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[1. Call to Order.]
OH, YOU WANT ME TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE NOW? HUH? I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER.THIS IS AN UPDATE ON OUR STRATEGIC PLANS, UM, FOR THE CITIZENS IN THE AUDIENCE.
WE'VE BEEN DOING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN NOW, BUT THIS IS THE 11TH OR 12TH YEAR OR 13TH? 2020.
LET'S SHOW Y'ALL
UM, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE HONORABLE CITY MANAGER WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE STARTED.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BROUGHT THIS UP, OR, UH, CITY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING HARD AND I THINK PRETTY AMAZING WORK WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST SEVEN AND A HALF, EIGHT MONTHS, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SHOW YOU UPDATE.
[2. Update from Staff and Discussion of Current Council Strategic Plan Goals.]
GOOD FEEDBACK.I THINK CASEY WILL LEAD US ON THAT EFFORT.
UH, CASEY MOORE, DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
I'M GONNA MOVE THAT BACK JUST A TOUCH.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I GET TO WORK ON IS THIS PROJECT THAT I GET TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU.
SO, UM, TODAY WE'VE GOT, UH, LOTS OF STAFF HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF TAKE A QUICK WALK THROUGH ALL OF THESE GOALS AND THERE ARE A LOT OF 'EM, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE YOU AND THE PUBLIC AN UPDATE ON ALL OF THESE GOALS THAT, UH, THAT YOU ALL SET.
AND IF, UH, YOU WANNA SPEAK ON ANY OF 'EM, JUST PLEASE JUMP IN AND, AND WE'LL TALK ON ANY OF THOSE.
AND IF THERE'S SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO STAND UP AND TALK ABOUT, WE'LL HAVE THEM COME UP.
UH, BUT OTHERWISE I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS THING MOVING 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT ABOUT AN HOUR.
UM, AND WE ALSO WANNA HAVE A FEW MINUTES TOWARDS THE END SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, DATE FOR THE NEXT, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN SESSION THIS FALL.
SO, UM, NOW IS THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THAT BEFORE YOUR CALENDARS FILL UP, HOPEFULLY.
SO WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN.
AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS OUR, UH, THIS IS OUR DOCUMENT THAT WE PRODUCE EVERY YEAR.
UM, ALL OF THE GOALS, UH, ARE LISTED IN THIS DOCUMENT.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA JUST WALK THROUGH THOSE IN OUR PRESENTATION TODAY, UH, WITH A BRIEF UPDATE.
SO, JUST AS A, A REMINDER AND AN OVERVIEW, UM, THIS PLAN IS ALWAYS DRAFTED BY THE SITTING CITY COUNCIL IN THE PREVIOUS NOVEMBER.
UM, SO WHEN YOU HAVE THE SAME COUNCIL, THAT'S PRETTY SEAMLESS, OBVIOUSLY, A COUPLE OF TI OR EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME TURNOVER.
SO, UM, WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE TO NOTE, AS A REMINDER, IT'S DRAFTED BY THE SITTING COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, IT'S A CONTINUATION OF FORMAL PROCESS, AS YOU SAID, MAYOR.
UM, FIRST I INSTITUTED 20 YEARS AGO, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ASSIGNED SCORES TO ALL THE GOALS TO CREATE PRO PRIORITIZATION.
UM, SO THERE ARE 46 TOTAL GOALS IN HERE, AND THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT.
UM, UH, THE REALITY IS THE PRIORITIZATION HELPS DIRECT STAFF TIME AND RESOURCES.
SO, UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THE KIND OF THE BREAKDOWN.
THERE'S TEN FOUR STAR GOALS, 13 THREE STAR GOALS, 14 TWO STAR GOALS, AND NINE ONE STAR GOALS.
SO THAT IS A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE.
UM, WITHIN EACH OF THESE UPDATES, THERE IS A GOAL STATUS CATEGORY.
SO COMPLETE, EVERYTHING IS DONE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THAT, UH, TO BE COMPLETED AS WORDED.
UM, IN PROGRESS, ACTIVE WORK IS HAPPENING AND IT'S PROGRESSING TOWARDS COMPLETION.
ONGOING ACTIVE WORK IS TAKING PLACE, BUT SOME OF THESE GOALS DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A DEFINED END, SO WE NEEDED TO HAVE A WAY TO, TO NOTE THAT.
UM, AND THEN A COUPLE OF 'EM, UH, WE HAVE TO NOTE IS ON HOLD AND, AND THE ACTIVE WORK IS NOT HAPPENING BECAUSE OF SOME MITIGATING FACTORS.
ALL OF THESE FALL UNDER DIFFERENT STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
UM, YOU'VE GOT FOUR OF THOSE THAT, THAT ALL OF THESE GOALS FALL UNDERNEATH.
SO FIRST ONE IS QUALITY OF LIFE, AND THEN UNDERNEATH THAT THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AS WELL.
I'M NOT GONNA READ THROUGH ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALLY.
SO FIRST GOAL, OF COURSE, THERE WE GO.
UH, PROVIDE WALK-IN FACE-TO-FACE CUSTOMER SERVICE AT NORTH TIMBERS FOR UTILITY QUESTIONS AND PAYMENTS.
UH, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING.
CONTRACTOR COMPLETED THEIR WORK LAST WEEK, AND SO STAFF IS FINALIZING THAT SPACE.
UM, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC OPENING IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
SO THAT WAS FUNDED BY ARPA DOLLARS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
SO ON THAT ONE, THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE ORIGINALLY WAS JULY ONE.
SO I GUESS IT'LL BE OPEN LIKE SEPTEMBER ONE IS WHAT WE'RE THINKING.
UH, WHERE'S DO WE HAVE, OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE OUR PERSON.
UH, I, I KNOW THERE'S NOT A FIRM DATE, BUT THE DATE THAT I HAVE HEARD IS, UM, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THAT.
SO WHAT WERE THE LESSONS THAT WERE LEARNED AS FAR AS THE DELAY AND HOW WERE THEY, UH, BEING SHARED AMONGST OTHER DEPARTMENTS? I MEAN, I, I, I THINK, UH, WITH ANYTHING, IT'S, YOU GET INTO CONSTRUCTION AND, AND PLANNING AND A NEW SPACE.
AND SO, UM, THAT, THAT WAS PART OF, BASICALLY THIS WAS BUILT IN A SPACE THAT WAS CREATED FOR SOMETHING ELSE ORIGINALLY WHEN THAT BUILDING WAS BUILT.
AND THEN, UH, GETTING IN AND DOING CONSTRUCTION.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING THOUGH IS, IS EVERYTHING'S COMPLETE.
SCOTT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? YEAH, I KNOW IF
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I, I KNOW BOBBY'S NOT HERE, BUT WE HAD SOME DELAYS ON THE BALLISTIC GLASS THAT CAUSED US SOME CORRECT DELAYS IN THE TIMING.SO, SO THERE IS BALLISTIC GLASS FOR SAFETY AND UH, THERE, THERE WAS A LEAD TIME ISSUE ON THAT.
SO IT WAS JUST THE BALLISTIC GLASS PIECE THAT HELD IT UP? YEAH.
LARGELY BECAUSE UNLESS YOU HAVE THAT, IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST THE, THE AROUND THE BOX, BUT WE HAD OTHER ENTRY POINTS TO OTHER AREAS OF THE, OF THE BUILDING OUTSIDE THE BALLISTIC GLASS.
SO BEYOND THE BALLISTIC GLASS, IS THE, IT SET UP, THE CAMERAS ARE SET UP.
THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
WHAT'S THAT? THEY'RE, THEY'RE FINISH, THAT'S PART OF WHAT THEY'RE FINISHING UP RIGHT NOW WHERE IT SAYS STAFF'S FINALIZING THE SPACE.
SO GETTING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL POINT, THE, UM, THE BLUE TECH GLASS.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT THERE'S OTHER STUFF THAT'S NOT DONE.
WHY I, I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT IT'S NOT THE PROJECT THAT I'M WORKING ON, SO I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS.
SO DOES ANYONE HAVE A, ANY SPECIFICS AS TO THE DELAYS? WE CAN GO BACK WITH THE COUNCILS MEMBER.
I MEAN, PART OF ME THINKS THIS IS THE POINT OF THIS DEAL, RIGHT? SO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ASK QUESTIONS.
I, I UNDERSTAND THE BALLISTIC LAST PIECE.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS SINCE THE ORIGINAL DATE WAS GIVEN IN JULY, IF IT'S DELAYED, THERE PROBABLY WERE SOME TRAINING THINGS OR HIRING THINGS OR CASH MANAGEMENT OR, UM, OTHER FACTORS BEYOND BALLISTIC GLASS.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE ARE SO THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THE PROJECTS TOGETHER, WE CAN SAY, DOES THIS BLEED INTO ANY OTHER PROJECT? SURE.
SO CAN WE LEARN, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR IT SAKE OR CAMERAS THAT ARE GONNA BE REQUIRED IN THIS PROJECT OVER HERE THAT WE NEED TO NOT WORK WITH THIS VENDOR OR WE NEED TO HAVE A BIGGER LEAD TIME.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
I CAN HELP YOU WITH ONE VERY SIMPLISTIC WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
IT'S A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND WE DON'T, THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES JUST LIKE, UM, MR. MOORE SAID, CASEY SAID HERE, IT WAS DESIGNED FOR AN AREA THAT WE'RE, WE'RE REDESIGNING A NEW AREA.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A WHOLE, THERE'S, THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ONCE YOU OPEN, PEEL BACK THE, START PEELING BACK THE ONION AND ALL THAT.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND, THIS IS JUST MY ADVICE.
THAT'S, THAT HAPPENS ON A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS PROGRAM.
WE DON'T KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GO, WE HAVE TO GO INTO THE GROUND OR WE, WE HAVE TO TAKE THE, THE TOP LAYER OFF OF SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW.
WE, OUR, OUR RECORDS MIGHT SHOW SOMETHING'S THERE, BUT CASE IN POINT, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT THERE OR IT'S TOO FAR UP TO THE TOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT IT, IT'S A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
THEY'RE DONE WHEN THEY'RE DONE SOMETIMES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
SUPPORT THE COMPLETION OF THE CITY CENTER COMP, CITY CENTER COMPLEX WITHIN BUDGET.
SO, UH, ALL THREE STRUCTURES ARE SUBSTANTIALLY PROGRESSING ON TIME AND ON BUDGET.
UH, MAIN STREET RECONSTRUCTION IS, UH, JUST ABOUT FINISHED.
AND UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE READY FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS COMING UP VERY QUICKLY.
SO COMPLETION TIMELINE OF THAT, UH, BUILDING IS STILL MARCH OF NEXT FALL OR NEXT SPRING.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON CITY CENTER? DID THE RAIN CAUSE ANY ISSUES OVER THERE?
SO, BUT NOTHING WITH THE NEW BUILDINGS OR THE PARKING GARAGE, ANYTHING.
DO YOU, DID THE RAIN CAUSE ANY ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS? NOT ON THE BUILDING.
BUT ON SOME EXISTING OFFICE SPACE OR SOMETHING, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH, JUST SOME WATER INTRUSION.
SO ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, NEXT UP, SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SMART CHOICE CUSTOMER PORTAL.
THIS WAS, UH, IT IS LIVE AND STAFF IS CONTINUING OUTREACH, UH, EFFORTS TO EDUCATE AND DIRECT CUSTOMERS TO THE SITE.
SO THAT IS COMPLETE AND UP AND RUNNING.
ANY QUESTIONS THERE ON THAT ONE? I SAW SOME FEEDBACK FROM, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN REGARDS TO, AND I THINK THIS SPEAKS TO MORE KIND OF A TRADITIONAL, MORE SENIOR POPULATION THAT, UM, UH, THEY HAD HISTORICALLY RECEIVED A PAPER BILL, WHICH THEY LIKE OF COURSE THEN YOU GO TO ONLINE THAT SOME MIGHT STRUGGLE WITH OR SOME MIGHT UNDERSTAND OR, BUT THEY STILL WANTED A PAPER BILL AND I HEARD FROM ABOUT A HALF DOZEN OR SO CITIZENS THAT STRUGGLED IN GETTING PUT BACK ON THE LIST FOR THE PAPER BILL.
