Mar 24, 2025 City Council

NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION OF, UH, PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MARCH 24TH THROUGH MARCH 29TH AS ARBOR WEEK IN THE CITY OF EDMOND, UH, MAYOR DAVIS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I, I JUST SAW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN THIS ROOM AND NEED TO MAKE A PUR PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.

IF YOU'RE HERE FOR ITEM NINE A, WHICH IS THE, THE LOT SPLIT ON, UM, NINTH AND RANKIN ON, OR, YEAH.

5 0 9 BENTON ROAD.

THAT ONE'S GOING.

WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THAT ITEM, UM, WHEN IT FOR, SO WHEN WE WILL NOT BE HEARING IT TONIGHT.

SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THAT.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

[B. Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing March 24 to March 29 as Arbor Week in the City of Edmond.]

JUST A COUPLE MINUTES OF SPEECH.

I'M KURT ATKINSON.

I REPRESENT THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION, AND I'M HERE TO ACCEPT THE, THIS YEAR'S ARBOR ARBOR WEEK PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY.

I DO WANT TO, UM, RECOGNIZE, I, I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT WHEN I FIRST CAME TO EDMOND, I WORKED FOR THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA AND FORESTRY FOR 40 SOME ODD YEARS, BUT HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH CHARLES LAMB WHEN HE WAS FIRST STARTING TO THINK ABOUT URBAN FORESTRY AND TREES IN EDMOND.

AND OF COURSE, MOST PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE THE TREE ON THE CITY'S LOGO, AND THAT'S THERE FOR A PARTICULAR REASON THAT THE CITY VALUES TREES AND WHAT THEY BRING TO THE RESIDENCE HERE.

BUT TREES DON'T JUST HAPPEN.

YOU HAVE TO PLANT THEM AND MAINTAIN THEM AND RESPECT THEM AND LEARN ABOUT THEM FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE MANY BENEFITS THAT HE REFERRED TO EARLIER, THAT, UH, TREES ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND THEY REQUIRE EVERYBODY TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN CONTINUING THEM.

SO IT'S WHAT CERTAINLY WHAT ARBOR WEEK IS ALL ABOUT.

BUT TREE CARE AND PLANTING CAN GO ON YEAR ROUND, NOT JUST THIS WEEK OF MARCH.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT ALSO.

SO WITH THAT, I GUESS WE WILL DO IT PROPERLY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING YOUR HONOR.

THIS PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS THE ARBOR WEEK IS AN IMPORTANT TRADITION IN EDMOND, WHICH RECOGNIZES THE VALUE OF OUR LOCAL TREE AND FOREST RESOURCES AND BENEFITS THEY PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE VALUES OF THE EDMOND COMMUNITY.

AND EFFORTS BY THE URBAN FORESTRY COM COMMISSION AND THE CITY OF EDMOND HAVE RESULTED IN A FAVORABLE URBAN TREE CANOPY COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THE CITY OF EDMOND CITY COUNCIL HAS PROMOTED IMPLEMENTATION AND CONTINUATION OF POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT TREE CANOPY FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

CONTINUING WITH ACTIVITY, ACTIVE URBAN FORESTRY PROGRAMS WILL PROMOTE, PRESERVE, AND ENHANCE TREE CANOPY IN EDMOND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL HEALTH, AESTHETICS, ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO EDMOND RESIDENTS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I DARRELL A DAVIS MAYOR OF CITY OF EDMOND DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 24TH THROUGH MARCH 29TH, 2025 AS ARBOR WEEK IN EDMOND, GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF THE CITY OF EDMOND THIS 24TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025.

HERE.

LET'S, THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT, RIGHT? THERE WE GO.

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APPRECIATE ALL YOU'RE DOING FOR US.

APPRECIATE Y'ALL SUPPORT.

NEXT, WE'LL HAVE PRESENTATION OF TREE CITY, USA IN TREE LINE USA RECOGNITION BY RILEY COY OF OKLAHOMA FORESTRY SERVICES.

[C. Presentation of Tree City USA and Tree Line USA Recognition by Riley Coy of Oklahoma Forestry Services.]

ALL RIGHT.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

MR. MAYOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

UH, AS YOU SAID, MY NAME IS RILEY COY.

YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER MY PREDECESSOR MR. MARK BAYES.

SO HE RETIRED AND I STEPPED INTO THOSE MASSIVE SHOES.

SO THIS IS MY FIRST EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE, ESPECIALLY FOR, UH, THE START OF ARBOR WEEK.

AS MANY OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, THIS IS ALSO THE START OF OKLAHOMA'S ARBOR WEEK.

SO, UH, THE FACT THAT EDMONDS AND OKLAHOMAS COINCIDE IS REALLY PRETTY UNIQUE.

MOST CITIES HAVE THEIR OWN ARBOR DAY OR, OR ARBOR WEEK CELEBRATION OUTSIDE OF OKLAHOMA.

SO IT'S REALLY COOL THAT YOU GUYS SYNC 'EM UP LIKE THIS.

UM, SO BACK IN 1999, UM, YOU'VE EVER HEARD THE, THE SAME PARTY LIKE IT'S 1999.

WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE PARKING, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LAMENTING Y 2K.

AND THE END OF A CENTURY, THE CITY OF EDMOND WAS LOOKING AT THEIR TREE CANOPY ISSUES AND SAYING, WE NEED SOME HELP AND WE NEED TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

SO THEY DECIDED TO APPLY FOR TREE CITY USA RECOGNITION, AND THEY GOT IT IN 1999.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT EVER SINCE.

AND EVER SINCE THEN, THEY'VE BEEN BUILDING ON, UH, EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE YEAR PREVIOUS TO THAT FOR THEIR TREE CITY USA APPLICATION.

IN 2000, EDMOND ELECTRIC SAW WHAT TICKET OF EDMOND WAS DOING AND DECIDED, HEY, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

LET'S PARTNER UP ON THIS.

THEY APPLIED FOR THE TREE LINE USA RECOGNITION AND GOT THAT, AND HAVE BEEN DOING THAT EVER SINCE TOO.

SO, UH, 26 YEARS AND 24 YEARS RESPECTIVELY.

FOR THESE RECOGNITIONS, WHICH IS NO SMALL FEAT, THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT A COMMUNITY OR A TREE LINE, UH, MUST DO EVERY YEAR IN ORDER TO ATTAIN THIS RECOGNITION.

AND NOT ONLY DOES THE CITY OF EDMOND DO THAT EVERY YEAR, BUT AT LEAST FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, UH, HAS IT BEEN MORE THAN TWO YEARS FOR THE GROWTH AWARD.

SO AT LEAST THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE CITY OF EDMOND HAS ALSO EARNED THE GROWTH AWARD FROM THE ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION, WHICH MEANS THAT, UH, Y'ALL HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT MOST COMMUNITIES DO IN REGARDS TO THEIR TREES.

AND THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS FOR THAT.

ONE IS THAT, UH, THE CITY OF EDMUND AND EDMUND ELECTRIC UNDERSTANDS THAT TREES ARE NOT JUST SOMETHING PRE FOR YOUR YARD OR A TREELINE STREET IS NOT ONLY AESTHETICALLY PLEASING, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT'S, IT'S LIKE OUR STREETS.

IT'S LIKE OUR UTILITY LINES, UM, OUR SEWAGE SYSTEM, OUR WATER DRAINAGE ROOTS TREES ARE NOT JUST FOR BEAUTIFICATION.

THE BEAUTIFICATION PART IS AN INTERESTING SIDE EFFECT OF USING TREES IN YOUR LANDSCAPE AS, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACHIEVE ALL THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT WE GET FROM TREES, FROM HIGHER TEST SCORES AMONG STUDENTS TO, UH, GROUNDWATER RETENTION, TO POLLUTION, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKES POLLUTION OUT OF THE AIR.

LOTS AND LOTS OF THINGS I COULD GO ON FOR DAYS ABOUT THAT.

BUT, UH, I'VE GOT A COUPLE LITTLE STATISTICS HERE FROM THE CITY OF EDMOND THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.

UM, EDMOND GOES OUT OF THEIR WAY TO LOOK FOR OUTSIDE FUNDING SOURCES TO EASE THE BURDEN ON THE CITY OF EDMOND, UH, TO USE TREES AS INFRASTRUCTURE.

THEY RECEIVE FUNDING THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH OKLAHOMA FORESTRY SERVICES.

UM, THEY'VE ALSO RECEIVED PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH, UH, THE FEDERAL, THE US GOVERNMENT, TO THE TUNE OF OVER A MILLION DOLLARS TO PLANT TREES IN THE CITY OF EDMOND.

UM, THEY HAVE USED SOME OF THAT MONEY TO, TO COMPLETE A TREE INVENTORY SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER PREPARE A MASTER PLAN IN THE FUTURE.

SO, ACCORDING TO THE DATA COLLECTED IN THAT TREE INVENTORY, THE CITY OF EDMOND'S TREES PROVIDE ALMOST $20,000 PER YEAR IN BENEFITS.

90% OF THE TREES IN THE CITY OF EDMOND ARE IN GOOD OR FAIR CONDITION, WHICH IS OUTSTANDING.

ALMOST NO OTHER COMMUNITY CAN CLAIM THAT.

UM, EDMOND ELECTRIC CONTINUALLY SUPPORTS THE ENERGY SAVINGS TREE PROGRAM, WHICH IS DISTRIBUTED 3,135 TREES TO DATE, WHICH IS OUTSTANDING.

SO THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT THE CITY OF EDMOND HAS FORGED IN THEIR TREE COMMUNITY IS AMAZING WITH OKLAHOMA FORESTRY, WITH EDMOND ELECTRIC, UM, EDMOND DUR FORESTRY, THE EDMOND PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN.

UH, IT'S REALLY A, A UNIQUE AND SPECIAL THING

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FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND.

SO, WITH THAT, I'VE GOT THE TREE CITY USA PLAQUE HERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE TO LEE WITH URBAN FORESTRY .

YEAH, YOU GOTTA GET UP HERE ON THE SPOTLIGHT.

THERE YOU GO.

MR. FISHER.

WE HAVE ONE FOR MR. FISHER, FOR EDMOND ELECTRIC.

IT IS JUST NOT WITH US TODAY, BUT THEY WILL GET ONE.

AND THIS IS FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND.

AND WE'RE EDMOND ELECTRIC.

YOU'LL HAVE YOURS COMING, BUT I JUST WANNA LET YOU GUYS HAVE THIS.

OUR NEXT AGENDA IS THE RECOGNITION OF THE BEST OF SHOW WINNERS IN THE ARBOR DAY ART CONTEST.

YOU WANNA MAKE A SPEECH? UM, I THINK I'M THE NEXT AGENDA.

YOU ARE THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

YOU WANNA SET THIS DOWN? SO

[D. Recognition of "Best of Show Winners" in the Arbor Day Art Contest.]

BUT YOU WOULD SAY RIGHT FLOOR.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR HOSTING US FOR THESE RECOGNITIONS, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO KICK OFF THIS YEAR'S ARBOR WEEK CELEBRATION HERE TODAY.

UM, AS YOU HEARD FROM, UH, MR. FISHER A FEW MINUTES AGO, URBAN FOREST HAS A LOT OF ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED WITH FOR ARBOR WEEK.

UM, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT AND, UM, PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF OUR EVENTS.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THOSE@EDMONDOK.GOV SLASH ARBOR WEEK.

UM, BUT THANK YOU, GLEN, FOR HIGHLIGHTING THOSE ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS THE PARTNERSHIP THAT, UM, URBAN FORESTRY HAS WITH EDMOND ELECTRIC.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO RECOGNIZE THE BEST OF SHOW WINNERS IN THE ARBOR DAY ART CONTEST, WHICH IS A, UM, LONGSTANDING TRADITIONAL PART OF OUR ARBOR WEEK CELEBRATION.

AND THE ARBOR DAY ART CONTEST IS, UM, A CONTEST FOR FIFTH GRADERS, AND THEY CREATE ARTWORK SURROUNDING THE THEME TREES IN OUR TOWN, WHICH IS SHOWCASED IN, UM, AN EXHIBIT AT THE EDMUND HISTORY MUSEUM THAT WILL BE OPEN UNTIL APRIL 26TH THIS YEAR.

AND, UM, THIS IS ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LOCAL ART TEACHERS.

AND PARTICULAR, I WANT TO CALL OUT THE, THE TEACHERS FROM EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHO DO A LOT TO HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM, UM, FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT.

UM, THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION HAS SELECTED THE FIRST THROUGH THIRD PLACE AND AN HONORABLE MENTION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EXHIBIT.

AND, UM, AGAIN, WE, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE GETTING TO WORK WITH THE MUSEUM TO HOST THIS EXHIBIT EACH YEAR.

AND ALSO WANNA THANK EVAN ELECTRIC FOR PROVIDING RED BED TREES FOR ALL THE FIRST PLACE WINNERS FROM PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS.

AND THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION HAS ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE VISUAL ARTS COMMISSION, UM, TO SELECT THREE BEST OF SHOW WINNERS, WHO ARE THE STUDENTS THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING HERE TONIGHT.

AND, UM, WE'D LOVE, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND EXPERTISE.

AND, UM, YES, THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, UM, FROM THE VISUAL ARTS COMMISSION AS WELL.

CITIZENS BANK OF EDMOND HAS PROVIDED A $75 GIFT CARD, UM, FOR EACH OF THE THREE WINNERS.

AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO CALL JAMES VOS UP TO, UM, PARTICIPATE IN THE PRESENTATION AS STUDENTS RECEIVE THEIR CERTIFICATES.

AND, UM, THANK YOU TO CITIZENS BANK AGAIN FOR THAT PRESENTATION OR SPONSORSHIP.

THANK YOU, LEE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GIVE YOU YOUR CERTIFICATE AND YOUR GIFT CARD, AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE AND THEN YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR SEAT.

UH, MEN AND WOMEN OF COUNCIL.

SO, REAL QUICK, FOR THE WINNERS IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY, WE GET TO DO TWO THINGS.

WE GET TO ONE, WORK WITH GREAT PEOPLE, AND TWO, WE GET TO WORK WITH NUMBERS.

SO, REAL QUICK ABOUT YOUR ART, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT A COUPLE NUMBERS BECAUSE YOU CAN USE ART WITH NUMBERS TO MAKE BUILDINGS, TO BE AN ARCHITECT, TO DO MATH AND GEOMETRY, AND TO BE AN ENGINEER.

SO SOMEDAY THINK BIG ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT REMEMBER THAT IT STARTED WITH ART.

SO A COUPLE OTHER QUICK NUMBERS.

THE FIRST ONE IS 18.

SO REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU'RE 18, YOU CAN VOTE FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE YOU.

SO REMEMBER THAT TONIGHT, THEY'RE HERE TO SERVE YOU.

AND JUST LIKE AT THE BANK, WE'RE HERE TO SERVE YOU.

THE NEXT NUMBER IS 123, AND THAT'S HOW OLD CITIZENS BANK OF EDMOND IS.

AND OUR GOAL IS FOR 123 YEARS FROM NOW KIDS TO HAVE ART IN EDMOND.

WE'RE SO LUCKY IN EDMOND TO HAVE THINGS THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE.

AND THEN I'VE GOT ONE MORE NUMBER FOR YOU.

12.

12 IS THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT WE'VE HOSTED HERD ON HERD.

COME OUT, BRING YOUR FRIENDS.

YOU CAN SEE ART, YOU CAN SEE DRAWINGS, YOU CAN SEE ART IN THE FORM OF MUSIC, AND YOU CAN HAVE GREAT FELLOWSHIP.

SO THE LAST NUMBER THAT I HAVE IS VERY SPECIAL FOR EACH ONE OF YOU, AND WE HAVE IT LOADED ON THIS GIFT CARD.

SO ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE AT CITIZENS BANK OF EDMOND, ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE IN EDMOND, JUST WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT IN 123 YEARS FROM NOW, WE STILL HAVE ART IN EDMOND.

OKAY, THANK YOU JAMES.

UM, FOR STUDENTS, AS I CALL YOUR NAME AND YOU PLEASE COME UP, WE'LL

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SO WE'LL START WITH OUR THIRD PLACE BESTFEST OF SHOW.

IT IS ALEXIA WILLIAMSON FROM HERITAGE ELEMENTARY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

TURN AROUND AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE.

LISA JOO FROM WASHINGTON IRVING ELEMENTARY.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND OUR FIRST PLACE FEST OF SHOW IN THE ARBOR DAY ART CONTEST IS BRILEY FREES FROM JOHN ROSS ELEMENTARY.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT WE HAVE THE CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THIS WAS A TRUE COMMUNITY INVOLVED, UH, WEEK CELEBRATION.

[E. City Manager's Update.]

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

IT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW, BUT I'LL DO MY BEST.

UM, UH, THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WAS, UH, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON SALES TAX.

UM, SALES TAX REVENUE REMAINS FLAT OR SLIGHTLY DOWN FROM 2024.

UH, MARCH REVENUE IS DOWN ALMOST 0.6% COMPARED TO MARCH OF LAST YEAR.

UH, OVERALL SALES TAX COLLECTION IS DOWN 2.17%, UH, THIS MARCH, MARCH THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE MONTH OF A DECLINE WITH EIGHT DOWNTURNS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

UH, MISERY LOVES COMPANY.

