[0:14] That's very

[0:19] right now.

[0:34] Yeah. Yeah.

[0:39] [music]

[0:51] » [music]

[0:57] [music]

[1:02] [music]

[1:12] » Stay down.

[1:31] » [music]

[1:37] » Birthday.

[2:09] Uh-huh.

[2:30] Hallelujah.

[2:39] [music]

[2:45] [music]

[3:10] too.

[3:12] If you ever plan to go away

[3:19] my way, take the highway. That's the

[3:22] best

[3:25] kick on

[3:33] Chicago,000

[3:39] miles

[3:40] all the way.

[3:48] » [music]

[3:51] » Through

[3:52] Missouri

[3:55] looking

[4:04] [music] for

[4:09] you

[4:11] the time

[4:14] [music]

[4:15] and you make that guy love for your

[4:21] kids.

[4:39] » [music]

[4:44] [music]

[5:01] [music]

[5:03] » Going

[5:05] to see

[5:07] Missouri

[5:24] [music]

[5:26] time

[5:29] when you make

[5:32] California

[5:34] » [music]

[5:35] » Showcase

[5:37] all showcase

[5:41] showcase.

[5:45] [music]

[6:02] You missed it.

[6:07] » He left.

[6:18] I'm just going to do regular version.

[6:38] » [music]

[6:47] » Come here.

[6:57] Here

[7:02] we go. [music]

[7:42] » [music]

[7:47] [music]

[7:53] [music]

[8:03] [music]

[8:04] » Come on.

[8:17] » [music]

[8:51] [music]

[8:59] [music]

[9:08] » Go. [music]

[9:24] Go ahead. Thank you.

[9:35] » [music]

[9:36] » I show you

[9:44] [music]

[9:54] check.

[10:18] Sorry.

[10:34] Free is

[10:47] [music]

[10:53] ready.

[11:03] » [music]

[11:08] » Hallelujah.

[11:11] [music]

[11:24] All right.

[11:28] There you go.

[11:38] » [music]

[11:47] [music]

[11:52] [music]

[12:10] [music]

[12:18] » Don't get around.

[12:30] Let's

[12:33] do

[12:40] » Myself

[12:58] right there. Or you want

[13:11] This musical.

[13:17] [music]

[13:22] [music]

[13:29] Glorious.

[13:51] [music]

[14:10] » [music]

[14:16] [music]

[14:21] » Thank you.

[14:27] » [music]

[14:33] [music]

[14:38] [music]

[14:55] » Understand.

[15:16] » [music]

[15:17] » La.

[15:39] [music] Heat.

[15:56] » [music]

[16:01] » Oh my

[16:08] god.

[16:10] [music]

[16:22] » [music]

[16:38] » Thank you. Thank you.

[16:41] » [applause]

[16:47] » This is our last song.

[16:48] » Uh we're here

[16:51] for Black Incorporated and we are

[16:54] opening up the China Christian Jazz

[16:56] Record.

[17:00] [applause]

[17:05] Hallelujah.

[17:09] [music]

[17:16] [music]

[17:32] Wow.

[17:39] [music]

[17:45] [music]

[17:58] » [music]

[18:03] » Hallelujah.

[18:22] » [music]

[18:29] [music]

[18:37] [music]

[18:52] » Okay.

[18:58] Four.

[19:04] I'm

[19:06] [music]

[19:12] [music]

[19:13] trying to say

[19:17] [music]

[19:22] [music]

[19:42] » [applause]

[20:19] » You want

[28:04] All right, we're going to get started

[28:05] this morning. I first I want to thank

[28:07] Morris McCraven and friends, the jazz

[28:09] trio that was performing inside the

[28:12] chambers here. We'll hear a little bit

[28:13] more about the Charlie Christian

[28:15] International Music Festival in a few

[28:17] minutes. But first, we are going to have

[28:20] a invocation led by Lieutenant Steven

[28:23] Harris, who is chaplain for the Oklahoma

[28:25] City Fire Department, followed by the

[28:27] pledge of allegiance led by Elise and

[28:30] Jocelyn Ormandi, representing Scouting

[28:32] America Troop 3055.

[28:35] Please stand as you are able.

[28:43] Let us pray.

[28:45] Lord, we give praise to you today. We

[28:47] thank you for the wonderful things

[28:49] happening to our city with arenas and

[28:51] stadiums and parks on the riverside.

[28:54] Lord, we thank you for these things.

[28:56] Lord, help us to gain wisdom and

[28:58] understanding to help our homeless

[29:00] people and other people in need in our

[29:02] city in a lasting way. Lord, let our

[29:05] city be a light to all cities, to all

[29:07] people that we can live in safety and

[29:10] harmony and joy regardless of our

[29:14] ethnicity, regardless of our beliefs,

[29:17] that this would glorify you. In your

[29:18] name we pray. Amen.

[29:27] Will you please join us for the pledge

[29:30] of allegiance?

[29:34] » I pledge aliance to the flag of the

[29:38] United States of America and to the

[29:42] republic for which it stands, one nation

[29:46] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[29:49] justice for all.

[29:57] Well, thank you, Lieutenant Harris, and

[29:58] thank you, Elise and Jocelyn.

[30:02] All right, next up, uh, well, first of

[30:04] all, I call the meeting to order and,

[30:07] uh, next up will be couple of

[30:09] presentations from office of the mayor

[30:12] and I will make my way to the front for

[30:14] that.

[30:32] Thank you.

[30:33] Maybe Anita and our friends from the

[30:35] Charlie Christian uh music festival can

[30:39] come down.

[30:53] All right. Well, coming up again is the

[30:55] Charlie Christian International Music

[30:57] Festival. And to learn a little bit more

[30:59] about that, I'd ask the clerk to read

[31:01] this proclamation.

[31:03] Whereas the Black Liberated Arts Center,

[31:06] now in its 59th year, was established to

[31:09] showcase the cultures and contributions

[31:11] of African-Americans

[31:13] through fine arts and arts education.

[31:16] And whereas for nearly six decades, the

[31:19] Black Liberated Arts Center has worked

[31:21] to develop the artistic talents and

[31:23] teaching abilities of Oklahomaans,

[31:25] bringing world-class arts experience to

[31:28] Oklahoma City and our state.

[31:31] And whereas the Black Liberated Arts

[31:33] Center has produced the annual Charlie

[31:36] Christian International Music Festival

[31:38] for 37 years, educating and enriching

[31:41] residents and visitors from across the

[31:43] country and around the world. And

[31:46] whereas Charlie Christian grew up in

[31:48] Oklahoma City, attended Douglas High

[31:51] School, and learned his craft in the

[31:53] music scene of Deep Deuce. And whereas

[31:56] Charlie Christian, Oklahoma City's own

[31:59] guitar legend, has been postumously

[32:02] honored with induction into the Nessie

[32:05] Nasuhi Ertagon Jazz Hall of Fame, the

[32:09] Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Downbeat

[32:11] Hall of Fame, and the Oklahoma Hall of

[32:14] Fame among others. And whereas in 2006,

[32:18] the city of Oklahoma City named Charlie

[32:20] Christian Avenue in Bricktown. And

[32:23] whereas in partnership with the Leenda

[32:26] Foundation and Oklahoma City University,

[32:29] the Black Liberated Arts Center has

[32:31] established the Charlie Christian Guitar

[32:33] Institute,

[32:35] Oklahoma's only institute of higher

[32:37] learning devoted to his music. And

[32:40] whereas the 2026 Charlie Christian

[32:42] International Music Festival will be

[32:45] held July 3rd through July 5th at Booker

[32:48] T. Washington Park featuring local,

[32:50] regional, and national performers

[32:53] celebrating his enduring legacy. Now,

[32:56] therefore, I, David Holt, mayor of the

[32:58] city of Oklahoma City, do hereby

[33:00] proclaim July 3rd through July 5th, 2026

[33:03] to be Charlie Christian International

[33:06] Music Festival Week in Oklahoma City.

[33:09] » Well, thank you. Well, this has been, as

[33:11] the proclamation stated, a tradition of

[33:13] four decades. And uh I was just thinking

[33:16] also how amazing it is. It's been 20

[33:18] years since we renamed uh the Avenue in

[33:21] Bricktown after Charlie Christian. That

[33:23] I guess that means that's how long I've

[33:24] known you, Anita. So, [laughter] uh so

[33:28] welcome back to City Hall. Uh and we

[33:31] would love to hear a few words from you

[33:33] to uh tell us even more about the

[33:35] Charlie Christian International uh music

[33:38] festival.

[33:39] » Uh this this year's festival is going to

[33:42] be a celebration of celebrations with

[33:45] Charlie Christian. This year marks uh

[33:49] such

[33:50] uh milestones of a rich his history and

[33:55] heritage that most people don't know

[33:57] about. And this year's festival is

[34:00] divided into two parts. We have so many

[34:04] celebrations. I've passed everyone up

[34:06] here um a copy of the celebrations this

[34:11] year and it'll be spread out over the

[34:14] year,

[34:15] » But we have milestones like Douglas High

[34:20] School where Charlie Christian went to

[34:22] school

[34:23] 135 years old this year.

[34:26] Avery Chapel AM Church,

[34:30] 137 years old, which is a church that

[34:34] Ralph Ellison and his family attended.

[34:39] I didn't know that until I started

[34:41] speaking in some of the uh churches

[34:43] around the community, but that's it

[34:47] needs to be noted and people need to

[34:49] know that we've got that kind of a

[34:51] history. Uh Dr. Finley. Gravy Finley was

[34:55] the family physician during those times

[34:58] and if he were alive he'd be 120 years

[35:01] old. Charlie Christian is celebrating

[35:05] 110th birthday as a matter of fact in

[35:08] July.

[35:09] Uh Route 66 is being celebrated for 100

[35:14] years. It was the musical trail and

[35:17] Charlie Christian knew that trail well

[35:21] and it ran from Oklahoma City to Chicago

[35:24] on to California, New York. Everybody

[35:27] was on Route 66, the musical trail. Uh

[35:32] OIC, which was right here, which is

[35:35] right here in Oklahoma City, uh Reverend

[35:38] Dr. H. Leon Sullivan

[35:40] uh who was a great person passed not too

[35:44] long ago. uh he was named by uh the

[35:49] president of the United States to be the

[35:52] creator of business principles that

[35:57] businesses all over the world could do

[36:00] business with South Africa after

[36:02] apartheid and his operations right here

[36:06] is still in operation and now they're

[36:09] doing literacy workshops for our uh

[36:12] public who

[36:14] need to learn.

[36:17] Uh and then finally, we're presenting uh

[36:21] America's

[36:22] 250th anniversary. That's another

[36:25] celebration. So, we'll have these part

[36:28] ones and parts two. We'll have visual

[36:31] arts. We'll have music, and you heard

[36:34] some of that fine music. Uh and, uh and

[36:40] other things like books that are rare.

[36:43] We have two museums, an art museum and a

[36:46] history museum to this day. And so we're

[36:49] in for a good ride and you are all

[36:53] invited to come and just go to our

[36:56] website and you'll get the information

[36:58] that you need on the things that we'll

[37:00] be putting forth. Part one begins now.

[37:04] » Very good. Let's hear it for Anita and

[37:06] her team. [applause]

[37:09] » Oh. Oh yes.

[37:13] Oh, I need it. That's yours. [laughter]

[37:15] » Thank you.

[37:16] » Thank you.

[37:23] » All right, Jarus. Jarus, come on down.

[37:27] » We'll meet here.

[37:29] [applause]

[37:33] » All right, Jarus, we'd love to learn a

[37:35] little bit more about your service to

[37:37] the people of Oklahoma City. And so, I'd

[37:38] ask the clerk to read this resolution.

[37:41] Whereas Jarus Jeff has been a city

[37:43] employee for two years and serves as

[37:46] digital graphic technician for the

[37:48] public information and marketing

[37:50] department's print shop. And whereas

[37:53] Jerus exemplifies the city's core value

[37:55] of service first, responding to each

[37:58] request with exceptional

[38:00] professionalism, accuracy, and a clear

[38:02] commitment to helping projects succeed.

[38:05] And whereas Jerus provides expert

[38:07] guidance on specialty printing needs

[38:09] with patients thoughtfulness and a

[38:11] collaborative approach. And whereas

[38:14] Jerus reliably accommodates urgent or

[38:17] late notice requests without sacrificing

[38:20] quality, making him an invaluable

[38:22] partner to city staff. And whereas on

[38:25] February 11, 2026, Jerus produced a 50

[38:29] square foot banner in under two hours to

[38:31] notify residents of a prescribed burn at

[38:34] Martin Nature Park, enabling clear

[38:37] public communication

[38:39] and allowing staff to be reassigned to

[38:42] critical fire support roles. And whereas

[38:45] his swift action that day along with his

[38:48] consistent excellence enhances public

[38:50] safety, staff efficiency, and city

[38:53] service to the community. And whereas

[38:55] this council desires to recognize Jarus

[38:58] Jeff for his commitment to public

[39:00] service and the residents of Oklahoma

[39:02] City. Now therefore, be it resolved by

[39:05] the mayor and council of the city of

[39:07] Oklahoma City hereby thank and commend

[39:10] Jarus Jeff June 2026 South Oklahoma City

[39:14] Kowanas Club employee of the month.

[39:16] » All right. Thank you. Well, this is a

[39:18] resolution, Jarus. So, we're going to

[39:20] see if we can get you the votes.

[39:25] Got a motion and a second. Please cast

[39:28] your votes. I wish to vote I

[39:39] passes unanimously.

[39:41] Uh yes, [applause]

[39:43] you are the employee of the month.

[39:48] Well, Jarus, we'd love to hear a few

[39:50] words from you and uh but I'll just

[39:52] preface it by saying how grateful we are

[39:54] for your service and that uh you lend

[39:56] your talents to the city of OKC and

[39:58] obviously you are wellliked. This is a

[40:01] this is a rambunctious crowd for Tuesday

[40:03] morning at 8:30. So, um the floor is

[40:06] yours.

[40:07] » Okay.

[40:08] » Uh first I want to thank you for this

[40:10] opportunity. Um, I'm really thankful for

[40:13] the award and for the recognition. Um,

[40:16] since coming to the city, I've been

[40:18] welcomed with open arms from the staff

[40:20] here in the city manager's office. Um,

[40:22] been welcomed with nothing but smiles

[40:24] and support everywhere I turn. Uh, from

[40:27] my supervisors all the way to the staff

[40:29] around me. It's been a really thankful

[40:31] community that I've had up to this

[40:33] point. And so, I'm happy to continue to

[40:35] work and do what I can for the city and

[40:37] thankful for everybody that shows the

[40:39] support towards me. So, all right, let's

[40:41] hear it for Jarus. [applause]

[40:44] Congratulations.

[41:22] All right. Still remaining is an

[41:24] appointment to the Oklahoma City

[41:25] Planning Commission. Item B.

[41:29] Take a motion on that.

[41:36] Got a motion in a second. Cast your

[41:37] votes.

[41:44] Passes unanimously. And then item C is a

[41:47] resolution approving travel expenses for

[41:49] me to attend the US Conference of

[41:50] Mayor's Celebrate America meeting in

[41:53] Philadelphia next month. Could take a

[41:55] motion on that.

[42:00] A motion and a second. Cast your votes.

[42:29] Wait, wait, wait, wait.

[42:33] » Okay.

[42:38] All right.

[42:40] Passes unanimously and with the

[42:41] necessary six affirmative votes. That

[42:44] concludes Office of the Mayor. Now we're

[42:45] at number four. Item four, items from

[42:48] council and we have uh five items today

[42:51] from the judiciary committee. So I'll

[42:53] turn it over to the chair of the

[42:54] judiciary committee, Councilman Stone

[42:56] Cipher, to present these items. Uh thank

[42:59] you, your honor. On um June 2nd, the

[43:02] judiciary committee met and it is our

[43:04] obligation under title 11 to uh pick

[43:08] judges on staggered terms, two-year

[43:10] appointments, and to decide their

[43:12] compensation. And uh we have five

[43:15] appointments and designations that we

[43:17] recommend today to the city council. I

[43:20] would say the judiciary committee was

[43:22] unanimous. Um the one thing that I'm

[43:24] really proud of the committee, we work

[43:26] hard to make sure that we we find judges

[43:29] that know the law, but also that have

[43:32] great temperament and a great degree of

[43:34] civility because many times our citizens

[43:36] their first experience will be with

[43:38] those judges. And we have a great group

[43:41] of judges. We had a judicial survey that

[43:43] was taken in March. I encourage you to

[43:45] take a look at it, how well our judges

[43:47] are doing and what the public thinks of

[43:49] our judges. And so with that, I am told

[43:52] by Deon Martin I have to make these um

[43:55] one at a time. So I'll start with 4A,

[43:57] which which is a resolution appointing

[44:00] Gunnar Brisco as municipal judge July 1,

[44:02] 2026 through June 30th, 2028. So moved.

[44:17] Got a motion and a second. Cast your

[44:19] votes.

[44:22] » Passes unanimously.

[44:24] » The next matter is item 4B, which is a

[44:27] resolution appointing Donald Kein as

[44:30] municipal judge July 1, 2026 through

[44:33] June 30, 2028. So moved.

[44:38] » [clears throat]

[44:42] » Got a motion and a second. Cast your

[44:44] votes.

[44:48] » Passes unanimously.

[44:50] » Item 4 C is a resolution designating

[44:53] Donald Kein as presiding judge July 1,

[44:57] 2026 through June 30th, 2027.

[45:01] So moved.

[45:06] » A motion and a second. cast your votes.

[45:11] » Passes unanimously.

[45:13] » Item 4 D is a resolution designating

[45:15] Edward Hasbrook as vice presiding judge

[45:18] July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. So

[45:23] moved.

[45:30] Got a motion and a second. Cast your

[45:31] votes.

[45:35] » Passes unanimously. Item 4E is a

[45:37] resolution appointing Christopher Kelly,

[45:40] Lauren Mayo, and David McKenzie as

[45:43] special judges July 1, 2026 through June

[45:47] 30, 2028. So moved.

[45:56] A motion and a second. Cast your votes.

[45:59] Passes unanimously.

[46:01] Thank you and the judiciary committee

[46:03] for all your work.

[46:04] » Thank you.

[46:06] [clears throat]

[46:06] All right, item five, city manager

[46:08] reports. Mr. City Manager.

[46:10] » Thank you, mayor. We have several

[46:11] reports on today. Two of the reports are

[46:14] budget transfer reports. Um, one of them

[46:16] you'll see is for last fiscal year.

[46:18] Typically, we produce this at the time

[46:20] that we're producing our financial

[46:22] reports for the previous fiscal year.

[46:24] Those were delayed due to the

[46:26] implementation of the financial system,

[46:28] which is now in place. still working

[46:29] through some issues with that, but we do

[46:32] have the final report which is typic

[46:34] typically runs with that uh the final

[46:36] transfers report that runs with that

[46:38] financial report. So that is on for

[46:40] today. And these transfer reports,

[46:42] there's certain budget transfers that

[46:43] are the the council through um policy

[46:47] authorizes me to approve and the staff

[46:49] to approve. This just gives you an

[46:50] update on those. There's also a link on

[46:52] there where you can go see all the

[46:54] details of every report that's on there.

[46:55] So the first report is for last fiscal

[46:58] year. The second report is the budget

[46:59] transfers for this fiscal year through

[47:01] March 31st. And then we have the interim

[47:04] financial report through April 30th. Um

[47:07] just give a little bit of update on

[47:08] that. We've done a couple of budget

[47:10] amendments

[47:11] um through this year that have allowed

[47:14] us to increase our budget for a couple

[47:16] of different things that we've approved.

[47:18] Um if you look at our our revenues,

[47:21] generally the revenues are on target.

