[1. Call to Order of the Edmond City Council Meeting.]
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AND THIS IS OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL AND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.
[2. Appointments and Reappointments:]
UM, FIRST ORDER NEXT ORDER BUSINESS IS THE APPOINTMENTS IN REAPPOINTMENTS, UH, MAYOR.AND, UH, WE HAVE THE APPOINTMENT OF C WESLEY BARNABY TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ADVISORY.
ADVISORY BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE, 2020 SEVENTH.
APPOINTMENT OF BRADLEY WARD TO THE COMMUNITY POLICING BOARD TO FULFILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF REIA.
FERGUSON TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER, 2025.
APPOINTMENT OF DANIEL MARTIN TO THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION.
AND NUMBER FOUR IS, UH, THE APPOINTMENT OF HENRY VICHI TO THE COMMUNITY POLICING BOARD TO FULFILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF WAL STRONG TERM.
SOME OF THE OTHER APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS WE HAVE IS THE REAPPOINTMENT OF BRANDON RADER AS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CENTRAL EDMUND URBAN BOARD.
DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE, 2025.
WE HAVE THE REAPPOINTMENT OF KEVIN TERRE AS THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CENTRAL EDMOND URBAN DISTRICT.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE REAPPOINTMENT OF GARY PINKSTON AS THE KINGBIRD GOLF CLUB.
WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE TERM EXPIRES AUGUST, 2025.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE APPOINTMENT OF RYAN CHAPMAN AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CENTRAL EDMOND URBAN DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE, 2025.
MR. MAYOR, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.
[3. Recess of the Edmond City Council Meeting and Call to Order of the Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting.]
YOU VERY MUCH.NEXT WE NEED A MOTION TO RECESS THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND CALL TO ORDER OF THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.
SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE'RE NOW IN THE PUBLIC WORKS MEETING.
[4. Public Works Authority General Consent Items: Items listed under General Consent are usually approved as a group with the proper motion from a member of the Public Works Authority. Members of the Public Works Authority may pull any item under General Consent for separate discussion and/or action.]
WE HAVE FOR SIT IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT.WE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE FOUR PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY OF THESE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO PULL? THERE ARE ITEMS A THROUGH D, AND THERE ARE NO STAFF PRESENTATION, ADDITIONAL STAFF PRESENTATIONS HERE.
AND THESE ARE GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. I MOVE.
WE APPROVE ITEMS FOUR, A, B, C, AND D.
SECOND AND A SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THOSE GENERAL PUBLIC WORKS, GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS, THOSE FOUR ITEMS HAVE PASSED.
[5. Public Works Authority Discussion and Consideration Items: Items listed under Discussion and Consideration are usually discussed and considered individually, or by project, by members of the Public Works Authority.]
NEXT, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, DISCUSSION, AND CONSIDERATION ITEMS. WE HAVE ONE ITEM HERE.UH, FIVE B IS A CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH FRIES AND NICHOLS, INC.
FOR STANDARD SPECIFICATION AND DETAIL UPTAKE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME STAFF COMMENTS.
YES, HONOR COUNSEL, STEVE LAWRENCE, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING.
UM, SO IN THIS SPRING WE HAD A, UH, DEVELOPER ADVISORY FORUM THAT WE HELD, UM, THAT WAS FACILITATED, UM, BY FRANCIS TUTTLE.
UH, SEVERAL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED OUTTA THESE MEETINGS WERE THAT THE DEVELOPER LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, AND EDMOND IS LOOKING FOR PREDICTABILITY, CONSISTENCY, COMMUNICATION, AND, UH, UPDATED, UH, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING.
UH, MANY OF OUR STANDARD CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, UH, THAT, THAT SHOW KIND OF THE DETAILS OF, OF PUBLIC WORKS, CONSTRUCTION, WATER LINES, SANITARY SEWER LINES, STORM SEWERS, AND ROADS.
UH, MANY OF THOSE HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED IN, UH, A REALLY LONG TIME.
UM, AS WELL AS OUR, OUR SPECIFICATIONS ON WHAT TYPES OF MATERIALS TO USE.
SO THIS IS AN UPDATING OF THOSE, UH, AND PUTTING TOGETHER A, UH, ONE DOCUMENT SO THAT ENGINEERS FROM ALL OF THE WORLD CAN DESIGN AN EDMOND IF THEY SO CHOOSE, UH, MAKE IT, MAKE IT EASY AND CLEAR TO DEVELOP HERE.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT THIS ITEM IS FOR.
THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED IN, IN THIS WORLD.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR STAFF? AND JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, IT WILL MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT ON OUR STAFF AS WELL, RIGHT? AND BETTER UTILIZE OUR HUMAN RESOURCES.
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OKAY.COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM FIVE B.
[6. Adjournment of the Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting and Reconvene the Edmond City Council Meeting.]
YOU VERY MUCH.NEXT, WE NEED THE ADJOURNMENT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING AND RECONVENE THE EDMUND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE'RE NOW BACK IN THE CITY COUNCIL, GENERAL, GENERAL, UM, COUNCIL MEETING.
[7. City Council General Consent Items: Items listed under General Consent are usually approved as a group with the proper motion from a member of the Council. Members of the Council may pull any item under General Consent for separate discussion and/or action.]
NEXT UP IS ITEM SEVEN.UH, CITY COUNCIL GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS COUNSEL THERE, UH, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PULLED FOR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THERE ARE NO STAFF COMMENTS ON ANY OF THE 28 ITEMS. AS I SAID, THESE ARE THE CITY COUNCIL GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT ITEMS. SECOND.
THOSE 28 GENERAL CITY COUNCIL GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS HAVE BEEN PASSED.
WE'RE IN THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION ITEM,
[B. Consideration of Approval of a Contract Amendment with Crossland Inc. (Construction Manager) for the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) 1 for Phase I of the AC Caplinger Ballfield Renovation Project to include Demolition, Earthwork, General Conditions, Project Requirements, Insurance, Performance Bond, and Owner's Contingency and Resolution No. ___ Appointing Purchasing Agent; $2,052,473.56. (Ward 2)]
WE HAVE ITEM, UM, EIGHT B, WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT, A AMENDMENT WITH CROSSLANDS INC.CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR THE GARRITY MAXIMUM PRICE.
GMP ONE FOR PHASE ONE OF THE AC CATURE BALLFIELD RENOVATION PROJECT TO INCLUDE DEMOLITION EARTH WORK, GENERAL CONDITIONS, PROJECT REQUIREMENTS, INSURANCE, PERFORMANCE BOND, AND OWNER'S CONTINGENCY.
AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 26 DASH 24.
26 DASH 24, APPOINTING A PURCHASING AGENT FOR $2,052,473 AND 56 CENTS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BRAD RAINEY, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU, THAT WE'RE HERE TO KIND OF A MILESTONE ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, BEFORE I KIND OF GET INTO WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME PICTURES ON THIS PROJECT, SO JUST KIND OF WANNA REFRESH YOUR MEMORY.
UM, THIS IS THE AC CAPLINGER BALLFIELD COMPLEX AT HEREFORD PARK.
NOW, THAT'S ALL GONNA BE MOSTLY GOING AWAY THERE EXCEPT FOR THAT MULTICOLORED ROOF IS STAYING.
IT'S ALL WHITE AT THIS POINT, BUT THAT'S THE EXISTING RESTROOM CONCESSION IS THE ONLY THING THAT'S STAYING.
SO HERE'S THE CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT THAT SHE APPROVED, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT'S LARGE.
THAT'S REMAINED THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.
SO WE'VE, UM, GONE THROUGH SEVERAL CHECK-INS AND WITH, WITH CITY FEEDBACK WITH A CONSULTANT AND COST ESTIMATES ALONG THE WAY, AND THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD.
SO, SO FAR WITH COST ESTIMATES.
SO WHAT YOU APPROVED BACK THEN IS, IS STILL WHAT WE'RE, WHAT IS DESIGNED NOW.
UM, JUST KIND OF THE SIDE BY SIDE, HOW YOU'LL SEE THE FIELDS RELAYED OUT.
THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL PARKING.
UM, I'LL GO BACK TO THIS AND JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS.
THAT'S A NEW RESTROOM FACILITY, SO THERE'LL BE A SECOND RESTROOM FACILITY.
THIS AREA HERE WILL BE SYNTHETIC TURF.
THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, I THINK THOSE ARE KIND OF THE KEY THINGS.
LOTS, LOTS OF SHADE THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY AND NICE CLEAN LEVEL SIDEWALKS FOR PEOPLE TO WALK ON, WHICH WILL BE A HUGE UPGRADE FROM, FROM WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
JUST A, A FEW RENDERINGS OF, OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
UM, THAT, THAT'LL BE THE ENTRYWAY.
OH, IT'S TAKING A SECOND, ANOTHER SHOT OF THE ENTRY WAY THERE.
SO, UM, ON, ON THIS ITEM, UM, WE, WE HAVE RECEIVED A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN.
SO THE DESIGN WORK IS ALMOST COMPLETE.
IT'S BEEN DELIVERED TO CITY STAFF.
IT'S BEING REVIEWED RIGHT NOW.
UM, ANY COMMENTS THEY HAVE WILL BE TURNED BACK TO THE CONSULTANT.
ONCE THAT'S ALL BUTTONED UP, UM, IT'LL BE TURNED OVER TO CROSSLAND FOR, TO GO OUT TO BID.
UM, IN ORDER TO, TO KEEP THINGS MOVING ALONG.
ALONG THE WAY, WE KIND OF BROKE OUT SOME OF THE ITEMS, WHICH WAS EARTH WORK AND DEMOLITION SO THAT WE COULD GET STARTED ON TIME.
SO THAT WENT OUT TO BID AND WE HAD FAVORABLE BID BID RESULTS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BRINGING HERE TONIGHT, IS TO AMEND CROSSLANDS CONTRACT SO WE CAN BEGIN THAT WORK.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE NUMBERS HERE IN A SECOND, BUT SHORTLY AFTER THIS MEETING, UM, PROBABLY A COUPLE WEEKS, YOU'LL START TO SEE DEMOLITION TAKE PLACE.
AND THEN NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH, THE ALL THE BIG EQUIPMENT WILL BE OUT THERE MOVING
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EARTH.AND, UM, BID RESULTS ARE FAVORABLE.
I'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN A SECOND.
AND YOU SEE, IT'S, IT'S CLOSED RIGHT NOW.
THE, THE OPERATOR AND STAFF ARE OUT THERE PULLING OUT ITEMS THEY WANNA PRESERVE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO GET DEMOLISHED.
SO, SO THINGS ARE GETTING PULLED OUT AND PREPARING FOR DEMOLITION.
AND WE WILL STILL HAVE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL GOING ON AT MITCH PARK.
I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THEY'RE STILL PLANNING FALL ACTIVITIES.
WE WON'T HAVE QUITE THE FIELD SPACE THAT, THAT WE NORMALLY HAVE FOR A WHILE, BUT THINGS ARE STILL, THEY'RE STILL GONNA OFFER PROGRAMMING.
UM, I THINK I HAVE IT LATER IN A SLIDE, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I COVER IT.
WE'RE, WE'RE TENTATIVELY PLANNING A, A CEREMONIAL GROUNDBREAKING ON SEPTEMBER 10TH.
SO MY MOST LIKELY WE'LL HAVE SOME WORK HOPEFULLY GOING BY THEN.
BUT WE'VE KIND OF LOOKED AT CALENDARS AND JUST, JUST A SIDE NOTE THERE, WE'LL TRY TO PLAN THAT FOR THE MORNING.
UM, THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.
THIS HASN'T CHANGED, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET, 16.1 MILLION DESIGN, 1.3 MILLION 0.1 FOR ART AND JUST INSPECTIONS ALONG THE WAY FOR A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF 17 POINT A HALF MILLION FOR THIS PORTION THAT WE BID OUT.
WE ESTIMATED THE BUDGET TO BE ABOUT 1.7 MILLION.
UM, AND WE DID, WE WERE ABLE TO COME UNDER THAT BUDGET BY QUITE A BIT, WHICH I DON'T KNOW, I, I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT IN IN A WHILE.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE, HOPEFULLY IT ALL WORKS OUT.
BUT, UM, SO THESE ITEMS HERE, DEMOLITION AND EARTH WORK ARE THE, ARE THE TWO KIND OF ITEMS THAT ARE BID OUT.
UM, THEY CAME UNDER AND THIS THING, THIS UNIT PRICE THING HERE IS BASICALLY THERE'S KIND OF ANNOYING UNKNOWN SOIL CONDITIONS, UM, BUILT ON A, A FORMER LANDFILL SITE.
SO THAT'S, UM, TO ALLOW TESTING TO HAPPEN AS, AS THEY, UM, EXCAVATE.
AND THAT MONEY IS THERE IN, IN CASE WE NEED TO HAUL IT OFF AND BRING IN, BRING IN NEW TOP SOIL.
IT COULD BE THE CASE THAT IT'S ALL GREAT AND NOTHING'S FOUND AND WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THAT MONEY, BUT THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S THEREFORE WOULD BE, IT'D BE KIND OF DONE BY UNIT PRICE.
UM, THE REST OF THESE ITEMS OR THINGS THAT YOU'VE SEEN WITH, UM, THESE, UH, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK PROJECTS, BUT CONTINGENCY, THESE ITEMS ARE FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT HERE.
THAT'S ESSENTIALLY FOR CROSSLAND TO DO THEIR JOB, TO SET UP THEIR CONSTRUCTION TRAILER, HAVE STAFF OUT ON SITE SAFETY EQUIPMENT, AND THE REST IS BONDING INSURANCE AND, AND THEIR FEE.
SO THIS IS KIND OF THE NUMBER THAT WAS BID.
SO LIKE I SAID, 1.7 MILLION WAS KIND OF THE BUDGET AT, UM, 65%.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT NUMBER FELL IN GOOD GIVING US KIND OF A, A HEADSTART ON THE PROJECT.
UM, WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE WAYS TO GO.
SO JUST KIND OF NEXT STEPS WE NEED TO FINISH UP OUR, OUR REVIEW.
THERE'LL BE A SITE PLAN, UM, THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BEFORE THEY CAN DO THE FULL CONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND THEN ONCE THIS IS ALL DONE, BID PACKAGE TOOL WILL GO OUT.
AND WE'RE HOPING, UM, WITH GOOD BID RESULTS THAT THAT'LL COME BEFORE YOU IN OCTOBER EARTH WORK WILL BE MOVING ALONG AND GETTING CLOSE TO FINISHING UP, AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF IMPLEMENT THE REST OF, OF THE PROJECT.
UM, LIKE I SAID, IT'LL BEGIN, UH, SHORTLY AFTER IF, IF IT'S APPROVED TONIGHT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SEPTEMBER 10TH FOR, FOR GROUNDBREAKING.
SO I THINK IT'S EXCITING NEWS THIS, UM, I THINK WE'VE BEEN AT THIS SINCE LONG BEFORE I GOT HERE TO 2018, I BELIEVE SO, UM, LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT'S REALLY GONNA HAPPEN.
AND I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS, BUT I'M GLAD WE'RE HERE.
I'M GLAD WE'RE USING CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR THE AUDIENCE WHO DON'T REALIZE THAT IT'S GONNA BE COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR THE BIDDING FROM HERE ON OUT.
AND THAT REALLY HELPS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN.
UM, INSTEAD OF US DOING ONE COMPETITIVE BID AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND HAVING TO LIVE WITH THOSE, UH, PLUSES AND MINUSES, NOW WE CAN WORK THOSE IN, IN, IN THE COMPETITIVE BID.
OF ALL THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MR. RAINEY.
THIS IS A TOUGH JOB YOU'VE GOTTEN AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT JOB.
PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE CITY FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE.
YOU'RE THE PERSON FOR THE JOB AND YOU'RE DOING GOOD WORK.
