2026-09-29 - City Council

05:56[clears throat]

05:58Good morning. We're going to get started

05:59this morning with an invocation led by

06:02Pastor Jacob French of Wilmont Place

06:05Baptist Church and that'll be followed

06:07by the pledge of allegiance led by

06:09Councilman Todd Stone. Please stand as

06:11you are able.

06:14May good morning. Let's pray this

06:16morning. Father in heaven, we are

06:18thankful so much for this day, this

06:20opportunity to gather in our great city

06:23of Oklahoma City. Lord, we thank you for

06:24the privilege that it is that we can

06:26call this city our home. Lord, we pray

06:28that we know you give the wisdom. And

06:31so, Lord, we call to you for help today.

06:32And we know that scripture does command

06:34us to pray for those who are in

06:36authority over us. And we're glad to do

06:37that today as we pray for the city

06:39council and members there and for Mayor

06:41Hol, for the city employees, for all the

06:43public servants of our city often who do

06:46work maybe that isn't noticed or

06:48recognized. Lord, we're thankful for all

06:49of the people that help our city to

06:51thrive and to to operate on a daily

06:54basis. Lord, we do pray today that you

06:56would give us uh each of us here today a

06:59a thankfulness for those who have

07:01accepted that responsibility to serve.

07:03And we pray that you would grant wisdom

07:04and discernment for them. That you would

07:06help each of them to listen carefully.

07:09That you would help each of them uh to

07:11find unity wherever possible. And Lord,

07:13that you would guide decisions that are

07:15the best for the citizens of our city.

07:17And that would help us to sustain the

07:20great quality of life that we have here.

07:22We do pray as well for the people and

07:23families and the neighborhoods, the

07:25businesses, the houses of worship, the

07:27schools, the first responders of our

07:29city. Lord, help each of those to

07:31flourish in our city. And we are

07:33thankful, as I'm thankful personally,

07:35for the partnership of our church with

07:37the city as part of the MAPS program.

07:39We're excited to see our facility have a

07:41second life in this community to serve

07:43young people. And so, as that uh

07:45continues to make plans and make way,

07:48would you use that for your glory? And

07:49would you guide everything that goes on

07:51in this meeting today, would you give

07:52wisdom, would you give patience and good

07:55judgment? And we are thankful for who

07:57you have chosen to serve in these

07:59places. And we do pray this in Jesus

08:01name. Amen.

08:02>> Amen.

08:06>> I pledge algiance to the flag of the

08:09United States of America and to the

08:12republic for which it stands. One nation

08:15under God, indivisible with liberty,

08:19justice for all.

08:26>> All right. Thank you, uh, Pastor French,

08:28and thank you, Councilman Stone.

08:33All right, I call this meeting of the

08:34city council to order. We're on office

08:36of the mayor. Item 3A is a resolution

08:41uh, declaring the second designating the

08:43second Monday of October as Indigenous

08:45People's Day this year and onward. In

08:482016, uh, the city of Tulsa did

08:50something similar. Their council passed

08:52a resolution for Native American Day on

08:54that same date. Um, I have been

08:57proclaiming it since 2018 and the

09:00organizers of these events, the primary

09:03one at First Americans Museum, uh, would

09:06really like some certainty that is mayor

09:08proof uh, as they continue to plan and

09:11particularly the, uh, event at First

09:13Americans Museum has become, uh, really,

09:16uh, arguably the largest in the country

09:18and is become really a a major landmark

09:22in their calendar and certainly they are

09:24very interested in this resolution and

09:27actually Kelly uh Mostellar is here and

09:30I think wanted to say a few words.

09:33>> Wobbin, good morning. I am a I come to

09:37you today not only as the executive

09:39director of First Americans Museum but

09:41as a proud member of the citizen

09:43podawatami nation to say how much I

09:45appreciate you considering this

09:47resolution at First Americans Museum. We

09:49are coming up on our fifth year to

09:51celebrate Indigenous People's Day. It is

09:53the eighth for the city and we welcome

09:56over 3,000 guests every indigenous

09:59people's day. Many of them from out of

10:01state and several of them from out of

10:03country. So it is without true

10:06statistics and data what I could find

10:08the largest celebration and or without

10:11argument the best celebration of

10:13Indigenous People's Day in the country.

10:14So, we're really proud today that you're

10:17considering this resolution to make the

10:19recognition of Indigenous People's Day

10:20in Oklahoma City where we can celebrate

10:22the wonderful diversity and thriving

10:26cultures of the 39 tribes in Oklahoma

10:28something that is permanently happening

10:30in Oklahoma City. So, thank you for

10:32letting me come out here today and

10:34address you and for considering this

10:36resolution. And so, I say, which in my

10:39language means a heartfelt thank you.

10:42>> Thank you. And I will point out that the

10:44resolution um makes it very clear this

10:46is merely ceremonial not a city holiday

10:49or anything of that nature. Um is

10:53[clears throat] there any question are

10:54are there any questions or comments?

10:56Otherwise we could take a motion

11:04[snorts]

11:04with a motion and a second. Cast your

11:06votes.

11:13passes unanimously. Thank you. And thank

11:15you for uh your advocacy and thank you

11:18uh Sarah as well. I know you've been

11:20there with with us all of these eight

11:22years. We appreciate it. Okay. Next up

11:25is 3B. This is the final hearing on

11:29something we discussed uh at our last

11:31meeting. This would be uh reshaping our

11:35arts commission. Primarily the change is

11:37to take it from 15 members to 11 uh as

11:40well as simplifying a little bit of the

11:42uh requirements for membership. Um there

11:46were no questions or comments in our

11:47last meeting but I'm happy to entertain

11:49any today. And to remind you we have

11:52four vacancies currently. So this change

11:54does not actually affect any current

11:56members. but it will help the mayor and

11:59future mayors actually fill this board

12:01which is currently our oldest our

12:03largest one um of our city onlyly

12:05boards.

12:08All right, if there's no questions or

12:09comments, we could take a motion.

12:14We have a motion in a second. Cast your

12:16votes.

12:23Passes unanimously. Um, I think that's

12:26probably a 30-day.

12:28>> Yes.

12:28>> Right. Effective date. Okay. Item C is

12:32uh notification for Councilman Stone to

12:35become Vice Mayor, succeeding the uh

12:39stellar uh tenure of Vice Mayor Hinkle.

12:43Uh but this would not take effect until

12:45October 13th. So, you still got a couple

12:47more weeks uh Vice Mayor Hinkle. that uh

12:49we traditionally I think this is going

12:51to happen whether you vote for it or not

12:53Todd but uh but we traditionally issue

12:55this notification so people are on

12:58notice including you so

13:00>> big shoes to fill Todd big shoes to

13:03[laughter]

13:06[clears throat]

13:07take a motion

13:11>> [snorts]

13:20>> We have a motion and a second. Cast your

13:23votes.

13:27Passes unanimously.

13:30Um item D. Uh actually we can take items

13:34D through H with one motion. These are

13:36appointments. They are to the building

13:38code commission, electrical code review,

13:40mechanical code review, uh the arts

13:42commission, and the residential building

13:44code commission.

13:48[snorts]

13:52We have a motion and a second. Cast your

13:54votes.

13:58Passes unanimously. Thank you. All

14:01right. Item four, items from council. We

14:03have one today. Item 4 A is a resolution

14:04approving travel expenses. uh for

14:07council members Carter, Pennington, and

14:09Stonecipher to attend the upcoming

14:12chamber trip to study San Diego in

14:15October.

14:23[snorts] We have a motion and a second.

14:26Cast your votes.

14:33Passes unanimously.

14:35Okay, now we're going to advance to item

14:37five, city manager reports. Mr. City

14:39Manager,

14:42>> thank you, Mayor. Uh Sean Yates is here

14:44with the Commission Visitors Bureau to

14:46give us a quick update on the uh first

14:49report that we have on. We've got a

14:50couple we got several reports on today,

14:52but Sean is here to present on the

14:54annual report from uh for visit OKC.

15:01>> Good morning, mayor. Good morning, city

15:03council. Uh city manager. Thank you all

15:05for having me today.

15:10Sean Yates, senior vice president, visit

15:12Oklahoma City tourism development. So,

15:14thank you again for for having me. Um,

15:17as you all know, the work of this team

15:18is to drive ROI into Oklahoma City and

15:21support all 620 square miles of of this

15:24great city. I'm pleased to share as we

15:26kind of look back at FY26 as well as

15:28calendar year FY25, all the great work

15:30that the team has has accomplished.

15:34Next slide, please.

15:54No, we're good.

16:00Perfect. Thank you. Um, as we all know,

16:02FY26 was the first year of the increased

16:05hotel tax um of 9.25% and with this

16:08additional funding, a lot of great

16:09initiative this year and very proud of

16:10the full body of work. Um, as we look

16:12through some of these slides, in

16:14addition to what's on the screen, very

16:16excited to to share that this was also

16:18the first year that we relaunched our

16:20Oklahoma City customer advisory board.

16:22This is comprised of decision makers in

16:24sports, meetings, and travel trade. Um,

16:26so it's important for us to have that

16:28voice of the customer um, to help guide

16:30our city. In addition, we secure future

16:32citywide bookings with American Legion

16:34and Mary Kay. Um, as well as securing

16:36the high impact events we experienced

16:38this summer with WWE, UFC, and PBR. Um,

16:41with many of you um, knowing that UFC at

16:44Paycom was the highest revenue event for

16:46that that venue. Next slide, please. Um,

16:50additionally, we launched inmarket

16:51representation in Western Europe, which

16:53enhances our presence overseas and

16:55certainly continues to capitalize on the

16:57momentum that we see with Route 66, as

16:59well as building up to summer of 2028.

17:02We continue to support long-standing

17:03annual events such as the Memorial

17:05Marathon, having achieved record

17:06attendance, and the Women's College

17:08World Series, which broke broadcast

17:09records on ESPN.

17:12Slide, please. While we certainly

17:14appreciate all of those within Oklahoma

17:15City or within Oklahoma traveling to our

17:17city, I'm very proud of this slide um

17:19that we increased our out of state

17:21visitation by 6%. Um because of this um

17:24we saw an influx of drive markets from

17:26northwest Arkansas, Dallas and Houston

17:28and as such have more targeted and

17:30focused marketing towards those areas.

17:33Next slide please.

17:35As many in this room are aware, um, one

17:37unique advantage of our market versus

17:39other cities is the four strong, robust,

17:42and diverse markets. Sports, meetings,

17:44and conventions, travel, trade, and

17:46equin. This allows us to be very

17:48strategic and layer business that has

17:50impact across the city. As you can see

17:51by this chart, these market segments

17:53combined to exceed 550,000 definite room

17:56nights that we brought into the city.

17:58Um, year-over-year we continue to

18:00increase and with the addition of the

18:03prominade at state fair park in 2027 as

18:05well as the multi-purpose stadium and

18:07continental coliseum in 2028,

18:09opportunity only continues to increase.

18:12As we continue looking through a few

18:14different metrics, very proud of the 25

18:16million annual visitors. This is up

18:18500,000 year-over-year, as well as 4.8

18:21billion

18:22billion with a B of economic impact, up

18:25from 4.6 6 billion um in the previous

18:28year. In addition, we also support

18:30hospitality supports 36,000 jobs, which

18:32is the third largest sector in Oklahoma

18:34City. So, very proud of of what

18:36hospitality and tourism does for this

18:38city. Slide please. As we continue

18:41looking at a few different metrics, um

18:4323 travel writers and create and content

18:45creators hosted. These individuals, as

18:47many of you know, supported different

18:49stories um that range anywhere from

18:52Sports Illustrated to Better Home and

18:54Garden. Um, another exciting number is

18:562100 motorcoach tours. This is a segment

18:59travel trade that not everyone always

19:00thinks of um when they're coming to

19:02Oklahoma City. They think meetings and

19:03conventions, sports and equin, but

19:04travel trade is extremely important for

19:06us and we expect this to continue as we

19:09uh ramp up or continue our work with

19:11Route 66 as well as the buildup to LA28.

19:16In FY26, we changed the way that we in

19:18we report our internal metrics a little

19:20bit and really want to follow that

19:21customer journey. And so we divide it

19:23into four separate sections um with be

19:25with it beginning with inspire. Inspire

19:27really is telling Oklahoma City's story

19:30to that public. Um a few highlights that

19:33we're very proud of. We welcome Good

19:34Morning America to Oklahoma City with a

19:36piece focused on America the Beautiful

19:38and the story of art highlighting

19:39Oklahoma City's connection to Route 66.

19:41As mentioned previously, ESPN's coverage

19:43of the Women's College World Series

19:45averaged 1.6 6 million viewers across 16

19:48games, peaking at 3 million and further

19:50cementing our place as the sports for

19:52women's athletics in the country. I'm

19:54certainly not the marketing expert, but

19:56I hear 290 million impressions is is

19:59very very good. Um, so I would like to

20:00thank Lindsay Vadrine, our CMO, for all

20:02the terrific content our teams uh

20:04create, as well as the different

20:06districts and all of you in city council

20:08welcoming us into your districts,

20:09welcoming us into your into your wards

20:11to really help tell that story across

20:13Oklahoma City.

20:16The next step in the journey is engage,

20:18encouraging travel and helping visitors

20:20understand what is possible in Oklahoma

20:21City. Our Oklahoma City Insider program

20:24welcomed 121 new ambassadors that

20:26completed the program. And I would

20:27certainly encourage anyone um who is not

20:30a part of this or has not gone through

20:31this program to to experience this. This

20:33really this really helps to ready

20:35someone for to welcome the visitor um in

20:37Oklahoma City. In addition to what is

20:39listed, we welcomed four fam trips as

20:42well as conducted nine sales missions in

20:44key planner destinations including

20:45Washington DC, Kansas City, and Dallas

20:47Fort Worth. Interest continues to grow

20:50and was evident by the highest amount of

20:51leads received by the team. 695

20:54representing 730,000

20:56potential room nights to bring into

20:58Oklahoma City.

21:01Convert the process of actually booking

21:03the business. And again, thank you to

21:05all of our partners. We have wonderful

21:06partners and stakeholders in the

21:07community all coming together for the

21:09greater good and telling our story and

21:11sharing that with visitors. As mentioned

21:13previously, we launched international

21:14representation in Western Europe

21:16including Germany and the UK. And with

21:18this, we have seen a 49% increase in

21:20international visitation. Domestically,

21:23we expanded out of home advertising

21:24around hightra events, Dallas Cowboy

21:27home games as well as the Texas State

21:28Fair to name a few, and have seen this

21:30translate into the highest number of

21:31definite room nights as well as website

21:33users to date.

21:36The journey certainly does not end with

21:38convert, but rather continues with

21:40cultivate, which is enhancing the

21:41experience during and after someone's

21:43time in Oklahoma City. To spark further

21:45engagement, we launched new stakeholder

21:47meetings around services and attractions

21:49to discuss ways on how best to engage

21:51with visitors. Another big win was the

21:53relocation of the Appaloosa Horse Club,

21:55moving its headquarters to Stockyard

21:57City, increasing visibility in the

21:58center of horse country. As we build

22:01towards LA28, we also understand

22:02travelers take in information

22:04differently. Um, you may have seen our

22:05true omni kiosks at various events as

22:07well as at the airport. Um, this allows

22:10individuals to tap into Oklahoma City to

22:12see what is available to print

22:14itineraries and to be more engaged at

22:15different various points throughout the

22:17city. With this program, we had more

22:19than 600 visitors engage and spend time

22:21with those kiosks.

22:24And finally, this is one of my my

22:25favorite sides. It certainly it's the

22:27value of the visit. um always enjoy

22:29sharing this because the visitors

22:30support so much for our local residents

22:32and while this journey may begin with a

22:33simple click or social media post, it

22:35leads to so much more than just a visit.

22:37We have a thriving hospitality community

22:39and I thank this council and this city

22:41for the support that you continue to

22:42show. Thank you. Any questions?

22:50>> Thank you, Sean. I really appreciate

22:51Sean's partnership and the chamber and

22:54CBB and the way we work together on this

22:56doing great work. Thank you. Thank you,

22:57sir. Thank you, council.

22:58>> Thanks, Sean. So, I just have a couple

23:00of other reports that are on that I'm

23:01going to talk about. There's several

23:03reports that are here that if you have

23:05questions on anything, we can get that

23:06for you and get back to you. Um, sales

23:09and use tax. Feel like I need to always

23:11uh update that one. Um, sales tax is up

23:14again for the month and uh that was good

23:16news. So, we were up in July, down in

23:19August, we're up again in September. So,

23:21that was good news. Overall, if you look

23:23at the numbers, it's $2.6 $6 million

23:26over target currently between sales and

23:28use tax. Both are doing well. Um use tax

23:31is a little bit of an anomaly for the

23:32first several months because of a

23:34correction last year that caused use tax

23:37to be under reportported, but that will

23:39start to level out after November. Uh

23:41but right now being $2.6 million ahead

23:43of target for the year to start the year

23:45is a really good start to the year.

23:46Another report I wanted to mention is

23:48the um uh interim financial report for

23:52year end for fiscal year 26. If you look

23:55at that report, it'll show I think it's

23:57about $17.8 million that revenues were

24:01uh above expenditures. Um we did come in

24:05under on several areas of expenditure. U

24:08tried to pull things back at the end

24:09because we really were concerned we're

24:11going to be using some fund balance. It

24:13ended up better than I expected, but it

24:15says it is 17.8 million over revenues

24:18over expenses. That includes budgeted

24:20fund balance. We had budgeted almost $14

24:22million in fund balance. If you back

24:24that out, it's more like $4 million that

24:26we're adding into fund balance, but it's

24:28good that we didn't have to draw down

24:29our reserves. Um, and again, it was

24:31really more of pulling in some

24:33expenditures that helped us at the end

24:35to be able to do that. So, continuing to

24:37monitor that. So, it's a good a good end

24:39for fiscal year last year. We haven't

24:40finalized the financial reports. That'll

24:42come closer to December. But I really

24:45appreciate the work of the finance team,

24:47the budget office, and all of our

24:49leaders um out in the departments to

24:51help manage uh our costs to make sure

24:55that our budget is in a good position.

24:56So, I really appreciate that. Several of

24:58the reports that are on again, we'll be

25:00glad to answer questions on those if you

25:01have them. It's all that I have.

25:03>> All right. Thank you. Okay. We have some

25:07folks here on the council who will need

25:09to make early departures this morning.

25:11And so we're going to move up an item

25:13that requires a supermajority and that

25:15is item 11a.

25:17This is a resolution approving the

25:19incurrence of indebtedness by the

25:21Oklahoma City Airport Trust not to

25:23exceed $90 million and this was deferred

25:26from September 15th. And we're going to

25:27have a quick

25:28>> just a quick update on this with Angela

25:30Pierce, our chief financial officer.

25:32>> Yes, thank you. Good morning. Um, so I'm

25:35here today to talk to you about um an

25:37airport trust indebtedness. We're

25:39looking at a parking structure. The

25:41parking structure is going to be about

25:4290 million. Airport's uh trust is

25:45funding about 15 million of that with

25:48cash that they have on hand. So that's

25:50going to result in a financing of

25:51roughly 75 million.

