Good morning. We're going to start this
morning with an invocation by Pastor
Sarah Stewart from the First Baptist
Church, followed by the pledge of
allegiance by Christian Auster from
Scout Troop 177. Please stand if you're
able.
» Good morning.
» Meet me, oh God, in the stillness of
this morning.
Move me, O Spirit, to quiet my heart.
Mend us, oh Father, from yesterday's
harms. From the discords of yesterday,
resurrect our peace. From the
discouragements of yesterday, resurrect
our hope. From the weariness of
yesterday, resurrect our strength. From
the doubts of yesterday, resurrect our
faith. From the wounds of yesterday,
resurrect our love. Fill this place with
wisdom and compassion and kind hearts.
Be in this room.
Lead this meeting. Let these servants uh
make honorable decisions for the people
of Oklahoma City. We pray this in Jesus
name. Amen.
» Amen.
» Will you please join me in the pledge of
allegiance? I pledge algiance to the
flag of the United States of America and
to the republic for which it stands. One
nation under God, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all.
» All right. I'm going to call to order
the joint meeting of the city council
and the Oklahoma City Housing Authority
um regarding joint resolution with the
Oklahoma City Housing Authority finding
it in the public interest for the
Oklahoma City Housing Authority to
provide for the acquisition,
construction, reconstruction,
improvement, extension, alteration, and
or repair of housing projects.
Um Amy, is there anybody signed up to
speak on this?
» No, there's not.
um
housing authority will make a
presentation. I'll let city manager
introduce them.
» Thank you very much. Mark Gilllet, the
executive director for the uh housing
authority will introduce this uh these
projects that we're going to see today.
» Good morning. Thank you, Vice Mayor and
City Manager Freeman, members of the
council, members of the Oklahoma City
Housing Authority Board of
Commissioners. We're here for a very
exciting day. A day when we talk about
adding six new affordable housing
properties across Oklahoma City and then
also over 750 units of affordable
housing across Oklahoma City. It's tre
it's a tremendous day. Um everyone's
familiar with the members of the
council. Uh Mr. Rocky Chavez is the
chair of the board of the commissioners.
Miss Annette Jacobe is the vice chair of
the board of commissioners. Whan Cubitt
is a member as is James Hudson is the
other member of the of the board of
commissioners. And we're excited to be
here today at this joint meeting. And
I'd like to introduce Mr. Greg Shin who
will give a detailed presentation on the
properties we're talking about today.
Thank you.
Good morning.
As Mark uh referenced, these projects,
six different projects, different types
of affordable housing in different areas
of the city, and we're making these
investments partially with the MAPS
funding that we have in our MAPS for
homelessness operating agreement with
the city. Next slide, please. So I would
like to call your attention uh to the
different models and the locations of
where we're going to put these projects
into service. The first one is Vita
Nova. This is permanent supportive
housing intended for chronically
homeless persons
experiencing unsheltered homelessness or
long-term homelessness that have
disabling conditions. This is 76 units
uh near uh Reno and Martin Luther King
Avenue. Uh it's a hotel conversion. Um
and it we have $3.4 million of MAPS
funding in this project budget which is
a little over $14 million total
development costs and the construction
is in progress as we speak. Next project
please.
» Greg, before you go to before you go on
to Oak Grove.
» Yes. Yes.
» Could you tell us again what the
qualifications are for this supportive
housing?
» You must be chronically homeless and
referrals will come through what's
called the continuum of care. That's key
to home here in Oklahoma City. And
referrals will come off of the by name
list of known long-term homeless
individuals with disabling conditions.
They also could come from Diversion Hub
or other places like that if they
because we're going to implement a no
look back period on the criminal
histories. There are some exclusions at
the federal level like lifetime sex
offender. You can't be on that. HUD
can't fund that. So, there are some
exclusions, but it's really intended for
people that have been experiencing
long-term homelessness. A lot of folks
that might be unsheltered that you might
see in encampments around the city and
so forth. That's helpful. Thank you.
» Also,
» I see the funds that are coming for
maps, but we have total development cost
of 14 million. Can you kind of break out
the sources of funding on each one of
the projects?
» I do. We have we have we have many
sources of funding for this project.
» We have home funds from the the city of
Oklahoma City, HUD money that originates
and then comes through the city. We have
private funding from the Arnal
Foundation. Uh we have Federal Home Loan
Bank of Topeka funding. Um we have
Capital Magnet funds uh which is a a
source that comes um originates with the
feds also. And then we have uh community
enhancement corporation puts its own
funding into it. And then we have the
maps for funding. And I can send
everybody on the council a detailed
financing spreadsheet, which I actually
have in the presentations that I've been
making to the subcommittee and the
citizens advisory board, but I didn't
want I didn't know if you wanted to
spend that time to get into that level
of detail of the financing project.
» You could send that to each one of us.
» I'm happy to send that to you.
» Yes.
» Every one of these deals has a complex
financing model.
Okay. The next project, this is this is
Oak Grove Apartments. This is
rehabilitation, substantial
rehabilitation and preservation of
existing public housing, which will
convert and no longer be public housing.
It'll now be affordable housing, no
longer 100% financed by the federal
government under Department of Housing
and Urban Development. The total
development budget is $ 109 million.
That's actually increasing as we speak.
Unfortunately, we have uh 270 units of
preservation and there'll be 36 units of
new construction on this property.
[snorts] And then at the same time,
we're working with on Q to do commercial
development right across on right across
the street from the Dell plant on
Southwest 15th. So, this is actually a
mixeduse development. It's an economic
development project as well as uh
preservation and expansion of affordable
housing.
So, a total of 306 units. Next project,
please. Crestston Park. We've been
working uh closely with councelor
Pennington and the neighborhoods
surrounding and we have a community
partnership uh for 170 units in phase
one at Crestston Park. Um and you can
see with the site plan there, we have
phase 1 A, which will be affordable
housing, replacing part of the existing
95 units there. We actually have 90
units. And then we have a request for
qualifications which actually closes
this week. that went out nationally to
have a developer partner come in and
work with councelor Pennington, work
with the neighborhood, Restore OKC,
Northeast Oklahoma City Renaissance, the
housing authority, and the partnership
that we've put together and work
together with the community and engage
and come up with the design for what you
see there as a representation below
phase 1A, phase 1B. that is not designed
yet, but it's going to be a mixed
housing model, a mixed income model that
comes up on uh Martin Luther King Avenue
between Northeast 26th Street and uh
Northeast 29th streets.
Next slide, please.
West Lawn Gardens. This is the project
that we're doing with the Inisuch
Foundation, Kowanas, and Engage Learning
in the neighborhood around Mark Twain
Elementary School. And we are we are
securing site control to build up to 40
units of workforce affordable housing
here. This is where the area median
income is in the 80 to 120% of area
median income. And there's a lack of
affordable housing in this area. And
it's actually a uh part of this part of
these uh part of these
lots that you see outlined here is
actually a brownfield site. and there
was some patrol petroleum contaminant
spillage there. We're working with the
brownfield program to clean up that uh
that lot and to make sure that it's
appropriate for residential use. And so
that's in the works right now. That
shouldn't take too long and we'll be
moving forward with the plans to what
we're going to build there. We know that
it'll hold up to 40 units of of uh
affordable housing there. Next slide,
please.
This is another permanent supportive
housing project with a development
partner called WeHost Alliance. And
we've given uh $1.7 million in MAPS
funding to this project. It's going
through final HUD uh HUD clearance right
now. And when this project is is done,
we we've cleared that HUD clearance in
the next 30 days. It will begin
construction very quickly. So I this
project will be under construction in
the next 60 days. 38 additional units of
permanent supportive housing. This is
across the street caddy corner from the
homeless alliance where the homeless
alliance campus is right now. Next
slide, please. This is another project
with the development partner um called
Elmington Affordable Housing. This is
West Haven Flats off of Southwest 59th
Street in Southwest Oklahoma City. This
is 132 units of workforce affordable
housing. again trying to target that 80%
of AMI um uh level household incomes.
But at the same time, we have 55
projectbased vouchers out of 132 units
to allow lowincome individuals that
qualify for a housing voucher subsidy to
live in this opportunity rich area of
the city where there's public
transportation, grocery stores,
shopping, jobs in this in this part of
the city and there's no affordable
housing there right now. So uh next
slide please. So al so so alto together
we have we have six projects 762
different units of 7 762 units of
housing permanent supportive housing
public housing replacement
rehabilitation new construction
family workforce housing and and all of
these are the needs that we know have
been documented for the last several
years we've been hearing we're 45,000
units short of affordable housing in
Oklahoma City that we're going to need
over the next 10 years. This these
projects using the MAPS money as seed
money to leverage other sources are
intended to intentionally target those
parts of the housing need for different
sectors of our population across the
city. Keep homelessness in check, try to
reduce homelessness, try to uh have
family workforce housing and
rehabilitate the public housing and
convert it to affordable housing that's
already in existence.
And the timeline is some of the three of
these projects, one is under
construction now. Two of them will begin
very shortly. That's West Haven and
WeHost Alliance. Those three will all be
under construction this year. And then
the other projects will be under
construction in the next 18 months after
that.
» So if you had the perfect scenario, when
will you come back and see us and say
all six are complete? Is it three years?
Is it two years?
» In two within two years. Yes. I believe
the the tax credit financing for Oak
Grove and and the mixeduse development
with ENQ, that's going to take a while.
That's a big project, 306 units, but
it's a huge economic development
project, but in two years, I will be
able to give you substantial progress.
Some many of these will be closed out
within two years.
» And then also, when you send materials
to us, can you give us an accounting of
what we've spent out of maps for for
these projects, all the projects so far?
» Yes, I have that in there. And I
actually have it all calculated of what
the MAPS contribution is and what the
leverage dollars are that are coming
back from other sources. Although the
leverage dollars is a moving target,
» But I also want to see remaining maps
dollars after this. What remains?
» Yes. So we got two allocations of $10.7
million. All of those funds out of the
first two allocations are committed to
projects um that you've seen here and
including the veterans residence which
we opened last year which is called
Dorset Place for Veterans. That's
already open and has 37 veterans living
there and you saw the point in time
count for veterans dropped in the
homeless count by 16%.
» So So we're north of 21 million right
now.
» Yes.
» Okay.
» Yes, that's correct.
» Thank you. and the leveraging is in the
hundreds of millions of dollars.
» Moving forward from this five years from
now, is there a fund set up to maintain
what we're building and maintenance? And
» That's a very good question. So, every
one of these has budgets in it for uh uh
capital replacement reserves and that
we'll make sure that those those
reserves are there continually for the
operations of the of each one of these
projects.
actually when you go for tax credits and
some of these other sources of
financing, Federal Home Loan Bank, those
are requirements to get that funding.
Yeah.
» When you say you mentioned the capital
needs, just going off of what councelor
uh Hinkle just said with the permanent
supportive housing, does that also
include funding ongoing for any case
management those workers or what does
that situation look like?
» Yes, thank you for that question. Yes.
So for Dorset Place for Veterans, we
have the VA medical center and the HUD
veterans affairs supportive housing team
coming there five days a week providing
the services on site at Dorset Place
which is permanent supportive housing.
Vita Nova. I have signed with five
different local agencies which includes
Northcare, uh, Metropolitan Fair
Housing, Goodwill, and some other
providers to bring services on site for
job training for self-sufficiency to
learn how to be a good tenant, what
tenant rights are, mental health care,
and so forth. And at Vita Nova, we have
community space to bring all those all
those meetings right there to the
facility. Um and at uh at um the we host
alliance permanent supportive housing,
the homeless alliance is going to be
providing the case management services.
They're working with Megan Mueller and
her team uh and the developers. So So
with every supportive housing project,
the services will be baked in to every
one of those projects.
It's a critical point to success. Yes.
Um, I just want to say publicly a thank
you to you and to Mark and the board for
their support of the work that is going
on at Crestston Park. um has been a long
time coming with us trying to find a way
to get the project going. And um I'm
really excited about the direction we're
headed in that's offering both
affordable at scale options and then
trying to bring in some u mixed income
because we know the future of Northeast
Oklahoma City is dependent on our
ability to bring in density that is
respectful of character that gives
people across incomes an opportunity to
be um to live in our wonderful
community. And so I'm grateful for the
work that we've done and just excited to
see the project get finished. So, want
to thank you, Greg, for your help.