WITH THAT, DO WE KNOW WHERE THAT'S AT? UH, I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT.
I'M LOOKING FOR THE SAME PEOPLE THAT I DIDN'T FIND EARLIER.
SO, UM, WE CAN GET YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT.
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I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROBLEM.SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THEY WERE, THEY WERE AUTOMATICALLY OPTED OUT OF PAPER BILLING.
THEY MIGHT EVEN, OR, OR THEY, OR THEY PROCESS OPTED OUT PROCESS AND THEN REALIZED THEY WANTED TO OPT BACK INTO PAPER BILLING? I THINK MAYBE, YEAH, ONE OR ONE OR TWO.
I JUST, THERE WAS ABOUT SIX FOLKS THAT SAID, HEY, I DON'T RECEIVE A PAPER THING ANYMORE.
I'VE CALLED, I'M TOLD I'LL GET BACK ON.
BUT THEN, UM, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP I THINK AS FAR AS GETTING THEM BACK ON.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE? OKAY, UH, SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF THE REVISED WATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION PLAN.
SO PHASE TWO OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS PROGRESSING, ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETE FEBRUARY 27.
UH, PHASE THREE IS UNDER DESIGN SCHEDULED TO BE, THAT DESIGN IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETE IN NOVEMBER OF 25.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR ANY OUTSIDE FUNDING WE CAN TO SUPPLEMENT THAT COST, UM, TO TRY TO LESSEN THE BURDEN ON THE FUTURE OF OUR RESIDENTS.
SO ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT ITEM ON THAT LAST SLIDE? THE ONE BEFORE, ONE OTHER QUESTION.
THE, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE NOW USING THE ONLINE THING? WHAT DO WE GET AS FAR AS ADOPTION? LEMME GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU.
WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR CHOICE? I HAVE, I KNOW I HAVE.
I JUST DON'T, YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW.
'CAUSE THE, THE PERSON THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE HERE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS IS NOT.
SO WE WILL GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE ON WATER TREATMENT PLANT? OKAY.
UH, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF UPGRADES TO AC KALING OR BALL FIELDS AT HAYFORD PARK.
UH, SO CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
SO, UH, THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH, WITH THAT FINAL DESIGN IS SET TO WRAP UP.
UH, THE REST OF THE PROJECT WILL BE LET TO BID IN AUGUST, I BELIEVE BRAD HAS A COMPREHENSIVE, UM, UPDATE ON THIS ON TONIGHT'S COUNCIL AGENDA.
SO, UM, COMPLETION TIMELINE IS NEXT SUMMER FOR THIS PROJECT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON.
UH, PURSUE APPROPRIATE REPAIRS AND OR REPLACEMENT OF FACILITIES AT PELICAN BAY.
OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS HAVE, HAVE HEARD THIS ITEM IN, IN RECENT MONTHS.
SO, UH, NUMEROUS REPAIRS WERE MADE TO ALLOW THE FACILITY TO OPEN THIS YEAR.
UH, DESIGN AND SELECTION OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT RISK ARE PROGRESSING ON SCHEDULE, UH, FOR THE MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
SO, UM, THAT'S $6.2 MILLION PROJECT COMPLETION.
LOOKING AT 2026, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE A LOT IN RECENT MONTHS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON PELICAN BAY? OKAY.
UH, SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND LIBRARY AND YMCA FACILITY WITHIN BUDGET.
UH, WE SAW ALL OF YOUR SMILING FACES LAST WEEK AT THE PUBLIC GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY.
WE HAD, UH, NICE WEATHER IN THE MORNING, SO THAT WAS GOOD.
UH, MOST OF THE COSTS HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE, FOR THE FULL APPROVAL PROCESS AND THE FINAL APPROVALS, UH, COME UP IN SEPTEMBER.
SO 18 MONTH TIMELINE EARLY 2026 FOR COMPLETION ON THAT FACILITY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON.
UH, SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROUTE 66 TRAIL CONNECTOR.
SO THIS IS ONE, UH, THAT'S ON HOLD.
UH, THIS ONE'S BEEN CHALLENGING.
THE DEVI THE DESIGN PHASE HAS BEEN HOLDING AT 90% SINCE SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND ESSENTIALLY WE'RE WAITING ON THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BECAUSE THIS IS ON CORE LAND FOR THEIR APPROVALS.
SO WE, WE DO NOT HAVE AN UPDATE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN, WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
WE HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS RECENTLY TRYING TO SEE IF MAYBE THERE'S SOME OTHER ROUTES THAT WE CAN GO TO TRY TO MAYBE HELP SEE IF WE CAN GET THE CORE TO LOOK AT THIS SOON.
SO, UH, A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATING ON THAT, BUT, UH, STAFF'S READY TO GO ONCE WE HAVE THE APPROVALS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? OKAY.
UH, SUPPORT THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE CREEK BEND TRAIL.
SO IF YOU GO OUT THERE, YOU CAN SEE THIS ONE'S ACTIVELY HAPPENING.
PHASE ONE, UH, BEGAN IN FEBRUARY.
THAT'S BOTH ENDS OF THE TRAIL.
UH, PHASE TWO IS ON HOLD UNTIL LAND ACQUISITION CAN BE FINALIZED FOR THE SEWER INTERCEPTOR PROJECT THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE AREA.
SO, UH, PHASE ONE, THAT, THAT BUDGET WAS 1.1 MILLION CIP AND OOC GRANT.
UM, THAT PHASE SHOULD BE COMPLETE THIS FALL PHASE TWO UNKNOWN UNTIL WE HAVE THAT LAND ACQUISITION TAKEN CARE OF.
MR. MOORE, I'D ASK THE CITY MANAGER, I THINK ON THURSDAY, MAYBE MR. RBY WANTS TO JOIN IN.
WHERE ARE WE ON THE LAND ACQUISITION? SO I CAN BE CLEAR.
WE COVERED THAT RATHER QUICKLY.
RANDY, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT? SURE.
RANDY S ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UH, THERE ARE THREE OUTSTANDING PARCELS THAT WE NEED TO GET.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, AT LEAST KIND OF A
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AGREEMENT ON TWO OF THOSE PARCELS.ONE IS TAKING A LITTLE LONGER TO BRING.
SO, UH, WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT TWO.
THE OTHER ONE WE'LL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS PROJECT? ALRIGHT, WE'LL KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
I IDENTIFY FUNDING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INITIAL PHASES OF THE ARCADIA LAKE MASTER PLAN.
UM, SO SEVERAL ITEMS HAVE MOVED FORWARD, INCLUDING ONLINE RESERVATIONS, TRASH COLLECTION IMPROVEMENTS, UH, CREATION OF PARK RANGER POSITIONS, UH, DESIGN OF THE TRAIL FROM SPRING CREEK TO CARL RUMAN, A DA UPDATES.
UM, WHILE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, THERE'S, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S MANY, MANY YEARS WORTH OF PROJECTS IN IN THERE.
AND SO, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR FUNDING WHEREVER, WHEREVER WE CAN FOR THOSE PROJECTS AND THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD AS, AS FUNDING IS AVAILABLE.
I'VE HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE TRASH CHANGING AND THE PICKUP AND THAT THERE'S JUST LESS KIND OF THINGS BLOWN OVER WITH THE LIDS NOT BEING JUST CHAINED AND EVERYTHING.
AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG IMPROVEMENT.
UM, WHAT LESSONS THERE CAN WE APPLY LIKE TO OTHER STRATEGIC GOALS? FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE LOOK AT MY WARD IN DOWNTOWN, IS THERE SOME APPLICATION THERE THAT WE CAN USE? UM, SOME OF THAT KIND OF SMALLER SERVICE TRASH THAT CAN BE USED IN SAY, TIGHTER SPACES OR, OR UM, UH, ALLEYWAYS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH.
SO LIKE SMALLER VEHICLES? YEAH.
BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY WE'RE USING SMALLER VEHICLES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONTAINERS.
KEITH, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANNA SPEAK TO? SO, UM, KEITH STEWART, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTIONS CORRECTLY, IS TAKING THE, WE CREATE, WE PURCHASED SOME TIP CARTS THAT WERE MOUNTED ON SOME ONE TON TRUCKS FOR THE PARKS TO SERVICE THE TRASH CONTAINERS THERE.
UM, AND IT, IT IS WORKING OUT WELL IN THAT SITUATION.
THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH DOING IT DOWNTOWN WOULD BE WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT TRASH SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN THE TRANSFER STATION BECAUSE IF WE, THOSE SMALLER CONTAINERS, WE'D BE MAKING A HUNDRED TRIPS A DAY TO THE TRANSFER STATION AND GET RID OF 'EM.
WE'D HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A SATELLITE COLLECTION POINT TO UTILIZE TRUCKS SMALL LIKE THAT.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF JUST FORECASTING AHEAD ON DIFFERENT STRATEGIC GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF LIKE, IF WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPE OF HOUSING, DIFFERENT TYPE OF URBAN ENVIRONMENTS, DIFFERENT TYPE OF, UM, ALLEYWAYS.
JUST SEEING WHAT THE LESSONS LEARNED ARE AT ARCADIA AND SEE HOW OUR WAY, YOU KNOW, SINCE IT'S A DIFFERENT WAY THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS, THAT SEEMS TO BE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL IF THERE'S AN APPLICATION FOR IT IN OTHER PLACES.
WELL THIS, IT CERTAINLY GAVE US SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE 'CAUSE THEY ARE WORKING OUT WELL, BUT THE, THE LAKE'S PROXIMITY TO THE TRANSFER STATION WHERE THEY GO AND OFFLOAD THOSE, UM, OF COURSE THERE'S MUCH CLOSER.
SO IT WORKS WELL IN THAT APPLICATION.
DO WE KNOW HOW MANY TRIPS WE'RE DOING FROM THE, ON THE TRASH THING? UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY THEY'RE MAKING OFF.
UM, PROBABLY NOT NEAR AS MUCH AS WHAT WE WOULD BE DEALING WITH DOWN HERE WITH THE COMMERCIAL.
WITH THE RESTAURANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I'D BE, I'D JUST BE CURIOUS JUST AS WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO BE FLEXIBLE, DEFINITELY ALWAYS LOOKING FOR, FOR OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'LL WORK ON GETTING THAT ANSWER.
SUPPORT THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AT THE UNCOMMON GROUND SCULPTURE PARKS.
SO ALL PARTIES CAME TO AGREEMENTS ON FUNDING AND OPERATIONS IN MAY.
UM, PARK WILL BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN TWO YEARS OF ISSUANCE OF PERMITS.
SO, UM, THERE'S KINDA THE UPDATE, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S HAPPENED BEHIND THE SCENES.
A LOT OF WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO HAPPEN ON THAT PROJECT.
PRIORITIZE INVESTMENT IN MAINTENANCE OF CURRENT PARK PROPERTIES.
UH, FUNDS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO THIS EFFORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
AND YOU'LL SEE AS YOU GO THROUGH HERE, UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, THE POTENTIAL OF A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND LATER TONIGHT.
SO WE TRY TO NOTE ON ANY OF THESE WHERE THESE GOALS MIGHT BE IMPACTED AS SUCH.
SO THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDED INVESTING 6 MILLION IN PROJECTS WITHIN CURRENT PARK PROPERTIES ACROSS EDMOND.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE THREW IN A PICTURE THERE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR NEWEST IMPROVEMENTS, THE SPLASH PAD AT TED ANDERSON PARK.
SO AN, UH, AN INVESTMENT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD PARK THAT HADN'T SEEN SOME, AND SOMETIME IN ADDITION THERE'S ALSO A NEW PLAYGROUND THERE.
SO, UM, AND THEN I THINK, YEAH, SO WE'VE GOT A LIST, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT WAS IN THAT GEO BOND IF IT WERE TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, THAT'S THE LIST OF THE DIFFERENT PARKS THAT WOULD BE INVESTED IN THAT, THAT ARE EXISTING.
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ITEM? ALL RIGHT.UH, SUPPORT THE IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION OF USE OF SPORTS FACILITIES TO BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, THE MOST RECENT ROUND OF RENOVATIONS AT SERVICE BLAKES SOCCER CONCLUDED.