UH, THE NEARBY CITIES ARE ALSO GOING THROUGH THIS.

OKLAHOMA CITY, NORMAN, MIDWEST CITY, AND YUKON ALSO REPORT DECLINES.

UH, ON THE POSITIVE SIDE OF THINGS, OUR USE TASK COLLECTION USE TAX COLLECTIONS, UH, DID INCREASE 7.28%.

UH, KEEP IN MIND, THAT CONTRIBUTES ABOUT ONE SIXTH OF THE SALES TAX REVENUE THAT WE TAKE IN.

UH, ALSO ON A POSITIVE NOTE, LODGING TAX HAS INCREASED FOR THE SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH, UH, 7.6% AHEAD OF 2024.

UH, THIS IS PARTLY DUE TO A 2% RATE INCREASE IN DECEMBER.

SO, UH, SOME NEWS ABOUT FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX IS OUR NEWEST FIRE STATION WE'RE ADDING TO THE CITY OF EDMOND.

UH, IT IS ON NORTH KELLY AVENUE.

IT'S, UH, 11,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY, UH, APPROXIMATELY $8.1 MILLION.

UH, IT WILL SUPPORT SEVEN, UH, PERSONNEL ON SITE, AND IT'S, UH, IMPORTANT TO IMPROVE SERVICE IN ONE OF OUR FASTEST GROWING AREAS OF TOWN.

UH, THE CURRENT WORK INCLUDES BRICKWORK, UH, LIVING AREA, DRYWALL, SOME ROOF UNDERLAYMENT, AND STOREFRONT GLASS.

UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME OTHER WORK COMPLETE, UH, FOR THE DIRT WORK FOR THE PARKING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

IT'S INSPECT EXPECTED THAT THIS WILL OPEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2025.

UH, ANOTHER FACILITY THAT'S GETTING READY TO COME ONLINE IS OUR WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE WHARF.

UH, THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THIS WILL BE APRIL 3RD.

IT'S $171 MILLION FACILITY.

IT'S EXPANDING OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT CAPACITY FROM 6 MILLION GALLONS A DAY TO 12 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.

UH, THE PROJECT WAS FINANCED THROUGH REVENUE BONDS, WHICH WILL BE REPAID OVER 30 YEARS VIA WASTEWATER CHARGES.

UH, THE THIRD AERATION BASIN IS OPERATIONAL, AND THE FOURTH WILL BE SOON.

UH, CONSTRUCTION'S 95% COMPLETE.

UH, FULL COMPLETION IS EXPECTED JULY OF 2025.

THERE'S ALSO A COUPLE OF WATERLINE PROJECTS TO TALK ABOUT.

UH, THE 33RD STREET WATERLINE.

UH, WE'RE UPSIZING A 24 INCH WATERLINE FROM I 35 TO BROADWAY TO IMPROVE WATER PRESSURE AND SUPPLY FOR THE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH REPRESENTED BY THE BLUE LINE THERE.

UH, PHASE ONE, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 10,000 FEET IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UH, WITH AN $8.8 MILLION COST, UH, EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

UH, PHASE TWO, WHICH IS ALMOST THE SAME SIZE AS IN DESIGN, UH, EXPECTED TO BE BID IN SUMMER AND FALL OF 2025.

THERE'S ALSO A WATER LINE ON EAST SECOND STREET.

IT'S A TRANSMISSION LINE, AND, UH, IT IS PROJECT TO CONVEY RAW WATER FROM ARCADIA LAKE TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, IT INCLUDES 18,000 FEET OF 36 INCH AND 4,000 FEET OF 42 INCH TREATED WATER PIPES.

AND 8,200 FEET OF 48 INCH RAW WATER PIPE.

IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

UH, IT'S GONNA COST THE CITY $53.6 MILLION.

AND IT'S, UH, COMPLETION IS EXPECTED BY FEBRUARY OF 27.

UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY SLIDES ON THIS, BUT

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I'M, AS BEEN, HAS BEEN MENTIONED ALL DAY FOR ANYONE WHO STEPPED OUTSIDE.

UH, LAST WEEK, YOU PROBABLY FIGURED OUT THERE WERE SOME EXTREME WINDS AND WEATHER.

UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS ABOUT FIRES ACROSS THE STATE, BUT I ASKED BEN CURRY TO PROVIDE KIND OF EDMOND'S INFORMATION.

SO BASICALLY LAST WEEK, UH, EDMOND'S FIRE DEPARTMENT RAN 398 CALLS, UH, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH, WHICH WERE MEDICAL CALLS, BUT THERE WERE 32 GRASS FIRES, TWO MISCELLANEOUS FIRES, FOUR REKINDLES AT FIRES THAT WERE OUT, BUT STARTED BACK UP.

ONE DUMPSTER FIRE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WAS.

UH, FOUR STRUCTURE FIRES AND TWO VEHICLE FIRES.

UH, DURING THAT SAME TYPE TIME PERIOD, EDMOND 9 1 1 CREATED, UH, 2,857 CALLS FOR SERVICE BETWEEN POLICE, FIRE, DEER CREEK FIRE, OAK CLIFF FIRE, EDMOND ELECTRIC, THE WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCES, AND PUBLIC WORKS.

SO WHEN YOU SEE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, PLEASE THANK THEM.

AND JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, WE ARE STILL AT AN ELEVATED FIRE RISK FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF S SEVERE WEATHER ON FRIDAY.

SO WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

TO RECESS THE CITY OF EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND CALL TO ORDER THE EDMUND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.

COUNSEL.

ANY QUESTIONS? ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, POLICE AND FIRE, AND MEDICAL JOB WELL DONE.

NEXT, WE NEED A MOTION

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

IS THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, GENERAL CONSENT ITEM.

WE'RE NOW IN THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, GENERAL CON PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR

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

THERE'S SEVEN ITEMS THERE, COUNSEL.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF HEARING NONE, COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON OUR SEVEN CONSENT ITEMS UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY? MAYOR, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY.

GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS? WE HAVE A MOTION.

THE SECOND.

MOORE.

WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING AND RECONVENE THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THOSE ITEMS, SEVEN ITEMS BEEN PASSED.

ITEM FIVE IS THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION ITEMS, UM, THERE ARE NONE.

SO SIX IS

[6. 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.

IS THE CITY COUNCIL GENERAL CONSENT ITEM.

WE ARE NOW BACK IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN

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

THERE ARE 20 ITEMS THERE.

WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION NUMBER THAT'S NEEDED FOR ITEM SEVEN D 12 DASH 25, 12 DASH 25.

I HAD MENTIONED TO THE CITY MANAGER LAST WEEK THAT IF WE COULD HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON SEVEN F.

COUNSEL, THERE'S SEVERAL ITEMS THERE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO EDMOND MOBILE MILLS, IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THESE GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS? YEAH, MAYOR,

[F. Consideration of Approval of Change Order No. 1 with Flintco, LLC for the City Center Complex for the Extension of Completion Time. (Ward 1)]

HI, LENA DOZIER, UM, DOWNTOWN TRANSFORMATION MANAGER.

SO FOR, UM, ITEM SEVEN F IT IS AN EXTENSION OF THE COMPLETION TIME FOR THE CITY CENTER COMPLEX.

UM, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW DAYS OF WEATHER DAYS.

UM, I THINK IT'S, LET ME SEE HERE.

SO THERE WERE 44 WEATHER DAYS, UM, 34 CALENDAR DAYS FOR UNFORESEEN MATERIAL DELAYS AND ONE CALENDAR DAY, UM, FOR FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS THAT THEY HAD TO SHUT DOWN.

SO THAT EXTENDS OUR COMPLETION DATE TO MAY 23RD.

AND I ACTUALLY HAVE FLINTCO HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM.

ANY ADDIT QUESTIONS? UH, JUST ONE I THE MAY 23RD.

THAT'S FIRM AND FAST.

WE'RE, WE'RE LOCKED IN.

ANY OTHERS? DO YOU WANNA HEAR FROM FLINTCO? NO.

HE NODDED.

? I'M ASSUMING THAT'S YES.

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THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

I DID SERVE UNDER, UH, HELP MOBILE MEALS OUT THIS WEEKEND.

UM, I DID HAVE ONE COMMENT.

[G. Edmond Mobile Meals:]

OVER THIS PAST WEEK.

I WAS IN THE KITCHEN, UH, HELPING PREP THE FOOD DO GO OUT, UH, OH.

OH, .

I, I'M A, I'M, I WAS, I WAS PREPPING THE FOOD.

I WASN'T COOKING THE FOOD PROFESSIONAL CHEFS THERE, BUT JUST TO THE COMMUNITY THAT DAY, WHICH WAS THURSDAY, SERVED 283 MEALS TO THE ED EDMOND COMMUNITY.

THAT'S AMAZING.

AND IF YOU EVER WANT TO HAVE A HEARTFELT WARMTH IN YOUR BODY, VOLUNTEER TO EITHER WORK IN THE KITCHEN OR EVEN BETTER YET, VOLUNTEER TO ACTUALLY DELIVER THE FOOD TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I GUARANTEE YOU, YOU'LL BE A CHANGED PERSON IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE.

YOU GET WAY MORE OUT OF IT THAN THEY EVER COULD.

CORRECT.

PRETTY AMAZING PEOPLE.

IT IS, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT US IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OKAY, COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THESE 20 CONSENT ITEMS FOR ITEM SEVEN? I MOVE TO APPROVE.

YOU HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND MAYOR.

SECOND, PLEASE CATCH YOUR VOTE.

THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION ITEMS ARE FIRST ITEM EIGHT B, CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 13 DASH 25 13 DASH 25, A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR DISPENSING WITH THE FREEHOLDER REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER AND PRIVILEGES AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

NEXT IS ITEMS

[B. Consideration of Approval of Resolution No. ___, a Resolution of Support for Dispensing with the Freeholder Requirement for the Offices of Mayor and Councilmember; And Providing an Effective Date. (Citywide)]

WE'LL TAKE THE EACH ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? THIS IS JUST SHOWING OUR SUPPORT THAT, UH, WE, FOR REMOVAL OF THIS LANGUAGE, BUT IT WILL NOT BE TAKEN UNDER THIS COUNCIL.

IT'LL BE, UH, WE'RE JUST TELLING THE NEXT COUNCIL THAT WE DO SUPPORT REMOVAL OF THAT LANGUAGE.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? UHUH, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM EIGHT B? MOTION TO APPROVE.

YOU HAVE A MOTION? SECOND.

HONOR MS. PASS.

EIGHT C IS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 14 DASH 25 14 DASH 25, ADOPTING THE CITY OF EDMUND GRANT AND MANAGEMENT POLICY, DELEGATING CERTAIN AUTHORITY RELATED TO GRANT APPLICATIONS, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

NEXT IS ITEM

[C. Consideration of Approval of Resolution No. ___ Adopting the City of Edmond Grant Management Policy; Delegating Certain Authority Related to Grant Applications; and Providing an Effective Date. (Citywide)]

KRISTY PATTERSON.

UH, UNDER FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

AND GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

I'M KRISTY PATTERSON, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR THE CITY.

WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY AND COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OUR FEDERAL REG FEDERAL GRANTS, AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL AND STATE GRANTS.

UM, THIS PROCESS IS IN COLLABORATION WITH FINANCE DEPARTMENTS, OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

THE MAJORITY OF OUR GRANT FUNDS ORIGINATE WITHIN A FEDERAL AGENCY.

SO OUR OUTSIDE OF OUR INTERNAL PROCUREMENT PROCESSES AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND THERE ARE FEDERAL REGULATIONS THAT WE MUST COMPLY WITH.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 72 MILLION, UM, DOLLARS WORTH OF GRANTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THAT DOES INCLUDE OUR $12 MILLION OF APA FUNDING THAT'S WRAPPING UP, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER FUNDS.

UM, FOR THE WATER RESOURCES, THE POLICY OUTLINES A CONSISTENT AND STANDARD PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING WHEN TO APPLY, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT REQUIRE CITY MATCHING FUNDS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE BUDGETED AT THE TIME THAT WE APPLY.

THERE IS A PROCESS THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS TO GO THROUGH, UM, FOR APPROVAL PRIOR TO IT COMING THROUGH CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

UM, AND SUCH PARAMETERS ARE IF WE HAVE STAFF CAPACITY OR BUDGET CAPACITY EFFICIENT AND LAWFUL MANAGEMENT OF ALL GRANT PROGRAMMING, WHICH INCLUDES REPORTING, AUDITING, TRACKING, AND RECORD KEEPING, AND DETERMINING IF THE EXPENSE OF THE PROGRAMMING IS ELIGIBLE.

IT ALSO OUTLINES THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITY STAFF.

UM, ON MY TEAM, I HAVE A GRANT COORDIN, UH, GRANT ADMINISTRATION COORDINATOR, JULIANA MCCULLOUGH.

AND SHE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING DEVELOP THIS POLICY AS WELL AS WORKING WITH INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS, ONGOING MONITORING, OVERSIGHT, AND, UH, TRANSPARENCY.

TRANSPARENCY OF ALL FUNDS.

UM, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE FEDERAL FUNDS DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT AS WE'VE BEEN GIVING AUTHORITY TO SPEND THOSE FEDERAL

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FUNDS AND FINALLY DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE EXECUTION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS.

EVEN AFTER WE BRING A GRANT AWARD THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, THERE ARE SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE SIGNED FROM TIME UPON TIME, INCLUDING FISCAL DOCUMENTS THAT MAY, MAY NOT NEED CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.

IF YOU APPROVE TONIGHT TO DELEGATE THAT AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER AND TO MYSELF AS A HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTOR, FINALLY THIS HELPS THE DEPARTMENT WITH THE LI WITHIN THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE GRANT.

WE'RE NOT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.

WE LEAVE THAT UP TO THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE CARRYING OUT THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE WOULD BUILD A RELATIONSHIP OR COLLABORATION TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR GRANT PROGRAM.

UM, WE PROVIDE TECHNICAL SERV SERV ASSISTANCE, AND WE ALSO ARE THE ONE-TO-ONE CONTACT WITH ALL OUR FEDERAL AGENCIES.

UM, I'D LIKE TO, UM, GIVE MY THANKS TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS, UM, MADELINE SAWYER WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

SHE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US GET THIS GRANT POLICY FORWARD.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ONE QUESTION.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I HEARD THAT NUMBER CORRECTLY.

AND FOR THE, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WE HAVE $72 MILLION WORTH OF GRANTS.

YES, SIR.

RIGHT NOW THAT WE'VE RECEIVED YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT TODAY, WHEN YOU GO HOME, THINK WHERE THE CITY WOULD BE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE $72 MILLION WORTH OF GRANTS THAT HAS HELPED FACILITATE US DOING PROJECTS, SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

JUST THINK WHERE WE WOULDN'T BE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.

JOB WELL DONE.

UH, RECEIVING GRANTS.

LOVE THAT.

THE POLICIES COMING TOGETHER IS HERE TO, UM, PUT THE, THE, THE GUARDRAILS IN PLACE THAT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING CORRECTLY.

COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON 18 C? NO, JUST A LOT OF EFFORT FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND ONE OF OUR MOST VITAL RESOURCES IS OUR HUMAN RESOURCES.

AND SO, UM, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PLAYING TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT STRENGTHS, UM, NOT DOUBLING UP, AND THEN MAKING SURE, AS YOU SAID, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THAT WE, WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANY OF THIS BACK.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THE RIGHT REPORTING AND MAKE SURE THAT'S DONE AND HAVE A REALLY GOOD HISTORY OF THAT.

SO I JUST THINK THIS WILL FACILITATE IT.

THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE GOAL.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM EIGHT C? MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND.

MOTION.

D UH, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT.

EIGHT

[D. US-77 Corridor Study:]

THE FREEZING NICHOLS, UH, FOR A QUARTER STUDY OF A US 77 BROADWAY FROM SOUTH CITY LIMITS TO SECOND STREET, AS WELL AS SECOND STREET FROM BROADWAY TO I 35.

HELLO, I'M GONNA BE SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ON EIGHT D TWO TODAY.

UM, I'M HANNAH NOLAN, UM, LONG RANGE PLANNER WITH THE EDMOND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

UH, SO WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY IS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, UH, CONTRACT WITH FRIES AND NICHOLS FOR CORRIDOR STUDY OF S 77.

AND SPEAKING OF OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK, THIS IS THE VERY TOP OF THAT, THAT NETWORK.

UH, SO US 77 WITHIN THE CITY.

THE EDMOND CITY LIMITS IS BROADWAY FROM THE SOUTHERN CITY LIMITS AT COMFORT DRIVE, UM, TO SECOND STREET.

AND THEN FROM SECOND STREET ON SECOND STREET FROM BROADWAY DOWN TO I 35.

IT'S ABOUT 5.7 MILES.

MAKE SURE.

SPEAKING OF FUNDING, UH, THIS PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED BY THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT AWARD.

UM, WE ARE AWARDED THAT LAST YEAR, UH, WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 3.6 MILLION TO FUND FEASIBILITY AND CORRIDOR STUDIES ON ROADS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK.

THE GRANT COVERS 80% OF THE PROJECT COST.

WE ARE EXPECTING THIS PROJECT TO COST ABOUT 620,000.

SO, UM, WE'LL BE GETTING 80% OF THAT IMMERSED.

