[1. Call to Order of the Edmond City Council Meeting.]
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I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ORDER ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2024.UH, BEFORE WE GIVE TO THE PRESENTATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGERS, I JUST WANT TO ITEM 10 D, WHICH IS IN OUR PLANNING AREA.
SO WHEN WE GET TO THAT, THERE WILL BE A MOTION TO CONTINUE.
SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THAT ITEM, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.
[A. City Manager's Update.]
NEXT ITEM IS A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE.UH, FIRST OF, I'D LIKE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR SALES TAX.
UM, WE RECENTLY RECEIVED OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION ON SALES USE AND LODGING TAX, AND FOR SEPTEMBER, THIS IS ACTUALLY, UH, FOR JULY NUMBERS.
SO YEAR TO DATE, THE COMBINED SALES AND USE COLLECTIONS ARE UP JUST SHORT OF 1%.
UH, WHEN COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR, UH, WHEN THE TOTAL WAS DOWN 0.34% BROKEN DOWN THE SALES TAX COLLECTIONS, YEAR TO DATE, AS OF JULY, WE'RE DOWN 1.19% COMPARED TO JULY OF 2023.
SO THAT MEANS SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN LAST YEAR WHEN THE YEAR TO DATE JULY SALES TAX COLLECTIONS WERE DOWN 1.26.
JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS BASED ON A 0.5, UH, PERCENT INCREASE IN SALES AND USE TAX.
UH, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH THAT CLOSELY AND WE WILL COME BACK IF THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY ADJUSTMENT IN IN OUR BUDGET.
UH, I WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL CON CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY OF CARE, UH, WHICH IS OUR MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATION GROUP.
THEY RECENTLY RECEIVED NOTICE THAT THEY'VE WON THE SYSTEM OF CARE GRANT FROM THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.
THEY'VE RECEIVED, THEY WILL RECEIVE NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN FEDERAL DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, WHICH WILL HELP FUND THE CITY AND ITS PARTNERS IN THEIR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO MEETING THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE CITY WILL RECEIVE JUST UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS EACH OF THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
THE AWARD IS THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF COMPETITIVE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH EVER RECEIVED BY THE CITY AND ITS PARTNERS, EDMOND FAMILY COUNSELING NORTH CARE, EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HEALTHY MINDS POLICY INITIATIVE.
THE CITY'S MATCH COMMITMENT IS 340,000 FOR EACH OF THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
WITH THE FUNDING ADMIN SYSTEM OF CARE PROVIDERS WILL IDENTIFY AND ASSESS CHILDREN, YOUTH AGES SIX TO 21 IN ADMIN WHO ARE AT RISK FOR OR WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES AND OR SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESSES.
WELL, AS THEIR FAMILIES CONNECT THEM WITH FULLY INTEGRATED CONTINUUM OF CARE COORDINATED THROUGH OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
THEY'RE DOING GREAT WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I KNOW OFTEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THE PHYSICAL HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO MENTAL HEALTH IS JUST AS IMPORTANT.
UH, JUST A COUPLE OF NOTES ON PELICAN BAY.
AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR ATTRACTIONS WE HAVE FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IS OUR EDMUND PELICAN BAY.
UH, AND THE NUMBERS FOR THIS SUMMER PROVED THAT THIS YEAR PELICAN BAY ACCOMMODATED ABOUT 77,000 GUESTS, A 52% INCREASE OVER LAST SUMMER.
IT HELPED TO KEEP A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES COOL.
AND ANOTHER REASON WHY WE ARE LOOKING AT CONTINUING TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN THAT FACILITY.
WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE PROJECT AC CAGER ALL FIELDS, THE UPGRADES FACILITIES AT HAYFORD PARK AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHARLES D. LAMB NATURE PRESERVE THAT ENTIRE HAYFORD COMPLEX IS REALLY AN ASSET BOTH FOR THE COMMUNITY AND OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE EDMOND A DESTINATION FOR RESIDENTS AND TOURISM.
NOW, THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT THAT WE CALL STORYBOOK FOREST.
UH, STICKING WITH OUR PARKS THEME STORYBOOK FORM FOREST, THE POPULAR HALLOWEEN ATTRACTION ARCADIA LAKE WILL BE OPEN OCTOBER 23RD THROUGH OCTOBER 30TH THIS YEAR LOCATED ARCADIA LAKE, SPRING CREEK PARK.
STORYBOOK FOREST IS A SAFE ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL TRICK OR TREATING CHILDREN.
CHILDREN AND PARENTS CAN WALK DOWN A WELL LITT PATH IN THE WOODS AND VISIT LIFE SIZE SCENES FROM CLASSIC STORY BOOKS TO COLLECT CANDY, EXPECT TO SEE RECREATION, UH, INSPIRED THEMES LIKE OUR WELL LOVED LITTLE OLD LADY WHO LIVED IN THE SHOE, THREE LITTLE PIGS AND MORE AT THE CONCESSION AREA.
THERE ARE CAMPFIRES FOR FAMILIES TO ROAST HOT DOGS AND S'MORES, AS WELL AS READING TENT WHERE KIDS CAN HEAR STORIES.
THERE IS A CARNIVAL GAME AREA AS WELL AS A HAYRIDE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
STORYBOOK FORCE IS A COME AND GO ANYTIME BETWEEN FIVE 30 AND EIGHT 30 EACH EVENING.
TICKETS ARE $15 PER CHILD AND $5 PER ADULT.
UH, TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE OF UNLIMITED 600 CHILDREN.
TICKETS PER NIGHT, UH, PRINTED OR DIGITAL CONFIRMATION IS REQUIRED TO ENTRY INTO THE PARK AND TRAIL.
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DOWN THE TRAIL MUST HAVE A TICKET.UH, IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN OUT THERE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS A GREAT EVENING TO SEE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS ENJOYING THAT ATMOSPHERE AND, UM, ENJOYING S'MORES AND, AND READING BOOKS TOGETHER.
SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET OUT THERE.
UH, AND AND LASTLY, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT OFTENTIMES THINGS HAPPEN IN THE CITY, UH, INTERNAL TO THE CITY OFFICES THAT OFTEN KIND OF GO UNLOOKED UNLOOKED OVERLOOKED.
AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THOSE PARTICULARLY LAST WEEK.
THE CITY'S FINANCE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED THAT IT RECEIVED, THAT IT IS RECEIVING THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR.
THAT RECOGNITION FROM THE GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL OFFICERS ASSOCIATED OF THE UNITED STATES, AND CANADA'S THE HIGHEST FORM OF RECOGNITION FOR GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING.
THE CITY'S REPORT AS DEMONSTRATING A CONSTRUCTIVE SPIRIT OF FULL DISCLOSURE TO CLEARLY COMMUNICATE THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STANDING PROCESSES.
WHAT MAKES US EVEN MORE PRE, UH, IMPRESSIVE.
THIS IS THE 38TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
THE CITY'S REPORT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A CONSISTENT DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE, THE CITY'S REPORT IS THE GOLD STANDARD.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO KATHY PANAS AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, AND ESPECIALLY HER TEAM THAT READILY PUTS TOGETHER THIS AWARD ROOM REPORT.
A SPECIAL THANKS TO CONTROLLER SHEILA BEERS, WHO OVERSEES THE SUBMISSION EVERY YEAR.
JUST ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT OUR, OUR STAFF DOES ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND WITH THAT MAYOR, BACK TO YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER COUNCIL? MOVING ON TO ITEM
[3. Appointments and Reappointments:]
THREE IS THE APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS.WE HAVE THE WARD TWO APPOINTMENTS, AND, UH, WE HAVE THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DANIELLA DWELL TO THE COMMUNITY POLICING BOARD.
WE HAVE THE REAPPOINTMENT OF JULIE BLACK TO THE CITIZENS PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE.
UH, TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER, 2029, AND WE HAVE THE REAPPOINTMENT OF JENNIFER FIELDS TO THE ARCADIA LAKE COMMISSION TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER, 2027.
WE HAVE THE WARD FOUR APPOINTMENTS OF APPOINTMENT OF JUSTIN SCOTT TO THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION.
COUNSEL, THOSE ARE THE REAPPOINTMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HAVE FOR YOUR PLEASURE TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE NOW APPOINTMENTS.
[4. Recess of the Edmond City Council Meeting and Call to Order of the Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting.]
FOUR, WE NEED A MOTION TO RECESS THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND CALL TO ORDER THE MOND 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.]
WE'RE NOW IN THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS THIS EVENING.COUNSEL, WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS, A THROUGH E.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT NEED ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION FROM YOU OR I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
I'D MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS FIVE A THROUGH E.
SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THOSE PUBLIC WORKS GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS, ALL FIVE OF 'EM HAVE PASSED.
NEXT WE HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION ITEMS, WE HAVE NONE.
[7. Adjournment of the Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting and Reconvene the Edmond City Council Meeting.]
SEVEN IS THAT WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING AND RECONVENE THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.WE'RE NOW BACK IN THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
[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.]
IS THE CITY COUNCIL GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE 19 ITEMS THERE UNDER GENERAL CONSENT.UH, WE DO HAVE ONE THAT NEEDS A RESOLUTION NUMBER.
AND SO THAT IS CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL OF ELECTION PROCLAMATION AND NOTICE OF ELECTION RESOLUTION NUMBER 35 DASH 24, 35 DASH 24 FOR THE CALLING OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF EDMOND, OKLAHOMA COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2025 AND APRIL 1ST, 2025 TO ELECT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENTING WARDS THREE AND FOUR, JUST FOR EVERYONE'S, UH, REFRESHER OF CITIZENS THAT EVERY TWO YEARS WE DO HAVE AN ELECTION HERE IN EDMOND.
IT'S GONNA BE TWO COUNCIL PERSONS AND THE MAYOR.
UH, THE MAYOR'S TERM IS ONLY TWO YEARS, AND SO THIS IS THE ACTION WE HAVE TO TAKE TO CALL THAT ELECTION, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS EVENING.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THE 19 GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING? I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS EIGHT
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A THROUGH J.GENERAL CON CITY COUNCIL GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS HAVE PASSED.
WAIT A MINUTE, DID I DO THAT WRONG? BECAUSE YOU ONLY WENT THROUGH J WE HAD K THROUGH L AND M.
I AND ALL THE WAY THE P I'M SORRY.
WE NEED TO POSSIBLY REVISE THAT.
YES, WE CAN VOTE ON K THROUGH DINA.
SO NOW THAT'S WE, WE JUST STOPPED AT J WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH K THROUGH P.
SO IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS K THROUGH P.
THERE'S NO RESOLUTION NUMBERS THERE.
SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[B. Consideration of Approval of Project Agreement with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) for Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) Funding for Danforth and Kelly Intersection Improvements; $1,795,688.00. (Citywide)]
NOW WE'RE IN THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ITEMS. UH, WE HAVE NINE A, UH, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ODOT FOR SERVICE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR DANFORTH AND KELLY INTERSECTION, APPRO $1,795,688.THIS IS A GENERAL ITEMS AGREEMENT BETWEEN EDMOND AND OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE DANFORTH AND KELLY PROJECT INTERSECTION PROJECT.
UH, EDMOND IS RECEIVING 7.4 MILLION ROAD PROJECTS FUNDS FROM THE FED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND ODOT IS GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO THIS AGREEMENT ALLOWS EDMOND TO PAY THE 1.8 MILLION LOCAL MATCHING FUNDS TO ODOT FOUR CONSTRUCTION.
EDMOND WAS RESPONSIBLE TO PAY FOR THE DESIGN, SO WE'VE HAD THAT WORKING ALREADY AND BY THE ADDITIONAL LAND NEEDED AND MOVE UTILITIES.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE UTILITY RELOCATION PHASE, WHICH WILL LAST A FEW MORE MONTHS.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING ODOT STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN 2025.
THE DATE HASN'T BEEN SET YET, THOUGH.
UH, I'VE GOT ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO DRIVE THAT WAY EVERY DAY, YOU, YOU SEE THESE UTILITY TRUCKS HANGING AROUND, UH, HANGING OFF OF WIRES, MOVING THE LINES FOR US.
NOW WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO GET THIS GRANT TO HELP WITH THAT INTERSECTION.
YEAH, OF NOTE, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF OUR TOP FIVE AS FAR AS MAYBE SOME CRASHES OR INCIDENCES.
MAJOR CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION'S THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF OUR CITIZENS, AND THIS REPRESENTS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH ODOT TO DO A JOINT PAY AND, UH, BE ABLE TO GET THAT PROJECT DONE.
AND AS WE TELL EVERYONE THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LIKE THAT AND ALL THE BUSINESSES AROUND THERE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE COULD BE SOME DELAY, BUT PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE STILL VISIT THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE FINISHED AND YOU WANT TO GO THERE, WE WANT THAT BUSINESS TO STILL BE THERE.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM NINE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON QUESTIONS ON ITEM NINE B? MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[C. Consideration of Acceptance of Bid and Approval of Contract and Resolution No. ___ Appointing Purchasing Agent for the Broadway-Downtown ADA and Traffic Signal Improvements Project; $1,851,276.55. (Ward 1)]
NEED TO, UH, IS ITEM NINE CS, A CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF BID AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACT AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 36 DASH 24 36 DASH 24, APPOINTING THE PURCHASING AGENT FOR THE BROADWAY DOWNTOWN A DA AND SIGNAL LIGHT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR $1,851,276 AND 55 CENTS.THAT WAS MY ENTRANCE BY THE WAY.
UM, THIS PROJECT IS ARPA FUNDED, UM, AND IT WILL IMPROVE SIX INTERSECTIONS ALONG THE BROADWAY CORRIDOR.
THOSE INTERSECTIONS ARE FIRST STREET MAIN HERD, CAMPBELL EDWARDS AND HEIRS.
UM, THESE INTERSECTIONS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A DRAWING OF WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
AND MAYBE YOU CAN SEE THAT UNDERNEATH IS WHAT THE INTERSECTIONS CURRENTLY LOOK LIKE.
UM, IT'S GOING TO CREATE WIDER SAFER CURB RAMPS, UM, CREATE MORE PROMINENT CROSSWALKS, REPLACE ALL THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINETS, AND PROVIDE FOR NEW AUDIBLE PEDESTRIAN PUSH BUTTONS.