UM, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMPLETE REBUILD OF AC KA OR BASEBALL, WHICH WILL HAPPEN SOON.
FEASIBILITY STUDY AND FISCAL IMPACT STUDY FOR FUTURE FACILITIES HAS ALSO BEEN COMPLETED.
ADDITIONALLY, THE GEO BOND TASK FORCE RECOMMENDED INVESTING MILLIONS IN PROJECTS WITHIN MITCH PARK AND, AND SERVICE BLAKE SOCCER AS WELL.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN, THE ROCKET SHIP PARK, WILDLY POPULAR, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK IT EVEN GENERATES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY GIVEN THE PEOPLE AND JUST STAYING THERE FOR ICE CREAM PIZZA, HOPEFULLY HIBACHI GRILL HERE IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE NEW SPLASH PAD, I THINK ALL OF US PROBABLY HAVE GOTTEN COMPLIMENTS THAT WE JUST WANNA PASS ALONG TO THE STAFF THAT IT'S IT'S FIRST SUMMER.
I'VE HAD PEOPLE TELL ME AFTER A HARD DAY'S WORK IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S JUST BEEN GREAT TO JUST SPEND AN HOUR WITH THEIR FAMILY, RUN AROUND AND JUST BEING KIDS WITH THEM.
AND IT'S A GREAT, GREAT PUBLIC, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE THAT'S BEEN DONE WITH THOSE.
AND, AND UH, KUDOS TO RYAN AND BRAD AND HIS PEOPLE FOR THE, THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH OUR PARK SYSTEM.
UM, AND WE, WE DO SEE THAT REGULARLY.
ANYTIME WE GO INTO ONE OF OUR PARKS AND BRING IN NEW EQUIPMENT, BRING IN NEW AMENITIES, UM, IT BREEDS NEW LIFE INTO THOSE AREAS.
UH, SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW MASTER PLAN FOR MITCH PARK.
OBVIOUSLY OUR BIGGEST AND BUSIEST PARK.
UM, SO PROJECT UNDERSTANDING, UH, FOR THAT PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD IN JULY.
UH, RFQ SHOULD BE ISSUED THIS FALL.
UM, AND FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED THIS YEAR FOR THAT.
SO COMPLETION OF THAT, UH, MASTER PLAN WOULD BE SOME TIME IN 2025.
AND THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE USED FOR THE GEO IF GEO'S PASSED.
IT WOULD JUST GET WORK POTENTIALLY.
THEY, THEY WOULD WORK, THEY WOULD WORK HAND IN HAND.
UH, SUPPORT THE FUNDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW COMPREHENSIVE ED ADMIN VETERANS MEMORIAL.
UH, THE CONTIN THE COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO WORK ON FUNDRAISING, AS YOU ALL KNOW.
UH, THE GEO BOND TASK FORCE IS RECOMMENDING TO FULLY FUND THIS PROJECT.
SO, UM, THAT IS, THAT IS SOMETHING IF, IF THAT WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, THAT IS ONE WAY THAT THIS POTENTIALLY COULD BE FUNDED.
SO COMPLETION TIMELINE ON THAT IS OBVIOUSLY UNKNOWN BASED UPON THE FUNDING NEEDS.
UH, SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION AND APPROPRIATE STAFFING OF FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX.
GROUNDBREAKING TOOK PLACE ON A COLD WINDY DAY IN FEBRUARY, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT.
IT DIDN'T START OUT THAT WAY BY THE TIME WE ARRIVED THERE, IT WAS, IT WAS A LITTLE BRISK.
SO PROJECT IS PROGRESSING WITH MOST OF THE GROUND-BASED WORK BEING COMPLETED.
UH, THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED NEXT SUMMER.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS THERE? ALRIGHT.
UH, PURSUE ACQUISITION LAND FOR FUTURE FIRE STATION SEVEN.
UH, LAND WAS PURCHASED ON COFFEE CREEK ROAD BETWEEN DOUGLAS AND POST, SO NEAR THE SCHOOL, UH, FOR A FUTURE FIRE STATION, SOME WATER FACILITIES AND ELECTRIC FACILITIES.
SO, UH, THAT ONE IS COMPLETE AND, AND WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
UH, SUPPORT THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXPANSION OF THE POLICE TRAINING FACILITY.
UH, STAFF'S WORKING TO FINALIZE SITE PREPARATION REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN CONTRACT.
UH, YOU ALL RECENTLY APPROVED THAT, SO, UM, THAT IS IN PLACE.
UH, THAT DESIGN SHOULD BE COMPLETE IN NOVEMBER AND THEN CONSTRUCTION TO BE DETERMINED AFTER THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS THERE? BE ANXIOUS TO SEE THAT.
I MEAN, OUR PEOPLE ARE WELL TRAINED AND OBVIOUSLY THIS PROJECT WILL ALLOW THEM TO, TO DO MUCH MORE IN, UH, IN THEIR TRAINING.
SUPPORT THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A JOINT USE FACILITY FOR POLICE AND LAKE STAFF AT ARCADIA LAKE.
THIS ONE'S IN PROGRESS, BUT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UH, IT'S BEEN BROKEN INTO PHASES BECAUSE OF HOW WE HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE, HONESTLY.
UH, SO, SO DESIGN IS IN PROGRESS.
FIVE MILLION'S BEEN IDENTIFIED.
NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET FOR CONSTRUCTION AND THAT'S FOR PHASE ONE.
UH, AND THAT'S FOR THE POLICE.
AND THEN AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, UH, WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PHASE TWO FOR LAKE STAFF.
SO COMPLETION TIMELINE ON THAT FOR PHASE ONE IS 20, 27.
IS THAT 5 MILLION THOUGHT TO BE JUST THE POLICE PART OR COMBINED? THAT IS, THAT IS THE POLICE PART.
THAT'S PHASE ONE, CORRECT? YES.
AND WE'LL FUND PHASE TWO OUT A DIFFERENT WAY IN THE FUTURE.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S EVERYTHING UNDER STRATEGIC INITIATIVE ONE.
SO UNDER NUMBER TWO, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS THAT YOU
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HAVE THERE, A COMPLETE WIDENING OF INTERSECTION AT DANFORTH AND KELLY.SO THE 90% PLANS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND THE PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE BID LATE THIS YEAR.
UH, NEARLY ALL UTILITIES HAVE BEEN MOVED AND THERE'S STILL SOME WORK HAPPENING OUT THERE, UH, KIND OF IN THE FINAL STAGES OF UTILITY MOVEMENT.
SO $12 MILLION PROJECT, MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES 2026 COMPLETION FOR WHAT IS OUR MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.
QUESTIONS THERE, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR LIKE GEO BOND, HAVING UNIFORMED SIGNAGE POTENTIALLY THAT'LL IDENTIFY IT AS A TAXPAYER PROJECT.
THE KIND OF WHO, WHERE AND WHY FOR SOMETHING AS SIGNIFICANT AS THIS 12 MILLION BUCKS ON SUCH A INCIDENT FROM INTERSECTION.
DO WE HAVE SORT OF STANDARD SIGNAGE THAT LETS PEOPLE KNOW LIKE, HEY, MOVING FORWARD APPROVED WITH YOUR TAXPAYER.
DO WE DO THIS? I GUESS I'M ASKING DO WE DO THE SAME THING NOW THAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR DEAL? WE, WE DO.
WE HAVE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, WE HAVE A CAMPAIGN, UM, SHOPPING AND, AND SO YOU WOULD SEE A SIGN OUT THERE.
IT'S SHOPPING AND ADMIN PAID FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND SO, UH, WE TRY TO GET THAT SIGNAGE OUT AT, AT ALL OF OUR, OUR MAJOR PROJECTS SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS EQUALS THIS, YOU SHOP HERE, YOU SPEND YOUR DOLLARS, WE CAN INVEST THEM INTO THE COMMUNITY AND PROJECTS AND JUST LIKE IN BRIAN SECOND YEP, SURE.
AND TELL ALL THE FOLKS AND ADMIN TO, UH, PARTAKE IN THOSE SHOP OWNERS.
CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO GO AND SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS.
'CAUSE IT WILL BE CHALLENGING WHEN THIS PROJECT HAPPENS.
BUT IT WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY SAFER.
AND THE TRAFFIC WILL FLOW MUCH BETTER THROUGH THERE.
AND IT'S, IT'S A CHALLENGE, ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENINGS WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING HOME.
WELL, THEY ALL ARE, ALL CONSTRUCTION IS A CHALLENGE.
AND THIS ONE'S GONNA HAVE A LITTLE, SOME CHALLENGES BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION OFFICE TO THE WEST, THEN YOU HAVE THE, UM, HIGH SCHOOL TO THE EAST AND A RAILROAD TRACK.
AND AND ALL THREE OF THOSE LOCATIONS CAUSES ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.
YEAH, THERE WILL, THERE WILL BE SOME, SOME HEADACHES FOR SURE DURING THIS PROCESS, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY THE, THE, THE LONG-TERM GOAL WORTH IT IS, IS WELL WORTH IT.
IMPLEMENT PHASE FOUR OF THE INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC SYSTEM TO INCLUDE APPROPRIATE STAFFING.
SO ODOT HAS RECEIVED 100% PLANS.
PROJECT WILL GO OUT TO BED IN OCTOBER.
UM, 10.2 MILLION, I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE WHERE THERE WERE ACTUALLY SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WERE OUT THERE THAT, UM, WE WERE ALLOCATED FOR THIS.
TWO, TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
SO, UM, GOOD NEWS ON THIS ONE.
THAT ONE'S, UH, COMPLETED COMPLETION TIMELINE SOMETIME IN 2026.
SO ON THE STAFFING NOTE FOR APPROPRIATE STAFFING THAT WAS ADDED, UM, DO WE HAVE THAT FULLY STAFFED NOW? MR. LAWRENCE, YOU WANNA COME UP AND, AND TALK ABOUT STAFFING? SO, UM, STEVE LAWRENCE, UH, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, UH, OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO STAFF IN THE PAST.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A, AN APRIL SENIOR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER, UH, TO FILL THAT POSITION, UM, REPLACE TOM MIN'S POSITION.
UH, WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO EXTEND OFFERS TO TWO TRAFFIC ENGINEERS THAT HAVE ACCEPTED ONE STARTED, UH, LAST MONDAY AND THE NEXT ONE WILL START SOON.
UM, WE DID HAVE ONE TRAFFIC ENGINEER, UM, LEAVE US TO GO TO NORMAN.
SO WE'VE GOT ONE VACANCY, BUT ALL THE REST OF 'EM WE'VE GOT FILLED SO GOOD.
SO AS FAR AS THE, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.
SO AS FAR AS THE, I MEAN I'VE BEEN, AS WE ALL THINK TO THE LIKE INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER WITH THE MONITORS UP, IS THAT, DO WE JUST HAVE AN OPEN STAFFING SPACE THERE? YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
AND IT'S JUST ONE THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE OPEN AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT WE'LL HAVE FULL, FULL STAFF FULL, UH, ROTATION COVERAGE ON THAT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO, I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY HARD TO RECRUIT THESE FOLKS.
I THINK THERE WAS A CHALLENGE TOO ON JUST WHAT, WHAT'S THE PROPER CERTIFICATION? WHAT IS THE TRAINING? CAN YOU TAKE SOMEBODY WHO HAS A DIFFERENT ENGINEERING BACKGROUND AND CROSS TRAIN THEM FROM THIS? AND THEN IS IT HOURLY OR IS IT SALARY? THE REASON WHY I FOCUS IN ON IT IS OBVIOUSLY WE SPEND, HAVE SPENT, YOU KNOW, UH, WELL OVER 10 MILLION PLUS AND IT ONLY WORKS IF IT'S STAFFED.
SO IF WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING IN THIS YEAR, I'D BE WILLING TO HELP OUT WITH EXTRA DOLLARS EITHER FOR A BONUS OR RETENTION OR SOMETHING BECAUSE I'D RATHER SPEND $10,000 TO KEEP A 10 MILLION PLUS SYSTEM GOING THAN HAVE A VACANCY THAT DOESN'T ALLOW US TO UTILIZE THE FULL MILLION DOLLARS.
