Sep 09, 2024 City Council

DID EITHER ONE OF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? OKAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW, THE CITY OF EDMOND HAS HAD A COMMUNITY POLICING BOARD FOR 28 YEARS.

AND SO THAT BOARD IS STAFFED WITH NINE RESIDENTS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN DETERMINING POLICING PRIORITIES.

AND ONE OF THEIR PRIORITIES IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

AS YOU'VE HEARD OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS SAY AGAIN AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES US A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT HERE IN EDMOND IS WE REALLY BELIEVE IN THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

AND SO THIS IS THAT ANNUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVANTS, UH, PRIMARILY YOUR POLICE AND FIRE, WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY POLICING BOARD, UH, JUST TO ENGAGE RESIDENTS KIND OF IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS, IN THEIR OWN SETTINGS AND OPPORTUNITY.

MAYBE COME OUTSIDE WHERE YOU NORMALLY WOULDN'T, UH, MEET SOME NEIGHBORS AND JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEIR EXPECTATIONS AND, UH, KIND OF CELEBRATE, UH, THE COMMUNITY THAT WE GET TO SERVE IN.

UM, AND SO OUR VICE CHAIR FOR THE COMMUNITY POLICING BOARD, DANIELA DUAL, HAS A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, I THINK.

YEAH, WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE PARTNERING AGAIN FOR NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OUT TOMORROW.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE AN EXCITING EVENT FOR NEXT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH AT SIX 30, WE'RE HOSTING OUR ANNUAL PANEL STYLE DISCUSSION CALLED COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS WITH A FOCUS THIS YEAR ON MENTAL HEALTH AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

WE HAVE AN AMAZING LINEUP OF PANELISTS AND OTHER, UM, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES THAT WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY TIMELY CONVERSATION.

SO WE WOULD LOVE TO INVITE COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE CITIZENS OF EDMOND TO JOIN US.

IT'LL BE AT UCOS FORENSIC SCIENCE AUDITORIUM.

THERE'S MORE INFORMATION THROUGH THE CITY OF EDMOND WEBSITE, SPECIFICALLY ON THE COMMUNITY POLICING BOARD WEBPAGE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK

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I HOPE EVERYONE DOES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE SOME WAY IN THE NEIGHBOR'S NIGHT OUT.

UH, I GOT INVITED TO A NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AND I'M GONNA RIDE MY BIKE THERE TOMORROW.

IT'S GONNA BE VERY GOOD.

NEXT IS APPOINTMENT

[3. Appointments and Reappointments:]

AND REAPPOINTMENT.

SO WE HAVE THE WARD FOR APPOINTMENT OF SCOTT MCGREGOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REVIEW COMMITTEE TO FULFILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF MATTHEW MYERS TERM EXPIRES JUNE, 2027.

I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT ITEM.

MAYOR, WE HAVE A MOTION.

MR. MCGREGOR IS HEREBY APPOINTED.

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

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

SO, SECOND.

AGAIN, MOTION TO SECOND.

IN FRONT OF US ON ITEM FIVE, WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS THAT ARE UNDER THE GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION ON? HEARING NONE.

WE'RE NOW IN THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.

[5. Public Works Authority General Consent Items: Items listed under General Consent are usually approved as a group with the proper motion from a member of the Public Works Authority. Members of the Public Works Authority may pull any item under General Consent for separate discussion and/or action.]

WOULD YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.

YOU HAVE A MOTION? SECOND.

THOSE FIVE PUBLIC WORK ITEMS HAVE BEEN PASSED.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WE NEED A, UH, MOTION TO ADJOURN THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING AND RECONVENE THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING A MOTION.

NOW WE HAVE, WE DO NOT HAVE ITEM SIX.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY DISCUSSION ITEMS. SO, NEXT WE

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

UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

NOW WE'RE BACK INTO THE,

[8. City Council General Consent Items: Items listed under General Consent are usually approved as a group with the proper motion from a member of the Council. Members of the Council may pull any item under General Consent for separate discussion and/or action.]

WE HAVE 10, UH, CITY COUNCIL GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. COUNSEL, ARE ANY OF THOSE ITEMS YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY, OH, I'M SORRY.

WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR ITEM EIGHT E, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 33 DASH 24, 33 DASH 24, APPROVING MAY 30TH, 2024 AMENDMENTS TO THE 1983 AMENDED AGREEMENT CREATING THE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA GOVERNMENT.

ACOG? YES.

HAVING SAID THAT, THERE'S NO OTHER RESOLUTIONS.

SO IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THOSE 10.

CITY COUNCIL GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS, COUNSEL.

HEARING NONE, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? MOTION TO APPROVE A A THROUGH J.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

NEED TO GO INTO ITEM NINE, WHICH IS, UH, CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ITEMS. UH, FIRST ONE IS NINE B FOR NINE, B ONE, AND TWO FOR THE, UH, INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WHERE THERE'S GONNA BE A STAFF PRESENT.

