[7:20] Good morning. We're going to start this

[7:22] morning with an invocation by Pastor

[7:24] Sarah Stewart from the First Baptist

[7:26] Church, followed by the pledge of

[7:27] allegiance by Christian Auster from

[7:30] Scout Troop 177. Please stand if you're

[7:33] able.

[7:37] » Good morning.

[7:40] » Meet me, oh God, in the stillness of

[7:42] this morning.

[7:44] Move me, O Spirit, to quiet my heart.

[7:48] Mend us, oh Father, from yesterday's

[7:50] harms. From the discords of yesterday,

[7:53] resurrect our peace. From the

[7:55] discouragements of yesterday, resurrect

[7:58] our hope. From the weariness of

[8:00] yesterday, resurrect our strength. From

[8:03] the doubts of yesterday, resurrect our

[8:06] faith. From the wounds of yesterday,

[8:09] resurrect our love. Fill this place with

[8:13] wisdom and compassion and kind hearts.

[8:18] Be in this room.

[8:20] Lead this meeting. Let these servants uh

[8:24] make honorable decisions for the people

[8:26] of Oklahoma City. We pray this in Jesus

[8:29] name. Amen.

[8:31] » Amen.

[8:35] » Will you please join me in the pledge of

[8:36] allegiance? I pledge algiance to the

[8:39] flag of the United States of America and

[8:43] to the republic for which it stands. One

[8:46] nation under God, indivisible, with

[8:50] liberty and justice for all.

[9:02] » All right. I'm going to call to order

[9:03] the joint meeting of the city council

[9:05] and the Oklahoma City Housing Authority

[9:09] um regarding joint resolution with the

[9:11] Oklahoma City Housing Authority finding

[9:14] it in the public interest for the

[9:16] Oklahoma City Housing Authority to

[9:18] provide for the acquisition,

[9:20] construction, reconstruction,

[9:22] improvement, extension, alteration, and

[9:24] or repair of housing projects.

[9:27] Um Amy, is there anybody signed up to

[9:29] speak on this?

[9:29] » No, there's not.

[9:31] um

[9:33] housing authority will make a

[9:35] presentation. I'll let city manager

[9:38] introduce them.

[9:39] » Thank you very much. Mark Gilllet, the

[9:42] executive director for the uh housing

[9:44] authority will introduce this uh these

[9:47] projects that we're going to see today.

[9:50] » Good morning. Thank you, Vice Mayor and

[9:52] City Manager Freeman, members of the

[9:55] council, members of the Oklahoma City

[9:57] Housing Authority Board of

[9:58] Commissioners. We're here for a very

[10:00] exciting day. A day when we talk about

[10:03] adding six new affordable housing

[10:06] properties across Oklahoma City and then

[10:10] also over 750 units of affordable

[10:14] housing across Oklahoma City. It's tre

[10:17] it's a tremendous day. Um everyone's

[10:20] familiar with the members of the

[10:21] council. Uh Mr. Rocky Chavez is the

[10:24] chair of the board of the commissioners.

[10:26] Miss Annette Jacobe is the vice chair of

[10:30] the board of commissioners. Whan Cubitt

[10:32] is a member as is James Hudson is the

[10:36] other member of the of the board of

[10:37] commissioners. And we're excited to be

[10:39] here today at this joint meeting. And

[10:41] I'd like to introduce Mr. Greg Shin who

[10:44] will give a detailed presentation on the

[10:46] properties we're talking about today.

[10:48] Thank you.

[10:55] Good morning.

[10:58] As Mark uh referenced, these projects,

[11:01] six different projects, different types

[11:04] of affordable housing in different areas

[11:07] of the city, and we're making these

[11:10] investments partially with the MAPS

[11:12] funding that we have in our MAPS for

[11:15] homelessness operating agreement with

[11:17] the city. Next slide, please. So I would

[11:21] like to call your attention uh to the

[11:24] different models and the locations of

[11:26] where we're going to put these projects

[11:29] into service. The first one is Vita

[11:31] Nova. This is permanent supportive

[11:33] housing intended for chronically

[11:35] homeless persons

[11:37] experiencing unsheltered homelessness or

[11:40] long-term homelessness that have

[11:41] disabling conditions. This is 76 units

[11:45] uh near uh Reno and Martin Luther King

[11:49] Avenue. Uh it's a hotel conversion. Um

[11:53] and it we have $3.4 million of MAPS

[11:57] funding in this project budget which is

[11:59] a little over $14 million total

[12:01] development costs and the construction

[12:04] is in progress as we speak. Next project

[12:07] please.

[12:07] » Greg, before you go to before you go on

[12:10] to Oak Grove.

[12:11] » Yes. Yes.

[12:11] » Could you tell us again what the

[12:12] qualifications are for this supportive

[12:14] housing?

[12:16] » You must be chronically homeless and

[12:19] referrals will come through what's

[12:20] called the continuum of care. That's key

[12:23] to home here in Oklahoma City. And

[12:25] referrals will come off of the by name

[12:27] list of known long-term homeless

[12:30] individuals with disabling conditions.

[12:33] They also could come from Diversion Hub

[12:35] or other places like that if they

[12:38] because we're going to implement a no

[12:40] look back period on the criminal

[12:42] histories. There are some exclusions at

[12:44] the federal level like lifetime sex

[12:46] offender. You can't be on that. HUD

[12:49] can't fund that. So, there are some

[12:51] exclusions, but it's really intended for

[12:53] people that have been experiencing

[12:54] long-term homelessness. A lot of folks

[12:57] that might be unsheltered that you might

[12:59] see in encampments around the city and

[13:00] so forth. That's helpful. Thank you.

[13:03] » Also,

[13:06] » I see the funds that are coming for

[13:07] maps, but we have total development cost

[13:10] of 14 million. Can you kind of break out

[13:12] the sources of funding on each one of

[13:14] the projects?

[13:14] » I do. We have we have we have many

[13:17] sources of funding for this project.

[13:19] » We have home funds from the the city of

[13:22] Oklahoma City, HUD money that originates

[13:24] and then comes through the city. We have

[13:26] private funding from the Arnal

[13:28] Foundation. Uh we have Federal Home Loan

[13:31] Bank of Topeka funding. Um we have

[13:35] Capital Magnet funds uh which is a a

[13:38] source that comes um originates with the

[13:40] feds also. And then we have uh community

[13:44] enhancement corporation puts its own

[13:45] funding into it. And then we have the

[13:48] maps for funding. And I can send

[13:51] everybody on the council a detailed

[13:52] financing spreadsheet, which I actually

[13:54] have in the presentations that I've been

[13:57] making to the subcommittee and the

[13:58] citizens advisory board, but I didn't

[14:01] want I didn't know if you wanted to

[14:02] spend that time to get into that level

[14:04] of detail of the financing project.

[14:06] » You could send that to each one of us.

[14:08] » I'm happy to send that to you.

[14:10] » Yes.

[14:11] » Every one of these deals has a complex

[14:13] financing model.

[14:16] Okay. The next project, this is this is

[14:18] Oak Grove Apartments. This is

[14:20] rehabilitation, substantial

[14:22] rehabilitation and preservation of

[14:24] existing public housing, which will

[14:27] convert and no longer be public housing.

[14:29] It'll now be affordable housing, no

[14:31] longer 100% financed by the federal

[14:33] government under Department of Housing

[14:35] and Urban Development. The total

[14:37] development budget is $ 109 million.

[14:41] That's actually increasing as we speak.

[14:44] Unfortunately, we have uh 270 units of

[14:48] preservation and there'll be 36 units of

[14:51] new construction on this property.

[14:53] [snorts] And then at the same time,

[14:55] we're working with on Q to do commercial

[14:57] development right across on right across

[14:59] the street from the Dell plant on

[15:00] Southwest 15th. So, this is actually a

[15:03] mixeduse development. It's an economic

[15:05] development project as well as uh

[15:08] preservation and expansion of affordable

[15:10] housing.

[15:12] So, a total of 306 units. Next project,

[15:15] please. Crestston Park. We've been

[15:17] working uh closely with councelor

[15:19] Pennington and the neighborhoods

[15:21] surrounding and we have a community

[15:23] partnership uh for 170 units in phase

[15:27] one at Crestston Park. Um and you can

[15:30] see with the site plan there, we have

[15:32] phase 1 A, which will be affordable

[15:34] housing, replacing part of the existing

[15:38] 95 units there. We actually have 90

[15:40] units. And then we have a request for

[15:42] qualifications which actually closes

[15:44] this week. that went out nationally to

[15:47] have a developer partner come in and

[15:49] work with councelor Pennington, work

[15:50] with the neighborhood, Restore OKC,

[15:53] Northeast Oklahoma City Renaissance, the

[15:55] housing authority, and the partnership

[15:58] that we've put together and work

[16:00] together with the community and engage

[16:02] and come up with the design for what you

[16:04] see there as a representation below

[16:07] phase 1A, phase 1B. that is not designed

[16:10] yet, but it's going to be a mixed

[16:12] housing model, a mixed income model that

[16:15] comes up on uh Martin Luther King Avenue

[16:18] between Northeast 26th Street and uh

[16:22] Northeast 29th streets.

[16:25] Next slide, please.

[16:27] West Lawn Gardens. This is the project

[16:29] that we're doing with the Inisuch

[16:31] Foundation, Kowanas, and Engage Learning

[16:33] in the neighborhood around Mark Twain

[16:35] Elementary School. And we are we are

[16:38] securing site control to build up to 40

[16:40] units of workforce affordable housing

[16:43] here. This is where the area median

[16:45] income is in the 80 to 120% of area

[16:48] median income. And there's a lack of

[16:50] affordable housing in this area. And

[16:53] it's actually a uh part of this part of

[16:56] these uh part of these

[16:58] lots that you see outlined here is

[17:01] actually a brownfield site. and there

[17:03] was some patrol petroleum contaminant

[17:05] spillage there. We're working with the

[17:07] brownfield program to clean up that uh

[17:10] that lot and to make sure that it's

[17:13] appropriate for residential use. And so

[17:16] that's in the works right now. That

[17:17] shouldn't take too long and we'll be

[17:19] moving forward with the plans to what

[17:20] we're going to build there. We know that

[17:22] it'll hold up to 40 units of of uh

[17:26] affordable housing there. Next slide,

[17:28] please.

[17:29] This is another permanent supportive

[17:31] housing project with a development

[17:34] partner called WeHost Alliance. And

[17:36] we've given uh $1.7 million in MAPS

[17:39] funding to this project. It's going

[17:41] through final HUD uh HUD clearance right

[17:45] now. And when this project is is done,

[17:48] we we've cleared that HUD clearance in

[17:50] the next 30 days. It will begin

[17:52] construction very quickly. So I this

[17:55] project will be under construction in

[17:56] the next 60 days. 38 additional units of

[18:00] permanent supportive housing. This is

[18:01] across the street caddy corner from the

[18:04] homeless alliance where the homeless

[18:06] alliance campus is right now. Next

[18:09] slide, please. This is another project

[18:12] with the development partner um called

[18:14] Elmington Affordable Housing. This is

[18:16] West Haven Flats off of Southwest 59th

[18:19] Street in Southwest Oklahoma City. This

[18:22] is 132 units of workforce affordable

[18:25] housing. again trying to target that 80%

[18:27] of AMI um uh level household incomes.

[18:31] But at the same time, we have 55

[18:34] projectbased vouchers out of 132 units

[18:37] to allow lowincome individuals that

[18:40] qualify for a housing voucher subsidy to

[18:43] live in this opportunity rich area of

[18:45] the city where there's public

[18:46] transportation, grocery stores,

[18:49] shopping, jobs in this in this part of

[18:51] the city and there's no affordable

[18:52] housing there right now. So uh next

[18:56] slide please. So al so so alto together

[18:58] we have we have six projects 762

[19:02] different units of 7 762 units of

[19:06] housing permanent supportive housing

[19:08] public housing replacement

[19:10] rehabilitation new construction

[19:13] family workforce housing and and all of

[19:16] these are the needs that we know have

[19:18] been documented for the last several

[19:20] years we've been hearing we're 45,000

[19:22] units short of affordable housing in

[19:25] Oklahoma City that we're going to need

[19:27] over the next 10 years. This these

[19:30] projects using the MAPS money as seed

[19:33] money to leverage other sources are

[19:34] intended to intentionally target those

[19:37] parts of the housing need for different

[19:40] sectors of our population across the

[19:41] city. Keep homelessness in check, try to

[19:44] reduce homelessness, try to uh have

[19:47] family workforce housing and

[19:49] rehabilitate the public housing and

[19:51] convert it to affordable housing that's

[19:53] already in existence.

[19:56] And the timeline is some of the three of

[19:58] these projects, one is under

[20:00] construction now. Two of them will begin

[20:02] very shortly. That's West Haven and

[20:04] WeHost Alliance. Those three will all be

[20:06] under construction this year. And then

[20:08] the other projects will be under

[20:10] construction in the next 18 months after

[20:12] that.

[20:13] » So if you had the perfect scenario, when

[20:16] will you come back and see us and say

[20:17] all six are complete? Is it three years?

[20:20] Is it two years?

[20:21] » In two within two years. Yes. I believe

[20:23] the the tax credit financing for Oak

[20:26] Grove and and the mixeduse development

[20:28] with ENQ, that's going to take a while.

[20:30] That's a big project, 306 units, but

[20:32] it's a huge economic development

[20:34] project, but in two years, I will be

[20:36] able to give you substantial progress.

[20:38] Some many of these will be closed out

[20:40] within two years.

[20:41] » And then also, when you send materials

[20:43] to us, can you give us an accounting of

[20:45] what we've spent out of maps for for

[20:49] these projects, all the projects so far?

[20:51] » Yes, I have that in there. And I

[20:52] actually have it all calculated of what

[20:54] the MAPS contribution is and what the

[20:57] leverage dollars are that are coming

[20:59] back from other sources. Although the

[21:01] leverage dollars is a moving target,

[21:03] » But I also want to see remaining maps

[21:05] dollars after this. What remains?

[21:07] » Yes. So we got two allocations of $10.7

[21:10] million. All of those funds out of the

[21:13] first two allocations are committed to

[21:15] projects um that you've seen here and

[21:19] including the veterans residence which

[21:21] we opened last year which is called

[21:23] Dorset Place for Veterans. That's

[21:25] already open and has 37 veterans living

[21:27] there and you saw the point in time

[21:29] count for veterans dropped in the

[21:31] homeless count by 16%.

[21:33] » So So we're north of 21 million right

[21:36] now.

[21:37] » Yes.

[21:38] » Okay.

[21:38] » Yes, that's correct.

[21:40] » Thank you. and the leveraging is in the

[21:42] hundreds of millions of dollars.

[21:44] » Moving forward from this five years from

[21:47] now, is there a fund set up to maintain

[21:49] what we're building and maintenance? And

[21:51] » That's a very good question. So, every

[21:53] one of these has budgets in it for uh uh

[21:56] capital replacement reserves and that

[21:58] we'll make sure that those those

[22:00] reserves are there continually for the

[22:03] operations of the of each one of these

[22:05] projects.

[22:08] actually when you go for tax credits and

[22:10] some of these other sources of

[22:11] financing, Federal Home Loan Bank, those

[22:12] are requirements to get that funding.

[22:15] Yeah.

[22:16] » When you say you mentioned the capital

[22:18] needs, just going off of what councelor

[22:21] uh Hinkle just said with the permanent

[22:24] supportive housing, does that also

[22:26] include funding ongoing for any case

[22:29] management those workers or what does

[22:31] that situation look like?

[22:32] » Yes, thank you for that question. Yes.

[22:34] So for Dorset Place for Veterans, we

[22:38] have the VA medical center and the HUD

[22:40] veterans affairs supportive housing team

[22:42] coming there five days a week providing

[22:45] the services on site at Dorset Place

[22:48] which is permanent supportive housing.

[22:49] Vita Nova. I have signed with five

[22:53] different local agencies which includes

[22:57] Northcare, uh, Metropolitan Fair

[22:59] Housing, Goodwill, and some other

[23:02] providers to bring services on site for

[23:05] job training for self-sufficiency to

[23:08] learn how to be a good tenant, what

[23:10] tenant rights are, mental health care,

[23:12] and so forth. And at Vita Nova, we have

[23:14] community space to bring all those all

[23:16] those meetings right there to the

[23:18] facility. Um and at uh at um the we host

[23:22] alliance permanent supportive housing,

[23:24] the homeless alliance is going to be

[23:25] providing the case management services.

[23:28] They're working with Megan Mueller and

[23:30] her team uh and the developers. So So

[23:32] with every supportive housing project,

[23:35] the services will be baked in to every

[23:37] one of those projects.

[23:39] It's a critical point to success. Yes.

[23:45] Um, I just want to say publicly a thank

[23:47] you to you and to Mark and the board for

[23:49] their support of the work that is going

[23:51] on at Crestston Park. um has been a long

[23:53] time coming with us trying to find a way

[23:55] to get the project going. And um I'm

[23:58] really excited about the direction we're

[23:59] headed in that's offering both

[24:01] affordable at scale options and then

[24:04] trying to bring in some u mixed income

[24:06] because we know the future of Northeast

[24:08] Oklahoma City is dependent on our

[24:09] ability to bring in density that is

[24:11] respectful of character that gives

[24:13] people across incomes an opportunity to

[24:15] be um to live in our wonderful

[24:17] community. And so I'm grateful for the

[24:19] work that we've done and just excited to

[24:20] see the project get finished. So, want

[24:22] to thank you, Greg, for your help.

[24:23] » Thank you. We wouldn't be where we are

[24:25] now without your leadership, counselor.

[24:27] Appreciate it.

[24:31] » Any other questions from council?

[24:33] » Is there anyone from the housing

[24:34] authority that has a question?

[24:37] » Did we have anybody sign up to speak?

[24:39] » No.

[24:40] » All right. I guess we're ready for a

[24:41] motion.

[25:06] And it passes unanimously. And now Amy

[25:09] will take a roll call from the housing

[25:10] authority.

[25:12] » Can I go ahead and have a motion in a

[25:14] second from someone on the housing

[25:16] authority?

[25:19] » Okay. And then I will take a roll call.

[25:22] And and if you can just say maybe I and

[25:25] raise your hand or um so Annette Jacobe

[25:29] » Hi,

[25:30] » James Hudson,

[25:33] » Whan Cubit,

[25:35] » And Rocky Chavez.