25:54>> Um these are 30-year fixed rate level

25:56principal debt. Super conservative. um

25:59kind of plain vanilla when it comes to

26:01the structure of the financing package.

26:05Um I did want to state that this is at

26:07no cost to the city proper. Um these uh

26:10these bonds are going to be supported by

26:13parking revenues. Parking revenues are

26:15the largest uh revenue source for our

26:18airport trust. Um [clears throat] and so

26:20we want to want to continue to support

26:22that. Um, and anecdotally, often when

26:25I'm at the airport, a lot of the garages

26:27are full. And so, this will create um

26:30some additional um uh convenience for

26:33our visitors here in Oklahoma City and

26:35our folks in Oklahoma City traveling to

26:37other destinations. So, the the plan is

26:40to price and close on those bonds before

26:42the end of the calendar year. Um

26:44probably be done with that transaction

26:46um mid November. And I'd be happy to

26:49answer any questions.

26:52Thank you, Angela.

26:55>> Okay, if there's no questions, we could

26:57take a motion.

27:00This is on item 11A.

27:04>> Um, if I might, I do want to add, I've

27:06had some time to think about this item,

27:08and when I vote no, I want people to

27:10know why. Uh, I am hopeful

27:16that voters over the next several months

27:18when they have an opportunity to um

27:21support

27:25light rail to the airport and commuter

27:27rail between OKC Edmund and um Norman

27:32that we will reduce the need for all

27:36those cars to park at the airport and

27:39some of these congestion issues won't be

27:41there as much. People might still drive

27:43and park there, of course, because we

27:45should have all of the above approach to

27:47transit in this city. Um, but I can

27:50assure you there are a lot of people who

27:53will take public transit to the airport

27:57should it exist. I mean, if anytime any

27:59one of us posts on or if the city post

28:02uh about public transit improvements,

28:05the airport, the airport, the airport,

28:07the airport is something that we hear.

28:08So I think if that is an option in front

28:10of voters, I have faith that they will

28:12do the right thing. And so that

28:14indebtedness uh the more I have thought

28:16about it and sometimes we are allowed to

28:18change our minds and um at first I

28:20shared uh the director's you know

28:22concerns. I was like oh parking but I I

28:25don't want to induce that need for

28:27people to continue to have to own

28:30automobiles especially when gas prices

28:34continue to be what they are. So that's

28:37it. Thank you.

28:40Thank you. We have a motion and a

28:41second. Cast your votes. [clears throat]

28:47Passes 7 to2 and with the necessary

28:52six affirmative votes to incur

28:54indebtedness and the necessary seven

28:55affirmative votes to wave competitive

28:58bidding.

29:00All right, we are now back on the agenda

29:02in order, which brings us to item six,

29:05the Journal of Council proceedings. We

29:07have items A and B we can take with one

29:08motion.

29:14We have a motion and a second.

29:17Cast your votes.

29:24Passes unanimously. Item seven is

29:27request for uncontested continuences. Um

29:29listed on the agenda, you'll see item

29:3111H, 11 I, 11 L, and 11 M. All deferred

29:36to the dates uh as specified. Is there

29:38anything else, Mr. City Manager?

29:41>> Yes, there's several on today. Beginning

29:43on page 21 under item 1110,

29:48I mean, sorry, 11X1,

29:50dilapidated structures. All the items

29:52that I list in unsecured and dilapidated

29:54will be stricken from the agenda. Item B

29:56is 2225 South Missouri Avenue. who the

29:59owner has removed. Continuing on page

30:0121, item 11 Y1, unsecured structures,

30:06item B, 2225

30:08South Missouri Avenue. Item G, 1813

30:12Northeast 49th Street to rework due to a

30:14new owner. And then item I, 2229

30:17Northwest 114th Street, the owner has

30:21secured. Then on page 22,

30:26page 22, item 11, AE1B,

30:31we need to strike this item and we'll

30:33bring it back at a later time.

30:37And that is all the items that I have.

30:39>> All right. Thank you. Item eight,

30:41revocable permits and events. Item 8 A

30:44is a revocable permit uh with Sish

30:47Shahabuden for their Shahabudin and

30:51Hansum wedding cocktail hour in

30:54Bsentennial Park on October 24th. And we

30:57have Emily Ahern here to speak on this.

31:02>> Hi, good morning. Emily Ahern, 2011

31:04North Walker with the Civic Center

31:06Foundation. This is for a cocktail hour

31:09at our facility in the Civic Center

31:12Music Hall. It'll be October 24th. We'll

31:15have the ceremony inside our building at

31:17the Joel Lavine Rehearsal Hall cocktail

31:20hour outside at Bsentennial Park. Um,

31:23and I'm here today because we'll have

31:24alcohol present at that event. And then

31:26everyone will be coming back inside the

31:28building um to enjoy the reception in

31:31our Hall of Mirrors.

31:33>> I don't recall ever having a permit for

31:35a specific wedding. Sounds like quite

31:36the affair. Council

31:37>> woman told it's been a second.

31:40>> I'm happy to move for approval.

31:49>> We have a motion and a second. Cast your

31:51votes.

31:57Passes unanimously. We wish them all the

32:00best.

32:00>> Thank you.

32:01>> All right. Item 8B is a revocable

32:03rideway use permit with Red Coyote

32:05running and fitness to hold the Red

32:07Coyote Runtoberfest 5K on October 4th.

32:12Um,

32:14we have Melissa Hot. Hotchen here. And I

32:17guess uh you're also going to speak on

32:19item C, but maybe do I'll leave it to

32:22you whether you want to do them one at a

32:23time or you want to just run through the

32:25whole thing.

32:25>> We'll just do one at a time.

32:26>> Okay.

32:27>> Okay. So, I'll start with Runtoberfest.

32:29It [clears throat] is October 4th, so

32:32this weekend, this Sunday at 3:00 p.m.

32:35Um, it starts and finishes in front of

32:36Bachelor Hall, runs down Walker. Um, and

32:41it benefits the girls on the run. Um,

32:44afterwards you can party at Bachelor

32:46Hall. So, I think it's eighth year,

32:49eighth year running this. Um, expect

32:53about between 800 and 900 people.

32:56>> Great. Councilwoman Hammond,

32:58>> I'm happy to move for approval.

33:08>> A motion and a second. Cast your votes.

33:12Passes unanimously. And then we have

33:14item 8 C. This is a revocable rideway

33:16use permit with Ventures Endurance

33:17events to hold OKC Turkey Trot on

33:20Thanksgiving Day on Harvey and Melissa

33:23Hodson again. So now I'm here

33:26representing Ventures Endurance. Um

33:30I've been a part of this event for 12

33:33years, 13 years, I don't know. It's been

33:35going for a while. Um it starts and

33:37finishes in front of the memorial. Um

33:40and runs through the historical I mean

33:42the historic neighborhoods. It's a

33:45beautiful route. Um the one mile starts

33:48at 8:30, the 5K at 9, and we starting

33:52last year we had kids events that

33:54started at 10:00. Um and there was a

33:56costume contest which is always

33:58entertaining. Um and it benefits the

34:01urban mission. Last year we had about

34:03400 people, I mean 4,000 people. It was

34:06a huge jump, so we don't really expect

34:09much of a jump this year.

34:12I will say it is very fun to see all the

34:14costumes and all of the turkey themed

34:16outfits. So, um, if you ever get a if

34:19you're not a runner but just want to go

34:21watch, it's a very fun one to watch. So,

34:23happy to move for approval.

34:27All right, we have a motion and a

34:29second. Cast your votes.

34:35>> Passes unanimously.

34:37>> Thank you.

34:38Okay, we'll now recess the council and

34:41convene as the Oklahoma City Municipal

34:43Facilities Authority. And on that

34:45agenda, we have items A through F. We

34:47could take with one motion.

34:53We have a motion and a second. Cast your

34:55votes.

34:59Passes unanimously. We'll adjourn OCMFA

35:02convene as the Oklahoma City Public

35:04Property Authority where we have items A

35:07through J. We could take one motion.

35:15There's a motion and a second. Cast your

35:17votes.

35:22Passes unanimously. We'll adjourn OCPA

35:25and reconvene as the council where we

35:27are on item nine, the consent docket. Um

35:30there are no scheduled presentations. Um

35:32but is there anything that a member

35:33would wish to pull out for comment,

35:36question

35:38or separate vote?

35:39>> Yes, Mayor first. Good morning.

35:42>> Good morning.

35:43>> Um item AC

35:46I'd like to hear a little bit more about

35:48and I would also request a separate

35:49vote.

35:52>> Okay.

35:57also like to hear just a little bit more

35:59on item AU

36:03and AV.

36:10>> I'm sorry. May uh counselor

36:12>> I heard AV

36:13>> AV as in Victor. Yep.

36:16>> You're welcome. And then finally item BJ

36:20would like to hear only the only a

36:22separate vote on that first one though.

36:23Everything else would be just to hear an

36:25update. Okay. Thank you.

36:32>> All right. Well, if there's nothing

36:32else, I really need to hear about item

36:37C. If we could get Chief Kelly in here.

36:40Um,

36:41I have some really tough questions about

36:43this item and uh hopefully he is um

36:48nearby.

37:04All right, Chief Richard Kelly.

37:08This is merely a ruse, of course. Um,

37:11this is your last council meeting after

37:13a multi-deade career with the city, and

37:16I think we uh needed to get you in the

37:18room. I think some people probably want

37:20to say a few words of gratitude for your

37:23um remarkable legacy of service to the

37:25city. So I will simply open the floor at

37:27this point.

37:29>> I just want to say how much I've enjoyed

37:31working with you over the years.

37:40Thank you very much. Enjoy your ret.

37:45>> Yes, sir. I will. Chief Kelly, I' I'd

37:48just like to say thank you as well. Um,

37:51I've enjoyed working with you so much

37:53over these years. You've always been so

37:55positive and great to work with. And I

37:59can tell you like all the fire staff

38:01that u I've been able to have

38:04discussions with as well have all

38:06appreciated you as well and that means a

38:08lot to me. So, thank you very much and

38:11like you said, have a have a great time.

38:14>> Playing on it, [laughter]

38:16>> Chief. It's been an honor to to be able

38:17to work with you and I appreciate

38:19everything that you've taught us and

38:20you've come alongside of us in so many

38:22ways and helped us understand. You're

38:24one of the most humble leaders uh I've

38:26come across and I have I've gleaned a

38:28whole lot more from you than you

38:30probably ever have from any of us and I

38:31just thank you for your service to our

38:33city and I echo the sentiments of the

38:35other council members. I hope you don't

38:36go too far. Thank you.

38:38>> Thanks,

38:40>> Chief. I've enjoyed working with you,

38:41but you're still a quitter.

38:43>> [laughter]

38:44>> I'll uh I'll chime in. I I really

38:47appreciate your service and stewardship

38:49of this department and really

38:51particularly want to thank you for just

38:53taking and running with the mobile

38:54integrated health program. um just your

38:58willingness to take on something new um

39:01and just do it to the best of y'all's

39:04ability is um is I just every time I

39:07hear um people in the community tell me

39:10stories of interacting with that team um

39:13I just have to thank you for um for

39:16taking yeah taking that on and just not

39:19being um intimidated to try something

39:21totally new. So thank you.

39:22>> Thank you. Yeah, chief. Selfishly, and

39:26I've said it before on this horseshoe,

39:28but when the Thunder won the

39:30championship and my mother participated

39:32in the parade and the heat started

39:34getting to her, the attentiveness

39:37with which you

39:41dedicated the rest of your time to her,

39:43to making sure she was okay, that that

39:46is just I I I felt so bad. It's like,

39:48no, chief, you have a whole city to go

39:50take care of. You would not leave my

39:51mother's side. And that's just that's

39:54thank you like on behalf of my entire

39:57family, thank you for that. Um, and then

40:00yeah, I feel like I've learned I mean

40:02just echoing everything else. But it's

40:04always so fun at the Christmas parties

40:05at the end of the year when the retired

40:07firefighters and you just your

40:09leadership. I mean, it's incredible. But

40:12I do really want to conclude with the

40:14mobile integrated healthcare when

40:18protesters in 2020 were advocating for

40:20that. When I wrote that community

40:22policing resolution, borrowing from

40:24Denver and Eugene, their model, I never

40:29envisioned

40:30this

40:32program becoming what under your

40:34leadership it has like you integrated

40:36other points of access or or services,

40:40Narcan, etc.

40:42uh and you just ran with it. And I know

40:45the fight it took to even get the city

40:48to consider it at first and then to see

40:51you walk up to that podium um last year

40:54and be like, "This is what we're going

40:55to do. We're so excited about it." And

40:58the statistics tell the story. Over

41:005,000 calls in that first year. You have

41:04there's so much you've done in terms of

41:06the firework. I understand that.

41:10In my mind, the mobile integrated health

41:13care. I hope as you're out there on the

41:14golf course or enjoying whatever shores,

41:18this is your legacy. There will be lives

41:20saved ongoingly in addition to the work

41:23you've done uh putting out fires, fire

41:26prevention. This I I just hope you know

41:28how much this means to Oklahoma City and

41:30those who come after us. So, thank you

41:32so much.

41:32>> Yeah. Thank you.

41:36Um, I'm going to actually let the city

41:38manager close, but uh I'll just add

41:40obviously agree with everything that's

41:43been said and you know, we probably take

41:45it for granted that the fire department

41:47operates at the level that it does and

41:49gets the ratings that it does. Um, we

41:52probably take it too much for granted

41:54that you have peaceful labor relations.

41:56You know, that really falls on your

41:57shoulders more than anybody and we've

41:59certainly enjoyed that for some time.

42:01And uh I would also add, you know, you

42:03and I have um [snorts]

42:05um shared the stage at a lot of ribbon

42:08cutings and groundbreings and the the

42:11trust that the voters have in our city

42:13and especially uh in our fire department

42:16is um you know, no small testament to

42:19your leadership and and obviously we you

42:21know, you filled big shoes, but uh you

42:23did so aly and uh and have left your own

42:26legacy and we're very incredibly

42:28grateful. We the fire department is

42:30obviously a shining light in our whole

42:32overall um city structure. So, thank you

42:35for that service and I I echo everyone's

42:39best wishes to you in this next chapter.

42:41>> Thank you, Mr. City Manager.

42:42>> Chief, uh you've been a great leader for

42:45us and I just can't say enough. I mean,

42:47I think all the nice things we've said,

42:48we could just keep going for a long time

42:49because he really has done a great job

42:51and he's just he's been a great leader

42:52in the city for a long time. So, he's

42:54been with the city 35 years. I've

42:57actually got a pin to give you at some

42:58point. Don't let that. Um, uh, but 35

43:03years of service, he's been a leader

43:05throughout that time. I from the very

43:07beginning, he's been a leader. I've

43:08talked to several people that were in

43:09the fire service that have said they had

43:11spotted him a long time ago and knew

43:13that he would be a leader. And there's

43:15one actually that said that that someone

43:16had pointed out to him like it's

43:18probably 5 10 years before chief became

43:20the fire chief and said he will one day

43:22be the fire chief. And so I think

43:24there's a lot of folks that were really

43:25pleased with that. And I think really

43:27the testament and legacy too is his in

43:30his leadership, the way he has grown

43:31leaders around him, the leaders that

43:33he's got ready to move in behind him and

43:35keep the the organization moving. Um the

43:38fire department's in great condition. We

43:39got great leaders that are there and uh

43:42just thank you again for your leadership

43:43in the city and for your friendship.

43:47>> Sorry if I say something.

43:49>> Yeah, [laughter]

43:50>> you are recognized.

43:51>> I want to make sure. So, Mayor, Council,

43:53Mr. City Manager, obviously, uh, it's

43:56been an honor. What what's really cool,

43:57y'all may not know this, but today is

44:00actually my ninth year as the fire

44:02chief, so it's really cool to come up

44:03here and and speak before you on the

44:06exact day. I'm not trying to steal Chief

44:08Bassy's birthday, but it's really cool

44:11that uh I can come up here. But I I want

44:13to thank each and every one of you all

44:15um for your support cuz the reality I

44:17know sometimes you all have to make

44:19difficult decisions and you know

44:21hopefully as the fire service we make it

44:23easy sometimes for you to make those

44:24decisions but we don't take it lightly

44:26the trust that you put in us and we

44:28wouldn't be able to do that if it

44:30weren't for our residents. You know,

44:31every time we go out, we really focus on

44:34supporting our residents and and trying

44:36to make their lives better. And I know

44:38that's what you carry every day with

44:40your ward and what you're doing. But

44:42it's an honor for me to to be able to be

44:44the fire chief. You know, throughout my

44:46career, uh, of moving up in different

44:49ranks, you know, I got to see different

44:50things in the fire service. But the

44:52reality of seeing it all come together

44:54and and really seeing what the fire

44:56service is going to be after I leave. To

44:57me, your legacy is not what you did,

45:00it's what you leave behind. And

45:01hopefully, I left it better than I found

45:02it. You know, that was my simple task

45:04that I want to do every day. And I

45:06didn't do that alone. You all came

45:08alongside and supported the things that

45:10we brought to you, whether they were

45:12easy or difficult. Um, you supported us.

45:15And I I just want to thank you for that.

45:17And, uh, you know, again, it's been an

45:19honor of a lifetime to do to do this and

45:22to be able to lead this organization.

45:24But really, it's the great people. I

45:26mean, you all have some great

45:28firefighters that are coming behind me,

45:30and that's exciting to see what the

45:32future is and not just for the fire

45:33department, for the city. Um, when I

45:35moved into this role, you know, the fire

45:37department can be siloed at times

45:39because we're at 43 different work

45:41sites, but the real the real reality

45:43when you move into leadership roles and

45:45you see the dedication of our city

45:46leaders and our city personnel and

45:49everyone that works for the city,

45:50they're all pulling on the rope in the

45:52same direction. They may have a

45:53different mission, but really just

45:54serving our residents and what they do

45:56every day. And that was the funnest part

45:57of me of moving into the role of fire

45:59chief of just seeing all the departments

46:01how much they care about our city and

46:04you all leading that as our policy

46:05makers driving that charge. It's really

46:07something that is exciting. So again,

46:09thank you so much. Just so you know, I'm

46:11going to take a nice three-week vacation

46:13to Europe. It's going to be phenomenal.

46:15So I will I will think about you a

46:18little bit. [laughter]

46:19But I I really do appreciate your

46:22support. I mean, each and every one of

46:24you, I've had personal conversations

46:25with you, and not only have you leaned

46:28into me professionally, but personally.

46:30So, thank you again for the opportunity,

46:32and uh it's been an opportunity of a

46:33lifetime. Thank you.

46:35>> Thank you, Chief. [applause]

46:45[applause]

46:49>> [applause]

46:58>> Okay, next up is item AC. This is a

47:02project agreement with CSMS management

47:04in the state of Oklahoma. And um

47:06Councilman Cooper, you wanted to hear a

47:08little bit more about this and then

47:09we'll also proceed into a separate vote.