UH, WE PUT OUT AN RFQ LAST LATE LAST YEAR AND RECEIVED FOUR PROPOSALS AFTER SHORTLIST INTERVIEWS.

REON NICHOLS, OR F AND I WERE SELECTED AS THE MOST QUALIFIED TEAM.

UH, SO HERE'S A NICE MAP FOR YOU.

UH, THIS IS US 77 AS IT IS WITHIN, UH, THE CITY LIMIT.

SO BROADWAY AND SECOND STREET TO I 35.

I'M JUST GONNA RUN THROUGH THE, SOME OF THE SCOPE ITEMS REAL QUICK SO UM, CAN GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE CORRIDOR STUDY ENTAILS.

UM, BUT OVERALL, LEMME TURN BACK TO THIS.

THE STUDY WILL IDENTIFY WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THE CORRIDOR.

IT'S THE BACKBONE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN ADMIN, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL IS TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR ALL USERS.

UM,

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UM, SO IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED TO MAKE IT SAFER.

UM, IMPROVING CIRCULATION AND CONGESTION MANAGEMENT IS ANOTHER GOAL.

UH, PROVIDING MORE AND BETTER OPTIONS FOR WALKING, BICYCLING, USING OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, IMPROVING ACCESS MANAGEMENT, ADDRESSING INTERSECTION CONFIGURATIONS AND IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY.

SO ON THE SCOPE THAT FREE SNIFFLES WILL BE WORKING ON, UH, TASK ONE IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT STANDARD.

TASK TWO IS EXISTING CONDITIONS.

SO THEY'LL LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THEY'LL COLLECT INTERSECTION TURNING MOVEMENTS, UM, AND THEY'LL DO A DETAILED CRASH ANALYSIS OF THE CORRIDOR.

TASK THREE IS OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT.

SO F AND I WILL DEVELOP AND CARRY OUT A PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN, WHICH WILL INCLUDE BOTH STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

UM, JUST TO HELP US IDENTIFY WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALONG THE CORRIDOR IN PARTICULAR, THERE'LL BE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK, SUCH AS AN ONLINE SURVEY.

WE'LL BE DOING COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND A PUBLIC WORKSHOP.

UH, TASK FOUR, UH, F AND I WILL DEVELOP CONCEPTUAL ALTERNATIVES OF WHAT THE ROADWAYS OF SECOND STREET AND BROADWAY COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA EVALUATE THOSE ALTERNATIVES BASED ON HOW THEY'LL AFFECT MOBILITY, CONGESTION, SAFETY, MULTIMODAL ACCOMMODATIONS AND CONNECTIVITY ALTERNATIVES WILL CONSIDER THAT INPUT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND FROM RESIDENTS.

THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ODOT HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED SOME CONCEPTUAL ALTERNATIVES FOR US 77.

SO THAT'S GIVEN US A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADSTART.

UM, WE WILL USE THOSE, WE'LL EXPAND ON THEM AND OUR STUDY.

AND, UM, WE'LL DEVELOP OTHER ALTERNATIVES IF WE NEED TO.

30 YEAR TRAFFIC FORECAST AND ANALYSIS OF THE ALTERNATIVES WILL BE CONDUCTED.

SO BASICALLY MODELING AND TESTING OUT THOSE VARIOUS SCENARIOS.

AND SPEAKING ABOUT ODOT, THIS IS A STATE FACILITY, UM, BROADWAY AND SECOND STREET.

IT, IT, IT'S ODO T'S IT ROADS.

SO WE HAVE BEEN, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE VERY CLOSELY WITH ODOT, PARTICULARLY WITH DISTRICT FOUR AND, UM, ALL THEIR SAFETY ENGINEERS.

THE THINKING IS THAT MAYBE ONE DAY, MAYBE, UH, THE CITY MIGHT TAKE OWNERSHIP OF BROADWAY IN SECOND FROM ODOT.

TASK FIVE IS, UM, F AND I WILL THEN COLLECT, CONDUCT A DETAILED MARKET ANALYSIS AND DEVELOP A LAND USE PLAN THAT WILL SHOW OUR DESIRED END STATE FOR THE CORRIDOR AIMED AT REVITALIZING UNDERPERFORMING LAND USES AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR REDEVELOPMENT.

UH, WE'LL THEN SELECT ONE PREFERRED RECOMMENDED CONFIGURATION FOR EACH OF THE ROADWAY SEGMENTS.

UM, THE SEGMENTS THAT THE ROADWAY CONFIGURATIONS THAT WE CHOOSE FOR, UM, THE CITY LIMITS TO 15TH STREET ON BROADWAY ARE GONNA BE PRETTY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE DECIDE ON SECOND STREET.

SO IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE ONE ALTERNATIVE, IT'S GONNA BE, UM, BASED ON THE SEGMENTS.

UH, THEN F AND I WILL DEVELOP A PHASED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UM, FOR RECOMMENDED PROGRAMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE COULD DO.

UM, THEY'LL GIVE US, YOU KNOW, THE SHORT, EASY, QUICK WINS.

THEY'LL GIVE US MIDTERM AND THEN LONG TERM PROJECTS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT TO IMPROVE THE CORRIDOR.

AND THEN THAT FINAL TASK IS THEY WILL GIVE US A NICE DOCUMENT AND A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL PROBABLY NEXT SUMMER.

UH, IT'S EXPECTED TO TAKE 16 MONTHS TO COMPLETE THIS.

AND LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE TOTAL WE EXPECT TO PAY IS 620,000.

YOU MIGHT SEE 650 IN THE PACKET PACKET.

THERE ARE SEVERAL ADD-ON ITEMS THAT, UM, WOULD BRING THAT UP TO SIX 50 IF WE CHOOSE TO.

THOSE ADD ADD-ON ITEMS INCLUDE SOME ENHANCED GRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS FOR THE PLAN DOCUMENT COST ESTIMATES FOR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS AND SPECIAL ASSISTANCE WITH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES.

UH, THE EDMOND MOBILITY COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR FEBRUARY MEETING, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ADVISORY BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE THIS ON MARCH 4TH.

AND WE RECOMMEND YOUR APPROVAL TODAY.

BUT PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE TO THOSE ROADS BEFORE THE CITY OF EDMOND WOULD TAKE 'EM OVER.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO, BUT THAT WAS A MIGHTY FINE PRESENTATION.

ONE, ONE KEY NOTE THERE IS THAT, UH, JUST FOR CITIZENS TO, TO REMEMBER, WE DO NOT OWN 77.

NOPE.

AND WE DO NOT OWN SECOND STREET ROUTE 66, BUT WE ARE, BUT BASED ON OUR RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH ODOT, WE ARE ABLE TO HELP FACILITATE IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE STREETS RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN AS, UH, HANNAH SAID, THERE IS DISCUSSIONS ON THAT ONE DAY, THE CITY OF EDMOND MAY TAKE OVER THOSE STREETS, BUT THAT THERE'S A LOT

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IT'S NOT SOMETHING OVERNIGHT.

IT'S THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE TO THE ROAD.

UH, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND 80% OF THE COST IS A GRANT.

80% OF THE COST IS A GRANT, IS ANOTHER.

BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

SO COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEMS EIGHT, D ONE AND TWO? WELL, EIGHT.

LET'S TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME.

EIGHT D ONE.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

MAYOR, WE HAVE A MOTION, SIR.

A SECOND.

THAT ITEM PASSED.

THANKS.

THANKS FOR EIGHT D TWO.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT D TWO.

YOU HAVE A MOTION? SECOND.

THAT ITEMS PASS.

NOW WE, BEFORE WE GET TO ITEM NINE, OUR CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A RECESS BEFORE WE GET TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS TONIGHT.

MR. MAYOR, HOW LONG ARE YOU ON RECESS? UH, FIVE MINUTES.

I MAKE THE MOTION WE RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES.

RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES.

YOU CAST YOUR VOTE.

IT'S NOT.

IS THAT A VOTE? YEAH.

WE NEED A MOTION TO COME OUTTA RECESS.

OF BUSINESS IS OUR CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. ITEM NINE A, UH, THIS ITEM, THERE'S A DESIRE FOR FROM THE APPLICANT FOR THE ITEM TO BE CONTINUED TO APRIL 14TH.

WE'RE HEREBY OUTTA RECESS BACK IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

NEXT ORDER

[A. Case No. DD24-00009; Consideration of a Lot Split for 509 Benton Road, Located Northeast of 9th and Rankin. (Ripple Creek Homes; Ward 1) This item will be continued to the City Council meeting on April 14, 2025.]

UM, I MOVE THAT WE, UM, CONTINUE ITEM NINE A TO THE APRIL 4TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.

NINE B, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 15 DASH 25 15 DASH 25, EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE OKLAHOMA TURNPIKE AUTHORITY O TA EXCESS PROGRAM CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TURNER TURNPIKE FAC FACILITY AT POST ROAD AND ACCOMMODATIONS OF A MULTIMODAL TRAIL CONNECTION NEAR ACAIA LAKE.

WE SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE IS CONTINUED.

NEXT IS ITEM

[B. Consideration of Approval of Resolution No. ___ Expressing Support for the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) ACCESS Program Construction of a New Turner Turnpike Facility at Post Road and the Accommodation of a Multi-Modal Trail Connection Near Arcadia Lake. (Ward 2)]

THANK YOU HANNAH NOLL AND EDMOND PLANNING DEPARTMENT AGAIN.

UH, SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE OTA ACCESS PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING TWO ITEMS CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TURNER TURNPIKE FACILITY AT POST ROAD.

UH, IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE GENERAL AREA OF THAT BLUE CIRCLE THERE.

UM, AS THE OT PLANS TO WIDEN THE TURNPIKE TURNPIKE FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TO TULSA, UM, AS WELL AS ALLOWING FOR ACCOMMODATION OF A MULTIMODAL TRAIL CONNECTION NEAR LAKE ARCADIA LAKE.

YOU MIGHT BE THINKING TO YOURSELF, NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS ARE IN THE CITY OF EDMOND.

UM, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT WE WILL STILL BE AFFECTED.

SO, UM, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE REMAINED COMMITTED TO COORDINATING WITH THE OTA THROUGHOUT, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW TURNPIKE, UM, PROJECTS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT CONTINUED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF EDMOND.

EDMOND PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THE RESOLUTION IN OCTOBER OF 2021, AND THAT ONE WAS SPECIFICALLY, UM, REGARDING THE FUTURE TURNPIKE FACILITY AT POST ROAD.

THE NEW INTERCHANGE WILL ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO EAST EDMOND AND BETTER TRAFFIC, CIRCULATION AND ACCESS.

UM, THE RESOLUTION BEFORE EACH UNIT DOES NOT REPLACE THAT OTHER RESOLUTION.

UH, THE NEW RESOLUTION WE ARE NOW ADDRESSING REGIONAL TRAIL INTERCONNECTIVITY, EDMOND, OKLAHOMA CITY.

BOTH HAVE THIS DESIRE TO CONNECT OUR TWO MULTIMODAL TRAIL SYSTEMS. AND THE CONNECTION THAT BOTH OF OUR CITIES HAVE HAD OUR EYES ON IS DEEP FORK SOUTH OF LAKE ARCADIA.

I KEEP POINTING, BUT THAT DOESN'T REALLY HELP.

UM, SO, UH, AS YOU KNOW, A CONNECTED TRAIL GOING ALL THE WAY AROUND LAKE ARCADIA CONTINUES TO BE A GOAL FOR EDMOND IS, AND IT'S IN FUTURE.

UM, YOU MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN THAT IN THE NEWS LATELY.

DEEP FORK TRAILS FINISHED A FEW PHASES OF THAT, THAT

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PROJECT.

IT'S A VERY BIG PROJECT.

UM, SUCH A TRAIL CONNECTION WOULD NEED TO CROSS THE DEEP FORK RIVER TRAVERSE UNDERNEATH TWO TURNPIKE BRIDGES.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SHOW YOU, BUT, UM, THESE TWO BRIDGES WILL GO UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE TURNPIKE.

AND ARE, WE ARE ESSENTIALLY ASKING THE OTA TO LEAVE ROOM FOR THE TRAILS UNDERNEATH.

UM, THE FUTURE.

EDMOND AND OKLAHOMA CITY TRAILS ARE POTENTIALLY YEARS AWAY FROM BEING DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED, HOWEVER, OTA IS WORKING RIGHT NOW TO DESIGN THOSE BRIDGES AND TO EXPAND THE TURNPIKE.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS.

I'LL NOTE THAT OKLAHOMA CITY IS GOING THROUGH A VERY SIMILAR PROCESS TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT.

UM, SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ALL KIND OF ON THE SAME PAGE.

WE JUST WANNA FORMALLY, UM, SHOW OUR SUPPORT AND ASK THAT THE OTA, UH, LEAVE ROOM FOR TRAIL UNDERNEATH THOSE BRIDGES THAT THEY'RE RECONSTRUCTING, BOTH THE EDMOND MOBILITY COMMISSION AND EDMOND BICYCLE COMMITTEE HAVE APPROVED OF THIS ITEM.

UH, WE APPROVE OF THIS RESOLUTION.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE IF THIS TRAIL GOES FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, WHICH I HOPE IT DOES, COULD BE AMAZING.

IT COULD BE AMAZING.

AND THIS FORETHOUGHT TO DO THIS NOW WITH THE OTA TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY FOR EVERYBODY IN THE FUTURE IS, UH, QUITE BRILLIANT.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAD A PARTY IN THIS, UM, NOW AND YEARS BEFORE IN THE PAST TO THINK TO DO THIS.

WE APPRECIATE YOU MM-HMM .

BECAUSE ONE OF THE OUTCOMES WOULD BE, UH, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET ON A TRAIL FROM PITCH PARK AND GO ALL THE WAY OUT TO POPS BY VIA TRAIL.

AND THAT THERE WILL ONLY BE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THAT WHOLE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT'S ACTUALLY OUT ON THE ROAD.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS, IS IN THAT TRAIL.

UH, THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS PROJECT HERE IS THAT THE CONNECTIVITY TO OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA CITY'S PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO CONNECT THEIR LAKES, ALL OF THEIR LAKES TOGETHER VIA TRAIL.

THEN IF WE CAN TAG INTO THIS, UH, ALL OF THE LAKES IN, IN THIS REGION WILL BE CONNECTED.

EXCEPT WE HAVE TO TALK TO NORMAN TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET DOWN TO, UH, TH THUNDERBIRD.

BUT WE, WE HAVE THE CONNECTIVITY.

HE EVEN GET ALL THE WAY OUT TO MIDWEST CITY BECAUSE OKLAHOMA CITY TRAILS CONNECT TO THAT.

IT'S AMAZING.

UM, YOU LOOK AT OTHER COMMUNITIES IN OTHER STATES, THOSE ARE TOUR ATTRACTIONS FOR, TO HAVE TRAILS THAT PEOPLE CAN GET OFF THE ROAD AND, AND WALK RIDE AWAY FROM.

MM-HMM.

FOR, FOR NOT JUST RECREATION, BUT SAFE RECREATION.

SAFE, SAFE RECREATION.

MM-HMM.

COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? ANY, THIS IS THE CITY, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, PART OF OUR MEETING.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC? ITEM NINE B.

SEE NONE.

COUNCIL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO OR NOT? ITEM NINE B.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

MAYOR, WE HAVE A MOTION.

THAT ITEM IS PASSED.

ITEM NINE C, CASE NUMBER Z 24 DASH 26 PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 0 3 0 4 0 3 0 REZONING FROM A GA, GENERAL AGRICULTURE TO A R TWO, A SUBURBAN ESTATE DISTRICT FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5 2 0 1 MOUNTAIN VIEW CIRCLE.

NEXT WE HAVE

[C. Case No. Z24-00026; Public Hearing and Consideration of Approval of Ordinance No. ___ Rezoning from “G-A” General Agricultural to “R-2-A” Suburban Estate District for the Property Located at 5201 Mountain View Circle. (Gabriela Cordova; Ward 2)]

GABRIELA CORDOVA IS THE APPLICANT.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE? HMM? APPLICANT'S NOT HERE.

UM, COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM? UH, DOES STAFF HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR THAT WE NEED TO, THAT MIGHT HELP US DETERMINE? DO WE WANT TO WAIT TO CONTINUE THIS TILL THE APPLICANT CAN BE HERE? I'M HAPPY TO GET MY REPORT OR WE COULD CONTINUE THE ITEM.

LET'S HEAR THE REPORT.

IN TERMS OF THE, THE CASE ITSELF, THIS APPLICATION IS FOR A BY RIGHT ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH ALLOWS SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS WITH RELATIVELY LARGE SETBACKS.

SO THE AS INDICATED, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FROM GA TO R TWO A.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR BY RIGHT ZONING DISTRICTS HERE IN THE MOUNTAIN VIEW.

UM, SUBDIVISION ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MOUNTAIN VIEW PARK.

ADDITION SUBJECT PROPERTY IS 180,000 SQUARE FEET OR JUST OVER FOUR ACRES.

THE NEARBY ZONING AND USES INCLUDE A MIX OF GA, GENERAL AGRICULTURAL R ONE RURAL ESTATE AND L TWO LAKE RESIDENTIAL, MOST OF WHICH ARE DEVELOPED WITH RESIDENTIAL USES.

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THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS 60,000 SQUARE FEET.