I GUESS THE, UH, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE ON THE OVERSIGHT, UH, FOR THIS DURING THE PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, PEOPLE MOVE TO EDMOND, OKLAHOMA BECAUSE OF QUALITY OF LIFE.
THEY SEEK TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN HAVE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
I KNOW, RIGHT? WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES TO WALK THESE FIELDS, UM, GOT SOME COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK, UH, FROM SOME PARENTS, SPECTATORS, GRANDPARENTS AND THE, AND THE LIKE, AND THE CONSTANT THEME WAS, HEY, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME OTHER CITIES THAT ARE DOING THIS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER.
AND, UM, WHEN RAIN HAPPENS OR BURRS
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OUT IN THE FIELD OR, YOU KNOW, JUST THINGS QUITE FRANKLY THAT I THOUGHT, MAN, IF SOMEONE'S COMING HERE FROM OUT OF TOWN, I'M SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSED ABOUT.AND, UM, YOUR TEAM WENT TO WORK, PUT TOGETHER A GREAT PROPOSAL, GOT SOME FANTASTIC FEEDBACK, AND I THINK WE'RE ALL, WHEN WE SAY PLAY BALL, I KNOW THE AMERICAN HIT A GOLF BALL.
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HIT A HOME RUN TOO, BUT, UH, WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT 'EM OUT THERE TO DO THE RIBBON CUTTING OR WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT, UH, IT'S A FANTASTIC, IT'S A FANTASTIC PROJECT AND I THINK IT'S ONE THAT WILL HAVE A LOT OF GREAT QUALITY AND PRIDE, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THIS DONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENT ON THIS ITEM HERE.
WELL, COUNSEL, WE ONLY HAD ONE ITEM AND EIGHT B HERE UNDER THIS GENERAL, UH, CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ITEM.
UH, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM? I MOVE TO APPROVE.
PLEASE CAST YOUR, VOTE THAT OUT.
[A. Final Public Hearing and Consideration of Acceptance of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2024 Annual Action Plan. (Citywide)]
ITEM NUMBER NINE, CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. EACH ITEM WILL BE TAKEN SEPARATELY.THE FIRST ONE IS NINE A IS THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, CDBG, FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR FOR 2024.
CHRISTIE BATTERSON HOUSING, A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY.
TONIGHT WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT OUR FINAL HEARING FOR OUR, UH, FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2024 ACTION PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK.
GRANT, JUST A REMINDER THAT OUR CDBG FEDERAL FUNDING, WE ARE AN ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY MEETING.
WE GET ANNUAL ALLOCATION TO US.
UM, THERE'S ABOUT 13 IN THE STATE.
FUNDING ALLOCATIONS ARE BASED ON A FORMULA OF THOSE LOW TO MOD INCOME INDIVIDUALS, PLUS OUR AGING HOUSING STOCK, AS WELL AS OUR DETERIORATING HOUSING CONDITIONS.
NATIONAL GOAL, THE NUMBER ONE GOAL IS TO HELP THOSE AND ASSIST THOSE THAT ARE LOW TO MOD INCOME.
UH, 51% OF OUR FUNDS MUST BENEFIT THOSE ACTIVITIES, UM, AND WE HAVE TO SERVE THOSE.
WE, WE SERVE THOSE THAT ARE 80% LOW TO MOD INCOME OR BELOW, UM, AID PREVENTION OF ELIMINATION OF BLIGHT, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO HAVE A NEED OF URGENCY.
UM, THESE ARE QUALIFIED CENSUS TRACKS WHERE THE POPULATION, UM, IS 51% OR ABOVE.
DANFORTH IS OUR NORTHERN BOUNDARY.
IT COMES AROUND, UM, DOWN ON THE EAST SIDE OF UNIVERSITY, DOWN AIRS ALONG BRYANT.
AND IT COMES OVER JUST ALONG SECOND STREET, DOWN RANKIN TO 15TH AND AROUND, UH, UM, UP AND AROUND TO KELLY AND NORTH AND NORTH TO DANFORTH.
UM, THE HUD HAS INTRODUCED NEW CENSUS TRACKS.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE'RE IN OUR FIFTH YEAR OF OUR ACTION PLAN, WE WON'T BE ADJUSTING THIS AREA UNTIL OUR NEXT ROUND OF OUR FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATION PLAN CITYWIDE.
WE ARE ABOUT 30% LOW TO MOD INCOME INCOME REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WE SERVE 80% OR BELOW LOW TO MOD INCOME.
UH, INDIVIDUAL PERSON IS $50,150 OR BELOW.
A FAMILY FOUR CAN MAKE NO MORE THAN 71,600 FOR US TO, UM, SERVE THEM WITH SERVICES.
THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN AUGUST OF 2020.
THAT IS A FIVE YEAR, UH, CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
EACH YEAR WE PRESENT OUR ACTION PLAN, AND THOSE ARE THE SERVICES OR ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES THAT WE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THIS IS OUR FIFTH YEAR OF OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN.
SO NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU A WHOLE NEW FIVE YEAR PLAN, JUST HOW WE SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF OUR FUNDING, UM, OR ALL OUR FUNDING.
UM, 15% IS MAXIMUM OF PUBLIC SERVICES.
UM, THOSE ARE OUR NONPROFITS THAT WE WORK WITH.
20% IS MAXIMUM OF ADMINISTRATION SERVICES.
THAT MAINLY GOES TO STAFF SALARIES.
AND THEN 65% OF IT IS USED ON PROGRAMMING GOALS AND STRATEGIES WERE SET BACK IN 2020 BY THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE.
THERE ARE, UM, SEVERAL GOALS THAT WE, UM, ANNUALLY LOOK AT AND THEN, UM, DECIDE WHAT ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE GONNA PROGRAM FOR THE YEAR.
GOAL NUMBER ONE IS ELIMINATE BARRIERS AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE ENERGY, EFFICIENT AND FAIR HOUSING.
WE DO THIS BY, UM, OWNER OCCUPIED REHABILITATION AS WELL AS HOME OWNERSHIP OPU, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT I'LL DISCUSS IN A FEW MINUTES.
GOAL NUMBER TWO IS PROVIDE NEEDED PUBLIC AND SOCIAL SERVICES, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
WE DO THIS THROUGH OUR PUBLIC SERVICE AGREEMENTS
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THAT WE HAVE.GOAL NUMBER THREE IS TO ADDRESS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, MULTIMODAL ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS, JOBS, HEALTHCARE, AND ET CETERA.
UM, IN THE PAST WE'VE, UM, PROMOTED, UM, AND PROVIDED ACCESS TO, UM, CITYLINK WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY STARTED, AND OTHER ACCESS TO, UH, SAFE MODES OF TRAVEL GOAL NUMBER FOUR, SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY DIALOGUE.
AND GOAL NUMBER FIVE IS TO PREVENT AND ELIMINATION, ELIMINATE SAFETY HAZARDS AND CRIME AND TARGET AREAS.
WE DO THIS BY A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A FEW MINUTES.
OUR ANNUAL ALLOCATION FOR THIS YEAR IS $537 AND 900, SORRY, 537,958.
A LOT OF NUMBERS, UM, THAT IS A 17% DECREASE THAN LAST YEAR ACROSS THE STATE.
UM, SEVERAL COMMUNITIES HAVE REPORTED THAT THEY RECEIVED LESS THIS YEAR THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.
HUD DOESN'T GIVE US A REASON WHY THEY DO THAT.
UM, PREVIOUS YEAR, WE ARE HAVE, UH, WE ARE USING AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, UM, PER PREVIOUS YEARS FUNDING THAT WE HAVEN'T USED.
SO A TOTAL OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS 637,958.
HOW WE'RE GONNA USE THAT FUNDING, THE MAJORITY OF IT, THAT 65% IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
UM, 364,672 IS GONNA BE USED FOR OWNER OCCUPIED REHABILITATION.
UM, THIS WILL BE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES SUCH AS REPLACING HOT WATER TANKS, HVAC SYSTEMS, PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY BY REPLACING WINDOWS, UM, OR OTHER THINGS THAT NEED ARE NEEDED.
UM, WE HAVE RAISED THIS FROM IN THE PAST.
UM, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THIS.
WE INCREASED, UM, THE ASSISTANCE FROM $5,000 TO 14,999 PER RESIDENT, UM, OR PER HOMEOWNER.
UM, THAT HAS INCREASED THE NUMBER, THE REQUEST THAT IS 50% OF THEIR DOWN PAYMENT.
UM, SO FAR THIS YEAR WE HAVE SPENT, UH, $48,000 IN DOWN PAYMENT, UM, ASSISTANCE.
SO WE INCREASED IT FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE DO A NEIGHBORHOODS TREE PROGRAM.
IF YOU HAVE A HOME, A TREE THAT IS ENCROACHING ON YOUR HOME, PROVIDING A HEALTH AND SAFETY TO THE HOME, UM, WE WILL REMOVE IT AT NO COST TO THE HOMEOWNER.
UM, WE WORK WITH URBAN FORESTRY ON THAT.
UM, WE ALSO PROVIDE $10,000 TO METRO FAIR HOUSING TO HANDLE OUR, UM, ANY OF OUR COMPLAINTS OR THINGS THAT NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED.
THOSE ARE HANDLED THROUGH THAT.
THEY ALSO DO OUR HOME BUYER'S ASSISTANCE.
UM, CERTIFICATE OF YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROGRAM BEFORE YOU CAN, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR OUR PROGRAM.
SO THEY DO, UM, THAT EDUCATION.
AND THEN GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, UM, AS WELL.
THE REMAINING PART OF 15% OF OUR BUDGET DOES GO TO PUBLIC SERVICES.
YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
WE CANNOT DO WHAT WE DO IN OUR COMMUNITY WITHOUT THE HELP OF OUR NONPROFITS.
UNFORTUNATELY, HUD PUTS A LIMIT ON US OF HOW MUCH WE CAN PROVIDE THEM.
UM, YOU ARE SPECIAL EDMOND MOBILE MEALS.
THE HOPE CENTER PROJECT 66 EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION ARE ALL GETTING AN ALLOCATION.
THE REASON WHY HOPE, HOPE CENTERS RENTAL ASSISTANCE ISN'T ON HERE, AS YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, IS THEY WERE AWARDED THAT 500,000 EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
SO THEY CHO CHOSE TO REMOVE THEIR APPLICATION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL RE UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
UM, BUT THEY ARE PROVIDING A MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
WHAT THAT IS, IF SOMEONE IS IN NEED OF PAYING FOR THEIR PHARMACY BILLS OR, UM, FOR THEIR MEDICINE, UM, HOPE CENTER HELPS PROVIDE A STIPEND FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN FOOD PANTRY.
UM, UR SPECIAL OF COURSE, DOES THE DONATION.
THE, UM, THE CLOTHING DISTRIBUTIONS THREE TIMES A YEAR.
UH, EDMOND MOBILE MEALS PROVIDES, UH, MEALS TO OUR SENIORS AND THOSE THAT ARE HOMEBOUND, THEY WILL BE MOVING INTO THEIR NEW FACILITY HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
UM, AND THEN PROJECT 66 IS A FOOD PANTRY.
EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION HISTORICALLY HAS, WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UM, THIS YEAR THEY ARE PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE FOOD PANTRY AT THE MAIN, UH, EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
THEY HAVE A FOOD PANTRY FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE UNHOUSED, UM, IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND ANY FAMILY CAN GO THERE IF THEY NEED, ARE IN NEED OF FOOD.
WE HELD OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE SYSTEM PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE BACK IN JUNE.
WE'VE HAD A 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD IN JULY.
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IT FOR APPROVAL AND STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
THIS WILL BEGIN OCTOBER 1ST AND RUN UNTIL SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
I HAVE SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SAY ABOUT MS. BATTERSON TOO, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UH, EVERYTHING YOU DO IS IMPORTANT AND YOU DO IT WELL.
AND I, AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HAVING A LITTLE KERFUFFLE WITH THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX OUT HERE THAT DOESN'T TEND TO THEIR TENANTS.
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OAKS.IF THEY'RE LISTENING, UH, THEY'VE CONTINUED TO IGNORE ME AND THEY'VE CONTINUED TO IGNORE THEIR TENANTS AND THEY TREAT THESE PEOPLE POORLY.
AND YOU OFFERED TO HELP ME, UH, TRY TO GET SOMETHING DONE OUT THERE.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I HOPE BY THE END OF AUGUST, AFTER THESE PEOPLE HAVE SAT OUT THERE IN 102 DEGREE HEAT WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF OXFORD OAKS, IGNORING THEM, THAT MAYBE THERE'S SOME WAY THAT YOU CAN HELP ME GET THOSE RESIDENTS OUT THERE SOME RELIEF.
UM, I WAS JUST GONNA THANK YOU FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAM.
IT REALLY JUST SHOWS THE NEED OF THE COMMUNITY AND IT HIGHLIGHTS OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND, UM, I'M, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE COUNCIL THAT WE SUPPORT IT.
I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY SUPPORTED, BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT WE DON'T HIDE BEHIND IT.
WE BRING IT OUT AND TO EDUCATE EVERYONE ON ALL OF THE NEEDS IN EDMOND.
I ALSO WANTED TO JUST SAY THANKS.
I HAD AN INTERESTING, UM, KINDA BACK AND FORTH WITH SOMEBODY WHO WAS COMMENTING TO ME ABOUT HOW THEY GREW UP IN EDMOND.
I THINK IT'S, AH, WE CAN JUST SAY IT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL JOKE AROUND AND SAY, YOU GO INTO EDMOND, HOW DON'T FORGET YOUR HOA GATE CODE AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN HEAR.
AND SHE TOLD ME OR COMMENTED ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE GROWING UP IN, IN A, IN A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT HAPPENED TO BE A MOBILE HOME NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, AND, UM, I, I THINK WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET THAT WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF CITIZENS, UH, PEOPLE THAT SERVE US IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES THAT TAKE CARE OF OUR SENIORS, THAT ARE NURSING AIDES THAT WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS, UH, PROVIDING NUTRITION AND SERVICES AND DRIVE BUSES AND DO ALL TYPES OF THINGS WITHIN THIS CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE AREA OF FOCUS JUST HAPPENS TO BE IN MY WARD.
AND IT'S, UH, I COMMENT THAT WITHIN MY WARD, I THINK I HAVE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR, UH, UH, KIND OF HISTORIC ALMOST MANSIONS.
WE GOT TOWN HOMES, WE GOT PREFABRICATED HOMES, WE GOT STUDENT HOUSING, WE GOT SENIOR HOUSING, UH, WE GOT, UH, DUPLEXES.
UM, AND EVERY, EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD THINK OF AND, UM, IN JUST THIS LAST WEEKEND, THE OR SPECIAL THAT YOU NOTED HAD THEIR CLOTHING DISTRIBUTION.
AND THAT INVITES KIDS BEFORE THEY GO TO, UM, SCHOOL.
I CAN TELL YOU, HAVING THREE BOYS WHAT SHOES YOU'RE WEARING JUST OUTWEIGHS ALMOST ANYTHING IN LIFE THESE DAYS.
AND THEY GET TO COME IN AND HAVING A NEED AND GET TO GO SHOP AND PICK OUT AND HAVE THEIR CHOICE POSITIVELY AFFIRMED ABOUT WHAT THEY MIGHT WANT ON UNDERWEAR, SOCKS, JEANS, A SHIRT, AND BRAND NEW SHOES.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THAT'S BEEN DONE.
THE HOLISTIC WORK WITH OUR NONPROFITS, MANY OF WHICH JUST DO IT QUIETLY.
BUT FOR OUR SENIORS, FOR OUR VETERANS, FOR THE SINGLE MOMS COMMUNITY, AND OUR AND OUR WORKERS ARE OUT THERE, THEY'RE HAVING A TOUGH TIME.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY ALWAYS RE REMEMBER THE, THE PLACE AND SPACE THAT THEY HOLD.