[25:37] » Thank you.

[25:40] » And [clears throat] that passes

[25:41] unanimously. Um thank you for attending.

[25:46] Um the joint meeting is now adjourned.

[25:48] We'll get on with the council meeting.

[26:05] And we have nothing from the office of

[26:07] mayor today. Um any items from council

[26:10] that anybody wants to bring up or to the

[26:13] city manager report?

[26:15] » All that we have today is claims and

[26:16] payroll and that can be found on

[26:17] okc.gov.

[26:20] And item six is the journal of council

[26:23] proceedings and we can take that with

[26:24] one vote.

[26:26] Need a motion, please.

[26:38] And that passes unanimously.

[26:40] Item seven is request for uncontested

[26:43] continuences. We have one listed. Item

[26:46] 6E.

[26:48] Um, [clears throat]

[26:49] Craig, is there

[26:50] » 11

[26:51] » 11E? I'm sorry.

[26:53] » Yes, we have a few more of these. We we

[26:55] do have on page 17, item 11F, SPD1 1840

[27:00] will be deferred to the 4th of August.

[27:05] Uh, continuing on page 17 at item 11 I1,

[27:08] dilapidated structures. All the items

[27:10] that we list on dilapidated, unsecured,

[27:12] and abandoned uh will be stricken from

[27:14] the agenda. Beginning with uh 11 I1,

[27:18] item C, 3831 Northwest 10th Street for a

[27:22] new owner. Uh the item D is 21 is 2024

[27:27] Northeast 13th Street is to renotify.

[27:30] Continue on page 17 on 11 J1 unsecured

[27:33] structures. Item C 409 Kings of Leyon

[27:35] Lane and other addresses owner is

[27:38] secured. Item F509 Northwest 37th Street

[27:42] along with other addresses. The owner is

[27:44] secured. Item G, 2223 Northwest 38th

[27:49] Street to renotify. Item H4505

[27:52] Southeast 81st Street the owner has

[27:54] secured. On page 18 on abandoned

[27:57] buildings, item 11, K1,

[28:00] um we will strike item A, 2024 Northeast

[28:04] 13th Street to renotify the owner. And

[28:07] [snorts] that is all the items that I

[28:08] have.

[28:09] » Thank you.

[28:11] Um,

[28:13] item number eight, uh, revocable permits

[28:16] and events. We have a speaker, Karen

[28:18] Medina, to talk about the Downtown

[28:20] Oklahoma City Partnership and the

[28:22] Outwest Music Festival.

[28:25] » Good morning. My name is Karen Medina. I

[28:28] serve as the West Village District

[28:29] Coordinator and also event planner. This

[28:31] is our second year of hosting Out West

[28:33] Music Fest. It's an annual event that

[28:35] was recommended by our strategic plan to

[28:38] help uh draw more visitors to this next

[28:40] up andcoming neighborhood. Outwest Music

[28:43] Fest takes place this Friday from 6:00

[28:45] to 11:00. It's a free family-friendly

[28:47] event. All ages welcome, pets included

[28:50] as well. We'll have um headliner Bo

[28:53] Jennings and the Tiger starting at 7:00

[28:55] p.m. Uh and then following at 9:00 p.m.

[28:57] we have a 70s8s disco rock band

[29:01] Superreak coming out. And so, um, we

[29:04] will have a portable stage in the middle

[29:05] of Sheridan Avenue. Lots of, uh, free

[29:08] activities, food, drink, and, um,

[29:10] overall just, uh, a music festival

[29:12] happening that day.

[29:14] » Yeah,

[29:16] » Sounds like a great time. I heard you

[29:17] all recently had a really wonderful, uh,

[29:19] festival to celebrate Puerto Rico. So,

[29:22] hopefully, it sounded like it was a very

[29:24] big turnout, so let's see if we can

[29:25] rival it with this one. Happy to move

[29:27] for approval.

[29:33] » [snorts]

[29:40] » Okay, thank you.

[29:41] » And that passes unanimously. And item B

[29:45] is the Oklahoma City Water Utilities

[29:48] Trust and the Bodies Race uh Summer Sizz

[29:52] Summer Sizzler 5K, 10K, and 15K. And we

[29:55] have Morgan Danker with the parks

[29:57] department.

[29:58] » Hi. So again, the per mini is out of

[30:00] state. They weren't able to come to talk

[30:02] about their event, but they will be

[30:04] having a 5K, 10K, and 15K out at Stars

[30:08] of Stripes Park and the Bert Cooper

[30:10] Trail. Um again, they're going to be

[30:12] partnering with the animal welfare to

[30:14] have adoptable dogs who can run with you

[30:16] during your race. Uh so they get some

[30:19] exercise and hopefully get some more

[30:20] adoptions out there. If you guys have

[30:22] any other questions, please let me know.

[30:27] This is WS one, two, and eight. So,

[30:31] take it away, somebody.

[30:33] » Well, uh, I'll on behalf of W one. It

[30:36] would never speak on behalf of W 8 if he

[30:38] wants to add anything. Uh,

[30:42] but, uh, yeah, I would move for

[30:43] approval. Mark, would you like to add

[30:44] anything?

[30:49] » Thanks.

[30:50] » Thanks.

[30:51] » And Summer Sizzler's, right? Um,

[30:53] » Yes.

[30:55] ready for a motion.

[31:05] And that passes unanimously. Going to

[31:07] recess the council meeting and convene

[31:09] as the Oklahoma City Municipal

[31:11] Facilities Authority. Uh we have one

[31:13] person signed up to speak.

[31:15] » That's PPI.

[31:17] » Oh, I lied. We can take this in one

[31:20] vote.

[31:37] and that passes unanimously.

[31:43] going to adjourn the OCMFA

[31:45] and reconvene as the public property

[31:48] authority. And we have someone signed up

[31:51] to speak. Um, two people signed up to

[31:53] speak, Steve Hunt.

[31:56] Uh, just to remind everybody, state your

[31:58] name and address and you have three

[31:59] minutes and the lovely Miss Amy will let

[32:02] you know when you're 30 seconds left.

[32:08] » Steve Hunt, 6300 West Drive. Um, so once

[32:11] again, I'm speaking on a rather benal

[32:12] item on the agenda. Um, $150,000 to Los

[32:18] Angeles Trans Private Equity own Journal

[32:21] Record. Um, and I speak on these matters

[32:24] because this is the core of what

[32:25] requires so much need for what they were

[32:28] doing today. Affordable housing,

[32:29] homelessness, equity firms are preying

[32:31] on everything. So, the journal record is

[32:34] published by Journal Record Publishing

[32:36] Company, an affiliate of Bridgetow

[32:37] Media. Bridge Tower was sold to private

[32:39] equity firm Los Angeles-based Transom

[32:41] Capital Group. The leverage was funded

[32:43] by Sarah Brris in New York City. They

[32:46] are a Los Angeles firm with more than

[32:48] $600 million in assets under management.

[32:50] Adil announced November 3rd, 2020.

[32:53] Transom describes itself as, and this is

[32:55] important, a operationally focused

[32:57] private equity firm that seeks buyouts

[32:59] and controls investments in middle

[33:01] market companies. Middle market is us.

[33:05] um not very vibrant phrase as the

[33:08] chamber likes to say, but before that uh

[33:10] Bridge Tower had passed through Gate

[33:12] House Media and then became a subsidi

[33:15] subsidiary of Ganet in 2019 before Trans

[33:18] Private Equity bought it as a standalone

[33:19] unit. So the $150,000 that the Oklahoma

[33:23] City citizens are are having to pay, I'd

[33:25] say about 60% or I'm probably 40% of

[33:28] that is servicing their leverage debt.

[33:32] But the biggest problem with this is why

[33:36] did we not give this to the Black

[33:38] Chronicle, a locallyowned Oklahoma City

[33:41] company on the east side that could do

[33:44] exactly what they are do could, and I

[33:47] emphasize could because um in May of

[33:52] this year, a House bill was passed to

[33:55] make it more difficult for people like

[33:57] the Black Chronicle to publish these

[34:00] notices. And that's what these firms do

[34:02] is they prey on middle market companies.

[34:06] They take them over and then they

[34:08] effectively hollow out the functioning

[34:10] of government in a style that someone in

[34:13] 1995 wanted and we're doing it. Um, so

[34:18] yeah, that's really it. Um, I don't know

[34:21] if any of y'all noticed this, but the

[34:23] journal, if you ever look at the journal

[34:24] record, it's like a a confessional booth

[34:28] for exploitation. You know, it's it's a

[34:30] lot of it is press releases from equity

[34:33] firms. There was a big front page thing

[34:35] about PF Chang, which of course is, you

[34:37] know, anyone with half a brain knows to

[34:39] go to the Asian restaurants on Classen

[34:42] rather than a private equityowned uh

[34:45] food service trucked in crap like that.

[34:48] » 30 seconds remain.

[34:49] » But I do think it's important to

[34:52] contemplate why three years ago we

[34:54] didn't give this to Perry. You know, we

[34:56] screwed them over with the thunder. Uh

[34:58] Mr. Perry wanted to be part of the

[34:59] ownership group and it never happened.

[35:01] Uh we're not even talking about cumulus

[35:03] radio going bankrupt and handed over

[35:06] their creditors. We're not even talking

[35:07] about giving the thunder broadcast to

[35:09] them. And that's the core of why we need

[35:12] what these guys were doing. So, thank

[35:13] you very much.

[35:15] » Thanks, Steve.

[35:18] And next up is Francis Smith with the

[35:21] OKC Farmers Market District.

[35:30] Good morning, city council. Thank you

[35:31] for having me. I am Francis Smith with

[35:33] the Farmers Market District. We have a

[35:36] big address. So, we're from Black Welder

[35:39] to Chartell and then I40 to Oklahoma

[35:41] City Boulevard. Uh fiscal year 2026 has

[35:45] been a year of tremendous growth for our

[35:47] district. We continue our mission in

[35:50] preserving our historic district, and

[35:53] improving access to local food,

[35:55] expanding our environmental education,

[35:58] and creating a vibrant community

[36:00] gathering place. Throughout the year,

[36:03] our events and other fundraising efforts

[36:05] generated more than $46,000 in revenue.

[36:08] Those funds have been reinvested in

[36:10] district beautifification, educational

[36:12] programming, and future community

[36:15] initiatives. Beyond our events, we

[36:18] focused we have focused on creating

[36:21] lasting improvements in the district. Uh

[36:24] just a few of the revitalization efforts

[36:26] that we've done as a district include

[36:28] painting three major structures. We had

[36:31] three storefront improvements, nine

[36:33] total art installations, including our

[36:35] volunteer-driven barn quilt art project.

[36:38] Uh this was a very fun six six different

[36:41] pieces. You guys should come down. It's

[36:42] on the antique mall. It's very cool. Um,

[36:44] we did new wayfinding signage and we

[36:47] installed a certified pollinator way

[36:49] station.

[36:50] One of our greatest priorities is

[36:52] connecting community members with

[36:54] healthy local food.

[36:56] This year we fed more than 300 people in

[36:59] our cooking demonstrations that we did

[37:01] year round. We um and in those cooking

[37:04] demonstrations we use local grown food

[37:07] obviously from our farmers. We

[37:09] distributed 290 emergency SNAP baskets,

[37:12] food baskets during the SNAP disruption

[37:15] and we shared over 750 seed packets to

[37:18] encourage people to grow their own food

[37:20] and pollinating uh plants.

[37:24] Uh we've continued expanding

[37:26] opportunities to community members on

[37:27] how to learn to grow, prepare, and

[37:31] access local food. One of our big um

[37:34] initiatives this year has been our

[37:37] growing resilience educational series.

[37:39] This happens on the first Saturday at

[37:41] the market every month. Um this program

[37:44] is in full swing. Um we're having great

[37:47] metrics on this and we hope to expand it

[37:50] even further next year um in 2027 and

[37:53] hopefully expand our funding for that so

[37:55] we can pay our lovely experts to come

[37:58] and speak um for to the community. These

[38:00] are free classes. their come and go

[38:02] first Saturdays at the market. Uh behind

[38:05] the scenes, we've completed our first

[38:06] year of our strategic plan at 100%. Um

[38:10] strengthened our organization and

[38:12] governance infrastructure.

[38:13] » 30 seconds remaining.

[38:15] » Yes. Um we have expanded community

[38:18] projects, secured additional funding,

[38:20] we've became a network level Main Street

[38:22] organization, and we are a very active

[38:25] Keep Oklahoma Beautiful affiliate. As we

[38:28] look forward and we have our centennial

[38:30] for the building coming up in 2028, we

[38:32] just hope to continue this and uh

[38:34] support local food initiatives. Thank

[38:36] you. Any questions?

[38:38] » Thank you, Francis.

[38:41] » Thank you.

[38:42] » Thank you.

[38:44] » All right, we can take items A through I

[38:46] with one vote.

[39:00] and it passes unanimously.

[39:03] Uh during the OCPA and reconvene as a

[39:06] council meeting and it brings us to the

[39:07] consent docket, we have a presentation

[39:10] on item CC. Is there anything else

[39:13] anybody wants to pull out for a separate

[39:15] vote or talk about?

[39:19] » Yes, Vice Mayor. Um, [clears throat]

[39:22] I just wanted to briefly acknowled hear

[39:25] a little bit about item AB and

[39:28] acknowledge that work ahead of us. Same

[39:32] with uh Oh, you're fine. A is in Adam

[39:38] Basketball.

[39:40] Okay.

[39:42] And then item as I'd like to hear a

[39:46] little bit more about that from public

[39:48] works. And then I know we're about to do

[39:51] some really cool work on our first youth

[39:53] center. So I was just hoping we might

[39:55] and I'd already made this request so I

[39:57] hope they're ready for it. But I'd like

[39:58] to see some of the plans for Oh, you got

[40:02] it. Never mind. CC, I'm back.

[40:06] » We'll start with AB.

[40:10] Let me get through. Cool.

[40:16] a public art commission agreement.

[40:20] » Yes. Um

[40:22] I just wanted to acknowledge

[40:25] a W 2 resident Matt Go who after an RFP

[40:31] process will be doing this work. And I'm

[40:34] » Pretty sure people across the city know

[40:36] his work from the airport to god knows

[40:38] where all across the city and I think

[40:40] he's in attendance. So, I just wanted to

[40:42] take that moment to say how excited I am

[40:45] to see that. I think we might have

[40:46] someone to come up and give us a little

[40:47] bit more information about it.

[40:53] » Good morning, council. My name is

[40:54] Leandre Latimore, public art project

[40:56] manager for um arts and cultural affairs

[40:58] office. Um I'll give Mark here a moment

[41:00] to set up the presentation, but yes, we

[41:02] we do have some information about this

[41:04] um great work of public art. And as you

[41:06] mentioned, um, local artist, uh, Matt

[41:08] Gold, um, is a popular local artist and

[41:11] designer, and he has lots of experience,

[41:13] um, throughout the city working in the

[41:15] arts, and he also has lots of experience

[41:17] in the public art sector as well. He's

[41:19] also the same artist who completed the

[41:20] Tozo floor through a Rogers airport.

[41:26] Okay. So, I'll just um, leave this image

[41:28] here and I'll read a short statement

[41:29] here from from Matt Gold. So Matt

[41:31] describes the Turzo floor as a

[41:33] monumental visualization of the voice of

[41:35] Oklahoma City. Composed of overlapping

[41:37] concentric sound waves. The design

[41:38] radiates throughout the concourse in a

[41:40] rhythmic composition of softly gradated

[41:42] blue Turzo. Inspired by the collective

[41:44] energy of thousands of voices becoming

[41:46] one. The artwork transforms sound into a

[41:48] permanent architectural expression of

[41:50] unity, optimism, and the Oklahoma

[41:51] standard. You can go to the next slide.

[41:54] So here's um a rendering here of of what

[41:57] that will look like. And as we mentioned

[41:58] before, it's the the blue turzo um the

[42:01] gradated blue forms that you see here.

[42:03] So um Matt presented this concept to us

[42:06] a while ago and um it's worth mentioning

[42:08] that this is conceptual. So the plan is

[42:10] is for Matt to continue to work with the

[42:12] design team and stakeholders to further

[42:14] refine this design. So the the final

[42:16] work that you'll see when the arena

[42:18] opens may not look exactly like this,

[42:20] but um this um image here that you see

[42:23] is a pretty good representation of what

[42:24] the the final design will look like. You

[42:26] can go to the next slide.

[42:29] So, as I mentioned before about the the

[42:30] sound waves, there'll be 24 total

[42:33] concentric sound waves that radiate

[42:34] inward from the exterior glass curtain

[42:36] wall and their origins are aligned with

[42:38] every other of the structures, 48 um

[42:41] columns. So, uh there's a lot of

[42:43] symmetry here in this design and Matt

[42:44] was very intentional about that as well.

[42:49] And this is just another image here.

[42:52] And this is um another rendering here

[42:54] that shows. So, I'm happy to answer any

[42:56] questions that the city council may

[42:58] have.

[42:59] » No,

[42:59] » Matt is also here as well. I'm sure he'd

[43:01] be happy to answer questions if you have

[43:02] some for him as well.

[43:03] » We don't have any questions. He's

[43:04] welcome to speak if he would like, but

[43:07] otherwise. Yeah, go ahead.

[43:12] » Hi, Matt. Go 2011 Northwest 35th Street.

[43:14] I don't know if I have to do that. Uh,

[43:16] thank you all. I'm very honored to have

[43:17] been selected for this project, project

[43:19] of a lifetime. the uh one one of the

[43:22] things I kind of said when when I uh

[43:25] when I pitched this was when I when you

[43:27] walk into this this this um temple if

[43:31] you will for Oklahoma City gathering I

[43:34] don't want you to come in and say look

[43:35] at that floor I want it to be a uh

[43:38] overwhelming wow look at this space so

[43:41] the intention of the design was to be

[43:43] really one with the architects

[43:45] architecture and um this space we we've

[43:48] used blues which is uh the most human

[43:52] loved color. Uh it also is an Oklahoma

[43:55] color, our flag. Um but the voice of OKC

[43:59] I thought was so poignant because we're

[44:02] known now as Loud City and we've been

[44:04] boomtown and we and this is the location

[44:06] where Elvis played and all these other

[44:08] you know all these memories were made

[44:10] with sound. So I thought the idea was

[44:13] really uh kind of a powerful one and I

[44:16] thought it was a lasting and timeless

[44:17] one. The design is intentionally

[44:20] um minimal and very austere

[44:24] to last for decades. We don't I didn't

[44:28] want to go crazy or wacky which a lot of

[44:31] artists can do. I love to do it too. For

[44:33] this we wanted something that totally

[44:35] complemented the architecture with that.

