Apr 14, 2025 City Council

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WELCOME

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

WE HAVE

[A. Recognition of First Place Winners in the Mayor's Essay Contest.]

YAY.

IT WAS OPEN TO ALL EDMOND STUDENTS FROM THE FIRST GRADE THROUGH THE FIFTH GRADE.

THE TOPIC FOR THIS YEAR'S CONTEST WAS WRITE ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE PART OF EDMOND AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU.

WE RECEIVED OVER A HUNDRED TOTAL ESSAYS THIS YEAR.

THAT'S AMAZING.

ONE SAID THAT THEIR FAVORITE PART OF EDMOND WAS BEST OF BOOKS WHERE THE BOOKS SMELL LIKE THEY'RE NINE YEARS OLD.

ANOTHER WROTE ABOUT EDMONDS PARKS.

REALLY OLD.

THEY ENJOYED GOING TO THE POND, PRACTICING SOCCER AND GOING UP AND DOWN THE SLIDE, ONE STUDENT SAID THEY LOVE DOWNTOWN.

EDMOND HEARD ON HEARD BLUEBIRD BOOKS AND EMPIRE SLICE MAKES THEIR FAVORITE PLACE TO HAVE FUN AND SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY.

THE FRIED TACO IS ONE STUDENT'S FAVORITE PLACE.

NOT ONLY IS IT THEIR FAVORITE FOOD, BUT THERE'S FOOD IS AMAZING, BUT THEY PLAY AREA OUTSIDE IN THE ICE HOUSE.

MAKES IT PERFECT PLACE FOR FOOD AND GAMES.

AND THE OTHER STUDENT SAID, MITCH PARK IN EDMOND WAS ANOTHER, UM, WAS ANOTHER OTHER FAVORITE PLACES.

TENT TOBER IS A SPECIAL EVENT TO WHICH THERE'VE BEEN AT EVERYONE SINCE 2018.

IN THEIR WORDS, MITCH PARK IS THE BEST PLACE EVER.

SO WHAT WE DID EARLIER, WE, I TOOK INDIVIDUAL PICTURES WITH EACH OF THE FIRST PLACE WINNERS OUTSIDE.

NOW I'M GONNA COME AND GIVE THEIR CERTIFICATES.

IF THE PARENTS WANT TO COME UP AND GIVE A QUICK PICTURE, THAT'D BE FINE, AS I CALL 'EM DOWN.

OH, THANK YOU.

OKAY.

FIRST GRADE TWIN NOBLE.

THANK YOU.

THEY COME RIGHT.

STAND RIGHT HERE.

HE SAID THEY WANNA TAKE A LITTLE PICTURE WITH YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ARE YOU WIN? QUICK WIN .

THERE YOU GO.

YAY.

SECOND GRADE.

SAGE BREWSTER.

WE'RE GONNA STAY RIGHT HERE AND TAKE A LITTLE PICTURE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YAY.

THIRD, THIRD GRADE IS LINCOLN MILLER.

RIGHT THERE.

THERE YOU GO.

FOURTH GRADE IS MAR MERIS GILLIAM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

IN FIFTH PLACE, I MEAN FIFTH GRADE.

I'M SORRY.

FIFTH PLACE.

AFTON GOMEZ SMILING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Y'ALL BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME.

40 YEARS.

VERY GOOD.

SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS ALSO.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

AS I TOLD THE PARENTS AND THE GUARDIANS OUT THE SIDE, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING YOUR CHILDREN TO BE A PART OF THIS, UH, TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

'CAUSE THEY ARE FUTURE LEADERS, OUR FUTURE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, OUR FUTURE TEACHERS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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[C. Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing April 14, 2025 as Mayor's Monarch Pledge Day.]

YES, SIR.

THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS YOUR PROCLAMATION.

GROOVY.

I'M ALL WAY GO GROOVY.

ON THE MONARCH MONARCH BUTTERFLY.

HMM.

UH, HOW MANY OF Y'ALL KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY? OH, YES.

EVERYONE.

IT'S PART OF OUR LIFE SOURCE.

IF WITHOUT THE MONARCH, SOME OF OUR FOOD SOURCES WE HAVE WOULD NOT BE THERE.

BUT HERE, SO THE CITY OF EDMOND IN OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, I DON'T SEE BRAD, BUT RIGHT THERE.

OH, OKAY.

THERE YOU GO.

WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE PARTS.

OKAY.

YES.

YEAH.

OR YOU CAN COME UP AFTER I READ THE ATION.

OH, SORRY.

.

YOU WANNA DO THAT? NO, JUST A CHEER LEADER.

THEY DO A LOT IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY FROM THE PLANTINGS THEY DO, AND THE CULTIVATING AND ALL THAT.

IT'S GREAT.

SO HERE LEMME JUST GET TO THE PROCLAMATION.

THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY IS ICONIC NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES WHOSE MULTI-GENERATIONAL MIGRATION AND METAMORPHOSIS FROM CATERPILLAR TO BUTTERFLY, HAS CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.

COUNCILMAN MEMORIAL, MY AND MY, THIS IS ONE OF OUR, OUR LOVES.

20 YEARS AGO, MORE THAN 1 BILLION EASTERN MONARCH BUTTERFLIES MIGRATED TO MEXICO.

BUT IN THE WINTER OF 2014, ONLY 60 MILLION MADE THE TRIP.

CITIES, TOWNS AND UH, COUNTIES HAVE A CRUCIAL CRITICAL ROLE TO PLAY TO HELP SAVE THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY.

AND THE CITY OF EDMOND HAS PLAYED A LEADERSHIP ROLE BY OFFERING A PROGRAM IN THE FALL CALLED BECOME A POLLINATOR HERO.

MONARCH TAGGING EVERY CITIZEN OF EBONY CAN TAKE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE MONARCH BY PLANTING NATIVE MILKWEED AND NECTAR PLANTS TO PROVIDE HABITAT FOR THE MONARCH AND POLLINATORS IN LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK, LEARN, PLAY, AND WORSHIP.

ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF EDMOND WHO HAVE ALREADY JOINED IN CREATING HEALTHY HABITAT FOR THESE MAGNIFICENT BUTTERFLIES, I AM HONORED TO LEAD THE WAY BY SIGNING THE NA NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION MAYOR'S MONARCH PLEDGE.

AND I ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER CITY OFFICIALS ACROSS OUR GREAT NATION TO TAKE A STAND WITH ME SO THAT THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY WILL ONCE AGAIN FLOURISH ACROSS THE CONTINENT.

NOW THEREFORE, I DARYL A DAVIS MAYOR OF CITY OF EDMUND DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 14TH, 2025 AS MAYOR'S MONARCH PLEDGE DAY IN EDMUND, GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF EDMOND THIS 14TH DAY OF APRIL, 2025.

SO, MARK, GUYS, SO HERE, LET'S TAKE YOUR PICTURE.

HEY, LET'S, THERE WE RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.

OH, THERE WE GO.

POOR MEN.

YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF CRAZY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I DIDN'T WANNA SPEAK.

I NEED SOME HELP GETTING MY BUDA BAKER, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

TRANSPLANT .

ALL

[B. Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing April 13 to April 19 as National Public Safety Telecommunicator's Week.]

WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY IN EDMOND.

THAT IS CRITICAL, JUST LIKE WE TALK ABOUT ELECTRIC AND, AND, AND, AND, AND FIRE AND WATER.

BUT THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T GET TO SEE OFTEN, AND WE HAVE A FEW OF THEM IN THE ROOM TONIGHT.

THEY WERE RELEASED FROM THEIR AREA, BUT IT'S DUNGEON.

I WAS GONNA SAY, BUT IT'S, BUT IT'S THE TELE.

IT IS THE, THE TELECOMMUNICATORS WHO HANDLE OUR 9 1 1 OPERATING LIGHTS.

YOU DON'T SEE 'EM, BUT THEY'RE THERE WHEN YOU NEED 'EM.

AND SO THIS PROCLAMATION IS FOR THEM.

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EVERY YEAR, NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK EMERGENCIES CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME OR ANY PLACE AND REQUIRE THE ASSISTANCE OF POLICE, FIRE, OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

9 1 1 IS THE HOTLINE FOR HELP FOR PEOPLE IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

AND THE NINE ONE ONE CALL TAKERS VOICE IS THE FIRST ASSURANCE THAT HELP IS ON THE WAY.

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONALS REGULARLY MEET THE CHALLENGES OF EXTREMELY STRESSFUL SITUATIONS WITH CALMNESS AND EFFICIENCY.

WHEN AN EMERGENCY OCCURS, THEIR, THE PROMPT RESPONSES OF POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND PARAMEDICS IS CRITICAL TO THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY.

THE SAFETY OF THESE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IS DEPENDENT UPON THE QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE CITIZENS WHO CALL THE NINE ONE ONE COMMUNICATION CENTER.

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS ARE THE FIRST FIRST RESPONDERS PROVIDING ASSISTANCE BEFORE ANY OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVE ON THE SCENE.

THEY'RE A VITAL LINK FOR OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS BY MONITORING THEIR ACTIVITIES, BY RADIO, PROVIDING THEM INFORMATION AND ENSURING THEIR SAFETY.

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONALS IN THE CITY OF EDMOND CONTRIBUTE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS, SUPPRESSION OF FIRES AND TREATMENT OF INJURIES, ILLNESSES ON A DAILY BASIS.

EACH DISPATCHER AND CALL TAKER EXHIBITED COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING, AND PROFESSIONALISM DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER DAILY JOB DUTIES.

NOW THEREFORE, I DARRELL A DAVIS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EDMOND DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 13TH THROUGH APRIL 19TH AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATOR WEEK IN EDMOND, GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF THE CITY OF EDMOND THIS 14TH DAY OF APRIL, 2025.

AND HERE COMES SOME OF THE, THE GREATNESS TWO OVER HERE.

THERE WE ARE.

GET HERE.

RIGHT HERE.

MATT JONES.

HERE.

GO.

THERE WE GO.

HERE WE COME IN LIKE THIS.

APPLY NOW THING .

OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

YES.

SO, UH, REAL QUICK, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UM, AND, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.

UH, ANYBODY THAT'S HEARD ME SPEAK LATELY KNOWS WE'RE ALWAYS, UH, LOOKING FOR FOLKS.

SO IF YOU WANT, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SCAN THIS QR CODE RIGHT HERE.

IT TAKES YOU RIGHT TO THE APPLICATION .

UH, SO, BUT, UH, NOW THESE, UH, MEN AND WOMEN BEHIND ME, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT, UH, AS THE MAYOR KIND OF TALKED ABOUT, ARE, ARE UP THERE IN THE, THE CAGE, UH, IF YOU WILL, TIED TO THEIR DESK ALL THE TIME.

YOU DON'T REALLY SEE 'EM, BUT THE JOB THEY DO AND THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE IS, IS INSTRUMENTAL.

UH, POLICE AND FIRE.

COULDN'T DO IT, UH, WITHOUT 'EM.

AND SO, UM, I JUST COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THE TEAM WE HAVE HERE.

AND WE HAVE A, A AN EXCELLENT TEAM.

AND THEN, UH, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, THIS PROBABLY BE THE LAST TIME THAT I GET TO SEE YOU ALL, BUT I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR, UH, SUPPORT OF US.

I MEAN, TRULY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, YOU GUYS HAVE SUPPORTED PUBLIC SAFETY.

UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND MY TEAM VERY MUCH APPRECIATES IT.

SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

OH, THAT'S TOO MUCH WORK.

.

YEAH, I WAS THINKING OF FLOWER SHOP.

OKAY,

[3. Appointments and Reappointments:]

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS.