47:12But first, Debbie

47:14>> um Debbie Miller, public works director

47:16for Oklahoma City. Um, this item is an

47:19agreement. It's a three-party agreement

47:21with CSMS, at ODOT, and with the city.

47:24This is strictly for the interchange at

47:28Simmeron Road. Um, here's a picture that

47:30shows some of the improvements, and like

47:32I said, this is strictly for the bridge

47:34replacement and the on andoff ramps. So,

47:38I can answer any other questions you

47:40might have. Debbie, you want to just

47:42talk a little bit about what

47:43improvements will be made there, like

47:45what we're going to do in terms of

47:46increasing capacity?

47:47>> Yes. Yes. We are going to rebuild the

47:50bridge over Simon Road to five lanes.

47:53So, you have dedicated turn lanes. Um,

47:55we're realigning the ramps um and that

47:59to make it safer to get onto the

48:01highway. Um there are also some uh a

48:04protected turn for vehicles who are

48:07going eastbound to turn and go back

48:10westbound um and be able to reach the

48:13site. So that's the three-party

48:15agreement. We are a party of agreement

48:18uh with ODOT on um the highway. We are

48:21responsible for the deck portion. Uh

48:23ODOT [snorts] is responsible for the sub

48:25and superructure. Um and uh the

48:28developer is going to pay for the

48:30protected turn.

48:34>> Thank you, director. Um I don't really

48:38have questions or comments for you, so I

48:40you're welcome to not have to waste your

48:42precious uh [laughter] energy and time

48:45in that way. Um it's good.

48:48>> Shut up.

48:54Um, may I just briefly share my screen?

49:02My concern with this project and why I

49:04won't be supporting it ultimately

49:07um is everything I've been reading in

49:10the news briefings I've received is that

49:13one of the reasons and I am to

49:14understand that we've been piecing

49:16together parcels of land as city

49:18leadership for what we call job

49:21development in this part of Oklahoma

49:24City uh just west of Yukon. I mentioned

49:28this to my students at Oklahoma City

49:30University because they're learning

49:31argument and Aristotle and ethos, pos,

49:35and logos. And I mentioned to them in

49:38the news that we were looking at BIES

49:41coming to Oklahoma City. That buckies

49:42had come to the state uh and said,

49:45"Here's the location. Here's what we

49:47want to do." And that was in addition to

49:49some of the job development that we were

49:51wanting to do out here by piecing

49:53together these different parcels. When I

49:55mentioned to this idea, I brought up the

49:57Oklahoma article to my students and at

49:59first they were like, "Yes, Bies, bring

50:00it. This is exciting." And I said, "How

50:03would you feel if any sort of public

50:06dollars went to it?" And they shifted

50:09immediately

50:11there. And they gave me their reasons

50:12why they didn't. One of the students is

50:14from Texas and he mentioned to me

50:17Melissa, Texas, which was a small town

50:19about 20some years ago, about 300

50:22people. In the early as

50:26housing development started

50:28out in that part of Melissa, again, very

50:31small rural part of uh Texas.

50:35By the time Bies showed up, where you

50:38see on my screen,

50:42look around it and you will see housing

50:46development

50:50all around it where once was farm and

50:52rural land. And those houses are quote

50:56affordable in comparison because when

50:59you keep zooming out, you realize that

51:02Melissa was was a small rural town just

51:07outside of Dallas. And whether it's

51:09Plano or Frisco,

51:12the housing that has gone into those

51:14places outside of Dallas proper um is so

51:19expensive that the homes tend to be

51:21around a half million dollars. The homes

51:24around Melissa, particularly since BIES

51:27has gone in, are affordable in so far as

51:30they are around $300 something thousand.

51:37If we go down this path, and we can stop

51:40sharing my screen. Thank you so much. If

51:41we go down this path of improving the

51:44infrastructure at I40 and Simron, we are

51:47going to not just induce a buck going

51:50there, we're going to induce further

51:54development out there. It will not just

51:55be jobs that go to this part of Oklahoma

51:58City. [clears throat] It will be brand

52:01new subdivisions

52:04similar to what Melissa, Texas is

52:07experiencing. Brand new subdivisions

52:09will come out there. It will take up

52:11farm and country land and with that will

52:14come the need for further

52:16infrastructure.

52:17Where once were dirt roads will be come

52:20a need to pave those roads where once

52:23was maybe a two-lane road will come ask

52:26from the new residents who live out

52:28there for four-lane roads and widen

52:30roads. I guess everybody should ask the

52:33residents of W 3 right now how are their

52:36roads. They have been imploring their

52:39counselors for the last two terms to do

52:43infrastructure improvements already. We

52:46are about to put more on their plate and

52:49we're going to be doing that at the

52:51expense of the rest of the city that is

52:54already behind in its drainage needs,

52:56its bridge needs, its road needs, its

52:58street needs. So, we are inducing

53:01further growth out there and we this

53:04council

53:06I have a feeling where you're heading

53:07with this because it was on the consent

53:08docket. So, you know, this isn't

53:10supposedly a controversial move, but in

53:13my mind, as a steward of W and its

53:16infrastructure, I am worried that what's

53:19coming once we do this bridge is more

53:23subdivisions, more need for road

53:25resurfacings, more need for road

53:27widenings, more need for drainage, more

53:29need for parks, more need for street

53:31lights, more need, more need, more need,

53:33more need, and we already have a

53:35strained uh budget. So, this might be

53:39the only time I have to say anything

53:41about this uh project. I have

53:44conflicting news about whether or not

53:46eventually BIES will come to the city

53:48for an economic development incentive. I

53:51have learned privately that they are,

53:54but then I read last night in the news

53:56they are not. I don't know. So maybe

53:58it's not going to happen in terms of

54:00giving them economic incentive, but I

54:02know that our state government and our

54:04federal government is trying to move

54:05heaven and hell to get this done out

54:07there. And at a time when gas prices are

54:09what they are, uh

54:12I just I just cannot imagine supporting

54:16any any bit of this. And I say that as

54:19somebody who does agree that BIES has

54:21some of the cleanest bathrooms in

54:24America, but I don't think that we

54:26should be using taxpayer dollars to

54:29incentivize bringing uh a wealthy,

54:32profitable company like this here when

54:35we could be

54:38incentivizing mixeduse development

54:42along I240,

54:44redeveloping Shepard Mall, redeveloping

54:4750th and MacArthur where we have aging

54:50strip malls that we could be developing

54:52into mixeduse developments that even our

54:55business magazines tell us that when you

54:58do those sort of dense developments on

55:00parcels of land like that that you get a

55:03bigger bang for your buck than bringing

55:05in a Walmart and things like this. I

55:08know I represent the urban core, but I

55:10grew up in rural suburban Oklahoma. So,

55:13I am worried about losing our farm and

55:16country land, particularly to gas

55:19stations, particularly to data centers,

55:21and these sorts of things. So, do what

55:23you will, council, but I I just can't do

55:25this. And I I really would implore each

55:28of us

55:30to think about this moment, to say no,

55:33and think about shields, think about

55:35240, think about the parts of our city

55:38that have long languished and have been

55:41ignored.

55:43I've already gone to the city manager

55:44and say I think it's time and he seems

55:46like he's in agreement with me on this

55:49that it's time to do a study of these

55:52corridors that have just been so ignored

55:55for so long where we could have job

55:57opportunities, housing and mixeduse

55:58developments that could be in could be

56:01putting more taxes in our sales tax and

56:03property tax coffers. So this is not

56:05like a feelings argument. This is in

56:07fact an economic argument that I am

56:09making. I think we get a bigger bang for

56:11our buck with mixeduse developments and

56:13getting our own people connected to job

56:15training and small business dollars to

56:18be in those mixeduse developments as

56:20opposed to bringing out of state big

56:23deep pocketed big business here. And by

56:26the way, if that's how you've always

56:28done it, that's fine. You can keep doing

56:30that. All I'm asking is for a yes and

56:32then bring BIES here, but then also

56:35let's redevelop Interstate 240. Let's

56:39redevelop Shephardd Mall. Let's

56:41redevelop Pen Crossing. Let's send a

56:43signal to our residents that we're not

56:45leaving them behind to develop whole new

56:48parts of our city when we should be

56:50preserving the farm and countryland out

56:52there. So, that's where I I I've been

56:54this is really heavy on my mind and I

56:56wanted to take this opportunity to share

56:58that. So, thank you for your patience,

56:59everybody. And see, manager, I don't

57:01know if you want to speak to some of

57:03what you and I have talked about in

57:04private. you maybe don't have to, but

57:06>> I'd like to jump in just to clarify a

57:08couple things. I mean, the the word

57:09incentives was used very very several

57:11times in in your comments. I just want

57:14to make it clear for the listening

57:15audience that this is a this is an

57:17infrastructure investment by the state

57:20in the interchange there. This is not an

57:22incentive in the way we usually use that

57:24phrase, which you know is a direct

57:25payment to um the corporation involved.

57:29Um, it is also probably worth noting

57:31that this, um, you know, [snorts] this

57:34commitment from the state of Oklahoma

57:35is, it is not as if they came here and

57:37they said, "Hey, we'd like to spend

57:38millions of dollars on infrastructure in

57:40your city. Where would you like us to

57:41put it?" This is absolutely induced very

57:43specifically for this project and is not

57:45transferable to other um, interchanges

57:49or interstates around um, the city. And

57:52finally, I mean, I share your concern

57:53obviously about our finances and our

57:55ability to provide services across the

57:57city. There's no question this is going

57:59to be a sales tax benefit and certainly

58:02at least in the foreseeable future the

58:04way people behave um on our interstates

58:08relative to bies we have every you know

58:10every reason to believe that drivers for

58:13hundreds of miles will steer their

58:15activity towards this um bies when they

58:18could have stopped at a gas station in

58:21uh Weatherford. they will instead come

58:23to to this location and because it is in

58:26Oklahoma City, we will realize the sales

58:28tax benefits of that which will be

58:30dollars we can use across the community.

58:33So that's all I wanted to say about

58:35that. I don't know if you wanted to say

58:37something else.

58:38>> You know, I always enjoy having these

58:41sorts of conversations with you, mayor.

58:42Uh I hear what you're saying. I do

58:46when I say that there has to be a moment

58:48where we can say no. I understand in

58:50this moment this is state dollars, but

58:52we could say no in this moment to saying

58:55this is not the vision that we have for

58:58how to generate those sales tax dollars.

59:00When this infrastructure improvement

59:02happens here, [clears throat]

59:05that is going to induce the sort of

59:07development that we're seeing in

59:09Melissa. And that development is going

59:11to happen on the far west side of the

59:13city past Yukon. And with it will come

59:17all of the responsibilities that I just

59:19named for further infrastructure

59:21improvements that those residents will

59:23ask for once we induce this growth. They

59:27will ask for it. And in some ways it

59:29will be hard to tell them no because of

59:31course do they want their kids uh riding

59:34to school on dirt roads or you know

59:36narrow two-lane roads that might not be

59:38safe. They will ask for that and this

59:40council will have a very difficult time

59:42saying no. So we're inducing that

59:44growth. The state, I would argue, is

59:46inducing that growth by coming to us and

59:48asking for this. And I can't stress

59:51enough, there was com there are there

59:53have been existing conversations in

59:55terms of incentives to eventually give

59:58an incentive to bies.

1:00:02That is that I I heard that it's

1:00:04conflicting to me because then in the

1:00:06news last night after I was teaching, I

1:00:07read, "No, we're not." But I

1:00:12I don't know. Well, I don't know what's

1:00:13true anymore in terms of that. I really

1:00:15don't. Um I don't know if something's

1:00:17changed since the briefing I had last

1:00:18Thursday on this topic. Maybe it has.

1:00:21Maybe we, you know, but that was part of

1:00:23the conversation that I in which I

1:00:25participated that there would be

1:00:28eventually economic incentives from our

1:00:312025 infrastructure bond under economic

1:00:34and community development to go to

1:00:37Buckyy's coming here. that we would be

1:00:39weaving in that funding again from the

1:00:41state and from Congress.

1:00:44>> Okay. We have two residents who signed

1:00:45up to speak and we also have a

1:00:46councilman who's wished to vote on this

1:00:49but needs to leave soon. So, let's try

1:00:50to move with some um urgency. Uh Michael

1:00:54Washington.

1:00:54>> Yes. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. OH, IT

1:00:57HAS BEEN A WHILE, HASN'T IT, EVERYONE?

1:00:58OH, but y'all know I wasn't going to

1:00:59allow it to go. I was told to come down

1:01:01here. I really had something important

1:01:02to do. This is important as IT IS TOO,

1:01:04BUT uh

1:01:07Oh, [screaming]

1:01:08NO. NO, NO, NO. 100 PART PLACE. By the

1:01:10way, it's been a while. Y'all got to

1:01:11kind of rewinding here.

1:01:14Well, now

1:01:17you are asking

1:01:19THE CITIZENS OF OKLAHOMA CITY once again

1:01:23to expend monies

1:01:26for projects

1:01:28so that BUSINESSES FROM OUT OF town can

1:01:30come in town and let's pay them for

1:01:32coming in town.

1:01:34But oh no, Bies. Wookies. Tuckies or

1:01:38whatever your name is. No disrespect

1:01:39intended to you, but Michael just going

1:01:40to be himself 24 hours and 23 and a half

1:01:43hours a day.

1:01:46I have TO UNDERSTAND ONE THING.

1:01:49ACCORDING TO THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A

1:01:51$25 MILLION PROJECT, BUT I SEE SOMETHING

1:01:54HERE ABOUT 10 million. I don't know,

1:01:56maybe I'm a little off like I can say

1:01:57cuz I hadn't been in here a little bit

1:01:59so much. But I'm told

1:02:03that this Bucky is going to spend $6

1:02:07million in this so-called bridge or

1:02:09highway part coming in and then the

1:02:12Department of Transportation, ODOT, is

1:02:14supposed to be spending 10 million of

1:02:16it. And guess who the rest goes to? You

1:02:18and me, ladies and gentlemen, of this

1:02:20jury. WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET THIS

1:02:22MONEY FROM? AND HE JUST ADMITTED THE

1:02:24mayor so candidly

1:02:26that the money is going to COME FROM

1:02:28SALES TAXES that you don't realize is

1:02:30available right now to you. Where is

1:02:32that money coming from when we already

1:02:34behind?

1:02:37I haven't missed a beat. Well, maybe

1:02:38slightly.

1:02:40Oh no, [screaming] Bucky.

1:02:43Oh no, state Oklahoma. I KNOW I GOT TO

1:02:46DRIVE DOWN THIS BRIDGE MAYBE once every

1:02:48six days or whatever when it gets built.

1:02:52But one thing about you, I'm not going

1:02:53to let you charge me. And at the same

1:02:56time, as a taxpayer, let buckets come in

1:02:59and I'm constantly giving them money and

1:03:00money and money for a LONGTERM

1:03:03INVESTMENT. OH, Y'ALL, I'M BUILT NOW.

1:03:07I'm going to go ahead and uh start

1:03:10PUTTING MY PUTTING MY part of the bill

1:03:11out. That's not how it goes. This is a

1:03:14personal event thing that's going on

1:03:17between the city council, not

1:03:19necessarily you per se, but through you.

1:03:22It must all be first of all through the

1:03:23business manager, Mr. Craig Freeman,

1:03:26which we know is promoting it.

1:03:27>> 30 seconds remaining.

1:03:29>> Oh my god. I just saw his time gets me

1:03:31every time I get up here this time. But

1:03:33let me say, ladies and gentlemen of this

1:03:35jury, who you are today,

1:03:39let's not put this bill. Your taxpayers

1:03:42deserve far more and far greater respect

1:03:44than that. If Bucket WANTS TO COME IN

1:03:47AND THE STATE of Oklahoma, let's let

1:03:48them put more money into it instead of

1:03:50us having to remain

1:03:54the brunt of this frustration.

1:03:57Thank y'all so much and I will be back.

1:03:59>> Thank you, Joy Rearen.

1:04:17my friend.

1:04:17>> I didn't see you.

1:04:18>> That's okay. Uh Joy Rearen, 125

1:04:21Northwest 9th. It's been a while. Thank

1:04:23you all for being here. Um

1:04:27Mr. Cooper on your uh ideals of houses

1:04:31and stuff. Why not look at the

1:04:33businesses at Simaron Road, the type of

1:04:36businesses and stuff that are out there

1:04:38and what's going to actually happen to

1:04:39them? The you got utility trailer out

1:04:43there. You got uh several others out

1:04:46there. Do you realize what's going to

1:04:48happen when uh the houses start moving

1:04:51out there? Those businesses are going to

1:04:53go out of business. utility trailer. I

1:04:56know for a fact if you look it up is a

1:05:00uh national uh actually international

1:05:03now um company.

1:05:07They uh they bring in stuff from all

1:05:09over the world. Trailers.

1:05:12Um I'll let y'all do your research on

1:05:14that. Uh safety.

1:05:18Maybe y'all should on your study that

1:05:20you're looking at, Mr. Vancouver, look

1:05:22at what the response times of uh OCFD,

1:05:26OCPD, and IMSA out there in that area

1:05:29out for just just out in general on our

1:05:34outer fringes. We don't need we don't

1:05:37need uh to improve that intersection out

1:05:39there.

1:05:41We don't the interchange, it doesn't

1:05:44need to be improved. It doesn't need to

1:05:46go five lanes out there. When you do

1:05:49that, you're going to uh get all kinds

1:05:52of homes and everything built out there.

1:05:56I will be back later for Citizens Be

1:05:58Heard, but uh if they if Bucky truly

1:06:01want to build in Oklahoma City, let's

1:06:04build it in Oklahoma City and not in

1:06:06Yukon,

1:06:08not in El Reno.

1:06:11Let the let their city council uh vote

1:06:13for that.

1:06:16We've grown way too big. 621 square

1:06:20miles is way too big.

1:06:24We are not Dallas. We're not uh

1:06:27Baltimore DC. We're not New York City.

1:06:30We're Oklahoma City. We're Oklahoma City

1:06:32proud.

1:06:34We need to uh start thinking about our

1:06:37inner core,

1:06:40not keep building further and further

1:06:43out. Look at Okay. buses.

1:06:47Do you realize where the bus bar city

1:06:49bus barn is? Not inbar, but for the

1:06:52schools.

1:06:53>> 30 seconds remaining.

1:06:54>> Yes, ma'am.

1:06:56That's stuff that needs to be in this

1:06:58study.

1:07:01Especially with the price of fuel. The

1:07:04price of diesel right now that for

1:07:07Oklahoma CP uh ops

1:07:11one point is almost $7 a gallon. The

1:07:15average bus right now takes uh 37

1:07:19gallons. You do the math. Thank you. And

1:07:22I'll be back.