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UM, SO IT IS GONNA PUSH BACK THE, THE CURB LINE JUST A LITTLE SO PEOPLE WILL HAVE MORE ROOM.CAN YOU NOT HEAR ME? I APOLOGIZE.
UM, IT'LL PUSH BACK THE CURB RAMP A LITTLE BIT SO PEOPLE WHEN THEY PULL UP, THEY'RE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE CROSSWALK SO PEOPLE HAVE MORE ROOM TO CROSS AT THE CROSSWALK.
SO IT SHOULD MAKE IT, IT SHOULD MAKE IT SAFER.
UM, IN ORDER TO MITIGATE ANY, UM, DISRUPTIONS DURING CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE WORKED OUT, UM, THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WORK CAN ONLY OCCUR AT ONE INTERSECTION AT A TIME.
UM, THEY WILL NOT CLOSE TRAFFICS ON CLA CLOSE TRAFFIC ON CROSS STREETS.
A MINIMUM OF ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION WILL BE MAINTAINED ON BROADWAY.
UM, IT WILL NOT IMPACT ANY OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS.
THAT INCLUDES ANY OF THE, UM, THE RUNS THAT WE HAVE, UM, HEARD ON HERD, UM, OR THE ARTS FESTIVAL.
HOPEFULLY CONSTRUCTION WILL LAST THAT LONG.
UM, IT'S NOT INTENDED TO WHETHER DELAYS PERMITTING, UM, BUT IF IT DOES, UM, GO INTO THE ARTS FESTIVAL SEASON, WE HAVE WORKED OUT THAT IT WILL NOT IMPACT THE ARTS FESTIVAL.
UM, AND TRAFFIC'S GONNA WORK CAN ONLY OCCUR ON SUNDAYS.
SO RIGHT NOW, AS THE MAYOR SAID, THE BASE BID CAME IN AT, UM, A LITTLE OVER $1.5 MILLION.
UM, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD NEWS BECAUSE WE WERE ALLOWED TO AWARD THE, OR, UH, THE ALTERNATES AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THOSE ARE THE, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, UM, BIDS.
SO THE TOTAL BID IS $1.85 MILLION, AND IT SHOULD TAKE ABOUT 120 WORKING DAYS TO COMPLETE FROM THE TIME WE START.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO, WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE STARTING? SO ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, SORRY, ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, IT'LL HAVE TO GO TO CONTRACTS AND BONDS.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
I'M GUESSTIMATING ABOUT 30 TO 45 DAYS.
AND THIS DESIGN HERE, INSTEAD OF A STATE, THE THE TRADITIONAL TUNNEL, UH, FOR THE CURB IS RELATIVELY SAFER, CORRECT? YES.
DO YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING? OH, SORRY.
UH, MS. MCCONE, I THINK IT'S ON ITEM THREE OR PAGE THREE.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
I WANNA TALK ABOUT IT JUST ONE AT AT LEAST ONE MORE TIME TONIGHT.
UH, THERE'S NO BROADWAY DIETING PLAN IN HERE? NO.
WE WILL, WE'LL CLOSE LANES FOR CONSTRUCTION ONLY, UM, AND OPEN THEM BACK UP.
WE WILL NOT PERMANENTLY CLOSING ANY LANE.
I'LL SAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TOMORROW.
WHEN DID YOU SAY IT WAS ESTIMATED TO START? IT'S A GUESSTIMATE.
IT'LL BE AFTER WE DO CONTRACTS AND BONDS.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS ON ITEM NINE C? I TAKE A MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[A. Case No. ES24-00005; Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ___ Closing an Electric Easement, Generally Located at 6725 East Coffee Creek Road, Northwest of East Coffee Creek Road and Midwest Boulevard; Providing for Repealer and Severability; And Providing an Effective Date. (Richard Kanaly; Ward 2)]
WE HAVE ITEM 10, WHICH ARE CITY, COMMON CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. OUR FIRST ONE IS 10 A, WHICH IS CASE NUMBER ES 24 DASH 0 0 0 5, PUBLIC HEARING.CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 0 0 6 4 0 0 6.
CLOSING ELECTRIC EASEMENT GENERALLY LOCATED AT 6 7 2 5 EAST COFFEE CREEK ROAD, NORTHWEST OF EAST COFFEE CREEK ROAD IN MIDWEST BOULEVARD, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
RICHARD CANAL IS THE REQUESTER HERE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE EASEMENT LOCATED HERE.
THE, UH, REQUEST IS TO FULLY CLOSE THIS ELECTRIC EASEMENT.
UM, NO OBJECTIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM FRANCHISE UTILITIES DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
EDMOND ELECTRIC HAS REMOVED THEIR FACILITIES FROM THE EASEMENT AND STATE THAT IT'S NO LONGER NEEDED.
PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THIS ITEM AT THEIR PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2024, AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL THREE TO ZERO, HAVING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON THIS ITEM? UH, NO COMMENT.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT SINCE THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING PART OF OUR PRO COUNCIL MEETING? IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? SEE NONE.
COUNCIL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM 10? A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
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ITEM 10 A HAS PASSED.[B. Case No. DD24-00002; Consideration of Approval of a Lot Split for 601 W. Main Street, Located on the Northwest Corner of Main and State. (Noble REH; Ward 1)]
10 B, WHICH IS CASE NUMBER DD 24 DASH 0 0 2.CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF A LOT SPLIT FOR 6 0 1 WEST MAIN STREET, LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MAIN AND STATE NOBLE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A LOT SPLIT TO CREATE AND RECONFIGURE THE TWO LOTS AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MAIN AND STATE.
THE SITE IS CURRENTLY 13,300 SQUARE FEET.
THE PROPOSAL WOULD CREATE A 6,300 SQUARE FOOT LOT AND A 7,000 SQUARE FOOT.
LOT ACCESS WILL BE PROVIDED BOTH FROM MAIN STREET AND FROM THE IMPROVED ALLEY.
HEARD THIS ITEM AT THEIR PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2024 AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL THREE TO ZERO.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD RIGHT NOW? COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM? 10 B.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[C. Case No. Z24-00003; Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ___ Rezoning Certain Property, Generally Located on the Southwest Corner of Coffee Creek and Air Depot, From "G-A" General Agriculture and "R-2-A" Suburban Estate to "Z24-00003" East Fork Planned Unit Development; Providing for Repealer and Severability; and Providing an Effective Date. (Orion AE; Ward 2)]
ITEM C 10.C IS CASE NUMBER Z 24 DASH 0 0 0 3.
PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 4,007 4,007 REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF COFFEE CREEK IN AIR DEPOT FROM GA, GENERAL AGRICULTURAL AND R TWO A SUBURBAN ESTATE TO Z 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 EAST FORK PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
UM, AS INDICATED, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FROM GA AND R TWO A TO PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT ON A QUARTER SECTION LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF COFFEE CREEK ROAD AND AIR DEPOT.
THE SITE INCLUDES A LITTLE MORE THAN 150 ACRES NORTH ACROSS COFFEE CREEK ROAD.
INCLUDES UNDEVELOPED E ONE PUD FLOODPLAIN AND R ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
I 35 BORDERS THE SITE TO THE WEST.
THE FLOODPLAIN BORDERS THE SITE TO THE EAST AND THE SOUTH.
APPROXIMATELY 60 ACRES OF THE SITE IS FLOODPLAIN.
THESE AREAS ARE PROPOSED FOR PRE TREE PRESERVATION AND PASSIVE RECREATION, INCLUDING A SEGMENT OF THE PLANNED COFFEE CREEK TRAIL.
THE APPLICATION PROPOSES A VARIETY OF USES ACROSS FOUR TRACKS.
TRACK ONE ABUTS AIR DEPOT AND INCLUDES 6.7 ACRES.
ALLOWED USES INCLUDE RETAIL OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL, INCLUDING IN A MIXED USE BUILDING.
TRACK TWO IS IN THE FAR SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE SITE AND CONTAINS 8.3 ACRES.
USES INCLUDE OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL, INCLUDING IN A MIXED USE BUILDING.
THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS IN TRACK ONE AND TWO COMBINED IS 120.
TRACK THREE IS 72 ACRES IN THE MIDDLE AND NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE SITE.
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL IS THE ONLY ALLOWED USE LOTS.
MUST BE AT LEAST 3,600 SQUARE FEET AND 30 FEET WIDE.
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF 569 HOUSES ARE ALLOWED.
TRACK FOUR IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTH, AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE AND INCLUDES ONE THIRD OF AN ACRE.
ALLOWED USES INCLUDE OFFICE, RETAIL AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
THE PV ALLOWS ONLY ONE OF THESE USES TO BE DEVELOPED IN TRACK FOUR.
THE EDMOND PLAN 2018 CATEGORIZES THE FLOODPLAIN AS OPEN SPACE AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE SITE MIXED USE CAMPUS.
THIS CATEGORY ACCOMMODATES AREAS THAT ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO CONTAIN A SELF-SUPPORTIVE MIX OF USES WHICH SUPPORT PEOPLE LIVING CLOSE TO THEIR DAILY NEEDS SUCH AS JOBS, SHOPPING, DINING AND RECREATION.
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE HIGHLY CONNECTED WITH APPROPRIATELY SCALED STREETS, TRAILS, SIDEWALKS, AND PUBLIC WAYS.
BUILDINGS SHOULD BE SCALED TO BALANCE BOTH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS CATEGORY ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE TRANSITION BETWEEN HIGHER INTENSITY URBAN CENTER AT I 35 IN COVE AND THE LOWER INTENSITY PATTERNS IN SUBURBAN AND RURAL AREAS.
THE PUD APPEARS TO MEET MANY OF THE APPLICABLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CRITERIA.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THIS ITEM AT THEIR PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2024.
AND AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT AND DELIBERATION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, THREE TO ZERO STAFF IS HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
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COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF RIGHT NOW? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.SO ON THE WEST SIDE THAT ABUTS RIGHT NEXT TO I 35? YEAH, I BELIEVE THE, THE FAR WEST SIDE OF THE SITE AND O ODOT RIGHT AWAY AT I 35 WERE THE SAME PROPERTY LINE.
SO, UM, THINKING 50 YEARS FROM NOW, I WILL NOT BE SITTING HERE
WE MIGHT JUST HAVE YOU PROPPED UP
UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND GROW, UH, WE KNOW THAT ODOT IS DOING A LOT OF ROAD IMPROVEMENT UP AND DOWN.
HAS IT, AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THE THE QUESTION'S BEEN ASKED OR NOT, OR THE CONVERSATION BEEN HAD, HAVE WE HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ODOT ABOUT THEIR POTENTIAL PLANS TO, UH, WIDEN? THAT? WIDEN OR, OR, OR FOR EVEN MM-HMM.
ENTER, WAS IT EGRESS? EGRESS EXIT GREEN? MM-HMM.
SO HAVE, HAS THAT LONG RANGE PLANNING OR ANY OF THAT TYPE OF DISCUSSION BEEN HAD? YES, SIR.
UH, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN SPEAKING WITH ODOT AND IN THEIR EIGHT YEAR PLAN, THEY'RE PLANNING TO WIDEN I 35 TO THREE LANES NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND.
THAT'S PROBABLY FIVE TO SIX YEARS OUT IN THEIR EIGHT YEAR PLAN FROM SECOND STREET TO WATERLOO.
BUT WE'RE ALSO DISCUSSING THEM WHETHER THEY'LL BE LOOKING TO DO AN ON AND OFF RAMP THERE AT THAT COFFEE CREEK.
SO DOES THIS DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OR WOULD IT POTENTIALLY IMPEDE THAT IF IT'S BUDDING UP AGAINST THE PROPERTY LINE? OR WOULD WE HAVE TO, OR WOULD ODOT HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK TO BUY LAND FROM THE APPLICANT FOR THE LANE WIDENING? THEY'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING MORE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND SO THE, THE MEDIA IS GONNA BE SHRINKING FOR THE WIDENING? UM, MORE THAN LIKELY.
IF THEY WERE TO DO ON AND OFF RAMPS, IT WOULD REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY FROM THIS, FROM THIS LAND.
BUT IT LOOKS KIND OF LIKE THE NORTHWEST AREA.
AND THAT'S FLOODPLAIN OR SOMETHING.
SO THEY'LL HAVE ENOUGH ROOM IF THEY WANNA PUT AN ON RAMP, OFF RAMP THERE, CORRECT.
OR OFF RAMP? WELL, THEY'LL BE VERY RESTRICTED.
I I JUST DON'T WANT THEM BUILDING HOUSES ON LAND THAT THEY, YOU SAID THEY'VE, YOU VISITED WITH THEM ABOUT IT AND THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.
WELL, IT'S BEING DISCUSSED AT THE MOMENT.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN DECIDED.
WE'RE STU DISCUSSING IT WITH ODOT ABOUT THAT.
AND IN THIS CORNER UP HERE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER, IF THEY'RE TO DO AN ON AND OFF RAMP WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE SOME LAND ACQUISITION FROM THIS PROJECT IF THEY WERE TO DO ON AND OFF RAMPS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.
SO THE EIGHT YEAR PLANS, THE WIDENING? YES SIR.
WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT A RAMP 2030, I MEAN, NO SIR, AT THIS TIME IT'S JUST BEING DISCUSSED BETWEEN ENGINEERING AND ODOT.
BUT FROM THE DRAWING, IF THEY DO WANT TO PUT A RAMP, WE'RE IN A PINCH THERE, IT WOULD BE AN ISSUE BASED ON THE LAYOUT AS SHOWN, I BELIEVE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF RIGHT NOW? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WOULD YOU APPLICANT LIKE TO SAY? I'M SORRY.
OH, NO, I, I, I KNOW HOW TO READ BODY LANGUAGE.
YOU ARE TALKING AND THINKING AND SORRY.
DAVID JONES WITH THE ORION GROUP.
UM, JUST REAL QUICKLY WE'LL ADDRESS THE, UH, ODOT CONSIDERATION, UH, AT THIS TIME.
AND I'VE TALKED TO ODOT LIKE, UH, MR. BEATTY HAS ALSO, THEY DO NOT HAVE A PLAN.
UM, THEY DON'T HAVE A PROJECTED PLAN, NOR DO THEY HAVE A CURRENT PLAN FOR THAT LOCATION.
NOW THAT BEING SAID, UH, THE PREVIOUS LANDOWNER HAS ALREADY GRANTED A SMALL AMOUNT OF RIGHT OF WAY IN THAT NORTHWEST CORNER TO ODOT.