THOSE 10 GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

NEXT WE

[B. Intelligent Transportation System (ITS):]

YES, SIR.

SO, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, STEVE LAWRENCE, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, UH, THE NEW NEXT TWO COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS ARE HAVING TO DO WITH FUNDING OF OUR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, KIND OF THE KEY, UH, KEY ISSUES WITH INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION.

UH, WHAT IS ICS UM, INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM? IT'S KIND OF SLOW.

LET'S SKIP THROUGH THAT.

WE CAN DO THINGS LIKE, UH, TRAFFIC COUNTS WITHOUT HAVING TO ACTUALLY PUT PERSONNEL IN HARM'S WAY AND TRAFFIC.

SO THE KEY COMPONENTS OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, UH, IS, IS REALLY THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

SO, UH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH, UH, WITH THIS SYSTEM AND UPDATING ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS, UM, SETTING UP REALTIME COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS.

WE HAVE A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER WITHIN OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, AND WE WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE REALTIME FEEDBACK BETWEEN THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND OUR PEOPLE.

UM, THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO MAKE QUICK CHANGES TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND TO DO SOME REALLY IN-DEPTH PROGRAMMING ON, ON HOW THEY WORK, UM, WHICH IT'S ALL TO INCREASE THE FLOW.

SO, UH, TRAFFIC COUNTING, YOU KNOW,

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AND, UM, A LOT OF OTHER NEAT FEATURES THAT GO ALONG WITH THE ADVANCED TRAFFIC SIGNALS, UH, REAL TIME VIDEO.

SO, UH, THE REAL TIME VIDEO, WE'RE INSTALLING THAT ON ALL THE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT ARE IN THE ITS SYSTEM.

UM, IT DOES SEVERAL THINGS FOR US.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FIELD SO WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

UM, ANOTHER REALLY GOOD THING THAT REAL HAVING REAL TIME VIDEO DOES FOR US IS THAT, UM, MANY TIMES THE CRASHES ARE AT INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE HAVE THESE VIDEO CAMERAS.

UM, WE'RE ABLE TO USE THE VIDEO OF CRASHES TO DETERMINE HOW THEY WERE CAUSED AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE TO, UH, ALLEVIATE THAT IN THE FUTURE.

UH, INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AT CRASH SITES.

SO, UH, GENERALLY WHEN THERE'S A, A MAJORITY OF, OF, UH, COLLISIONS OCCUR WITHIN INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE HAVE OUR ITS EQUIPMENT.

UM, WITH THAT, WE GET ALARMS IN OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER, UH, TELLING US WHEN THERE'S, WHEN THERE IS A CRASH.

UM, SO WE'RE ABLE TO PULL UP THE CAMERAS AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

UH, SO WHEN WE SEE THE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARRIVING AT THE SCENE, UH, THEY STRATEGICALLY PARK THEIR VEHICLES TO KIND OF MAKE THE SCENE SAFE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AT THE, AT THE SIDE OF THE, OF THE CRASH.

UM, WHEN THEY DO THAT, UM, IT, IT KIND OF MESSES WITH THE OPERATION OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

UM, AND SO WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO WATCH IT FROM THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, SEE HOW THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE BEING IMPACTED, UM, IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE TRAFFIC SAFELY AROUND THE CRASH SITES, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE REAL TIME COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER.

SO THAT'S A REAL ADVANTAGE.

CONSTRUCTION WORK ZONES, UH, THAT'S THE OTHER THING THAT DISRUPTS, UH, TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL OPERATIONS.

RECENTLY WE HAD, UH, SOME CONSTRUCTION SOUTH OF 33RD ON KELLY.

UM, SO WITH THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER AND ITS, WE'RE ABLE TO PULL UP THAT INTERSECTION, WATCH WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE, SEE HOW THE TRAFFIC'S BEING IMPACTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION WORK ZONES, AND BE ABLE TO MODIFY ON THE FLY, KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FIELD AND, AND GET PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH THEIR SAFELY, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS.

SO, UM, THE BIGGEST ONES ARE REALLY THE SOCCER COMPLEX WITH, WITH TOURNAMENTS AS WELL AS OTHER SPORTING EVENTS.

UH, AND OF COURSE, THE LIBERTY FEST FIREWORKS.

UM, SO AT THE, YOU KNOW, ON DANFORTH WE HAVE, AT THE EDMOND SOCCER CLUB, WE HAVE THAT SIGNAL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CONTROL REAL TIME OR, AND, AND DO A LOT OF PROGRAMMING WITH OUR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

UH, THE BIGGEST ISSUE WE HAVE THERE IS PARKING.

SO GETTING PEOPLE ACTUALLY OUT OF THE SOCCER COMPLEX IS, IS REALLY THE, THE TOUGHEST THING TO DO.

