2026-10-27 - Oklahoma City Riverfront Redevelopment Authority

01:59Mhm.

03:54>> Mhm.

04:03>> Okay, it is a quarter hour. I will call

04:05to order the October 27th meeting of the

04:08Oklahoma City Riverfront Redevelopment

04:10Authority.

04:12Uh, I don't have anything for our

04:14chairman. Item three is the minutes of

04:16last month's meeting. We have any

04:18questions or corrections?

04:21Need a motion.

04:26Catch your vote.

04:38And that passes.

04:40I'm pulling this consent docket. First

04:41item is a river project summary.

04:49>> Thank you, chairman. River Trust

04:50Authority.

04:51Uh, my name is Juan Ramos, Oklahoma

04:53River project manager. Um, Public Works

04:56Department continues to manage a series

04:58of projects along the Oklahoma River to

05:00provide consistent pool elevations

05:02allowing various activities and

05:03recreational opportunities

05:06um, to occur. Bless you.

05:09Um, our maintenance program, uh, debris

05:11removal, dredging, vegetation

05:13management, and riverbank stabilization.

05:17Um, our upcoming projects, sorry, I

05:20skipped ahead. Um, MC0671

05:23um, is still on schedule for November

05:24when the Eastern Basin um, is drained.

05:28DM0426,

05:29the channel cleaning maintenance of the

05:31North Canadian River from Eastern Fresh

05:33American Boulevard to Northeast 36th

05:35Street. The funding has been obtained.

05:37We're preparing to advertise it in

05:39Bidnet. Um, ongoing projects,

05:43MC0776,

05:45Oklahoma River SCADA system operations.

05:47The system's repair and operations is

05:49ongoing for any issues with our dams or

05:52Skater System. Project MC0788EB1

05:56decanting site. The road has been

05:58completed and was put into service 917.

06:01As of yesterday, we finished decanting

06:03in the eastern basin by the broom dam.

06:06Um, we're waiting for the bags to

06:08decant.

06:10>> [clears throat]

06:10>> MC06710

06:13I didn't proofread. I had it on there

06:15twice.

06:17Um, MC0816

06:20Oklahoma River spraying and vegetation

06:22management. We put that out um, for bid

06:25and is an advert- or it's advertised as

06:27of right now. Um, it goes it closes on

06:31November 4th.

06:33Um, a city council update. The Oklahoma

06:35City voters approved uh, proposition two

06:37bridges as part of the 2025 uh, general

06:40obligation bond

06:42authorizing including a list of projects

06:44for construction of a pedestrian bridge

06:47across the Oklahoma River near I-35

06:50uh, Lincoln Boulevard. This project is

06:52being

06:54undertake undertaken jointly by the city

06:57and the Oklahoma Department of

06:58Transportation with construction

07:00anticipated to begin December 2026.

07:03General obligation bond funds designated

07:05for the project are not expected to be

07:07available until June 2027 or thereafter.

07:10To allow the project to proceed on

07:12schedule, it is proposed that the city

07:15Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust

07:17provide up to 4 million

07:194 million dollars from available general

07:21obligation limited tax bond

07:23funds as interim funding. Once the

07:25designated general obligation bond

07:27proceeds are available, the city will

07:30use those funds to purchase the portion

07:32of the bridge funded by the OCEDT

07:35in the amount of amount not to exceed 4

07:38million dollars. The funds received by

07:40OCEDT will then be available for future

07:43eligible GLOLT projects.

07:48And then David, thank you. And then

07:51we got a PowerPoint presentation from

07:53ODOT about the pedestrian bridge.

07:57Um

07:58the project manager for this is Tommy

08:01Hoover. He's the ODOT District 4.

08:04The consultant team Todd

08:06POE and Associates consultant project

08:09manager

08:10and

08:12I I'm not even going to butcher that

08:14bridge and arch design.

08:16If we could go. The project partnership

08:18Oklahoma Department of Transportation

08:21the city of Oklahoma City and

08:22RiverSport.

