Aug 18, 2026 Planning Commission

AND, UH, SO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO, UH, CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FOR AUGUST 4TH.

IT IS, UH, FIVE 30 ON, UH, AUGUST 18TH, AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, CALL, CALL TO ORDER THE, UH, EDMOND PLANNING COMMISSION FOR AUGUST 18TH, 2026.

UH, I AM, UH, ACTING CHAIRMAN THIS MORNING, I MEAN THIS AFTERNOON.

[2. Consideration of Approval of Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes: August 04, 2026.]

UH, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY CORRECTIONS, UH, FROM THE COMMISSION? NO QUESTIONS.

DO I HEAR A MOTION AND OR A SECOND? MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND.

WE WILL HAVE, UH, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF A COUPLE OF ITEMS TONIGHT.

BY VOTE OF, UH, THREE TO ZERO, THE, UH, THE MINUTES PASSED WITH, UH, WITH NO CORRECTIONS.

UM,

[C. Case No. PR25-00011; Public Hearing and Consideration of Approval for a Preliminary Plat for Sierra Brook, located on the west side of Midwest Boulevard, south of Coffee Creek Road. (Farzaneh Development, LLLP; Ward 2) Said Consideration to Include Consideration of Approval of a Variance to Title 21, Subdivisions, of the Edmond Municipal Code: A Variance to Sections 21.02.160 and 21.02.170 which require 20 percent of the platted area to be placed in a common area for Tree Preservation. ]

BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO, UH, DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR C.

UH, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THAT BE, UH, CONTINUED TO ANOTHER TIME.

I THINK HE'S, UH, HE'S STILL WORKING WITH, UH, WITH THE CITY TO WORK OUT, UH, CERTAIN DETAILS OF THAT.

SO THIS IS, UH, FOUR C, CASE NUMBER PR 25 0 0 0 1 1, AND IT'S APPROVAL FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF SIERRA BROOK.

UM, SO DO I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO ANOTHER DAY? SO MOVED.

THEY'VE REQUESTED SEPTEMBER 22ND.

TO SEPTEMBER 22ND, I HEAR A, UH, MOTION.

ALRIGHT, BACK ON ITEMS NUMBER THREE, A AND B.

UH, BY VOTE OF, UH, THREE TO ZERO, THAT MOTION IS PASSED TO MOVE, UH, ITEM FOUR C TO THE SEPTEMBER 22ND AGENDA ITEM.

[A. Discussion and Consideration of the Edmond Planning Commission Schedule of Regular Meetings for Calendar Year 2027. ]

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF A COUPLE OF ITEMS. UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS A DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE EDMOND PLANNING COMMISSION SCHEDULE OF REGULAR MEETINGS, AND THAT'S GONNA BE IN YOUR PACKET.

UH, COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE DATES? UH, SOME ARE, UH, ONCE A MONTH.

OTHERS, UH, THE REGULAR, REGULAR SCHEDULE.

ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YES, SIR.

I WOULD JUST CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THE, UH, THE TWO MONTHS WE'RE PROPOSING ONE MEETING, ONE OF THOSE IS MARCH, THAT'S THE SECOND MEETING, FALLS ON SPRING BREAK FOR BOTH EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND UCO.

AND THEN ONE MEETING IN JULY, PERHAPS DUE TO INDEPENDENCE DAY, BUT ALSO TO MIMIC COUNCIL'S SCHEDULE.

UM, THE COMMISSION CAN TAKE THEIR SUMMER BREAK AND ON A DIFFERENT DAY SHOULD THEY SO CHOOSE, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT THE, THE SCHEDULE IN FRONT OF YOU SHOWS.

IN DECEMBER, I THINK DECEMBER JUST SAYS EARLIER.

OH, DECEMBER.

WELL, IT'S IMPORTANT.

IT IS IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR CORRECTIONS? OKAY.

DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT? OKAY.

DO I HEAR A, UH, A MOTION AND A SECOND TO, UH, ON THIS ONE? I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

THAT PASSES, UH, THREE TO ZERO.

AND SO THAT, UH, THAT SCHEDULE WILL BE IN PLACE, UH, FOR THE TIME BEING, UNLESS SOME, SOME, SOMETHING COMES UP.

LET'S GO BACK TO, UH, ITEMS FOUR A AND B.

UH, ITEM B, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE SECOND STREET BROADWAY CORRIDORS PLAN.

UM, AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY, UH, HANNAH.

UH, KEN, DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING FIRST BEFORE SHE STARTS, OR, I, I DO.

I'LL, I'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT TO SAY ON THIS, BUT I, I MIGHT JUST ASK AT THIS POINT.

UM, WE ONLY HAVE TWO SIMPLE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. IF THERE'S ANYONE, UM, IF ANYONE'S HERE FOR THE STUDY, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT, BUT ALSO WE COULD JUST, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE QUICKLY AND THEN GET TO THE STUDY IF THE, IF THE COMMISSION SO CHOOSES.