» Thank you. We wouldn't be where we are
now without your leadership, counselor.
Appreciate it.
» Any other questions from council?
» Is there anyone from the housing
authority that has a question?
» Did we have anybody sign up to speak?
» No.
» All right. I guess we're ready for a
motion.
And it passes unanimously. And now Amy
will take a roll call from the housing
authority.
» Can I go ahead and have a motion in a
second from someone on the housing
authority?
» Okay. And then I will take a roll call.
And and if you can just say maybe I and
raise your hand or um so Annette Jacobe
» Hi,
» James Hudson,
» Whan Cubit,
» And Rocky Chavez.
» Thank you.
» And [clears throat] that passes
unanimously. Um thank you for attending.
Um the joint meeting is now adjourned.
We'll get on with the council meeting.
And we have nothing from the office of
mayor today. Um any items from council
that anybody wants to bring up or to the
city manager report?
» All that we have today is claims and
payroll and that can be found on
okc.gov.
And item six is the journal of council
proceedings and we can take that with
one vote.
Need a motion, please.
And that passes unanimously.
Item seven is request for uncontested
continuences. We have one listed. Item
6E.
Um, [clears throat]
Craig, is there
» 11
» 11E? I'm sorry.
» Yes, we have a few more of these. We we
do have on page 17, item 11F, SPD1 1840
will be deferred to the 4th of August.
Uh, continuing on page 17 at item 11 I1,
dilapidated structures. All the items
that we list on dilapidated, unsecured,
and abandoned uh will be stricken from
the agenda. Beginning with uh 11 I1,
item C, 3831 Northwest 10th Street for a
new owner. Uh the item D is 21 is 2024
Northeast 13th Street is to renotify.
Continue on page 17 on 11 J1 unsecured
structures. Item C 409 Kings of Leyon
Lane and other addresses owner is
secured. Item F509 Northwest 37th Street
along with other addresses. The owner is
secured. Item G, 2223 Northwest 38th
Street to renotify. Item H4505
Southeast 81st Street the owner has
secured. On page 18 on abandoned
buildings, item 11, K1,
um we will strike item A, 2024 Northeast
13th Street to renotify the owner. And
[snorts] that is all the items that I
have.
» Thank you.
Um,
item number eight, uh, revocable permits
and events. We have a speaker, Karen
Medina, to talk about the Downtown
Oklahoma City Partnership and the
Outwest Music Festival.
» Good morning. My name is Karen Medina. I
serve as the West Village District
Coordinator and also event planner. This
is our second year of hosting Out West
Music Fest. It's an annual event that
was recommended by our strategic plan to
help uh draw more visitors to this next
up andcoming neighborhood. Outwest Music
Fest takes place this Friday from 6:00
to 11:00. It's a free family-friendly
event. All ages welcome, pets included
as well. We'll have um headliner Bo
Jennings and the Tiger starting at 7:00
p.m. Uh and then following at 9:00 p.m.
we have a 70s8s disco rock band
Superreak coming out. And so, um, we
will have a portable stage in the middle
of Sheridan Avenue. Lots of, uh, free
activities, food, drink, and, um,
overall just, uh, a music festival
happening that day.
» Yeah,
» Sounds like a great time. I heard you
all recently had a really wonderful, uh,
festival to celebrate Puerto Rico. So,
hopefully, it sounded like it was a very
big turnout, so let's see if we can
rival it with this one. Happy to move
for approval.
» [snorts]
» Okay, thank you.
» And that passes unanimously. And item B
is the Oklahoma City Water Utilities
Trust and the Bodies Race uh Summer Sizz
Summer Sizzler 5K, 10K, and 15K. And we
have Morgan Danker with the parks
department.
» Hi. So again, the per mini is out of
state. They weren't able to come to talk
about their event, but they will be
having a 5K, 10K, and 15K out at Stars
of Stripes Park and the Bert Cooper
Trail. Um again, they're going to be
partnering with the animal welfare to
have adoptable dogs who can run with you
during your race. Uh so they get some
exercise and hopefully get some more
adoptions out there. If you guys have
any other questions, please let me know.
This is WS one, two, and eight. So,
take it away, somebody.
» Well, uh, I'll on behalf of W one. It
would never speak on behalf of W 8 if he
wants to add anything. Uh,
but, uh, yeah, I would move for
approval. Mark, would you like to add
anything?
» Thanks.
» And Summer Sizzler's, right? Um,
» Yes.
ready for a motion.
And that passes unanimously. Going to
recess the council meeting and convene
as the Oklahoma City Municipal
Facilities Authority. Uh we have one
person signed up to speak.
» That's PPI.
» Oh, I lied. We can take this in one
vote.
and that passes unanimously.
going to adjourn the OCMFA
and reconvene as the public property
authority. And we have someone signed up
to speak. Um, two people signed up to
speak, Steve Hunt.
Uh, just to remind everybody, state your
name and address and you have three
minutes and the lovely Miss Amy will let
you know when you're 30 seconds left.
» Steve Hunt, 6300 West Drive. Um, so once
again, I'm speaking on a rather benal
item on the agenda. Um, $150,000 to Los
Angeles Trans Private Equity own Journal
Record. Um, and I speak on these matters
because this is the core of what
requires so much need for what they were
doing today. Affordable housing,
homelessness, equity firms are preying
on everything. So, the journal record is
published by Journal Record Publishing
Company, an affiliate of Bridgetow
Media. Bridge Tower was sold to private
equity firm Los Angeles-based Transom
Capital Group. The leverage was funded
by Sarah Brris in New York City. They
are a Los Angeles firm with more than
$600 million in assets under management.
Adil announced November 3rd, 2020.
Transom describes itself as, and this is
important, a operationally focused
private equity firm that seeks buyouts
and controls investments in middle
market companies. Middle market is us.
um not very vibrant phrase as the
chamber likes to say, but before that uh
Bridge Tower had passed through Gate
House Media and then became a subsidi
subsidiary of Ganet in 2019 before Trans
Private Equity bought it as a standalone
unit. So the $150,000 that the Oklahoma
City citizens are are having to pay, I'd
say about 60% or I'm probably 40% of
that is servicing their leverage debt.
But the biggest problem with this is why
did we not give this to the Black
Chronicle, a locallyowned Oklahoma City
company on the east side that could do
exactly what they are do could, and I
emphasize could because um in May of
this year, a House bill was passed to
make it more difficult for people like
the Black Chronicle to publish these
notices. And that's what these firms do
is they prey on middle market companies.
They take them over and then they
effectively hollow out the functioning
of government in a style that someone in
1995 wanted and we're doing it. Um, so
yeah, that's really it. Um, I don't know
if any of y'all noticed this, but the
journal, if you ever look at the journal
record, it's like a a confessional booth
for exploitation. You know, it's it's a
lot of it is press releases from equity
firms. There was a big front page thing
about PF Chang, which of course is, you
know, anyone with half a brain knows to
go to the Asian restaurants on Classen
rather than a private equityowned uh
food service trucked in crap like that.
» 30 seconds remain.
» But I do think it's important to
contemplate why three years ago we
didn't give this to Perry. You know, we
screwed them over with the thunder. Uh
Mr. Perry wanted to be part of the
ownership group and it never happened.
Uh we're not even talking about cumulus
radio going bankrupt and handed over
their creditors. We're not even talking
about giving the thunder broadcast to
them. And that's the core of why we need
what these guys were doing. So, thank
you very much.
» Thanks, Steve.
And next up is Francis Smith with the
OKC Farmers Market District.
Good morning, city council. Thank you
for having me. I am Francis Smith with
the Farmers Market District. We have a
big address. So, we're from Black Welder
to Chartell and then I40 to Oklahoma
City Boulevard. Uh fiscal year 2026 has
been a year of tremendous growth for our
district. We continue our mission in
preserving our historic district, and
improving access to local food,
expanding our environmental education,
and creating a vibrant community
gathering place. Throughout the year,
our events and other fundraising efforts
generated more than $46,000 in revenue.
Those funds have been reinvested in
district beautifification, educational
programming, and future community
initiatives. Beyond our events, we
focused we have focused on creating
lasting improvements in the district. Uh
just a few of the revitalization efforts
that we've done as a district include
painting three major structures. We had
three storefront improvements, nine
total art installations, including our
volunteer-driven barn quilt art project.
Uh this was a very fun six six different
pieces. You guys should come down. It's
on the antique mall. It's very cool. Um,
we did new wayfinding signage and we
installed a certified pollinator way
station.
One of our greatest priorities is
connecting community members with
healthy local food.
This year we fed more than 300 people in
our cooking demonstrations that we did
year round. We um and in those cooking
demonstrations we use local grown food
obviously from our farmers. We
distributed 290 emergency SNAP baskets,
food baskets during the SNAP disruption
and we shared over 750 seed packets to
encourage people to grow their own food
and pollinating uh plants.
Uh we've continued expanding
opportunities to community members on
how to learn to grow, prepare, and
access local food. One of our big um
initiatives this year has been our
growing resilience educational series.
This happens on the first Saturday at
the market every month. Um this program
is in full swing. Um we're having great
metrics on this and we hope to expand it
even further next year um in 2027 and
hopefully expand our funding for that so
we can pay our lovely experts to come
and speak um for to the community. These
are free classes. their come and go
first Saturdays at the market. Uh behind
the scenes, we've completed our first
year of our strategic plan at 100%. Um
strengthened our organization and
governance infrastructure.
» 30 seconds remaining.
» Yes. Um we have expanded community
projects, secured additional funding,
we've became a network level Main Street
organization, and we are a very active
Keep Oklahoma Beautiful affiliate. As we
look forward and we have our centennial
for the building coming up in 2028, we
just hope to continue this and uh
support local food initiatives. Thank
you. Any questions?
» Thank you, Francis.
» Thank you.
» All right, we can take items A through I
with one vote.
and it passes unanimously.
Uh during the OCPA and reconvene as a
council meeting and it brings us to the
consent docket, we have a presentation
on item CC. Is there anything else
anybody wants to pull out for a separate
vote or talk about?
» Yes, Vice Mayor. Um, [clears throat]
I just wanted to briefly acknowled hear
a little bit about item AB and
acknowledge that work ahead of us. Same
with uh Oh, you're fine. A is in Adam
Basketball.
Okay.
And then item as I'd like to hear a
little bit more about that from public
works. And then I know we're about to do
some really cool work on our first youth
center. So I was just hoping we might
and I'd already made this request so I
hope they're ready for it. But I'd like
to see some of the plans for Oh, you got
it. Never mind. CC, I'm back.
» We'll start with AB.
Let me get through. Cool.
a public art commission agreement.
» Yes. Um
I just wanted to acknowledge
a W 2 resident Matt Go who after an RFP
process will be doing this work. And I'm
» Pretty sure people across the city know
his work from the airport to god knows
where all across the city and I think
he's in attendance. So, I just wanted to
take that moment to say how excited I am
to see that. I think we might have
someone to come up and give us a little
bit more information about it.
» Good morning, council. My name is
Leandre Latimore, public art project
manager for um arts and cultural affairs
office. Um I'll give Mark here a moment
to set up the presentation, but yes, we
we do have some information about this
um great work of public art. And as you
mentioned, um, local artist, uh, Matt
Gold, um, is a popular local artist and
designer, and he has lots of experience,
um, throughout the city working in the
arts, and he also has lots of experience
in the public art sector as well. He's
also the same artist who completed the
Tozo floor through a Rogers airport.
Okay. So, I'll just um, leave this image
here and I'll read a short statement
here from from Matt Gold. So Matt
describes the Turzo floor as a
monumental visualization of the voice of
Oklahoma City. Composed of overlapping
concentric sound waves. The design
radiates throughout the concourse in a
rhythmic composition of softly gradated
blue Turzo. Inspired by the collective
energy of thousands of voices becoming
one. The artwork transforms sound into a
permanent architectural expression of
unity, optimism, and the Oklahoma
standard. You can go to the next slide.