[44:37] I guess that's all. Thank you.

[44:39] » Thank you.

[44:44] » Thanks Matt. Uh yeah, I mean I'm just

[44:46] excited about it whether it's the

[44:48] airport. I believe there's some work on

[44:50] some basketball courts as well. Am I

[44:52] wrong about And I thought so over there

[44:54] in Memorial Park. So this isn't his

[44:56] first rodeo with basketball. Um so I'm

[44:59] just excited about this and I just

[45:00] wanted to draw attention publicly to the

[45:02] work ahead of us and thank you to your

[45:04] team for what you're doing as well. So

[45:07] and I hope I did not I have this

[45:09] horrible idea that I might have said

[45:10] library earlier. Of course I meant the

[45:11] airport if I did. them.

[45:15] » Um, Councilman Cooper as

[45:20] » Let's go.

[45:28] » Good morning. Debbie Miller, public

[45:29] works director. Um this item is for

[45:33] contract for an engineering services to

[45:35] start on a trail multimodal trail on at

[45:38] Northwest 63 63 northwest 36 from Walker

[45:43] and it goes east over to Northeast 36

[45:45] and Kelly. It's about 1.7 miles. The

[45:48] total cost is going to be about 3.7

[45:51] million and we do have AC AOG funding

[45:53] for an 8020 split. So, we expect final

[45:56] plans uh next fall in 27 and

[46:00] construction to begin late like December

[46:02] of 2027.

[46:04] » It's wonderful. I have to say, council,

[46:06] I hear in word too regularly a request

[46:10] for residents to have safe passage from

[46:14] Central Park neighborhood, Edgeir Park,

[46:17] Crown Heights, uh Douglas Edgeir, uh

[46:20] Edgeir Heights from uh the west heading

[46:25] east under 235, which is essentially a

[46:28] barrier right now. I have biked 36th to

[46:31] go to the groundbreaking of the homeland

[46:33] when that was happening and it was truly

[46:35] like taking one's life in their hands

[46:37] and that's on a bike let alone walking.

[46:39] So the idea that we're about to now

[46:40] connect these parks and these

[46:43] neighborhoods that are, you know,

[46:44] hundred years old over to Homeland, a

[46:46] grocery store, and then to a senior

[46:48] wellness center in W 7, right? A mapsu

[46:52] built senior wellness center. That's

[46:53] incredible. And I I I cannot be clear

[46:55] enough. When I have knocked doors in

[46:57] Edge Mirror, one of the guys I was like,

[47:00] "What are your concerns for your

[47:01] neighborhood hopes for our city?" He's

[47:02] like, "Well, I think we're doing fine

[47:04] over here. I I think we need to better

[47:05] connect to the east side." And so this

[47:07] is now something I get to go back and

[47:09] say to them. So I really appreciate this

[47:11] this public safety work is how I see it.

[47:13] So thank you.

[47:17] » And we have a citizen signed to speak on

[47:19] item AF which is a professional services

[47:23] agreement with the old Capitol Hill

[47:24] Council. Marian Campos.

[47:31] » Good morning.

[47:33] Uh my name is Mariam Campos. address is

[47:36] 2812 Southwest 54th Street in Oklahoma

[47:39] City 73119.

[47:41] On behalf of Gayedo Cinco and Historic

[47:44] Capitol Hill, thank you for your

[47:45] continued partnership and investment in

[47:47] our district. In 2025, we celebrated the

[47:50] groundbreaking of Plaza Kaido Cinco, a

[47:53] historic milestone that brought years of

[47:55] vision and collaboration to life. This

[47:58] transformational investment reflects

[48:00] what is possible when the city and

[48:03] community work together. As we celebrate

[48:05] this achievement, we also recognize the

[48:08] responsibility that comes with managing

[48:10] Plasakaid doco. While continuing to

[48:13] serve and support our business district

[48:15] requires sustainable resources and

[48:18] strong partnerships as we navigate this

[48:20] next chapter of growth.

[48:23] That work extends well beyond the plaza.

[48:25] Gaelos Cinoco continues to be a

[48:27] destination that brings people together

[48:30] through district district programming,

[48:32] business engagement, and signature

[48:34] events. This year, we are proud to

[48:38] celebrate the 21st anniversary of Fiesta

[48:40] Deas Americas, our award-winning

[48:43] festival, a tradition that showcases our

[48:46] culture, supports local businesses, and

[48:48] welcomes thousands of visitors each

[48:50] year. We are grateful for your support

[48:53] of the year 7 bid renewal and the city's

[48:56] additional investment and commitment to

[48:58] help position our organization to

[49:00] sustainably manage the plaza. This

[49:03] funding allows us to manage essential

[49:05] bid services including district

[49:08] beautifification, marketing, business

[49:10] engagement, blaza operations, public

[49:12] safety, and ongoing maintenance that

[49:14] directly benefit our businesses,

[49:16] residents, and visitors. We are proud of

[49:19] the progress we've made and recognize

[49:22] there is still work ahead. We ask for

[49:24] your continued support and as as we

[49:26] build on this progress. Before I close,

[49:30] I want to acknowledge the tragic events

[49:31] that occurred in our district this

[49:33] weekend. Our thoughts and prayers are

[49:36] with the families and everyone affected.

[49:38] It's heartbreaking, but we are rem we

[49:41] remain committed to working alongside

[49:43] our partners to support our businesses

[49:45] and build on the positive momentum in

[49:48] our district and ensure Kyosino remains

[49:51] a vibrant and welcoming destination for

[49:53] all. Thank you for your continued

[49:55] partnership and investment in Kylo Cinco

[49:57] and historic Capitol Hill home.

[50:00] » Thank you, mayor.

[50:01] » Thank you.

[50:03] » Uh we have a presentation on item CC.

[50:06] Yes.

[50:08] David Todd, our maps director, will uh

[50:11] introduce this project um for the maps

[50:14] for projects.

[50:16] » Good morning, [clears throat] David

[50:17] Todd, MAPS program manager. Remember in

[50:20] maps 4, we have four youth centers, and

[50:23] I'm really happy to be bringing you this

[50:24] first one. We've worked really hard on

[50:27] finding a a spot for this uh working on

[50:30] the budget and and the design. So today

[50:33] um we have re representative from boys

[50:36] and girls club Tina Belchic is here and

[50:39] Colin Fleck our architect from Bakas

[50:42] Payne is going to take you through the

[50:44] plans.

[50:56] Good morning.

[50:58] Um excited to be here today to bring you

[51:00] final plans for uh youth center 1 at

[51:04] Woodson Park. Uh it's been about three

[51:07] years since we started working with the

[51:08] maps office u several of you folks we've

[51:12] met with uh boys and girls club other

[51:15] stakeholders in the community to begin

[51:18] planning and programming these

[51:20] facilities [clears throat]

[51:21] uh to select the sites for these

[51:23] facilities. And as as David mentioned,

[51:25] um this is the first one at Woodson

[51:27] Park. Um part of this is uh that it's an

[51:32] afterchool program for affected youth in

[51:35] areas of high need and part of that site

[51:38] selection was determining where those

[51:39] needed to go. Um so we we anticipate

[51:42] these will serve up to 500 kids um

[51:45] throughout the years and after school

[51:46] program and in the summer with camps. Uh

[51:48] it becomes a community asset for weekend

[51:51] activities, basketball tournaments, uh

[51:53] football, soccer, all sorts of things.

[51:56] Um the project site, if you're not

[51:59] familiar with Woodson Park, I44 splits

[52:02] the the park on the west side has been

[52:04] fully developed with soccer and softball

[52:07] and parking. And then on the east side,

[52:10] there's been a recent project that

[52:12] finished last year for those baseball

[52:14] fields um and parking. And so this

[52:18] middle section here on the east side had

[52:21] a swimming pool and thanks to the parks

[52:23] department for uh demolishing that to

[52:25] make way for this site. There's an

[52:27] existing gymnasium there in the middle

[52:30] and then there's a former senior center

[52:32] that's currently occupied by the Boys

[52:34] and Girls Club. Uh and they run an

[52:36] elementary school club out of that site.

[52:38] So our plan to just be as frugal as

[52:41] possible. We're going to try and reuse

[52:42] as much of that parking that's there

[52:44] now. And we're also going to reuse uh

[52:46] Southwest 33rd Street as much as

[52:48] possible. So, we zoom in here and go to

[52:51] our diagram, you'll see this parking uh

[52:53] on on this portion is will be reused as

[52:56] our project site. And that pool that's

[52:58] shown here now in the pool building is

[53:00] is actually gone. It's a a lovely grassy

[53:03] field now. Uh and we'll be extending

[53:05] Southwest 33rd.

[53:08] And this is our proposed site plan. So

[53:11] there you can see it's a 48,000 plus

[53:13] square foot facility. Uh we're adding

[53:16] some accessible parking to the southside

[53:18] and around. U the the biggest need for

[53:22] these youth centers is not parking but

[53:24] uh drop off and pickup uh lineal footage

[53:27] so that we're not spilling out onto the

[53:29] the main streets in the community. So

[53:32] we've got a a primary drop off pickup

[53:36] lane here on the south side of the

[53:38] building. That's the primary entrance

[53:39] for uh the younger kids and then the

[53:42] older kids who like to have their own

[53:44] entrance uh will have have one here on

[53:46] the east side. And so we separate those

[53:49] two traffic streams to to try and

[53:50] alleviate some of the traffic issues.

[53:53] We're locating some of the fields, the

[53:55] soccer, football, uh playgrounds will go

[53:57] out on the west side of the facility.

[54:02] Our floor plan, and I know you mentioned

[54:04] wanting to take a look at these. I don't

[54:05] know how much detail you'd like. We

[54:07] generally have the the the children only

[54:10] spaces partitioned off from the public

[54:12] spaces. So where you see the gymnasium

[54:14] here, it's kind of the central hub and

[54:17] it's got a large lobby space outside of

[54:20] it as well as a large community event

[54:22] space. Those will be open to community

[54:24] events and and weekend type of of events

[54:28] um by appointment. Uh not just anybody

[54:30] can walk into this facility uh just due

[54:33] to the safety concerns. Um the the teen

[54:37] lounge is on the east side of the gym

[54:40] and it has its own set of entry security

[54:43] doors and then the other side for the

[54:46] younger kids has its own set of doors.

[54:48] And and back here we have an elementary

[54:49] school and a middle school lounge. And

[54:51] we have a art studio, we have a music

[54:54] studio, we have a dance studio,

[54:56] weightlifting, a dining hall. And all of

[54:58] these are in conjunction with the

[55:00] programming that will be happening at

[55:02] the Boys and Girls Club uh to give these

[55:04] kids outlets for creativity, life skill,

[55:07] job training. Um they they've got just

[55:10] an extensive list of programs that they

[55:12] run there.

[55:15] Uh our exterior pallet is a a economical

[55:19] but colorful selection of materials.

[55:21] We've got different colors and textures

[55:23] of concrete block. We've got some

[55:25] translucent wall panels. We've got some

[55:27] architectural metal panels as well. And

[55:29] we wanted to bring uh color as this is a

[55:31] space for kids. So we've got some accent

[55:34] colors of paint that you'll see in these

[55:36] renderings.

[55:37] This is the main view from the south. So

[55:40] we're looking north at this facility.

[55:42] This is the primary entrance for the the

[55:44] younger kids. And you'll see we've lined

[55:47] that entry with some of those accent

[55:48] colors to welcome them in uh to to have

[55:51] it be a warm, inviting space.

[55:56] And this is the main lobby space. You

[55:58] you'll see there's views into the gym

[56:00] from this space. Up above we've got

[56:02] these translucent panels that are clear

[56:04] story windows to bring natural light

[56:05] into the space. Um we'll have spots for

[56:09] youth of the year celebrations. uh

[56:12] sayings uh dream big swan grandees which

[56:15] is just Spanish for dream big.

[56:18] Um looking back towards the west you'll

[56:21] see the main uh reception desk there at

[56:24] the back in green. The community space

[56:26] is to the left. Um you'll see in the

[56:30] ceiling plane one of the things that we

[56:31] wanted to bring into this was some color

[56:33] some some art. So this is our our

[56:35] proposed art installation. This is just

[56:38] a placeholder for now. The RFQ has not

[56:40] been formalized to to my knowledge to go

[56:44] seek an artist to to do some sort of a a

[56:47] colorful light transparent installation

[56:50] in the ceiling space there.

[56:53] And then we're looking back at the front

[56:55] desk and into the um the youth spaces.

[56:58] This is the gymnasium. That's a double

[57:00] gym. It's got a a small amount of

[57:03] seating space here for spectators,

[57:07] but it'll be it'll be multi-use.

[57:10] And as we walk back into the uh some of

[57:13] the interior spaces, um

[57:17] whoops, sorry. It's okay. U you'll see

[57:20] we've got an outdoor dining area just

[57:22] outside of the dining hall. On the right

[57:24] would be our uh our weightlifting area.

[57:28] And then this is a a view taken from the

[57:31] southeast at dusk. Those translucent

[57:34] panels will glow at night. We think it

[57:36] gives us a good opportunity. It's it's a

[57:38] billboard opportunity. You'll be able to

[57:40] view this from I44 going northbound. Um

[57:43] and so we've got lots of great signage

[57:45] opportunities here.

[57:50] Um this is just our budget. I just want

[57:52] to point out that we had a a project

[57:54] about a month ago, the Clar Looper Civil

[57:56] Rights Center come in about 30% under uh

[57:59] budget and so we're very optimistic in

[58:02] our numbers here um to uh to to meet

[58:06] this budget and build as much of this

[58:07] building as we can. We have a few

[58:09] alternates as well here.

[58:14] And uh with approval today, uh bidding

[58:17] will go out and u the following week, I

[58:21] believe, and we'll have a construction

[58:23] start this fall and September is what

[58:25] we're anticipating. It's about an

[58:27] 18month construction timeline and

[58:30] duration that we've been given. So, we

[58:32] look to be opening in the spring of

[58:35] 2028.

[58:38] And that is what I have for you today.

[58:40] Love to take any questions.

[58:43] » I do have a few questions, but first I

[58:45] just want to say um thank you all for um

[58:49] I really appreciate seeing that

[58:50] community center space in there. I know

[58:52] when we had sort of that community

[58:54] meeting, I think about a year ago, maybe

[58:56] a little longer than that. Um there was

[58:59] definitely a sort of consistent message

[59:03] from many of the attendees there that

[59:06] some multigenerational

[59:08] options for event space um for different

[59:13] kind of community events, kinsieras,

[59:15] birthday parties, reunions, etc. um

[59:18] would be very welcome. So, it's really

[59:20] nice to see that um that that space sort

[59:23] of set aside and the problem solving of

[59:26] like you I know one of the crunch points

[59:28] was like where do you put it so that

[59:30] it's not sort of behind the the seal of

[59:34] where youth youth would go so you can

[59:36] have that layer of protection. So,

[59:38] that's very exciting to see. Can we pull

[59:41] the presentation back up and just go to

[59:44] um one of those bird's eye view? I

[59:46] recognize this might be sort of um bare

[59:49] bone like you're more focused on the

[59:51] building layout than sort of the space

[59:53] around it. But I think one of the things

[59:55] I'm a little bit concerned I just have a

[59:57] question about is will there be

[1:00:00] sidewalks that connect all the way out

[1:00:03] to Southwest on 33rd out to May

[1:00:06] or is that just like not included in

[1:00:08] this because it's not the focus of the

[1:00:10] design?

[1:00:11] » No, no, that that that's a great

[1:00:12] question. So, there's an existing

[1:00:14] pedestrian path bridge across I44, and

[1:00:17] we'll be interrupting that and

[1:00:18] reconnecting that with some some

[1:00:20] additional sidewalks. Back to the to the

[1:00:23] east, there's a separate sidewalks um

[1:00:26] package and and my understanding is that

[1:00:29] there will be sidewalks brought to the

[1:00:31] facility as part of that package. We

[1:00:34] just

[1:00:34] » Not part of this office. I just wanted

[1:00:36] to confirm because I I've I've made that

[1:00:39] walk to um to different things over in

[1:00:42] this area. Um and it's you know it's

[1:00:45] it's tough on foot to figure out and so

[1:00:47] just recognizing that kids might be

[1:00:49] coming from like the neighborhood across

[1:00:50] May. I just want to make sure that

[1:00:52] connection's there. So appreciate it.

[1:00:53] » Great question. Thanks.

[1:00:55] » Thank you for all of your work on this.

[1:00:56] It's a big undertaking so it's exciting

[1:00:58] to see it kind of in the next phase.

[1:01:03] » Yes. I also I'll echo councelor uh

[1:01:06] Hammond's gratitude and appreciation for

[1:01:09] the work. I think it's wonderful. I do

[1:01:11] have a couple questions. Uh sticking

[1:01:14] with this slide. So I'm happy to hear

[1:01:16] about the sidewalk connectivity. Just a

[1:01:20] question possibility that crosswalk

[1:01:24] both crosswalks connecting. Is it

[1:01:27] possible that those might be like a bit

[1:01:30] elevated? And my thinking is I've been

[1:01:34] on Western a few times or Southwestern

[1:01:37] around Wheeler or uh Northwest Northwest

[1:01:41] 39th Expressway. And something I've

[1:01:43] learned about Oklahoma City living here

[1:01:45] is uh people sure do love uh to pretend

[1:01:49] they're in Speedraer the cartoon. And I

[1:01:52] I I'm just wondering, especially since

[1:01:54] there's so much of a drop off pickup,

[1:01:56] but then there's going to be a moment

[1:01:58] later in night when this is closed and I

[1:01:59] can just envision it like the rain, you

[1:02:01] know, coming that someone might use this

[1:02:03] as a a speedway. So, I'm just thinking

[1:02:06] that might um help with that, but also

[1:02:09] just thinking about someone who's uh in

[1:02:11] a wheelchair, this might give them that

[1:02:14] extra um safety access. So, has there

[1:02:18] been any talk about maybe just having

[1:02:20] this almost like a table type elevation?