08:25The pedestrian bridge over the Oklahoma

08:26River it's a $23 million dollar project

08:30estimated to begin construction December

08:322026. The pedestrian bike way bridge

08:36um

08:37aesthetic art

08:38arch

08:39aesthetic color lighting similar to

08:41scissor toe. The pedestrian and pier

08:43lighting bridge completed by May of 2028

08:46and the arch completion might be after

08:50the Olympics.

08:51Um we're hoping that it's it's done

08:53before.

08:55And then the the site plan the trail

08:58retaining walls the four span bridge the

09:00three piers in the channel the boat ramp

09:02reconstruction the sidewalk ramp

09:05reconstruction and the loop

09:06reconstruction.

09:09This is the the width of the of the

09:11bridge.

09:14The arch.

09:17Um some of the features of the bridge

09:19with the the railing and the end caps.

09:24The retaining wall the lighting poles.

09:29Um this is what the pedestrian bridge is

09:32um

09:33proposed to look like after it's

09:34completed.

09:36And the is in bidding

09:39process. uh Uh contractors to submit

09:41bids October 22nd. It's approximately

09:43585 working days. Uh complicated

09:46construction in the river.

09:48Um extensive lead time on arch material

09:50fabrication.

09:52Variables, um material fabrication lead

09:54times and weather, um incentives uh to

09:57complete early, uh disincentives if

09:59late.

10:02The key dates for this is December 26th,

10:04um

10:052026 anticipated start construction.

10:07March 26th,

10:09March 2026 bridge foundations complete.

10:13Um that must have been a typo. Um May

10:152028, uh Olympic takes over site. Main

10:19bridges and trail completed before

10:20Olympics. Arch pre- preferred to be

10:22completed by May of 2028.

10:26Th- And that's it.

10:27All right. Any questions?

10:29>> The

10:30uh

10:31basin has to be drained, but is that

10:34only for the piers and stuff? They can

10:36let the water back in to do the rest of

10:38the bridge. Is that correct?

10:39>> That is correct, Chairman. Um we're

10:41going to drain the basin so they can

10:42drill the holes for the piers. Um

10:44then we'll uh

10:46fill the basin back up and they'll have

10:48their excavators on holes to do the rest

10:50of the work.

10:51>> All right.

10:52Any questions?

10:55Very good. Thank you.

10:56>> Thank you.

10:58>> I don't know if you have an update on

11:00the swift water conference. If you

11:01remember last month I talked about how

11:03impressed I was with uh what went on

11:06down there and we have

11:08Chief Merrill from the fire department

11:09with us to talk about that conference.

11:11I'm a little surprised he's here. I

11:13don't know if you seen on the news, but

11:15the swift water teams have been sent to

11:17New Mexico for the flooding over there.

11:19So, uh he's he told me earlier he's got

11:22two teams deployed over there right now.

11:24So, We have happy to have you here,

11:26Chief.

11:26>> Thank you, sir. Yeah, we have two from

11:27Oklahoma City and two from Tulsa right

11:29now and they've been making significant

11:31rescues and they've just been extended a

11:34probably another 7 days.

11:36So, pretty significant flooding.

11:38So, real quick, uh

11:40we're going to talk about the

11:41conference. I can't

11:44First introduce myself, Battalion Chief

11:46Craig Merrill as Chief Mars said,

11:48uh with Oklahoma City down here downtown

11:50601 task force leader with urban search

11:53and rescue team. Been with the task

11:55force since I got on the job back in

11:572002 when it first started and ramping

11:59up moved task force leader level about

12:0110 years ago.

12:02I teach swift water rescue around the

12:04world as these are some of the places I

12:06work for PSTR. I've worked out of

12:08Brisbane, Australia. Teach out of the UK

12:11and in New Zealand. And so, that's where

12:13the water rescue is my background and

12:15prior to this I was a chief warrant

12:18officer. I served in active duty as a

12:19UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot

12:21before becoming a firefighter. So,

12:23that's kind of where my background is

12:24all been involved in public service and

12:26helping people.