So here's um a rendering here of of what
that will look like. And as we mentioned
before, it's the the blue turzo um the
gradated blue forms that you see here.
So um Matt presented this concept to us
a while ago and um it's worth mentioning
that this is conceptual. So the plan is
is for Matt to continue to work with the
design team and stakeholders to further
refine this design. So the the final
work that you'll see when the arena
opens may not look exactly like this,
but um this um image here that you see
is a pretty good representation of what
the the final design will look like. You
can go to the next slide.
So, as I mentioned before about the the
sound waves, there'll be 24 total
concentric sound waves that radiate
inward from the exterior glass curtain
wall and their origins are aligned with
every other of the structures, 48 um
columns. So, uh there's a lot of
symmetry here in this design and Matt
was very intentional about that as well.
And this is just another image here.
And this is um another rendering here
that shows. So, I'm happy to answer any
questions that the city council may
have.
» No,
» Matt is also here as well. I'm sure he'd
be happy to answer questions if you have
some for him as well.
» We don't have any questions. He's
welcome to speak if he would like, but
otherwise. Yeah, go ahead.
» Hi, Matt. Go 2011 Northwest 35th Street.
I don't know if I have to do that. Uh,
thank you all. I'm very honored to have
been selected for this project, project
of a lifetime. the uh one one of the
things I kind of said when when I uh
when I pitched this was when I when you
walk into this this this um temple if
you will for Oklahoma City gathering I
don't want you to come in and say look
at that floor I want it to be a uh
overwhelming wow look at this space so
the intention of the design was to be
really one with the architects
architecture and um this space we we've
used blues which is uh the most human
loved color. Uh it also is an Oklahoma
color, our flag. Um but the voice of OKC
I thought was so poignant because we're
known now as Loud City and we've been
boomtown and we and this is the location
where Elvis played and all these other
you know all these memories were made
with sound. So I thought the idea was
really uh kind of a powerful one and I
thought it was a lasting and timeless
one. The design is intentionally
um minimal and very austere
to last for decades. We don't I didn't
want to go crazy or wacky which a lot of
artists can do. I love to do it too. For
this we wanted something that totally
complemented the architecture with that.
I guess that's all. Thank you.
» Thank you.
» Thanks Matt. Uh yeah, I mean I'm just
excited about it whether it's the
airport. I believe there's some work on
some basketball courts as well. Am I
wrong about And I thought so over there
in Memorial Park. So this isn't his
first rodeo with basketball. Um so I'm
just excited about this and I just
wanted to draw attention publicly to the
work ahead of us and thank you to your
team for what you're doing as well. So
and I hope I did not I have this
horrible idea that I might have said
library earlier. Of course I meant the
airport if I did. them.
» Um, Councilman Cooper as
» Let's go.
» Good morning. Debbie Miller, public
works director. Um this item is for
contract for an engineering services to
start on a trail multimodal trail on at
Northwest 63 63 northwest 36 from Walker
and it goes east over to Northeast 36
and Kelly. It's about 1.7 miles. The
total cost is going to be about 3.7
million and we do have AC AOG funding
for an 8020 split. So, we expect final
plans uh next fall in 27 and
construction to begin late like December
of 2027.
» It's wonderful. I have to say, council,
I hear in word too regularly a request
for residents to have safe passage from
Central Park neighborhood, Edgeir Park,
Crown Heights, uh Douglas Edgeir, uh
Edgeir Heights from uh the west heading
east under 235, which is essentially a
barrier right now. I have biked 36th to
go to the groundbreaking of the homeland
when that was happening and it was truly
like taking one's life in their hands
and that's on a bike let alone walking.
So the idea that we're about to now
connect these parks and these
neighborhoods that are, you know,
hundred years old over to Homeland, a
grocery store, and then to a senior
wellness center in W 7, right? A mapsu
built senior wellness center. That's
incredible. And I I I cannot be clear
enough. When I have knocked doors in
Edge Mirror, one of the guys I was like,
"What are your concerns for your
neighborhood hopes for our city?" He's
like, "Well, I think we're doing fine
over here. I I think we need to better
connect to the east side." And so this
is now something I get to go back and
say to them. So I really appreciate this
this public safety work is how I see it.
So thank you.
» And we have a citizen signed to speak on
item AF which is a professional services
agreement with the old Capitol Hill
Council. Marian Campos.
» Good morning.
Uh my name is Mariam Campos. address is
2812 Southwest 54th Street in Oklahoma
City 73119.
On behalf of Gayedo Cinco and Historic
Capitol Hill, thank you for your
continued partnership and investment in
our district. In 2025, we celebrated the
groundbreaking of Plaza Kaido Cinco, a
historic milestone that brought years of
vision and collaboration to life. This
transformational investment reflects
what is possible when the city and
community work together. As we celebrate
this achievement, we also recognize the
responsibility that comes with managing
Plasakaid doco. While continuing to
serve and support our business district
requires sustainable resources and
strong partnerships as we navigate this
next chapter of growth.
That work extends well beyond the plaza.
Gaelos Cinoco continues to be a
destination that brings people together
through district district programming,
business engagement, and signature
events. This year, we are proud to
celebrate the 21st anniversary of Fiesta
Deas Americas, our award-winning
festival, a tradition that showcases our
culture, supports local businesses, and
welcomes thousands of visitors each
year. We are grateful for your support
of the year 7 bid renewal and the city's
additional investment and commitment to
help position our organization to
sustainably manage the plaza. This
funding allows us to manage essential
bid services including district
beautifification, marketing, business
engagement, blaza operations, public
safety, and ongoing maintenance that
directly benefit our businesses,
residents, and visitors. We are proud of
the progress we've made and recognize
there is still work ahead. We ask for
your continued support and as as we
build on this progress. Before I close,
I want to acknowledge the tragic events
that occurred in our district this
weekend. Our thoughts and prayers are
with the families and everyone affected.
It's heartbreaking, but we are rem we
remain committed to working alongside
our partners to support our businesses
and build on the positive momentum in
our district and ensure Kyosino remains
a vibrant and welcoming destination for
all. Thank you for your continued
partnership and investment in Kylo Cinco
and historic Capitol Hill home.
» Thank you, mayor.
» Thank you.
» Uh we have a presentation on item CC.
Yes.
David Todd, our maps director, will uh
introduce this project um for the maps
for projects.
» Good morning, [clears throat] David
Todd, MAPS program manager. Remember in
maps 4, we have four youth centers, and
I'm really happy to be bringing you this
first one. We've worked really hard on
finding a a spot for this uh working on
the budget and and the design. So today
um we have re representative from boys
and girls club Tina Belchic is here and
Colin Fleck our architect from Bakas
Payne is going to take you through the
plans.
Good morning.
Um excited to be here today to bring you
final plans for uh youth center 1 at
Woodson Park. Uh it's been about three
years since we started working with the
maps office u several of you folks we've
met with uh boys and girls club other
stakeholders in the community to begin
planning and programming these
facilities [clears throat]
uh to select the sites for these
facilities. And as as David mentioned,
um this is the first one at Woodson
Park. Um part of this is uh that it's an
afterchool program for affected youth in
areas of high need and part of that site
selection was determining where those
needed to go. Um so we we anticipate
these will serve up to 500 kids um
throughout the years and after school
program and in the summer with camps. Uh
it becomes a community asset for weekend
activities, basketball tournaments, uh
football, soccer, all sorts of things.
Um the project site, if you're not
familiar with Woodson Park, I44 splits
the the park on the west side has been
fully developed with soccer and softball
and parking. And then on the east side,
there's been a recent project that
finished last year for those baseball
fields um and parking. And so this
middle section here on the east side had
a swimming pool and thanks to the parks
department for uh demolishing that to
make way for this site. There's an
existing gymnasium there in the middle
and then there's a former senior center
that's currently occupied by the Boys
and Girls Club. Uh and they run an
elementary school club out of that site.
So our plan to just be as frugal as
possible. We're going to try and reuse
as much of that parking that's there
now. And we're also going to reuse uh
Southwest 33rd Street as much as
possible. So, we zoom in here and go to
our diagram, you'll see this parking uh
on on this portion is will be reused as
our project site. And that pool that's
shown here now in the pool building is
is actually gone. It's a a lovely grassy
field now. Uh and we'll be extending
Southwest 33rd.
And this is our proposed site plan. So
there you can see it's a 48,000 plus
square foot facility. Uh we're adding
some accessible parking to the southside
and around. U the the biggest need for
these youth centers is not parking but
uh drop off and pickup uh lineal footage
so that we're not spilling out onto the
the main streets in the community. So
we've got a a primary drop off pickup
lane here on the south side of the
building. That's the primary entrance
for uh the younger kids and then the
older kids who like to have their own
entrance uh will have have one here on
the east side. And so we separate those
two traffic streams to to try and
alleviate some of the traffic issues.
We're locating some of the fields, the
soccer, football, uh playgrounds will go
out on the west side of the facility.
Our floor plan, and I know you mentioned
wanting to take a look at these. I don't
know how much detail you'd like. We
generally have the the the children only
spaces partitioned off from the public
spaces. So where you see the gymnasium
here, it's kind of the central hub and
it's got a large lobby space outside of
it as well as a large community event
space. Those will be open to community
events and and weekend type of of events
um by appointment. Uh not just anybody
can walk into this facility uh just due
to the safety concerns. Um the the teen
lounge is on the east side of the gym
and it has its own set of entry security
doors and then the other side for the
younger kids has its own set of doors.
And and back here we have an elementary
school and a middle school lounge. And
we have a art studio, we have a music
studio, we have a dance studio,
weightlifting, a dining hall. And all of
these are in conjunction with the
programming that will be happening at
the Boys and Girls Club uh to give these
kids outlets for creativity, life skill,
job training. Um they they've got just
an extensive list of programs that they
run there.
Uh our exterior pallet is a a economical
but colorful selection of materials.
We've got different colors and textures
of concrete block. We've got some
translucent wall panels. We've got some
architectural metal panels as well. And
we wanted to bring uh color as this is a
space for kids. So we've got some accent
colors of paint that you'll see in these
renderings.
This is the main view from the south. So
we're looking north at this facility.
This is the primary entrance for the the
younger kids. And you'll see we've lined
that entry with some of those accent
colors to welcome them in uh to to have
it be a warm, inviting space.
And this is the main lobby space. You
you'll see there's views into the gym
from this space. Up above we've got
these translucent panels that are clear
story windows to bring natural light
into the space. Um we'll have spots for
youth of the year celebrations. uh
sayings uh dream big swan grandees which
is just Spanish for dream big.
Um looking back towards the west you'll
see the main uh reception desk there at
the back in green. The community space
is to the left. Um you'll see in the
ceiling plane one of the things that we
wanted to bring into this was some color
some some art. So this is our our
proposed art installation. This is just
a placeholder for now. The RFQ has not
been formalized to to my knowledge to go
seek an artist to to do some sort of a a
colorful light transparent installation
in the ceiling space there.
And then we're looking back at the front
desk and into the um the youth spaces.
This is the gymnasium. That's a double
gym. It's got a a small amount of
seating space here for spectators,
but it'll be it'll be multi-use.
And as we walk back into the uh some of
the interior spaces, um
whoops, sorry. It's okay. U you'll see
we've got an outdoor dining area just
outside of the dining hall. On the right
would be our uh our weightlifting area.
And then this is a a view taken from the
southeast at dusk. Those translucent
panels will glow at night. We think it
gives us a good opportunity. It's it's a
billboard opportunity. You'll be able to
view this from I44 going northbound. Um
and so we've got lots of great signage
opportunities here.
Um this is just our budget. I just want
to point out that we had a a project
about a month ago, the Clar Looper Civil
Rights Center come in about 30% under uh
budget and so we're very optimistic in
our numbers here um to uh to to meet
this budget and build as much of this
building as we can. We have a few
alternates as well here.
And uh with approval today, uh bidding
will go out and u the following week, I
believe, and we'll have a construction
start this fall and September is what
we're anticipating. It's about an
18month construction timeline and
duration that we've been given. So, we
look to be opening in the spring of
2028.