[47:24] with the budget amendments that we've

[47:26] made, we've approved using some fund

[47:28] balance to cover some of these costs,

[47:30] some of our reserves. And if if you look

[47:33] at this and take out the fund balance

[47:34] that's budgeted, um on the second page

[47:37] of that report, the um it would leave us

[47:40] at about a $4.3 million deficit in our

[47:44] revenues to this point in the year. Um I

[47:47] think in total if you look at it

[47:49] personnel expenses I mean uh our

[47:51] expenses compared to our revenues we

[47:53] would be about 6.2 million if you take

[47:55] out that fund balance about $6.2 million

[47:59] um that we have used in fun would have

[48:01] used in fund balance for this year.

[48:03] Coming into the end of the year with

[48:04] some of our revenues coming in at the

[48:06] end we believe that we're going to be

[48:08] closer to the budget. We'll still use a

[48:10] little bit of fund balance but we don't

[48:11] you think we'll use that full 10.9

[48:13] million that we budgeted so far. Uh but

[48:16] we'll still keep monitoring that and

[48:17] report that back to you. I do want to

[48:19] acknowledge that one of the biggest

[48:21] overages that we have on our expenses

[48:23] where we're over budget is personal

[48:24] services. If you recall when we approved

[48:27] our contracts, we approved a stipen for

[48:29] employees that was above what we had in

[48:30] our reserve for that purpose. So we knew

[48:33] we were going to use some fund balance

[48:34] on that. That drives a portion of it.

[48:36] Another portion of it is we're way over

[48:38] budget on police and fire overtime.

[48:40] We've been over a budget in that in

[48:42] those categories for a while trying to

[48:44] work that get that right size to get

[48:46] those costs down, but also to get our

[48:47] budget back up to about an equilibrium.

[48:50] We've had a significant number of

[48:51] vacancies in the past in police and

[48:54] that's covered some of that and really

[48:55] required some of that overtime. As we're

[48:57] getting more of those positions filled,

[48:58] we should be reducing that overtime and

[49:00] getting that back in line. So, still

[49:02] working on that. All in all, at the end

[49:04] of the year, um our expectation is we'll

[49:06] use a little bit of fund balance, but

[49:08] it'll be a fairly small amount of fund

[49:09] balance. I think even less than the $6

[49:11] million that we show on this report to

[49:13] this point. So, just wanted to give you

[49:15] an update on that. Additionally, we do

[49:17] have the um quarterly riverport

[49:21] foundation report and we can get any

[49:23] answers for you if you have questions on

[49:24] that. We'll get answers for that. And

[49:26] then claims and payroll is on and that

[49:28] can be found on okc.gov. And that's all

[49:29] the items that I have.

[49:31] » All right. Thank you, Mr. City Manager.

[49:38] Next up, item four, Journal of Council

[49:40] Proceedings. We have items A and B we

[49:42] could take with one motion.

[49:51] » Item six. Yeah, thank you. Good catch.

[49:53] Don't know why I said item four. All

[49:55] right, we got a motion to second. Cast

[49:56] your votes.

[50:00] Passes unanimously. Uh, next up, item

[50:03] seven, request for uncontested

[50:05] continuences. Item 11 A and 11B, items

[50:08] 11 A and 11B are already going to be uh

[50:12] deferred until July 7th. Mr. City

[50:15] Manager, is there anything else?

[50:17] » We just have three additional items on

[50:18] today. Uh, beginning on page 23, we'll

[50:22] strike all these items from the agenda.

[50:24] Um, this is 11 M1. Item A, 1623 West

[50:29] Bird Street. The owner is secured. Item

[50:31] G, 11:35 West Wilshire Boulevard, the

[50:33] owner has secured. And item J, 3503

[50:36] Southwest 42nd Street, the owner has

[50:38] secured. And that is all the items we

[50:40] have.

[50:41] » Okay,

[50:48] now we're at item eight, revocable

[50:50] permits and events. Item 8A is a

[50:53] revocable permit with the Black

[50:54] Liberated Arts Center for the Charlie

[50:56] Christian Festival, previously

[50:58] discussed, July 3rd through the 5th. in

[51:01] Booker T. Washington Park and

[51:05] » I believe they left before they were

[51:07] able to come and talk about this.

[51:09] » She said everything she would uh just so

[51:12] you guys know because this is the first

[51:13] time being back at the park. They were

[51:15] at a park years ago, but they've come

[51:17] back. They'll be playing music on

[51:18] Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at

[51:20] Washington Park. They'll also have the

[51:23] same street closures that Junth does,

[51:25] that single lane on Fourth Street,

[51:28] Northeast 4th, and then High as well.

[51:31] So, if you have any questions, let us

[51:33] know.

[51:35] » All right, Councilman Pennington.

[51:37] » Thank you, Mayor. Just want to say um a

[51:39] big thank you to Anita Arnold and to

[51:41] Garland Puit for their leadership. It's

[51:43] a really fantastic event. I'd invite all

[51:45] of of my fellow council members to join

[51:47] me um at the event that on on the

[51:50] weekend of July 3rd. Um, it's going to

[51:52] be really great. So, thank you so much

[51:54] and I move approval.

[52:01] We have a motion and a second. Cast your

[52:03] votes.

[52:09] Passes unanimously.

[52:12] Next up is item B. That's a revocable

[52:15] permit with the with love project

[52:17] foundation for Junth on the east on June

[52:20] 20th at Lincoln Park. And we have Jaden

[52:23] Oliver and Christa Rice here.

[52:26] » Yes. Good morning. Thank you guys for

[52:29] allowing us to be here once again for

[52:30] our sixth year. So on behalf of our

[52:32] committee, thank you guys. Uh we've been

[52:35] able to stand here many years uh before

[52:37] and go over the history. One thing our

[52:40] team was able to do this year is spend

[52:42] some time diving in further into the

[52:44] history of Junth and what happened after

[52:47] Union General Granger uh went into

[52:50] Texas. And we know the history doesn't

[52:52] stop there. We got to talking about uh

[52:54] the the uh the doctors and the black

[52:58] entrepreneurs that settled here and

[53:00] created our black Oklahoma towns here

[53:02] and what that looked like for historic

[53:04] Deep Deuce and for any OKC. Um, and what

[53:08] we're here to share today is how that is

[53:10] why a proven community matters. And so I

[53:13] just want to share a few stats about

[53:14] what we've been able to do over the last

[53:16] 5 years with Junth on the East.

[53:19] Estimated attendance uh over the years

[53:22] annually 15,000 attendees. Local

[53:25] performers featured 20 plus community

[53:28] vendors per year, 80 plus uh 15 plus

[53:32] food trucks. Um and then uh 60 plus band

[53:35] members. A lot of that matters

[53:37] especially for our local artists and our

[53:39] local performers because a lot of them

[53:41] get to say that they shared a stage uh

[53:43] with a Grammy nominated artist or an

[53:46] Emmy award-winning artist. And so that

[53:48] matters because that allows them to add

[53:49] that to their resume which then takes

[53:51] their career even further. Again, a

[53:53] proven community. So this year's event

[53:56] provides the east side uh opportunity

[53:59] the community an opportunity to work

[54:01] with over a 100 merchant vendors and

[54:03] food truck vendors, local artists and

[54:05] performers. Looking at total probably

[54:07] over 150 people uh influence and that's

[54:10] not just the people, it's their families

[54:12] and their children um and so forth and

[54:14] so on. Uh we we love that it gets to get

[54:17] to that point. So, as we allow room for

[54:19] growth, our kids zone will be increased

[54:21] by 2.5%. Um, and we be we're able to

[54:24] honor our families by providing an area

[54:26] where education, creation, and

[54:28] imagination can happen for our children.

[54:31] And as we continue to build our

[54:32] relationships in our sixth year, we are

[54:34] partnering with the Jo Foundation to add

[54:37] a threeon-ree basketball tournament. So,

[54:39] I'll go ahead and let Jaden talk about

[54:41] that.

[54:44] » Good morning. My name is Jaden Oliver.

[54:46] I'm the founder of the Jawler Foundation

[54:48] and I'm honored to be here today

[54:50] representing my family, my ancestors,

[54:52] and my community. I'm excited to share

[54:55] that the Jawer Foundation is partnering

[54:56] with Junth on the East this year to host

[54:59] the inaugural 3v3 basketball tournament.

[55:02] In addition to the festival, we will be

[55:04] bringing 72 kids from all over to

[55:07] celebrate Junth. Not only will they have

[55:09] an exceptional basketball experience

[55:11] with competitive play, open three-point

[55:13] contests, trophies, and giveaways, but

[55:16] my favorite piece is that the teams will

[55:17] be named after local black leaders who

[55:19] have helped pave the way, impact

[55:21] Oklahoma City, and all over the world.

[55:23] Also, in their honor, we will be gifting

[55:26] players all-star trading cards that will

[55:28] tell these leaders stories, and share

[55:29] more about their legacy. I just want to

[55:32] thank and give love to my team, the best

[55:35] committee in the city and um you know my

[55:38] community for helping bring this new

[55:40] experience to life for our kids. We also

[55:43] want to thank the city for helping us

[55:44] get the court in proper conditions for

[55:46] our kids um to be able to compete to

[55:49] enjoy be a part of their community and

[55:51] to be supported by love. My dad always

[55:53] says when the community works together

[55:55] the community works and this festival

[55:56] and this basketball tournament is truly

[55:58] a testament to that. At the Jer

[56:00] Foundation, we always like to share that

[56:02] it's bigger than basketball and we want

[56:04] to invite you all to come and witness

[56:05] that. [clears throat] Thank you.

[56:09] » Thank you, uh, Councilman Pennington.

[56:11] » Thank you, Mayor. Um, and so we have

[56:13] Friday along with threeon-ree, um,

[56:16] tournament, which is awesome. This is

[56:17] the first I heard of it. And the trading

[56:18] cards sound really cool. So, can I have

[56:20] one? Um,

[56:21] » Yes, [laughter]

[56:22] give that to you. Yeah, we'll have Ka

[56:24] give it to you.

[56:25] » There you go. Um, so, okay. So, Friday

[56:27] we've got the 5K.

[56:28] » Thursday. Thursday we have our panel

[56:30] discussion at Innovation Hall.

[56:32] » Okay. Panel discussion on Thursday.

[56:34] Friday 5K. Saturday concert what time?

[56:37] » Festival 11 to 4 concert doors open at

[56:40] 56 to around 10.

[56:42] » Excellent. Well, thank you all for your

[56:44] work. It's an amazing event and um it's

[56:47] always so exciting to bring people to

[56:48] the east side and and to let us see the

[56:50] the unity and the progress that we're

[56:52] making in our community and it's because

[56:53] of your efforts. So, thank you so much

[56:55] and I'm looking forward to participating

[56:57] too. So with that, mayor, I move

[56:59] approval.

[57:06] » Right. We have a motion and a second.

[57:09] Cast your votes.

[57:11] [clears throat]

[57:14] Passes unanimously.

[57:16] » Awesome. Thank you guys so much.

[57:18] Appreciate it. We invite you all to

[57:23] » All right. Next up is item C. revocable

[57:25] rightway use permit with Oklahoma Pride

[57:27] Alliance to hold the Oklahoma Pride

[57:28] Alliance downtown Pride parade on June

[57:30] 28th. And we have John Milner here.

[57:34] Good morning. Um yeah, we're coming back

[57:36] downtown at Scissor Park for the sixth

[57:38] year. Um looking forward to welcoming

[57:41] the community June 26th, 27th, 28th.

[57:43] Festival starts 400 pm on Friday. We'll

[57:46] have entertainment, food, vendors. Uh,

[57:49] we've got a community resource zone on

[57:51] Saturday, artist market Friday night,

[57:53] and then it culminates with the downtown

[57:55] parade on Sunday starting at 11:00 a.m.

[57:57] Happy to answer any questions.

[58:01] » Can you share who some of your

[58:03] headliners are?

[58:05] » I knew you were going to ask that. And

[58:07] I'm the logistics guy. I know they just

[58:10] posted.

[58:11] » I just wanted to shout out the Drag

[58:12] Queen because I'm such a fan and I'm so

[58:15] amazed that y'all got them. It's so

[58:17] exciting. And I will also add we've got

[58:18] Oklahoma native Samantha Crane playing.

[58:21] So that's going to be fantastic. And I

[58:22] believe she plays Saturday night. So

[58:24] it's going to be a good festival. Let's

[58:26] just hope for uh cooler weather this.

[58:29] » We will we will cross our fingers for

[58:31] for that. [laughter] But you all are

[58:33] always so well um organized and just

[58:36] really appreciate um you bringing this

[58:37] this celebration to downtown. So happy

[58:39] to move for approval.

[58:40] » Thank you.

[58:41] » Councilwoman, I just want to clarify. Do

[58:43] you mean Bob the Drag Queen RuPaul's

[58:45] Drag Race winner is coming to Oklahoma's

[58:49] capital? Yes,

[58:51] » Be correct.

[58:51] » It's huge.

[58:54] » And I also just want to add I want to

[58:56] thank Drew Watson in the special events

[58:57] office. I've worked with Drew for the

[58:59] past six years and the special events

[59:01] office and Drew is fantastic. So, shout

[59:03] out to Drew. Thank you.

[59:07] » Any questions? Okay.

[59:09] » No, we got a motion in a second.

[59:12] cast your votes.

[59:16] » Pass.

[59:17] » Thank you very much.

[59:18] » Thanks.

[59:19] » All right. Now, we're going to recess

[59:20] the council meeting and convene as the

[59:22] Oklahoma City Municipal Facilities

[59:24] Authority. Uh we have a presentation for

[59:26] item B. Mr. City Manager.

[59:28] » Yes. Nicole Tower is uh here with the

[59:31] budget office to present this budget. uh

[59:33] this the m municipal facilities budget

[59:35] and she'll talk about this as she goes

[59:36] through but it represents a lot of the

[59:38] transfers a lot of the functions that we

[59:40] have that come through the operating

[59:42] budget so just want to acknowledge that

[59:44] and I'll let Nicole take us through the

[59:46] quick presentation

[59:47] » Yeah good morning Nicole Tower office of

[59:49] management and budget happy to be here

[59:51] again to present the FY27 OC MFA budget

[59:56] um so today you're going to be presented

[59:58] with the MFA budget as well as the OCPA

[1:00:00] budget and while those both pay play

[1:00:03] vital roles in supporting city

[1:00:05] operations. I like to think of the OCMFA

[1:00:08] as an internal facing trust and the OCPA

[1:00:11] um serves the public more outward facing

[1:00:13] activities.

[1:00:16] The OCMFA or Oklahoma City Municipal

[1:00:19] Facilities Authority is a trust of the

[1:00:21] city that provides a mechanism that

[1:00:23] allows for multi-year contracts with

[1:00:25] vendors such as a health insurance

[1:00:26] providers and allows for the maintenance

[1:00:29] of adequate reserves for such things as

[1:00:31] workers compensation claims. At the last

[1:00:34] council meeting, the city budget was

[1:00:36] adopted. The MFA budget that is being

[1:00:38] presented today, the primary source of

[1:00:40] revenue is the city funds from that

[1:00:42] adopted budget. We can now look at the

[1:00:44] specifics of this budget for fiscal year

[1:00:46] 27.

[1:00:48] So overall, the trust budget is just

[1:00:50] over 178 million. Last year's budget was

[1:00:54] 146 million, which is an increase

[1:00:56] year-over-year of 21%.

[1:00:59] And you can see the various budget

[1:01:00] functions on this slide. So this slide

[1:01:03] groups similar functions together to

[1:01:05] illustrate and summarize the functions

[1:01:07] of the trust.

[1:01:09] The first one, health insurance, is by

[1:01:10] far the largest portion at 95 million or

[1:01:14] 53%. This comes from both the city and

[1:01:17] its employees as they contribute to the

[1:01:19] premiums paid for health insurance.

[1:01:21] There are also several similar functions

[1:01:23] to health insurance in this budget. The

[1:01:25] city's property [clears throat] and

[1:01:27] liability insurance is about 23 million

[1:01:29] or 13% and workers compensation is

[1:01:32] projected to be about 20 million or 11%.

[1:01:35] We also pay for unemployment claims

[1:01:37] through the OCMFA, but those are

[1:01:40] relatively small, about 205,000.

[1:01:42] The next largest category is information

[1:01:45] technology. So at 15 million or 8%, this

[1:01:49] is one of the largest areas that

[1:01:51] utilizes the abilities for the

[1:01:52] multi-year contracts. They use it for

[1:01:54] such things as a city-wide computer

[1:01:56] systems, the radio systems, E911, and

[1:01:59] other IT related services.

[1:02:02] The general purpose and others category

[1:02:05] includes annual financial audits,

[1:02:07] professional legal services, and code

[1:02:09] enforcement related contracts.

[1:02:12] The city also uses the OCMFA for

[1:02:14] advanced capital funding. Those are for

[1:02:17] GEO bonds and it helps them jumpstart

[1:02:19] certain capital projects. So, we've set

[1:02:21] up a revolving fund here in the OCMFA

[1:02:24] and it allows public works to begin

[1:02:26] design work on bond projects before the

[1:02:28] bonds are sold. Once the bonds are sold,

[1:02:30] the bond proceeds reimburse the trust

[1:02:33] for those early design costs,

[1:02:35] essentially buying back the plans. This

[1:02:38] process helps us get projects moving

[1:02:40] faster.

[1:02:41] As those funds are replenished, they can

[1:02:44] be used to kick off the next round of

[1:02:46] projects, keeping our momentum going.

[1:02:49] Okay.

[1:02:51] So when we look here at the revenue,

[1:02:54] health insurance contributions from the

[1:02:55] city and its employees is the largest

[1:02:57] source at 93 million or 52%.

[1:03:01] Transfers from various funds such as the

[1:03:04] IT or the risk management internal

[1:03:06] service funds is the second largest at

[1:03:08] 54 million or 30%.

[1:03:11] Fund balance is the next largest at 13

[1:03:13] million or 7%. And finally here, there

[1:03:16] are several miscellaneous revenue

[1:03:17] sources that account for just over 10%

[1:03:20] of the revenue. And this covers things

[1:03:21] like interest.

[1:03:24] Okay. On the expense side, payments to

[1:03:27] other services and charges dominate at

[1:03:30] 172 million or 96%. And this makes sense

[1:03:33] because these are things such as the

[1:03:35] health insurance premiums and the IT

[1:03:37] contracts.

[1:03:39] Okay.

[1:03:41] And with that, I'm happy to answer any

[1:03:43] questions that you might have.

[1:03:46] » Thanks, Nicole.

[1:03:48] » Thank you.

[1:03:49] » Thank you.

[1:03:51] » Thank you. And we have a resident who

[1:03:52] signed up on uh OCMFA item E. Uh Steve

[1:03:57] Hunt.

[1:04:03] All right. Steve Hunt, 6300 West Drive.

