Jul 08, 2024 City Council

IT'S BETTER THAN I THOUGHT.

I KNOW HOW TO PLAN BETTER THAN I THOUGHT.

THIS PROCLAMATION IS FOR THE NATIONAL FARMERS MARKET.

UH, WHEAT.

THE EDMOND FARMERS MARKET ACCOUNTED FOR 1.8 MILLION IN SALES FOR LOCAL FARMERS IN 2023, DEMONSTRATING THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF FARMER MARKETS AND LOCAL ECONOMIES.

THE EDMOND FARMERS MARKET IS AVERAGING 64 VENDORS IN 2024 WITH OVER 30 DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEGETABLE VEGETABLES TO BE FOUND DURING THE PEAK SEASON MONTH.

FARMER MARKETS SERVE AS SIGNIFICANT EDUCATIONAL SITES AND AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES CONTRIBUTING TO A BETTER PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF FARMING AND RANCHING.

THE ADOPTION OF MORE SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH FARMER TO CONSUMER INTERACTION FACILITATED BY FARMER'S MARKETS, FARMER MARKETS AND DIRECT MARKETING FARMERS HELP IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF LOW INCOME PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WHO RECEIVE FEDERAL NUTRITION

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BENEFITS.

LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS ARE GROWING WITH THE CITY'S URBAN FORESTRY DEPARTMENT AND THE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, UH, GOVERNMENTS, AS WELL AS EDMOND ANIMAL SERVICES, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN MULTIPLE ADOPTION OF DOGS, NATIONAL FARMER'S MARKET.

WHEAT IS A TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE UNIQUE AND INDISPENSABLE ROLE FARMER MARKETS PLAY IN SUPPORTING FOOD ACCESS, BOLSTERING LOCAL ECONOMIES, PROMOTING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES IN FOSTERING SUSTAINABLE FARMING.

NOW, THEREFORE, I DARRELL A DAVIS MAYOR OF CITY OF ADVENT, OKLAHOMA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 4TH THROUGH AUGUST EIGHT, 10TH, 2024 AS NATIONAL FARMERS MARKET WEEK.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

THE FIRST THING MOST EVERYONE IS ASKING ME RIGHT NOW, WATERMELON.

WE'RE ABOUT A WEEK OUT.

UM, THE RECENT STORMS, UH, TOOK OUT SOME PATCHES, SO WE'RE GONNA BE ABOUT A WEEK BEHIND, BUT IT'S COMING.

UM, BUT THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND CITY LEADERSHIP.

WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY MUNICIPAL MARKETS IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, MEANING THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW THAT HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY THAT WE OPERATE IN.

AND SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY A, A BLESSING FOR ALL OF THE VENDORS AND ALL OF THE SHOPPERS.

UM, WE'RE HAVING DAYS RIGHT NOW.

I CAN WATCH TOMATO SELL OUT IN AN HOUR, SO THAT'S A REALLY COOL THING FOR US.

AND, UM, JUST STAY TUNED.

WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON THE WEEK OF AUGUST 4TH THROUGH AUGUST 10TH, SO THE MARKET WILL BE A HAPPEN IN PLACE THEN.

REPRESENTATIVE TERM EXPIRES FEBRUARY, 2025.

[3. Appointments and Reappointments:]

NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS.

WE DO HAVE SOME APPOINTMENTS.

UH, FIRST IS THE MAYOR APPOINTMENT AND, UH, APPOINTMENT OF PHIL FROMM AS THE CITY OF EDMOND REPRESENTATIVE TO THE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY FOR CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

OTHER APPOINTMENTS, AN APPOINTMENT OF JOHN DONNER AS THE KINGBIRD GOLF CLUB SERVICE SENIORS MEN GOLF ASSOCIATION.

WE ALSO HAVE THE APPOINTMENT OF STEVE STEELE AS THE KINGBIRD GOLF CLUB.

MEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE TERM EXPIRES JULY, 2025.

COUNSEL, THOSE ARE ALL OF THE APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS MEETING TONIGHT.

I VOTE YES.

YOU GOT A BAD MACHINE? I VOTE.

YES.

WE CAN TAKE HIS VOTE AS OKAY.

REST.

THOSE APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.

NEXT COUNSEL, WE NEED A MOTION TO RECESS OUR EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND CALL TO ORDER THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.

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

SO, SECOND.

MOTION.

WE ARE NOW IN, IN THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING WE HAVE HERE, OR FIRST UP, OR PUBLIC WORKS ARE GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED OR DISCUSSED THAT FURTHER CLARIFICATION FOR YOU WHEN THOSE FIVE ITEMS? FIVE A THROUGH E? NO, SIR.

[5. 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.]

NONE.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE FIVE.

THE CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE A MOTION.

I VOTE.

AYE.

OKAY.

THAT, UH, THOSE FIVE CONSENT ITEMS HAVE PASSED.

WE HAVE OUR FIRST ITEM IS SIX B, THE NEW FACILITY AT I 35 AND 15TH STREET.

NEXT WE HAVE ITEM SIX, WHICH ARE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, DISCUSSION, AND CONSIDERATION ITEMS. UM,

[B. New Facility at I-35 and 15th Street:]

WE HAVE SOME STAFF COMMENTS THAT WILL BE MADE ON THIS ITEM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ANDY CON, ASSISTANT THE MANAGER OF ADMINISTRATION.

UM, SO I WAS BEFORE YOU TWO WEEKS AGO TALKING ABOUT, UH, WE'VE REACHED ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE JOINT USE YMCA AND LIBRARY.

THAT'S TO BE BUILT AT I 35 AND 15TH.

AND WE'VE REACHED ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE PROJECT

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AS WELL.

UM, SO LATER IN THE AGENDA, I'LL BE SHARING WITH YOU THE DETAILS OF THE BIDS THAT CAME IN FOR THE PROJECT.

UM, JUST A LITTLE PRECURSOR.

THEY'RE GOOD NEWS, SO GREAT.

BUT BEFORE THAT, WHAT THESE TWO AGREEMENTS ARE, WHICH IS 61 AND 62, ARE THE AGREEMENTS THAT, UM, SPELL OUT THE YMCA IN THE LIBRARY, BEING WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE ADDITIONAL MONEY ON THE FRONT END OF THE PROJECT TO INCREASE THE PROJECT BUDGET.

SO, UH, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING WITHOUT THE PLEDGE FROM THESE TWO ENTITIES.

AND THERE ARE SOME, UH, MEMBERS HERE FROM LEADERSHIP FROM THE YMCA AND LIBRARY IF THEY JUST GO AHEAD AND GIVE AWAY.

BUT, UM, WHAT THE PROJECT BUDGET FOR THIS WAS SET IN MARCH OF 2023 AND WORKING WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, CROSSLAND, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DELIVERED THE PROJECT THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED TO BE 70,000 SQUARE FEET AND COST $30 MILLION.

WE FELT LIKE ALL EFFORTS WERE MADE TO DO THAT.

AND WITHOUT THE PLEDGE OF ADDITIONAL DOLLARS ON THE FRONT END, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET UNDER CONSTRUCTION HERE IN ABOUT A MONTH.

SO WHAT THESE AGREEMENTS ARE IS THE PLEDGE FROM THE YMCA FOR UP TO $1.5 MILLION ON THE FRONT END OF THE PROJECT, AND DOES NOT CHANGE THE LOAN AGREEMENT ON THE BACK END WE'RE THEY'RE TO REPAY THEIR PROPORTIONATE SHARE OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD.

AND THAT $1.5 MILLION IS TIED TO THE INDOOR TRACK AS WELL AS THE PLAYGROUND.

AND THEN THE $140,000 FROM THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS TIES TIED TO THE RAISED FLOOR, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR MUCH MORE FUNCTIONALITY IN THE, UH, LIBRARY PORTION OF THE BUILDING.

THOSE ARE THE TWO AGREEMENTS FOR YOU THIS EVENING.

AND THERE'S THE OTHER ITEM LATER IN THE AGENDA, WHICH I'LL SHARE MORE ABOUT AND HAVE SOME PICTURES AS WELL TO TALK ABOUT APPROVING THE BID FOR THE PROJECT.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WHEN YOU ASKED HOW MANY HAD ONE STATEMENT WHEN YOU ASKED FOR THE LIBRARY AND THE WHY TO RAISE THEIR HAND? I DON'T THINK THEY HEARD YOU.

OH, DID THEY NOT? I'M SORRY.

I'M SPEAKING RATHER SOFTLY THIS EVENING.

YES.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THAT AGAIN.

TH THANK THEM VERY MUCH.

WE, WITHOUT THIS PLEDGE OF ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, WHAT THAT WOULD'VE LOOKED LIKE WAS THE PROJECT WOULD'VE HAD TO BEEN COMPLETELY REDESIGNED AND WE WOULD'VE LOST MONTHS ON THE PROJECT.

THEREBY, UM, BUT, AND IT WOULD'VE LED TO WHAT NEITHER ENTITY, WHAT ALL THREE ENTITIES DID NOT WANT, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN A REDUCTION TO THE SQUARE FEET OF THE BUILDING.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR, THEIR PLEDGE OF THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE ON ITEM SIX B ONE OR TWO SINCE THEY ARE TIED TOGETHER IN THE PRESENTATION WE JUST RECEIVED HEARING NONE.

COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON SIX B ONE B AND B TWO? MOTION TO PROVE SIX B ONE AND TWO SECOND MOTION.

