[00:00:03]
[1. Call to Order of the Edmond City Council Meeting.]
THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER FOR A REGULAR MEETING.PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE MEETING MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN THE LOBBY, INCLUDING AGENDAS, MEETING RULES, AND OTHER GENERAL INFORMATION.
ALL THOSE MATERIALS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE@EDMONDOK.GOV.
[A. Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing May 18th to May 24th as National Public Works Week.]
WE'D LIKE TO START OUT THIS EVENING WITH A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS.THE FIRST ONE RECOGNIZES MAY 18TH THROUGH THE 24TH AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
YOU CAN STAND IN FRONT OF THEM.
WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND TO PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELLBEING TO THE PEOPLE OF EDMOND, OKLAHOMA.
AND WHEREAS THESE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING, AND PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY'S ROADWAYS, TRAFFIC SAFETY, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, WATER AND WASTEWATER DISTRIBUTION AND COLLECTION SYSTEMS, AND SOLID WASTE REMOVAL SERVICES, ALL OF WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS.
AND WHEREAS THE YEAR 2025 MARKS THE 65TH ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION.
NOW, THEREFORE, I MARK A. NASH MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EDMOND, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 18TH THROUGH MAY 24TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN EDMOND, GIVEN UNDER MY HAND IN THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF EDMOND, THIS 12TH DAY OF MAY, 2025.
I'M GONNA SAY A FEW WORDS, HANG ON TO THAT.
OH, I GUESS THAT'S MY, YOU CAN TALK ALL ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT OUR FOLKS DO.
THESE ARE SOME OF OUR LEADERS HERE THAT HAVE JOINED ME TONIGHT.
UH, THEY WORK HARD, THEY'RE TALENTED.
UH, THEY SHOW UP EVERY DAY, AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO GO UNSEEN.
UH, BUT WHEN YOU TURN THE, THE TAP ON, WHEN YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING, IF WATER DIDN'T COME OUT, WELL, YOU'RE GONNA CALL US BECAUSE THERE'S A PROBLEM.
SO, UM, WE WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT ROLE, AND WE ENJOY WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT WE, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU RECOGNIZING US AND SUPPORTING US CONTINUALLY.
[B. Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing May 11th to May 17th as National Police Week.]
A SECOND PROCLAMATION TONIGHT, UM, PROCLAIMING MAY 11TH THROUGH MAY 17TH AS POLICE WEEK IN EDMOND, UM, WITH US TONIGHT, WE'VE GOT SOME SPECIAL GUESTS WITH US.THIS IS OFFICER HODA AND HIS WIFE, AND OF COURSE, THE CHIEF.
HE'S NOT NEARLY AS IMPORTANT AS THESE TWO AWARE, WHEREAS CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE DESIGNATED MAY 15TH AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY AND THE WEEK IN WHICH MAY 15TH FALLS IS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.
AND WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF THE EDMUND POLICE DEPARTMENT PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF EDMOND CITIZENS, AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL EDMOND CITIZENS KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, HAZARDS, AND SACRIFICES OF THE MEMBERS OF THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THOSE MEMBERS RECOGNIZE THEIR DUTY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE BY SAFEGUARDING LIFE AND PROPERTY, BY PROTECTING THEM AGAINST VIOLENCE AND DISORDER, AND BY PROTECTING THE INNOCENT AGAINST DECEPTION AND THE WEAK AGAINST OPPRESSION.
AND WHEREAS THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE EDMUND POLICE DEPARTMENT UNCEASINGLY, PROVIDE
[00:05:01]
A VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE.NOW, THEREFORE, I MARK A. NASH MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EDMOND, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 11TH THROUGH MAY 17TH, 2025 AS POLICE WEEK AND EDMOND, AND CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS OF EDMOND AND, AND UPON ALL PATRIOTIC, CIVIC AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO OBSERVE THE APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES AND OBSERVANCES IN WHICH ALL OF OUR PEOPLE MAY JOIN IN COMMEMORATING PEACE OFFICERS PAST AND PRESENT, WHO BY THEIR FAITHFUL AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE RENDERED A DEDICATED SURFACE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND IN DOING SO, HAVE ESTABLISHED FOR THEMSELVES AN ENVIABLE AND ENDURING REPUTATION FOR PRESERVING THE RIGHTS AND SECURITY OF ALL CITIZENS.
I FURTHER CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS OF EDMOND TO OBSERVE AS PART OF EDMOND PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY, THURSDAY, MAY 15TH, 2025, HONORING THOSE PEACE OFFICERS WHO THROUGH THEIR COR, COURAGEOUS DEEDS AND HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITY, OR HAVE BECOME DISABLED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY.
AND LET US RECOGNIZE AND PAY RESPECT TO THE SURVIVORS OF OUR FALLEN HEROES, GIVEN UNDER MY HAND IN THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF EDMOND, THIS 12TH DAY OF MAY, 2025, MAYOR COUNCIL.
AND OF COURSE, OUR CITIZENS, UH, JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU AND RECOGNIZE THE SUPPORT THAT WE NOT ONLY GET THIS WEEK, BUT THE OTHER 51 WEEKS OF THE YEAR AS WELL.
UH, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR TO REMEMBER THAT WE LOST CJ NELSON IN THE LINE OF DUTY ON JULY 19TH, 2022.
AND A SHORT THREE MONTHS LATER, WE HAD AN OFFICER DISABLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY THAT WASN'T ABLE TO RETURN SERGEANT JOE WELLS.
UH, BUT MORE RECENTLY, JUST ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO, OFFICER HODA, UH, SUFFERED AN ATTACK, AN AMBUSH ATTACK, UH, THAT, BUT FOR GOD'S HAND WOULD'VE KILLED A NORMAL PERSON.
UH, BUT GOD WAS PROTECTING HIM THAT DAY AND HAS GIVEN HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HEAL, UH, ALONG WITH HIS DOCTORS AND AND STAFF.
AND, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S HAD ON CALEB PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY, BUT HIS WIFE AND FAMILY AS WELL, UH, FOR ANYONE THAT HAPPENED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THAT EMERGENCY ROOM WHILE SHE WAS CARING FOR HIM.