AND CONSIDERING THIS IS A ZONING ACTION VERSUS A SITE PLAN AND VISITING WITH THE DEVELOPER, WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE SITE PLAN ASPECT TO ELIMINATE AND PROVIDE IF THAT WERE TO BE THE CASE, SOME RIGHT OF WAY FOR O DDOT TO ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL
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OFF RAMP ON RAMP IF THAT'S WHAT THEY SO CHOOSE TO DO X NUMBER OF YEARS DOWN THE ROAD IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO THAT AT ALL.SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNERS AND IT'S HARD TO SEE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, CITY REQUIREMENTS IS WE DEDICATE A HUNDRED FOOT OF RIGHT OF WAY UP TO A POINT AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 90, UM, THE ADDITIONAL 90 EATS UP THAT CURRENT RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE'VE ALREADY DEDICATED TO ODOT IN THAT CORNER.
AND WHEN KEITH AND I TALKED, I THINK IT'S A, A LOGICAL ASSUMPTION THAT BASED UPON THE CONFIGURATION OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY THAT ITS REAL INTENT IS FOR ANY MODIFICATIONS OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COFFEE CREEK BRIDGE ITSELF AND NOT NECESSARILY FOR AN ODOT ON RAMP OR OFF RAMP AT THAT LOCATION.
BUT I WOULD BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW THERE WILL BE NO, BECAUSE THAT WILL, THIS IS, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE, UM, DISCUSSION AT SITE PLAN, CORRECT? NOT THIS ONE ITSELF.
BECAUSE ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE IS JUST THE, THE ZONING.
WHAT ELSE DID YOU HAVE? THAT'S IT.
I'D BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
THE COFFEE CREEK BRIDGE, IS THAT COUNTY OR US WHO OR STATE? IT'S PROBABLY THE STATE.
UH, IT WAS CREATED AT THE TIME THEY DID THE TURNPIKE AND THE EASEMENT RIGHT THERE AROUND IT IS BELONGS TO ODOT.
SO I BELIEVE THAT BRIDGE WOULD BE ON O DOT'S ASSETS.
SO IN KIND OF DOING SOME FINANCIAL FORECASTING AND PLANNING, IF WE HAD ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND THERE THAT MERITED A, YOU KNOW, MORE DAILY LOAD OR WHATEVER IT WOULD BE, ULTIMATELY YOU WOULD FEEL LIKE THAT BRIDGE WOULD BE WITH, HAVE TO FALL WITHIN THE ODOT BRIDGE PLAN FOR UPGRADE OR FOR MODERNIZATION OR THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY DO TO MEET THEIR DIFFERENT TRAFFIC COUNTS.
IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY FALL IN THE CITY YOU'RE GETTING OUTSIDE MY AREA.
SO I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER THAT CORRECTLY.
THE RIGHT OF WAY WAS GRANTED TO ODOT.
SO IT'S OUR BELIEF THAT THE BRIDGE AND THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR EXPANSION, WIPING, OR ANYTHING MAINTENANCE ON THAT BRIDGE IS AN ODOT OKAY.
CAN WE HAVE THAT AS A QUESTION IN, ON THE SIDELINE TO HAVE RESOLVED OR THE FINALIZED ANSWER STEP, BUT IF THIS THING MAKES IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL TO NEXT STEP TO THE SITE PLAN? ABSOLUTELY.
STAFF COULD DEFINITELY GET YOU AN ANSWER ON THAT.
IS THE QUESTION, IS IT COST SHARING OF THE BRIDGE OR IS IT THE DESIGN OF THE BRIDGE OR I'M I'M JUST THINKING IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, AS THERE'S ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OUT IN THE EAST PART OF EDMOND, THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN PLACES TO GO IN AND OUT OF.
OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THOSE IS CONSTRAINED BY A BRIDGE, GIVEN THAT SOME OF THE ROADS WITHIN CITY LIMITS ARE STATE, SOME ARE COUNTY, UM, SOME ARE CITY AND THEN SOME ARE PRIVATE.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT AND IF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL OBLIGATION WOULD BE IN REGARDS TO THAT ON OFF BRIDGE THAT CROSSES I 35 SINCE THAT WOULD BE, I WOULD'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT COST IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OWNERSHIP.
YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT.
I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST SHARE UNDER THE CURRENT EIGHT YEAR PLAN WITH THE BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE WIDENING, THE CITY DOES HAVE A COST COMPONENT OF THAT, THOSE PROJECTS.
SO I'M JUST FOLLOWING THAT LOGIC.
IF OUR COMMUNITY WERE TO DECIDE, HEY, IT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST A STRICTLY ODOT QUESTION, IT'S AN ODOT INCOME COORDINATION WITH THE CITY.
DO WE OR DON'T WE WANT INGRESS EGRESS OFF THAT BRIDGE? AND IF THAT'S THE CASE FOLLOWING OTHER AGREEMENTS WE HAVE AT ODOT, THE CITY WOULD HAVE LIKELY HAVE SOME FINANCIAL COMPONENT TO THAT.
EVEN IF THEY DID, WE JUST NEEDED IT WIDENED OR WHATEVER.
THE CITY WOULD HAVE A FINANCIAL COMPONENT.
I THINK IF WE WERE TO, IF IT WAS JUST TO FIX THE CURRENT BRIDGE, I WOULD SAY OKAY, THAT'S OUR BRIDGE.
BUT IF WE WANT TO ENHANCE IT, ADD MORE ACCESS.
THAT'S HISTORICALLY WHAT IT'S BEEN WITH ODOT IS YES, SIR.
AND I WOULD REITERATE ONLY THAT, UH, YOU CAN SEE IN THAT NORTHWEST CORNER WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ELIMINATE A FEW LOTS MM-HMM.
THAT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT BEFORE THE SITE PLAN
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COMES.I WOULD LOVE TO GO INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL AND, AND DO THAT NOW BECAUSE, UH, WHOEVER'S SITTING UP HERE WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN.
UH, THAT'S WHY I WANNA MAKE SURE STAFF AND AND YOURSELF KNOW YEAH.
TO BRING THAT UP WHEN THE SITE PLAN COMES UP.
WELL, I WORKED FOR ODOT FOR FIVE YEARS STRAIGHT OUTTA SCHOOL AND, AND I KIND OF UNDERSTAND THEIR METHODOLOGIES AND PRACTICES AND, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT CURRENTLY ANY BASIS FOR DESIGN OR UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT AN OFF RAMP THERE AT THAT LOCATION, UH, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THAT AND PROBABLY MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED UPON THEIR CURRENT DESIGN.
YOU KNOW, THEY USED TO USE BUTTON HOOKS LIKE WE HAVE AT 33RD AND UH, I 35 WHERE WE COME IN AND WE MAKE A 90 DEGREE RIGHT INTO THE SERVICE ROAD.
YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ELIMINATED THAT CONCEPT.
AND SO THEY'VE PRETTY MUCH STANDARDIZED WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO IT.
AND I THINK WITH DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO WHAT THAT SORT OF RIGHT OF WAY AD MIGHT BE.
SO WHEN THE SITE PLAN COMPONENT HITS, WE COULD SURE DISCUSS THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING PART OF OUR PROCESS HERE.
ARE THERE ARE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE, HAVE ANY COMMENTS, UM, TO ADDRESS? HOLD ON.
LET, LET ME FINISH MY INTRODUCTION.
WE RAISE YOUR HAND AND THEN I'LL PLEASE COME DOWN AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HEAR YOU AND THEN WE CAN START THAT PROCESS.
I LIVE AT 45 25 CANAAN CREEK ROAD, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF THIS, UH, PROPOSED, UH, PUD.
UM, I, UH, PRIOR TO THIS MEETING I HOSTED THE DEVELOPER IN MY HOUSE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS TRYING TO GET ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS.
WHEN DID YOU DO THAT, MR. THOMPSON? THAT WAS SATURDAY.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY OUR NEIGHBOR, MYSELF AND OUR NEIGHBORS IN THAT FIELD, WE RECEIVED ANSWERS THAT ADDRESSED OUR CONCERNS.
UM, I DON'T FEEL THIS P PTED PROPOSAL IS, UH, IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS, THE MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS, DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY WAY THAT COULD BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY OF EDMOND'S.
UH, OBJECTIVES FOR A PLAT REVIEW.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT HOW DENSE THESE LOTS ARE, UM, A 3,600 SQUARE FOOT LOT, MOST OF THE HOUSES ARE QUARTER ACRE PLUS.
PERSONALLY, I LIVE ON THREE AND A HALF ACRES, SO WE'RE NOT, UH, NEAR IN ALIGNMENT AS FAR AS THE SIZE OF LOTS.
UM, THE 20 FOOT, THE 30 FOOT LOT WIDTH, I MEAN THAT LEAVES 20 FOOT OF CONSTRUCTION FOOTPRINT.
AND IF THAT'S TWO STORIES TALL CITY ORDINANCES REQUIRE I THINK EIGHT FOOT SETBACK.
I MEAN THAT WOULD CUT IT DOWN, YOU KNOW, TO WHATEVER THAT WOULD BE.
14 FEET WIDTH OF A WHAT KIND OF PROPERTY CAN YOU BUILD FOR THAT? UM, THE PLAT HAS NO ALLOWANCES FOR ANY TYPE OF RECREATIONAL AREA.
UM, THERE'S NO PLAYGROUND WHERE THESE KIDS GONNA, YOU KNOW, HAVE A PLACE TO EXERCISE, GET OUTSIDE.
UM, FOR US IT KIND OF CREATES A, UH, LIABILITY BECAUSE OUR COMMON AREA IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY, WE HAVE A POND GREEN SPACE.
AND I'D HATE TO SEE KIDS AGGRESSING INTO THAT AREA CREATING A LIABILITY FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS.
UM, IF SOMETHING HAPPENED, UH, GOD FORBID, UH, AROUND THE POND, UM, TRAFFIC, I MEAN WE'RE LIMITED.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT A ON OFF RAMP AT, UH, COFFEE CREEK BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUTTA THIS AREA IS EITHER WEST TO SUM, UH, ROAD AND DOWN AND GET ON AT, UH, COVELL OR DOWN AIR DEPOT AND THE AIR DEPOT INTERSECTION AT COVELL.
THE CITY'S ALREADY IDENTIFIED IT AS A PROBLEM AND IF THE BOND ISSUE PASSES, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS, IT MADE THE LIST TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND EVEN AT THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT'S GONNA SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
'CAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH CONSTRUCTION EAST OF I 35
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ON ANY OPEN AREA, THERE ARE EITHER R ONE OR A ONE ZONED HOUSES GOING IN BY THE HUNDREDS.AND I'VE BEEN IN THIS AREA FOR ONLY THREE AND A HALF YEARS AND I'VE SEEN THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC JUST IN THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, SECONDLY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE AREA, I THINK THEY'RE AT CAPACITY OR BE, UH, BEYOND, AND I KNOW THE RED BUD ELEMENTARY THAT WAS JUST BUILT, I THINK IT HIT CAPACITY THE DAY IT OPENED.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS WOULD ADD TO THAT, UH, PROBLEM.
AND THEN ANOTHER CONCERN IS WHAT IT DOES TO PROPERTY VALUES.
UH, WHENEVER YOU, UH, PUT THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF, UH, HOUSES THAT ARE ON R ONE, R TWO TYPE, UH, ZONING, UM, YOU KNOW, I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO PUSH BACK ON THE PUD, YOU KNOW, IF THIS PUD WAS UP A ONE THAT CAPPED THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT 150 HAD A RECREATIONAL AREA, I WOULDN'T BE HERE BUT TO TRY TO THROW 560 HOMES ON THESE TYPE OF LOTS.
I JUST, I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE, WOW, THAT WAS THE THOUGHT.
AND AS FAR AS THE BRIDGE AT COFFEE CREEK, I'LL QUOTE THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR ODOT DISTRICT FOUR, THAT IT'S ODO T'S INTENT TO BUILD A SIX LANE FACILITY ALONG I 35 AND REPLACE THE COFFEE CREEK BRIDGE TO ACCOMMODATE SIX LANES.
THIS IS IN THEIR EIGHT YEAR PLAN.
UM, THEY ANTICIPATE, UH, ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, BUT AT THIS TIME THEY DON'T KNOW THE FULL EXTENT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY THEY NEED.
AND THAT'S THE EMAIL THAT I HAD CORRESPONDING WITH ODOT.
ANYWAY, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATE YOU CONSIDERING PUSHING THIS BACK TO A MORE REASONABLE, UH, DENSITY OF POPULATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO, SIR.
MM-HMM,
UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS ZONING.
AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PLAT.
UM, PLAT REALLY IS, THIS IS NOT SET IN STONE WITH THIS PLAT IS GOING TO BE, UM, ONCE THAT COMES UP, I'M, I, MY ASSUMPTION IS THERE WILL BE ANOTHER COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA PUT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, BUT AT THIS MOMENT THIS IS JUST A CONCEPTUAL DRAWING OF WHAT'S GOING THERE.
YOU CAN, WHAT IS, WHAT THE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, PETERSON IS SAYING IS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE OTHER MEETINGS.
UH, IF THERE, THIS GETS PASSED THE REZONING, THERE WILL, THERE'S GONNA BE OTHER MEETINGS FOR CITIZENS INVOLVEMENT EACH, BASICALLY EACH STEP OF THE WAY AS WE GO THROUGH THERE.
AND THIS IS PURELY JUST FOR ZONING.
NOT WHAT'S GONNA GO IN IT, BUT TO GIVE YOU THAT ZONE.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TIME, YOU'LL GO BEFORE PLANNING AND THEN OF COURSE HAVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AND THEN COME TO US OR COME TO COUNCIL AND THEY WILL EITHER ACCEPT OR DENY WHAT YOU DECIDE TO PUT IN YOUR CORRECT.
AND JUST REAL QUICKLY TO ADDRESS A COUPLE ITEMS OF COMMENTS THAT WERE JUST MADE, UM, WE DO HAVE COMMON AREA WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT.
I THOUGHT YOU, WE DO HAVE A PLAYGROUND AREA.
YOU CAN SEE IT LOCATED DOWN IN THE FLOOD AREA OR SOMETHING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, 30 FOOT TRAIL EASEMENT, UM, THAT, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AS FAR AS ITS DEDICATION TO THE CITY.
BUT WE DO HAVE ALSO THAT AFTER YOU TALKING ABOUT THE COFFEE CREEK TRAIL AND RIGHT.
