Jan 13, 2025 City Council

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I WOULD LIKE

[1. Call to Order of the Edmond City Council Meeting.]

I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND WELCOME MS. NICHOLS TO THE DAAS.

THANK YOU.

WELCOME.

WELCOME.

UH, NEXT ORDER OF

[A. Presentation of a Proclamation of Achievement Recognizing Apollo Woods and the Bigger Than Food Foundation.]

MR. WOODS, WOULD YOU COME ON DOWN? ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO AS MAYOR IS ALSO RECOGNIZE OUR COMMUNITY.

'CAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS, UH, DIVERSE AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT PEOPLE AND DONE THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING, IS I DOING A PROCLAMATION OR SOMETHING OF THE RECOGNITION? RECOGNITION UP HERE, MR. WOODS? IF, IF YOU ALL DON'T KNOW HIM, HIS OFFICE IS ACTUALLY IN EDMOND OVER HERE IN 4 0 5 AND WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IS PROMOTING, UH, DIVERSE AFRICAN AMERICAN, UH, TYPE RESTAURANTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO TODAY, PLUS, WITH THIS BEING, UM, NEXT WEEK, WE'RE GONNA BE CELEBRATING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S BIRTHDAY AND ALL THOSE CELEBRATIONS GOING ON.

I WANNA DO A LITTLE RECOGNITION FOR HIM TODAY.

AND I'M JUST GONNA READ IT REAL QUICK WHERE THE PROCLAMATION FOR APOLLO WOODS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BIGGER THAN FOOD FOUNDATION, HAS SHOWN EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION TO ADVANCING DIVERSITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT THROUGH THE INNOVATIVE AND GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE CULTURE INITIATIVE AND FOR THE CULTURE CAMPAIGN HAS MADE HISTORY BY BRINGING THE FIRST BLACK RESTAURANT TO THE PECON CENTER HOME OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER MARKING A MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE LOCAL BLACK BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

IN FEBRUARY OF 2024, OUR BELOVED BIG OLDS PORK AND DREAMS, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT PORK AND DREAMS, YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PORK AND DREAMS. UH, IT'S OUT OF EDMOND WAS FEATURED AT TWO OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER HOME GAMES, PROVIDING FANS WITH NOT ONLY DELICIOUS FOOD, BUT A CULTURAL EXPERIENCE DEMONSTRATING THE VITAL ROLE THAT INCLUSIVE PROCUREMENT PLAYS IN ENRICHING OUR CITY'S LOCAL ECONOMY.

THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST CULTURE HAS PAVED THE WAY FOR BIG OLD'S PORK AND DREAMS TO BECOME A PERMANENT CONCESSIONARY AT THE PAYCOM CENTER FOR THE 2024 NBA SEASON.

AND ITS FIRST OF ITS KIND MILESTONE FOR BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY PREMIER SPORTS VENUE.

NOW, REMEMBER, PORK AND DREAMS FROM EDMOND APOLLO IS WHERE FROM EDMOND.

OKAY.

THIS ACHIEVEMENT REFLECTS A BROADER COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVE PROCUREMENT CREATING MEANINGFUL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES WHILE LEADING CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN EDMOND APOLLO WOODS.

AND THE BIGGER THAN FOODS FOUNDATION HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT WHEN BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES SECEDE OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY BENEFITS WITH CONCURRENT EFFECTS SEEN IN LOCAL JOBS, THE ECONOMIC STIMULUS AND COMMUNITY UPLIFTMENT UPLIFTMENT, BOY, THAT WAS GETTING ME IN MY TONGUE.

THIS HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE COLLABORATION EFFORTS OF THE OKC THUNDER LEADERSHIP, LEVI RESTAURANTS, AND THE DEDICATION OF ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF SUPPORTING BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES.

NOW, THEREFORE, I DARRELL A DAVIS, THE MAYOR OF CITY OF EDMOND, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND CON CONGRATULATE APOLLO WOODS AND THE BIGGER THAN FOOD FOUNDATION WITH A PROCLAMATION OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AND TRAILBLAZING SUCCESS WITH, FOR THE CULTURE GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL THE CITY OF EDMOND THIS 13TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2025, JANUARY.

AND YOU PROBABLY WONDER WHERE'S THE GREEN FOLDER? WELL, IT STARTED IN CHINA, THEN IT WENT TO KOREA, THEN IT CAME HERE, IT WAS THE WRONG COLOR.

SO SERIOUSLY, IT'S THE WRONG COLOR.

SO THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE.

BUT MR. WOODS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING.

YEAH, I MEAN, JUST, JUST BRIEFLY.

UM, I HAVE A OFFICE THAT BOUGHT FOUR OR FIVE, BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS.

UM, I'M ORIGINALLY FROM DUNCAN, OKLAHOMA.

SO I, PEOPLE, IF THEY KNOW MY STORY, THEY'RE ALWAYS CONFUSING WITH LIVING IN TEXAS 'CAUSE I FINISHED UNDERGRAD AND GRAD SCHOOL THERE.

UM, BUT THE FOR THE CULTURE INITIATIVE IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN WHEN WE SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, WHETHER THAT'S HAVING A CUP OF COFFEE AND BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP AND CREATING CONNECTIONS.

SO THE FOURTH THE CULTURE CAMPAIGN IS, IS, IS EXPANSIVE.

SO WE'RE GROWING THE INITIATIVE TO WORK WITH CORPORATIONS AND SMALL BUSINESSES OF EVERY TYPE.

UM, WE KNOW

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SO THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS CONTINUED OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY OF EDMOND AND OTHER CORPORATIONS AND HOW WE THEN SUPPORT OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

'CAUSE AS OKLAHOMANS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND THIS IS ONE WAY THAT OUR FOUNDATION CAN DO THAT TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU.

AND WE KNOW AS OKLAHOMANS, WE LIKE TO EAT.

SO ON OUR AGENDA, WE WERE GONNA, UH, WE'RE GONNA POSTPONE THE RECOGNITION OF JANET Y TODAY, WHICH WE'RE GONNA MOVE IT TO THE, UM, NEXT MEETING ON THE 27TH.

[3. Appointments and Reappointments:]

WE HAVE THE MAYOR APPOINTMENT OF, OF KEN MOORES TO THE STORMWATER DRAINS, UH, ADVISORY BOARD TERM EXPIRES JANUARY, 2028.