THE ADMIN PLAN, THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, DESIGNATES THIS AREA, RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE R TWO A DISTRICT IS APPROPRIATE.

THE MARCH 4TH, 2025 PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING, HEARING, THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? UH, STILL DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, WE HEARD THE, DO YOU WANT TO HEAR THIS TO, TO MAKE A DECISION? ARE WE GONNA PROVE IT OR NOT? OR DO YOU WANT TO HEAR THIS TO THE, ARE WE GONNA MAKE A DECISION THAT WE WANT THE APPLICANT HERE TO HEAR THEIR, FOR THEM TO REPRESENT THEIR REQUEST? MR. MAYOR? I WOULD PREFER THE APPLICANT BE PRESENT.

SO WOULD I, BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A REZONING.

UH, AND I, I WOULDN'T WANT, I WOULD HISTORICALLY THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN HERE.

UM, EVEN IF THERE'S NOTHING FOR THEM TO SAY, BUT IT'S HERE FOR THEM REPRESENTING THEIR PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THEY WANT US TO FOR THEM.

MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION IF YOU'LL LET ME.

YES SIR.

I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM FOR UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

AND IF WE CAN HAVE MR. BRIAN AND HIS TEAM REACH OUT TO THE APPLICANT TO LET 'EM KNOW THEY NEED TO BE PRESENT.

OF COURSE.

YES, PLEASE.

DO YOU HAVE TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO APRIL 14TH, SECOND OR SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION PLEASE? YOUR VOTE.

NINE D, CASE NUMBER Z 2 4 0 0 1 1 PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 0 3 0 4 0 3 0 THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED TO APRIL 14TH.

NEXT IS ITEM

[D. Case No. Z24-00011; Public Hearing and Consideration of Approval of Ordinance No. ___ Rezoning from “G-A” General Agricultural to “PUD Z24-00011” Planned Unit Development for Creekside Cove, Located on the Northeast Corner of Air Depot Boulevard and Coffee Creek Road. (Quail Village Investments, LLC; Ward 2)]

REZONING FROM A GA, GENERAL AGRICULTURE TO A-P-U-D-Z TWO FOUR DASH 0 0 0 1 1.

PLANNING UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR CREEKSIDE CO LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF AIR DEPOT BOULEVARD AND COFFEE CREEK ROAD.

QUAIL VILLAGE INVESTMENTS.

LLC IS THE APPLICANT.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES.

UM, AS INDICATED, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FROM GA, GENERAL AGRICULTURAL TO PUD PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF AIR DEPOT AND COFFEE CREEK.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ABOUT 29 AND A HALF ACRES NEARBY.

ZONING AND USES INCLUDE TO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTH ZONED GA, GENERAL AGRICULTURAL AND A MIX OF UNDEVELOPED FLOODPLAIN AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WEST ACROSS AIR DEPOT IS ZONED R ONE RURAL ESTATE DWELLING AND IS DWELL DEVELOPED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UM, TO THE SOUTHWEST.

THE ZONING MAP IS UM, A PENDING UPDATE TO THE ZONING MAP.

UM, THE EAST FORK PUD IS ACTUALLY TO THE AT THAT CORNER AND YOU'LL RECALL THE DISCUSSION OF THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR.

UM, CASE DETAILS IN TERMS OF THIS PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT DESIGN STATEMENT, 12 OF THE 29 ACRES ARE OUTSIDE THE FLOODPLAIN AND POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT.

ALLOWED USES INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL, UM, SUCH AS SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, TWO FAMILY BUILDINGS AND TOWN HOMES.

UM, THE MAXIMUM UNIT COUNT IS CAPPED AT 145 UNITS.

UH, DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS SPECIFIED IN THE PUD, UM, INCLUDE SINGLE FAMILY AND TWO FAMILY USES CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT CODE FOR THE TOWNHOMES.

UM, A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 12, UM, 1,250 SQUARE FEET WITH SETBACKS OF 50 FEET FROM THE MAJOR STREET, 20 FEET FROM A MINOR STREET.

THOSE ARE YOUR FRONT YARD SETBACKS, 20 FEET TO THE REAR AND FIVE FEET ON SIDE YARD.

SETBACKS WITH ZERO FEET ON INTERIOR.

LOT LINES TO ALLOW THE TOWN HOME.

UM, PRODUCT MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT IS SET AT 35 FEET FOR ALL BUILDING TYPES.

TWO POINTS OF ACCESS ARE PROPOSED FROM AIR DEPOT.

UM, THE ADMIN PLAN 2018, THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS S TWO SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND AGRICULTURAL.

THE HOUSING TYPES PROPOSED IN THIS PUD CAN BE SUPPORTED IN THE S TWO CATEGORY.

THE PORTION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY DESIGNATED AGRICULTURAL WILL REMAIN UNDEVELOPED.

BOTH APPROACHES MEET THE INTENT OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING ON MARCH 4TH, 2025, A MOTION TO APPROVE FAILED BY A VOTE OF TWO TO ONE.

AND I'VE BEEN REMINDED THAT MOTIONS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION REQUIRE THREE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO CARRY.

I HAVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

DOWN TO THE SOUTHEAST ABOUT, OH, I DON'T KNOW RIGHT ABOUT HERE.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME?

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NOT RIGHT NOW.

YEP, VERY GOOD.

WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, I'M TODD MCINNIS.

I REPRESENT QUAIL VILLAGE INVESTMENTS.

WHO'S THE APPLICANT ON THIS PROJECT? ALSO HERE IS UH, KENDALL DILLON WITH CRAFT AND TOLL.

HE'S THE ENGINEER OF RECORD AND ZACH HOLLAND IS HERE AS WELL.

HE REPRESENTS THE DEVELOPER.

UH, JUST A COUPLE THINGS.

UM, I WISH WE HAD MORE PEOPLE SHOW UP AT PLANNING COMMISSION.

WE HAD A TWO TO ONE VOTE.

OBVIOUSLY THE CHAIRMAN RECUSED HIMSELF 'CAUSE HE'S INVOLVED IN THE LENDING BUSINESS AND SO, UH, MR. CHER VOTED AGAINST IT.

UH, BUT IT WAS TWO TO ONE AS KEN JUST SAID.

I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SO INTERESTING.

CAN YOU GO BACK, CHRISTIE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, TO THAT ZONING MAP THAT MR. BRIAN JUST SHOWED? SO EDMOND HAS SPENT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF HOURS DEVELOPING THE EDMOND PLAN 2018 AND THE EDMOND PLAN 2050, WHICH ARE AS YOU KNOW, TOGETHER NOW.

AND AS MR. BRIAN JUST SAID, THE DESIGNATION FOR THIS AREA IS S TWO.

THE, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AND WHAT IT SAYS IN THE CODE OR IN THE ORDINANCE ABOUT THAT, IT SAYS INCREASING THE VARIETY OF HOME TYPES SUCH AS TOWN HOMES, GARAGE APARTMENTS, DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES AND QUADPLEXES, AS WELL AS SUPPORTIVE COMMERCIAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES IN THE PRIORITY AREAS.

THE RED ON THE MAP IS E ONE, I THINK IS THAT RIGHT, MR. BRIAN, WHICH IS RETAIL.

ANY TYPE OF RETAIL THAT'S SHORT OF A MOST OUTDOOR DISPLAY.

SO THE IDEA OF EDMOND'S USE OUT HERE IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE MOVING FORWARD.

AND I LEARNED FROM ONE OF MY LAW PARTNERS WHO WAS HERE LAST WEEK OR AT PLANNING COMMISSION WHO LIVES IN CANAAN CREEK FARMS. AND HE SAID A TERM THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

HE SAID THAT ZONING'S ALWAYS MICRO TO THE OWNERS AND THE APPLICANTS, BUT IT'S MACRO TO THE CITY OF EDMOND.

AND WHAT I THINK THAT MEANS IS IF I LOOK AT THIS MAP AND I LOOK AT CANAAN CREEK FARMS, AND I THINK THE PEOPLE IN THERE ARE ON TWO PLUS ACRE LOTS.

AND SO THEIR ATTITUDE AND YOU'LL HEAR 'EM DENIED IS THAT'S TOO DENSE.

THE APPLICANT'S USE IS TOO DENSE.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT ARGUMENT FROM A MICRO STANDPOINT, FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS TO BE JUST LIKE MY NEIGHBORHOOD OUTSIDE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT AS WE KNOW AND AS THE EDMOND PLAN 2018 SAYS, AND THE EVAN PLAN 2050 SAYS, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT JUST 20 PEOPLE OR 25 OR 12 OR WHATEVER THAT NUMBER MIGHT BE, BUT THE CITY LOOKS AT THINGS IN THE LONG RANGE PLANNING.

AND I WROTE A, A COUPLE NOTES AS I WAS SITTING HERE TONIGHT ABOUT THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN THIS MEETING.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS BUILDING A NEW FIRE STATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PLAN FOR THE USE OF THAT FIRE STATION TO SERVICE THE CITY OF EDMOND.

AS YOU KNOW, LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO, EDMOND BOUGHT A NEW FIRE STATION LOCATION OUT HERE AT COFFEE CREEK PAST DOUGLAS.

WE HEARD ABOUT ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, BROADWAY TO SECOND STREET AND OUT TO I 35 ALL ABOUT PLANNING.

AND THEN THE OTHER THINGS I THOUGHT WERE INTERESTING IS THAT CHRIS KNIFING DIDN'T SPEAK TONIGHT, BUT THE CITY MANAGER GAVE A REPORT ON THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF SHADE BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING $300 MILLION OUT THERE.

BUT AS BEFORE, THE PLANNING OF THE FUTURE OF EDMOND AND THE PLANNING HAS TO HAPPEN BASED UPON ALL KINDS OF FACTORS.

EXPECTED DEVELOPMENT, NEEDED, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE PEOPLE THAT WILL DRIVE OUR ECONOMY BY SPENDING MONEY IN THESE AREAS TO PAY FOR THE THINGS THAT THE CITIZENS WANT.

ANOTHER THING I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING, YOU STARTED TONIGHT RIGHT BEFORE I GOT UP HERE, THE TURNPIKE AT POST ROAD.

DO YOU KNOW IF THAT TURNPIKE GATE GOES IN, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET FROM DOWNTOWN TO ARCADIA TO DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CITY IN 22 MINUTES.

THAT WILL CHANGE EAST EDMOND.

WELL, WHY WOULD THEY PUT A TURNPIKE WAY OUT THERE? OR THEY'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

IT'S NOT THE EDMOND REACTING DEPARTMENT.

IT'S THE EDMOND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO SAY IT IN A PERSONAL WAY BECAUSE I HAD A COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS I HOSTED AT MY OFFICE FOR THIS APPLICATION.

AND I DID WHAT EVERYBODY IS ASKED TO DO.

I SENT OUT LETTERS TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GOT NOTICE AND I HAD THREE PEOPLE SHOW UP.

NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

A HUSBAND AND WIFE AND THEIR DAUGHTER WHO LIVE OR OWN PROPERTY TO THE NORTH OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, I DIDN'T HEAR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION.

THEY HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT BECAUSE OF DENSITY AND TRAFFIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THEN AT PLANNING COMMISSION, I TOOK NOTES.

I HAD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 PEOPLE SPEAK AGAINST THIS PROJECT.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S TWICE AS MANY HERE TONIGHT.

AGAIN, WE HAVE THIS PROCESS SO THAT THERE'S INPUT BY THE CITIZENS.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO STRESS FOR ALL OF US IS WE DO PLANNING FOR THE LONG RANGE AND IT INVOLVES HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND THOUSANDS OF HOURS.

BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY WE KNOW WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED, IF WE'RE GONNA PUT RETAIL RIGHT THERE WHERE IT SAYS CANAAN CREEK, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S GONNA BE.

AND RIGHT NOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S NOT THERE TO SUPPORT THIS.

WE KNOW THAT IRONICALLY, AND I SAID THIS AT PLANNING COMMISSION, IF YOU COULD MOVE THE MAP

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THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT THAT I REPRESENTED IN 2023 CALLED MEADOWBROOK.

AND THIS COUNCIL HEARD IT AND IT TOOK 75 ACRES, 55 OF WHICH WERE FLOOD AND APPROVED A TOWN HOME PROJECT, ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THIS ONE.

MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS THE SAME APPLICANT.

AND THAT WAS APPROVED ON MARCH 27TH, 2023, THREE DAYS FROM NOW TO BE A TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

NOT A SPADE OF DIRT HAS BEEN MOVED OUT HERE FOR THIS PROJECT YET.

WELL, WHY? BECAUSE IT TAKES TIME AND IT'S A PROCESS.

AND TOMORROW YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THESE HOMES BUILT OUT THERE, BUT ALLOWS THE CITY TO PLAN AND FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO GO IN PLACE AND THE DEVELOPER TO KNOW, JUST LIKE THE RESIDENTS WANNA KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR LAND, THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR LAND.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PLANNING.

SO CHRISTY, CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND SHOW ME THE MAP OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO? AND THEN I'D LIKE TO SHOW A PICTURE.

SO THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT.

UH, MR. BRIAN SHOWED IT ON HIS PROJECT.

THIS SHOWS A LAYOUT OF 125 UNITS.

YOU'LL KNOW IN OUR PUD IT ALLOWS FOR 145 UNITS.

AS OF TOTAL.

THERE'S JUST FLUFF.

THAT'S JUST EXTRA SPACE.

UH, YOU'LL SEE IN OUR PUD IT SAYS THERE WILL BE NO VARIANCES.

NO VARIANCES FOR TRAFFIC, OR NO VARIANCES FOR LANDSCAPE OR ANYTHING ELSE.

IT'S UNLIKELY YOU COULD DO MANY MORE UNITS GIVEN WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE WITHOUT GOING TO THE CITY FOR VARIANCES.

THAT'S THE USE OF OUR LAND.

THAT MAXIMIZES THE ABILITY TO BUILD THAT ALLOWS FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ALLOWS THE ABILITY FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE LOOKS VERY SIMILAR, QUITE FRANKLY, TO MEADOWBROOK.

THAT'S ON COVAL ROAD, JUST EAST OF THE GODDARD SCHOOL.

UH, AND SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THIS LOCATION.

IT ALSO IS BECAUSE THERE'S A PRODUCT MIX.

AND CHRISTIE, COULD YOU BRING UP MY ELEVATION PLEASE? THIS PRODUCT MIX, THIS IS THE PRODUCT.

THIS IS JUST RIGHT OFF OF BUNGALOW HEIGHTS, WHICH IS RIGHT OFF OF THE PORCHES AT ARBOR CREEK, WHICH IS RIGHT OFF OF THE PORCHES.

ALL ALONG.

I 35 JUST EAST OF I 35 AND NORTH OF ROUTE 66, OR ROUTE ROUTE, UH, NORTH OF SECOND STREET.

THIS PRODUCT MIX IS DRIVING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN EDMOND, BECAUSE WHY? WELL, WE KNOW 65% OF THE CITIZENS IN EDMOND HOUSEHOLDS IN EDMOND DO NOT HAVE ANY SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN.

65%, TWO OUT OF THREE DO NOT HAVE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN.

WELL, WE HAVE A DIVERSE HOUSING FORCE, RIGHT? BUT IT NEEDS TO BE MORE DIVERSE.

WE HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME.

YOU GUYS PAID, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH FOR A STUDY THAT CAME BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 JUST FOR THAT ANSWER.

AND SO THE PRODUCT MIX THAT IS IDENTIFIED IN THIS LOCATION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SUBURBAN TWO RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH THE EDMOND 2018 AND EDMOND 2050 PLAN.

AND I UNDERSTAND, I, AND I'LL TELL YOU, AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS GONNA BE SAID TONIGHT, IT'S TWO DENSE.

IT DOESN'T COMPLIMENT THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND ME, IT'S TOO MUCH TRAFFIC.

I WANNA KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA COST.

I DON'T WANT MY PROPERTY VALUES TO GO DOWN.

THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S ALREADY OVERLOADED AND THEY APPROVE THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.

AND I SAID IT'S CALLED AG.

AND SO AS MR. BRIAN JUST SAID, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER IS NO LONGER AG, IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY YOU AS A PUD.

THAT'S MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO IF WE HAD THE ABILITY TO SATISFY EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD AN ISSUE WITH WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ACROSS THE STREET, THEN THERE WOULD BE NO PLANNING.

THERE WOULD BE NO DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THE APPLICANT'S OPPOSITION AND I'VE BEEN THERE, ALWAYS ASSUMED THAT THERE'S NOT A PLAN.

THE USE IS GONNA BE LESS DENSE.

RIGHT? IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T DO A PLAN, THEN IT'D BE JUST LIKE MY HOUSE.

IT'D BE TWO ACRES OR 3000 SQUARE FEET OR WHATEVER IT IS.

BUT YOU CAN'T ASSUME IT.

YOU CAN'T TAKE THE BENEFIT OF WE'RE NOT GONNA FOLLOW THE PLAN BECAUSE IF WE DON'T FOLLOW THE PLAN, YOU'RE GONNA DO WHAT I WANT.

WE COULD GO WORSE, RIGHT? LET'S SAY WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN AND SOMEONE COMES IN AND BUYS THAT LAND AND WANTS TO PUT A SMELTING PLANT THERE.

NO PLAN.