BUT WITH OUR ICS, WE'RE ABLE TO SET UP CONTROLS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET OUT SO OTHER PEOPLE CAN GET IN AND PARK.

SO IT, IT REALLY HELPS THAT SITUATION.

UH, SAME WITH LIBERTY FEST FIREWORKS.

UM, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT, UH, SPEND THEIR EVENINGS, UH, WHEN THE FIREWORKS ARE GOING ON IN THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER, UH, THEY REALLY ENJOY ACTUALLY BEING THERE AND HELPING EVERYBODY AFTER THE EVENT TO, YOU KNOW, TO LEAVE.

SO THIS YEAR WE HAD KIND OF THE TRAFFIC CLEARING AFTER THAT EVENT.

UH, IT CLEARED KIND OF IN RECORD TIME, UM, AND, UH, ANYBODY THAT WAS OUT THERE OR IN THE AREA OF AC KAING OR WHEN IT WAS GOING OFF, AND WERE ABLE TO GET HOME FAIRLY QUICKLY AFTER THAT IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE IN OTHER PLACES AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGHT THAT FLOW OF TRAFFIC COMING OUT OF THERE, UH, I'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT.

BUT, UH, IN GENERAL, IT, IT REALLY HELPS TO KIND OF CLEAR, UH, TRAFFIC FOR MAJOR EVENTS, UH, EMERGENCY VEHICLE SIGNAL PRIORITIES.

SO IN EDMOND, UH, WE'VE HAD, SINCE THE LATE EIGHTIES, 1987, I BELIEVE, WE'VE HAD PRIORITIZATION FOR, UH, FIRE TRUCKS FOR THE LARGER FIRE TRUCKS THAT CAN'T SLOW DOWN AND SPEED UP VERY QUICK.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN GREEN SIGNALS AND EVERYBODY ELSE RED SO THAT THEY CAN GET THROUGH, UH, UH, TRAFFIC QUICKLY.

UH, WE HAVE THAT FOR BOTH THE LARGE FIRE TRUCKS AND ALSO FOR THE FIRE TRUCKS WITH THE EMTS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET A, A SCENE FAIRLY QUICKLY.

UH, THERE'S NEWER TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE BUILT IN WITH ITS NOW THAT ALLOWS ENHANCEMENTS OF THAT.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S PRETTY MUCH LINE OF SIGHT.

SO WHEN A BIG FIRE TRUCK GOES AROUND THE CORNER, IT SHOOTS SOME LIGHT AT A, AT THE SIGNAL AND CHANGES THE SIGNALS TO GREEN.

IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE FOR THE TRAFFIC TO KIND OF CLEAR OUT OF THE INTERSECTION.

UM, SO THERE ARE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN USE BASED ON USING GPS TO ACTUALLY LOCATE THE REAL, UH, YOU KNOW, LOCATION OF THE FIRETRUCK AND KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND

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BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE SIGNALS A LITTLE SOONER.

SO SOME OF THAT'S, UH, NEXT STEPS WITH OUR ITS SYSTEM.

UH, WITH THAT WE CAN ALSO DO MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE LEVELS OF PRIORITIZATION.

SO WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT, UH, PRIORITIZATIONS FOR DIFFERENT EMERGENCY SERVICES, AS WELL AS LOOK IN THE FUTURE AT, UH, RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS LOOKING AT, AT, AT SOME SORT OF PRIORITIZATION FOR BUS RAPID TRANSIT AND THAT KIND OF THING.

SO THOSE ARE ALSO ON THE HORIZON, WHICH ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT WE'RE PUTTING IN NOW IS CAPABLE OF DOING ALL OF THIS.

CAN THEY DO THAT FOR FUNERALS AS WELL? WHAT'S THAT FOR? A FUNERAL PROCESSION? YEAH.

YEAH.

UH, ITS BENEFITS REALLY, IT'S JUST THE, IT MAXIMIZES THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC IN EDMOND.

WE GET, WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES GOING THROUGH ANY, UH, ONE INTERSECTION OR ANY OTHER GEOMETRY IN EDMOND.

IT'S, IT'S THE, THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK, UH, IN ALLOWING TECHNOLOGY TO DO THAT FOR US.

ITS IN EDMOND, UH, NINE YEARS AGO WE INSTALLED THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER EIGHT YEARS AGO WE STARTED THE FIRST PHASE OF ITS.

UM, SO ITS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN GET FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR.

UH, FEDERAL DOLLARS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR ROADS IS GENERALLY LIMITED TO $7.5 MILLION MAXIMUM EVERY YEAR.

SO STAFF DECIDED TO DO THIS IN PHASES TO MAXIMIZE, UH, THE FEDERAL DOLLARS.

UM, SO, UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY JUST FINISHED PHASE THREE.