AND A SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

I REALLY AM VOTING YES ON THIS .

THAT I WAS BOTH ITEM SIX, B ONE AND B TWO THE PASSED.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU LIBRARIAN YMCA FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND COMMITMENT TO THIS PROCESS.

WE ARE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

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

WE NEED AN ADJOURNMENT OF THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING AND RECONVENE THE EDMUND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

SO LIFT, HAVE A MOTION.

WE'RE BACK IN THE CITY COUNCIL.

[8. 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.]

NEXT ITEMS. ITEM EIGHT.

WE HAVE EIGHT, I MEAN 10 FOR ITEM EIGHT.

WE HAVE 10, UH, GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. UH, COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ANY NEED TO PULL? ANY ITEMS FROM EIGHT A THROUGH EIGHT J ARE THE GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS? NO, NO.

HEARING THAT, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THESE ITEMS? I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT A THROUGH JA MOTION.

ITEM NINE IS THE SENATE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM IS ITEM NINE B.

THOSE 10 GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS HAVE PASSED.

[B. Consideration of Approval of Agreement with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to Receive $3,600,000.00 in Federal Funding via the Safe Streets and Roads For All (SS4A) Grant Program for Corridor Safety Studies and Demonstration Projects. (Citywide)]

UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT WITH THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION.

YES.

THANK YOU, SIR.

KEN BRIAN, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.

UM, JUST HAVE A COUPLE SLIDES HERE ABOUT THIS, UH, GRANT THAT WE WERE AWARDED, UH, LAST FALL.

THIS IS THE AGREEMENT, UM, FOR THE GRANT WITH FEDERAL HIGHWAY.

SO THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL PROGRAM.

UM, IT WAS, UH, IS PART OF THE, A FEDERAL PROGRAM NOW FOCUSING ON SAFETY OF A ROADWAY NETWORK ACROSS

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THE UNITED STATES.

UM, FOR THE, UH, THE YEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THERE ARE $5 BILLION.

IT'S ALLOCATED OVER, UH, FIVE FEDERAL FISCAL YEARS.

UM, EDMOND WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR GRANT APPLICATION IN RECEIVING, UH, $3.6 MILLION.

OUR LOCAL MATCH RE REQUIRED LOCAL MATCHES ABOUT 900,000.

WE HAVE FIVE YEARS TO, UH, SPEND THOSE FUNDS FROM THE TIME THE GRANT IS FULLY EXECUTED.

SOME PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ENVISIONING WITH, UH, THIS GRANT, UM, ARE THOSE HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE EDMUND SHIFT, UM, LONG RANGE MOBILITY PLAN.

UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS, UM, ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT A MAP OF THAT HERE SHORTLY.

UM, WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES, SOME KEY CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT TOWN, UM, AND, UM, IDENTIFY OPTIONS AND DO SOME PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK, UM, ON SOME OF THOSE CORRIDORS.

SO THIS IS A, UH, EXHIBIT FROM THE EDMUND SHIFT, UM, PLAN ITSELF.

THIS SHOWS WHAT, UM, THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK, UH, DISPLAYED AS A HEAT MAP.

WE WILL BE LOOKING, UM, WHAT THEY WERE CALLED DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS, WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TEMPORARY IN NATURE.

SO WE HAVE FOUR LOCATIONS THAT WERE DERIVED FROM THIS ANALYSIS.

THEY INCLUDE SANTA FE AND EDMOND ROAD, KELLY AND EDMOND ROAD, 15TH STREET BETWEEN BROADWAY AND BOULEVARD, AND THEN 15TH AND BRYANT.

SO WE'LL BE FOCUSING IN ON THOSE FOUR INTERSECTIONS FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

THEY'LL ALSO BE DOING A SERIES OF CORRIDOR STUDIES.

THE FIRST OF WHICH WILL BE, WE USED TO BE CALLING IT THE BROADWAY CORRIDOR STUDY THAT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO THE US 77 CORRIDOR STUDY.

SO THAT'LL GO FROM THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS AT COMFORT DRIVE NORTH ALONG BROADWAY, TURNING EAST AT, UM, AT DOWNTOWN ON SECOND STREET, AND OUT TO I 35.

SO WE'LL BE DOING A, A STUDY ON THAT SIGNIFICANT CORRIDOR.

UM, WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH ODOT ON THAT.

AND THERE'S, THAT SCOPE OF WORK IS CLOSE TO BEING FINALIZED, SO YOU'LL BE SEEING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT VERY SOON FUNDED IN PART WITH THIS GRANT.

UM, WITH THAT AS THE OVERVIEW, I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE GRANT ITSELF.

IT'S A NEW PROGRAM, SO, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COUPLE.

GO AHEAD.

COUPLE COMMENTS.

A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

ONE IS, UM, THIS LAST YEAR REPRESENTED THE, UH, HIGHEST NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES, NOT JUST FOR THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY A TREND CENTER, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A NATIONAL PHENOMENON THAT MATCHES THE NUMBER OF INJURIES AND FATALITIES FOR OUR YOUTH.

AGES 15 TO 25, UH, DYING OR HAVING A SEVERE INJURY IN A CAR CRASH.

CAR CRASH IS OUR NUMBER ONE, UH, CAUSE OF SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES.

IT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF ONE SIMPLE THING.

IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE DIGITALLY DRUNK DRIVERS.

WE'RE CONNECTED TO OUR MOBILE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVICES, AND WE ALSO DO THAT WHILE WE'RE IN PEDESTRIAN MODE, EITHER WALKING OR ON A SCOOTER.

THOSE TWO THINGS LITERALLY COLLIDE.

SO THIS ISN'T JUST AN EFFORT IN EDMOND, BUT IT'S A NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE NUMBER OF SEVERE INJURIES AND FATALITIES.

I THINK ALL OF US, UH, THE THING THAT WE LAMENT THE MOST IS HAVING TO GO TO A FUNERAL OR TO BEDSIDE AT THE HOSPITAL FOR A YOUNG PERSON, UM, WHICH, UM, THEIR FUTURE IS, IS TAKEN FROM THEM.

AND ALL TOO QUICKLY IT HAPPENS TO BE BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST A YOUNG AND EXPERIENCED DRIVER WHO'S MIXING TECHNOLOGY.

WHILE MOST OF US DON'T SEE, UH, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY WELL VERSED AND DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE DIGITAL.

YOU DRUNK DRIVING IS KILLING JUST AS MANY PEOPLE, UH, THESE DAYS.

UM, TWO THINGS THAT STAND OUT.

UM, ONE, IN MY DISTRICT IN WARD ONE, I GET A LOT OF, UH, FEEDBACK JUST AROUND SECOND STREET MOBILITY, HOW THAT INTERACTS WITH BROADWAY.

THAT GOES DOWN, YOU KNOW, UH, INTO UCO.

UM, THE IDEA I THINK, HOPEFULLY FOR EDMOND DOWNTOWN IS YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GET A NICE BITE TO EAT OR AT A COFFEE SHOP.

UH, THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, TO SPROUTS UP TO STEVENSON PARK IN THAT AREA, THEN COME DOWN OVER TO UCO AND KIND OF IN A BIG LOOP.

WHAT, IF ANY CONSIDERATION, UH, DOES THIS HAVE IN REGARDS TO SORT OF ANY DOWNTOWN SECOND STREET, ANY MOBILITY ON THAT? UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF CORRIDORS THAT WE MIGHT STUDY AND FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS THAT WE MIGHT DO.

SO WE WOULD CERTAINLY BE TAKING A LOOK AT, UM, THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THE, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT CONNECTS DOWNTOWN TO THE, THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

UM, SO YEAH, ABSO ABSOLUTELY IT WOULD BE, UM, PART OF THIS PROGRAM.

SO I WOULD DEFINITELY KNOW, PROBABLY EVERY COUNSELOR HAS A FAVORITE SORT

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OF HOTSPOT THAT THEY GET CALLS ON, BUT FOR ME IN PARTICULAR, I JUST KNOW THAT, UM, SECOND STREET IN REGARDS TO A SAFE PASSAGE ACROSS, YOU LOOK AT FESTIVAL MARKETPLACE, YOU LOOK AT ALL THE GREAT ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE HAVING DOWNTOWN HERD ON HERD AND, AND HOW ARE WE GETTING PEOPLE THROUGH THERE USING DIFFERENT FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION.

UM, THE OTHER ONE I KNOW OUR MAYOR LOVES TO TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION OFF SEASON.

AND, UH, WE'RE IN THAT RIGHT NOW.

'CAUSE OUR NUMBER ONE, UM, TRANSPORTER OF, OF PEOPLE AND THEIR, UH, IS OUR EDMUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND SO WHEN IT SHIFTS TO THE FALL, WE GET A FLOOD OF CALLS IN REGARDS TO DROP OFF PICK UP.

I KNOW OUR STRATEGIC PLAN HAS A, A NEW ITEM IN THERE, UM, THAT I, THAT I WANTED TO PUT ON THERE IN REGARDS TO EVALUATING EACH OF OUR EDMUND PUBLIC SCHOOL SITES FOR DROP OFF SAFETY.

AND, UM, SO I HOPE THAT THIS IS DONE IN TANDEM.