[1:02:24] » Yeah. So, I I think that's a good

[1:02:26] suggestion. One of the things that I

[1:02:28] think we'll rely on here is that this is

[1:02:30] actually gated during the day and at

[1:02:32] night. So, it'll only be open, you'll

[1:02:34] see on this east end right here, there's

[1:02:36] a a pair of gates. So, people won't be

[1:02:39] able to just fly through here.

[1:02:42] um anyone who does get through to the

[1:02:44] gates and goes in and parks would have a

[1:02:46] relatively car-free uh access point

[1:02:50] there. So, well, actually, as we have it

[1:02:52] shown is it's actually down um at the at

[1:02:56] the drive. Um we did not explore any

[1:02:59] sort of bump stops or tabletops to slow

[1:03:02] traffic down there just because we

[1:03:04] anticipate that folks who are arriving

[1:03:06] here are actually slowing down to pickup

[1:03:08] kids. Um,

[1:03:12] we could certainly look into that if it

[1:03:14] if it's something that, you know, when

[1:03:15] we look at it with the map's office,

[1:03:16] it's it is an area of concern. I I

[1:03:20] appreciate the the desire to slow cars

[1:03:21] down.

[1:03:22] » Well, and I'm just always thinking about

[1:03:23] that. Not Oh, yeah. My first point of

[1:03:26] focus is not necessarily the person

[1:03:28] who's walking. I'm I'm always now

[1:03:30] thinking about the person in the

[1:03:31] wheelchair. Um, and that accessibility.

[1:03:34] So, I appreciate that consideration. Uh,

[1:03:36] I love the colors. I'm a huge fan of

[1:03:39] those portal windows into the gymnasium.

[1:03:41] I think that is a wonderful addition.

[1:03:43] The exterior lighting, I think also I'm

[1:03:45] glad to see it from I44. I also think

[1:03:47] it's going to help with safety for

[1:03:49] everybody. Uh the landscaping that

[1:03:52] looked very um rich and so I'm curious,

[1:03:55] is that something we have in the budget

[1:03:58] to kind of help our good friends at Boys

[1:03:59] and Girls Club in terms of maintenance

[1:04:01] ongoing with that? We we met with our

[1:04:04] landscape architect at Lah um and a big

[1:04:07] point of emphasis was color and texture

[1:04:09] for the kids just as a a tactile sort of

[1:04:13] thing but also low maintenance. So they

[1:04:15] selected plants that are are low and

[1:04:18] easy m to maintain. So that we share the

[1:04:21] similar concern. I think for the

[1:04:22] renderings it's uh a little punchy just

[1:04:25] looks good. Um the actual installation

[1:04:28] will be a very lowmaintenance

[1:04:31] » Installation. Okay. And then uh

[1:04:36] yes, um

[1:04:38] I think I mentioned this to Tina when

[1:04:40] Councilwoman Hammond and I visited a

[1:04:42] year ago for the community meeting. Uh

[1:04:44] but something that and it will it will

[1:04:46] take coordination I think with Embark

[1:04:48] and with the Boys and Girls Club to pull

[1:04:51] this off. But I think heading into the

[1:04:54] opening of this facility, it would make

[1:04:56] a lot of sense to tap into Embark's Road

[1:04:58] Scholar program. Right. That's where,

[1:05:01] for those of you who don't know, but I'm

[1:05:02] already seeing some nodding heads.

[1:05:03] That's where our youth in our our

[1:05:06] schools can use the public

[1:05:08] transportation system for free for field

[1:05:10] trips. I've used it several times as a

[1:05:12] former middle school uh teacher bringing

[1:05:14] them uh Jefferson kids on the southside

[1:05:17] here to city hall to career techs

[1:05:19] universities. And while I think this is

[1:05:22] an incredible building and so much love

[1:05:24] and effort has gone into it from all

[1:05:26] sides, um I think a level of

[1:05:29] intentionality in terms of outreach

[1:05:31] getting those kids there at the start so

[1:05:34] that they can experience this building

[1:05:36] themselves because something we heard at

[1:05:39] that meeting you'll recall was actually

[1:05:41] from some parents and I remember Gloria

[1:05:43] Torres, a former principal from

[1:05:45] Jefferson where I taught uh you know

[1:05:48] talking about what about parental access

[1:05:50] to this building. And so, uh, I think by

[1:05:54] having the students there so early on,

[1:05:56] so they get to, you know, lay hands on

[1:05:58] everything, I think that will be like,

[1:06:01] "Oh, mom, dad, uh, Abelita, you know,

[1:06:03] Tot, I want to go to that building.

[1:06:05] That's where the the fun and the support

[1:06:07] system is." So, I just want to speak

[1:06:09] that into existence to the city manager

[1:06:11] and back to you all and just elevate a

[1:06:14] private conversation we had now in a

[1:06:16] public space that's less architectural.

[1:06:17] But um oh and then my final two things

[1:06:21] are I saw hopefully this does come in

[1:06:25] under under budget but I know we set

[1:06:27] aside funding in the bond for either an

[1:06:30] additional youth center or to use that

[1:06:32] funding to help supplement. So I guess

[1:06:35] we'll know a little bit more about that

[1:06:36] when the bids come in. Is that about

[1:06:37] right?

[1:06:37] » That's right.

[1:06:38] » Okay. And finally, and I know a lot of W

[1:06:42] 2 residents are going to be thrilled to

[1:06:43] hear this. If I'm doing the math

[1:06:44] correctly, this will open either

[1:06:47] slightly ahead of or around the same

[1:06:49] time as the new uh arena in 2028.

[1:06:53] » I don't know the date on that, but

[1:06:56] » The arena is 2028.

[1:06:57] » Yes.

[1:06:58] » That's an important marker for a lot of

[1:07:00] W 2 residents. Uh you know, a lot of

[1:07:02] them love the thunder. They love their

[1:07:05] youth as much. And so to see us putting

[1:07:08] that prioritization on this first youth

[1:07:10] center I think is going to symbolically

[1:07:12] really mean a lot to people and then it

[1:07:14] will actually deliver beyond symbolism.

[1:07:16] So just wanted to acknowledge that as

[1:07:18] well. So thank you and thank you for

[1:07:20] your work. Thank you Tina.

[1:07:23] » Thank you.

[1:07:23] » Okay. Thank you.

[1:07:28] » Well we can take the consent docket with

[1:07:30] one vote.

[1:07:32] » Ready for a motion?

[1:08:01] There we go. Passes unanimously.

[1:08:05] Brings us to item 10 on the agenda, the

[1:08:07] concurrence docket. And we can take one

[1:08:10] vote from item A through M.

[1:08:34] and that passes unanimously.

[1:08:38] Uh item 11 is items for individual

[1:08:41] consideration. Um

[1:08:43] A is ordinance on final hearing

[1:08:46] emergency recommended for approval um

[1:08:50] for PUD 2139 the resoning of 7300

[1:08:54] Southeast 164 Street um doubleA

[1:08:58] agricultural to PUD 2139 planned unit

[1:09:02] developed ward 4 Councilman Stone.

[1:09:06] » Thank you Mr. Vice Mayor.

[1:09:08] Um, I do have a couple of questions on

[1:09:11] this, but mainly it's for city staff.

[1:09:16] » Okay.

[1:09:19] » So, I'm curious as to the uh TE was

[1:09:24] stricken.

[1:09:26] I was curious where that was stricken

[1:09:27] from.

[1:09:34] Caitlyn Turner, 525 Northwest 11th

[1:09:36] Street. here on behalf of the applicant.

[1:09:38] If I may, that TE was stricken. If you

[1:09:40] see the site in the surrounding area,

[1:09:42] this is all AA.

[1:09:43] » Oh, I totally get why it's stricken. I'm

[1:09:46] just wondering who struck it.

[1:09:48] » The applicant.

[1:09:49] » Okay.

[1:09:50] » At the planning commission. Then I was

[1:09:52] also curious on the city side when it

[1:09:55] talks about

[1:09:57] their approval, which is always kind of

[1:10:00] up there, but their approval said, "Oh,

[1:10:02] not if it's denying the TE." But I'm

[1:10:05] wondering like why that came from the

[1:10:07] city when there is no way to put

[1:10:11] sidewalks out there. Just to be clear,

[1:10:13] this is a five acre develop, excuse me,

[1:10:17] five lot development that ranges between

[1:10:19] two and five acres on each lot. It's

[1:10:22] over 17 acres totally and it just and I

[1:10:26] it's off 164th and Air Depot. Like

[1:10:30] there's no sidewalks out there. So I was

[1:10:32] curious like what drove that.

[1:10:34] » Sure. Sarah Welch Planning Department.

[1:10:36] Um, the reason for that is we were

[1:10:38] trying to make the PUD state that

[1:10:40] whatever the city's rules are about

[1:10:42] sidewalks would apply here. It wasn't

[1:10:44] trying to say sidewalks are required

[1:10:46] currently. It was just trying to say

[1:10:47] whatever the city's policies are about

[1:10:49] sidewalks would apply instead of having

[1:10:51] this straight up just say sidewalks are

[1:10:53] not allowed.

[1:10:54] » Gotcha. All right. Thank you.

[1:10:57] I was maybe when we talk about like some

[1:11:00] of the updates that we're doing on

[1:11:03] zoning and things like that, maybe

[1:11:05] that's something that we need to look at

[1:11:06] as well. I think

[1:11:08] » Certainly.

[1:11:08] » Cool. All right. Thank you. Um, with

[1:11:11] that, I'll go ahead and move for its

[1:11:12] approval.

[1:11:26] and it passes unanimously.

[1:11:29] Item B is an ordinance on final hearing

[1:11:32] for Spud 1820 resoning 1714 Northwest

[1:11:36] 30th Street from R1 single family

[1:11:38] residential to spud 1820 simplified

[1:11:42] planned unit develop develop District W

[1:11:46] two.

[1:11:46] » Thank you, Vice Mayor. Uh Fallon, do you

[1:11:49] want to speak on this item, please?

[1:11:50] Thank you.

[1:11:52] » Uh Fallon Brooks Magnus, Jolly Bird

[1:11:53] Design, 11 Northeast 11th Street

[1:11:55] representing the client, the applicant,

[1:11:58] sorry.

[1:11:59] Um so this is just uh we originally

[1:12:03] thought we could get six six units on

[1:12:05] here. We were a little ambitious. Um and

[1:12:07] we had some feedback at our first

[1:12:09] planning commission hearing and we

[1:12:11] reduced to four units. Uh we kept the

[1:12:13] same amount of parking, we reduced our

[1:12:15] lot coverage. So, uh, you know, pretty

[1:12:18] responsible development near the

[1:12:19] university for

[1:12:22] small, uh, micro apartments. They

[1:12:26] originally were supposed to be like 400

[1:12:28] square feet. I think they're probably

[1:12:29] going to be closer to seven now. So,

[1:12:31] larger one and two bedrooms.

[1:12:36] » Yeah. U, I like what you're doing here,

[1:12:39] um, aesthetically and, uh, materially in

[1:12:43] terms of the units themselves. is

[1:12:45] someone who lives in about a 700 foot

[1:12:47] apartment, this will do uh for the one

[1:12:49] person. So, I would move for approval.

[1:12:54] » I just want to add that this is amazing.

[1:12:56] This is very cool.

[1:12:58] » And if I was on the planning commission,

[1:12:59] I would have voted for the six units

[1:13:00] instead of four. So,

[1:13:05] » Parking was a huge problem. And there's

[1:13:07] like no street parking on 30th, so it

[1:13:10] made sense.

[1:13:13] » [snorts]

[1:13:18] » And it passes unanimously. Fallon, thank

[1:13:20] you for all the neat things you bring to

[1:13:21] Oklahoma City.

[1:13:22] » Thank you.

[1:13:25] » Item C, ordinance on final hearing, uh,

[1:13:28] Spud 1825, reszoning 1220 Northwest 33rd

[1:13:33] Street from R1 Single Family to Spud

[1:13:36] 1825,

[1:13:38] um, W 2. We have to stop meeting like

[1:13:41] this. Uh go ahead. Tell us about this

[1:13:43] one.

[1:13:44] » Um Fallon Brooks Magnus Jolly Bird

[1:13:47] Design 11 Northeast 11th Street

[1:13:49] representing the applicant. Um I will

[1:13:51] say this was my first render on this

[1:13:53] building and it's really ugly. It looks

[1:13:54] way better now. Um I just wanted to

[1:13:57] point out the house that was on this

[1:13:59] site. This was one of the questions that

[1:14:00] James asked me. Um the columns here are

[1:14:04] the they are mimicking the keyhole

[1:14:06] columns that were on the original house

[1:14:08] that was on the site. We couldn't save

[1:14:09] the house, but we can kind of pay a

[1:14:11] little homage to it. And um this even as

[1:14:15] ugly as this render is, it is um still a

[1:14:19] pretty good indicator of what will get

[1:14:20] built there. I don't know if anyone is

[1:14:22] is uh familiar with the development that

[1:14:24] happened at at 22nd and Ellison right

[1:14:26] behind Walgreens over here near the gold

[1:14:28] Dome. Um that's the same developer and

[1:14:31] he did a fantastic job with the end

[1:14:33] product. It looks really beautiful. It

[1:14:35] fits the neighborhood really well and I

[1:14:36] think we'll have a similar end product

[1:14:38] here. Um, so just a couple of quick

[1:14:41] stats on this one. We're also um only

[1:14:43] 70% lot coverage. So we were real

[1:14:45] responsible with our lot coverage on

[1:14:47] this. We worked with our planning

[1:14:48] commissioner and neighborhood. So yeah,

[1:14:51] we're just happy to bring some nice

[1:14:53] looking housing to OKC.

[1:14:55] » I love the name Catty Shack. How did you

[1:14:56] come up with that?

[1:14:57] » It's actually Chatty Shack because the

[1:14:59] builder is Chad Rice. [laughter]

[1:15:03] And I will say I was a little

[1:15:04] disappointed that the planning

[1:15:05] department did not put that on the label

[1:15:08] because it was in the application. So

[1:15:11] [laughter]

[1:15:12] » I'll never forgive you for that. So for

[1:15:14] for the rest of the day I'm going to

[1:15:16] hear no catty shack references.

[1:15:19] » I deserve that.

[1:15:21] » Um

[1:15:23] this will come back up later in the

[1:15:25] meeting whenever we're talking about the

[1:15:27] policy parameters for the affordable

[1:15:29] housing from the bond. But I just wanted

[1:15:32] to say as I did in private, now in

[1:15:35] public, thank you for hearing the

[1:15:38] neighbors out in terms of how do we

[1:15:40] honor the architecture from the previous

[1:15:43] building in terms of those columns,

[1:15:44] right? It's when we I think something W

[1:15:48] two a lot of us have a struggle with is,

[1:15:50] oh, we have a housing crisis, but then

[1:15:52] we got these vacant houses. Why aren't

[1:15:54] we rehabbing them? We got these infill

[1:15:56] lots. And so when we lose something,

[1:15:58] it's it's a it's it's it's confusing.

[1:16:01] And so we appreciate that when this came

[1:16:04] down,

[1:16:05] » You listen to their request that there

[1:16:08] be some sort of acknowledgement of what

[1:16:10] once stood here. And that's what those

[1:16:11] columns and I look forward to seeing the

[1:16:13] eventual renderings. But

[1:16:14] » We just don't want to see any more

[1:16:16] front-facing garages. That's our thing,

[1:16:18] man. So I just want to make that on

[1:16:20] public record. You know, I made someone

[1:16:22] gasp earlier this week in a public

[1:16:24] meeting when I said that I don't like

[1:16:26] Chip and Joanne and they literally gasp.

[1:16:29] I'm like, I don't know what to tell you

[1:16:30] people. So, but anyway, thank you for

[1:16:32] » Don't ask me about my opinion on that

[1:16:33] either. So, all right. I'm good.

[1:16:36] [laughter]

[1:16:38] [snorts]

[1:16:50] » Thank you. and it passes unanimously.

[1:16:53] Item D is an ordinance on final hearing

[1:16:56] um spud 1832

[1:16:58] reszoning 1401 Northwest 9th Street from

[1:17:01] Spud 1407

[1:17:03] to spud 1832

[1:17:06] uh w 6.

[1:17:07] » Yes, this is just some infill

[1:17:09] development on an empty lot over on

[1:17:11] 9inth and Douglas. So I will move for

[1:17:13] approval.

[1:17:31] and it passes unanimously.

[1:17:34] Item E has been deferred till August

[1:17:36] 18th.

[1:17:39] Item F has been deferred till August

[1:17:41] 4th. Item G is an ordinance on final

[1:17:44] hearing

[1:17:46] uh reszoning 6017 Northwest 23rd Street

[1:17:50] from R1 single family residential to

[1:17:52] spud 1841

[1:17:55] uh ward two and no catty shack

[1:17:58] references on this one.

[1:18:00] » But you said it and now it's happening

[1:18:02] again. So [laughter]

[1:18:05] um yeah I was the applicant here. Oh,

[1:18:08] come on up. I thought I saw you out

[1:18:10] there.

[1:18:16] Good morning. Uh Braden Schaefer, 300

[1:18:18] Point Parkway Boulevard representing the

[1:18:20] applicant. Um this is an application to

[1:18:22] reszone from R1 to a spud. Um currently

[1:18:26] there's not any specific plans for this

[1:18:28] site. Um the developer is just trying to

[1:18:30] move it into a more favorable zoning. Um

[1:18:33] everything around this other than the

[1:18:35] the lot directly to the east is all

[1:18:38] commercialbased. Um, and I believe that

[1:18:41] based on the letter of support that we

[1:18:42] received from the neighbor, I believe

[1:18:44] they they potentially have plans to also

[1:18:46] um move to a more commercial aspect as

[1:18:49] well. So, happy to answer any questions.

[1:18:51] » Sure. Uh

[1:18:55] you wouldn't know this uh unless you dug

[1:18:57] down into uh BikeWalk OKC and maps 4,

[1:19:02] but MacArthur just a bit from here is

[1:19:05] heading toward a um some sidewalk uh

[1:19:09] infrastructure and we're also looking at

[1:19:12] maybe doing some streetscape stuff kind

[1:19:14] of similar to what's going on in on 23rd

[1:19:18] to the east right in Uptown.