12:29So, these are just some of the sponsors

12:31to show you how big this conference has

12:33gotten. You may not recognize some of

12:35these names, but a lot of these are

12:37international companies and they've come

12:38in here to Oklahoma City and they're

12:40representing and really helping the

12:41conference go and the conference

12:43continues to grow. This will be our

12:45fifth year.

12:46Just want to see that we do have an

12:47international impact with the

12:48conference.

12:50This is what the schedule of events look

12:51like. We had a pre-con The conference

12:53listed as 5 days. Actually, there's a

12:55pre-conference for Monday and Tuesday on

12:57August 24th and 26th. And what we did,

13:00we had simultaneous training of four

13:02different skill sets. We had swift water

13:04technician training, which is basically

13:07swimming, a lot of rope work. And with

13:09that they actually trained on Monday

13:10night. So, we did night operations as

13:11well. While that was going on, we did

13:13the rescue boat operations, the little

13:16people call them Zodiacs. You like the

13:17little Navy SEALs in the movies with a

13:19tiller motor driving those. We also have

13:21animal search and rescue. I work with

13:22them. So, we deploy or deployable

13:25worldwide uh working with large animals,

13:27small animals, and believe it or not it

13:30happens that people don't think about

13:32the animals and people think about dogs

13:33and cats, but we've done rescues in

13:36Hurricane Harvey, actually moved a bunch

13:38of cattle that was facing flooding. And

13:41so we teach people how to actually move

13:42cattle, horses, so it's not just dogs

13:44and cats and so there's a lot involved

13:45with that. It's great opportunity for

13:48people here they actually get FEMA

13:49certified with animal rescue if they

13:51take that pre-conference.

13:53And then we did paddling operations. We

13:55have the boat with a motor, but anything

13:57with a motor may not operate, so we have

13:58to teach them to paddle as well. So the

14:00pre-conference is a great lead in to the

14:02conference itself.

14:04And we had approximately 80 people

14:06involved in pre-conference in one way or

14:08another.

14:09And then in the conference itself this

14:12week got to

14:14just under 120 people. And we'll talk

14:16more about the demographics of those

14:17people here in a little bit in another

14:18slide.

14:20What was great to start off the

14:21conference, we had Fire Chief Derek

14:23Keel, the 22nd Fire Chief of Oklahoma

14:26City. He got to do the keynote. It was a

14:28great opportunity for people around the

14:30country and around the world to actually

14:31see

14:33our Fire Chief, let him speak and let

14:34him represent Oklahoma City as he always

14:36does well. And then the skill stations

14:38kind of shotgun start in golf. We had

14:40nine skill stations and nine groups,

14:43anywhere from 10 to 14 people in each

14:45group. We try to keep the groups small

14:47so everybody gets the hands-on. So if

14:49you're group one, you start at one and

14:50go to two, three, four and eventually

14:52everybody gets all nine. They're

14:5390-minute rotations on the skill sets.

14:56And on the first night we actually have

14:59a night where everybody gets to

15:00experience Riversport. One thing great

15:02about the social night, all the students

15:04get to interact with the instructors.

15:06But it's a good way to put Riversport on

15:08display. So many of our people that came

15:10from around the country are bringing

15:11their families back because they enjoyed

15:13the rafting, they see the ropes course,

15:15and so it's good advertisement for

15:16Riversport and bring more people back to

15:18Oklahoma City.

15:19And then some I'll talk about in a

15:20minute on Thursday. It says H&L Awards

15:22Ceremony, Higgin Langley Awards. I'll

15:25talk about that in the next slide. And

15:26then Friday morning, we did more skill

15:28stations, finished up skill stations 8

15:30and 9. And then we moved into most fun

15:32part, the competition.