WE HAVE THE MAYOR APPOINTMENT OF DAVID CHAPMAN AS A CITY ED OF EDMOND, REPRESENTATIVE TO THE REGIONAL TR AUTHORITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TO REPLACE PHIL FROM APPOINTMENT OF RECIA FERGUSON TO THE COMMUNITY POLICING BOARD TO FULFILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF JULIE RUTLEDGE TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER, 2025.

WE HAVE THE WARD FOUR APPOINTMENT OF LANEY HINCKLEY TO THE COMMUNITY AGENCY REVIEW COMMISSION TO FULFILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF MAGGIE MURDOCH NICHOLS TERM EXPIRES JUNE, 2026.

OTHER APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS IS THE APPOINTMENT OF KEVIN FREEMAN TO SERVE AS THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

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THERE IS NO MAX TERM ON THAT ITEM.

COUNSEL, THOSE ARE OUR APPOINTMENTS.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

MAYOR, WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND, SIR.

SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THOSE APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT WE

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

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

MOTION.

SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

WE'RE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.

NEXT

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

WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. COUNSEL, DO ANY OF THOSE ITEMS NEED BE PULLED OR TALKED ABOUT ANY FURTHER? UHM, I MOVE.

OH, OH, GO AHEAD.

I WAS JUST GONNA SAY I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS FIVE A AND B.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THANK YOU.

THOSE TWO, UH, PUBLIC WORKS GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS HAVE IMPROVED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT WE HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION ITEM.

UM, THERE ARE NONE.

AND

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

SO, MOVE SIR.

HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

WE'RE NOW BACK IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

WE

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

UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL, STEVE LAWRENCE, CITY ENGINEER.

UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE INTERSECTION OF DANFORTH AND KELLY HAS THE HIGHEST RATE OF ACCIDENTS IN ALL OF EDMONDS ROAD SYSTEM.

UH, THE PROJECT THAT WILL, UH, THIS PROJECT WILL ADD TURN LANES TO HELP WITH THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND IMPLEMENT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN THIS FALL.

THE ESTIMATED $9.7 MILLION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS RECEIVING $7.4 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 70% OF THE 76% OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST.

UH, THIS FEDERAL GRANT IS A SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT THROUGH THE EDMONDS PARTICIPATION IN THE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA GOVERNMENTS.

IT IS A PRIMARY WAY FOR THE CITY TO BRING BACK FEDERAL DOLLARS TO THE CITY OF EDMOND, OKLAHOMA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OVERSEAS CONSTRUCTION.

DUE TO FEDERAL FUNDS BEING UTILIZED.

UH, THE CHANGE IN EDMOND'S SHARE IS RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION COST INFLATION, WHICH HAS BEEN BEYOND EXPECTATION IN RECENT YEARS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.

ANY OTHER QUESTION, COMMENTS ON ANY OF THE 16 ITEMS UNDER EIGHT? ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, HEARING NONE.

COUNCIL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THE CITY COUNCIL? GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS, MR. MAYOR.

I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THOSE 16 CONSENT ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

NEXT WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION.

UM, AND THERE ARE, UH, I'M SORRY, NINE

[B. AC Caplinger:]

APPOINTING EMERGENCY AGENT.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, JUST A QUICK PRESENTATION.

THIS IS THE LAST FEW REMAINING ITEMS FOR PROCUREMENT FOR THIS PROJECT.

THE PROJECT'S MOVING FORWARD AND BEING CONSTRUCTED.

BUT JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THIS, UH, LAST SET OF, UH, BIDS THAT WE JUST DID.

UM, I DO COME TODAY.

WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT TAKING AWAY AND CUTTING BACK.

I DO COME PRESENTING, UM, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AN OPTION TO PUT SOME THINGS BACK IN THAT I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT 'CAUSE WE HAD GOOD, GOOD RESULTS ON THIS BID.

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NEXT, PLEASE.

THANKS.

THESE, THESE ARE JUST IMAGES THAT WE'VE SEEN A BUNCH OF TIMES.

IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

WE'LL LOOK AT THE, THERE WE GO.

OKAY.

SEE IF THE POINTER'S WORKING.

GOT A POINTER.

GOOD.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO POINT YOUR ATTENTION.

WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS MANY TIMES, BUT, UH, THESE THREE SHADE STRUCTURES AND THEN, UM, THESE KIND OF BLANK AREAS HERE.

AND THAT'S THE SAME THROUGHOUT ALL THE FIELDS.

AS WE KIND OF CAME DOWN TO THE END AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ENOUGH MONEY, WE PUT THESE SHADE STRUCTURES IN AS ALTERNATES.

AND THEN IT WAS ALWAYS IN THE PLANS TO HAVE, UM, AS AN ALTERNATE SHADE STRUCTURES ALONG FIRST AND THIRD BASE, ADDITIONAL SHADE.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY OUR, OUR GROUP THAT WE CONSULTED WITH OF PARENTS AND OPERATORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SHADE WAS A CONCERN ON THE SITE.

UM, SO I JUST WANNA POINT POINT YOU TO THOSE.

THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, ADDING BACK IN THESE THREE TEAM STRUCTURES AND THEN ADDING, UM, 20 ADDITIONAL SHADE STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT THE SITE.

WE HAD REALLY GOOD PRICING THAT I THINK WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

SO WE WERE EXCITED TO, TO SEE THAT.

BUT JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THERE.

UM, MAYOR READ THE SAW.

BUT, UM, JOINT SEALANTS, WATERPROOFING, THAT'S FOR THE RETAINING WALLS ON THE SITE.

THERE'S LOTS OF RETAINING WALLS TO, UM, ENSURE THE LONGEVITY AND STOP, UM, STAINING FROM WATER SEEPING THROUGH THEM.

UM, SHADE STRUCTURES, LIKE I JUST TALKED ABOUT.

SPORTS EQUIPMENT, THAT'S YOUR BACK RACKS AND SIGNS AND, UM, FOUL POLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THE NETTING REFERS TO THE BACKSTOPS.