[1:04:05] I want to give a little background on

[1:04:06] why I'm speaking on something so

[1:04:08] seemingly benal as a pension software

[1:04:11] contract. Um, late last year I appeared

[1:04:13] on the organized money uh podcast with

[1:04:15] Dave Diane of American Prospect and Matt

[1:04:17] Stellar talking about my time at Costco

[1:04:20] where I saw that Costco was too large of

[1:04:23] an entity for private equity firms to

[1:04:24] take over. So, they were targeting their

[1:04:26] trusted vendors one by one. And over the

[1:04:29] year and a half that I was there, I

[1:04:30] watched uh not just the members have a

[1:04:34] hard time with degradation of product,

[1:04:36] but the people that work in Oklahoma

[1:04:37] City call center unable to get any help

[1:04:39] because these equity firms had taken

[1:04:40] over these vendors. Well, I'm starting

[1:04:42] to notice the same phenomenon happening

[1:04:44] here in the city. Um Oklahoma City can't

[1:04:47] be targeted for leveraged buyout by KKR

[1:04:49] or Blackstone. So, what they're doing is

[1:04:51] they're taking over the vendors one by

[1:04:53] one. And the one that I see today is

[1:04:55] item E. A contract was fully executed by

[1:04:58] the vendor on May 28th, weeks before

[1:05:01] this body was given the opportunity to

[1:05:02] vote on it today. The vendor is Pension

[1:05:05] Technology Group LLC. They are owned by

[1:05:07] Case 5 Capital Private Equity Family

[1:05:10] Office out of Dallas Metroplex that

[1:05:12] manages capital for anonymous high- netw

[1:05:14] worth Dallas investors. That's Case 5

[1:05:17] Capital. You can look them up. The

[1:05:19] agreement hands over access to the

[1:05:21] retirement data of 6,500 Oklahoma City

[1:05:23] municipal employees, active members,

[1:05:25] retirees, and beneficiaries. Buried in

[1:05:27] the fine print is a specific clause

[1:05:30] regarding resilient data. The provision

[1:05:33] grants a private equitybacked firm the

[1:05:36] right to take anonymized derivative data

[1:05:38] from Oklahoma City employees retirement

[1:05:41] records and exploit it commercially for

[1:05:43] benchmarking product development and

[1:05:46] proprietary analytics in perpetuity

[1:05:49] completely surviving the life of this

[1:05:51] contract. The civic architecture here is

[1:05:54] entirely asymmetric. The city employees

[1:05:57] whose labor built this capital have zero

[1:06:00] rights under this contract. The OKC

[1:06:02] employee retirement system has no

[1:06:03] independent right to sue per the

[1:06:05] contract. If the firm suffers a

[1:06:07] catastrophic breach exposing the data,

[1:06:10] which will happen, this is a 5-year

[1:06:12] contract, and this will happen. 6,500

[1:06:14] civil servants, their liability is

[1:06:16] capped at 1.5 time one year's fee, a

[1:06:19] mere $195,000. So each employee will get

[1:06:23] 30 bucks. They can go to Jimmy's Egg and

[1:06:25] have a breakfast if their data is

[1:06:27] stolen.

[1:06:29] This isn't an administrative upgrade. It

[1:06:31] is a long-term extraction mechanism. I

[1:06:33] ask the council to table this item today

[1:06:35] and answer one fundamental question.

[1:06:37] » 30 seconds remain.

[1:06:38] » Who inside the city government decided

[1:06:40] that a Dallas private equity firm should

[1:06:42] own the commercial rights to Oklahoma

[1:06:43] City employee data in perpetuity? Was it

[1:06:46] the mayor who spent nine years

[1:06:48] compensated by a private equity interest

[1:06:50] in a synicure at Hall Capital?

[1:06:53] Thank you.

[1:06:56] That concludes the residents who signed

[1:06:57] up to speak. We can now take OS OC MFA

[1:07:00] agenda with one motion.

[1:07:07] Got a motion and a second. Cast your

[1:07:09] votes.

[1:07:19] [clears throat]

[1:07:28] passes unanimously. Now we'll adjourn

[1:07:30] OCMFA and convene as the Oklahoma City

[1:07:32] Public property authority. We do have a

[1:07:34] presentation on item F.

[1:07:35] » Yes. Uh this is the public property

[1:07:37] authority budget. Steve Akens is here

[1:07:40] with the budget office and Steve will

[1:07:42] give us an overview on the public

[1:07:44] property budget.

[1:07:46] » Good morning, Mayor, Council, City

[1:07:48] Manager. Um, like the OCMFA, the the

[1:07:52] Oklahoma City Public Pro Property

[1:07:54] Authority is a trust where we can enter

[1:07:57] into long-term projects and it's a

[1:08:00] mechanism to allow for the multi-year

[1:08:02] contracts funding to things like

[1:08:04] fairgrounds improvements, golf courses,

[1:08:07] maps facility, sports facilities, and

[1:08:10] something you may have heard about

[1:08:11] called the Continental

[1:08:14] Coliseum, the new NBA Arena.

[1:08:17] Uh, next slide. The revenues by source

[1:08:21] are primarily

[1:08:23] um

[1:08:25] from transfers from various funds that

[1:08:28] come into the the PPA. Golf course has

[1:08:30] revenues. There's a little bit of fund

[1:08:33] balance. There's transfers from hotel

[1:08:35] motel tax and transfers from the general

[1:08:38] fund are the sources.

[1:08:41] expenditures by category. Capital outlay

[1:08:44] is by far the largest piece of the PPA

[1:08:48] and $250 million in fund balance

[1:08:52] was transferred from MAPS to the PPA for

[1:08:57] preliminary work on the new MBA arena.

[1:09:01] Uh that was done back in 2025. It

[1:09:03] carried over to the the new year. $1.8 8

[1:09:06] million of capital construction for the

[1:09:08] new at the turn grill and $850,000 for

[1:09:11] the softball and bricktown improvements.

[1:09:15] other services and charges of 31.7

[1:09:17] millions. are things like the management

[1:09:19] contract for ACM for the Paycom center

[1:09:23] and the Oklahoma City Convention Center

[1:09:26] as well as the other various activities

[1:09:28] for the fairgrounds, golf courses, North

[1:09:30] Canadian River maintenance and sports

[1:09:33] facilities transfers at 17.9 million or

[1:09:37] 5% primarily golf course transfers and

[1:09:40] transfers the excess back of the hotel

[1:09:44] motel tax to from the PPA. It goes into

[1:09:48] the PPA. Then we transfer the excess

[1:09:50] back that's not needed back to the hotel

[1:09:53] motel tax. And the other items are

[1:09:56] personnel services, supplies, debt

[1:09:58] services,

[1:10:00] expenditures by function.

[1:10:03] Um

[1:10:05] we we did have an increase this year of

[1:10:07] expenditures and and and it's about $181

[1:10:10] million and that that is all primarily

[1:10:13] due to that influx of revenue that we're

[1:10:16] using for the preliminary work of the

[1:10:18] new MBA arena. Um

[1:10:22] the golf course expenditures at 27.8

[1:10:24] million. They're primarily salaries and

[1:10:26] wages, water, sewer, refu and

[1:10:28] contingencies. Fairgrounds expenditures

[1:10:31] at 25.4 million.

[1:10:33] um debt service cost uh repairs and

[1:10:36] maintenance and excess funds returned to

[1:10:39] the hotel motel

[1:10:41] uh fund. The remaining 1% are various

[1:10:44] things like sports facilities, natural

[1:10:46] gas, culture and recreation, business

[1:10:48] improvement districts and other

[1:10:50] miscellaneous activities. And that's a

[1:10:52] recap of what the OCPA consists of. If

[1:10:56] you have any questions, um

[1:11:00] thank you. All right.

[1:11:02] Thank you. Well, that concludes OCPA. We

[1:11:05] could take uh items A through H with one

[1:11:07] motion.

[1:11:21] Got a motion and a second. Cast your

[1:11:22] votes.

[1:11:26] Passes unanimously.

[1:11:28] All right. All right, we'll adjourn OCPA

[1:11:30] and reconvene as the council. We're on

[1:11:32] item nine, the consent docket, and there

[1:11:34] is a presentation for

[1:11:38] item AZ. Is there any other item that a

[1:11:41] council member wishes to pull out for

[1:11:46] separate vote? I think maybe uh

[1:11:48] Councilman Stone Cipher, you have a

[1:11:50] couple. What are those items again?

[1:11:51] » It's uh item

[1:11:54] 9DM at page 18. Mhm.

[1:11:57] » I'd ask for a separate vote on that,

[1:11:58] please.

[1:11:59] » Just that one.

[1:12:00] » Well, there's one later, but it's uh

[1:12:02] item

[1:12:05] uh 11s.

[1:12:06] » Oh, okay. After. Okay.

[1:12:08] » Yeah.

[1:12:08] » Very good. Well, uh is there any other

[1:12:10] item that someone wishes to pull out for

[1:12:12] a separate vote, comment, question?

[1:12:13] » Mayor, did did you say that there's a

[1:12:16] presentation on a?

[1:12:18] » Yes.

[1:12:18] » Perfect. Thank you.

[1:12:22] » Okay. Well, if there's nothing else,

[1:12:23] maybe we'll start with that separate

[1:12:24] vote. Councilman Stone Cipher and you

[1:12:26] can step out for a moment. So this would

[1:12:28] be item DM.

[1:12:32] We could take a motion.

[1:12:41] Got a motion and a second. Cast your

[1:12:42] votes.

[1:12:50] Passes unanimously. All right. And now

[1:12:52] we'll go back to the presentation at a

[1:12:56] » Yes. Emma Winsky is here with um the uh

[1:13:00] human rights commission, city human

[1:13:02] rights commission to present this item

[1:13:04] and the actions that we're taking today.

[1:13:07] » Thank you. Yeah, Emma Winsky, compliance

[1:13:09] officer for the human rights commission.

[1:13:11] Um I'm here to talk about the plat

[1:13:13] amendment project that um we and many

[1:13:15] other city and external partners have

[1:13:17] been working on.

[1:13:20] So, a little bit of background. Um, as

[1:13:22] many of you probably know, uh, in the

[1:13:24] mid- 20th century, a lot of plat

[1:13:26] documents contain racially restrictive

[1:13:28] language. So, this prevented black,

[1:13:30] Jewish, Asian, other groups from owning

[1:13:33] property. Um, of course, these are

[1:13:35] illegal and have been for many decades,

[1:13:37] but still in Oklahoma City, many of our

[1:13:40] plat documents still contain this

[1:13:41] language. And so, in 2024, Governor Stit

[1:13:44] signed a bill into law which allowed

[1:13:45] municipalities to amend plat documents.

[1:13:48] Um and then last year in April, you all

[1:13:50] unanimously approved a resolution in

[1:13:52] support of the city initiating this

[1:13:54] process. Um starting to sort of

[1:13:56] understand what it would take for a city

[1:13:58] to do this instead of an individual

[1:13:59] property owner. So we have been hard at

[1:14:02] work in the interim.

[1:14:04] So here are uh you know kind of some

[1:14:06] abbreviated steps. So first of course

[1:14:09] identifying the affected plats and this

[1:14:10] is done [snorts] through a combination

[1:14:12] of um like a digital review of the

[1:14:14] online um sort of archives. We also

[1:14:17] hosted a volunteer event this past March

[1:14:19] and 75 people showed up which was really

[1:14:22] um wonderful. We were thrilled to have

[1:14:24] that much engagement. Um and it also

[1:14:26] involved some manual uh review at the

[1:14:28] county archives for some of those plats

[1:14:30] where um the covenants were either filed

[1:14:32] separately or you can't read them

[1:14:34] because they're so old. Um then we are

[1:14:36] sending mail notification to all

[1:14:38] property owners who live in affected

[1:14:39] plats notifying them of this process and

[1:14:42] letting them know that they can come

[1:14:43] speak at commissions and council if they

[1:14:45] have any um concerns. Then we get

[1:14:48] approval from the relevant commissions.

[1:14:49] So historic preservation planning

[1:14:51] commission. Now here we are. Step four,

[1:14:53] approval from council hopefully. Um and

[1:14:55] then pending that we will file the

[1:14:57] amended plat with the county.

[1:15:01] And so a little bit of uh a status

[1:15:03] update. So, we estimate that there are

[1:15:05] around 6,600 plats across Oklahoma City.

[1:15:08] Of course, we're like a large, uh, land

[1:15:10] area. And so, um, around 45% of those

[1:15:13] have been reviewed to date. And again,

[1:15:15] that volunteer event, we reviewed, um,

[1:15:18] around 2,200 plots in two hours. So,

[1:15:20] again, this is just like a peoplepowered

[1:15:21] initiative. And so, we were very

[1:15:22] grateful to the many volunteers who

[1:15:24] showed up. And of those 3,000, um, 260

[1:15:28] contain discriminatory language that

[1:15:30] been confirmed, and then 20% require

[1:15:32] further review. So again, this is kind

[1:15:34] of an iterative process where we'll

[1:15:36] continue to um sort of methodically move

[1:15:39] through these plat. So overall, we're

[1:15:41] going to estimate that 9 to 12% of the

[1:15:43] total platin OKC contain discriminatory

[1:15:46] language. Again, we're continuing to

[1:15:48] review, but um that is where we're at to

[1:15:51] date.

[1:15:53] And um we're working on this in

[1:15:55] partnership with um some colleagues at

[1:15:57] OU and um one of their grad assistants

[1:16:00] who's been a huge help has been mapping

[1:16:02] the plat as we go along and this will be

[1:16:05] made available. But we're just wanting

[1:16:06] to sort sort of show the um distribution

[1:16:08] of plats across the city um just to

[1:16:11] represent that this isn't concentrated

[1:16:12] in any one particular ward or area. This

[1:16:14] is something that happened across the

[1:16:16] city. So uh the green areas are ones

[1:16:18] where no language was found. red where

[1:16:21] we find that racially restrictive

[1:16:22] language and then blue are just those

[1:16:24] ones that need further review. So, we'll

[1:16:26] continue to update this and we'll share

[1:16:27] this publicly as well. We want this to

[1:16:29] be um an opportunity for the community

[1:16:31] to learn about this project and this

[1:16:33] effort.

[1:16:34] So, with that, I'm happy to answer any

[1:16:36] questions.

[1:16:39] » Well, first I'd like to say thank you

[1:16:41] for the presentation. Um commend you for

[1:16:44] your work. I also would like to express

[1:16:47] gratitude to the residents who in pretty

[1:16:51] significant numbers turned out to do

[1:16:53] this work. Um, it just pulled up on the

[1:16:57] internet uh some of that uh language and

[1:17:00] this was even in our [clears throat]

[1:17:02] Federal Housing Administration language

[1:17:05] uh that it was in something called the

[1:17:07] underwriting manual for them and it said

[1:17:10] that quote incompatible racial groups

[1:17:12] should not be permitted to live in the

[1:17:14] same communities. Right. Um

[1:17:18] that same manual recommended that

[1:17:21] highways be a good way to separate

[1:17:23] African-Americans from white

[1:17:25] neighborhoods.

[1:17:26] Right? So this was an actual

[1:17:31] approach the government took. Right? So

[1:17:33] it was neighborhoods and governments

[1:17:36] that did this sort of work. And that's

[1:17:39] why I am the first biracial black or

[1:17:42] black person to serve on this body

[1:17:44] outside of W seven where a majority

[1:17:46] black population is like a majority

[1:17:49] white population. W 2 elected me based

[1:17:52] on the content of my character. But that

[1:17:54] could not have happened when you had

[1:17:57] restrictions in neighborhoods saying

[1:18:00] that a person couldn't even live there,

[1:18:03] right? No matter if they were a doctor

[1:18:05] or a barista. So, this is critical work

[1:18:08] that you all are doing. It's an

[1:18:10] important reminder because we hear

[1:18:12] voices today that say, "Well, maybe the

[1:18:13] races should be separated again." Um,

[1:18:16] and you should always remember where

[1:18:17] those voices come from. They come from

[1:18:19] this history, right? This history. And I

[1:18:22] just want to thank again you and your

[1:18:24] and the residents and again, especially

[1:18:26] W 2 because I think they have shown

[1:18:29] what's possible um and a different life

[1:18:32] is possible here. So, thank you.

[1:18:37] Thanks Emma.

[1:18:38] » Thanks for all the hard work.

[1:18:41] » I just want to also say thank you to

[1:18:42] Emma. Appreciate your work and I live in

[1:18:44] one of the affected neighborhoods. So,

[1:18:46] um I got the notice and thought, wait,

[1:18:48] what what's going on? So, love that this

[1:18:49] work is happening and appreciate the

[1:18:51] effort.

[1:18:55] » All right. Well, that concludes uh

[1:18:57] consent docket. We can now take the

[1:18:58] remaining remaining items with one

[1:19:00] motion. [clears throat]

[1:19:07] I have a motion and a second.

[1:19:10] Cast your votes.

[1:19:23] Passes unanimously. Item 10 is the

[1:19:26] concurrence docket. We could t take

[1:19:28] items A through R with one motion.

[1:19:36] A motion and a second. Cast your votes.

[1:19:44] Passes unanimously.

[1:19:46] Item 11 are items for individual

[1:19:48] consideration. Items A and B were

[1:19:50] already deferred, which brings us to

[1:19:51] item C. This is an ordinance on final

[1:19:53] hearing. is recommended for approval.

[1:19:56] Reszoning 9525 West Hefner Road from

[1:19:59] double A to PUD 2130. This was deferred

[1:20:02] from June 2nd. Councilman Carter, no one

[1:20:05] has signed up to speak.

[1:20:12] After speaking with the applicant and

[1:20:13] the representation, we will move for

[1:20:15] approval.

[1:20:23] Got a motion and a second. Cast your

[1:20:24] votes.

[1:20:29] Passes unanimously. Item 11D uh has a

[1:20:33] couple of items here. The uh item two is

[1:20:35] the ordinance on final hearing that was

[1:20:37] recommended for approval resoning 4200

[1:20:39] Southwest 29th from I2 and AE2 to PUD

[1:20:43] 2134 and AE2. Item one is an amendment

[1:20:46] to the master design statement. This is

[1:20:49] deferred from June 2nd. Uh, Councilwoman

[1:20:53] Avers, no one has signed up to speak.

[1:21:02] » One of these days I'll get faster with

[1:21:03] the microphone. Um, I have confirmed

[1:21:05] with the applicant we are going to defer

[1:21:07] one more session to host our community

[1:21:09] meeting, but we are moving forward.

[1:21:11] Thank you.

[1:21:12] » Okay. So, I'm going to defer item D for

[1:21:16] two weeks. That would be July 7th.

[1:21:19] » July 7th.

[1:21:21] » Yes, sir.

[1:21:21] » All right. Let's take that up as a

[1:21:23] motion.

[1:21:33] We have a motion and a second. Cast your

[1:21:36] votes.

[1:21:41] Item is deferred. All right. Item E is

[1:21:44] an ordinance on final hearing. It was

[1:21:45] recommended for approval reszoning 9810

[1:21:47] West Memorial from PUD 986 to PUD 2138.

[1:21:53] Uh, Councilman Carter, no one has signed

[1:21:55] to speak.

[1:21:57] Okay. Subject to the technical

[1:21:59] evaluations,

[1:22:00] then I will move for approval.

[1:22:09] Have a motion and a second. Cast your

[1:22:10] votes.

[1:22:15] passes unanimously.

[1:22:18] Uh 11F is an ordinance on final hearing

[1:22:20] recommended for approval reszoning 5401

[1:22:23] South Mustang Road from R1 to SPD 1799.

[1:22:29] Uh this is deferred from April 21st and

[1:22:32] May 5th and 19th. It is a 52% protest.

[1:22:36] And Matt, that triggers the

[1:22:38] supermajority requirement of seven,

[1:22:40] correct?

[1:22:41] » For approval and Councilwoman Avers, we

[1:22:44] have a few people who have signed up to

[1:22:46] speak when you are ready for that.

[1:22:48] » Let's welcome our guests to speak.

[1:22:50] » Okay. Um

[1:22:55] I don't know. Do It looks like a few of

[1:22:57] these are protests. I'm not sure who

[1:22:58] might be here for the applicant. Usually

[1:23:00] it's a good place to start perhaps. Uh

[1:23:03] is that Fox.

[1:23:04] » Yeah, maybe I might suggest we hear what

[1:23:07] it is first before we hear the

[1:23:09] opposition.