1:07:24>> Thank you, Joan. I just want to clarify

1:07:26this is in Oklahoma City. This is not in

1:07:27a different city. Uh okay. look at uh

1:07:31how far out the city buses have to go,

1:07:34>> right? No, but you referenced that this

1:07:36project should be in Oklahoma City, not

1:07:37in Yukon. It is in Oklahoma City. I just

1:07:39want to clarify that for any listeners.

1:07:40Um okay, let's go to a vote if we can um

1:07:44take a motion.

1:07:49We have a motion and a second. Cast your

1:07:51votes. This is on item 9.

1:07:57Passes 5 to two. Thank you. Okay, now we

1:08:00are back on the remainder of the consent

1:08:02docket and Councilman Cooper, you wanted

1:08:05to speak to items

1:08:07AU and AV. I don't guess they are

1:08:11related to each other. So, we'll start

1:08:12with AU.

1:08:13>> Yes, Mayor. And again, thank you for the

1:08:15respectful back and forth there. Always

1:08:17appreciate that. And then, uh, yeah, I

1:08:19just want to hear an update. Want the

1:08:20public to hear an update on, uh, these

1:08:22couple items here, please. Andrea

1:08:24Grayson is our project manager for the

1:08:28uh public safety partnership. And so

1:08:29I'll let Andrea speak to this. She'll

1:08:31actually speak to both of these.

1:08:33>> Okay. Good morning, mayor and council

1:08:35and city manager. Uh this uh agreement

1:08:39uh represents our relationship with 21CP

1:08:42for continued consultation uh in

1:08:45implementing the 39 recommendations um

1:08:48surrounding enhancing public safety for

1:08:50our community here in Oklahoma City. It

1:08:53includes um implementation of the

1:08:55recommendations, evaluation of

1:08:57recommendations and um the scope uh is

1:09:00expanded to uh include grant

1:09:01consultation services.

1:09:05>> I it's great and I'm glad to know that

1:09:07that of course that work is ongoing and

1:09:09I'm sure the public is happy to hear

1:09:11that as well.

1:09:13You

1:09:14>> take us to a DV. So item AV um

1:09:18represents a grant from Inis Much

1:09:21Foundation uh for a full-time project

1:09:24coordinator that will work really

1:09:26closely with Healthy Minds Community

1:09:27Foundation.

1:09:28um this full-time um position. Uh their

1:09:34responsibilities will be to guide

1:09:36implementation of assertive community

1:09:38treatment strategy, oversee operational

1:09:41agreements, and most importantly,

1:09:42helping develop a fiscal long-term plan

1:09:45for behavioral health priorities in the

1:09:47city as geographically as a whole. Um,

1:09:52assertive community treatment is

1:09:54intensive team-based mental health

1:09:55service delivery model that supports

1:09:58clients um outside of hospital care. Um,

1:10:01they have serious mental and behavioral

1:10:03disorders, but these are community-based

1:10:06deliveries that work in clients homes,

1:10:08workplaces, community spaces. So, it's

1:10:11really important that we have a person

1:10:12that will assist our CCBHC's and our

1:10:14other community partners to coordinate

1:10:16this care and really focus on a

1:10:19long-term infrastructure that'll be

1:10:21sustainable following uh the grant

1:10:23cycle.

1:10:25>> I think that's wonderful. Will we be

1:10:27receiving being the Wii here be

1:10:29receiving updates on the work uh that

1:10:32that that you just described?

1:10:34>> Absolutely. Um, as you know, we really

1:10:37strive really hard in the public safety

1:10:39partnership to provide you all with

1:10:41regular quarterly um um updates uh

1:10:44newsletters uh briefing. So, we'll

1:10:47definitely keep you guys a breast of all

1:10:49the goings on with uh the in as much

1:10:51grant in this position.

1:10:52>> That's great. And congrats again on

1:10:55these different grants that are coming

1:10:56our way.

1:10:57>> Thank you. I would just add with with

1:10:59Andrea working in partnership, Healthy

1:11:01Minds has been a great partner in all of

1:11:03our work that we've done and in as much

1:11:05you see them over and over again on

1:11:07different programs, be it key to home or

1:11:09with these programs, they've just

1:11:10stepped in and and been have been a

1:11:12great partner. So, really appreciate

1:11:13their partnership.

1:11:15>> Thank you.

1:11:15>> Thank you. Their work.

1:11:21>> And finally, Councilman Cooper, you

1:11:23wanted to talk about item BJ.

1:11:24>> Yes. Um, of course we're all excited

1:11:27about the Olympics coming here, but

1:11:29there are some public transportation

1:11:30improvements that I think that or some

1:11:33conversations happening around that and

1:11:34I just wanted to hear a little bit more

1:11:36wanted the public hear a little bit

1:11:37more.

1:11:38>> Jesse, is Jesse here or Jason? You're

1:11:39going to take that.

1:11:41>> Here's Jesse.

1:11:42We'll let Jesse talk to us about this

1:11:44and and there are several things that

1:11:45we're do many things that are going on

1:11:47working with uh team OKC to help with

1:11:51preparing for the Olympics, but I think

1:11:52it's also looking at preparing for the

1:11:54Olympics and then what we do with those

1:11:56resources uh that are available to us in

1:11:59the future as well.

1:12:00>> Yeah, that's exactly right. So, this

1:12:02contract with H&TB uh [clears throat] is

1:12:05essentially a planning contract, right?

1:12:07So, it's going to allow us the ability

1:12:08to take a look at our transit network,

1:12:10how we can help support the Olympics uh

1:12:12during the games, also leading up to the

1:12:14games. But what's also important about

1:12:16this is it will also help us u with the

1:12:18ability of applying for additional

1:12:20grants to help fund some of the needs

1:12:21that we have for the for the games. And

1:12:24then one additional uh aspect of this is

1:12:26this also open to other city

1:12:28departments, right? So, there's the

1:12:29ability for whether it's parks or public

1:12:31works or the police, fire to also use

1:12:34this planning uh contract to help

1:12:36support their departments as well.

1:12:40>> I think it's great and I'm looking

1:12:41forward to what the final version of

1:12:44this is going to look like in terms of

1:12:45that enhanced public transit options

1:12:48heading into and then I believe even

1:12:50kind of lingering after uh the Olympics.

1:12:52So, that's all for me for now. Thank

1:12:54you.

1:12:55>> Thank you.

1:13:00All right, we can now take up the

1:13:02remainder of the consent docket.

1:13:15>> So, I guess

1:13:17>> Oh, okay. So, we're

1:13:19>> stuck.

1:13:22Is anyone able to see anything? Are you

1:13:24okay?

1:13:26Okay. I guess it was just me. So, we

1:13:27have a motion and a second.

1:13:30>> All right. Cast your votes. I wish to

1:13:32vote I

1:13:45did it pass.

1:13:48>> What's the vote? Unanimously.

1:13:50>> Yes.

1:13:50>> Okay. Very good. Passes unanimously.

1:13:53Thank you. All right. Item 10,

1:13:54concurrence docket. Uh we have items A

1:13:58through

1:14:00it's a long one today. AG we could take

1:14:03with one motion.

1:14:13We have a motion and a second. Cast your

1:14:14votes. I wish to vote I.

1:14:26passes unanimously.

1:14:28Okay, now we're on item 11, items for

1:14:31individual consideration. We have item

1:14:3411A. This is an ordinance on final

1:14:37hearing. It was recommended for approval

1:14:38resoning 8901 North Walker from R1 to

1:14:42R2. Councilman Cooper, no one has signed

1:14:44up to speak.

1:14:45>> Great. Thank you. Is the applicant here?

1:14:49>> Okay. I was looking at the proposal and

1:14:53I think it's going to be fine. So, I

1:14:54would move for approval.

1:15:04>> You have a motion and a second. Cast

1:15:06your votes.

1:15:17>> Passes unanimously.

1:15:19>> [clears throat]

1:15:20>> Item 11B uh is an ordinance on final

1:15:24hearing. It was recommended for approval

1:15:26resoning 1242 northwest 150th from

1:15:29double A. Um

1:15:33it's like a typo here. I assume the the

1:15:35word two is meant to two R2.

1:15:37>> The two is missing

1:15:39>> and that doesn't matter as long as the

1:15:40ordinance is correct. And um I

1:15:43understand Councilman Stone Cipher that

1:15:44you will be um carrying this for

1:15:47Councilman Carter. Yes, please. Um,

1:15:50there's no one signed up to speak and

1:15:51I'm not aware of any protests, so I will

1:15:53move for approval at this time.

1:16:03Motion and a second. Cast your votes.

1:16:15Passes unanimously.

1:16:18Item 11 C is an ordinance on final

1:16:20hearing recommended for approval

1:16:22resoning 1500 Piedmont from double A to

1:16:26C3. Uh Councilman Stone Cipher for

1:16:28Councilman Carter.

1:16:29>> This time I'd move for approval of item

1:16:32C.

1:16:39A motion and a second. Cast your votes.

1:16:57passes unanimously.

1:17:00And item D is an ordinance on final

1:17:02hearing that was recommended for

1:17:03approval reszoning 14599 North Mustang

1:17:07from double A to R1. Councilman Stone

1:17:10Cipher for Councilman Carter.

1:17:11>> Move for approval of 11D, please.

1:17:20A motion in a second. Cast your votes.

1:17:28Passes unanimously. Item 11 is an

1:17:31ordinance on finally hearing. It was

1:17:32recommended for approval reszoning 4140

1:17:35North Lindsay from R1 to02. Did

1:17:38Councilman Pennington speak to anybody

1:17:40about

1:17:40>> He spoke to me and after speaking with

1:17:43him, I'm going to move for approval,

1:17:44please.

1:17:51>> We have a motion and a second. Cast your

1:17:53votes.

1:17:58Passes unanimously.

1:18:00Item 11F is an ordinance on final

1:18:02hearing. is recommended for approval

1:18:03resoning 15020 South Sooner Road from

1:18:06double A to C3. Um, Councilman Stone, no

1:18:10one has time to speak.

1:18:11>> Thank you, Mayor. Are the Davidson's

1:18:13here?

1:18:14>> Oh, I just wanted to say hi. I don't

1:18:16need you to come up. Thank you. This is

1:18:18for commercial use at 149th and Sooner

1:18:21Road. And I'll move for its approval.

1:18:28>> We have a motion and a second. Cast your

1:18:29votes.

1:18:34passes unanimously. Item 11 G is an

1:18:37ordinance on a final hearing. It was

1:18:38recommended for approval resoning 9441

1:18:41West Britain from R1 to R2. Councilman

1:18:44Stone Cipher for Councilman Carter.

1:18:46>> After speaking with Councelor Carter,

1:18:48I'd move for approval at this time of

1:18:49item 11G.

1:18:56I have a motion and a second. Cast your

1:18:58votes.

1:19:02Passes unanimously. Item H was

1:19:04previously deferred. Item I was

1:19:06previously deferred, which brings us to

1:19:08item J. This [clears throat] is an

1:19:10ordinance on final hearing that was

1:19:11recommended for approval reszoning 4499

1:19:14South Sarah from double A to PUD 2136.

1:19:18Did Councilwoman Aver speak to anybody

1:19:20about carrying this?

1:19:24You talking about K now?

1:19:26>> Uh J

1:19:27>> J. Okay. I'm sorry.

1:19:29>> If not, I'm somewhat nervous to approve

1:19:32it.

1:19:33>> So perhaps we will seek a deferral then

1:19:37on that item.

1:19:38>> I'll move for a twoe deferral.

1:19:41>> You're the applicant here.

1:19:43>> Yes. I I was not aware she wasn't. Well,

1:19:45David Box, 525 Northwest 11th. Uh this

1:19:48was unanimously recommended for approval

1:19:49by planning. There's no protest.

1:19:51>> Here's what we'll do. We're going to try

1:19:51to make contact with her. We got some

1:19:53more items. We'll we'll see if we can

1:19:55move forward. All right. Let's move past

1:19:57Jay and we'll uh

1:19:59>> Can I deputize you to try to recall her?

1:20:02>> Yes.

1:20:03>> All right. All right. Item K is an

1:20:06ordinance on final hearing recommended

1:20:08for approval resoning 9601 West Britain

1:20:11from A R1 and PUD 731 to PUD 2140.

1:20:17Councilman Stone Cipher for Councilman

1:20:19Carter.

1:20:20>> I would move for approval of 11K at this

1:20:23time. Please,

1:20:28we have a motion and a second. Cast your

1:20:30votes.

1:20:38Passes unanimously. Item L was

1:20:41previously deferred. Item

1:20:44M was previously deferred. Which brings

1:20:46us to item N. This is an ordinance on

1:20:48final hearing that was recommended for

1:20:50approval reszoning 6200 North Robinson

1:20:53from I1 to SPD1 1846. Councilman Cooper

1:20:57known as signed up to speak.

1:20:59>> Yes, Mayor. However, is the applicant or

1:21:01their representative here?

1:21:04>> Oh, lucky me.

1:21:07>> Would you tell me tell us a little bit

1:21:09about what's going on here, please?

1:21:11>> Sure. David Box 525 Northwest 11th

1:21:13Street. So this is a conversion of what

1:21:16was a hotel into a multif family

1:21:18project.

1:21:20>> I saw that. Okay.

1:21:21>> I saw that and I see this and um I'm of

1:21:25course happy to see redevelopment of of

1:21:28uh parcels like this, properties even

1:21:30like this. My concern I'm wondering if

1:21:33we might resolve that today. It might

1:21:36require an amendment. I'm not sure. All

1:21:39this parking I see and I looked at the

1:21:42map and see that this is pretty

1:21:45comparable to what's there.

1:21:48Trees. Can we do trees in the parking

1:21:51lot? Like way more trees because that's

1:21:54just going to be like a giant Well, you

1:21:55can see there. I mean, that that is what

1:21:56it looks like. And I would very much I

1:21:59don't think summers are going to be

1:22:01getting any cooler. Um, and I'd like to

1:22:04see what I could do to at least amend

1:22:06this. So, we've already modified down

1:22:08the parking ratio to something less than

1:22:11what the code requires. At planning

1:22:13commission, we added a TE to increase uh

1:22:16the open space. And so, we've I think

1:22:18we've done that. We've gone down to one

1:22:20space per unit uh and then increase the

1:22:23open space. So, I I don't know that we

1:22:25can remove any more. The the one protest

1:22:27that you see on here was a protest of

1:22:30the adjacent neighbor to the north uh

1:22:32complaining about spillover parking. And

1:22:35so, um, I I think we are where it needs

1:22:38to be to satisfy the parking demand that

1:22:40we think we're going to carry, uh, but

1:22:42also acknowledging that it's multif

1:22:43family and increasing the the open

1:22:45space.

1:22:47>> Do we have any I just have some pause

1:22:49here. I'm glad that I saw that TE, but I

1:22:52have like no renderings of what that's

1:22:54going to look like. No sense of what

1:22:55open space will look like. Like I see

1:22:58this, but what I see around that

1:23:01building, as everyone else can see, is

1:23:03just a sea of parking.

1:23:06And I don't mind the parking. I guess

1:23:08what I'm asking is for some sort of

1:23:11shade covering

1:23:14throughout that parking lot or andor

1:23:16interruption of the parking with more

1:23:18green spaces. I just really don't feel

1:23:20comfortable approving something that

1:23:22that looks like this.

1:23:23>> So this is what I mean. This is better

1:23:26than what the code would otherwise

1:23:28require. The ability to get housing that

1:23:31is more affordable than otherwise

1:23:33oftentimes requires conversion of

1:23:35existing space. You're starting to see

1:23:37more and more hotels being converted to

1:23:39multif family. Seeing a lot of them

1:23:40along the Meridian uh corridor. So

1:23:43really what you see is is kind of what

1:23:44you get. Um we believe it's a a major

1:23:48upgrade from what was there and it'll

1:23:50bring much needed housing online. Are

1:23:53you

1:23:55Yes, as we're working through our I hear

1:23:57you. I understand what current law is.

1:24:00As we're working, however, through our

1:24:03zoning update right now, there are uh

1:24:06proposals, serious proposals to add more

1:24:12tree infrastructure requirement when a

1:24:15developer is doing something like this

1:24:18with the parking like that's coming. And

1:24:21I understand the existing law right now

1:24:23allows for something like this. I'm

1:24:26asking, can we amend this further to add

1:24:29some more trees within this parking lot?

1:24:32So, and one more thing, I hear what

1:24:34you're saying. Of course, we have an

1:24:36affordable housing crisis and need. I

1:24:40don't feel comfortable putting people

1:24:42who are in need of that sort of housing

1:24:44in a uh heat desert like where sun's

1:24:48just going to be pouring down on them.

1:24:51>> I I just don't

1:24:52>> because it's an existing parking lot. We

1:24:54really can't. If this was a new build

1:24:56and you were going to be able to

1:24:58redesign it and create islands and

1:25:00different maybe, you know, drive spaces

1:25:02here, it's existing. And so again, we're

1:25:05already under what is required under the

1:25:07baseline code as it relates to parking

1:25:09count. So to add additional trees would

1:25:12be to further reduce the number of

1:25:14parking spaces that we have and put it

1:25:17to a point where perhaps we're worried

1:25:19about actually meeting the parking

1:25:20demand that the building would um have.

1:25:22>> I just think there could be some redoing

1:25:25of this parking lot.

1:25:26>> We're happy to look at it. Uh my

1:25:27architect's not here, client's not here.

1:25:29Um my my ask would be let's move forward

1:25:32today. If we can do that then so be it.

1:25:35But again we we've already reduced down

1:25:37what is um required for parking and so

1:25:41to add more trees and add landscaping in

1:25:43the parking would further go against

1:25:46that piece of it.

1:25:47>> Reducing down the parking doesn't do

1:25:49anything. All it's doing is you're it's

1:25:52paint. It's just different spots. You

1:25:55still have this sea, all the white you

1:25:58see here is where is asphalt and it's

1:26:02going to allow the sun,

1:26:05think in July and August, the sun will

1:26:07hit that asphalt. It will warm it up.

1:26:10The mother and the child and the

1:26:12grandparent who lives at this place will

1:26:14be walking out onto this asphalt with

1:26:16the sun pouring down on them. I am

1:26:18asking us the developer to figure out

1:26:20how they can intervene here to reduce

1:26:24that effect on who's going to live

1:26:26there. That is that is literally all I'm

1:26:27asking especially knowing that our code

1:26:29is about to should this council approve

1:26:31the updated code is going to have a

1:26:34requirement

1:26:35uh to head in the direction that I'm

1:26:37asking. I'm not I am not asking

1:26:39anything. I'm not asking for the moon.

1:26:40Asking for trees. Well, I mean, in

1:26:42fairness, if there's a new rule, then

1:26:44yeah, we'll we'll have to follow that

1:26:46new rule. But to put rules that don't

1:26:48yet exist onto a current proposal, I

1:26:51don't think is is fair. There's no way.

1:26:54So, again, these are these are existing

1:26:56spaces. And so, to do what you're asking

1:26:59would be to take away current spaces.