WE'LL HAVE NETTED BACKSTOPS LIKE YOU SEE AT, AT MOST MODERN PARKS.

AND THEN THERE WAS A CREDIT FROM BID PACKAGE FOUR RELATED TO THE NETTING BECAUSE WE HAD TO, UM, THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT WITH THAT CONTRACTOR AND THEY HAD LEFT THAT MOUNT IN THERE.

SO WE GOT A CREDIT BACK ON THIS BED BID PACKAGE.

UM, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING ADDING THOSE ALTERNATES BASED ON THE PRICING.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU IN A SECOND.

UM, STILL THE SAME TIMELINE THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED THE LAST COUPLE TIMES.

WINTER 20 25, 20 26 IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND THEN JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, EYSA.

THEY'VE PARTNERED WITH US TO ADD FOR THE FALL SEASON.

THEY ADDED THREE ADDITIONAL FIELDS.

THEY ADDED THREE MORE FIELDS, UH, JUST IN TIME FOR THE SPRING SEASON.

AND THOSE HAVE BEEN REALLY WELL RECEIVED.

IT'S REALLY CROWDED AND BUSY AT MITCH PARK.

UM, BUT EVENTUALLY THOSE WILL HELP.

UM, DISPERSE THE PARKING.

UH, IT'LL, IT'LL HELP WITH THE PARKING ISSUE THAT WAS AT AC CAPLINGER BEFORE.

ONCE, ONCE BOTH SITES ARE OPEN.

SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD NEWS AND A REALLY GOOD PARTNERSHIP THERE.

JUST RUN THROUGH THE BUDGET AND KIND OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

THIS IS THIS ITEM.

AND THEN ALSO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, PROJECT, ORIGINAL PROJECT BUDGET IS 17 AND A HALF MILLION.

WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE MONEY FROM PART TAX RESERVES AND THE AMOUNT OF $750,000 TO SUPPLEMENT THE PROJECT.

UM, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF UNFORESEEN, UM, LANDFILL MATERIAL AT THE SITE THAT WE'VE HAD TO HAUL OFF.

UM, VIA, VIA COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WILL LIKELY BE HIGHER THAN THAT 750,000.

BUT WE THINK WE COULD COMPLETE THE PROJECT, UM, WITH, UH, MAKING THIS MOVE HERE.

SO THAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET, DESIGN BUDGET, UM, KIND OF WHAT WE GUESSED FOR ART AND THIRD PARTY.

THAT WAS THE ACTUAL, THERE'S THE FOUR GMPS THAT WE'VE APPROVED ALREADY.

THIS IS THIS EVENINGS.

THAT DOES INCLUDE THE, UM, ALTERNATES, THE ALTERNATE SHADE STRUCTURES.

THAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION TOTAL.

THAT WAS THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION TOTAL.

THAT'S THE GRAND TOTAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THAT'S ALL OF THIS.

PLUS ALL THE GMPS IS $18 MILLION.

AND I DID JUST MAKE A NOTE THAT, UM, IN ALL THESE GMPS, THERE'S CONTINGENCY FUNDS SET ASIDE.

AT THE MOMENT IT'S AROUND $380,000, UM, OF CONTINGENCY FUNDS.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WORKS AGAINST THAT $18 MILLION NUMBER.

BUT I LEFT THAT IN THERE JUST 'CAUSE THERE'S OTHER THINGS.

THERE'S A SEWER LINE THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED 'CAUSE IT FROZE AND BROKE.

AND SOME OTHER, UM, SURPRISES OF LARGE PIECES OF CONCRETE FOUND IN THE GROUND THAT HAD TO BE REMOVED.

AND SOME, SOME OTHER, UM, SURPRISES WITH SURPRISES WITH DEALING WITH THE LANDFILL.

SO, UM, AND THE, ANY, ANY CONTINGENCY, UH, LEFT OVER AT THE PROJECT REMAINS WITH THE CITY.

AND THIS CONTRACT WITH, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.

SO HERE'S THE, UM, BREAKDOWN OF THE BID PACKAGE.

JUST, I'LL, I GUESS I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT THIS ONE.

THE SHADE STRUCTURES.

SO THE BASE BID, 445,000, THAT WAS FOR 10 SHADE STRUCTURES AND THE, AND THEN THE DUGOUTS.

SO THE ONES BEHIND HOME PLATE OVER THE BLEACHERS.

AND THIS IS FOR THE ADDITIONAL, UM, 20 SHADE STRUCTURES, 284,900.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD NUMBER TO GET THAT MANY SHADE STRUCTURES.

YEAH.

AND THIS IS FOR THE THREE TEAM PAVILIONS.

SO I THINK IT JUST WOULD BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET, UM, THAT KIND OF DEAL IF WE CAME BACK IN LATER AND DID IT.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THAT.

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WELL, ESPECIALLY IN OKLAHOMA AND BALL FIELDS, YOU NEED SHADE.

YEAH, YEAH.

THAT TOURNAMENTS ARE DURING THE DAY IN THE SUMMER.

IT'S HOT.

YES.

YEAH, IT'S A SPRING AND SUMMER SPORT.

THERE'S LOTS OF TREES GOING IN ON THIS PROJECT, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE 'EM A LITTLE WHILE TO GET TO WHERE THEY CAN, UM, PROVIDE SOME GOOD SHADE.

SO DESPITE ALL OF THE CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW, THE PROJECT IS VERY CLOSE TO BUDGET.

THAT'S HOW FAR WE'RE OVER BASED ON WHAT I SHOWED YOU THERE.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE ARE, WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, TAKING SOME MONEY OUT OF PARK TAX FUND RESERVES.

THIS ISN'T TAKING FROM ANY PROJECTS.

IT'S NOT GONNA DELAY ANY PROJECTS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO DELAY OTHER CIP PROJECTS.

