILT OUT.

IT SAYS EACH DWELLING UNIT WILL HAVE FOUR PARKING SPACES, GARAGE, DRIVEWAY SPACES, PARKING ALONG STATE STREET AND MAIN STREET.

AND THEY SAY IN THIS PUD WE'LL COUNT TOWARDS THE PARKING REQUIREMENT.

SO THAT'S, WE, WE TYPICALLY DO THAT IN DOWNTOWN.

SO RIGHT.

IT'S SPECIFIC TO THIS CORNER.

SO BOTH GARAGE SPOTS AS WELL AS DRIVEWAY SPOTS THAT ARE OFF THE STREET.

UH, THAT'S WHAT IT YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING.

BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR, IS THIS GOING TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL CARS PARKING ON THE STREET? UM, AND IT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE IT, BUT INCREASED DENSITY CITY MEANS MORE PEOPLE DRIVING IT.

IT DOES.

UM, DO WE KNOW AS FAR AS THE SPEED LIMIT, I MEAN, IT'S A MORE POPULAR PARK BECAUSE OF THE AMENITIES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN THERE WITH THE SPLASH PAD AND THE UPGRADES.

I KNOW OUR CHURCHES HAD AN ACTIVITY OVER THERE.

I'VE TAKEN MY BOYS OVER THERE TO GO HAVE FUN FOR AROUND WATER BALLOONS AND IT'S A POP, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A POPULAR SPOT, PARTICULARLY IN THE SUMMER.

UM, DO WE AROUND THAT POTENTIALLY LIKE LOOK AT DOING LIKE A 20 OR 25, UH, LIKE WHAT'S THE SPEED LIMIT NOW? DO WE KNOW? PROBABLY 25.

IS IT 20? OKAY.

'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE SPEED LIMIT FOR KIND OF A SCHOOL ZONE AND, AND WALKING.

DO YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY GO 20? IT'S PROBABLY, WE MIGHT HAVE TO LOOK AT ENFORCE ENFORCEMENT PLAN OR CORRECT.

HISTORICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT WHEN WE HAVE A, A SITUATION LIKE THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO CALL OUR MEN IN BLUE.

THE, OUR TEAMS IN BLUE HERE TO DO SOME TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT OVER THERE TO HELP THE CITIZEN REMIND THE CITIZENS THAT THE SPEED LIMIT IS LOWER THAN THAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE, IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M WONDERING TOO, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT STREET PARKING, PEOPLE TEND TO SLOW DOWN AS WELL.

UM, SO PEOPLE TYPICALLY ARE NOT SPEEDING DOWN A ROAD WHERE YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE PARKING ALONG THE STREET.

SO TO THE CITIZEN.

TO, TO THE CITIZEN.

UH, MS. NANCY, YOUR MAIN THING, YOU WANTED TO KNOW IF THE BUILDING WAS GONNA BE TORN DOWN AND THAT'S BEEN ANSWERED BY THE DEVELOPER.

YOU WANTED TO EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT HOW JUST PARKING IN GENERAL IS GONNA BE PLANNED BY THE CITY AND SAFETY.

WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU FEEL LIKE BEYOND THAT, THAT YOU NEED FROM THE DEVELOPER AS FAR AS IF YOU WERE TO MEET WITH THEM PERSONALLY THAT HADN'T BEEN ANSWERED? I DON'T THINK SO.

THIS HAS GONE ON FAR TOO LONG BY A FEW.

SO I THINK IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION.

'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE A CITIZEN WORKS OUT AND WE DON'T MAKE THAT CONNECTION TO THE DEVELOPER WHEN WE ASK THEM TO DO THAT SPECIFICALLY.

BUT SEEING HOW THE RESIDENTS QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED AND WE CAN TAG THAT INTERNALLY AS FAR AS WHAT WE NEED TO DO FROM AN ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT.

UM, I THINK ON A LOAN AS A PROJECT, IT STANDS ON ITS MERITS AS FAR AS ZONING AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

BUT I ALWAYS WANT TO KIND OF REMIND EVERYONE, WHICH I THINK EVERYONE DOES A GREAT JOB, TYPICALLY OUTSIDE OF SOME EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES, HOPEFULLY, THAT WHEN A CITIZEN HAS A, HAS A QUESTION AND, AND ASKS SPECIFICALLY TO BE FOLLOWED UP WITH OR TO MEET WITH, THAT OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT'S DONE BEFORE IT COMES TO US.