UH, IT WAS, IT WAS A REALLY HARD DAY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU FROM THE SECOND THAT INCIDENT OCCURRED, UH, NOT ONLY MY PHONE, BUT PROBABLY EVERY PHONE IN, IN, IN THIS ROOM THAT IS ON AN HEAVEN POLICE EMPLOYEE WAS BLOWING UP WITH MESSAGES OF, OF THANKS AND PRAYER AND ASKING WHAT THEY COULD DO FOR US.
AND SO, I HATE THAT WE HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THAT, BUT TO SEE OUR BUSINESS OWNERS, OUR POLITICAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, OUR CITY STAFF, OUR CITIZENS WE SERVE, REALLY COME TO THE AID OF CALEB AND CARLY DURING THAT TIME.
UH, IT IS JUST REALLY AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I THINK OUR COMMUNITY IS.
UM, AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE 175 PEOPLE, I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING WITH BOTH SWORN AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
UH, WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR US ALL THE TIME.
WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE OFFERED CALEB AND CARLEY.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL LET THEM CLEAR OUT FIRST SO EVERYONE THAT'S LEFT CAN HEAR US.
[3. Discussion, Consideration, and Election of Mayor Pro Tem.]
THREE, OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION, AND, AND THE ELECTION OF A MAYOR PRO TEM.THE MAYOR PRO TEM MUST BE A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHO WILL FULFILL THE DUTIES OF THE MAYOR IN MY ABSENCE.
ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR PRO TEM? MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER BARRY MOORE.
SECOND AND A SECOND, HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
MARY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
AND, UH, UH, I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T MOVE OUTTA THE CITY LIMITS, PLEASE.
[00:10:01]
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR.[4. Appointments and Reappointments:]
ALL RIGHT.UH, NEXT UP APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THERE ARE 13 APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS UP FOR CONSIDERATION.
UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS LISTED UNDER AGENDA ITEM FOUR.
MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL AGENDA ITEMS UNDER ITEM FOUR SECOND.
UM, ANY DEBATE, COMMENTS? THAT MUST MEAN YOU MUST BE HAPPY,
WE'RE ON ALREADY ONTO NUMBER FIVE.
[5. Recess of the Edmond City Council Meeting and Call to Order of the Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting.]
ALONG.COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECESS THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING UNTIL PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY BUSINESS IS CONCLUDED.
MOTION HAS PASSED BY VOTE FIVE ZERO.
[6. 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.]
INTO THE PUBLIC WORKS AGENDA.THIS IS AGENDA ITEM SIX, PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. THERE'S ONLY ONE ITEM UNDER GENERAL CONSENT THIS EVENING.
UH, TRUSTEES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL THE ITEM FROM GENERAL CONSENT FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
MOTION TO PROVE AGENDA ITEM SIX A UNDER PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, GENERAL CONSENT HAS PASSED BY A VOTE OF FIVE OH AS WE HAVE NO EDMUND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY DISCUSSION? CONSIDERATION I THIS EVENING, I'D ENTERTAIN A
[8. Adjournment of the Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting and Reconvene the Edmond City Council Meeting.]
MOTION TO ADJOURN THE EDMUND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.[9. 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.]
BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.UH, NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE.
THERE ARE 11 ITEMS UNDER CITY COUNCIL.
GENERAL CONSENT STAFF HAS REQUESTED THAT AGENDA.
ITEM NINE, I BE PULLED AND NOT CONSIDERED THIS EVENING.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE PULLED HEARING NO REQUEST I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
AGENDA ITEM NINE A THROUGH K, EXCLUDING, UH, NINE.
AGENDA ITEMS NINE A THROUGH NINE K, EXCLUDING NINE I UNDER CITY COUNCIL GENERAL CONSENT HAS PASSED BY A VOTE OF FIVE.
DID WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WAS PULLED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION? WE DIDN'T.
[B. Festival Marketplace Ground Lease:]
10 B FESTIVAL MARKETPLACE CROWN LEASE ITEMS 10, B ONE AND B TWO.UM, WHERE DO WE WANNA START ON THIS? WHEN WE, WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE DEVELOPER ASKING TO NOT MOVE FORWARD ON, UM, THE, THE EX, UH, AMENDED LEASE.
ANY DISCUSSION MOTIONS? WHAT DO Y'ALL WANNA DO, MR. MAYOR? UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT TIME THAT LETTER CAME IN.
IT WAS TWO O'CLOCK ISH, BUT WE COULD DISCUSS THAT IF YOU'D LIKE.
BUT I, I'D STILL LIKE TO CONSIDER ITEM 10 B ONE AND 10 B TWO FOR A VOTE.
WHERE DO YOU WANNA GO WITH IT, MR. MOORE? WELL, MR. MAYOR, UH,
[00:15:02]
IF WE'RE HEARING THESE TWO ITEMS TOGETHER, I, WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAD INDICATED.I, UH, I, I'VE SAID ALL I CAN SAY.
I, I MEAN, I'M, I'LL YIELD TO OTHERS IF THEY'D LIKE, BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS SINCE MAY OF 23 AND, UH, IT, IT'S JUST TIME TO TAKE SOME FORM OF ACTION.
UH, AND SO TONIGHT I, I, I'D MAKE A MOTION ON ITEM 10, B ONE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'D ENTERTAIN YOUR MOTION IF YOU'D MAKE IT.
WHAT MOTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE? YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT YOU
I WOULD I MAKE A MOTION TO ACT ON ITEM 10 B ONE, UH, TO REJECT THE GROUND LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDMOND AND LAB SEVEN DEVELOPMENT? IS THAT RIGHT? MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 10 B ONE.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? DO YOU WANT IT? YOU WANT IT RESTATED.
PRESTON, I'M NOT CLEAR WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
SO ITEM 10 B ONE IS CONSIDERATION OF SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED FESTIVAL MARKETPLACE GROUND LEASE BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDMOND AND LAP SEVEN DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO YOUR MOTION IS TO, ALL MOTIONS ARE MADE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, AND I'M MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 10 B ONE.
AND WHAT WILL THAT DO? JUST SO WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON HERE.
WELL, JUST, I MEAN, I'M VOTING NO, SO I GUESS IF THERE'S THREE NO VOTES, THEN THAT, THAT'S A NO.