FOR MOVEMENT AROUND AND THROUGH.
SO, UM, THERE ARE AREAS QUITE A BIT.
WE'VE GOT TREE PRESERVATION TOTALING OVER 30 ACRES, UH, ON THE SITE.
SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF GREEN BELT, QUITE A BIT OF ROOM FOR, UH, KIDS.
WHAT THE PLAYGROUND AREAS ALSO, WELL KNOW THAT YOU'RE PLANNING THAT AND, BUT WHEN THE, IT'LL BE DISCUSSED WHEN THE PRELIMINARY PLAT COMES UP FOR ZONING OR FOR ACCEPTANCE.
THAT WILL ALL BE DISCUSSED ON THERE, WHICH WILL PREVIOUSLY BE DISCUSSED WITH THE COMMUNITY BEFORE YOU EVER GET TO PLANNING OR US RIGHT.
WELL, AND, AND AS FAR AS THE OTHER COMMENT ABOUT THE ODOT RIGHT OF WAY NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY NEED, THERE COULD BE SOME REALITY TO THAT.
UM, HOWEVER, THEY AT ONE POINT IN TIME THOUGHT THEY KNEW WHAT THEY NEEDED.
THEY ASKED FOR IT AND IT WAS DEDICATED TO IT.
AND THERE WILL BE OTHER MEETINGS BECAUSE YOU AGREED TO THAT AS WELL.
TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION PRIOR TO COMING TO YOUR APPROVAL.
SO IT'LL BE A SITE PLAN FOR THE COMMERCIAL BUT NOT THE RESIDENTIAL, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT WILL HAVE PLATING.
SO THAT'S THE AND WHERE ARE WE ALONG IN THAT
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PROCESS? UH, I BELIEVE THE PLAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, BUT WE'RE NOT ACTIVELY REVIEWING IT JUST YET.WAITING ON THAT ACTION ON THE ZONING.
DO YOU MIND STEP MR. MAYOR, CAN HE COME BACK UP? I HAVE, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. THOMPSON.
YOU HOSTED THIS AT YOUR HOME? YES, I DID.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE? WE, FIRST OF ALL, UH, DAVID, UH, LAMBERTH HERE, UH, APPROACHED ME ON FRIDAY MORNING.
AND I TRIED TO PUT IT TOGETHER AS QUICK AS I COULD, KNOWING THAT TIME WAS OF ESSENCE.
AND WE HAD A MEETING AT SATURDAY AT ONE, SORRY, I'M NOT ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, BUT WE HAD APPROXIMATELY SIX, UH, HOMEOWNERS AND, UH, RICHARD, UH, LEY, UH, IN ATTENDANCE OUT OF 29.
OKAY, WHO ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, SAW ANOTHER HAND IN THE YELLOW WHERE THERE'S SEVERAL YELLOWS BACK THERE? I'D LIKE TO YOU SIR, ADDRESS WITH THE COUNCILMAN SAID IF COULD PLEASE COME UP, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
YOU'RE A NEW RESIDENT TO EDMOND.
I KNOW HER NAME IS DAN O'NEILL.
IT'S A ZONING FOR A PUD THAT HAS CERTAIN SPECIFICS IN IT, INCLUDING THE LOT SIZE THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY THAT PICTURE.
SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT PLAT, THAT DENSITY AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE APPROVING.
AND THERE'S NO SITE PLAN TO COME BACK THAT'S GONNA BE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT DENSITY, 3000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS, WHICH IS HALF OF WHAT OUR NORMAL LOT SIZE IS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT IS AN INCREDIBLY DENSE PROJECT.
THE LARK HAS A THOUSAND, ALMOST 1300 SQUARE FOOT.
SO THAT'S LARK IS, IS THE SMALLEST LOT WE HAVE IN OUR TOWN.
BUT 3000, THERE IS NO LOT ANYWHERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF EDMONTON THAT SMALL.
I JUST MEANT WHEN THEY COME BACK FOR THE FINAL PLAT, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE THE RECREATION AREA, WHERE THE TRAILS ARE.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT DENSITY.
AND THAT'S ALL I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
WELL, YEAH, THOSE BE, IT WILL BE 500 AND SOME LOTS, WHATEVER.
I'M SORRY I CAN'T CAN YOU NOT? 3000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.
MINIMUM 3,600 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE, THE ACCURACY OF, OF THE NUMBER, WHAT, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW FROM COUNSEL? ANY OTHER QUE? YES, SIR.
ARE YOU IN THE YELLOW? YES, I THINK THAT'S YELLOW.
UH, I'VE, UH, LIVED AT 53 12 CANAAN CREEK ROAD.
IT'S KIND OF UP ON THE HILL TO THE NORTH OF THIS, UH, PROPOSED, UH, URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE PURCHASED OUR LOT PAID FOR IT BUILT OUR HOME IN ANTICIPATION OF LIVING IN OUR STYLE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY LIVING, LIVING IN, UH, 3,600 FEET.
I BELIEVE IT'S AROUND THE EIGHT OF AN ACRE IS WHAT THAT MEANS.
YOU CAN BARELY PARK TWO CARS ON THAT.
THESE HOUSES WILL PROBABLY HAVE NO FRONTAGE OTHER THAN GARAGE.
THEY'RE PLANNING ON, I THINK ADJACENT PARKING TO THIS, NOT NECESSARILY ON THOSE LOTS.
SO IT'S GONNA BE MORE LIKE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHICH THIS FITS THE BILL FOR A LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEX, ONLY IT'S BEEN REPHRASED AND REDESIGNED TO BE SMALL HOMES.
THE, UH, TALK ABOUT OUR URBAN FORESTRY IN THE EDMOND AREA.
UH, THE ONLY GREEN SPACES SHOWN ON THIS PLA ARE IN FLOOD PRONE ZONES.
WE'VE HAD WASTE DEEP WATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF CUFFEE CREEK AND UH, AIR DEPOT.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES IN THE 17 YEARS I'VE LIVED THERE AND, UH, THE, UH, FROM WHAT THEY'RE SHOWING HERE, IT'S JUST GONNA BE ANOTHER BALD PIECE OF LAND ONCE THEY START DEVELOPMENT ON IT.
AND I'VE SEEN ENOUGH OF THOSE IN EAST EDMOND ALL OVER
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EDMOND.AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE NEEDS TO BE MUCH MORE TREE SPACE ALLOCATED AND AT LEAST TWICE THAT LOT SIZE TO BE, BE AGREEABLE, UH, FOR WHAT I THINK THE RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE IN MIND FOR THAT AREA.
AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAD TO ADD.
UH, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING TO SPEAK AND TELL YOUR CONCERN.
I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO WHAT MR. ELLIOT SAID 'CAUSE IT IS RELEVANT.
I LIVE AT SORGHUM MELON DOUGLAS AND I HAD THE SAME ISSUES AS THEM.
I SAW OUR TREES BEING DESTROYED.
I SAW THINGS GETTING CLEAR CUT.
I AM 110% COMMITTED TO BEING A PARTAKER IN THE EDMOND PLAN AND THE EAST EDMOND 2050 PLAN.
I THINK IF DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO WEIGH ILL, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A $30 MILLION DEFICIT.
LIKE THE PLAN SUGGESTS 26 YEARS FROM NOW.
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT, UH, I HAD THE PLEASURE TO MEET WITH THEM THIS WEEKEND AND LIKE I EXPLAINED TO THEM, THIS WAS PLANNED A CERTAIN WAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE TRIED TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER THAT BEST REPRESENTED THE RESIDENTS OF EAST EDMOND, BUT YET ALSO REPRESENTED THE EDMOND PLAN ITSELF.
AND, UH, AND ANYWAY, I JUST, THERE THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PERSON THAT I KNOW EAST OF EDMOND THAT IS MORE COMMITTED TO THE PRESERVATION AREA OR REFORESTATION THAN MYSELF.
AND I, I VERY MUCH CARE ABOUT IT.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT WE WERE REQUIRED 20% OF THE PLOTTED AREA AND WE PROVIDED 45%.
AND, AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT IN ORDER FOR EDMOND TO CHANGE IN A, IN A BETTER DIRECTION, UH, I, I JUST, I REALLY WISH THAT THESE RESIDENTS WOULD, YOU KNOW, PARTNER WITH US AND PARTNER WITH THE COUNCIL AND PARTNER WITH OUR GREAT PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO PUT A BETTER PRODUCT TOGETHER FOR OUR COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD INSTEAD OF THERE JUST BEING A CLASH BETWEEN, WE DON'T LIKE THIS, WE DON'T LIKE THAT.
'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, UNFORTUNATELY, NOBODY IS SUPER HAPPY.
BUT YES, MS. PETERSON, I WILL COMMIT TO MEETING WITH THEM AS MANY TIMES AS THEY WANT AND ARE RESPONDING TO ANSWERING TO QUESTIONS.
AND YOU KNOW, I I INVITED THEM THIS WEEKEND AND SAID, I WILL BE PERSONALLY DEVELOPING THE COMMERCIAL AND I WANT YOU TO BE A PART OF THAT.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE A HALF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD FROM YOUR HOMES.
AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE AN OPINION IN THAT.
SO, UH, I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THAT AS WELL.
MR. LAMBETH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
YOU'RE A GOOD FELLOW AND I KNOW THAT YOU SCRAMBLED AROUND TO PUT THAT MEETING TOGETHER ON SATURDAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
AND THAT CAME ABOUT SATURDAY AT ONE.
GOT A FOOTBALL GAME, STILLWATER GOT A FOOTBALL GAME IN NORMAN.
YOU GOT WEEKEND PLANS AND THAT THING WAS PUT TOGETHER ON FRIDAY, CORRECT? YES SIR.
THAT'S, THAT'S HUNDRED PERCENT TRUTHFUL.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING IT ON A SATURDAY LIKE THAT.
BUT AS YOU AND I HAVE TALKED THESE LAND ZONE, THESE LAND USE THINGS GET TOUCHY AND THEY STAY TOUCHY.
AND YOU JUST SAID YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD AND KEEP THE CITIZENS AND THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE IN THE LOOP AND UH, MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
WELL, THEY AIN'T HAPPY I'M LOOKING AT 'EM.
AND SO COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT.
AND IF THEY DON'T KNOW, THEY DON'T KNOW.
AND THEN THAT FOSTERS THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS A BUSINESS MODEL, MR. JONES, YOU'RE A SMART ENGINEER AND YOU FIGURED THIS OUT.
THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO OVER THERE.
BUT I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO HAVE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS THAT ARE MEETINGS WITH THESE CITIZENS.
AND I, YOU AND I SPOKE ABOUT IT, YOU WENT AND KNOCKED ON A FEW DOORS AND YOU HAD SOME KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW, NEXT DOOR FACEBOOK, SOMETHING HAD THAT TYPE OF DISCUSSION.
AND THEN YOU FINALLY HAD YOUR MEETING ON SATURDAY.
WHAT I WANT TO AVOID IS YOU'RE GONNA DO A NUMBER OF THESE AROUND TOWN EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO, I THINK WE HAD ONE A WHILE BACK, LIBERTY PARK, SOMETHING, I THINK THAT'S THE NAME OF IT.
THEY SPENT WEEKS COMMUNICATING WITH THE CITIZENS AND UH, THEY HAD A, A DECENT OUTCOME.
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HAD A GOOD OUTCOME FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW.I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER ON THE COMMUNICATION SIDE WITH THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS GONNA BE A DEAL THAT TAKES 10 YEARS, MAYBE FI SEVEN YEARS TO DO.
I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO IT OVERNIGHT.
AND RATHER THAN HAVING FUSSINESS AND CONTENTION OUT THERE FOR YEARS TO COME OVER THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO OTHERS, YOU HOPE TO DO OTHERS LIKE THIS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
I THINK WE OUGHT TO GET THIS ONE OFF ON A POSITIVE FOOT AND TRY TO HAVE A DEEPER DISCUSSION WITH THE CITIZENS OUT THERE BECAUSE YOU DID WHAT I ASKED YOU TO DO THIS WEEKEND AND MR. THOMPSON WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO OPEN UP HIS HOME TO HOLD THAT MEETING.
BUT WE NEED MORE OF THAT AND WE NEED MORE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THAT.
AND YOU MAY FEEL LIKE IN YOUR MIND THAT YOU'VE EXHAUSTED ALL THESE EFFORTS TO TRY TO, TO DO THAT.
AND I THINK THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION CAN DO BETTER.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER HAVING FURTHER CHATS BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A PUD AND I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK FOR A PLAT REVIEW AND I KNOW THERE'S A SITE REVIEW FOR THE COMMERCIAL THAT DOESN'T GIVE THEM ANY ANSWERS TONIGHT.
AND PEOPLE CAN LIVE WITH A LOT.
THEY CAN'T LIVE WITH THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN AND THEN THAT FESTERS INTO ANGER AND THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANYBODY.
SO WE CAN GO ON HERE IF YOU'D LIKE, AND WE CAN HAVE MORE DISCUSSION IF THE MAYOR WILL ALLOW IT OR WE CAN MAKE A DECISION TO HAVE BROADER DISCUSSION WITH THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING THERE.
IF YOU BUILT A RITZ CARLTON OUT THERE, I THINK HE WOULD COMPLAIN.
BUT I, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT, SIR.
YEAH, I, I APPRE I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE LANDOWNERS AROUND 'CAUSE IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF ACREAGE THAT PEOPLE LIVE ON.
SO THERE WAS THAT BARRY URGED ME TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD VERIFY A DATE, A TIME, A THING OF THAT NATURE.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, HE ADVISED ME AND TOM ADVISED ME ON HOW TO PROPERLY PUT THAT TOGETHER TO WHERE WE HAD RECORD OF THAT.
UM, I MEAN I FELT LIKE THERE WAS GOOD COMMUNICATION THERE AND, AND I HAVE OFFERED A REDUCTION IN THE DENSITY, ESPECIALLY OFF OF THE COMMERCIAL TRACKS AND TAKING THE MIXED SHOES OFF.
I OFFERED THEM A HUNDRED UNITS OFF AND I MEAN IT WAS, IT WAS 60 A FEW DAYS AGO AND TODAY I JUST SAID, HEY LOOK, I'LL TAKE A HUNDRED UNITS OFF IF THAT'D MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.
AND I WAS TOLD AN HOUR AGO, ROUGHLY WE WON 150 UNITS TOTAL AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE GONNA ALLOW OR THAT'S ALL WE'RE GONNA AGREE TO.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND MORE TIME AND RESOURCES TO GET THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS DOWN THE ROAD.