YOU GUYS, DO YOU OKAY WITH THAT COMMISSION? OKAY.

LET'S, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT THEN.

UH,

[A. Case No. SP25-00014 and U25-00001; Public Hearing and Consideration of Approval for a Site Plan and Specific Use Permit for Children of America Daycare Center, located on the south side of Coffee Creek Road, east of Kelly Avenue. (First Services Companies, LLC; Ward 1) ]

UH, THESE ARE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS, UH, INDIVIDUALLY.

AND, UH, EACH ITEM PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY RULES.

AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE THOSE COMMENTS AND RULES AT, AT YOUR LEISURE.

SO, UH, CASE NUMBER SP 25 0 0 0 1 4

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AND U2 5 0 0 0 0 1, A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL FOR A SITE PLAN, A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR CHILDREN OF AMERICA DAYCARE CENTER, LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF COFFEE CREEK ROAD, EAST OF KELLY.

UM, KEN, WILL YOU PRESENT THAT, PLEASE? YES, SIR.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR THIS CASE IS APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES.

THE MAP SHOWS THE LOCATION EAST OF KELLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF COFFEE CREEK ROAD.

THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING DETAILS, ONE BUILDING APPROXIMATELY 11,000 SQUARE FEET.

YOU CAN SEE THE ACCESS WILL BE PROVIDED BY TWO DRIVEWAYS ONTO COFFEE CREEK AND COFFEE CREEK WILL BE WIDENED ALONG THE SUBJECT, PROPERTY FRONTAGE TO HELP ACCOMMODATE TURNING MOVEMENT.

THE PROJECT WILL CONNECT TO ADMIN UTILITIES.

NO VARIANCES TO SITE DESIGN STANDARDS ARE REQUESTED.

HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? NO QUESTIONS.

UH, IS THE APPLICANT HERE, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS? ANY, OKAY.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT FROM, UH, THE COMMISSION? NO, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, NOW IT'S TIME FOR, UH, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THIS APPLICATION? OKAY.

UH, SEEING NONE, CAN WE MOVE ON TO A MOTION AND A SECOND? WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

ALRIGHT, BY A VOTE OF THREE TO ZERO, THIS APPLICATION PASSES.

AND WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? KEN, WHERE DOES THAT GO? CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 14TH.

SEPTEMBER 14TH.

ALRIGHT, NUMBER FOUR B, CASE NUMBER U2 6 0 0 0 0 8 PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR ESTRADA LOCATED AT 32 24 SOUTH BROADWAY.

[B. Case No. U26-00008; Public Hearing and Consideration of Approval of a Specific Use Permit for Bella Strada, located at 3224 S Broadway #100. (Jones; Ward 3)]

UH, SUITE NUMBER 100 IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES.

UH, KEN, WILL YOU PRESENT THIS CASE PLEASE? YES.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THIS IS AN EXISTING BUSINESS RESPONDING TO EDMOND'S, RECENTLY APPROVED SUPPLEMENTAL USE STANDARDS.

THIS BUSINESS IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 33RD EAST OF BROADWAY AND HAS PROVIDED THOSE ITEMS REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH REGARD TO THERAPIST, LICENSE AND FACADES.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, UH, APPLICANT, YOU WANNA MAKE ANY COMMENTS? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, UH, NOW FOR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? ANY QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS, ANYTHING TO THE APPLICANT? OKAY.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE APPLICANT? NO.

I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, AND NOW WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, UH, THE COURT PLAN.

BY A VOTE OF THREE TO ZERO, THAT APPLICATION PASSES, AND SO THAT MOVES TO CITY COUNCIL.

UH, NO OTHER ITEMS IN THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.

SO LET'S GO BACK TO

[B. Discussion and Consideration of the 2nd Street & Broadway Corridors Plan]

SO, KEN? YES.

COMPONENT, UM, FOCUSES ON REVITALIZATION, REDEVELOPMENT AND REACT RE REACTIVATING THE CORRIDOR.

UH, HANNAH NOLAN, OUR SENIOR LONG RANGE PLANNERS JOINING US THIS EVENING.

SHE'S BEEN MANAGING THIS PROJECT AND IS FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE DETAILS AND IS HERE TO SUPPORT, UM, THOSE DETAILS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

TOGETHER, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PROVIDE A THOROUGH OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT, FOCUSING ON THE LAND USE COMPONENT, ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND REQUEST A RECOMMENDATION.

SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY AREA AND THE PURPOSE OF A STUDY OF THIS NATURE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE STUDY AREA INCLUDES, UH, THE BROADWAY CORRIDOR, UM, ALL THE WAY FROM COMFORT DRIVE, WHICH IS THE CITY LIMIT ON THE SOUTH, UP TO SECOND STREET, JUST ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

AND THEN EAST ON SECOND OUT TOWARDS I 35, I BELIEVE THERE, I DON'T, THAT'S NOT QUITE THE FRONTAGE ROAD THERE.