SO I WOULD MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT EVEN IF THERE WERE THREE YES VOTES ON THIS ITEM, THE DEVELOPER HAVE YEAH.
WITHDRAWN THEIR REQUEST FOR THIS.
SO IT WOULD, THERE'S, THERE'S NO REASON TO VOTE ANY OTHER WAY UNLESS THERE'S SOME OTHER INFORMATION IN WHICH WE ARE UNAWARE.
WELL, I'M GONNA PRESS MY MOTION ON ITEM 10, B ONE AND 10 B TWO.
I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON THESE TONIGHT.
WE, YOU'VE MADE A MOTION ON 10 B ONE AT THIS POINT, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
AND I, I, I JUST STAND BY THE MOTION I MADE.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE MOTION? IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND.
DO WE HAVE ANY DEBATE? WE WOULD, WE LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE DEVELOPER'S ATTORNEY? CERTAINLY.
UH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD JUST ADD, AND I'M CERTAINLY SENSITIVE TO THE EFFICIENCIES OF GOVERNMENT, UH, WHAT I SUGGESTED, UH, TO THE CITY ATTORNEY IS, UH, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A COMPLETE WAIVER AND RELEASE FOR ALL THE PARTIES.
I MEAN, THAT FEELS LIKE THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE BASED ON ACTION THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED TONIGHT.
UH, AND I THINK IF WE ALL WANT THE MATTER CLEANED UP AND PUT TO BED FOREVER, AND I'M, I'M NOT YOUR ATTORNEY, THAT'S THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE NIGHT, UH, THEN I KNOW THAT I WOULD FEEL BETTER FROM MY COUNSEL ON MY CLIENT'S STANDPOINT OF A COMPLETE WAIVER AND RELEASE OF ANYBODY'S LIABILITIES TO EACH OTHER UNDER ANY OF THE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE CONSIDERED TONIGHT.
IF WE DID A FULL ACTION WHERE YOU WOULD AGREE TO THAT DOCUMENT.
BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT THAT, THEN I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT'S, THAT'S Y'ALL'S PREROGATIVE.
I THINK THAT'S PRUDENT ON MY SIDE.
I, I THINK THE BIG THING HERE FIRST IS WE'RE DEALING WITH B ONE, WHICH IS WHETHER WE, WHETHER WE EXTEND THIS LEASE AND JUST BY US SAYING NO, DOESN'T NECESSARILY BLOCK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
WELL, AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT I THINK IS GONNA HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH BETWEEN YOU AND, AND YOUR CLIENT AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET EVERYTHING CLEANED UP.
I JUST DIDN'T WANNA SIT ON MY HANDS AND IT BE OVER AND WE MISSED IF WE'RE, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DO THAT, WE MISSED THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR IF I'M OUTTA ORDER ON THE TIMING OR WHATEVER.
SO, BUT THAT'S JUST MY, MY COMMENT FOR THE GOOD OF THE GROUP.
[00:20:01]
COMMENTS? CAST YOUR VOTE.WHAT I'M VOTING ON, I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT I'M VOTING ON.
I VOTE OF FOUR ZERO WITH WINE ABSTENTION.
MOVING ON TO 10 B TWO, WHICH WAS CONTINUED FROM THE APRIL 28TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
CAN YOU HELP US OUT THERE, MS. SAWYER ON? SURE.
SO THE DEVELOPER HAS, UM, AS YOU KNOW, PROVIDED A LETTER THIS AFTERNOON, UM, ASKING FOR THE AMENDED, UM, LEASE TO BE WITHDRAWN, WHICH YOU JUST TOOK ACTION ON.
AND MR. MCINNIS IS SUGGESTING, RATHER THAN TERMINATE UNILATERALLY, UM, AS YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU NOW TO SET THIS OFF AND DO A MUTUAL TERMINATION IN WRITING.
SO THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, NOR HAS IT BEEN DRAFTED.
SO IT WOULD, LIKE YOU SAID, BE A RELEASE IN FULL, UM, VERSUS THIS IS TERMINATION AND RESULTS THE SAME, BUT IT'S HOW WE GET THERE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO ESSENTIALLY WE'VE SAID WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GOING AHEAD WITH THE GROUND LEASE.
THAT'S WHAT BB ONE WAS ALL ABOUT.
RIGHT? SO WE COULD BASICALLY CONTINUE THIS ITEM AND LET YOU AND MR. MCKENNA WORK OUT THE PARTICULARS, RIGHT? WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK HERE FOR, WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT BACK.
AGAIN, CAN WE GET THAT DONE BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING? YEP.
I CAN GET IT DONE IF MR. MCKENNA CAN GET IT DONE.
SO THEN WE COULD CONTINUE THIS ITEM, THIS PIECE OF IT FOR TWO WEEKS.
BUT THAT, BUT WHAT WE'VE REALLY SAID IS THE GROUND LEASE IS GONNA BE TERMINATED BASED ON OUR B ONE VOTE.
SO THE ACTION ON B ONE DOESN'T TERMINATE THE GROUND LEASE.
IT JUST DOESN'T APPROVE AN EXTENSION EXTENSION.
SO FOR TWO MORE WEEKS, WE WOULD KIND OF BE AT THE STATUS QUO.
YOU GOOD WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR? I'M GOOD WITH IT.
I, I MEAN, THE OTHER CHOICE IS WE COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND WE JUST KILL THE WHOLE THING AND SEE WHERE IT LANDS.
SO B TWO DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION OF REMEDIES AVAILABLE.
SO THE APPLICANT HAS ASKED TO WITHDRAW.
I QUOTE, WE BELIEVE A MUTUAL TERMINATION WOULD ALLOW BOTH PARTIES TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT FURTHER ENCUMBRANCES RELATED TO THE AMEND AMENDED LEASE.
SO IF WE VOTE TO TERMINATE THE LEASE TONIGHT, THEN PARTIES WOULD MOVE FORWARD.
THE, THE LEASE IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT, BUT IF WE VOTE OR CONTINUE THIS ITEM MM-HMM
THEN THERE COULD BE A MUTUAL TERMINATION DRAWN UP.
IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTAND? YES.
REALLY WHAT YOU'RE DECIDING IS A UNILATERAL TERM TERMINATION.