AND I DON'T WANNA WASTE THEIR TIME.
AND I DON'T WANNA WASTE YOUR TIME WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PLAN THAT FOLLOWS EDMOND'S PLAN AND, AND YOU KNOW, I RESPECT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT US COMMUNICATING WITH THEM.
BUT I REACHED OUT TO THESE PEOPLE FOR WEEKS AND I GAVE THEM MY NUMBER AND I GAVE 'EM MY INFORMATION AND I HAD TO KNOCK ON A DOOR TO GET A RESPONSE.
AND I WAS GETTING TEXT MESSAGES FROM HOMEOWNERS LAST NIGHT SAYING, OH, I'M SORRY WE MISSED THIS.
OR I'M SORRY I DIDN'T RESPOND A WEEK AGO.
UH, I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON NOW.
AND UM, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IF, IF WHAT IF WHAT MR. THOMPSON AND THEIR GROUP IS ASKING IS 150 UNITS, I MEAN THAT'S JUST NOT EVEN REASONABLE.
WELL THEY HAVEN'T ASKED THAT OF ME.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
AND I, THAT'S, IF THEY WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT, THEY CAN, WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN ENOUGH COMMUNICATION OUT THERE AND I WISH YOU'D TAKEN ANOTHER STAB AT IT.
AND I DON'T WANNA LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT YOU DID IT ON A SATURDAY.
THAT WAS HELPFUL AND I TOLD YOU THAT WAS HELPFUL, BUT I ALSO TOLD YOU THAT YOU'D PROBABLY NEED TO DO MORE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
AND I THINK YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
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I DON'T THINK THIS IS A TEMPLATE ON HOW TO DO IT.I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A BETTER WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS TO TALK TO THESE FOLKS.
SO I'M ENCOURAGING YOU TO DO THAT.
AND I'M ENCOURAGING YOU TO CONSIDER SOME TIME.
TIME MAY BE YOUR FRIEND, IT MAY NOT BE, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT TO YOU AND I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT'S THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILMAN FOR YOUR COUNSEL.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME TALK, YOUR HONOR.
UM, IS THAT, WITH THIS BEING A PUD, SOMETIMES THE PUD DOESN'T GET INTO THE FINES OF SPECIFICS.
AND SINCE WE ARE GOING OFF INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF, OF EDMOND AND THERE IS A DREAM FOR MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS TO COME ALONG.
SOMETIMES THE WAY I SITTING IN THIS SEAT, THERE NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN THE DOCUMENTS SO THAT EVEN THOUGH A PD MIGHT ALLOW IT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO GO THERE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA WALK AWAY FROM THIS AND SAY, THIS IS A PD DIDN'T HAVE EVERYTHING IN THERE.
WE THOUGHT SOME THINGS WERE GONNA BE IN THERE AND THEY WEREN'T.
AND GUESS WHAT? THE PUD SIGN, YOU ARE OFF DOING YOUR THING AND WE DON'T HAVE A RECOURSE.
AND IF THERE'S GONNA BE A ONE ACROSS THE STREET AND I 35 1 NORTH EAST AND ALL THAT, IT HELPS US TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, CONCRETENESS, IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD, INTO THE WHAT'S ACTUALLY, UH, IS GONNA BE THERE.
AND THAT'S THE THING ABOUT A PUD.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES A PUT CAN GIVES YOU FLEXIBILITY AS A DEVELOPER, BUT WE AS COUNSEL CAN ALWAYS ASK JUST TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCRETENESS IN THAT.
AND, UM, 'CAUSE AFTER A SIGN, YOU BOTH RESPECTIVELY KNOW IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF OUT THERE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I, I I SORT OF AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE, THAT MAYBE EVEN, EVEN WITH YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, THE, THE RESIDENCE YESTERDAY WAS A HUNDRED, TODAY IS 150.
YOU COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND SAID, THESE WERE THE, THIS WAS THE RANGE.
UH, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS I DON'T, IT'S IS THAT YOU WERE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS PROBABLY RIGHT BEFORE YOU EVEN GOT INTO HERE.
I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU, ALL THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN HELD.
PEPPER LATER ON AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND SAID, HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE SETTLED OR DIDN'T SETTLE.
BUT THE, THE THING THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH FIVE MINUTES BEFORE HERE, THAT PUTS PRESSURE AND STRESS ON YOU THAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE TIME.
AND THAT PUTS PRESSURE AND STRESS ON THEM TOO.
SO, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS, IS GOOD FOR ANYONE, ESPECIALLY IF THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF MANY MM-HMM,
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
I MEAN, I, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THEIR MINDS.
I MEAN, I, I SPENT SOME, SOME TIME WITH 'EM AND I DON'T WANNA WASTE MY TIME, THEIR TIME OR YOUR TIME.
AND I THINK, I THINK WE PUT TOGETHER A PRODUCT AND I MADE OFFERS TO THEM AND I, YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO TALK TO THEM AND I MEAN, THE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THEY BROUGHT WAS NOT WHAT WAS, HAS OCCURRED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
WELL, DAVID JONES WITH THE WRITING GROUP, AGAIN, I, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS UNDERSTANDABLE AND, AND, BUT I THINK THERE ARE MANY CHECKS AND BALANCES IN THE PROCESS STILL THAT ALLOW THE TIMELINE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AFTER THIS APPROVAL THAT DO IMPACT WHAT OCCUR IN THE FINAL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION IN THIS PUD.
I DON'T THINK JUST BECAUSE WE GET A ZONING APPROVAL THAT WE WOULD STEP IN AND HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND WRITE JUST TO GO IN AND DO ANYTHING.
THERE ARE SITE PLAN APPROVALS THAT ARE REQUIRED SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR THE COMMERCIAL.
WELL, WE ALSO HAVE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, THE OAKS OF COVE.
WE DO HAVE A SITE PLAN APPROVAL THROUGH ENGINEERING THAT WE HAVE TO GET AT THAT TIME.
BUT THE SITE PLAN IS FOR THE COMMERCIAL SITE PLAN GOES TO CA, EXCUSE ME, GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.
WITHOUT ANY VARIANCES, THEN IT DOES NOT SHOW UP HERE.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER POSITIVE FOR US.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY VARIANCES.
WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE I 35 CORRIDOR.
WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT ALL THE NECESSARY LANDSCAPING ELEMENTS AND ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE I 35 CORRIDOR DESIGN STANDARDS.
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REALLY AM NOT IN A POSITION TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION ABOUT A CONTINUANCE.UM, I'LL LET THAT BE DAVID'S DETERMINATION.
QUESTION MARK, I THINK WOULD ONLY BECOME ONE OF THE DURATION OF THAT CONTINUANCE THAT MIGHT BE BEING ASKED FOR.
IF WE LOOK AT BEING ABLE TO GET ON THE NEXT COUNCIL AGENDA.
UM, I THINK THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT, UH, THAT'S NOT, UH, OVER PROBLEMATIC IN THAT SENSE.
UM, OUT, BUT, UH, THAT BEING SAID, THAT WOULD GIVE US SOME MORE ADDITIONAL TIME TO VISIT WITH THE LANDOWNERS.
BUT ADDRESS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE A SURPRISE,
UM, COUNCILMAN MOORE AND EVERYBODY, UH, THAT IS WHAT IS BEING PROJECTED.
HOWEVER, IN THE PLATTING PROCESS AND IN THE ZONING PROCESS EARLY ON, THE CITY ASKED FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS HERE? AND I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, ON A, ON A SMALL, UM, COMMERCIAL BILLING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT'S PRETTY UNDERSTANDABLE WHAT CAN HAPPEN.
BUT AS FAR AS SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL AREAS OUT HERE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT MIGHT GO THERE.
WE CAN'T EVEN PROBABLY BEGIN TO GUESSTIMATE WHAT MIGHT GO IN THERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO WE WOULDN'T WANT TO, UH, MAKE A PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT WOULD GO IN THERE AND REALLY NOT HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE.
WELL, WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA PUT.
SO THAT BEING SAID, UM, I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO DAVID, BUT I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE DONE AND, AND WHAT'S BEING SHOWN IS, IS WHAT'S BEING PROJECTED FOR THE ZONING ACTION AND THE ZONING ACTION ONLY.
AND THERE ARE CHECKS AND BALANCES WITHIN THE CITY.
OTHER TIMES IT WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE HAD ADDITIONAL TIME TO HAVE GONE THROUGH WITH THE NEIGHBORS, THE ADJACENT LANDOWNERS.
UM, SEVERAL OF WHICH WERE HERE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THAT WE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH ALSO THAT GOT UP AND SPOKE, UM, AND QUESTIONED SOME OF THE THINGS AS FAR AS DETENTION, DRAINAGE, SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THAT ARE BEING QUESTIONED TONIGHT.
SO ALL AGAIN, IF DAVID, IF WE'RE TALKING TWO WEEKS NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN IN THOSE TWO WEEKS WITH THE VARIOUS LANDOWNER GROUPS, GREAT.
IF WE'RE TALKING TWO MONTHS, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR DAVID ON THAT FRONT.
I WOULDN'T ASK FOR TWO MONTHS.
THAT'S, AND LOOK, THIS ISN'T YOUR DEBUT HEARING THIS STUFF.
YOU, YOU'VE HEARD THESE ARGUMENTS ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS.
AND YOU KNOW THAT TIME IS SOMETIMES THE APPLICANT'S FRIEND, YOU CAN WORK THINGS OUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PRODUCTIVE EXERCISE.
THIS IS NOT UNDERSTAND, UH, PEOPLE RAISING HELL AG AGGRAVATED, ANGRY ABOUT THIS.
HE WORKED OVER THE WEEKEND TO GET IT DONE.
I KNOW YOU'VE GOT IT IN YOU IF YOU HAVE TO DO AWAY WITH, YOU SAID 10%, IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, BUT I'M NOT GONNA CHANGE 10% OF THE RESIDENTIAL.
WE, WE HAVE A DUTY TO THE
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE GOTTA GET SOMETHING FIGURED OUT HERE THEN.
SO SAY THERE HAS BEEN SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
I, I BELIEVE AN EMAIL WAS CIRCULATED FROM AN ADJACENT LANDOWNER THAT WAS POSITIVE OF THE PROJECT.
SO IT'S NOT ALL, NOT ALL NEGATIVE.
AND THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LANDOWNERS POSITIVE THAT SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M OKAY WITH THIS GUY.
BUT I WANT TO HEAR MORE AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT MORE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE EVERYBODY'S RAINED ON THIS THING.
BUT I, IT'S LIKE I SAID, AND, AND I HAVE SAID THIS FOR YEARS, YOU GOTTA TALK TO PEOPLE.
AND I KNOW MR. LAMBETH HAS MADE A HERCULEAN EFFORT TO DO THAT USING HIS FEET AND USING A COMPUTER AND USING HIS MOUTH TO DO IT.
BUT IT CAN BE BETTER AND YOU KNOW THAT.
SO IS THE DISCUSSION, IS THE OFFER TWO WEEKS TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING? BASICALLY WHENEVER THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS? WE COULD BE BACK.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT COMMITTING TO THAT.
DAVID'S THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD COMMIT TO THAT.
I MEAN, SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, MY DISTRICT, I MADE A LIST THE OTHER DAY.
I THINK I HAVE EVERY SINGLE TYPE OF POTENTIAL HOUSING THAT ANYBODY CAN CALL HOME.
I MEAN, LITERALLY FROM SENIOR TO ASSISTED LIVING TO ON CAMPUS TO OFF CAMPUS, TO DUPLEXES, TO TOWNHOUSES, TO FABRICATED HOMES, TO A LOT OF DOLLARS PER SQUARE FOOT.
SMALL, MODERN LIVING TO, I THINK WE GOT TWO THAT WERE, UH, LITERALLY ORDERED
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OUTTA THE SEARS CATALOG.SO, I MEAN, OUR RESIDENTS APPRECIATE ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF STUFF.
MY ARC IS THAT I WANT PEOPLE WHO SERVICE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE.
SO IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S LAST NUMBERS I SAW 82 OR 83% OF OUR FIRE GUYS LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS OF EDMOND.
I LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THEM A LITTLE BIT CLOSER FOR THEY COULD, I LIKE TO SEE SOME OF OUR CNAS AS MY MOM GETS A LITTLE BIT OLDER AND SHE JUST HAD SURGERY ON HER WRIST.
IF SHE NEEDS TO EVER HAVE SOME ASSISTANCE, I'D LIKE THAT PERSON TO MAYBE EVEN BE A NEIGHBOR OR ADMIN, RESIDENT, TEACHERS, ALL THAT.
AS I LOOK IN WARD ONE, I COULD SEE SOME PLACES WHERE THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT COULD WORK REALLY WELL.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN WARD ONE.
I WOKE UP, WENT TO TWIST, WENT BY TWISTED TREE, HAD A, HAD A MEETING.
YOU CAN SEE WHY I, THEN I WENT TO AROUND THE CORNER, THEN I HAD A MEETING.
IT'S KIND OF A EAT AND TALK AND DO I CAN, THEN I HAVE LUNCH DOWN BY BONDI BOWL.
IT'S RIGHT
'CAUSE I, I GOTTA EAT SOMETHING HEALTHY.
I ALSO KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN MOORE REALLY WELL.
AND, AND, UM, HE RIDES OR WALKS HIS DISTRICT KIND OF THE SAME WAY I DO.
SO WHERE I CAN SEE APPLICATION SUPPORT FOR IT IN DIFFERENT ELEMENTS AS THINGS WANNA BE DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
MY, MY, AS A COUNSELOR, MY REFLECT THIS WOULD BE TO SUPPORT COUNCILOR MOORE AND HIS INVITATION TO HAVE SOME MORE DIALOGUE.
I WOULD BE LESS WORRIED ABOUT THE TIME, LIKE SAY TWO WEEKS THAN JUST THE RIGHT THINGS HAPPEN.
UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE BUSY.
I GOT THREE KIDS IN DIFFERENT SPORTS AND WE'RE GOING NINE WAYS TO SUNDAY, PRETTY MUCH OUR WEEKENDS AND THINGS.
AND SO, UM, I'M LESS HOOKED ON A SPECIFIC TIME, JUST MORE ON THE CONVERSATION.