IT'S THE STREET RIGHT BEFORE THE FRONTAGE ROAD, UM, ADJACENT TO I 35.

THIS CORRIDOR IS ALSO, UM, HIGHWAY 77.

SO A LOT OF, UH, COORDINATION WITH ODOT AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THIS STUDY AND SOME OF THE DETAILS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

UH, OF COURSE, THE FOCUS OF THIS STUDY IS TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE MOBILITY AND SAFETY.

THAT INCLUDES MULTIMODAL ACCESS AND, UH, THE LAND USE

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VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNING PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH A STUDY LIKE THIS.

UM, LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, UM, WE KICKED THIS PROJECT OFF.

UM, THERE'S A VARIETY OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES, TRAFFIC MODELING, UM, AND THE DRAFT PLAN WAS PREPARED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

ADDITIONAL PUBLIC OUTREACH, UM, WAS HELD AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, RELATED TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THEN WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING, UH, VERSIONS OF THE DRAFT FOR THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS, AND WE'RE NOW IN THE FINALIZATION PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, ADOPTION.

THIS HEARING IS PART OF, OF THAT ADOPTION PROCESS.

A BRIEF LOOK AT EXISTING CONDITIONS.

UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CORRIDOR.

UM, IT'S ONE OF THE, THE HEAVILY, MOST HEAVILY USED CORRIDORS IN THE CITY.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY HOW TO DO IN THIS CORRIDOR IS DO WE TR, UM, ESPECIALLY ON THE BROADWAY COMPONENT, HOW DO WE TRANSITION FROM WHAT'S ESSENTIALLY AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY TO ALMOST THE DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET OVER JUST, UH, TWO AND A HALF MILE, UM, UH, LENGTH.

SO THAT, THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE, ALWAYS HAS BEEN WITH THAT CORRIDOR AND WAS ONE OF THE, THE PRIMARY, UM, THINGS THAT WE TRIED TO ACCOMMODATE OR, UH, GET OUR ARMS AROUND.

AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS STUDY.

YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE, WHAT WE REFER TO AS EXISTING LAND USE ON THIS BEING, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THESE ARE, OF COURSE, THE LAND USE CATEGORIES FROM THE, THE EDMUND PLAN CATEGORIES MAP.

UM, SO THIS, THIS INFORMED, UM, THE, WHAT THEY REFERRED TO AS THE FUTURE LAND USE COMPONENT AND INFORMED A LOT OF THEIR LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO THE CONSULTANT TEAM DIVIDED THE CORRIDOR UP INTO SOME CHARACTER AREAS AND IDENTIFIED A, A VARIETY OFOP, WHAT THEY REFER TO AS OPPORTUNITY SITES.

SO THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REINVESTMENT, UM, REDEVELOPMENT AND INFILL.

SO WE'LL LOOK QUICKLY AT THESE AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF LIKE, WE'LL LOOK AT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EACH OF THESE.

UM, EACH OF THESE CHARACTER AREAS.

SO ON THE SOUTH END OF BROADWAY, WHAT THEY REFER TO AS THE SOUTHERN GATEWAY.

UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE.

AND A, A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITY SITES, UM, IDENTIFIED ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROADWAY, ESPECIALLY AT 33RD AND BROADWAY.

UH, THE CENTER PORTION FROM 33RD TO 15TH, UM, THIS IS WHERE YOU WOULD START TO SEE THAT TRANSITION INTO A, A LESS, A LESS OF A HIGHWAY KIND OF PROFILE AND MORE INTO A, YOU KNOW, A SUBURBAN OR AN URBAN, AN URBAN STREET PROFILE.

UM, LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, REINVESTMENT IN THE, ALONG THIS PORTION OF THE CORRIDOR.

AND FINALLY, THE NORTHERN PORTION, UM, FROM 15TH TRANSITIONING INTO DOWNTOWN, OF COURSE, THE, OUR, OUR TAX INCREMENT FINANCE DISTRICT OVER OVERLAYS A PORTION OF THIS, UM, THIS PORTION OF THE CORRIDOR OR THIS, UM, CHARACTER AREA.

UM, YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE CONSULTANT TEAM IS FLAGGED A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR REINVESTMENT, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF BROADWAY.

AND YOU CAN KIND OF IMAGINE THAT'S THE PORTION OF THE CORRIDOR THAT'S KIND OF PINNED BETWEEN THE RAILROAD CORRIDOR AND, AND WHAT IS KIND OF THE BACK OF BROADWAY.