BASED ON A DEFAULT VERSUS A MUTUAL TERMINATION AND RELEASE.
MR. MAYOR, I WOULD SO MOVE THAT WE, UM, EXTEND DO NOT TERMINATE UNILATERALLY.
SO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM CONTINUE? YES.
ON TWO WEEKS, IT'S THE WORD I LOOKING FOR.
CONTINUE FOR TWO WEEKS SO THAT SOMETHING CAN BE WORKED OUT TOGETHER.
SO THE AGENDA ITEM THAT WE WOULD ENTERTAIN IN TWO WEEKS IS THE MUTUAL TERMINATION.
IF YOU CONTINUE THIS, IT WILL, THIS ITEM WILL APPEAR ON THE NEXT AGENDA, AN ADDITIONAL ITEM WILL APPEAR AS THE MUTUAL TERMINATION.
THIS WILL BE CONTINUED IN CASE THE OTHER ITEM DOESN'T COME INTO FRUITION.
SO MY MOTION IS FOR CONTINUANCE OF THAT.
WE HAVE A MOTION MUTUAL RELEASE.
CAN BE, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM, WE'RE GONNA, THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY UP FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION, HOWEVER, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S GOING ON HERE TONIGHT.
SO IF YOU HAD WOULD DON'T REPEAT A BUNCH OF STUFF WE'VE ALREADY HEARD THOUGH.
GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I'M A RESIDENT OF WARD 3 15 17 WALNUT COVE ROAD.
FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR NOT AMENDING THIS, UH, LEASE.
I SPOKE ALMOST A, UH, LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, APRIL,
[00:25:01]
AND POINTED OUT THE NUMEROUS ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RFQ THAT WAS, UM, IMPROPER IN THE FIRST PLACE.UH, NOW WE'RE HERE TO, TO NOT AMEND IT AGAIN.
AND I THANK THIS COUNCIL FOR THAT ACTION.
UM, I WOULD ASK IF THE, UM, LESSOR OR LESSEE HAS PAID HIS RENT AND IS CURRENT ON RENT AS REQUIRED UNDER THE LEASE.
AND IF NOT, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU DO SOME MUTUAL, UH, DISCHARGE OF LIABILITY BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS A CRITICAL ISSUE.
ALSO, I WOULD ASK IF ANY OF THE, UH, $60,000 IN FUNDS FROM EEDA HAVE BEEN EXPENDED, AND IF SO, UM, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT? IS THAT GONNA GET REIMBURSED? WHAT'S THE SITUATION WITH THAT? BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK I, I URGED THE COUNSEL TO LOOK AT IN DOING ANY KIND OF A MUTUAL RELEASE ON THIS LEASE, WHICH WAS, AGAIN, IMPROPER IN THE FIRST PLACE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE.
NO, WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND YET.
I'VE GOT FULL FAITH IN YOU AND THIS WILL BE WORKED OUT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, I HOPE, AND WE'LL SEE IT BACK HERE IN TWO WEEKS.
UH, MR. MAYOR, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH MONTHS AGO AND, UH, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE PARTICULARS ABOUT THIS, BUT IT, UH, IN MARCH, I BELIEVE OF LAST YEAR, UH, THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS THEN, AND THINGS WERE REARRANGED ON THE AGENDA TO NOT DO THAT.
AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IN TWO WEEKS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO MORE VOTES AND THAT'S IT.
MR. MAYOR, WOULD IT BE OKAY WITH YOU IF WE HEARD FROM STAFF AND ADDRESSED QUESTIONS OF IF LEASE, IF THE RENT PAYMENTS ARE UP TO DATE, AND THEN CAN WE ADDRESS THE EEDA PAYMENT? I FEEL THE PUBLIC IS.
E-E-E-D-A HAS NOT PAID ANYTHING TO DATE.
SO YEAH, WE ABSOLUTELY, LET'S GET STAFF OUT THERE.
I JUST, I JUST DON'T WANNA LEAVE ANY QUESTIONS HANGING OUT THERE IF THE PUBLIC'S WONDERING.
NO, LET'S MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO, SO WE, THE, THE RENT PAYMENTS ARE THE LESS HAS BEEN MAKING PAYMENTS, THEY'RE IN FULL UP TO DATE.
WASN'T SURE IF YOU WANTED ME TO COME UP AND ANSWER
I WAS TRYING TO READ THE ROOM.
LENA DOZER ACCOUNT TRANSFORMATION MANAGER, UM, AS COUNCIL COUNCILMAN FRAME MENTIONED THE EEDA GRANT WAS A REIMBURSEMENT.
IT WAS ONLY GOING TO BE PAID WHEN THEY, THEY SUBMITTED RECEIPTS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK THAT THEY ASKED FOR.
SO THAT $60,000 WAS NEVER SPENT OUT OF THE EEDA BUDGET.
AS FOR RENT PAYMENTS, UM, IT WAS, IT'S THE SECOND ONE IS DUE NOW.
UM, BUT HE HAD PAID THE FIRST ONE, SO THAT ONE'S A LITTLE IN FLUX RIGHT NOW, AND I DON'T MIND WORKING WITH, WITH CITY ATTORNEY TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT.
IN THIS TIMEFRAME THERE WAS, IT, IT, WE DID IT OFF OF A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE THAT'S IN THE CONTRACT, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN SO MUCH TIME TO GET WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO IT WAS LIKE AN ANNUAL RENT RENTAL AGREEMENT.
YEAH, IT WAS MEANT TO BE DONE AFTER THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION, WHICH, SO THEY PAID THE FIRST ONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UH, YES, SIR.
MR. MAYOR, UH, WHAT'S THE SECOND ONE GET PAID? I WOULD NEED, I DIDN'T LOOK AT THE CONTRACT THIS MORNING.
ANYBODY KNOW MR. CONYERS? ANYBODY? WE'LL HAVE TO RESEARCH THAT YOU GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST INVOICE FOR RENT WAS SENT TO THE DEVELOPER APRIL 17TH.
SO IF WE'RE ON THE MONTHLY TIMELINE, I GUESS I WOULD PRESUME WE'LL GO OUT THIS WEEK.
DOES THAT SOUND ACCURATE? MM-HMM
UH, I MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM UNTIL, IS THAT MAY, TUESDAY? MAY WE'VE A MOTION.