UM, AND SO OUT OF OUR 109 SIGNALS, WE'VE GOT 65% OF THEM, UH, NOW COVERED BY EIGHT ITS AND, AND HOOKED UP LIVE INTO OUR SYSTEM.

UH, AGENDA ITEMS ITS PHASE FOUR.

SO PHASE FOUR PRETTY MUCH COVERS KIND OF WHAT'S SHOWN ON THE MAP THERE.

UM, DANFORTH, SOME OF BRYANT BOULEVARD, NINTH AND 33RD STREET, EAST OF, UH, BROADWAY.

UH, SO WE APPLIED FOR THIS GRANT A WHILE BACK.

UM, WITH THE PRICES ESCALATING, UH, THE CONSTRUCTIONS ESTIMATED AT $15 MILLION, WE HAD GOTTEN A $7.5 MILLION MATCH.

WE'VE GOT THE MAXIMUM WE COULD IN FEDERAL DOLLARS.

UM, WE WERE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AND WHEN, UH, THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOUND AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION OF FEDERAL FUNDING, WE WERE IN A GREAT POSITION TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE DOLLARS.

AND SO OUTTA THAT $10 MILLION, WE'VE GOT ADDITIONAL $2.7 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS.

SO WE'VE GOT A TOTAL NOW OF $10.2 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS.

UM, SO WE DO HAVE TO TURN, UH, OUR MONEY OVER TO ODOT PRETTY QUICKLY ON THIS BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

UM, BUT THEY'RE GONNA ADVERTISE FOR BIDS IN OCTOBER, AND SO IT GOES THROUGH THE STATE SYSTEM.

SO WE SHOULD SEE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SIGNALS HAPPENING SOMETIME, UH, THIS FALL, EARLY SPRING.

PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TO FINISH THIS PHASE.

I GUESS THAT'S IT.

ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I HAVE COMMENT.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, I KNOW AT LEAST FOUR CITIZENS HAVE REACHED OUT.

YOU WERE COPIED ON ONE THIS WEEKEND, AND, UH, YOU INVITED SOMEONE OUT TO SEE THE TRAFFIC SYSTEM AND HOW IT WORKS.

AND THAT ANSWERED THEIR QUESTIONS.

YOU'VE HELPED TWO NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, BY THE PROGRAM, AND, UH, I'VE HEARD BACK FROM THEM AND THEY'RE VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT'S HAPPENED.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THAT.

AND IT'S PROOF THAT THIS WORKS.

AND, UH, THANK YOU.

AND KUDOS TO STAFF FOR GETTING THE, THE FEDERAL DOLLARS.

BEING ISSUED, BUT THEY'RE NOT.

DO WE, UM, OFTEN I'LL HEAR ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO HAS EXPERIENCED A CRASH OR MAYBE A HIT AND RUN OR A T-BONE OR SOMETHING, AND THEY'LL BE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION.

HOW DOES IT WORK IN REGARDS TO RETENTION? IF SOME, IF AN INCIDENT HAPPENS, IS IT RETAINED FOR A FEW WEEKS OR SOMETHING? SO A CITIZEN MAYBE WHO WAS T-BONED AT ONE ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS, UM, DO THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT IN SOME WAY AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS? YEAH.

ACCESS, I BELIEVE ACCESS TO ALL THAT IS THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, WE DO RETAIN RECORDS FOR A, A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME FOR THAT.

UM, AND THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE GENERALLY TOLD PEOPLE, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CORRECT.

YEAH.

UM, 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S A REAL BIG HELP IN DETERMINING AND HELPING PEOPLE THAT EXPERIENCED SOMETHING THAT EITHER THEY DIDN'T SEE OR CAN'T REMEMBER, ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE THINGS.

THE OTHER THING TO REITERATE, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM PUBLIC, IS THESE AREN'T SPEED LIGHT CAMERAS, THEY'RE NOT STOPPED RED CAMERAS.

CORRECT.

THEY'RE TRAFFIC FLOW DEVICES.

CORRECT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE THOSE AND THEY THINK, OH, THERE'S TICKETS OR SOMETHING

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GOOD QUESTION.

I ALSO, IT'S, I LIKE THAT SYSTEM IS MOVING ALONG ON A LEVEL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET ASSISTANCE WITH THE DOLLARS THAT HELP US GET HERE.

I CAN, I PERSONALLY, I KNOW WHEN WE HAVE ITS BEING INSTALLED AND IT'S NOT TURNED OVER TO US, AND THEN WHEN IT'S TURNED OVER, IT'S LIKE, WOW, THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY NICE.

THIS IS REALLY NICE.

AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE DO HAVE A WEBSITE POINT OF CONTACT IF CITIZENS SEE SIGNAL LIGHTS OUT OR MALFUNCTIONING THAT THEY CAN USE THIS WEBSITE TO, UM, REPORT A, AN OUTAGE BASICALLY, INSTEAD OF SITTING THERE, JUST WONDERING, WHAT, WHAT DO I DO THERE? YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AND, AND REPORT AN OUTAGE AND, AND STAFF WILL GET THAT IN, CORRECT? YEP.