I AGREE WITH YOU TOO.

OFTEN THAT HAPPENS.

A CITIZEN WILL ASK TO HAVE THE DEVELOPER OR THE APPLICANT CONTACT THEM AND THEY DON'T.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CHANGE THAT CULTURE, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

YOUR PARTNER'S OUT ILL, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

UH, I WAS GONNA VOTE NO TONIGHT JUST BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE, THE UNWILLINGNESS TO CALL THAT LADY BACK.

UH, THAT'S GOT TO CHANGE.

AND SO GIVEN HER QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, I'M GONNA VOTE FOR THIS.

I'M GONNA VOTE YES, BUT LET'S JUST MAKE CLEAR GOING FORWARD AND MR. BRIAN, MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE A HAND IN THIS HELPING US OUT.

BUT IF A CITIZEN CALLS AND ASK TO SPEAK TO THE DEVELOPER OR THE APPLICANT AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING AN ANSWER, MAYBE YOU CAN CALL 'EM AND SAY, YOU NEED TO CALL THIS PERSON.

UH,

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AND, UH, I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT'S PENDING IF THEY CAN'T CALL A CITIZEN, CITIZEN BACK AND TALK TO THEM.

AND SO YOU, I'M GONNA VOTE YES BECAUSE WE GOT THIS WORKED OUT TONIGHT, BUT I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.

COUNSEL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM? ITEM NINE.

I'D MAKE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR TO PASS IT.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM SECOND COUNCILMAN MOORE.

WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN BUG.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE THAT I PASS FOUR ZERO.

MR. MAYOR, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE ON THAT IF WE, ARE WE ABLE TO, AS A, AS A COUNCIL, JUST INSTRUCT THE CITY MANAGER IF, IF THEY, WE CAN FOLLOW UP, UH, TO HAVE OUR TRAFFIC UNIT.

JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND JUST PROVIDE A UH, UH, IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF CONCERN THAT MISS NANCY HAS THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN JUST VISIT WITH HER ON THAT.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN INSTRUCT? YES.

WE HAVE THE CITY ENGINEER RIGHT HERE.

BOOM.

ALRIGHT.

SO THE CITY, THE CITY STAFF WILL REACH OUT AND THEY, MS. MS. KATIE FROM OUR STAFF HAS YOUR, HAS YOUR INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO YOU IF THERE IS A, A TRAFFIC OR, OR, OR A ENFORCEMENT ISSUE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, SEE IF WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING THERE FOR YOU.

NEED A MOTION TO, FOR US TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS TWO ITEMS. SO MOVED.

WE'RE GOOD? OKAY.

ITEM 10.

[10. Executive Sessions and Action Items:]

YOU HAVE A MOTION? I'LL SECOND.

PLEASE CATCH YOUR VOTE, STACEY.

WE'RE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

OH, SORRY.

WE NEED A MOTION TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO MOVED.

SECOND, YOU DISCUSS YOUR VOTE.

WE'RE NOW AT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO OFFER A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE RISK MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO ENTER INTO A JOINT PETITION SETTLEMENT OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM STYLED JUSTIN MANN VERSUS CITY OF EDMOND.

YOU HAVE A MOTION? I SECOND.

MAYOR, THAT ITEM HAS APPROVED FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION, PLEASE.

YES, SIR.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE A 4.6% RAISE FOR CITY MANAGER SCOTT RIGBY, EFFECTIVE PAY PERIOD BEGINNING WITHIN HIS HIRE DATE.

THREE 14 A SECOND.

COMMENTS? UM, WE GOTTA GET SOME CLARITY HERE.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE MAD.

[11. Citizen Comments. This is an opportunity for residents and non-residents to address the City Council on city-related matters not on the agenda or scheduled for a public hearing. 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. All remarks must be directed to the Mayor or Chair of the meeting, are limited to three minutes or less, and must otherwise be made in accordance with the City Council / Public Works Authority rules, available here and in the Council Chambers lobby.]

THERE, THERE WAS A DISPARITY ON I'M GONNA LET THIS GENTLEMAN SPEAK.