AND THEN AS WE COME UP WITH OUR LIST OF WHAT SCHOOL SITES EITHER THAT ARE PHYSICALLY ALREADY THERE OR THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED BY EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE HAVE A RATING SYSTEM IN REGARDS TO ARE THEY GREEN, MEANING THAT THEY ARE GENERALLY SAFE AND CAN SOMEWHAT EFFICIENTLY DROP OFF KIDDOS.

ARE THEY YELLOW? BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF, UM, CONCERN THAT MAYBE SOME LOW HANGING FRUIT THEY CAN ADDRESS, AND THEN OF COURSE, RED, UM, THAT THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS IN AND AROUND SAFETY CROSSINGS, MOBILITY, SHOULDERS, AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO MY OTHER, UM, REQUEST WOULD BE IS NOT DOING THIS IN A SILO, BUT DOING IT IN TANDEM WITH THOSE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE, UM, UH, CITIZENS, OUR KIDDOS THAT ARE BEING TRANSPORTED BACK AND FORTH.

SO, UM, I WOULD JUST MAKE THAT COMMENT AS WELL.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COUNSEL? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, WE'LL TAKE EACH ITEM INDIVIDUALLY HERE.

UH, ANY OTHER, NO OTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? COUNSEL ON ITEM NINE B.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THAT ITEM IS PASSED.

NEXT WILL BE ITEM NINE CS, A CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH EDMOND MOBILE MILLS FOR THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY AT 25 WEST THIRD STREET.

[C. Consideration of Approval of Lease Agreement with Edmond Mobile Meals, Inc. for City-Owned Property Located at 25 W 3rd Street. (Citywide)]

YES, GOOD EVENING.

CHRISTIE BATTERSON, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND.

UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH EDMOND MOBILE MEALS PROJECT.

AS YOU REMEMBER, WE CAME TO YOU LAST FALL, UM, WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION BID DOCUMENTS AS WELL AS A TEMPORARY LEASE FOR THEM TO BE HOUSED AT THE SENIOR CENTER.

UM, CONSTRUCTION IS ALMOST COMPLETE, SO WE WANTED TO BRING FORTH THIS NEW LEASE, UM, SO THAT WE COULD GET THE BALL ROLLING AS SOON AS CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED.

AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION ON THE WEST THIRD PROPERTY, UM, THEY HAVE ALL THEIR REFERENCE, SO ALL THEIR TRADES ARE ALMOST COMPLETE.

UM, THE CEILING GRID GRID IS DONE PAINT, AC WATER METER INSTALLED.

UM, THEY'RE FINISHING UP THEIR FLOORING.

UM, THEY DO HAVE A COUPLE OF MECHANICAL UNITS THAT ARE ON BACK ORDER, BUT THEY'RE HOPING TO HAVE ALL THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION BY EIGHT EIGHT.

UM, SO HOPEFULLY THEY'RE SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

URBAN MOBILE MEALS CAN MOVE BACK IN.

I KNOW I SAW AN EMAIL TODAY REGARDING FURNITURE.

UM, SO THAT'S A GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

BUT REALLY THE UM, STORY BEHIND THIS IS, UM, WHAT EDMOND MOBILE MEALS HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS AND WHAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ACCOMPLISH GOING FORWARD.

JUST IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THEY HAVE HOME DELIVERED OVER 37,000 MEALS.

THEY HAVE PROVIDED 5,800 MEALS TO THE SENIOR CENTER.

UM, THAT ON AVERAGE IS 330 MEALS A DAY.

UM, THAT IS OVER A 30% INCREASE.

UM, THEY HAVE SEEN A 9% INCREASE IN CLIENTS.

UM, AND I KNOW I TALKED TO CHRISTIE TWIN, UM, TODAY, THEY LOST, UM, BECAUSE OF THE STORMS AND ELECTRICAL OUTAGE.

THEY LOST ALL THEIR FOOD IN AN OUTSIDE FREEZER WHERE THEY WERE STORING LAST WEEK, BUT THEY HAD NO INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE.

UM, SO THAT TELLS YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION, THAT THEY MAKE SURE THAT THOSE MEALS ARE DELIVERED NO MATTER WHAT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT THAT ORGANIZATION AND, AND THE COLLABORATION.

AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALLOWING THEM TO BE IN THE SENIOR CENTER.

UM, AS WE SEE, UH, THE NEED IS GROWING IN OUR COMMUNITY AS OUR AGE POPULATION INCREASES IN THE ABILITY TO FEED, UH, THEMSELVES ARE, IS ALSO INCREASING.

ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON ITEM NINE C? COUNSEL, TAKE A, UM, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM NINE C? I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

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THAT IS PASSED.

NEXT WE'LL GO TO ITEM 10, UH, CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. THE FIRST IS ITEM 10 A AS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 DASH 24 23 DASH 24, NAMING CONSERVATION EASEMENT PARK LAND LOCATED SOUTH OF EC HAYFORD PARK, THE CHARLES LAMB NATURE PRESERVE IN HONOR OF CHARLES LAMB, A FORMER MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER AND CIVIC LEADER.

[A. Consideration of Approval of Resolution No. ___ Naming Conservation Easement Park Land, Located South of E.C. Hafer Park, the Charles Lamb Nature Preserve in Honor of Charles Lamb, a Former Mayor, Councilmember, and Civic Leader. (Ward 1)]

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BRAD RAINEY, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR IN OUR POLICY AND PROCEDURE.

THE PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL ON NAMING OF PARK FACILITIES.

AND THIS CAME UP A FEW MONTHS AGO AND THEY FORMED A SUBCOMMITTEE AND HAVE VETTED THIS PROCESS.

AND WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE THAT'S GONNA SPEAK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THAT PROCESS AND ABOUT THE FORMER MAYOR, MAYOR DAVIS AND CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.

MY NAME IS ANNE ERLINE.

I'M A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER AND A MEMBER OF THE CIP ADVISORY TASK FORCE.

UM, SINCE THE TIME OF HIS PASSING ON DECEMBER 11TH, 2018, THERE HAS BEEN A DESIRE TO HONOR FORMER MAYOR CHARLES LAMB BY NAMING A CITY PARK OR AMENITY AFTER HIM.

THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD FORMED A SUBCOMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER, 2023, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED CITIZENS AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE CIP ADVISORY BOARD TO CONSIDER AND RECOMMEND POTENTIAL SITES FOR THE NAMING HONOR, THE NEW CONSERVATION EASEMENT PARK HAS PROVIDED AN APPROPRIATE VENUE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL.

THE EDMUND LAND CONSERVANCY AND CHARLES LAMB'S FAMILY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ALONG WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION.

PRIVATE FUNDRAISING IS PLANNED TO SUPPORT THE INSTALLATION OF A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE OR ART PIECE OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK.

UM, SO WE RECOMMEND, WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR THE APPROVAL OF THIS, AND I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO MAKE A AMENDMENT TO THIS, THAT IT SHOULD BE THE CHARLES D. LAMB NATURE PRESERVE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION.

IT SAYS THAT YOU EITHER A PLAQUE OR ART PIECE.

AND SO MY QUESTION WAS WHY NOT BOTH? I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.

WE, WE TALKED A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS ON SCULPTURE AND WE, WE'VE EVEN LOVED THE IDEA OF A MOTORCYCLE OR SOMETHING.

WE CAN DREAM BIG AND EVERYTHING.

A LOT WOULD DEPEND ON FUNDRAISING EFFORTS AND EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.

OKAY.

UH, UM, COUNSEL, ANY COMMENTS SO FAR? I'D MAKE A, A MOTION AT THE PROPER TIME TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION TO CHARLES D. LAMB.

MM-HMM, , SINCE THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING PART OF OUR MEETING, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? THANK YOU.

UM, COUNCIL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION SET TO APPROVE IT AS AMENDED? YES.

OH, I MAKE A MOTION.

OR, MS. PETERSON MADE THE MOTION.

NEXT IS ITEM 10 B, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH CROSSLANDS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK SERVICES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A JOINT USE LIBRARY AND YMCA, INCLUDING ENE MAXIMUM PRICE GMP UH, ONE AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 DASH 24 24 DASH 24.

ITEM IS PASSED.

THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS.

[B. Consideration of Approval of a Contract Amendment with Crossland Construction Company Inc. for Construction Manager at Risk Services for the Construction of a Joint Use Library and YMCA including Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) 1 and Resolution No. ___ Appointing Purchasing Agent; $29,106,766.92. (Ward 2)]

APPOINTING PURCHASING AGENT FOR 29 20 $9,106,766 AND 92 CENTS.

MAKE SURE WE GOT THAT 92 CENTS ON THERE, MAYOR.

UH, ONCE AGAIN, ANDY COYIER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ADMINISTRATION.

SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ANOTHER MAJOR MILESTONE FOR THIS JOINT

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USE FACILITY THAT'S BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR THE LAST 15 MONTHS.

AND, UH, I'M GONNA INVITE, UM, AARON STOOPS FORWARD HERE IN A MINUTE, UH, FROM CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION TO TALK ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN THE PROJECT AS CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.

BUT I DID WANTED TO HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS PROJECT.

UM, AND AGAIN, ALL THIS INFORMATION IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE PACKET THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL THAT'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TO ANYONE ON OUR WEBSITE.

POINT OF THE PRESENTATION IS JUST TO, TO HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF ALL THE WORDS CONTAINED WITHIN THE PACKET.

SO SOME PROJECT BACKGROUND ON IT.

UM, SO CURRENTLY THE, THERE'S ONE LIBRARY IN THE CITY LIMITS OF EDMOND, AND IT'S THE BUSIEST IN THE STATE.