WE HAVE APPOINTMENT OF MAGGIE MURDOCH NICHOLS TO THE EDMOND HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST TERM EXPIRES MAY, 2027.

WE HAVE THE WARD THREE APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS APPOINTMENT OF PHILIP SWEN TO THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE.

TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER, 2029.

COUNSEL, THOSE ARE ALL THE APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HAVE THIS EVENING.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? I MOVE TO APPROVE.

YOU HAVE A MOTION? SECOND.

YOU SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THOSE APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT WE NEED A

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

SO MOVED.

HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND MAYOR.

AND SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

WE'RE NOW IN THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.

NEXT

[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.]

UH, COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS ANY FURTHER ON ITEMS FIVE A THROUGH E? NO, NO.

MR. MAYOR, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY.

CONSENT ITEMS FIVE A THROUGH EI.

SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THOSE FIVE CONSENTS ITEMS HAVE BEEN PASSED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT, UH,

[B. Consideration of Approval of Resolution No. ___ Dissolving the Arcadia Lake Commission with the Intent to Reestablish the Same by Ordinance; Superseding Resolution No. 03-80 and All Other Previously Approved, Amendatory Resolutions to the Same; Nominating Current Members For the Arcadia Lake Commission As Reestablished; and Providing an Effective Date. (Citywide)]

UH, IT'S CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE DASH 25 1 DASH 25, DISSOLVING THE ARCADIA LAKE COMMISSION WITH THE INTENT TO REESTABLISH THE SAME BY ORDINANCE SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 0 0 3 DASH EIGHT AND ALL OTHER PREVIOUSLY APPROVED MANDATORY RESOLUTIONS TO THE SAME NOMINATING CURRENT MEMBERS FOR THE ARCADIA LAKE COMMISSIONS AS REESTABLISHED IN PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

UH, THIS IS ALSO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE COMMENTS, UM, WHEN, WHEN WE, THE COMMENTS HERE ARE ALSO GONNA TIE INTO WHEN WE GET TO ITEM 10 E.

YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT.

THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL, BRAD RAINEY, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.

YOU'VE SEEN THIS ON YOUR AGENDA A FEW TIMES WITH SOME OF THEIR OTHER BOARD AND COMMITTEES.

THIS IS JUST MOVING, UM, THE LATE COMMISSION FROM A RESOLUTION TO, TO ORDINANCE.

AND THERE ARE NO OTHER CHANGES TO ANY OF THE LANGUAGE OR BYLAWS WITH WITHIN WHAT THEY DO.

CORRECT.

AND WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT A FEW MORE TIMES TONIGHT.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTION, COMMENTS, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON SIX B? I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE DASH 25.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

HAVE A SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE ITEM.

MS. PASS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT WE NEED

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

SO MOVED.

MAYOR MOTION SECOND.

SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

NOW WE'RE IN THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

AGAIN.

NEXT IS

[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.]

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT L ONE IS, UH, THERE'S A STAFF REQUEST TO PULL THAT ONE TONIGHT AND THEY'RE GONNA JUST BRING IT TO BACK TO THE COUNCIL ON THE 27TH OF JANUARY.

MEETING

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HAVING SAID THAT, WE HAVE 27 GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY ITEMS? OH, WELL, WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION NUMBER EIGHT J ONE DASH 25.

WE JUST DID THAT ONE.

THAT WAS FOR PUBLIC WORKS.

THIS IS FOR CITY COUNCIL.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO ONE DASH 25.

AND THAT'S ALL WE NEED? NO.

AND, UM, FOUR D DASH 25.

TWO DASH FOUR L TWO L FOUR MM-HMM.

TWO DASH 25.

VERY GOOD.

OKAY, COUNSEL, WE HAVE 20, STILL HAVE 27 ITEMS ON OUR GENERAL CONSENT.

ANY QUESTION, COMMENTS ON THOSE ITEMS? NO.

NO.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? MOTION TO APPROVE, MAYOR.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THOSE 27 GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS HAVE BEEN PASSED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT WE HAVE,

[B. Emergency Medical Services:]

FOR THE DELIVERY OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR $680,790.

WE CHIEF MAYOR COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

UM, I, I WANNA BRING THE SUBJECT PRESENTATION TO YOU FOR, SO YOU WANNA BRING THE MIC DOWN SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? MM-HMM .

UH, I'M BRING THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU FOR AN AMENDMENT, UH, MAY POSSIBLY AMEND THE CURRENT AGREEMENT WE HAVE.

UM, I'M GONNA BRING THREE OPTION TO YOU THAT WE DISCUSS WITH A MR FOR THIS, UM, FOR THE CURRENT AGREEMENT.

UM, I JUST WANNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH A M R'S CURRENT SERVICE.

THEY'RE REACHING OVER 90% COMPLIANCE, AND I DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVE FROM A MR HERE, AS WELL AS SOME OF MY STAFF AS WELL.

UH, THE, THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, UM, SO THE PRESENTATION WILL BE DONE, WE WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU IS PRESENT PRESENTATION DISCUSSED IN CONSIDERATION OF DIRECTING CITY AND STAFF TO EXPLORE OPTIONS AND ASSOCIATED COST OF IMPROVING SERVICE LEVELS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES THROUGH AN UPDATED AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE AND WITH SERVICE.

RIGHT NOW, OUR CURRENT SERVICE, UH, 90% COMPLIANCE AND PRIORITY ONE AND PRIORITY TWO CALLS, THOSE ARE OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE CALLS.

UH, RIGHT NOW WE GET TWO MINIMUM OF TWO AMBULANCES ON THE STREET, UM, WHEN, UH, THE NON-PE HOURS AND WE GET MORE AMBULANCES ON PEAK HOURS, FIVE AMBULANCES DURING PEAK HOURS.

CURRENTLY, A MR SUPERVISORS ARE ON THE AMBULANCES, AND THAT DOESN'T PROVIDE CURRENTLY THE BEST SERVICE POSSIBLE.

SO SOMETIMES THEY'LL DO DOING PATIENT CARE WHILE THEY'RE NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY MAY BE NEEDED ON A PHONE CALL AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO US.

ON CURRENTLY AM RIGHT NOW IS 660,000.