1:27:02And so, I I don't see how you can do it

1:27:04under this current environment and bring

1:27:06forward the number of housing units that

1:27:08we're proposing. the planning directors

1:27:10here. Do you have any thoughts on like

1:27:12what are we going to be doing going

1:27:14forward when a person comes forward with

1:27:16something like this? I'm not approving

1:27:18this is where I'm going. And if the

1:27:19council wants to approve it, they can.

1:27:21But I I am tired of putting these sorts

1:27:25of things into existence for our people

1:27:27and be like, "Oh, my hands are tied."

1:27:28Like they deserve better. People deserve

1:27:30better.

1:27:32>> Uh yes, uh Jeff Butler, planning

1:27:34director. So, um, we are looking at, uh,

1:27:37these concerns. Uh, we've had, you know,

1:27:39a lot of heat lately. We've studied it

1:27:41and the city, it is a concern. And so,

1:27:43as Councilman, uh, Cooper has has

1:27:46indicated, um, there are proposals that

1:27:49we are currently, um, um, I guess

1:27:52discussing and discussing with

1:27:54stakeholders to see what we can do about

1:27:56that. Um, [clears throat] excuse me. um

1:27:59not only uh reducing parking

1:28:00requirements

1:28:02um to the extent that we just kind of

1:28:04leave it up to the market for commercial

1:28:06um uh businesses to provide their own

1:28:09parking but also uh mitigating um the

1:28:12the the problems that we have with with

1:28:15heat absorption and parking lots and so

1:28:16on. So, um, right now we have a proposal

1:28:20and it's still it's going through the

1:28:22process and we will need to to decide

1:28:24the council will need to decide, um, you

1:28:27know, what levels are appropriate uh to

1:28:29go beyond where we are right now. Our

1:28:31code is of course uh many decades old

1:28:34and it was written with different

1:28:35concerns in mind. Um, so but but yes, we

1:28:39do we do not have the the kind of the

1:28:41final form. There's still a few months

1:28:42to go and some discussions to be had,

1:28:44but that is the intent that we would

1:28:47move forward with something that would

1:28:49protect um uh residents u provide

1:28:53additional shade. Um minimize the

1:28:56parking that's required and leave that

1:28:58to uh the market. Um in most cases there

1:29:02will be some parking uh minimums uh as

1:29:05appropriate and those are some things

1:29:07that are um still need to be worked

1:29:09through. What can because I do hear Mr.

1:29:12Box's

1:29:14um point about the existing parking lot.

1:29:17What are there things that a developer

1:29:19can do? And if we need to defer this to

1:29:21have a private conversation to figure

1:29:22this out, we can. I don't want to take

1:29:24up too much more of council's time on

1:29:26this, but this is a serious matter. We

1:29:28we when we're doing these sort of

1:29:30projects, we've really got to do them

1:29:31right for the generations to come. So,

1:29:33are is there something quickly you could

1:29:35tell us that they could be doing to

1:29:37intervene?

1:29:39Um well it is you know it is the the the

1:29:42fact that the parking lot is existing

1:29:44and this is one of those issues that

1:29:45we're dealing with right now uh

1:29:48discussing with uh with stakeholders uh

1:29:50is the expense of you know taking out

1:29:52existing parking lots maybe putting in

1:29:55some um some irrigation where there may

1:29:57not be any. It really depends on the

1:29:59site. You know presumably it's got some

1:30:01irrigation.

1:30:02um you know, could could they provide

1:30:04some additional irrigation and and uh

1:30:07trees without,

1:30:09you know, tearing up the entire parking

1:30:10lot? Presumably, but it's it's difficult

1:30:12to say without knowing exactly what's

1:30:15what's there underground. Um but we

1:30:18would look for opportunities in the

1:30:20future to um in cases like this to in a

1:30:25reasonable way, you know, see what we

1:30:26could do to to increase um to improve

1:30:29every site as it comes forward. Um but

1:30:32it it is difficult to say because of the

1:30:34cost involved uh with additional trees

1:30:37and irrigation and you know sawing

1:30:39through uh pavement and so on. But um

1:30:43yeah, leave it at that.

1:30:44>> I mean do you have a suggestion?

1:30:48My suggestion would be that we defer

1:30:50this item for two weeks so that we can

1:30:53talk with our planning team to figure

1:30:55out what are some the what are the most

1:30:58coste effective ways to do this for your

1:31:00client because right now I don't feel

1:31:03comfortable doing this. I I'm not just

1:31:06in the habit of just saying we have to

1:31:08meet our housing uh crisis needs by just

1:31:11putting up whatever.

1:31:13We're trying to undo decades worth of

1:31:16problematic developments. At least I am.

1:31:18>> Um, so that'd be that'd be my

1:31:20suggestion.

1:31:20>> So, we've already removed a bunch of the

1:31:24parking to create some of that open

1:31:26space. You see, um,

1:31:30we can take the two weeks, but I mean, I

1:31:34I'm going to need someone to tell me

1:31:35what they want to see because we're

1:31:36actually exceeding what the code would

1:31:38require here. So,

1:31:39>> gosh, I understand that. I am. So, also,

1:31:43I mean, we keep talking about housing

1:31:46shortage and trying to create more

1:31:48affordable housing,

1:31:50and I totally get your point, Councilman

1:31:52Cooper, on what we need to do moving

1:31:54forward, but on an existing facility,

1:31:57right? We can require them to do all

1:31:59kinds of changes, but then it's not

1:32:02quite as affordable housing either. I

1:32:05mean, to me, that's where kind of the

1:32:07balance thing is and not an existing

1:32:09thing to ask them to go in and start

1:32:11ripping up parking lots and and trying

1:32:14to figure out how to completely redo

1:32:16that. I mean, they could do it. It's

1:32:18just going to add a ton of cost to the

1:32:20thing.

1:32:21>> Uh my my question is, so you have this

1:32:24what I am interpreting as the new

1:32:27exterior amenity on the the southern

1:32:30end. That's the where it says 4,700

1:32:32square feet,

1:32:32>> correct? is that you're tearing up that

1:32:35asphalt to add in green.

1:32:38>> Correct.

1:32:38>> I just recognizing like that that is

1:32:41doing that in like a solid chunk is um

1:32:45probably a different cost than doing it

1:32:47throughout. I do wonder is there any

1:32:49other

1:32:50space as part of the parking lot where

1:32:53that could be re oriented

1:32:58um to provide some of that like through

1:33:00the parking lot experience while also

1:33:03being sort of a solid amenity. I and

1:33:06then that is either like sort of a drive

1:33:09space or restripe it for parking. I just

1:33:13wonder if there's a way to reorient what

1:33:14you're already planning to do so that it

1:33:17kind of meets that need of having

1:33:19something through this, especially I I

1:33:22am particularly sensitive that this is

1:33:24like right by the highway. So like this

1:33:26asphalt plus the highway if there I

1:33:28don't know if there's a way to sort of

1:33:30>> two birds one stone and ameliorate that

1:33:34effect but by reorienting where that

1:33:36amenity is um situated. Yeah. if you're

1:33:40already planning to spend the money to

1:33:41rip it up.

1:33:42>> So, that's a great point. What you see

1:33:44is the original site plan, which is

1:33:46around 8,500 square foot of open space.

1:33:49At the planning commission, the

1:33:51discussion was we want more open space.

1:33:52So, it's actually double from what you

1:33:54see there, which is why planning

1:33:56commission then also allowed us to

1:33:57reduce down our parking count. So, we're

1:33:59actually providing double the open space

1:34:01you see there, which will further reduce

1:34:03down the um the total number of parking

1:34:07spaces, which is why they gave us that

1:34:09variance to the parking requirement. So,

1:34:11we think we did this, you know, at at

1:34:13great discussion with your planning

1:34:14commission member um by doubling what

1:34:17you see there and further reducing down

1:34:19the the number of parking spaces.

1:34:20>> Well, when you say doubling it, so where

1:34:22will that go? Like, where do you imagine

1:34:23that will go on the site plan?

1:34:25>> I don't know. Jeremy Gardner's the

1:34:26architect on this. Um, I don't know

1:34:28exactly where that will be. Uh, let me

1:34:31check something

1:34:32>> cuz I think that is sort of what I'm

1:34:34seeing is that well the space is there.

1:34:36It's just the site plan is maybe a

1:34:38little deceptive because it's an older

1:34:41version and maybe this is not the final

1:34:45positioning of where where you actually

1:34:47perceive that green space to go.

1:34:51And I don't I don't know if there's any

1:34:53way to like regulate that now of like

1:34:55actually put it over here when I'm sure

1:34:57there's lots of other factors, but I

1:34:58just wonder if if this is maybe a little

1:35:01misleading based on the changes you

1:35:05mentioned.

1:35:07>> Yeah. And so maybe it is deferring at

1:35:10two weeks to just discuss with the

1:35:11architect what other orientation is

1:35:14possible because I could see that maybe

1:35:16it makes more sense for it to be in this

1:35:18large space that also looks like it's

1:35:20going to be an entryway into the

1:35:21building. Um

1:35:23>> yeah, we can do it. But again, I'm not

1:35:25>> I'm not real good at math, but

1:35:26>> I don't think I've done I'm very bad at

1:35:29spatial awareness. I'm like, uh, it

1:35:30looks like it's could go there, but

1:35:33>> that would I would I would like to sit

1:35:35down for two weeks and lest anyone think

1:35:37this is just again my whim, this is work

1:35:39I am doing behind the scenes with our

1:35:41department to move toward what best

1:35:44practices are. And also I hear what

1:35:45you're saying counselor. I I understand

1:35:47but I am I want to try and in in the in

1:35:50between time mitigate any harm and I

1:35:53don't want to just approve things. So

1:35:55yeah I don't have any problem deferring

1:35:57it for two weeks. Um I do kind of agree

1:36:01with Todd. Uh I think we ought to look

1:36:03at it and see if there's something else

1:36:04we can do. That's a great idea. But I

1:36:07will be opposed to something that will

1:36:09cause the cost to increase that which

1:36:11will then be borne by the tenant. I I

1:36:14just don't think that's fair. Number

1:36:16one. Number two, we need affordable

1:36:18housing. We need it sooner rather than

1:36:20later. And number three, if he's if if

1:36:23this developer is within the existing

1:36:26ordinance, um if we end up in district

1:36:28court, we can't say we want to we want

1:36:31to base it on an ordinance that we may

1:36:33pass six months from now. That just it

1:36:35won't fly. So, I'm all for deferring

1:36:38this for two weeks. I'm all for us

1:36:39talking about it, but I do want to keep

1:36:41the cost down for the tenants and I want

1:36:43to get the tenants in sooner rather than

1:36:45later. Thank you.

1:36:46>> I appreciate that perspective. I

1:36:48appreciate the support in deferring it.

1:36:51One way going forward, and I keep saying

1:36:54this, one way to help def bring those

1:36:56costs down is when developers are doing

1:36:58these sort of affordable housing

1:36:59projects, they could be working in

1:37:01partnership with the city to tap into

1:37:03our affordable housing dollars that the

1:37:05voters approved. that is a way to help

1:37:07mitigate some of those costs, too. I

1:37:09don't know if you're a developer or

1:37:10spoken to economic alliance. Uh, but I

1:37:14just think we need to be way more

1:37:15intentional when we're doing affordable

1:37:17housing projects instead of just putting

1:37:19them out there and doing all these cost

1:37:22cutting things that is ultimately going

1:37:23to affect the quality of life for the

1:37:25people who live there.

1:37:26>> Well, I don't view as anything we've

1:37:27done as a cost cutting measure.

1:37:31>> We'll we'll just talk offline. I'm not

1:37:32going to take any more of council's time

1:37:34on this. I'm okay with the deferral, but

1:37:37I'm going to warn us against putting a

1:37:39playground in a parking lot.

1:37:40>> I'm not talking about a playground. I

1:37:42don't know if we need to have council

1:37:44briefings on what I am talking about

1:37:46when it comes to uh heat islands. I

1:37:49don't know how many of us volunteered

1:37:51when we did the heat island uh mapping

1:37:54around the city to see all the places

1:37:57where sun from previous developments,

1:37:59Best Buy on May Avenue, etc. are just

1:38:03heating up our our city. So, I mean, I I

1:38:07don't I don't know. I don't know if this

1:38:08needs to be like briefings for us. Like,

1:38:10I'm not I'm not asking for anything

1:38:12extravagant here.

1:38:14>> All right. Well, let's do our deferral

1:38:15and then we can talk about it for the

1:38:18next couple of weeks. So, this is item

1:38:20N, right?

1:38:21>> Yeah.

1:38:27>> We have a motion and a second to defer

1:38:29this item for two weeks. cast your

1:38:31votes.

1:38:35Passes unanimously.

1:38:39Okay. 110 is an ordinance on final

1:38:42hearing that was recommended for

1:38:43approval reszoning uh 2837 Southwest

1:38:4731st from R2 to SPD

1:38:501855.

1:38:51Um Councilwoman Hammond, no one has

1:38:54signed to speak.

1:38:54>> I will move for approval.

1:39:05Have a motion to second. Cast your

1:39:06votes.

1:39:21>> There's five of us here. So, who did we

1:39:23miss?

1:39:32passes unanimously. Okay. Item P is an

1:39:36ordinance on final hearing. It was

1:39:37recommended for approval closing a

1:39:39portion of the East West right ofway of

1:39:41Southwest 46th uh and a portion of

1:39:44Barnes. Uh Councilwoman Hammond, no one

1:39:46assigned to speaker.

1:39:47>> I will move for approval.

1:39:54We have a motion and a second. Cast your

1:39:56votes.

1:39:59[clears throat]

1:40:03Passes unanimously.

1:40:06Um, we'll hold Q for a minute and see if

1:40:09Cooper comes back. All right. Item R.

1:40:13Did anyone here Did he talk to you about

1:40:15this one, too?

1:40:15>> After speaking with councelor

1:40:17Pennington, I will move for approval at

1:40:18this time, please.

1:40:19>> Okay. This closes an east west portion

1:40:22of northwest 53rd

1:40:26or the rightway actually. We have a

1:40:28motion in a second. Cast your votes.

1:40:32Passes unanimously.

1:40:36Councilman Cooper, item Q is an

1:40:40ordinance on final hearing. It was

1:40:42recommended for approval closing the

1:40:43remainder of the north south public

1:40:45alley uh in the Northwest Heights

1:40:47edition between 65th and 67th. Uh no one

1:40:50is signed to speak.

1:40:52>> Thank you, mayor. I would move for

1:40:53approval.

1:40:54>> Okay,

1:40:56[snorts]

1:41:01we have a motion and a second. Cast your

1:41:03votes.

1:41:08Passes unanimously. Item 11S is an

1:41:10ordinance on final hearing recommended

1:41:12for approval closing a portion of a

1:41:13north south storm sewer easement in

1:41:15block 34 of East Britain uh near

1:41:18Chartell and Northwest 87th. Councilman

1:41:21Cooper known as time to speak.

1:41:23>> Move for approval.

1:41:31>> We have a motion and a second. Cast your

1:41:32votes.

1:41:40passes unanimously. Okay. Item 11 T1 is

1:41:44the public hearing regarding the

1:41:45assessment role for the Downtown

1:41:46Business Improvement District. And we

1:41:48have

1:41:51um Cindy Marillo signed up to speak.

1:41:57>> Good morning. Cindy Merllo, 14 Northeast

1:42:0113th Street, Morellin Associates. I'm

1:42:03here today representing the downtown

1:42:05business assessment district board of

1:42:06directors um for the business

1:42:08improvement district um for the

1:42:10assessment role um approval today.

1:42:13Mayor, Mr. Freeman, and city council.

1:42:15Thank you for the opportunity.

1:42:17I'm here representing the Oklahoma City

1:42:19Business impromp improvement district

1:42:21consisting of six districts, Automobile

1:42:24Alley, Brooktown, City Center, Deep

1:42:27Duce, Midtown, and West Village. Today

1:42:30before you is the budget and bid

1:42:32assessment for 2026.

1:42:35This board fully supports the budget and

1:42:37special assessments that are before you

1:42:39today. We also I would like to also in

1:42:42the bid improvement district board would

1:42:43like to extend our appreciation for

1:42:46DOC's partnership, the green team,

1:42:50DOC staff to the contribution that

1:42:52they're making to our city to make it a

1:42:55better place to live and work. Thank you

1:42:57so much and we just wanted to extend our

1:42:59support of what you have in front of you

1:43:01today.

1:43:02>> Any questions?

1:43:04>> Thank you.

1:43:05>> Thank you.

1:43:06>> Um, thank you. And in addition, uh, city

1:43:09manager has, uh, an objection to note.

1:43:12So, there was an objection to this by

1:43:14one property owner that was in your

1:43:16packets that you'd be able to see that

1:43:18staff looked at this, talked to the OKC,

1:43:20talked to legal, recognize this is a

1:43:22collective um district and we recommend

1:43:25moving forward uh with the with it as

1:43:28it's proposed.

1:43:30>> Okay. Uh that concludes the public

1:43:32hearing. Then we have item T2, a

1:43:34resolution adopting and confirming the

1:43:36assessment role for [clears throat] 2627

1:43:40for the downtown bid.

1:43:43Have a motion and a second.

1:43:45Cast your votes.

1:43:53Passes unanimously.

1:43:55Item U is related. It's an ordinance on

1:43:58final hearing adopting and setting the

1:44:00assessment role for the downtown bid.

1:44:09We have a motion and a second. Cast your

1:44:11votes.

1:44:17>> Passes unanimously.

1:44:20Item 11 V1 is a public hearing regarding

1:44:22the assessment role for the Stockyard

1:44:24City Business Improvement District. Amy,

1:44:26has any intent to speak?

1:44:27>> No, they haven't.

1:44:27>> They have not. So, we'll advance to the

1:44:29resolution uh adopting and confirming

1:44:31the assessment role found at item B2.

1:44:56there. We There we go. I have a motion

1:45:00and a second. Cast your votes.

1:45:05[snorts]

1:45:06Passes unanimously.

1:45:08Item W is related. It's an ordinance on

1:45:12final hearing adopting and setting the

1:45:13assessment role for the Stockyard

1:45:14Business Improvement District 2627.

1:45:29Have a motion and a second. Cast your

1:45:30votes.

1:45:41passes unanimously. Item 11 X1 is the

1:45:45public hearing regarding the dilapidated

1:45:46structures here listed. Uh we do have a

1:45:48resident who has signed up to speak,

1:45:50Michael Washington.

1:45:58>> I was wondering wondering when I'll be

1:46:00able to get back up here.

1:46:12Can I look and see what we're looking at

1:46:13here?

1:46:19I don't I don't appear to take up much

1:46:21of your time. It's 40 1442 North

1:46:23MacArthur Boulevard aka 5754 Northwest

1:46:2716th with ST. Start the show.

1:46:54Oh, okay.

1:46:58Wow. Yeah, that owner needs to kind of

1:47:00get some work done even. I have to agree

1:47:01with that one. Okay, ma'am. That's

1:47:03enough. You go to the next. I have to

1:47:05agree with that one.

1:47:07Oh my goodness.

1:47:10What are they doing with the money?