UH, SO THEY PREPARED, UH, A REALLY WHAT I THINK IS A VERY INFORMATIVE, UH, SUMMARY.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THIS TABLE AS WE WORK OUR WAY.

UH, THEN BACK DOWN THE CORRIDOR FROM THE NORTH SIDE.

SO ADJACENT TO DOWNTOWN, YOU SEE THAT PREFERRED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, UM, REDUCING BUILDING SETBACKS OF BRINGING BUILDINGS CLOSER TO THOSE STREETS, WHETHER THAT'S BROADWAY OR, OR IT'S CONNECTING STREETS.

UM, A LOT OF, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO READDRESS THE SIDEWALK, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT, THOSE FACILITIES.

THIS IS AN AREA THAT CAN TOLERATE, UM, YOU KNOW, TALLER BUILDINGS, HIGHER DENSITY, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THEM FLAG THAT THERE.

AND AS YOU TRANSITION FROM 15TH SOUTH TO 33RD, YOU CAN IMAGINE THOSE BUILDINGS ARE NOW PULLED BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT PRYING, A LITTLE MORE BREATHING ROOM FOR, UH, TREES AND OTHER TYPES OF LANDSCAPING.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE A STEP DOWN IN BUILDING INTENSITY AS WELL.

HENRY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANY DETAILS TO THIS SUMMARY? SURE.

UH, SO THE, THE PLAN ALSO BRINGS IN ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS WHAT TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL ROAD.

UM, IN THE SOUTHERN GATEWAY AREA, IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE COMING INTO TOWN,

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IT'S, YOU'RE COMING OFF OF THE HIGHWAY.

THE KEY IS THE KEY RECOMMENDATION IS TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN.

UM, IT'S NOT A HIGHWAY ANYMORE.

SO FOCUSING ON, UM, UM, WEIGHT FINDING AND THEN SERVING AS A GATEWAY TO THE CITY, SLOWING TRAFFIC, UM, PROVIDING SAFER TURNING MOVEMENTS.

SO MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MEDIAN OPENING SO THAT IT'S MORE CLEAR WHERE EACH VEHICLE IS SUPPOSED TO BE WHEN THEY'RE TURNING LEFT AT THOSE MEDIANS.

UM, AND IT, IT'LL STILL MAY CONTINUE TO BE A PRIMARILY AUTO ORIENTED WHERE WE MIGHT SEE MEDIUM BUILDING SETBACKS AND A LOT OF SPACE IN BETWEEN BUILDINGS.

BUT THEN GOING INTO THE SOUTHERN TRANSITION, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE WANTING TO BRIDGE PEDESTRIAN AND AUTO ACTIVITY TOGETHER.

UM, WE'LL BRING IN MORE RESIDENTIAL USES.

FOCUS WILL BE ON STREETSCAPING MORE.

UM, AND THEN ONCE WE GET TO THE DOWNTOWN ADJACENT AREA, THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO KIND OF EXTEND THE DOWNTOWN EXPERIENCE FROM SECOND STREET DOWN TO SAY FIFTH STREET TO TIE IN WITH STEVENSON PARK, UM, AND MAYBE EVENTUALLY DOWN TO NINTH STREET.

SO, UM, MORE SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO WALK AND BIKE, MORE RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE, MIXED USES TOGETHER.

UM, SO YEAH, JUST EXTENDING DOWNTOWN.

SO MOVING NOW TO, UH, THE SECOND STREET PORTION OF THE, OF THE STUDY.

SO THE, UH, THE, THE PORTION HIGHLIGHTED HERE IS ADJACENT TO UCO, SO THAT'S CLEVERLY REFERRED TO AS UNIVERSITY ADJACENT.

UM, YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE'S A, A HIGHER NEED FOR, UH, PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY HERE SUPPORTING THIS, UH, THE STUDENT POPULATION, IMPROVING CONNECTIONS TO CAMPUS.

THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN, THAT'S KIND OF A THEME WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT UCO.

YOU DON'T OFTEN SEE IT, UM, REFERENCED ON THE TRANSITIONING OR CONNECTING SOUTH OF SECOND STREET, BUT, BUT WE'VE, UH, TRIED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THAT'S AS, THAT'S A NEED AS WELL, NOT JUST CONNECTING TO DOWNTOWN TO THE WEST.

UM, THE MIDDLE PORTION HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF OUR, ONE OF OUR KIND OF HIGHEST USE RETAIL CORRIDORS, OF COURSE, ANCHORED BY, UH, SECOND AND BRYANT.

UM, I'LL LET HANNAH TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CORRIDOR.

UM, WHEN WE GET TO OUR, OUR SUMMARY TABLE AND THEN THE, THE PORTION AS YOU TRANSITION BACK TO, UM, THE I 35 CORRIDOR.