AND THEN THERE ARE TWO, UH, YMCAS, THE MITCH PARK FACILITY AND THE RANKIN AND MITCH PARK IS THE BUSIEST.

AND THEN RANKIN IS THE THIRD BUSIEST OF THE 14 IN THE GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY REGION.

SO A THREE-WAY PARTNERSHIP WAS FORMED, UH, TO CONSTRUCT ANOTHER FACILITY BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDMOND, THE METROPOLITAN LIBRARY COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY, AND THE YMCA GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY.

AND WHAT THAT PARTNERSHIP LOOKS LIKE IS THROUGH CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN, WHICH THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, UH, AGREEMENTS WERE ON YOUR LAST MEETING.

UH, IN JUNE, UH, A 71,000, UH, JUST SHORT OF 72,000 SQUARE FEET JOINT USE BUILDING OFF OF 15TH STREET IN I 35 CITY.

PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, UH, A WHILE BACK FROM HENDERSON HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH.

AND AGAIN, REALLY LIKE TO THINK OF THIS CI, THIS FACILITY ALL UNDER ONE ROOF AS A MULTI-GENERATIONAL COMMUNITY SPACE.

UM, HERE'S THE, HERE'S A AERIAL OF WHAT THE FACILITY WILL LOOK LIKE.

AGAIN, CONTAINED OFF, IT'S OFF OF 15TH STREET AND WE HAVE I 35 HERE JUST TO THE WEST.

UM, SOME OF THE, UM, UH, FEATURES OF THE FACILITY, SO IT'LL JUST BE UNDER 53,000 FOR THE YMCA AND CONTAIN AN INDOOR AQUATIC CENTER, WHICH WILL HAVE A LAP POOL AND A SPLASH PAD, AS WELL AS A GYMNASIUM.

EXERCISE ROOMS, INDOOR WALKING TRACK BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE AND CHILD WATCH.

AND THEN THE LIBRARY FACILITY, THE DEDICATED LIBRARY FACILITY WILL HAVE JUST A LITTLE OVER 12,000 SQUARE FEET WITH SPACES DEDICATED FOR ADULT AND CHILDREN AS WELL AS A MAKER SPACE.

AND THEN THE JOINT USE PART OF THE BUILDING WILL CONTAIN MEETING ROOMS IN A LOBBY.

SO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS FACILITY WAS THIS LOCATION WAS CHOSEN, IS IT, IT'S NEAR THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF THE CITY LIMITS OF EDMOND, WHICH ARE RIGHT ABOUT IN THIS AREA.

ANOTHER, ANOTHER GREAT, UH, FEATURE ABOUT THE THE PROPERTY TOO WAS THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HENDERSON HILLS.

SO THERE WILL BE ONE, UH, PRIMARY ENTRANCE INTO THE FACILITY.

AND THEN THIS PARKING THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS RIGHT HERE THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HENDERSON HILLS, WHEN THE LAND WAS PURCHASED, UH, THEN SAVED MONEY ON THE PARKING SPACES THAT HAD TO BE BUILT FOR THE FACILITY.

'CAUSE THEY ALREADY EXIST.

UM, AND I JUST, I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT 'CAUSE IT PREDATES ME.

I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN SOME QUESTIONS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WELL, WHY WASN'T THIS PUT TO A COMMERCIAL USE? IT'S SUCH GREAT FURNISHED PROPERTY.

AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS, IS WE HAVE A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER THAT THIS CASE HAPPENED TO BE A CHURCH THAT DECIDED THEY WANTED SOMETHING AS A NEIGHBOR THAT WOULD BE A PUBLIC BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY FROM YOUNG, YOUNG KIDS TO SENIORS.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT A KFC OR WHATEVER THE, THEY DIDN'T, WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT COULD BE THAT POTENTIALLY THEY COULD HAVE SOLD IT TO.

SO THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS BROUGHT KIND OF THROUGH THEM AND, AND BY THEM AND WITH THEIR SUPPORT.

AND THERE'S AN ELEMENT THAT YOU MIGHT TOUCH ON LATER THAT HAS TO DO WITH PARKING OR SOMETHING, SOME SHARED RESOURCES THERE THAT THAT KIND OF HELPED EVERYTHING.

YEAH, YOU BET.

WHEN WE, WE HAD, ACCORDING TO HENDERSON HILLS LEADERSHIP, THEY'D HAD BEEN APPROACH, THEY'D BEEN APPROACHED NUMEROUS TIMES, UM, OVER THE YEARS ABOUT, UM, SOMEONE ACQUIRING THIS PROPERTY.

AND THEY WERE VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT THE PARTNER THAT THEY PICKED TO SELL THIS.

SO WHEN WE APPROACHED THEM, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT FIT.

UM, 'CAUSE IT WASN'T A RETAIL USE.

HVAC, PLUMBING FINISHES, ET CETERA.

SO HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF WHAT THE FACILITY WILL LOOK LIKE.

SO THIS IS LOOKING BACK OF FROM THE NORTH, LOOKING BACK SOUTH.

AND THEN HERE IS, UM, LOOKING BACK TO THE EAST.

SO YOU SEE THE FEATURES OF THE PLAYGROUND THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER.

THIS IS MORE OF THE DEDICATED LIBRARY SPACE HERE.

AND THEN HERE'S THE GYM, UH, FOR THE, THE YMCA USE BACK THERE.

UH, A LITTLE TAKE YOU INSIDE THE BUILDING.

SO AS YOU ENTER THE LOBBY RIGHT HERE, AGAIN, THIS JOINT USE LOBBY, THE MAKER SPACE THAT'S RIGHT OFF THE LOBBY FOR THE LIBRARY.

UH, THE POOL AREA IS RIGHT HERE.

AND THEN AS YOU TURN THE CORNER, HERE'S THE MORE DEDICATED LIBRARY SPACE HERE.

AND AS YOU GO BACK TOWARDS THE FACILITY, YOU'LL SEE THE MORE YMCA DEDICATED SPACE.

HERE'S THE GYM WITH THE WALKING TRACK ABOVE.

AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THE POOL WITH, UH, THAT IS FOCUSED WITH THE LAP ERS.

CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK UP? YES, SIR.

SO THE LAP POOL THAT'S THERE.

SO THE AGENDA ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS THE AMEND AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT WITH CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION, UH, FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK SERVICES TO ENSURE THE BUILDING IS BUILT SAFELY, TIMELY OF A HIGH QUALITY AND WITHIN BUDGET.

SO ALL THESE ITEMS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT THAT, UH, ACCOUNT TO A LITTLE OVER $29 MILLION WERE PUBLICLY BID.

AND THEY'RE ALL VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT.

SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS 35 DIFFERENT SCOPES, UH, WHICH INCLUDE DIRT WORK, UTILITIES, CONCRETE STEEL, ELECTRICAL,

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SO ALL THE THINGS THAT GO INTO CONSTRUCTING A BUILDING OR IN THIS $29 MILLION.

AND THEN CROSSLAND AS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE ALL 28 SUBCONTRACTORS.

SO THEY MAKE SURE AGAIN, THAT THE BUILDING IS BUILT SAFELY, TIMELY TO A HIGH QUALITY AND THEN WITHIN BUDGET.

SO THAT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.

AND THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER SO FAR THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN PROCESS, MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY, UH, TO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT, UH, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT.

AND THEN WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WAS SET BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, THAT CONSTRUCTION BUDGET, AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IT'S $31.64 MILLION AND THAT IS CAPPED.

SO THAT'S $30 MILLION BEING PLEDGED BY THE CITY OF EDMOND, 1.5 FROM THE YMCA AND THEN $140,000 FOR THE LIBRARY.

THESE TWO ITEMS HERE WERE THE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE COVERED EARLIER.

SO ORIGINALLY NO DOLLARS FROM THE YMCA AND LIBRARY, UH, WERE PLEDGED UNTIL AFTER COMPLETION.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, PARTNERS FOR STEPPING FORWARD.

AND AGAIN, THE ITEM THIS EVENING IS A LITTLE OVER $29 MILLION, WHICH IS A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR ALL THOSE DIFFERENT SCOPES THAT I WENT THROUGH EARLIER.

CROSSMAN'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE ALL THOSE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY COME IN AT THAT BUDGET AND AT THE TIMELINE THAT WAS SET AS WELL.

SO ONE OF THE REALLY GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT, AND IT IS GREAT NEWS THAT THERE'S LOTS OF SUBCONTRACTOR INTEREST, WHICH WHEN THAT HAPPENS WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT SCOPES, IT HELPS KEEP THE PRICE WITHIN THE BUDGET.

SO THERE'S GOOD VALUE WITHIN ALL THOSE 35 DIFFERENT SCOPES THAT WERE BID OUT.

UM, THIS ISN'T THE TOTAL PROJECT.

THERE ARE SOME SMALLER PIECES, UH, THAT WERE NOT BID OUT WITHIN THIS SCOPE.

SO, UH, THE, AND THAT WILL COME TO YOU, THAT'LL BE PUBLICLY BID AS WELL.

AND THAT WILL COME TO YOU IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AT ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS.

AND THOSE, UH, SCOPES ARE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, OVERHEAD DOORS AND FENCING AND SOME FINISHES AS WELL.

ONCE THAT COMES BEFORE YOU, THAT WILL SET THE FINAL GMP FOR THE PROJECT.