1:47:15Oh, yes. Go ahead. I I don't even Yes,

1:47:17go ahead. I mean, I'm not going to take

1:47:19it. I got a few more minutes.

1:47:27>> You've already contacted the owners and

1:47:28let them know they need to get this uh

1:47:30fixed up, right?

1:47:31>> Uh that's correct. Good morning, Mayor

1:47:33and Council. Chris Smith on behalf of

1:47:34code enforcement. Uh that's correct,

1:47:36sir. So, uh, all of these property

1:47:38owners have been correctly notified and

1:47:40after today's hearing, they'll have 30

1:47:42days to present a plan of action to the

1:47:44city for for compliance.

1:47:45>> Well, they definitely need to. I support

1:47:47that with a minute because that brings

1:47:48down community value properties. Go

1:47:50ahead. Let me get his last

1:47:53definitely does

1:47:58245.

1:48:07Yes. I mean, what are they doing with

1:48:09the money here? I mean, good God. I

1:48:11mean, you got tenants.

1:48:23Oh, indeed, y'all. Come on. Come on.

1:48:24Come on. I wouldn't even let my place go

1:48:26up that far and I don't even know about

1:48:28gardening and stuff. Yeah. Go ahead.

1:48:29Yeah, that's good.

1:48:32Okay. Is that Oh my goodness. Yes.

1:48:37I wouldn't buy that.

1:48:38>> 30 seconds remaining.

1:48:40>> Go ahead.

1:48:42Yeah, that's good. I'm fine. Yeah,

1:48:44that's good. Whatever y'all want to do.

1:48:51Hey, y'all seen that one, too. Okay.

1:48:58Now, if they if they don't straighten it

1:49:00out in 30 days, you'll tear it down at

1:49:02their expense. Now, does property become

1:49:05yours? If you sell it, you get them to

1:49:06remain a portion of what's left of it.

1:49:08How does that work? Uh so so should the

1:49:12city have to take abatement proceedings,

1:49:14we will bill the property owner and

1:49:16provide them 180 days to remit that

1:49:18payment directly to the city. If it's

1:49:21not remitted uh to the city, a notice of

1:49:23lean will be filed against the property,

1:49:25but at no point does the city ever take

1:49:27ownership of private property.

1:49:29>> Okay.

1:49:31>> Thank you. All right.

1:49:32>> Um that concludes residents uh who have

1:49:35signed to speak on this public hearing.

1:49:36So we'll advance to the resolution found

1:49:39at X2 declaring the structures are

1:49:41dilapidated.

1:49:54>> System's not working. So uh maybe we'll

1:49:57take a verbal motion in second.

1:50:00>> So move

1:50:02a motion and a second. Um,

1:50:05>> you can do uh Okay. All in favor raise

1:50:08your hands.

1:50:10All opposed, raise your hands. Carries.

1:50:14Motion carries unanimously.

1:50:16Okay. Um 11 Y1 is public hearing

1:50:20regarding the unsecured structures here

1:50:22listed. We have a resident who has

1:50:23signed up to speak. Michael Washington.

1:50:28>> Oh, I'm here representing the public,

1:50:30man. The public has to have their

1:50:31interest to not just what the government

1:50:33wants. So, oh my god, that one

1:50:37pro governments.

1:50:39Now, there

1:50:42public hearing regarding unsecured

1:50:44structure. Now, what do we mean by that?

1:50:46Unsecured. What? Oh my good. I've seen

1:50:49that place.

1:50:51>> So, in these particular instances, Mr.

1:50:54Washington, the city's requesting that

1:50:55the property owner secure the structure.

1:50:57So, any opening that allows any type of

1:50:59unauthorized access will need to be

1:51:01secured by the property owner.

1:51:02>> Okay. Now, are they required to fix it

1:51:04up after the boarding ups and all that?

1:51:05That's what I'm trying to get at.

1:51:07>> Uh they they could also be issued other

1:51:10notices of violation potentially

1:51:12provided that the repairs do not meet

1:51:14code.

1:51:14>> Okay. That's what I'm trying to get at

1:51:16here. All right. And again, if they

1:51:17don't straighten it out, then of course

1:51:20you build a lean lean on them and this

1:51:21that and other and to get your money.

1:51:24[clears throat] You didn't answer the

1:51:25question last time for me. Let me try to

1:51:26rephrase that. If it comes down to with

1:51:28the lean and I want my money on the lean

1:51:30and I require SH sale on it or whatever

1:51:33the case is,

1:51:35if it cost 150,000, I only owe you

1:51:37100,000. Do I get the remaining 50,000?

1:51:39This folks wanted me to ask that

1:51:41question. In other words, if you if you

1:51:42sell a property for 150,000,

1:51:45>> I owe you 100. What does other 50,000

1:51:47go?

1:51:48>> Uh that that would be a a question for

1:51:50the for the county. Um so so our notices

1:51:54of leans are are co-equal advorum tax.

1:51:56So the county can potentially sell your

1:51:58property for unpaid taxes, but the

1:52:00county would would keep the proceeds

1:52:02from that sale. So the any additional

1:52:04monies from those tax sales would be

1:52:06directed towards the appropriate county.

1:52:09Okay, gotcha. So the owner just a loss

1:52:10all the way around

1:52:13for failing to uh bring his business up

1:52:15to code to code standards. So the other

1:52:19words, the citizen the owner will lose

1:52:21everything on a shirt or sale of

1:52:23whatever county. Is that not what I'm

1:52:26getting here?

1:52:27>> That's correct. If a property owner does

1:52:29not pay their taxes, then the the

1:52:32appropriate county can put it in a tax

1:52:34sale.

1:52:34>> Did you listen at that everyone? Did you

1:52:37listen? Go ahead on. Let's move to the

1:52:38next.

1:52:40We may have to file a lawsuit to stop

1:52:42that. Let me see. Okay,

1:52:48you've already answered the question on

1:52:49that. Go ahead. That's You can keep

1:52:50going, man, if you want to. I'm just

1:52:51trying to see make sure these people

1:52:53have been given notice.

1:52:56Has anyone replied back to y'all after

1:52:58you've given them notice? Any about

1:52:59found interest in it?

1:53:00>> Yes, we we routinely seek voluntary

1:53:03compliance from property owners after

1:53:04notification.

1:53:06>> 30 seconds remaining.

1:53:07>> This particular process uh requires a

1:53:10two-eek notification period before it

1:53:12comes to this council. Um, and from

1:53:14after today's declaration, provided

1:53:16they're they're declared unsecured, um,

1:53:19then we will file the notice of lean and

1:53:21issue a work order and have the work

1:53:23completed within the next couple weeks.

1:53:26>> Okay. Thank you. Well, 30 seconds. I

1:53:28call me for right now. Now, if I need

1:53:29something else, I'll talk to you person.

1:53:30Thank you.

1:53:31>> Absolutely.

1:53:34>> That concludes residents who've signed

1:53:35up to speak on the public hearing for

1:53:38item 11 Y1. Now we can proceed to the

1:53:41resolution found at Y 2 declaring the

1:53:44structures unsecured.

1:53:51>> All right, we'll uh take a verbal motion

1:53:54in second.

1:53:57>> We have a motion and a second. Um all in

1:54:00favor raise your hand.

1:54:03All opposed raise your hand.

1:54:06Item is passed unanimously.

1:54:09Item 11 Z1 is a public hearing regarding

1:54:12the abandoned buildings here listed. We

1:54:13have a resident who has signed up to

1:54:15speak, Michael Washington.

1:54:16>> Oh, back again. Back to three. Three.

1:54:19Three makes it good for everybody.

1:54:21Three strikes you out in baseball.

1:54:23That's what I heard. Okay. Okay. We've

1:54:26seen that. Go ahead.

1:54:28Uh

1:54:301435. We've seen that up there. Oh,

1:54:33okay. See, these are regarding the same

1:54:35buildings. Okay.

1:54:37Okay. Uh Okay. Well, I mean, I'm all I'm

1:54:39all good on like ever told me basically

1:54:41what I need to hear on those. So, thank

1:54:43y'all. That's good.

1:54:45>> That concludes residents who have signed

1:54:47up to speak on the public hearing at Z1.

1:54:49So, we'll advance to the resolution at

1:54:51Z2 declaring the buildings are

1:54:53abandoned.

1:54:56>> We got a motion and a second. All in

1:54:58favor, raise your hand.

1:55:02All opposed, raise your hand. Motion

1:55:04carries unanimously.

1:55:06>> Thank you. Item double A was previously

1:55:09passed and that brings us then to item

1:55:12[clears throat] 11AB1.

1:55:15Uh this is a resolution authorizing the

1:55:17municipal council to confess judgment

1:55:19without admitting liability in the case

1:55:20of Mueller v. City of OKC. Executive

1:55:22session is not requested.

1:55:31>> We have a motion and a second. All in

1:55:32favor raise your hand.

1:55:36All opposed, raise your hand. Motion

1:55:39carries unanimously.

1:55:42Um, actually, I I meant to do this a

1:55:44moment ago. Let's take a quick detour

1:55:47back to item J. We did receive guidance

1:55:50from Councilwoman

1:55:54Avers that she supports this and would

1:55:56like to see it advanced today. And so,

1:56:00uh, Councilman Stone, this is 11J and no

1:56:04one is signed to speak,

1:56:05>> right? There's no one, no protest, uh,

1:56:07as recommended by staff and the planning

1:56:09commission. So, with that, I'll move for

1:56:11its approval.

1:56:14>> All right, we have a motion and a

1:56:15second. All in favor, raise your hand.

1:56:19All opposed, raise your hand. Motion

1:56:21carries unanimously.

1:56:25Item AC1 is a resolution authorizing the

1:56:28municipal counselor to confess judgment

1:56:30without amending liability in a case of

1:56:31Smith v. City of OKC. Executive session

1:56:34is not requested.

1:56:40>> We have a [clears throat] motion and a

1:56:41second. Uh all in favor raise your hand.

1:56:45All opposed raise your hand. Motion

1:56:47carries unanimously.

1:56:49Item AD1 is a resolution authorizing the

1:56:53firm Colin Zorn and Wagner to represent

1:56:55municipal employee Ryan Adams in the

1:56:56case of Mitchell v. City of OKC.

1:56:58Executive session is not requested.

1:57:05>> We have a motion and a second. All in

1:57:07favor raise your hand.

1:57:09All opposed, raise your hand. Motion

1:57:11carries 4 to one. To be clear,

1:57:14resolutions do not require anything but

1:57:17a simple majority of those present.

1:57:20Okay. Item um AE are claims recommended

1:57:24for denial and executive session is not

1:57:28requested. Is there a motion?

1:57:34>> We've got a motion and a second. All in

1:57:36favor uh raise your hand.

1:57:41All opposed, raise your hand. passes

1:57:44unanimously.

1:57:45Item AF1 is a claim recommended for

1:57:48approval. Um, executive session is not

1:57:51requested.

1:57:53Is there a motion?

1:57:56>> We have a motion and a second. All in

1:57:58favor, raise your hand.

1:58:00All opposed, raise your hand. That was a

1:58:03yes. Yeah. Okay. All right. Passes

1:58:07unanimously. I I don't know. I mean,

1:58:08that kind of worked. We could get used

1:58:10to the raising the hand thing. It looked

1:58:11like it was pretty hard for you. you

1:58:12were taking a lot of notes, but

1:58:16but I kind of liked it. [laughter]

1:58:18Um, all right, that actually concludes

1:58:21votes and we've caught up on everything

1:58:23uh in what was somewhat confusing

1:58:25process today. Uh, we now have comments

1:58:28from council w 2.

1:58:33>> Thank you, mayor. Um, I received a

1:58:36letter from a senior citizen that I

1:58:39would like to read for my council

1:58:42members and for the public.

1:58:44[clears throat]

1:58:45Dear city councilman Cooper, thank you

1:58:48for all you do for our wonderful city. I

1:58:51am a resident of the Cleveland

1:58:52neighborhood near the Shephard Mall or

1:58:55center. The Shepard Mall was a community

1:58:58hub, not just a place to shop. and we

1:59:01will be very happy to see a return to a

1:59:04retail center that meets our needs. I

1:59:07would like my cleaners and a post office

1:59:10back. A Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

1:59:14in the parking lot built new or Chili's

1:59:18restaurant, a Golden Corral type

1:59:20restaurant. My favorite stores are

1:59:23Trader Joe's, Ross Dress for Less, DSW

1:59:27Shoes, Nordstrom Rack, a movie theater,

1:59:30a branch of the Metropolitan Library

1:59:33System, a credit union open to the

1:59:36public or bank. We look forward to a

1:59:38revitalized Shepherd Center, and would

1:59:41like to thank you for your fantastic

1:59:43service. PS,

1:59:46as you know, the And this is actually

1:59:48for Craig also, city manager. I'm not

1:59:50familiar with what where this is

1:59:52heading, but PS, as you know, the voters

1:59:55voted for funds for a new library in the

1:59:58Metropolitan Library System um has not

2:00:01decided where this will be and we need a

2:00:03library in our neighborhood and the

2:00:05Shepherd Center is a good fit. Um

2:00:11I I'd like to share my screen one more

2:00:12time today, please.

2:00:16This is what this gentleman is talking

2:00:17about. And you could look all across

2:00:19Oklahoma City Council to see places that

2:00:23look like this, old strip malls. And

2:00:26this is what they did to that strip

2:00:28mall. They redeveloped the parking lot

2:00:31into a mixeduse development. That is the

2:00:35potential all across Oklahoma City for

2:00:37us to do. I remember talking about this

2:00:41a couple years ago when of all people uh

2:00:44the out former uh some chamber of

2:00:47commerce president Rory Williams when I

2:00:49mentioned this said he was aware of

2:00:52these approaches to redevelopment and

2:00:55supported them. So this isn't just the W

2:00:582 counselor speaking. Our business

2:01:00community is aware that this is the sort

2:01:03of stuff we could be doing. This is what

2:01:06this 80some year old man in Cleveland

2:01:08neighborhood is asking for us to do. is

2:01:10asking for us to look at Pen Crossing

2:01:13and Shephard Mall

2:01:15and redevelop it to a place where he can

2:01:18go have lunch where and you know the

2:01:21restaurants he listed you know Cracker

2:01:23Barrel Chili's fine I mean I know my

2:01:26places but it could be any type of

2:01:28restaurant is the point right uh

2:01:31Nordstrom Rack it could be any kind of

2:01:33store but it could also be small

2:01:35businesses and maps 4 has the Henry Ed

2:01:38Foster

2:01:39that focuses on small business

2:01:43redevelopment, specifically minority.

2:01:45Right? So, we have the tools. I just

2:01:48don't think we're connecting all the

2:01:49dots yet. You could look at corners all

2:01:52across Oklahoma City that have these

2:01:54strip malls, these abandoned parking

2:01:58lots, right, that once upon a time in

2:02:01the 50s and 60s were full. And they are

2:02:03no longer even close to full. So, all

2:02:05they do now is gather heat. That's all

2:02:08they do when what they could be

2:02:10gathering for the city of Oklahoma City

2:02:12is increase sales tax revenue, to fund

2:02:14our fire department, to fund our police

2:02:16department, to fund parks, to fund all

2:02:20of the departments. And so I am asking

2:02:23for us truly to do an economic

2:02:26development study all across the urban

2:02:29core.

2:02:30I think we should talk to each

2:02:32individual council person. I think each

2:02:33of us have spaces in our respective

2:02:36wards of strip malls built in the 40s,

2:02:39the 50s and the 60s that are languishing

2:02:42and it is time we have conversations

2:02:44with those property owners about how to

2:02:46redevelop those areas into taxgenerating

2:02:49uh opportunities for our citizens and

2:02:52that's economically. Beyond tax

2:02:54generating, we have letters from senior

2:02:57citizens asking to be able to walk from

2:03:01their neighborhood right around the

2:03:03corner to go buy a shirt.

2:03:07That's when I come up here and speak

2:03:09about these things at length. It's not

2:03:11because I'm, you know, in my dorm or in

2:03:14my bedroom, you know, reading all the

2:03:17academic research and going, "This is

2:03:20what I want to do." This is what I hear

2:03:21from not every resident but a majority

2:03:25of residents across class, across age,

2:03:28across ethnicity, across religion, etc.

2:03:32And so I had to read this here and I

2:03:35want you all because I know it can be

2:03:36hard sometimes when someone is speaking

2:03:38about these sorts of visions to imagine

2:03:41it. So I want you to again see it for

2:03:44yourself. this is what other cities have

2:03:48used their economic development dollars

2:03:50to do. Why not Oklahoma City? So, I

2:03:54really look forward to that and that is

2:03:55my challenge to my fellow council

2:03:56members. All of us have aging strip

2:03:58malls. All of us do. All of us have uh

2:04:02places where we could be turning uh

2:04:05those parking lots and those strip mall

2:04:08developments into tax generating places

2:04:11that meet the basic needs of our people

2:04:14from grocery stores to clothing to

2:04:15restaurants to banks to libraries. Um

2:04:19that's what I'm going to keep advocating

2:04:20for and I appreciate everyone's time and

2:04:22thank you city clerk for sharing my

2:04:23screen.

2:04:30Thank you. Word four.

2:04:31>> I'm good. Thank you.

2:04:32>> Word five. Court six. Word eight.

2:04:35>> Yes. Um I sincerely wanted to thank

2:04:38Harold Ham. It was announced on Tuesday

2:04:40of last week that he is donating $150

2:04:43million to the University of Oklahoma.

2:04:46It's the largest gift in the history of

2:04:48OU's history. It will boost health

2:04:50education, research, and discovery. of

2:04:53the $150 million commitment, 50 million

2:04:56will advance the next era of research

2:04:58and discovery at the Herald Ham Diabetes

2:05:02Center, while a hundred million will

2:05:04advance the broader academic and

2:05:06research enterprises of the entire

2:05:08health campus. Uh, thank you, Mr. Ham,

2:05:10for all you do for Oklahoma City and the

2:05:12state of Oklahoma.

2:05:15>> Thank you. That concludes uh comments

2:05:18from council, which brings us to item

2:05:2013, citizens to be heard.

2:05:22>> [snorts]

2:05:22>> uh Vernon Roach and if everyone would

2:05:25state their name and address and keep

2:05:27their remarks to three minutes or less

2:05:29and you'll receive a reminder when you

2:05:31have 30 seconds left should you go.

2:05:33>> Morning mayor, city council.

2:05:38Uh I am from uh 1212 Daniel Way total

2:05:42Oklahoma. And um this morning I want to

2:05:45brief you on the uh

2:05:48security of Tinker Air Force Base when

2:05:50it comes to flop cameras.

2:05:54I live in total. I'm retired Army after

2:05:5626 years. I got nine deployments for the

2:05:58country. I also served in the

2:06:00Inspectoral General's office at Fort

2:06:02Drum. That's my last duty station. Uh, I

2:06:05go to Tinker Air Force Base regularly

2:06:07and I'm not here about privacy. I'm here

2:06:10about national security threat the

2:06:11council doesn't know it created.