UM, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE YOU'RE, UH, PROVIDING MORE CAPACITY.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN'S GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE AUTOCENTRIC AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SUPPORTS, UH, VISITORS AND, UM, PEOPLE TRAVELING, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY THAT WANNA TRY TO ENCOURAGE TO STOP.

SO, AGAIN, THE SUMMARY TABLE AS IT AS IT APPLIES TO SECOND STREET.

UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS GROUP, WHICH SHOULD BE, UH, FOCUSED HIGHLY ON THE, THE PREFERRED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND KIND OF THOSE, WHAT THE APPROPRIATE USE MIX IS THAT WOULD SUPPORT THAT PATTERN.

UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, AS YOU'RE CLOSER TO THE INTERSTATE THERE ON THAT EASTERN GATEWAY, YOU CAN SUPPORT A LITTLE MORE INTENSE USES.

YOU'RE SEEING THEM IDENTIFY, UH, THAT SINGLE AND THREE STORY BUILDINGS ARE APPROPRIATE.

A LITTLE BIT OF RESIDENTIAL MIX IN THERE AS WELL AS YOU TRANSITION TOWARDS THE CENTER PORTION.

UM, SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO MAYBE REIMAGINE OR REINVEST IN, UH, SOME OF THE AGING, UH, STRIP MALLS.

AND, UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY IN THIS, UH, THIS PORTION OF THE CORRIDOR AS WELL.

UM, SO KIND OF BUILDING ON, UH, THE SUCCESS THERE AND TRYING TO, UM, STRENGTHEN OUR, STRENGTHEN OUR POSITION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE, THERE, ACCORDING TO THIS STUDY, WE CAN TOLERATE, UM, MUL MORE MULTI-STORY BUILDINGS AND A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DENSITY.

AND THEN AS YOU MOVE TOWARDS, UH, THE UNIVERSITY ADJACENT COMPONENT, YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT'S, THAT'S MEETING UP WITH THE, UH, THE DOWNTOWN, UM, COMPONENT FROM THE BROADWAY SECTION.

SO YOU'LL SEE A SIMILAR APPROACH TO, UM, REDUCING THOSE BUILDING SETBACKS AND HAVING MORE, UH, UH, BUILDINGS ADDRESS THE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT IN A MORE MEANINGFUL WAY.

AND, AND AGAIN, OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, INCREASE INTENSITY AND, AND PROVIDE SOME, SOME RESIDENTIAL DENSITY.

CAN YOU WANNA PROVIDE SOME DETAILS ON THE, THE MODES IN THE STREET? SURE.

SO THIS ONE IS, UH, SECOND STREET'S PRETTY SIMILAR TO BROADWAY, JUST IN REVERSE, STARTING WITH THE UNIVERSITY ADJACENT.

UM, LIKE KEN SAID, THE FOCUS IS ON SAFE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS.

UM, KEY HERE IS GETTING FOLKS ACROSS SECOND STREET FROM KIND OF DOWNTOWN, AGAIN TO SOUTH SOUTH

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OF SECOND STREET, UM, ALLOWING FOR MORE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT, UM, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN UCO AND DOWNTOWN.

THIS PLAN FOLLOWS CLOSELY ALONG WITH THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR.

UM, COMMERCIAL SYNERGY ALREADY GOT A HEAVY COMMERCIAL AREA.

UM, SO THE FOCUS IS ON CONTINUING THAT AUTO ORIENTED, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE CARS THROUGH, BUT MORE SAFE.

SO, UM, THE PLAN CALLS FOR SOME RAISED MEDIANS ALONG SECOND STREET TO, UM, FACILITATE SAFER LEFT TURNS.

UM, THAT'S THAT KIND OF DIVIDED CROSS SECTION.

AND THEN, UM, THEY WOULD TRANSITION TO THE EASTERN GATEWAY, WHICH WOULD PUT US BACK TOWARDS THE INTERSTATE.

UM, BUILDINGS ARE SEPARATED, MORE RESIDENTIAL USES, MAYBE NOT AS MANY PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING, BUT, UM, STILL SAFE FOR EVERYBODY.

UH, SO THEY, THEY DID PROVIDE A ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.

OF COURSE, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE KIND OF THE LIFECYCLE OF A CORRIDOR LIKE THIS, IT, IT'S, IT DIDN'T ARRIVE, IT WASN'T BUILT AS IT AS IT EXISTS NOW.

UM, IT'S, UH, SEVERAL YEARS, SEVERAL DECADES IN FACT OF, OF EVOLUTION AND, AND MATURATION TO ARRIVE AT WHERE IT IS NOW.

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THE, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT O OVER TIME AS WE LOOK TO REINVEST OR REDEVELOP KEY SITES IS, IS A LONG TERM PROSPECT AS WELL.

AND SO JUST UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO BE, UM, OPEN AND MINDFUL OF A, OF AN INCREMENTAL APPROACH AS WE START LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITY SITES.