15:34Chief officers contest firemen are some

15:35of the most competitive people in the

15:36world. And so, when you put that

15:39competition, it's great. We have

15:40individual skill sets and we have team

15:42skills. And it really gets challenges

15:44them and gets them opportunity to have

15:46that pressure. It's hard to simulate the

15:47pressure that you get in a real world

15:49situation, but when you put a time on

15:50them, make it competition, it really

15:52amps up that pressure and it makes it

15:53more realistic for our students or for

15:55attendees.

16:00This is the layout of Riversport. I'm

16:01sure everybody here has been to

16:02Riversport. Just show you what the

16:04facility offers, why it's a great

16:06facility for this conference. We could

16:08actually, numbers we've looked at, we

16:10could go up to 175 students or attendees

16:13at the conference because the way we can

16:15spread out our students. So, you can see

16:17our skill stations, they're varied from

16:191 to 9. You can just see how the setup

16:21went. And we have room for more skills.

16:24Once we, hopefully the enrollment will

16:25increase, we're looking next year with a

16:28uptick in enrollment that we should

16:29anticipate, we'll probably have 12 skill

16:31stations.

16:32And that way we can keep those groups no

16:34more than 15 in a group. So, that's how

16:37we can divide out the skills throughout

16:39the conference itself.

16:41This is what I want to talk to you

16:42about. This is huge. This Higgins and

16:44Langley award, I talked about it. We had

16:45on Thursday night.

16:47This is an international program that

16:51awards first responders. And not just

16:54people that make rescue. Yes, there's

16:56rescue awards, but what I really like

16:58about this is it awards people that

17:00support programs. Last year we had a

17:02group from New Zealand that donated a

17:04lot of funding and helped fund their own

17:07water rescue program, water rescue team.

17:09So, they received an award as well. They

17:10have a legacy award. Where this comes

17:13from, Earl Higgins and Jeff Langley,

17:15uh they both lost their lives.

17:17Earl Higgins died in 1980 saving a child

17:19in LA. He actually saved the child, but

17:21he lost his life.

17:23He was engaged to be married.

17:25Wasn't married yet. And then Jeff

17:27Langley died 1993. He's a helicopter

17:29rescue swimmer in LA as well.

17:32And he passed away saving a family. And

17:35then his mother and the fiance of

17:38Higgins

17:39met at a uh

17:43like a counseling for people that lost

17:45family members to drownings. And they

17:46got together start talking. That started

17:48the Earl Higgins and Langley award

17:49ceremony. And it's a big honor for the

17:51last 2 years they've come to Oklahoma

17:53City and they're excited to come back

17:54next year. And we've had award

17:56recipients from New Zealand, Australia,

17:59the UK have all come to get their

18:01awards. This last year we gave out 16

18:05awards to from Delaware, Rhode Island,

18:08Texas, Kentucky, Arkansas.

18:12I maybe missing a state, but it really

18:14brings people together and it we do this

18:17job not for awards, not for a pat on the

18:19back, but it is nice to be able be able

18:21to acknowledge the people that do

18:22provide those rescues.

18:24And this is just a

18:25a sample of looks like. What's nice,

18:27it's a big event. People wearing class

18:29A's as firefighters, wearing suits if

18:31they're not firefighters. So it's a big

18:33event and actually

18:36uh

18:37Jeff Langley's mother,

18:39she unfortunately she has dementia

18:40pretty bad right now, but she actually

18:41attended got to attend teleconference.

18:43So she enjoys seeing what her work

18:45started back in 1993 continuing on.

18:49Some things you guys may already know

18:50about the Riversport, but people always

18:52ask us.

18:53The lower pool area about 8.5 million

18:55gallons of water. The outside channels,

18:58what we call the recreation channel,

18:59that's going to be 1,400 ft. The inside

19:01channel or competition channel is going

19:03to be 1,000 ft.

19:04What's significant to this is how big

19:07those pumps are

19:08that run

19:10run the water itself. It's pretty

19:12amazing what these things are pushing

19:14492,000 gallons per minute. That's hard

19:17to comprehend till you see the first

19:18slide here, fill up Olympic swimming

19:20pool in 15 to 20 seconds. And that's

19:22what we're swimming in.