UM, THIS IS MONEY THAT'S ACCUMULATED FROM SOME SAVINGS AND, UM, AND JUST THAT'S KIND OF BUILT UP SOME OVER TIME.

AND JUST KIND OF LOOKING OUT A LITTLE BIT TO THE, TO THE FUTURE.

I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT, UM, FIELDS EIGHT THROUGH 10 HAD TO GET SOME REDESIGNED.

THEY'LL BE, HAVE TO RAISE, THEY'LL HAVE TO BE RAISED UP 10 INCHES WITH SOME FILL AND SOME CONCRETE CURBING TO HOLD THAT IN.

AND THEN I MENTIONED THE SEWER LINE UTILITY WORKS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE'LL START TO SEE VERTICAL ELEMENTS IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS WITH THE SPORTS SLIDING GO GOING UP.

SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT IT'S A SPORTS COMPLEX VERY SOON.

AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

AND WE MIGHT BE BACK FOR, FOR ONE MORE JUST BASED ON KIND OF HOW THE REST OF THE, UH, EXPORT AND IMPORT GOES AS SOIL.

THERE'S, MOST OF IT'S DONE, BUT THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GO.

SO WE'LL KIND OF SEE WHAT WE FIND WHEN, WHEN WE GO, BUT WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE AND THAT'S AWESOME.

WE'RE FEELING GOOD.

EXCITING WHERE WE'RE AT.

COPY THAT SO MUCH.

ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? UH, THIS ISN'T REALLY A QU YEAH, IT IS A QUESTION.

UH, YOU KNOW, I GOT A, UH, I GOT A CALL AT 8:45 PM LAST WEDNESDAY FROM CITIZEN AND THEY CALLED TO BRAG ON YOU AND THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THEY CALLED ME.

UH, SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

UH, MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU THINK YOU CAN PLANT SOME MILKWEED OUT THERE FOR THE BUTTERFLIES ? DO YOU KNOW? I DIDN'T MAKE ANY COMMENTS THERE.

DO YOU A GUY, THOSE GENTLEMEN THAT WERE UP THERE? I, I THINK WE'RE, THIS IS JUST PERSONAL OPINION HERE.

MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT BIASED, BUT I THINK WE'RE THE LEADERS IN THE STATE OF MM-HMM .

MILKWEED AND POLLINATOR HABITAT.

THEY ARE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.

I THINK THEY'LL BE ON TOP OF IT.

THEY'RE IN AND AROUND THERE.

IT'S CONSIDERED IN EVERY SINGLE PLANTING THAT THEY MAKE.

THAT'S PART OF THEIR PLANNING PROCESS AND HOW THEY MAINTAIN THINGS.

I READ THAT OUR RECREATION STAFF INTERESTING IS DOING PROGRAMS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AND TAG MONARCHS.

UM, SO I'M, I'M SURE THEY'VE ALREADY GOT SOMETHING UP THEIR SLEEVES THERE FOR, FOR THE MONARCHS.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

THE MAYOR SENT ME SOMETHING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO WITH THE MM-HMM .

WITH THE MONARCHS.

YEAH.

THE PARK DEPARTMENT.

MM-HMM .

THANK YOU.

I'M SURE THEY GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, JUST, UM, WHEN STACY AND I CAME ON THE COUNCIL, DARRELL HAD, OR THE MAYOR HAD ALREADY BEEN ON HERE, BUT THIS PROJECT HAD KIND OF STOPPED AND START REDESIGNED.

AND SINCE BRAD'S BEEN ON THE SCENE, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S HAPPENING, IT'S GETTING DONE.

IT'S ON TARGET FOR BUDGET AND, UM, IT'S BEEN SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY APPRECIATED EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN, SO.

MM-HMM .

WELL, THANK YOU.

UM, WELL COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM NINE B ONE? MOTION TO APPROVE? MAYOR, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

UM, MS. PASS.

AND NEXT IS THE CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION TO THE 2017 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS FROM THE PARK TAX RESERVE FOR USE ON THE AC CAPITAL FUND FOR $750,000.

COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM NINE B TWO? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND, SIR.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MAD PASS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT WE HAVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER

[C. Discussion and Consideration of Resolution No. ___ Declaring the Necessity for Acquiring Certain Real Property Within the City of Edmond, Oklahoma for Public Use, and Authorizing Acquisition by Eminent Domain - (Spring Creek Interceptor Project & Creek Bend Trail Project – Parcel 8, Spectre Holdings LLC). (Citywide)]

THE SPRING CREEK INTERCEPTOR PROJECT AND THE CREEK BEND TRAIL PROJECT PARCEL EIGHT, UH, SPECTER HOLDINGS IS THE, UH, WHO OWNS THAT PARCEL? EIGHT LLC.

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WELL, YES.

MM-HMM .

THE NEED, WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR THIS ITEM IN THIS FORM, PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY IS NECESSARY FOR MULTIPLE PROJECTS IN THE SPRING CREEK, UH, BASIN WEST OF I 35 SOUTH OF SECOND STREET.

UM, THIS MAP UP HERE, IT'S IN YOUR PACKET.

IT SHOWS, UH, IN GREEN WHERE THE SANITARY SEWERS ARE PROPOSED, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE AS FAR AS TRAILS.

UM, A SANITARY SEWER, WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2013 WATER RESOURCES MASTER PLAN, UH, IS NECESSARY TO ADD CAPACITY AND MAKE THE PIPELINE MORE RESILIENT TO EROSION.

UM, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, I'VE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU 10, 10 OTHER PROPERTY PURCHASES IN THIS BASIN FOR THIS PROJECT.

UM, AND ALL PARCELS HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED EXCEPT THIS ONE.

WE FIRST MADE THE OFFER IN MARCH OF 2022.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS PROPERTY OWNER EVER SINCE THEN AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT.

UH, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT? I JUST KNOW A LOT OF EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO TRY TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT BEFORE THIS COMES BEFORE US, SO IT'S VITAL.