[1:23:12] » Good morning. David Fox, 525 Northwest

[1:23:15] 11th Street. Uh here on behalf of the

[1:23:18] applicant. Um this is one that we spent

[1:23:22] a lot of time at the planning commission

[1:23:24] level. Uh there were community meetings

[1:23:26] that were held and I I think it's worth

[1:23:29] pointing out that

[1:23:31] where we're located is South Mustang

[1:23:34] Road. Mustang Road is a state highway

[1:23:36] and could you There we go. I think it's

[1:23:40] this area has exploded in growth over

[1:23:42] the last 10 years. What you would expect

[1:23:44] to see along state highways that are

[1:23:46] fully developed four-lane is more

[1:23:48] intense commercial type of use. You have

[1:23:51] this area along Mustang Road north of

[1:23:54] 59th starting to develop. You've got the

[1:23:56] PUD 265 which is an older PUB which has

[1:23:59] elements of commercial. You have the C1

[1:24:02] immediately east which was a recently

[1:24:04] approved. You have a 7-Eleven gas

[1:24:06] station right there at the corner.

[1:24:08] Significant commercial development is

[1:24:10] expected to to come. So when we

[1:24:12] originally filed this SPUD, it had lots

[1:24:14] of different commercial uses in it. We

[1:24:16] went and had a community meeting. It

[1:24:18] became clear that uh there was no

[1:24:20] element of commercial that would be

[1:24:21] acceptable. What became clear as we

[1:24:24] moved on was there was nothing that

[1:24:26] would be viewed as acceptable by the

[1:24:28] neighbors short of residential. I would

[1:24:30] submit to you that it is very unlikely

[1:24:32] that anybody would put their home now on

[1:24:35] Mustang Road given that it's State

[1:24:37] Highway, given the amount of traffic it

[1:24:38] carries. And so the idea that this would

[1:24:40] be developed residentially moving

[1:24:41] forward I think is extremely unlikely.

[1:24:44] So what we did is we came back with an

[1:24:47] SPUD that has an 01 base. Now it's the

[1:24:51] first 01 SPUD or PUD that I've ever been

[1:24:54] a part of. O2 is generally what you

[1:24:57] would expect to see. O2 is the general

[1:24:59] office. Frankly, I was surprised to see

[1:25:01] that we had an 01. So 01 represents the

[1:25:04] least intensive non-residential zoning

[1:25:07] district that we have in Oklahoma City.

[1:25:09] And then what we did is we further

[1:25:10] restricted it down to only allow about

[1:25:12] six uses. So the only thing that could

[1:25:14] really happen here is that you would

[1:25:16] have an office development, accountant,

[1:25:19] lawyers, things like that. And then at

[1:25:22] the planning commission level through

[1:25:24] commissioner Meek's work, we had imposed

[1:25:27] upon this development. Sarah, would you

[1:25:28] mind go to site plan perhaps the most

[1:25:31] restrictive set of uh conditions placed

[1:25:34] on an SPD that's an office development

[1:25:36] that I have been a part of. All of which

[1:25:39] were intended to make this more

[1:25:41] compatible to the neighborhood. So,

[1:25:44] first what you see is four different

[1:25:46] buildings. We capped the square footage

[1:25:48] of each individual building at 7500

[1:25:50] square ft. We required them to all be

[1:25:52] singlestory. Why that's significant is

[1:25:55] of course the neighborhood under R1

[1:25:56] regulations could have 35 ft and 2 and a

[1:25:58] half stories. We capped these at

[1:26:00] singlestory. We required them in the SPD

[1:26:03] to be residential style with a pitched

[1:26:06] roof. We further specified the pitch of

[1:26:08] the roof to ensure that it is a

[1:26:10] residential style pitch roof and not

[1:26:12] something else.

[1:26:14] We then required a masonry wall anywhere

[1:26:17] where we are adjacent to single family

[1:26:19] residential. Now typically masonry walls

[1:26:22] of 8 ft in height which is what is

[1:26:24] required here are reserved for uses

[1:26:27] [clears throat] that may be deemed

[1:26:27] incompatible. Now this is not

[1:26:29] incompatible. Typically you see that

[1:26:31] when it's multif family next to single

[1:26:34] family or heavy intense commercial next

[1:26:36] to single family. But here at the

[1:26:38] request of planning commission we agreed

[1:26:40] to an 8ft masonry wall. We further

[1:26:43] agreed to uh increase landscaping points

[1:26:46] within the parking areas. Significant

[1:26:49] landscaping on the south, the west and

[1:26:52] the north. Significant landscape buffer

[1:26:54] along the south, the west and the north.

[1:26:59] We agreed to limit it to no more than

[1:27:01] four buildings.

[1:27:04] We required public water and public

[1:27:07] sewer. Uh we are required to double the

[1:27:11] number of landscaping points in the

[1:27:13] parking areas. We are required to double

[1:27:16] the amount of landscaping points along

[1:27:18] the northern border.

[1:27:20] We prohibited access to 54th. What you

[1:27:23] see before you is the original site

[1:27:24] plan. So now we have prohibited access

[1:27:27] off to 50 Uh Sarah, could you go to the

[1:27:28] aerial again? My apologies

[1:27:31] from 54th Street, which serves as that

[1:27:33] residential street.

[1:27:35] Um in speaking with the council woman,

[1:27:37] we have further agreed this and this

[1:27:39] will be an amendment to limit the number

[1:27:41] of access points into the SPD to one off

[1:27:45] of South Mustang Road. So all of that

[1:27:49] along a state highway we submit makes us

[1:27:53] a compatible development. Now one of the

[1:27:55] things that the council and planning

[1:27:57] commission does not um hear or consider

[1:28:00] are covenants. I suspect you're going to

[1:28:02] hear something about it. So I just want

[1:28:04] to mention one brief thing about it. The

[1:28:06] covenants that control this neighborhood

[1:28:08] that were done before anyone bought a

[1:28:10] home in there have a provision and that

[1:28:13] provision is found at section 4 and it

[1:28:15] says all lots except tracks one and two

[1:28:19] in the tract described shall be used

[1:28:21] solely for residential. Well, this is

[1:28:24] within that tract one and two. So what

[1:28:26] does that tell us? Well, it tells us

[1:28:27] that at inception of this neighborhood,

[1:28:30] it was anticipated that everything in

[1:28:33] this is required to be residential

[1:28:35] except tract one and two. So, clearly

[1:28:37] something other than residential was

[1:28:39] contemplated here. I think the neighbors

[1:28:42] know that on the eve of planning

[1:28:43] commission, they went and attempted to

[1:28:46] modify the covenants. Now whether or not

[1:28:48] they're lawful is another matter, but I

[1:28:50] was handed the day of planning

[1:28:51] commission modified covenants trying to

[1:28:53] fix apparently a problem that they I

[1:28:55] guess concede allows something other

[1:28:57] than residential to go here.

[1:29:00] So with that, I'm happy to answer any

[1:29:02] questions. It was recommended for

[1:29:04] approval by the planning commission and

[1:29:06] you'll note that in the council memo

[1:29:10] there are 11 TEES and I think

[1:29:15] four through 11 were all added at the

[1:29:17] time of planning commission through

[1:29:18] negotiation with the planning commission

[1:29:21] uh member for W 3. And again we would

[1:29:23] propose to modify this to limit the

[1:29:26] access to one curb cut off of Mustang.

[1:29:29] Happy to answer any questions.

[1:29:34] Thank you, David. I think that you've

[1:29:35] done a great job explaining it.

[1:29:38] » All right, then we'll start with the

[1:29:39] folks who've signed up to speak if that

[1:29:41] works. Uh Colin Walk.

[1:29:48] » Good morning, council. Colin Walk, 100

[1:29:51] North Broadway, Sweet 2900, and I

[1:29:54] represent Thoroughbred Homeowners

[1:29:56] Association. What I want to be clear

[1:29:58] about is this is the rest of the story.

[1:30:00] You just heard Mr. Box talks talk about

[1:30:03] covenants. And while the city generally

[1:30:05] doesn't consider covenants, and I can

[1:30:06] appreciate that fact, what he omitted

[1:30:09] was that where it says shall be

[1:30:11] residential only except for lots in one

[1:30:13] and two, it then goes on to specify that

[1:30:16] those lots may only be developed into

[1:30:20] retail spaces and specifically for

[1:30:23] swine.

[1:30:24] Right? So, this area, if you look at the

[1:30:27] photos I've provided, still have cattle

[1:30:29] on all of these lots. The reason why

[1:30:33] there are 11 TES in this particular case

[1:30:36] is they're because they're trying to fit

[1:30:38] a round peg in a square hole. If you

[1:30:41] will notice the development immediately

[1:30:42] to the south, it is a high density

[1:30:45] populated area that is adjacent to

[1:30:47] commercial development. Our acreages are

[1:30:50] all five acres lots because this is an

[1:30:54] agricultural development. And unlike

[1:30:56] most people who come and stand before

[1:30:58] you and say, "Please, not in my

[1:31:00] backyard. I bought into this residential

[1:31:02] neighborhood. I didn't know that field

[1:31:03] was going to be developed." These

[1:31:05] individuals not only knew this was an

[1:31:08] agricultural area because of the size of

[1:31:09] the lots, but because of the covenants

[1:31:12] and the restrictions that were put on

[1:31:13] it. So consequently, to the extent that

[1:31:16] this council does believe that this is

[1:31:18] somehow compatible, in spite of the size

[1:31:21] variations, in spite of the fact that

[1:31:24] this is a private road, and if you think

[1:31:26] that people turning off of the main

[1:31:28] highway, the main thoroughfare in

[1:31:30] Mustang aren't going to miss that turnin

[1:31:32] and start utilizing my client's private

[1:31:35] road for which they pay, you're wrong.

[1:31:37] It's going to happen. My clients are

[1:31:39] going to incur additional costs as this

[1:31:41] goes on. And so consequently when we

[1:31:44] look at this we have to say is this

[1:31:46] compatible? This is a completely

[1:31:48] agricultural area has always intended to

[1:31:50] be so it has covenants in there and the

[1:31:53] 11TE are just simply examples of um the

[1:31:57] fact that they're trying to put a round

[1:31:59] peg in a square hole. The final thing

[1:32:00] that I'll say is is again going back to

[1:32:02] the covenants I'll remind the council

[1:32:04] that while you all do not generally look

[1:32:05] at covenants you do for the purposes of

[1:32:07] whether or not to permit uh issue

[1:32:09] permits for short-term rentals. And so

[1:32:11] to the extent that the council is

[1:32:13] willing to consider covenants for

[1:32:15] short-term rentals but is not willing to

[1:32:17] do so for a zoning project would lead me

[1:32:19] to believe that's an arbitrary and

[1:32:20] capriccious decision.

[1:32:22] » 30 seconds remaining.

[1:32:23] » So consequently, we would ask that you

[1:32:24] deny this proposed spud for not being

[1:32:27] compatible with the area it is currently

[1:32:29] zoned in. Thank you.

[1:32:32] » Thank you. Um item I'm sorry, June Roy.

[1:32:49] June Roy 11, pardon me, 11749

[1:32:52] [clears throat]

[1:32:53] Southwest 54th Street in Thorbred Acres.

[1:32:57] Um, [clears throat]

[1:32:59] I'm 79 years old and I know I don't have

[1:33:01] to tell my age, but there's a reason.

[1:33:04] and my husband and I, I'm sorry, bought

[1:33:07] this house 30 years ago

[1:33:10] because of the neighborhood because it's

[1:33:15] five acres and while our neighbors are

[1:33:18] mostly close,

[1:33:20] uh, it's ex exact opposite to the new

[1:33:25] area that is built right beside us,

[1:33:28] which has over a hundred houses on it.

[1:33:32] And they knew when they built there that

[1:33:36] there would be some retail at the

[1:33:39] opening of their street.

[1:33:42] Theirs is not a private road. They don't

[1:33:45] pay for it. We do. And it costs a lot to

[1:33:49] work on our road every few well every

[1:33:52] few years. But we bought this house to

[1:33:56] live the rest of our lives and to leave.

[1:33:59] Sorry, my throat's all dry. and to leave

[1:34:01] for our children.

[1:34:03] I don't have a lot of money. What I have

[1:34:06] to leave my children [clears throat] is

[1:34:09] that house

[1:34:11] and reszoning the front of it. Like I

[1:34:14] say, it's not our backyard. It's our

[1:34:16] front yard. It's what people see when

[1:34:19] they come to our neighborhood. And even

[1:34:23] though we knew in the covenants it said

[1:34:25] there those two were exempt from that,

[1:34:29] our understanding when we bought our

[1:34:32] homes was that that was for the one area

[1:34:36] they're trying to resone now to be able

[1:34:38] to do roping things because there were

[1:34:42] they owned originally four lots and they

[1:34:46] wanted to be able Thank you so much.

[1:34:49] Our

[1:35:00] understanding that that exemption was

[1:35:02] for them to be able to run cattle, have

[1:35:04] roping and all that kind of events on

[1:35:08] that. It was not so it would be built

[1:35:11] into

[1:35:13] really retail.

[1:35:15] And the gentleman who originally owned

[1:35:18] that lived there for a long time and he

[1:35:21] never put any retail in there. It was

[1:35:25] only used for cattle and all that.

[1:35:27] » 30 seconds remaining.

[1:35:29] » Pardon?

[1:35:31] » Did somebody say ask something?

[1:35:34] » You have

[1:35:35] you have 30 seconds left.

[1:35:38] » Okay. But besides that, my real concern

[1:35:41] is the danger this would cause. You

[1:35:43] can't get down Mustang Road during rush

[1:35:47] hour, which is actually three or four

[1:35:49] hours a day because it's backed up from

[1:35:52] 59th Street to 44th Street and then

[1:35:55] after the light beyond that. It's

[1:35:57] dangerous and several of our neighbors

[1:36:00] have been involved in wrecks trying to

[1:36:02] turn onto our street. It's dangerous to

[1:36:05] reszone it. I think I'm out of time and

[1:36:08] thank you for hearing me.

[1:36:09] » Thank you, Mr. Ry. This is very

[1:36:11] important to us.

[1:36:12] » Corey Frank.

[1:36:20] » My name is Corey Franks. I live 11500

[1:36:24] Southwest 54th Street. My house butts up

[1:36:27] to the property of the proposed

[1:36:30] land that's being changed.

[1:36:32] Um,

[1:36:34] obviously I'm opposed to it. You know,

[1:36:37] we people that seek out acreages kind of

[1:36:42] like having space beside them. So,

[1:36:45] thoroughbred acres, five acre tracks.

[1:36:48] This this particular track that's being

[1:36:51] proposed used to be five. The the

[1:36:55] original owner, they passed away. Kids

[1:36:57] seen dollar signs. They decided, hey,

[1:37:00] let's reszone or they

[1:37:03] broke it down to three, three and a half

[1:37:06] acres

[1:37:08] with the intentions of hoping to be able

[1:37:10] to to

[1:37:12] profit off of it for commercial land.

[1:37:15] Um, so basically, if this is approved,

[1:37:19] I'm going to come home to my property,

[1:37:22] see a 8ft cement wall in my backyard.

[1:37:26] If

[1:37:29] I wanted to do that, I'd live in a

[1:37:30] neighborhood. I'd live in a neighborhood

[1:37:32] where my neighbor's house is right

[1:37:36] beside me, 10 foot, you know, from my

[1:37:38] property.

[1:37:40] Um,

[1:37:41] it, you know, if I see a lot of stuff

[1:37:45] that if this is approved, what's to keep

[1:37:49] somebody else from

[1:37:52] buying three or four houses on another

[1:37:54] street on Mustang Road, turning it

[1:37:57] commercial.

[1:37:59] And by the way, when

[1:38:02] Box mentioned the commercial aspect of

[1:38:05] Mustang Road,

[1:38:08] 85% of Mustang is already commercial

[1:38:11] from 152 up to 10th Street.

[1:38:16] There are multiple houses on

[1:38:19] Mustang Road on acreages that remain.

[1:38:25] Um and then going back to the concept

[1:38:31] that they have proposed,

[1:38:34] you know, 8 ft masonry wall that is what

[1:38:37] what is that? Is that is that brick or

[1:38:40] is that a pre-made cement wall that I'm

[1:38:42] going to be looking at? Is that a nice

[1:38:45] brick wall with columns, pre-cast tops?

[1:38:48] We don't know. Also, what they haven't

[1:38:51] put on the

[1:38:53] » 30 seconds remaining.

[1:38:54] » The concept is there is no retention

[1:38:57] pond on there. The city is going to

[1:38:59] require a large retention pond which

[1:39:02] going to hold water and quite frankly, I

[1:39:06] haven't seen a pretty retention pond on

[1:39:08] any commercial development.

[1:39:11] um they're they're hyping it up to make

[1:39:13] it look good,

[1:39:15] but regardless, you start adding all the

[1:39:18] other stuff in and then go before the

[1:39:21] city to get the plans approved, it's

[1:39:23] going to change from what they've got.

[1:39:25] But thank you for your time.

[1:39:27] » Thank you, Russell Rouse.

[1:39:41] My name is Russell Rouse. I live at

[1:39:43] 11501 Southwest 54th Street. Um,

[1:39:48] my reason for being here is the uh

[1:39:51] increase in non-residential properties

[1:39:55] has increased the traffic to the point

[1:39:57] that we have a lot of difficulty trying

[1:40:01] to get out and into our neighborhood. We

[1:40:03] are a not through street. It is

[1:40:06] definitely a dead-ended property. End

[1:40:09] result is as the street backs up with

[1:40:11] the cars, everybody comes down the

[1:40:14] street, sees the backed up cars, and

[1:40:16] turns right down the down our street.

[1:40:18] It's difficult to support a street if

[1:40:21] you're going to have a thousand people a

[1:40:23] day running up and down your street. Um

[1:40:26] there are plenty of uh commercial

[1:40:30] properties up and down Mustang that are

[1:40:32] currently empty. There's nobody to

[1:40:36] support them. There are no companies in

[1:40:37] them. There are no owners in them.

[1:40:39] There's no renters in them. There's just

[1:40:41] buildings out the wazoo. Um we're just

[1:40:45] having difficulty with this. Our place

[1:40:47] is definitely res rural in nature and uh

[1:40:52] maintain that way for a reason. But um

[1:40:56] in this particular case, this this

[1:40:59] really seems out of out of place. We uh

[1:41:02] we can't leave our houses uh say 4 to

[1:41:06] 6:00 at night, 6:30. Traffic's backed up

[1:41:10] all the way from 59th past the entrance

[1:41:12] into our road. So, we can't go north. We

[1:41:15] have to go south and wait in line with

[1:41:17] everybody else that's stuck in the

[1:41:19] backup. It's it's just the rest of the

[1:41:22] environment does not support the amount

[1:41:24] of individuals that we have uh moving

[1:41:27] into the area. The end result is uh

[1:41:31] we're trapped. We can't hardly get in.

[1:41:34] We can't hardly get out. Um and the cost

[1:41:36] will go up in our neighborhoods. Um we

[1:41:40] certainly uh appreciate everybody here's

[1:41:42] effort. Um but u there there's no doubt

[1:41:46] the individuals on our street were under

[1:41:48] the impression that we're in a rural

[1:41:50] neighborhood. We we don't have city

[1:41:53] water. We don't have uh city sewer. We

[1:41:56] don't have anything. We support it all

[1:41:58] ourselves. And um this excess traffic

[1:42:01] when everybody stops and tries to bypass

[1:42:04] the backed up road and thinks they can

[1:42:05] come down our street um is going to

[1:42:08] increase our costs tremendously.

[1:42:11] Um

[1:42:12] » 30 seconds remaining.

[1:42:13] » Trying trying to keep this short and

[1:42:15] sweet, but I appreciate your time. Thank

[1:42:17] you very much.

[1:42:20] » Thank you. Uh Carrie Barker.