DO WHAT YOU WANT, RIGHT? WELL, I DON'T SAY ANY OF THIS TO BE DEMEANING OR ANYBODY THAT HAS AN OPPOSITION TO THIS, BUT I DO KNOW WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE AND THE CITY SPENDS A LOT OF MONEY AND THE CITIZENS SPEND A LOT OF MAN HOURS TO GET UP WITH A PLAN THAT WORKS.

AND IT DOESN'T SATISFY EVERYBODY.

'CAUSE IT'S NOT A MICRO PLAN.

IT'S A MACRO PLAN THAT OUR CITIZENS AND OUR LEADERSHIP WHEN IT CHANGES WHEN THESE TWO LADIES AND THIS GENTLEMAN AREN'T HERE IN 45 DAYS OR 60 DAYS, THAT NEXT GROUP COMES IN AND THEIR STABILITY AND UNDERSTANDING.

AND SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS OF MY PROJECT.

UH, THE DENSITY IS 4.5 UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS LESS THAN A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF IT WAS OWNED SINGLE FAMILY TODAY, YOU WOULD DO IT WITH GREATER DENSITY.

UH, I'VE SHOWN YOU THE ELEVATION OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THERE.

THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR PUD FOR FLEXIBILITY AS TO HOW IT'S GONNA DEVELOP.

THAT WAS LEARNED BY US AND THE CITY STAFF THROUGH MEADOWBROOK.

AND SO WE TRY TO TAKE WHAT WE LEARN AND APPLY IT TO THIS PROJECT.

SO, UH, I I'VE ALREADY WASTED TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

COUNSEL, ANY

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QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING PART OF OUR MEETING.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? YES SIR.

PLEASE COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

MAYOR DAVIS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS HAL LIPPERT AND I LIVE AT 45 17 NEW CANAAN ROAD.

IT'S IN THE CANAAN CREEK, UH, FARMS ADDITION.

AND MY HOUSE IS APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET FROM THAT ENTRANCE RIGHT THERE INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT I KNOW I DON'T LIVE WITHIN 300 FEET OF THIS PROPERTY, BUT TO SAY THAT INVITATIONS WERE SENT OUT FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO HIS OFFICE TO MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS, I NEVER RECEIVED.

THE ONLY NOTIFICATION I RECEIVED WAS THE MANDATORY SIGNS THAT ARE POSTED ON THAT PROPERTY.

SO I WON'T WASTE YOUR TIME TALKING ABOUT, UH, TRAFFIC CONGESTION DECREASES IN HOME VALUES.

'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD THAT HUNDREDS OF TIMES FROM OTHER PEOPLE.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO INSTEAD FOCUS ON IS THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS NOT A GOOD FIT FOR THIS AREA.

IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION.

THIS IS DESIGNATED AS AN S TWO AREA AND THAT'S JUST THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.

IF YOU AND I, I APOLOGIZE, I DID, WAS NOT AWARE OF WHAT WAS NEEDED TO MAKE A, A VISUAL PRESENTATION, BUT I DID HAVE SOME MAPS THAT I HAD PRINTED UP AND DISTRIBUTED.

AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IS THE OVERALL, UM, DESIGNATION OF S TWO.

AND THAT'S THAT LIGHT PINK AREA.

AND IT IS A HUGE AREA SURROUNDING ALMOST ALL OF EDMOND.

SO TO SAY THAT THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS A GOOD FIT.

I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT IS UH, REQUIRED IN THAT.

IT DOES MENTION THAT TOWN HOMES ARE ACCEPTABLE, BUT THAT IT'S, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THAT'S PAINTING A VERY BROAD BRUSH TO NARROW THIS ONE TINY SECTION AND SAY, WELL, IN THIS, UM, PLANNING THAT THEY DID, THEY SAID S TWO.

I MEAN, IT'S A HUGE AREA.

AND SO WHAT I DID IS THE, UM, IN THE EDMOND 2050, UM, PLANNING REPORT, I LOOKED TO SEE WHERE THEY SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED AREAS FOR TOWN HOMES AND I COULD ONLY FIND TWO.

AND THEY WERE LISTED IN AREAS CALLED TOWN SQUARES AND VILLAGES.

AND THERE WERE ONLY TWO INSTANCES THAT I COULD SEE.

ONE WAS JUST NORTH OF, UH, ROUTE 66 OFF OF DOUGLAS ON EITHER SIDE OF DOUGLAS AND ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS EAST OF LAKE ARCADIA AND SOUTH OF 15TH ON ANDERSON.

THOSE WERE THE ONLY TWO PLACES THAT I COULD FIND IN THE S TWO, UH, DESIGNATION THAT LISTED TOWN HOMES AS WHAT THEIR VISION OF WHAT WOULD WOULD BE PLACED THERE.

THE OTHER THING THAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED IN THE, UH, DESIGNATION FOR A SUBURBAN, SUBURBAN S TWO NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IS A YELLOW ZONING DISTRICT AND SPECIFICALLY, UH, ZONING A AND PUDS.

AND I JUST WANTED TO READ THE YELLOW ZONING DISTRICTS SHOULD BE TREATED WITH CAUTION.

THESE ZONING DISTRICTS MAY HAVE COMPONENTS THAT CAN FIT INTO THE APPLICABLE PLAN CATEGORY, BUT ONLY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

A REZONING APPLICATION TO ONE OF THE YELLOW ZONING DISTRICTS SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO EXTRA CONSIDERATIONS.

SO I ALSO LOOKED AT THE EDMOND 2050 PLAN, WHICH HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE EDMOND 2018 PLAN.

UNDER THE TITLE OF RURAL CHARACTER, IT SAID THAT EAST EDMOND WILL VALUE THE EXISTING RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL USES.

THE CITY WILL ENSURE THAT CRITICAL RESOURCES SUCH AS THE CROSS TIMBERS FOREST, URBAN TREE CANOPY, PRIME FARMLAND, DESIGNATED OPEN SPACE AND RIP RIPARIAN AREAS ARE PROTECTED.

AND THAT EXISTING RURAL CHARACTER CONTRIBUTES TO THE AREA'S SENSE OF PURPOSE.

PARDON? AMONG THE OTHER

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SURVEYS THAT THEY CONDUCTED, THEY, UH, WANTED TO KNOW, UM, I'M SORRY TO GIVE ME A SECOND.

RESPONDENTS WANTED EAST EDMOND TO HAVE THOUGHTFUL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS TO MAINTAIN THE RURAL AND GREEN CHARACTER OF THE STUDY AREA.

IN THE SECOND SURVEY THAT WAS, UH, TAKING PLACE MOST OF THE RESIDENTIAL INFILL, WHICH IS WHAT A LOT OF THIS HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING, MOST OF THE RESIDENTIAL INFILL IS PROPOSED WEST OF I 35 IN THE PREFERRED SCENARIO, NOT EAST, BUT WEST OF I 35, ALONG WHERE A LOT OF THE RETAIL, UH, AND ACTUALLY SOME NEW TOWN HOMES ARE GOING UP JUST NORTH OF THE SHOWBIZ THERE.

AND THE FINAL SURVEY PRESENTED THE FIVE ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS TO THE PUBLIC, EXPLORED TRADE-OFFS OF THE SCENARIOS AND PRESENTED THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND CLARIFIED DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND TYPES IN EAST EDMOND.

AND BASED ON THE SURVEY RESPONSES, A TOP PRIORITY NOTED WAS TO PRESERVE RURAL CHARACTER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GO TO THE VERY FIRST, UM, MAP THAT WAS SHOWN? YES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO LET'S LOOK AT THE AREA.

MY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS THE CLOSEST, IS THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IN THERE.

THERE ARE 31 FAMILIES ON APPROXIMATELY 80 ACRES.

SMALLEST IS, UH, JUST OVER TWO.

AND THE LARGEST IS JUST OVER FOUR ACRES.

OUR DENSITY IS 0.38 FAMILIES PER ACRE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING AREAS, THERE ARE NO AREAS WITH HIGH DENSITY HOMES.

ALL THESE HOMES HAVE AT LEAST AN ACRES PROPERTY AROUND THEM.

AND AGAIN, THE ONLY REASON THIS PROPERTY WAS, UH, CHOSEN, THIS IS ALL FLOODPLAIN RIGHT HERE.

IF YOU TALK, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 145, WHICH IS THEIR MAXIMUM THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, YOU'RE PUTTING, AND THEY, HE MENTIONED THE FACT THAT THERE DENSITY WAS 4.5.

WELL, THAT'S TRUE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY EDMOND RIGHT NOW FIGURES OUT DENSITY.

'CAUSE THEY LOOK AT THE TOTAL AREA, THEY DON'T LOOK AT THE BUILDABLE AREA.

IF YOU SUBTRACT THE FLOODPLAIN, THEY'VE GOT 12 ACRES THAT THEY CAN BUILD ON.

SO IF YOU PUT 145 FAMILIES ON 12 ACRES, THE DENSITY IS 12 FAMILIES PER ACRE, NOT 4.5 ACRES.

IN SUMMARY, I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU COULD FIND ONE PERSON HERE TODAY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE DEVELOPER SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T WAIT.

BE CRAMMED IN WITH 145 OTHER FAMILIES ON 12 ACRES, WHICH WERE FORMAL CATTLE, FORMER CATTLE GRAZING AIR ACRES, AND SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON ACREAGES AND A FLOODPLAIN.

AND FINALLY, THIS COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE EDMOND 2018 CITY PLAN.

IT SAYS YELLOW REQUIRES INTENSE REVIEW, MUST CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND APPLICABLE PERFORMANCE CRITERIA.

AND THERE'S A NOTE, IT SAYS, NOTE PUBLIC BENEFIT, NOT DEVELOPER BENEFIT.

I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO ADDRESS YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL FOR THE THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? SIR, YOU WERE FIRST AND THEN IN THE PLAID SHIRT AND BACK OF YOUR SECOND.

PLEASE COME DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO HAND OUT AND YOU NEED TO GIVE IT TO THE, I'M SORRY, I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS REALLY QUICK.

UH, BILL THOMPSON.

I LIVE IN, UH, CANON CREEK FARMS. YOU'VE HEARD ME SPEAK BEFORE WHENEVER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE P DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF, UH, COFFEE CREEK.

AND I LISTENED TO MR. UH, MCKENNA, UH, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND I PROBABLY USED WORDS THAT HE DIDN'T QUITE AGREE WITH ON DESCRIBING THIS.

PUT AS A, UH, LITTLE BIT OF A BAIT AND SWITCH.

'CAUSE THE FIRST THING IT STARTS

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WITH IS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

BUT THEN WHEN YOU DIG THROUGH THE POD, IT'S ALL THESE HIGH DENSITY, UM, TOWN HOMES.

AND WE HAVE LOTS OF, UH, PLANNING DOCUMENTS.

20 18, 20 50 EDMOND SHIFT.

AND I HANDED OUT, UH, EDMOND SHIFT, TWO PAGES OUT OF IT SHOWS THE MAP.

IF YOU NOTICE THE RED, IT SAYS, UH, MAJOR ARTERIAL.

AND THEN THE SECOND PAGE DEFINES WHAT THAT'S, UH, SHOULD BE AS A ROAD.

AND IF YOU LOOK, I ASK HOW MANY OF THESE ROADS IS THERE PLANNED WITHIN, SAY, THE NEXT 10 YEARS TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.

I MEAN, AIR DEPOT NORTH OF, UH, COVELL TO COFFEE CREEK, COFFEE CREEK FROM AIR DEPOT TO SOONER, SOONER BACK DOWN TO, UH, COVELL.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BRIDGE IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS.

AND I IMAGINE THIS WAS A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS TO PUT THAT TYPE OF ROAD IN.

AND YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE AN EASY JOB.

YOU DON'T HAVE INFINITE POCKETS TO DIG FROM AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE PRIORITIES.

AND RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT SAYING WHETHER THE CITY SPENDING MONEY IS INCORRECT, SO DON'T TAKE IT THAT WAY.

BUT YOU'RE PUTTING IT ON PRIORITIES ON CERTAIN THINGS, WHETHER IT'S A NEW CITY BUILDING, YOU KNOW, THE PARK.

WE HAVE SOME OF THE, THE FIRE STATION AND SO FORTH.

AND UNTIL WE CAN GET TO THE POINT THAT WE HAVE THIS UP HIGHER IN THE PRIORITY LIST WHERE WE'RE IMPROVING THE ROADS, AIR DEPOT AND, UH, COFFEE CREEK, UH, NOT COFFEE CREEK, UH, COVE ARE, IS HORRIBLE.

IT'S ABOVE CAPACITY MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY.

YOU SEE TRAFFIC BACKED UP A HALF MILE ALL THE WAY TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UM, SO I JUST, WE ALREADY HAVE CROSSINGS CHURCH, EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, YOU HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED ON THE OTHER PUD ON SOUTH SIDE ALL ARE JUST COMPOUNDING TO THIS.

WE HAVE NO OTHER I 35 ACCESS TILL YOU GET FARTHER SOUTH TO DANFORTH.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A PLAN.

I KNOW STATES LOOKING AT WIDENING, UH, I 40, UH, NORTH, OR EXCUSE ME, I 35 NORTH, UM, PAST, UH, SECOND STREET.

BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A PLAN FOR ADDITIONAL OFF RAMPS AND WELL, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T LIKE OFF RAMP.

I THINK IT'S NEEDED, YOU KNOW, AT COFFEE CREEK OR SORG MILL, ONE OF THE TWO.

SO I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS.

THE OTHER ONES TALK ABOUT THE 20 18 20 50 PLANS.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALL OF THOSE PLANS TALK ABOUT IS COMPLIMENTING EXISTING HOUSING ADDITIONS AND PROVIDING A BUFFER OR A TRANSITIONAL TYPE OF HOUSING.

IF THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, A TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY 6,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT ADDITION, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH OURS, BUT AT LEAST IT'D BE KIND OF TOWARDS OF A TRANSITION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SURROUNDED BY MILLION DOLLAR HOMES AND IT'S LIKE WE ALREADY HAVE MULTIPLE HIGH DENSITY, I'LL CALL 'EM MICRO LOT TYPE HOUSING.

AND IT'S LIKE, DO WE REALLY NEED MORE? AND I HATE TO BE ONE, TRYING TO ARGUE AGAINST WHAT SOMEBODY CAN DO WITH THEIR LAND, BUT THIS IS GONNA IMPACT LOTS OF PEOPLE.

AND RIGHT NOW I DON'T SEE THE CITY HAVING THE ABILITY TO FIX WHAT IS GONNA CREATE BY APPROVING THIS WITH, UH, THE ROAD PROBLEMS AND ACCESS.

SORRY FOR TAKING YOUR TIME, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER 'EM.

COUNSEL, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS? NOT RIGHT NOW.

YOU GO UP ON WATERLOO ROAD, THAT IS, IT'S TERRIBLE AND THERE'S NO EASY WAY OF GETTING OUT OF THAT AREA.

WE DON'T NEED THE APPLAUSE, PLEASE THIS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

IN THE, IN THE PLANT, I'M JOHN DERA.

I OWN LAND THAT ADJOINS THAT ON THE NORTH.

MY SIBLINGS, I HAVE FOUR SIBLINGS THAT OWN LAND IN THAT 80 ACRES, UH, WHERE I'VE GOT LAND.

AND THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE A NOTICE TO ATTEND THE ATTORNEY'S MEETING.

UH, UH, MY CONCERN IS THE TRAFFIC, IF

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UH, AND SO FAR AS MY LAND THAT I OWN ON THE NORTH, I HAVE BASICALLY A FEEDLOT IN THE FALL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY.

AND I DON'T THINK CITY PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, UH, LIVING NEXT TO A, A PASTURE FULL OF ANIMALS.

AND AS LONG AS I LIVE, I PLAN ON BEING THERE.

THAT MAY NOT BE VERY LONG, BUT I PLAN ON BEING THERE WITH THE ANIMALS.

UH, IT IT, UH, WHEN YOU MIX A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF CITY PEOPLE AND WITH ANIMALS, THAT IT CAUSES PROBLEMS. IT HAS FOR ME IN THE PAST.

UH, AND LIKE THESE OTHER GUYS SAID, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T FIT IN WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE LAND.

THERE ONE OTHER THING THAT, UH, THAT, UH, PROPERTY'S BEEN IN MY FAMILY FOR A LITTLE OVER 120 YEARS NOW.

SO IT'S HARD TO SEE IT.

HARD TO SEE IT CHANGE LIKE THAT.

ANYONE ELSE? YES MA'AM.

YOU IN THE GREEN? I AM MELANIE BLUE.

I'M AT 6,000 EAST COFFEE CREEK ROAD, SO I OWN THAT.

70 ACRES IS JUST SOUTH OF THERE.

I'M JUST GOING TO REPEAT EVERYTHING EVERYBODY ELSE SAID.

SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I'M UNHAPPY WITH THIS.

IT'S CHANGING MY TOTALLY WAY OF LIFE.

THAT'S WHY I WENT OUT THERE 20 SOME YEARS AGO.

AND I AGREE WITH, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE FITTING IN WITH THE PLAN.

I'VE READ THE PLAN, THEY TALKED ABOUT CROSS TIMBERS, LEAVING IT, THE COUNTRY FEEL OUT THERE.

THIS IS NOT FITTING IN WITH WHAT WE HAVE.

IT'S A TOTAL LET'S CHANGE.