[00:30:01]
VOTE.[A. Case No. SP24-00020; Public Hearing and Consideration of a Site Plan Application for 6th Street Development, Located at 15 W 6th Street. (Red Plains; Ward 3)]
WE ARE ON CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. FIRST IS AGENDA ITEM 11, A CASE NUMBER SP 24 DASH 0 0 0 2 0 PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF A SITE PLAN APPLICATION FOR SIXTH STREET DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 15TH 15TH 15 WEST SIXTH STREET.UH, MR. BRIAN, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR STAFF PRESENTATION? THANK YOU, SIR.
AS INDICATED, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SITE PLAN FOR AN INTEGRATED ELECTRIC FACILITY.
THE APPROXIMATELY 28,000 SQUARE FEET.
SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SIXTH STREET, WEST OF BROADWAY.
UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS OWNED F1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND IS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL EDMOND URBAN DISTRICT.
THE SITE PLAN THIS EVENING REQUIRES CITY COUNCIL ACTION DUE TO ITS LOCATION IN THE URBAN DISTRICT TO REDUCE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE AREA AND THE INCLUSION OF VARIANCES.
SOME KEY DETAILS ON THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN INCLUDE, UM, IT HAS A SINGLE BUILDING THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 8,500 SQUARE FEET DESIGNED FOR BOTH OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE OR STORAGE USES.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 18 FEET TALL.
ACCESS WILL BE PROVIDED ONTO SIXTH STREET AND REQUIRES A VARIANCE DUE TO THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE PROXIMITY OF NEARBY DEVELOPMENT.
A VARIANCE TO THE DRIVEWAY SEPARATION STANDARD IS REQUIRED.
STAFF SUPPORTS THIS VARIANCE DUE TO THE EXISTING PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS OF THE SITE.
A VARIANCE IS REQUESTED TO ELIMINATE, UH, THE REQUIREMENT TO IMPROVE THE ADJOINING ALLEY.
STAFF HAS NO CONCERN REGARDING THIS VARIANCE.
ITS ALLEY IS NOT CURRENTLY NOR BEING PROPOSED FOR SITE ACCESS.
THE SITE MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS TO REQUEST COUNCIL APPROVAL TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE AREA FROM 10% TO 5%.
UH, THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN INCLUDES THREE VARIANCES, A SINGLE PARKING SPACE ON THE WEST PORTION OF THE SITE.
I CAN KIND OF POINT THAT OUT HERE IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, UM, DOES NOT INCLUDE TERMINAL ISLANDS DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS NEARBY, INCLUDING AN EXISTING MATURE TREE PROPOSED FOR PROTECTION AND THE PROXIMITY OF THE SOLID WASTE ENCLOSURE.
THE PERIMETER PARKING BUFFER IS PROPOSED TO BE EIGHT FEET WIDE, TWO FEET LESS THAN THE REQUIRED MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.
THAT'S IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.
UM, TERMINAL ISLANDS ON THE EAST PORTION OF THE SITE DO NOT MEET THE MINIMUM 12 FOOT WIDTH.
THAT'S THESE TERMINAL ISLANDS RIGHT HERE.
UM, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR STAFF TO SUPPORT THESE WIDTH REDUCTIONS SINCE THE DEVELOPMENT CODE PROVIDES ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE IN THE FORM OF ALLOWING PERMEABLE PAVING.
NEXT TO THESE FEATURES, THE CENTRAL EDMOND URBAN DISTRICT BOARD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE VARIANCES AT THEIR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 15TH, 2025 BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.
UH, MR. BRIAN, CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING AND THE, AND THEN THE ITEM THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT YOUR STAFF TEAM CAN'T SUPPORT? UM, YEAH.
SO THAT'S, THAT WE CODE REQUIRES, UH, PERIMETER LANDSCAPE BUFFER AROUND PARKING, VEHI AND VEHICULAR CIRCULATION.
THEY HAVE SOME DRAINAGE CONSTRAINTS.
UM, SO THEY'RE PROPOSING TO USE A EIGHT FOOT PERIMETER BUFFER AS OPPOSED TO 10.
UM, AND THEN THESE TERMINAL ISLANDS HERE ARE NARROWER THAN REQUIRED BY CODE.
UM, CODE ALSO ALLOWS REDUCTION OF BOTH OF THOSE COMPONENTS IF PERMEABLE PAVING IS PROVIDED NEXT TO THOSE.
AND SO SINCE THERE'S ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE IN THE, IN THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT CODE, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO SUPPORT THAT VARIANCE.
SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME FOR ME.
THERE'S VARIANCE ALLOWED IN THE CODE, BUT WE CAN'T ALLOW IT BECAUSE THERE'S VARIANCE IN THE CODE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROPOSING A VARIANCE TO THE CODE REQUIREMENT.
THE CODE ALLOWS THOSE ISLANDS TO BE REDUCED.
IF PERMEABLE PAVING OR PAVING THAT ALLOWS WATER TO PERCOLATE THROUGH IT IS PROVIDED NEXT TO THOSE FEATURES, AND THEY HAVE NOT INCLUDED THAT AT THIS TIME.
SO IF, IF THEY HAD INCLUDED THAT, IT WOULD NOT BE A VARIANCE.
CAN YOU TELL ME IF THAT'S DOABLE? UM, I THINK THAT'D BE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT AND, AND SEARCHING FOR A RESOLUTION.
[00:35:01]
ALTERNATIVE SUGGESTIONS THAT MIGHT THEREFORE COMPLY? I BELIEVE YOU COULD.UM, I BELIEVE YOU CAN APPROVE, UH, WITH CONDITIONS.
UH, HAVE DISCUSSIONS BEEN HELD BETWEEN YOU AND THE APPLICANT TO FIND THOSE SOLUTIONS OR DID THEY REJECT THE SOLUTIONS OUTTA HAND AND SAY WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VARIANCES? I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONCERN THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE ENGINEERING STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR PERMITABLE CONCRETE OR PAVEMENT.
AND, AND, AND YEAH, WE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND I, I THINK THE APPLICANT'S ENGINEER WOULD BE, UM, HAPPY TO TALK THOSE DETAILS.
I'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU, MR. MAYOR.