SO I'D LOVE TO SEE A KINDA A REPORT JUST ON STAFFING AT A, AT A FUTURE UPDATE AND JUST IF WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING FROM OUR STANDPOINT, I'D BE WILLING TO HELP FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THAT SYSTEM MOVING IF WE HAVE TO SPEND A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS.
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ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.I MEAN IT CERTAINLY, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
IT CERTAINLY SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS THOUGH FROM, I MEAN FROM APRIL TO NOW THREE.
I MEAN WE'VE LOST ONE BUT THREE ADDITIONS, SO ALMOST FULLY STAFFED.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT'S A LOT OF PROGRESS.
WE'VE ADDED SOME FLEXIBILITY TO THE POSITIONS AND, AND DONE WHAT WE CAN.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE IN A LOT BETTER SHAPE THAN WE WERE A YEAR AGO.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON.
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CITY, COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL STAKEHOLDERS FOR FUNDING MULTI-YEAR TRANSPORTATION PROJECT PLANS.
SO WE CONTINUE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS ON CURRENT AND FUTURE PROJECTS, UH, PLUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP AS APPRO AS APPROPRIATE.
ADDITIONALLY, I MEAN, HONESTLY THE GO BOND PROGRAM, IF THAT WERE TO BE APPROVED, UH, WOULD CREATE AN ITEMIZED LIST OF PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SO, UM, THAT IN MANY WAYS WOULD, WOULD BE A MULTI-YEAR TRANSPORTATION PROJECT PLAN BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IF, IF PUT FORWARD AS SUCH.
UH, CONTINUE PLANNING WITH ODOT FOR REVAMPING I 35 CORRIDOR TO INCLUDE ONE-WAY, ACCESS ROADS AND TURNAROUNDS AND FUTURE BEAUTIFICATION.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN PROGRESS FOR SOME TIME AND IT'S GETTING MUCH, MUCH CLOSER.
SO PHASE ONE BRIDGES EXPECTED TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AT THE END OF 2024.
UM, PHASE TWO RAMPS AND FRONTAGE ROADS EXPECT TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AT THE END OF 2025.
SO AGAIN, WE PUT IN 4 MILLION INTO THAT, ODOT WAS PICKING UP THE OTHER 40 MILLION.
SO IT'S A GREAT INVESTMENT FOR US, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, AND AN AREA THAT HAS BECOME SIGNIFICANTLY MORE BUSY, UM, AND IS CHALLENGING AS, AS THAT AREA'S DEVELOPED OUT TO HAVE THE TWO-WAY FRONTAGE ROADS.
QUESTIONS THERE? SOMETHING, UH, WE MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT SINCE ODOT AND THE CITY, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A LOT ON I 35.
UM, AND I THINK ODOT ISS SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING SOUTH OF THE CITY LIMITS ALSO, CORRECT? UM, NORTH, NORTH OF THE CITY LIMITS.
PARDON? WATER WATERLOO, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? RIGHT.
BUT AREN'T THERE GONNA STILL DO ISN'T, I THOUGHT THERE WAS STILL SOME PROJECTS SOUTH OF US THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE.
IS THERE ANYTHING? YEAH, BUT THEN THERE'S NORTH, YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT REALLY LIKE THE NEXT 10 YEARS ON I 35 ALREADY, THAT IS STILL, THAT IS PART OF OUR, ALSO PART OF OUR COMMUNICATION.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY AWARE OF THAT IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PROGRESS HAPPENING ON, ON I 35, UM, IN THE NEXT EIGHT TO 10 YEARS THAT ODOT WILL BE WORKING ON.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA BE THE FIRST THING THAT PEOPLE START TO SEE.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE? OKAY.
INCREASED FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT UPDATED PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLANS.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS WORDED AS INCREASED FUNDING.
SO THE GEO BOND TASK FORCE RECOMMENDED INVESTING, UH, AN ADDITIONAL $35 MILLION ABOVE WHAT WE DO NOW OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD, UM, FOR, UH, GOING THROUGH AND AND IMPROVING OUR, OUR PAVEMENT.
SO THIS IS, THIS PICTURE IS ACTUALLY A PROJECT THAT WAS FINISHED RECENTLY, UH, NEAR 33RD AND KELLY.
SO MORE DOLLARS ALLOWS US TO DO MORE THINGS.
SO CASEY, REAL QUICK, STEVE, IF I'M RIGHT, WE CURRENTLY SPEND ABOUT $5 MILLION A YEAR ON OVERLAYS.
FOUR AND A HALF TO FIVE UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
WE'D ROUGHLY DOUBLE THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SO IT'D BE IF, IF THAT WERE TO BE APPROVED, IT'D BE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE ON, ON THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS THAT WE CAN DO SOONER.
OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY.
UH, UTILIZE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STUDIES TO ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND PROVIDE INCREASED SIDEWALK LINK LINKAGE.
SO, UH, WE'VE WON NUMEROUS COMPETITIVE GRANTS, UH, INCLUDING A TRAIL FROM HAYFORD PARK SECOND STREET, UH, AND THEN ALSO CONNECTING THE WEST SIDE OF THE TRACKS OF DOWNTOWN COMPLETED SEVERAL PROJECTS FILLING IN GAPS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE, THE DEVELOPED PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEN ALSO COMPLETED, UH, A NEW SIDEWALK THAT DIDN'T HAVE, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ALONG LITTLER BETWEEN FIFTH AND NINTH.
SO, UH, TRYING TO FIND THESE, THESE OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY COME UP AND AS WE CAN FUND THEM.
JUST ON THE LIST FOR JAIL BOND, WHOLE BUNCH OF SIDEWALKS AND WALKABILITY WILL BE SO HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY MOVING NORTH.
AND, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN THEIR CONVERSATION AND, AND WE REMIND PEOPLE AS WE GO THROUGH AND UM, DO OVERLAY PROJECTS IF THEY HAVE SIDEWALKS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH AND BRING THOSE UP TO A DA, UH, STANDARDS.
AND SO THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE TO EXISTING SIDEWALKS WHERE WE'RE DOING ROAD PROJECTS AS WELL.
AND HOOKING MITCH PARK AND THE MAC TO SEVERAL, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS.
FOR ACCESSIBILITY AND SAFETY AND GETTING THERE.
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YEP.UH, SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DANFORTH AND SOONER INTERSECTION.
UH, SO TEMPORARY TRAFFIC SIGNAL PLANS ARE UNDER DESIGN.
THOSE THAT DESIGN WILL BE COMPLETED IN OCTOBER.
UM, AND THEN THE IDEA THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH AND MAKE SOME INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS SIMILAR PROBABLY WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, ALONG COVE AT COLTRANE BRYANT WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO GO IN, PUT A SIGNAL, PUT, PUT, PUT IN SOME TURN LANES.
UM, THIS IS A FOUR-WAY STOP, GETS QUITE BUSY, UM, DURING THE COMMUTE TIMES OF THE DAY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? OKAY.
UH, RECONFIGURE BOULEVARD BETWEEN SECOND MAIN STREET AND SUPPORT CORRESPONDING UTILITY RELOCATIONS, UH, AND IMPROVEMENT.
SO THE PROJECT DESIGN ON THIS IS NEARLY COMPLETE AND WE DO HAVE A RE A FEDERAL REQUEST IN FOR FUNDING, UH, FOR THIS NEXT FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR THROUGH CONGRESSWOMAN VICE'S OFFICE.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, THE GEO BOND TASK FORCE RECOMMENDED FUNDING THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
SO THIS WOULD, UH, STRAIGHTEN OUT SOME OF SECOND STREET WHERE IT JOGS RIGHT THERE, BUT THEN ALSO ALLOW US TO SIGNALIZE MAIN STREET TO GET PEOPLE ACROSS BOULEVARD MORE SAFELY.
SO A LOT OF, A LOT OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, IN THE AREA, WHICH WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT.
AND ADDITIONALLY, SOME UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS WOULD GO ALONG WITH THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
COMPLETION OF COVE PARKWAY DEVELOPMENT.
SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A BIG, BIG, BIG THING TO DO.
UM, SO WE'RE CONTINUING, UH, DESIGN ALONG SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS ALONG THE PARKWAY.
UH, AND THEN THREE INTERSECTION PROJECTS ALONG CO COVE ARE LISTED ON THE, UH, RECOMMENDED GEO BOND PROJECT LIST.
AND THAT'S COVELL AND AIR DEPOT, COVELL, AND WESTERN COVELL AND SANTA FE.
SO, AND I APOLOGIZE, CASEY, THAT'S WHERE THE, THIS, WHAT'S THAT? THE SANTA FE AND COVELL INTERSECTION IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
YEAH, THAT'S ONE WHERE WE DID AN INTERIM IMPROVEMENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT THERE'S STILL QUITE A WAYS TO GO ON THAT ONE.
SO THOSE WERE IT SOME WALKWAYS WHEN WE DID.
UH, SUPPORT EFFORTS OF REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITIES, COMMUTER RAIL PROJECTS.
SO STATION LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR, EDMOND.
DISCUSSIONS ARE UNDERWAY WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
UH, REGIONAL VOTE ON THAT SYSTEM IS EXPECTED SOMETIME IN 2025.
AND THAT INCLUDES US, OKLAHOMA CITY AND NORMAN.
SO THE, THE FIRST FIRST PIECE IS THE NORTH SOUTH QUESTIONS THERE.
UH, DETERMINE AND IMPLEMENT LONG-TERM FUNDING SOLUTION FOR EXPANDED CITYLINK BUS ROUTES.
UH, SO WE'RE PARTICIPATING WITH EMBARK, WHICH IS OKLAHOMA CITY'S TRANSIT, UH, ORGANIZATION, OTHER REGIONAL PARTNERS IN A LONG RANGE PLANNING PROCESS FOR BUS SERVICE IN THE OKC METRO AREA.
OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS RIGHT NOW AND SO, UH, THE THOUGHT IS POTENTIALLY THERE COULD BE ONE BIG REGIONAL SYSTEM SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.
I MEAN, ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT AS I WAS TALKING TO SOME FOLKS ON OKLAHOMA CITY IS, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY LINK SYSTEM, MY UNDERSTANDING, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UM, IT'S A IMMENSE ENTITY THAT'S AVAILABLE TO CITIZENS, UH, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ON AND PUT COINS IN OR PAY FOR BECAUSE ALMOST COLLECTING THAT WOULD SUPERSEDE GRANT.
IF, WHEN RTA COMES IN, UM, THE WHOLE HOPE IS THAT WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE COMING IN AND OFF THAT SYSTEM.
SO WE NEED TO KIND OF JUST STRATEGICALLY PLAN.
'CAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S NOT PART OF RTAS UH, BUDGETING PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
WHAT WE WOULD DO AS THE CITY OF EDMOND TO HELP SUPPORT, DO WE HAVE TO MOVE TO A PAY SYSTEM? DO WE KEEP IT NOT FOR PAY, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER THE AMOUNT OF ROUTES AND, UM, OF PEOPLE COMING OFF THE TRAIN SYSTEM.
SO SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FOR FUTURE STRATEGIC GOALS AS IT RELATES TO THIS ONE.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE, IF WE'RE GOING ALONG THIS ROUTE WITH OTHER FOLKS, BUT YEAH, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT IS, PARTICULARLY IF WE LIKE TRIPLE RIDERSHIP OR QUADRUPLE RIDERSHIP WITH RTA.
I, I KNOW IN THE PAST, AND I'M NOT THE EXPERT ON THIS AND IF WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE COME UP, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN LOOKED AT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND IT AND WHETHER IT'S, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH SPONSORSHIPS OR ADVERTISING OR WHETHER IT'S THROUGH FAIRES AND, AND THEY ALL KIND OF COME, THEY'VE COME WITH SOME, SOME DIFFERENT CHALLENGES.
SO I KNOW THAT THAT STAFF THAT'S WORKING ON THAT IS CONTINUING TO TRY TO FIND THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE? OKAY.
ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH IN THE DOWNTOWN TIFF DISTRICT, INCLUDING CREATION OF AN ADVISORY BOARD.