THEY DO PROVIDE A COUPLE OF CONCEPT BUILD OUTS.

SO HERE'S ONE AT, UH, SECOND ON BROADWAY, SOUTH OF SECOND.

SO THIS IS SORT OF THE STEVENSON PARK, UM, AREA BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND STEVENSON PARK.

UM, THIS IS JUST, UH, THIS IS REALLY LIKE INSPIRATIONAL AND, AND VERY CONCEPTUAL, UH, AS AN EXAMPLE TO SHOW JUST THERE IS CAPACITY IN THIS AREA FOR, UH, QUITE A BIT OF INFILL OPPORTUNITY AND REDEVELOPMENT.

UM, SO KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF INSPIRATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN DREAM BIG AND BRING LOTS OF TOOLS TO BEAR IN THESE AREAS.

AND SECOND, UM, THIS, UH, THIS LOCATION IN FACT WAS, UH, STUDIED IN DETAIL AS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT PLAN THAT HANNAH REFERENCED.

UM, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO FURTHER IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PLAN.

AND THEN I DIDN'T, I DID WANT TO GO AHEAD AND HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE CORRIDOR ITSELF.

UM, WE FEEL LIKE ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE REALLY, UM, ONE OF THE BEST POINTS I GUESS, OF THIS, UH, PLANNING STUDY IS THAT THEY IDENTIFIED PROJECTS FOR US IN TERMS OF SHORT, MEDIUM, AND LONG TERM.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A LONG-TERM PROJECT, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT MIGHT BE THAT IT JUST TAKES A VERY LONG TIME TO DO.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE SHOULDN'T GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED ON IT.

UM, IT'S A LITTLE OBVIOUS WHICH ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

IT PREFERENCES AN UNDERPASS AT THE RAILROAD, UM, ON 15TH STREET.

OBVIOUSLY IF WE WANTED TO GET STARTED ON THAT, WE COULD START NOW AND IT WOULD BE YEARS AND YEARS UNTIL, UM, WE SAW A PROJECT LIKE THAT.

SO THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF THOSE THINGS.

UM, I'M GOING TO, I'M GONNA SKIP TO THE NEXT ONE AND LET HANNAH TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DETAILS ON NINTH STREET NORTH TO THIRD.

SURE.

ON BROADWAY, STARTING AT NINTH STREET, THE PLAN RECOMMENDS DOING A LANE CONVERSION, SO TAKING THE OUTSIDE LANES IN EITHER DIRECTION AND RECONFIGURING THAT AS A SPACE, UH, FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY.

UM, THIS ALONG WITH SAFER, WE WILL ALLOW FOR SAFER CROSSING OPPORTUNITIES.

UM, FOR PEDESTRIANS, THEY'LL HAVE A SHORTER CROSSING DISTANCE.

THE PLAN ALSO CALLS FOR, UM, SIGNALIZATION AT FIFTH STREET AND, UM, THIRD STREET TO, UM, SO THAT WOULD BE A PROTECTED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.

IN TERMS OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC, THE THINKING ALONG BROADWAY IS, UM, THAT WE WOULD MAKE FURTHER CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS AS WE CAN.

SO ADDING IN DEDICATED TURN LANES, UM, BUT THEN ENCOURAGING TRAFFIC TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, 33RD OR 15TH TO BOULEVARD, UM, TO TAKE OTHER PATHWAYS, UM, IF THEY DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE

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ON BROADWAY AT NIGHT.

UM, AND IF THEY'RE NOT GOING DOWNTOWN, MAYBE TAKE A DIFFERENT PATH.

UM, BUT THE INTERIM IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATION IS TO SIMPLY, UM, CLOSE OUT THE OUTSIDE LANES.

A LONGER TERM, MORE EXPENSIVE RECOMMENDATION IS TO DO, UM, A SIDE PATH, SO A NICE WIDE SIDE PATH ON BROADWAY FOR PEOPLE TO WALK AND BIKE.

AND YES, WE'RE LEAVING PLENTY OF WORK FOR HANNAH AND AUSTIN AND BRAD TO WORK ON, UM, AS WE CONSIDER OUR RETIREMENT FOR CONSOLIDATING DRIVEWAYS AND BUILDING THESE SIDE PATHS.

SO YOU'RE WELCOME.

UM, AGAIN, TAKING A LOOK AT THE NEXT MAJOR CORRIDOR AND KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS SHORT, MEDIUM, AND LONG TERM.

AGAIN, HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SECOND STREET, UM, UH, LAYOUT.

UM, YOU RECALL THAT SECOND STREET HAS THE CONTINUOUS TURN LANE OVER A PORTION OF ITS OF ITS LENGTH.

AND SO THAT'S JUST THE OPEN, UM, SECTION WHERE YOU CAN TURN LEFT INTO AND OUT OF THE LANE FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS.