And that is what I have for you today.
Love to take any questions.
» I do have a few questions, but first I
just want to say um thank you all for um
I really appreciate seeing that
community center space in there. I know
when we had sort of that community
meeting, I think about a year ago, maybe
a little longer than that. Um there was
definitely a sort of consistent message
from many of the attendees there that
some multigenerational
options for event space um for different
kind of community events, kinsieras,
birthday parties, reunions, etc. um
would be very welcome. So, it's really
nice to see that um that that space sort
of set aside and the problem solving of
like you I know one of the crunch points
was like where do you put it so that
it's not sort of behind the the seal of
where youth youth would go so you can
have that layer of protection. So,
that's very exciting to see. Can we pull
the presentation back up and just go to
um one of those bird's eye view? I
recognize this might be sort of um bare
bone like you're more focused on the
building layout than sort of the space
around it. But I think one of the things
I'm a little bit concerned I just have a
question about is will there be
sidewalks that connect all the way out
to Southwest on 33rd out to May
or is that just like not included in
this because it's not the focus of the
design?
» No, no, that that that's a great
question. So, there's an existing
pedestrian path bridge across I44, and
we'll be interrupting that and
reconnecting that with some some
additional sidewalks. Back to the to the
east, there's a separate sidewalks um
package and and my understanding is that
there will be sidewalks brought to the
facility as part of that package. We
just
» Not part of this office. I just wanted
to confirm because I I've I've made that
walk to um to different things over in
this area. Um and it's you know it's
it's tough on foot to figure out and so
just recognizing that kids might be
coming from like the neighborhood across
May. I just want to make sure that
connection's there. So appreciate it.
» Great question. Thanks.
» Thank you for all of your work on this.
It's a big undertaking so it's exciting
to see it kind of in the next phase.
» Yes. I also I'll echo councelor uh
Hammond's gratitude and appreciation for
the work. I think it's wonderful. I do
have a couple questions. Uh sticking
with this slide. So I'm happy to hear
about the sidewalk connectivity. Just a
question possibility that crosswalk
both crosswalks connecting. Is it
possible that those might be like a bit
elevated? And my thinking is I've been
on Western a few times or Southwestern
around Wheeler or uh Northwest Northwest
39th Expressway. And something I've
learned about Oklahoma City living here
is uh people sure do love uh to pretend
they're in Speedraer the cartoon. And I
I I'm just wondering, especially since
there's so much of a drop off pickup,
but then there's going to be a moment
later in night when this is closed and I
can just envision it like the rain, you
know, coming that someone might use this
as a a speedway. So, I'm just thinking
that might um help with that, but also
just thinking about someone who's uh in
a wheelchair, this might give them that
extra um safety access. So, has there
been any talk about maybe just having
this almost like a table type elevation?
» Yeah. So, I I think that's a good
suggestion. One of the things that I
think we'll rely on here is that this is
actually gated during the day and at
night. So, it'll only be open, you'll
see on this east end right here, there's
a a pair of gates. So, people won't be
able to just fly through here.
um anyone who does get through to the
gates and goes in and parks would have a
relatively car-free uh access point
there. So, well, actually, as we have it
shown is it's actually down um at the at
the drive. Um we did not explore any
sort of bump stops or tabletops to slow
traffic down there just because we
anticipate that folks who are arriving
here are actually slowing down to pickup
kids. Um,
we could certainly look into that if it
if it's something that, you know, when
we look at it with the map's office,
it's it is an area of concern. I I
appreciate the the desire to slow cars
down.
» Well, and I'm just always thinking about
that. Not Oh, yeah. My first point of
focus is not necessarily the person
who's walking. I'm I'm always now
thinking about the person in the
wheelchair. Um, and that accessibility.
So, I appreciate that consideration. Uh,
I love the colors. I'm a huge fan of
those portal windows into the gymnasium.
I think that is a wonderful addition.
The exterior lighting, I think also I'm
glad to see it from I44. I also think
it's going to help with safety for
everybody. Uh the landscaping that
looked very um rich and so I'm curious,
is that something we have in the budget
to kind of help our good friends at Boys
and Girls Club in terms of maintenance
ongoing with that? We we met with our
landscape architect at Lah um and a big
point of emphasis was color and texture
for the kids just as a a tactile sort of
thing but also low maintenance. So they
selected plants that are are low and
easy m to maintain. So that we share the
similar concern. I think for the
renderings it's uh a little punchy just
looks good. Um the actual installation
will be a very lowmaintenance
» Installation. Okay. And then uh
yes, um
I think I mentioned this to Tina when
Councilwoman Hammond and I visited a
year ago for the community meeting. Uh
but something that and it will it will
take coordination I think with Embark
and with the Boys and Girls Club to pull
this off. But I think heading into the
opening of this facility, it would make
a lot of sense to tap into Embark's Road
Scholar program. Right. That's where,
for those of you who don't know, but I'm
already seeing some nodding heads.
That's where our youth in our our
schools can use the public
transportation system for free for field
trips. I've used it several times as a
former middle school uh teacher bringing
them uh Jefferson kids on the southside
here to city hall to career techs
universities. And while I think this is
an incredible building and so much love
and effort has gone into it from all
sides, um I think a level of
intentionality in terms of outreach
getting those kids there at the start so
that they can experience this building
themselves because something we heard at
that meeting you'll recall was actually
from some parents and I remember Gloria
Torres, a former principal from
Jefferson where I taught uh you know
talking about what about parental access
to this building. And so, uh, I think by
having the students there so early on,
so they get to, you know, lay hands on
everything, I think that will be like,
"Oh, mom, dad, uh, Abelita, you know,
Tot, I want to go to that building.
That's where the the fun and the support
system is." So, I just want to speak
that into existence to the city manager
and back to you all and just elevate a
private conversation we had now in a
public space that's less architectural.
But um oh and then my final two things
are I saw hopefully this does come in
under under budget but I know we set
aside funding in the bond for either an
additional youth center or to use that
funding to help supplement. So I guess
we'll know a little bit more about that
when the bids come in. Is that about
right?
» That's right.
» Okay. And finally, and I know a lot of W
2 residents are going to be thrilled to
hear this. If I'm doing the math
correctly, this will open either
slightly ahead of or around the same
time as the new uh arena in 2028.
» I don't know the date on that, but
» The arena is 2028.
» Yes.
» That's an important marker for a lot of
W 2 residents. Uh you know, a lot of
them love the thunder. They love their
youth as much. And so to see us putting
that prioritization on this first youth
center I think is going to symbolically
really mean a lot to people and then it
will actually deliver beyond symbolism.
So just wanted to acknowledge that as
well. So thank you and thank you for
your work. Thank you Tina.
» Thank you.
» Okay. Thank you.
» Well we can take the consent docket with
one vote.
» Ready for a motion?
There we go. Passes unanimously.
Brings us to item 10 on the agenda, the
concurrence docket. And we can take one
vote from item A through M.
and that passes unanimously.
Uh item 11 is items for individual
consideration. Um
A is ordinance on final hearing
emergency recommended for approval um
for PUD 2139 the resoning of 7300
Southeast 164 Street um doubleA
agricultural to PUD 2139 planned unit
developed ward 4 Councilman Stone.
» Thank you Mr. Vice Mayor.
Um, I do have a couple of questions on
this, but mainly it's for city staff.
» Okay.
» So, I'm curious as to the uh TE was
stricken.
I was curious where that was stricken
from.
Caitlyn Turner, 525 Northwest 11th
Street. here on behalf of the applicant.
If I may, that TE was stricken. If you
see the site in the surrounding area,
this is all AA.
» Oh, I totally get why it's stricken. I'm
just wondering who struck it.
» The applicant.
» Okay.
» At the planning commission. Then I was
also curious on the city side when it
talks about
their approval, which is always kind of
up there, but their approval said, "Oh,
not if it's denying the TE." But I'm
wondering like why that came from the
city when there is no way to put
sidewalks out there. Just to be clear,
this is a five acre develop, excuse me,
five lot development that ranges between
two and five acres on each lot. It's
over 17 acres totally and it just and I
it's off 164th and Air Depot. Like
there's no sidewalks out there. So I was
curious like what drove that.
» Sure. Sarah Welch Planning Department.
Um, the reason for that is we were
trying to make the PUD state that
whatever the city's rules are about
sidewalks would apply here. It wasn't
trying to say sidewalks are required
currently. It was just trying to say
whatever the city's policies are about
sidewalks would apply instead of having
this straight up just say sidewalks are
not allowed.
» Gotcha. All right. Thank you.
I was maybe when we talk about like some
of the updates that we're doing on
zoning and things like that, maybe
that's something that we need to look at
as well. I think
» Certainly.
» Cool. All right. Thank you. Um, with
that, I'll go ahead and move for its
approval.
and it passes unanimously.
Item B is an ordinance on final hearing
for Spud 1820 resoning 1714 Northwest
30th Street from R1 single family
residential to spud 1820 simplified
planned unit develop develop District W
two.
» Thank you, Vice Mayor. Uh Fallon, do you
want to speak on this item, please?
Thank you.
» Uh Fallon Brooks Magnus, Jolly Bird
Design, 11 Northeast 11th Street
representing the client, the applicant,
sorry.
Um so this is just uh we originally
thought we could get six six units on
here. We were a little ambitious. Um and
we had some feedback at our first
planning commission hearing and we
reduced to four units. Uh we kept the
same amount of parking, we reduced our
lot coverage. So, uh, you know, pretty
responsible development near the
university for
small, uh, micro apartments. They
originally were supposed to be like 400
square feet. I think they're probably
going to be closer to seven now. So,
larger one and two bedrooms.
» Yeah. U, I like what you're doing here,
um, aesthetically and, uh, materially in
terms of the units themselves. is
someone who lives in about a 700 foot
apartment, this will do uh for the one
person. So, I would move for approval.
» I just want to add that this is amazing.
This is very cool.
» And if I was on the planning commission,
I would have voted for the six units
instead of four. So,
» Parking was a huge problem. And there's
like no street parking on 30th, so it
made sense.
» [snorts]
» And it passes unanimously. Fallon, thank
you for all the neat things you bring to
Oklahoma City.
» Thank you.
» Item C, ordinance on final hearing, uh,
Spud 1825, reszoning 1220 Northwest 33rd
Street from R1 Single Family to Spud
1825,
um, W 2. We have to stop meeting like
this. Uh go ahead. Tell us about this
one.
» Um Fallon Brooks Magnus Jolly Bird
Design 11 Northeast 11th Street
representing the applicant. Um I will
say this was my first render on this
building and it's really ugly. It looks
way better now. Um I just wanted to
point out the house that was on this
site. This was one of the questions that
James asked me. Um the columns here are
the they are mimicking the keyhole
columns that were on the original house
that was on the site. We couldn't save
the house, but we can kind of pay a
little homage to it. And um this even as
ugly as this render is, it is um still a
pretty good indicator of what will get
built there. I don't know if anyone is
is uh familiar with the development that
happened at at 22nd and Ellison right
behind Walgreens over here near the gold
Dome. Um that's the same developer and
he did a fantastic job with the end
product. It looks really beautiful. It
fits the neighborhood really well and I
think we'll have a similar end product
here. Um, so just a couple of quick
stats on this one. We're also um only
70% lot coverage. So we were real
responsible with our lot coverage on
this. We worked with our planning
commissioner and neighborhood. So yeah,
we're just happy to bring some nice
looking housing to OKC.
» I love the name Catty Shack. How did you
come up with that?
» It's actually Chatty Shack because the
builder is Chad Rice. [laughter]
And I will say I was a little
disappointed that the planning
department did not put that on the label
because it was in the application. So
[laughter]
» I'll never forgive you for that. So for
for the rest of the day I'm going to
hear no catty shack references.
» I deserve that.