GREG MASSEY WITH RED PLAINS PROFESSIONAL, UH, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
UM, AND, AND AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE, UH, AS, AS KEN STATED BEFORE, THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE URBAN BOARD WITHOUT, UM, ANY DENIALS, UH, UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, AS FAR AS THE LANDSCAPING IS CONCERNED, UM, WE ARE IN EXCESS OF 30% LANDSCAPING ON THIS SITE.
THERE'S AN EXISTING ALLEY TO THE EAST, WHICH IS NOT CONSIDERED A COLLECTOR STREET OR AN ARTERIAL STREET, AND IT'S DIRECTLY BEHIND A SHOPPING CENTER TO THE EAST.
UM, VISIBILITY FROM BROADWAY IS VIRTUALLY ZERO.
UM, THE TERMINAL ISLANDS ABUTTING THE ALLEY, UM, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN 88 ACCESS INTO THE FACILITY, WHICH IS REQUIRED, UM, TO MEET THE 12 FOOT, UM, TERMINAL ISLAND REQUIREMENT ON THE EAST EDGE ADJACENT TO THE ISLAND TO THE AISLE, WOULD ALLOW US, OR REQUIRE US TO NOW BE BEFORE YOU ASKING FOR AN A DA ACCESS VARIANCE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THAT ACCESS FROM SIXTH STREET.
UM, THE PLANT UNIT COUNT OVERALL ON THE SITE IS IN EXCESS OF THE DECREASED AMOUNT.
WE HAVE, UH, ALL THE PLANT UNIT REQUIREMENTS MEETING THE 10% PLANT UNIT REQUIREMENT FOR THE SITE.
AS FAR AS THE 10 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ACROSS THE FRONTAGE, WE MEET THE 10 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE STORMWATER DETENTION.
STORMWATER DETENTION REQUIRES A TWO FOOT TRICKLE CHANNEL AND THE BOTTOM OF ALL THE CHANNELS.
AND THAT'S WHY MR. BRYANT POINTED OUT THAT WE ONLY HAVE EIGHT FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER IN THE FRONT ALONG SIXTH STREET INSTEAD OF THE 10 FOOT.
IF YOU TAKE TWO FOOT FOR A TRICKLE CHANNEL, YOU'RE REDUCED BY THAT AMOUNT.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE FOUR EXISTING TREES ALONG THE SIXTH STREET FRONTAGE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH FROM THE PARKING SPACES ABUTTING SIXTH STREET TO THE CURB, THE NEW CURB THAT WE WILL BE CONSTRUCTING ON SIXTH STREET, WE HAVE OVER 30 FOOT OF GREEN SPACE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO PRESERVE, UH, AN EXISTING 24 INCH PECAN TREE THERE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING.
UM, I, I'M NOT SURE, BASED ON EXCEEDING THE GREEN SPACE AREA BY 20% AND EXCEEDING THE LANDSCAPE PLANT UNIT REQUIREMENT BY 30%, OR I'M SORRY, BY, UM, THREE OR FOUR PLANT UNITS, UM, HOW WE CAN GET THIS SITE ANY MORE COMPLIANT THAN WHAT IT IS.
UH, AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THE 12 FOOT IN CAP ISLANDS.
[00:40:02]
WE CAN TWEAK THAT SOME TO GET AS MUCH SPACE AS WE NEED, BUT WE'VE GOT TO MAINTAIN 80 A ACCESS.I DON'T THINK ANYONE ON THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF ANY TYPE OF VARIANCE AGAINST A DA ACCESS.
AND IF WE DON'T MEET THAT OR WE HAVE TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIRED CODE, REQUIRED TWO FOOT TRICKLE CHANNEL, THEN WE'RE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN FOR ANOTHER VARIANCE TO THE DRAINAGE ORDINANCE.
UM, SO I WOULD ASK YOU TAKE THESE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION AND THE CONSIDERATION OF THE URBAN BOARD AND APPROVE THIS TONIGHT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? NOT OTHER THAN LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, UM, ON THE EAST SIDE, DECENT AMOUNT OF ROOM, BUT LOOKS LIKE PROBABLY TREES PREVENT IN THE WAY OF MOVING, SHIFTING TO THE EAST AT ALL.
IS THAT FAIR? WELL, THE EAST SIDE IS WHERE TWO OF THOSE ISLANDS DO NOT MEET THE 12 FOOT.
AND BASED ON THE ENTRY LOCATION TO THE OFFICE SPACE THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN A DA ACCESS FROM SIXTH STREET INTO THAT FRONT DOOR, UM, THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO PUSH IT CLOSER TO THE ALLEY.
WE, WE ARE, WE ARE 10 FOOT OFF OF THE ALLEY.
AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S NOT A COLLECTOR STREET, IT'S NOT A LOCAL ARTERIAL, IT'S JUST AN ALLEY WITH UTILITIES CURRENTLY LOCATED IN IT.
GOING THROUGH ALL THAT AGAIN, TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AND WHY YOU GOTTA DO IT THIS WAY.
UM, WELL AGAIN, CLEAN IT UP FOR ME.
WELL, UH, MR. MAXEY WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRIC.
UM, LOCAL RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN EDMOND, HE HAS CONSTRUCTED MULTIPLE OFFICE WAREHOUSES, UH, INCLUDING THE ONE DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THIS LOCATION.
UM, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING MORE ON THIS SITE THAN WHAT WAS ALLOWED ON THAT SITE TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, HE IS PROUD TO BE AN EDMOND RESIDENT.
HE'S PROUD TO BE, UH, A BUSINESS OWNER IN EDMOND.
UM, THIS, THIS IS THE FACILITY, THE SIZE OF FACILITY THAT HE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE HIS BUSINESS OPERATIONS.
AND UH, BASICALLY WAS LOOKING FOR THIS JUST TO BE AN EXTENSION OF WHAT HE'S ALREADY GOT ON SEVENTH STREET.
AND UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS CITY STAFF WAS WILLING TO GRANT OR OR AGREE TO THE DRIVEWAY SEPARATION.
UM, IT'S THE SAME BUSINESS, THE SAME BUSINESS OWNER.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING.
I'M ASKING FOR YOU TO CLEAR IT UP.