[1:42:27] » Thank you very much. Uh it's Carrie

[1:42:29] Barker. I'm the president of the

[1:42:32] Thoroughbred Homeowners Association. I

[1:42:35] live at 11648 Southwest 54 Street. I

[1:42:39] have been the president for more than 30

[1:42:41] years. And if you've seen the speakers

[1:42:43] prior

[1:42:44] u to myself all are of the same caliber

[1:42:49] that lived in that neighborhood and it

[1:42:52] might as well be called thoroughbred

[1:42:54] farms. Thoroughbred

[1:42:57] is the name of what we do. That's the

[1:42:59] nature. We have horses, we have cattle,

[1:43:02] we have donkeys, we raise chickens. It

[1:43:05] is a rule. We're on uh we're not on city

[1:43:08] water. We're well and septic. That's the

[1:43:11] sort of community it is. It's kind of

[1:43:13] unique and that's the reason why this

[1:43:15] sort of business right at our front door

[1:43:18] and in one of our lots that was

[1:43:21] protected many years ago when the

[1:43:23] covenants was written to guard against

[1:43:26] that. And what they failed to mention

[1:43:27] about the covenants is the wording in

[1:43:30] there does not permit a developer to

[1:43:33] come in there and put four 7500 square

[1:43:37] foot buildings and 200 parking spaces

[1:43:40] right at our door. Our area has one

[1:43:44] residence per lot per five acres. We

[1:43:47] qualify as farm exemption. This is

[1:43:51] what's unique and this takes away from

[1:43:52] the character. You've seen this on

[1:43:55] television where ranches have to protect

[1:43:58] themselves from developers coming in and

[1:44:00] changing the environment. Please try to

[1:44:04] protect what we have developed over the

[1:44:06] long many years. There's not many of

[1:44:09] them left and we're proud of it. Each

[1:44:11] one of us know the neighbors personally

[1:44:15] and we want to keep it that way. And we

[1:44:17] don't see why this business when it's

[1:44:19] presented to you, what you don't see, it

[1:44:21] looks pretty on paper, but when you put

[1:44:24] it in practice and drive down there and

[1:44:26] look at four huge buildings set up on

[1:44:29] the front of that, it's going to detract

[1:44:32] from our acreage. And we have kept it in

[1:44:34] pristine condition. All of those houses

[1:44:36] are occupied. We've invested our

[1:44:39] savings, our 401s in there. That's all

[1:44:42] we have. The owners of this that were

[1:44:45] there previously, ironically, is a land

[1:44:48] and cattle

[1:44:50] company and they want to remove what we

[1:44:53] have on there now. We keep cattle on

[1:44:55] there. Everyone else have horses. We do

[1:44:59] not want this change there. We're not

[1:45:01] opposed to commercial businesses,

[1:45:03] » But put it somewhere where it belongs.

[1:45:06] If you read the zoning, the purpose for

[1:45:09] zoning, this was approved residential

[1:45:11] some 35 years ago. It's residential.

[1:45:15] It's not commercial. And if you look at

[1:45:17] the zoning, it says here that zoning is

[1:45:20] the purpose. It's necessary to protect

[1:45:22] the community health, safety, and

[1:45:26] welfare. Please uphold that today and

[1:45:30] reject this application.

[1:45:33] Thank you.

[1:45:36] Thank you. That concludes Councilwoman

[1:45:38] Avers uh the residents who signed up to

[1:45:40] speak.

[1:45:43] » Councilwoman, can I ask a quick

[1:45:44] question?

[1:45:46] Um

[1:45:48] and this might seem like a naive or I

[1:45:51] just I feel very uninformed on what the

[1:45:54] covenant piece is. And so I was

[1:45:56] wondering if maybe Sarah or Matt could

[1:45:59] talk to us about why we don't consider

[1:46:01] covenants and what the purpose of them

[1:46:03] is. then if they don't have any effect

[1:46:06] on our zoning.

[1:46:16] » Yeah, that's a that's a good question.

[1:46:18] So, the covenants run with the land and

[1:46:22] those certainly apply to um visav the

[1:46:27] the developer and the purchaser of the

[1:46:30] property. Traditionally,

[1:46:33] um, as a municipality, we focus on our

[1:46:37] ordinances and what we can consider

[1:46:40] lawfully.

[1:46:41] There are components that of of what may

[1:46:45] be contained in covenants that this body

[1:46:47] can certainly consider, but the fact of

[1:46:50] that agreement

[1:46:52] is that private agreement, it remains

[1:46:55] private. Although it may be of record,

[1:46:58] it'd be more like a mortgage or

[1:46:59] something between between other parties,

[1:47:01] not the city itself.

[1:47:03] » So it it's not something that's like

[1:47:06] who enforces it. It's just self-

[1:47:09] enforced.

[1:47:10] » So the private property owners could

[1:47:13] could pursue recourse at the district

[1:47:15] courthouse if they believe that um

[1:47:17] » The covenant is not being

[1:47:19] » Right. If that the covenants have been

[1:47:20] violated.

[1:47:21] » Gotcha. Thank you.

[1:47:24] And then this is I'm guessing for

[1:47:26] councilwoman because it's your award.

[1:47:28] I'm just looking at the map. Am I

[1:47:31] understanding that retail doesn't exist

[1:47:35] between Southwest 44th and 59th that

[1:47:37] it's north and south of those two

[1:47:39] intersections? Is that about right?

[1:47:41] » What's the question?

[1:47:44] So on Mustang Road

[1:47:48] between 44th

[1:47:50] and 59th

[1:47:52] » 44th

[1:47:53] » Like Southwest 44th. Am I looking

[1:47:55] » That retail does not exist?

[1:47:57] » That's a question. That's not a

[1:47:58] statement. Is there any retail between

[1:48:01] Southwest 44th and Southwest 59th? I see

[1:48:04] some south.

[1:48:07] » Sure.

[1:48:07] » Of 59th.

[1:48:09] I see some north, but on here I'm not

[1:48:12] seeing that.

[1:48:14] » So, the the zoning exists to allow

[1:48:17] retail. Now, we're not proposing retail.

[1:48:19] Like, we're just office. I guess if

[1:48:22] there's a 7-Eleven gas station north of

[1:48:24] 59th that sells things. So, I guess that

[1:48:27] is some form of retail. But there PED265

[1:48:32] allows

[1:48:34] commercial development allowing retail.

[1:48:35] There's a lot of talk of commercial

[1:48:37] development. We do not allow any

[1:48:38] commercial uses.

[1:48:39] » An office.

[1:48:40] » Office 01 office.

[1:48:44] » And then what is the closest office to

[1:48:49] this area? Do you have any notion of

[1:48:51] that?

[1:48:51] » Yeah.

[1:48:53] I'm going to use this. So here's our

[1:48:56] site right here across the street.

[1:48:59] Office.

[1:49:00] » There's office, right? Okay. I see on

[1:49:01] there. But is that zoned or is there an

[1:49:04] actual office there?

[1:49:05] » Actual office. If you look at the aerial

[1:49:08] Sarah, would you mind going back right

[1:49:11] here?

[1:49:13] And then north of that is commercial

[1:49:14] zoning, but yeah, the office is there

[1:49:17] and built. The 7 This images from 2005,

[1:49:22] excuse me, 25. The 7-Eleven is now fully

[1:49:24] operational. Mustang Road is developing

[1:49:26] out. It it once was a kind of rural

[1:49:31] area, but that has changed rapidly.

[1:49:34] You've got multif family here. You've

[1:49:36] got commercial zoning and development

[1:49:38] ongoing and we're again it's I think

[1:49:40] it's critical our spud is limited to

[1:49:43] office only and 01

[1:49:47] and there's a tenant for this office.

[1:49:50] » No, not yet.

[1:49:52] » Okay.

[1:49:53] I I guess that's where I have some

[1:49:58] issues is

[1:50:01] when I think of downtown office space

[1:50:03] right now and the vacancies and then I

[1:50:05] just drive

[1:50:07] almost anywhere in Oklahoma City.

[1:50:09] Really, I could do this almost in any

[1:50:11] city and I just see so much vacant

[1:50:15] office space

[1:50:17] and that always bothers me especially in

[1:50:19] a housing crisis.

[1:50:21] So, I don't know. That's just on my

[1:50:23] mind. So, thank you for walking me

[1:50:24] through that.

[1:50:25] » So, real quick on that. Yes, the the

[1:50:26] downtown market is having perhaps some

[1:50:30] issues with vacancies. The suburban

[1:50:34] market for lowscale office development.

[1:50:37] There is always interest for that. There

[1:50:39] there are largecale office developments

[1:50:42] like this where you'll have 15 to 20

[1:50:44] residential style office buildings that

[1:50:46] are full. Um there's a very different

[1:50:49] market in the suburban market from the

[1:50:51] downtown market. So the question before

[1:50:53] you is not are there tenants to fill

[1:50:55] these spaces. Um it's do we have a use

[1:50:59] that is compatible with all the

[1:51:00] restrictions that have been placed upon

[1:51:02] us.

[1:51:06] If we if we made zoning decisions based

[1:51:08] on do we have tenants in place uh just

[1:51:10] about nothing get done here on Tuesdays.

[1:51:14] » Yeah.

[1:51:16] Okay.

[1:51:35] Okay. I have really looked at this

[1:51:39] application. Uh I actually happened to

[1:51:41] be it's my first planning commission

[1:51:43] case that I ever got to watch. um in

[1:51:46] person because I was here for another

[1:51:48] purpose. And so I got to meet many of

[1:51:51] our neighbors and um hear the concern

[1:51:55] and the um elevation of of issues. And I

[1:52:00] also got to see our planning commission

[1:52:02] at work and our planning commissioner

[1:52:05] representing the concerns of the

[1:52:07] neighbors and the balance of the

[1:52:09] applicant and and their property rights.

[1:52:12] And that's what I've seen really

[1:52:14] evolving over the last several months is

[1:52:17] that conversation and the

[1:52:20] changes to the application. And so we're

[1:52:23] at a point um today where it takes seven

[1:52:26] votes

[1:52:28] um to pass it. Um but the flip side of

[1:52:31] that is if the um applicant feels that

[1:52:36] their property rights are being violated

[1:52:38] and us saying no, then they can take

[1:52:40] that to district court and it would be

[1:52:42] evaluated in a court environment and um

[1:52:47] and so we have to go back to land use

[1:52:49] compatibility. is what is being proposed

[1:52:52] compatible and amendable to what was

[1:52:55] scoped in the land use that was approved

[1:52:56] by the city 30 years ago and the zoning

[1:53:00] from the city 30 years ago was as an R1

[1:53:03] um which actually enables more than one

[1:53:05] house in this particular lot. It could

[1:53:08] enable up to five houses under the

[1:53:10] current uh zoning conditions in that

[1:53:12] area. So what happened in planning

[1:53:14] commission were really adding

[1:53:16] mitigations to make an office as close

[1:53:20] to a an impact as residential

[1:53:23] development would be. So I heard today

[1:53:27] the concerns about the road traffic and

[1:53:29] I echo every concern around traffic and

[1:53:34] congestion and throughput um in

[1:53:38] southwest Oklahoma City. We have some

[1:53:40] real challenges. We have had incredible

[1:53:43] development. Um, one of the mitigations

[1:53:46] that was negotiated with planning

[1:53:48] commission through great feedback from

[1:53:51] community members is, hey, we're worried

[1:53:53] about people wearing and tearing on a

[1:53:55] road that we're paying for out of

[1:53:56] pocket. And so the access to this zoning

[1:54:01] added a restriction where there's only

[1:54:03] access from Highway 4. And um the

[1:54:06] buildings are proposed to be built just

[1:54:09] like a house as if the houses that were

[1:54:12] approved there.

[1:54:14] So the um landscaping that has been

[1:54:17] incorporated would not be a requirement

[1:54:19] under the HOA association or even in um

[1:54:23] any normal residential development.

[1:54:26] And that was done to try to support the

[1:54:31] rural feel of the existing neighborhood

[1:54:34] to create that green space. And um and

[1:54:38] then the masonry wall was actually done

[1:54:40] also to really be able to separate it

[1:54:42] from the neighborhood so that there

[1:54:44] would be no impact from a traffic, a

[1:54:48] safety and security risk.

[1:54:51] um really all of the considerations that

[1:54:53] have been noted by our neighbors. And so

[1:54:58] um today I'm going to make a motion for

[1:55:01] approval

[1:55:03] with the full understanding and support

[1:55:06] that if you want to take this to court

[1:55:10] tied to the PUD, that is 100% your

[1:55:13] right. But if this council votes no

[1:55:14] today, all of the negotiation, all of

[1:55:18] the concessions that you've gotten from

[1:55:20] a neighbor negotiation perspective, you

[1:55:22] would lose and you wouldn't have any of

[1:55:24] that navigation in place. And so today,

[1:55:28] I'm making a motion for approval. Yes,

[1:55:30] sir.

[1:55:31] » We need to to make the amendment to

[1:55:34] limit it to one curb cut first.

[1:55:36] » Sorry.

[1:55:36] » Thank you.

[1:55:39] » All right. Uh the motion for the

[1:55:41] amendment is to make it a one road

[1:55:43] access

[1:55:44] » One curb cut

[1:55:45] » Off of one curb cut allowed off of

[1:55:47] Highway 4 just like um a residential um

[1:55:52] access point would normally be off of

[1:55:54] Highway 4. I'm not saying just like that

[1:55:56] in the amendment, but I'm just saying

[1:55:58] that as a comparison because I actually

[1:55:59] think it would probably be a double

[1:56:02] double entrance to enable access and or

[1:56:05] egress and ingress. Um,

[1:56:09] this is a this is a hard one because I

[1:56:12] totally I 100% understand, but if you

[1:56:15] don't have

[1:56:17] what you have negotiated in place

[1:56:20] approved by this council, then you don't

[1:56:22] have the guarantees of that. And if you

[1:56:24] look at the court dockets, I think that

[1:56:27] you, the applicant, on the flip side,

[1:56:30] would have an an an equal argument. If

[1:56:33] that makes sense. I'm happy to discuss

[1:56:36] all of the things that I've gone

[1:56:37] through, but I want you to know that all

[1:56:39] of these protections are to make it

[1:56:41] equivalent to a residential

[1:56:43] neighborhood, but enable the property

[1:56:45] owner to execute their rights as um to

[1:56:50] have a residentialike business in that

[1:56:52] environment. And if and I'm there are

[1:56:56] many other people around this horseshoe

[1:56:58] that have way more experience than me in

[1:57:01] both law and planning. So, if I have a a

[1:57:04] misunderstanding or a misinterpretation

[1:57:06] of this, I would, you know, welcome your

[1:57:08] insight. But, uh, I've really tried to

[1:57:12] learn and understand all of the risks

[1:57:15] and the benefits to make the best

[1:57:17] decision for our community.

[1:57:19] » I'll just add that

[1:57:22] I appreciate

[1:57:25] the work you're doing on this item,

[1:57:28] Councilwoman. I just do. I think the

[1:57:30] amendments, I think your planning

[1:57:32] commissioner is doing some great work.

[1:57:34] Um, so on that note, uh, I'll vote to

[1:57:38] join you all on the technical evaluation

[1:57:40] just to continue making this item as,

[1:57:44] um, useful to the area as possible, but

[1:57:49] I ultimately

[1:57:51] just don't think I can go along for the

[1:57:53] rest of the ride. But should it pass, I

[1:57:55] at least want to make sure it's the best

[1:57:57] possible product it can be. So I'll just

[1:57:59] want to state that for the record.

[1:58:07] » All right. So we want to move an

[1:58:09] amendment

[1:58:09] » Motion for amendment.

[1:58:13] » And that is an amendment as previously

[1:58:17] described or

[1:58:19] » Um curb cut.

[1:58:20] » Yeah. Uh access shall be limited to one

[1:58:22] curb cut off Mustang Road.

[1:58:25] » Okay, that's it.

[1:58:29] All right, we got a motion and a second

[1:58:30] for the amendment. Cast your votes.

[1:58:35] Passes unanimously. Now we're on the uh

[1:58:38] item as amended. Item F.

[1:58:46] We have a motion and a second.

[1:58:49] Cast your votes.

[1:58:54] » 7 to two and with the necessary Seven

[1:58:57] votes required for approval.

[1:59:00] All right. Item G is an ordinance on

[1:59:02] final hearing. It was recommended for

[1:59:03] approval reszoning 2319 North Barnes

[1:59:06] Avenue from R2C4

[1:59:09] UD and TT to SPD 1817 UD and TT.

[1:59:15] Councilwoman Hammond, no one to speak.

[1:59:17] » Is the applicant here? I'm not sure I

[1:59:20] see them. Oh, there you are. I'm just

[1:59:21] hiding. Um, can you just kind of give us

[1:59:22] a brief kind of overview of what this

[1:59:24] project is?

[1:59:25] » Yeah, absolutely. Mark Sitel, one

[1:59:27] Sheridan Avenue with Johnson and

[1:59:28] Associates. Uh this is a town home

[1:59:30] project just south of Memory Serves as a

[1:59:34] Jimmy John's off of uh Northwest 23rd

[1:59:36] Street. And so uh what we've designed

[1:59:39] are nine units. The front four face

[1:59:42] barns. So the front doors, they'll have

[1:59:44] kind of small front yards. Uh and then

[1:59:46] the units behind will face internally.

[1:59:49] Uh and then they will have backyards. So

[1:59:51] it it's a bit of a an awkward site

[1:59:53] because of its size and its depth. Um,

[1:59:55] but uh we went to the urban design

[1:59:58] commission. It's probably the biggest

[1:59:59] change. The entirety of this SPUD will

[2:00:02] have to conform to the urban design uh

[2:00:05] guidelines and review process. Right now

[2:00:07] only half of it does. So we've actually

[2:00:08] brought some property essentially in uh

[2:00:11] for review. So they recommended

[2:00:12] approval, planning commission

[2:00:14] recommended approval, staff generously

[2:00:16] recommended their approval as well. Uh

[2:00:18] and we are here today asking for your

[2:00:20] approval.

[2:00:21] » Thank you. Yeah, I just wanted to

[2:00:22] highlight this. Um, this lot has been

[2:00:25] vacant the for I don't know how long,

[2:00:27] but definitely my whole time on council

[2:00:28] and I know has been a concern of some of

[2:00:30] the neighbors. So, I think it's exciting

[2:00:32] to see some infill development on it.

[2:00:34] And um I' I've not heard anything

[2:00:36] negative from the neighbors and I think

[2:00:38] it generally it's being seen as a

[2:00:39] positive addition to the neighborhood.

[2:00:41] So, I'm happy to move for approval.

[2:00:46] All

[2:00:50] right, we have a motion and a second for

[2:00:52] item G. Cast your votes.

[2:00:58] Passes unanimously. Item H is an

[2:01:01] ordinance on final hearing. It was

[2:01:02] recommended for approval resoning 1320

[2:01:05] West Reno from SPUD1309

[2:01:08] to SPD1821.

[2:01:12] Councilwoman Avers has stepped away. So

[2:01:14] maybe we will come back to that. We'll

[2:01:17] skip H for now. Um item I is an

[2:01:21] ordinance on final hearing establishing

[2:01:23] 45deree angle parking uh on the east

[2:01:26] side of North College near Northwest

[2:01:28] 16th. Councilwoman Hammond.

[2:01:31] » Yes. I will move for approval.

[2:01:39] » Have a motion and a second. cast your

[2:01:41] votes.

[2:01:53] Passes unanimously. Item J is an

[2:01:55] ordinance on final hearing establishing

[2:01:57] reserved parking for the physically

[2:01:58] disabled uh on College near Northwest

[2:02:01] 16th. Councilwoman Hammond,

[2:02:03] » I will move for approval.

[2:02:08] » Got a motion and a second. cast your

[2:02:10] votes.

[2:02:18] Passes unanimously. Item K is an

[2:02:20] ordinance on final hearing establishing

[2:02:21] reserved parking for the physically

[2:02:23] disabled on the west side of North

[2:02:24] Harvey near 11th. Uh Council Hammond,

[2:02:28] » I will move for approval.

[2:02:37] Have

[2:02:37] » A motion and a second. Cast your votes.

[2:02:46] passes unanimously. Item L1 is the

[2:02:49] public hearing regarding the dilapidated

[2:02:50] structures here listed. Amy, has anyone

[2:02:51] signed up to speak?