» Um
this will come back up later in the
meeting whenever we're talking about the
policy parameters for the affordable
housing from the bond. But I just wanted
to say as I did in private, now in
public, thank you for hearing the
neighbors out in terms of how do we
honor the architecture from the previous
building in terms of those columns,
right? It's when we I think something W
two a lot of us have a struggle with is,
oh, we have a housing crisis, but then
we got these vacant houses. Why aren't
we rehabbing them? We got these infill
lots. And so when we lose something,
it's it's a it's it's it's confusing.
And so we appreciate that when this came
down,
» You listen to their request that there
be some sort of acknowledgement of what
once stood here. And that's what those
columns and I look forward to seeing the
eventual renderings. But
» We just don't want to see any more
front-facing garages. That's our thing,
man. So I just want to make that on
public record. You know, I made someone
gasp earlier this week in a public
meeting when I said that I don't like
Chip and Joanne and they literally gasp.
I'm like, I don't know what to tell you
people. So, but anyway, thank you for
» Don't ask me about my opinion on that
either. So, all right. I'm good.
[laughter]
[snorts]
» Thank you. and it passes unanimously.
Item D is an ordinance on final hearing
um spud 1832
reszoning 1401 Northwest 9th Street from
Spud 1407
to spud 1832
uh w 6.
» Yes, this is just some infill
development on an empty lot over on
9inth and Douglas. So I will move for
approval.
and it passes unanimously.
Item E has been deferred till August
18th.
Item F has been deferred till August
4th. Item G is an ordinance on final
hearing
uh reszoning 6017 Northwest 23rd Street
from R1 single family residential to
spud 1841
uh ward two and no catty shack
references on this one.
» But you said it and now it's happening
again. So [laughter]
um yeah I was the applicant here. Oh,
come on up. I thought I saw you out
there.
Good morning. Uh Braden Schaefer, 300
Point Parkway Boulevard representing the
applicant. Um this is an application to
reszone from R1 to a spud. Um currently
there's not any specific plans for this
site. Um the developer is just trying to
move it into a more favorable zoning. Um
everything around this other than the
the lot directly to the east is all
commercialbased. Um, and I believe that
based on the letter of support that we
received from the neighbor, I believe
they they potentially have plans to also
um move to a more commercial aspect as
well. So, happy to answer any questions.
» Sure. Uh
you wouldn't know this uh unless you dug
down into uh BikeWalk OKC and maps 4,
but MacArthur just a bit from here is
heading toward a um some sidewalk uh
infrastructure and we're also looking at
maybe doing some streetscape stuff kind
of similar to what's going on in on 23rd
to the east right in Uptown.
um for your consideration. Um when since
you all don't have the specific plans
yet,
» I would suggest I see that detention
pawn up front. I almost would reverse
and move the property closer to the
sidewalk
» To kind of in anticipation of where that
corridor adjacent to it is heading. Uh I
have my eyes on this entire property
right here on the southwest corner. I
think that needs to be redeveloped
» Uh to meet the needs of the residents
there. I hear things like grocery store
uh except just retail options generally.
So I would bend your imagination a
little bit and imagine not the world as
it is but what could be there and the
precedent you all could be helping to
set. Um
and then uh stick if if you have time
you might stick around toward later in
the agenda. I know something you and I
have talked about previously. I'm just
excited that you're doing development
west of I44 and a lot of it's very
responsible. We're going to be talking
about some of the um bond project uh
stuff as it relates to economic and
community development. Um anyway, but
that I'll just move for approval.
Thank you.
» And it passes unanimously.
Item H is an ordinance on final hearing
for SP 613 establishing a special permit
to operate use unit 8300.33
drinking establishment set down alcohol
permitted in the I1 light industrial
district 2830 Northwest 10th Street.
Councilwoman Hammond.
» I will move for approval
and it passes unanimously. Uh item I is
a public hearing regarding dilapidated
structures. Amy, has anybody signed up
to speak?
» No, they haven't.
» Brings us to the resolution declaring
the structures are dilapidated.
Need a resol or a motion.
Passes unanimously. Item J is a public
hearing regarding unsecured structures.
Anybody signed up to speak?
» No, they haven't.
» So, need a motion.
And that passes unanimously. Um, item K
is a resolution. Uh,
anybody signed up to speak?
» No, they're not.
» Okay. Need a motion?
and that passes unanimously.
Item L is a resolution creating the
South Oklahoma City Tax Incremental
Finance Review Committee. I'm going to
turn it over to Craig. Yeah, Kenny Sudel
with the Alliance for Economic
Development is here to uh present this
item and um what's included or intended
in this pro in this uh TIF district.
» Uh [clears throat] thank you, mayor and
council. Um so this resolution today
would be the first step to create a
potential new TIF district. Uh this
involves some properties down around uh
I35 and I240 on the south part of
Oklahoma City. So, this resolution, just
as a reminder, the process laid out in
the local development act. This would
appoint uh Todd Stone is the chair. It
would create the committee. The
committee would have representatives
from the six taxing jurisdictions that
are affected. They would all appoint who
they want to it. The committee would
then convene and the committee would
have to choose three outlarge members
and then any recommendations for an
actual tip district, etc., etc., would
have to be then brought forward back
through the process which involves going
back through city council planning
commission etc. [clears throat] So
that's really what the you know this is
the first part of of the process and
that's what the resolution does today.
But just again wanted to be transparent
wanted to show you what staff is
contemplating and what we would intend
to put before the committee. But it's
really uh and I should say this is not a
widespread uh tiff district that we're
looking at. kind of the impetus behind
this is there's been several uh housing
projects that have that people have
approached us on some retail projects
and some industrial projects and uh
really the highlighted areas on the
screen. Our intent would be to just
capture those properties only that are
undeveloped here or underdeveloped. So
it's not something we're trying to do
like a widespread tiff to to divert
taxes from other areas that we're not
targeting um uh development in. Uh
really there's a couple areas around
Walker and Shields just north of 240
that have some they're pretty much green
space now that have some projects we're
working with folks to bring forward on
housing. Uh also the one near Shields
and 240. There's some potential retail
projects there. We did include a lot of
the properties or we intend to propose
and include a lot of the properties
around Crossroads. I will tell you I
don't have any imminent projects there,
but just over the years there's been
many talks on and off about, you know,
what potential redevelopment
opportunities might be there. And then
the [clears throat] other one that is on
the east side between Eastern Bryant,
that's uh OKC 577, which was a joint
project between the city and the
Oklahoma Industries Authority. Again, we
tried to carve out uh properties that
have already been developed, but this is
one of those as we've gone through now
for several years on this. Uh we have
had several different uh major employers
and projects that have taken a look at
this site. It's a really good site. It's
near the BNSF railard, but it's become
apparent that in order to land some of
these, we may need to have uh some
incentives available and be able to do
other things. We also, you know, can use
our SIP program which we're going to
talk about late in some later items for
those types of things as well. But it
would be nice to have uh TIFF available
there as well. So that's again first
steps. All the details, data, all the
things that are required under the law
would be brought back after they're
vetted with the committee uh if the
committee recommends moving forward on
it. So that's first step today.
» Happy to take any questions. for the
general public. Can you tell everybody
the the length of the tip uh tiff, when
it would be acted upon um and and what
it would be used for in this instance?
» Th those are still details that would
have to be worked out and brought
forward. I mean, under law, tiffs can be
up to 25 years. Um, typically they would
be used, we would be looking to use this
like we've used it uh in the past as
incentives on projects to either help
fill gaps on, for example, housing
projects, things like that, or
infrastructure or potentially incentives
for employers with site development
costs or things like that on on the uh
577 project.
But that all has to be looked at by the
committee and brought back. Todd, I
think it's an exciting project. Uh, I
hope we get to call you chairman soon.
And, uh, I don't know if we'll be around
25 years when it gets finished.
[clears throat]
» Um, I was just looking at the map, the
Google map, and a lot of those sites,
especially along Shields, um, resonate
with me. Um, Todd, I'm look forward to
your stewardship of this if council
approves it. Um, just seeing this
particular map, even though I represent
Northwest OKC, I had never been to
Northwest OKC, but like two times as a
child until I was 16. We always went
from Midwest City to Crossroads Mall and
to June and Jod and Sons. And so,
Shields and 240 have long been a part of
my memory bank. and I am excited to see
what we do here because it deserves so
much more care and love than the city
has has given it. Um,
I'll just I'll say that for now, but
thanks
a motion.
» [clears throat]
» And it passes unanimously.
Chairperson stone.
Uh item M is a joint resolution with the
Oklahoma City Economic Development
Trust.
So this is an update on our policies uh
for the goal policies uh strategic
investment plan but the affordable
housing as well. So Kenny's going to
cover M and N um as he presents this now
and um happy to take any questions after
that.
» Thank you mayor and council Kenny Sudel
with the Alliance for Economic
Development. Um on item M is the uh
actual uh geo limited tax bond the gul
bond economic development bond policy
and guidelines. N is the affordable
housing criterion guidelines. They're
connected. They work together. So, I'm
just going to cover them both uh in one
presentation here. [clears throat]
So, just as a reminder, um you know, we
first did the economic development bonds
in 2007.
Uh we also did a second trunch of that.
You know, the voters approved a second
round of that in 2017. And then we just
recently, thanks to our voters, had that
approved in uh 2025.
And uh $175 million this this last
round. Reminder, 50 million of that goes
towards uh affordable housing. So just
very quickly, I'm going to focus I'm
going to do a little bit very quick
overview on the some of the main points
of the policy, but this policy has been
in place since 2007. It's been amended
multiple times as things have changed
over the years. I think in 2012 2018,
you know, we've amended it to bring
things in like film and affordable
housing and things like that. So,
[clears throat] I'm going to cover a
little bit on that, but if you have
specific questions, just feel free to
jump in, but I'm going to try to focus
mainly on the changes to the policy. So,
just as a reminder, you know, this
covers our strategic investment program,
which which it really focuses on job
creation is what the council has had us
focus on with this program. And there's
a list in the resolution of under the
state law lots of other things it can be
used for but it really focuses on job
creation and that's really the
infrastructure program leverage fund
program. So infrastructure can go
towards inf you know putting in
infrastructure to support job creation.
The leverage fund program theoretically
could provide lowcost loans and things
like that. We really only used that in
the past kind of loaning it to tiff
districts for example. uh you know we've
loaned it to the northeast side tiff
we've loaned it to to other things
before
um the land assemblage program this can
be used to uh acquire property for job
creation uh uh programs or or projects
and then the emerging technologies
program which is really saying we could
use these funds to you know look at some
emerging technologies that could grow
into something larger. I don't know that
we really ever used that, but that's
been in the policy for a while.
Obviously, [clears throat] affordable
housing is is in there and we're going
to talk about that. And then one kind of
new call out in the policy is the small
business and innovation program. I will
tell you just being transparent on this,
we've really put this to say, you know,
try to focus on partnering with efforts
through our MAPS programs at Innovation
Hall and Foster Center, but we've left
that a little vague as this is still
something that's developing. You know,
we all had some experiences through the
ARPA program with small business, but
this is some another area that really,
you know, I could see us having some
more development on the policy in the
future, but it's it's one of those those
projects are still developing. So trying
to figure out how that moves forward and
then of course film continues.
Um so really on the proposed amendments
to a policy
a lot of it was removing kind of making
the language evergreen. There were a lot
of references to the old bond
authorizations and things like that. So
kind of taking some of those out making
it more evergreen. The major change on
our job um creation program. So really
in the past, this is really focused on
employers that are bringing 50 or more
employees and there were um there was a
a dollar amount that was not adjusted
for inflation or anything and then there
was also a percentage of the uh MSA
average wage in the old policy. So what
we're doing is kind of having worked
through this, we're updating that to
really just say that minimum payroll
requirement can adjust. It's really tied
to the uh MSA average wage. But the
biggest change we're making is we're
really saying that to qualify for this,
you need to have 101% your jobs have to
be on average 101%
of the MSA wages. Now, we do have some
provisions in the policy that if there
were, for example, in um distressed
[clears throat] or lower income areas,
if there's a project that fell below
that that the council could consider
that. But we're really trying to make a
statement whereas previously the policy
said 90 we could do 90%. So that's the
big change is we're trying to say no we
want jobs that are over the average. We
want to raise the average. We also added
a historic building renovation program
which really this is just saying
generally you have to have 50 employees.