AND PER THE AGREEMENT, WE CAN GO UP TO THE CPI, WHICH INCREASES TO 687 90 RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'VE EXPLORED THREE OPTIONS WITH A MR. UH, THE FIRST OPTION WE EXPLORED IS INCREASING WEEKLY UNIT HOURS FROM 631 HOURS TO 672 HOURS.

THIS WILL BRING A MINIMUM OF AM AMBULANCE STAFFING UP TO A MINIMUM OF THREE AMBULANCES ON THE STREET, ON, ON NON-PEAK HOURS.

AND THEN IT'LL ALSO INCREASE, UH, MORE AMBULANCES ON THE STREET, UH, DURING THE PEAK HOURS AS WELL.

SO IT'LL, IT WILL CAPTURE MORE LOST CALLS THAT AM MR IS MISSING CURRENTLY.

UM, THEY AREN'T MISSING MANY, BUT IT WILL CAPTURE THOSE FEW THAT THEY ARE MISSING.

UH, THIS WILL BRING MINIMUM COMPLIANCE UP FROM 90%, WHICH WE CURRENTLY ARE AT TO 92% ON PRIORITY ONE AND PRIORITY TWO CALLS.

AND AFTER THE, IF THEY DROP BELOW 92%, WE WOULD ACCESS FINES.

THEN, UH, UNDER THIS SECTION, UH, 9.8 0.4 OF THE CURRENT CONTRACT AT APRIL DROP BELOW 92%, THE ESTIMATED COST OF THIS OPTION ONE IS $920,383.

ANNUALLY.

WE EXPLORED OPTION TWO WITH A MR. UH, THIS WOULD, THIS OPTION WOULD, UH, WEEKLY UNIT HOURS WILL REMAIN AT 631 HOURS MINIMUM COMPLIANCE WERE MADE AT 90% ON COMBINED PRIORITY ONE.

AND PRIORITY TWO CALLS THIS, THIS WOULD BRING THE, A SUPERVISOR OFF THE AMBULANCE WHERE THEY COULD WATCH THE WHOLE SYSTEM IN EDMOND.

AND, UH, THE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES WOULD STAY AT 90% WHERE WE WOULDN'T ACCESS DAMAGES UNTIL 90%.

SO THIS WOULD ONLY PUT A MINIMUM OF TWO AMBULANCES ON THE STREET, UM, ON NON-PEAK HOURS AND FIVE AMBULANCES ON PEAK HOURS.

THE ESTIMATED

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UH, OPTION THREE, UH, OPTION THREE WOULD INCREASE, IT'S COMBINING OPTION ONE AND OPTION TWO.

SO THIS WOULD INCREASE THE SERVICE HOURS FROM 6 31 TO 6 72.

SO THEY PUT A MINIMUM OF THREE ON THE STREET.

IT WOULD, UH, PUT A MORE ON THE STREET ON PEAK HOURS AS WELL.

UM, IT WOULD INCREASE OUR COMPLIANCE FROM 90% COMPLIANT TO 92% COMPLIANT ON PRIORITY ONE AND PRIORITY TWO CALLS.

AND WE WOULD ACCESS DAMAGES, LIQUIDATED DAMAGES PER THE CONTRACT IF THEY WOULD DROP BELOW 92% COMPLIANT.

UH, THIS WOULD ALSO REQUIRE A DEDICATED SUPERVISOR ON DUTY 24 7 365 DAYS, WHICH, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED IMPLEMENT, UH, A PER OCCURRENCE FINE FOR FAILURE OF A MR TO RESPOND TO NINE ONE EMERGENCY DISPATCH FOR PATIENTS TO CITY OF EDMOND RESIDENTS WHO HAVE OPTED IN INTO THE A MR MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS WE WOULD ASSESS, UH, LIQUIDATED DAMAGES TO A MR IF A CITIZEN DID HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE AMBULANCE PROVIDER, BUT THEY HAD TO, UH, ASK FOR MUTUAL AID FROM MA OR OR ANOTHER AMBULANCE SERVICE.

AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN ASSESS DAMAGES FOR A MR, WHICH WE SHOULDN'T HAVE AS MANY OF THESE WITH THE COMPLIANCE GOING UP TO 92%.

THE ESTIMATED COST OF THIS IS 1.2 MILLION TH $38,930 ANNUALLY.

UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, MY STAFF AND AND MYSELF, WE, WE RECOMMEND OPTION THREE.

UM, BUT WE'RE SEEKING, UH, WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH AMMAR SERVICE.

THAT OPTION THREE WOULD BE A GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH IF, IF YOU COUNSEL WOULD WANT US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONTRACT.

WE ARE SEEKING STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COUNSEL, PROVIDE DIRECTIONAL WHETHER TO INCREASE THE SERVICE LEVELS FOR AMENDMENT AGREEMENT.

IF COUNSEL DOES WISH US TO EXPLORE AN OPTION FURTHER, STAFF WILL WORK ON THE A MR WITH A MR TO, AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COUNSEL.

SO IF YOU, IF COUNSEL WOULD LIKE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WORKING WITH A MR TO AMEND THIS AGREEMENT, WE, WE WILL EXPLORE THESE OPTIONS AND BRING IT BACK TO ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, I DO HAVE MY STAFF HERE.

I HAVE A MR HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.

THANK YOU.

SO COUNSEL, I'LL BE DOING, WE'RE DOING TWO THINGS.

ONE IS, THE MAIN THING IS THAT WE'RE, THE, OUR VOTE TONIGHT IS FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT, BUT THEN ALSO STAFF IS LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE ON DO WE WANT THEM TO PROCEED ON LOOKING AT ONE OF THESE OPTIONS FOR ENHANCED, UH, SERVICE TO THE CITY OF EDMOND.

SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE CHIEF TODAY? I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS.

UM, SUPER THRILLED WITH THE SERVICE THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN RECEIVING WITH A MR. SUPER, SUPER HAPPY ABOUT IT.

I HAVE NOT HEARD A SINGLE COMPLAINT ON MY END FROM ANYBODY.

UM, 90% COMPLIANCE IS AMAZING AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE HANGING OUT THERE IS WONDERFUL.

UM, THESE OPTIONS, AS I LOOKED OVER ALL OF THEM, TO MOVE IT FROM 90 TO 92% TO MOVE FROM A MINIMUM OF TWO TO THREE.