[2:02:52] » No, they haven't.

[2:02:53] » They have not. So, we'll advance to the

[2:02:54] resolution found at L2 to claim the

[2:02:55] structures are dilapidated.

[2:03:04] There's a motion in a second for L2.

[2:03:08] cast your votes.

[2:03:15] Passes unanimously. M1 is the public

[2:03:17] hearing regarding the unsecured

[2:03:18] structures here listed except for those

[2:03:19] previously struck. Emmy, has anyone

[2:03:21] signed up to speak?

[2:03:21] » No, they haven't.

[2:03:22] » They have not. And so we'll advance to

[2:03:23] the resolution found that M2 declaring

[2:03:25] structures are unsecured.

[2:03:33] Motion cast your votes.

[2:03:36] » We have a motion and a second. Cast your

[2:03:37] votes. passes unanimously. Okay. Now,

[2:03:39] we're going to go back to item H. I

[2:03:41] understand Councilwoman Avers has asked

[2:03:42] Councilman Stone to carry this item.

[2:03:44] This is a, as previously stated, this is

[2:03:47] for um SPD 1821 at 3020

[2:03:54] West Reno.

[2:03:55] » Thank you, mayor. Has anyone signed up

[2:03:57] to speak?

[2:03:57] » They have not.

[2:03:58] » All right. With that, I'll go ahead and

[2:03:59] move for its approval.

[2:04:05] » Got a motion in a second. Cast your

[2:04:07] votes.

[2:04:12] passes unanimously. Item 11 in is a

[2:04:15] public hearing regarding uh the

[2:04:17] abandoned building here listed. Amy, has

[2:04:18] anyone signed to speak?

[2:04:21] » No, they haven't.

[2:04:22] » They have not. And so we will uh advance

[2:04:24] to the resolution found in two declaring

[2:04:25] the building abandoned.

[2:04:32] Have a motion and a second. Cast your

[2:04:34] votes.

[2:04:37] passes unanimously.

[2:04:39] Um item 1101 is a public hearing

[2:04:43] regarding an amendment to the fiscal

[2:04:44] year 2026 budget. Uh Amy, has anyone

[2:04:47] signed to speak?

[2:04:48] » No, they haven't.

[2:04:48] » They have not. Uh so we can advance to

[2:04:51] O2. This is a resolution adopting uh

[2:04:54] said amendment which I believe was

[2:04:56] introduced at this last meeting.

[2:05:01] So no presentation.

[2:05:04] Got a motion and a second. Cast your

[2:05:06] votes.

[2:05:10] Passes unanimously.

[2:05:12] 11 P1 is the second public hearing

[2:05:15] regarding uh the regarding amending

[2:05:18] amending the June 17th, 2025 resolution

[2:05:20] regarding fire expenditures. Amy, has

[2:05:22] anyone signed to speak?

[2:05:23] » No, they haven't.

[2:05:24] » They have not. And so we will advance to

[2:05:25] the resolution at P2 making such

[2:05:28] amendment.

[2:05:33] We have a motion in a second. Cast your

[2:05:35] votes.

[2:05:40] Passes unanimously. Q1 is the second

[2:05:43] public hearing regarding fire sales tax

[2:05:45] appropriations. Amy, has anyone sent to

[2:05:47] speak?

[2:05:48] » No, they haven't.

[2:05:48] » They have not. So, we'll advance to the

[2:05:50] resolution found at Q2 uh regarding said

[2:05:54] fire department appropriations.

[2:05:58] Got a motion in a second. Cast your

[2:06:00] votes.

[2:06:04] Passes unanimously. 11R1 is a second

[2:06:06] public hearing regarding police sales

[2:06:08] tax appropriations. Amy, has anyone

[2:06:10] signed to speak?

[2:06:10] » No, they have not.

[2:06:11] » Not. So, we'll advance to the resolution

[2:06:13] found at R2 regarding said police

[2:06:15] department appropriations.

[2:06:22] Got a motion and a second. Cast your

[2:06:24] votes.

[2:06:31] passes seven to one. Uh, and then item S

[2:06:34] is a joint resolution with the Oklahoma

[2:06:36] City Economic Development Trust

[2:06:37] approving an allocation to the city of

[2:06:39] Oklahoma City and an amount not to

[2:06:40] exceed $4 million from Increment

[2:06:42] District 2's other public development

[2:06:45] costs. This is for the purpose of the

[2:06:46] MAPS 3 Union Station renovation at 300

[2:06:49] Southwest 7th. And we have a

[2:06:50] presentation.

[2:06:51] » Yes, Ryan Echelman is here with GSB to

[2:06:53] give us a presentation on this project.

[2:06:56] » Great. Good morning to you all. Uh

[2:07:00] I'm here to talk about the uh renovation

[2:07:02] of Union Station which is um located on

[2:07:06] the south end of um Scissor Tale Park.

[2:07:11] Let me advance here.

[2:07:14] Um

[2:07:15] there we go.

[2:07:19] South end of Scissor Tale Park. um

[2:07:24] built in the golden age of rail travel

[2:07:27] in about 1930. Had a few had a about two

[2:07:30] decades of um kind of its heyday and

[2:07:33] then it was um habits changed and the

[2:07:38] city changed and it kind of disappeared

[2:07:40] into obscurity. Um, fortunately for us,

[2:07:42] the building has been incredibly well

[2:07:44] taken care of. Um, and is now exposed to

[2:07:46] public view by the development of the

[2:07:48] park after being buried uh, among

[2:07:50] commercial development south of downtown

[2:07:53] for many, many years. Um, you can see an

[2:07:55] aerial of it in its abutment to the park

[2:07:58] to the rail line and I40 to the south.

[2:08:01] Um, as I mentioned, the building's in

[2:08:03] really good condition. Needs a little

[2:08:05] bit of renovation on the interior and

[2:08:06] exterior. It's been used as an office

[2:08:08] building by uh, Embark for many years.

[2:08:11] Um and we're proposing to return it to

[2:08:13] public use. Um you can see a lot of the

[2:08:16] existing or the original infrastructure

[2:08:18] still in the building, light fixtures,

[2:08:20] cornice, stone work. Um and you can also

[2:08:22] see on the right the office building

[2:08:24] that they built inside of the uh

[2:08:26] original uh waiting hall that will be

[2:08:28] removed. And this is what we propose to

[2:08:30] do is to return it to its original glory

[2:08:34] um and to make it a public facility

[2:08:35] again to host events, to host park

[2:08:38] visitors, um and to make the public

[2:08:40] portion of the building uh public again.

[2:08:43] So this is an image of the east um

[2:08:45] waiting hall um hosting an event. You

[2:08:48] can see the old ticket windows. You can

[2:08:50] see um all the original um cornis work

[2:08:53] and light fixtures and everything that

[2:08:55] would be restored as a part of the

[2:08:56] renovation.

[2:08:57] The building is made up of two portions.

[2:08:59] The the former public portion, which

[2:09:01] we're calling area A to the north. Um

[2:09:03] and areas B and C are former baggage and

[2:09:06] cargo areas. Uh those are not proposed

[2:09:09] to be renovated as a part of this

[2:09:10] project. Um will be focused on the north

[2:09:13] half of the building.

[2:09:15] You can see it consists of the two

[2:09:17] original waiting halls, um support areas

[2:09:20] and circulation areas, restrooms, um

[2:09:23] meeting and office space. Uh the blue

[2:09:25] area is proposed for renovation by this

[2:09:27] funding, but we'd like to tackle the

[2:09:29] alternate areas highlighted in orange so

[2:09:32] that we really we really um complete the

[2:09:34] renovation of the entire north portion

[2:09:37] of the building.

[2:09:39] Part of what makes this project

[2:09:40] challenging is it's historic. Um it was

[2:09:43] built in 1930 at a time when buildings

[2:09:46] were not um did not have central air

[2:09:48] conditioning in those systems. And we

[2:09:50] are introducing um lots of people into

[2:09:53] those spaces for large events. Um think

[2:09:56] about filling those rooms on August, you

[2:09:59] know, at three in the afternoon on

[2:10:00] August 15th when the air conditioning

[2:10:02] demand is at the highest. And so we are

[2:10:04] building a Swiss watch. This is an image

[2:10:06] on the right that shows the air

[2:10:07] conditioning system that's going to be

[2:10:09] integrated into the attic of the uh of

[2:10:12] the facility to support all of that.

[2:10:14] This has to be done invisibly so we

[2:10:16] don't compromise any of the historical

[2:10:18] um character of the building.

[2:10:21] As I mentioned, large occupancy spaces

[2:10:23] will be able to host as many as 600

[2:10:25] people uh over 350 at tables um and a

[2:10:29] smaller amount in the west hall which

[2:10:32] will also function as kind of a uh

[2:10:34] arrival and visitor center for the park

[2:10:36] itself that the foundation will will

[2:10:38] operate. upgrading

[2:10:40] um upgrading all the HVAC systems,

[2:10:43] providing new electrical service to

[2:10:45] support not only the HVAC demands, but

[2:10:47] also the convenience power. Um buildings

[2:10:50] in 1930 did not have the electrical

[2:10:52] infrastructure that we would expect

[2:10:54] today for a modern event center.

[2:10:56] Upgrading some plumbing. There's some

[2:10:58] failed uh failed sewer lines under the

[2:11:01] building that need to be replaced. And

[2:11:02] upgrading the water service. And then as

[2:11:04] I mentioned, lots of selective

[2:11:06] historical renovation to lighting

[2:11:08] windows, um interior plaster, terazzo

[2:11:11] floors, exterior stonework, um

[2:11:14] modernizing many of those historic

[2:11:16] fixtures as well, some furniture for the

[2:11:18] facility, and completing the fire

[2:11:21] protection system to protect it in

[2:11:22] perpetuity. need to go back really quick

[2:11:25] um mention this project um has a little

[2:11:29] over 12.5 million dollars in funding

[2:11:30] from the residual revenues from MAPS 3.

[2:11:34] This was not originally a maps 3

[2:11:36] project, but it has been allocated those

[2:11:38] funds. Um but we are about $4 million

[2:11:40] short to complete uh all of the work

[2:11:42] that I've described. So, some of the

[2:11:45] things that would be um have to be cut

[2:11:47] out of the project um without the

[2:11:49] additional funding um includes the items

[2:11:52] listed on the screen. We would have to

[2:11:54] utilize a different mechanical system

[2:11:56] which would use rooftop equipment or

[2:11:58] some other things that would not be

[2:11:59] compatible with the historic character

[2:12:01] of the building. Um would have to forego

[2:12:03] some of the infrastructure improvements.

[2:12:05] Eliminate alternates. um eliminate some

[2:12:08] of the uh AV infrastructure that would

[2:12:10] be needed to support events um and the

[2:12:13] like. So, this is a request to utilize

[2:12:16] those tough funds to complete the

[2:12:17] funding, close the funding gap, and

[2:12:20] hopefully um with the help of Lingo

[2:12:22] Construction, who's a construction

[2:12:23] manager, um reintroduce this facility to

[2:12:26] the public in a couple years. Any

[2:12:28] questions for me?

[2:12:34] » Thanks, Ryan. to

[2:12:38] » All right. Well, it's exciting. So, we

[2:12:42] can uh take up the resolution found at

[2:12:45] item S.

[2:12:50] Got a motion in a second.

[2:12:53] Cast your votes.

[2:13:00] Passes unanimously.

[2:13:02] And then item T is a resolution

[2:13:04] approving the Oklahoma City parks and

[2:13:06] recreation department policy on

[2:13:07] advertising sponsorships and donations.

[2:13:10] And we have a presentation.

[2:13:12] » Yes. Melinda McMillan Miller, our parks

[2:13:14] and recreation director, will present

[2:13:16] this new policy.

[2:13:18] » Thank you, Mr. City Manager. Melinda

[2:13:20] McMillan Miller, parks and recreation

[2:13:22] director. Um, this policy is is long

[2:13:24] time coming. We've worked on it for many

[2:13:26] years to update and create a policy that

[2:13:29] is very workable for our park system as

[2:13:31] well as our public in order for us to um

[2:13:34] continually provide enhanced maintenance

[2:13:36] uh different types of programming. It

[2:13:38] also follows the parks master plan that

[2:13:40] identified multiple different

[2:13:41] alternative funding resources that we

[2:13:43] could tap into. Um it also follows

[2:13:46] national recreation and park association

[2:13:48] standards for um accreditation purposes,

[2:13:51] something we aspire to get completed for

[2:13:52] our city. So policy overall is just

[2:13:55] giving us the um ability to define and

[2:13:58] outline um what advertising is allowable

[2:14:00] in our parks. Making sure that we

[2:14:02] protect um the public making sure that

[2:14:05] we enhance and protect the city's

[2:14:08] mission and values and make sure things

[2:14:10] are appropriate especially where

[2:14:11] children are. Um and also give us the

[2:14:13] opportunity to have some additional

[2:14:15] resources to continue to maintain and

[2:14:17] take care of our parks.

[2:14:20] There any questions? I'm happy to answer

[2:14:22] them.

[2:14:26] Thank you.

[2:14:27] » Thank you. All right, we can take up the

[2:14:28] resolution found at item T.

[2:14:34] » We have a motion and a second.

[2:14:38] Cast your votes.

[2:14:46] Passes unanimously and uh Vice Mayor

[2:14:49] Hinkle presided.

[2:14:56] brings us to item U1, extension of

[2:14:59] collecting bargaining agreement with the

[2:15:01] American Federation of State, County,

[2:15:03] and Municipal Employees, local two or

[2:15:05] 2406.

[2:15:07] Uh, executive session is not requested,

[2:15:09] but city manager, do you have some

[2:15:11] comments you'd like to make on this? V.

[2:15:13] Uh so UNV um as Vice Mayor Hel said are

[2:15:18] items that are just extending our

[2:15:19] contracts as we're continuing

[2:15:21] negotiations with our bargaining units.

[2:15:23] You'll notice FOP is not on here. We do

[2:15:25] now have the signed agreement with FOP.

[2:15:26] That'll be on the next meeting. We'll

[2:15:28] get that taken care of there. Um so we

[2:15:30] appreciate u the collaboration and

[2:15:32] cooperation as we're working together.

[2:15:34] This allows us to continue the funding

[2:15:36] or the contract as we have it right now

[2:15:38] into next year until we get a new

[2:15:39] contract in place.

[2:15:42] So, we're ready for a motion on U1

[2:16:00] and it passes 8 to zero. V1 uh extension

[2:16:06] of the collecting bargaining agreement

[2:16:07] with the International Association of

[2:16:09] Firefighters Local 157. Ready for a

[2:16:13] motion

[2:16:25] and it passes 8 to zero.

[2:16:29] Uh W1 is a resolution authorizing the

[2:16:33] municipal counselor to approve the

[2:16:35] admnification claim made by the

[2:16:37] defendant officer in the lawsuit

[2:16:40] Lorenzo Clerkley versus citizen of

[2:16:42] Oklahoma City.

[2:16:44] Executive session is not requested.

[2:16:48] Ready for a motion.

[2:16:59] and it passes unanimously.

[2:17:03] Item X and Y are asking for executive

[2:17:07] session. Do

[2:17:07] » We need to take a motion on those?

[2:17:08] » So, we need a motion on both of those.

[2:17:10] Please

[2:17:11] » Do it separately. Yeah, we'll start with

[2:17:14] X.

[2:17:23] It passes unanimously. And to Y

[2:17:47] And it passes unanimously as well.

[2:17:50] Item Z is claims recommended for denial.

[2:17:56] Ready for a motion.

[2:18:10] And it passes unanimously.

[2:18:12] And item AA is claims are recommended

[2:18:15] for approval. Ready for a motion.

[2:18:30] And it passes. unanimously.

[2:18:34] Item 12 is comments from council. One,

[2:18:37] two.

[2:18:40] » Yes. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Um, I just

[2:18:44] wanted to say that I am I was quite

[2:18:48] honored a week ago to march in Tokyo

[2:18:53] Pride Parade. It was incredible. I've

[2:18:56] already posted about this on social

[2:18:58] media. What happened is I met someone

[2:19:01] who does advocacy work around HIV AIDS

[2:19:05] particularly on the idea that uh

[2:19:08] untransmissible equals undetect or

[2:19:11] excuse me undetectable equals

[2:19:12] untransmissible right and so if you're

[2:19:15] someone who's taking the proper

[2:19:17] medications if if you're HIV positive

[2:19:19] right which this is a reminder everyone

[2:19:23] regardless of your sexual orientation

[2:19:26] does not matter

[2:19:28] pest regularly. It is you protecting

[2:19:32] your body and protecting others. And so

[2:19:34] anyway, I met someone and they said,

[2:19:36] "Hey, do you want to march in the parade

[2:19:38] with us?" And I said, "Oh, I'm sorry.

[2:19:40] What did you just say?" So I got to

[2:19:42] march in the parade. And while I was and

[2:19:45] the reason why I was in Tokyo is we have

[2:19:48] uh some OKC residents who live in W 2

[2:19:51] and W 6 uh who are in a band I've

[2:19:53] referenced up here previously called

[2:19:55] Chap Pile, a metal band, uh who on the

[2:19:58] same day that Beyonce's Renaissance

[2:20:00] album came out a few years ago, the

[2:20:02] music site Pitchfork said, "The two

[2:20:04] albums you need to be listening to are

[2:20:07] Beyonce's Renaissance and OKC's Chat

[2:20:10] Pile."

[2:20:12] I I mean that is incredible. That is

[2:20:16] incredible. Especially because I met the

[2:20:18] basis Austin when we were working at

[2:20:19] Blockbuster Video back in 1999 to 2001,

[2:20:24] right? When I was a closeted gay boy

[2:20:26] wearing Abberrombie and Fitch and he was

[2:20:29] a crust punk kid. So, you know, the fact

[2:20:31] that that friendship has endured for a

[2:20:33] quarter century is really special to me.

[2:20:35] And as I was marching in the parade, I

[2:20:37] found myself thinking about Classen

[2:20:39] Boulevard, which is of course home to

[2:20:41] OKC's uh historic Asian district. And as

[2:20:45] I was thinking about Classen, I couldn't

[2:20:48] help but remember, and I know this might

[2:20:49] make some folk uncomfortable, but that's

[2:20:51] okay. Um there was a former OKC mayor

[2:20:54] who in 2001 removed the uh Pride banners

[2:20:57] from Classen Boulevard. Um, and that was

[2:21:00] the same year when I was 19 that I came

[2:21:02] out to my mother, a retired RN who

[2:21:05] actually took care of the first patient

[2:21:08] uh here in OKC who had AIDS. Uh, at a

[2:21:11] time when when some doctors wouldn't

[2:21:13] even touch this young man, right? Um,

[2:21:17] and so that was in 2001. That same year,

[2:21:20] this city council, not us, but our

[2:21:23] predecessors predecessors predecessors

[2:21:25] voted 6 to3 to deny any banner permit

[2:21:30] containing quote a political, religious,

[2:21:32] or social advocacy message. And what was

[2:21:34] strange about that was, and I'm having

[2:21:36] to read from some notes here, since

[2:21:37] 1989, the city permitted groups to hang

[2:21:40] banners from utility pole brackets,

[2:21:42] including celebrating the Olympic, the

[2:21:44] Oklahoma Olympic festival. So when they

[2:21:48] removed the pride banners, the former

[2:21:50] mayor explained that LGBTQ folk quote

[2:21:53] have a right to behave that way if they

[2:21:56] want to. Although some aspects of it are

[2:21:59] illegal, quite frankly, I find it

[2:22:01] offensive that we won't put up a

[2:22:03] religious message, but we will put up an

[2:22:05] irreligious message. The That's the end

[2:22:07] of the quote. The Oklahoma editorial

[2:22:09] board agreed and said, quote, "At least

[2:22:12] the clan wasn't pushing a political

[2:22:14] agenda on a sign."