It's saying you could do 20 employees if
you're part of a rehabbing a historic
property. And that's really just kind of
looking at really trying to put an
incentive to help, you know, uh, smaller
historic projects be able to attract,
you know, maybe like a law office or a
smaller office or something like that.
And then we did add some provisions that
you could have uh increased incentives
for higher impact projects. So what this
means is generally speaking, the policy
says, you know, we get with the chamber,
there's a financial model, we take your
jobs, your capital investment, you know,
all those things. we put them in, it
runs out and says, "Here's how much, you
know, positive impact to Oklahoma City
there is from this project." And we
generally say in the policy, we should
keep that incentive to five years or
less of impact. So, what that means is
that the city should start realizing
benefits at least in year six. You know,
you keep your incentives where it's
within that range.
This uh policy says you could go up to
the 10-year impact level for an
incentive uh if certain things are
present. And those things are if the
wages are particularly high, 120% of the
MSA average wage, if it's a really large
number of jobs like 500 plus, uh if it's
something where there's really unique uh
high coverages levels of employee health
care, daycare, or training, and then
also things like if or if they provide
second chance employment. So, it really
kind of puts some things out there that
we could potentially do some, you know,
a little bit higher incentives than we
normally do. Um, if if some of those
things are present. Again, I will remind
everyone it's always a negotiation. you
know, we [clears throat] we work
together, chamber alliance, city staff,
uh to come up with, you know, these
incentives, and it's always something
where we're competing with other, you
know, uh uh communities and other states
and sometimes other countries. And so,
it's a negotiation, but that's the
policy kind of sets that upper limit of
keeping it within the five five-year
impact to the city unless it meets some
of these other big requirements.
really the rest of the areas in the job
creation program
uh have pretty minimal changes there.
Um affordable housing, I'm going to talk
about that here in just a second, but
just it puts a specific in the Gul
policy. It puts a reference over to
these affordable housing guidelines and
I'll cover those in a moment. mentioned
the small business and innovation
program that this is a new program in
the policy and that [clears throat] it
you know activities support
entrepreneurship and small business
growth and it really tries to point
those towards partnering with some of
those maps projects I talked about
earlier and then the film program you
know with film it there's a couple
things as we've gone through this that
we've tried to uh update from our
experience and that's just adding that
television movies because we've had
movies and we've had television and
there's television movies so trying to
clarify by that and then uh we clarified
what is a slate of projects because it's
one of the things there's certain
minimum levels of investment you have to
do to qualify and we've and there had
been some question about well what if
I'm bringing like a part one and a part
two and together they qualify so it it
clarifies that yes that kind of
qualifies as one project
um
those are the major changes uh on the go
policy let me cover the affordable
housing so Just [clears throat] as a
reminder, this kind of started in uh
2017. That bond issue, we put 10 million
of that of those dollars towards
affordable housing. So, we adopted this
polic.
Um so, 2025, as I mentioned earlier, we
have 50 million now uh dedicated to
affordable housing. So generally the
criteria here is at a minimum you have
to this has to be for a project that has
80% AMI or less with a preference really
for 60% AMI or less. Um and it's really
supposed to be used to bridge gaps in a
project. And so it can be used for
grants loans. It can be used for
construction rehab of affordable units.
It could be used, the city could use
this program to purchase property to to
use for affordable housing or to use
infrastructure to support affordable
housing or for conversions from like
office to affordable housing,
residential. So those are the uses
allowable in the policy just as a
reminder. So, the big amendments on this
policy again, evergreen language, taking
some of those specific references out to
specific bond issu uh bond
authorizations. Uh and then really
there's kind of there's some practices
that that have been done for a while.
So, this is like saying, you know,
there's going to be a committee with
some of the different experts and folks
involved on this uh that will be
appointed by the city manager. That's
been a practice for a while. Um, and
then the limit is the big change here.
So, previously it just said there was a
$2 million limit uh for projects. And
really, one, that didn't uh allow for
inflation, but two, it also didn't
really take into account whether it's a
small project or a large project. So,
what we proposed here is saying that,
you know, that it's really a 20% limit
to the total project cost would be the
upper limit of incentives under this.
And we've also clarified that that 20%
for on from the affordable housing side
includes all tools such as uh tiff and
other things combined. Um so that really
applies on this side. It also again
provides that we can do some can go
above that limit if there are is deeper
affordability proposed on a project. So
for example, if you proposed 50% or 40%
or 30% AMI, we understand that means
that's much, you know, there's much less
revenue in the project. So this would
allow us to take a look at that and go
above that 20% limit. Um,
and then also the last thing as we're
we've tried to build in here and talk
about trying to do, you know, the last
round in in 2017, we did a lot of
basically forgivable loans where that is
still a tool that will be available, but
we're trying to do more revolving loans
that have some income generation to kind
of keep the money revolving. So it it
states that if there's any program
revenue generated that it must stay in
this fund, go back into this fund to use
for affordable housing. So I think those
are is that the last slide? Oh, and then
preferences. This is the other one was
just clarifying on our preferences that
um you know really we want to make sure
that affordable housing
works with other things the city's
doing. So that you know looking at the
location and how they integrate into
neighborhoods, looking at you know the
housing outcomes and and resident
support providing amenities you know
allows us to use the incentives to help
make it a little bit nicer and provide
amenities. You know is it close to
employment? Is it close to transit
routes? Things like that. Project
design, sustainability, and then again
back to talking about financial
stewardship and leveraging. you know, we
want to have a preference for loan
structures that pay back into the fund
as opposed to forgivable loans or
grants, but those are just preferences.
So, we still have flexibility, but we're
trying to signal to the market what our
preferences are on these things. So,
with that, be happy to answer any
questions on those two items. I know
that was a lot
» Questions. Just a comment, appreciate
the work that's been done and I know
that every single time without fail that
we vote for a new uh the use of one of
these tip incentives, I get an email
from a constituent saying, "Why are you
supporting these outofstate whoevers
coming in?" And I have to remind them
that we're going to get all the money
back. Um and two, we also are doing work
like like you are suggesting in this
amendment to really help small
businesses to expand. And so I I hope
that we can continue to have
conversations about how we get homegrown
people the ability to to participate in
this program. Um and of course really
love the fact that we're doing so much
support for affordable housing which is
such a huge need. So appreciate your
help Kenny.
» Thank you. I also forgot to mention I I
wanted to thank Joanna Mcpadden and Ben
Davis and Shannon in especially from
planning and Cassie Poor in my office
and there's a host of others but there's
a lot of folks that worked on this
policy to kind of bring it forward look
at talk to experts bring practices
forward in this so appreciate all their
work that's
» Exactly what I was going to say I want
to thank you and especially I want to
thank all the people that worked on this
because I know it was an intensive
lengthy process thank you
» I'll echo that grat attitude. Um, Ben,
Shannon, Kenny, Joanna. Uh,
I just want one question before I make a
comment. Um, when I look at the historic
renovation program, is that something
that if, you know, went back in time and
you look at the first Christian church
for instance, or presently in time, the
gold dome or just buildings that have
historic uh, resonance with the city. Is
this now something that we could have if
we had this in place or what are we
thinking about with this particular
» Potentially? So this is specifically I I
think what was brought forward and this
really our our friends at the planning
department are are you know the
brilliant folks that helped us kind of
bring this forward that really most of
the historic projects that are probably
left around town are probably smaller
and they're probably more like small
office renovations for like a law firm
or a small you know small company. What
this really says is we could give the
company if they're less if they don't
meet that 50 person uh criteria for job
incentives, but they meet at least 20,
if they're going to go into a historic
uh renovation project, we could still
potentially give them incentives for
their 20 or 25 employees as long as it's
part of a historic. And it's really just
trying to encourage some of those
smaller folks to take a look at some of
the historic properties. It doesn't go
to the developer or the redeveloper of
the historic property. You know, that's
where oftent times historic tax credits,
TIFF, other tools are used on that, but
it's really saying it's really trying to
help that developer get a tenant
interested in going into that historic
property.
» Yeah, that that's a good use of that, I
would suggest. Um and then
I [clears throat] really want to thank
that team, your team, everybody because
all the years since maps 4, I have asked
from city manager all the way through
for a connecting of the dots between the
Henry B. Foster Center. Uh just really
thinking outside the box how it can all
connect, you know, public
transportation, etc. And I worried
because I'm an anxious guy. I was like,
is it is this going to stick? And it
stuck. And I'm really thankful that you
all heard those requests that that's
going to we learned a lot during COVID
um with some of those programs and I'm
glad you all are applying those lessons.
So, I just really want to express my
gratitude for that connectivity piece.
back to what councelor Pennington was
saying, I think my additional request um
and I think it might involve another
partnership maybe with the maps for
community subcommittee. Just thinking
about some of the people who are on
there, but I think creating some uh
social media graphics that highlight
some of the um additions that we've made
here. uh whether it's on the affordable
housing side or it's the job side of
things. So like for instance the second
chance employment how that can boost
your uh potential right for receiving
these funds or the daycare option right
um but then the affordable housing side
of it right if you build along a transit
line if you are building something that
complements the character of the the
area of the Capitol Hill of the Asian
district etc those are things that if we
have those as like those kind of box
social media graphics um that will get
to our local folk right the people tell
me if I'm wrong on this counselor but
our people need to know and the word
that's coming to mind right now is
transparency a transparency in the
process being able it's one thing all
this work is so important that you've
done now it's about communicating that
to our people in ways to be able to say
to them like we've not had these tools
before and how we do um and those are
tools that when we do our for those of
us who do I'm guessing maybe everyone
does but the um when we do meetups with
our residents right uh town halls etc
can have those images that are you know
there's a lot of words here on the
screen right now so if we can distill
that and the reason why I mentioned the
maps for community uh board members is I
know a lot of those folk have done some
of this work with city care etc and
they'll be able to help I think with the
distillation of lang language after you
all create whatever you create. Kind of
just have people who've been at this as
long as you all have as well putting
some eyes on it be like, "Yeah, that's
what's going to resonate with with
folk." I think this is very important
and I'm just very grateful. But I can
tell you again going back to my word two
folk like so many people who are seniors
just have memories of us not rehabbing
historic buildings on Main Street, etc.,
and just urban renewal, demolishing
them. and they have been all but begging
us to go in this direction. So, I think
making this clear in social media that
we're doing this will go a long way for
a lot of residents. That's my ask. So,
thanks you.
» Thanks, Kenny.
» Looks like we're ready for a motion on
item M.
Mine's not showing up, but I vote yes.
[clears throat]
» And it passes unanimously.
» And I'm ready for a motion on item N.
still not working. W seven votes yes
» And it passes unanimously.
Item O is a resolution authorizing the
Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust to
incur indebtedness by the issuance of
one or more series of its clean water
state revolving fund promisory notes.
» Vanessa Aguilar, our deputy uh utilities
director, is she's got finance
administration. So I'll let her present
this uh request to uh support debt with
the water utility trust.
» Yes. Good morning, Vice Mayor and
Council Vanessa Aguilar. And so this
item that you have before you today is a
resolution that authorizes the
incurrence of indebtedness by the
Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust. To
give you a little bit of background,
Aquit has a part of its financial plan
and management strategies is to fund its
capital program with a blend of debt
financing and cash for its capital
program. from the debt financing
portion. Aquat has been a long-standing
participant and borrower of the Oklahoma
Water Resources Board state revolving
fund loan program. So we regularly
access these SRF programs both from the
drinking water side and in this case
clean water programs. On January 14,
2026, the Oklahoma City Water Utilities
Trust approved the application process
to submit an application to the water
board for participation in the Clean
Water Program. This loan is in the
amount of $21,930,141.
It funds seven wastewater projects. This
includes a wastewater treatment plant
improvements, a sanitary sewer
relocation, and several sanitary sewer
rehabilitation projects. On May 14, on
May 19, 2026, the Oklahoma City, the
Oklahoma Water Resources Board approved
that loan application. And today, we are
presenting this item for indebtedness.