[1:19:21] um for your consideration. Um when since

[1:19:24] you all don't have the specific plans

[1:19:26] yet,

[1:19:27] » I would suggest I see that detention

[1:19:29] pawn up front. I almost would reverse

[1:19:32] and move the property closer to the

[1:19:35] sidewalk

[1:19:37] » To kind of in anticipation of where that

[1:19:41] corridor adjacent to it is heading. Uh I

[1:19:44] have my eyes on this entire property

[1:19:47] right here on the southwest corner. I

[1:19:48] think that needs to be redeveloped

[1:19:51] » Uh to meet the needs of the residents

[1:19:53] there. I hear things like grocery store

[1:19:55] uh except just retail options generally.

[1:19:57] So I would bend your imagination a

[1:19:59] little bit and imagine not the world as

[1:20:01] it is but what could be there and the

[1:20:03] precedent you all could be helping to

[1:20:05] set. Um

[1:20:08] and then uh stick if if you have time

[1:20:11] you might stick around toward later in

[1:20:12] the agenda. I know something you and I

[1:20:14] have talked about previously. I'm just

[1:20:15] excited that you're doing development

[1:20:17] west of I44 and a lot of it's very

[1:20:20] responsible. We're going to be talking

[1:20:21] about some of the um bond project uh

[1:20:24] stuff as it relates to economic and

[1:20:26] community development. Um anyway, but

[1:20:29] that I'll just move for approval.

[1:20:45] Thank you.

[1:20:46] » And it passes unanimously.

[1:20:48] Item H is an ordinance on final hearing

[1:20:52] for SP 613 establishing a special permit

[1:20:57] to operate use unit 8300.33

[1:21:01] drinking establishment set down alcohol

[1:21:04] permitted in the I1 light industrial

[1:21:06] district 2830 Northwest 10th Street.

[1:21:10] Councilwoman Hammond.

[1:21:11] » I will move for approval

[1:21:34] and it passes unanimously. Uh item I is

[1:21:37] a public hearing regarding dilapidated

[1:21:39] structures. Amy, has anybody signed up

[1:21:41] to speak?

[1:21:41] » No, they haven't.

[1:21:43] » Brings us to the resolution declaring

[1:21:45] the structures are dilapidated.

[1:21:47] Need a resol or a motion.

[1:22:03] Passes unanimously. Item J is a public

[1:22:06] hearing regarding unsecured structures.

[1:22:08] Anybody signed up to speak?

[1:22:10] » No, they haven't.

[1:22:12] » So, need a motion.

[1:22:23] And that passes unanimously. Um, item K

[1:22:28] is a resolution. Uh,

[1:22:30] anybody signed up to speak?

[1:22:31] » No, they're not.

[1:22:33] » Okay. Need a motion?

[1:22:47] and that passes unanimously.

[1:22:52] Item L is a resolution creating the

[1:22:54] South Oklahoma City Tax Incremental

[1:22:57] Finance Review Committee. I'm going to

[1:22:59] turn it over to Craig. Yeah, Kenny Sudel

[1:23:01] with the Alliance for Economic

[1:23:02] Development is here to uh present this

[1:23:04] item and um what's included or intended

[1:23:07] in this pro in this uh TIF district.

[1:23:11] » Uh [clears throat] thank you, mayor and

[1:23:12] council. Um so this resolution today

[1:23:15] would be the first step to create a

[1:23:17] potential new TIF district. Uh this

[1:23:20] involves some properties down around uh

[1:23:22] I35 and I240 on the south part of

[1:23:25] Oklahoma City. So, this resolution, just

[1:23:28] as a reminder, the process laid out in

[1:23:30] the local development act. This would

[1:23:32] appoint uh Todd Stone is the chair. It

[1:23:36] would create the committee. The

[1:23:38] committee would have representatives

[1:23:40] from the six taxing jurisdictions that

[1:23:42] are affected. They would all appoint who

[1:23:44] they want to it. The committee would

[1:23:46] then convene and the committee would

[1:23:48] have to choose three outlarge members

[1:23:51] and then any recommendations for an

[1:23:53] actual tip district, etc., etc., would

[1:23:56] have to be then brought forward back

[1:23:57] through the process which involves going

[1:23:59] back through city council planning

[1:24:01] commission etc. [clears throat] So

[1:24:03] that's really what the you know this is

[1:24:05] the first part of of the process and

[1:24:07] that's what the resolution does today.

[1:24:09] But just again wanted to be transparent

[1:24:11] wanted to show you what staff is

[1:24:12] contemplating and what we would intend

[1:24:14] to put before the committee. But it's

[1:24:17] really uh and I should say this is not a

[1:24:20] widespread uh tiff district that we're

[1:24:22] looking at. kind of the impetus behind

[1:24:24] this is there's been several uh housing

[1:24:26] projects that have that people have

[1:24:28] approached us on some retail projects

[1:24:30] and some industrial projects and uh

[1:24:33] really the highlighted areas on the

[1:24:35] screen. Our intent would be to just

[1:24:37] capture those properties only that are

[1:24:40] undeveloped here or underdeveloped. So

[1:24:42] it's not something we're trying to do

[1:24:44] like a widespread tiff to to divert

[1:24:47] taxes from other areas that we're not

[1:24:49] targeting um uh development in. Uh

[1:24:52] really there's a couple areas around

[1:24:56] Walker and Shields just north of 240

[1:24:59] that have some they're pretty much green

[1:25:01] space now that have some projects we're

[1:25:03] working with folks to bring forward on

[1:25:05] housing. Uh also the one near Shields

[1:25:08] and 240. There's some potential retail

[1:25:10] projects there. We did include a lot of

[1:25:12] the properties or we intend to propose

[1:25:14] and include a lot of the properties

[1:25:16] around Crossroads. I will tell you I

[1:25:19] don't have any imminent projects there,

[1:25:21] but just over the years there's been

[1:25:22] many talks on and off about, you know,

[1:25:24] what potential redevelopment

[1:25:26] opportunities might be there. And then

[1:25:29] the [clears throat] other one that is on

[1:25:30] the east side between Eastern Bryant,

[1:25:32] that's uh OKC 577, which was a joint

[1:25:36] project between the city and the

[1:25:38] Oklahoma Industries Authority. Again, we

[1:25:41] tried to carve out uh properties that

[1:25:44] have already been developed, but this is

[1:25:46] one of those as we've gone through now

[1:25:47] for several years on this. Uh we have

[1:25:50] had several different uh major employers

[1:25:53] and projects that have taken a look at

[1:25:55] this site. It's a really good site. It's

[1:25:56] near the BNSF railard, but it's become

[1:26:00] apparent that in order to land some of

[1:26:02] these, we may need to have uh some

[1:26:04] incentives available and be able to do

[1:26:06] other things. We also, you know, can use

[1:26:08] our SIP program which we're going to

[1:26:10] talk about late in some later items for

[1:26:12] those types of things as well. But it

[1:26:14] would be nice to have uh TIFF available

[1:26:16] there as well. So that's again first

[1:26:19] steps. All the details, data, all the

[1:26:23] things that are required under the law

[1:26:24] would be brought back after they're

[1:26:25] vetted with the committee uh if the

[1:26:27] committee recommends moving forward on

[1:26:29] it. So that's first step today.

[1:26:32] » Happy to take any questions. for the

[1:26:33] general public. Can you tell everybody

[1:26:34] the the length of the tip uh tiff, when

[1:26:37] it would be acted upon um and and what

[1:26:41] it would be used for in this instance?

[1:26:43] » Th those are still details that would

[1:26:45] have to be worked out and brought

[1:26:47] forward. I mean, under law, tiffs can be

[1:26:49] up to 25 years. Um, typically they would

[1:26:52] be used, we would be looking to use this

[1:26:54] like we've used it uh in the past as

[1:26:56] incentives on projects to either help

[1:26:58] fill gaps on, for example, housing

[1:27:01] projects, things like that, or

[1:27:04] infrastructure or potentially incentives

[1:27:06] for employers with site development

[1:27:08] costs or things like that on on the uh

[1:27:10] 577 project.

[1:27:15] But that all has to be looked at by the

[1:27:18] committee and brought back. Todd, I

[1:27:20] think it's an exciting project. Uh, I

[1:27:23] hope we get to call you chairman soon.

[1:27:24] And, uh, I don't know if we'll be around

[1:27:26] 25 years when it gets finished.

[1:27:29] [clears throat]

[1:27:31] » Um, I was just looking at the map, the

[1:27:35] Google map, and a lot of those sites,

[1:27:38] especially along Shields, um, resonate

[1:27:40] with me. Um, Todd, I'm look forward to

[1:27:44] your stewardship of this if council

[1:27:46] approves it. Um, just seeing this

[1:27:48] particular map, even though I represent

[1:27:50] Northwest OKC, I had never been to

[1:27:53] Northwest OKC, but like two times as a

[1:27:55] child until I was 16. We always went

[1:27:59] from Midwest City to Crossroads Mall and

[1:28:01] to June and Jod and Sons. And so,

[1:28:03] Shields and 240 have long been a part of

[1:28:07] my memory bank. and I am excited to see

[1:28:11] what we do here because it deserves so

[1:28:14] much more care and love than the city

[1:28:17] has has given it. Um,

[1:28:20] I'll just I'll say that for now, but

[1:28:22] thanks

[1:28:30] a motion.

[1:28:37] » [clears throat]

[1:28:56] » And it passes unanimously.

[1:29:00] Chairperson stone.

[1:29:02] Uh item M is a joint resolution with the

[1:29:04] Oklahoma City Economic Development

[1:29:06] Trust.

[1:29:08] So this is an update on our policies uh

[1:29:11] for the goal policies uh strategic

[1:29:13] investment plan but the affordable

[1:29:14] housing as well. So Kenny's going to

[1:29:16] cover M and N um as he presents this now

[1:29:19] and um happy to take any questions after

[1:29:21] that.

[1:29:23] » Thank you mayor and council Kenny Sudel

[1:29:24] with the Alliance for Economic

[1:29:25] Development. Um on item M is the uh

[1:29:29] actual uh geo limited tax bond the gul

[1:29:33] bond economic development bond policy

[1:29:35] and guidelines. N is the affordable

[1:29:38] housing criterion guidelines. They're

[1:29:41] connected. They work together. So, I'm

[1:29:43] just going to cover them both uh in one

[1:29:46] presentation here. [clears throat]

[1:29:48] So, just as a reminder, um you know, we

[1:29:51] first did the economic development bonds

[1:29:53] in 2007.

[1:29:55] Uh we also did a second trunch of that.

[1:29:58] You know, the voters approved a second

[1:29:59] round of that in 2017. And then we just

[1:30:02] recently, thanks to our voters, had that

[1:30:05] approved in uh 2025.

[1:30:08] And uh $175 million this this last

[1:30:11] round. Reminder, 50 million of that goes

[1:30:14] towards uh affordable housing. So just

[1:30:18] very quickly, I'm going to focus I'm

[1:30:20] going to do a little bit very quick

[1:30:21] overview on the some of the main points

[1:30:23] of the policy, but this policy has been

[1:30:25] in place since 2007. It's been amended

[1:30:29] multiple times as things have changed

[1:30:30] over the years. I think in 2012 2018,

[1:30:34] you know, we've amended it to bring

[1:30:35] things in like film and affordable

[1:30:37] housing and things like that. So,

[1:30:39] [clears throat] I'm going to cover a

[1:30:40] little bit on that, but if you have

[1:30:42] specific questions, just feel free to

[1:30:44] jump in, but I'm going to try to focus

[1:30:45] mainly on the changes to the policy. So,

[1:30:48] just as a reminder, you know, this

[1:30:50] covers our strategic investment program,

[1:30:53] which which it really focuses on job

[1:30:55] creation is what the council has had us

[1:30:58] focus on with this program. And there's

[1:30:59] a list in the resolution of under the

[1:31:01] state law lots of other things it can be

[1:31:04] used for but it really focuses on job

[1:31:06] creation and that's really the

[1:31:08] infrastructure program leverage fund

[1:31:11] program. So infrastructure can go

[1:31:12] towards inf you know putting in

[1:31:14] infrastructure to support job creation.

[1:31:16] The leverage fund program theoretically

[1:31:18] could provide lowcost loans and things

[1:31:20] like that. We really only used that in

[1:31:23] the past kind of loaning it to tiff

[1:31:26] districts for example. uh you know we've

[1:31:28] loaned it to the northeast side tiff

[1:31:30] we've loaned it to to other things

[1:31:32] before

[1:31:34] um the land assemblage program this can

[1:31:36] be used to uh acquire property for job

[1:31:39] creation uh uh programs or or projects

[1:31:44] and then the emerging technologies

[1:31:45] program which is really saying we could

[1:31:48] use these funds to you know look at some

[1:31:50] emerging technologies that could grow

[1:31:52] into something larger. I don't know that

[1:31:54] we really ever used that, but that's

[1:31:56] been in the policy for a while.

[1:31:58] Obviously, [clears throat] affordable

[1:31:59] housing is is in there and we're going

[1:32:01] to talk about that. And then one kind of

[1:32:04] new call out in the policy is the small

[1:32:06] business and innovation program. I will

[1:32:09] tell you just being transparent on this,

[1:32:11] we've really put this to say, you know,

[1:32:14] try to focus on partnering with efforts

[1:32:16] through our MAPS programs at Innovation

[1:32:18] Hall and Foster Center, but we've left

[1:32:20] that a little vague as this is still

[1:32:22] something that's developing. You know,

[1:32:23] we all had some experiences through the

[1:32:25] ARPA program with small business, but

[1:32:27] this is some another area that really,

[1:32:29] you know, I could see us having some

[1:32:31] more development on the policy in the

[1:32:33] future, but it's it's one of those those

[1:32:34] projects are still developing. So trying

[1:32:36] to figure out how that moves forward and

[1:32:38] then of course film continues.

[1:32:43] Um so really on the proposed amendments

[1:32:45] to a policy

[1:32:47] a lot of it was removing kind of making

[1:32:49] the language evergreen. There were a lot

[1:32:51] of references to the old bond

[1:32:53] authorizations and things like that. So

[1:32:54] kind of taking some of those out making

[1:32:56] it more evergreen. The major change on

[1:33:00] our job um creation program. So really

[1:33:03] in the past, this is really focused on

[1:33:06] employers that are bringing 50 or more

[1:33:08] employees and there were um there was a

[1:33:12] a dollar amount that was not adjusted

[1:33:14] for inflation or anything and then there

[1:33:16] was also a percentage of the uh MSA

[1:33:20] average wage in the old policy. So what

[1:33:22] we're doing is kind of having worked

[1:33:24] through this, we're updating that to

[1:33:26] really just say that minimum payroll

[1:33:28] requirement can adjust. It's really tied

[1:33:31] to the uh MSA average wage. But the

[1:33:35] biggest change we're making is we're

[1:33:37] really saying that to qualify for this,

[1:33:39] you need to have 101% your jobs have to

[1:33:42] be on average 101%

[1:33:45] of the MSA wages. Now, we do have some

[1:33:48] provisions in the policy that if there

[1:33:49] were, for example, in um distressed

[1:33:52] [clears throat] or lower income areas,

[1:33:54] if there's a project that fell below

[1:33:55] that that the council could consider

[1:33:57] that. But we're really trying to make a

[1:33:59] statement whereas previously the policy

[1:34:01] said 90 we could do 90%. So that's the

[1:34:04] big change is we're trying to say no we

[1:34:06] want jobs that are over the average. We

[1:34:07] want to raise the average. We also added

[1:34:10] a historic building renovation program

[1:34:13] which really this is just saying

[1:34:15] generally you have to have 50 employees.

[1:34:17] It's saying you could do 20 employees if

[1:34:20] you're part of a rehabbing a historic

[1:34:24] property. And that's really just kind of

[1:34:26] looking at really trying to put an

[1:34:27] incentive to help, you know, uh, smaller

[1:34:30] historic projects be able to attract,

[1:34:32] you know, maybe like a law office or a

[1:34:33] smaller office or something like that.

[1:34:36] And then we did add some provisions that

[1:34:39] you could have uh increased incentives

[1:34:41] for higher impact projects. So what this

[1:34:44] means is generally speaking, the policy

[1:34:46] says, you know, we get with the chamber,

[1:34:48] there's a financial model, we take your

[1:34:51] jobs, your capital investment, you know,

[1:34:53] all those things. we put them in, it

[1:34:55] runs out and says, "Here's how much, you

[1:34:57] know, positive impact to Oklahoma City

[1:34:59] there is from this project." And we

[1:35:01] generally say in the policy, we should

[1:35:03] keep that incentive to five years or

[1:35:06] less of impact. So, what that means is

[1:35:08] that the city should start realizing

[1:35:10] benefits at least in year six. You know,

[1:35:12] you keep your incentives where it's

[1:35:13] within that range.

[1:35:16] This uh policy says you could go up to

[1:35:18] the 10-year impact level for an

[1:35:20] incentive uh if certain things are

[1:35:22] present. And those things are if the

[1:35:26] wages are particularly high, 120% of the

[1:35:29] MSA average wage, if it's a really large

[1:35:32] number of jobs like 500 plus, uh if it's

[1:35:37] something where there's really unique uh

[1:35:39] high coverages levels of employee health

[1:35:42] care, daycare, or training, and then

[1:35:45] also things like if or if they provide

[1:35:47] second chance employment. So, it really

[1:35:49] kind of puts some things out there that

[1:35:51] we could potentially do some, you know,

[1:35:53] a little bit higher incentives than we

[1:35:55] normally do. Um, if if some of those

[1:35:58] things are present. Again, I will remind

[1:36:00] everyone it's always a negotiation. you

[1:36:02] know, we [clears throat] we work

[1:36:04] together, chamber alliance, city staff,

[1:36:08] uh to come up with, you know, these

[1:36:10] incentives, and it's always something

[1:36:12] where we're competing with other, you

[1:36:14] know, uh uh communities and other states

[1:36:18] and sometimes other countries. And so,

[1:36:20] it's a negotiation, but that's the

[1:36:22] policy kind of sets that upper limit of

[1:36:24] keeping it within the five five-year

[1:36:26] impact to the city unless it meets some

[1:36:28] of these other big requirements.

[1:36:31] really the rest of the areas in the job

[1:36:33] creation program

[1:36:35] uh have pretty minimal changes there.