[2:22:16] End quote. So, remember, back then,

[2:22:19] being gay was actually illegal in

[2:22:21] Oklahoma. In fact, in most states,

[2:22:23] punishable in Oklahoma with a 10-year

[2:22:25] imprisonment until a 2003 US Supreme

[2:22:28] Court decision ruled such laws

[2:22:30] unconstitutional.

[2:22:32] It's worth noting that during Germany's

[2:22:35] 1928 elections a 100red years ago, the

[2:22:38] Nazis, who were the clan's white

[2:22:40] supremacist counterparts, argued, quote,

[2:22:43] "Anyone who even thinks of homosexual

[2:22:45] love is our enemy. We reject anything

[2:22:49] which emasculates our people and makes

[2:22:51] it a play thing for our enemies, for we

[2:22:54] know that life is a fight, and it's

[2:22:56] madness to think that men will ever

[2:22:58] embrace fraternally." End quote. The

[2:23:01] Gestapo, we must remember, arrested

[2:23:03] around 90,000 men for homosexual

[2:23:06] activity between 1937 and 1939,

[2:23:10] imprisoning 15,000 in concentration

[2:23:13] camps under the infamous paragraph 175

[2:23:17] law.

[2:23:18] Nazi youth burned books, and those books

[2:23:22] included Einstein's research and

[2:23:25] transgender medical care research.

[2:23:31] Thanks to a lawsuit from the ACLU and

[2:23:34] former LGBT advocacy group Simron

[2:23:37] Alliance, a judge found that the former

[2:23:40] mayor and the council's actions were

[2:23:42] unconstitutional.

[2:23:44] Another note on the clan uh and the

[2:23:46] Oklahoma's editorial board uh 25 years

[2:23:49] ago that strikes me as silly because

[2:23:54] that same paper in the 1920s had a

[2:23:57] headline above the fold uh crowd knocked

[2:24:00] cold by Ku Klux when tens of thousands

[2:24:03] of clan members marched in downtown

[2:24:05] Oklahoma City. We have to know our

[2:24:08] history when we hear some of this

[2:24:09] rhetoric today uh demonizing LGBT

[2:24:12] people. we need to know where it comes

[2:24:14] from.

[2:24:16] So, as the first teacher and openly gay

[2:24:19] person to ever serve on this council, uh

[2:24:22] I'm honored to do the real work of Class

[2:24:25] and Boulevard, which is with our Asian

[2:24:28] district. It's always striking to me

[2:24:30] people scapegoat queer people about

[2:24:31] society's problems when the real

[2:24:33] problems are streets that need

[2:24:36] resurfaced, right, and sidewalks to

[2:24:38] build. And that's why I'm excited to

[2:24:39] steward an upcoming streetscape for the

[2:24:41] area.

[2:24:43] And uh similarly, we have a competitive

[2:24:47] $975,000

[2:24:49] federal grant that our city of OKC won,

[2:24:53] right? And that's to uh study transit

[2:24:56] oriented development on Classen. And

[2:24:58] that's going to prioritize resurfacing

[2:25:01] sidewalks, crosswalks, median and

[2:25:03] lowincome affordable housing. Keeping in

[2:25:05] mind that OKC's median income hovers

[2:25:08] around $37,000 and that we're short. Too

[2:25:11] many units for our people. This can

[2:25:13] include mixeduse developments, bike

[2:25:15] safety, trees, landscaping, and

[2:25:17] architecture honoring uh our historic

[2:25:20] Asian district and the nearby

[2:25:21] neighborhoods. And I can't wait to march

[2:25:25] with our Asian district who will march

[2:25:27] for the first time in any pride parade

[2:25:30] this year. And I'm signing up today to

[2:25:32] do that with them. I asked them last

[2:25:33] week. Um, a final note, Chap Pile. It is

[2:25:38] incredible to see them in Tokyo and

[2:25:41] Osaka. They're not rich.

[2:25:45] They they quit their day jobs, but

[2:25:46] they're making about the same money they

[2:25:48] were then. They have no healthcare. We

[2:25:50] have no benefits, right? But it is

[2:25:53] incredible. OKC to see audiences in

[2:25:55] Osaka and in Tokyo knowing the lyrics of

[2:26:00] people from Oklahoma City. And to

[2:26:03] conclude, those lyrics are often about

[2:26:07] homelessness. They are out there

[2:26:09] advocating,

[2:26:11] advocating,

[2:26:13] asking a simple question. Why? Why are

[2:26:16] there people homeless on our streets?

[2:26:19] We have the means. We have the

[2:26:21] resources, they say in their lyrics. And

[2:26:24] seeing people from across the world

[2:26:27] knowing those lyrics and singing

[2:26:29] alongside,

[2:26:31] knowing they're representing us on the

[2:26:33] world stage, that's incredible. That is

[2:26:35] just incredible. And so I'm so proud of

[2:26:37] this city and the people we are

[2:26:38] producing. And uh just wanted to share

[2:26:41] that history during Pride Month that

[2:26:43] this council knows better. This council

[2:26:46] does better. the city manager does

[2:26:48] better, this mayor does better, and a

[2:26:50] lot of us in this city know and do

[2:26:51] better. And I just want to thank you all

[2:26:53] this Pride Month for your uh love and

[2:26:55] compassion. So, thank you.

[2:26:58] » Ward four

[2:27:00] six.

[2:27:01] » Yes. Thank you for sharing that,

[2:27:03] Councilman Cooper. Um yeah, I think it's

[2:27:06] unfortunate when we sort of think, oh,

[2:27:08] all that stuff was back then, but

[2:27:11] recognizing that a lot of that rhetoric

[2:27:12] continues today. um and the reasons why

[2:27:15] we need things like pride celebrations

[2:27:17] to to push back against it and um give

[2:27:21] especially young people the opportunity

[2:27:23] to um love who they are. Um I just want

[2:27:28] to invite folks to participate if

[2:27:30] they're um available on the 24th. I

[2:27:32] think that's next Wednesday at noon. The

[2:27:35] diversion hub um is having their ribbon

[2:27:38] cutting. Um very exciting for their new

[2:27:40] building over on Lynwood. Um, it was

[2:27:42] supposed to be, I think, in May, but we

[2:27:45] we had rain, really bad rain that week.

[2:27:47] And so, um, it'll be next next Wednesday

[2:27:49] at noon. Be a big fun celebration. Come

[2:27:52] see their new building. It's really

[2:27:53] beautiful. Um, and in their art, they've

[2:27:56] been they've been in there for like a

[2:27:58] month. I think they're ready to They're

[2:27:59] like, "Why are we doing this now? We're

[2:28:01] already off the ground uh uh doing all

[2:28:04] our work, but an opportunity to

[2:28:06] celebrate their staff and um and this

[2:28:07] beautiful new space that um we partnered

[2:28:09] with them on. So, hope you can join us.

[2:28:13] » 47 48.

[2:28:16] » I have some breaking news. I got it

[2:28:18] about 5:30 this morning when I got my

[2:28:19] newspaper. Um, on July 14th, next month

[2:28:24] that it will be exactly two years before

[2:28:27] the start of the Olympics. And LA28 just

[2:28:31] announced that it's opening the portal

[2:28:32] for volunteers. And that includes

[2:28:34] volunteers in Oklahoma City that want to

[2:28:37] participate in the Olympics. Those

[2:28:39] events will run July 14th through the

[2:28:41] 29th. There's a great article in the

[2:28:43] paper today by Jenny Carlson that

[2:28:45] explains the process and the events that

[2:28:48] we will be hosting. So, if you want to

[2:28:49] be a volunteer, here's your chance.

[2:28:51] Thank you.

[2:28:53] » Thank you. Brings us to item 13, which

[2:28:56] is citizens to be heard. As I call your

[2:28:59] name, come up, state your name and

[2:29:00] address, and you'll have three minutes,

[2:29:02] and the lovely Miss Amy will let you

[2:29:04] know when you have 30 seconds left. Uh

[2:29:07] Dan Halber.

[2:29:18] I'm Dan Helber. Uh 16317

[2:29:22] Northwest or uh goodness gracious uh

[2:29:27] Delmare Drive up in your ward board 7.

[2:29:29] Um I'm a refugee from California. Um,

[2:29:32] mayor, um, council members, um, I came

[2:29:35] here three generation or three years ago

[2:29:37] for freedom and for grandchildren, not

[2:29:40] necessarily in that order.

[2:29:42] Um, Benjamin Franklin wrote that, uh,

[2:29:44] they can they that can give up essential

[2:29:47] liberty to obtain a little temporary

[2:29:50] safety deserve neither liberty nor

[2:29:53] safety. Um, and I think that this

[2:29:55] applies to the surveillance state.

[2:29:59] Around the corner from my home in

[2:30:00] Fairfield South neighborhood is an

[2:30:02] unobtrusive black pole topped with a

[2:30:05] solar panel and a camera. When I first

[2:30:08] noticed it over a year ago, I thought,

[2:30:10] "Oh, it's part of the system that

[2:30:11] synchronized traffic lights to improve

[2:30:13] the traffic flow east on 164th."

[2:30:17] Then I learned about flock cameras. um

[2:30:20] their item got moved to uh two weeks

[2:30:23] from now. Okay. And the potential for

[2:30:26] misuse. Uh Chairman Mao noted that the

[2:30:30] people have sharp eyes. We don't need to

[2:30:33] give big data a record exactly when I

[2:30:37] leave for work each morning. Um feeding

[2:30:40] that information in uh to update my

[2:30:43] social credit score. Um, I do not

[2:30:45] appreciate being surveiled in a

[2:30:48] warrantless fashion. I would like that

[2:30:50] camera and all of its friends uh taken

[2:30:54] down. I would like OKC's contract with

[2:30:57] Flock to to be terminated. Um, and I

[2:31:02] would like to recommend that this

[2:31:04] council think long and hard about

[2:31:06] replacing that system with some sort of

[2:31:08] flock 2.0.

[2:31:10] Um, I'd like to thank Mr. Pennington for

[2:31:13] coming to Mayflower. Um I will research

[2:31:16] and remember his vote um in 28. Thank

[2:31:19] you.

[2:31:23] » Next is Lori Walke followed by Mari

[2:31:26] Williams.

[2:31:33] Good morning. I am Reverend Dr. Lorie

[2:31:34] Walk, 5219 North Miller Place 73112, a

[2:31:38] proud resident of W 2 and a local pastor

[2:31:41] in the United Church of Christ. I along

[2:31:44] with my clergy colleagues and fellow

[2:31:46] citizens are here to urge you to not

[2:31:49] renew Oklahoma City's contract with

[2:31:51] Flock. When the city council first

[2:31:53] collaborated with Flock three years ago

[2:31:56] to install cameras along the routes that

[2:31:58] we take to school and to church and to

[2:32:00] urgent care and to the dentist and to

[2:32:02] work and to the mall and to well

[2:32:04] everywhere you probably thought it was a

[2:32:07] sound decision and it would have been

[2:32:09] hard to not think that it was a sound

[2:32:12] decision to contract with Flock or any

[2:32:15] other automated license plate reader

[2:32:17] system. They make big promises about car

[2:32:21] insurance, community safety, and crime

[2:32:24] reduction. But in the last three years,

[2:32:26] we've learned some things like how ALPRs

[2:32:29] like Flock collect data on millions of

[2:32:32] vehicles regardless of whether the

[2:32:34] driver is suspected of a crime. How they

[2:32:36] own and share that data at their

[2:32:38] discretion. That the data from ALPRs

[2:32:42] like Flock have led to wrongful arrests

[2:32:44] and profiling and enabled police

[2:32:46] officers to stalk their ex partners at a

[2:32:50] rate that is alarming. And we also now

[2:32:52] know that there is no substantial

[2:32:54] evidence that ALPRs like Flock

[2:32:56] effectively prevent crime. Indeed,

[2:32:59] across America, local officials are

[2:33:01] choosing to stop using these cameras

[2:33:03] because of grounded fears of mass

[2:33:05] surveillance and local data shared in

[2:33:07] ways that devastate families and wider

[2:33:09] communities and inevitably the local

[2:33:11] economy.

[2:33:13] It has been three years since the

[2:33:15] council first collaborated with Flock.

[2:33:17] And you didn't know what you didn't

[2:33:18] know. But now you know from public

[2:33:20] records and reports that surveillance

[2:33:23] companies like Flock cannot be trusted.

[2:33:25] Over 50 cities across more than 20

[2:33:27] states have voted to deactivate, pause,

[2:33:29] or entirely cancel their contract with

[2:33:32] Flock because people everywhere are

[2:33:34] asking hard questions. And it is time

[2:33:36] for our city council to do the same. So,

[2:33:39] as you consider whether to continue

[2:33:40] collaborating with surveillance

[2:33:42] companies like Flock, please know that

[2:33:45] while you once may have thought they

[2:33:46] were okay,

[2:33:49] it's okay to change your mind. Show us

[2:33:55] your courage. Leave flock behind.

[2:34:00] Oh, it's okay.

[2:34:04] Change your mind and you can join us.

[2:34:07] Join us here anytime. Oh, louder

[2:34:10] friends, it's okay to change your mind.

[2:34:16] Show us your courage.

[2:34:19] Leave flock behind.

[2:34:21] Oh, it's okay to change your mind. And

[2:34:28] you can join us. Join us here any

[2:34:32] [singing] time.

[2:34:34] May that be your earworm until you vote

[2:34:37] to not renew that contract.

[2:34:43] [applause]

[2:34:45] » Mari Williams, followed by Stephanie

[2:34:47] Berdine.

[2:34:52] » My name is Mari Williams. I've lived in

[2:34:54] the OKC metro for my entire life. I

[2:34:56] currently reside in Ward 5. Good

[2:34:58] morning, Mayor Holt, who's not here,

[2:35:00] city manager Freeman, and members of the

[2:35:02] Oklahoma City Council. This morning, I'd

[2:35:04] like to go through some cases where

[2:35:06] Flock and its AI cause irreparable harm

[2:35:08] and often cost the cities using it money

[2:35:10] for settlements. April of 2024 in

[2:35:12] Toledo, Ohio, Flock misread the seven on

[2:35:15] Brandon Upurch's truck as a two.

[2:35:17] Officers drew guns. When he hesitated,

[2:35:20] the K9 officer released the dog which

[2:35:22] latched onto his dreadlocks, slammed his

[2:35:24] head into the pavement, and bit his arm.

[2:35:27] He was hospitalized in jail before

[2:35:29] charges were dropped. Upurch lost

[2:35:31] sensation in his finger, had to sell his

[2:35:33] truck, was evicted, and rehomed his two

[2:35:36] dogs out of fear. He settled his lawsuit

[2:35:38] for $35,000.

[2:35:40] June of 2025, JC and Carolyn Heron, plus

[2:35:44] their three-year-old granddaughter,

[2:35:45] Penelope, were driving in Morristown,

[2:35:47] Tennessee. Flock confused their lovey

[2:35:49] license plate, spelled with an O, with a

[2:35:51] recovered stolen trucks that spelled it

[2:35:53] with a zero. Guns were drawn.

[2:35:56] Grandparents were handcuffed in front

[2:35:57] handcuffed while their terrified

[2:35:59] granddaughter cried alone in the back

[2:36:01] seat. They were cleared only after a VIN

[2:36:03] check. April 2021, Athetherton,

[2:36:06] California. Flock read an H as an M.

[2:36:09] Jason Berkell was stopped at gunpoint,

[2:36:10] ordered to the ground, and handcuffed.

[2:36:13] This the lawsuit settled for $45,000.

[2:36:16] The department admitted the camera

[2:36:17] misread the plate. July 2023, Espanola,

[2:36:20] New Mexico. Jacqueline Gonzalez and her

[2:36:22] 12-year-old si sister were driving when

[2:36:24] Flock flagged their Kia after reading A2

[2:36:27] as a seven. Both were ordered out at

[2:36:30] gunpoint and handcuffed. Yes, including

[2:36:32] the 12-year-old little girl. Body cam

[2:36:34] footage captured the girl pleading,

[2:36:36] quote, "Can you call my mom?" Family

[2:36:39] settled the lawsuit in 2025. September

[2:36:42] 2025, Bowar, Colorado. Flock cameras

[2:36:45] tracked Christian's truck passing

[2:36:47] through Bowar. A sergeant used that data

[2:36:49] plus doorbell footage to falsely accuse

[2:36:52] her of stealing a $25 package. She had

[2:36:54] to spend days gathering her own dash cam

[2:36:56] footage, Google location history, and

[2:36:58] ring video to prove her innocence.

[2:37:00] Summons voided and the officer was

[2:37:02] disciplined. February 2026, Sherwood,

[2:37:05] Arkansas. A mother would a mother was

[2:37:07] driving with her young children when

[2:37:09] Flock misread their car's plate due to a

[2:37:11] loose loose or broken frame. Misreading

[2:37:14] an X as a Y. Full felony stop was

[2:37:17] conducted with guns drawn. Parents were

[2:37:19] handcuffed in front of their kids.

[2:37:21] Cleared only after an investigation. The

[2:37:23] officer was ordered to receive

[2:37:25] » Remaining.

[2:37:26] » Thank you. was ordered to receive

[2:37:27] additional training. And in February

[2:37:29] 2026, a Milwaukee police officer was

[2:37:32] criminally charged after using Flock to

[2:37:34] stalk her romantic partner, running her

[2:37:36] plate 124 times and her ex's 55 times in

[2:37:41] the span of two months. Please end all

[2:37:43] contracts with Flock. Thank you.

[2:37:51] Stephanie Berdine followed by Elizabeth

[2:37:53] Droo.

[2:37:57] Good morning. Stephanie Berdine, 515

[2:37:59] Maple, Yukon, Oklahoma. I am here

[2:38:03] because even though I'm a Yukon citizen,

[2:38:05] I live in Canadian County and Oklahoma

[2:38:09] City is the largest municipality in

[2:38:12] Canadian County. And in the next few

[2:38:15] meetings, you all are going to be voting

[2:38:18] on some issues, PUD 21105 and 2124 that

[2:38:24] are in Miss's district. And

[2:38:26] unfortunately, she's left and can't hear

[2:38:28] me. Um, but those items are going to

[2:38:32] allow reszoning for hyperscale data

[2:38:35] centers. Right now, you all aren't

[2:38:38] getting any attention. Yukon is, Luther

[2:38:42] is, Piedmont is, but the largest

[2:38:46] data center out of all those will be in

[2:38:49] your city limits over 300 acres and

[2:38:53] everybody's saying that's the Yukon data

[2:38:55] center.

[2:38:57] Well, this meeting has been kind of

[2:38:59] enlightening because I wasn't expecting

[2:39:01] to hear other Canadian county residents

[2:39:05] concerns over your all's actions that

[2:39:08] left here quite heartbroken and unhappy.

[2:39:10] I remember when Highway 4 was just a

[2:39:13] two-lane road and it was rural and there

[2:39:17] are no Mr. Cooper, for your information,

[2:39:19] there are no things between 44th and

[2:39:22] 59th that are mostly it's mostly

[2:39:25] residential. But anyway, back to my

[2:39:27] subject.

[2:39:30] This is a hypers scale data center.

[2:39:34] Do you all really want to be responsible

[2:39:39] to be the city west of the Mississippi

[2:39:42] that's encouraging this? Because the

[2:39:44] land south on Frisco Road where this

[2:39:46] will be in your city limits, the other

[2:39:50] data center companies, the LLC's are

[2:39:53] buying or out purchasing land to where

[2:39:57] there could be a thousand acres of data

[2:40:00] center just on Frisco Road. Um, entering

[2:40:05] from the west,

[2:40:07] that's what people are going to see.

[2:40:09] Data centers, not the prettiness of the

[2:40:13] prairie and amber waves of grain, just

[2:40:16] ugly metal, stone, concrete buildings.