YOU CAN ALSO USE THE LANE TO HELP FACILITATE YOU TURNING OUT ONTO SECOND STREET.

UM, ALL THOSE MOVEMENTS CAN BE VERY PROBLEMATIC AS TRAFFIC INCREASES, UM, AND ARE IDENTIFIED AS A, A KIND OF A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN, LOOKING TO, UM, MAKE INTERIM STEPS TO, UH, MOVE AWAY FROM THAT AS, AS WE RETROFIT THAT CORRIDOR.

AND SO YOU SEE A LOT OF THE, THE, UH, RECOMMENDED PROJECTS RELATED TO THAT AND THEN FOCUSING IN ON DOWNTOWN.

HANNAH, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ONE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO, UM, MAJOR PINCH POINT FOR THIS CORRIDOR IS DIRECTLY AT SECOND AND BROADWAY, THAT INTERSECTION.

UM, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THERE IS THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, A FEW CLOSELY SPACED, UM, TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

YOU'VE GOT BROADWAY, THEN LITTLER AND BOULEVARD.

UM, OFTENTIMES YOU'LL HAVE TRAFFIC BACKED UP PAST BOULEVARD.

THERE ARE ALREADY PLANS TO REDESIGN THAT INTERSECTION.

UM, SO THIS STUDY HAD THAT INFORMATION AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T MAKE ANY OTHER, UM, WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT.

UM, BUT THEY HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AT LITTLER, SPECIFICALLY AS A PLACE FOR PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS.

THEY CAN SECOND AND BROADWAY ITSELF, UM, HAS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, CROSSWALKS, BUT REALLY THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROOM TO DO ANYTHING ELSE TO EXPAND THAT INTERSECTION TOO MUCH.

UM, BUT THE THINKING IS THAT LITTLER TO, UM, PUT IN A RAISED MEDIAN AND A PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON.

SO THE PEDESTRIAN, UM, WILL PUSH THE BUTTON AND THAT WILL STOP TRAFFIC, UM, AT LITTLER WHEN THEY NEED TO.

AND THAT COULD ALSO HELP WITH CONGESTION ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

UM, IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, WE TOOK THE FULL PLAN TO THE MOBILITY COMMISSION.

THAT COMMISSION HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE STUDIES, UM, SINCE THEY WERE KICKED OFF.

AND THEN WE WILL, WERE COMING TO PLANNING COMMISSION OBVIOUSLY TODAY.

AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO WILL GO TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD, UM, FOR RECOMMENDATION.

AND THEN ONCE, ONCE WE'VE ACHIEVED THAT, WE'LL TAKE TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR, UM, THEIR APPROVAL AND ADOPTION.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR FORMAL PRESENTATION.

I REALIZE WE KIND OF FLEW THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAN IN, YOU KNOW, 20 MINUTES OR SO.

I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME AND PATIENCE.

UM, THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IS IN THE PACKET.

WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, TAKE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

UM, AND, UM, AGAIN, ASK FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION.

THIS IS ALL ON THE EDMOND WEBSITE, RIGHT? OKAY.

THE, THIS, I THINK THIS PROJECT HAS ITS OWN WEBSITE.

OH, IT DOES? OKAY.

STAGES AND SO FORTH? HANNAH? YEAH.

I GUESS IN THEORY YOU COULD TEST IT RIGHT NOW AND SEE IF THAT QR CODE WORKS.

I DON'T HAVE ANY SERVICE IN HERE.

SO IS THE, UH, CIP THE ONE THAT WILL, UH, DETERMINE THE PRIORITIES OF EACH ONE OF THESE, UH, PROJECTS? TAKE IT BY, OR IS IT THE CITY WHO, WHO DETERMINES THE

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HANNAH'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THAT.

UM, NOW I THINK I, WELL, SO WHAT WE WILL DO, WE WILL GO, WHEN WE GO TO CIP, THEIR KIND OF VERSION OF THE, OF THE PRESENTATION, WE WILL FOCUS ON THE KIND OF THE, THE PROJECT, THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

WE, WE WON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT THE MARKET STUDY OR ANY OF THE LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, 'CAUSE THEIR, THEIR PURVIEW IS REALLY THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND YES, THEY WILL, THEY WILL BE CHARGED WITH PROVIDING A RECOMMENDED LIST OF PROJECTS TO COUNSEL, NOT JUST FROM THIS PLAN, BUT FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHERS, ALL OTHER LISTS, GEO BOND LIST, EDMOND SHIFT, ET CETERA.

AND THE, UH, THE COST FOR THESE PROJECTS IS THE, NONE OF THAT'S PART OF THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THIS STUDY, RIGHT? UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVE FOR IS FOR THE STUDIES, THE PLANNING STUDIES, BUT THERE IS A PORTION THAT WE CAN USE FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

SO THOSE WOULD BE TEMPORARY IMPROVEMENTS.