AND IF WE NEED EVEN MORE DURING THAT, DURING THE PEAK HOURS THAT TO MAINTAIN THAT 92%, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE WILL HAVE.

AND IN MY OPINION, THAT JUST INCREASES SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS IN LIFE OR DEATH SITUATIONS, YOU JUST CAN'T GO WRONG WITH BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENCY.

UM, HAVING A DEDICATED SUPERVISOR RIDE THE RIG IS, UM, A DIFFICULT WAY TO RUN A BUSINESS.

AND, UM, HOWEVER WE LOOK AT THIS IS, IS A BUSINESS THAT'S NOT EFFICIENT.

AND THAT SUPERVISOR NEEDS TO BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER PHONE CALLS OF ANY SORT OF SUPERVISORY ROLE.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S AN AMAZING THING AS WELL.

UM, DID I HIT ON EVERYTHING? OH, AND THE FACT OF BEING ABLE TO COME BACK IT WITH 92% COMPLIANCE, I CAN'T EVEN, AND MORE RIGS ON THE ROAD.

I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHETHER THIS WILL EVER BE AN ISSUE.

BUT FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO DO OPT IN ON THE PROGRAM AND HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER AMBULANCE PICK THEM UP, UM, THOSE FOLKS ARE VERY SHOCKED WHEN THEY REALIZE THAT THAT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THEIR, UH, THEIR AGREEMENT.

SO, UM, I THINK RAISING ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS UP AND SETTING A MR UP FOR SUCCESS AND NOT FAILURE ALSO SETS UP OUR COMMUNITY FOR SUCCESS AND NOT FAILURE.

AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S AN AMAZING THING FOR OUR, UH, CITIZENS.

UM, I'M THRILLED ABOUT IT FOR MY FAMILY AND MYSELF.

AND, UM, AGAIN, EMERGENCY MEDICAL ATTENTION WHEN YOUR FAMILY NEEDS IT MOST IS IMPORTANT.

AND, UM, SETTING OUR CITY UP FOR SUCCESS,

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UM, I THINK THAT'S AN AMAZING OPTION.

AND, UM, I THINK I, I THINK I TOUCHED ON EVERYTHING.

VERY GOOD.

VERY MUCH SO TOUCHING ON THE FINANCIAL PIECE OF THIS, UM, OPTION THREE IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN EXPENSE FOR THE CITY.

UM, SO IT'S A COUPLE THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, FROM CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH BOTH, UM, CHIEF WEAVER AND FORMER CHIEF GOODWIN, WHO IS, UM, WORKING WITH A MR ON THIS.

UM, BUT OUR MEMBERSHIPS CURRENTLY ARE, UM, RESULTING IN MORE FUNDS THAN WHAT WE NEED TO PAY THE 680,790.

SO WE'RE ACCUMULATING WHAT ABOUT 300,000 A YEAR.

UM, AND SO WE HAVE A HEALTHY RESERVE ALREADY, SO OUR CURRENT RESERVE, NOT INCREASING MEMBERSHIPS AT ALL WILL COVER THIS ADDITIONAL EXPENSE WITHOUT ENCROACHING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE BUDGET FOR SEVEN YEARS OR MORE.

UM, IF WE HAVE MORE MEMBERSHIPS, THAT WILL TAKE EVEN LONGER TO EXHAUST THAT RESERVE.

SO I THINK, UM, FOLKS ARE PAYING THE $3 FEE, UM, AND WE HAVE FUNDS THERE FOR THIS SPECIFIC VITAL, TRULY LIFE OR DEATH, UM, SERVICE.

UM, SO FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, I THINK OPTION THREE ALSO MAKES SENSE AND IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

UM, I HAD ANOTHER THOUGHT, MAYBE IT'LL CIRCLE BACK IN A MINUTE, BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, I WOULD SUPPORT, NUMBER ONE, LET'S MOVE FORWARD, RE RENEW OUR CONTRACT.

WE GET NO BREAK IN SERVICE.

AND IN THE MEANTIME I WOULD LIKE FOR, UM, THE CHIEF TO EXPLORE, UM, OPTION THREE AND SEEING IF WE CAN COME WITH A NEW CONTRACT WITH THAT AMENDMENT IN IT AND PROVIDE EVEN BETTER SERVICE.

THANK YOU.

THEY'VE SAID IT ALL AND I SUPPORT OPTION THREE.

OH, I GUESS I THOUGHT OF THE OTHER THING.

UM, IT WAS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED, UM, WE ARE IN A TIGHT, TOUGH, UH, TIGHT BUDGET YEAR, SO I THINK, UM, HIGHLIGHTING THE FINANCES OF THIS IS IMPORTANT TOO.

BUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH A MR IS ALSO RESULTING IN SAVINGS AND SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE TO BUY TOO.

SO, UM, JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE A NATIONAL PRESENCE AND THEY HAVE CONNECTIONS, UM, AND GETTING CERTAIN TYPES OF EQUIPMENT, WE'RE SAVING MONEY AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY IN THAT RELATIONSHIP AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU COUNSEL.

VERY GOOD.

WELL, UM, I TOO SUPPORT RENEWING THE CONTRACT AND I TOO SUPPORT GOING TO OPTION, UH, FOR YOU OUGHT TO PURSUE OPTION THREE.

SO COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS? UH, WELL THERE'S TWO ITEMS. I, ITEM NINE B ONE IS ACTUALLY RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT, SO WE NEED TO TAKE, WE NEED TO TAKE 'EM SEPARATELY.

UH, MOTION TO APPROVE NINE B ONE.

IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? YES.

MM-HMM .

HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE THAT ITEM'S PASSED.

SO GO AHEAD AND EXECUTE AND RENEW THE CONTRACT.

AND THE 90 B TWO IS NOT A, UH, DO YOU VOTE ON THAT OR IS IT JUST GIVE OR, OR HEAD NOD THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO PURSUE IN OPTION THREE? AND IF YOU WANT TO VOTE ON DIRECTING THEM STAFF TO OPTION THREE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE ON IT? WE CAN OR WE DON'T HAVE TO.

SURE.

I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THREE OF US HAVE COMMENTED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE DISCUSSION, SO I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, COUNCILMAN MOORE OR COUNCILWOMAN, THESE TEA IS DOWN HERE, ARE KNOCKING.

OH, OKAY.

THEY'RE NODDING.

OKAY.