SO I APPRECIATE THIS PROGRAM AND, AND GRATEFUL TO, TO SUPPORT IT.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? UM, THIS IS THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING IN OUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE CDBG GRANT.
COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE NINE A MAYOR.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[B. Case No. Z24-00006; Public Hearing and Consideration of Approval of Ordinance No.___ Rezoning from “G-A” General Agriculture to “A” Single-Family for Cowbell Creek, Located Southeast of Air Depot and Sorghum Mill. (The Orion Group; Ward 2)]
NEXT WE HAVE ITEM NINE BS CASE NUMBER Z 24 DASH 0 0 0 6 PUBLIC HEARING.CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 4,004 4,004 REZONING FROM GA, GENERAL AGRICULTURAL TO A SINGLE FAMILY FOR CAL BELL CREEK, LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF AIR DEPOT IN S MILL ROAD.
THE ORION GROUP IS THE APPLICANT.
UM, AS INDICATED, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FROM GA, GENERAL AGRICULTURAL TO A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING ON A SITE JUST EAST OF AIR DEPOT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SORGHUM MILL.
YOU CAN SEE IT HERE ON THE SITE LOCATION MAP.
THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 14.9 ACRES BECAUSE WATER AND SEWER ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO SUBDIVIDE THE SITE INTO FIVE TWO ACRE LOTS.
THE NEARBY ZONING AND LAND USE INCLUDE LARGE PORTIONS OF UNDEVELOPED LAND ZONE GA, SEVERAL RURAL ESTATE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ZONED
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EITHER RA OR GA.THE EDMOND PLAN 2018 CATEGORIZES THIS AREA AS SUBURBAN TWO S TWO NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS PLAN CATEGORY CAN ACCOMMODATE A DIVERSITY OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, INCLUDING THE SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT.
AND IT IS APPROPRIATE IN THIS CASE AT THEIR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 16, PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? NONE.
DOES THE APPLICANT MIGHT HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY? NOTHING FURTHER REALLY.
BUT I WOULD BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNSEL MAY HAVE.
VERY GOOD COUNSEL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO, NO QUESTIONS.
THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING PART OF OUR MEETING.
IS THERE ANY THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEM NINE B? SEEING NONE.
COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM NINE B? MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[C. Presentation of General Obligation Bond Advisory Task Recommendations to City Council Regarding a Potential General Obligation Bond Election. (Citywide)]
NEXT WE HAVE ITEM NINE C.WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ADVISORY TASK RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING A POTENTIAL GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, CASEY MOORE, DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS THE STAFF LIAISON TO THIS TASK FORCE, WHICH YOU ALL, UH, APPOINTED EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
AND THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THEIR, THEIR TASKS THAT THEY WERE GIVEN AND THEY'D LIKE TO COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND GIVE YOU THOSE, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, UM, WE'LL HAVE STAFF COME UP AND WALK THROUGH THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED AS WELL.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO, I WON'T GET INTO TOO MUCH AS FAR AS THANKING AND RECOGNIZING PEOPLE 'CAUSE I THINK OTHER PEOPLE WANNA DO THAT.
BUT, UH, WHEN WE FINISH UP LATER, I'LL, I'LL COME UP AND CLOSE THIS ITEM.
UM, SO, UM, I WILL AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE JUST, UH, JAY LEMON, THE VICE CHAIR IS GOING TO BE, UH, READY IN BACKUP.
AND SO WE'LL WELCOME THE TASK FORCE CHAIR, TODD MCKINNIS TO PRESENT.
UH, JAY LEMAN HAS MY BACK, AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
I LIVE AT 1 5 4 EVER MAY DRIVE IN EDMOND.
UH, AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I COULD SAY RIGHT NOW.
UH, IF SOMEONE CAN ALLOW ME TO MOVE IT FORWARD, I WILL.
CHRISTIE, I'VE NEVER DONE THIS IN MY LIFE.
I TELL YOU, I TOLD JAY LEMON ABOUT IF VERY MORE SO.
SOMETHING NICE LIKE THAT ABOUT ME.
LIKE HE SAID, EVERYBODY ELSE THAT GOT UP HERE, THEN MY LIFE WILL BE COMPLETE.
UH, THIS IS A GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN THAT MET FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES OVER TWO AND A HALF HOURS PER TIME.
AND YOU'LL SEE THE DATES COMING UP ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND I BELIEVE MORE THAN HALF OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT, UH, TO JUST EVIDENCE THEIR INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, AND I WILL SAY JUST AT THE OUTSET, UM, AND JAY CAN ATTEST TO ANY AND ALL OF THIS, UH, IT WAS SUCH A PLEASURABLE EXPERIENCE TO WORK WITH MEN AND WOMEN WHO CAN SPEAK, UH, WITH AUTHENTICITY AND WITH, UH, TRUTHFULNESS AND WITH RESPECT.
AND, AND I BELIEVE THAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
UH, I AM SURE, AS WITH ANY BOARD, ANY OF US HAVE EVER BEEN ON, PEOPLE COME TO THE ROOM WITH DIFFERENT PERSONAL AGENDAS AND THEY HAVE AN IDEA THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ACCOMPLISHED OR WHAT.
BUT THAT WAS NOT EVIDENT IN ANY SORT OF SELFISH OR INAPPROPRIATE WAY DURING THE 10 PLUS HOURS THAT WE MET.
AND SO, UH, I WAS OVERWHELMED WITH THE IDEA THAT WE'D LEAVE THERE AT THE FINAL TIME WITH A LIST OF PROJECTS AND WITH THE RESOLUTION.
AND, UH, I UNDERESTIMATED THE QUALITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.
AND SO JAY AND I JUST BASICALLY SAT STILL AND WATCHED WONDERFUL PEOPLE DO GREAT WORK.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THEM THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
AND I, I THINK MORE THAN HALF OF 'EM ARE HERE.
I THINK I'VE SEEN TWO THIRDS OF 'EM.
SO WITH THAT, UH, THE BUSINESS AT HAND WAS AT THE, UH, COUNCIL, AS YOU KNOW, ASKED THIS TASK FORCE TO LOOK INTO SOMETHING THAT EDMOND'S NEVER DONE BEFORE, WHICH WAS IDENTIFYING A POTENTIAL GEO BOND FINANCING PROGRAM THAT WOULD ADDRESS THREE SIGNIFICANT AREAS IN OUR CITY.
UH, THE TASK FORCE, AS I SAID A MINUTE AGO, MET ON THOSE DATES.
IT WAS ON A PRETTY ACCELERATED TIMELINE, UH, WHICH WAS DAUNTING, BUT WAS EFFECTIVE TO GET US MOVING FORWARD IN THE PROCESS.
UH, I MADE A HUGE MISTAKE AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS BY NOT TAKING A BREAK.
I LEARNED THAT LESSON THE HARD WAY FROM ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
BUT, UH, WE MADE IT PAST THAT.
AND SO YOU ASKED US TO DO THREE
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THINGS.UH, ONE WAS TO IDENTIFY THE TIME RANGE OF WHAT A BOND ISSUE PROGRAM WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT THE MILLAGE RATE WOULD BE, UH, AND THEN WHICH PROJECTS TO UNDERTAKE.
AND SO WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND, AND CHRIS AND ALAN ARE HERE, UH, WITH BOK AND ALAN BROOKS', UH, LAW FIRM THAT WERE WONDERFUL RESOURCES, AS WAS THE ENTIRE CITY STAFF.
UH, STEVE LAWRENCE GOT CALLED TO THE PODIUM COUNTLESS TIMES, AS DID MANY OTHER STAFF MEMBERS.
AND SO, UH, THE RESULT WAS THE IDEA OF A TARGET MILL LEVY OF 15 MILLS OVER A SPAN OF 10 YEARS.
UH, BASED ON THE GROWTH RATES THAT CHRIS MENTIONED IN OUR, OUR GROUP, THAT NUMBER GENERATED A GROSS NUMBER OF 2, 230 $1 MILLION FOR BOND, UH, REVENUE THAT WOULD BE USED FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF TASK NUMBER ONE, IF YOU WILL, OR ONE A, B, AND C.
UH, AND THEN THE ISSUE WAS, UH, WHAT PROJECTS MIGHT FIT.
AND I WANNA SAY THIS BECAUSE SOMEONE SAID THIS TO ME ONLINE, UH, THAT I DID NOT RESPOND TO THAT THIS WAS JUST A RUBBER STAMP FOR WHAT THE STAFF WANTED.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THE STAFF HAD WONDERFUL INPUT INTO THE PROCESS.
BUT THERE WAS A GIVE AND TAKE AND A DIALOGUE THAT HAPPENED AND WAS ORGANIC THROUGH EACH MEETING.
UH, THERE WERE ITEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE GROUP.
THERE WAS ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THE LIST.
UH, THERE WAS GREAT DISCUSSION BY THE STAFF AS TO HOW THEY CAME UP WITH EVEN THEIR LIST.
UH, AND SO IT FELL INTO THESE THREE CATEGORIES.
STREETS AND BRIDGES, UH, PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND FIREFIGHTING FACILITIES, BUILDINGS, AND EQUIPMENT.
THOSE ARE THE THREE, UH, THAT CAME OUT OF THAT.
UH, THE ALLOCATION OF THE PROJECTS CAME UP WITH THESE SUMMARIES.
STREETS AND BRIDGES HAD 15 PROJECTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED TO RECOMMEND FOR Y'ALL TO CONSIDER FOR A TOTAL OF $151 MILLION.
PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES HAD SIX PROJECTS FOR 70 MILLION.
AND I BELIEVE STAFF ARE GONNA SPEAK TO THESE SPECIFICALLY AFTER JAY AND I ARE DONE.
AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WAS ONE, UH, NEW, UH, FIRE STATION.
AND THE BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT WAS ONE PROJECT FOR $10 MILLION.
SO THOSE WERE THE THREE CATEGORIES.
ALAN CAN SPEAK TO IT BETTER THAN I CAN.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S POTENTIALLY, IF YOU GUYS MOVE FORWARD, THREE BALLOT QUESTIONS THAT'LL BE RIGHT IN LINE WITH THESE, UH, ITEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
SO, UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE GROUP CONSIDERED, UH, IN OUR DISCUSSION.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE PRESSING ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, ISSUES RELATED TO SAFETY.
WE HAD SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND TRAFFIC SAFETY.
AS WE LOOKED AROUND THE CITY OF EDMOND, THERE'S A DIALOGUE WITH RESPECT TO VARIOUS ACTIVITIES.
UCO, THERE'S ACTIVITIES ALL OVER THE, THE CITY.
UH, AND WERE IMPORTANT AS TO WHAT MIGHT BE RELEVANT TO HOW WE SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT EXIST.
THIS WASN'T JUST A GOLD MEDAL WISHLIST OF THINGS THAT SOUNDED LIKE WONDERFUL THINGS TO DO WITH $230 MILLION.
UH, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DIALOGUE RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IMPACT.
YOU'LL SEE THAT WITH A COUPLE OF THE, UH, PARKS AND RECS FACILITIES WAS THE, UH, SOCCER COMPLEX.
AND WITH MITCH PARKS SPECIFICALLY, UH, THIS WAS KEY I THINK IN OUR DIALOGUE.
AND THERE'LL BE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END, SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ADD TO THIS, BUT PEOPLE WANTED THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THEY COULD GET THESE THINGS DONE.
SO IF YOU WENT WITH THE BOND CAMPAIGN AND SAY YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL, THEN IN EIGHT YEARS FROM NOW YOU WANTED TO DO ANOTHER ONE AND YOU HADN'T GOT ANYTHING DONE, THAT WOULD BE PRETTY EMBARRASSING.
AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON STEVE LAWRENCE AND HIS STAFF TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, CAN YOU ACTUALLY GET SOME OF THIS STUFF DONE? UH, AND THAT WAS A, A DIALOGUE THAT TOOK PLACE WITHIN THE GROUP.
UH, KINDA A BROAD STROKE OF GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION.
THERE'S A SPREADSHEET YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET THAT SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN BY WARDS.
SOME OF 'EM ARE GENERAL, THE OVERLAY OF STREETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT SOME OF 'EM WERE MORE SPECIFIC BY WARD.
AND THEN THIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH PRETTY GOOD DETAIL, IS THE IDEA THAT SINCE THE 20 YEARS OF THE CIP HAS EXISTED, I THINK $140 MILLION OF THAT $280 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT ON ROADS.
AND I THINK THERE'S A GENERAL IDEA THAT WASN'T THE SELLING POINT WHEN THE CIP WAS APPROVED IN 2001.
AND SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO BOND FINANCING, MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE CIP DOLLARS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT DOLLARS TO ACTUALLY USE ON THINGS MORE EXCITING, UH, MAYBE EVEN MORE MOTIVATING FOR CITIZENS THAN JUST ROADS AND OVERLAY PROJECTS.
SO THAT WAS THE GENERAL CONSENSUS ON THE KEY CONSIDERATIONS THAT WERE DISCUSSED WITH THE GROUP.
I DON'T THINK YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH THIS LIST 'CAUSE I THINK STAFF IS GONNA DO IT, BUT THIS IS JUST THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE STREETS AND BRIDGES AND THEN THE PARKS AND REC.
YOU CAN SEE THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT ARE THERE.
UH, THE SOCCER COMPLEX WAS A BIG, BIG NUMBER.
THE VETERANS MEMORIAL WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT ITEM, WAS PASSIONATELY REPRESENTED BY ONE OF OUR, UH, TASK FORCE MEMBERS.
UH, THIS NEW PARK AT SECOND AND POST PUMP PARK PUMP TRACK THAT I UNDERSTAND.
I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO STAFF TALKING ABOUT.
UH, AND THEN, UH, I KNOW CHIEF GOODWIN IS HERE, COULD SPEAK TO THE FIRE STATION.
YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT BEFORE.
UH, THIS IS, I THINK, RELEVANT AND LET'S SEE HOW MANY MORE I GOT.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, THE QUESTION CAME UP, WELL, HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS SPENT THE RIGHT WAY? AND SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE NO LESS THAN 70% OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS BE SPECIFICALLY ASSIGNED TO PROJECTS.
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THEN THAT LEAVES 30%.AND THE DIALOGUE AMONGST THE GROUP WAS, WELL, WHAT IF WE WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE MORE SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED THAN JUST A 30% MARGIN? AND SO THERE WAS A DIALOGUE ABOUT THAT.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THE LAST THREE BULLET POINTS ON THIS LIST, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO STREETS AND BRIDGES, ALL BUT 15% ARE SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED SIMILAR PERCENTAGE WITH RESPECT TO PARKS AND REC AND EVEN A HIGHER PERCENTAGE FOR THE FIRE STATION.
AND SO THERE WAS JUST A GREAT DESIRE FOR THERE TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, THAT THOSE DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING RAISED, IF IN FACT THEY ARE, THAT THEY BE SPENT.
UH, STEVE LAWRENCE MADE A GREAT COMMENT ABOUT THE CONTINGENCY HE BELIEVED WERE IN HIS NUMBERS.
SO I THINK THAT GAVE THE GROUP SOME CONFIDENCE.
THEY DIDN'T NEED THE HUGE AMOUNT OF CONTINGENCIES.
SO LET'S BE MORE SPECIFIC SO THE CITIZENS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE BUYING WITH THEIR VOTE IF THEY DO THAT ON THE BALLOT.
SO THAT WAS RELEVANT TO HOW THAT WAS GONNA BE MANAGED.
AND THEN A COUPLE JUST GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TASK FORCE.
THEY ASK US TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU GUYS.
UH, WHAT, UH, IS THAT YOU GUYS DECIDE TO HAVE A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE? UH, THAT THERE'LL BE A GROUP OF CITIZENS THAT ARE NOT JUST A RUBBER STAMP THAT JUST SAY YES TO WHATEVER STAFF WANTS, BUT THEY ARE REALLY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF SPENDING AND BEING ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE DOLLARS.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT SUNSHINE'S THE BEST DISINFECTANT, RIGHT? AND SO THAT WAS A DESIRE, I THINK, FROM THE GROUP.