2:06:15On on August 18th, you renewed a

2:06:18$270,000 flock contract, 90 cameras

2:06:23through the Oklahoma City Police

2:06:24Department, and another through or

2:06:26another 20 through the Cleveland County

2:06:27Sheriff in Norman. Together, they ring

2:06:30Tinker Air Force Base. This is the

2:06:32reason I brought this. This is Tinker

2:06:34Air Force Base right here. As you can

2:06:37see, there's cameras everywhere,

2:06:39including way out here. So, it rings the

2:06:42entire base.

2:06:47Here's what those cameras do. Every

2:06:49plate, every pass timestep, stored on a

2:06:53private company servers, connected to a

2:06:56national network of over 120,000

2:06:58cameras. Any agency on that network can

2:07:01query it. No warrant, no probable cause,

2:07:03no judge, no oversight. Now, think about

2:07:06what that means. Tinker is one of the

2:07:08largest Air Force bases in the country.

2:07:10Senior leadership transits that

2:07:12perimeter every single day. Those

2:07:15cameras are building a movement profile

2:07:17on every vehicle associated with that

2:07:19base. Who's there, when, where they go?

2:07:22This is a targeting asset.

2:07:25And here's the part that should scare

2:07:27you. You don't need to hack that data to

2:07:29exploit it. You don't need a foreign

2:07:31government. You don't need a breach. You

2:07:33need a phone.

2:07:36You look at the public fault map. You

2:07:37see the cameras. You see a person's

2:07:39vehicle at the gate. You make one call.

2:07:42I know your plate gets logged every time

2:07:44you drive past those cameras. I know

2:07:46where you go and when you go. If you

2:07:49don't wire me $5,000, I'm sending a

2:07:52letter to your security office.

2:07:54And that person pays because they can't

2:07:58verify you're lying. The cameras are

2:08:01there. The data is there. The cost of

2:08:02being wrong is their career.

2:08:04>> 30 seconds remaining.

2:08:05>> That's not a hack. That's a phone call.

2:08:07And here's the part I need you to sit

2:08:09with. Those cameras aren't just logging

2:08:11military vehicles. They're logging

2:08:12yours. The same system that could

2:08:14profile the commander at Tinker is also

2:08:16profiling you. You're not separate from

2:08:18this. You're in it. I'm not asking you

2:08:20to tear them down today. What I am

2:08:22asking is for you to do do one thing.

2:08:25Direct Oklahoma City Police Department

2:08:26to run a force protection risk of the

2:08:28flock network as it relates to Tinker

2:08:30Air Force Base. Find out if the base

2:08:32even knows those cameras are there. Find

2:08:35out what the risk is and report back to

2:08:37the council. I have filed this with the

2:08:39DoD Inspector General's office and I

2:08:41know that that process works because I

2:08:43worked in it and this council's response

2:08:46or lack of one will be part of that

2:08:47record. I defended freedom for 26 years

2:08:50and I came home to an open air prison

2:08:53and I'm asking you to open the door.

2:08:55Thank you.

2:08:56>> Thank you, Mr. Roach. Um, Leandon

2:08:58Kirkindle.

2:09:01[snorts]

2:09:10>> Good morning, city council. Um, I don't

2:09:12really have anything to address um,

2:09:15specifically. Um, it was brought to my

2:09:17attention last week that Tulsa has their

2:09:20council meetings in the PM.

2:09:23Can we think about doing that, having

2:09:25them in the afternoon? Um, like Tulsa.

2:09:30>> Yeah, I figured. Um, and then the next

2:09:32thing that I wanted to kind of go over,

2:09:36um, is voter registration for Oklahoma

2:09:38City residents is October 9th by 5:00

2:09:41pm. Um, we can also early vote starts

2:09:44October 28th through the 31st. I would

2:09:48highly encourage anyone that re-watches

2:09:50this video, has access to this council

2:09:52meeting to make sure you're registered

2:09:54to vote and to also go out and vote

2:09:56early in the midterms.

2:09:58And the last thing that I kind of want

2:09:59to talk about slightly um is I think

2:10:03that the BIES you guys passing the BIES

2:10:07installation or whatever um is a great

2:10:10example of

2:10:13again what I keep harping on about Mayor

2:10:16Holt only being concerned about the

2:10:18optics of Oklahoma and not us actually

2:10:21doing the long-term thought process to

2:10:25see exactly how that's going to impact

2:10:27act the constituents. Um, and a great

2:10:32local example of that is Northwest 23rd.

2:10:35I was here when that was reconstructed

2:10:38and they put those horrible concrete

2:10:40medians in the middle of that road. Um,

2:10:42and now here we are. Our tax money is

2:10:45funding you guys to or not you guys, but

2:10:48construction work to

2:10:50completely redo that entire area. So,

2:10:53we've paid for bad work to be done once

2:10:57and now we're paying for it to be fixed.

2:11:01Um, and I just think that Oklahoma

2:11:04throws away a lot of money because we

2:11:06don't want to take the time to sit and

2:11:09think about the long-term effects of how

2:11:12things are going to affect us. Like, we

2:11:16genuinely live here. you guys should be

2:11:18just as concerned about 20 years down

2:11:22the line how something is impacted on a

2:11:25decision that you make today. Um, and I

2:11:28think that we all know why Arch Appan

2:11:32does not want to put BIES in a clo an

2:11:35urban or closer to a city area and he

2:11:38wants to keep it rural. Um, he's made

2:11:40his

2:11:41>> 30 seconds and his points very um

2:11:45matterof fact. Um, so that's why we've

2:11:49agreed to put BIES far out west. And

2:11:54Mayor Holtz's already shown us that he

2:11:56doesn't care about the public safety. He

2:11:58doesn't care if that area has a fire

2:12:00department. He could care less if they

2:12:02have access to IMSA as long as he gets

2:12:06to cut a cut a ribbon and say, "I got a

2:12:09BIES in Oklahoma." That's all he cares

2:12:12about.

2:12:13>> So proud of everybody.

2:12:14>> Yeah. Thanks,

2:12:17Thank you. Can

2:12:18>> Kish?

2:12:22>> Okay.

2:12:30>> Is that okay?

2:12:31>> Uh, sure.

2:12:36>> I'd like to hand this to Mayor Holt.

2:12:45Is my time started now or tell me when

2:12:50>> that that picture that I'm handing you

2:12:52is is is an image of what our community

2:12:55looks like right now. If you look

2:12:57carefully, you'll see the dog that's put

2:12:58in the box prepared to be dumped

2:13:01whenever the garbage truck comes.

2:13:05>> That is what I feel our community is

2:13:08facing right now. My name is Carrie

2:13:09Kish. I'm at 3308 Southeast 89th Street,

2:13:13Oklahoma City. I'm here as an exhausted

2:13:16taxpayer and community member. As well

2:13:19as being an active rescue volunteer, I'm

2:13:22here to express my deep disappointment

2:13:24for animal welfare failing to do its

2:13:27job. As a result, we now have a

2:13:30community that is overrun with strays.

2:13:33Dumping of animals is a daily

2:13:35occurrence.

2:13:37There is no accountability for people

2:13:39who dump or abandon their animals and

2:13:41the burden is falling on us, the

2:13:43community.

2:13:44Mayor Holt, I have sent at least a dozen

2:13:48emails to you and shelter staff about

2:13:52different things that the shelter has

2:13:54not done as part of their job. Some have

2:13:57been responded to, some have not, but

2:13:59animal welfare did not help in any of

2:14:01these situations. Oklahoma City, we need

2:14:04to talk about animal animal abandonment

2:14:07and the number of strays littering our

2:14:09streets. Animal abandonment in Oklahoma

2:14:12City is out of control. Every week,

2:14:15people wake up to boxes of puppies left

2:14:17on porches.

2:14:19Crates of dehydrated dogs dumped on

2:14:21street corners. Mama animals trying to

2:14:24keep newborns alive. It is not rare. It

2:14:28is happening every day in our city.

2:14:31And who's being forced to deal with it?

2:14:34Us. The community. Compassionate

2:14:37residents are taking animals they didn't

2:14:39create and didn't ask for because the

2:14:42alternative is letting innocent beings

2:14:44starve, dehydrate, get hit by cars,

2:14:47suffer cruelty. No decent person can do

2:14:50that. But when we turn to our taxpayed

2:14:55municipal shelter for help, we're told

2:14:57we're full. We aren't taking owner

2:14:59surreners.

2:15:01We We can't take this animal. And my

2:15:03favorite, take it back where you found

2:15:06it.

2:15:09>> Take it back where you found it.

2:15:13>> 30 seconds remaining.

2:15:14>> That is not acceptable. It is illegal to

2:15:16leave and abandon an animal. Yet

2:15:18residents are being told to do exactly

2:15:20that. Meanwhile, dumping continues

2:15:23without consequences by irresponsible,

2:15:25cruel, and unlawful people. Breeders

2:15:28operate unchecked. They get to keep

2:15:30breeding with zero consequences. We have

2:15:32zero spayneuter ordinances. The

2:15:35community absorbs all this trauma, cost,

2:15:37and responsibility. We are stuck

2:15:39cleaning it up. Oklahoma City has

2:15:42719,000

2:15:44some odd residents. I just Googled that.

2:15:46We deserve a shelter that serves us. We

2:15:48deserve leadership that protects the

2:15:50animals and supports the people who are

2:15:52trying to do the right thing. Having a

2:15:55population of this and not having and

2:15:58not being able to walk into your shelter

2:16:00and give strays to your shelter and them

2:16:02not accept it is unrealistic and

2:16:06ridiculous.

2:16:07>> Thank you.

2:16:07>> Thank you,

2:16:08>> Joy Rearen.

2:16:31I try not to make it squeal.

2:16:34Uh Joy Rean 125 Northwest 9. Uh I don't

2:16:38know if y'all have seen on the news, but

2:16:41we're 50th out of 50 on the buses.

2:16:45You want to know why? One of the reasons

2:16:47why is because y'all took what? $300,000

2:16:52or million dollars or whatever it was

2:16:54from fixed routes uh plus buses and put

2:16:58it on that stupid uh street car that

2:17:00nobody rides.

2:17:03Literally nobody rides it except during

2:17:06uh Thunder Games or some other major

2:17:09event in downtown Oklahoma City. It goes

2:17:12nowhere. It goes in a big figure eight.

2:17:16We could have used that money towards

2:17:18buying uh at least eight or nine new

2:17:22buses.

2:17:23That's one of the reasons why the buses

2:17:25are breaking down because they're

2:17:27overused.

2:17:31Streets.

2:17:33My street northwest 9th from Walker to

2:17:39Oklahoma needs to be redone.

2:17:43THERE'S ACTUAL CRATERS IN OUR STREET.

2:17:47I have brought this issue to y'all

2:17:49MULTIPLE TIMES. I KEEP GETTING TOLD,

2:17:51"WELL, we'll do it next year. We'll do

2:17:53it next year. We'll do it next year."

2:17:58Why? All these other streets, it's been

2:17:59done what, every two years, every three

2:18:03years.

2:18:06We keep moving out further and further.

2:18:08What about our core streets?

2:18:11Our core streets are breaking down.

2:18:16Exchange

2:18:17with all the new stuff that's GOING ON

2:18:20IN THE STOCKYARDS. Exchange has been

2:18:22need to be done redone.

2:18:25LITERALLY, IT'S FALLING APART. THERE'S

2:18:28CRATERS THERE.

2:18:33SOMETHING HAS GOT TO CHANGE. Y'ALL'S GOT

2:18:35TO QUIT VOTING ON YES. ON THESE STUPID

2:18:39ISSUES.

2:18:42LIKE FLOCK, ALL THIS OTHER STUFF WHERE A

2:18:45FEW PEOPLE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY

2:18:48that they're they're given

2:18:51for uh battering OKLAHOMA CITY, Y'ALL

2:18:54TAKE IT AND squander it away.

2:18:59Why is that?

2:19:02>> 30 seconds remaining. Y'ALL DON'T LOOK I

2:19:05WATCH

2:19:07uh city council on on YouTube.

2:19:11It's so frustrating

2:19:14>> as to why

2:19:18THE COUNCIL KEEPS VOTING THE WAY THEY

2:19:20DO. Y'ALL DO REALIZE SOME OF Y'ALL ARE

2:19:24COMING UP FOR REELECTION. Y

2:19:27>> February,

2:19:30>> YOU DO REALIZE YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR

2:19:32JOB.

2:19:36>> We're at time. Thank you, Joy. Carrie

2:19:39Irwin,

2:19:44[snorts]

2:19:45>> thank you.

2:19:56ready.

2:20:00So, my name is Carrie Irwin. I reside at

2:20:02631 Mason Drive, Oklahoma City,

2:20:04Oklahoma. And we're here to talk about

2:20:07the dumping of the dogs, the areas that

2:20:11they're being dumped in between

2:20:13Southeast 44th and Southeast 66th. also

2:20:17at Stanley Draper Lake, also at

2:20:20Overholser.

2:20:22Um, just the other day I saw nine dogs

2:20:25between Southeast 44th and Southeast

2:20:2966th running loose. Three German

2:20:32Shepherds, one Doberman, a couple of

2:20:34poodles. I mean, this is very dangerous.

2:20:37I myself have been attacked in my

2:20:40neighborhood on the sidewalk by two

2:20:43stray dogs. So, no leashes. Um, the

2:20:47woman that owned those dogs did not take

2:20:49any responsibility, none whatsoever. And

2:20:51it took my leg three months to heal. And

2:20:54that was going to wound care once a

2:20:57week. So, and out of pocket to me as

2:21:00well. So, just lots of dangerous dogs

2:21:04running also at the Frank Hathaway Park,

2:21:08which is off of Southeast 36th and

2:21:09Graham. Um, also there's dumping of dogs

2:21:13there as well just in that southeast

2:21:17area. Um, lots on shields. I mean, and

2:21:22recently there were Yeah, Lindsay.

2:21:24Recently there was three dead dogs

2:21:27within just a couple of weeks. Um, you

2:21:30know, and you're calling the pound and

2:21:32asking them to come pick up these

2:21:33animals, you know, so you don't have to

2:21:35look at them every day. And even the

2:21:38officer that called me and told me she

2:21:42couldn't find the dog that I had told

2:21:44her was exactly where it was at. So I

2:21:46think maybe they came out the next day,

2:21:48but I don't know for sure that that was

2:21:50them that picked up that dog. Um maybe

2:21:53someone got tired of smelling it and

2:21:55moved it. Um just like I said, lots of

2:22:00loose animals. Not the first time I've

2:22:02been attacked. Me and my dog were also

2:22:04attacked. I lost a job over that.

2:22:07So, they did not believe me that me and

2:22:10my dog were attacked and didn't feel

2:22:11that my injuries were severe enough that

2:22:14I could be off of work. So, I lost a job

2:22:17due to being attacked. Me and my dog, I

2:22:21mean, I pounced that dog just to keep my

2:22:24dog alive. So, and no one was home but

2:22:28me. So, fortunately, my neighbors heard

2:22:31me screaming for her.

2:22:32>> 30 seconds remaining. So, we just we

2:22:35have a huge problem, you know, and when

2:22:37you call the pound, they're telling you

2:22:38to leave them in place, you know. Um,

2:22:43>> yeah, I mean,

2:22:45>> think of the day's house

2:22:46>> city manager. Um, this I I appreciate

2:22:49you all raising this issue. This is

2:22:52something that I has increasingly become

2:22:54on my radar in the last year, partially

2:22:57due to some advocacy of some of my

2:22:59constituents, but also my own personal

2:23:02experience moving to a neighborhood

2:23:03where dogs get dumped or in I think in

2:23:06my neighborhood's case, that's more

2:23:08likely abandoned. Um

2:23:11uh and

2:23:13and friends who are advocates for

2:23:16animals and often are um doing this kind

2:23:19of stray uh rescue work um calling that

2:23:23expressing frustration about the change

2:23:26in animal shel welfare's policy around

2:23:29um when they can intake dogs. Um, when

2:23:33I've talked to animal welfare about

2:23:34this, um, I understand their reasoning.

2:23:39Um, I don't know if I

2:23:42love it, but I do understand where

2:23:45they're coming from. And I think what

2:23:47something I would really like, one of

2:23:49the things that just really shocked me

2:23:52um that I had never really considered as

2:23:54it relates to this issue was um

2:23:57development services and animal welfare

2:23:59staff shared with me that in the last 20

2:24:02years their staff has been reduced by

2:24:04about 50%.

2:24:06Um and so and to your point about when

2:24:09you call and say there is a dangerous

2:24:11animal even if that's a priority one

2:24:13call they have like four staff members

2:24:16to during what I perceive to be like a 9

2:24:18to5 9 to6 type kind of time hours um to

2:24:23go you know across our 600 plus square

2:24:26mile city to go

2:24:27[snorts and clears throat] respond to

2:24:28those calls. Um and then my

2:24:30understanding is in the quoteunquote off

2:24:32hours they have one person on call. Um,

2:24:34so I think I would be really interested

2:24:36to hear a report from maybe during city

2:24:39manager updates about the history of

2:24:42animal welfare funding. Um, particularly

2:24:44as it relates to staffing because my

2:24:47understanding of the reason for this

2:24:49policy change of when they can accept

2:24:50dogs was partially due to overcrowding

2:24:52at the shelter

2:24:53>> which was resulting in dangerous um,

2:24:57uh, situations for both animals and

2:25:00people. But for me, it's frustrating

2:25:03that now we're sort of offloading that

2:25:06risk to residents. Um recognizing that,

2:25:09you know, many many of these dogs might

2:25:11not be aggressive, but when they are, it

2:25:13results in a lot of problems. And

2:25:16>> aggressive.

2:25:17>> Yes. Without food, water, right? Um

2:25:20better socialization, they're going to

2:25:21become aggressive. but also that um the

2:25:25need you know that we are privatizing

2:25:28something that should be a socialized

2:25:30need. We are asking private residents to

2:25:32spend their own money and time um to

2:25:36solve these problems that are a

2:25:37community issue. So I I think to me this

2:25:42one of the roots of this issue um as

2:25:44I've been able to sort of untangle it is

2:25:46related to funding for the animal

2:25:48welfare department and how they've sort

2:25:50of just been cut and cut and cut over

2:25:52the years. Um, and I think, you know,

2:25:56from talking to those staff, it it feels

2:25:58like they are they are caring people

2:26:00doing what they can within very very

2:26:03difficult boundaries that we as

2:26:05leadership have created this container

2:26:07for them that is untenable for both them

2:26:10and our residents.

2:26:11>> Unsustainable.

2:26:12>> Unsustainable is a good word. I think it

2:26:14would be helpful for the council and

2:26:15public to hear maybe some better um

2:26:18numbers behind that um that funding and

2:26:21the the staffing levels for the shelter

2:26:24over like the last let's say 20 to 30

2:26:26years so we can better understand where

2:26:29we can work to improve that situation

2:26:33for both the staff and the animal

2:26:35welfare department but also for our

2:26:37residents because um this is not the

2:26:39first I've heard many of these stories.