AND THEN TO MR. MOORE'S POINT, IF THESE ARE GONNA BE ONES OF DIFFERENT ONES THAT HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF WHICH I COULD ENVISION SOME IN WARD ONE AREA, DEFINITELY THAT COULD BE A BENEFIT.
I WOULD RATHER GET THAT SORT OF ENGAGEMENT PIECE.
DEFINITELY CAN BE A FRUSTRATING PROCESS, BUT MAKING SURE THAT CITIZENS' VOICES ARE HEARD AND, AND STUFF.
SO I'M LESS HOOKED ON, ON THE TWO WEEKS MORE JUST THAT, UH, PEOPLE CAN STAND HERE AND, AND, AND SAY THAT ALSO, IT NEVER HURTS TO HAVE SOMEBODY HERE WHO I KNOW PEOPLE ARE BUSY AGAIN TOO, OR THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT TIMID AND PUBLIC SPEAKING'S MY THING AND MATHS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SPREADSHEETS AREN'T.
SO I, I WOULD HATE TO DO PUBLIC MATH IN FRONT OF SOMEONE, BUT GETTING SOMEONE HERE WHO SAYS, YEAH, I'VE HEARD THE INFORMATION.
I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET AND I DO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT IS HELPFUL WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
THE CITY CLERK JUST ADVISED US THE, THE NEXT MEETING IS ACTUALLY THREE WEEKS.
SO I WANT TO SAY THIS BEFORE WE, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION HERE IN JUST A SECOND, BUT I WANT TO SAY IF I CAN, MAYOR, I, I HAVE A COMMENT TOO, AFTER YOU FINISH MR. LAMBETH, I KNOW YOU'RE DOING WHAT THE CITY HAS ASKED YOU TO DO ON SOME OF THIS LAND.
AND SO I WANT YOU TO PURSUE THAT.
AND AS I SAID TO YOU, YOU ENJOY A NICE REPUTATION AROUND TOWN AND I THINK YOU'LL DO THE RIGHT THING.
I WANT YOU TO WORK A LITTLE HARDER AT THIS, OKAY? YES, SIR.
I JUST, I HAVE A DUTY TO MY FAMILY, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
IN THREE WEEKS AND TWO AND A HALF YEARS WAS A PLANNING DEPARTMENT TELLING ME THIS IS NOT ENOUGH DENSITY, THIS IS NOT ENOUGH DENSITY.
AND I RESPECTED IT AND I AGREE WITH IT, BUT, ALL RIGHT.
BUT, AND I, AND I RESPECT YOUR PROCESS.
I JUST, I THINK THAT THREE WEEKS FROM NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WE MIGHT BE IN THE SAME PLACE AND WELL THEN WE'LL CHOOSE UPSIDE AND FIND OUT HOW IT WORKS.
BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THREE WEEKS.
GO AHEAD MS. MO, BECAUSE I WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, MS. MO, BEFORE, AFTER YOU SPEAK, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS, IF THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WANTED, WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING OKAY.
BEFORE WE TOOK ANY TYPE OF ACTION.
AND I CAN DO THAT BEFORE OR AFTER.
UM, LET'S, WHY DON'T WE JUST GO AHEAD AND HEAR, I, I THINK TO, UH, I THINK THE DEVELOPERS AGREED TO A THREE WEEK CONTINUANCE.
IF WE CAN BE ON THAT NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IN THREE WEEKS, THEN WE'RE GLAD TO HEAR FROM COUNCILWOMAN MUG.
BUT, UH, I THINK THAT, UH, HIS RESPECT FOR MR. MR. MOORE AND HIS REQUEST AND YOURS, MAYOR DAVIS, I THINK WE'RE VERY GOOD.
WE, WE CAN, WE CAN ENTERTAIN THAT, BUT ALSO JUST FOR THE RIGHT OF THE PROCESS IS THAT WE DO, IF THERE IS STILL SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE MAKE THAT VOTE AND HAVE THAT COMMENT.
CAN I CLARIFY A POINT SINCE IT WAS MAYBE NOT QUITE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE FACTS? I I, WELL, I'M NOT I'M NOT IN, I'M, I'M NOT TOO ENAMORED TO GO BACK AND FORTH.
THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL CAN HAVE IN YOUR MEETING.
I, I, I JUST WANT SAY WE'RE OPEN TO HAVE A OKAY.
IN THE, IN THE BLAZER, YOU YES, YES.
AND THEN THE GENTLEMAN IN THE WHITE POLO SHIRT, OR THE LADY IN THE, AND THEN THE LADY OVER IN THE BLUE.
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THAT'S THE ORDER.I LIVE AT 55 0 1 CANAAN CREEK ROAD, UH, IN THE CANAAN CREEK DEVELOPMENT.
MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 27 YEARS.
AND WHEN I SAW THIS, THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND WAS NOT THE I 35 TRAFFIC, BUT THE SURFACE STREET TRAFFIC ON COFFEE CREEK AND OUR DEPOT.
UM, AND I LOOKED THROUGH ALL OF THE, UH, ITEMS THAT WERE ATTACHED WITH THIS AGENDA AND I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING RELATED TO TRAFFIC, UH, LIKE IT HADN'T BEEN LOOKED AT.
SO I DECIDED TO CRUNCH A FEW NUMBERS MYSELF.
I'M A MEDICAL DOCTOR PRACTICE AT MERCY.
SO IF THIS IS NOT QUITE THE WAY CIVIL ENGINEERS TALK, BEAR WITH ME.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE AS PROPOSED HERE, UH, 569 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, PLUS AN EXTRA 120, UH, MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS FOR A TOTAL OF 689 DWELLINGS.
NOW, I LOOKED UP ON THE INTERNET WHERE YOU CAN BELIEVE EVERYTHING.
UH, CENSUS REPORTER.ORG THAT WAY
AND THEY SAID THAT IN EDMOND, THERE ARE AN AVERAGE OF 2.7 PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD.
YOU MULTIPLY IT TOGETHER AND THAT IS AN EXTRA, UH, 1,860 PEOPLE LIVING HERE.
AND ALSO ON THAT SAME WEBSITE, THEY SAID THAT THE AVERAGE 78% OF US WHO LIVE IN EDMOND DRIVE TO WORK.
SO YOU CRUNCH THE NUMBERS AND THAT'S AN EXTRA 1,451 CARS LEAVING THE DEVELOPMENT EVERY MORNING AND 1451 COMING BACK EVERY NIGHT.
THEY'RE A LITTLE TWO LANE RURAL ROADS, AIR DEPOT AND COFFEE CREEK OUT THERE.
UM, I JUST FORESEE A MESS UNLESS THERE IS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS HERE, UH, WHICH I THINK COULD HAPPEN.
BUT I'VE NOT HEARD ANYBODY TALK ABOUT THAT, WHETHER IT'S NECESSARY OR FEASIBLE.
UM, ALSO THE COVEL ROAD, AIR DEPOT FOUR-WAY STOP IS PRETTY BUSY.
I HAVE BEEN HEADING EAST ON COVE AT NIGHT COMING HOME AND BACKED UP PAST THE FIRE STATION.
UM, SO I WOULD SUGGEST THIS KIND OF GET FIGURED OUT BEFORE ANYTHING IS APPROVED.
DOCTOR, YOU GONNA GO TO THAT MEETING WHEN HE HAS ANOTHER? I DID NOT.
I WAS UNFORTUNATELY UNABLE TO MAKE IT.
WILL YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE? I'M SORRY.
WILL YOU TRY TO ATTEND THE NEXT ONE? ABSOLUTELY.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, YOU SIR.
I LIVE AT 3,800 BRAXTON WAY THAT'S, UH, LOCATED A HALF MILE EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UM, I'M THE HOA PRESIDENT FOR COFFEE CREEK HILLS, WHICH IS WHERE I MENTIONED THAT I LIVE.
AND THEN ALSO GRAND TIMBER DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS, UH, JUST UP THE STREET FROM THERE.
ALSO ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
I AM THE DEVELOPER OF THAT SUBDIVISION ALSO.
UM, AS FAR AS THE OUTREACH FROM THE DEVELOPER HERE, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UH, PEOPLE IN BOTH SUBDIVISIONS THAT I'M THE HOA, UH, PRESIDENT OF, UH, GRAND TIMBER AND COFFEE CREEK HILLS, WE'VE HAD NO OUTREACH THAT I'M AWARE OF FROM THE DEVELOPER FROM, UH, DAVID.
UH, I ATTENDED THE MEETING WITH DAVID, UH, ON SATURDAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
I GOT, UH, A VERY, HE CALLED, HE ACTUALLY CALLED ME.
AND DAVID, I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.
YEAH, SIR, IF YOU COULD PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
YOUR, YOUR, YOUR VOICE IS SOFT.
UH, DAVID, DAVID CONTACTED ME ON, UH, LATE, UH, FRIDAY NIGHT TO ATTEND THE MEETING.
SO I DID, I MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET, MAKE SURE I WAS THERE.
UM, THIS IS, IF THIS DEVELOPMENT GOES THROUGH AND I KNOW IT'S, UH, THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND ALLOWS FOR POTENTIAL PUD IN THIS CORRIDOR UP TO AIR DEPOT.
THIS WOULD BE FAR, FAR AND AWAY THE LARGEST, HIGHEST DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, EAST OF I 35 IN EDMOND, BY FAR AND AWAY.
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UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A COMPARISON, UM, HAMPTON HOLLOW IS DOWN THE STREET.IT ACTUALLY CAT CORNERS, UH, BACK TO THE SOUTH AND EAST.
UH, THAT IS A 70 ACRE DEVELOPMENT.
IT HAS 170 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS.
AND, UH, THE DENSITY, UM, IS, IS ON 8,200 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.
THAT FIGURES OUT TO A 0.19, UM, ACRE PER LOT.
THIS PROPOSAL WITH ALMOST 700 UNITS IS GOING TO BE A EIGHT TENTHS OF A, AN ACRE PER LOT AT 3,600 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.
SO THE DENSITY IS FOUR TIMES GREATER THAN THAN HAMPTON HOLLOW, WHICH IS AN EXISTING SUBDIVISION, JUST IT'S THE CLOSEST, UH, HIGHER DENSITY SUBDIVISION IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS AND GO, UH, TO THE NORTH AND TO THE, IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST, YOU CAN GO AS MUCH AS A MILE, ALMOST TWO REALLY TWO MILES IN EITHER DIRECTION.
AND THERE'S, EVERYTHING IS ZONED R ONE, R TWO, AND, AND, UH, GENERAL AGRICULTURAL.
SO THERE'S, UH, THE, THE TRANSITION IS SEVERE ON THIS IS GOING FROM, UH, THE, THE HIGHEST DENSITY THAT IS WOULD BE EAST OF I 35 TO ONE ACRE, TWO ACRE, FIVE ACRE, 10 ACRE TRACKS AS YOU GO NORTH AND BACK EAST, UH, TWO MILES.
UH, THE CLOSEST ONE WOULD BE ON A NORTHWEST OR NORTHEAST ANGLE.
AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, A MILE AND A HALF BEFORE YOU GET TO ANY KIND OF DENSITY AT ALL.
SO MY CONCERN IS THE TRANSITION, UH, BETWEEN THIS HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE EXISTING ADDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
AND, UH, MY CASE, UH, COFFEE CREEK HILLS HAS BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 24 YEARS.
SO, UM, THE LOAD ON THE, THE LOAD IN THE, ON THE TRAFFIC IS A MAJOR CONCERN.
UH, THE INTERSECTION OF VALE AND AIR DEPOT, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, UH, THERE'S NO ACCESS OF COURSE ON COFFEE CREEK ONTO I 35.
THE SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY AT A CAPACITY, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THIS IS GONNA BE A MAJOR LOAD ON THE SCHOOL, ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UM, I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE LOOKED AT IN MORE DETAIL AS THE DISCUSSION IS TAKING PLACE WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SITE PLAN AND SO FORTH.
BUT, UH, MY POSITION AS HOA PRESIDENT OF BOTH THESE SUBDIVISIONS IS WE, WE VEHEMENTLY OBJECT TO THE HIGH DENSITY OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UH, BECAUSE OF THE LOAD IT PUTS ON THE WHOLE, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA.
UH, THERE'S NO AMENITIES IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
THERE'S NO COMMON AREAS FOR POOLS, CLUBHOUSE, PLAYGROUNDS, WALKING TRAILS, COMMON AREAS OTHER THAN THE TREE PRESERVATION AREA, WHICH I DON'T THINK, UH, WOULD BE ALLOWED TO, UH, HAVE THE RESIDENCE USE THAT.
SO, UM, UM, I THINK I PRETTY WELL COVERED IT.
I LIVE AT 6,000 EAST COFFEE CREEK ROAD.
SO I AM DIRECTLY EAST OF THEM, OWN 70 ACRES RIGHT THERE.
SO I HAVE A VESTED IN IN THIS, THIS, I'M VERY VESTED.
I WILL BE ADMIT, I THINK I GOT TEXTED THURSDAY OR FRIDAY AND I DID HAVE A CRAZY WORK WEEK.
I DIDN'T GET A CALL TILL SATURDAY, 30 MINUTES BEFORE.
AND THE, IT ACTUALLY SAID THAT, AND I DID NOT GET THAT TILL SATURDAY EVENING.
I WOULD'VE ATTENDED IF I COULD HAVE, BUT I ALREADY HAD ENGAGEMENTS.
BUT I HAVE WORRIES TOO 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE.
WE HAVE A VERY RURAL FEEL OUT THERE.
AND I'M GONNA SAY IT SCARES ME.
IT'S GONNA CHANGE THE WHOLE FIELD OF THE PLACE.
AT LEAST WITH THESE THREE ACRES WE HAVE WILDLIFE RANGING, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF THINGS OUT THERE.
AND I'M LIKE, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF CONSIDERATION.
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AND AIR DEPOT HAS FLOODED FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.HOW ARE WE GONNA HANDLE THIS BIG FLOW OF PEOPLE IF THAT INTERSECTION'S FLOODED? I'VE HAD ONCE, EVEN THOUGH I LIVED UP THE HILL, I HAD TROUBLE GOING UP THE HILL WHEN WE WERE HAVING A FLOOD.
NOW, THAT WAS YEARS AGO, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S DONE ANYTHING TO CONTROL THAT FLOOD YET.
AND WE ARE GOING TO BRING MORE HOUSES AND MORE PAVEMENT TO THIS AREA.
IT'S A VERY BIG CONCERN OF MINE.