THAT WILL BE THE HARD CAP OF THE PROJECT, UNLESS THE CITY AS OWNER REQUEST CHANGES TO ANYTHING TO INCREASE THAT PRICE.

THAT'S THE FINAL GMP THAT WILL BE SET AT A LATER DATE.

SO THIS IS THE INTERIM GMP FOR $29.1 MILLION AND I'D INVITE, UM, AARON STOOPS WITH CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN THE PROJECT.

WE THOUGHT IT'D BE BENEFICIAL NOT ONLY JUST FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT UM, UH, WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK PROCESS IS NOT NEW, IT IS RELATIVELY NEW FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND, IT'S HOW THE PROJECT FOR THE CITY CENTER IS BEING DELIVERED AND IT'S HOW THIS PROJECT'S BEING DELIVERED AS WELL.

SO ANY OPPORTUNITY WE GET TO SHARE ABOUT THIS PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD, WE, WE THINK HAS BEEN GREAT SO FAR FOR THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS FOR THE CITY CENTER.

WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT.

SO I'D INVITE AARON FOR.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ANDY.

UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ANDY ASKED ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT AGAIN TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST REALLY CELEBRATE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE WITH THIS PROCESS.

YOU KNOW, YOUR TRADITIONAL DESIGN BID BUILD PROCESS, UM, DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THESE KIND OF ADJUSTMENTS DURING WHAT WE CALL THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE CMAR DELIVERY.

UH, IT REALLY ALLOWS US TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM THROUGHOUT IT, CONTROL THE BUDGET AS A WHOLE.

WHEN IT'S REALLY CHEAP TO CHANGE IT, UH, YOU GET TO THE END OF A DESIGN, UH, TYPE OF PROGRAM, GO OUT TO BID IT AND FIND OUT YOU'RE WAY OVER BUDGET, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

THAT'S GONNA CAUSE DELAY.

YOU GUYS DON'T GET THE PROJECT WHEN YOU WANT.

UH, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE DOING THIS DELIVERY METHOD.

AND TO JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT OF A SUCCESS STORY TO THIS PROJECT, UH, WE GOT AWARDED, I THINK EARLY 2023.

WE STARTED THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION, UH, PROCESS AT THAT TIME ABOUT IN SPRING 2023, WE PROVIDED OUR FIRST BUDGET ON THE PROJECT.

UH, IT WAS $42 MILLION AT THAT POINT.

SO, UH, I THINK EVERYBODY AROUND THE ROOM, YOU KNOW, JAWS HIT THE FLOOR.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? UH, FEAR NOT.

WE HAD A GREAT TEAM, UH, WITH THE ARCHITECT GH TWO, UH, ON STAFF WITH US THERE, THE CITY OF EDMOND.

AND THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE EMBODIMENT OF WHAT CMAR REALLY IS.

IT'S A BUNCH OF, WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS THE COMMON GOAL.

THERE'S NO LINES IN THE SANDS BETWEEN OWNERS, GENERAL CONTRACTORS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

UH, FROM THAT MO MOMENT, WE CUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OUT OF THE PROJECT, UH, THROUGH THE VALUE ENGINEERING PROCESS.

UH, TOOK ANOTHER CRACK AT IT AFTER THE REDESIGN.

WE WERE SITTING AT ABOUT 34.5, SOMETHING LIKE THAT MILLION AT THAT TIME, WE WEREN'T THERE YET.

UH, COUNCILMAN PETERSON, I REMEMBER YOU SAYING VERY VIVIDLY, THIS IS A $30 MILLION JOB.

IT MUST NOT GO OVER .

UH, SO WE TOOK THAT TO HEART AND WE STILL HAD SOME WORK TO DO.

SO WE'RE SITTING THERE AT 34 MILLION.

AGAIN, AS IT'S BEEN, UH, DISCUSSED TONIGHT, THE GRACIOUSNESS OF THE LIBRARY, THE YMCA TO ADD THIS, UH, ADDITIONAL MONEY CERTAINLY MADE THINGS A LITTLE BIT EASIER AT THAT TIME, BUT, UH, WE SAW IT AT 34 MILLION CONTINUED OUR, OUR SEARCH CONTINUED OUR SEARCH FOR DOLLARS TO GET IT BACK WITHIN THIS $30 MILLION BUDGET.

UH, WE WORKED VERY HARD TO DO THAT.

GOT IT AROUND THE KIND OF WHAT WE BELIEVE WAS GONNA BE AROUND 31.

UH, AT THAT

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POINT I THINK WE WERE ALL VERY CONFIDENT TO TAKE IT TO BID.

LIKE ANDY MENTIONED, THE MARKET WAS REALLY GOOD AT THE TIME.

SUBCONTRACTORS WERE VERY INTERESTED TO BE A PART OF THIS AWESOME PROJECT.

UM, TONS OF GREAT WORK GOING ON IN ALL CITIES RIGHT NOW.

SO JOCKEYING SOMEWHAT FOR WHAT'S THE NICEST JOB OUT THERE TO THESE, UM, SUBCONTRACTORS AND WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERED VERY SATURATED MARKET, UH, WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL TO US.

SO BEING ABLE TO GET THAT INVOLVEMENT REALLY HELPED, LIKE ANDY SAID, TO THE, TO THE FINAL DOLLAR VALUE ON THE PROJECT.

SO, UH, WE TOOK IT OUT TO BID.

AND AS YOU SEE UP THERE, THE FIRST GMP THAT WE'RE GONNA PRESENT IS THE 29,102.

UH, WELL UNDER 30, $30 MILLION.

UH, OUR PROJECTION FOR SOME OF THE SCOPES THAT ANDY MENTIONED, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, OVERHEAD DOORS, FENCING.

THE ONLY OTHER ONE IS, UH, SPORTS EQUIPMENT.

SO SOME BASKETBALL GOALS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

UH, THE BIGGEST DOLLAR ITEM OUT OF THAT'S A PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, PROBABLY FOUR OR $500,000 WORTH OF IT.

UH, OUR BUDGET ON WHAT THE REMAINDER OF THIS WILL BE WILL BRING US IN, IN A TOTAL JUST RIGHT UNDER 30 MILLION.

SO I THINK IT'S ABOUT 29, 975 IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AFTER THE COMPLETION, UH, OF BID PACKAGE TWO AT THIS TIME.

SO, UH, AGAIN, IT'S UH, TRULY A TESTAMENT TO THE TEAM, UH, THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, EVERYONE WHO WAS, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT FROM THE GET GO TO MAKE IT TRULY A SUCCESS.

AND I THINK WE WANTED TO PROBABLY GET THIS THING STARTED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, BUT WHERE WE DID CATCH THAT IT WAS OVER BUDGET AND THE TIME THAT WE TOOK AT THAT MOMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS RIGHT, UH, ENDED UP BEING VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE PROJECT OVERALL.

SO, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS WHY WE DO SMAR.

THIS IS THE APPROACH TO IT AND THIS IS THE INTENDED, UH, RESULT FROM IT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

SO, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

ANDY IS THERE.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I SHOULD COVER WITH THAT, UH, BUT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR CMR? I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALIZES HOW MUCH EXTRA WORK WENT INTO THIS.

THE HOURS, UH, AND THE INTENSITY THAT Y'ALL BROUGHT TO THE TABLE OVER THIS YEAR AND A HALF TIME PERIOD, IT WAS QUITE REMARKABLE.

UM, JUST SEEING THE COLLABORATION OF, OF THE GH TWO CROSSLANDS OF THE LIBRARY OF THE Y IN THE CITY, IT WAS, LIKE I SAID, QUITE REMARKABLE SITTING IN THAT ROOM.

UM, HONESTLY, I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GONNA GET IT DOWN, BUT Y'ALL DIDN'T GIVE UP.

THIS IS AN AMAZING PROJECT.

I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS COME TO FRUITION.

UM, SO MUCH GRATITUDE FOR EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS AND FOR THE COMMITTEE.

AND, UM, I'M JUST SUPER EXCITED AND ALL I CAN SAY NOW IS LET'S GO MOVE SOME DIRT .

LET'S DO IT.

LET'S GET THIS THING ROCKING AND ROLLING.

OF COURSE, SAME HERE.

I I'M READY TO MOVE SOME DIRT TOO.

AND, UH, I'M, AND THIS IS A TRUE TESTAMENT OF THE, THE CMR PROCESS AND, UM, ANYONE'S WRITING A BOOK ON THIS ON CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND ALL THAT.

THIS, THIS IS WHAT COMMUNICATION SITTING AT THE TABLE DOES THROUGH THE CMR PROCESS.

SO MY WIFE AND I HAVE THREE BOYS.

ALL OF THEM HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SOME LEVEL OF DIFFERENT YMCA ACTIVITIES, SPORTS, AND OUR, OUR MEMBERS, UM, UNIQUELY YMCA ALWAYS STARTS OFF EACH GAME WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

AND THAT IS THE PLAYER'S CREED WHERE YOU PLEDGE BEFORE GOD TO DO YOUR BEST AND BE A TEAM PLAYER.

SO, GOOD JOB.

UH, I THINK THAT EMBODIES KIND OF THE SPIRIT OF THE YMCA, THE LIBRARIES, UH, THE, THE OUR, OUR COUNTY PARTNERS AND HOPEFULLY THE CITY TO BENEFIT OF THAT.

UM, I DID WANT TO ASK JUST ONE QUESTION AND, UM, AS I GET DIFFERENT INQUIRIES FROM DIFFERENT CITIZENS, OFTENTIMES I'LL SAY WHEN I GET A CHANCE, I'LL ASK ON YOUR BEHALF.