19:24So, think about the people out there

19:26training, the students in the learning

19:28environment they have. We have the

19:29opportunity to put people in water that

19:31we may not put them in real world, but

19:33it gets to challenge themselves and they

19:34realize their own limitations. And they

19:37also realize that they can be pushed

19:38further than what they thought.

19:42This is example of the participants and

19:43instructors we've had at the conference

19:45since we've started it. These are the

19:47states represented. As you can see, we

19:48have Canada as well up in the Toronto

19:50area. And like I said, we've had the UK,

19:52we've had Australia and New Zealand.

19:53These are the people that we're bringing

19:54to Oklahoma City each year. And that's

19:56thanks to River Sport and all they

19:57provide for us.

20:00Is that the video?

20:03He's got We got a video, short video

20:05with a great song, I think, cuz it

20:07includes Oklahoma. Just kind of show you

20:08what went on at the conference and see

20:11some of our award winners.

20:24These are some of the events we did.

20:25This is a a boater that locked flipped

20:28his boat. We had to rescue him. Some of

20:30the

20:31powerboats we're talking about.

20:33Some of the paddling skills.

20:38Some of our award winners.

20:51>> [music]

21:05>> It's not just swimming, there's a lot of

21:06rope rescue involved in rope gear and

21:08water rescue the pool here.

21:17>> [music]

22:26[singing]

22:32>> So that's kind of the activities that

22:34went on throughout the conference.

22:42Okay.

22:43So again, what I want to highlight too

22:45is the instructors. We have instructors

22:47that are volunteering their time from

22:48Seattle, Washington, from all from coast

22:51to coast our instructors come to give an

22:52valuable instruction, not just Oklahoma

22:55perspective, and also from Canada and

22:58then Australia as well.

23:03And just again real quick, we won't go

23:05over all the results. I just want to see

23:07see where these people are coming from.

23:08We have Parker County SD out of Texas,

23:11No Miss Washington won awards.

23:14Uh Australia

23:16gentleman teamed up with some of the

23:18Texas people. So, this is who's come to

23:21our conference. New York State Fire won

23:22one of the boating competitions. Fort

23:24Hood came up here and won as well.

23:28>> [snorts]

23:28>> This again is just some pictures of what

23:29we do or what went on.

23:32Save the date for next year. Next year

23:34again, we're looking at 12 skill

23:35stations. It will be August 23rd through

23:3727th at RiverSport.

23:42And the

23:44final slide, that's my contact

23:46information

23:47again, and I'm free for open any

23:49questions.

23:53>> Any questions? What you got, Earl?

23:57>> Thank you.

23:58>> I tell you if you

23:59uh

24:00Well, this is the report this month also

24:02detailed how they work with the National

24:05Guard helicopter group or do uh the

24:07training out at uh

24:09Crystal Lake.

24:10>> Prairie Park.

24:11>> I mean, yeah.

24:13And [clears throat] uh so, it's not they

24:14do a lot of it all the time, and uh they

24:17stay on top of it.

24:19Uh

24:20next year, I think we may see Oklahoma

24:21City Fire in some of those awards up

24:23there, Chief. What do you think?

24:25>> I think so. I think we deserve it.

24:27I'll second that motion.

24:29>> [laughter]

24:30>> We all do a great job. I'm I'm really

24:32proud of of how they've grown. That That

24:35conference grows every year, doesn't it?

24:36>> Yes, sir. Yes, it continues to grow, and

24:39what I tell people where I see the

24:41growth is it's great to have a return

24:43somebody return, that means it's good,

24:45but where I really get a feel good is

24:47when they send somebody from their own

24:49department back, you know, so it's not

24:51just same guy. Now, instead of two, we

24:53get four from the the same departments,

24:55and those are people from North

24:56Carolina.