[2:40:21] And I really wish you all would consider

[2:40:25] your all's actions to citizens

[2:40:28] » 30 seconds

[2:40:29] » That are that live right next to your

[2:40:32] city limits. I know I pay as much in

[2:40:35] sales taxes residents of Oklahoma City.

[2:40:37] And I love this city. I am a volunteer.

[2:40:40] I've already signed up to volunteer for

[2:40:42] the Olympics. I give tours at the art

[2:40:44] museum to students from all over this

[2:40:47] state. I love Oklahoma City just as much

[2:40:50] as I love Yukon. And I wish you all

[2:40:52] would show your love to your neighbors.

[2:40:54] Thank you.

[2:40:59] Elizabeth Drew, followed by Cole McAfee.

[2:41:10] [clears throat]

[2:41:11] » Hello. Um, my name is Elizabeth Drew.

[2:41:14] I'm here uh just for myself talking

[2:41:16] against ALPRs. Uh to the counselors who

[2:41:19] are not yet picking up what we're

[2:41:20] putting down. First, I want you to think

[2:41:22] about all your neighbors and all your

[2:41:24] constituents. And I want you to think

[2:41:25] about what your level of trust is for

[2:41:27] them. They voted for you. You live next

[2:41:29] to them. That you they don't have a

[2:41:31] dossier on you. They don't pry into your

[2:41:34] personal lives. They respect that you

[2:41:36] deserve the same considerations they do.

[2:41:39] And then I want you to consider why the

[2:41:40] writers of sci-fi have long pointed to

[2:41:43] larger agencies manipulating large

[2:41:45] amounts of people with mass

[2:41:46] surveillance.

[2:41:48] Agencies which are not emotionally

[2:41:49] driven by the duty of proximity

[2:41:52] knowledge of each other. Locality. These

[2:41:55] agencies are driven by the emotions of

[2:41:57] very few individuals. Very rich

[2:41:59] individuals basically have trust

[2:42:01] problems. They exist because of trust

[2:42:04] problems. How do you build trust? the

[2:42:07] opposite of what ALPRs do. You learn

[2:42:09] what hurts, you forgive, you find the

[2:42:11] way. You're grateful for the experience,

[2:42:13] and you lean into that. You see the

[2:42:16] cycle, and you break it. Please break

[2:42:20] this cycle brought on to us by a very

[2:42:23] few individuals with trust issues.

[2:42:26] When it comes up, you may have a room

[2:42:28] full of people hired to tell you

[2:42:29] otherwise. So, I'm saying it now. Please

[2:42:32] at that time vote against any further

[2:42:35] AOPR contracts. If we can hold trust in

[2:42:38] our hearts, that's beautiful. Thank you,

[2:42:46] [clears throat]

[2:42:46] » Cole McAfee followed by Solless Evans.

[2:42:55] » Hi, my name is Cole McAfee and I'm a

[2:42:56] resident homeowner in W 6. I wanted to

[2:42:59] talk to you today ahead of the city

[2:43:01] contract renewal vote with the automatic

[2:43:03] license plate reader vendor flock about

[2:43:05] what the real impact of this invasion of

[2:43:07] privacy looks like. Back in 2019, my job

[2:43:10] involved increasing transparency work

[2:43:12] around the district attorneys council

[2:43:14] and Oklahoma district attorneys

[2:43:15] association.

[2:43:17] When I started attending the meetings of

[2:43:19] the one body that is public, the

[2:43:22] district attorneys made it clear they

[2:43:23] did not welcome me. One of the points of

[2:43:26] discussion in those meetings was the

[2:43:27] launch of the uninsured vehicle

[2:43:29] enforcement diversion program or UVED.

[2:43:32] This program launched automatic license

[2:43:34] plate readers on traveling trailers as

[2:43:35] well as in fixed locations across the

[2:43:38] state and throughout Oklahoma City in

[2:43:40] collaboration with OG&E.

[2:43:42] During the time I was engaged in

[2:43:43] transparency efforts, I began to receive

[2:43:46] UVED notices despite my vehicle being

[2:43:47] insured.

[2:43:49] In each of these, which I had to spend

[2:43:51] several hours of phone tag to resolve, I

[2:43:53] received a notice with a different photo

[2:43:55] of me in my car, the automatic license

[2:43:58] plate reader had captured uh along with

[2:44:01] the threat that I either pay the UVED

[2:44:04] program $174 or show proof of insurance.

[2:44:09] pictures of me on my way to work,

[2:44:11] outside of my doctor's office, near my

[2:44:13] home, a terrifying invasion of my

[2:44:16] privacy and capturing of my life without

[2:44:18] any wrongdoing on my part. It only

[2:44:21] stopped when media started a first round

[2:44:23] of coverage on all of the wrongful

[2:44:24] letters being sent by UVED.

[2:44:27] That's just one example of what the

[2:44:28] invasive nature of these tools looks

[2:44:30] like. Your contract with Flock and the

[2:44:32] use of automatic license plate readers

[2:44:34] exposes all Oklahoma City residents and

[2:44:37] people who move through our city to this

[2:44:38] invasive cataloging of our political

[2:44:41] beliefs, of where we travel, of our

[2:44:43] medical conditions, of who we meet with,

[2:44:46] of our daily lives. Gathering this

[2:44:49] information should require at minimum a

[2:44:51] warrant.

[2:44:54] The mass surveillance program threatens

[2:44:56] our collective privacy. Please do not

[2:44:59] renew the contract with Flock or with

[2:45:01] other automatic license plate reader

[2:45:03] vendors. Thank you.

[2:45:10] Solus Evans, followed by Steve Hunt.

[2:45:22] » Good morning. Uh my name is Solus Evans.

[2:45:24] I live at 2822 North Hudson Avenue. a

[2:45:27] resident of W 2. Um I'm a disabled

[2:45:30] veteran and the director of community

[2:45:32] for freedom Oklahoma. I'm just here to

[2:45:34] uplift what all the others have said

[2:45:36] about ending the flock contract um and

[2:45:38] remind you that it's a violation of our

[2:45:40] fourth amendment uh rights and that you

[2:45:43] all should not renew the contract and

[2:45:45] any AAL uh PRs um in the future. So,

[2:45:49] thank you.

[2:45:55] » Steve Hunt, followed by William Lee.

[2:46:01] » Is there any way we can do that 30

[2:46:02] minute thing for real this time? No.

[2:46:04] » No,

[2:46:05] he accidentally said 30 minutes last

[2:46:07] time. Um, okay. So, I'm Steve Hunt, 6300

[2:46:10] Westby Drive. Well, there's a lot going

[2:46:11] on today. Um, I appreciate all the folks

[2:46:14] coming to talk about Flock and I would

[2:46:16] certainly like to encourage them to look

[2:46:18] at Granicus, the uh, private equity

[2:46:21] owned firm that does Prime Gov. In 2018,

[2:46:23] the city approved a $53,000 a year

[2:46:27] contract with uh, Primev, who was then

[2:46:29] in 2021 bought by a private equity firm

[2:46:32] backed by Stratam and then purchased by

[2:46:35] Granicus. Now, the city's contract is

[2:46:37] $300,000, a 600% increase in the fee

[2:46:40] that we pay them. Although it is for a

[2:46:42] suite, it's basically the same thing.

[2:46:44] And they're extracting a lot of data

[2:46:46] from uh citizens. When you submit a

[2:46:48] request to the city, it goes through

[2:46:49] Granicus and they're using that data all

[2:46:52] over the country. Um it's basically what

[2:46:55] Hannah Erin talked about in Ikeman and

[2:46:57] Jerusalem, the benality of evil. It's

[2:46:59] easy to be against flock, the foaming at

[2:47:02] the mouth, you know, technological pan

[2:47:05] ponopticon, but the cumulus, I'm sorry,

[2:47:09] the uh granica stuff is just as serious

[2:47:12] and I'd like people to look at that.

[2:47:13] Okay, so some of y'all remember uh back

[2:47:15] in December, I came and spoke about the

[2:47:17] television uh broadcast for the Thunder

[2:47:21] and how they were possibly going to go

[2:47:23] insolvent. They have since become

[2:47:25] insolvent.

[2:47:26] uh they thought that they could get all

[2:47:29] the debt, get the uh asset, and then

[2:47:31] sell once the insolveny approached, but

[2:47:34] it was such a train wreck that it's now

[2:47:37] over.

[2:47:39] And um the reason I bring that up, the

[2:47:41] identical corporate rot is playing out

[2:47:43] right now on the radio side. Cumulus

[2:47:45] radio that does the thunder broadcasts

[2:47:49] filed for chapter 22. That's a joke

[2:47:51] phrase for filing chapter 11 for the

[2:47:54] second time. um they put forth a $53

[2:47:57] million IBIDA with $65 million in debt

[2:48:01] interest services.

[2:48:03] So the creditors are taking over the

[2:48:07] radio side that does the Thunder

[2:48:09] broadcasts and they're the reason that

[2:48:11] it exists in the first place. And y'all

[2:48:13] might know in 2008 2009 I was here

[2:48:16] pleading with the council to give the

[2:48:18] broadcast rights to Perry Broadcasting

[2:48:20] and I met with Russell Perry numerous

[2:48:22] times about it. He was like, you know,

[2:48:24] Steve, thanks so much for doing this.

[2:48:26] They don't care. And they don't because

[2:48:28] the reason is that Klay Bennett gets

[2:48:30] paid regardless.

[2:48:31] » 30 seconds.

[2:48:32] » They're filing for Chapter 11. And one

[2:48:34] reason that they've been able to remain

[2:48:36] relevant is that they have the contract.

[2:48:38] And Klay Bennett and Pro Basketball

[2:48:40] LLC's gets paid regardless. So, we don't

[2:48:44] know who's going to be owning Cumulus in

[2:48:46] the future because their SEC filing does

[2:48:48] not mention it. But it's time to get

[2:48:51] serious about the Thunder and the

[2:48:54] community that loves them and the fact

[2:48:56] that

[2:48:58] non-American groups and non, you know,

[2:49:01] Oklahoma groups are running the show.

[2:49:04] So, I just wanted to bring that up.

[2:49:05] There's a lot uh wanted to talk about

[2:49:07] Union Station and all that, but maybe

[2:49:10] next time. Thanks,

[2:49:14] » Brady Harold,

[2:49:17] followed by Joshua Higinbot.

[2:49:28] Hello, my name is Brady Harrell. I live

[2:49:30] at 424 Colbrook Drive and I'm just here

[2:49:34] to um encourage the city council to end

[2:49:38] its flock contract like a lot of other

[2:49:40] uh of our neighbors here today. But I

[2:49:43] thought I'd do so by sharing a few uh

[2:49:45] facts about uh Flock and uh uh why I

[2:49:50] think that it would be a good idea for

[2:49:53] us to end our uh city's relationship

[2:49:56] with them. Uh so uh first off, it's uh

[2:50:00] uh pretty widely accepted that uh

[2:50:02] Oklahoma City for some time has had

[2:50:04] around 90 or uh just above uh flock

[2:50:08] cameras in the area. That's what we

[2:50:10] actually saw recently at a uh flock town

[2:50:14] hall that some of our city council

[2:50:16] members actually had the opportunity to

[2:50:18] speak at. But if you actually go and

[2:50:20] check uh the number of flock cameras in

[2:50:23] the actual metro area has increased

[2:50:25] significantly to the point where it's

[2:50:27] almost uh entirely blocked out on maps

[2:50:31] if you ever actually go to check for it.

[2:50:34] uh leaving uh in with increases in the

[2:50:37] dozens in certain areas. Um I'd also

[2:50:41] like to make a note about uh

[2:50:43] specifically a type of uh camera that

[2:50:46] has beencome uh much more recognized in

[2:50:49] the Oklahoma metro area called the

[2:50:51] Condor [snorts] camera. It looks a

[2:50:52] little bit like this. It is a uh uh inc

[2:50:56] it is an increased level of

[2:50:58] surveillance. It has a in uh built-in

[2:51:00] tracking technology that allows for the

[2:51:03] camera to actually move and rotate uh

[2:51:06] around any facility. And it usually is

[2:51:09] seen on top of one of these large solar

[2:51:11] panel devices that allow for them to be

[2:51:14] uh transported to different areas with

[2:51:17] relative ease. So they don't have to be

[2:51:19] attached to a particular pole or

[2:51:21] neighborhood and can just be dropped in

[2:51:24] different areas.

[2:51:27] block uh cameras are capable of

[2:51:29] recording

[2:51:31] uh up to uh 14 different uh photos and

[2:51:36] uh videos at any given moment.

[2:51:40] And because of that, they uh pose a

[2:51:42] great risk to uh overexposing members of

[2:51:46] our community uh as a privacy violation.

[2:51:51] Not to mention the recent addition that

[2:51:53] a lot of flock cameras have seen to

[2:51:56] their uh equipment uh with an additional

[2:51:59] microphone.

[2:52:00] » 30 seconds remaining.

[2:52:01] » Thank you. With an additional microphone

[2:52:03] implement that uh as advertised is meant

[2:52:07] to uh help document if perhaps a gunshot

[2:52:11] or a cry for help is uh heard in the

[2:52:14] area. But it could absolutely be abused

[2:52:17] as a violation of privacy with uh people

[2:52:20] just walking around in these areas near

[2:52:22] these cameras being listened in on.

[2:52:26] Uh I think that it's very unfortunate

[2:52:30] that we've uh had a contract at all and

[2:52:33] would encourage you to please end our

[2:52:35] contract with the flock system. Thank

[2:52:37] you for your time.

[2:52:40] William Lee

[2:52:47] going once.

[2:52:51] Joshua Higen.

[2:53:08] » Good morning, y'all.

[2:53:10] My name is Josh Aken botham. I live in

[2:53:12] the seventh ward and I'm speaking behalf

[2:53:15] of Oklahoma's for privacy today about

[2:53:17] the proposed renewal of the city's

[2:53:19] contract with flock safety. Over 800

[2:53:22] people have already signed petition

[2:53:24] since we launched it at the end of May,

[2:53:26] demanding Oklahoma City not renew its

[2:53:28] contract with flock safety.

[2:53:31] Flocks automated license plate readers

[2:53:34] do more than capture images of vehicles.

[2:53:36] They create a searchable database

[2:53:38] accessible to police departments across

[2:53:40] the nation as well as federal agencies

[2:53:42] and any third-party Flock deems in its

[2:53:45] interest to give access to. Flock can

[2:53:48] and does collect and track data on which

[2:53:52] houses of worship you visit, your

[2:53:54] medical appointments, political events

[2:53:56] you attend, and even which gun shows you

[2:53:59] happen to show up at. Over time, this

[2:54:02] can reveal deeply personal information

[2:54:03] about people's lives, especially with

[2:54:05] the 60-day data retention period

[2:54:07] Oklahoma City currently has. Single

[2:54:10] camera hit can tell a little bit about a

[2:54:13] person, but months of records can paint

[2:54:15] a detailed picture, their daily

[2:54:17] routines, beliefs, relationships, and

[2:54:19] activities. Long retention periods allow

[2:54:22] flock to maintain a historical record

[2:54:24] where people have traveled even when

[2:54:26] they haven't done anything wrong. This

[2:54:28] is why we're asking for a retention

[2:54:29] period of no longer than 24 hours with

[2:54:31] the permanent deletion of data unless

[2:54:34] otherwise required by law. Oklahoma City

[2:54:37] residents should not have their travel

[2:54:39] history accessible to police

[2:54:40] departments, federal agencies, and

[2:54:42] anonymous third parties. Nor should this

[2:54:45] system be used to create expansive watch

[2:54:47] lists or facilitate broad surveillance

[2:54:49] unrelated to specific criminal

[2:54:50] investigations.

[2:54:52] Lawful criminal investigations, as far

[2:54:54] as I know, generally start with probable

[2:54:56] cause. Call me oldfashioned, but driving

[2:54:58] a car on a city street does not

[2:55:00] constitute probable cause.

[2:55:03] Bottom line, time and again, Flock has

[2:55:05] misled the public and government

[2:55:07] officials in cities across the nation.

[2:55:09] In fact, they're so little trusted

[2:55:12] cities like Dayton, Ohio, Evston,

[2:55:14] Illinois, and Dayton County, Wisconsin,

[2:55:18] that they have felt the need to put

[2:55:19] black trash bags over those cameras to

[2:55:22] keep people from being tracked and flock

[2:55:25] collecting the data even after the

[2:55:27] cities themselves ended the contracts

[2:55:29] with the company.

[2:55:31] Trusted city officials do not conduct

[2:55:34] the people's business with untrustworthy

[2:55:36] companies. For that reason, we're asking

[2:55:38] the council to reject this contract

[2:55:40] renewal and terminate the city's

[2:55:42] relationship with flock safety as soon

[2:55:44] as possible and until that contract is

[2:55:47] terminated, place guardrails on data

[2:55:49] retention no more than 24 hours and

[2:55:52] strict limits on data sharing with

[2:55:54] agencies outside of Oklahoma. Over 50

[2:55:56] cities, as already mentioned, in over 20

[2:55:59] states have deactivated, paused, or

[2:56:01] entirely canceled their contracts with

[2:56:03] lock safety. And it is time for this

[2:56:05] council to put the interests of Oklahoma

[2:56:06] City residents first. So, we urge you to

[2:56:09] reject this renewal. Thank you kindly

[2:56:11] for your time and consideration.

[2:56:24] Excuse me. William Lee. One more time.

[2:56:26] One more time.

[2:56:28] Going. Going. Gone. Ronnie Kirk.

[2:56:54] My name is Ronnie Kirk.

[2:56:57] My address is 2328 North Missouri.

[2:57:01] Mr. Pendleton, thank you for coming

[2:57:04] Saturday to the event at Memorial Park.

[2:57:09] No, everybody knows there was city

[2:57:11] council,

[2:57:12] but half the people and most of the

[2:57:14] black people don't know how to use the

[2:57:17] city council. Everybody complain, but

[2:57:20] they won't go to the city council to

[2:57:22] make a complaint. So I took the time to

[2:57:25] explain them how to go about doing that

[2:57:28] to get more to start coming.

[2:57:32] Inside that [clears throat]

[2:57:34] newspaper there's an article about me.

[2:57:37] There's also an article that fly.

[2:57:42] I've been over 50 city council meetings.

[2:57:46] That's what's on that fly.

[2:57:49] It's honor to me to be here

[2:57:52] on a holiday

[2:57:55] that I started in Oklahoma.

[2:57:58] I started June 10, June 17, 1970.

[2:58:03] So, I'm honored to get my roses where

[2:58:07] I'm living instead of after I'm gone.

[2:58:11] And I want to say thanks to Mr. Wade

[2:58:14] Gley.

[2:58:17] Before there was the thunders,

[2:58:20] there was way garland police chief.

[2:58:23] I went to Spring Lake Park Division.

[2:58:27] Wrote him a letter.

[2:58:29] Didn't have to call and I said, "Well,

[2:58:32] you send some police out to play

[2:58:34] basketball with these kids on northeast

[2:58:36] side of town to make it a little more

[2:58:38] community friendly and police friendly."

[2:58:42] They showed up.

[2:58:44] They played basketball for 4 hours. As

[2:58:48] they shift change or they got a break,

[2:58:51] Mr. Gar made sure they were there for 4

[2:58:54] hours.

[2:58:56] So, I want to say thanks to the city.

[2:58:59] Thanks to y'all. We steady going

[2:59:01] forward. We're not going backwards.

[2:59:04] So, I want to say thank y'all for what

[2:59:06] y'all doing. And let the bar know the

[2:59:09] city is beautiful.

[2:59:11] There's more things he got planned for

[2:59:13] us, too. And I want to say thank y'all.

[2:59:16] » Thank you, Mr. Kirk.

[2:59:19] Uh, we're going to recess for executive

[2:59:21] session. We'll be back.

[3:23:44] And we are journed.

[3:23:46] And we are German.

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