WE EXCEED THE 10% REQUIREMENT, WHICH BASED ON THE INDUSTRIAL USAGE WE'RE ALLOWED 5%.
WE, WE'VE GOT 30% COVERAGE ON THE LANDSCAPING.
WE'RE EXCEEDING THE PLANT UNIT REQUIREMENTS.
UM, WE HAVE CONSTRAINTS BETWEEN THESE THINGS, BETWEEN THE LANDSCAPE END CAP ISLANDS, UM, THE STORM WATER DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS AND THE A DA ACCESSIBILITY.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS WANTING TO HEAR.
UH, I WILL ADD, I APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS AN EFFORT TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE TREES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.
THAT THEY'RE ESTABLISHED MATURE TREES THAT HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, TRYING TO PROTECT THEM.
AND THAT WAS MR. MCATEE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD DO THAT QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UH, ON THE ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER.
I WAS JUST READING THROUGH THE SERVICE LINE NEEDS TO BE ROUTED, THE TRANSFORMER'S REPOSITIONED.
JUST CURIOUS WHO PAYS FOR THAT IN THIS SITUATION?
[00:45:02]
THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.
UH, WE HEARD FROM EDMUND ELECTRIC LAST WEEK.
UH, THE TRANSFORMER LOCATION WILL BE MOVED SOUTH OF THE DRIVE THAT'S, UH, ENTERING OFF OF THE ALLEY.
UM, AND THE MAIN RUN FROM THAT LOCATION TO THE BUILDING WOULD BE ON THE DEVELOPER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO, MAYOR? UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO MR. MAYOR? I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, 11 A I THINK IT IS.
SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.
[B. Case No. SP24-00016; Public Hearing and Consideration of a Site Plan Application for Integris Edmond Medical Office, Located at 4600 Integris Parkway. (Integris Medical Center; Ward 2)]
ON AGENDA ITEM 11 B.CASE NUMBER S SP 24 DASH 0 0 0 16 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION FOR INTEGRIS MEDICAL EDMOND INTEGRIS EDMOND MEDICAL OFFICE LOCATED AT 4,600 INTEGRIS PARKWAY.
INTEGRIS MEDICAL CENTER IS THE APPLICANT.
IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? HE IS.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A STAFF PRESENTATION.
AS STATED, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SITE PLAN FOR INTEGRIS ADMIN MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING APPROXIMATELY 4.4 ACRE.
SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF INTEGRIS PARKWAY, EAST OF I 35.
YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE ON THE MAP.
SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ZONED E ONE PUD AND IS LOCATED IN THE I 35 CORRIDOR DISTRICT.
PERTINENT DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE PLAN INCLUDES THE CONS.
CONSTRUCTION OF A 58,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING ACCESS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH TWO DRIVEWAYS ONTO INTEGRIS PARKWAY.
THE BUILDING WILL BE BETWEEN 50 AND 49 FEET TALL AND A DESIGN IS DESIGNED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE CAMPUS.
A VARIANCE HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO ALLOW FOR FEE IN LIEU OF STORMWATER DETENTION.
THIS VARIOUS, THIS VARIANCE WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE ADVISORY BOARD IN DECEMBER OF 2024 AND IS IN CONSISTENT WITH OTHER VARIANCES ON THE SITE.
PLANNING COMMISSION CONCURRED WITH STAFF AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE VARIANCE AT THEIR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 22ND, 2025 BY A VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS.
NO CONCERNS FROM HENDERSON HILLS CHURCH OR ANYTHING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, UH, APPLICANT, ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD TO THIS? NOTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD HAVEN TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? SEEING NONE, WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY THAT'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS MATTER? THEY'RE MAKING AN AWFUL EASY ON US TONIGHT, AREN'T THEY?
COUNCIL MEMBERS I'D TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR AGENDA ITEM 11 BI MOVE TO APPROVE.
WE ARE NOW ON, WHAT ARE WE ON DC I'LL LET YOU FIND IT ON MY AGENDA.
[C. Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ___ Amending Chapter 10.28 - Driving And Riding Regulations Of The Edmond Municipal Code By Amending Section 10.28.031 - School Zone Speed Limit To Clarify The Conditions At Which A Vehicle May Not Be Driven At A Speed Greater Than Twenty-Five Miles Per Hour; And Amending Chapter 10.04 - Definitions By Enacting A New Section 10.04.085 Defining “School Zone”; And Amending Chapter 10.24 - Traffic Control Devices And Signs By Amending Section 10.24.010 - Authority To Install And By Amending Section 10.24.020 - Official Specifications; And Providing For Repealer And Severability; And Declaring an Emergency. (Citywide)]
ITEM AGENDA ITEM 11 C, PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION.ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 0 3 7 4 0 3 7.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 0 3 7 AMENDING CHAPTER 10.28, DRIVING AND WRITING REGULATIONS OF THE EDMOND MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 10.2 8.031 SCHOOL'S ZONE SPEED LIMIT TO CLARIFY THE CONDITIONS AT WHICH A VEHICLE MAY NOT
[00:50:01]
BE DRIVEN AT A SPEED GREATER THAN 25 MILES PER HOUR.AMENDING CHAPTER 10.04 DEFINITIONS BY ENACTING A NEW SECTION 10.0 4.085.
DEFINING SCHOOL ZONE AMENDING CHAPTER 10.24, TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND SIGNS BY AMENDING SECTION 10.2 4.00 AUTHORITY TO INSTALL BY AMENDING SECTIONS 10.24020 OFFICIAL SPECIFICATIONS PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND SEVERABILITY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
MS. SAWYER, YOU'RE NOW RECOGNIZING, GIVE A FEW COMMENTS ON MR. MR. MAYOR.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT
OH, SO MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THIS CAME TO MY ATTENTION BECAUSE I, UM, WAS CONTACTED BY A PARENT WHOSE SON HAD, UM, GOTTEN A CITATION IN A SCHOOL ZONE AND HE WAS ASKING TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE.
UM, SIMULTANEOUSLY WE HAD GOTTEN A REQUEST FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CHANGE SOME OF THE TIMES OF OUR, UM, SCHOOL ZONE FLASHING SIGNS.
BUT THOSE NEED TO MATCH THE SIGNS ON THE SIDE STREETS THAT HAVE TIMES POSTED AND THAT TIMES POSTED ON THE SIGNS ARE POSTED THAT WAY BECAUSE OF WHAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE.