24:57We act like you'd be shocked, but

24:59Oklahoma is a small percentage of the

25:01people that attended the conference just

25:02because they have the training here in

25:03their backyard. But

25:05the East Coast, we get a lot in North

25:06Carolina, New York, and just all across

25:08the country as you saw from the map.

25:10>> Well, I know they get

25:12rave reviews everywhere they go around

25:14the country with their swiftwater team.

25:16They They work hard and they do an

25:18excellent job. Keep up the good work.

25:20>> Thank you, sir. Appreciate

25:21>> you for your service, too.

25:22>> Thank you. Thank you.

25:24>> How large did you say you want to grow?

25:28I How large do you want to grow?

25:30>> We could We could handle comfortably

25:32about 175.

25:35It would be great. I mean, whatever we

25:37can train is fine with us, but we're

25:39just saying as it expands, we could do

25:41175 cuz we can get into the 12 and up We

25:45can do about 14 skill stations

25:47total.

25:48>> That's wonderful.

25:49>> Cuz like I said, we want to And other

25:50thing with the conference, we change

25:52every year. That's one of the comments

25:53we get from people is we have an

25:54emphasis each year. So, if you came last

25:57year, you're going to get a whole new

25:58ball of wax this time when you come in.

26:01So, it's not same repetitive training.

26:02These are based on our deployments.

26:03That's what's nice about All my

26:05instructors, my instructor cadre, they

26:07do it for a living.

26:08We don't just go to a class and say I'm

26:10an instructor. I require my instructor

26:12cadre for one, they swim with the

26:13students. We don't stand on the shore

26:15and say go do that. We do it. We show

26:17it. We demonstrate show we can do it.

26:19And all my team has done it for real.

26:22They have the experience. That's where

26:23we get a lot of our skill stations like

26:25right now in New Mexico. I'm sure when I

26:27get a debrief, we'll be able to talk

26:28about what happened, what How can we put

26:31this into the conference? How can we put

26:32this into our training? That's the whole

26:34point is to make ourselves better and

26:36continue learning and grow. We never

26:37want to be stagnant. Cuz then to me,

26:40you're depreciating your own value if

26:42you just stay stagnant. So, we

26:43constantly challenge ourselves.

26:45And then we try to simulate those

26:47situations and where we fell short or

26:50hey, you know, sometimes as Chief Moore

26:52said, more lucky than good. You know,

26:54you pat yourself on the back we did

26:55awesome and you're like, oh, I didn't

26:56realize we could have

26:58done something better here. So, what

26:59those ARs, those after action reviews

27:01come and make these skill stations

27:03better.

27:04That's why Riversport has been so great.

27:06The crew they have out there, they work

27:08with us and they set up the blocks, the

27:10blue blocks in varying situations that

27:14we need to replicate those scenarios and

27:16that's what makes that place invaluable.

27:18It Our teams

27:20They're We have a great team and they

27:22have great people just like any team,

27:24you need great people, but the what we

27:27can do here at Riversport is beyond what

27:29anybody else can do in the country. And

27:30I teach in New York, in a magic with New

27:32York and North Carolina, they have

27:33facilities,

27:34but they can't compete with what we can

27:36put our personnel through here and we we

27:39can challenge them.

27:40>> I think the word's getting out. There's

27:42other like you said, there's other

27:43places that do it, but I don't think

27:45anybody does it better than Oklahoma

27:46City does and that's

27:48>> And they're not going to have the

27:48instruction that Wait, we are as of last

27:51year we're the second most deployed task

27:52force in the country behind Virginia.

27:54And so our people are out there in the

27:57middle of it. Not only here in the

27:58obviously we're doing it here in the

27:59metro as well, but we're doing it around

28:01the country.

28:02And that's testament to the people that

28:04we got.

28:05>> Yeah.

28:06Thanks, Chief. Appreciate it.

28:08Thank you, Chris, for the whitewater

28:10also.