I WILL SAY THAT THIS PROJECT, UM, WHEN WE STARTED WAS A $10 MILLION SANITARY SEW PROJECT.

NOW IT'S A $15 MILLION SANITARY SEW PROJECT.

UH, THE WEEKLY DAILY MONTHLY ESCALATION AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.

YEP.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? WELL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO IN IS ITEM NINE BCI MOVE TO, IT SHOULD BE THREE, NO, I'M SORRY, NINE C MM-HMM .

NINE CII MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NINE C, WHICH IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 17 DASH 25.

MM-HMM .

THANK YOU.

I HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE AND WAS APPROVED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT WE'RE ON ITEM 10, WHICH

[A. 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)]

CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 0 3 1 4 0 3 1 REZONING FROM A GA, GENERAL AGRICULTURAL TO A R TWO, A SUBURBAN STATE DISTRICT FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5 2 0 1 MOUNTAIN VIEW CIRCLE, GABRIELA CORDOVO, UH, IS IT APPLICANT IS WARD TWO.

UM, VERY GOOD.

UM, AS INDICATED, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FROM GA, GENERAL AG TO R TWO, A SUBURBAN ESTATE DISTRICT.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 52 0 1 MOUNTAIN VIEW CIRCLE, THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN VIEW PARK.

ADDITION.

YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE ON THE MAP.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS 180,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS ABOUT 4.14 ACRES NEARBY.

ZONING INCLUDES A MIX OF GA, GENERAL AG R ONE RURAL ESTATE DISTRICT, AND L TWO LAKE RESIDENTIAL, MOST OF WHICH IS DEVELOPED WITH RESIDENTIAL USES.

THIS APPLICATION IS FOR BUYRIGHT ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH ALLOWS SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS WITH RELATIVELY LARGE SETBACKS.

THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS 60,000 SQUARE FEET.

THE EDMOND PLAN, THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, DESIGNATES THIS AREA, RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE R TWO A DISTRICT IS APPROPRIATE ON MARCH 4TH, 2025.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO AT THEIR REGULAR PUBLIC HEARING.

STAFF'S HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU.

COUNSEL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THIS APPLICATION? NO, SIR.

THANK YOU.

C COUNCILOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING PART OF OUR MEETING.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE ON THIS ITEM? 10 A SEEING NONE, HEARING NONE.

COUNSEL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON ITEM 10? A? MR. MAYOR? I'D MAKE A MOTION, UH, FOR APPROVAL ON ITEM 10 A.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

SECOND.

UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT IS ITEM

[B. Public Hearing and Consideration of the Following Items Related to the Property Located at 916 Elmwood Drive, Declared a Public Nuisance by the Edmond City Council on November 25, 2024: Update from City Staff and Property Owners Regarding the Status of Actions Required for Abatement. Discussion and Consideration of Resolution No. ___ Finding that the Public Nuisance Existing on Property Located at 916 Elmwood Drive in the City of Edmond has Not Been Abated as Directed by the Edmond City Council on November 25, 2024; Determining that Summary Abatement is Not Practical; And Directing the City Attorney to File Suit in District Court Seeking to Abate Said Public Nuisance.]

LOCATED AT 9 1 6 ELMWOOD DRIVE DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE BY THE CITY OF EDMOND ON NOVEMBER 25TH, 2024.

ONE UPDATED UPDATE FROM THE CITY STAFF AND PROPERTY OWNERS REGARDING THE STATUS OF ACTIONS REQUIRED FOR ABATEMENT.

NUMBER TWO IS DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 18 DASH 25 18 DASH 25, FINDING THAT THE PUBLIC NUISANCE EXISTENCE ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9 1 6 ELMWOOD DRIVE IN THE CITY OF EDMOND HAS NOT BEEN ABATED AS DIRECTED BY THE CITY EDMOND CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 25TH, 2024.

DETERMINING THAT SUMMARY ABATEMENT IS NOT PRACTICAL IN DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO FILE SUIT IN DISTRICT COURT SEEKING TO ABATE SAID PUBLIC NUISANCE.

SO WE'LL HEAR FROM STAFF FIRST.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

STAFF, I SMITH CODE INSPECTION SUPERVISOR.

WHAT THIS IS, IS THIS STATED, SIR, AN UPDATE FOR THE PROPERTY AT 9 1 6 ELMWOOD STAFF REGULARLY MONITORED THE PROPERTY SINCE THE LAST TIME THIS MATTER WAS BEFORE THE COUNCIL GOING BY THERE A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK.

WE NOTED AN INCREASED LEVEL OF ACTIVITY STARTING APPROXIMATELY THE 20TH OF FEBRUARY, AND WE STARTED DOCUMENTING OUR VISITS OR OUR DRIVE-BYS, IF YOU WILL, WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BECAUSE WE WERE QUITE FRANKLY DIDN'T KNOW IF ITEMS WERE LEAVING OR COMING TO THE PROPERTY.

SO WE, WE, WE STARTED DOCUMENTING THAT WITH PHOTOGRAPHS.

UH, THERE WAS A RAPID DECLINE IN THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY ON OR ABOUT THE 7TH OF MARCH THAT CULMINATED INTO A CASE BEING OPENED ON THE 12TH.

WE DID TAKE MULTIPLE CALLS FROM CONCERNED RESIDENTS AND THEN ALSO RECEIVED THE REQUEST FOR SERVICE THROUGH THE CIVIC PLUS SYSTEM.

THAT REQUEST CAME IN ON THE 11TH.

WE WENT OUT ON THE 12TH, MADE OBSERVATIONS, OPENED A CASE, DID A REINSPECTION ON THE 14TH, AND THE PROPERTY HAD FAILED TO COMPLY AT THAT TIME.

THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE THE DECLINE THAT WE NOTED ON THE SEVENTH.

WE SPOKE WITH THE, UH, PERSON THAT WAS AT THE PROPERTY AND WE, WE WERE TOLD THAT, HEY, HE HAD TO TAKE A LOT OF THE STUFF OUT OF THE TRUCK.