[1:36:39] Um affordable housing, I'm going to talk

[1:36:42] about that here in just a second, but

[1:36:43] just it puts a specific in the Gul

[1:36:45] policy. It puts a reference over to

[1:36:48] these affordable housing guidelines and

[1:36:49] I'll cover those in a moment. mentioned

[1:36:51] the small business and innovation

[1:36:53] program that this is a new program in

[1:36:55] the policy and that [clears throat] it

[1:36:56] you know activities support

[1:36:58] entrepreneurship and small business

[1:37:00] growth and it really tries to point

[1:37:02] those towards partnering with some of

[1:37:03] those maps projects I talked about

[1:37:05] earlier and then the film program you

[1:37:08] know with film it there's a couple

[1:37:10] things as we've gone through this that

[1:37:11] we've tried to uh update from our

[1:37:13] experience and that's just adding that

[1:37:15] television movies because we've had

[1:37:17] movies and we've had television and

[1:37:19] there's television movies so trying to

[1:37:20] clarify by that and then uh we clarified

[1:37:23] what is a slate of projects because it's

[1:37:26] one of the things there's certain

[1:37:27] minimum levels of investment you have to

[1:37:30] do to qualify and we've and there had

[1:37:31] been some question about well what if

[1:37:33] I'm bringing like a part one and a part

[1:37:34] two and together they qualify so it it

[1:37:37] clarifies that yes that kind of

[1:37:38] qualifies as one project

[1:37:41] um

[1:37:43] those are the major changes uh on the go

[1:37:47] policy let me cover the affordable

[1:37:49] housing so Just [clears throat] as a

[1:37:51] reminder, this kind of started in uh

[1:37:54] 2017. That bond issue, we put 10 million

[1:37:57] of that of those dollars towards

[1:37:58] affordable housing. So, we adopted this

[1:38:01] polic.

[1:38:04] Um so, 2025, as I mentioned earlier, we

[1:38:07] have 50 million now uh dedicated to

[1:38:09] affordable housing. So generally the

[1:38:12] criteria here is at a minimum you have

[1:38:15] to this has to be for a project that has

[1:38:17] 80% AMI or less with a preference really

[1:38:20] for 60% AMI or less. Um and it's really

[1:38:24] supposed to be used to bridge gaps in a

[1:38:26] project. And so it can be used for

[1:38:29] grants loans. It can be used for

[1:38:31] construction rehab of affordable units.

[1:38:33] It could be used, the city could use

[1:38:35] this program to purchase property to to

[1:38:38] use for affordable housing or to use

[1:38:40] infrastructure to support affordable

[1:38:42] housing or for conversions from like

[1:38:44] office to affordable housing,

[1:38:46] residential. So those are the uses

[1:38:47] allowable in the policy just as a

[1:38:49] reminder. So, the big amendments on this

[1:38:51] policy again, evergreen language, taking

[1:38:54] some of those specific references out to

[1:38:56] specific bond issu uh bond

[1:38:57] authorizations. Uh and then really

[1:39:01] there's kind of there's some practices

[1:39:03] that that have been done for a while.

[1:39:04] So, this is like saying, you know,

[1:39:07] there's going to be a committee with

[1:39:08] some of the different experts and folks

[1:39:10] involved on this uh that will be

[1:39:12] appointed by the city manager. That's

[1:39:14] been a practice for a while. Um, and

[1:39:16] then the limit is the big change here.

[1:39:19] So, previously it just said there was a

[1:39:22] $2 million limit uh for projects. And

[1:39:25] really, one, that didn't uh allow for

[1:39:28] inflation, but two, it also didn't

[1:39:30] really take into account whether it's a

[1:39:31] small project or a large project. So,

[1:39:34] what we proposed here is saying that,

[1:39:36] you know, that it's really a 20% limit

[1:39:40] to the total project cost would be the

[1:39:42] upper limit of incentives under this.

[1:39:44] And we've also clarified that that 20%

[1:39:48] for on from the affordable housing side

[1:39:50] includes all tools such as uh tiff and

[1:39:54] other things combined. Um so that really

[1:39:57] applies on this side. It also again

[1:39:59] provides that we can do some can go

[1:40:02] above that limit if there are is deeper

[1:40:04] affordability proposed on a project. So

[1:40:07] for example, if you proposed 50% or 40%

[1:40:10] or 30% AMI, we understand that means

[1:40:13] that's much, you know, there's much less

[1:40:14] revenue in the project. So this would

[1:40:16] allow us to take a look at that and go

[1:40:18] above that 20% limit. Um,

[1:40:22] and then also the last thing as we're

[1:40:25] we've tried to build in here and talk

[1:40:26] about trying to do, you know, the last

[1:40:29] round in in 2017, we did a lot of

[1:40:32] basically forgivable loans where that is

[1:40:35] still a tool that will be available, but

[1:40:36] we're trying to do more revolving loans

[1:40:39] that have some income generation to kind

[1:40:41] of keep the money revolving. So it it

[1:40:44] states that if there's any program

[1:40:46] revenue generated that it must stay in

[1:40:48] this fund, go back into this fund to use

[1:40:50] for affordable housing. So I think those

[1:40:52] are is that the last slide? Oh, and then

[1:40:55] preferences. This is the other one was

[1:40:57] just clarifying on our preferences that

[1:41:00] um you know really we want to make sure

[1:41:02] that affordable housing

[1:41:05] works with other things the city's

[1:41:07] doing. So that you know looking at the

[1:41:08] location and how they integrate into

[1:41:10] neighborhoods, looking at you know the

[1:41:13] housing outcomes and and resident

[1:41:16] support providing amenities you know

[1:41:17] allows us to use the incentives to help

[1:41:20] make it a little bit nicer and provide

[1:41:21] amenities. You know is it close to

[1:41:23] employment? Is it close to transit

[1:41:24] routes? Things like that. Project

[1:41:27] design, sustainability, and then again

[1:41:29] back to talking about financial

[1:41:30] stewardship and leveraging. you know, we

[1:41:32] want to have a preference for loan

[1:41:34] structures that pay back into the fund

[1:41:36] as opposed to forgivable loans or

[1:41:38] grants, but those are just preferences.

[1:41:40] So, we still have flexibility, but we're

[1:41:42] trying to signal to the market what our

[1:41:44] preferences are on these things. So,

[1:41:46] with that, be happy to answer any

[1:41:48] questions on those two items. I know

[1:41:49] that was a lot

[1:41:56] » Questions. Just a comment, appreciate

[1:41:59] the work that's been done and I know

[1:42:00] that every single time without fail that

[1:42:03] we vote for a new uh the use of one of

[1:42:06] these tip incentives, I get an email

[1:42:08] from a constituent saying, "Why are you

[1:42:10] supporting these outofstate whoevers

[1:42:12] coming in?" And I have to remind them

[1:42:14] that we're going to get all the money

[1:42:15] back. Um and two, we also are doing work

[1:42:19] like like you are suggesting in this

[1:42:21] amendment to really help small

[1:42:22] businesses to expand. And so I I hope

[1:42:25] that we can continue to have

[1:42:26] conversations about how we get homegrown

[1:42:28] people the ability to to participate in

[1:42:30] this program. Um and of course really

[1:42:33] love the fact that we're doing so much

[1:42:34] support for affordable housing which is

[1:42:36] such a huge need. So appreciate your

[1:42:38] help Kenny.

[1:42:38] » Thank you. I also forgot to mention I I

[1:42:41] wanted to thank Joanna Mcpadden and Ben

[1:42:43] Davis and Shannon in especially from

[1:42:45] planning and Cassie Poor in my office

[1:42:48] and there's a host of others but there's

[1:42:49] a lot of folks that worked on this

[1:42:51] policy to kind of bring it forward look

[1:42:53] at talk to experts bring practices

[1:42:55] forward in this so appreciate all their

[1:42:57] work that's

[1:42:57] » Exactly what I was going to say I want

[1:42:59] to thank you and especially I want to

[1:43:01] thank all the people that worked on this

[1:43:02] because I know it was an intensive

[1:43:04] lengthy process thank you

[1:43:07] » I'll echo that grat attitude. Um, Ben,

[1:43:11] Shannon, Kenny, Joanna. Uh,

[1:43:15] I just want one question before I make a

[1:43:17] comment. Um, when I look at the historic

[1:43:20] renovation program, is that something

[1:43:22] that if, you know, went back in time and

[1:43:27] you look at the first Christian church

[1:43:28] for instance, or presently in time, the

[1:43:31] gold dome or just buildings that have

[1:43:34] historic uh, resonance with the city. Is

[1:43:38] this now something that we could have if

[1:43:41] we had this in place or what are we

[1:43:43] thinking about with this particular

[1:43:45] » Potentially? So this is specifically I I

[1:43:47] think what was brought forward and this

[1:43:49] really our our friends at the planning

[1:43:51] department are are you know the

[1:43:54] brilliant folks that helped us kind of

[1:43:56] bring this forward that really most of

[1:43:58] the historic projects that are probably

[1:44:00] left around town are probably smaller

[1:44:02] and they're probably more like small

[1:44:04] office renovations for like a law firm

[1:44:06] or a small you know small company. What

[1:44:09] this really says is we could give the

[1:44:11] company if they're less if they don't

[1:44:14] meet that 50 person uh criteria for job

[1:44:18] incentives, but they meet at least 20,

[1:44:21] if they're going to go into a historic

[1:44:24] uh renovation project, we could still

[1:44:27] potentially give them incentives for

[1:44:29] their 20 or 25 employees as long as it's

[1:44:32] part of a historic. And it's really just

[1:44:34] trying to encourage some of those

[1:44:35] smaller folks to take a look at some of

[1:44:38] the historic properties. It doesn't go

[1:44:39] to the developer or the redeveloper of

[1:44:42] the historic property. You know, that's

[1:44:44] where oftent times historic tax credits,

[1:44:46] TIFF, other tools are used on that, but

[1:44:48] it's really saying it's really trying to

[1:44:50] help that developer get a tenant

[1:44:51] interested in going into that historic

[1:44:54] property.

[1:44:55] » Yeah, that that's a good use of that, I

[1:44:57] would suggest. Um and then

[1:45:01] I [clears throat] really want to thank

[1:45:02] that team, your team, everybody because

[1:45:08] all the years since maps 4, I have asked

[1:45:11] from city manager all the way through

[1:45:14] for a connecting of the dots between the

[1:45:16] Henry B. Foster Center. Uh just really

[1:45:20] thinking outside the box how it can all

[1:45:22] connect, you know, public

[1:45:23] transportation, etc. And I worried

[1:45:26] because I'm an anxious guy. I was like,

[1:45:28] is it is this going to stick? And it

[1:45:30] stuck. And I'm really thankful that you

[1:45:32] all heard those requests that that's

[1:45:35] going to we learned a lot during COVID

[1:45:38] um with some of those programs and I'm

[1:45:40] glad you all are applying those lessons.

[1:45:41] So, I just really want to express my

[1:45:43] gratitude for that connectivity piece.

[1:45:47] back to what councelor Pennington was

[1:45:48] saying, I think my additional request um

[1:45:52] and I think it might involve another

[1:45:54] partnership maybe with the maps for

[1:45:58] community subcommittee. Just thinking

[1:45:59] about some of the people who are on

[1:46:00] there, but I think creating some uh

[1:46:04] social media graphics that highlight

[1:46:07] some of the um additions that we've made

[1:46:11] here. uh whether it's on the affordable

[1:46:14] housing side or it's the job side of

[1:46:18] things. So like for instance the second

[1:46:20] chance employment how that can boost

[1:46:23] your uh potential right for receiving

[1:46:26] these funds or the daycare option right

[1:46:29] um but then the affordable housing side

[1:46:33] of it right if you build along a transit

[1:46:35] line if you are building something that

[1:46:38] complements the character of the the

[1:46:41] area of the Capitol Hill of the Asian

[1:46:43] district etc those are things that if we

[1:46:46] have those as like those kind of box

[1:46:48] social media graphics um that will get

[1:46:52] to our local folk right the people tell

[1:46:55] me if I'm wrong on this counselor but

[1:46:58] our people need to know and the word

[1:47:00] that's coming to mind right now is

[1:47:02] transparency a transparency in the

[1:47:04] process being able it's one thing all

[1:47:07] this work is so important that you've

[1:47:09] done now it's about communicating that

[1:47:12] to our people in ways to be able to say

[1:47:15] to them like we've not had these tools

[1:47:17] before and how we do um and those are

[1:47:19] tools that when we do our for those of

[1:47:22] us who do I'm guessing maybe everyone

[1:47:23] does but the um when we do meetups with

[1:47:25] our residents right uh town halls etc

[1:47:29] can have those images that are you know

[1:47:32] there's a lot of words here on the

[1:47:33] screen right now so if we can distill

[1:47:35] that and the reason why I mentioned the

[1:47:37] maps for community uh board members is I

[1:47:41] know a lot of those folk have done some

[1:47:42] of this work with city care etc and

[1:47:45] they'll be able to help I think with the

[1:47:46] distillation of lang language after you

[1:47:48] all create whatever you create. Kind of

[1:47:49] just have people who've been at this as

[1:47:52] long as you all have as well putting

[1:47:54] some eyes on it be like, "Yeah, that's

[1:47:55] what's going to resonate with with

[1:47:56] folk." I think this is very important

[1:47:58] and I'm just very grateful. But I can

[1:48:00] tell you again going back to my word two

[1:48:02] folk like so many people who are seniors

[1:48:05] just have memories of us not rehabbing

[1:48:08] historic buildings on Main Street, etc.,

[1:48:10] and just urban renewal, demolishing

[1:48:13] them. and they have been all but begging

[1:48:17] us to go in this direction. So, I think

[1:48:19] making this clear in social media that

[1:48:23] we're doing this will go a long way for

[1:48:27] a lot of residents. That's my ask. So,

[1:48:31] thanks you.

[1:48:36] » Thanks, Kenny.

[1:48:37] » Looks like we're ready for a motion on

[1:48:39] item M.

[1:48:54] Mine's not showing up, but I vote yes.

[1:48:58] [clears throat]

[1:49:01] » And it passes unanimously.

[1:49:05] » And I'm ready for a motion on item N.

[1:49:21] still not working. W seven votes yes

[1:49:28] » And it passes unanimously.

[1:49:31] Item O is a resolution authorizing the

[1:49:33] Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust to

[1:49:35] incur indebtedness by the issuance of

[1:49:37] one or more series of its clean water

[1:49:39] state revolving fund promisory notes.

[1:49:42] » Vanessa Aguilar, our deputy uh utilities

[1:49:44] director, is she's got finance

[1:49:47] administration. So I'll let her present

[1:49:49] this uh request to uh support debt with

[1:49:52] the water utility trust.

[1:49:54] » Yes. Good morning, Vice Mayor and

[1:49:56] Council Vanessa Aguilar. And so this

[1:49:59] item that you have before you today is a

[1:50:01] resolution that authorizes the

[1:50:03] incurrence of indebtedness by the

[1:50:06] Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust. To

[1:50:08] give you a little bit of background,

[1:50:10] Aquit has a part of its financial plan

[1:50:14] and management strategies is to fund its

[1:50:17] capital program with a blend of debt

[1:50:19] financing and cash for its capital

[1:50:22] program. from the debt financing

[1:50:25] portion. Aquat has been a long-standing

[1:50:28] participant and borrower of the Oklahoma

[1:50:31] Water Resources Board state revolving

[1:50:33] fund loan program. So we regularly

[1:50:36] access these SRF programs both from the

[1:50:39] drinking water side and in this case

[1:50:43] clean water programs. On January 14,

[1:50:46] 2026, the Oklahoma City Water Utilities

[1:50:49] Trust approved the application process

[1:50:52] to submit an application to the water

[1:50:54] board for participation in the Clean

[1:50:56] Water Program. This loan is in the

[1:50:58] amount of $21,930,141.

[1:51:04] It funds seven wastewater projects. This

[1:51:07] includes a wastewater treatment plant

[1:51:09] improvements, a sanitary sewer

[1:51:12] relocation, and several sanitary sewer

[1:51:14] rehabilitation projects. On May 14, on

[1:51:18] May 19, 2026, the Oklahoma City, the

[1:51:21] Oklahoma Water Resources Board approved

[1:51:23] that loan application. And today, we are

[1:51:27] presenting this item for indebtedness.

[1:51:29] And this afternoon, the Oklahoma City

[1:51:31] Water Utilities Trust will also consider

[1:51:34] a similar item. Staff recommends

[1:51:36] approval of this item and both staff and

[1:51:38] bond co-bond council are available to

[1:51:41] answer any questions.

[1:51:45] » I do want to clear one thing. I I

[1:51:47] clarify one thing. I said that this was

[1:51:50] a request to for the city to support

[1:51:52] this debt. It's supporting the

[1:51:54] authorization of the debt, but Aqua debt

[1:51:57] stands on on its own. The city doesn't

[1:51:59] actually back that. You see other

[1:52:00] agreements that are on even today where

[1:52:02] we're supporting other entities like the

[1:52:04] economic development trust and this aid

[1:52:06] actually stands on its own

[1:52:12] and ready for a motion

[1:52:25] and it passes unanimously. Item P is a

[1:52:28] resolution authorizing the municipal

[1:52:30] counselor to confess judgment without

[1:52:32] admitting liability in the case of Dante

[1:52:34] Roerte, Jasmine Roerte

[1:52:38] uh versus Oklahoma City executive

[1:52:42] session is not requested. Ready for a

[1:52:44] motion

[1:52:58] and it passes unanimously. Item Q is

[1:53:01] claims recommended for denial. Executive

[1:53:04] session is not requested.

[1:53:21] and it passes unanimously.

[1:53:23] Item R is claims are recommended for

[1:53:25] approval.

[1:53:41] And that passes unanimously.

[1:53:44] All right, we're comments from council.

[1:53:51] That's you.

[1:53:53] Thank you, vice mayor. Uh, first I

[1:53:55] wanted to thank our utilities team for a

[1:53:58] tour I was able to take recently of the

[1:54:01] water treatment out uh heading up toward

[1:54:04] Ward 8.

[1:54:05] » U, it was in it was insightful. It was

[1:54:09] informative. Uh they answered all of my

[1:54:12] questions and I told them as the tour

[1:54:14] wrapped up that it reminded me of

[1:54:18] reading the Divine Comedy by Dante a few

[1:54:20] years ago. I was like, I think I

[1:54:21] retained about 50% of this. So, I'm

[1:54:23] going to have to reread the book. And

[1:54:24] that's how I feel about going back out

[1:54:26] there and learning again because it's a

[1:54:29] lot of intricate work that they are

[1:54:31] putting in to make sure that we are

[1:54:33] safe. And they are so proud of our

[1:54:35] drinking water. I have to tell you that.