28:14Okay, the rest of the consent agenda is

28:16the revenue report,

28:19quarter events at both

28:21uh

28:22our regular meeting schedule for 2027,

28:25a permit for Red Coyote Running on

28:27November 15th and a permit for SKD

28:30Events LLC on November 28th and 29th. Do

28:34you have any questions on any of those?

28:37Need a motion

28:39for the consent docket.

28:42Cast your vote.

28:52>> That passes.

28:54Item five is the primary agenda items.

28:56Item A is our resolution recommending

28:59the city, the river

29:01PPA, uh

29:05and a request for proposals for our

29:07river corridor strategic development

29:09plan. We've been talking about this the

29:11last few months. Uh it's going back and

29:13forth for some reader moment on it, and

29:15we're now ready to put it out. Uh

29:18it will

29:19uh

29:20we will pass it. Council will pass it to

29:23go out for bid. Is that correct? Okay.

29:26And uh if you have any questions on it,

29:29I'm sure Melissa can answer them for

29:31you.

29:33>> If anyone does have questions, uh Kim

29:36Cooper Hart is here to explain anything

29:39that that you would like to more have

29:42more information. Um as

29:46Chief Mars mentioned, we have been

29:48working on this for several months,

29:51and we truly appreciate all of the work

29:54that the planning department and Melinda

29:56and her group has done on this. And the

29:59committee has been extremely involved

30:01with recommendations,

30:03and we feel like we have a great RFP.

30:07Kim,

30:09would you like to say anything for us?

30:10>> Good afternoon. I'm very pleased to be

30:13part of this project. I wanted to share

30:15that when I first started at the city,

30:18one of the first things I did was write

30:20a grant for the International Economic

30:22Development Council for the North

30:24Canadian River project plan that just

30:27got completed in 2004, and I worked with

30:29Pat Downs,

30:31and we won. I was so surprised. We got

30:34it, and the city had to find money to

30:35fly him out there to accept the award,

30:37but uh it was a it was kind of one of my

30:39first little accomplishments here, and

30:41so it's a real pleasure to be on the the

30:44other end of the plan now that most of

30:46it's been accomplished and to see its

30:48next vision. So, I'm happy to answer any

30:50questions. We're in planning, we're just

30:52thrilled to be working with you all on

30:54it, so.

30:56>> Any questions?

30:57>> Welcome.

30:59Okay, no questions. Okay, this request

31:03for proposals um for the strategic plan

31:07will go to the city council and also go

31:10to the Oklahoma public property

31:12authority for their

31:14uh

31:16approval.

31:18So, that will be the process and that

31:20will start next month.

31:24>> Okay, need a motion.

31:30Cast your votes.

31:35That passes. Thank you.

31:36>> You're welcome.

31:38>> Item B is agricultural lease agreement.

31:40This is a renewal for uh Steve Allen

31:43uh for the land along sooner road and

31:46northeast 23rd. He's had this lease for

31:48a number of years and we're simply

31:49renewing it again this year.

31:52I need a motion, please.

32:00Cast your votes.

32:04Passes.

32:06Item six is the claims docket. Any

32:08questions?

32:14Cast your votes.

32:22That passes. Item seven is any comments

32:24from staff? Linda?

32:27Got your report.

32:29>> Thank you, chairman. Um the report's

32:31pretty concise, so if you have any

32:32questions about it, I'm happy to answer

32:33those for you if you have anything.

32:39A easy crowd today.

32:42Thank you.

32:43>> Good.

32:47Any motion to accept that?

32:49No. No motion on that. All right.

32:51Any comments from trustees?

32:54Any comments from citizens?

33:00Quiet time right now, Chris. Not much

33:02going on. Oh.

33:06>> There we go. Can you hear me? Okay.

33:07Do we want to recognize our new uh

33:10trustee that joined us this uh

33:13this session here?

33:17>> Late to my first meeting is not my

33:18proudest moment.

33:20>> [laughter]

33:20>> Um but very excited to be here. So,

33:23thank you so much.

33:24>> We're excited to have you.

33:28>> Any others?

33:29We are adjourned.

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