And this afternoon, the Oklahoma City
Water Utilities Trust will also consider
a similar item. Staff recommends
approval of this item and both staff and
bond co-bond council are available to
answer any questions.
» I do want to clear one thing. I I
clarify one thing. I said that this was
a request to for the city to support
this debt. It's supporting the
authorization of the debt, but Aqua debt
stands on on its own. The city doesn't
actually back that. You see other
agreements that are on even today where
we're supporting other entities like the
economic development trust and this aid
actually stands on its own
and ready for a motion
and it passes unanimously. Item P is a
resolution authorizing the municipal
counselor to confess judgment without
admitting liability in the case of Dante
Roerte, Jasmine Roerte
uh versus Oklahoma City executive
session is not requested. Ready for a
motion
and it passes unanimously. Item Q is
claims recommended for denial. Executive
session is not requested.
and it passes unanimously.
Item R is claims are recommended for
approval.
And that passes unanimously.
All right, we're comments from council.
That's you.
Thank you, vice mayor. Uh, first I
wanted to thank our utilities team for a
tour I was able to take recently of the
water treatment out uh heading up toward
Ward 8.
» U, it was in it was insightful. It was
informative. Uh they answered all of my
questions and I told them as the tour
wrapped up that it reminded me of
reading the Divine Comedy by Dante a few
years ago. I was like, I think I
retained about 50% of this. So, I'm
going to have to reread the book. And
that's how I feel about going back out
there and learning again because it's a
lot of intricate work that they are
putting in to make sure that we are
safe. And they are so proud of our
drinking water. I have to tell you that.
like very proud um our award-winning
» Award-winning
» Okay
inspired that
» And with the new pipeline
» 52 inch
» Which I
» Water until 2060 for our kids and
grandkids
» That's something that I'm looking
forward to touring as well so no I just
really want to thank um Josh and
director Browning for their time was
very important to me to to get to
experience that um and then I also
wanted to invite
residents on July 29th
uh 10:00 a.m. to lease sandwiches. Our
Asian District Cultural Association is
hosting a a public safety meeting with
OKCPD.
Um I've asked and hopefully they'll be
able to attend as well for key toome
representatives and for someone from
mobile integrated health to join as
well. The reason why is we've seen in
the news lately, you know, we've had two
unfortunate events. um one where u a man
who was experiencing homelessness found
himself, you know, killed by another man
who was experiencing homelessness. Um
quite the dystopic moment, very
troubling. And um I have a lot of
questions about that situation that I've
already turned over to our city
manager's office. So I'll look forward
to learning more before I speak publicly
more about that. Um but on that note,
just a couple days uh after that tragic
event, um councelor Hammond and I along
with stakeholders for our class and
corridor transit oriented development
work. We there was a stakeholder group
and at that group the founder of the
Asian district tune pulled me aside. So
did its current executive director,
Steve Lee. Uh and they wanted to talk to
me about homelessness on Classroom. And
I asked them to reach out to Key to Home
and have uh someone from
uh Keto Home come speak to their uh
board and then I saw that this event was
going to happen. So to me it just makes
sense that we should have people from
the city from Key to Home there
alongside Chief Bassy. Um,
additionally, another tragic event that
um I'm still learning more about uh is
the officer involvement um with the this
woman who is wearing a psychiatric
bracelet um that's been in the media.
And as I learn more about that, I'll
speak more about that. But I can tell
you right now, a major question that I
have, you know, I find that event very
troubling. And the the number one
question I have is why the city of OKC
did not um dispatch our um mobile
integrated health team to that moment.
Um I'm so proud of mobile integrated
health. I'm guessing we all are as
council members. a year in over 5,000
calls. Lord knows within that how many
lives saved housed under our fire
department. Just incredible work begun
six years ago, right? Because we know
that people in a mental health uh crisis
or with mental health conditions
unfortunately find themselves to be
about 15 times more likely to end up
dead during an encounter with law
enforcement. Now, we can be mad. That's
not just Oklahoma City. That's
nationally. We can be mad about that
statistic or we can recognize that's not
an anti- police statement. That's a who
do we send out? Who is the best to
respond to that situation statement,
right? And so that is a huge question
that I have right now is why what what
broke in that chain of process when
someone is calling saying they are
injured? Uh why would we not send the
most qualified person? I don't have
those answers yet. I look forward to
learning that because I think it'll help
us in the future. Um, and so, and this
just goes back to my uh written remarks
from when I was out of the country
regarding the budget. I really would
like to see us uh
further prioritize that service in terms
of its funding. I'm going to keep
beating that drum because it's working.
It's working when we use it and I want
to make sure that we're using it. And I
think the stakes are high on this
because right now we're telling people
call 911 if you're in a mental health
crisis. But when something like this
happens that can erode that trust and I
I will fight tooth and nail to make sure
that trust is there. I think it's a
vital service we're providing. And so I
think having the mental health uh team,
the mobile integrated health team there
in the Asian district alongside Chief
Bassy, alongside Keto Home will better
help the district leaders understand who
they need to call and it can communicate
down to the rest of their residents. Who
do you call when it's a crime versus who
do you call when someone's in a mental
health crisis episode? Who do you call
when it's someone experiencing
homelessness? And something I'm quite
worried about is that for all of the
great work we have here at the city,
kind of going back to affordable
housing, we don't think enough of our
people know about who to call and about
the services. And so I really challenge
us to think about how we disseminate
that information better to our
residents. I don't know how many times
this has appeared in water bills for
instance u mobile integrated health or
key to home but if we're not doing that
we should do more of it but additionally
um we have to remember not everyone owns
their home we have a lot of renters so
how do we reach them and that's my
challenge back how do we let people know
um relatedly I want to dig down deep I
want to ask rather a request to dig down
deep into the mobile integrated health
I'd like to better understand from where
those calls are coming which parts of
town who's who is using this service um
in terms of geography and maybe that can
kind of help us better understand who
doesn't have an awareness of the
service. So that's a pretty big ask that
I that I have but again I just want to
applaud um [clears throat] people
supporting mobile integrated health and
key to home. I just want to see us
further prioritize it and when I know
more in terms of answers to those
questions I will speak more publicly but
for now I just want to you know speak
responsibly
and that is it for me. So thank you
board for
» Thank you vice mayor. I would just like
to say uh thank you to the Chakawa Park
school district. Yesterday we did a
ribbon cutting on their new elementary
school located over around 29th and
Westminster Road. Uh just a fantastic
facility pulled up. There must have been
300 people standing outside in the sun
uh getting ready to go inside and enjoy
the tour of that new facility and it
just it's amazing what they've done
there. So thank them for that.
» Word six.
» Yes, thank you. Um, I also would like to
just speak to some of the events that
happened this weekend um, in Capitol
Hill and W 6. Um, recognizing these are
not isolated to
the southside or W 6. Um, we
unfortunately have acts of violence that
happen all over the city. Um, but for
various reasons, some I think capture
our attention a little bit differently.
And um I first just want to extend my
condolences to the families of Adulo
Lopez and Moses Sandoval. Um
it's really tragic when you look at the
date of birth um for for some of these
incidents and they're you know I think
oh I was in high school when that person
was born. Um that's a long time ago but
not that long ago. um you know when when
very young people um you know in their
late teens or early 20s um are are using
violent weapons as a a tool for um
you know I can't read their minds so I
don't know exactly what but um
particularly when those things escalate
and and um those folks want feel like
that is a tool um to assert their
dominance or um resolve a conflict Um
and I just want to go back to um you
know research that shows that
you know expressions of violence um are
not don't come out of a vacuum. Um
they have very traceable
um roots and those things are often
related to shame, isolation, exposure to
violence previously and a diminished
inability to meet one's economic needs.
And so, you know, I just want to
communicate to W six, to the city more
broadly when events like this happen,
when when we see or hear about violence
occurring that we dig a little deeper,
think about the root causes of that
violence and think about how we can
holistically address
um preventing that kind of violence. Not
just, you know, for
the sake of the people who might um find
themselves on the receiving end, but for
those perpetrating violence, because
most often those folks have also either
experienced or witnessed violence and
seen it as a um a useful way to address
their frustrations, conflict, etc. Um,
so I I you know, I I live um now near
the Capitol Hill District and um I just
want to express that I really hope that
the business owners, the the residents
in that area continue to feel safe. Um
you know, the the thing that we can do
um that keeps our cities and our
neighborhoods the safest is have eyes on
the street, have eyes on one another.
Um, and that really these, you know,
these instances of violence are often
people who know one another. You know,
they're they're very um I wouldn't say
isolated necessarily because they do
have broad impacts, but um you know that
that the the what we can do is honor um
the people and and the people who
survive that instance and their families
and help support them um because those
are the seeds of preventing violence in
the future. And um so I just I I would
hope that as a city we can continue to
um invest in the time to develop our
violence intervention strategies so that
we can prevent more occurrences like
this um in the future. Thank you
» Seven.
» Thank you. And I I'll just um again just
a just echo um the comments from
Councilman Cooper and Councilwoman
Hammond um and offering my condolences
to the families. Um but I I will lift up
in a positive note that yesterday I went
to speak to um Oklahoma City Police
Department's fact um efforts for uh out
of school time for middle school and
high school students um at the northeast
Oklahoma City Community Center behind my
alma mater of Northeast High School. Um
and it was a very it was great to be
there with engaged students who are
really excited. Um the fact unit's
providing a safe place for kids to go
where they're getting exposed to college
tours. Um having various speakers that
are coming in and explaining uh things
to them. They've got fun activities that
they go and do. Um they're even doing
some community service during the week.
So it is I I just completely agree with
what Councilwoman Hammond was saying
about the need for us to address root
causes, but I also want to lift up the
things that we're doing that we're
getting it right. And I think that
that's one of those great examples of
programs that we should continue to
expand and invest in. So thank you for
the opportunity to participate.
48.
» I got a call this weekend from a couple
of people that were saddened. I think
sad's a good word. Um that they had
applied for the lottery tickets to the
Olympics and they didn't get them. And
so I called Mike, the president of our
OKC team for the Olympics. And he was
kind enough to send me a text. So don't
worry, you're not out yet. And this is
what he says. All individuals who
registered for the Olympic ticket
lottery earlier this year remain in the
lottery for a chance to be selected in
the second ticket on sale planned for
August 10th. There is no need to
reregister if if they've already
completed the registration process. So
there's another trunch of tickets going
out. You still have a chance. Um and so
we should know more on August the 10th.
Secondly, um on Tuesday morning at 7:30,
I was called down to city hall to meet
with a group of people. Um they were
having a serious problem with a house in
their neighborhood. And um I've always
said that we have the best city staff
and the best city employees uh in
anywhere in the United States. And if if
we had these city's employees uh with
our federal government, I think we'd be
in much better shape. They they do an
outstanding job and we immediately
address their issue. Um, I picked up the
phone and called the mortgage company to
ask them why it was languishing and they
weren't moving forward and why they
weren't protecting the house. I mean, it
was abandoned. The structure was in
horrible condition. And three years ago,
that house was they said was the
prettiest in the neighborhood. And so,
um, the point is, uh, I want to thank
Chris Smith and I want to thank Chris
Moses who dropped everything to help
these people had signed a petition of
about 50 people and they were really
alarmed and I think we got them calmed
down and I think we helped. And I would
encourage anyone that's on this council,
if you have a house that's having a
problem, pick up the phone and call the
mortgage company. It it gets them uh
beginning to act. They're not only
moving forward on the foreclosure, but
they're also maintaining the house now,
which saves us money. Thank you.
» I'm going to seed the W five time to
city manager for some comments.
» Yeah, I just wanted to recognize MT
Barry, um our longtime friend. Um MT
served the city. He he died this past
Friday. Um he served the city for 49
years. He was our first black police
chief, served as police chief for five
years. He was an assistant city manager
then for 16 years. So 49 years of his
life he gave to the city and served and
um to anyone who knew him. He was a
friend. He was kind. He was gentle. He
was firm. He had wisdom. Um for me
personally I count him as a mentor and a
friend and just grateful for his
influence in my life. and I know our
entire city uh the city organization and
the council together that we mourn the
loss of MT Barry but are grateful for
the investment he made in our community.