THIS IS, I, THIS IS THE DISCUSSION WE HAD ON ITEM NINE, B ONE AND TWO.

I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE NINE B ONE AND TWO SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ITEMS PASSED.

ON NINE C AND THAT'S A CONSIDERATION.

NEXT WE'RE

[C. Consideration of Approval of a Second Contract Amendment with Crossland Construction Company Inc. for Construction Manager at Risk Services for the Construction of a Joint Use Library and YMCA Including Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) 2 and Resolution No. ___ Appointing Purchasing Agent; $818,605.33. (Ward 2)]

APPROVAL OF A SECOND CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH CROSS FENCE COUNTRY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK SERVICES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A JOINT USE LIBRARY AND YMCA, INCLUDING GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.

GMP TWO IN RESOLUTION NUMBER 34 DASH 24 30, SORRY, 34 24.

34 DASH 24, APPOINTING THE PURCHASE AGENT FOR EIGHT $18,605 AND 33 CENTS.

YES, SIR.

MAYOR, UM, ANDY CONGRESS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OF ADMINISTRATION.

SO, UH, IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO BRING YOU GOOD NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT THE SECOND BID PACKAGE RELATED TO THE YMCA AND LIBRARY.

SO THE FEW SLIDES THAT I'M GONNA COVER ARE JUST A MORE CONDENSED VERSION OF THE MATERIAL THAT'S IN THE PACKET THAT WAS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, FOR ALL THE PUBLIC TO VIEW.

SO JUST THOUGHT IT'D CONDENSED THAT INFORMATION JUST A LITTLE BIT.

SO, UM, AGAIN, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PRO PROJECT BACKGROUND ON THIS.

THE CURRENTLY THE EDMOND LIBRARY IN DOWNTOWN IS THE BUSIEST IN THE STATE.

AND THEN OUR TWO YMCAS, THE MITCH PARK IS THE BUSIEST OF THE 14 IN THE GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY REGION.

AND THEN THE RANKIN FACILITY OFF OF NINTH IS THE THIRD BUSIEST.

AND SO A THREE-WAY PARTNERSHIP WAS FORMED BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDMOND, THE METROPOLITAN LIBRARY COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY, AND THE YMCA OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A FACILITY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT UNDER 72,000 SQUARE FEET.

AND IT WILL BE A JOINT USE BUILDING LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 15TH AND I 35.

SO AS WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, THIS IS A MULTI-GENERATIONAL COMMUNITY SPACE THAT WILL BE A HUB OF ACTIVITY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO, UM, HERE'S A PICTURE TO GO WITH THE PROJECT BACKGROUND.

SO THERE'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THERE ON THE LEFT AND THE COMPONENTS THAT WILL BE WITHIN EACH OF THE SPACES AS WELL AS THE MEETING ROOMS AND LOBBY YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM.

SO JUST TO ORIENTATE EVERYBODY AGAIN HERE, SO HERE IS 15TH STREET HERE, JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN.

THERE IS I 35.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS LAND THAT WAS PURCHASED FROM HENDERSON HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A SHARED ENTRANCE AS WELL AS SHARED PARKING, WHICH ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS IS IT MINIMIZES THE REDUCTION OF TREES ON THE SITE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PARKED WITHIN THE ACREAGE THAT WAS PURCHASED FROM HENDERSON HILLS.

UM, SO HERE'S JUST SOME PICTURES OF RENDERING TO THE FACILITY.

UH, THERE'S THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

THERE'S LOOKING FROM WEST BACK TO EAST.

UH, YOU SEE THE PLAYGROUND AREA HERE, WHICH WILL COME UP HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

UM, AND THEN HERE'S THE, THE LOBBY.

SO AS YOU ENTER THE FACILITY, UH, MORE OF THE LIBRARY FUNCTIONS WILL BE OFF HERE TO YOUR RIGHT.

AND THEN THE YMCA WILL BE BACK HERE.

AND THEN THE NATATORIUM, WHICH INCLUDES THE POOL, WILL BE RIGHT HERE, UM, UH, ONE BASKETBALL COURT WITH THE, UH, HOOPS THERE.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER OF THE ITEMS HERE THIS EVENING WITH THIS BID PACKAGE WAS THE, UM, GOALS AND SOME OF THE NETTING, UH, FOR THE FACILITY AND THIS SPACE RIGHT HERE.

AND THEN AGAIN HERE, HERE'S THE NATATORIUM, UH, FOR THE LAP POOL, AND THEN THE SPLASH PAD THAT WILL BE CONTAINED WITHIN THIS.