AND THE LAST ONE WAS REALLY JUST A, NOT EVEN, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
IT'S LIKE, HEY, LET'S MAKE SURE THE CITIZENS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THEIR DOLLARS.
WE'VE ALL SEEN IT DIFFERENT PLACES.
YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT FUNDED BY BOND OBLIGATION OF 2018 AND BROKEN ERROR OR NORMAN OR WHEREVER IT IS.
AND WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT CITIZENS KNOW WHERE THEIR DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT.
SO, UH, JAY'S TALKING OUR EAR OFF, SO I'M GONNA STOP AND SEE IF HE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD
UH, BUT THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A REPORT AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, UH, AND I'LL, I'LL END THE WAY I STARTED AND THANKS FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT GOT TOGETHER, UH, FOR VERY LITTLE PAY AND VERY SMALL SNACKS, UH, DURING THE TIME THAT WE WERE TOGETHER.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL BE ENTERTAINING.
ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK? VERY GOOD.
OH, JAY LEMAN WOULD LIKE HEAR YOU.
J DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY? ALRIGHT, JAY LEMAN, UH, TODD'S ASSOCIATE, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE.
I DO CONSIDER IT AN HONOR TO COME TOGETHER AND I, I ECHO THE FACT THAT WE PUT 25 MEN AND WOMEN IN A ROOM WITH A TASK, AND IT WAS VERY CIVIL AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PERSONALITIES, A LOT OF DIFFERENT WISHES AND WANTS, AND EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER.
I THOUGHT REMARKABLY WELL, A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE STAFF AND LED WELL BY CASEY AND OTHERS.
UM, APPRECIATE THAT AS ALWAYS.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT, THAT EVERYBODY'S GOT A WISHLIST MUCH LONGER AND MUCH MORE IN DEPTH THAN OUR BUDGET EVER ALLOWS.
IT PROBABLY HAPPENS THAT WAY WITH THE CITY OF EDMOND.
I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD INTO COMMITTING, UH, LET'S GO TO WORK ON SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS.
AND, AND THE CITY'S DONE YEOMAN'S WORK ON, ON THINGS THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR IN THE PAST.
I BELIEVE I LEARNED A LOT OF HISTORY ABOUT THE CITY OF EDMOND AND THEIR BUDGETING PROCESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT I DO THINK THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT STEP TO PLAYING CATCH UP ON THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THIS COUNCIL AND SEVERAL GROUPS PRIOR TO THAT, THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ACCOMPLISHED YET.
AND THIS BY NO MEANS GETS US TO ARRIVING SOMEWHERE, BUT IT GETS US ON A GOOD PATH GOING FORWARD.
SO I'D STRONGLY CONSIDER THE ACCEPTANCE OF THAT.
SO NEXT WE WANNA INVITE UP OUR, UH, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
THEY'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH THE LIST OF PROJECTS QUICKLY, GOING OVER THOSE, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, OBVIOUSLY WANNA GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THOSE.
BUT THEY, THIS IS THE LIST THAT THE, THAT THE TASK FORCE ULTIMATELY RECOMMENDED.
AND SO WE'D LIKE TO LET OUR, OUR STAFF, UH, WALK THROUGH AND TALK ABOUT THOSE.
SO WE'LL START WITH, UH, STEVE FLORENCE.
DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR TODD OR FOR JAY, OR ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS? NOT ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
I MEAN, I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO AS TO KEEP GOING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU, YOU HAD SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY.
I KNOW BARRY'S NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT TODD, BUT
UH, STEVE LAWRENCE, UH, CITY ENGINEER, BEEN ASKED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STREET AND BRIDGE PROJECTS WE'VE GOT ON THE LIST.
UH, ALL THIS INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, SEARCH CITY OF EDMOND GEO BONDS, AND, AND THIS LIST WILL COME UP.
UH, THE FIRST FIRST PROJECT ON THE LIST IS THE OVERALL STREET, UH, OVERLAY RECONSTRUCTION, UH, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.
UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE LET US KNOW OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
IT'S, THEY LIKE OUR PAVEMENT TO BE MAINTAINED IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER CONDITION THAN IT'S BEING MAINTAINED CURRENTLY.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE SPEND BETWEEN
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FOUR AND $5 MILLION A YEAR ON RESURFACING STREETS.UH, THE COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH A, A, A FIGURE THAT WE CAN PRETTY MUCH, UH, WOULD BE ABLE TO DOUBLE THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO IT.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A TESTING, UH, WE COMPLETED TESTING OF EVERY STREET THAT ALL THE 1,150 LANE MILES THAT EDMOND MAINTAINS IN THE CITY OF EDMOND.
UM, SO WE SHOULD BE GETTING THAT DATA THIS FALL, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, OUTLINE A PROGRAM OF ALL THOSE STREETS.
WE HAD TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH AND LIST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE STREETS THAT WE PLAN ON RESURFACING, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UH, SO NEXT ON THE LIST IS SECOND AND BOULEVARD INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST INTERSECTIONS IN EDMOND.
UM, IT HAS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN QUITE A BIT OF GROWTH, UH, AND THE CAPACITY EXPANSION IS, IS NEEDED AT THIS INTERSECTION, PART OF KIND OF MAKING THE DOWNTOWN AREA A LITTLE BIT MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND FRIENDLY TO BICYCLES.
UH, AND WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE REST OF DOWNTOWN, IT SHIFTS TRAFFIC AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE HAVE MORE TRAFFIC ON, ON BOULEVARD THAN WE PREVIOUSLY HAD.
UM, WE'VE GOT A, UH, EVERYBODY THAT'S DRIVEN THROUGH KNOWS THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, UH, A MISALIGNMENT IN, IN THE TWO ROADS, UH, ON EITHER SIDE OF BOULEVARD.
SO WE'RE GONNA STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT, UM, ADD A LOT OF CAPACITY, BUT ALSO GREATLY INCREASE THE PEDESTRIAN, UH, SAFETY IN THE AREA.
UH, NEXT ON THE LIST IS COVELL AND SANTA FE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THIS IS AN INTERSECTION THAT, UH, A FEW YEARS BACK WE MADE SOME, WHAT WE CALL INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS AT THIS INTERSECTION.
UH, THEY HELPED A LOT WITH CAPACITY.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, UH, OR, UH, BICYCLE SAFETY, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS AREA THAT REALLY WANT TO GET TO MITCH PARK.
UM, EVERYBODY KIND OF SOUTH OF GOVE, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS AREA ARE LOOKING FOR CONNECTIVITY, UM, TO GET TO MITCH PARK.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE DO HAVE SOME SAFETY ISSUES AT THIS INTERSECTION.
UH, IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH IT, YOU'LL ALWAYS SEE A GUARDRAIL PRETTY MUCH DAMAGED, UH, WHICH THEY, THEY'VE BEEN DOING THEIR JOB, JOB, THEY'VE BEEN SAVING THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HITTING THEM.
BUT, UH, IT, IT'S ALSO, WE HAVE SOME SAFETY ISSUES WITH THAT.
SO, UH, THIS, THIS PROJECT WILL, UM, IT'LL, IT'LL WIDEN THE INTERSECTION A LITTLE BIT, ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THE CAPACITY, UM, BUT MAINLY ALSO BRING IN, UH, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE AND ACCESS AS FAR AS LIKE, SIMILAR TO THE, WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE ON COVAL AND THE REST OF COVAL WITH THE WIDE, YOU KNOW, 10 FOOT SIDEWALKS.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS FOR THAT.
UH, NEXT INTERSECTION IS WIDENING OF COVAL FROM I 35 THROUGH AIR DEPOT.
UM, SO ONE OF THE BUSIEST INTERSECTIONS, UH, THAT'S SHOWN THE HIGHEST GROWTH IN THE LAST, UH, FIVE YEARS IS COVAL AND AIR DEPOT.
UM, ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING OUT IN NORTHEAST EDMOND, AS WELL AS IT BEING, UH, ONE OF THE FEW ON RAMP AND OFF RAMPS THAT WE HAVE ON I 35 IN THE AREA.
UH, LEADS TO THAT, UM, YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE SCHOOLS ALSO OWN THE LAND AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER AND, UH, HAVE PLANS TO BUILD THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND, AND FIRST PHASE OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE AREA.
SO, UH, THAT'S COMING FAIRLY QUICKLY.
UM, SO WE'RE WANTING TO GET, UH, THIS AREA, SO IT'LL BE ALL THE WAY FROM I 35 THROUGH AIR DEPOT.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S, WE HAVE A LOT OF SAFETY ISSUES THROUGH THIS AREA, UM, AS WELL AS JUST CAPACITY AT THAT INTERSECTION.
THE NEXT SECTION, NEXT INTERSECTION IS KELLY AND EDMUND ROAD.
SO SEVERAL OF THESE PROJECTS CAME FROM OUR EDMUND SHIFT PROGRAM, OUR EDMUND SHIFT STUDY, UH, WHICH LOOKED AT KIND OF THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK WHERE CRASHES HAPPEN ON OUR ROADWAY SYSTEM.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS THAT IS REALLY HIGH ON OUR INJURY NETWORK.
UH, ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO KIND OF, UH, MINIMIZE, ELIMINATE FATALITIES, MINIMIZE, UM, UH, ANY KIND OF, UH, MAJOR INJURY.
AND SO THIS IS A, ONE OF THE HIGHER, UH, INJURY INTERSECTIONS.
SO WITH THAT THOUGH, UM, WE'VE GOT A FEDERAL STUDY A, A FEDERAL, UM, GRANT FOR A STUDY OF, UH, QUITE A FEW OF THESE INTERSECTIONS.
SO THEY'RE BEING, SHOULD BE STUDIED, UH, FAIRLY SOON TO LOOK AT WAYS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT THESE INTERSECTIONS.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS WHEN
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WE GO THROUGH THAT.WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT, UH, WHAT WE CAN DO.
SO WE EXPECT TO POSSIBLY GET SOME FEDERAL FUNDS TO, TO HELP MATCH ON THIS, THESE INTERSECTIONS.
UM, SO, BUT WE'LL ALSO LOOK, BE LOOKING AT CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS.
A LOT OF THESE INTERSECTIONS THEY HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKED AT IN A REALLY LONG TIME.
UM, THEY MIGHT NEED A RIGHT TURN LANE OR A LEFT TURN LANE, OR A LONGER LEFT TURN LANE.
UH, A LOT OF 'EM WE HAVE ARE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN PLACE SO THAT WE'RE MOVING AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS WE POSSIBLY CAN THROUGH WHATEVER GEOMETRY IS OUT THERE.
UM, BUT THE CORE EMPHASIS ON THIS WILL BE SAFETY AND, UM, AND GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE CAPACITY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS.
UM, THE NEXT INTERSECTION'S, 15TH AND BRYANT VERY SIMILAR HIGH INJURY NETWORK, UM, HAVE A LOT OF CRASHES.
UM, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IT IN A VERY SIMILAR WAY, UM, ADDRESSING ANY, UH, IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE FOR SAFETY, AS WELL AS ADDING AS MUCH CAPACITY THAT WE CAN FOR THAT INTERSECTION.
UH, 15TH STREET CORRIDOR BETWEEN BROADWAY AND BOULEVARD.
THIS IS ALSO IN THE STUDY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, LOOKING AT HIGH ENTRY NETWORK.
UM, THIS IS ONE THAT WE HEAR ABOUT A LOT, UM, BUT IT, WE WILL GO THROUGH AND MAKE AS MANY IMPROVEMENTS AS WE CAN, UM, CAPACITY WISE AS WELL AS FOR SAFETY.
UH, DANFORTH ROAD WIDENING FROM HOLLY HILL TO THOMAS.
SO THERE WAS AN EFFORT, EFFORT YEARS AGO TO, UH, PUT TURN LANES IN FRONT OF ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN IN EDMOND.
UM, AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET DUE TO FUNDING.
WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, REALIGN THOMAS WITH THE FIRST KIND OF HALF OF THIS PROJECT.
IT STILL HAS AN ISSUE WITH, UH, SAFETY AS WELL AS, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST TRAFFIC GETTING THROUGH THERE, IMPROVING THE FLOW.
SO EDMOND NORTH HAS SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT HOW THEY, UH, THE STUDENTS COME INTO THEIR, THEIR THE SCHOOL.
SO, UH, US MAKING IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF FRETS IS GONNA HELP WITH THAT GREATLY.
AS WELL AS, UM, A LOT OF, UH, PARENTS THAT USE THIS ROAD TO GET TO JOHN ROSS.
TURNING LEFT ONTO THOMAS FROM IT.
UM, SO THIS ONE WILL BE, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, SAFETY CAPACITY AS WELL AS BEING NEARBY SCHOOL.
UM, SANTA FE AND EDMUND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, THIS IS AN EDMUND SHIFT PROJECT, UH, HAS A LOT OF, UH, HIGH, HIGH, IT'S IN THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK AREA, SO IT'LL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE OTHER INTERSECTIONS, MAXIMIZING CAPACITY AND MAKING IT SAFER.
SO, UM, WORKING ON THE COVAL CORRIDOR, UM, IT BEING KIND OF ENVISIONED AS ONE OF THE MAJOR CORRIDORS IN EDMOND.
UH, WE NOW HAVE SIGNALS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, AS FAR WEST AS SANTA FE AND AS FAR EAST AS, UH, SOONER AND NI 35.
SO WHERE WE HAVE KIND OF THE, THE BIGGEST CONGESTION TRAFFIC ISSUES IS JUST OUTSIDE OF THOSE.
SO THIS ONE BEING ON THE WEST SIDE, UM, IT'S A FOUR-WAY, STOP SIGN.
AND, UH, IT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I HAVE THE MOST COMPLAINTS ABOUT AS FAR AS TRAFFIC.
UM, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, WITH THIS INTERSECTION AND SEVERAL OTHERS, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT KIND OF UNIQUE, UH, TYPES OF, OF DESIGN.
WE'LL SEE IF A ROUNDABOUTS APPROPRIATE HERE OR, OR WHATEVER OTHER, OTHER DESIGN IS, UH, FEASIBLE.
SO THIS WILL BE MAINLY FOR JUST KIND OF THE INTERSECTION AREA.
UM, IT WON'T, YOU KNOW, EXTEND A WIDENING ON COVAL, YOU KNOW, A HALF A MILE EITHER WAY OR A MILE.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY WILL BE JUST CENTERED AROUND THE CORE, THE INTERSECTION.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS KIND OF IMPROVING THE CAPACITY OF THE INTERSECTIONS AND, AND DOING WHAT WE, WE NEED TO FOR THE REST OF THE CORRIDOR.
UM, COLTRANE WIDENING NORTH OF SECOND STREET.
SO THIS WAS ORIGINALLY A PROJECT THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS A TWO MILE SECTION FROM SECOND STREET ALL THE WAY TO COVELL.
UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO FIT ALL OF THAT INTO THIS.
SO TALKING WITH THE COMMITTEE, UH, WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KIND OF GET THE SECTION, THE QUARTER MILE NORTH OF SECOND STREET.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PART THAT'LL BE KIND OF NEAR THE UNCOMMON GROUNDS.
UM, IT'S, AS WELL AS IT'S AN AREA THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, UH, ISSUES WITH CAPACITY.
SO, UM, OUR, OUR, WE'LL MAKE A CORRECTION ON THE MAP SHIP.
WE STILL HAVE THE TWO MILES SHOWN, BUT WE'LL REVISE THAT TO, IT'S PRETTY MUCH JUST SECOND STREET TO A QUARTER MILE NORTH OF SECOND STREET.
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UH, LET'S SEE, SECOND STREET, GARLAND GODFREY CROSSING, CROSSING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.UM, THIS IS AN AREA BY UCO THAT RECEIVES A LOT OF ATTENTION.
THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT, THAT CROSS IN THIS AREA, AND IT'S JUST A VERY AWKWARD CROSSING SITUATION.
SO ONE OF THE EDMOND SHIFT, UH, SAFETY, UH, PROJECTS WAS TO KIND OF RECONFIGURE THIS, THIS CROSSING AND MAKE IT SAFE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECT IS.
UH, NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, THIS ALSO STEMMED FROM EDMUND SHIFT AS WELL.
IT IS BASICALLY UNIVERSITY FROM, UH, SECOND STREET, UH, ALL THE WAY AROUND TO CHOWNING.
UH, IT'S AN AREA THAT WE, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO WE KIND OF DID SOME RES STRIPING TO MAKE SOME BICYCLE LANES.
WE JUST KIND OF DID A, IT WAS A KIND OF A, A CHEAP WAY FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, TRY A FEW THINGS OUT THERE.
UM, SO THIS PROJECT WOULD BE TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THIS CORRIDOR AND MAKE IT MUCH MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND SAFE, UM, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT MAKING THE BICYCLE LANES, UH, FULLY PROTECTED INSTEAD OF JUST SOME STRIPING THAT'S OUT THERE.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECT'S FOR.
UM, LET'S SEE, THATCHER STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THIS WAS ALSO, THIS MAINLY A PEDESTRIAN, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS AREA.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS THAT, SINCE THATCHER IS ONE OF THE FEW CROSSINGS IN THIS AREA, THERE'S A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAFFIC THAT GOES THROUGH THIS.
AND, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE OUT THERE IS JUST NOT VERY, UH, CONDUCIVE TO, UH, PEDESTRIANS OR BICYCLES.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR.
UH, FINAL ONE IS THE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
SO THAT ONE'S KIND OF A HARD ONE TO DESCRIBE, BUT BASICALLY CONNECTING ALL OF OUR SIGNALS TO TECHNOLOGY AND, AND, UH, BEING ABLE TO REAL TIME MOVE AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS POSSIBLE.
UH, WE'VE, THIS FALL, UH, WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN TO ODOT WITH OUR FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, FOR THIS PHASE FOUR OF THE PROJECT.
UM, WE CURRENTLY ARE JUST WRAPPING UP PHASE THREE.
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 65% OF OUR SIGNALS CONNECTED.
UH, PHASE FOUR WILL GET US TO ABOUT 80% OF OUR SIGNALS CONNECTED.
SO REALLY THE FUNDING ON THIS IS FOR PHASE FIVE TO KIND OF WRAP UP OUR SIGNAL PROGRAM AND TO KIND OF GO BACK AND, AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE FIRST SIGNALS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL UP TO THE RIGHT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY.
UH, BUT THAT'S THIS, UH, INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION IS, UH, IT'S REALLY THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK ON ANYTHING THAT WE SPEND FOR TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S MUCH CHEAPER THAN PAVEMENT.
UM, AND IT ALLOWS US TO GET, UH, THE MOST OUT OF THE GEOMETRY THAT WE DO HAVE IN PLACE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THE STREET AND BRIDGE PROJECT.
SO I THINK YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? IT'S A GREAT LIST.
THERE'S A LOT, IT SHOWS THERE A LOT OF ROADS NEED IMPROVEMENT.
SO, SO NEXT, I THINK BRAD RAINEY'S GONNA COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE PARKS PROJECTS.
I WILL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THESE PROJECTS.
UM, FIRST ONE HERE IS MITCH PARK.
WE HAVE, UM, QUITE A LARGE DOLLAR FIGURE, AND I'LL KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT, WHAT WE HAD IN MIND WHEN WE PROPOSED THIS.
FIRST OF ALL, THE BALL FIELDS THERE, THERE'S NINE, FIVE SOFTBALL FIELDS, FOUR BASEBALL FIELDS.
UH, YOU KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF A PRICE TAG OF WHAT, WHAT THAT COSTS IS, WHAT I JUST PRESENTED BEFORE.
UM, THEY'RE IN ROUGH SHAPE AS YOU'RE SEEING THE PICTURES GO BY AND WE'RE PUSHING A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THERE.
SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF ADDRESS OUR FINAL EYESORE, I GUESS, OF A SPORTS FACILITY AND HAVE SOMETHING PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
UM, I'LL ALSO MENTION THAT, UM, AS YOU KNOW, MITCH PARK IS ADJACENT TO CHEYENNE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THOSE TWO OF THE BASEBALL FIELDS ARE USED FOR, FOR A MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICE AND, AND GAMES TOO.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THE PROJECTS, I'M SURE YOU'VE NOTICED, BENEFIT, UM, SCHOOLS TOO.
AND, AND THAT WAS DISCUSSED QUITE A BIT IN ON THE COMMITTEE.
UM, THERE'S A PICTURE OF A GUY THERE WALKING ALONG A DRAINAGE DITCH, UM, WHICH ISN'T IDEAL.
YOU SEE THAT QUITE A BIT AT MITCH PARK.
UH, STEVE TALKED ABOUT SANTA FE AND COVELL WANTING TO GET PEOPLE TO MITCH PARK.
ONCE WE GET HIM THERE ON FOOT, WE WANT 'EM TO BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND THE PARK SAFELY ON FOOT.
SO MITCH PARK HAS A GREAT TRAIL THAT GOES AROUND THE PARK, BUT, UM, TO KIND OF GET FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER ON FOOT, WE, THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS, THERE'S NOT GREAT CROSSWALKS.
UM, WE WANT TO IMPROVE THAT 'CAUSE IT IS BUSY AT MITCH PARK.
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GOING THROUGH AND THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT TO HOW TRAFFIC MOVES AROUND THE PARK.SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S A MAJOR THING WE WANNA ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS.
AND, UH, FINALLY JUST AMENITIES AT THE PARK.
THAT COULD BE, UM, THE PLAYGROUNDS.
THE AM ABUS, THE ALL, ALL THE ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
SHELTERS, TRASH RECEPTACLES, DRINKING FOUNTAINS, LIGHTS, ALL, ALL THOSE THINGS WOULD FALL UNDER AMENITIES.
I THINK ONE THING, ONE THING EXCITING ABOUT THIS PROJECT, IF IT DOES PASS, WE ARE PLANNING TO DEVELOP A MASTER PLAN FOR MITCH PARK.
SO THE COMMUNITY WE'RE REALLY GONNA SAY OF, OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
UM, NEXT, NEXT ONE IS JUST NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT.
UM, THIS I THINK IS ONE OF THE S SMALLEST DOLLAR FIGURES, BUT I THINK IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A HUGE IMPACT.
AND THIS IS, UM, PLAYGROUND FOCUS, BUT IT COULD BE THINGS LIKE BASKETBALL COURTS, TENNIS COURTS.
IT'S GOING THROUGH OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO THEM WITH, WITH NEW EQUIPMENT.
AND THIS FUNDING MODEL COULD ALLOW US TO DO A LOT.
YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING ONE ABOUT ONE A YEAR.
WE CAN, WE CAN REPLACE A PLAYGROUND WITH PARK TAX FUNDS.
SO THIS COULD REALLY ALLOW US TO TRANSFORM ALL OF OUR, OUR CITY PARKS AS WE KNOW THEM.
UM, AND THERE'S A LIST THAT GOES KIND OF INTO HOW WE BREAK DOWN THE SPENDING OF THE FUNDS THAT HOW WE ESTIMATED.
THE NEXT ONE IS THE SOCCER COMPLEX RENOVATION THAT WE DID JUST COMPLETE A PROJECT AND THAT WAS FOCUSED ON RESTROOM AND CONCESSION FACILITIES.
UM, THERE'S A MASTER PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES UP TO $30 MILLION WORTH OF RENOVATIONS AT THIS, THIS FACILITY.
SO THIS WOULD BE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CRITICAL ONES.
UM, PROBABLY NUMBER ONE IS PARKING AT, AT THAT FACILITY, SOME FIELD LIGHTING.
THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO LIGHT FURTHER FIELDS, ADDRESS, UM, AN AGING IRRIGATION SYSTEM, FIELD SURFACES.
UM, WE'D WORK WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS ON, ON DEVELOPING THE PRO THAT PROJECT, THE CREEK BEND TRAILS.
THE NEXT ONE, UM, THAT WOULD BE COMPLETING THIS TRAIL.
THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW TRAILS THAT WE HAVE ON THIS LIST, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE OWNING THE LAND AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO OWN THE LAND TO, TO DO THESE PROJECTS.
SO WE WE'RE COMPLETING THE ENDS RIGHT NOW.
THIS WOULD BE TO, TO FINISH THE MIDDLE SECTION.
AND I'LL JUST MENTION THAT YOU SEE THE SPRING CREEK RUNNING THROUGH THERE.
IT WILL INVOLVE TWO CROSSINGS OF THE SPRING CREEK.
SO THAT'S JUST A, A LITTLE BIT COSTLY TO, TO DO IT, BUT IT'LL BE A BEAUTIFUL TRAIL WHEN, WHEN IT'S DONE.
UM, I THINK THIS IS FAIRLY SHOVEL READY.
THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND BEEN WORKING TO RAISE FUNDS.
AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMITTEE TO, TO FUND THIS PROJECT AND, AND BUILD IT.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, REALLY THE ONLY NEW, LIKE MOST OF THIS IS FOCUSED ON UPGRADING AND TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE.
BUT THIS, WE DO HAVE A NEW PARK PROPOSED ON THIS, AND THAT'S A POST AND SECOND.
UM, THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY IDENTIFIED IN THE ARCADIA LAKE MASTER PLAN.
THIS IS ON PROPERTY THAT, THAT WE OWN.
UM, IT DOES INVOLVE BICYCLE FACILITIES, A BICYCLE TRACK OR A PUMP TRACK.
BUT THERE ARE TRADITIONAL PARK ELEMENTS LIKE PLAYGROUNDS AND PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO STOP ON ROUTE ROUTE 66 AND PICNIC.
BUT IT WOULD TIE INTO THE EXISTING AND POPULAR MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS AND TRY TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT, UM, THAT GOING ON OUT THERE.
AND THAT IS THE LIST OF OUR PROJECTS.
UM, THERE WAS LOTS PROPOSED AND THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF NARROWING THESE DOWN AND PRIORITIZING THEM.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'VE JUST GOT ONE PROJECT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY.
UH, THAT'S THE FIRE STATION THREE RELOCATION.
UH, WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT MORE PROJECTS TO, UH, THE GEO BOND COMMITTEE AND, UH, THEY DID VERY THOROUGH WORK AND, AND, UH, WE ENDED UP PULLING ONE OF THOSE.
WE HAD THREE THAT WE SUBMITTED.
WE PULLED ONE AFTER THE FIRST MEETING, AND THEN, UH, UH, THEY, THEY SETTLED ON THIS ONE, WHICH I WILL SAY IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY.
IT'S THE ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE THE MOST.
IT'S A, IT'S A AGING STATION, 41 YEARS OLD.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, AND THE PICTURE, IT'S A VERY SMALL STATION.
WE'VE HAD LOTS OF MAINTENANCE ISSUES WITH IT OVER THE YEARS, AND IT JUST DOESN'T WORK WELL OPERATIONALLY FOR US.
UM, IT, WE HAVE DIFFICULTY HOUSING, MIXED GENDERS OF FIREFIGHTERS THERE, WHICH IS IMPOR A VERY IMPORTANT THING TO US.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ISSUES WITH BACKING IN.
UM, SO IT'S, IT CREATES SAFETY ISSUES FOR US.
UM, WE'VE KNOWN FOR SOME TIME THAT WE NEEDED TO RELOCATE THIS STATION.
UM, AND SO WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN SEARCHING FOR LAND FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
WE WANTED TO MOVE IT A LITTLE FURTHER EAST.
AND AS YOU REMEMBER, WE CLOSED ON LAND LAST YEAR, UM, AT, UH,
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JUST SOUTH OF KELLY AND DANFORTH AT, UH, THE INTERSECTION OF HAWTHORNE LANE AND KELLY AVENUE.UM, AND SO THAT PROPERTY IS THERE WAITING FOR US TO, TO, TO WORK.
AND SO, UM, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
AND SO TIMELINE WISE, UM, WE'RE READY.
UM, AS FAR AS SHOULD YOU APPROVE THIS AND THE VOTERS APPROVE IT, UM, WE WOULD BE READY TO START DESIGN WORK AND GET GOING, UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO THAT'S THE PROJECT THAT I HAVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MAYOR, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR OR SOMEONE ON THE COMMITTEE.
IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE TIME? YES.
I THINK WHILE, WHILE IT'S FRESH ON YOUR MIND, THAT'S OKAY.
UM, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THE 15 MIL LEVY RATE IN A 10 YEAR TERM.
AND IT, AND IT SAYS IT WAS APPROVED 20 TO TWO.
AND SO I KNOW THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION IN THE COMMUNITY ON BY FOLKS NOT ON THE COMMITTEE WONDERING WHERE THAT CAME FROM, WHAT THE JUSTIFICATION WAS.
SHOULD IT BE LESS, SHOULD IT BE SHORTER, SHOULD IT BE MORE? AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU COULD MAYBE SPEAK TO SOME OF THE, THE THOUGHT PROCESS BETWEEN, BEHIND THAT RECOMMENDATION.
I'LL START TO TRY IT AND IF SOMEONE WANTS TO SUPPLEMENT, I'D BE HAPPY TO DEFER, UH, THAT WE HAD, UH, TWO SCHEDULES THAT WE HAD IN FRONT OF US AT EVERY MEETING THAT SHOWED MILLAGE RATES AND WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE ON AN AVERAGE HOUSE PRICED ON THE MULTI LIST IN EDMOND RIGHT NOW, WHICH I THINK WAS $307,000, WHICH I THINK WAS THE NUMBER.
SO 10 MILLS IS $300 A YEAR, 15 MILLS IS $450 A YEAR, AND 20 MILLS WOULD BE, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY $600 A YEAR.
AND SO THE SPREADSHEET THAT WE LOOKED AT, UM, AND IT'S, IT'S NOT UP HERE, BUT IT WOULD SHOW WHAT WOULD THAT IMPACT BE AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF YOU DID IT OVER THE VARIOUS TERMS OF THE, WHETHER IT'S FIVE YEARS OR SEVEN YEARS OR 10 YEARS.
IS THAT RIGHT, CHRIS? OH, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
AND SO PART OF THE THOUGHT FOR US WAS FIVE YEARS SOUNDS REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY FEEL LIKE YOU'D BE CONSTANTLY IN A CYCLE OF HAVING ELECTIONS.
UH, AND THEN THERE WAS A COST OR A QUESTION THAT WAS DISCUSSED ABOUT THE COST OF THE MONEY AND WHAT INTEREST RATES WOULD DO TO THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO ACTUALLY PUT INTO THE DIRT.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A GREAT ANSWER AS TO HOW IT SETTLED ON A CERTAIN NUMBER, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S 25 PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT IMPACTED THEM OR THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD TALKED TO AND HOW THEY FELT COMFORTABLE.
SOMEONE MADE THE COMMENT, HEY, IT'S $40 A MONTH IF YOU LOOKED AT 15 MILLS.
AND, AND IN MY MIND, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT MONTHLY.
I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT MY ANNUAL TAX BILL IS.
SO I I THOUGHT OF IT DIFFERENTLY THAN THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ROOM.
UH, I CAN JUST TELL YOU THAT AS WE LOOKED AT THIS, THIS SLIDE THAT I HAVE HERE THAT SHOWS THE GROSS NUMBERS, UH, IT WAS REALLY AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC BECAUSE THERE WAS A COUPLE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
THE HUGE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS REALLY HARD TO CONCEPTUALIZE.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE MONOPOLY MONEY.
AND SO WHAT REALLY MATTERS, DOES IT MATTER TO ME IF IT'S 230 MILLION OR 156 MILLION? NO.
WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS IT'S GONNA GONNA COST ME AN EXTRA FOUR 80, $80 A YEAR OR $450 A YEAR.
AND SO, UH, I KNOW THAT WAS THE GIVE AND TAKE IN THE DIALOGUE.
IF YOU WOULD'VE ASKED ME TO GUESS AT THE VERY FIRST MEETING, I WOULD'VE GUESSED THE NUMBER WOULD'VE BEEN SMALLER.
BUT THERE WAS A DIALOGUE IN THE ROOM THAT SAID, HEY, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AND IT'S A BIG DEAL, THEN WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO DO A BIG DEAL BECAUSE WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA DO IT DIFFERENTLY IF WE EVER GET THE CHANCE TO DO IT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
THERE WAS A DIALOGUE ABOUT OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE MILLAGE RATES.
OKLAHOMA CITY KEEPS THEIR TARGET AROUND 16 MILLS.
AND SO THE NUMBER'S NOT EXACT BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH AVALOR VALUES, BUT THERE WAS A GENERAL CONSENSUS BY THE EXPERTS IN THE ROOM THAT ONCE YOU SET A MILLAGE RATE, AND IF YOU GIVE A CHANCE TO COME BACK IN FOR A SECOND BOND ISSUE IN SEVEN OR 10 YEARS, IT'S REALLY NICE NOT TO COME IN AND INCREASE THAT MILLAGE RATE.
AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THE DIALOGUE.
AND, AND I'M NOT FUMBLING HERE, I'M JUST THINKING THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I, I WANTED YOU TO SHARE WITH KIND OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHAT THAT DIALOGUE WAS LIKE, WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT, WHAT YOU WERE ASSESSING, THAT IT WASN'T JUST SORT OF A RANDOM NO, IT WAS THING.
AND SO THAT'S HELPFUL TO HEAR THAT IT WAS A ROBUST DISCUSSION.
THERE WAS A LOT OF THOUGHT PUT BEHIND IT, AND THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS RECOMMENDING.
I THINK TWO THINGS COMING TO, TO THE SAME CONCLUSION AFTER.
SO TWO THINGS I, I THINK I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD TO THAT IS THE DIALOGUE WAS VERY ROBUST ABOUT THAT BECAUSE EVERYBODY CAME FROM DIFFERENT STANDPOINTS AS TO WHAT WAS MOVING THEM WITH RESPECT TO HOW THEY MIGHT LOOK AT THE ECONOMICS OF THE WHOLE DEAL.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING IS A, A COUPLE COMMENTS MIGHT'VE BEEN MADE WITH RESPECT TO HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE NUMBER.
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I GO SHOPPING WITH A BUDGET INSTEAD OF WHAT MY LIST IS.AND SOME PEOPLE MAY GO, I JUST NEED TO GO BUY THESE THINGS.
SO YOU HAD A DIFFERENT, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO NAVIGATE THROUGH OUR LITTLE TASK THAT YOU GAVE US? IS TO COME UP WITH A GROSS NUMBER OR COME UP WITH WHAT YOUR REVENUE IS THAT MIGHT BE.
AND SO THAT DIALOGUE WENT BACK AND FORTH.
AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY RELATED TO THAT IS, UH, EVERY BOARD I'VE EVER BEEN ON NONPROFIT FOR PROFIT, YOU ALWAYS WISH THE CONSUMERS AND THE CONSTITUENTS WOULD HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE DIALOGUE THAT HAPPENS IN THE ROOM BECAUSE IT WAS SINCERE AND BECAUSE IT WAS THOUGHTFUL AND BECAUSE IT WAS SENSITIVE TO THE REALITY THAT THESE DOLLARS ARE NOT MONOPOLY DOLLARS, THEY'RE REAL DOLLARS THAT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO POTENTIALLY SPEND AND ASKING THE CITY OF EDMOND TO BE THE TRUSTEE OF, UM, IT WAS A VERY ENCOURAGING PROCESS FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
AND I'M SURE NOBODY HERE IS GONNA OUT NEGOTIATE IRRATIONAL THOUGHT PROCESS OR CRAZY COMMENTS ONLINE.
BUT IT WAS METHODICAL AND IT WAS THOUGHTFUL.
UM, AND, AND I DO BELIEVE THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS THE PRODUCT THAT WAS DELIVERED BY THE GROUP WHEN WE LEFT THE ROOM ON THE LAST MEETING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, SHARING THAT.
UM, THE MEETINGS WERE RECORDED AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE.
SO IF FOLKS ARE LISTENING NOW IN THE ROOM OR ONLINE, AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO HEAR SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION THAT, UH, MR. MCKENNA DESCRIBED, CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO AND LISTEN TO THAT.
THAT WAS, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MUG.
ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT EDK.GOV/GEO BOND.
AND YOU CAN GO THERE, YOU CAN FIND THE MAP THAT, THAT THE STAFF JUST WALKED YOU THROUGH.
YOU CAN FIND THE RECORDINGS OF THE MEETINGS, YOU CAN FIND THE, THE AGENDAS, THE MINUTES, ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS WE WANT TO PRESENT.
MR. MAYOR, UM, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE COMMENTS, I, I THINK THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY WANNA SPEAK, SO I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU.
OH, NO, I WAS GOING TO SEE IF THE COUNCIL HAD ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANTED TO SAY AT THIS TIME OR ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THEN THIS IS A, A PUBLIC HEARING, AND IF THERE WAS ANYONE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE FROM THE, UH, ACTUAL COMMITTEE.
UH, I'LL JUST TELL YOU, EVERYONE DOESN'T HAVE TO GET UP AND SAY THE SAME THING BECAUSE WE HEAR TWO OR THREE TIMES AND WE'VE HEARD IT.
UM, BUT WE DO WELCOME ALL THE COMMENTS THAT, THAT, THAT ARE POSSIBLE THAT CAN SHED ADDITIONAL LIGHT OR INFORMATION OR THOUGHTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
SO I'M LOOKING AT THE COUNCIL, THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT IN QUESTION MODE, STANCE.
THEY HAVE A CERTAIN STANCE, THEY GET IN AND THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE IN THE RECEIVE MODE NOW STILL.
SO IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE? YES, SIR.
I'M THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.
UH, I'VE GOT, UH, UH, MY DRIVER, TAYLOR, M**K HERE WITH ME.
AND WE'RE GONNA SHARE A FEW THOUGHTS ON, ON THE, UH, WHAT THE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION THINKS ABOUT THE, THE BOND.
SO, UH, LIKE, UH, CHIEF GOODWIN SAID, UM, BASICALLY, UH, STATION THREE, IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S ALWAYS IN A CONSTANT NEED OF REPAIR.
UH, AS OF MYSELF AND THE, THE, I CAN SPEAK FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE FOR THE BOND, UH, RELOCATING THIS STATION WILL ALLOW US BETTER RESPONSE TIMES.
UH, WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE, UH, BEST CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVAL RATES RIGHT NOW.
SO MOVING THAT STATION TO THAT AREA WILL ALLOW US QUICKER RESPONSE, BIGGER STATION, ABLE TO UTILIZE MORE RIGS IN THERE, UH, THAT WILL HELP US, UH, TO PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE TO OUR CITIZENS.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY BLESSED, UH, UH, AND WE THANK YOU GUYS FOR, FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS.
UM, AND, UH, THROUGH THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET TO AN ISO RATING OF ONE, UH, WHICH IS LOWERS THE, THE, UH, CITIZEN'S, UH, INSURANCE RATES CONSIDERABLY WHEN THEY GO TO GET THEIR INSURANCE.
AND, UH, THE STATION LOCATION IS A BIG PART OF THAT.
UH, HAVING THE APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT IN THE, IN THE RIGHT AREA, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE MAY WANNA PUT UP, PUT SOME OF OUR TANKERS AND DIFFERENT THINGS IN THAT WILL ONLY HOUSE TWO PIECES OF APPARATUS RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT STATION, SO IT'S PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY SMALL.
WE ALL LAUGH AND SAY YOU COULD SIT IN A LAWN CHAIR ON, UH, DANFORTH WHEN IT WAS BUILT BACK 41 YEARS AGO.
SO, UH, IT, IT'S DEFINITELY, UH, OUTLIVED ITSELF.
AND, UH, WE JUST WANT TO COME HERE TONIGHT AND SUPPORT ALL THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD.
AND, UH, AND WE THANK ALL YOU GUYS 'CAUSE WE'RE REALLY BLESSED TO WORK IN THIS COMMUNITY.
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THANK YOU.ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? YES, SIR.
HI, RICHARD REICH MOUNTAIN VIEW PARK.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO DO THAT.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO TODD'S COMMENT ABOUT HOW WE ARRIVED AT THE MILIT RATE, UM, BECAUSE IT, IT WAS A DIFFICULT THING FOR US TO GET OUR ARMS AROUND, BUT, UM, I COME FROM THE NORTH, SO, UH, WE, WE ARE USED TO PROPERTY TAXES THAT SUPPORT THESE KIND OF THINGS.
AND EDMOND IS THE ONLY CITY IN OF ANY SIZE IN THE STATE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A SALES TAX OR THAT DOESN'T HAVE A PROPERTY TAX, IT PART OF THEIR, UM, TAXATION TO RAISE REVENUES.
AND SO WE ALSO, IN ADDITION TO COMPARING OURSELVES TO OKLAHOMA CITY, WE COMPARED IT TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE, IN THE, IN OKLAHOMA.
SO WE DID NOT FEEL THAT 15 MILLS WAS UNREASONABLE, BUT IT WAS IN THAT 10 TO 15 MILL RANGE THAT WE THOUGHT OTHER CITIES OF OUR SIZE AND CONSEQUENCE HAD ALSO USED.
SO THAT, THAT WAS ALSO PART OF OUR DECISION.
WELL THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE TEAM COMING TOGETHER.
25 PEOPLE, DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT WANTS AND DESIRES, BUT, BUT YOU ALL HAD ONE COMMON DESIRE FOR EDMOND BE A BETTER COMMUNITY.
SO YOU ALL CAME WITH YOUR LIST.
LISTEN, AND FROM WHAT I COULD TELL YOU, LISTEN TO UNDERSTAND, NOT LISTEN TO RESPOND.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
SO NOW LET ME MOVE 400 PAGES BACK.
[D. Consideration of the Following Items Related to the Calling of a Special Election on November 5, 2024, for the Purpose of Submitting to the Registered, Qualified Electors of Said City the Question of Issuance of General Obligation Bonds: Discussion and Consideration of Resolution No. ___ Authorizing the Calling and Holding of a Special Election In the City of Edmond, State Of Oklahoma, (the “City”), on the 5th day of November, 2024, for the Purpose of Submitting to the Registered Qualified Electors of said City the Question of the Issuance of General Obligation Bonds of said City in an Amount Not to Exceed the Sum of Two Hundred Thirty One Million Dollars ($231,000,000) to be Issued in Series to Provide Funds for the Purposes of: (i) Constructing, Reconstructing, Repairing, Improving, and Rehabilitating Streets, Roads, Bridges, and Intersections in the City (Including Lighting, Sidewalks/Bikepaths, Landscaping, Related Drainage Improvements, Driveway Reconstruction, Utility Relocation, and Other Related Improvements); (ii) Constructing, Expanding, Repairing, Which May Also Include Improving, Renovating, Acquiring and Equipping Parks and Recreational Facilities, all to be Owned Exclusively by the City; and (iii) Acquiring, Constructing, Expanding, Renovating, Repairing, and/or Equipping Firefighting Buildings, Facilities, and Equipment, All to Be Owned Exclusively by the City; All to Be Completed With or Without the Use of Other Funds, and Levying and Collecting An Annual Tax, In Addition to All Other Taxes, Upon All the Taxable Property In Said City For the Payment of the Interest and Principal on Said Bonds; Providing For Election Procedures; Authorizing Professional Services Agreements Pertaining to the Issuance of Said Bonds; and Containing Other Provisions Related Thereto. (Citywide) Special Election Proclamation and Notice Hereby Authorizing the Calling of a Special Election to be held on the 5th Day of November, 2024. (Citywide)]
UM, NOW WE'RE ON UNDER NINE D.THIS IS NINE D CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS RELATED TO CALLING FOR OF A SPECIAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE REGISTERED QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF SAID CITY.
THE QUESTION OF ISSUANCE OF A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 26 DASH 25, 26 DASH 25 DASH 25, AUTHORIZING THE CALLING AND THE HOLDING OF A SPECIAL ELECTION.
WAIT, I'M SORRY I SAID THAT WRONG.
I'M SORRY, WE HAVE TO START ALL OVER.
GOTTA START THE HOLDING FROM THE BEGINNING.
TODAY IS AUGUST 12TH, 27, 24 UHHUH.
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT COREY, LET'S START AGAIN.
DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 27 DASH 24 24.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE AUTHORIZING THE CALLING AND HOLDING OF A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE CITY OF EDMOND, STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
THIS CITY ON THE FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2024.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE REGISTERED QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF SAID CITY, THE QUESTION OF THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $231 MILLION TO BE ISSUED IN SERIES TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING, REPAIRING, AND PROVING AND REHABILITATING STREETS, ROADS, BRIDGES AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY, INCLUDING LIGHTING, SIDEWALKS, BIKE PATHS, LANDSCAPING RELATED DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, DRIVEWAY RECONSTRUCTION, UTILITY RELOCATION, RELOCATION, AND OTHER RELATED IMPROVEMENTS.
CONSTRUCTING, EXPANDING, REPAIRING, WHICH MAY ALSO INCLUDE IMPROVING, RENOVATING, ACQUIRING, AND EQUIPPING PARTS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, ALL TO BE OWNED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE CITY.
AND ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING, EXPANDING, RENOVATING, REPAIRING, AND OR EQUIPPING FIREFIGHTING BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT, ALL TO BE OWNED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE CITY.
ALL TO BE COMPLETED WITH OR WITHOUT THE USE OF OTHER PHONES AND L LEVI, AND COLLECTING AN ANNUAL TAX IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER TAXES UPON ALL THE TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID CITY FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE INTEREST AND PRINCIPLE OF SAID BONDS PROVIDING
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FOR ELECTION PROCEDURES AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS PERTAINING TO, TO THE ISSUANCE OF SAID BONDS AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO SPECIAL ELECTION PROCLAMATION.AND NOTICE HEREBY AUTHORIZING THE CALLING OF A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025.
THAT'S WHAT YEAR? YES, YOUR HONOR.
CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THROUGH THAT
SO WE WERE FORTUNATE THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO HAVE, UH, GREAT BOND COUNCIL.
AND SO I BELIEVE, UH, ALAN BROOKS, AND I'M NOT SURE, CHRIS, ARE YOU ALSO SPEAKING? IT'S DARK QUESTION.
SO WE'RE GONNA WELCOME ALAN BROOKS UP TO WALK THROUGH THIS ITEM WITH YOU.
WELL, THIS, AGAIN, TO ECHO WHAT'S BEEN SAID HAS BEEN A REALLY, UH, ENJOYABLE PROCESS.
CHRIS AND I ATTENDED ALL OF THE MEETINGS WITH, UH, THE GROUP.
UH, THEY ASKED GREAT QUESTIONS.
UH, MR. BRECKS, COULD YOU SPEAK UP PLEASE? I CAN.
THEY, UH, ASKED GREAT QUESTIONS AND IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY ENJOYABLE PROCESS.
UH, MY PART'S PRETTY EASY HERE.
THE, THE DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, THE RESOLUTION, THAT'S THE DOCUMENT THAT HAS TO BE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO EFFECTIVELY CALL THE ELECTION.
PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT ON NOVEMBER 5TH, AS IT'S ALREADY BEEN NOTED.
THERE'S THREE SEPARATE PROPOSITIONS.
THOSE ARE LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION.
THAT'S EXACTLY HOW THEY'LL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT.