SO PAINT OR, UM, PLASTIC DELINEATORS THERE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT STAGE YET, BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD, UM, TAKE THIS PLAN AND EMPLOY SOME TEMPORARY IMPROVEMENTS TO SEE HOW THEY, SEE HOW THEY DO BEFORE WE PUT SOME CONCRETE DOWN.

AND IT'S ALWAYS OUR INTENT TO TAKE ADOPTED OR APPROVED PLANS AND USE THOSE TO LEVERAGE, UM, LEVERAGE LOCAL FUNDING FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

THAT RAIL CROSSING IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THIS READY TO GO IF THERE IS, YOU KNOW, IF THERE COMES A PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE THAT FOCUSES ON SEPARATING, YOU KNOW, MAKING GRADE SEPARATION BETWEEN RAIL AND AND STREETS, WE WOULD BE WELL POSITIONED TO, YOU KNOW, COMPETE FOR THOSE FUNDS.

'CAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS THE INTENT.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY.

ARE YOU READY FOR A MOTION? I'M, IF YOU ARE.

UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? ALRIGHT.

UH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR A, UH, MOTION TO, UH, TO VOTE.

WE, WE, I DIDN'T THINK WE, ARE WE ALLOWING PUBLIC QUESTIONS? IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING'S.

NOT TECHNICALLY REQUIRED, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO YEAH, QUESTION.

YOU CAN, WELL, THIS MASSIVE CROWD, I'M NOT SURE WE CAN TAKE EVERYONE'S QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, YES, YOU ARE WELCOME TO ASK A QUESTION AND REALIZE THIS IS A PRIVILEGE.

SO, OKAY.

YOU GUYS WORK AWFULLY HARD ON THIS STUFF, AND, UM, MOST OF IT I, I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE.

THERE'S JUST TWO, TWO THINGS.

ONE IS, UM, UH, BICYCLES ON BROADWAY, UM, SCARE THE HELL OUTTA ME IF I STILL RODE A BICYCLE.

I WOULD NEVER, EVER, EVEN IF YOU HAD BIKE LANES, I WOULD NEVER GO ON BROADWAY.

AND IF THERE WAS ANY PLACE ELSE THAT YOU COULD PUT BIKE LANES TO GET PEOPLE WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING FOR, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MIXING HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A HURRY TO GET SOMEWHERE WITH BICYCLES WHO ARE MOWING ALONG.

AND IT SCARES ME.

UM, MY ONLY OTHER COMMENT IS, AND IT'S KIND OF OUTSIDE OF YOUR STUDY AREA, BUT, BUT, UM, I HOPE IT'S APPROPRIATE HERE.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, DISCUSSIONS OF, UM, CLOSING, UM, BROADWAY BETWEEN SECOND AND MAINE HAS BEEN NEXT, HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND NIXED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF EVERY TIME I DRIVE THAT STREET, I THINK THIS IS SUCH A PERFECT PLACE FOR PEDESTRIANS, FOR, FOR LOCAL STREET TRAFFIC.

AND, AND IF THERE WAS ANY WAY TO ENCOURAGE THAT DISCUSSION, AGAIN, I'D REALLY LIKE TO, LIKE TO DO THAT.

AND, UM, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, A WHOLE LOT OF TOWNS OUT THERE THAT HAVE ONE WAY STREETS IN SHORT SEGMENTS, YOU KNOW, SHORT LITTLE PLACES.

SO IF YOU, IF YOU REALLY CANNOT ANYBODY GET ACROSS THE IDEA OF, OF CLOSING THAT TWO, THAT, THAT TWO BLOCK SECTION TO JUST FOOT TRAFFIC, IF THERE WAS ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD AT LEAST MAKE IT ONE WAY AND, AND HAVE ANOTHER WAY TO JUST MOVE TRAFFIC SAFE MORE SAFELY IN THAT LITTLE SPOT.

RITA MILLER? NO, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, BRING THIS TO A VOTE.

DO I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND? MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND.

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UH, BY A VOTE OF THREE TO ZERO, THAT PLAN WAS ACCEPTED AND, UH, APPROVED TO, UH, TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, NEXT STEPS.

THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, NEXT SECTION IS FOR, UH, CITIZEN COMMENTS.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON ANY RELATED MATTERS, UH, NOT ON THE AGENDA.

UM, AND THIS IS A TIME TO, UH, TO HEAR IT PUBLICLY, ANY COMMENTS THAT, UH, THAT MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE, UH, THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING AND, UH, WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYONE THAT HAS ANY COMMENTS.

UM, OKAY.

SO, UH, NO COMMENTS THERE.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ANYTHING THAT, UH, YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ABOUT, UH, UH, THIS MEETING OR ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, NO COMMENTS THERE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A, UH, A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

SO MOVED SECOND.