SO THIS AGENDA ITEM, WHAT'S CONTAINED HERE IS AGAIN, THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT WITH CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION, WHO WILL SERVES AT THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND AGAIN, THERE ARE OVERALL GOALS TO MAKE SURE THE BUILDING IS BUILT SAFELY, TIMELY, UP TO A HIGH QUALITY AND WITHIN BUDGET.

SO ALL OF THESE, UH, SCOPES THAT WERE IN THIS AS WELL AS THE FIRST ONE WERE PUBLICLY BID.

AND, UH, FOR ALL THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS.

SO THE SIX SCOPES IN THIS PROJECT WERE OVERHEAD DOORS, SPORTS EQUIPMENT, GENERAL TRADES, FENCING, SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND PLAYGROUND

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EQUIPMENT.

SO AGAIN, CROSSLAND HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE ALL THE SUBCONTRACTORS, EXCUSE ME, ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PACKAGES.

SO, UM, AGAIN, JUST AS A REMINDER, THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET, WHICH IS CAPPED, IS $31.64 MILLION.

AND HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN IS $30 MILLION FROM THE CITY OF EDMOND, $1.5 MILLION FOR THE YMCA AND $140,000 FOR THE LIBRARY.

SO JUST ANOTHER CHANCE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR OUR PARTNERS, UH, FOR STEPPING FORWARD FOR, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THERE WAS NO DOLLARS TO BE COMMITTED FROM THEM AT THE FRONT END OF THE PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION, JUST ONLY DOLLARS ON THE BACK END FROM THE YMCA OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.

SO, UH, THEIR COMMITMENT UPFRONT ALLOWED US TO MOVE FORWARD MORE QUICKLY WITH CONSTRUCTION AND ALSO NOT TO CUT SQUARE FOOTAGE FROM THE BUILDING.

SO AS COST BEGAN TO ESCALATE, WE, THE CITY WAS ABLE TO STILL COMMIT TO $30 MILLION OF CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS AND THE YMCA AND THE LIBRARY CAME IN OVER THE TOP OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION AND NOT HAVE TO REDUCE SQUARE FOOTAGE.

SO AGAIN, THIS BID PACKAGE THIS EVENING, WHICH IS FOR THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, IS $818,605 AND 33 CENTS.

PREVIOUSLY, UM, A LITTLE OVER 29 POINT MILLION, $29.1 MILLION WAS A PREVIOUSLY, UH, APPROVED ITEM THAT CAME BEFORE YOU ALL.

AND SO I HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS SIX SCOPES THAT WERE BID OUT WITH THIS, AND WE DID RECEIVE GOOD NEWS ON FIVE OF THOSE SCOPES.

SO ALL BUT THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS WHAT IS, UH, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO ACCEPT THE PLAYGROUND AMENDMENT.

UH, SORRY.

THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT CAME IN OVER THE LINE ITEM BUDGET, BUT WITHIN THE OVERALL BUDGET.

BUT THE PARTNERS GOT TOGETHER AND WEREN'T COMFORTABLE WITH THE PRICE.

SO SOME OF THE SCOPE WILL BE MODIFIED AND IT WILL BE PUBLICLY BID AGAIN FOR THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

SO THERE'LL BE ONE MORE BID PACKAGE TO COME FORWARD TO YOU ALL FOR APPROVAL OF THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

AND THEN, UH, JUST A REMINDER, POST-CONSTRUCTION, THE LIBRARY AND THE YMCA WILL EQUIP, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE SPACE THE CITY OWNS THE LAND IN THE BUILDING, AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE OF THE PARKING LOT AND PAVEMENT, AND THEN THE ENTRANCE.

AND THEN OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, UH, THE YMCA WILL REPAY THE CITY FOR THEIR PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF DESIGN.

AND THEN CONSTRUCTION PLUS INTEREST, WHICH IS CAPPED AT 13 MILLION OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.

AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS, OF COURSE, THE GROUNDBREAKING WAS HELD ON AUGUST 8TH.

AND CURRENTLY ON THE SITE THERE'S CLEARING, GRUBBING AND DIRT WORK TAKING PLACE BEFORE THE UTILITIES ARE PUT IN AND PRIOR TO VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION OCCURRING.

SO THE FACILITY WILL BE OPEN IN EARLY 2026, WHICH IS A 18 MONTH CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE.

AND FOR RECOMMENDATIONS, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR STAFF? YES, SIR.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AND A COMMENT.

I, I'VE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS ABOUT THE CMAR PROCESS.

YES, SIR.

I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH IT.

YOU AND I HAD A CONVERSATION LAST WEEK.

I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE ANSWER I GOT THERE.

UH, IF POSSIBLE I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER OR YOU TO PUT TOGETHER A 30 MINUTE TUTORIAL FOR ME TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING AT TIMES.