[1:54:37] like very proud um our award-winning

[1:54:40] » Award-winning

[1:54:41] » Okay

[1:54:43] inspired that

[1:54:44] » And with the new pipeline

[1:54:45] » 52 inch

[1:54:46] » Which I

[1:54:47] » Water until 2060 for our kids and

[1:54:49] grandkids

[1:54:50] » That's something that I'm looking

[1:54:51] forward to touring as well so no I just

[1:54:54] really want to thank um Josh and

[1:54:56] director Browning for their time was

[1:54:59] very important to me to to get to

[1:55:01] experience that um and then I also

[1:55:04] wanted to invite

[1:55:06] residents on July 29th

[1:55:10] uh 10:00 a.m. to lease sandwiches. Our

[1:55:13] Asian District Cultural Association is

[1:55:16] hosting a a public safety meeting with

[1:55:18] OKCPD.

[1:55:19] Um I've asked and hopefully they'll be

[1:55:22] able to attend as well for key toome

[1:55:24] representatives and for someone from

[1:55:26] mobile integrated health to join as

[1:55:28] well. The reason why is we've seen in

[1:55:30] the news lately, you know, we've had two

[1:55:33] unfortunate events. um one where u a man

[1:55:37] who was experiencing homelessness found

[1:55:39] himself, you know, killed by another man

[1:55:42] who was experiencing homelessness. Um

[1:55:45] quite the dystopic moment, very

[1:55:47] troubling. And um I have a lot of

[1:55:50] questions about that situation that I've

[1:55:54] already turned over to our city

[1:55:55] manager's office. So I'll look forward

[1:55:56] to learning more before I speak publicly

[1:55:58] more about that. Um but on that note,

[1:56:02] just a couple days uh after that tragic

[1:56:06] event, um councelor Hammond and I along

[1:56:09] with stakeholders for our class and

[1:56:11] corridor transit oriented development

[1:56:13] work. We there was a stakeholder group

[1:56:15] and at that group the founder of the

[1:56:18] Asian district tune pulled me aside. So

[1:56:20] did its current executive director,

[1:56:21] Steve Lee. Uh and they wanted to talk to

[1:56:24] me about homelessness on Classroom. And

[1:56:26] I asked them to reach out to Key to Home

[1:56:28] and have uh someone from

[1:56:31] uh Keto Home come speak to their uh

[1:56:34] board and then I saw that this event was

[1:56:36] going to happen. So to me it just makes

[1:56:38] sense that we should have people from

[1:56:40] the city from Key to Home there

[1:56:42] alongside Chief Bassy. Um,

[1:56:46] additionally, another tragic event that

[1:56:49] um I'm still learning more about uh is

[1:56:53] the officer involvement um with the this

[1:56:57] woman who is wearing a psychiatric

[1:56:59] bracelet um that's been in the media.

[1:57:02] And as I learn more about that, I'll

[1:57:04] speak more about that. But I can tell

[1:57:06] you right now, a major question that I

[1:57:08] have, you know, I find that event very

[1:57:10] troubling. And the the number one

[1:57:13] question I have is why the city of OKC

[1:57:18] did not um dispatch our um mobile

[1:57:23] integrated health team to that moment.

[1:57:27] Um I'm so proud of mobile integrated

[1:57:29] health. I'm guessing we all are as

[1:57:32] council members. a year in over 5,000

[1:57:35] calls. Lord knows within that how many

[1:57:37] lives saved housed under our fire

[1:57:40] department. Just incredible work begun

[1:57:43] six years ago, right? Because we know

[1:57:45] that people in a mental health uh crisis

[1:57:49] or with mental health conditions

[1:57:50] unfortunately find themselves to be

[1:57:52] about 15 times more likely to end up

[1:57:55] dead during an encounter with law

[1:57:56] enforcement. Now, we can be mad. That's

[1:57:58] not just Oklahoma City. That's

[1:58:00] nationally. We can be mad about that

[1:58:02] statistic or we can recognize that's not

[1:58:05] an anti- police statement. That's a who

[1:58:07] do we send out? Who is the best to

[1:58:08] respond to that situation statement,

[1:58:11] right? And so that is a huge question

[1:58:13] that I have right now is why what what

[1:58:17] broke in that chain of process when

[1:58:18] someone is calling saying they are

[1:58:21] injured? Uh why would we not send the

[1:58:24] most qualified person? I don't have

[1:58:26] those answers yet. I look forward to

[1:58:27] learning that because I think it'll help

[1:58:29] us in the future. Um, and so, and this

[1:58:33] just goes back to my uh written remarks

[1:58:35] from when I was out of the country

[1:58:36] regarding the budget. I really would

[1:58:38] like to see us uh

[1:58:41] further prioritize that service in terms

[1:58:44] of its funding. I'm going to keep

[1:58:45] beating that drum because it's working.

[1:58:48] It's working when we use it and I want

[1:58:50] to make sure that we're using it. And I

[1:58:52] think the stakes are high on this

[1:58:53] because right now we're telling people

[1:58:55] call 911 if you're in a mental health

[1:58:57] crisis. But when something like this

[1:58:58] happens that can erode that trust and I

[1:59:01] I will fight tooth and nail to make sure

[1:59:03] that trust is there. I think it's a

[1:59:05] vital service we're providing. And so I

[1:59:07] think having the mental health uh team,

[1:59:09] the mobile integrated health team there

[1:59:11] in the Asian district alongside Chief

[1:59:13] Bassy, alongside Keto Home will better

[1:59:16] help the district leaders understand who

[1:59:20] they need to call and it can communicate

[1:59:22] down to the rest of their residents. Who

[1:59:24] do you call when it's a crime versus who

[1:59:26] do you call when someone's in a mental

[1:59:28] health crisis episode? Who do you call

[1:59:30] when it's someone experiencing

[1:59:32] homelessness? And something I'm quite

[1:59:36] worried about is that for all of the

[1:59:38] great work we have here at the city,

[1:59:41] kind of going back to affordable

[1:59:42] housing, we don't think enough of our

[1:59:44] people know about who to call and about

[1:59:47] the services. And so I really challenge

[1:59:49] us to think about how we disseminate

[1:59:50] that information better to our

[1:59:52] residents. I don't know how many times

[1:59:54] this has appeared in water bills for

[1:59:56] instance u mobile integrated health or

[1:59:58] key to home but if we're not doing that

[2:00:01] we should do more of it but additionally

[2:00:04] um we have to remember not everyone owns

[2:00:05] their home we have a lot of renters so

[2:00:07] how do we reach them and that's my

[2:00:09] challenge back how do we let people know

[2:00:12] um relatedly I want to dig down deep I

[2:00:14] want to ask rather a request to dig down

[2:00:17] deep into the mobile integrated health

[2:00:19] I'd like to better understand from where

[2:00:21] those calls are coming which parts of

[2:00:22] town who's who is using this service um

[2:00:26] in terms of geography and maybe that can

[2:00:28] kind of help us better understand who

[2:00:30] doesn't have an awareness of the

[2:00:31] service. So that's a pretty big ask that

[2:00:34] I that I have but again I just want to

[2:00:37] applaud um [clears throat] people

[2:00:40] supporting mobile integrated health and

[2:00:41] key to home. I just want to see us

[2:00:43] further prioritize it and when I know

[2:00:45] more in terms of answers to those

[2:00:47] questions I will speak more publicly but

[2:00:49] for now I just want to you know speak

[2:00:51] responsibly

[2:00:53] and that is it for me. So thank you

[2:00:57] board for

[2:00:58] » Thank you vice mayor. I would just like

[2:01:00] to say uh thank you to the Chakawa Park

[2:01:04] school district. Yesterday we did a

[2:01:05] ribbon cutting on their new elementary

[2:01:08] school located over around 29th and

[2:01:10] Westminster Road. Uh just a fantastic

[2:01:14] facility pulled up. There must have been

[2:01:16] 300 people standing outside in the sun

[2:01:20] uh getting ready to go inside and enjoy

[2:01:22] the tour of that new facility and it

[2:01:24] just it's amazing what they've done

[2:01:26] there. So thank them for that.

[2:01:30] » Word six.

[2:01:31] » Yes, thank you. Um, I also would like to

[2:01:34] just speak to some of the events that

[2:01:36] happened this weekend um, in Capitol

[2:01:38] Hill and W 6. Um, recognizing these are

[2:01:41] not isolated to

[2:01:44] the southside or W 6. Um, we

[2:01:47] unfortunately have acts of violence that

[2:01:49] happen all over the city. Um, but for

[2:01:51] various reasons, some I think capture

[2:01:53] our attention a little bit differently.

[2:01:55] And um I first just want to extend my

[2:01:58] condolences to the families of Adulo

[2:02:01] Lopez and Moses Sandoval. Um

[2:02:06] it's really tragic when you look at the

[2:02:08] date of birth um for for some of these

[2:02:11] incidents and they're you know I think

[2:02:13] oh I was in high school when that person

[2:02:15] was born. Um that's a long time ago but

[2:02:18] not that long ago. um you know when when

[2:02:20] very young people um you know in their

[2:02:23] late teens or early 20s um are are using

[2:02:28] violent weapons as a a tool for um

[2:02:34] you know I can't read their minds so I

[2:02:36] don't know exactly what but um

[2:02:37] particularly when those things escalate

[2:02:39] and and um those folks want feel like

[2:02:43] that is a tool um to assert their

[2:02:46] dominance or um resolve a conflict Um

[2:02:50] and I just want to go back to um you

[2:02:53] know research that shows that

[2:02:56] you know expressions of violence um are

[2:02:58] not don't come out of a vacuum. Um

[2:03:03] they have very traceable

[2:03:06] um roots and those things are often

[2:03:08] related to shame, isolation, exposure to

[2:03:11] violence previously and a diminished

[2:03:13] inability to meet one's economic needs.

[2:03:15] And so, you know, I just want to

[2:03:17] communicate to W six, to the city more

[2:03:20] broadly when events like this happen,

[2:03:22] when when we see or hear about violence

[2:03:24] occurring that we dig a little deeper,

[2:03:28] think about the root causes of that

[2:03:30] violence and think about how we can

[2:03:32] holistically address

[2:03:34] um preventing that kind of violence. Not

[2:03:36] just, you know, for

[2:03:39] the sake of the people who might um find

[2:03:43] themselves on the receiving end, but for

[2:03:44] those perpetrating violence, because

[2:03:46] most often those folks have also either

[2:03:49] experienced or witnessed violence and

[2:03:52] seen it as a um a useful way to address

[2:03:56] their frustrations, conflict, etc. Um,

[2:04:00] so I I you know, I I live um now near

[2:04:04] the Capitol Hill District and um I just

[2:04:08] want to express that I really hope that

[2:04:09] the business owners, the the residents

[2:04:12] in that area continue to feel safe. Um

[2:04:16] you know, the the thing that we can do

[2:04:18] um that keeps our cities and our

[2:04:20] neighborhoods the safest is have eyes on

[2:04:21] the street, have eyes on one another.

[2:04:24] Um, and that really these, you know,

[2:04:26] these instances of violence are often

[2:04:28] people who know one another. You know,

[2:04:31] they're they're very um I wouldn't say

[2:04:33] isolated necessarily because they do

[2:04:35] have broad impacts, but um you know that

[2:04:39] that the the what we can do is honor um

[2:04:42] the people and and the people who

[2:04:44] survive that instance and their families

[2:04:46] and help support them um because those

[2:04:48] are the seeds of preventing violence in

[2:04:51] the future. And um so I just I I would

[2:04:54] hope that as a city we can continue to

[2:04:56] um invest in the time to develop our

[2:05:00] violence intervention strategies so that

[2:05:02] we can prevent more occurrences like

[2:05:03] this um in the future. Thank you

[2:05:08] » Seven.

[2:05:09] » Thank you. And I I'll just um again just

[2:05:11] a just echo um the comments from

[2:05:14] Councilman Cooper and Councilwoman

[2:05:15] Hammond um and offering my condolences

[2:05:17] to the families. Um but I I will lift up

[2:05:20] in a positive note that yesterday I went

[2:05:22] to speak to um Oklahoma City Police

[2:05:24] Department's fact um efforts for uh out

[2:05:27] of school time for middle school and

[2:05:29] high school students um at the northeast

[2:05:31] Oklahoma City Community Center behind my

[2:05:33] alma mater of Northeast High School. Um

[2:05:35] and it was a very it was great to be

[2:05:37] there with engaged students who are

[2:05:38] really excited. Um the fact unit's

[2:05:40] providing a safe place for kids to go

[2:05:42] where they're getting exposed to college

[2:05:44] tours. Um having various speakers that

[2:05:46] are coming in and explaining uh things

[2:05:47] to them. They've got fun activities that

[2:05:49] they go and do. Um they're even doing

[2:05:51] some community service during the week.

[2:05:52] So it is I I just completely agree with

[2:05:54] what Councilwoman Hammond was saying

[2:05:56] about the need for us to address root

[2:05:57] causes, but I also want to lift up the

[2:05:59] things that we're doing that we're

[2:06:00] getting it right. And I think that

[2:06:01] that's one of those great examples of

[2:06:03] programs that we should continue to

[2:06:04] expand and invest in. So thank you for

[2:06:06] the opportunity to participate.

[2:06:09] 48.

[2:06:10] » I got a call this weekend from a couple

[2:06:12] of people that were saddened. I think

[2:06:14] sad's a good word. Um that they had

[2:06:16] applied for the lottery tickets to the

[2:06:18] Olympics and they didn't get them. And

[2:06:21] so I called Mike, the president of our

[2:06:22] OKC team for the Olympics. And he was

[2:06:24] kind enough to send me a text. So don't

[2:06:27] worry, you're not out yet. And this is

[2:06:28] what he says. All individuals who

[2:06:30] registered for the Olympic ticket

[2:06:32] lottery earlier this year remain in the

[2:06:34] lottery for a chance to be selected in

[2:06:37] the second ticket on sale planned for

[2:06:39] August 10th. There is no need to

[2:06:41] reregister if if they've already

[2:06:43] completed the registration process. So

[2:06:45] there's another trunch of tickets going

[2:06:47] out. You still have a chance. Um and so

[2:06:50] we should know more on August the 10th.

[2:06:52] Secondly, um on Tuesday morning at 7:30,

[2:06:56] I was called down to city hall to meet

[2:06:58] with a group of people. Um they were

[2:07:00] having a serious problem with a house in

[2:07:02] their neighborhood. And um I've always

[2:07:04] said that we have the best city staff

[2:07:07] and the best city employees uh in

[2:07:09] anywhere in the United States. And if if

[2:07:11] we had these city's employees uh with

[2:07:13] our federal government, I think we'd be

[2:07:15] in much better shape. They they do an

[2:07:17] outstanding job and we immediately

[2:07:20] address their issue. Um, I picked up the

[2:07:22] phone and called the mortgage company to

[2:07:24] ask them why it was languishing and they

[2:07:26] weren't moving forward and why they

[2:07:28] weren't protecting the house. I mean, it

[2:07:30] was abandoned. The structure was in

[2:07:32] horrible condition. And three years ago,

[2:07:35] that house was they said was the

[2:07:36] prettiest in the neighborhood. And so,

[2:07:38] um, the point is, uh, I want to thank

[2:07:41] Chris Smith and I want to thank Chris

[2:07:43] Moses who dropped everything to help

[2:07:45] these people had signed a petition of

[2:07:47] about 50 people and they were really

[2:07:49] alarmed and I think we got them calmed

[2:07:51] down and I think we helped. And I would

[2:07:53] encourage anyone that's on this council,

[2:07:56] if you have a house that's having a

[2:07:57] problem, pick up the phone and call the

[2:07:59] mortgage company. It it gets them uh

[2:08:02] beginning to act. They're not only

[2:08:03] moving forward on the foreclosure, but

[2:08:04] they're also maintaining the house now,

[2:08:07] which saves us money. Thank you.

[2:08:10] » I'm going to seed the W five time to

[2:08:12] city manager for some comments.

[2:08:15] » Yeah, I just wanted to recognize MT

[2:08:17] Barry, um our longtime friend. Um MT

[2:08:20] served the city. He he died this past

[2:08:22] Friday. Um he served the city for 49

[2:08:26] years. He was our first black police

[2:08:28] chief, served as police chief for five

[2:08:30] years. He was an assistant city manager

[2:08:32] then for 16 years. So 49 years of his

[2:08:36] life he gave to the city and served and

[2:08:39] um to anyone who knew him. He was a

[2:08:40] friend. He was kind. He was gentle. He

[2:08:43] was firm. He had wisdom. Um for me

[2:08:46] personally I count him as a mentor and a

[2:08:49] friend and just grateful for his

[2:08:50] influence in my life. and I know our

[2:08:53] entire city uh the city organization and

[2:08:55] the council together that we mourn the

[2:08:57] loss of MT Barry but are grateful for

[2:09:00] the investment he made in our community.

[2:09:03] » I I would echo that. Um he always had a

[2:09:06] smile on his face. Uh he and I went

[2:09:08] through a really stressful period on an

[2:09:10] event going on out in Ward 8. I never

[2:09:13] saw him lose his cool. He always stayed

[2:09:15] calm and he always had good comments and

[2:09:17] advice. We will miss him.

[2:09:20] Um, may I also add and I appreciate city

[2:09:23] manager you bringing that to the

[2:09:26] council. Uh,

[2:09:28] it's significant in addition to what

[2:09:31] you've named that such was his work that

[2:09:34] when it came time six years ago for us

[2:09:38] to start work on the mayor's law

[2:09:40] enforcement task force, the community

[2:09:43] policing resolution that I wrote that we

[2:09:46] turned to MT.

[2:09:47] » Absolutely. because he had the he had

[2:09:49] trust within the community. He had trust

[2:09:51] within the city structure. Um and that's

[2:09:53] where I got to meet him and um some of

[2:09:57] his family. And so uh that's just a

[2:10:00] special type of person. And

[2:10:03] I would hope that beyond this horseshoe

[2:10:05] there is some way because I I know we

[2:10:08] don't teach much about city government

[2:10:10] our schools. I would love to see some

[2:10:13] way within city hall somewhere that we

[2:10:16] acknowledge that history um and that

[2:10:18] that family's contribution. So, thank

[2:10:21] you. I should have also mentioned the

[2:10:23] funeral services will be Friday, July

[2:10:25] 31st at 11:00 a.m. at the Greater Mount

[2:10:28] Olive Baptist Church. So, just wanted to

[2:10:30] mention that as well. Thank you.