, BOBBLEHEAD.

YES.

ITEM OPTION THREE.

OKAY.

SO FORTH IN CONCOR AND OPTION THREE? YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU COUNSEL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU APPRECIATE.

THANK YOU.

THANK AMAR.

THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND, UM, MAKING US HEALTHIER.

MM-HMM .

YES.

[C. Consideration of Acceptance/Rejection of Bid(s) and Approval of a Contract Amendment with Crossland Construction Company, Inc. (Construction Manager) for the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) 3 of the A.C. Caplinger Ballfield Renovation Project to Include Masonry, Door Assemblies, Tile, Wall Coverings, Specialties, Signage, Multiple Seating, General Trades, Plumbing, Asphalt, Landscape, Project Requirements, Insurance, Performance Bond, and Owner's Contingency and Consideration of Approval of Resolution No. ___ Appointing Purchasing Agent; $3,577,251.00. (Ward 2)]

GMP THREE FOR THE AC CABINETRY BALLFIELD RENOVATION PROJECT TO INCLUDE MASONRY DOOR ASSEMBLIES, TILE WALL COVERINGS, SPECIALTIES, SIGNAGE, MULTIPLE SEATING, GENERAL TRADES, PLUMBING, ASPHALT LANDSCAPE PROJECT, UH, REQUIREMENTS, INSURANCE, PERFORMANCE BOND AND OWNERS CONTINGENCY.

AND CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER THREE DASH 25 3 DASH 25 APPOINTING PURCHASING AGENT.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, JUST HERE TO DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE RESULTS OF BID PACKAGE NUMBER THREE AND AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE, OF THE PROJECT.

UM, THE LAST TWO BID PACKAGES HAD REALLY FAVORABLE

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THIS WAS MORE OF A MIXED RESULT, WHICH I'LL GO OVER.

UM, JUST KIND OF A REMINDER OF THE PROJECT RIGHT HERE THAT WE'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW, JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE DISCUSSION, I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT THIS DASHED LINE HERE IS A LARGE, UM, GAS LINE RUNNING THROUGH THE SITE.

IT IS A REALLY CHALLENGING SITE WITH THAT, WITH, UM, THE FORMER CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE KIND OF RUNNING INTO NOW, BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THINGS AND JUST KIND OF A RENDERING OF, UM, WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THE FINISHED PRODUCT WILL, WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN IT'S DONE.

SO, UM, THE WORK IN THIS PACKAGE THAT WE WANT TO AWARD IS LISTED UP THERE.

UM, IT'S, IT'S, UH, KIND OF BASIC THINGS THAT, THAT NEED TO HAPPEN FOR THE PROJECT TO MOVE ON.

UM, THE AWARDED ITEMS ARE WITHIN THE, THE ANTICIPATED BUDGET FROM THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.

UM, ON THIS BID PACKAGE, THERE WERE A FEW TRADES THAT RECEIVED NO BIDS THAT WE'LL NEED TO REBID, AND THEN THERE WERE A FEW ITEMS SUCH AS THE SYNTHETIC TURF, WHICH IS A KEY PART OF THIS PROJECT, AND THE CONCRETE THAT CAME IN OVER THE, THE ESTIMATED BUDGET OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.

UM, SO WITH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS WILL BE REJECTED SO THAT WE CAN DO SOME VALUE ENGINEERING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THE PROJECT WITH IT WITHIN BUDGET.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE WHERE WE NEED TO BE ON, ON PAPER AND, AND DELIVERING, UM, WHAT, WHAT WE EXPECT THE KEY PARTS OF, OF THE PROJECT.

UM, BUT THAT WON'T BE KNOWN UNTIL WE KNOW THE RESULTS OF BID PACKAGE FOUR.

SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.

WE'LL WORK WITH THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON, ON THAT PROCESS AND, AND PRESENT THOSE OPTIONS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADJUST ON THE PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP IT WITHIN BUDGET.

AND, UH, WE'VE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH EYSA TO CONTINUE OFF PROGRAMMING AT MITCH PARK AND THEY'VE MADE INVESTMENTS IN, INTO THE FIELD, FIELDS THERE TO ALLOW BASEBALL TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THIS CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.

AND JUST A REMINDER ON, ON THE BUDGET, THAT'S THE BUDGET THAT WE SET FORTH FOR, UM, CONSTRUCTION DESIGN AND, UM, ART AND THIRD PARTY INSPECTION AND JUST A LIST OF THE, UM, THE DIFFERENT, UH, GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FROM THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AND, AND WHERE WE'RE SITTING AT RIGHT NOW, IF THIS IS AWARDED TONIGHT.

UM, AND THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF, OF, UM, OF EACH TRADE THAT'S BEING AWARDED AND THE PRICE FOR, FOR EACH THING AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BONDS AND, AND CONTINGENCY AND ALL THAT THAT'S GOING PROJECT.

UM, SO JUST KIND OF OUR NEXT STEPS.

WE'LL WORK THROUGH THE VALUE ENGINEERING PROCESS.

LIKE I SAID, WE'VE, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE ARCHITECT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AND I IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE FEEL GOOD IS WHERE WE NEED TO BE ON, ON PAPER.

THOSE THINGS WILL BE REBID AND REVIEWED WITH THE, UH, THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON THE PROJECT.

UH, WE ANTICIPATE THOSE BIDS, UM, WILL BE OPENED UP IN, IN FEBRUARY AND BROUGHT BACK TO YOU AND, AND WE'LL HOPE FOR GOOD RESULTS THERE.

ONE IMPORTANT THING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT I SKIPPED OVER HERE IS JUST KIND OF ON, ON THE PROJECT.

UM, WE'RE TARGETING FALL OF 2025 FOR COMPLETION.

UM, WE ARE GONNA NEED TO ADD TWO MONTHS TO THE TIMELINE OF THE PROJECT.

UM, THERE WERE LAST MINUTE DESIGN CHANGES REQUIRED BY ONG.

THAT'S THAT GAS LINE, UM, THAT I POINTED OUT ON, ON THE DRAWING.

WE'D BEEN WAITING FOR FEEDBACK FOR A LONG TIME AND WE GOT THAT RIGHT AS WE FINISHED THE, THE PLANS.

SO THERE WAS SOME TIME TO GO BACK AND REVISE ALSO A WATER LINE AND, UM, JUST SMALL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE LANDSCAPING IN THE, IN THE PARKING LOT TOO.