ON THE CMAR PROCESS, I HEAR IT'S THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD AND I STILL CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY WE'RE PAYING PEOPLE 3.75% TO BUY TEETER TOTTERS OR A BASKETBALL GOAL.

AND YOU TRIED TO TALK ME THROUGH THAT AND I APPRECIATED PART OF IT.

SOME OF IT I DIDN'T QUITE AGREE WITH.

SO IF WE COULD PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR ME, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

I'VE TRIED TO GET SOME ANSWERS IN THE PAST ABOUT IT AND I HAVE NOT TO MY SATISFACTION.

THE ANSWERS, UH, CLOSE BUT NOT QUITE THERE.

AND I'M STILL WANTING SOME ANSWERS.

SO IF YOU COULD FIND TIME NEXT WEEK, PLEASE TO SIT DOWN WITH ME AND GO OVER THE PAST CONCERNS I'VE HAD.

AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SOME I'M GONNA HAVE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE I, I REALLY NEED AN ANSWER ON THAT TEETER-TOTTER ITEM.

HOW IN THE WORLD SOMEBODY GETS PAID 3.5% TO BUY PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

AND I KNOW YOU GAVE ME YOUR ANSWER ON THE TELEPHONE.

AND I DON'T AGREE WITH IT.

I DON'T AGREE THAT THAT'S SOUND POLICY.

AND IF IT IS, I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT I'M WRONG, BUT RIGHT NOW I DON'T THINK IT IS.

COOL THE MITCH PARK, YMCA.

THANKS GREG.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALWAYS.

DO WE HAVE ON, UM, SINCE WE HAVE HAD, UH, A GOOD TENURE AT MITCH PARK HAVE LEARNED SOME THINGS, ARE THERE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO APPLY TO THIS PROJECT? ONE WOULD COME TO MIND WOULD JUST BE KIND OF THE AC UNITS, UM, OVER AT THE, UH, MITCH PARK.

I KNOW A COUPLE YEARS IN NOW WE'RE HAVING SOME CHALLENGES AND MAYBE HOW THEY WERE ENGINEERED.

ARE THERE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO BASED OFF OF THAT YMCA PROJECT THAT WE CAN KIND OF LEARN FROM THAT WE'RE APPLYING ON THIS ONE? YEAH.

SPECIFICALLY WITH THE HEATING AND COOLING.

SO WITH THE THERMAL UNITS THAT HEAT AND

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, UH, THE DECISION WAS MADE NOT TO UTILIZE THAT METHOD HERE AT, SO, SO IT'D BE SOME SORT OF DIFFERENT AC HEAT.

IT'S THE CENTRAL YEAH, IT'S JUST CENTRAL HVAC, SO, OKAY.

DIFFERENT THAN THE, THE, UH, THE SYSTEM THAT'S THE THERMAL SYSTEM THAT'S BEING AC UTILIZED AT MITCH PARK.

SO, YEAH.

AND THEN DO WE KNOW, UM, OR MR. MOORE BROUGHT UP PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT? ONE QUESTION I'D HAVE OR IS ANY OF IT GONNA BE SORT OF AADA A ACCESSIBLE, DO YOU KNOW? AB ABSOLUTELY.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THAT VERY GOOD.

WELL, COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO FOR ITEM NINE C? MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NINE C.

TAG IT.

MOTION.

AND MS. PASSED.

10, I, I'M SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, BUT I, THERE HAS BEEN A LATE BREAKING, UH, THE APPLICANT FOR ITEM 10 A WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE CONTINUED TO THE DATE CERTAIN OF SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2024.

ITEM

[A. Consideration of Approval of a Variance to Title 23, Section 23.40.090, and Other Applicable Sections, for Placement of Fill and Multi-Family Structures in the FEMA 1% Floodplain and Spring Creek Regulatory Floodplain for the Proposed Spectre Holdings Project Located South of 2nd Street and West of I-35 Frontage. More Precisely, Located at the South Dead-End of Katie Michele Blvd. (Spectre Holdings, LLC; Ward 2)]

I'D MAKE A MOTION TO GRANT THAT CONTINUANCE TO 9 23 24.

SECOND WE MOTIONS SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THAT ITEM HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO 9 23 20 24.

[11. Executive Sessions and Action Items:]

WE NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO A EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO MOVE SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

WE'RE NOW IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ANN IS THE BOMB.

NEED A MOTION TO COME OUT AND OBJECT TO THE SESSION? SO MOVED.

MAYOR SECOND.

CITIZEN'S COMMENT, NO CITIZEN'S COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT.

NO ACTION FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

OKAY,

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

THIS IS THE TIME FOR THE COMMENTS FROM THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

I DON'T WANNA STEP ON ANYBODY'S TOES WHEN ON THE CITIZENS, I MEAN, NOT ON THE, ON THE MAYOR COMMENTS, BUT THERE'S A, THERE WAS A LOT THAT'S GONE ON SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET.