AND THAT IS REALLY CHANGING OUR LIFESTYLE.

IT MAKES US HAVE TO RUN AND SELL IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE TO DEVELOP.

AND THAT'S VERY SAD.

'CAUSE I'M AT A POINT IN MY LIFE I THOUGHT I COULD REALLY ENJOY IT.

MY KIDS DON'T JUST ENJOY IT NOW I CAN ENJOY IT.

AND I'M JUST VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS CHANGE.

I'M, I WANNA BE HEARD.

I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN MAKE ANY CHANGES, BUT I WANNA BE HEARD BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS DESTROYING MY WHY OF LIFE THAT I'VE ENJOYED.

AND I GOT THERE ON PURPOSE MANY YEARS AGO BEFORE A BIG DEVELOPER CAME OUT.

AND THEY'RE MAKING BIG MONEY.

BUT THIS IS ABOUT A LIFESTYLE AND SOMETHING I'VE LOVED.

AND THAT IS A VERY RURAL CROSS TIMBERS TREES.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA THAT WE'RE GOING TO REALLY CHANGE.

AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME.

I MEAN, I, AND I DID GET A LETTER, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.

I ALREADY HAD PLANS.

IT WAS NOT VERY EARLY ON AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I COULDN'T MAKE IT.

SO, UM, ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS OF ME? I'M VERY SAD TO SEE THIS.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE NOT RIGHT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VERY MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE? YES, SIR.

IN THE GREEN.

HELLO, MY NAME IS SCOTT HILL AND I LIVE IN CANAAN CREEK FARMS AS WELL.

I JUST, YOU KNOW, I I WASN'T A PART OF THE DECISION FOR THIS 2050 PLAN.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I MISSED THAT, IF IT WAS VOTED ON OR WHAT.

UM, I CAN'T SAY I AGREE WITH ALL PARTS OF IT.

UM, AND THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHY THIS IS A, JUST A TINY PIECE OF BEAUTIFUL LAND AND WE'RE GONNA STICK AS MUCH TAXPAYER DOLLARS AS WE CAN.

TAXPAYERS, I SHOULD SAY, ON THIS PROPERTY.

FOR WHAT REASON? IT'S, IT'S SO TINY AND THEY'RE JUST GONNA WEDGE IT.

AND THE WAY AIR DEPOT HAS A HILL RIGHT THERE AND YOU CREST THAT, ADDING TWO MORE NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCES RIGHT THERE WOULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

A WOMAN WAS KILLED JUST A FEW YEARS AGO WALKING UP THAT ROAD.

SO IT DOESN'T FIT LIKE THEY'VE SAID.

UM, AND IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

AND I FEEL LIKE AS A CITIZEN, AS THE LAST PUD WAS APPROVED, THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A VOICE OTHER THAN Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO HEAR US.

BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S MAKING A DENT AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S THIS 2050 AGENDA THAT I'M NOT SO SURE THAT EVERY CITIZEN THAT I KNOW WOULD BE BEHIND.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THE RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA DO NOT WANT THIS AS A COUNCIL THAT REPRESENTS THE DESIRES AND REPRESENTS US.

ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? YES, SIR.

MY NAME'S CRAIG LINNER.

I LIVE AT 4,500 ABBEY CIRCLE IN ABBEY PLACE.

I APPRECIATE THIS COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SHAPE THE FORWARD THINKING, AND THIS, I'M SORRY, THE FORWARD THINKING AND SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY IS A BIG RESPONSIBILITY.

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WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? THIS IS NOT FITTING IN WITH WHAT WE DESIRE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IF WE WERE TO HAVE THE SAME DENSITY OF HOUSES ON MY PROPERTY ALONE, THERE WOULD BE OVER 70 OF THESE HOMES.

THIS IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT WE WANT.

MY FRONT YARD IS DESIGNED TO HANDLE 643 GALLONS PER SECOND.

THAT'S NOT A MINUTE, THAT'S A SECOND.

IT'S A THREE FOOT DIAMETER PIPE.

AND IT DRAINS RIGHT INTO WHERE WE WANT TO BUILD THESE APARTMENTS.

WHAT ARE THESE APARTMENTS GONNA LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY'RE FLOODED OUT? THERE'S NO SAFETY, THERE'S NO SAFE WAY TO WALK TO ANY SHOPPING CENTERS OR ANYTHING.

THIS IS, THIS IS JUST NOT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ANYONE ELSE? YES.

IN THE BLUE? YES, MAYOR.

I'M, UH, RICHARD CAN, I LIVE AT 3,800 BRAXTON WAY, WHICH IS PROPERTY THAT'S LOCATED LESS THAN A HALF A MILE TO THE EAST.

I LIVE IN COFFEE CREEK HILLS.

UM, I'M THE EXISTING HOA PRESIDENT FOR THE COFFEE, COFFEE CREEK HILLS EDITION, PLUS THE GRAND TIMBER EDITION.

SO I FEEL I CAN SPEAK FOR BOTH, UH, SUBDIVISIONS.

UM, OF COURSE, I WAS HERE LAST YEAR IN OPPOSITION TO THE EAST FORK, UH, DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER, SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THIS, OF THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY.

AND THAT WAS A, THAT WAS APPROVED FOR A P UH, DESIGN OF, UH, APPROXIMATELY 500 UNITS.

SO NOW WE'VE GOT 500 THERE ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.

IT WAS APPROVED.

AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 125 ON 12 ACRES TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER.

AND THE LOAD, OF COURSE, UM, YOU'RE, YOU HEAR THIS CONSISTENTLY IS, UH, THE TRAFFIC LOAD.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT NOW CANNOT HANDLE THAT.

SO, UH, THE HOMEOWNERS IN BOTH THESE SUBDIVISIONS ARE GONNA BE OPPOSED TO, UH, THE, THE ISSUE WITH THE TRAFFIC.

AND OF COURSE THE SCHOOLS, UH, UH, IT'S NOT CONSISTENT OR COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING PROPERTIES.

YOU'VE HEARD THIS OVER AND OVER AND THERE'S NO TRANSITION BETWEEN THIS HIGH DENSITY AND VERY LOW DENSITY.

GRAND TIMBER HAS GOT A ONE AND A HALF TO TWO ACRE TRACKS.

COLBY CREEK HILLS HAS, UH, ANYWHERE FROM FIVE ACRES UP TO 13 ACRE TRACKS.

SO THERE'S ABOUT 30, ABOUT 30 RESIDENTS IN THOSE, UH, TWO SUBDIVISIONS RIGHT NOW.

AND I ASSURE YOU THEY'RE ALL OPPOSED TO THIS.

UM, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

I, WE SAID WOULD COME UP AND IT MAKES SENSE, I I HEAR THE RESIDENTS, WE WANT IT JUST LIKE WE HAVE IT, OR SUBJECTIVELY NOT QUITE AS DENSE AS Y'ALL WANNA DO, BUT CLOSER TO WHAT WE WANNA DO.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? I HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANTED TO SAY? UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'LL JUST MENTION A COUPLE THINGS IF I CAN.

UH, I'LL JUST POINT OUT WHAT SOMETIMES WE GET SOME MISUNDERSTOOD.

IN, IN THE EDMOND 2018 EDMOND 2050 PLAN, IT SHOWS ZONING USES BY GREEN, YELLOW, AND RED.

RIGHT? RED, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

AND GREEN CERTAINLY, YES.

IN SUBURBAN TWO RESIDENTIAL, IN THE EDMOND PLAN 2018 AND 2050, THERE'S ZERO ITEMS IN GREEN.

SO IT'S NOT A HESITATION.

THE ONLY TWO ITEMS THAT ARE IN YELLOW ARE PUD AND SINGLE FAMILY.

SO THE FACT IT'S IN YELLOW, YOU COULD ARGUE IS THE MOST ENCOURAGED USE.

AND THE REASON IT'S CAUTIONARY IS BECAUSE PUDS ARE SPECIFIC TO PROPERTY.

IF I CAME IN HERE WITH JUST SINGLE FAMILY, A I COULD DO SEVEN HOUSES PER LOT I PER ACRE, RIGHT? WITHOUT ANYTHING.

BUT IF I DO A PUD, BECAUSE I CAN DO ALL THESE DIFFERENT MACHINATIONS WITH IT, IT HAS A YELLOW DESIGNATION IN THE 2018.

THAT'S NOT A NEGATIVE, THAT'S A POSITIVE.

AND I, THE LIST OF THE ITEMS IN RED IS EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO THE ONLY TWO USES THAT YOU GUYS ARE ENTERTAINING PER THE 2018 PLAN IS A PUD OR SINGLE FAMILY.

AND THE OTHER ISSUE THAT

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AND REMINDS ME OF THE FARMER THAT DOESN'T WANNA OWN ALL THE LAND.

HE JUST WANTS TO OWN THE LAND THAT TOUCHES HIS RIGHT.

BECAUSE THAT WAY I KNOW IT'S GONNA STAY A CERTAIN WAY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

AND SO THE IDEA IN THE 20 18 20 50 PLAN DOES NOT ENCOURAGE GROSS DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE.

IT DOESN'T.

THAT'S E ONE RIGHT THERE.

I COULD PUT A WALMART THAT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET RIGHT THERE TOMORROW IF I DIDN'T HAVE A NURSERY ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

SO THE IDEA THAT IT'S BECAUSE WE WANT IT THIS WAY, IT SHOULD STAY THAT WAY, IS AGAIN, INCONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN.

WE, WE HAVE A PLAN FOR A REASON SO THEY CAN PLAN INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO SOMEDAY WHEN EVAN BUILDS A SCHOOL AT AIR DEPOT AND SOONER THAT ROAD WILL BE IMPROVED.

I MEAN, I WAS THE BIGGEST DRUM BEATER FOR THE GEO BOND PROGRAM.

THAT INTERSECTION IS $22 MILLION.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE PAID FOR UNLESS THERE'S MORE DEVELOPMENT AND MORE REVENUE TO PAY FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT.

AND I TELL YOU THIS, RETAIL DOESN'T GO UNTIL THERE'S ROOFTOPS.

I REPRESENT COVE AND I 35, 300 ACRES.

I'VE REPRESENTED THAT DEVELOPMENT SINCE 2006, 19 YEARS JUST NOW.

IS A RETAIL GOING THERE? WELL, WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE THE CITY OF EDMOND HAS APPROVED ABOUT 3000 PLATTED LOTS IN EAST EDMOND IN THE LAST FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS.

THAT IS THE MACRO REALITY OF PLANNING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT DOESN'T SATISFY EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT, THE SEVEN PEOPLE THAT SPOKE AND THE 17 OR 60 OTHERS THAT, THAT THEY SUPPORT OR THAT IN SUPPORT OF THEM.

BUT THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO GO ON IS OUR PLAN, NOT OUR REACTION.

AND SO IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME, IT SHOULD NOT SURPRISE US AT ALL.

BUT THE IDEA THAT SAYS THAT THIS IS THE, THE PRIORITIES OF THE PAN, WELL, THE PRIORITIES OF Y'ALL IS WHAT YOU KNOW, IT IS, IT'S BALANCING GROWTH WITH ECONOMICS BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD EXPERTS THAT HAVE TOLD YOU IF EAST EDMOND CONTINUES TO DEVELOP LIKE IT IS, CITY OF EDMOND WILL BE BANKRUPT IN 30 TO 40 YEARS.

WE HEARD THOSE EXPERTS THAT CAME IN AND SHOWED THOSE DENSITIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE REALITY OF IT.

THAT'S THE REALITY OF A CITY WHO HAS CHAMPAGNE TASTE.

BUT THEY WANT A BEER BUDGET WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMICS.

AND SO ALL WE CAN DO IS FOLLOW THE PLAN THAT'S IN FRONT OF US THAT DIRECTS MR. BRIAN AND THAT DIRECTS MR. ENTZ AND HELPS GIVE GUIDANCE TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

THE IDEA ABOUT THE CONCERN OF TRAFFIC, MR. GARRETT'S RIGHT? TRAFFIC'S A PROBLEM.

YOU DO A SURVEY OF ANY TIME PERIOD IN EDMOND'S HISTORY.

AND THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT COMES UP IS WHAT TRAFFIC.

LARRY STEVENS A PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER BEFORE THE LAST ONE USED TO SAY IT'S TRAFFIC BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE MUCH ELSE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT.

I DUNNO IF IT'S TRUE OR NOT, BUT I KNOW TRAFFIC IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE.

AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WILL ALWAYS TRAIL OUR DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THAT'S OUR ECONOMIC STRUCTURE.

AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE FACED WITH THAT.

WE DO NOT DO GEO BONDS APPARENTLY AND PAY FOR THINGS IN ADVANCE.

WE PAY FOR THEM AFTER THE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS.

SO WE CAN HAVE THE MONEY THEN GO AND PROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHETHER IT'S CHRIS KNIFINGS WATER OR THE ROADS OR THE SANITATION OR ANYTHING ELSE.

AND THE LAST THING IS IT, IT DOESN'T FIT WITH THE PLAN, IT DOESN'T FIT WITH THE LAND.

SOONER OR LATER, THERE'S A CHANGE IN LAND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.

AND IT'S INSENSITIVE TO SAY IT JUST HAPPENS BY CHANCE.

'CAUSE IT DOESN'T, IT HAPPENS BY PLANNING SO THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE THERE SOMEDAY SO THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE WATER, WE WILL HAVE FIRE COVERAGE, WE WILL HAVE THOSE THINGS THAT THE CITIZENS DEMAND OF US WHEN WE GO AND ALLOW DEVELOPMENTS TO HAPPEN.

WE'RE NOT AT A POINT AT 94,000 PEOPLE THAT WE CAN LOCK THE DOOR AND SOMEONE MIGHT SAY, WELL, DON'T NEED TO LOCK THE DOOR, JUST WANT IT A LITTLE LESS DENSE.

WELL THEN WHAT'S OUR GUIDING FACTOR? IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S OBJECTIVE, THAT'S TRANSFERABLE, THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE AND TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT.

AND THAT IS A PLAN.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO FOLLOW TONIGHT FOR OUR BENEFIT AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL CITIZENS, WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A MICRO ATTRACTION TO IT OR A MACRO BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF EDMOND.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

COUNSEL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU.

WELL, COUNSEL, WE'VE HEARD BOTH SIDES.

WE'VE HEARD FROM STAFF, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS APPLICATION? UM, ONE QUESTION I GUESS FOR STAFF.

UM, AGAIN, THERE'S LOTS OF REFERENCES TO THE PLAN AND PEOPLE PULLING THINGS OUT OF DIFFERENT PLACES THAT I THINK FIT WHATEVER NARRATIVE.

UM, OBJECTIVELY, I GUESS ARE THERE POINTS THAT WERE MADE THAT YOU COULD CLARIFY OR, UM, I'M KIND OF TALKING TO YOU THREE.

UM, OF COURSE, YES.

ABOUT THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE, UH, PLAN, THE CITY'S PLAN FOR, UH, LEAD USE AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES.

UM, YEAH, I LOVE TALKING

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SO I THINK THE, THE PRIMARY CATEGORY THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENING IS THAT S TWO KIND OF SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THOSE ARE OUR NEWER, UH, SUBURBAN STYLE, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT STARTED TO BECOME POPULAR IN THE LATE EIGHTIES AND EARLY NINETIES.

UM, THE AREA, UM, I BELIEVE ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE CITIZENS DESCRIBED IT THAT IT'S, IT'S A LARGE PART OF, OF THE, OF THE CITY OF EDMOND IS COVERED WITH THAT KIND OF PINK CATEGORY.

AND THAT'S TRUE.

AND, UM, IN THIS PART OF TOWN, IT'S THE AREA WHERE THERE IS, UM, EITHER IMMEDIATE PROVISION OR WILL SOON BE PROVISIONED BECAUSE OF, UM, THE WATER WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN THAT WE'RE, UM, THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING OF, UH, GRAVITY, SEWER, AND PUBLIC WATER.

AND SO, UM, I THINK WE'VE COMMITTED TO, UH, PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES TO THE, THE ENTIRE CITY LIMITS AS A, IT'S A RESPONSIBLE, UH, THING, A DECISION THAT WAS MADE, UH, DECADES AGO.

SO WE'VE BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT AND TO LEVERAGE THAT, UM, THAT INVESTMENT.

UM, IT JUST, IT MAKES SENSE TO, UM, CONCENTRATE DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE AREAS.

YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE, I GUESS, ARE WE CONVERSING NOW? DISCUSSING? YES.

UM, THESE ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISIONS, RIGHT, UM, THAT WE OFTEN MAKE, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE BALANCING SO MANY DIFFERENT INTERESTS.

AND, UM, I KNOW THAT ALL OF US TAKE IT VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY.

WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE'S HOMES ARE THEIR, THEIR LIFESTYLE, THEY'RE THEIR LARGEST INVESTMENT.

AND, AND WE DON'T DISCOUNT THAT AT ALL.

UM, THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS HERE ARE FUTURE RESIDENTS.

UM, AGAIN, IT WAS REFERENCED MY, WE NEED POCKETS OF DENSITY IN EAST EDMOND IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, THAT WE NEED.

UM, AND THESE DO, WHEN WE KNOW THEY'RE ZONED A CERTAIN WAY, THEN THE CITY CAN PLAN AND PRIORITIZE APPROPRIATELY.

UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, IT WAS VERY CLEAR WHEN 2050 PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO US.

IF WE HAVE ALL OF THESE ADMIN BE HALF ACRE ACRE LOTS, UM, WE CAN'T SUPPORT THAT FINANCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY.

AND, UM, THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES WHO WANT YOUNGER PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE.

THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE IS REALLY NOT ATTAINABLE.

THESE ARE OPTIONS FOR FOLKS WHO MAYBE DON'T HAVE THE DESIRE OR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN A YARD.

AND, UM, THEY'RE STILL LOVELY NEIGHBORS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DIFFERENT HOME PRODUCT AND CAN SUPPORT SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO NEED EMPLOYEES WHO DON'T WANT TO DRIVE AN HOUR, UM, IN ORDER TO GET THERE.

SO THESE ARE TRICKY.

WE HEAR YOU.

WE HEARD, I WROTE NOTES DOWN, I WROTE YOUR NAMES DOWN, I'M LISTENING.

UM, AND, UM, THESE ARE DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND THERE ARE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR FLOODING.

THERE ARE PLANNING MECHANISMS, INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND A TIMELINE.

BUT, UM, I JUST DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GO AWAY THINKING, I, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED.

WE DON'T HAVE, UM, SOMEBODY SAID WE DON'T NEED THIS.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF DATA THAT SHOWS WE NEED A DIFFERENT VARIETY OF HOME OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE.

UM, AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED BOTH FOR ECONOMICS AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT AS WELL AS, UM, DIFFERENT PLACES FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK AND LIVE HERE TO, TO CHOOSE TO LIVE IN.

UM, AND I KNOW IT'S HARD WHEN IT'S CHANGED NEAR YOU, UM, AND I GET THAT, BUT TO THAT, WE'VE GOTTA LOOK AT EVERYBODY.

AND SO AS SOMEBODY SAID, IF IF EVERY DECISION EVERYBODY LIKES, I'M PROBABLY NOT DOING IT RIGHT, I GUESS.

BUT, UM, AGAIN, WE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, WE HEAR YOU, WE ARE LISTENING.

UM, THESE ARE NOT, UM, RUSH DECISIONS.

UM, BUT WE'RE BALANCING A LOT, INCLUDING YOUR INTERESTS, UM, BUT LOTS OF OTHER INTERESTS WHEN WE'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS TOO.

AND, UM, YEAH, THAT'S ALL I GOT, I THINK.

ANYONE ELSE? YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I, UH, THE APPLICANT WAS SPEAKING OF GREEN, YELLOW, AND RED.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, GREEN MEANS GO.

RED MEANS STOP.

AND YELLOW DOES NOT MEAN SPEED UP.

UH, THIS ISN'T YELLOW AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO PUMP THE BRAKES HERE.

I'VE LOOKED AT IT FROM A MACRO AND A MICRO VIEWPOINT.

I DON'T LIKE IT EITHER WAY.

UH, WE ALSO HEARD TONIGHT, PRETTY SOON FROM POST ROAD TO DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CITY.

YOU CAN GET

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THERE IN 22 MINUTES.

I KNOW FOR A FACT YOU CAN SIT AT THE CORNER OF COVE AND AIR DEPOT TWICE A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK FOR 22 MINUTES TO GET THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION.

AND I THINK IF THIS IS A GOOD IDEA TONIGHT, IT'LL BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA.

IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE.

WE JUST HAD AN ITEM APPROVED FOR 400 HOMES RIGHT THERE BY IT.

AND SOME RETAIL.

IT'S TOO MUCH, TOO FAST.

AND THAT PART OF TOWN CAN'T HANDLE IT.

UH, YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S GONNA GO ALL THE WAY NORTH TO WATERLOO TO GET TO I 35.

YOU CAN'T GET TO I 35 NORTH OFF OF DANFORTH.

YOU DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO SECOND STREET.

WELL, THAT'S SPITTING IN DEATH'S EYE, TRYING TO GET ON THAT THING EARLY IN THE MORNING WITH PEOPLE DRIVING 60 MILES AN HOUR.

IT'S A PROBLEM OUT THERE.

AND, UH, MR. THOMPSON, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT.

YOU'RE PROBABLY TIRED OF HEARING MY THING ABOUT IT, AND I LOVE HEARING FROM YOU.

I, UH, YOU TIRED OF HEARING ME? NO, I'M NOT, UH, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MR. CANAL.

I'VE, I'VE HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT IT TIME AND AGAIN.

UH, IT'S A PROBLEM.

SO I WOULD HOPE THAT, UH, WE CAN PUMP THE BRAKES HERE A BIT, OBSERVE THE YELLOW ON THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, AND, UH, SEE WHAT THINGS LOOK LIKE IN A FEW YEARS.

UH, I JUST THINK THAT THERE IS A PLAN, THE 2018, THE 2050, BUT YOU GOTTA HAVE A PLAN FOR TODAY.

YOU JUST CAN'T ALWAYS HAVE A PLAN FOR TOMORROW.

SO I'M OPPOSED TO THIS.

AND AS I SAID, IF IT'S A GOOD IDEA TODAY, IT'LL BE A A REALLY GOOD IDEA FIVE YEARS FROM NOW WHEN WE'VE GOT SOME ROADS OUT THERE.

CAN I ASK MAYBE THE APPLICANT FOR TIMELINE OF, YOU KNOW, ESTIMATES OF PROGRESS OF PROCESS? BECAUSE I THINK BECAUSE SOMETHING'S APPROVED TODAY DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S GONNA BE 143 UNITS IN A YEAR.

NOW, I CAN JUST GIVE YOU TWO EXAMPLES.

UH, AT, UH, MEADOWBROOK, WHICH IS ON COVEL EAST OF GODDARD.

IT WAS APPROVED TWO YEARS AGO AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A SINGLE APPLICATION TO MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD.

AND TO MOVE FORWARD, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PLATTING.

THEIR PHASE ONE PRELIMINARY PLAT HAS BEEN IN ENGINEERING FOR 15 MONTHS.

SO IF MY CLIENTS AND THEIR ABLE-BODIED ENGINEER DECIDED, UH, IF THIS WERE APPROVED TONIGHT AND THEY MADE A DECISION AS TO HOW TO DEVELOP IT, THEY WOULD BEGIN THE PROCESS OF EITHER PLANNING OR SITE PLANNING THIS PROPERTY.

AND THEY HAVE OTHER PROPERTY THAT'S FURTHER ALONG AND CLOSER TO OUR SCHOOL BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW THAT THEY WOULD GO TO FIRST.

SO THERE'S NO GREAT ANSWER TO THAT, EXCEPT, UH, IT'S NOT HAPPENING TOMORROW.

IT'S NOT HAPPENING A YEAR FROM TOMORROW.

THERE WILL PROBABLY NOT BE A RESIDENCE OCCUPIED AT LEAST TWO YEARS FROM TOMORROW.

AND THAT'S BASED UPON THE PRACTICAL HISTORY OF THE OTHER PROJECT AND THE PRACTICAL HISTORY OF PLATING AND SITE PLANNING THROUGH THE CITY OF EDMOND, OF WHICH THERE'S NOTICE AND HEARINGS FOR THE CITIZENS TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE ACTIVITIES AND AT WHICH TIME THERE ARE STANDARDS THAT COME UP WITH TRAFFIC AND WATER MANAGEMENT AND OTHER ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTUAL VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.

IT'S LIKE WHEN WE GOT OUR FIRST MCDONALD'S, WE HAD TO HIT THE NUMBER OF 60,000 PEOPLE IN EDMOND TO GET A MCDONALD'S.

ANYONE ELSE FROM COUNCIL? I WAS JUST, MY FEW COMMENTS ARE THAT, YEAH, THIS, THESE ARE THE, SOME OF THE DIFFICULT, TOUGH DECISIONS.

BUT WE DID THE 2018 PLAN.

UH, WE RECEIVED CITIZENS COMMENTS FROM THAT.

WE DID THE 2050 PLAN.

WE HAD COMPREHENSIVE CITIZENS COMMENTS ON THAT, UH, INVOLVEMENT.

UM, EVERYTHING FROM THE BEGINNING OF, OF TIME FOR EDMOND, THE WEST SIDE OF EDMOND IS DENTS.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE 2050 PLAN WAS GENERATED IS LIKE ECONOMICALLY, HOW, HOW IS THE CITY OF EDMOND GOING TO SURVIVE? IT WILL NOT SURVIVE FINANCIALLY IF WE JUST KEEP PUTTING ALL OF OUR DENSITY WEST OF I 35.

YOU WILL NOT, YOU ON THE EAST SIDE WILL NOT GET THE BENEFITS BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE ANYBODY THERE TO GIVE YOU THE BENEFITS.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY, UH, HISTORICALLY, YES, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SEEMS BACKWARDS, BUT THE RETAIL'S NOT GONNA COME UNTIL THERE'S HOUSES.

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THAT WAS YEARS AGO.

UH, NOW SAME THING WITH THE COMPETITION OUT THERE.

FOR RETAIL TO COME, WE HAVE TO GET TO A CERTAIN NUMBER.

THEY'RE COMING.

IF ANS ORBITS ABOUT IT, EDMOND IS GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW.

SO THIS IS PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS TO SAY HOW TO GET THERE.

UH, WE HAVE SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IMPROVING JUST THE, SOME OF THE CURRENT ROADS ON EAST OF, OF, OF I 35.

WE HAD A PRESENTATION, LAST COUNCIL MEETING TALKING ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND HOW MUCH, HOW OF THE ROADS WE'VE IMPROVED.

AND WHAT STAFF DOES IS WHEN WE SEE TRAFFIC START TO INCREASE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WORKAROUNDS WE CAN POSSIBLY DO, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE PLANS IN PLACE OR THINGS TO GO TO HELP PUSH THAT IT WON'T GET DONE.

SO I UNDERSTAND, UM, EVERYONE'S CONCERNS, BUT THE EAST SIDE OF EDMOND WITH THE 2050 PLAN, THAT'S WHAT THAT PLAN LOOKED AT, IS HOW TO GET MORE DENSITY IN CERTAIN AREAS SO THAT FINANCIALLY THIS CITY CAN SURVIVE.

UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

JUST ANOTHER NOTE ON WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, MAYOR.

UM, I WISH IT WERE DIFFERENT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UNTIL YOU HAVE THE DENSITY, YOU CAN'T UP HAVE THE FINANCES TO UPGRADE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC IF THAT MONEY WAS THERE TO DO THAT, BUT JUST MAINTAINING THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE IS WHAT IT IS.

AND, UM, IF WE COULD GO OUT TO THE WHOLE EAST SIDE OF EDMOND AND PUT UTILITIES AND WATER AND SEWAGE AND WIDEN THE ROADS BY WHERE THERE POSSIBLY COULD BE A SCHOOL, UM, THAT WOULD BE EVERYBODY'S.

IN A PERFECT WORLD, UM, I, I LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE I, I DIDN'T THINK THERE WOULD BE DEVELOPMENT AROUND ME EVER, WHICH WAS NAIVE OF ME.

I DON'T OWN IT.

UM, WOULD I HAVE LOVED IT TO STAY THAT WAY? THAT'S HOW I GREW UP.

I GREW UP UP IN EDMOND WITH LAND ALL AROUND US.

UM, YES, I WANTED IT TO STAY THAT WAY.

IF IT STAYED THAT WAY, THIS CITY WOULD FINANCIALLY DIE.

AND I KNOW THAT, UM, THERE'S DENSITY GOING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD I LIVE IN.

IF I'D HAVE CHOSE AND IF I WAS ARGUING, I WOULD'VE SAID, NO, I DON'T WANT THAT THERE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS WAS MEANT TO BE BECAUSE WE'RE ON ACREAGES.

UM, HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE UP HERE VERSUS HERE, WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS DENSITY IN THE CITY TO BRING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE TO PEOPLE.

THERE'S PEOPLE WHO, UM, WE WE, WE JUST HAVE TO GET THAT OUT THERE TO THE EAST SIDE OF EDMOND, UM, THAT IS STILL PART OF EDMOND.

AND WE CAN'T NEGLECT THAT SIDE OF EDMOND.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ROADS CAN BE WIDENED AND BETTER TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC OUT THERE.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET WATER, SEWAGE AND ELECTRICITY TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT OUT THERE.

UM, IS IT, IS IT EVERYTHING THAT I WANT? NO, I MEAN, BUT IS IT BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE GROWTH AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY IN EDMOND? YEAH.

AND, UM, I, I WISH IT WERE DIFFERENT.

UM, I WISH THE MONEY COULD BE THERE FIRST, BUT UNFORTUNATELY YOU HAVE TO BRING THE PEOPLE TO, IN ORDER TO HAVE THE FINANCES TO DO THESE THINGS.

UM, IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER WAY, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.

UM, BUT AT THIS POINT THERE JUST ISN'T.

AND IT'S NOT JUST MAINTAINING WHAT WE HAVE, BUT UPDATING VERY, VERY OLD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS FAILING.

AND WE WANT TO BE A CITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BOIL OUR WATER.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TURN ON OUR LIGHTS, TURN 'EM OFF, TURN,

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KEEP YOUR FAMILY WARM.

UM, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE WASTE IN YOUR HOME AND BE ABLE TO GET RID OF IT AND WASH CLOTHES WITHOUT EVERYTHING BACKING UP BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS FAILED.

UM, AGAIN, IS THIS WHAT I WOULD WANT? NO, BUT IT'S THE WAY THAT IT HAS TO BE TO NOT JUST MAINTAIN, BUT TO UPDATE ALL OF THIS THAT'S GOING, THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY.

I ALWAYS, UH, THE THING I THINK I'VE, UH, THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTION IN MY TIME ON COUNCIL WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE REFLECTIVE, UM, IS THAT, UM, CITIZENS ASSUME THAT SOME OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX, YOUR AVALOR TAX IS GOING TO THE CITY AND IT'S NOT.

IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT SALES TAX AND USE TAX, WHICH IS TAX WHEN YOU ORDER STUFF ONLINE AND LODGING TAX.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR WATER RATE PAYERS AND ELECTRIC.

AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY TALK ABOUT GOTTA HAVE THE ROOFTOPS TO HAVE THE RETAIL.

THAT'S HOW WE FUND OUR CITY IS SALES TAX.

SO THAT'S THE OTHER PART OF THE, THE MIX.

UM, I'M TAKING EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO TELL PEOPLE WE DON'T GET ANY PROPERTY TAX.

THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND WOULD'VE GIVEN US A LITTLE BIT OF PROPERTY TAX FOR THE CITY, WHICH IS A MORE STABLE REVENUE SOURCE AND COULD ALLOW US TO DO SOME THINGS.

UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I, I DON'T KNOW, EVERY TIME I WE ARE ONLY SALES AND USE TAX AND RATES.

THAT'S IT.

THAT'S ALL WE GET.

THAT'S IT.

UM, I WON'T REPEAT ANYTHING THAT WAS SAID, BUT I, I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HEAR YOU AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND.

UM, I'LL DO MY BEST TO, UM, TO BE WISE IN MY DECISION.

UM, I I WILL LOOK AT, UH, IF WE, WE JUST HAD A PRESENTATION ABOUT ARBOR DAY.

I LOVE TREES.

THE REASON I CHOSE WHERE WE LIVE.

UM, THE REASON I HAVE, I MEAN, I FEEL VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN EDMONTON.

UM, UH, I WON'T DIGRESS, BUT, UH, I LOVE TREES AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT SEEING A TON OF TREES BEING CUT DOWN FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.

AND I'M, I'M GLAD ABOUT THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO LOSE A WHOLE WOODED LOT.

I, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

UM, I AM, I AM OPEN TO, UM, HOUSING OPTIONS THAT ALLOW ALL DIFFERENT, UM, KINDS OF PEOPLE TO LIVE IN EDMOND.

UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN MY STAGE OF LIFE WHO, UH, I THINK I FEEL, UH, FORTUNATE THAT I BOUGHT A HOUSE IN EDMOND WHEN I DID BECAUSE HOUSING COSTS HAVE GONE UP SO SIGNIFICANTLY THAT I HAVE PEERS WHO REALLY WANNA LIVE IN EDMOND AND THEY, THEY CAN'T MAKE IT WORK FINANCIALLY.

UM, THEY WANNA COME TO, UH, EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PUT THEIR KIDS IN OUR WONDERFUL, UM, PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND, UM, SO I'M INTERESTED IN, UH, THE HOUSING DIVERSITY, UM, ON THIS PART OF TOWN.

AND, UM, SO THANK YOU COUNSEL.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM? UM, ITEM NINE D, CASE NUMBER, ORDINANCE NUMBER 40, 30.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON IT.

THAT ITEMS PASS.

FOUR ONE.

THIS THEY WHAT IT'S WORTH, I WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO HAVE THESE HOMES NEXT TO ME.

SO SAME.

[E. Case No. EPC24-00010; Public Hearing and Consideration of an Amended Final Plat for Boulevard Heights, Located South of 9th Street Between Boulevard and Rankin. (City of Edmond; Ward 3)]

WE ARE TO NINE E NOW.

UH, WE HAVE A SERIES OF FINAL PLAT AMENDED, FINAL PLATS COMING UP FROM NINE E DOWN TO NINE M.

THAT CORRECT? PUBLIC MATH? HOW MANY IS THAT? NINE.