AND ALSO, SINCE I OWN THE LAND ON THE OTHER SIDE, HOW MUCH MORE WATER FLOW AM I GONNA GET? I DID HEAR THAT WE HAVE THREE RETAINMENT PONDS, BUT IS THAT ENOUGH? I AM A CITIZEN.
I AM CONCERNED THOUGH, AND I THINK I HAVE THE RIGHT, 'CAUSE I BOUGHT THIS LAND MANY YEARS AGO.
I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SELL IT ONE DAY.
I'M NOT THERE THOUGH,
IF IT'S NOT FLOODING, HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THOSE PEOPLE AROUND? THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST A LOT GOING ON THERE.
WATERLOO AND THE EXIT AT WATERLOO AND COVEL HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS. WATERLOO HAS STARTED BACKING UP A HALF A MILE, OR AT LEAST TO ABOUT A HALF A MILE NOW.
YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY GET ON VERY WELL WITH AIR DEPOT AND WATERLOO A LOT OF TIMES BECAUSE IT'S SO BACKED UP.
HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THESE PEOPLE IN AND OUT? I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT BEFORE WE DO THIS HIGH DENSITY.
UM, SO I, I JUST HAVE A CONCERNED CITIZEN.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT MAKING THE MEETINGS, BUT I HAVE A, I THINK I HAVE A REAL CONCERN THAT WE ARE REALLY CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE OUT THERE.
AND ARE WE READY FOR IT? ARE WE READY FOR THE WATER FLOW? ARE WE READY FOR THE TRAFFIC? YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, SO I'M COMING TO YOU GUYS FOR YOU TO TELL ME, IS THIS REAL? AM I, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE? BUT IT HAS BEEN A VERY RURAL FEEL FOR YEARS AND EVERYTHING THAT KEEPS COMING OUT THERE IS AN ACRE, TWO ACRE, THREE ACRES.
BUT I DO HAVE THAT 70 ACRES THERE ON THE CORNER.
SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
DO YOU MIND IF I ASK A QUESTION? GO AHEAD, SIR.
UM, ONE QUESTION I HAD FOR STAFF IN REGARDS TO THAT.
IS IT THE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU TOO, MA'AM, BUT SHE HAD MENTIONED, UM, BASICALLY THE STORM WATER.
SO THAT GOES THROUGH, I DON'T WANT THE ACRONYM IS SWABS STORM WATER ADVISORY BOARD, UH, FOR THE PROCESS.
AND WE GOT THE RIGHT GUY HERE, UM, FOR THAT.
DOES THAT COME IN? NOT ON THE ZONING, BUT ON THE DEVELOPMENT? WELL, IT'D ONLY GO TO THE STORM WATER DRAINAGE ADVISORY BOARD IF THERE WAS A VARIANCE BEING REQUESTED.
BUT IT WILL HAVE TO, WHEN IT COMES IN, PLANS COME IN, IT'LL BE REVIEWED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA IN TITLE 23 FOR DRAINAGE.
AND THEN, MA'AM, YOU SAID YOU HAD 70 ACRES.
SO I'M, I'M LEGITIMATELY CURIOUS LIKE WHAT, WHAT YOUR ANSWER WOULD BE.
SO MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE THAT ACREAGE IN THE HISTORY OF EDMOND, I'M ASSUMING WHERE I LIVE IN OLD TOWN, THAT USED TO BE THAT, AND NOW IT'S A DEVELOPMENT OF A CERTAIN TYPE.
UM, WHEN YOU, ONE DAY YOU SELL IT OR YOUR HEIRS SELL IT, DO YOU WANT TO PUT COVENANTS IN THERE THAT IT ONLY IS LIKE SINGLE FAMILY WHEN YOU SELL IT TO DEVELOPER OR WHEN YOU SELL IT? OR ARE YOU JUST GONNA SELL IT FOR THE HIGHEST PRICE? LIKE WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT DO? I AGREE.
I WOULD PROBABLY NAUSEATE ME TO PUT THAT DENSITY ON THERE.
THAT'S THE HONEST TRUTH I WOULD WANT TO DO.
I'D PREFER TO DO A ACRE LOT, TWO ACRE LOTS JUST TO STAY WITHIN WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING THERE.
'CAUSE ALL THE OLDER YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE OTHER HOUSING ADDITIONS, THEY'RE ALL BIGGER LOTS.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD WANNA DO.
AT LEAST STAY WITH SOME OF THAT FEEL IN THAT AREA.
YOU KNOW? NOW I'M NOT PLANNING TOMORROW OR ANYTIME SOON.
BUT YEAH, THAT IS A CONCERN FOR ME.
I WOULDN'T, I APPRECIATE YOU CONTEMPLATING THE QUESTION.
I JUST, 'CAUSE I, I'M ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, IT IS, MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY SELL LAND, THEY'LL SAY, I WANNA SELL IT TO THE HIGHEST, THE PERSON THAT'S GONNA GIMME THE MOST DOLLARS.
AND THAT TYPICALLY IS GONNA BE A MORE DENSE MM-HMM.
SO I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN, IN FOLKS, UM, 'CAUSE IF WE LOOK THROUGHOUT THE CITY, YOU'LL SEE EXAMPLE OVER EXAMPLE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE PARCELS OF LAND.
THAT PRETTY MUCH ALL OF IT USED TO BE HORSES, ALL THAT USED TO BE RURAL.
AND AT SOME POINT IT GETS DEVELOPED.
SO I'M JUST INTERESTED IN THE, IN THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE AROUND THAT.
I WOULD, I WOULD PREFER SOMETHING BIGGER.
SO, WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOU LISTENING, ALL OF YOU.
NOT TO BE, UH, ARE YOU GONNA SAY ANYTHING DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'VE ALREADY HEARD? MAYBE A LITTLE WHAT, WHAT DOES MAYBE A LITTLE MEAN?
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
I'M NOT, UH, MY NAME IS JESS MOSBY.
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TIMBER.I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S, UH, JUST ABOUT A HALF A MILE AWAY FROM WHERE THIS IS GONNA BE DEVELOPED.
AND MY ONLY CONCERNS, I KNOW DAVID, DAVID'S A NICE GUY.
UM, I ACTUALLY RAN INTO HIM CHASING DOWN A DEER THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
UM, MY CONCERN IS, WHERE ELSE IN EDMOND IS THERE A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NATURE WITH THIS DENSITY ON THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF TWO LANE ROADS, TWO LANE ROADS, UH, WITH THIS HIGH OF A DENSITY PROJECTION.
I KNOW YOU SAID THIS ISN'T THE FINAL WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, BUT I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE A PARKING LOT TO ME.
UM, I ALSO KNOW ALL THE LAND AROUND THERE, UM, ISN'T COMMERCIAL.
I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE COMMERCIAL OUT THERE, BUT, UH, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, BUSINESSES COMING IN HERE AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WITH W WITH LOOKING AT WHAT'S PROPOSED RIGHT HERE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE STREETS ARE PART OF THAT 3,600 SQUARE FEET THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 12 FAMILIES LIVING ON ONE ACRE.
BUT I'D LOVE TO BE THE CONCRETE, THE DRIVEWAY FOR, IF THESE ARE GONNA BE TWO CAR GARAGES, UH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE NOTHING BUT CONCRETE.
YOU'RE NOT EVEN GONNA HAVE ROOM FOR GRASS.
UH, WITH, WITH THE WAY THESE ARE SET UP.
AND I, I JUST, I WORRY ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.
I WORRY ABOUT THE, UH, I, I COME DOWN AND I, THE ONLY WAY TO GET TO I 35, I CAN EITHER GO TWO MILES OUTTA THE WAY NORTH TO WATERLOO OR I GO TO COVELL, WHICH ALREADY HAS PROBLEMS. AND I CAN'T, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT, WHAT THIS IS GONNA DO.
LUCKILY I OWN A DONUT SHOP, SO I GET TO WORK AT LIKE FIVE IN THE MORNING.
SO I PROBABLY BEAT A LOT OF THAT.
BUT COMING HOME I'D, I'D CATCH THE BRUNT OF THAT.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHERE ELSE IN EDMOND, THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NATURE PROPOSED THAT'S ON THE SAME KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE SETUP AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION GOES, SIR.
ALSO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT TRUCKS THAT ARE GONNA COME IN, TEAR THOSE ROADS UP.
UH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S GOTTA PUT IN A LOT OF MONEY TOO 'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE PAYING FOR IT AS WELL.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING YOUR EDMOND CONSERVATION CO UH, CONSERVATION GROUP, UH, LAND CONSERVATION COMMISSION.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE DAVID HAS REACHED OUT TO ME, THE NEIGHBORS HAVE REACHED OUT, AND I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO VISIT AS THE LAND CONSERVANCY IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PUTTING SOME OF THAT LAND INTO CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND THE LOCATION OF THE TREES THAT THEY WANNA PREDICT OR AREAS THAT THEY WANT TO PROTECT FOR PUBLIC USE.
SO I WILL AVAIL MY TIME, UH, OF THEM AND ATTEND WHATEVER MEETINGS THEY WANT AS THEY START TO TALK ABOUT TREE PLACEMENT AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.
STEP BACK A BEAR IF YOU WOULD.
YOU, AS YOU WERE SAYING THAT, IT LOOKED LIKE MR. LAMBATH WAS NODDING HIS HEAD.
SO WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND I, I BELIEVE, AND I, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR DAVE, BUT I THINK HE BELIEVES THERE'S A POTENTIAL HERE, REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MAYBE SOME CONSERVATION EASEMENTS TO BE WHOOPING INTO THIS PROJECT.
WELL LOOK HERE IN 20 MINUTES WE'VE MADE PROGRESS.
SO LET'S STICK TO THAT AND GET THAT, GET THAT MOVEMENT.
AND I WAS GONNA ADD TO WHAT HE SAID, SOMETHING HE AND I TALKED ABOUT A YEAR AGO WAS AN OPPORTUNITY OF US TO USE OUR TREE PRESERVATION PROGRAMS IN EAST EDMOND AND PUTTING THEM ALL IN THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT SOME REFORESTATION PRODUCTS, BUT THAT'S WHY I ORIGINALLY REACHED OUT TO HIM, WAS TO FIND A WAY TO PROTECT THE LAND ON BOTH SIDES OF COFFEE CREEK.
SO WHERE THE TRAILS COMING ON BOTH SIDES, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ALL EDMOND'S LAND SO THAT IT WAS ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOODS PARK, BUT THE COMMUNITY COULD GET THOSE 20 ACRES TO GO, YOU KNOW, IN THOSE OLD CROSS TIMBER REMNANT FOREST.
ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH BRIEFLY.
SO AS I'VE LISTENED TO ALL OF THIS, I MEAN, I, I SEE A REAL OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I'M HEARING SOME COMMENTS FROM CONCERNED CITIZENS AND I UNDERSTAND AND THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY'VE ALREADY EXPLAINED ARE NOT ACCURATE.
SO I THINK THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY IF ALL PARTIES WILL LISTEN.
UM, AND I THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA END UP WITH TWO ACRE LOTS THERE.
THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
AND FROM A CITY STANDPOINT, WE ARE THINKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE, AND THAT'S PART OF THE 2050 PLAN.
IF WE CONTINUE TO ONLY HAVE ONE ACRE AND TWO ACRE LOTS OUT THERE, WE CANNOT SUSTAIN AND SUPPORT
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THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE UTILITIES REQUIRED.SO THE PLAN IS WE DO WANT TO HAVE LITTLE POCKETS OF DENSITY, AND THAT'S WHAT MR. LAMBETH WAS REFERRING TO IN WORKING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT OUR UTILITIES.
UM, AND HAVING COMMERCIAL THINGS THERE WITH IT MEANS PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY DRIVING LESS TO GET TO SOME OF THE AMENITIES AND THINGS THAT THEY NEED.
AND THE IDEA IS THAT AT SOME POINT YOU CAN RIDE YOUR BIKE, YOU CAN WALK, YOU CAN GO AND NOT HAVE TO GET IN YOUR CAR AND PLUG THINGS UP.
SO I THINK THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HEAR THE CONCERNS.
AND WE'VE SEEN SOME OTHER SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE VOICED THOSE CONCERNS, CLARIFIED SOME FEARS AND SOME MYTHS IN SOME CASES, AND FELT HEARD, UM, AND AT LEAST QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND ADDRESSED IN A WAY THAT WEREN'T AS SCARY, BUT THEN BEING REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AS A CITY, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK, I I AGREE.
I THINK, UM, A CONTINUANCE OF THREE WEEKS MAKES SENSE.
UM, I KNOW THAT IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING, BUT I THINK THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF, IF SOME OF THE 29 RESIDENTS WHO HAVEN'T SHOWN UP, UNLIKE THESE FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SPENDING THEIR EVENING HERE AND TRIED TO GET THERE SATURDAY, THEN YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH OF A RIGHT TO COMPLAIN IF THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO LISTEN AND OFFER THEIR CONCERNS AND THEN GIVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS THAT MIGHT NOT DAMAGE THE OVERALL PROJECT, BUT COULD REALLY GO A LONG WAY IN MAKING THESE RESIDENTS FEEL HEARD AND THEIR CONCERNS ASSUAGED.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
SO AGAIN, I'M HOPEFUL, UM, THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE IN THE SAME, YOU KNOW, TALKING THIS WAY TO EACH OTHER, BUT ACTUALLY CONNECTING.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, I MEAN, CUTTING IT BY 500 UNITS IS NOT GONNA, IS NOT GONNA WORK.
UM, BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT COULD BE A GOOD MEETING GROUND AND, AND HONESTLY JUST HEARING EACH OTHER, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY FOR RECREATION AND THEN YES, THERE IS, THERE'S A PARK, YOU KNOW, OR THEY'RE GONNA CUT ALL THE TREES DOWN WHEN CLEARLY THAT'S NOT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S SOME, SOME CHANCE FOR COMMUNICATION AND, AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S GONNA FEEL A LOT BETTER AND PLAN MAYBE A COUPLE EVENTS.
I MEAN, I, IDEALLY YOU WANT EVERYONE TO BE AT THERE AT THE SAME TIME.
THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS THEIR HOME, OTHER PEOPLE CAN HEAR THE ANSWERS TO THE SAME QUESTIONS.
AND THEN IF PEOPLE CAN'T MAKE THE TIME TO BE THERE, THEN I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S HARD TO COMPLAIN IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT AND AIR YOUR AIR, YOUR CONCERNS.