SO WHAT, LIKE, YOU WINNING AN AWARD DANCING? MM, NO.

PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN MAYOR FRED ASTAIRE.

THAT ONE THAT I, I WANT US ALL TO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, IN TWO DAYS, NINE 11, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS EVENT IN OUR, IN OUR LIFE, BUT ALSO NEIGHBORS NIGHT OUT.

AND IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET 10, BUT ALSO ON SATURDAY THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A ULTRA MARATHON LADY NAMED A CYCLIST NAMED LEAH WILCOX.

ON MAY 20TH OF THIS YEAR, SHE LEFT CHICAGO ON HER BIKE AND SHE BASICALLY RODE AROUND THE WORLD.

AND ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK ON SATURDAY, SHE CAME THROUGH EDNA, OKLAHOMA.

OKLAHOMA.

I STOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF FIFTH AND BOULEVARD AND STOPPED TRAFFIC FOR THEM TO MAKE THE LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF ME.

IN FRONT OF THE MUSEUM.

SHE WAVED AND THEY, THERE WAS, I DON'T KNOW, ABOUT 10, 15 OTHER CYCLISTS FROM HER, FROM THE COMMUNITY AROUND HER.

BUT THAT WAS A HISTORICAL MOMENT FOR THIS ULTRA MARATHON PERSON.

AND HER ROUTE TOOK HER DOWN 66 THROUGH EDMOND.

UM, JUST ALSO ON THE CYCLING YESTERDAY WE HAD ALMOST 300 CYCLISTS LEAVE EDMOND FOR THE, UH, OKLAHOMA BICYCLE SOCIETY, OBS STREET, THEIR ANNUAL RIDE.

UM, THAT'S MORE THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

UH, TOMORROW WE HAVE THE KAPLAN YOUR GROUND.

BREAKING.

, UH, MOBILE MILL IS GETTING READY TO CUT THE RIBBON VIBES.

HAD A GREAT JOB.

UH, BARRY WAS DOWN THERE SINGING, UM, .

OH, THEN FROM UCO, THE PARALYMPICS, WE HAD SEVERAL EDMUND OR UCO RELATED PEOPLE FROM THE SITTING VOLLEYBALL.

THEY WON GOLD AGAIN, UM, FROM THE FOOTBALL PLAYER, I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME, WHO HAD A TRAGIC TRAIN ACCIDENT AND LOST HIS FOOT.

BUT HE CAME OUT WITH A SILVER FOR THE, UH, LONG JUMP.

AND THEN THERE WAS, WE HAD SOME OTHER, WELL, WE HAD SEVERAL PARALYMPICS THERE.

UH, IT WAS GREAT.

AND, BUT OUR CITY'S DOING A LOT MM.

GOOD STUFF.

AND, AND, AND WE'RE, AND GETTING A LOT OF RECOGNITION AND, AND THE ISSUES THAT TO ME THAT WE'RE HAVING ARE GOOD ISSUES TO HAVE COMPARED TO NOT HAVING THESE ISSUES.

BUT THAT'S WHAT I, AND HOPEFULLY IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTED TO EXPAND ON THOSE, BUT I WAS WRITING 'EM DOWN THROUGHOUT THE WEEK THAT WE HAD A LOT GOING ON.

TO, TO CELEBRATE HERE.

OUR COMMUNITY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UCO BRONCOS WINNING THEIR HOME GAME.

OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

AGAINST, AGAINST THE LS LIONS.

AND, UH, IT WAS A PRETTY DOMINANT MM-HMM.

IT WAS A PRETTY DOMINANT WIN

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ROLL CHOSE.

BUT IT WAS ALSO GREAT TO SEE THAT RIVALRY, UH, REIGNITED AND TO SEE THE HALFTIME SHOW FROM UCO, BUT THEN ALSO THE, UH, LANGSTON LIONS 300 STRONG MARCHING BAND, BEST IN THE LAND.

TOP H-H-B-C-U, UH, IN THE COUNTRY, ALWAYS COMPETING.

AND THE FACT THAT THEY WERE PLAYING HERE, IT WAS, IT WAS A SIGHT TO THE HOLD.

SO, MM-HMM.

SO A REALLY, REALLY COOL EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND WITH, UH, THEIR, THEIR FOOTBALL GAME.

A LOT OF ACTIVITY, VERY FULL STANDS.

AND YES, IT WAS, IF YOU MISS THE CHAMBER EVENT, WATCH IT ON.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU GONNA BRING YOUR TROPHY UP HERE? NO, I'M NOT .

NO, I'M NOT.

ANYTHING ELSE, COUNSEL? YOU DID A LOVELY JOB, DARRYL.

NO, SIR.

IT IT, HE WAS BREWING ON HIS LIP.

I SAW IT.

THAT'S WHY I WAS WAITING.

SECOND, PLEASE CATCH YOUR VOTE.

MEETINGS ADJOURNED.