SO WE ENDED UP DOING ALL OF THIS AT ONCE AND CLEANING UP SOME HOLDOVER LANGUAGE THAT, UM, REQUIRED THE POLICE CHIEF TO INSTALL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES THAT HADN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE MID 1950S.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THIS ONE, UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE GOING TO
WILLING TO TAKE A STAB AT A MOTION THOUGH,
WELL, LET ME, LET ME MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING AT THE OTHER END.
ANYONE IN THE EYES HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO SAY ON THIS ISSUE? SEEING NONE NOW TRY TO TAKE A STAB AT IT, MR. MAYOR.
I'D MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND 10.2 8.03 IN ACCORDANCE THE REQUEST OF THE EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOL SO THAT THE REDUCED SPEED LIMIT OF 25 MILE AN HOUR APPLIES WHEN LIGHTS ARE FLASHING OR WHEN SIGN INDICATES THE REDUCED SPEED DURING TIMES INDICATED AND POSTED WHEN SCHOOL'S IN SESSION.
FURTHER MOTION INCLUDES DESIGNATING A CITY ENGINEER RATHER THAN THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR PLACING AND MAINTAINING CONTROL DEVICES, SIGNALS AND SIGNS.
IN ADDITION, THERE TO CITY MANAGERS.
REQUIRED DESIGNATION BY, IN WRITING OF SCHOOL ZONES IS REPLACED WITH CITY MANAGER WILL DESIGNATE SCHOOL ZONES WITHIN, BY DEFINITION WITHIN 10.24085.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES AMENDING 10.24020 IN ORDER TO MIRROR STATE LAW AND REQUIRE CONFORMANCE OF MANUAL OR UNIFORM TRAFFIC DEVICES.
WELL, YOU PUT A LOT INTO THAT THOUGHT, DIDN'T YOU? I HOPE IT'S THE SAME AS WHAT'S IN FRONT OF ME HERE, RIGHT? WELL, THAT'S REAL.
ANY, ANY CORRECTION? I I WONDER IF, UM, ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING THAT WOULD BE TO APPROVE ITEM UH, 11 C.
YEAH, IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH ALL THAT YOU STUCK IN THERE WITH JUST SAYING THAT, THEN THAT'S FINE WITH ME, BUT I PROBABLY WOULDN'T, BUT GO FOR IT.
ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THAT? I'M HAPPY IF YOU'RE HAPPY.
I NEED A MOTION ON THE EMERGENCY.
I'D ALSO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND, UH, REQUEST A VOTE ON THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE.
[D. Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. ___ Amending Chapter 4.65 of the Edmond Municipal Code Medical Service Program by Adding a New Section 4.65.021 Reimbursement; and Providing for Repealer and Severability; and Declaring an Emergency. (Citywide)]
D IS OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF A ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 0 3 8.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 0 3 8 AMENDING CHAPTER 4.65 OF THE ADMIN MUNICIPAL CODE MEDICAL SERVICE PROGRAM BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 4.6 5.021 REIMBURSEMENT PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND SEVERABILITY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY CHIEF WEAVER THE CITY'S INTERIM FIRE CHIEF.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A COMMENT ON THIS, UH, MAYOR COUNSEL.
UH, THIS, THIS, ALL THIS DOES IS, UM,
[00:55:01]
SEE WHEN WE'VE GOT A MR AND, UH, THEY HAVE A MEMBERSHIP AND WE HAVE TO USE MUTUAL AID.UH, ANOTHER AM AMBULANCE COMPANY COMES INTO THE CITY.
AND WHEN A CITIZEN HAS A MEMBERSHIP, UM, AND ANOTHER AMBULANCE COMPANY WILL BILL THEM AND THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY THE BILL.
AND SO THE MEMBERSHIP WOULDN'T COUNT FOR THE AMBULANCE COMPANY.
SO WHAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD DO WAS MAKE IT, IF THEY HAVE A MEMBERSHIP, THERE'S AN AVENUE FOR THEM TO HAVE THEIR AMBULANCE BILL PAID ONCE INSURANCE PAYS THEIR PORTION OF THE BILL.
AND SO UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS UP TWO TIMES A YEAR, IF IF ANOTHER, UM, AMBULANCE COMPANY CAME IN AND TRANSPORTED SOMEBODY, HAVE A MEMBERSHIP, UH, WE MADE THIS AMENDMENT AND, UH, EARLIER WITH, UH, THE FIFTH AMENDMENT.
UM, AND THAT FIFTH AMENDMENT WHERE ANY AMBULANCE COMPANY COMES INTO THE CITY OF EDMOND, UH, IT GETS A $500 FINE.
THE A MR GETS A $500 FINE THAT WE CAN KEEP IN THE SUBSIDY AND UP TO $3,000 A MONTH.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, BUT WOULD GIVE AN AVENUE FOR A CITIZEN TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE AMBULANCE BILL IF THEY WERE TRANSPORTED BY SOMEBODY OTHER THAN A MR. ANY QUESTIONS? WHERE WOULD THE MONEY COME FROM? JUST CURIOUS.
IT WOULD COME OUTTA THE AMBULANCE.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE CARE TO COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE? SEE NONE.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE ITEM 11 D SECOND I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
MR. MAYOR? I'D ALSO MOVE ITEM 11 D, THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE.
ALRIGHT, WHERE ARE WE?
WE ARE ON 12 CITIZEN COMMENTS.
OH, THANK THE CITIZENS FOR NOT HAVING ANY COMMENTS TONIGHT.
WE, THEY'RE MAKING IT EASY ON US
[13. Comments from the Mayor and Members of the City Council.]
THEN WE ARE ON NUMBER 13.COMMENTS FROM THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
ANY COMMENTS? YOU RUN A DANDY OF A MEETING.
WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TONIGHT FOR MAKING IT EASY ON US.
I DO WANT TO THANK OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR HER HELP TODAY AT THE TWO O'CLOCK MEETING THAT WAS HELPFUL AND UH, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO, UH, BE PATIENT WITH THE NEW FOLKS WHO'RE STILL FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO THIS JOB.
ALRIGHT, ON THE LAST AGENDA ITEM, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.