UH, THOSE RISE OR FALL INDEPENDENTLY.
SO EACH, EACH ONE WOULD BE VOTED ON BY THE VOTERS, UH, AS HAS ALREADY BEEN NOTED.
YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHERE AT LEAST 75%, OR EXCUSE ME, 70% OF THE PROCEEDS OF EACH OF THOSE ARE GONNA BE SPENT.
YOU'RE WELL IN EXCESS OF THAT.
ON EACH OF THESE PROPOSITIONS.
YOU'VE BEEN MORE SPECIFIC THAN IS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE.
UH, IF YOU ADOPT THESE RES THIS RESOLUTION THIS EVENING, UH, WE WOULD FILE A DOCUMENTATION WITH THE ELECTION BOARD AND WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO GO INTO AS MUCH DETAIL AS YOU WANT, UH, BUT I THINK WE KNOW WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE, WE KNOW WHAT THE PROPOSITIONS ARE.
YOU'VE GOT THE LANGUAGE IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO THE, UH, THE MILLAGE RATES, FINANCIAL IMPACTS, CHRIS CAN ADDRESS THOSE AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS? WOULD I ALSO AT THIS TIME ASK, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE OR DO WE WANT TO WAIT TILL THE END? WELL, I'M GONNA ASK NOW IS THE, THE, LET'S JUST TAKE IT IN SMALL BITES AND INCREMENTS SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE ANY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THIS NEXT PHASE THAT WE'VE, THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED ABOUT THE LANGUAGE? OKAY, VERY GOOD.
NO, I DIDN'T HAVE, UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
WE SEE THE, I KNEW WHAT, YES, SIR, WE, WE DO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE AUDIENCE WHO DOES HAVE A QUESTION.
IT'S NOT A QUESTION, IT'S A COMMENT IF YOU'RE OPENING IT UP FOR COMMENTS OR NOT.
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, SIR, PLEASE COME DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
TAYLOR WILSON, 7 48 DUNE CIRCLE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE AT LEAST COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC THIS IS A NEEDED, UH, TAX INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 15% BASED ON THE CALCULATIONS, BUT BASED ON THE COMMITTEE, WHICH I WAS NOT ON, BUT OBSERVED.
ALL BUT ONE, IT IS A PRICE, IT IS A TAX INCREASE.
SO WE CAN'T, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE FROM A PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE NOT HIDING FROM THAT.
BUT IT IS NEEDED BY ALL THE PROJECTS ARE THERE, AND BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE HEARD ON THE STREETS AND THE SAFETY AND EVERYTHING.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE, I THINK YOU WERE HERE EARLIER TODAY WHEN WE HAD OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, HALFWAY REVIEW, WHERE WE HAD OVER, UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOOD READING INFORMATION FOR EVERYONE, THAT THESE ARE THE, EACH YEAR FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, THE STAFF AND COUNCIL HAVE COME TOGETHER AND CREATED WHAT'S A STRATEGIC PLAN OF WHAT'S NEEDED OUT THERE.
OUR COUNCILS HAVE LISTENED TO OUR CITIZENS AND WHAT THEY WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND SO WE IMPLEMENTED IT IN HERE.
SO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS GO BOND SUPPLEMENT THIS, SO THEY'RE NEEDED.
OUR, OUR COMMUNITY IS GROWING.
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SOMETHING THAT A PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER, TWO CITY MANAGERS AGO TOLD ME THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE GOT.BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT MONEY, PEOPLE ARE GONNA STOP WANTING TO COME TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO FEEL SAFE FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
THEY WANT GREAT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND GUESS WHAT? THEY WANNA HAVE A GOOD TIME HERE.
AND SO THAT'S, THESE, THESE PROJECTS HELP ENHANCE THAT.
HELP US TAKE CARE OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO EACH AND EVERY ONE.
UH, EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT A TAX INCREASE, I'LL GUARANTEE THAT YOU STILL WANT TO LIVE IN A SAFE PLACE.
YOU WANT THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE TO BE EDUCATED PROPERLY AND YOU WANT TO HAVE FUN.
WELL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, COUNSEL, THAT'S ITEM 90 D UH, THAT'S CALLING THE SPECIAL ELECTION.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? I, I, MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT.
UM, PEOPLE COME TO EDMOND BY CHOICE FOR A COMMUNITY OF CHOICE.
AND THE REASON WHY PEOPLE COME IS BECAUSE OF QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND THIS IS A HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT INTO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE, UH, THE PARKS AND HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT STEVENSON PARK, WHICH KNOWN AS ROCKET SHIP PARK.
YOU LOOK AT THE NEW FLASH PAD AND HOW THAT JUST REVITALIZES PEOPLE AND ENERGETICALLY GETS THEM TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
UM, PEOPLE HAVE ASKED, IS THERE GONNA BE SOME SORT OF OPPOSITION GIVEN THE ROADS PRESENTATION? IF YOU'RE IN THE TIRE AND SHOCKS BUSINESS, I'D BE A LITTLE WORRIED.
I THINK THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE HEARD AND DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR OTHERS HAS DEFINITELY BEEN, HEY, LET'S GET AT IT AND LET'S DO MORE.
AND THIS REPRESENTS A MORE THAN KIND OF DOUBLING OF THAT COMMITMENT IN REGARDS TO THOSE.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT A HISTORIC, UM, INVESTMENT, IT CENTERS AROUND THOSE THREE PILLARS OF WHY PEOPLE COME.
AND THAT'S OUR ROADS, RECREATION, AND PUBLIC SAFETY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING SOME OF OUR GOOD, UH, LITTLE, UH, UH, KINDA SCOUT KIDS OVER TO STATION NUMBER ONE.
MAN, IT'S AN AWESOME STATION, BUT YEAH, IT'S OLD.
IT WAS BUILT WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD.
I THINK, CHIEF, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ISN'T THAT THE STATION WHERE LITERALLY THE BEDS COME OUT OF THE WALL? THAT'S CRAZY.
YOU'RE IN THIS DARK ROOM AND THEN A LIGHT GOES ON AND THEN YOU GOTTA LIKE THROW YOUR BED UP AND YOU'RE LIKE, IT'S, UH, WE ASK A LOT.
AND I THINK JUST A COMFORTABLE BED
UM, IT'S A, HIS, IT'S A HISTORIC INVESTMENT.
I ALSO AGREE WITH THE COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS A, WAS A BROAD COMMITTEE.
I'M, I'M SURPRISED YOU'RE EVEN ABLE TO AGREE ON THE SNACKS, KNOWING SOME OF YOU GUYS WERE IN THERE AND THEN YOU CAME OUT OF THERE LIKE YOU DID.
SO UNITED, IT'S, IT'S REALLY REFRESHING.
BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OF SOME SORT.
I THINK THAT RECOMMENDATION HAS MERIT.
UH, THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT I OFTEN HEAR FROM CITIZENS IS, WE'LL PUT IT TO A VOTE.
RIGHT? AND SO REALLY, WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING THAT HISTORIC INVESTMENT OF ROADS, RECREATIONAL, PUBLIC SAFETY INTO THE HANDS OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS.
THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE PRE, UH, PRESCRIBED TO THOSE PROJECTS WITH CITIZEN OVERSIGHT, WITH CITY COUNCIL, CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT AND APPROVAL.
UM, AND THERE'S, THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY THERE.
UM, WHEN, WHEN YOU GET ELECTED, THEY HAVE, YOU PUT TWO GOALS OR A GOAL OR TWO ON YOUR CITY COUNCIL BIO.
I'M NOT SURE ANYONE EVER READS THOSE THINGS UNLESS THEY'RE SUPER HOPPER MAD ABOUT SOMETHING, UH, TO GO TRY TO FIND MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
BUT MY GOAL WAS MAKE EDMOND, OKLAHOMA THE BEST PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY AND CALL HOME, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THE BEST TRANSPORTATION, RECREATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND PUBLIC SERVICE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
GOAL NUMBER TWO WAS GIVE EDMOND VOTERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE UP OR DOWN DEDICATING FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE BEST TRANSPORTATION, RECREATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND PUBLIC SERVICES FOR ITS RESIDENTS.
I THINK THAT TODAY SPEAKS TO A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT THAT THIS COUNCIL, PREVIOUS LEADERS, PREVIOUS MAYORS HAVE WORKED TOWARDS.
AND I'M PROUD TO VOTE YES, TO PUT THIS IN FRONT OF THE CITIZENS.
'CAUSE WHETHER IT'S SUPPORTING OUR VETERANS DOING OUR PARKS, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, ROADS, RECREATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK THEY HAVE MERIT THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
AND I'LL BE VOTING YES, MR. MAYOR.
I, UH, IN NOVEMBER WHEN WE, THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHED THE, THE 25 MEMBER COMMITTEE, UH, 25 PEOPLE COME TOGETHER.
I, I BELIEVE I KNOW EVERY PERSON THAT SERVED EXCEPT ONE.
AND, UH, SHE WAS ONE OF 'EM THAT I APPOINTED.
UH, SHE CALLED ME AND SAID SHE WANTED TO GET INVOLVED.
I SAID, YES, MA'AM, I PUT HER ON THERE.
UH, BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME IS THAT THO
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THE 25 PEOPLE THAT SERVED, THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVED ON THAT, UH, DID THAT BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE AN OPINION AND THEY CARE ABOUT EDMOND.AND I KNOW THE PROCESS WAS FAIR.
UH, THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR, MR. MCGINNIS, MR. LEMON, I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN THOSE FELLOWS, AND I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN THE OTHER 23.
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO BRING BEFORE COUNCIL.
ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS WERE CORDIAL.
THERE WERE CERTAINLY STRONG OPINIONS, UH, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, THE AMOUNT, THE LONGEVITY, SO FORTH.
BUT 25 PEOPLE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT EDMOND, AND I KNOW SOME OF 'EM ARE HERE, SOME OF 'EM ARE NOT.
BUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THE ROOM, THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.
HONESTLY, I THINK COUNCILMAN, UH, S AND COUNCILMAN MOORE SAID IT VERY, VERY WELL.
SO I WON'T REPEAT IT, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I PICKED FIVE AMAZING PEOPLE, AND I KNOW THE REST OF YOU DID TOO, WHO REPRESENT LOTS OF DIFFERENT, UM, DEMOGRAPHICS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I FEEL REALLY, REALLY CONFIDENT ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION.
I, WHEN WE HAD, WE HAD A LITTLE MEETING TO UPDATE US ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, I HAD HEARD BACK FROM A COUPLE OF PEOPLE I HAD PUT ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT IT WAS LOVELY TO SIT IN A ROOM AND HAVE PEOPLE THAT WERE WATCHING THIS ALL UNFOLD.
AND LIKE EVERYBODY HAS SAID, IT'S 25 PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE, DIFFERENT, UM, EMPLOYMENT, DIFFERENT AGES, DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF HOW BIG THEIR FAMILY IS, BIG OR SMALL HOME, OR STILL ARE RAISED AND MOVED OUT.
AND I WAS THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED FROM LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE TELLING US ABOUT ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AGAIN, HOW, LIKE EVERYBODY SAID, SURE, THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, OPINIONS.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY ALL OF US PUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT KIND OF PEOPLE ON THIS COMMUNITY.
WE WANTED PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO TELL US WHAT THEY WANTED IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
AS PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOU, IT'S THEIR COMMUNITY.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING, AND IT'S A HELPFUL THING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, THIS THIS COMMUNITY FORWARD.
AND I JUST WAS, MY HEART WAS SO FULL WHEN THEY SAID YES, THERE WERE OPINIONS FLYING, BUT THE ROOM STAYED CORDIAL.
AND I SAID, AND DID THEY COME OUT OF THERE AFTER THREE MEETINGS WITH ALL OF THIS? AND THEY SAID THREE MEETINGS, AND THEY CAME UP WITH THIS LIST, THE MILL LEVY AND THE, AND THE, AND THE TIME.
AND I THOUGHT, THAT'S JUST WONDERFUL.
AND I HOPE THAT ANYBODY WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS GEO BOND CAN GO ONLINE AND WATCH THOSE MEETINGS SO THEY KNOW FOR THEMSELVES.
BUT TO KNOW THAT THIS IS, UM, A SAMPLE FROM YOUR COMMUNITY THAT CAME TOGETHER THAT WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN FOR THEIR COMMUNITY TO GROW AND TO PROSPER AND TO, FOR IT TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
AND THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT GONNA BE AFFECTED BY THIS.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WAS IN THAT ROOM WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS.
AND YET THEY STILL CHOSE ONE
THE THE LIST OF PROJECTS WAS, IS AMAZING.
I AM THRILLED WITH THAT LIST OF PROJECTS.
AND I EVEN HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT SAID, WHAT DO YOU WANNA SEE ON THIS? AND I SAID, NO,
I WANT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE I'M STACY, BUT I'M HERE TO SUPPORT AND TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
SO I KNOW EVERYBODY HAS SAID THIS, AND, UM, MAYBE IT'S OVERKILL.
WE'RE THRILLED WITH HOW IT ALL TURNED OUT AND HOW EVERYBODY REACTED DURING THE MEETINGS.
AND, UM, I'M JUST SUPER HAPPY HOW IT ALL PLAYED OUT.
AND WE HAVE SO MUCH APPRECIATION BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT, IT WAS QUICK, IT WAS INTENSE, AND IT WAS A LOT.
AND WE, WE THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S OVERKILL, BECAUSE I JUST REMEMBER BEFORE OUR CURRENT CITY MANAGER, THE PAST 10 OR SO BUDGETS, THE LAST LINE WAS IN THE CITY MANAGER REPORT, WE NEED ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE.
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IT IS HISTORIC.WE HAD INTENTIONAL COLLABORATION FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE.
SO COUNSEL, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO ON THIS ITEM NINE D.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[E. Consideration of Approval of an Agreement with Gooden Group, Inc. for Educational Marketing Services for the General Obligation Bond Election; $70,000.00. (Citywide)]
NEXT WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER NINE E, THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT WITH GOODEN GROUP INC.FOR EDUCATIONAL MARKETING SERVICES FOR THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FOR, UH, ELECTION FOR $70,000.
I, I KNOW THIS, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN THE MOVIE GROUNDHOG DAY, WHERE THE SAME THING KEEPS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER, I JUST KEEP SHOWING UP HERE AT THE PODIUM, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
UM, BUT IN, IN THE EVENTS, UM, THAT YOU ALL DID DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ELECTION, UM, WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS RECENTLY TO DO AN RFQ TO LOOK, UH, AT SOME COMMUNICATIONS FIRMS THAT WOULD HELP US TO HELP EDUCATE THE, THE PUBLIC ON SUCH A, A HUGE ITEM.
WE HAVE A VERY TALENTED AND A GREAT COMMUNICATION STAFF, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE DAY JOBS AND THEY STILL HAVE TO CON CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY DO.
SO WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND IN THE EVENT THAT YOU ALL DECIDED TO GO THIS ROUTE, UM, WE DID SELECT THE GOODEN GROUP, UH, TO WORK WITH US.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS ITEM IS.
AND, AND THEY, THEY'RE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
I WANNA BRING UP, UM, ONE OF THEIR PRINCIPALS, KATIE GUSTAFSON.
I KNOW SHE'S GOT SOME OF HER STAFF HERE.
I'LL LET HER INTRODUCE THEM AND, UH, SHE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO.
UH, KATIE, GUESTS OF SEND 2,500 IVY WOOD ROAD.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON A HISTORIC ACTION TODAY AT THIS MEETING.
UH, AND I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID ABOUT THE TASK FORCE PROCESS.
UH, MY TEAM AND I REALLY ENJOYED AND REALLY ENCOURAGED, UM, BY ATTENDING AND WATCHING THOSE, UH, TASK FORCE MEETINGS.