SO, UM, DEB, YOU WANT TO JUST SAY THIS, SAY IT ONCE FOR ALL NINE ITEMS BECAUSE IT'S, THEY'RE JUST DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

AND THEN

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I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

UM, YES.

WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU, UH, THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF FOUR BATCHES OF HISTORIC PLATS THAT INCLUDE ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATORY RESTRICTIONS, UH, MOST OFTEN RELATED TO PREVENTING PEOPLE OF COLOR FROM OWNING PROPERTY WITHIN THE PLANET AREA.

EVEN THOUGH THIS LANGUAGE WAS DEEMED UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND UNENFORCEABLE DECADES AGO, LOCAL JURISDICTIONS DID NOT HAVE AUTHORITY TO FORMALLY CHANGE THESE DOCUMENTS.

UNTIL RECENTLY, THANKS TO THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF EDMOND RESIDENTS CONCERNED CITIZENS ARE STATE LEGISLATURES, UM, OKLAHOMA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, EDMUND HISTORY MUSEUM AND STAFF FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, CITY CLERK AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING YOU A SERIES OF, UM, PLAT CORRECTIONS TO STRIKE THIS, UH, LANGUAGE.

WE HAVE MAPS IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE AREAS THAT WE'RE ACTING ON TONIGHT.

COUNCIL CAN GO.

WE NEED TO SEE THE MAPS.

ARE YOU SEEING THEM NOW? NO, WE GO.

ALRIGHT.

CAN'T HAVE A PLANNING ITEM WITH NO MAPS.

PARDON ME? CAN'T HAVE A PLANNING ITEM WITH NO MAPS.

OH, THAT'S TRUE.

THAT'S TRUE.

NO, THAT'S TRUE.

NO, WE GOTTA HAVE MAPS.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THIS IS THE THIRD OF, AND THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, OR ONE MORE, THE NEXT, AT LEAST ONE MORE COUNCIL MEETING.

WHILE WE'RE SITTING HERE, WE'LL HAVE THE REMAINDER OF THE PLATS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

I LOVE IT.

SO COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON, WE'LL, WE, WE NEED TO TAKE 'EM EACH INDIVIDUALLY, BUT, UM, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE? OH, WE GOT TWO HOGAR, MA'AM, YOU'RE FIRST AND THEN, UM, SIR, YOU'RE SECOND.

HI, UM, I'M KENDRA GOLDEN.

I LIVE AT TWO 15 EAST FIFTH STREET.

THANK YOU FOR PROPOSING THAT.

WE UPDATE THE PAST DISCRIMINATORY LANGUAGE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD'S LEGAL DOCUMENTS TO REFLECT THE FUTURE WE ARE BUILDING HERE IN EDMOND, SORRY, SORRY.

UM, WE LIVE AT TWO 15 EAST FIFTH STREET A FEW YEARS AGO, AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A HOME ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR NEIGHBOR AT TWO 12.

I KNOW THIS ISN'T A NORMAL PART OF A HOME CLOSING, BUT I FOUND MYSELF HOLDING A TATTERED YELLOW STACK OF PAPERS, UM, IN THE FOR SALE BY OWNER.

THE OWNER HAD THEM FOR SOME REASON AND HANDED THEM TO ME.

AND AS I COME THROUGH IT, I WAS HEARTBROKEN TO FIND THAT THE SYSTEMIC RACIAL DISCRIMINATION THAT I KNEW WAS A REGULAR PART OF OUR NATION'S HISTORY WAS ALSO A PART OF THE HISTORY OF MY OWN HOME.

I REALIZED THAT THE FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968 ALREADY MAKES THIS LANGUAGE UNENFORCEABLE.

NONETHELESS, I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR MOTION TO OFFICIALLY WRITE THIS WRONG AND MAKE IT CLEAR THAT ALL ARE WELCOME TO MAKE THEIR HOME IN MY HOMETOWN.

HAVE PRECLUDED HIM FROM EVER OWNING THAT PROPERTY.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

YES, SIR.

CODY BOYD, 2 3 0 EAST SEVENTH.

UM, WON'T BELABOR YOU TOO MUCH.

I SPOKE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON, UH, WHEN THEY STARTED TO SEE SOME OF THESE, UM, A FEW MONTHS AGO.

BUT, UH, WE LIVE IN CAPITAL VIEW, THIRD EDITION.

AND, UH, WE WERE VERY, VERY EXCITED AND VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THAT HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD AND LIVE THAT CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN, UH, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM CLEBURNE ELEMENTARY, WHERE OUR SON GOES TO SCHOOL.

UM, WHEN WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE, I WAS NOT SHOCKED THAT THE PLAT, UH, OUR, OUR TITLE, UH, INFO CONTAINED THIS LANGUAGE JUST KNOWING WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, HISTORY OF OKLAHOMA, HISTORY OF EDMOND, UM, AND DOING TITLE WORK BEFORE.

BUT, UH, IN MY, UH, IN OUR STUDY, WE HAVE THE, THE FIRST PAGE OF THE PLAT, WHICH IS THE MAP, UH, FRAMED.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT A GREAT HISTORIC ARTIFACT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL SHARE WITH OUR SON.

HE'S ALREADY VERY AWARE OF HOW OLD OUR HOUSE IS, AND HE THINKS THAT'S CRAZY THAT A HOUSE COULD STAND THAT LONG.

UM, BUT KNOWING THAT THAT LAST PAGE OF THE LAST PAGE OF THE PLAT CONTAINS LANGUAGE ON THERE, THAT'S JUST SUCH A STAIN ON A GREAT PIECE OF HERITAGE FOR OUR FAMILY.

AND WE INVESTED IN THAT HOUSE, INVESTED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAND DOWN, UM, TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE EVER AFFECTED ME.

I'M A WHITE MAN, BUT MY WIFE IS NOT WHITE.

UM, SO OUR SON IS NOT WHITE.

AND KNOWING THAT THAT LANGUAGE IN AN OFFICIAL LEGAL DOCUMENT COULD

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AND SO I HOPE FOLKS REALIZE, AND I HOPE YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE GRATEFUL.

UH, AT LEAST I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THIS WORK THAT'S GONE INTO IT.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T HAVE A FORMAL ORGANIZATION.

UM, IF WE DID, I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD ALL BE HERE TO SUPPORT THIS AS WELL.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I HOPE YOU ALL KNOW THAT, THAT I DON'T SEE THIS AS, THIS ISN'T JUST A MERELY FORMAL, UM, OR NOT FORMAL, BUT, UH, PERFORMATIVE TYPE MEASURE.

THIS IS CORRECTING A LEGAL DOCUMENT.

AND OUR LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE ARE, THOSE ARE TREASURED DOCUMENTS THAT GUIDE DECISIONS AND GUIDE THE FUTURE.

AND SO IF SOMETHING IS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL THAT'S CONTAINED IN A LEGAL DOCUMENT LIKE A PLAT, THEN IT SHOULD BE CORRECTED.

UM, AND SO I APPRECIATE THE CITY TAKING THE INITIATIVE, UM, TO DO THAT AND TO BE A LEADER IN THE STATE IN CORRECTING, UM, CORRECTING THOSE LEGAL DOCUMENTS FOR THE FUTURE.

SO WE CAN'T RIGHT THE WRONGS THAT WERE DONE IN THE PAST, UH, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY ACKNOWLEDGE THEM, UM, AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT PERPETUATED IN THE FUTURE.

AND THIS IS A SMALL PART IN THAT STEP.

UM, SO I KNOW YOU HAVE TO MAKE MUCH WEIGHTER DECISIONS THAN THIS, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT ANYONE HAS SHOWN UP TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.

BUT, UH, AND I THINK THAT SHOWS THAT THE CITY IS PROUD OF THE EFFORT THAT CITY GOVERNMENT AND CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR HAVE TAKEN, UM, TO ADDRESS THIS.

AND, UM, TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP IN THE FUTURE OF, AS WE SAID EARLIER, THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

AND THE EDMOND IS A, AS AN INCLUSIVE PLACE.

UM, AND THAT THE WAY WE CONDUCT BUSINESS HERE IS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE US CONSTITUTION.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO ADDRESS, UH, ADDRESS YOUR BODY, UH, ADDRESS THE BODY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU ALL COMPLETING THIS PROCESS.

ANYONE ELSE? COUNSEL, LET'S, UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO LET'S TAKE 'EM ONE AT A TIME.

ITEM NINE E MR. MERRILL, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NINE.

E, I SECOND THAT MOTION.

MOTION.

SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

ITEM SPS.

ITEM

[F. Case No. EPC24-00011; Public Hearing and Consideration of an Amended Final Plat for Capitol View 2nd Addition, Located Between 4th and 6th Streets and Between Boulevard and Rankin. (City of Edmond; Ward 1)]

NINE.

F MR. MED I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NINE.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

PLEASE CATCH YOUR VOTE.

ITEM PASS

[G. Case No. EPC24-00012; Public Hearing and Consideration of an Amended Final Plat for Capitol View Addition, Located Between 2nd and 4th Streets and Between Boulevard and Rankin. (City of Edmond; Ward 1)]

WE HAVE A MOTION.

PLEASE CATCH YOUR VOTE.

I MOVE TO APPROVE.

OH, I GOTTA VOTE FIRST.

OH, NINE

[H. Case No. EPC24-00013; Public Hearing and Consideration of an Amended Final Plat for Capitol View Fourth Addition, Located North of 9th Street and Between Boulevard and Rankin. (City of Edmond; Ward 1)]

SO MOVED.

PLEASE HAVE A MOTION ON NINE H.

NINE.

H PASSED.

NINE.

[I. Case No. EPC24-00014; Public Hearing and Consideration of an Amended Final Plat for Capitol View Third Addition, Located South of 6th Street and Between Boulevard and Rankin. (City of Edmond; Ward 1)]

ITEM PASS.

[J. Case No. EPC24-00015; Public Hearing and Consideration of an Amended Final Plat for Clegern Place (Lots 1-11), Located East of Rankin along Clegern Drive. (City of Edmond; Ward 1)]

NINE J.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE.

ITEM NINE J I'LL SECOND IT.

MOTION TO SECOND.

ITEM PASSED.

[K. Case No. EPC24-00016; Public Hearing and Consideration of an Amended Final Plat for Clegern Place (Lots 12-15), Located on the Northeast Corner of Rankin and Clegern Drive. (City of Edmond; Ward 1)]

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE FIRST.

MOTION ITEMS PASSED.

NINE

[L. Case No. EPC24-00017; Public Hearing and Consideration of an Amended Final Plat for Clegern Place (Lots 16-59), Located East of Rankin Along Both Sides of Timber Lane. (City of Edmond; Ward 1)]

AND FINALLY,

[M. Case No. EPC24-00018; Public Hearing and Consideration of an Amended Final Plat for Clegern Place (Lots 60-68), Located West of East Drive Between Park Place and Timber Lane. (City of Edmond; Ward 1)]

NINE M.

MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE NINE M MOTION.

THAT'S DEFINITELY, THAT'S TRUE.

THE MAYOR WOULD ALLOW APPLAUSE.

I WOULD DO THAT.

WELL, THERE'S GONNA BE A BIG APPLAUSE WHEN WE GET THE LAST ONE.

THAT'S TRUE.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE CITIZEN'S COMMENTS ALSO.

I NEED A MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[10. Executive Sessions and Action Items:]

I WAS PUTTING MY SHOE ON.

OKAY, WE'RE NOW IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

I WE NEED A MOTION TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO MOVED.

SECOND IT PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

SORRY WE'RE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

MR. MAYOR, I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SETTLE APPROVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN THE MATTER STYLE.

[02:10:01]

LASHLEY V, CITY OF EDMOND MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

CITY COMMENTS FROM THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

ITEM PASS.

THERE'S NO ACTION ON THE ITEM 10 B AT THIS TIME.

NEXT IS ITEM 11, CITIZENS'.

COMMENTS NONE.

ITEM 12,

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

I JUST WANNA GIVE, UH OH GOSH, GO AHEAD.

SHOUT OUT TO OUR EMERGENCY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND HOW THEY DID SUCH AN AMAZING JOB WHEN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA WAS UNDER SIEGE WITH FIRE.

UM, THEY STEPPED UP.

THEY DIDN'T STEP UP RIGHT WHEN IT HAPPENED.

THEY STEPPED UP A WEEK BEFOREHAND AND STARTED PREPARING.

UM, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, YOU, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T REACT TO A SITUATION ON THE DAY OF THE SITUATION.

YOU PREPARE AND YOU PREPARE AND YOU PREPARE AND HOPE THAT THOSE EMERGENT SITUATIONS NEVER HAPPENED.

WELL, IT DID, AND EDMOND WAS PREPARED AND THEY WERE ON THE BALL.

UM, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM WAS A HUGE WIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY, KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

AND I THINK OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IN EDMOND WITH ALL OF YOUR EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF THESE SERVICES.

AND THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN ALL COMMUNITIES, BUT IT HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT DIDN'T JUST KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, BUT IT HELPED TO PROVIDE AID TO FELLOW COMMUNITIES AROUND US WHEN THEY WERE IN NEED.

AND THAT'S WHAT NEIGHBORS DO.

THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS.

I AM SO PROUD TO BE A RESIDENT OF EDMOND, AND I'M FORTUNATE THAT MYSELF, MY FAMILY AND MY FELLOW RESIDENTS WERE ALL KEPT SAFE DURING A REALLY HORRIFIC INCIDENT.

AND, UM, I JUST WANNA, I CANNOT GIVE OUT KUDOS ENOUGH.

UM, BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO PREACH IT AS LONG AS I CAN.

WE ARE A FORTUNATE, FORTUNATE COMMUNITY.

AMEN.

YES, THANK YOU.

I WAS JUST GONNA COMMENT ON OUR RESOLUTION, UM, UH, REGARDING REMOVAL OF THE FREE HOLDER REQUIREMENT TO RUN FOR COUNCIL AND MAYOR.

I HAD INTENDED TO COMMENT EARLIER AND IT SLIPPED BY.

UM, BUT ALL OF US HAVE BEEN EXPLORING HOW, WHAT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT, BEST WAY TO REMOVE THAT.

UM, I HAD SAID PREVIOUSLY AND STAND BY IT, THAT IT WAS NOT A CONSIDERATION WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT APPLICANTS FOR THE WARD ONE POSITION.

UM, MY STANCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT IT'S DONE CONSTITUTIONAL.

AND SO WE WERE TRYING TO, WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THE BEST AND MOST EFFICIENT WAYS.

I WAS GLAD THAT THE MAYOR ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO WRITE THIS RESOLUTION SO THAT THERE'S A PUBLIC STATEMENT THAT WE AS A BODY, UM, UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT EXPLORING THIS AND GETTING IT OFF.

SO THERE'S NO QUESTION.

SO I, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS, UM, TO DO THIS PUBLICLY.

THE, UM, THIS WEEKEND, THE DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION ARE HAVING A QUILT SERVICE, UH, DEDICATION FOR FIVE VIETNAM VETERANS AT THE, UM, EDMOND HISTORY MUSEUM AT THREE O'CLOCK.

UM, THERE'LL BE A SMALL CEREMONY.

ADAM PEW'S GONNA BE THERE.

I'M GONNA BE THERE SAYING A FEW WORDS, BUT THAT'S JUST ANOTHER, UH, VETERANS TYPE ACTIVITY TO RECOGNIZE, UH, VETERANS IN THE REGION AND COMMUNITY.

UH, ALSO THAT MORNING WE HAVE, UH, CHARLES LAMB DEDICATION AT THE, UM, 2225 ACRES, UM, NEXT TO, UM, PAY PARK.

ALSO, THIS IS TIME OF SPRING AND SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NEAR AND DEAR TO COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE AND MINE ARE THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.

COME UP WITH SOME, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE IN THE CITY FOR MONARCH, BUT POWER TO THE MONARCH.

AND SO, UM, I'M GONNA SEND OUT INDIVIDUALLY TO EACH, YOU ALL, I HAD ASKED BRAD RAINEY TO

[02:15:01]

WHAT'S THAT? POWER TO THE MONARCH? YEAH.

POWER TO THE MONARCH.

AND IT WAS AMAZING ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY FOR MONARCH.

AND SO I WILL BE SIGNING A LETTER PROCLAMATION, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, SUPPORTING OUR SUPPORT FOR THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY AND ITS IMPORTANCE, UH, TO, UM, THE WORLD IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, THAT.

AND, UH, MAYOR, I DO HAVE ONE THING.

YES, GO AHEAD.

I, I'M FINISH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP ON THE MONARCH.

UH, UH, BIG DEAL HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT TODD AND HUNTER GOT MARRIED.

OH, CONGRATULATIONS.

NICE.

AND, UH, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD GIG FOR TODD .

TRUE.

SO, UH, HUNTER'S SICK.

CONGRATULATIONS THOUGH, BUDDY.

CONGRATULATIONS AND, UH, TELL HUNTER THAT HAVE A LONG LIFE TOGETHER.

AND ANOTHER HEADS UP, JUST A REMINDER TO GO ONLINE TO SEE ALL THE FESTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON FOR ARBOR WEEK.

UM, SO MANY FUN THINGS GOING ON IN EDMOND.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, ITEM 13.

IS IT ADJOURNMENT? MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SECOND VOTE.

ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT YOUR ? WE'RE HEREBY ADJOURN.