THOSE ARE TURNED BACK OVER TO ENGINEERING FOR REVIEW.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING WITH, WITH THE SITE IS IT WAS KIND OF THE BIGGEST, UM, KNOWN UNKNOWN ON THE PROJECT OR THE CONDITIONS UNDER THE GROUND THERE OF IT BEING A PLACE WHERE TRASH WAS DUMPED HISTORICALLY.

UM, THERE WAS DRILLING DONE TO TRY TO ANTICIPATE THE AMOUNT OF TRASH, BUT THERE'S REALLY NO WAY OF KNOWING UNTIL YOU GET INTO IT.

AND IT'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT, IT'S BEEN A LOT THAT'S BEEN UNCOVERED THERE.

AND SO THEY'RE ABOUT 50% OF THE WAY THROUGH EXCAVATION AND THEY'RE, UM, WORK WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW.

BUT THAT TAKES TIME, UM, TO TEST.

IT'S, IT'S EVERY 50 YARDS.

IT NEEDS TO BE TESTED TO UNDERSTAND THE CONDITION AND SO IT'S PROPERLY DISPOSED OF.

SO IT'S, IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING FROM A BUDGETING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT, TIMELINE MANAGEMENT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE NOT ONLY GOING TO DELIVER A WONDERFUL PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE DOING SOME MAJOR CLEANUP OUT THERE TOO, THE RIGHT WAY AND TAKING IT TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE IN, IN THE PROPER PLACE AND TESTING IT AS WE GO.

SO, UH, THE GREATEST THING, BUT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO OUT THERE AND SEE KIND OF WHAT WE'RE PULLING OUT OF THE GROUND, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOU OUT THERE.

THERE'S SOME EDMOND HISTORY THERE

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BUT ANYWAYS, THAT BEING SAID, ANY ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER AT THIS TIME? WELL, MAYBE THE HISTORY MUSEUM MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A TOUR TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THEY WANT TO PUT INTO THEIR, UH, INVENTORY.

UH, THANK YOU THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE KNOWN UNKNOWNS ABOUT, UH, UNDERGROUND SITES WE CAN'T SEE IT IN.

AND WE, WE DID KNOW WHERE WE WERE BUILDING THAT.

IT WAS ON TOP OF A, A DUMP OR RE RE SO THAT'S PART OF CONSTRUCTION AT TIMES.

COUNSEL, UM, I, I GUESS JUST, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, I MEAN, WE WERE PRESENTED KIND OF ALL THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THIS PROJECT AND WHAT IT WAS GONNA WORK LOOK LIKE, UM, WAS PRESENTED TO US.

AND I'M NOT ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND YOU HAD MENTIONED SOME OF THE VALUE ENGINEERING GOING JUST BEFORE THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT IF THERE ARE CHANGES TO, UM, THE SPECIFICATIONS, UM, I THINK THAT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THOSE CHANGES MM-HMM .

UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE SPECIFICATIONS, BUT MAYBE JUST SOME OF THE MATERIALS TO GET IT WITHIN BUDGET.

MM-HMM .

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH, I CAN, I CAN PROVIDE THAT.

OKAY.

UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW SOME BIDS WERE REJECTED, SOME WERE NOT.

AND THERE'S GONNA BE, IT SAID VALUE ENGINEERING.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ABSOLUTELY.

I HAVE CLARITY ABOUT WHAT I VOTED ON BEFORE IS THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE.

OKAY.

UM, AND THAT WE'RE NOT CHANGING HOW MUCH TURF IS THERE WITH THE SIDEWALKS AND SOME THINGS LIKE THAT.

OKAY.

YEAH, I CAN GIVE INFORMATION TO THE COUNSEL.

THANKS.

YEAH.

SHE SAID WHAT I WAS.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

ABSOLUTELY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? I GUESS THE OTHER THING IS YOU SAID IT'S A COUPLE MONTHS BEHIND BECAUSE OF THE OG AND E STUFF, AND SO I KNOW WE WERE TARGETING GETTING IT DONE BY A CERTAIN TIME.

SO THAT, AND I, I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON YOUTH SPORTS, BUT, UM, SO THAT, UM, I GUESS FALL, FALL, FALL, BASEBALL CAN HAPPEN.

AND SO I GUESS ARE WE WORKING WITH EYSA ON SOME CONTINGENCY PLANS IF THOSE FIELDS AREN'T READY? AND WHERE ARE THEY GONNA PLAY AND STUFF? I MEAN, I ASSUME SO.

YEAH.

WE, I MEAN, WE HELD A FULL FALL SEASON, LIKE I MENTIONED, SO WE, WE MADE IMPROVEMENTS.

WE BASICALLY ADDED, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD THREE TEMPORARY FIELDS AT MITCH PARK TO ALLOW A FULL SEASON.

AND, AND IT WENT REALLY WELL.

GREAT.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS GOING INTO THE PROJECT, WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE'D BE ABLE TO HAVE BASEBALL MM-HMM .

SO IT, IT IS BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.

COOL.

WITH EYSA.

UM, YEAH.

YEAH.

WE'LL, WE'LL WORK ON THAT.

AND I, AND I HAVEN'T HELD UP, I'M NOT READY TO GIVE UP HOPE THAT RIGHT.

WE CAN'T MAKE UP SOME TIME.

IT'S STILL PRETTY EARLY ON, SO I'M NOT READY TO SAY LIKE, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THIS HAS WORKED DELAYED THIS FAR.

I STILL WANT TO HOLD OUT A LITTLE HOPE THAT WE CAN MM-HMM.

COOL.

MAKE UP SOME TIME.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MS. BUG.

THANK YOU.

GOOD COMMENTS COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM NINE C? I MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND MAYOR.

MOTION.

SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

ITEM PASSED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[A. Case No. VA24-00012; Public Hearing and Consideration of a Request for a Sign Variance for the Edmond History Museum, Located at 431 South Boulevard. (Edmond History Museum; Ward 1)]

IT'S CASE NUMBER VA 24 DASH 0 0 2 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR A SIGNED VARIANCE FOR THE EDMOND HISTORY MUSEUM LOCATED AT 4 3 1 SOUTH BOULEVARD, EDMOND HISTORY MUSEUM ADVOCATE, ARE YOU GONNA SPEAK? I DON'T ARE.