AND IF WE COULD GET EVERY RESIDENT EDMOND TO JUST TAKE, YOU KNOW, EIGHT HOURS OUT OF THEIR DAY AND WATCH, WATCH THOSE MEETINGS, THEN WE WOULD HAVE AN EASIER JOB HERE.
BUT, UM, BUT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY.
I'M AN OWNER AT GOODEN GROUP, AND I'M A PROUD EDMOND RESIDENT FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS.
OUR FIRM WAS FOUNDED IN EDMOND 40 YEARS AGO THE NEXT YEAR, AND WE REMAIN HEADQUARTERED OVER IN WARD.
THREE OTHERS AT OUR FIRM WHO ARE HERE IN SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT INCLUDE RISA FORRESTER, WHO'S A CONSULTING PARTNER OF OURS.
AND STRATEGIST, UH, SHE'S A 32 YEAR RESIDENT OF EDMOND.
AND WITH, SHE'S GOT DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS, BRANDING, AND HIGHER ED.
SHE, BEFORE JOINING THE GOODEN GROUP, SPENT HER CAREER PROMOTING TOURISM FOR VISIT OKLAHOMA CITY.
AND NOW, UH, LEADS OUR WORK ON CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AT OUR FIRM.
AND THEN MARY, MARY ELLEN KNUTSON, WHO COULDN'T BE HERE.
SHE'S OUR CHIEF STRATEGIST AND WORKS, UH, AND FOCUSES ON STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND HAS ALSO LED, UH, LARGE SCALE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS WITH, UH, SURROUNDING CITIES.
SO, JUST A QUICK ABOUT OUR FIRM, UH, FOUNDED IN 1985, RIGHT HERE IN EDMOND.
UH, WE'RE PROUD TO SERVE MANY OF THE STATE'S TOP EMPLOYERS, UH, ACROSS VARIOUS INDUSTRY SECTORS.
UM, BUT THIS TEAM HERE AND I, WE, WE FOCUS PRIMARILY ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC INFORMATION SUPPORTING MUNICIPALITIES.
WE HAVE 16 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND A NET NETWORK OF, UM, OTHER RESOURCES BEYOND THAT.
SO, LIKE I SAID, ONE OF OUR CORE SERVICES IS OFFERING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SUPPORT FROM MUNI LARGE SCALE MUNICIPAL PRO PROJECTS FOR DECADES.
WE'VE SUPPORTED, UM, OTHER CITIES AND CONSULTANTS ON THIS TYPE OF ROBUST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMATION EFFORTS ON SOME OF THE STATE'S LARGEST PUBLIC PROJECTS.
WE WORK ALONGSIDE CITY STAFF AS AN EXTENSION OF THEIR TEAM AND MANAGE COMMUNICATIONS BOTH BEFORE AND DURING MAJOR PUBLIC, UH, PROJECTS.
SO HERE'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE WORKING ON THESE, UH, SIMILAR
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PROJECTS.THEY INCLUDE BOTH SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM PROJECTS IN SEVERAL OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, WE'VE BEEN THE LEAD COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT FOR THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY ON THEIR MAPS PROGRAM.
UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE TASKED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF COMMUNICATING WITH RESIDENTS ABOUT THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF MAJOR PROJECTS LIKE SCISSOR TAIL PARK AND RIVER SPORT RAPIDS AND, AND OTHER PROJECTS.
UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES LIKE NORMAN ON, UH, BOND PROGRAMS. WE'VE ALSO, UH, WORKED WITH, UH, OTHER, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH, UH, MORE REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ACOG, THE RTA, UM, VISION ZERO, WHICH IS, UH, SIMILAR TO YOUR EDMOND SHIFT.
WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, SOME REGIONAL SAFETY ACTION PLANS WITH ACOG VISION ZERO PLANS WITH THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
UM, WE ALSO JUST KICKED OFF OUR WORKS, UH, WITH THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, UH, ON THEIR UPCOMING BOND PROGRAM.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S A, THERE IS A, A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN AND A VOTE YES CAMPAIGN.
SO BY LAW, CITIES CAN'T ENGAGE IN ADVOCATING THAT THEIR RESIDENTS VOTE A CERTAIN WAY, UM, IN AN ELECTION.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY WITHIN THOSE BOUNDARIES.
BUT WHAT CITIES CAN AND SHOULD DO IS PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION, TRANSPARENT INFORMATION TO THEIR RESIDENTS ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE OFFERING.
SO THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, DETAILED COSTS AND SCOPE INFORMATION ON THE PROJECTS.
THERE'S ALREADY INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, UM, EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW A GEO BOND WORKS.
THIS IS THE FIRST, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND AND EDMOND.
AND SO THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHO DON'T, UM, WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH BOND PROGRAMS AND HOW THEY WORK.
UM, AND, AND AS THE GENTLEMAN SAID, INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE FUNDING WILL IMPACT THEM, THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, UM, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANTLY IS HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTION.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DEADLINES ARE IMPORTANT, WHAT DATES ARE IMPORTANT, HOW TO, HOW TO FIND YOUR POLLING PLACE, UM, WITHOUT ADVOCATING THEY VOTE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE INFORMED.
SO LIKE I SAID, OUR GOAL IS TO REALLY BE AN EXTENSION OF, UH, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE AND THE COMMUNICATION STAFF THAT YOU HAVE HERE, UH, IN EDMOND, THEY DO HAVE A VERY BIG TASK OF THEIR DAY-TO-DAY COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENTS.
AND SO WE CONSIDER OURSELVES TO JUST BE AN EXTENSION OF THAT TEAM, UM, AND TO SUPPORT THEM AS THEY'RE, UH, EMBARKING ON THIS EFFORT.
AND WE WANNA GIVE EDMOND RESIDENTS EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THE PROJECTS, UM, SO THEY CAN FEEL CONFIDENT, INFOR, AND INFORMED WHENEVER THEY GO TO THE BALLOT BOX.
SO I'LL JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO GO OVER SOME OF OUR IDEAS AND HOW WE APPROACH THIS PROJECT.
SO, UM, AND I WILL SAY THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST.
WE'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE IDEAS ABOUT WAYS TO, THE IDEAS THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO REACH YOUR, YOUR, UM, CONSTITUENTS AS WELL.
SO FIRST, YOU KNOW, OUR PLAN IS TO DEPLOY A, A BRANDED PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, A LOGO AND SOME TAGLINES, SOME MESSAGING SO THAT PEOPLE THAT, THAT CAN HELP WITH AWARENESS OF THE PROGRAM.
I KNOW THAT THE TASK FORCE HAD RECOMMENDED SOME SIGNAGE, UM, ONCE THE PROJECTS GET UP AND RUNNING, I THINK MAKE PEOPLE, MAKING THE CONNECTION WITH WHAT THEY VOTED FOR, WITH WHAT THEY'RE SEEING BEING BUILT IS GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT THING TO DO.
UM, AND THEN BUILDING OUT THAT INFORMATIONAL MESSAGING.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, COMING UP WITH EFFECTIVE WAYS TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, TO EXPLAIN HOW A, YOU KNOW, A HOUSEHOLD, HOW THEIR PROPERTY TAXES WILL BE, UM, AFFECTED BASED ON THEIR HOME VALUES OR MAYBE WHAT EXACT IMPROVEMENTS THEY CAN EXPECT AT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK OR THEIR FAVORITE PROJECT.
UM, AND WE WILL BUILD OUT THOSE INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE IN ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF FORMS, BOTH ONLINE AND IN PRINT.
AND ENSURE THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
SO WE WANNA PROVIDE VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES, BOTH IN PERSON THROUGH EVENTS AS WELL AS ONLINE.
SO OUR PLAN IS TO FACILITATE PUBLIC MEETINGS, UM, HOST POPUP EVENTS AT EXISTING HIGH TRAFFIC CITY EVENTS, OR OTHER AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC, MAYBE GROCERY, WE'VE DONE GROCERY STORE POPUPS AND OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY EFFECTIVE, UM, USING DIGITAL TOOLS, OF COURSE, LIKE THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA, THE WEBSITE, UH, PRODUCE A VIDEO TO EXPLAIN, UH, BOTH WHAT IS A GEO BOND PROGRAM AND, AND AS WELL AS WHAT THE PROJECT, WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT FROM THE PROJECTS.
UH, SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS, INFORMATIONAL CONTENT, MAKING SURE THERE'S A STUDY FULL OF INFORMATION COMING OUT BETWEEN NOW IN NOVEMBER.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS PROGRAM IS NEW TO EDMONDS, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN A REALLY DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GONNA BE ON THE BALLOT.
SO OUR TEAM WILL HELP DEVELOP NEWS RELEASES, ANSWER QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA,
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CREATE CONTENT THAT HELPS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE PROPOSITION BETTER.BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO CONNECT WITH RESIDENTS IS THROUGH STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS, PARTNERING WITH EXISTING GROUPS, STAKEHOLDERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, PROVIDING THEM WITH ACCURATE AND HELPFUL INFORMATION.
SO WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, UM, TO PROVIDE THOSE MATERIALS, WHETHER IT'S A, THEY REPRESENT A LARGE NETWORK OF PEOPLE OR A SMALL NICHE GROUP, INTEREST GROUP.
UM, AND, AND DOING SO AND PARTNERING WITH THEM WILL REALLY HELP DISPEL MIS FIRST OF ALL, DISPEL ANY MISINFORMATION THAT MIGHT BE OUT THERE.
AND TWO, TO EMPOWER THOSE PEOPLE TO SHARE WITH, UM, THEIR NETWORKS, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL.
UM, SO AGAIN, THAT THEY CAN FEEL CONFIDENT GOING TO THE BALLOT BOX.
SO LIKE I SAID, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE TO KICK THIS PROJECT OFF IMMEDIATELY.
WE'VE ALREADY, UM, GOT A LOT OF IDEAS AND A, AND A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN THAT WE'RE READY TO PRESENT TO STAFF.
AND, UM, SO WE APPRECIATE, AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OR IDEAS.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, AT THIS TIME? SO OUR FIRST MEETING'S AT 10 O'CLOCK TONIGHT, RIGHT?
THIS IS STILL PART OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM, FROM OUR AUDIENCE? SEEING NONE, COUNCIL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM NINE E? I'D MAKE A MOTION.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
SO WE'LL HAVE OUR TALKING POINTS TOMORROW AT ABOUT NOON.
[10. Executive Sessions and Action Items:]
NOW WE'RE GONNA DO TWO THINGS.ONE, WE NEED TO GO TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT WE HAVE A LONG EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK BEFORE WE GO TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
BUT I NEED A MOTION TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR YES SIR.
SEVERAL ITEMS. I'D MAKE THAT MOTION.
HOW LONG A BREAK? UH, FIVE MINUTES.
WE NEED A MOTION TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE'RE HEREBY OUT OF CON EXECUTIVE SESSION
[F. Consideration of Approval of Resolution No. ___ Authorizing the City Attorney to Proceed with Settlement Without Admitting Liability in the Case styled: Glynn Simmons v. City of Edmond, et al.]
[G. Consideration of Approval of Supplemental Appropriation to Fund Settlement of Lawsuit Styled Glynn Simmons v. City of Edmond, Special Representative of the Estate of Former Detective Sergeant Anthony David Garrett, City of Oklahoma City, Former Detective Claude L. Shobert; $1,600,000.00. (Citywide)]
NOW WE ARE ON ITEM 10 F, CORRECTUM, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER OH 28 DASH 24 28 DASH 24 AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH THE SETTLEMENT.
SO WITHOUT ADMITTING LIABILITY IN THE CASE TITLED GLENN SIMMONS VERSUS THE CITY OF EDMOND AT ALL.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 28 24 AND AGENDA ITEM 10 G, SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,600,000.
SIR, I'LL SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM 10 F AND 10 G, PLEASE CATCH YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR.
[H. Consideration of Action with Regard to Workers' Compensation Claim Styled: Jeremy Harwell v. City of Edmond.]
[I. Consideration of Action with Regard to Workers' Compensation Claim Styled: Jason Hazzard v. City of Edmond.]
[J. Consideration of Action with Regard to Workers' Compensation Claim Styled: Damon Minter v. City of Edmond.]
[K. Consideration of Action with Regard to Workers' Compensation Claim Styled: George McHone v. City of Edmond.]
TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE RISK MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ENTER INTO A JOINT PETITION SETTLEMENT OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS OF HARWELL HAZARD MENTOR AND MCCONE AS LISTED IN ITEMS 10 G THROUGH 10 J.WE HAVE A MOTION FOR, I'LL SECOND THAT AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
THERE'S NO CITIZEN'S COMMENTS TODAY.
[12. Comments from the Mayor and Members of the City Council.]
THE COMMENTS OF FROM THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.UM, AS MY STANDARD SPI AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, THURSDAY, THE CITY OF EDMOND GROWS
YEAH, SCHOOL STARTS, TRAFFIC PATTERNS WILL START.
SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ALL THAT TONIGHT, THURSDAY MORNING
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IT CHANGES FOR US.OKLAHOMA CITY STARTS TOMORROW.
SO ACTUALLY THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS ARE GOING TO START CHANGING TOMORROW WITH OKLAHOMA CITY, STARTING THEIR SCHOOL TOMORROW.
APPRECIATE EVERYONE, UH, STAFF COUNCIL, AS I'VE TOLD YOU COUNTLESS TIMES THE NIGHT, UH, THE WORK WE'VE DONE UP HERE.
UH, MOVE THE CITY FORWARD AND I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL.
THE ONLY, ONLY OTHER THING I THOUGHT, UM, IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE BROUGHT OUT THE WORD AL AND I WAS WONDERING, DID WE NEED TO HAVE A WORD OF THE MEETING?
DID YOU, YOU SAY KUNKLE OR KUNKLE? KERFUFFLE.
THANKS TO CITY STAFF THAT, UH, WORKED ON A SATURDAY TO GO GIVE OUT A THOUSAND, UH, BOOK BAGS, CLOTHES ITEMS, UH, PARTNER WITH SOME GREAT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, PUT SOME SMILES ON SOME KIDS' FACES IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE UR SPECIAL.
AND, UH, IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE OUR POLICE FIRE AND LOTS OF OUR CITY STAFF OUT THERE SUPPORTING THAT.
UM, I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT, UH, TO OUR FARMER'S MARKET AND EMILY AND THE OTHER FOLKS WHO ORGANIZED THAT.
UM, IT WAS NATIONAL FARMER'S MARKET WEEK AND THEY HAD A LOT OF GREAT GIVEAWAYS.
UM, AND I RECENTLY WENT TO MAINE AND I WENT TO MANY, MANY, MANY FARMER'S MARKETS.
AND I WILL TELL YOU OURS MEASURES UP, UM, WITH ALL OF THEM AND WAS MUCH BETTER THAN MOST OF THEM.
SO WE'VE REALLY GOT SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH OUR FARMER'S MARKET.
AND SO JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE OUT EVERY SATURDAY FROM EIGHT TO ONE, GO EARLY IF YOU WANT FRESH EGGS, APPARENTLY.
AND ON WEDNESDAY AND ON WEDNESDAYS, MM-HMM.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. MOORE.
CASEY MOORE FOR THE LITTLE JAMBOREE OUT AT, UH, HENDERSON HILLS FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE YMCA AND LIBRARY, UH, THAT WAS SO WELL ORGANIZED.
UH, SPOT ON FOR SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
AND FOR SUCH A LOVELY PROJECT TO BE.
AND I SAID IT AT THE GROUNDBREAKING, BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY IT AGAIN.
MS. PETERSON WAS SO HELPFUL TO ME, UH, DURING THAT PROCESS TO WHERE WE'RE TODAY.
JUST TRYING TO SOAK IT ALL IN.
THANK YOU ALL, EVERYBODY FOR EVERYTHING.
I GOT A MOTION WHEN YOU'RE READY.
PARDON ME? I'D MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN OR SECOND.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE TOM, I THINK I ALREADY MOTIONED.