THERE WAS SOME MECHANICAL REPAIR THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO THE TRUCK.

SO HE WAS TAKING THINGS OUT OF THE TRUCK AND PUTTING THEM ON THE GROUND SO HE COULD MAKE THE REPAIR.

AND THEY ASSURED US THAT THAT WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF.

AND IT DIDN'T, IT, IT JUST DIDN'T GET TAKEN CARE OF.

WE WENT BY THERE ON THE, LIKE I SAID, WE GOT THE SERVICE REQUEST ON THE 11TH.

WE WENT BY THERE ON THE 12TH AND THEN OPENED A CASE.

SUBSEQUENTLY, THE REINSPECTION WAS DONE ON THE 24TH AND THE PROPERTY WAS STILL NONCOMPLIANT AT THAT TIME.

UH, THE STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION, FINDING THAT THE PUBLIC NUISANCE CONTINUES AND RECOMMENDS CITY COUNCIL DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO FILE SUIT IN DISTRICT COURT.

WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? NOT RIGHT NOW.

UH, NO THANK YOU.

WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING THE FROM THE PROPERTY? I'M SORRY, THE PROPERTY OWNER.

HELLO, MAYOR, MY NAME IS STEVE FERGUSON.

I'M THE OWNER AT 9 1 6 ELMWOOD DRIVE.

MM-HMM .

UM, THE FIRST INDICATION THAT I KNEW THAT THERE WAS AN, ANOTHER ISSUE AT THE PROPERTY WAS ON APRIL THE FOURTH WHEN I RECEIVED A CERTIFIED LETTER FROM MS. SAWYER LETTING ME KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE THERE.

UM, WE HAD AN AGREEMENT, UH, WITH BOTH IVAN SMITH AND THE PREVIOUS, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, THAT IF AND WHEN ANY KIND OF CORRESPONDENCE, UH, REGARDING THE PROPERTY WAS SENT OUT, THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE A COPY AT THE RESIDENCE WHERE WE ARE LIVING, MY WIFE AND I, AT 1440 NORTHWEST 34TH.

THAT WAS NOT DONE.

UH, SO THE FIRST I KNEW THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WAS, AS I SAID, ON APRIL THE FOURTH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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UH, I CALLED MS. SAWYER ON MONDAY THE SEVENTH, AND INDICATED TO HER, UH, THAT IT HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT WE HAD NOT RECEIVED NOTICE, UH, PROPER NOTICE, UH, WITH REGARD TO OUR PREVIOUS UNDERSTANDING.

UM, SO, UH, AT THIS PRESENT TIME, THE, THE, UH, FRONT OF THE HOUSE IS COMPLETELY ABATED.

UM, UH, JUST TO BRING EVERYBODY UP TO DATE, UH, GREG, WHO'S BEEN LIVING IN OUR, OUR SON, HAS BEEN LIVING AT THE PROPERTY FOR A WHILE, UH, WAS ARRESTED, UH, ON A FAILURE TO APPEAR IN THE DISTRICT COURT, UH, FOR CATHERINE BURTON.

AND SHE IS THE, UH, JUDGE THAT'S IN CHARGE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM FOR THE COUNTY.

UH, GREG HAS BEEN ENROLLED IN THAT AND HAS BEEN GOING TO OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW.

UH, HE FAILED TO APPEAR, UH, HE'S SUPPOSED TO REPORT TO THE COURT EVERY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK.

AND HE FAILED TO APPEAR AND THEY ISSUED A BENCH WARRANT FOR HIM.

UH, SO HE HAS NOT BEEN AT THE PROPERTY SINCE, UH, ABOUT MIDNIGHT ON APRIL THE FIRST.

THAT'S WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED BY THE, UH, CITY OF EDMOND POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HE IS INCARCERATED, UM, PRESENTLY AT THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY JAIL AND WILL BE, UH, UH, DOING A PROGRAM CALLED LIFE OR, UH, FIRST STEP DOWN IN THE NORMAN AREA.

THAT IS A WORK PROGRAM.

HE'S NOT ABLE TO LEAVE THE FACILITY EXCEPT TO GO TO WORK AND COME BACK, AND HE WILL BE THERE BETWEEN SIX MONTHS AND TWO YEARS.

AND THEN, DEPENDING ON HOW HE COMPLETES THE PROGRAM, UH, HE MAY BE THERE FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS.

UM, SO HE, HE WILL NOT BE COMING BACK TO THE PROPERTY AT ALL.

UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE STAND WITH, WITH HIS SITUATION.

UH, IT, IT, IT HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE FOR US.

UH, BUT I WAS, I WAS GOING OVER THERE SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK, AND OF COURSE IT WOULD BE OKAY ONE DAY AND THE NEXT DAY IT WOULDN'T BE OKAY.

AND, AND SO I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE.

BUT, UH, I, I HADN'T BEEN GOING OVER THERE FOR A WHILE BECAUSE, UH, I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS FINE.

AND, UH, SO, UH, MY WIFE AND I HAVE MADE A DECISION TO SELL THE PROPERTY AND, UH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO, UH, GET THE PROPERTY AND THE CONDITION TO SELL.

IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S SOME COSMETIC ITEMS IN THE HOUSE THAT WE'VE GOTTA FIX, UH, YOU KNOW, PAINT, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT.

UH, AND WE ARE PREPARED TO DO THAT IN LIEU OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY.

UH, I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT HAVE INDICATED TO ME THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY.

I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEIR NAMES ON PUBLIC, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO FURNISH THOSE NAMES TO MS. SAWYER ON REQUEST.

UM, WE WON'T HAVE TO PUT THE MARKET, THE HOUSE ON THE MARKET.

THEY'LL BUY IT.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN ASKING TO BUY IT FOR YEARS.

AND, UH, BECAUSE OF OUR, UH, TAX LIEN THAT WE STILL HAVE WITH THE FEDERAL, UH, TAX COMMISSION, WE DIDN'T WANNA SELL IT BECAUSE WE WOULD LOSE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY ON IT.