2:26:40is when I was getting my nails done the

2:26:42other week, my my nail person um was

2:26:44telling me about rescuing um a dog that

2:26:47just showed up on her doorstep. Um and

2:26:48she used to work in the animal rescue

2:26:50space. And so um you know this is this

2:26:54is very prevalent throughout um across

2:26:57the city. Um, and I I'd really you all

2:27:00coming just sort of sparked like these

2:27:02conversations that I've had and I think

2:27:04it'd be really helpful for us to hear

2:27:06collectively um some of the structural

2:27:09issues that

2:27:10>> we can get that information for you. And

2:27:11you're right, the staff is stressed.

2:27:13Also, the the some of the limits on the

2:27:15capacity in the shelter itself is

2:27:16challenge. New shelter will help with

2:27:18some with that, but it doesn't increase

2:27:20the staffing.

2:27:21>> That was Yeah.

2:27:22>> And that's something we've got to

2:27:23continue to work on to be able to um

2:27:26help address that. So it's definitely an

2:27:28issue that we have

2:27:29>> because that's what talking to animal

2:27:30welfare they were like the shelter will

2:27:31help but if we don't have additional

2:27:33staffing the space doesn't really

2:27:35>> and I think what you said too it's a

2:27:36credit to the staff that's there. It's

2:27:38not that the staff that's there doesn't

2:27:39care. They care very much and so it's a

2:27:41challenge that we have and we have that

2:27:43in in many of our departments that we

2:27:44have those challenges but we can get

2:27:46that information for you. Well, and I

2:27:47I'm so glad you mentioned this,

2:27:49Councilwoman, and thank you all for

2:27:50being here because yeah, we just had a

2:27:51development code update and this topic

2:27:53came up within that. Um, when that and

2:27:57I'll just go back to your point, city

2:28:00manager, the staff, I love they are

2:28:04doing the best they can within the

2:28:07parameters we've given them.

2:28:08>> So, I that's what I want to say. Um,

2:28:11additionally, I want to go back to this

2:28:13letter where again this person says, "We

2:28:15have a wonderful city." I can't stress

2:28:17that enough. Like, we do, but we also

2:28:21have to acknowledge where our

2:28:22shortcomings are.

2:28:24>> It it it's, you know, we can hold two

2:28:25truths at once. Um, our development

2:28:28services director and his team,

2:28:30wonderful work, but those constrictions

2:28:34are ultimately harming our people and

2:28:38these animals. Yes. And additionally,

2:28:41the other thing when we get this update,

2:28:43because I didn't know until that

2:28:44briefing that we were literally

2:28:45operating at half the staff size of 20

2:28:49years ago, that's one thing. But in that

2:28:51same conversation,

2:28:53we learned that when it comes to like

2:28:56graffiti abatement, so it's really a

2:28:58code enforcement issue generally.

2:29:02We do not have the staff to go out and

2:29:06respond. Church's Chicken sits over

2:29:08there on 23rd and Dewey and Lee. It is

2:29:12abandoned now and it is just a graffiti

2:29:15magnet and we ended in our budget that

2:29:19abatement process. I think it's wild

2:29:22that the private property owner, by the

2:29:24way, gets to just sit on that property

2:29:27and let it give them all kinds of money

2:29:30for their portfolio, but this the

2:29:32community around it has to stare at that

2:29:34blight. And then taxpayer dollars, now

2:29:37that we are going to reinstitute our

2:29:39graffiti abatement, then taxpayer

2:29:41dollars have to go out there to uh clean

2:29:44up something that a private property

2:29:46owner should be doing. So in my mind,

2:29:47this is an entire across the board with

2:29:50code enforcement, whether it's animal

2:29:51welfare, graffiti abatement. These are

2:29:53things I hear from residents. And one

2:29:55final thing, I'm still staring at the

2:29:58redevelopment of the strip mall. When

2:30:00you generate more tax dollars doing what

2:30:02I am talking about, you have more tax

2:30:03dollars to do this work. So I just want

2:30:06to connect those dots for everyone. When

2:30:07I am advocating for these redevelopment,

2:30:10because I'm prodevelopment,

2:30:13>> it's to be able to fund these services.

2:30:15>> Yes. So I just want to say that and I

2:30:17really appreciate you council city

2:30:19manager. Thank you for hearing that. I

2:30:20look forward to that report.

2:30:22>> Population of 727,000

2:30:25people can absolutely you tell me one

2:30:27person. No no no that is absolutely it's

2:30:31ridiculous is what that is.

2:30:33>> And in my attack on my arm

2:30:38I mean I'm an adult. I knew to get up

2:30:40off the ground once they knocked me on

2:30:41the ground. But if this had been a small

2:30:43child, they could have lost an arm or

2:30:46their life.

2:30:50>> He doesn't care.

2:30:51>> He's going over to the chamber.

2:30:56>> I'm I'm taking his role.

2:30:59>> I'm taking his role. Next up is Laura

2:31:02Bilre.

2:31:05>> Next up is Laura Bilre.

2:31:09>> Okay. I want you guys to know that I

2:31:10appreciate all of you. I see you making

2:31:13eye contact and that validates that you

2:31:16care and that you are concerned about

2:31:18the things we have to say. I did not see

2:31:20that with Mayor Holt at all.

2:31:23>> You know, I'm very disappointed. Um,

2:31:26>> yeah. So, I want to begin by saying my

2:31:29name is Laura Berbeck. I live at 3600

2:31:32Frisco Ranch Drive in Yukon, Oklahoma.

2:31:35and I'm here to share my firsthand

2:31:37experience with animal control and why I

2:31:41feel like managed intake is failing the

2:31:44community, the animals and the Oklahoma

2:31:46citizens, Oklahoma City citizens. On

2:31:499626, I found a dog. I called the

2:31:52Oklahoma City Animal Welfare Dispatch

2:31:54line and I was asked a series of

2:31:57questions and told that my report would

2:31:59be reviewed and that they could not give

2:32:01me a time frame for when someone would

2:32:03respond. I had the dog for a few days

2:32:06before I was contacted by the animal

2:32:08control field office and she was very

2:32:10nice. We spoke for 15 minutes. I asked

2:32:13if I could bring the dog to the shelter.

2:32:15They wanted to know if the dog was sick

2:32:16or aggressive and I when I replied that

2:32:19it wasn't, the officer said that dogs

2:32:21had to meet certain requirements in

2:32:23order to be admitted. Those requirements

2:32:25were that they must be aggressive or

2:32:27sick. I was told then I was told I could

2:32:30contact okay Humane or the Bella

2:32:32Foundation for help. Having experience

2:32:35with rescue I knew that they too are at

2:32:37capacity. When I asked what I should do

2:32:40if they wouldn't be able to take the dog

2:32:42I was told to take it back where I found

2:32:44it and leave it there. When I objected

2:32:47to that as a solution to the problem, I

2:32:49was again told to post on social media

2:32:52and contact previous the previously

2:32:54mentioned shelters or rescues. Facebook

2:32:57is flooded with posts of found dogs and

2:33:00dogs in crisis. And the reoccurring line

2:33:03is that Oklahoma City Animal Welfare has

2:33:06been contacted and nothing has happened.

2:33:09Nothing is being done. Take this case

2:33:11for example. Three dogs having been

2:33:14abandoned by their owners, living on

2:33:16their own for a year, one deliberately

2:33:19run over by a resident of the community

2:33:22where they are located. This has become

2:33:24a criminal matter.

2:33:26the in order to prevent another crime,

2:33:29the other two need to be picked up.

2:33:31Animal control is aware of the situation

2:33:34and it has been reported that animal

2:33:36control says that they cannot catch the

2:33:38dogs. People in our community are

2:33:40catching dogs daily. Literally doing

2:33:43animal control's job is beyond time to

2:33:46take action for the dogs. The two

2:33:49remaining dogs

2:33:50clearly don't belong to anyone in the

2:33:52neighborhood. is time for animal control

2:33:55to do their job. I don't know what

2:33:58motivates animal control. Maybe priority

2:34:02of animal suffering is not a concern,

2:34:04but I do would feel how would you feel

2:34:06if this was happening in your

2:34:07neighborhood? If your kids couldn't play

2:34:09outside because of a loose animal and no

2:34:11one would help you, it is time to

2:34:14re-evaluate the managed care intake

2:34:16policy. I want to ask you if leaving a

2:34:19dog on the street to die or become

2:34:21aggressive and hurt someone is more

2:34:23humane than euthanasia.

2:34:25How does managed intake serve the

2:34:27community? The citizens of Oklahoma City

2:34:30have been abandoned and left to fend for

2:34:32themselves. Is not their job to solve

2:34:34this problem, nor is it the job of the

2:34:36rescues. They are not funded by taxpayer

2:34:39money. It is time to have a real hard

2:34:42conversation about what needs to change

2:34:44in order to secure the safety of the

2:34:46community. Thank you.

2:34:48>> Thank you.

2:34:51>> Next up, Michael Washington.

2:34:54Going once.

2:34:56Next up, Steve Hunt.

2:34:58State your name. Amy will tell you when

2:35:01you have 30 seconds left.

2:35:04>> Steve Hunt, 6300 Westbrook. Um, I'm

2:35:06really frustrated that I got here uh

2:35:09after the airport trust thing had been

2:35:11voted on. It was supposed to be later in

2:35:12the agenda. Has some really, really

2:35:14important things to say about it. I

2:35:16don't know if y'all have been following

2:35:18the uh 10-year Treasury is up 80 base

2:35:22points since we did the Thunder Arena

2:35:25bond of which, and everyone here needs

2:35:28to hear this, $222 million of interest

2:35:32are going to the ghouls in Wall Street

2:35:34for those bond payments, the people that

2:35:36caused the 2008 housing crash. And 78

2:35:40million of that is capitalized interest

2:35:43the two years before which is the exact

2:35:46total of what we shifted over from maps

2:35:48for going to service interest on the new

2:35:51arena for failing upward thug Clay

2:35:55Bennett to get a new arena. Now I

2:35:58mentioned the bond has jumped 80 base

2:36:02points since the Thunder Arena bond

2:36:07passed. That means the airport trust

2:36:09bond will cost taxpayers an extra

2:36:11minimum of $13 million

2:36:14and each parking space will be $45,000.

2:36:18And we can't even take care of this. I

2:36:22wanted to go to Martin Nature Park

2:36:24yesterday. It's closed. It's only open 5

2:36:27days now cuz we don't have the money for

2:36:29it.

2:36:31taxpayers are giving $222 million to a

2:36:36bond written by Goldman Sachs

2:36:40and then we're doing this airport bond

2:36:41when the the bond is 80 base points.

2:36:45That's $13 million.

2:36:47And

2:36:49once again, as I've talked about many

2:36:51times, the citizens are going to have to

2:36:54pay to watch The Thunder on TV. And it's

2:36:57worse

2:36:59even though it's local station that got

2:37:01it that doesn't have $9 billion dollar

2:37:04of leverage debt. That's why the

2:37:07previous Thunder crap, they were

2:37:09servicing that debt. Griffin has no

2:37:11debt.

2:37:14And the nurse that [clears throat] I

2:37:15talked about a year ago at my at the

2:37:16senior living facility where I work who

2:37:19spends $100 for Fubo so that they can

2:37:22watch, it's not going to be on it. And I

2:37:26told her and she said, "Oh, we'll just

2:37:28pay for it." And I could just see Klay

2:37:30Bennett laughing his ass off about that.

2:37:36>> 30 seconds remaining.

2:37:38>> And then the Echo Investment thing

2:37:40today, we're giving it $9 million from

2:37:43MAPS in an interest free loan to Echo.

2:37:45And Nick Gross, the son of bond king

2:37:49Bill Gross, who is the reason JP Morgan,

2:37:53is the no bid contract for the airport

2:37:55trust because he's the man that created

2:37:57all that financialization

2:37:59and is here in Oklahoma City now as a

2:38:01carrying bird nepo baby working with

2:38:04Christian Kennedy and their predatory

2:38:06inclusion target Russell Westbrook. And

2:38:08you all gave him a $9 million interest

2:38:10free loan today.

2:38:12I had a lot more to talk about and I'm

2:38:14going to be announcing a town hall soon.

2:38:15Another thing I'm going to give a shout

2:38:16out to my friend Katherine Lou whose

2:38:18book traumatized the new politics of

2:38:20public suffering is out today. She spoke

2:38:22at full circle books last year. This

2:38:24talks a lot about how Dave uses trauma

2:38:26to uh do all this stuff and I recommend

2:38:29everyone get this book and

2:38:31>> thank you Steve

2:38:33Kurt.

2:38:43Today I come to a city council meeting

2:38:46say I'm frustrated

2:38:49with our government,

2:38:53our councils.

2:38:58You know, Mr. Hopkins,

2:39:00they went to court yesterday.

2:39:04He's right.

2:39:06Four days ago,

2:39:09a older man sitting down with a friend

2:39:12just sitting

2:39:15four teenagers

2:39:17age from 11 to 14

2:39:22beat him, kicked him to death four days

2:39:26ago.

2:39:28You know our kids,

2:39:30the pandemic was six years ago

2:39:36and six years nothing has changed. The

2:39:39one that's three years old now they, you

2:39:42[clears throat] know, they're five and

2:39:43six now. The one that was five years old

2:39:46is 17. So that put Mr. Hopkins in the

2:39:49right place.

2:39:52Our kids have been brainwashed.

2:39:55Hitler brainwashed

2:39:574,000 people in two years.

2:40:02In the United States, they're still

2:40:04brainwashed on the kids today. They sees

2:40:08nothing positive. Every station you turn

2:40:12on, if you even leave and go here now,

2:40:15every station, robbers, killings,

2:40:18shootings, death, killing families,

2:40:21killing your girlfriend, killing

2:40:23somebody because they didn't cook your

2:40:25eggs right. The kids are being

2:40:29brainwashed.

2:40:31You're not feeding them any

2:40:34material for the M. You know, when they

2:40:36had the World Trade Center, they were

2:40:38showing the calls from the the 911

2:40:41calls. That is the only thing the state

2:40:44did. They shut down all the stations and

2:40:48showed them the 911 calls. The most

2:40:52positive thing I've heard in years. It's

2:40:55just the calls of people who send to die

2:40:58in 10 or 15 minutes, maybe seven

2:41:01minutes. They talk about love, miss you,

2:41:04caring about you, talk to my friends

2:41:07about you, how care for you, and they

2:41:09know they fitting to die.

2:41:11So our kids, y'all need to get together

2:41:15with

2:41:16>> seconds remaining.

2:41:18>> Tell them put something on positive at

2:41:20least two hours

2:41:23a day

2:41:25for the kids. I'm pretty sure that kids

2:41:28all over the world that doing something

2:41:31happens put for some some food for their

2:41:34brain instead of they walk waking up

2:41:37every morning seeing the death of

2:41:39somebody get killed for no reason.

2:41:43Get with the media

2:41:46y'all start giving these kids some food

2:41:49for their brain. Still all this

2:41:52destruction and death. They got used to

2:41:55death. I got used to it. I never want to

2:41:58get used to death. But how can you

2:42:02you just get used to it? We don't want

2:42:04the kids

2:42:06coming up today to get used to death

2:42:08when y'all got a way you could halfway

2:42:11stop it.

2:42:12>> We're at time, Mr. Kirk.

2:42:14>> Thank you.

2:42:14>> Thank you.

2:42:16Last is Gabriel M. Brown. Null.

2:42:24If I said that wrong, I apologize.

2:42:27>> It's okay. My friends call me Gabby. Um,

2:42:30good morning. Uh, members of the city

2:42:33council, my name is Gabrielle Brownnull

2:42:36and I'm a resident of Ward 7 living at

2:42:392726 Silver Drive. I'm standing before

2:42:42you today to respectfully request that

2:42:45the city council consider a targeted

2:42:47amendment to our yes a targeted

2:42:49amendment to our urban agricultural

2:42:52ordinance, specifically updating our

2:42:54current backyard poultry policy to

2:42:56increase the f the flock limit from 6 to

2:42:5812 for a single family residential lot.

2:43:01This adjustment will bring our city in

2:43:03line with regional standards and better

2:43:05serve the practical needs of residents

2:43:07engaging in urban agriculture.

2:43:10This request is fundamentally about

2:43:12strengthening food security and

2:43:13self-sufficiency for Oklahoma City

2:43:15families. Over the past three years, the

2:43:18commercial egg industry has proven to be

2:43:19highly fragile.

2:43:22Severe multi-state waves of aven flu

2:43:24forced the removal of over 44 million

2:43:26commercial laying hens. Combine that

2:43:29with infrastructure disasters like major

2:43:31poultry facility fires in Texas and Iowa

2:43:34and families have been subjected to

2:43:36extreme grocery store instability with

2:43:39egg prices hitting unprecedented

2:43:41historic highs. By allowing families to

2:43:44scale up to 12 birds, we create a local

2:43:47decentralized food safety net that helps

2:43:50insulate household budgets from these

2:43:52national supply chain supply chain

2:43:54shocks and corporate inflation.

2:43:58The critical bottleneck with our current

2:44:00six bird limit is a matter of basic

2:44:02poultry biology.

2:44:04One hen can lay up to one egg per day. A

2:44:07hen lays um eggs productively for about

2:44:11two years and then after which her

2:44:12production drops by 20 to 30% annually.

2:44:16Also, not every bird will lay every day.

2:44:19Yes, with six birds there is the

2:44:20potential for up to six eggs, but it

2:44:23it's not guaranteed and it often is a

2:44:26whole lot less. And so having to

2:44:27substitute with eggs from the grocery

2:44:29store is a must for families.

2:44:32Um,

2:44:35under our current law, an OKC family

2:44:37cannot sustainably refresh their food

2:44:39source. When their flock ages, they

2:44:41cannot introduce young replacement

2:44:43birds, which take about six months to

2:44:45mature. When their flock a excuse me,

2:44:50yes. So, without being able to introduce

2:44:53new birds early on, um

2:44:56we're not able to sustainably refresh

2:44:58flocks, um we can't introduce young

2:45:02replacement birds,

2:45:04>> and that will also violate city limits

2:45:05if we were to do it on our own. A 12

2:45:08bird limit is the exact mathematical

2:45:10sweet spot for continuous food security.

2:45:12It permits multigenerational rotating

2:45:15flock, um about six active layers, three

2:45:18maturing young birds, and three older

2:45:20birds phasing out. not naturally. Um,

2:45:24wards 1, 2, 6, and 7 historically have

2:45:27helped lead the charge on food

2:45:28accessibility, um, including the

2:45:30council's landmark 2022 decision to

2:45:32legalize backyard poultry. Expanding

2:45:35this limit to 12 is the next logical

2:45:37step. Neighboring communities like Lot

2:45:39and Midwest City have already safely

2:45:40permitted 12 birds on residential lots,

2:45:43and our current complaint-based backyard

2:45:45system works smoothly. Um, and keeping

2:45:47our existing residential setback rules

2:45:49will continue to help protect neighbors.

2:45:51>> And we're at time.

2:45:53>> Thank you guys so much for your time.

2:45:58We're