SO, UH, STAFF IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING OUTREACH PROCESSING TIF APPLICATIONS.
UH, YOU ALL APPROVE THE CREATION OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IN MARCH.
AND SO THEY MEET QUARTERLY TO, UH, WITH THE PURPOSE OF ENHANCING TRANSPARENCY, UH, AMONGST THESE, THESE DOLLARS WITH THE, WITH THE PUBLIC.
AND IS THE IDEA FOR THAT, THAT GROUP THAT'S BEEN APPOINTED AND WORKING AND BEING QUARTERLY, DO THEY TRANSMIT A REPORT TO US THAT WE REVIEW OR WHAT'S THE YES.
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YES.SO IT'LL BE AN AGENDA ITEM ON A FUTURISTIC COUNCIL MEETING WHERE WE'LL LOOK AT THAT.
IT'LL BE DONE THAT WAY THROUGH A COUNCIL MEETING OR JUST, UH, I THINK IT WAS INTENDED TO GO TO COUNSEL, BUT THEY CERTAINLY DID REPORT BACK TO THEIR COUNSEL.
YEAH, SO, SO IT COULD EITHER JUST BE A REPORT THAT'S SUBMITTED OR IF, OR IF YOU ALL WANT THEM TO COME AND, AND, UH, GIVE A PRESENTATION THAT THAT'S REALLY UP TO YOU ALL ON HOW YOU WANT TO DO THAT.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS ONE.
IS IT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S BEEN CREATED, UM, DEVELOPMENT, ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN IS, OR, OR IN THE, IN THE DOWNTOWN TIFF IS CONTINUAL.
SO WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THE STRATEGIC, ALL OF THEM ONE DAY, THERE'S GONNA HAVE A, AN END DATE TO IT, CORRECT.
AND THAT'S, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AT THE BEGINNING.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE THERE WHERE IT SAYS STATUS IS ONGOING.
SO SOME OF THESE, WHEN YOU ALL GET BACK TOGETHER IN THE FALL, YOU'LL HAVE TO DECIDE IS IS THIS SOMETHING THAT HAS, WE'VE ESSENTIALLY OPERATIONALIZED AND DOES IT NEED TO BE A GOAL? UM, THAT'LL BE A CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL NEED TO HAVE IN THAT NEXT SESSION.
UM, IF, BECAUSE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ONGOING, YOU'LL NEED TO DECIDE, NO, WE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE WANNA HAVE IT IN HERE, OR NO, WE'VE OPERATIONALIZED THAT, LET'S MOVE THAT OUT AND LET'S, LET'S, UH, FOCUS MORE ON, ON OTHER INITIATIVES THAT HAVE A FIRM COMPLETION DATE.
IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IT'S COMPLETED BECAUSE WE WANTED, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT GROUP.
AND YOU DEFINITELY, THAT PART IS, IS 100% COMPLETE.
UM, THE ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT'S GOING TO CONTINUE.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'LL NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
I'VE HAD TWO MEMBERS OF THAT TIF COMMITTEE CONTACT ME AND THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THE DIRECTION THINGS ARE GOING RIGHT NOW, AND THEY, THEY'RE PLEASED THAT THEY GET TO DO THEIR WORK.
SO I UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR'S POINT ABOUT SOMEDAY THAT MAY OR, AND YOUR POINT THAT IT MAY PHASE OUT, BUT I THINK THEIR WORK WILL BE ONGOING.
BUT YEAH, I THINK THE QUESTION'S MORE ABOUT HAVING SOMETHING IN THERE.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN THERE ANYMORE, IT'S DONE, BUT CORRECT.
IT WILL, IT WILL CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.
EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR CITY OWNED PROPERTIES IN DOWNTOWN AFTER OFFICE CONSOLIDATION.
SO STAFF'S EVALUATING THE OPTIONS, UM, LOOKING AT PHASES IF, IF IT'S REDEVELOPED.
UM, SO THERE'S GONNA BE, THERE'S GONNA BE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO I THINK THAT CONVERSATION WILL CONTINUE AND YOU ALL WILL BE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN ANY, ANY CONVERSATIONS THAT, THAT HAPPEN WITH THAT.
SO, UM, WE'LL WE WILL HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE PROPERTIES WHEN, WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE INTO A NEW FACILITY.
ANY QUESTIONS THERE? YEAH, I THINK, I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS KIND OF PROPERTY DISCUSSIONS IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A CATCH 22 AND ONE THING IS, YOU KNOW, A A CITY OR A STAFF ISN'T GONNA GENERATE ALL THE IDEAS.
WE RELY ON INVESTORS, DE DEVELOPERS, PRIVATE CITIZENS THAT SAY, HEY, WOULDN'T IT BE NICE OR WOULDN'T THIS BE COOL? OR, I SAW THIS ON A TRIP AND THINGS.
AND THE NICE THING, I THINK THE GREAT ADVANTAGE WE HAVE NOW THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IT THE BEGINNING OF SOME OF THOSE OTHER PROJECTS IS WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN TRANSFORMATIONAL MANAGER.
AND SO IT'LL BE GREAT TO HAVE SORT OF A PROCESS IN PLACE WHERE PEOPLE KNOW KIND OF WHEN AND HOW TO TOUCH BASE ON THINGS.
UH, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, UM, YOU'RE DEALING WITH A SCARCE RESOURCE AND A AND A GOOD PLACE, UH, SCARCITY BRINGS ACROSS VALUE, VALUE, IT ENHANCES COMPETITION.
BUT THEN YOU HAVE FOLKS THAT WILL QUOTE WIN BECAUSE THEIR IDEA, THEIR PROPOSAL, THEIR VISION, UH, WOULD'VE BEEN ACCEPTED OR APPROVED.
OTHERS WHO HAVE A LOT OF MERIT, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE ANYTHING IN LIFE WOULDN'T BE SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO, UM, TO, TO LOOK FORWARD TO UH, LIKE WHAT'S THE PROCESS AND THE TIMELINE AND THEN KIND OF LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHEN AND HOW, HOW THEY CAN PLUG INTO STUFF.
'CAUSE EVERYONE'S GOT GREAT RELATIONSHIPS AND THE TEMPTATION OBVIOUSLY WILL BE TO, TO SAY, HEY, WHAT'S UP? WHAT'S GOING ON? SO YEAH.
THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF THIS AND, AND WE'RE GONNA GET ONE SHOT AT IT.
AND SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO, TO DO SOMETHING THAT THAT'S GONNA BE IMPACTFUL FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
SHE'LL JUST JUMP IN AND I DUNNO IF LINA WANTS TO JUMP IN AS WELL, BUT WE ARE SEEING RENEWED INTEREST IN THOSE PROPERTIES AND WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE A QUESTIONS TO US ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT? WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE THAT.
WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND TALK TO COUNSEL ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE PROPERTIES.
IS IT A PHASE APPROACH BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC PROCESS? IT'S, IT'S JUST WHO GETS THERE FIRST IS, IS THERE A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS? HOW DOES THAT WORK? WHAT'S THE INTENDED GOALS? I THINK THE TIF ADVISOR COMMITTEE CAN PLAY A HUGE ROLE OF WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO SEE IN OUR DOWNTOWN? UH, WHAT ARE THE TI UH, MY GUESS IS SOME OF THEM WILL BE ASKING FOR TIF FOR THEIR PROJECTS.
IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER DOING REDEVELOPMENT OF THESE PROJECTS, WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THIS COUNCIL? OR WHETHER THE TIFF COMMITTEE SAYS THESE ARE THE, HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IN ANY PROJECT PROPOSALS.
SO LENA, DID I GET THAT RIGHT? YEP.
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INDICATE YOU'RE EVALUATING OPTIONS.DO YOU HAVE ANY OPTIONS THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO SHARE TODAY? OR ARE YOU JUST TALKING ABOUT IT? OH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TALKING AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEAS OF WHAT ARE THE I'LL COME UP PLEASE DO
SORRY, MY, MY EARS APPRECIATE IT.
SO ONE OF THE BENEFITS TO THE, THE AGREEMENTS WE HAVE WITH UCO RIGHT NOW FOR THAT, THAT MASTER PLAN IS A PART OF THAT MASTER PLAN IS GOING TO BE A MARKET STUDY.
UM, SO IT'LL SHOW WHAT THE HOLES ARE IN NOT JUST THE UCO AREA, BUT ALSO IN THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR.
UM, WHAT WE HAVE TOO MUCH OF WHAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF.
SO THAT SHOULD LEAD THE DISCUSSION.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST ANTICIPATING A CONVERSATION.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE? I MEAN, I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST AND SO I'M, I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE'LL HAVE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY.
YOU GET THAT FROM UCO AND THEN AS SOON AS WE CAN KIND OF POINT PEOPLE AWAY FROM JUST A ONE-ON-ONE COFFEE TO LIKE, HEY, GO HERE AND LEARN THIS, IT'LL BE HELPFUL.
I MEAN, IF WE WERE HERE IN 1985, WE MIGHT BE LIKE, MAN, IF WE COULD JUST GET A SKATE PARK AND A TOWER RECORDS, THAT'D BE THE COOLEST THING DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW? AND, YOU KNOW, 2024 WE MIGHT BE LIKE, AH, MAYBE THOSE TWO THINGS ARE WHAT WE WOULD WANT IN 2024.
IT'S GONNA BE EXCITING TO SEE WHAT COMES DOWNTOWN.
UH, PURSUE DEVELOPMENT OF INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX AT I 35 AND COVE.
SO STAFF REMAINS COMMITTED TO LISTENING TO IDEAS FOR A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, UH, TO BRING AN INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX TO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S KIND OF GONE THROUGH MANY WAVES AND, AND WE JUST HAVEN'T GOT TO THE FINISH LINE ON THAT YET.
UH, BUT WE ARE, WE'RE HOPEFUL AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO LISTEN AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO IN SOME SENSE IT'S ONGOING IN THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WITH THE STUDY THAT IT IS A NEED RIGHT.
UM, SO YEAH, WE, IT COULD SAY ONGOING.
WE, WE ACTUALLY DID TALK ABOUT THAT WITH THIS SLIDE.
IS IT ONGOING? IS IT ON HOLD? UM, SINCE THERE'S NO ACTIVE, UH, PROJECT IN PLACE, THAT'S WHY WE WENT WITH ON HOLD.
ONGOING GUESS IT'S LIKE PURSUE DEVELOPMENT OF INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX.
WE ARE PURSUING, WE'RE PURSUING IT.
WE'RE NOT IN NECESSARILY AT THE CURRENT TIME A CONVERSATION WITH A SPECIFIC PERSON.
CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
SO, SO WE OWN THE LAND, CORRECT? WE DO OWN A, WE DO OWN A PIECE OF LAND, YES.
AND THEN NOT, NOT, NOT THIS PROPERTY THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED.
BUT WE DO OWN A PIECE OF LAND THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL WHERE IT WAS GOING TO BE.
BUT THEN IN, IN FUTURE DISCUSSIONS, THE IDEA WAS IT MIGHT BE ON ANOTHER PIECE OF LAND THAT WE DON'T OWN.
BUT WE'RE FREE AND CLEAR OF ANY LEGAL SORT OF ENTANGLEMENTS, IS THAT CORRECT, COUNSEL? AS FAR AS THE, LIKE, WE'RE NOT LIKE, WE'RE LIKE, WE HAVE A THING THAT WE CAN MARKET FROM, FROM, FROM PREVIOUS, FROM PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THAT WE'RE GETTING INVOLVED.
SO WE HAVE A PIECE OF LAND THAT WE COULD MARKET.
WE DON'T HAVE DOLLARS ENCUMBERED RIGHT NOW, LIKE WE DID BEFORE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES.
WE, WE REALLOCATED THOSE TO OTHER PRIORITIES.
SO BASICALLY IT'S A POLICY DISCUSSION WITH US WITH BUDGETING TO DECIDE IF AND HOW AND WHERE TO OUTSIDE SOMEBODY SAYING, I WANNA FUND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF IT AND HERE'S MY CHECK.
IF WE'RE GONNA BE INVOLVED ON SOME SORT OF INCENTIVE AND STUFF THAT IT'S, WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION BASICALLY WHERE THE STATUS IS.
UH, SUPPORT, GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF THE GUTHRIE ADMIN REGIONAL AIRPORT.
SO, UH, BOTH CITIES HAVE BEEN ACTIVE WORKING WITH STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS.
EARLIER THIS SUMMER THEY WERE NOTIFIED, UH, AT THE AIRPORT THEY WERE GONNA RECEIVE UPWARDS OF 15 MILLION TOWARD CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TERMINAL TAXIWAY, REALIGNMENT, TAXIWAY DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UH, TWO CITIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A 10% MATCH ON THESE PROJECTS.
SO, UH, ONCE THE FUNDING IS IN HAND, IT'S ABOUT A TWO YEAR PROCESS, BUT THERE'S STILL WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
BUT ALL, ALL VERY POSITIVE THINGS FOR, UH, MOVING THAT AIRPORT FORWARD, WHICH WE OBVIOUSLY OUR NAME IS ON IT, EVEN THOUGH IT IS LOCATED IN GUTHRIE AND WE ARE PART OF THAT, UH, AIRPORT AND IT, THEY'RE DOING GOOD THINGS OUT THERE.
EXPAND TOURISM EFFORTS BY SETTING A DATE FOR VISITOR TAX INCREASE ELECTION COMPLETE AND MARCH.
YOU ALL, UH, APPROVED THAT RESOLUTION TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND IN JUNE, UH, 63% OF PEOPLE SAID YES.
SO, UH, THAT RATE CHANGE GOES INTO EFFECT ON OCTOBER ONE AND AT THAT POINT, UH, WE WILL HAVE MORE DOLLARS, UH, FOR OUR TOURISM DEPARTMENT TO GO OUT AND TO PROMOTE BRINGING MORE FOLKS TO OUR TOWN TO COME AND SPEND THEIR MONEY, UM, HOPEFULLY GENERATING MORE SALES TAX REVENUE AND THEN THEY GO HOME.
DOES THAT GO BY? I, I JUST DON'T KNOW.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION.
SO THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE WILL OBVIOUSLY GO TO THAT
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GROUP AND THEN IT'S THE, UM, THAT BOARD THAT WOULD DECIDE, OR DO WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT AS OUR OVERALL BUDGET? LIKE IS IT TOTALLY SEPARATE AS FAR AS THEM SAYING IT'S, NO, I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S TOTALLY SEPARATE.IT IS, IT IS DEDICATED FUNDING FOR TOURISM.
AND SO, SO THEY, THEY WORK WITH, WITH STAFF ON CREATING THAT BUDGET, BUT IT IS PART OF THE OVERALL BUDGET THAT YOU ALL APPROVE EVERY YEAR.
SO IT IS A DEPARTMENT BUDGET WITH A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE.
UH, IMPLEMENT ENHANCED SYSTEM FOR PLACE MARKING AND WAY FINDING.
THIS IS ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR, FOR QUITE A BIT AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S GOT DELAYED WHEN WE TOOK ON SOME GRANT FUNDS, BUT THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD.
WE HAD OUR, UM, PRE OUR UH, UH, PRE-WORK MEETING THIS LAST WEEK.
SO IT'S, IT IS COMING IN THE COMING MONTHS.
SO YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE OVER THE WINTER MONTHS, UH, INSTALLATION OF A LOT OF NEW SIGNAGE AROUND TOWN TO HELP PEOPLE FIND THINGS.
ALL THOSE VISITORS THAT ARE COMING, UH, WE WANT TO GET 'EM TO THE PLACES THAT THEY'RE HERE FOR.
SO IT'S GONNA BE QUITE WONDERFUL.
AND THE DELAY WAS WELL WORTH IT.
IT, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT ALLOWED US TO GET A SIGNIFICANT, UH, AMOUNT OF MONEY BEYOND WHAT WE HAD FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND SO IT'S GONNA, IT'S REALLY GONNA HELP US IMPLEMENT A LOT.
I THINK THERE WILL STILL BE MORE WORK TO DO AFTERWARDS, BUT ONCE WE GET THIS IN, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A GOOD FEEL FOR HOW IT'S WORKING AND WHERE WE GO IN THE FUTURE.
SIGNAGE MORE COHESIVE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
UH, CONSIDER RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE HOUSING ASSESSMENT STUDY.
SO STAFF'S BEEN DOING A LOT OF THINGS ON THIS.
EXPANDING STAFF CAPACITY, LEVERAGING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, WORKING WITH AREA NONPROFITS TO STRATEGIZE NEXT STEPS FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO INCORPORATING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE TO ENCOURAGE MORE HOUSING OPTIONS WHERE APPROPRIATE.
SO LOTS OF WORK ONGOING ON THIS QUESTIONS THERE.
UH, IMPLEMENT FLEXIBILITY INTO CODE, UH, TO ENCOURAGE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES.
UH, SO THE LID ROADMAP WAS COMPLETED IN APRIL AND WAS PRESENTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT, UH, REVIEW COMMITTEE IN JUNE.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY WAITING FOR CONSULTANTS TO START REVIEW AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON OUR TITLE 23.
SO, UH, WORK HAPPENING THERE TO BETTER MANAGE STORM WATER AND HOPEFULLY IF THE GEO BOND PASSES, IT WILL FREE UP SOME MONEY TO HELP WITH THAT STORM.
UM, NEXT UP SUPPORT STAFF EFFORTS TO EDUCATE AND ENFORCE BEST PRACTICES FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE FLASH FLOODING.
SO THESE TWO KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND.
SO AGAIN, THE LID ROADMAP, UM, AND PRESENT IT TO DUR IN JUNE.
SO WORK THOSE GO HAND IN HAND.
WORK AS ONGOING ON BOTH OF THOSE.
UH, CONTINUE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOLUTIONS TO MEET NEEDS IDENTIFIED BY COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE SUPPORTED THE NORTH CARE OPENING OF THE, OF THEIR EDMOND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITY, UH, SECURED FUNDING SUPPORT, MORE PREVENTION SERVICES, UH, WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS THROUGH STATE AND THE OPIOID GRANTS.
UH, CREATE NEW SUBCOMMITTEE TO CREATE ENHANCED PREVENTION PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH, CREATE NEW MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
AND THERE ARE ACTUALLY A LOT MORE THINGS, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN FIT ON THE SLIDE.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY WORKING HARD ON THIS.
WE KNOW IT'S A, NOT JUST IN EDMOND, BUT IN OUR, IN OUR SOCIETY, MENTAL HEALTH.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
AND SO, UM, THIS WAS A, A GREAT DAY WHEN, WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO CUT THE RIBBON ON THIS FACILITY.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S TIME, IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD AND, AND, AND WE ARE.
I MEAN, NOT JUST OUR COMMUNITY, BUT, UM, EVERYWHERE AND IT'S, YEAH, IT'S REALLY GREAT.
AND THE ASSESSMENT SHOWED THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTA ACT AND, AND PEOPLE ARE WORKING TO DO THAT.
SO WHAT, UM, ON THAT ONE, UM, IT'S, IT'S SUCH AN AMAZING RESOURCE.
I KNOW THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT THEY JUST WERE CHALLENGED WITH WERE JUST STAFFING.
DO WE KNOW, ARE THEY OPERATIONAL? ARE THEY LIKE, DO THEY HAVE LIKE STAFF? UM, KIND OF WHAT, IF ANYTHING, CAN WE DO FOR IN THE FUTURE TO HELP 'EM? UH, KRISTA BATTERSON, HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER UM, THEY ARE PARTIALLY OPEN.
SO THE OUTPATIENT SIDE IS OPEN FOR FAMILY, UH, SERVICES, YOUTH.
ANY ADULT, IF YOU'RE IN A CRISIS, YOU CAN GO THERE.
THEY'RE WAITING ON FURNITURE TO BE DELIVERED AND SET UP.
SO ON THE URGENT CARE SIDE, BECAUSE IT'S, UM, A LOT AREA, THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE FURNITURE'S NOT HEAVY OR IS TOO HEAVY TO PICK UP AND THROW.
UM, FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN A CRISIS POTENTIALLY, AND THEY'RE WAITING FOR A LICENSED, UH, NURSE PRACTITIONER, WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY'LL BE OPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE.
THEY'VE HAD SOME STAFF CHANGES, SO HOPEFULLY THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THEY'LL BE FULLY OPEN.
YEAH, IT'S A, I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE.
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HAD TO ACCESS, A YOUNG PERSON WHO HAD TO ACCESS MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND HAD TO GO DOWN TO NORMAN AND I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HAVE SOMETHING HERE LOCALLY THAT IS MEETS THEIR NEEDS.TIME, TIME CAN CERTAINLY BE OF THE ESSENCE IN, IN A CRISIS.
UH, IMPLEMENT THE EDMOND PLAN 2018.
SO AGAIN, ONGOING, LOTS OF WORK HAPPENING.
UM, JUST A HANDFUL OF THE STAFF UPDATES, UH, SUPPORTED IMPROVED PROCESSES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY FORUM, UH, BEGAN IMPLEMENTING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
COMPLETED DIAGNOSTIC OF CURRENT DEVELOPMENT CODE AND ESTABLISHED FRAMEWORK FOR MAKING SOME SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
UH, IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE EDMUND SHIFT TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
SO QUITE A BIT OF WORK ONGOING WITH THE EDMOND PLAN 2018.
AND THEN OUR LAST STRATEGIC INITIATIVE, NUMBER FOUR, PEOPLE IN PARTNERSHIPS, UH, PURSUE ADDITIONAL STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PROJECT NEEDS.
WE'VE GOT LOTS OF STAFF THAT ARE DOING A GREAT JOB IN, IN GETTING OUT THERE AND TRYING TO FIND DOLLARS, UM, TO, TO ALLOW US TO, TO DO MORE.
SO, UH, KUDOS TO EVERYONE WORKING ON THAT.
SO IN, UH, DURING FISCAL YEAR 24, WE WERE AWARDED $26 MILLION.
AND, UM, WE HAVE 67 MILLION IN ACTIVE GRANTS ACROSS LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT'S, IT, IT'S SOMETHING REALLY TO BE PROUD OF AND, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO.
IF, IF THERE ARE DOLLARS OUT THERE THAT WE CAN TRY TO GET TO, TO HELP OUR CITIZENS, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.
I, I, EXACTLY, BECAUSE STAFF, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN FINDING MONEY.
A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE WOULDN'T BE ON OUR LIST IF WE DIDN'T RECEIVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING, ADDITIONAL HELP FROM, UM, ADDITIONAL SOURCES.
SO KUDOS TO STAFF BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE DEVELOPED RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE, ALL THE WAY FROM WASHINGTON DOWN TO 23RD STREET, UH, TO BRING THE, FIND OUT WHERE THERE'S ADDITIONAL MONEY AND, AND HOW WE CAN HELP SHAPE OUR PROGRAMS TO HELP, UH, MEET THOSE NEEDS.
NEXT STEP, CREATE APPROPRIATE PARTNERSHIPS TO PURSUE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN DOWNTOWN EDMOND.
SO THIS ONE CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS, UH, WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ON THE LIST FOR THE LAST, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TAX.
UM, BUT IT, THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH UCO.
AND SO, UM, THEY'VE NEEDED TO FOCUS THEIR FUNDING IN OTHER AREAS SINCE THAT TIME.
UM, LENA MENTIONED EARLIER THERE IS A MASTER PLAN AREA ON THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR THAT AREA WEST OF UCO.
SO IT'S, IS IT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE BROUGHT UP AGAIN? POTENTIALLY.
UM, BUT THE CHALLENGE IS OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT.
AND I PUT IN HERE THE ESTIMATED COST IN 2018 FOR THE TYPE OF FACILITY NEEDED WAS JUST OVER 63 MILLION, AND THAT'S IN 20 $18.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S A DAUNTING, IT'S A DAUNTING CHALLENGE IN FRONT OF US FOR THIS ONE.
WELL, AND THERE'S SO MANY BENEFITS FOR OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
SO MANY, BUT THERE'S ALSO CHALLENGES.
AND, AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY AND CONTINUE TO, TO FOSTER THAT.