[2:10:34] » All right, that brings us to comments

[2:10:36] from citizens. And first up is Noah

[2:10:39] Compton. want to remind you you got

[2:10:42] three minutes. State your name or and

[2:10:44] your address and Amy will let you know

[2:10:46] when you got 30 seconds left.

[2:10:48] » All right. Uh my name is Noah Compton,

[2:10:50] 16113 Can Creek Drive, Edmond, Oklahoma.

[2:10:53] Um I'm here to speak about the Flock

[2:10:55] contract the city has. Um recently the

[2:10:57] ACL ACLU reported a story where in a

[2:11:00] city council meeting in Oshkosh, a

[2:11:02] council member asked Flock if their

[2:11:04] license plate readers created heat maps

[2:11:06] that revealed where a particular vehicle

[2:11:08] had been over a period of time. And the

[2:11:09] chief information security officer who

[2:11:11] was there told the city council that no

[2:11:13] it did not do that. But then later uh

[2:11:16] the next day actually the city council

[2:11:18] found that the information security

[2:11:20] officer had lied about that and then

[2:11:21] immediately revoked the contract and

[2:11:23] Flock responded by attacking the council

[2:11:25] member or attacking the council saying

[2:11:28] they had not been afforded an

[2:11:29] opportunity to explain their lie and

[2:11:31] trivialize it by saying it was a small

[2:11:32] misconception.

[2:11:34] Um, and also in Dunwy, Georgia, sales

[2:11:37] employees had been accessing sensitive

[2:11:39] cameras to demonstrate their

[2:11:40] surveillance technology to police

[2:11:42] departments around the county. Uh, they

[2:11:44] had cameras, they were showing off

[2:11:46] footage from a daycare, a kids

[2:11:48] gymnastics room, a playground, a school,

[2:11:49] Jewish community centers multiple times,

[2:11:52] and this was only discovered thanks to

[2:11:53] third party audit log analysis. And in

[2:11:56] Missouri, an officer ran one woman's

[2:11:58] license plate nearly 400 times. and a

[2:12:00] audit log showed that that officer was

[2:12:02] responsible for about a quarter of the

[2:12:04] department searches and he often used

[2:12:07] reasons like DWI or warrants without any

[2:12:09] actual case numbers or warrants. These

[2:12:11] cameras are everywhere. They have enough

[2:12:13] cameras to know where you work, where

[2:12:14] you live, where you go to church. I was

[2:12:16] I was on a run yesterday and I passed

[2:12:18] two cameras facing a playground which is

[2:12:20] unreasonable. They don't there's not

[2:12:22] going to be cars driving there. They

[2:12:24] shouldn't have access to our kids

[2:12:26] information like this. on on their

[2:12:27] databases, you could search something

[2:12:29] like silver sedan with two bumper

[2:12:30] stickers and you could see every single

[2:12:33] vehicle in Oklahoma fitting that

[2:12:34] description and see where they were at

[2:12:36] any point in time.

[2:12:38] Um, these these databases give officers

[2:12:42] the kind of information you'd only get

[2:12:43] by putting a GPS in a car or trekking a

[2:12:45] cell phone, which are both things that

[2:12:47] require a warrant under the Fourth

[2:12:48] Amendment.

[2:12:50] These um flock has an incredible almost

[2:12:52] god-like power to be able to fully

[2:12:54] analyze and be aware of an entire

[2:12:55] population's movements and know what

[2:12:57] that means about them. If they were a

[2:12:58] trustworthy corporation, it would be one

[2:13:00] thing, but they've proven to be

[2:13:02] completely untrustworthy with this

[2:13:03] information. They've they've blocked

[2:13:06] arch archavists from archiving their

[2:13:09] master security contract. And we only

[2:13:11] know this because people have manually

[2:13:13] gone through and compared these old

[2:13:16] versions to the new ones. Um, and in

[2:13:19] their newest uh February update,

[2:13:21] » 30 seconds remaining,

[2:13:22] » They made 147 changes to the master

[2:13:24] agreement, the most consequential being

[2:13:27] uh the previous clause saying they do

[2:13:28] not own and shall not sell customer

[2:13:30] data, and they replace it with they have

[2:13:32] a perpetually irrevocable worldwide

[2:13:34] royalty-free data license that survives

[2:13:36] contract termination.

[2:13:38] These cameras have also been proven to

[2:13:40] be compromised easily. uh independent

[2:13:43] independent researchers have compromised

[2:13:45] about 67 cameras in about 30 seconds

[2:13:47] including multiple pointed at children's

[2:13:49] playground. I urge the city council to

[2:13:51] commit to a vote and vote no on renewing

[2:13:54] his contracts. Thank you for your time.

[2:13:56] » Thank you. No. Next up, Ken Lee Poe

[2:14:00] poor.

[2:14:04] Going once, going twice.

[2:14:08] Next, Steve Hunt.

[2:14:14] Steve Hunt, 6300 Westward Drive. Um, so

[2:14:17] last Wednesday, 8 days after this

[2:14:19] council unanimously approved $19 million

[2:14:21] to the unaccountable private Tyranny

[2:14:23] Chamber of Commerce, 3.751 million going

[2:14:25] to executive salaries, 390 for

[2:14:28] administration fees.

[2:14:30] They received another massive windfall

[2:14:32] through the state of the city, over

[2:14:34] $300,000 in revenue to come hear the

[2:14:37] mayor speak about a couple interesting

[2:14:39] things. First off, transit. Um, I

[2:14:42] attended the one transit meeting

[2:14:43] afterwards and the board was comprised

[2:14:46] of people that were part of the

[2:14:48] destruction of the Union Station of

[2:14:50] which Marold was a huge advocate of. I

[2:14:53] want to read a letter from uh North

[2:14:56] American Transit Institute

[2:15:01] Elmore from uh Wednesday, June 3rd,

[2:15:04] 2009. This was uh when Mayor Holt was

[2:15:07] running for Senate. Hi folks. You may

[2:15:08] remember the incident a couple of years

[2:15:10] back when I stopped by the OKC mayor's

[2:15:12] office. Cornet announced his support for

[2:15:15] transit development to ask if this meant

[2:15:17] they were ready to save the save the

[2:15:19] Union Station yard. This was a group

[2:15:21] that was trying to save the

[2:15:22] functionality of the rail in the Union

[2:15:24] Station because they knew that its

[2:15:25] destruction would set Oklahoma City back

[2:15:26] 25 years on light rail. Um Cornett's

[2:15:30] assistant David Holt met me in the foyer

[2:15:32] and then proceeded to tell me, "You are

[2:15:35] so far behind the times. You don't even

[2:15:37] know that in a couple weeks we'll be

[2:15:38] down there destroying that old railard

[2:15:40] and then you we won't have to listen to

[2:15:42] you complain about it anymore. That was

[2:15:44] Mayor Holt who's I don't know where he

[2:15:45] is probably off having a good old time.

[2:15:48] One more time. You're so far behind the

[2:15:50] times you don't even know that in a

[2:15:51] couple weeks we'll be destroying the old

[2:15:53] Okay. So the people who are behind this

[2:15:55] new transit system are the people who

[2:15:58] destroyed the functionality of the Union

[2:16:00] Station in 2009. It was a beautiful

[2:16:03] facility and it would be the central hub

[2:16:05] of light rail had they not destroyed it

[2:16:07] on behalf of uh the uh highway lobby

[2:16:10] gaining the political capital from those

[2:16:13] folks to go forward to this moment and

[2:16:15] support zerp policy during that very

[2:16:18] difficult time when we could have been

[2:16:19] building it back then. Okay. So the

[2:16:22] other thing that and this

[2:16:23] [clears throat] is a little bit lighter

[2:16:24] um there was an announcement for a city

[2:16:26] flag and this is headed [clears throat]

[2:16:28] by Meritt Cornet and her propaganda

[2:16:30] agency. they're going to want the ones

[2:16:31] that are going to take in the money and

[2:16:32] all that. So, I've gone ahead and

[2:16:33] designed a flag that I think most

[2:16:35] represents Oklahoma City right now. Um,

[2:16:37] so these are the equity firms that are

[2:16:39] taking over functionality of the

[2:16:40] government and the private sector,

[2:16:42] especially James Ward. So, we've got

[2:16:44] Blackstone, KKR, Apollo. Apollo are the

[2:16:46] ones that 30 seconds remaining

[2:16:47] » Destroying some of the senior living

[2:16:49] facilities here in Oklahoma City. We got

[2:16:50] Silverlake. They're the ones that bought

[2:16:51] the baseball team. And, uh, you all did

[2:16:54] the Scriveners Air so that they would

[2:16:56] get money for the pole with the Wi-Fi

[2:16:58] thing on it. Uh, we got Ror Capital.

[2:17:00] They've got about 20 different

[2:17:02] businesses in James Ward, including uh

[2:17:04] Sonic, who they bought in 2019, gutted,

[2:17:07] took all the jobs to uh Atlanta. We got

[2:17:10] Bane Capital. They're the ones that

[2:17:11] destroyed CRA Anthony 30 years ago

[2:17:13] through Stage Stores. They now own Class

[2:17:15] and Curve and Nichols Hills Plaza. So,

[2:17:17] this is my flag. I think it's important

[2:17:20] for flags to represent the places where

[2:17:22] they fly. And this private equity flag

[2:17:24] will be my submission. So, thank you so

[2:17:26] much. And um if you don't mind, one last

[2:17:28] thing I'd like to say. Uh we lost an

[2:17:31] amazing another amazing human being this

[2:17:33] week. My dear brother, beloved, as he

[2:17:35] always called me, Jimmy Bodin, who ran

[2:17:37] the Rolf Funeral Home. Uh Jimmy uh

[2:17:41] buried my mother last year, and he

[2:17:43] touched so many lives. Uh just a

[2:17:46] wonderful human being. And I just want

[2:17:48] to say, Jimmy, I love you. And uh his

[2:17:50] memorial will be at St. John's on August

[2:17:53] 14th. And um so yeah, thank you. Thanks,

[2:17:56] Steve.

[2:17:57] Next up is Celeste Gordon.

[2:18:11] » Hi, my name is Celeste Warden. I live at

[2:18:13] 300 Northwest 12. Um,

[2:18:17] the Huda Call that James had just

[2:18:19] mentioned is really important. I live in

[2:18:21] subsidized housing. It's a

[2:18:23] privatelyowned, but they get federal

[2:18:25] subsidizing um for disabled and retire

[2:18:29] and elderly people. My neighbor is ready

[2:18:32] to call the police because somebody else

[2:18:33] in our building is making noise instead

[2:18:35] of the management. People don't know who

[2:18:37] to call. Calling the police to get into

[2:18:40] a secured building because somebody is

[2:18:42] making noise late at night is not

[2:18:46] does not make sense. Um, I want to add

[2:18:49] on to the flock camera

[2:18:52] discussion.

[2:18:54] One thing that concerns me as a police

[2:18:55] officer from anywhere in the world can

[2:18:57] search Oklahoma City and find our

[2:18:59] residents. Anywhere that has flock, they

[2:19:02] can search any other flock cameras. They

[2:19:05] are not limited to their district, their

[2:19:07] jurisdiction. And that is concerning.

[2:19:10] They have people in Texas that are

[2:19:11] tracking people across state lines.

[2:19:14] And that is that is extremely concerning

[2:19:16] is

[2:19:18] police officers often develop PTSD

[2:19:22] and police officers are just like

[2:19:25] everyone else and sometimes there's some

[2:19:26] bad apples.

[2:19:28] Um

[2:19:30] I also have concern about the Oklahoma

[2:19:32] City Police Department being deployed to

[2:19:34] DC. Our police are already short

[2:19:36] staffed. We're already underhand

[2:19:38] unshorthanded. Why are we sending people

[2:19:40] off? Who's paying for it? None of that

[2:19:43] has been

[2:19:45] put out to public eyes and that really

[2:19:47] concerns me. Um I do want to say one

[2:19:50] thing that I think has been done really

[2:19:52] well. Um the street car being

[2:19:56] no cost right now is really helping um

[2:19:59] the homeless community downtown be able

[2:20:01] to stay cool because a lot of the places

[2:20:02] that are safe places to stay cool close

[2:20:04] at 5, six and it gets hot. It's still

[2:20:08] hot then and that gives them some place

[2:20:10] to be able to stay safe. So that's all I

[2:20:13] have. Thank you.

[2:20:15] » Thank you, Celeste.

[2:20:17] » Next up, Ronnie Kirk.

[2:20:37] My name is Ronnie Kirk. My address to

[2:20:40] 2328

[2:20:42] North Missouri.

[2:20:44] No, life has a strange way of working

[2:20:47] out. I came down today to talk about a

[2:20:52] independence 250 year independence day.

[2:20:56] But the black people and the state of

[2:20:58] Oklahoma, the way things work out, the

[2:21:02] black people have two independent days.

[2:21:06] June the 16th

[2:21:09] When I started Junth in Oklahoma, still

[2:21:13] living today,

[2:21:16] I want to talk about 100 years ago. Old

[2:21:19] black man,

[2:21:22] George Washington Car,

[2:21:24] he could do anything with a peanut. They

[2:21:27] still do it today.

[2:21:30] Truman had asked him,

[2:21:33] "Is there any kind of way that he can

[2:21:36] make a protein bar

[2:21:39] or preserve food so our military could

[2:21:43] fight

[2:21:46] Fred Jones as also ask him

[2:21:50] that volcano ash is too hard on the

[2:21:53] rubber?

[2:21:55] We're losing a lot of jeeps.

[2:21:58] A lot of planes came to land

[2:22:01] and he helped them out doing something

[2:22:03] to the rubber last like it is today.

[2:22:07] And there was also

[2:22:10] the core of engineers. These are people

[2:22:13] that fought with no gun at all.

[2:22:18] That was all labors.

[2:22:22] What they did for the beach craft to

[2:22:25] land, they had to get out there and

[2:22:29] cut those bars all up and blow X balls

[2:22:32] up where your craft could land. And

[2:22:35] that's all was a a 4 and a half year

[2:22:39] backlog of US males

[2:22:43] getting home to the United States took

[2:22:46] four years. The bodies was getting here

[2:22:50] before the mail was.

[2:22:54] They also had some black postal working

[2:22:58] women.

[2:23:00] They got over there

[2:23:02] » 30 seconds

[2:23:02] » And they straighten that up in six

[2:23:04] months. [clears throat]

[2:23:06] There's also

[2:23:10] the guys went to fire extinguishers. No

[2:23:14] gun went through the wall.

[2:23:16] Breaking up them

[2:23:18] 8 inch walls thick, shooting them peel

[2:23:21] guns or

[2:23:23] machine guns. They didn't have no gun.

[2:23:26] These are these were labels.

[2:23:30] They was able to get the job done.

[2:23:35] and the red tails.

[2:23:37] Tuskegee

[2:23:39] Air Force

[2:23:44] during the war

[2:23:46] they commander went to Truman said we're

[2:23:49] losing so many planes but them bombers

[2:23:53] we can send 100 out and 10 come back.

[2:23:58] » Mr. Kirk, we're over time. You want to

[2:24:00] wrap it up?

[2:24:01] » Okay. And so

[2:24:04] they ask him, "We we already got people

[2:24:08] that can fly,

[2:24:11] but they do people that work on them."

[2:24:14] So that's when they call them the whale

[2:24:15] tail. Once they gave all them black men

[2:24:18] the jobs of chasing those Japanese down,

[2:24:23] the ratio of B52s

[2:24:27] were tremendously helped.

[2:24:29] » Thank you, Mr. say thank y'all this

[2:24:31] morning.

[2:24:33] » And last up is Stephanie Berdine.

[2:24:59] Good morning. Stephanie Berdine, 515

[2:25:01] Maple, Yukon, Oklahoma.

[2:25:28] This recording was done in 2025

[2:25:32] by the University of Texas School of

[2:25:34] Engineering to test sound equipment. It

[2:25:37] was recorded in Roundrock, Texas at a

[2:25:40] hypers scale data center at a distance

[2:25:43] of 1,500 ft.

[2:25:50] Pleasant sound, didn't it? PUD 21105 and

[2:25:54] PUD 21104

[2:25:57] um

[2:25:59] if passed will allow that sound to be

[2:26:02] heard 247

[2:26:04] 300 ft from homes in Yukon and Oklahoma

[2:26:09] City.

[2:26:11] That'll set a precedence. Every one of

[2:26:14] your districts

[2:26:17] will be subject

[2:26:19] and could have to deal with that sound.

[2:26:23] Do you want travelers on I40 when they

[2:26:27] stop at Oklahoma's only bies to get out

[2:26:31] of their cars and hear that? Because

[2:26:34] that's what they'll hear. That's how

[2:26:36] close it is. You all are about to set a

[2:26:39] precedence that's not popular anywhere

[2:26:42] in the United States and you need to

[2:26:46] read that sound report that uh gentleman

[2:26:49] in Yukon that's retired from the EPA put

[2:26:51] together. He knows what he's talking

[2:26:53] about. So since I have a minute left,

[2:26:59] we'll just listen to how pleasant that

[2:27:01] is again.

[2:27:04] 24/7.

[2:27:05] It never stops. It never stops. 2 miles

[2:27:10] away. That's what you get to hear.

[2:27:13] 24/7.

[2:27:15] I hope you all will seriously think

[2:27:18] about what you're doing. Oh, we'll hear

[2:27:20] just a second.

[2:27:22] The person who needs to hear it the most

[2:27:24] just entered the room.

[2:27:27] » 30 seconds remaining.

[2:27:29] » 247. Katrina,

[2:27:32] that's what a hypers scale da d d d d d

[2:27:34] d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d

[2:27:34] d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d da sounds

[2:27:35] like a 1500 ft away. There's homes only

[2:27:39] 300 ft away.

[2:27:43] 91,000

[2:27:47] Oklahoma City residents in Eastern

[2:27:49] Canadian County. Is this really what you

[2:27:51] want to do?

[2:27:54] I don't see how it could be a proud

[2:27:55] moment for any of you all if you vote

[2:27:58] and allow PUD 21105 and 212 24

[2:28:03] to set a precedence for Oklahoma City.

[2:28:09] Thank you for your time.

[2:28:13] » And with that, we're adjourned.

City Council - 7/21/2026 1:30:00 PM

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