UH, 'CAUSE I I WAS CONFUSED ON, ON, ON ONE OF THE RULES AND I'M GONNA MAKE AN EXCEPTION TONIGHT TO LET HIM SPEAK FOR HIS THREE MINUTES AND THEN WE WILL GET THE CLARITY FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

SIR, COME DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF IF FOR YOUR 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE HERE FOR CITY.

ARE YOU TALKING TO ME SIR? YES SIR, I AM.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM THERE BROTHER CONNIE FAIR SIGNED ME UP.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? SHE DID NOT, SIR.

WHAT SHE DID NOT, SHE CAME HERE, SHE TALKED TO MS. FOLEY.

ANYWAY, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

I HOLD HERE THE CITY AGENDA.

WE CAME LAST WEEK AND WE, UH, MEMBERS CAME UP HERE AND TALKED ABOUT PLACING A CITIZEN REQUEST FOR AMENDING ARTICLE 11.

RECALL OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO A VOTE.

IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

MR. MAYOR, DID YOU HOLD A VOTE FOR THE COUNCIL ON

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THAT? DID YOU HOLD A VOTE? IT'S A YES OR NO QUESTION, SIR.

DID YOU, SO THE FINALS, DID ANY OF YOU GET A CHANCE TO VOTE ON ONLY TAKES TWO TO PUT ON THE AGENDA? DID ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE TO PLACE THAT ON THE AGENDA? I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL, DID YOU GET A BOOK? DID YOU GET THE BOOK? OKAY, SO SILENCE.

YOU JUST CONFIRMED TO THE CITIZENS OF EDMOND THAT THIS IS NOT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE.

THIS IS A REGIME THAT IGNORES THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT.

SO YOU DID NOT VOTE OR YOU SAID TEXT TWO.

SO YOUR OWN RULES HAVE BEEN BROKEN DOWN.

NO VOTE.

THIS IS WHAT HER GENE DOES.

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE YOU'RE NOT.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU GO BACK FOR YOUR SECRET SQUIRREL MEETINGS FOR AN HOUR, TWO HOURS LAST TIME, AN HOUR.

AT THIS TIME, YOU ARE PAID TO GO BACK THERE.

WE'RE NOT PAID.

WE ARE CITIZENS WAITING TO SPEAK AND YOU GO SPEND AN HOUR AND A HALF, TWO HOURS.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

CITIZEN COMMENTS SHOULD BE RIGHT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF A COUNCIL MEETING AFTER PRESENTATIONS, AND NOT STOP THIS WHERE YOU MAKE US WAIT TO SPEAK TO YOU THE REGIME I'VE HAD IT.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES.

SO WE ARE GONNA INCREASE THE PAY FOR CITY MANAGER 4%.

AND I BELIEVE, SIR, YOU'RE MAKING A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MEETING.

I BELIEVE YOU'RE MAKING $750 A WEEK.

IS IT A MONTH OR IS IT WEEK? WHAT IS IT MISS MO? HOW MUCH MAKE A MONTH? A MONTH.

SO YOU MADE A THOUSAND DOLLARS THIS MONTH AND HE'S GONNA MAKE 4.6 INCREASE.

I THINK HE ALREADY GETS 250,000.

SO WE'RE GONNA INCREASE THAT AMOUNT NOW.

A COUPLE, COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.

ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, THERE IS A DOOR OPENER BACK THERE.

[12. Comments from the Mayor and Members of the City Council.]

ITEM MAYOR.

I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT IT'S THE FIRST RESPONDER WELLNESS WEEK THIS WEEK .

SO Y'ALL NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, RIGHT? MM-HMM? .

YOU DIDN'T KNOW , YOU DIDN'T GET THE MEMO.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW I DIDN'T KNOW THAT EITHER.

I SAW THAT.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY ELSE KNEW.

ONE IS THE, UM, EDMOND FALLEN OFFICERS MEMORIAL LUNCHEON WILL BE, UH, APRIL 3RD OVER AT THE, UH, HILTON GARDEN CONFERENCE CENTER AT 11:00 AM FOR ANY CITIZENS THAT WANNA PARTICIPATE IN THAT LATER THAT EVENING.

UM, UH, EXCUSE ME.

ON THE THIRD WILL BE OUR, UM, OPEN HOUSE.

OH, SURE.

UH, THAT CITIZENS HAVE ASKED FOR IN REGARD TO, UH, SOLAR THAT EDMOND ELECTRIC IS GONNA BE PUTTING ON.