AND, AND THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME, SOME MORE ACTIVITY, MORE INVOLVEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY AT MITCHELL HALL, THEIR CURRENT THEATER OF COURSE.
AND SO, UM, I, I THINK EVEN THOUGH THAT THIS IS ON HOLD, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE AREN'T OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN TRY TO DO RELATED TO PERFORMING ARTS WITH, WITH EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND ALSO WITH IT STILL BEING ON THE LIST, IT'S WHEN THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAPPEN, IT'S RIGHT.
IT COULD STILL BE A REMINDER THAT, IS THERE A WAY TO INCORPORATE ABSOLUTELY.
'CAUSE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT'S JUST BEEN A REALLY BIG CHALLENGE.
UH, SUPPORT STAFF EFFORTS TO EXPAND COMMUNITY EDUCATION INITIATIVES ON KEY TOPICS.
SO LOTS OF ACTIVITY, JUST A HANDFUL OF THINGS.
SO WE HELD SOME PUBLIC EDUCATION OUTREACH EVENTS FOR RECYCLING SOLAR POWER.
AND WE BROUGHT BACK OUR OPEN HOUSE EVENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BEFORE COVID, UH, PARTICIPATED IN DEVELOPING SUPPORTING CAMPAIGNS FOR THE LODGING TAX ELECTION, THE GEO BOND COMMITTEE, BICYCLING, URBAN FORESTRY, AND A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT, UH, CAN'T FIT ON THE SLIDES.
SO STAFF'S WORKING REALLY HARD TO TRY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THINGS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE CAN ON THAT FOR SURE.
QUESTIONS, JUST WANNA SAY THANKS FOR THE TWO THAT I ASKED FOR ON THE, UM, RECYCLING AND SOLAR WELL DONE.
HAD GOOD, UM, CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.
I KNOW THE CITIZENS WHO WERE VERY, UM, FOCUSED ON THAT WERE APPRECIATIVE OF IT.
AND THE OTHER ONE, UH, WAS THE, UM, THE ADMIN VENDOR, HOW TO JUST EDUCATE AND ENGAGE OUR ADMIN VENDOR COMMUNITY, JUST, UM, KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HOW TO GET ON CITY OR STATE CONTRACTS AND
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THEN HAVE A GOOD COMMUNICATION FEEDBACK LOOP.I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT THAT AND APPRECIATE ALL THE STAFF THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT ONE.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY A, A GOOD EFFORT.
AND THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS AT THE CHAMBER FOR HOSTING THAT ONE.
CITIZEN CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND APPROPRIATE PROJECTS AND FUNDING LEVELS FOR A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.
UM, THAT 25 MEMBER MEMBER COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED MID-JUNE MET MULTIPLE TIMES OVER ONE MONTH PERIOD.
AND THEY WILL HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU ALL TO HEAR AND CONSIDER AT YOUR MEETING TONIGHT.
SO, UM, APPOINTING THAT COMMITTEE HAS HAPPENED AND THEIR WORK TO, TO THIS POINT IS CONCLUDED UNLESS YOU DECIDE TO HAVE THEM DO MORE WORK.
SO, ANYTHING ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS THERE? OKAY.
ENHANCED RELATIONSHIPS WITH EDUCATION PARTNERS TO MUTUALLY IMPROVE TRAFFIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT NEAR SCHOOLS.
SO STAFF MET WITH SCHOOL OFFICIALS, DISCUSSED QUEUING AND OTHER TRAFFIC ISSUES, UH, RELATED TO AIR DEPOT AND COVELL.
WE KNOW THAT TWO SCHOOLS ARE COMING THERE.
WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM WITH OUR PROJECT, UH, AROUND RUSSELL DOHERTY.
UM, SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN TO TRY TO DO TO, TO HELP, WE KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN SCHOOL STARTS, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE.
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON.
SO STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO ENHANCE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
SO ON THAT ONE, THAT WAS ONE THAT I HAD ASKED FOR.
I KNOW WE KIND OF WORDSMITH, UH, UM, THE TITLE ON IT.
THE INTENT, AT LEAST FROM ME FOR PUTTING IT FORWARD, WAS HAVING A MASTER LIST OF ALL OF THE, UM, SCHOOL SITES THAT ARE WITHIN EDMOND, OF COURSE, BEING NAMED EDMOND POLL SCHOOLS.
THERE ARE MORE THAN A HANDFUL THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR BOUNDARIES.
I'M, UM, AIR DEPOT COVE, RUSSELL GORDY.
AND APPRECIATE LENA, UH, PERSONALLY GOING OVER THERE MULTIPLE TIMES AND INSPECTING AND LOOKING AND DOING ALL THAT FOR OTHER SITES.
I MEAN, SORT OF WHAT I WAS ENVISIONING WAS LIKE A, HEY GREEN, THIS IS GOOD.
SO IT HAS GOOD TRAFFIC FLOW, PICK UP, DROP OFF.
UM, YOU KNOW, YELLOW MIGHT INDICATE THAT IT HAS SOME ISSUES WITH THAT, MAYBE SOME PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS.
AND THEN A RED WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BACKING UP, IMPACTING INTO, UH, SAY A MAJOR CORRIDOR OR ARTERY.
UH, THERE'S DIFFICULT SPOTS TO CROSS OR THERE'S NOT A PLACE TO THAT.
HAS THAT BEEN DONE? DO WE KNOW? UH, IT HAS NOT AS PART OF THIS, UM, BUT IT HAS BEEN DONE.
SO WE'RE, WE DON'T HAVE A, A, A, A GREEN, YELLOW, AND RED.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST YEAR KIND OF GOING THROUGH AND ASSESSING ALL OF THE SCHOOL ZONES AS WELL AS, UH, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, ST.
MARY'S, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE BACKING UP ONTO COVE.
UM, SO LOOKING AT ALL OF THE TRAFFIC RELATED ISSUES AROUND THE SCHOOLS, UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I LEARNED ABOUT VERY QUICKLY THIS TIME, UH, LAST YEAR.
AND SO, UH, EVERY YEAR WE GET AN EDUCATION ON THAT FROM OUR PARENTS AND, AND TO STUDENTS.
SO, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT, WE'RE ACTUALLY ANALYZING KIND OF ALL OF OUR SCHOOL ZONES RIGHT NOW FOR SAFETY AND, AND WHAT, WHAT SAFETY MECHANISMS ARE IN PLACE AND TO UPGRADE THOSE.
AND SO I THINK WE COULD EASILY, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COME UP WITH A, A RED GREEN, UH, YOU KNOW, YELLOW SCENARIO FOR EACH KIND OF WHERE WE FEEL WITH EACH ONE.
AND THEN JUST KIND OF LOVE TO DIALOGUE AROUND THAT.
UH, I KNOW STARTING AS THE MAYOR WILL SAY, UH, FAMOUSLY COME THURSDAY, UH, WE'LL WAKE UP TO A NEW, UH, CITY AS FAR AS ITS PATTERNS AND HABITS AS FAR AS FOLKS AND PEOPLE ON THE ROAD.
UM, AND WE'LL RECEIVE AN, WE WILL GET FEEDBACK
SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE, UM, AN, LIKE A LIST THAT KIND OF INDICATES BEST PRACTICES ARE IN PLACE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND THEN OTHER ONES THAT ARE MUCH MORE ACUTE AND THEN, UM, BE ABLE TO INCLUDE IN THAT SOME OF THE PARENTAL GRANDPARENT AND CITIZEN FEEDBACK THAT WE WILL RECEIVE OVER THE NEXT 30 TO 45 DAYS.
UM, FOR ME PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, CAME UP AND IT WASN'T LIKE A GREAT SOLUTION THAT WE COULD DO OUT THE BOX WAS AROUND, UM, UM, UH, UH, HUSKY PUFFS, UH HA, UH, OFF AIRS.
AND, UM, OH MY GOSH, UH, ED, UH, UH, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS NAMED, UM, IT'S EDMUND HUSKY PUPS.
IT'S, UH, SOMEBODY, YEAH, IT'S OFF AIRS BY UCO, NORTH NORTHERN HILLS.
NORTHERN HILLS, THE HUSKY PUPS.
UP, UP HERE IS GOING, THERE'S NOT ONE, THEY GO UP AIRS IN ORDER TO TURN TO THE PICKUP AND DROP OFF.
SO HISTORICALLY THAT ONE HAS BACKED UP AND, AND IT TENDS TO THIN OUT ONCE FOLKS
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GET, UM, ABOUT THREE WEEKS IN AND THEY KIND OF STAGGER THEIR TIME A LITTLE BIT.EVERYONE SEEMS TO SHOW UP PRETTY EARLY AND ANXIOUSLY FOR KIDS, UH, RIGHT ON THE BUTTON ALL AT ONCE.
DO WE HAVE, IN REGARD TO THE TRAFFIC, LIKE FOR THAT PLACE AND A HANDFUL OF OTHERS, DO WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE A, A TRAFFIC PERSON THAT'LL BE THERE ON THE POLICE SIDE THAT FIRST WEEK THAT'LL 'CAUSE WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE? DO WE HAVE OUR POLICE LIST OF TRAFFIC ISSUE HOTSPOTS? UH, SO WE ARE IN CONTACT WITH EPS ABOUT FIRST WEEK RETURNS.
SO TYPICALLY WE HAVE OFFICERS ON OVERTIME THAT ARE AT THE SCHOOLS, UH, JUST TO GIVE A HIGHER PRESENCE, UH, FOR ENGAGEMENT, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
WHEN IT COMES SPECIFICALLY TO TRAFFIC, UH, I KNOW YOU'RE WELL AWARE WITH OVER 20 SCHOOLS, UH, AND CLOSE TO 2019 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, UH, 16 IN OUR JURISDICTION, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE A PERSON THAT CAN BE AT EACH SCHOOL, BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT PRESENT MORE OF A CHALLENGE THAN OTHERS.
UH, I THINK THAT SCHOOL'S ONE THAT'S GOT QUITE A BIT OF ATTENTION HERE OVER THE LAST YEAR WITH THE ADDITION OF THE BIKE LANE AND OTHER CHALLENGES FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS.
SO WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE AVAILABLE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN OTHER THAN WHAT WAS PUT IN PLACE FOR, FOR LAST YEAR, WHICH, UH, LARGELY DEPENDS ON PATIENTS.
UH, FOR THOSE THAT ARE ATTENDING.
UM, AS WITH OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE LOCATED IN NEIGHBORHOOD SETTINGS, UH, THERE'S JUST A LIMITED ABILITY TO CONTROL OR PROVIDE EXTRA ACCESS THAT, THAT THE ROADWAYS DON'T, DON'T PROVIDE.
THAT'S A LONG ANSWER TO SAY WE'RE AROUND AND WE WILL BE THERE, BUT THERE'S NO MAGIC SOLUTION TO THE, TO THE PROBLEMS THAT EXIST THERE.
YEAH, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE PRESENCE IS FANTASTIC AND PEOPLE ALWAYS NOTE IT AND IT'S VERY WELL APPRECIATED.
I CAN THINK OF TWO IN MY DISTRICT, ONE BEING, UM, ONE BEING, UH, NORTHERN HILLS, THE OTHER ONE BEING, WHICH JUST BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION, I, I, I THINK B HAS ASKED FOR SOME ASSISTANCE JUST ON, UM, OUR, OUR FRIENDS THAT ARE RIGHT HERE BY OUR CITY HALL COMPLEX, RUSSELL DOHERTY, RUSSELL DOHERTY.
UM, YOU CAN TELL I'VE BEEN ON SUMMER VACATION TOO 'CAUSE THE SCHOOL NAMES WERE SLIPPING.
UM, SO I DO AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE IMPRACTICAL TO HAVE TRAFFIC ASSISTANCE AT ALL THE LOCATIONS, NOR DO I THINK IT WOULD MERIT THAT.
BUT I THINK IF I COULD PROVIDE YOU ONE OR TWO, UM, UH, AT LEAST ON DAY ONE OR TWO, 'CAUSE WE JUST KNOW IT'S GONNA STACK UP.
THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE THAT ARE THEN GONNA HONK AND GO AROUND.