YES, YOU DO YOUR THING.

HOLD ON.

AMY.

MINE'S SHORT.

STAFF'S GONNA DO THEIR PRESENTATION.

HAVE YOU COME UP, YOU HAVE TO SIT BACK DOWN.

.

UH, UM, YEAH, AS YOU SAID, APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF VARIANCE TO THE SIGN CODE.

THE MUSEUM IS LOCATED HERE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER FIFTH AND BOULEVARD.

UM, THE SITE ZONE, UH, CBD ARE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

THE MUSEUM DESIRES TO INSTALL A SIGN NEAR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT HIGHLIGHTED HERE.

THE PROPOSED SIGN WILL BE MOUNTED TO THE GROUND, CLOSE TO THE BUILDING TO GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF A BLADE OR A WALL SIGN WITHOUT THE NEED TO MOUNT THE SIGN TO THE BUILDING, WHICH IS LIKELY TO JEOPARDIZE ITS INTEGRITY.

THE VARIANCE WOULD ALLOW BOTH THE GROUND SIGN AND ITS HEIGHT TO BE 16 FEET.

UH, CENTRAL EDMOND URBAN DISTRICT BOARD HEARD THIS ITEM ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2024 AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY VOTE OF SEVEN TO ONE.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU HAVE.

COUNSEL.

ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF? I GUESS

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OKAY.

UM, THERE WERE TWO OTHER SIGNS IN ON THE ORIGINAL, UM, APPLICATION AND THOSE HAVE BEEN, UM, RECONFIGURED IN SOME WAY.

SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

BUT THAT IS, THERE'S NOT A VOTING ITEM RELATED TO THOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'LL BE COMPLIANT.

GOTCHA.

AMY, AMY, STEVEN STEVENS FROM THE HISTORY MUSEUM.

YES.

I'M AMY STEVENS, ADVENT HISTORY MUSEUM.

AND YES, THE ONE PERSON THAT, UH, DID VOTE NO, WE HAD A MEETING THE VERY NEXT DAY AND HE HAD SOME GREAT IDEAS AND SO I RECONSIDERED A FEW OF THE SIGNS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM MOUNTING 'EM IN THE GROUND AND MAYBE PUTTING 'EM UP ON, UH, SOME FLAGPOLES AND, UH, NOT FLAGPOLES THE, UM, THE POLE LIGHTING.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS FOR THAT.

HE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE NEON SIGN, ALTHOUGH HOPED MAYBE IT COULD GET CLOSER TO THE STREET, BUT IN MEETING WITH THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THAT WASN'T A GREAT OPTION.

SO WE DECIDED TO STICK WITH OUR REGULAR LOCATION, UH, SUGGESTED ON THAT CORNER.

I THINK IT FITS IN WELL WITH THE STREETS SCAPE OF FIFTH STREET.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS THOSE LITTLE SIGNS THAT NOTATE THEIR BUSINESS AND, AND THIS WILL BE VERY VISIBLE.

MM-HMM .

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

AND CTO, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE HISTORY MUSEUM? NO, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU'RE NOT PUTTING IT ON THE BUILDING.

YEAH, THANKS.

AND THIS IS A .

I, I DON'T KNOW.

SO IS THIS A SIGN YOU'RE GOING WITH THEN? IT'S PRETTY, YES.

THANK YOU.

IT'S A REALLY NICE SIGN.

JUST SKETCHED IT OUT.

AND WE, WE WANT IT TO BE SIMPLE AND NOT, UM, BE LOGO BASED SO THAT IT COULD BE THERE FOR GENERATIONS.

WHETHER THE LOGO OF THE MUSEUM CHANGES OR NOT.

MM-HMM .

MM-HMM .

AND VERY SIMPLE.

JUST THE WORD MUSEUM.

THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WOULD NEED TO KNOW.

YEP.

MM-HMM .

MM-HMM .

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNSEL? NONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IF THIS IS PART OF OUR PUBLIC HEARING PART, IS THERE ANY QUESTION, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? HOPEFULLY EVERYONE IN HERE HAS BEEN TO THE HISTORY MUSEUM.

IF YOU HAVEN'T, THAT IS YOUR ASSIGNMENT FOR 2025, IS THAT YOU GO TO THE HISTORY MUSEUM AND WATCH ALL THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS AND ALL THE BEAUTIFUL PROGRAMMING THAT'S BEING DONE OVER THERE.

COUNCIL, SEE NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM 10? A MAYOR? I'D FINALLY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION IN FAVOR OF A SIGNED VARIANCE.

I'M FOR THIS ONE.

I SECOND I'LL .

WE HAVE A MOTION? I DON'T, WE'LL, SECOND WE HAVE A SECOND DOWN HERE.

OKAY.

OH.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MARGIN A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

UH, MS. PASS.

THANK YOU

[B. Case No. EPC24-00006; Public Hearing and Consideration of an Amended Final Plat for Highland Park Addition, Located North of 2nd Street and West of Bryant (City of Edmond; Ward 1)]

NEXT IS ITEM 10 B IS CASE NUMBER EPC TWO FOUR DASH 0 0 0 6 PUBLIC HEARING.

CONSIDERATION OF AMENDED FINAL PLAT FOR HIGHLAND PARK EDITION LOCATED NORTH OF SECOND STREET AND WEST OF BRYAN.

CITY OF EDMOND IS THE APPLICANT.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE.

ALRIGHT, MR. CASEY MOORE.

THANK YOU.

EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

CASEY MOORE, DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

UM, SO THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY SEE ON YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING ITEMS. UM, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, UH, CITY STAFF AND OUR REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN WORKING, UH, WITH, WITH OUR LEGISLATORS DOWN AT THE CAPITOL, UM, TO, UH, FIND A WAY TO REMOVE LANGUAGE FROM PLATS LANGUAGE FROM DEEDS THAT WAS DEEMED, UM, UNCONSTITUTIONAL UNENFORCEABLE MANY, MANY DECADES AGO, BUT STILL EXISTS ON THOSE DOCUMENTS.

SO AS, AS YOU WELL KNOW, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE HAD A, A LOCAL CASE OF A, A BUSINESSMAN THAT WAS TRYING TO, UH, EXPAND HIS BUSINESS.