UM, WE DID HAVE A CITIZEN REACH OUT IN REGARDS TO, UH, A CHILD THAT HAS DIFFERENT MOBILITY.

UM, THEY HAVE COGNITIVE DELAY AND, AND, AND AS SUCH ARE UNABLE TO, UM, AS KIDS THEIR AGE USE A BATHROOM FACILITY AND ABOUT AND ABOUT AGED THE NORMAL, UH, KIND OF BABY STATION AS YOU WILL.

SO APPARENT IN THAT SCENARIO HAS THE OPTION TO, UM, EITHER DO SOMETHING IN PUBLIC WHERE THEY LAY THEM DOWN IN THE BACK OF A CAR WHILE SORT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKY LEWING AND, AND STARING AND, AND CAUSING IT, OR THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THE ACTIVITY IN ORDER TO GO FIND.

AND SO WE'VE TALKED AND HAD SOME PRESENTATIONS INTERNALLY WITH OUR, UM, WITH OUR PARK STAFF AND WITH OUR CITY MANAGER.

AND, AND WHAT WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO DO IS COMMIT TO OUR NEW FACILITIES AND REHAB FACILITIES IS TO PROVIDE A FAMILY RESTROOM OR AT LEAST SOME PUBLIC ACCESS AREA THAT WILL HAVE A SIMPLE, UM, UH, ADULT SIZE CHANGING AREA STATION, WHICH THEY DESCRIBED COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS A SANITARY, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE BASIC JUST SLAB THAT'S AVAILABLE.

AND SO, UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS WE LOOK TO THE, UM, EQUIPMENT THAT'LL BE INSTALLED.

UM, WE NEVER WANT A KID WHO HAS TO BE ON OUTSIDE OF FENCE LOOKING IN BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT THEY CAN USE AND ENGAGE WITH.

SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE A CHANCE AND I SEE SOME HEADS NODDING IN THE BACK JUST TO SEE IF THAT'S BEEN CONSIDERED AND, AND WHAT IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IT AS FAR AS A, A

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RESTROOM OR, UM, A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE ABLE TO BE USED BY, BY CITIZENS OF DIFFERENT, UH, ABILITIES.

YEAH, THAT'S CERTAINLY INTEGRATED INTO THE PROJECT.

I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INVOLVED ON TWO CITY OF EDMOND PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, THE OTHER ONE BEING AC CAPLINGER.

AND I THINK WITH BOTH THESE PROJECTS, THAT'S BEEN THE FOREFRONT OF A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH IT TO INTEGRATE THESE KIND OF CHANGING DEMANDS IN TERMS OF A DA ACCESSIBILITY, UH, BATHROOM'S ALWAYS A, A VERY HOT TOPIC, SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE THAT INCORPORATED.

YEAH, ARCHITECT CHAIN.

YEAH, SO IT'S IN THERE.

LOOK, LOOK FORWARD TO, THEY'VE GOT IT ALL.

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE RENDERINGS.

AND THEN I WOULD ACTUALLY PROPOSE AT SOME POINT WHEN APPROPRIATE, WE GATHER A HANDFUL OF THOSE FAMILIES AND JUST GET THEIR FEEDBACK.

'CAUSE I THINK IN THE DESIGN PROCESS WE CAN MAKE SOME SMALL TWEAKS THAT ARE RELATIVELY, UM, COST EFFECTIVE.

IT'S ALWAYS ON THE BACK END THAT IF WE HAVE A PREFAB OR FOUR ALREADY LAID CONCRETE FOUNDATION DONE SOME STUFF TO MAKE A SMALL TWEAK THAT WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN, IN ONE OF THEIR LIVES IS, IS A CHALLENGE.

SO I THINK AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, I'D LOVE TO HAVE TWO OR THREE OF OUR GREAT ADMIN FAMILIES WHO HAVE DIFFERENT STUFF JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND JUST GIVE THEIR FREE FEEDBACK OF, HEY, THIS MIGHT MAKE OUR LIFE EASIER IF THIS, YOU KNOW, IF THIS BUTTON WAS HERE OR IF THIS DOOR HAD THIS OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT MAY BE TO MAKE THEM MORE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WELCOME.

YEAH, I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I THINK ANYTHING THAT'S NEW LIKE THAT AND YOU'RE NAVIGATING NEW WATERS AND, AND IF WE'VE GOTTA GET FEEDBACK FOR IT, I THINK JUST AN AC CAPLINGER, YOU KNOW, ALONE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT PRODUCTS FOR THE TABLE AND WHAT, WHAT IS THAT GONNA BE? AND I THINK THE UNFAMILIARITY WITH IT NOW WILL ONLY BE BETTER ONCE WE DO GET THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK FROM IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, DOES THIS TABLE WORK? DOES THAT TABLE WORK? IS THIS SPACE BIG ENOUGH? YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN THERE? I THINK IT'S INTERESTING ENOUGH, I'VE HEARD FROM THOSE PARENTS, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN APP THAT THEY USE WHERE THEY TRACK AVAILABLE PUBLIC ACCESS BATHROOMS THAT WORK FOR THEIR KIDDOS AND DISABLED ADULT CHILDREN BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A NEED AND A GAP FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND IT, IT JUST, IT BREAKS MY HEART, BUT THEN IT ALSO, I LOVE THAT WE HAVE A TEAM IN PLACE THAT'S WILLING TO DO SOME SMALL THINGS UP FRONT TO, TO ADAPT THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THEIR KIDS', KIDS DON'T NEED TO HAVE AN APP THAT THEY CARRY AROUND IN ORDER TO GO TO THE BATHROOM IN A, IN A RESPECTFUL WAY.

SO.

MR. MAYOR? YES SIR.

I'D LIKE, UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL FOR HAVING THE VISION AND THE WISDOM TO SEE THIS THROUGH.

I KNOW MR. MOORE'S OUT HERE AND YOU AND MS. PETERSON, UH, AND MS. MS MUG, DR. CHAPMAN, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

MR K THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION NOT ONLY TO THE Y-M-T-C-A, BUT TO OUR CITY.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE LIBRARY AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AT 29 1 0 6 BECAUSE IF YOU THINK YOU'VE HAD SOME UNPLEASANT EVENINGS BEFORE THIS, WAIT UNTIL MS. PETERSON GOT AHOLD OF YOU IF YOU'D BEEN OVER 30 MILLION .

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING A NAUGHTY NAME HERE.

, I SAID IT SMILING.

SO JUST TO WRAP UP JUST A, JUST A FEW MORE SLIDES.

SO, UH, POST-CONSTRUCTION, UM, WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE AGAIN IS THE LIBRARY AND THE YMCA THROUGH PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO EQUIP.

SO PUT ALL THE THINGS IN THERE, THE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, THE BOOKS, EVERYTHING THAT HELPS OPERATE THE FACILITY, MAINTAIN IT, AND THEN OPERATE IT AND THEN MAINTAIN IT.

UH, THE CITY OWNS THE LAND AND THE BUILDING AND THE CITY WILL MAINTAIN THE PARKING LOT PAVEMENT AND ENTRANCE.

SO, AND THEN AGAIN, OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME FROM THE YMCA, THEY WILL REPAY THE CITY FOR THE PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF DESIGN CONSTRUCTION PLUS INTEREST.

AND THAT HAS A CAP ON IT AT $13 MILLION PER PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS.

SO I'M SO SORRY, I WAS REMISS TO THANK HENDERSON HILLS AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY.

NONE OF THIS COULD HAVE EVER BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE COOPERATION AND THE COLLABORATION WITH HENDERSON HILLS.

ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S HUGE.

TO MAKE SURE AS MANY TREES ON THE PROPERTY WERE PRESERVED.

LOTS OF ENTITIES WORKING TOGETHER.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROBBINS IS, I'LL GO BACK TO THIS.

SO PREVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT THE SHARED PARKING.

AGAIN, WHEN THIS, WHEN THE HENDERSON HILLS FACILITY IS GONNA BE AT ITS BUSIEST, WHICH IS GONNA BE SUNDAY MORNINGS, UM, THIS FACILITY WILL NOT BE, WILL NOT BE OPEN.

SO THERE REALLY AROSE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR JOINT USE PARKING, UH, BECAUSE THIS FACILITY WILL OPEN PRIMARILY AFTER 1:00 PM AT 1:00 PM ON SUNDAYS AND THEN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY EVENING.

SO TO MEET THE DEMAND OF THE, OF THE CITY, THE YMCA GENERALLY HAS, UH, REDUCED, UH, PROGRAMMING ON SUNDAY, ON WEDNESDAY EVENING.

SO REALLY SEE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE PARKING AND AS SUCH THERE ARE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 250 PARKING SPACES HERE THAT ALREADY EXIST.

AND SO THE CITY HAS AGREED TO MAINTAIN THAT PAVEMENT AND REDO THAT PAVEMENT.

THEN WHEN IT COMES DUE, AND THEN THERE'S GONNA BE ABOUT 80, I BELIEVE IT'S 88 PARKING SPACES THAT ARE GONNA BE ADDED AS PART OF THE PROJECT.