AND IT'S GONNA BE A KIND OF A NIGHTMARE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO JUST FROM A TRAFFIC FLOW PERSPECTIVE.
UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW, UH, SOMETIMES SOMEBODY WITH A VEST WHO IS A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE PUTS HIMSELF A LITTLE BIT AT RISK.
UM, AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE, UM, SOME TRAFFIC PERSON THAT KNOWS HOW TO ACTUALLY DO TRAFFIC FOR A DAY OR TWO.
I COULD SEND YOU THE ONE OR TWO IN MY DISTRICT.
I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER CITY COUNSELORS ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT AS WELL.
BUT, UM, THAT WOULD JUST BE MY REQUEST TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO SEE IF WE COULD PROACTIVELY DO SOMETHING FOR FOUR OR FIVE DAYS, UM, ON THAT.
I THINK THAT WOULD, AND I GET IT, THAT'S NEEDED, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF OVERTIME.
YOU CAN'T TAKE THOSE, ALL THOSE PATROL OFFICERS OFF THE STREET.
AND, AND AGAIN, WE DO OVERSTAFF ON, ON THOSE TWO DAYS AND, UH, I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE REQUEST AND WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT.
AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE, IT'S JUST MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, ALL YOU'RE DOING IS ARTIFICIALLY STOPPING ONE SIDE TO GO TO THE OTHER.
AND I THINK IT'S SIMILAR TO THE SITUATION WE ENCOUNTERED, UH, BEFORE SOME OF THE MINOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE IN INTERSECTIONS LIKE COL TRAINING AND COVE.
BUT IF YOU'RE STOPPED ON ONE SIDE, IT BACKS UP THERE.
AND SO IT'S MANAGEMENT OF, IT'S DIFFICULT, BUT HOPEFULLY TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD.
AND, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THE RESIDENTS OF EDMOND WILL HAVE SOME PATIENCE.
AND THE PARENTS
BUT THIS IS A, THIS IS A TWO-WAY STREET HERE.
IT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANS IS CONTINUE OUR, OUR RELATIONSHIP ENHANCING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE, WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER IDEAS OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP ENHANCE AND EASE TRAFFIC SITUATIONS IF WE CAN WORK MORE COLLABORATIVELY TO GET TOGETHER.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S, AND THEN ALSO WE, FROM AN EDUCATIONAL PART, WE, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF OUR AIR THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
BUT OKLAHOMA IS BECOMING A NON-ATTAINMENT AREA BECAUSE OF THE POLLUTION.
AND THIS IS JUST THIS PAST SUMMER, WE'VE HAD FROM THREE DIFFERENT MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS COME UP, TALK ABOUT
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OUR AIR.AND SO I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT AFTER THEN A COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I'M NOT NOW, MAYOR, IF I MIGHT TO PUT A PLUG IN FOR OUR PARTNER WITH ED PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS, THEY DO A PRETTY EXCELLENT JOB OF SHARING TRAFFIC PLANS.
AND WE CAN MITIGATE, WE CAN'T SOLVE, BUT WE CAN MITIGATE SOME THINGS.
SO IT'S, IT'S NICE TO BE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE WE DO HAVE THE COLLABORATION, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
WE'RE ALL TRYING TO IDENTIFY, HEY, THESE, THESE ARE THE ENGINEERING ISSUES, THESE ARE SOME POTENTIAL MITIGATION ISSUES.
AND THEN YOU ADD, UH, THE OFFICERS THAT, THAT WHEN THEY CAN, UH, CAN PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE, AT LEAST WHILE WE'RE LEARNING THOSE TRAFFIC PATTERNS.
WE, I, WE HAVE A SCHOOL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS ARE KIND OF HECTIC, BUT THE SCHOOLS PUT OUT INFORMATION TO THE PARENTS AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS HOW WE HAVE TO DO IT.
AND ONCE THEY DO THAT, IT'S CONGESTED, BUT IT, THE FLOW IS MUCH BETTER.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT ITEM? THAT IS THE LAST ONE ON OUR LIST.
SO I THINK I WOULD WRAP UP THIS PORTION BY SAYING, THIS IS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF GOALS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD IN THIS DOCUMENT.
BUT I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRESS HAPPENING.
A LOT OF THINGS ARE COMPLETE, A LOT OF THINGS ARE PROGRESSING TOWARDS COMPLETION SOON.
AND A LOT OF THINGS ARE PROGRESSING TOWARDS COMPLETION, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO, UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT TO BE PROUD OF YOU, YOU ALL HAVE, HAVE PUT A LOT OF CHALLENGES BEFORE STAFF AND, AND THEY'RE STEPPING UP TO MEET THOSE CHALLENGES.
SO, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD STUFF HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND WE JUST SAW A LOT OF THAT TODAY.
SO ANYTHING OVERALL IN THIS, WE'VE GOT JUST A FEW MINUTES LEFT IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, POTENTIALLY OUR, OUR NEXT MEETING TIME FOR THE NEXT PLAN I JUST WANNA MAKE IS EVERYONE THINKING ABOUT THAT NEXT MEETING TIME.
AGAIN, FIRST OF ALL, AGAIN, THANKS STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK, UH, MANAGING THESE STRATEGIC PLANS FOR OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS TO HELP WITH THE SYNERGY OF GETTING THEM TO A END DATE.
THANKS TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE, UM, YOU ALL HAVE GIVEN VERY GOOD SAGE COMMENTS ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT THINGS AS WE GO GO FORWARD.
I LIKE THE, THE STATEMENT THAT ALL OF THE ITEMS IN HERE ARE IMPORTANT.
UM, AND THAT THERE ARE INHERITANCE, SOME OF THEM ARE FROM A PREVIOUS COUNSEL.
SO IT STILL GOES BACK TO THAT THING THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT TIME BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT COMPLETION DATE AND ALL THAT.
AND MAYBE IT'LL HELP FACILITATE OR, UH, WITH THE CONVERSATIONS IN THE FUTURE THAT IF WE, ON THESE CHARTS HERE, NOT SO MUCH FOR THE PLAN HERE, BUT ON THESE CHARTS HERE, WE ACTUALLY PUT THAT START DATE WHEN IT STARTED.
SO SOME PEOPLE WILL, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IT STARTED YEARS AGO.
AND IT, AND THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THE WHY, WHY, UH, AS WE HAVE THAT CONTINUED DIALOGUE ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THAT ITEM OF WHAT HAPPENED, UNDERSTANDING THOSE WHYS AND THEN YOU HAVE THAT END DATE, WHICH WE ALWAYS PUT ON THERE THAT IS, IS COMPLETE, BUT SOME ARE GONNA BE LONGER OR SHORTER THAN OTHERS.
I LOVE THAT IDEA OF HAVING THE START DATE ON THERE.
'CAUSE THE KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE OLYMPIC BATON.
AND IT SOMETIMES THAT GETS A LITTLE LOST.
AS LONG AS IT'S NOT THE US RIGHT.
AND THEN, UM, 'CAUSE I, I MADE A COMMENT YEARS AGO.
THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THIS IS JUST NOT THE FIVE PEOPLE UP HERE AND THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, HELP OUT WITH THAT COMMUNICATION.
AND UM, ALSO JUST TO REMEMBER THAT WE, WE ALSO TALKED A LOT ABOUT IT HERE ABOUT IF THE JAIL BODY, IF THE JAIL, IF THE JAIL, IF IT DOESN'T, IF NOTHING HAPPENS ON THE GEO, GUESS WHAT? MM-HMM.
SO WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN THERE FOR RUN.
BUT THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY IS ANYONE ELSE.
[3. Discussion of Scheduling the Next Strategic Planning Session.]
OKAY.SO ANY, SO TYPICALLY WITH THE, THE NEXT SESSION, IT'S USUALLY DONE KIND OF THE FIRST, FIRST PART OF NOVEMBER.
UM, WE DID 'EM FOR A LONG TIME.
WE'VE DONE 'EM DURING THE WEEK NOW.
SO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE SOMETHING TODAY, BUT, UM, I THINK WHAT WE'D LIKE TO FIND MAYBE IS JUST SOME POTENTIAL AREAS.
IF, AND, AND THEN WE CAN TALK MORE, YOU KNOW, OFFLINE ABOUT REALLY NAILING THAT DOWN.
BUT WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO GET THAT ON ALL OF YOUR
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CALENDARS.UM, 'CAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THAT DAY.
IT'S NOT JUST A QUICK IN AND OUT SORT OF THING.
SO ANY INITIAL THOUGHTS AS, AS FAR AS POTENTIAL TIMES TO, TO GET TOGETHER? I WOULD REQUEST A THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.
THURSDAY POSSIBLE THURSDAY FOR ME.
WE'RE NARROWING THIS THING DOWN QUICKLY, SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD.
AND THEN I WOULD MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
YEAH, SEVENTH THROUGH THE FOUR.
AND UM, WE'RE TALKING NOVEMBER.
THAT THAT'S, THAT'S TYPICALLY WHEN THIS IS DONE.
AND ANYTHING BUT WEDNESDAY, ANYTHING BUT WEDNESDAY.
AND I, I MEAN, I WOULD JUST SAY WE'LL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND, UH, FEEDBACK, VOTER FEEDBACK ON NOVEMBER 5TH, HOPEFULLY.
AND SO I THINK DOING IT SOMETIME AFTER THAT WOULD GIVE THE BEST KIND OF WHAT CAN, WHAT CARDS ARE IN OUR HANDS TO DO ALL THE, ALL THE STRATEGIC THINGS.
AND THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL REALLY VALUABLE.
SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ENOUGH TO GET US STARTED.
SO WE'LL START DOING SOME WORK ON OUR END TO TRY TO, UH, GET, GET THAT SCHEDULED AND, AND GET IT READY TO GO.
SO THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FROM OUR END TODAY, UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANNA ADDRESS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF, SCOTT, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO, YOU WANT TO ADD.
JUST A COUPLE QUICK FOLLOW UP ON A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINS, UH, ASKED ABOUT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER.
UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, KATHY.
THE GOAL IS MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK WE'LL OPEN FOR SOFT OPENING THAT CUSTOMERS CAN BEGIN TO PAY BILLS THERE.
WE'LL DO A MORE OF A FORMAL THING PROBABLY A WEEK OR TWO AFTER THAT.
AND THEN ON SMART CHOICE, WE HAVE 40,000 ACCOUNTS.
MOST PEOPLE MOVED OVER AUTOMATICALLY.
WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING, WE'LL GET THE NUMBER BACK TO YOU ABOUT WHO OPTED OUT, BUT WE HAVE 40,000 ACCOUNTS AND MOST OF THOSE CHANGED OVER AUTOMATICALLY.
I'D LOVE TO SEE, I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES OUR SENIOR RESIDENTS, ONE, THEY LIKE TO SEE THE BILL, WHICH I CAN APPRECIATE EVEN THOUGH IF IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE.
BUT THE SECOND THING, I THINK, UH, DEFINITELY A GROUP IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, GETS ACCUSTOMED TO THAT NICE NOTE WITH THAT, THAT EDUCATES THEM ON THE NEWSLETTER, THE NEWSLETTER THAT COMES ALONG WITH IT.
AND, UH, I KNOW LESS AND LESS IS PAPER BASED IN OUR SOCIETY AND UM, BUT ONE IS HOW AND IF DO WE MAINTAIN THAT? I THINK THERE'S A GROUP THAT REALLY ENJOYS HAVING AN UPDATE FROM THE CITY AND THEY'VE LOOKED FORWARD TO THAT FOR YEARS.
UH, THE OTHER WOULD BE, UM, AS THAT DECLINES IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE SUPPLEMENT THAT IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM WITH OUR COMMS GROUP? YEAH.
BECAUSE THAT USED TO BE SORT OF THE GOLD STANDARD OF GET IT IN THAT NEWSLETTER IF WE WANTED TO COMMUNICATE TO MOST RESIDENTS.
SO YEAH, IT'S AN INTERESTING, INTERESTING SHIFT IN HABITS FOR SURE.
UH, NO THE COMMENTS FOR ME,
SHE'S, I HEREBY CALL THIS SPECIAL MEETING.
DO WE NEED TO VOTE? COUNCILMAN NO COUNCILMAN.