UH, WE WOULDN'T LOSE MONEY, WE JUST WOULDN'T, UH, GENERATE AS MUCH INCOME OFF OF IT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE STAND.

I APOLOGIZE THAT WE HAD TO, UH, COME BACK HERE BEFORE, UH, THE COUNCIL AGAIN.

UH, BUT I BELIEVE ONCE AND FOR ALL THE PROBLEM WITH OUR SON LIVING THERE IS OVER WITH.

AND, UH, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL, UH, ALLOW US TO, UM, SELL THE PROPERTY AND WE WILL SELL IT AS SOON AS WE CAN GET IT READY FOR SALE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS? ASK COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER AT THE SIGN? NO HONOR IF I COULD OFFER SOME CLARIFICATION AS TO THE NOTICE.

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SO, OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WELL, THE FIRST LETTER THAT WAS SENT OUT BY THE, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS THE 12TH, UH, WHICH WE DID NOT GET A COPY OF.

THE SECOND ONE WAS SENT OUT ON THE 25TH, WHICH WE DID NOT GET A COPY OF.

UH, AGAIN, THE FIRST NOTICE THAT WE RECEIVED WAS, UH, APRIL THE FOURTH, AND THAT WAS THE MARCH 31ST LETTER.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE COMMUNICATIONS BROKE DOWN THERE, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

OKAY.

PLUS IVAN HAS MY PHONE NUMBER, TALK TO HIM MANY TIMES.

WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT, SIR.

SO WE'RE HERE NOW, AND SO NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA GO FORWARD.

UM, SO COUNSEL, YOU SEE WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW? MM-HMM .

WE HAVE ITEM 10.

THANK YOU, SIR.

FOR RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

10, UM, B ONE.

SO THAT WAS, WE RECEIVED THE UPDATE.

MM-HMM .

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO GO, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT QUESTIONS, COMMENTS DO YOU WANT TO DO TO GO FORWARD? I MEAN, I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

UM, SO THIS PROPERTY WAS DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE FIRST IN 2022, UM, MOST RECENTLY.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, APPEARING, UM, REGULARLY CHECKING, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

BUT NOVEMBER, IN NOVEMBER DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE AGAIN, AND IT WAS TO BE ABATED AND CLEANED UP BY JANUARY.

IT WAS THEN IT WAS TO BE, UM, CITATION FREE UNTIL JULY.

UM, SO CLEARLY THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.

UM, AND MR. FERGUSON CLEARLY TOLD US HIS SON WASN'T GONNA BE LIVING THERE ANYMORE.

HE HAD CHANGED THE LOGS, CHANGED THE KEYS, HE WAS GONNA BE LIVING THERE.

AND IF HE HAD BEEN CHECKING ON THE PROPERTY REGULARLY, UM, I, MY UNDERSTANDING, THESE CITATIONS WERE DELIVERED TO THE HOME, UM, AND THE PROPERTY.

UM, AND SO I, I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE TO SAY EXCEPT WE MADE IT VERY CLEAR WHAT WAS THE DEAL, AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN RESPECTED.

AND YOU HAVE TOLD US THINGS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT YOU HAVE NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH ON.

AND I, I, I MEAN, I, I, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR THE NEIGHBORS.

UM, IT'S, IT'S A HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARD.

WE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN PATIENT IN GRANTING, UM, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE.

AND WE'RE NOW IN, UH, APRIL OF 2025, OVER THREE YEARS.

AND SO, UM, I, I, I JUST THINK IT'S TIME TO GO AHEAD AND, AND FILE WITH THE DISTRICT COURT TO SEE WHAT THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY TO RESOLVE THIS IS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? I SUPPORT EVERYTHING.

MS. MUG JUST SAID, THIS HAS GONE ON LONG ENOUGH.

SO MY, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, WHAT WOULD THAT PROCESS BE AND HOW DOES IT START? HOW DOES IT STOP? ARE THERE ANY, SO SAY WE START THE PROCESS AND THEN THE APPLICANT, THE PROPERTY OWNER SELLS THE HOUSE MIDSTREAM, WHAT HAPPENS? JUST, JUST TRYING TO GET THE FULL NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT MM-HMM .

UM, SO WE COULD HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

WHAT WOULD WANNA GET THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THAT? UM, SO IF WE WERE TO FILE A PETITION, IT WOULD BE, UM, IT'S CALLED LIKE A LEASE.

PENDINGS IS FILED IN THE CHAIN OF TITLE.

AND THEN JUST BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS SOLD DOES NOT MEAN THAT, UM, THE NUISANCE HAS BEEN ABATED.

IT STAYS WITH THE PROPERTY, NOT THE OWNER.

SO THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER WOULD THEN BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVADING THE NUISANCE.

UM, AND IF, IF THEY DO THAT, THEN WE WOULD RESOLVE, UM, THE MATTER IN DISTRICT COURT.

WE MAY NOT, IT KIND OF WOULD DEPEND ON THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES.

BUT IF, IF THE NEW OWNER TAKES CARE OF ALL THESE THINGS AND THERE'S NO LONGER A NUISANCE, AND WE COULD, UM, AGREE TO

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ONCE THE PETITION'S FILED.

ONCE IT, AND HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THE PETITION TO BE FILED? IF YOU ALL APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION AS DRAFTED? WE WOULD DO THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

MA'AM, IS THERE ANYWHERE YOU COULD SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? I CANNOT HEAR THE WORDS YOU'RE SAYING.

YEAH, SURE.

SO IF THE RESOLUTION IS APPROVED AS DRAFTED, WE WOULD FILE THE PETITION IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, UM, JUST AS SOON AS WE COULD, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE DIRECTION OF CITY COUNCIL.

DID YOU HEAR WHAT SHE SAID PRIOR TO THAT? NO, I, I, I COULDN'T HEAR A WORD SHE SAID.