SO WHAT THAT ALLOWED US TO DO IS TO, AND ONE OF THE VISIONS OF THE PROJECTS, AND I'M GLAD MR. MOORE BROUGHT THIS UP, SPEAKING OF FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE, WAS

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AND SO BY ALLOWING, UH, THE JOINT USE OF THE PARKING THAT WAS ABLE TO TO BE ACCOMPLISHED, AND THEN AGAIN WITH THE JOINT USE OF THE ENTRANCE AS WELL.

SO, UH, JUST A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS ALL THE WAY AROUND AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE PARTNERS COMING FORWARD, UM, TO WORK ON THIS.

SO WE'VE GOT A GROUNDBREAKING SCHEDULED FOR A MONTH FROM TODAY, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.

UM, AND THEN THE FACILITY IS GOING TO BE OPEN IN EARLY 2026, WHICH MEANS AN 18 MONTH CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNSEL MAY HAVE.

COUNSEL ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEEN IN DEDICATION OVER THE, OVER THE YEARS FOR THIS PROJECT.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING IN, UH, ON FIRST OF NEXT MONTH WHEN WE ACTUALLY PUT THAT SHOVEL ON THE GROUND AND IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT FEELING, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT FEELING FOR US.

UM, OH, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED, UM, FROM THE PAST AND FROM TODAY.

AND HE'S GONNA BE INVOLVED FROM THE FUTURE, THAT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER, UM, MILESTONE FOR OUR CITY AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE, OUR NEEDS THAT WE HAVE, UH, FOR OUR CITIZENS, UH, THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT 'EM, WE'RE PLANNING FORM AND WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE ITEMS. GREATLY APPRECIATED.

NEXT IS ITEM 10 C IS CASE NUMBER PA 24 DASH 0 0 0 1 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 4,003 4,003 FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THIS IS PART OF OUR PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? UH, ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 10? B? SEE NONE.

COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? OR ON ITEM 10 B, MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THAT HAS PASSED.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

[C. Case No. PA24-00001; Public Hearing and Consideration of Approval of Ordinance No. ___ for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the Edmond Plan 2018 from Suburban Commercial to Suburban Infill for the Property Located at 2700 East Danforth Road, on the South Side of East Danforth Road, West of Coltrane Road. (Sun Properties; Ward 2)]

AMENDMENT TO THE AMEND PLAN.

2018 FOR SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL TO SUBURBAN INFIELD FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2,700 EAST DANFORTH ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF EAST DANFORTH, WEST OF COLTRANE.

SUN PROPERTIES IS THE APPLICANT.

IS APPLICANT HERE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, AS INDICATED, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A CHANGE TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE EDMOND PLAN 2018 FROM SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL TO SUBURBAN INFILL AT THE SITE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DANFORTH, JUST WEST OF COLTRANE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE ON THE MAP.

THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY TWO AND A HALF ACRES.

TAKING A LOOK AT THE ZONING, THE SITE ITSELF IS ZONED A SINGLE FAMILY NEARBY.

ZONING INCLUDES A TO THE WEST, IT'S DEVELOPED AS A CHURCH.

SOUTH IS UNDEVELOPED, ALSO ZONED A D THREE OFFICE COMMERCIAL TO THE EAST, WHICH IS ALSO DEVELOPED AS A CHURCH AND A PUD TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS DEVELOPED AS SENIOR LIVING FACILITY.

THE SITE IS CHARACTERIZED AS SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL IN THE EDMOND PLAN 2018.

NEARBY PLAN CATEGORIES INCLUDE SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL TO THE NORTHWEST AND EAST AND SUBURBAN TWO NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH.

THE OTHER THREE CORNERS OF DANFORTH AND COLTRANE ARE ALSO SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL.

THE APPLICANT AND STAFF ANALYSIS OF THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT INCLUDE OBSERVATIONS THAT THIS AREA HAS RECENTLY EXPERIENCED IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS THAT INCREASE ITS ATTRACTIVENESS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES.

ADDITIONALLY, RECENT WORK WAS COMPLETED BY THE CITY, HAS REVEALED DEMAND FOR WIDER VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES.

THE SUBURBAN INFO CATEGORY IS CAPABLE OF LEVERAGING SOME OF THESE ASSETS AND CHARACTERISTICS MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN THE CURRENT CATEGORY OF SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL.

FINALLY, WITH MUCH OF THE NEARBY AREA CATEGORIZED FOR COMMERCIAL, THERE APPEARS TO BE SITES THAT ARE SUFFICIENT IN BOTH SIZE AND LOCATION TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES.

AT THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 18TH, 2024, EDMOND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO STAFF IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THE APPLICANT, UM, IS, IS NOT PROJECTING A COMMERCIAL USE ON THEIR SITE.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? SO WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES THAT THAT ALLOW FOR LIKE, UM, IN THE REQUESTED CATEGORY OF SUBURBAN INFILL? MM-HMM, SO THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE CURRENT SUBURBAN ONE.

OH, OKAY.

UM, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS, IS RESIDENTIAL.

SO THE, THE SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL, UH, CATEGORY, UM, DOES ALLOW RESIDENTIAL BUT UM, REALLY NEEDS A COMMERCIAL COMPONENT TO GO WITH IT.

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UM, SO THAT'S WHY THEY, UM, NEEDED TO APPLY TO CHANGE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO THE SUBURBAN INFO CATEGORY CAN ACCOMMODATE A WIDER VARIETY OF USES.

UM, IT'S MORE ABOUT THE INTENSITY, THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, UM, BEING ABLE TO FIT INTO AN AREA WHERE THERE'S ALREADY DEVELOPMENT ON, YOU KNOW, ONE OR MORE SIDES SUCH AS THIS.

SO IT, IT IS A GOOD FIT.

UM, AND IT WILL ALLOW A, A WIDER VARIETY OF USES THAN THE SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL CATEGORY IF THE OWNER CHOOSES TO.

AND THEN DO WE KNOW AS FAR AS THE PROPERTY OWNER JUST SOUTH OF THAT, I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED, UH, WHEN PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE FIELD NEXT TO THEM AT THE HOUSE THAT THEY BOUGHT 20 YEARS AGO GETS DEVELOPED EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY OR IT'S OWNED FOR A CERTAIN THING THAT JUST SOUTH OF THAT, IS THAT OWNED BY THE SAME DEVELOPER OR IS THAT A SEPARATE, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR JUST SOUTH OF THAT AS FAR AS BOUNDARY OR ANYTHING? UM, WE ACTUALLY, THE OWNER OF THAT, UH, PROPERTY, UM, REACHED OUT TO US WHEN THEY RECEIVED NOTICE OF THIS, UM, THIS CASE.

AND SO WE VISITED WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT.

UM, THEY WERE JUST CURIOUS ABOUT KIND OF WHAT EVERYONE'S CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT'S SUBURBAN INFILL AND UM, SO WE, WE WERE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

IS IT A PRIVATE RESIDENT THEN OR IS IT A DEVELOPER? UH, YEAH, THE LONG TERM ADMIN RESIDENT OWNS THAT 20 ACRE PARCEL AND THEY LIVE UM, IN THE AREA JUST SOUTH OF THAT AS WELL.

SO.

ALRIGHT.

SO THEY'VE BEEN COMMUNICATED TOO.

AND THEN THE, I MEAN THAT'S PEACE PRESCHOOL, SO I THINK I KNOW EXACTLY LIKE THAT'S, THAT WAS PASTOR KEITH'S HOUSE WHEN HE, WHEN HE WAS THERE SO THE CHURCH KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON 'CAUSE THEY WERE PART OF IT.

RIGHT.

SO IT SEEMS TO ME AS FAR FROM THAT NEIGHBOR THAT'S NEXT TO THEM, THEY SHOULD BE, THERE ISN'T ANY CONFLICT THERE BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND THE DEVELOPER THAT WE KNOW OF.

RIGHT.

UM, I, I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY, I THINK THAT APPLICANT MIGHT BE OKAY.

A BETTER EQUIPPED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW OR JUST RIGHT NOW FOR THE, NO, NOT FOR STAFF.

OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE? COUNSEL, WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? GOOD EVENING.

KAITLYN TURNER.

FIVE, TWO TWO CALL COURT DRIVE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT WHO IS ALSO HERE WITH ME.

UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE.

I WILL JUST NOTE BRIEFLY THAT THE REASON FOR OUR REQUEST TO GO FROM THE SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL TO THE SUBURBAN INFILL, ONE BEING THAT THIS IS A TRUE INFILL LOT SO IT DOES MAKE SENSE.

IT ALSO IS CURRENTLY ZONED A SINGLE FAMILY WITH A SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION.

THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT ARE INCOMPATIBLE.

SO THIS APPLICATION WILL HELP CLEAR UP THAT DISCREPANCY AND WILL ALLOW FOR COMPATIBILITY WITH THAT CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT.

I'LL ALSO POINT OUT THAT THIS, UH, SUBURBAN INFILL CATEGORY IS IDEAL FOR, UM, PROVIDING A GRACEFUL TRANSITION BETWEEN THE SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL THAT YOU SEE ABUTTING TO THE EAST AND WEST AND THEN THAT SUBURBAN TO NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH.

SO AGAIN, AS MR. BRYAN POINTED OUT, STEP DOES RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THAT SURROUNDING AREA AND UH, IT WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL AT PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

NOW.

THE CHURCH WAS THE, IT WAS THE LUTHERAN CHURCH THAT OWNED THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? UM, I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW IT'S, GO AHEAD SIR, PLEASE.

OR DO YOU WANT TELL ME AND THEN I CAN RELAY PLEASE COME UP AND INTRODUCE, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

SO, UH, DANNY MARKS 1100 KINGSTON BOULEVARD.