AND, UM, IN THE PROCESS OF THAT CAME, CAME ACROSS SOME OF THIS LANGUAGE AND, UM, WE WERE IN THE, IN THE NEWS FOR ALL THE WRONG THINGS.

AND SO, UM, THIS LANGUAGE WAS USED, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST IN EDMOND, UH, FOR FOR MANY DECADES TO TRY TO KEEP CERTAIN PEOPLE.

UH, TYPICALLY THESE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, UH, WOULD BE DIRECTED TOWARDS DIFFERENT RACES, DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES, ESSENTIALLY BARRING THEM FROM, UH, OWNING OR LIVING IN ANY SORT OF PROPERTY IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO, UM, WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS, UH, THE FIRST AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO REMOVE THAT STATE LAW, UH, CHANGED ON NOVEMBER THE FIRST, WHICH NOW ALLOWS CITIES TO MAKE THIS CHANGE.

UH, TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE WORKING ALONGSIDE THE OKLAHOMA REALTORS ASSOCIATION.

UH, THEY MADE THE FIRST CHANGE, WHICH ALLOWED INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS TO

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UH, WE HAD TO GO BACK THIS LAST YEAR TO ALLOW CITIES TO REMOVE FROM PLAT DOCUMENTS.

SO, UH, THE HIGHLAND PARK EDITION BEFORE YOU WAS THE FIRST ONE, UH, IN EDMOND THAT HAD THAT LANGUAGE, WHICH WAS ADDED IN 1909.

SO, UH, WE'RE BRINGING BEFORE YOU THE FIRST ONE.

UH, WE HAVE 19 MORE AFTER THIS THAT WE'RE GONNA BRING YOU, UH, IN GROUPS.

THEY WON'T ALL COME INDIVIDUALLY, BUT, UH, WORKING WITH YOU ALL, UH, THE THOUGHT WAS IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING ONE FORWARD, MAKE SURE WE GOT THE PROCESS RIGHT, UM, AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT DEAL.

AND, AND THIS IS THE FIRST ONE IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

AND, UM, AS THIS IS REMOVED, THEN WE WILL COME BACK WITH THE OTHER 19 IN THE COMING MONTHS.

SO YOU HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, SO MUCH APPRECIATION TO YOU AND TO OUR, UM, DELEGATES DOWN IN THE, AT THE STATE CAPITOL.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN NEEDED TO BE DONE AND I'M SO THRILLED THAT IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING.

YEAH.

AND I DO WANT TO ADD AMY AMY'S STILL HERE.

YES.

SO AMY STEVENS AND, UH, DEREK ON HER STAFF REALLY HAVE DONE ALL OF THE, THE BACKGROUND WORK ON THIS.

AND SO A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU GOES TO THEM BECAUSE THEIR RESEARCH ALLOWED US TO, UM, PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION WHEN THEY WERE WORKING ON THE, THE LEGISLATION CHANGES DOWN AT 23RD AND LINCOLN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND TOMORROW, UH, AT TWO O'CLOCK I WILL BE SIGNING, HAVE A LITTLE CEREMONY OVER AT THE CHAMBER TO SIGN THAT FIRST DOCUMENT.

UH, BECAUSE IT, IT JUST DOESN'T NEED TO BE ME SITTING IN, IN MY DESK SIGNING THIS.

IT NEEDS TO BE MEMORIALIZED AS WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE.

UH, AND THE HISTORY MUSEUMS IS DOING IS PRESERVING AND UNCOVERING OUR HISTORY OF EDMOND.

AND, UH, THANK YOU AMY.

THANK YOU STAFF.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS, THIS ENTIRE PROCESS HERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WHEW.

OKAY, SO COUNSEL.

HMM.

DID WE VOTE ALREADY? I'M, I'M MOTION? NO, WE HAVE NOT.

MOTION TO APPROVE CASE NUMBER EPC 24 DASH 0 0 0 6 OH.

I'M SORRY, WAIT A MINUTE.

WHAT? I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING PART OF OUR PROCESS.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.

OKAY.

NOW COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM? NOW? CAN I, YES, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER EPC TWO FOUR DASH 0 0 0 0 6.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND I WILL SECOND THAT WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THAT I, MS. PASS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT

[C. Case No. SP23-00034; Public Hearing and Consideration of a Site Plan for Townsend to be Located on the Southwest Corner of Littler and 3rd Street (29 4th Street, LLC; Ward 1)]

LSC IS THE APPLICANT

[D. Case No. SP24-00019; Public Hearing and Consideration of a Site Plan for Townsend Phase 2 to be Located on the Northwest Corner of Littler and 4th Street. (29 4th Street, LLC; Ward 1)]

10 C AND 10 D, WHICH IS CASE NUMBER SP TWO FOUR DASH 0 0 0 19 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF A SITE PLAN FOR THOUSAND PHASE TWO TO BE LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LITTLER AND FOURTH STREET, 29TH FOURTH STREET LLCS APPLICANT.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, SO THESE TWO CASES ARE HERE JUST ACROSS THIS, UH, ALLEY FROM EACH OTHER ON LITTLER BETWEEN, UH, THIRD STREET AND FOURTH STREET.

UM, THEY ARE, UH, THEIR ZONE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OR CBD.

UM, IN TERMS OF THE CASE DETAILS, UM, THE SITE ON THE NORTH HAS INCLUDES, UH, 12 TOWN HOMES, TWO LIVE WORK UNITS, THREE MIXED USE BUILDINGS.

THESE RANGE IN SIZE FROM 1200 SQUARE FEET TO 3,800 SQUARE FEET.

AND THEY'RE TWO AND A HALF STORIES TALL.

UH, THE LANDSCAPE HERE IS, UH, STREETSCAPE, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STANDARDS IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

UM, THE, UH, THIS SITE PLAN REQUIRES A VARIANCE.

UM, THE SETBACK FROM THE ALLEY CENTER LINE ON THE SOUTH TO BE REDUCED FROM 20 FEET TO 12 FEET.

CLEARANCE TO THE UTILITIES IS SUFFICIENT DUE TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE SEWER LINE IN THE EAST WEST ALLEY, UM, ON THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE ALLEY.

SO THE, THE, UH, THE SMALLER, UH, PARCEL THAT RUNS, UH, NORTH SOUTH THERE, UM, NORTH OF FOURTH STREET, THAT IS SIX TOWN HOMES.