» I I would echo that. Um he always had a
smile on his face. Uh he and I went
through a really stressful period on an
event going on out in Ward 8. I never
saw him lose his cool. He always stayed
calm and he always had good comments and
advice. We will miss him.
Um, may I also add and I appreciate city
manager you bringing that to the
council. Uh,
it's significant in addition to what
you've named that such was his work that
when it came time six years ago for us
to start work on the mayor's law
enforcement task force, the community
policing resolution that I wrote that we
turned to MT.
» Absolutely. because he had the he had
trust within the community. He had trust
within the city structure. Um and that's
where I got to meet him and um some of
his family. And so uh that's just a
special type of person. And
I would hope that beyond this horseshoe
there is some way because I I know we
don't teach much about city government
our schools. I would love to see some
way within city hall somewhere that we
acknowledge that history um and that
that family's contribution. So, thank
you. I should have also mentioned the
funeral services will be Friday, July
31st at 11:00 a.m. at the Greater Mount
Olive Baptist Church. So, just wanted to
mention that as well. Thank you.
» All right, that brings us to comments
from citizens. And first up is Noah
Compton. want to remind you you got
three minutes. State your name or and
your address and Amy will let you know
when you got 30 seconds left.
» All right. Uh my name is Noah Compton,
16113 Can Creek Drive, Edmond, Oklahoma.
Um I'm here to speak about the Flock
contract the city has. Um recently the
ACL ACLU reported a story where in a
city council meeting in Oshkosh, a
council member asked Flock if their
license plate readers created heat maps
that revealed where a particular vehicle
had been over a period of time. And the
chief information security officer who
was there told the city council that no
it did not do that. But then later uh
the next day actually the city council
found that the information security
officer had lied about that and then
immediately revoked the contract and
Flock responded by attacking the council
member or attacking the council saying
they had not been afforded an
opportunity to explain their lie and
trivialize it by saying it was a small
misconception.
Um, and also in Dunwy, Georgia, sales
employees had been accessing sensitive
cameras to demonstrate their
surveillance technology to police
departments around the county. Uh, they
had cameras, they were showing off
footage from a daycare, a kids
gymnastics room, a playground, a school,
Jewish community centers multiple times,
and this was only discovered thanks to
third party audit log analysis. And in
Missouri, an officer ran one woman's
license plate nearly 400 times. and a
audit log showed that that officer was
responsible for about a quarter of the
department searches and he often used
reasons like DWI or warrants without any
actual case numbers or warrants. These
cameras are everywhere. They have enough
cameras to know where you work, where
you live, where you go to church. I was
I was on a run yesterday and I passed
two cameras facing a playground which is
unreasonable. They don't there's not
going to be cars driving there. They
shouldn't have access to our kids
information like this. on on their
databases, you could search something
like silver sedan with two bumper
stickers and you could see every single
vehicle in Oklahoma fitting that
description and see where they were at
any point in time.
Um, these these databases give officers
the kind of information you'd only get
by putting a GPS in a car or trekking a
cell phone, which are both things that
require a warrant under the Fourth
Amendment.
These um flock has an incredible almost
god-like power to be able to fully
analyze and be aware of an entire
population's movements and know what
that means about them. If they were a
trustworthy corporation, it would be one
thing, but they've proven to be
completely untrustworthy with this
information. They've they've blocked
arch archavists from archiving their
master security contract. And we only
know this because people have manually
gone through and compared these old
versions to the new ones. Um, and in
their newest uh February update,
» 30 seconds remaining,
» They made 147 changes to the master
agreement, the most consequential being
uh the previous clause saying they do
not own and shall not sell customer
data, and they replace it with they have
a perpetually irrevocable worldwide
royalty-free data license that survives
contract termination.
These cameras have also been proven to
be compromised easily. uh independent
independent researchers have compromised
about 67 cameras in about 30 seconds
including multiple pointed at children's
playground. I urge the city council to
commit to a vote and vote no on renewing
his contracts. Thank you for your time.
» Thank you. No. Next up, Ken Lee Poe
poor.
Going once, going twice.
Next, Steve Hunt.
Steve Hunt, 6300 Westward Drive. Um, so
last Wednesday, 8 days after this
council unanimously approved $19 million
to the unaccountable private Tyranny
Chamber of Commerce, 3.751 million going
to executive salaries, 390 for
administration fees.
They received another massive windfall
through the state of the city, over
$300,000 in revenue to come hear the
mayor speak about a couple interesting
things. First off, transit. Um, I
attended the one transit meeting
afterwards and the board was comprised
of people that were part of the
destruction of the Union Station of
which Marold was a huge advocate of. I
want to read a letter from uh North
American Transit Institute
Elmore from uh Wednesday, June 3rd,
2009. This was uh when Mayor Holt was
running for Senate. Hi folks. You may
remember the incident a couple of years
back when I stopped by the OKC mayor's
office. Cornet announced his support for
transit development to ask if this meant
they were ready to save the save the
Union Station yard. This was a group
that was trying to save the
functionality of the rail in the Union
Station because they knew that its
destruction would set Oklahoma City back
25 years on light rail. Um Cornett's
assistant David Holt met me in the foyer
and then proceeded to tell me, "You are
so far behind the times. You don't even
know that in a couple weeks we'll be
down there destroying that old railard
and then you we won't have to listen to
you complain about it anymore. That was
Mayor Holt who's I don't know where he
is probably off having a good old time.
One more time. You're so far behind the
times you don't even know that in a
couple weeks we'll be destroying the old
Okay. So the people who are behind this
new transit system are the people who
destroyed the functionality of the Union
Station in 2009. It was a beautiful
facility and it would be the central hub
of light rail had they not destroyed it
on behalf of uh the uh highway lobby
gaining the political capital from those
folks to go forward to this moment and
support zerp policy during that very
difficult time when we could have been
building it back then. Okay. So the
other thing that and this
[clears throat] is a little bit lighter
um there was an announcement for a city
flag and this is headed [clears throat]
by Meritt Cornet and her propaganda
agency. they're going to want the ones
that are going to take in the money and
all that. So, I've gone ahead and
designed a flag that I think most
represents Oklahoma City right now. Um,
so these are the equity firms that are
taking over functionality of the
government and the private sector,
especially James Ward. So, we've got
Blackstone, KKR, Apollo. Apollo are the
ones that 30 seconds remaining
» Destroying some of the senior living
facilities here in Oklahoma City. We got
Silverlake. They're the ones that bought
the baseball team. And, uh, you all did
the Scriveners Air so that they would
get money for the pole with the Wi-Fi
thing on it. Uh, we got Ror Capital.
They've got about 20 different
businesses in James Ward, including uh
Sonic, who they bought in 2019, gutted,
took all the jobs to uh Atlanta. We got
Bane Capital. They're the ones that
destroyed CRA Anthony 30 years ago
through Stage Stores. They now own Class
and Curve and Nichols Hills Plaza. So,
this is my flag. I think it's important
for flags to represent the places where
they fly. And this private equity flag
will be my submission. So, thank you so
much. And um if you don't mind, one last
thing I'd like to say. Uh we lost an
amazing another amazing human being this
week. My dear brother, beloved, as he
always called me, Jimmy Bodin, who ran
the Rolf Funeral Home. Uh Jimmy uh
buried my mother last year, and he
touched so many lives. Uh just a
wonderful human being. And I just want
to say, Jimmy, I love you. And uh his
memorial will be at St. John's on August
14th. And um so yeah, thank you. Thanks,
Steve.
Next up is Celeste Gordon.
» Hi, my name is Celeste Warden. I live at
300 Northwest 12. Um,
the Huda Call that James had just
mentioned is really important. I live in
subsidized housing. It's a
privatelyowned, but they get federal
subsidizing um for disabled and retire
and elderly people. My neighbor is ready
to call the police because somebody else
in our building is making noise instead
of the management. People don't know who
to call. Calling the police to get into
a secured building because somebody is
making noise late at night is not
does not make sense. Um, I want to add
on to the flock camera
discussion.
One thing that concerns me as a police
officer from anywhere in the world can
search Oklahoma City and find our
residents. Anywhere that has flock, they
can search any other flock cameras. They
are not limited to their district, their
jurisdiction. And that is concerning.
They have people in Texas that are
tracking people across state lines.
And that is that is extremely concerning
is
police officers often develop PTSD
and police officers are just like
everyone else and sometimes there's some
bad apples.
Um
I also have concern about the Oklahoma
City Police Department being deployed to
DC. Our police are already short
staffed. We're already underhand
unshorthanded. Why are we sending people
off? Who's paying for it? None of that
has been
put out to public eyes and that really
concerns me. Um I do want to say one
thing that I think has been done really
well. Um the street car being
no cost right now is really helping um
the homeless community downtown be able
to stay cool because a lot of the places
that are safe places to stay cool close
at 5, six and it gets hot. It's still
hot then and that gives them some place
to be able to stay safe. So that's all I
have. Thank you.
» Thank you, Celeste.
» Next up, Ronnie Kirk.
My name is Ronnie Kirk. My address to
2328
North Missouri.
No, life has a strange way of working
out. I came down today to talk about a
independence 250 year independence day.
But the black people and the state of
Oklahoma, the way things work out, the
black people have two independent days.
June the 16th
When I started Junth in Oklahoma, still
living today,
I want to talk about 100 years ago. Old
black man,
George Washington Car,
he could do anything with a peanut. They
still do it today.
Truman had asked him,
"Is there any kind of way that he can
make a protein bar
or preserve food so our military could
fight
Fred Jones as also ask him
that volcano ash is too hard on the
rubber?
We're losing a lot of jeeps.
A lot of planes came to land
and he helped them out doing something
to the rubber last like it is today.
And there was also
the core of engineers. These are people
that fought with no gun at all.
That was all labors.
What they did for the beach craft to
land, they had to get out there and
cut those bars all up and blow X balls
up where your craft could land. And
that's all was a a 4 and a half year
backlog of US males
getting home to the United States took
four years. The bodies was getting here
before the mail was.
They also had some black postal working
women.
They got over there
» 30 seconds
» And they straighten that up in six
months. [clears throat]
There's also
the guys went to fire extinguishers. No
gun went through the wall.
Breaking up them
8 inch walls thick, shooting them peel
guns or
machine guns. They didn't have no gun.
These are these were labels.
They was able to get the job done.
and the red tails.
Tuskegee
Air Force
during the war
they commander went to Truman said we're
losing so many planes but them bombers
we can send 100 out and 10 come back.
» Mr. Kirk, we're over time. You want to
wrap it up?
» Okay. And so
they ask him, "We we already got people
that can fly,
but they do people that work on them."
So that's when they call them the whale
tail. Once they gave all them black men
the jobs of chasing those Japanese down,
the ratio of B52s
were tremendously helped.
» Thank you, Mr. say thank y'all this
morning.
» And last up is Stephanie Berdine.
Good morning. Stephanie Berdine, 515
Maple, Yukon, Oklahoma.
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if passed will allow that sound to be
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City.
That'll set a precedence. Every one of
your districts
will be subject
and could have to deal with that sound.
Do you want travelers on I40 when they
stop at Oklahoma's only bies to get out
of their cars and hear that? Because
that's what they'll hear. That's how
close it is. You all are about to set a
precedence that's not popular anywhere
in the United States and you need to
read that sound report that uh gentleman
in Yukon that's retired from the EPA put
together. He knows what he's talking
about. So since I have a minute left,
we'll just listen to how pleasant that
is again.
24/7.
It never stops. It never stops. 2 miles
away. That's what you get to hear.
24/7.
I hope you all will seriously think
about what you're doing. Oh, we'll hear
just a second.
The person who needs to hear it the most
just entered the room.
» 30 seconds remaining.
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like a 1500 ft away. There's homes only
300 ft away.
91,000
Oklahoma City residents in Eastern
Canadian County. Is this really what you
want to do?
I don't see how it could be a proud
moment for any of you all if you vote
and allow PUD 21105 and 212 24
to set a precedence for Oklahoma City.
Thank you for your time.
» And with that, we're adjourned.