UM, THE, UH, CHURCH, UH, SOLD THE LAND TO THE DEVELOPER AND ALSO HAVE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE WITH ALLOWING A UTILITY EASEMENT ACROSS THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF THE CHURCH PROPERTY.

AND THEY ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, UM, IN AGREEMENT WITH DEVELOPING THE FIVE ACRE PARCEL.

PERFECT.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR.

KNOWING MY KIDS WENT TO PRESCHOOL THERE AND STUFF AND I KNOW THEY HAD SOME CAPITAL NEEDS, WHICH IS PROBABLY BLENDED THE DISCUSSION OF WHY THEY, I SPECULATED THAT THEY SOLD IT AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE IN CONGRUENT SINCE YOU'RE GONNA ALL BE NEIGHBORS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'VE ALL BEEN TALKED TO, SO APPRECIATE THAT.

YEP.

IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, HOMEOWNER TO THE SOUTH, UM, SHE HAS, UM, UM, UH, BEEN, UM, NOTIFIED AND SHE IS IN SUPPORTIVE.

UM, SHE JUST DIDN'T WANT ANY UTILITIES TO CROSS HER LAND, SO THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

PERFECT.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.

WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE DEVELOPERS THAT DO A GOOD JOB TALKING TO THEIR NEIGHBORS AND HAVE THAT FULL SUPPORT WHERE THEY COME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NONE FROM ME.

WELL, COUNSEL, I, I AGREE WITH YOU.

UM, SINCE THIS IS PART OF OUR PUBLIC HEARING, ARE THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU'RE ALL GONE, A STAFF OVER HERE? .

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COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERTS.

UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNICATION ON THIS ONE FULL CIRCLE IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE AREA, SO, UM, THAT'S GREAT TO SEE.

AND, AND THE APPLICANT REACHED OUT AND PEOPLE RESPONDED, AND SO THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT HAPPEN.

COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM 10 C? I'M MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 10 C.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

I'LL SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THAT ITEM IS PASSED.

I IS, NEXT IS ITEM 12, WHICH IS THE COMMENTS FROM THE MAYOR AND THE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

AND THERE'S, UH, ITEM 11, CITIZEN'S COMMENT.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY THIS EVENING.

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

UH, COUNCIL.

WE'VE HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

UH, WE HAD LIBERTY FEST.

WE HAD VIBES AS PART OF LIBERTY FEST.

UH, WE HAD OUR TED ANDERSON SPLASH PAD OPENING.

UH, SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT.

UH, YOU MIGHT'VE HEARD OF GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS FOUR STAR ARMY GENERAL FROM OKLAHOMA.

UH, YESTERDAY I HAD THE HONOR TO GIVE THE WELCOME TO OVER 70 STUDENTS, UH, FROM THE UNITED STATES AND THREE FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO COME HERE FOR THAT, UH, WEEK LONG LEADERSHIP SEMINAR THAT'S BEING HELD OVER AT THE THIRD LARGEST UNIVERSITY IN OKLAHOMA, UCO.

UM, SO THAT WAS GREAT TO, TO MEET THERE, HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SENATOR JANE LANGFORD SPOKE AFTER ME.

UH, JUST GIVE HIM HIS LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE.

UM, AND JUST ALSO TO HARP ON SOMETHING OR TAG ONTO SOMETHING THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN MENTIONED, UM, IN SECOND WEEK OF AUGUST, SCHOOL STARTS BACK, TRAFFIC PATTERNS ARE GONNA CHANGE.

SCHOOL STARTS IN, IN EBBING ON THE 14TH.

SO ON THE 13TH, THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WILL BE ONE THING.

ON THE 14TH, IT WILL BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT BECAUSE OUR BIGGEST TRANSPORTER OF PEOPLE, THE, WHEN THE SCHOOLS GO BACK IN SESSION, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON THE 14TH OF AUGUST.

UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY ONE THING THAT I AM SO HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, PASS THE NAMING OF CONSERVANCY LAND TO, UH, CHARLES D. LAMB.

UH, SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT, UM, WITHOUT HIM, I WOULDN'T BE SITTING RIGHT HERE TODAY, PERIOD.

I WOULDN'T BE HERE, I WOULDN'T HAVE SAT OVER THERE.

I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE.

SO, UM, I'M, I'M VERY HONORED THAT THIS COUNT, UM, THAT I WAS ABLE TO SIT HERE AND THAT THIS COUNCIL WAS ABLE TO, TO, TO PASS THAT, THAT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO ME.

COUNSEL, ANYTHING ELSE? YES, SIR.

I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS.

UH, MR. MILLER, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

I'M GLAD THAT THE RESOLUTION PASSED, AND THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

THANKS FOR THE PARKS BOARD ON RECOMMENDING THAT.

UH, IT'S WELL DESERVED.

I, UH, I HOPE, AS THE MAYOR SAID, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAD A WONDERFUL 4TH OF JULY IN OUR CITY.

AND, AND, AND IT WAS A, A WONDERFUL DAY.

THERE WERE SOME CITIZENS IN OUR CITY THAT DID NOT, AND I WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT.

UH, I GOT A NUMBER OF EMAILS ABOUT A PARTICULAR APARTMENT COMPLEX HERE IN TOWN, UH, WHOSE AIR CONDITIONING HAS BEEN OUT SINCE JUNE 6TH.

AND THE RESIDENTS HAVE MADE A NUMBER OF REQUESTS TO GET THAT FIXED.

AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX CONTINUES TO IGNORE THEM.

I DROVE OUT THERE TO ASK TO SPEAK TO THE MANAGER, THE ASSISTANT MANAGER.

THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE VERY BUSY PEOPLE AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TALK TO ME.

THAT'S FINE.

I CALLED THEM FOUR TIMES.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE COURTESY TO CALL ME BACK.

NOW, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHETHER THEY CALL ME BACK OR NOT.

BUT WHAT I DO CARE ABOUT ARE THE CITIZENS THAT ARE PAYING RENT TO THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX WHO ARE PLEADING TO HAVE THE AIR CONDITIONING REPAIRED AND IT'S GOING UNANSWERED.

I'VE CONTACTED OUR FRIENDS IN THE PRESS, YOU'RE BRAND NEW TO THIS BEAT.

YOU GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING TO DO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE .

UH, THAT IS HORRIBLE.

THE WAY OXFORD OAKS TREATS THEIR RESIDENTS.

UH, IT WAS 102 HUNDRED AND 304 DEGREES THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.

AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED THROUGH THAT.

IT'S NOT FAIR.

AND BY GOD IT'S NOT RIGHT.

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AND I HOPE AT SOME POINT THE, THE LANDLORD TENANT ACT DOESN'T ADDRESS THEIR PROBLEM.

THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THEIR OWN AIR CONDITIONING.

THEY CAN'T.

I KNOW THEY CAN'T.

I TALKED TO TWO RESIDENTS OUT THERE.

I STOOD WITH THEM.

I WATCHED THEM.

THEY WERE PLEADING TO GET AN ANSWER.

SO I HOPE IN THE FUTURE, THERE'S SOME WAY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF EDMOND CAN ADDRESS A PROBLEM LIKE THIS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS, BUT IT'S WORTH REVIEWING.

UH, AND I FEEL SORRY FOR THOSE PEOPLE.

THEY'RE BEING DISRESPECTED AND BY GOD, IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.

AND I WANT OXFORD OAKS.

THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT LISTENING AS THEY TOLD ME.

THEY WERE VERY BUSY PEOPLE.

IF THEY HAVE A MOMENT TO WATCH THE REPLAY OF THIS OR READ ABOUT THIS, I HOPE, I HOPE THEY'LL ADDRESS THOSE CITIZENS' NEEDS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

ANYONE ELSE ON THE COUNCIL? ANYTHING? WE GET A LOT OF INQUIRIES ON, UH, ON LIBERTY FEST, AND I LOVE SURPRISING CITIZENS OF LETTING 'EM KNOW IT'S A VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE AND THAT THEY CAN VOLUNTEER AND, UH, BE A PART OF IT.

WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP, UH, THAT IS ALL HANDS ON DECK, SORT OF COLLAPSES IN THE DIRECTION OF VICTORY TO MAKE IT A WONDERFUL EVENT FOR ALL OF US.

SO FROM THE, UH, RADIO SHOW TO THE CONCERT IN THE PARK, TO THE PARADE, TO, OF COURSE, THE FIREWORK SHOW AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES ON, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS.

MY UNDERSTANDING APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON FRIDAY FOR OUR NEW EDMOND POLICE ACADEMY CLASS.

SO IF YOU WANT A OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS WITH SOME AMAZING BENEFITS WITH A OUTSTANDING TEAM, I'D SAY PUT AN APPLICATION AND COME JOIN US.

UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON, UH, IN OUR CITY.

JUST REMINDED ME, CLASS 24 10 JUST GRADUATED.

OH YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT, SO WE HAVE SEVEN NEW, I'M GONNA CALL 'EM NEOPHYTES OUT THERE.

THEY'RE NOT BY THEMSELVES, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUT THERE ON.

APPRECIATE IT, CHIEF.

ANYTHING ELSE, COUNSEL? WELL, ITEM 13 IS ALWAYS LOOKING GOOD.

MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SECOND MAYOR.

MOTION SECOND.

WE ARE HERE BY ADJOURN.