'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY LEGITIMATE VERY GOOD CONCERNS THAT ARE AIRED.
I THINK YOU'RE RESPONSIVE AND, AND BUT ALSO FRUSTRATED THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE EXPRESSING THINGS AND THEN TO HAVE SOMEONE COME UP AND JUST SAY EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID IS NOT HAPPENING IS FRUSTRATING.
SO I HAVE ONE OTHER THING THERE.
THANK YOU FOR THE THREE WEEKS.
KEEP MR. BRIAN AND MS. PATRICK AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN THE LOOP ON THIS, ON YOUR ACTIVITIES AND SO FORTH.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY WHO SHOT JOHN, WHAT, WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO KEEP THOSE FOLKS IN THE LOOP.
OKAY, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE.
I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE IS THIS 10 10 C UH, TO THE, OUR OCTOBER 14TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND IF, AND PART OF THAT MOTION WOULD BE FOR THE APPLICANT AND THE CITIZENS TO GET TOGETHER AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS.
I DON'T WANNA SAY HOW MANY, BUT TO FURTHER COMMUNICATION WOULD BE PART OF THAT MOTION.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION TO CONTINUE TO OCTOBER 14TH WITH MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION IN BETWEEN COUNSEL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SECOND MOTION PLEASE.
UH, TAKE WE TAKE FIVE MINUTES.
WE NEED TO TAKE A, WE NEED TO TAKE A, MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE A RECESS.
OR SO MOVES OR SECOND OR SOMETHING.
WE NEED TO MAKE, WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THAT TO OUR OCTOBER 14TH DATE.
MR. MAYOR, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT.
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PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.[E. Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ___ An Ordinance Relating To Regulation of Oil and Gas Wells; Amending the Edmond Municipal Code By Repealing Title 18 - Oil and Gas Wells; Providing for Repealer and Severability; And Declaring An Emergency. (Citywide)]
E PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION.ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 0 0 8 4 0 0 8.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS WELLS AMENDING THE ADMIN MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING TITLE 18 OIL AND GAS WELLS PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND ACCEPTABILITY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
SO IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY VOTE, CORRECT? YES.
IVAN SMITH, SUPERVISOR CODE ENFORCEMENT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS, UH, PROPOSED OF, UH, AMENDMENT TO THIS.
OR IN 2015, THE LEGISLATORS OF THE STATE PASSED SENATE BILL 8 0 9, UH, THAT, THAT BILL LIMITED A MUNICIPALITY'S AUTHORITY OVER OIL AND GAS ACTIVITY TO INCLUDE ROAD USE, TRAFFIC, ODOR, AND NOISE SETBACK AND FENCINGS.
THE VALIDITY OF THAT BILL WAS CHALLENGED BY ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY IN COURT.
AND IN 2022, THE STATE, UH, SUPREME COURT FOR THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA AFFIRM THAT, UH, THAT THAT LAW, UH, STAFF IS CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE OTHER PROVISIONS IN OUR MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO STILL ENFORCE, YOU KNOW, VIOLATIONS OF THAT.
AND WE WOULD ASK TO REPEAL TITLE 18.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR, FOR I I'M FROM A CODE ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT, DO WE HAVE ANY ABANDONED, UH, WELLS, UH, DISPOSAL WELLS, BATTERIES, ANY TYPE OF LEGACY OIL AND GAS STUFF? DO YOU KNOW IN THE CITY THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF, MR. ROBBINS, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR QUESTIONS TWOFOLD? YES, WE DO.
THERE ARE, OF THE 91 WELLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY INSIDE EDMOND CITY LIMITS, THREE OF THOSE WELLS HAVE BEEN ORPHANED AND THAT MEANS THEY'RE ON THE STATE'S PLUGGING LIST.
UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL WELLS INSIDE EDMOND CITY LIMITS THAT THE OPERATOR HOLDS THE SURFACE LEASE BECAUSE THE WELLS ARE IN A, WHAT'S CALLED A WATER FLOOD.
AND FOR THOSE WELLS THAT ARE IN A WATER FLOOD, HE ONLY HAS TO PRODUCE, SHOW PRODUCTION ON ONE WELL TO RETAIN THE LEASE ON ALL THE OTHER WELLS WITHIN THE FLOOD.
SO FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ACT ACTIVE WELLS, I MEAN THERE ARE A LOT OF WELLS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH VERY LITTLE TO NO PRODUCTION.
MY, MY, MY THOUGHT PROCESS IN THAT ASKING THE QUESTION IS I DO KNOW 'CAUSE IN A PREVIOUS LIFE I SERVED WITH THE FORMER GOVERNOR ON THE ENERGY SIDE OF POLICY IS IF WE'D TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ANY OF THE, UH, OARB OKLAHOMA ENERGY RESOURCE BOARD RECLAMATION FUNDS, WHERE WE BASICALLY IDENTIFY SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL DOESN'T HAVE A CHAIN OF OWNERSHIP THAT MIGHT BE NEGLIGENT, MIGHT BE, AND THEN ARE ABLE TO SUBMIT THOSE FOR THEIR CHAIN OF CUSTODY REVIEW.
THE, THE THREE WELLS THAT ARE ORPHANS, SIR, ARE ON OE B'S PLUGGING LIST.
I'D LOVE TO STAY UPDATED ON THAT.
JUST AGAIN, 'CAUSE IN THE PAST LIFE I SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THERE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ANY GOOD WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AS FAR AS THE FUND THAT THEY HAVE IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO RECLAIM SOME LAND OR TO TAKE OUT SOME LEGACY STUFF THAT DOESN'T HAVE A, AN OWNER TO IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM 10 E? MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE NEED A MOTION FOR THE EMERGENCY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[F. Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ___ Amending Chapter 16.04 of the Edmond Municipal Code, Building Code, By Adding New Section 16.04.300 Regulating the Installation, Emergency Disconnect, and Location of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations; And Providing for Repealer and Severability; And Providing an Effective Date. (Citywide)]
F PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 0 0 9 4 0 0 9.AMENDING CHAPTER 16.04 OF THE EDMOND MUNICIPAL CODE BUILDING CODE BY ADDING SECTIONS NEW SECTION 16.0 4.300, REGULATING THE INSTALLATION EMERGENCY DISCONNECTING LOCATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE CITYWIDE.
KIRSTEN TON, THE DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT BUILDING AND SAFETY.
THIS IS CAPTAIN JESSE VENIE WITH THE FIRE PREVENTION OFFICE FROM EDMOND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS ORDINANCE FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, TRYING TO BRING IT FORWARD AND GET IT TO WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT IT IN PLAY.
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SO AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD AND REALLY, REALLY COOL AND COMES OUT WITH GREAT NEW THINGS ALL THE TIME.AND THEN LIKE 20 YEARS LATER, THE BUILDING CODES CATCH UP TO IT 'CAUSE THEY REALIZE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AS SAFE AS IT SHOULD BE.
UH, SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
SO WE ARE INSTALLING ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AROUND TOWN AND AS THE CITY'S ON THE WEST COAST ARE LIKE DEALING WITH IT AND HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH IT FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THEY'RE RUNNING INTO BATTERY FIRES AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND DANGERS TO EMERGENCY RESPONDERS THAT ARE DEALING WITH SITUATIONS AT THE ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS.
WE'RE TRYING TO PUT LANGUAGE IN OUR ORDINANCE TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING HERE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO REQUIRE, OR WE'RE WANTING TO REQUIRE AN EMERGENCY DISCONNECT.
FOR MOST OF YOU THAT GO TO A NORMAL GAS STATION EVERY DAY YOU SEE THE EMERGENCY SHUTOFF ON THE WALL.
'CAUSE I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE GO, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT
UM, SO THIS'LL BASICALLY BE THE SAME CONCEPT AS THAT.
IT'S GONNA FOLLOW ALONG THE LINES OF THE FIELD GAS CODE.
IT'S GONNA HAVE THE SAME REQUIREMENTS IT PUTS IN PLACE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE LOCATED, HOW THEY NEED TO BE VISIBLE, HOW THEY NEED TO WORK, AND, UM, REQUIRES ADDITIONAL LIGHTING AND EVERYTHING SO THAT IF PEOPLE ARE CHARGING THEIR STATION OR CHARGING THEIR VEHICLES AT NIGHT, THEY CAN SEE THIS DISCONNECT IN THE EVENT THAT THEIR BATTERY CATCHES ON FIRE HELP OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WILL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SHUT THAT SERVICE OFF, STOP THE FLOW OF ELECTRICITY TO IT SO THAT THEY CAN JUST CONTAIN THE BATTERY FIRE AND HOPE IT DOESN'T SPREAD.
WE PRESENTED TO THE DIRT COMMITTEE LAST WEEK AND THEY WERE ALL IN FAVOR OF, SO IS THIS FOR ALL NEW INSTALLS OR IT'LL BE GRANDFATHER RETRO.
THAT IS FOR NOT FOR, IT'S FOR ALL NEW INSTALLS, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT NOW.
INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE CODE UPDATE IN MAY OR JUNE OF NEXT YEAR, UH, IT WOULD BE HARDER TO MAKE IT RETROACTIVE.
WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF EDMOND ON OUR STATIONS TO MAKE THOSE ADOPTED TO INCLUDE THIS DISCONNECT IN THERE AS THE C CITY.
SO LET ME, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, YOU SAID THE CITY OF EDMOND'S WORKING WITH THE CITY OF EDMOND TO GET MM-HMM.
BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR OWN STATIONS THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE THAT DON'T HAVE THESE DISCONNECTS ON THEM.
SO WE ARE ASKING FELLOW STAFF MEMBERS
I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT OUR STAFF DO THAT.
WHEN THEY, THE CITY OF THAT WE DO.
I THINK WE, OUR RULES SHOULD DO THAT.
BUT DOES THIS MEAN THAT IT CANNOT BE ENFORCED ON NON-CITY? WE CANNOT MAKE IT RETROACTIVE, WHICH IS WHY WE WANTED TO BRING IT DOWN.
COULD YOU SUGGEST IT? WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY STRONGLY SUGGEST IT.
BUT YEAH, WE CAN'T BUT YOU CAN'T REINFORCE IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN SAY THE CITY OF EDMOND MUST DO THIS RETRO ON OUR CHARGING STATIONS? OH, ON OUR EXISTING CHARGING STATIONS.
I'D BE WILLING TO VOTE ON THAT OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO IF YOU'D LIKE TO VOTE ON IT.
I MEAN, WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS.
I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH GLEN OVER AT EDMOND ELECTRIC ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE TALKING ANDY, WE'VE MET WITH ANDY, WE'VE MET WITH JIM MILLS.
WE'VE, WE, WE ARE HAVING MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT.
IT, WE JUST, JUST GOT COST ESTIMATE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? THE THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THIS COUNCIL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM 10? FI MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[11. Executive Sessions and Action Items:]
ITEM 11, NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.WE HAVE, UH, TWO ITEMS TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.
WE HAVE THREE ITEMS. UH, WE HAVE A MOTION.
WE'RE NOW IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO YOU NEED A MOTION TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO SECOND, PLEASE SEAT YOUR VOTE.
UM, WE'RE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE IS NO ACTION ON 11 A, UH, 11 CC MR. MAYOR, I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE RISK MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ENTER INTO A JOINT PETITION SETTLEMENT OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM OF BRANDON LONGHOFER.
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I WILL SECOND THAT.PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE, MR. CLERK.
UH, NO CITIZEN'S COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
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UH, NEXT IS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.A LOT OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON.
WE HAD HEARD ON HERD, UH, A LOT OF DANCING GOING ON DOWN AT HER ON HER LAST WEEK OR THIS SATURDAY.
THE DANCING DID SOME OF THE DANCERS THAT I DANCED WITH THE OTHER DAY.
WELL, YOU ANOTHER FUNCTION DANCE.
NO, I WASN'T I THOUGHT'S WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
UM, THE ONCE AGAIN, SHOUT OUT TO FINANCE FOR THE, THE WARD.
BALLOON FEST WAS THIS WEEKEND.
I'M SURE THERE WERE KINKS, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE FIRST ONE? YOU GOTTA START SOMEWHERE.
UM, I THINK IT CAN ONLY GET BIGGER AND BETTER AND I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT WHERE THAT CAN GO.
UH, THIS IS ALSO HERITAGE HISPANIC MONTH.
ALSO, WE'RE WAITING OCTOBER 2ND.
WE WILL UNDERSTAND, WE'LL THE BIDS WILL BE IN, WE HAVE TWO BIDS IN, UH, FOR TOURISM.
ONE FOR TICKING BIRD TO RECEIVE SOME, SOME ITEMS. AND TWO, UH, FOR UCO, UH, FOR TOURISM.
SOME, SOME, UM, TOURNAMENTS TO COME HERE.
SO WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN TENNIS CENTER.
ISN'T IT THE TENNIS CENTER AS WELL? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE TENNIS CENTER.
AND UM, AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO WATCH OKLAHOMA'S ONLY UNDEFEATED, UH, COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT.
IT'S GONNA BE ONLY OKLAHOMA FIRST RESPONDERS NIGHT.
HONORING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS NIGHT THIS SATURDAY.
THAT'S ALL I HAD IS ELSE THING TO WANT TO ADD TO THE, TO THE POT.
PUT A PLUG OUT FOR THE, UM, EDMUND FARMER'S MARKET.
I THINK WEDNESDAYS ARE FINISHING, BUT SATURDAYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOVEMBER.
MS. SMITH, COULD YOU STAND UP PLEASE? OH YES.
THAT'S, YOU'LL BE SWORN IN OCTOBER 8TH.
SHE'LL BE SWORN INTO THE OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION.
WHY? WHO? THAT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE WEEK FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR EDMOND MOBILE MEALS.
UM, O AND G IS GONNA PRESENT A CHECK ON THURSDAY.
WEDNESDAY EVENING WEDNESDAY MM-HMM.
UM, THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE ABLE TO SERVE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
A LOT OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THIS TOWN.
IT'S, AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU ALL BRING TO THE TABLE EACH DAY FOR US TO HELP ME AND HELP STAFF FOR US ALL DO OUR JOB.
AND ALSO, UH, JUST, JUST KEEP DOING IT WHILE WE, I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT THE SIX OF US KEEP COMMUNICATING AND KE KEEP GETTING THINGS DONE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THIS COMMUNITY.
ANYTHING ELSE? MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I SAID MOTION TO.