AND THERE'LL BE VARIOUS, UM, THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ANNOUNCING THAT.

AND THEN THE NEXT DAY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EDMOND CHAMBER, UM, ANY RESIDENT OF EDMOND THAT HAS A BUSINESS THAT POTENTIALLY WANTS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE CITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND MEET, UM, CITY STAFF WHO DEAL WITH PURCHASING AND DEPARTMENTS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S A ROLE OR OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR GOODS AND SERVICES.

SO THOSE THREE DIFFERENT EVENTS ARE, UH, COMING UP NEXT WEEK.

MR. MAYOR? UH, YES.

CITY MANAGER JUST REMINDED ME WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING FOR NORTH CARE.

UH, ON FRIDAY.

IT WAS, IT'S AN AMAZING FACILITY.

IT'S, IT'S A PLACE THAT WE CAN HAVE EMERGENT MENTAL CARE FOR OUR, UH, RESIDENTS.

SO HOPEFULLY FOLKS THAT FIND THEMSELVES IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION ARE NOT, UM, DON'T HAVE TO BE HANDCUFFED AND TAKEN TO JAIL, BUT CAN BE TAKEN TO AN APPROPRIATE PLACE AND GET APPROPRIATE HEALTHCARE FOR THEIR MENTAL IS, UH, ISSUES.

AND, UM, THEN EVEN PUT ON A LONG-TERM CARE PROGRAM.

SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

IT'S OUR FIRST ONE IN EDMOND AND I AM THRILLED TO SEE THAT MENTAL AWARENESS HAS, UM, IS CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD IN EDMOND.

AND, UM, LIKE OUR CHIEF OF POLICE CHIEF YOUNGER HAS SAID, WE HAVE HAD PLACES FOR THESE FOLKS TO GO, BUT WE ALWAYS NEED MORE.

AND I THINK THIS IS AN AMAZING FACILITY AND UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE VERY WORTHWHILE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

'CAUSE THAT'S THAT WHOLE CONCEPT, THE DESIGN CAME FOR, UH, FOR THE REGION.

JUST NOT EDMOND.

ALL FROM THE ENTIRE REGION AROUND EDMOND TO COME IN TO HELP US FORMULATE THAT BIG PARTNERSHIP.

SO WE HAD, UH, STAKEHOLDERS FROM

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BIG, BIG PARTNERSHIP.

BIG PARTNERSHIP THERE.

SO VERY EXCITING.

THE COUNTY, THE STATE.

, UM, OF COURSE THE CITY, THE, AND THEN HEALTHCARE AND NORTH CARE.

AND IT IS, IT WAS A LOT.

SO WE ALSO HAD HEARD ON HER, STARTED BACK, UM MM-HMM.

LAST WEEK.

LAST AND VIBE STARTS NEXT MONTH.

NEXT MONTH.

SO THIS, THIS SCREEN TIME, SUMMERTIME, UH, SPEND MONEY IN EDMOND, SPEND MONEY IN EDMOND.

YES, SIR.

AND HAVE FUN.

UH, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT OUR MAYOR PRO TEMPORARY, UH, THE MAYOR WAS OUT OF POCKET AND MS. PETERSON STEPPED IN AND I KNOW THAT SHE GAVE SOME GREAT REMARKS THAT THE NORTH CARE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

OH, THANK YOU.

AND, UH, IT WAS MY PLEASURE.

UH, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER FOR SETTING UP A MEETING DURING ARBOR WEEK.

UH, I GET MET WITH MS. MARTIN, OUR, UH, OUR CITY FORESTER TO WALK ME THROUGH SOME THINGS ON HOW TO SAVE SOME TREES.

SO NICE THAT KIND OF MADE ME TEAR UP.

I WAS HAPPY ABOUT THAT .

AND, UH, UH, LASTLY, UH, I, UH, I JUST WANT TO, THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON THINGS, BUT WE ARE ALL TRYING OUR VERY BEST TO DO THE BEST WE CAN.

AND, UH, I'M, I'M FEELING REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE AROUND A BUNCH OF VERY KIND PEOPLE.

TURNED OVER A NEW LEAF.

OKAY, WELL WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM ON THE ADJOURN? MOTION FOR ADUR.

MOTION TO AJOUR.

OH, I'LL SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO.