e e e e e e e e e e e e e good morning we're going to get started with an invocation uh by Pastor Ryan Giles of Kingsview Free Will Baptist Church and that will be followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Ruby start of Girl Scout Troop 1096 please stand as you are able would you pray with me God we come before you today with gratitude for this day and the opportunity to serve the people of Oklahoma City we ask for your wisdom to rest upon these council members as they deliberate on matters that affect our community grant them Clarity of Mind courage to make difficult decisions and hearts full of compassion for those they serve May Oklahoma City be a place of Peace Justice and opportunity for all its citizens and bless the work of this Council and let their efforts bring about the common good in your holy name name we pray amen please join me in the pledge of Allegan I pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you Pastor John and thank you uh Ruby all right I call this meeting of the city council to order and uh we will begin with item three Office of the mayor and uh we have a lot of presentations so I will make my way to the front let's see maybe we'll start with code compliance that might empty half the room that way we can give everybody a little space so where's our F where are our folks from Code Compliance yeah come on up that's what you're here for yeah come to the front few words after all right well we have a great opportunity this morning to show some gratitude to all our folks who work in code enforcement and uh it is in fact Code Compliance month and so I would ask the clerk to uh tell us a little bit more about this by reading this Proclamation whereas Code Enforcement Officers provide for the safety and Welfare of Oklahoma City residents by enforcing Municipal codes and ordinances related to various issues including building zoning environmental health and life safety and whereas Code Enforcement Officers often face challenging and demanding issues as they work to improve living and working conditions for residents and businesses in Oklahoma City and whereas code enforcement officers are dedicated and highly qualified professionals who share the goals of preventing neighborhood deterioration enhancing safety and preserving property values and whereas code enfor enforement officers achieve these goals through their knowledge and application of housing zoning and nuisance codes and ordinances and whereas code enforcement officers are called upon to provide quality customer service and Excellence to the residents and businesses of Oklahoma City and whereas the City of Oklahoma City recognizes the work of Code Enforcement Officers and emphasizes the importance of raising awareness of the value of Code Enforcement throughout our community now therefore I David Hol mayor of the City of Oklahoma City do hereby Proclaim October 2024 to be Code Compliance month in Oklahoma City and we call upon our community to join us in recognizing and expressing our appreciation for the dedication and service of the individuals who serve as our Code Enforcement Officers well thank you could couldn't have said it any better myself so uh we have Brock row here from the Department to uh speak a little bit to Code Compliance month and the work uh that your folks do every day uh thank you um I am just Overjoyed by the staff that I have they uh work so hard they uh they go out and they deal with some really hard situations sometimes um and they sometimes put their lives on the line and they get in some sticky situations and they are diligent they never complain they never Grumble about things and they continue to do the hard work to make sure that the city is safe and clean and um I think that's incredible and I appreciate each and every one of you for doing that you guys rock thank you why don't we hear for our Code Enforcement Officers thank you thank you and they can just head on out if they want thank you so much all right as they make their way stage right why don't we bring our uh fire department Folks up here we're joined by Chief Kelly and some of his leadership team to hear a little bit more about fire prevention month and so I would ask the clerk to read this Proclamation whereas in 2023 the Oklahoma City fire department responded to more than 95,000 calls for emergency assistance and performed 20 structure fire rescues and whereas fire claimed the lives of eight of our residents and injured eight others in 2023 and whereas also in 2023 property loss due to fire was more than $27 million and whereas the Oklahoma City Fire Department was able to prevent more than $1 billion in potential property loss during 2023 and whereas the men and women of the Oklahoma City Fire Department are witnessed to the loss and Devastation caused by fire not only for the residents they serve but also for their co-workers who are injured or killed in the line of duty and whereas the Oklahoma City Fire Department considers fire prevention as critical as fire suppression and whereas the employees of the Oklahoma City Fire Department actively engage in yearr round risk reduction programs to raise awareness of fire safety and teach best practices to help reduce the frequency and severity of fires in our community now therefore I David Hol mayor of the City of Oklahoma City do hereby Proclaim October 2024 to be fire prevention month in Oklahoma City and encourage all citizens to learn about risk reduction and fire safety and to apply these practices at home at work and throughout our city thank you well we are so grateful obviously for the work of what I think we all consider to be the finest Fire Department in the United States and uh that department is led by Chief Kelly but uh he has deferred today uh to Chief Bennett to say a few words and where's Chief Bennett there you are thank you I'd like to say thank you to Mayor H the city council uh city manager Craig Freeman as well um this Proclamation speaks to our preventative efforts uh that we do throughout the month um of October doing fire prevention month it's something that we do on the year year round basis or on a yearly basis uh as a department you know the majority of the Personnel that you see up here are from the Fire Prevention Services Division of the Oklahoma City Fire Department but as you as you'll see um not only during fire prevention month but again throughout the year that this is an effort you know risk reduction and Fire and Life Safety prevention um is a is an effort on behalf of all of the all of the members of the fire department and that's that's uniform Personnel non-uniform Personnel our professional staff everyone believes um in the mission of meeting the need and again we we wouldn't be able to do those things without the support of our residents and our city leadership so thank you uh for all that you do that's all I have yeah well thank you let's hear it for fire prevention and our fire department thank you Chief thank you Chief appreciate you all thank you very much okay why don't we bring our friends from the arts and humanities up here come on down all right well October is Arts and Humanities month and we' like to learn a little bit more about that and so I would ask the clerk to read this Proclamation whereas the month of October has been recognized as National Arts and Humanities month by thousands of Arts Humanities and cultural organizations communities and States across the country and whereas since its earliest days Oklahoma City has flourished in part due to the creative spirit and vision of our residents and whereas we rely on the Arts and Humanities to broaden our views and understanding of the nation and the world and whereas the Arts and Humanities play an important role in telling our City's story and reminding us of the truths that connect us and whereas the Insight gained from watching a thought-provoking documentary or discovering a compelling novel Sparks moments of Joy awe and sorrow and whereas from Symphonies that bring comedy and tragedy to life to public art that challenges the boundaries of the world around us these Works add Tech Ure to our lives and reveal the spirit of our city and whereas cultivating the talents and minds of our young people and uring they have access to the Arts and Humanities are critical to our City's growth and prosperity and whereas this month we pay tribute to the tremendous power of the Arts and Humanities to unite us and introduce us to new ideas we also celebrate the ways our City's Rich Arts Heritage has socially and economically strengthened our community Comm and inspired us now therefore I David Hol mayor of the City of Oklahoma City do hereby proclaim the month of October 2024 to be Arts and Humanities month in Oklahoma City well it is uh such an integral part of our city uh both culturally uh emotionally and economically uh to to welcome the Arts and encourage them and we're so grateful for the work of all the people up here and they all have amazing Stories and I wish we had time to hear them all today but we have one designated speaker he may pass off to others I'm not sure but uh Randy Marx who uh serves in the position that was created here about a decade ago originally held by Robbie Kinsel uh Randy's doing a terrific job uh serving as a liaison between the city government and the Arts and Humanities community and uh Randy we'd love to hear a few words from you this morning thank you very much mayor good morning I'm I am randy marks program planner and Arts and Cultural Affairs and um thank you mayor uh city council City Manager for your strong and steady support for the work of our office we really appreciate it uh also thank you for your support of Arts and Humanities generally in Oklahoma City I'm going to hand the mic to Caroline Lowry and she will talk about Humanities and then she'll pass it off to Le Andre well good morning everyone the okay good morning everybody I'm Caroline Lowry I'm the executive director for Oklahoma Humanities we pride provide access to and resources for the Humanities uh Statewide we're so thankful to not only mayor Holt but to our city council for your steadfast support of uh infrastructure public infrastructure for the Arts and the humanities Citywide I like to say if you're not understanding what the humanities are if the Arts are the what the beautiful public art the sculpture that you see the inspiring painting the humanities are the why why is it important how does that speak to my story how does that make me feel how does that expose me to a diverse perspective of someone else so again we're just so excited to celebrate October nationally as Arts and Humanities month and we appreciate all of our citizens creative and contemplative efforts in the Arts and Humanities this month LeAndre thank you my name is LeAndre Vore I'm project manager for Arts and Cultural Affairs if I could leave you with a quote I would just say um the Earth without art is just eh you know maybe you all have heard that before if you haven't heard that quote before I want you to quote me next time you say it okay but um I think it's true right uh as mentioned before Arts and Humanities uh it impacts our everyday life it it shapes everything we see our culture our our sense of morality ethics and I think Oklahoma City has a lot to be proud of um in terms of what we've achieved in arts and humanities and I think we have such a far way to go and the other things that we'll achieve so I thank you all for coming to support us and we're just a small part of the Great impact that has made Oklahoma City the great place for arts and Humanity so thank you all and uh looking forward to being here and continuing to support the Arts and Humanities thank you all right let's hear for our cultural [Applause] Community hello good morning oh good morning thank you all right why don't we bring up our pedestrian safety month guests all right among the other things you've heard October is also pedestrian safety month as we all know and we'd love to learn a little bit more about that and so I would ask the clerk to read this Proclamation whereas the safety and well-being of all residents of Oklahoma City is of Paramount importance and whereas the City of Oklahoma City is committed to fostering an environment where pedestrian safety and accessibility are top priorities and whereas pedestrians play a vital role in the life of our city by contributing to its vibrancy economic vitality and sense of community and whereas pedestrian safety is a shared responsibility requiring the cooperation of all community members and whereas raising awareness about pedestrian safety and promoting safe practices for both pedestrians and automobile drivers can significantly reduce the number of collisions injuries and fatalities on our roadways and whereas the City of Oklahoma City has secured tens of millions of dollars to improve sidewalk and Trail infrastructure through the better Street safer City program multiple Federal grants and the maps for initiative and whereas designating the month of October as pedestrian safety month provides an opportunity to educate residents and visitors about the importance of pedestrian safety through various Outreach and educational activities now therefore I David Hol mayor of the City of Oklahoma City do hereby proclaim the month of October 2024 to be pedestrian safety month in Oklahoma City well thank you and we have uh Max Harris here along with some uh of his friends to talk about pedestrian safety Max the floor is yours thank you and I do hope we are all friends um so thanks for bringing awareness to this issue it really complement uh the city's initiative right now um to uh create a a vision zero plan uh which is a grant-funded plan that seeks to reduce and ultimately eliminate fatal traffic collisions on our city streets there are far too many of them every year of course and um there's a new draft plan that we're revealing I believe today that we were seeking public input on so part of that is is just a plug for seeking people's uh uh comments on on that plan and the other big part is uh people around me here who sit on various advisory groups and Boards um that help Implement pedestrian safety infrastructure um it's a slog we have a long way to go but um it's incremental and and you all do uh none of it is really possible without you all so wanted to acknowledge the work that you all do and and many others really because it's many hands um to make our city more safe more accessible um you know ad our public facilities more ADA Compliant um and and continuing that work so appreciate the opportunity to to raise this uh issue absolutely let's hear for everybody working for pedestrian safety in our city all right uh detective sellers why don't you come forward detective Michael sers is our employee of the month and we would like to learn a little bit more about you detective so I would ask the clerk to read this resolution whereas detective Michael sers has been a city employee for 28 years and is a sergeant in the police department and whereas detective Michael sers is a member of the violent crimes investigation unit of the criminal intelligence group and serves as a task force officer with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and whereas detective Michael s's primary assignment is cellular surveillance where he uses surveillance to establish the location of fugitives and endangered people and whereas detective Michael sers is on 247 status and is summoned weekly to assist with investigations and whereas detective Michael sers investigated the whereabouts of a person involved in a high-profile workplace murder and located and identified the suspect and whereas detective Michael S spent many days helping recover a child's body that was missing from the seral area and whereas detective Michael sers goes above and beyond using extraordinary techniques to solve critical time-sensitive crimes and is a resource for police departments across the state and whereas this Council desires to recognize detective Michael sers for his dedication professionalism and commitment to the residents of the City of Oklahoma City now therefore be it resolved by the mayor and Council of the City of Oklahoma City that they do hereby thank and commend detective Michael sers October 2024 South Oklahoma City Kanas Club employee of the month well thank you and thank you detective sellers for your 28 years of service were incredible incredibly grateful um this is a resolution I'm reminded now why don't we go ahead and uh get some motions on that before we hear from you detective all right we've got a motion in a second cast your votes I wish to vote I uh City Clerk and mayor I'd like to vote Yes but my screen won't let me type all right passes unanimously again detective sellers we're so grateful for your service and that of your colleagues and we'd love to hear a few words from you this morning first of all I'd like to thank the mayor city council city manager uh also like to thank my Command Staff but this couldn't be possible what I do if it wasn't for the guys and girls that I work with they're always there to support me and help me but with that said too um I'm a second generation UNC City police officer and my son is now a third generation on this department and soon hopefully have my son-in-law department but I couldn't do this without my family and my wife and her love and support over this whole time so I thank y'all well thank you and thank you for your family being a one onean recruitment operation we need we need all the good folks we can get so thank you so much detective let's hear it for detective all right charlet come on down charlay Harper charlay is our teacher of the month and we'd like to learn a little bit more about you and so I would ask the clerk to read this resolution whereas charl Harper has been named teacher of the month for October 2024 by the Oklahoma City Public Schools foundation and Rotary Club of Oklahoma City and whereas charlay is a passionate educator with over a decade of experience in public education and service a Teach for America alumnus and current grade level chair and seventh grade math teacher at Kip OKC college prep and whereas charlay takes pride in creating engaging and Innovative learning environments that Inspire and challenge her students and whereas charlay is committed to fostering academic growth and achieving impactful results that shift the trajectories of children's lives and expand their opportunities and whereas charlay finds great joy in teaching and has an unwavering commitment to Excellence now therefore be it resolved by the mayor and counsel of the City of Oklahoma City that they do hereby recognize and commend charlay Harper on her selection as October 2024 teacher of the month by the Oklahoma City Public Schools foundation and Rotary Club of Oklahoma City thank you so charlet is one of many success stories I have met that came out of the Teach for America program in that charlay was from California TFA brought her here and she's still here and may forever we hope so uh now this is a resolution so let's see if we can get a motion in a second for this got a motion in a second I wish to vote I please cast your votes passes unanimously um well charlot thank you so much for bringing your gift to Oklahoma City and thank you for continuing uh to serve our young people it obviously means so much to us and we're glad that we had this opportunity to show that gratitude this morning we'd love to hear a few words from you if uh you so desire of course good morning everyone again my name is Miss Harper and as the mayor said thank you all as well I am originally from California and so it is an honor and a privilege to be here education has always been an extreme passion of mine and I get to share that with my four little ones and so with all the classes that I have I get to make sure that I make them know just how amazing and smart that they truly are and how great they can be and so as they learn and embark on their journey to sharing their own success stories I take honor and privilege in being able to give them that um in math science or readings so thank you all for your opportunity be here absolutely well let's thank charlay for your amazing service thank you so much thank you okay we have one more item on Office of the mayor and that is item 3C that is resolution approving travel expenses for me to attend the US Conference of mayor's winter meeting in Washington in January of 2025 we could take a motion on that we have a motion in a second please cast your votes passes s to one and with the required six affirmative votes this brings us to item four items from Council we have two today uh and they both come from the council legislative committee which I chair and which met uh a few weeks ago to uh go through through our annual process of determining our federal and state legislative programs um Jane Abraham of course always able assists Us in this effort and is uh here this morning to make a presentation uh about these programs and I don't know we can divide it out however you like if you want to do it all at once or I don't know how you plan to maybe start with the federal federal then we'll vote and then do St sounds State all right well 4 a is up first then and that is the federal legislative program all right good morning mayor and Council Jane Abraham in the city manager's office um so first of all I'd just like to run through really quickly excuse me um the process that we use to come up with legislative issues every year so first we the city manager asked department heads usually in the summer uh for items that they believe require a legislative uh fix at either the state or the federal level and then requests can also come from Individual council members or other groups the items are considered by the council legislative committee which reviews them and then they make a recommendation to council and then from uh your approval process here then we move forward to uh implement the the issues so let's start with the federal program so I'm just going to talk about really the things that have changed because quite frankly our federal legislative agenda doesn't really change very much from year to year we we always want to advocate for transportation funding uh to complement our investment Etc um one that changed a little bit this year was for to advocate for the neighborhood homes investment act and other efforts to invest in affordable housing um that t that's a huge issue Nationwide uh and here in Oklahoma City and so we want to um advocate for that and then um under our support and monitor issues we added uh back in So for many many years we supported the first Americans Museum and um as it was being constructed and put together and so uh we continue to support uh the first Americans Museum and then also the connecting infrastructure that is being um put in that area um with the I35 connection and just all of the connections to get to uh the first Americans Museum and then under uh as support monitor issues continue we've got the support for the toric preservation fund and its long-term authorization which that's one of the funds that has been on the continuing resolution path as opposed to long-term authorization and so that would be um much better if we could have that on a long-term reauthorization and Oklahoma City is one of the Prime users in the state of Oklahoma for the historic preservation um funding and then for many projects and then we also added back in to monitor any proposals that could affect remote sales sales tax collections so if there aren't any questions on the federal agenda maybe we com questions on the proposed Federal agenda okay we could take a vote on it I suppose we'll go ahead and uh then resolution for item 4A adopting this as the federal legislative program have a motion and a second cast your votes passes unanimously now for B the State Legislative program all right and so for our state agenda I just kind of start off with talking about some of the key issues from 2024 um just to highlight you know these issues get approved and go off and of course we have uh weekly reporting during the legislative session um but just to kind of recap what happened um the grocery sales tax exemption happened at the state level but not the local level so we were successful in keeping that just um limited to the state sales tax only and then also there was follow-up uh legislation to Define to clarify the definition of groceries and then delete some of the confusing language that was there uh Senate Bill 7 was passed to address construction of recreational facilities on lake property Senate Bill 1545 allowed M municipal courts of record to make their own closing schedule and then Senate Bill 1862 corrected the mental health transport um statute for self-reporting clients and those will go into effect um November 1st so for the next legislative session looking at our priority issues these also um do not change very much from year to year and these have all um are essentially carryover issues for this year for new issues under um init initiative items so the way these are defined is these are actual um initiative items that the city will U find an author to file bills to actually uh make these changes to the statute so the first priority is to modify the construction management statute to allow cities to um utilize um additional Services when they're doing a construction management or construction at risk uh type of project which currently not allowed to do but is done uh by several State agencies um and then the other new one this of the creating parking districts is a carryover issue from last year and that would allow would create enabling legislation to create parking districts which would be similar to a business improvement district but just for parking and then uh the third item is to clarify provisions of the energy discrimination elimination act and this was put into place in 2022 and captured political subdivisions where um it we believe that it wasn't intended to capture political subdivisions but just to apply to State agencies so we're wanting to clarify that um the fourth item W is to make a slight change to the uh executive sessions under open meetings act to add sale lease or acquisition of real property right now you can have executive sessions when you're um purchasing property but not some of these other Tech the sale or lease are not included in that um statute and then the final item is to modify the nuisance statute to address uh the repeated use of real property for criminal activity and then moving on to our support items um we've been working for uh for several years with um the housing stability coalition to address issues in the uh landlord tenant act and to try to address our relatively High eviction rates and then also supporting a cap on Damages when we have a nuisance ruling some new items that were added this year one is to support efforts to address uh assault of a public employee in the course of their duties um and then also to uh to consider a municipal Citation for sale of alcohol to to a minor um in state when State charges um have been filed and then the final one is to support efforts to limit Tor claims exposure for posos cont contamination for public entities um I there is another new one and that is to um the top one here to support the Construction Industries Board regulations to increase the amount of time a professional license is valid which currently it's one year we would like to look at extending that to three years and then the other items are all carryover issues that we've had in Prior years um in terms of things to that we support under issues to monitor uh these are also um have been the same for the past several years and just include several things that we just keep keep track of and report on uh as bills are filed under these various areas so I am happy to answer any questions I do I do have a question um related to the discussion of the sale lease or acquisition of property in executive session um can you talk about like where the where that specific piece came from if it was a specific department or example maybe of sure um so actually it came from our airports um department so um they found when they were having um there were some offers to purchase land out from the airport Authority they weren't able to discuss that in executive session and they would have liked the ability to do that and and the law provides now that you can for the um purchase of property and so they were think you know they felt like they really would have benefited from being able to get everyone together to be able to talk about that before they would still have to take public action on it so it's not trying to reduce that got okay thank you I just um wanted to go to the item of of the priorities number 12 that we were looking at for the initiative issues is it initiative issues or the ones we will continue to support um just curious as far as the language that's in this particular item as to uh why we decided to say it is somewhat deceiving because even if the commission were to Sunset the district would still exist but no entity residing in the district could law could lawfully make changes to their property without approval from the commission and also um however it is important because the city has been approached by interested parties that would like to address some of the issues that pertain to the neighborhoods in this area um just curious because in my opinion this is one-sided as far as not being General about how we can support this particular initiative and advocacy effort um and instead of saying it's deceiving how can we say we would like to support it um I I think you know I get what the language says pertaining to this particular District but the district exists so there are ways as a city entity that we can support the efforts of how changes need to be made and advocated for in relation to uh the Capital Medical Center Improvement and Zoning District so I I would like for us to restructure um the language in in that part of this particular support paragraph only because you know it's it's not the it's not the neighborhood's fault right that this exists um and I I just feel like it's uh I just don't like the way we were saying it's deceiving when there should be ways that we support it do that we can certainly admin that language sure because I think really you can take that part out that just says it's deceiving to say if the commission were to Sunset the district would still exist I understand what she saying I think that's what yeah I was referring to the sunset so yeah if correct yeah we'll we'll fix that I think you know just to say that um we will continue to support and and Advocate and and understand uh what our neighbors would like for us to do within this District I think that's mainly in my opinion what the support of my continuous advocacy for this piece of legislation would be I appreciate that thank you any other comments or questions on the proposed state agenda hearing none we could take a motion to adopt the resolution got a motion in a second cast your votes passes 8 to one thank you James all thank you all appreciate you thank you all right item five what did I say did I say8 to1 and I'm like a robot up here sometimes I'm sorry that must have been Mark's absence sorry eight passes unanimously like anchor man I just read what's on the Q cards passes unanimously sorry all right uh item five city manager reports thank you mayor uh this morning we have Ryan Murray here with us to present the uh resident survey 2024 resident survey it's conducted over the summer um Etc has been working with us and partnering with us since we started this we've gone out for RFP on the selection for this to to rebid this or rep propos this multiple times during that history they started with us in 2005 and uh really appreciate their partnership and their work so we have a long history with this they have um significant amount of information also with other entities with other organizations that are of similar size and even smaller and so we'll get a good uh comparison both of how we've been doing through the years as well as a comparison back to looking at other communities and especially other large communities so Ryan I appreciate your partnership and appreciate you being here with us yeah thank you Mr city manager thank you mayor uh and Council for having me here today it's actually the first time I've had the pleasure of presenting in person uh to the city council here uh I've worked on your project for probably the last 15 years uh assisting Chris TM our owner and CEO with it uh and it's a pleasure to be here today um I'm going to do my best here to navigate our slideshow and just for those of you who aren't familiar uh if anybody isn't Etc institute's really the nation's leader in market research for government organizations we've been around for about 40 years uh and ever since our uh Inception it's really been about helping organizations make better decisions and over the last 20 years our Focus has really turned to Municipal governments and so our primary focus and my primary focus at the firm uh is really to work with Municipal governments across the country it's important for me uh as the consultant to kind of give you an idea of why we do the surveys uh I always like to give you the Consultants purpose or the perspective of of where I sit and so for this uh particular projects the purpose of this particular survey is really to objectively assess resident satisfaction with the delivery of core city services and we've done that through the the number of ler scale questions where we're asking folks to rate their overall level of satisfaction with those items we want to gather input from residents really to help set priorities for leaders within the organization and we do that through inherent design of the survey instrument through our importance and satisfaction analysis and then we want to track your performance against yourself and compared to national and Regional averages or really what we're doing here is comparatively sized communities and we want to continue to do that over time I think this is the 18th time we've conducted the survey uh we've been doing it since about 2005 uh and so there's been a couple of years we've missed there uh but we've done the survey a lot and so there's a lot of historical data to look back on here when we talk about methodology same as in Prior years there was a random sample survey mailed to a random select of households within the city with follow-ups made VIA mail uh postcards text messages emails and online social media follow-ups the idea is to ensure that we're getting an accurate number or over 100 completed surveys or excuse me over 150 completed surveys in each of the Cities eight Wards and so that gives us statistically valid comparisons across all of the wards that you all represent when we talk about who responded it's important to ensure that we have good demographic uh and geographic distribution of the responses and as we we can see here we have good geogra or excuse me demographic distribution of the ages of those respondents the gender identity of those respondents the race ethnicity which is a very important factor that we track against the sensus statistics for the community the income which in uh 20 the most recently available Census Bureau statistics is about 64,000 and then that geographic distribution comes from us geoca the actual home address of each respondent on the survey to ensure that we have 150 surveys in each of the eight Wards and that we also have good geographic distribution from each of those Wards and so it's not important enough just to get 150 from a really Consolidated area in one of the wards we want to do our best to ensure that we've distributed responses throughout the entire Community fully when we talk about what to know uh some of the things that I definitely want you to take away from here is that more than two-thirds of the respondents believe that the city's continuing to head in the right direction there's some additional stats over there to the to the left and you know 60% also believe that the overall quality of services uh is very satisfied or satisfactory or satisfactory most respondents believe that the city's a great place to live uh and perceptions of the community continue to remain high now nationally Etc Institute has seen communities struggle but in Oklahoma City your results have remained consistent many areas changed but none less than or excuse me none more than 5% and so when we talk about statistical validity the margin of error of the results is about 4% we don't see any significant changings either decreases or increases uh to the positive or negative for these core areas when we talk about consistency 18 of those items Changed by more than 3% none of them Changed by more than 5% and so we've just had a really set steady set of performance when other communities have seen up and downs throughout their results when we talk about opportunities for improvement again those are inherently baked into the design of the survey we're actually trying to actively uh eek out some of those priorities from respondents Satisfaction responses as well as their forced ranking emphasis responses and what we found in this year is that Homeless streets and traffic flow and quote enforcement are three top priorities for improvement I do need to note that homelessness was not in our overall category of city services and prior surveys and that's been something new that we've seen trending in many communities but it is something that you've never seen as a high priority before because it was never in that particular grouping of questions in the past so when we look at our benchmarks we'll see some of those comparisons on how you've rated against National averages and then that gray bar large community averages as you can see as a place to live you're really setting the standard for that particular item and out to the right there you can see just how far and above you are on all of our overall ratings of the Cities compared to our national and Regional averages when we talk about satisfaction with major Services 10 out of the 12 areas uh or those core areas received significantly higher ratings uh over the national averages as well I like to highlight customer service received from city employees just because it is so far and above Beyond uh both of those averages and it's also a really hard item uh to continually keep up at that high of a level I know 60% may not be astounding but when you look at the regional averages and the national average you really begin to get a picture of how well your employees are serving residents within the city and when we talk about overall perceptions overall quality of services provided by the city is significantly above those averages as well and so as you can see through comparatives through those large community averages and US averages you can tell your community is really setting the standard for the delivery of core services and when we use our GIS mapping to ensure that we're accurately kind of comparing the results from each one of the eight Wards we're averaging the responses when within each one of the eight Wards there based on those dots that were we saw previously and we're shading those results and as you can see the city's equitably providing services to everybody in the community when we talk about historical results now trending from benchmarking or comparisons to how we've compared over time overall ratings have stayed about the same as you can see most most of our ratings are well within uh the areas that they were in the 2023 surveys the city's public transportation system actually saw about a 3.3% increase and we saw a couple of decreases more than 3% in city water utilities and ambulance services just slightly out of that significant category we talk about some of our additional largest increases to the survey results I see enforcement of city codes and ordinances you had your staff up here today uh it's just great to see that you're recognizing that staff and through the survey results we saw significant increase uh in their satisfaction with that particular area and as we look at a couple of the largest decreases in satisfaction they do tend to hover around some of our larger priorities which is pavement markings the enforcement of local traffic laws um multi-purpose trails and golf courses are also on those areas as well which means that they're actively being used and we'll see that in one of my final slides when I talk about opportunities again I can't state it enough and this might be the fourth time but we inherently bake this design into the survey instrument to ensure we can provide you with objective priorities to follow as I mentioned previously homelessness was moved to the major categories question in 2024 and it did become one of our higher priorities for improvement the analysis is meant to eek out those items that are below average and satisfaction and I've highlighted the four areas for improvement and above average in importance and all four of those items were the most four or the most important items out of the forc ranking question when we look at some of the mapping of those areas we see that there's a higher concentration of dis satisfaction in some of our Wards for the efforts to address homelessness when we talk about condition of city streets we see a more homogeneous picture of the entire Community being in that dissatisfied column and as we look at traffic flow and ease of getting around the city and enforcement with city codes and ordinances we see a more neutral view across the city again averaging the number of responses at least 150 in each Ward we're averaging them giving a point value for that average and then shading uh the area based on that average ring when we look at our important satis fa action analysis it's meant to line up all of those items that were rated in that particular question and stack up those items towards the top that are likely to have the greatest impact on overall satisfaction moving forward that's homelessness condition of city streets flow of traffic and ease of getting around the city followed by enforcement of city codes and ordinances which saw an increase in overall satisfaction but really important to about one in five respondents and I've highlighted the city's public transportation system which saw an increase in overall satisfaction but if we continueed or if we don't continue to monitor that satisfaction and try to keep it high we could potentially see that item becoming a high priority and so this will look a little bit different in your reporting uh but what I like to do is kind of give you that that breakdown and color scales so you can understand those top three items are really those items are going to have a major impact in the perceptions of respondents as we get into enforcement of codes and ordinances we start to kind of fade away from that really strong level of importance and are hovering more now in the satisfaction category and the public transportation system in the community continues to be important to many respondents we talk about additional findings this might be new information for you all this time Chris does not typically do the infographics but I wanted to provide a little bit of additional information so please provide corrective feedback to Mr city manager if this is not preferred for future years uh but I thought your bus services and Transit ratings were really interesting satisfaction increased about 3.3% which is or 3.3 percentage points which is almost a significant increase in overall satisfaction and what we find is that the characteristics that kind of prompt or make our decision on whether or not we'd want to use bus services have remained really consistent over the last three surveys we talk about those most important bus characteristics we're really looking for more routes to more places bus stops within walking distances of our homes and frequency of bus service and those are kind of the commonalities that we see in other communities as well when we talk about your contact with Oklahoma Poli City police officers I wanted to make sure that you all understood about half of your respondents or about half the community indicated that they've had contact it's a little bit less in the pror Year from about 48% to about 46% but almost 90% of those have had contact indicated they were treated fairly when we talk about folks who actually had a response time for an officer almost 90% of those folks gave a positive response when they asked about the quality of that response time when we look at the overall quality of police services about 67% of respondents are satisfied and most respondents are satisfied with the quality of police services in their in their neighborhood specifically so when you kind of group all those ratings together it's a relatively positive picture uh police officer interactions uh with residents across the community and one of the last ones here is Parks and Recreation and Leisure it's one of the areas uh that we focus on frequently at Etc Institute it's a very active Community as I mentioned previously when we talk about usage more than three4 of respondents have used a city park or participated in a program in the last year but almost 90% of your residents indicated they've participated in some type of physical activity such as running golfing gardening walking cycling or calisthenics Within in the past month so they might not always be using our specific city parks or our programs but folks are active and in the community there are a few conditions or priorities for improvement within that particular section similar to the major categories it's really condition of landscaping in the city medians and streets are right of ways the maintenance of parks and the availability of information about Parks and Recreation programs and services and I would be remiss if I did not include more customer service data overall about 41% of respondents indicated that the city in the past year most respondents are very satisfied with the way that they were treated how helpful staff were by phone and in person how quickly they responded in the accuracy of the information that was provided and so again a huge pat on the back for all of those forward- facing employees that do a really hard job at the city imagine being a city employee getting a phone call about a state highway or a County Road it could be a really difficult conversation for an upset resident and your employees have really excelled there down at the bottom right hand corner you can see just how how more satisfied residents here in Oklahom City are in comparison to National large community averages with the overall customer service ratings in summary residents continue to give really high positive ratings it's been a consistent theme in your results for many years now the city continues to set the standard for many of those ratings in high areas when we compare your results nationally you perform extremely well and we when we compare you to other large communities you perform even better in many key areas overall satisfaction is not changing significantly we're seeing that that across the country where we're seeing these significant dips and valleys in some of our key results specifically Perceptions in Oklahoma city has seemed to be immune to that over the last couple of surveys our top priorities are fairly the same from prior years but again the introduction of homelessness or the efforts to address homelessness in our overall categories of major Services really impacted the analysis and we have homelessness condition of streets traffic flow code enforcement as our top four priorities for 2023 or excuse me 2024 headed into 2025 and with that I'll do my best to answer any questions uh if I can't get an answer to you today I will get a written response back to staff as soon as I can thanks ran thank you questions uh go ahead no no I was just going to acknowledge our city employees but I want you to be ask your questions first say something okay um so thank you for the presentation uh I just want connect some dots if I might um so would you mind actually going back we went through those slides very very quickly um would you mind going back to the words when it comes to homelessness yep when you look at that before I give comments I'm going to go in question mode here what comes to mind like when you see this because there's a distinction between where people are identifying homelessness as a concern versus where they're not what from your you're looking at other cities what just when you look at this layout what comes to mind to you my first thing is that it's a city-wide problem and the degree of severity is what's kind of giving orange shading to that top right corner and red shading to the other and so just keeping in mind very dissatisfied as red and just dissatisfied as orange and so it is or it does seem to be a problem maybe closer to the city center given some of those ratings uh but when we look at our overall dot map we see that the responses are fairly distributed you know Citywide pretty well and I'm going the complete wrong direction I apologize uh and so we can see where some of those responses actually physically come from pretty closely and there's a high concentration towards the middle of the community which can have an impact on those shading and some of those smaller uh Wards uh that just aren't as large geography wise and so your Wards should be fairly evenly distributed in terms of population but in the the con the condensed population that you have in some of those Wards is likely impacting but I would say it's a it's it's not all the same uh but it's very much the same opinion Citywide for the most part and then before I have comment another question did were you all able to drill down specifically regarding the code enforcement um enforcement of city codes and ordinances like what are people saying about that are there specific ordinances uh with which they're experiencing a lack of uh enforcement I mean just what are they saying yeah there is a there is a section on there uh ratings are relatively stagnant in that particular section and what I think the major problem is is that most folks um are either on two sides of the coin so you want somebody to be enforced upon or you're being enforced upon so if you call the city and you're like hey my neighbor's grass is too long and codes comes out with a ruler and they're like oh not quite well now you're dissatisfied for the lack of enforcement but if it did meet the threshold and now you're being forced or charged for a lawn mowing now you're dissatisfied for the actual enforcement taking place and uh as a city council member in a very small community in the state of Missouri I hear this all the time and I get emails about it all the time um you know codes enforcement comes by they drop a letter in the mail or or on their doorstep uh and they're very frustrated because they take great care of their home but you had a trailer parked on the grass and so there there are enforcement issues that's a really contentious item and we see that's kind of that item uh throughout the community uh in some of these areas it's about neutral and so it again kind of gives that picture that folks are being enforced upon or frustrated because of one of those two aspects the coin flipped in one way or the other and would you mind going back to this is just my final one uh to the where you had all the dots in terms of the responses yeah I know it's hard to see but you're fine it's a approximate location of each home address so okay so now some just a comment and thank you for asking or for answering those questions so I know each of our words are different so let me preface my comments with that first like I recognize that what I'm about to say for word two is not necessarily you know each of our Visions going forward for our respective parts of town okay so this is not a one-sized fits all for Oklahoma City but when I look at w two this area from 23rd to Britain to 235 to give or take MacArthur Grove pineal depending on where you are on the west uh when I look at the five issues here that uh where we have opportunities right homelessness condition of city streets flow of traffic ease of getting around the city enforcement of city codes and public transit when I look at this and this is going to be my challenge to the city going into the bond at least for w two again not being prescriptive for the rest of the city but and I've already said this internally I'm just saying it now in public in my mind when we address the condition of city streets with resurfacing simultaneously we should be thinking about that resurface Street in War I as an economic Corridor in other words when I look at 23rd Street between Pennsylvania and May Avenue which the city of OKC resurfaced recently which is good it needed it I think the missed opportunity there but we can address this is okay we've resurfaced the street but how how are people using this section of the street like H what is the utility of this street for Cleveland neighborhood shepher neighborhood Las Vegas and councilwoman's uh hemond's Ward Crestwood which is right over there like what is the utility what are people doing here and let me give you an example I have a guy he's about 80 years old who lives in Cleveland I adore this man he comes up to me at one of their neighborhood meetings and goes James I would love to be able to just walk from Cleveland around the corner onto 23rd Street so ease and flow of getting around in his mind is not just ease and flow of getting around in a vehicle but being able to this is an 80-year-old man being able to walk to where once shepher Maul was he wants to be able to walk over there to buy a a shirt that was his literal simple request was like I would love to not have to get in my car especially as my glaucoma right is making it more difficult to drive and I looked that man dead in the eye and was like I will do everything I can to work in the next Bond to try and redevelop from Villa on 23rd to Pennsylvania you have this wide swath youall know what I'm talking about this wide swath of parking empty parking spaces from where buildings do not affront the sidewalk and other council members I understand that your words develop differently but the way word two was initially meant to develop back on 100 years ago heading into World War II was buildings affronting sidewalk so that when people left their neighborhoods they walked to their basic needs to shop at the hardware store which Ace Hardware is there at 23rd in Villa or to the grocery store Walmart Neighborhood Market is right there right Mao Pizza you know you see what I mean like it was the idea of walking to your basic needs and here was this 80-year-old man remembering Mom and Pop days of how that worked and was asking me the young whipper Snapper ain't that young anymore to do something like that again I think when it comes to the bond city manager at least in War I what I'm interested in is as we resurface streets in war two this has to be a conversation also with economic Alliance what are we doing to make sure these corridors become economic engines in terms of raising our sales tax possibilities that man go buy his shirt that's more sales tax in our city coffers right and that also addresses uh flow and ease of getting around second homelessness if you were to as some other communities have done you probably seen this as a you said city counselor other cities I've set it up here before are incentivizing developers to redevelop vast parking that is in front of shopping spaces and fill it in with offices at the ground level with retail shopping at the ground level and one or two stories of housing above it you imagine if you filled in from 23rd Street back to where Shephard mall is with housing for seniors right uh I'm serious that's that's where I'm at that is what I will be advocating for the whole next year is like how do you take or 63rd in May where you have petmart and Chick-fil-A what if you filled in that space there where there's just vast parking with housing with walkable areas that had more retail opportunities and then the people from Robert's Crest who are actually worried they are worried that what the city wants to do and you need to know the city manager they're worried that what we want to do as an entity is to come into Robert's Crest and put commercial spaces inside Robert's Crest I don't want that what I want is for the people in Robert's Crest to be like that 80-year-old man who feels safe walking from his neighborhood around the corner to 63rd to go shop do Recreation and that's what war two is asking for the majority of them they are wanting arterials that are accessible from their neighborhoods so for me when I look at all this you address housing by building housing or you address homelessness by building housing you've got to incentivize the developers to do infill development and to rethink these vast parking lots and redeveloping to meet our housing needs 63rd in May I was there yesterday getting stuff from my cat where old Atkins Grocery Store was a man homeless sleeping in front of Atkins on the sidewalk what if we had housing there for him you know um so I think when word two is asking about the conditions of city streets yes we want them resurfaced need them resurfaced but what is the purpose of that street has to be the question going forward what is the purpose of this street for our residents and for the city's needs our sales tax needs that's what we run on as sales tax so the better access people have to shopping the better our coffers are filled so that we can better address these sorts of needs so I just want us be thinking about resurfacing in war two as economic corridors um so I went on at length about that because I think that's important and then I'll just conclude with this one I go back to where I started enforcement of city codes residents in w i a lot of them don't trust that we can address these issues because of what you were saying where you know they'll call code enforcement and they're like well why this person was parked on their yard but you all action center is closed after 5 so no one's responding when people are doing the thing and then by the time you all get there um the person's gone and now the resident feels like we're calling them a liar or something like that and they're like no I'm just telling you this person's parking on a Laine and so this goes back city manager to my request a few weeks ago during budget season I think we really do have to think about some sort of consultant or something to help us study how we can improve code enforcement because I think the better our response times the better our just responses generally even if we make them mad sometimes I think the more trust they'll have in addition to showing them you know when these sidewalks go into our neighborhoods or poo gets rebuilt or whatever you see you know the parks lower scissor tail they need to see government in action right they need to see their tax dollars being put to use so to me this is all connected you build housing you think about those economic corridors you make sure people can walk bike Drive easily to their destinations um that's the transit system as well and uh you make sure that we're responding to our people's needs through the action center so to me that's a story can actually tell those those needs are actually all related thank you for listening to that that's what I want to work with you in the bond withd so thank you for these results I love data yeah thank you um I have a few comments and maybe questions but maybe more comments first on this map um councilman nice had pointed out that this is actually an old Ward map um so there's Parts like I can see at this is a pre-2020 census word map so that does make me worry that if depending on how you broke things up in the actual full report by Ward if you're going off of these boundaries it's a little outdated um and and might not be fully representative of our board's responses as of today so just wanted to check like do you know if it's pretty close but it's probably cbgs is what you're looking at as CES block groups it's hard to to map all of the wards there and so what most likely my mapping team does is shade and then merge C block groups I've got another community in Kansas City and Jackson County and we do their Water Survey it's the same thing my team just can't unsh areas um but what I'll do is as soon as we get back I'll talk with Chris and we'll just redo the mapping fortunately um it's unlikely to have changed any results or analysis and it's likely just that the mapping needs to be updated okay yeah it's like if if somewhere if based on what you put like w one responses were this W two w three I just want to make sure that like the close to like potentially 30 or 40 dots that are sort of located on here are actually in like my responses and if it's just the map then that's no yeah great call thank you so much for mentioning that yeah and then and I think this kind of goes I think to a little bit of what um councilman Cooper was saying and I I think I've mentioned in the past but particularly this year with the question about homelessness um when we were asked to review the questions um and like I said I my my contention with the way the question is asked is not new um it's somewhat related to how what I've said in past years but you know when you ask people are you satisfied with the city's how the city is addressing homelessness um I first have the question do they know how the city is addressing homelessness and it's kind of the same thing with code enforcement where people have different expectations understandings of what code enforcement can or is supposed to do um the timeline of what so there's just so many other questions that I have when uh I look at these results that it it in some ways makes me not trust the results because if someone says yeah I'm satisfied well first I want to know okay what do you think we're doing um or if I'm dissatisfied does that mean I don't think the city is doing enough to invest in housing or does it mean I don't think the city or I think the city should be putting people in jail and they're not doing that so there's just so many different reactions to that that I struggle to know exactly what to do with these results um on a year-to-year basis and and that goes for a lot of the other even again the code enforcement question I think is is a good example of you know do I think there there's just so many different answers that people might give that um that I I just don't know what opportunities there are to either like di because again if you're going to survey someone you know framing at least understanding what they're thinking about what the city is doing um I think would help me understand the results better um and I I don't know how you do that except having different surveys per topic area um because it seems like you need to have a a little bit more context um to be able to really know what to do with the results Beyond okay people are dissatisfied but I I don't know what they're dissatisfied about um and I I feel like I can get a t a like a temperature of that from being out you know knocking doors talking to people within the ward um but I just I I just don't know if I really understand or uh know what to do with the results of this survey on a year-to-year basis and I and I don't know um like in my mind it's kind of like why are we spending money on something that I kind of just dismiss every year um because I the results aren't that meaningful um in my mind and I would be curious if there are other opportunities to sort of rework how we do the survey um to get more substantive results especially based on like if it's a particular area that the city is Cur because even and I I think I brought this up my first year on council with like city streets and like the disatisfaction with city streets well someone could be talking about an interstate or thinking about an interstate when they're filling that out not knowing that the city has no so even like being able to even understand what people think about our streets and the quality condition of our streets like people don't I don't know what where they're thinking about I I know I see there's a lot more or it seems like maybe I'm just dialing into it a little bit more but it seems like there are a lot more uh just like free free flowing you know like stream of thought comments than past year so maybe that's a helpful place that we can drill down on but again it's um I I just wonder what opportunities we have to to get better understanding of what people are actually responding to Beyond just like a a lyer scale or yes no question that in my mind doesn't really provide a lot of insight into what um what residents actually are wanting the city to do about things if that makes sense and then um I'll I'll just e go as far as even this map here um that I'm looking at I have questionable concerns as well just because of how how much the ward uh has shifted in relation to what I'm seeing but I to Echo just some of those questions I was reading through a couple pieces as you were presenting so I apologize I couldn't listen and read at the same time but as I was looking at those questions and looking at the variety and diversity of the age groups of the respondents and um the levels of income as well as you know just the the Optics of who we were working with as far as these surveys are concerned the question I saw one of the questions I talked about storm water um and your average person is probably going to say what is that um if they don't already know and are integrated in the things that we're talking about day today so some of those questions in my in my opinion it is a question of again how are they supposed to respond with the lack of maybe us explaining what that looks like for them to respond to and also as we look at that code enforcement I was looking at uh the W my w specifically and there were some concerns for code enforcement but at the same time I have a lot of rural area which a lot of us do and the code enforcement looks totally different in our rural areas in comparison to our urban area Urban core therefore a lot of our residents think it's junk and debris when in fact your zoning allows for you to have some of that junk and debris uh but they want code enforcement to do something about it so therefore they're saying the code enforcement is not responding so those are are the things that even for myself um it it I'm not sure if even this survey responds to uh if you live in a rural the rural part of the ward of your ward or do you stay in more of the urban core of your ward um I think that would be a good way to also analyze how we look at the respondents in relation to how they respond and how these questions as far as the responses in the back because that's what always go straight to the back and I would encourage our coun other council members to do that too to go straight to the back to see what our community is saying as far as those open-ended comments and there could have actually been a couple of other ways to address even some of those open-ended questions because I look at the lighting all of the things that we're working towards in in our city and I know for me in my ward there was a concern about lighting but there wasn't a way for them to address maybe some areas that could be pointed out for us as a city to look at as far as their Community is concerned of of where lighting should be uh a priority so some of those maintenance things um I I was looking at but this is very telling as far as some of those open-ended comments of of how our our residents feel and what they feel their needs and priorities are so I am also hoping that we will do followup with the ways that even these respondents have have said how they feel uh pertaining to either homelessness our Public Safety and or um just feeling safe within our city limits are concerned but I do appreciate you with the presentation and I I do hope um that we're able to look at again a little deeper dive in some of those questions that are more General because there there has to be a way to buckle down how we can look at those broader questions more intimately in order for us to really look at how we are serving our residents in the way that we ask them to respond so uh again I appreciate that and then I think that's more of the call to the city uh more so than anyone of of helping us to understand how we can use this as a better guide instead of saying um we we've done it and we're satisfied if that makes sense so thank you and then just one more thing city manager um I'm just look I thank you I went to the comments and I would encourage you all to go see what your fellow neighbors are saying but um I do have some ask if you wouldn't mind I'd like to know what I missed earlier in terms of that 80-year-old being able to walk around the corner to go shopping for shirt um lighting and I know Maps 4 is funding street lights I would I've already requested this I think internally but I'd like to say it in public I I'm waiting for with maps for street lights project I think we're doing like a light map of where darkness is in the city and prioritizing those street lights going there so like for instance 23rd where councilman Hinkle and I were cisu from 23rd to uh Expressway we're putting in new sidewalks but a lot of the residents tell me like when they see someone experiencing homelessness they're like well shouldn't we have street lights also both for them and for us you know and uh the other thing too is I think of that 80-year-old let's say we do refurbish 23rd Street in those ways but if he's walking in the hot July and August Sun without shade and trees that affects his ease of getting to where he needs to be so it really is sidewalk in War II sidewalks crosswalks street lights trees connecting people to their basic needs like the hardware store the grocery store and literally when I'm looking at these comments some of these folk are calling out specifically the the places I am talking about so um I'd like to know more where the street light uh projects are heading update on the heat uh Island map that we did did when volunteers went out and measured the heat coming down I would also like I know it's 1.5 billion to 2 billion in Street resurfacing needs the city has I don't know the amount remaining for sidewalks and I'd like to know what that amount is Citywide like how much would it cost to get some sidewalks and Hinkles Ward for instance you know I need to we need to know that big number so we can start really thinking about uh those sorts of things so yeah just an update on where we are with the trees in apps for thinking about where they're going to go the street lights our sidewalk needs update yeah those are I think some important things to to kind of hear as well and I do think to councilwoman Hammond's point it might be worth sir um next year asking people I hear it all the time uh I know we're not responsible for the interstates but it might be worth digging in and just kind of being like hey what do you think about Interstate conditions comma the purview of the state government you know what do you think of City streets and it might also be worth asking what do you think about your neighborhood streets like cuz the city when we do bonds I'm realizing it's my first Bond go around we make that distinction between arterial streets 23rd May Pen agnu and neighborhood streets in Cleveland in Las Vegas residents we need to let them know that that's how we're doing this and asking them maybe that would be some clarification um for you all as well so thank you all thank you I just wanted to say real quickly thank you for the survey I love the I love seeing this every year and uh when the stuff's positive that's great and when we see the negatives it's a little stressful I get that but I can tell you based on my interactions with a lot of my constituents uh what you highlighted there is the area need improving definitely need improving so thank you very much thank you sir thanks again Ryan really appreciate the partnership with Etc and the way you continue to work with us to try to look at different ways that we can survey but I do want to acknowledge again you know what you pointed out about the city services and how we compare to National averages and there's areas we need to improve there's no doubt about it but it really is a reflection of the leadership of the council but the work of our city employees out there getting this work done every day and I just feel like we've got to acknowledge the work that they're doing and and express our appreciation to them well and Craig I just want to say this and this to both you and Todd's Point when I was knocking doors people would often name these items but you know what they would say a whole lot and I bet the other council members might might say this too often when I would ask what your concerns for your neighborhood are or hopes for our city they' say just keep going keep moving in the direction you're heading they didn't name an issue they to keep going and that was a very common response so yeah thank you it's great all right thank you so much thanks L thank you we're kind of still on you Mr city manager that is all that we have on city manager reports other than claims and payroll we will be posting we're going to go back and look at that mapping we'll double check that and make sure that we get that updated for this we will be posting this on uh okc.gov we'll also have our claims of payroll is on here it'll be on OKC okc.gov as well that's all that I have thank you okay we're at item six Journal of council proceedings we have items A and B we could take with one motion we have a motion in a second cast your votes passes unanimously item seven a request uh for uncontested continuances item 11a is already on the agenda to be deferred till November 5th and I want to I don't know if Randy Taylor and D C Campbell are still in the audience but if they are just wanted to flag that for them that uh item will be moving to November 5th uh is there anything else Mr city manager uh we have several items that are on on Code Enforcement on the unsecured structures and abandoned on item 11 K1 page 12 item F all these items will be stricken from the agenda 1612 North Virginia Avenue owner has secured item g904 Northwest 23rd Street the owner is secured item I 813 Northeast 35th Street the owner is secured itm J 3081 Southwest West 37th Street uh is under occupied I'm continuing on uh page 12 item 11 L1 abandoned housing abandoned buildings all of these items will be stricken for the same reasons they were stricken under unsecured structures item e 1612 North Virginia Avenue item n item F 904 Northwest 3 thir 23rd Street and item I 8813 Northeast 35th Street that's all that I have okay item eight a REV able permits and events and we have item 8A which is a revocable rideway use permit with downtown Oklahoma City partnership to hold the Oklahoma City tree lighting Festival on November 12th Mickey Manel between Flaming Lips and Wanda Jackson and we have Olivia bransom here hello Council thank you for having me today we will be having our 23rd annual Oklahoma City tree lighting Festival uh coming up on November 12th I encourage everybody to come out we'll have free entertainment Arts cultural performances and Mr May will be lighting the Christmas tree um then we'll have free food from Bricktown businesses it's going to be a great event and I encourage everybody to come see us and we are requesting the closure of Mickey Manel Drive okay councilwoman nice yes um what time uh 5:30 to 8:00 pm 5:30 to 8 thank you um I will say it's going to be um a different tree lighting this year without Santa Blair so I did want to mention that and hopefully uh we will have not to say you can ever replace Santa Blair but uh ways that we can still celebrate all of our cultures uh pertaining to this this tree lighting Festival so I know uh there will be other opportunities to do that and look forward to us being able to celebrate I don't know about you but it seems like it it moves up every year as far as the date is concerned we will be aiming for two Thursdays before Thanksgiving from now on this year it will be on Tuesday so okay sounds good well I guess it makes sense since Christmas stuff comes out in July now it does and we've got to be the first to light the tree so the season off I agree so with that I'll move for approval all right we have a motion and a second cast your votes passes unanimously thank you thank you counil 8B is a joint revocable permit with the okl city water utilities trust and United FP Holdings to hold the Harvest hero 5K uh Planet Fitness race at Lake Stanley Draper on October 26th and we have Morgan danker here hi I'm Morgan Daner with OKC Parks our event organizer for this event is actually located in Missouri uh so they were unable to join us today uh they've done several events with us with a body race company and this time they're partnering with Planet Fitness for this event they're going to be out at Lake Stanley Draper near the marina and then they'll use the lake Stanley Draper Trails uh they'll be celebrating our Local Heroes and supporting a vital cuse a portion of the proceeds will go to the Warriors rest Foundation it's an organization dedicated to helping First Responders heal from Frontline traumas there will be a 5k as well as a kids Dash course there's also a Halloween theme costume contest um a raffle prizes the mascot of the Oklahoma City Baseball Club will be there for a warm-up run and a touch a truck event will happen at after the race where kids can come out and get up close with police cars and fire trucks meet the amazing people who drive them and learn a little bit about their important work for the community do you guys have any questions about the event no councilman Stone thanks Morgan excited to see uh this event being held out at Draper which is the prettiest in the city uh do you know what time that pre-race warm-up race uh the pre-race the race it starts itself starts at 8:00 a.m. I believe the pre-race is 7:30 a.m. how long is that pre-race um it's just a short little warmup job 100 yards or so I got it all right hey thank you very much I'm excited for it uh and I will move for its approval all we have a motion in a second cast your votes passes unanimously thankk you all right we'll recess the council and convene as the Oklahoma City Municipal facilities Authority where we have items a through D we could take with one motion sure Sor before we vote on this item can we get an update on item a this is the uh new fire station on South Sooner Road good morning mayor and Council Debbie Miller of the public works Department uh this item is to award the contract for the consultant to start the design on this station on southa road this is a replacement station for station 13 that's currently at Southwest 74th in Air Depot um we we expect to have the plary preliminary report in the spring and I'd be happy to answer any other questions you might have yeah when's construction going to be complete construction well if we have the preliminary report in March um it will probably be the following spring spring of 2025 great glad to see some progress being made on this thing thank you thanks de okay we can bring back up the uh potential motion on items a through D then have a motion in a second cast your votes passes unanimously all right we'll adjourn OC MFA and convene as the Oklahoma City public property Authority we have items a through F and we have a presentation on item a yes David Todd our Maps uh program director is going to give us a presentation on the A&E Services for the new Arena good morning as city manager said I'm David Todd program manager in the maps office really uh excited and happy to be bringing you this this contract today so we can get started on this this project this is for the architecture of the new Arena I've watched this a thousand times and I have to learn it um so I wanted you to know that that we went through the usual process that we go through to select um Architects and engineers and it's a public works process we we uh stayed true to that there were six firms that submitted interest in the project four were short listed and then interviewed after those interviews U TVs was selected and we've negotiated a contract I do want to um give credit to two people for some extreme work they did in getting this turned around in in a short manner in a very complicated contract this Todd Woodward from the maps office and Craig ke Municipal counselor's office did a fantastic job the contract was negotiated and uh you have that before you it also went through the development agreement process um so it received approval from the development committee and so what you have here is a contract with TVs I manica has been in the news um but they are part of this contract so there's two firms that that have come together to do this and and I'll I'll show you in a minute that that's that's pretty common there's more than 30 firms as subc consultants typical Consultants typical disciplines that you see on a project like this for instance like the a diversion Hub that we just broke ground on you'll have a civil engineering structural and MEP is mechanical electrical and plumbing Food Service Sage technology those kinds of things that we're used to seeing but on top of that because of the the uniqueness of this project we have specialty disciplines that includes parking and energy modeling timed egress modeling that's to make sure that when the when a game or a concert is over that people can get out in a certain amount of time Specialty Lighting smoke control modeling for The Concourse in case there's an emergency wind and snow and microclimate hostile vehicle mitigation there's many more um but those are some of the specialty disciplines that are included in this so as as I said over 30 for firms are included with this contract and along with those 30 firms we have some local uh Associates here Architects Reese Associates is um associated with the architecture we have Wallace engineering uh kimley horn KFC engineering uh mechanical electrical Plumbing still needs to be determined but there will be a local representative in that and surveying also so um as I said there is local representation in this design so I I mentioned that it's TVs and manica two different firms draw your attention to the top graphic here so this is typical of a project much like we had if you recall on the convention center that they had staff um in their office that they consider the creative staff and they do the design and they they dream all the the dreams and then the other staff takes over the technical aspect ects of it doing the drawings coordinating structural with mechanical and electrical those kind of things so then go to the next graphic below that's very similar to what you're going to see with this Partnership if you will with TVs and manica manica will be um highly engaged at the beginning to come up with the design of the project and and you can see as TVs U starts to get involved they take over with the drawings and then eventually the construction aspect of the project so that's how the two firms will work together this is uh a common uh practice with manah and and even with TVs you can see on the right that that man has done this with many different firms TVs and manica have actually done it together with the Nissan stadium in Tennessee and TVs has done it with some other firms so this is not a New Concept and they're used to working in this manner TVs is a uh that has Global Experience you can see that they've they've had uh I forgot the number but anyway worked all over the world in in various countries and you can see some of the the projects on the left likewise uh manica has over 60 projects in 16 countries and I'll show you some of those in a minute this is a a timeline I know it's hard to take in all this and see all this but what it shows is that uh Mr manah has started in 1994 with another firm started his design work you can see the the different projects that they've had over time um a lot of projects the projects are Fort Lauderdale Florida um ngoya Japan there's one in Russia there's Osaka there's China um big projects all over the world and then most recently uh as far as NBA arenas uh Mercedes Arena well NBA China compliant um ganoo Arena Little Caesars arena in Detroit Michigan climate pledge Arena and then most recently Chase Center in San Francisco one of the things that intrigued me a lot was their ability to use this specialized software that they have that will help U increase the or decrease the time of design um just to give you a quick example they have specialized software that they can put in the width of the seats and how many seats they want in a row and and the software changes the entire drawing you're not waiting a week for everybody to redraw it and see how it looks it literally changes it on the Fly we think that's going to be very valuable during this process and then it also gives you all the counts of the of different levels of seats as they go along so you can keep track of where you are um as I said I'll show you some of the examples San Francisco California the chase Center you may be familiar with that Las Vegas Nevada while it's not Arena it's certainly an iconic structure and uh that's the alent stadium there that's been service I think about three years Nashville Tennessee the Nissan Stadium I believe this one is under construction right now that's why there's renderings and not actual photos well I missed one then you go to Chicago and the new uh arena for the Chicago Bears Osaka Japan design of an arena there beautiful exteriors also so Soul South Korea you can see that they're very uh iconic and and really something to to see I couldn't help but put this in here the engineer and me loved this part uh a digital model of the project where you can literally walk through the building and see all the spaces and how how they interact with each other and how you will interact with the the building and make sure all the systems don't Clash um so as far as the design process moving forward from here um there'll be interviews with user groups interviews with stakeholders interviews with public officials um as I mentioned digital models we we'll be using virtual reality to walk through this facility and then maybe even some physical mockups the the architect will also help us through the project delivery and then through construction full-time inspection and they'll provide constant review of the process that's all I have really happy to be bringing this to you today as I said I try to answer any questions if you have any thanks David appreciate your uh work and the leadership on the team um all the work they've done working with TBS man to get us to this point and give us ready for the design just a one question as far as looking at uh the contract in process and even our subcontractors just curious to know our commitment to um the diversity of using minority contractors in this process if that has begun as far as those conversations what is in the language for our commitment to do that um and how will we start that process to ensure that um only not only a few people will be able to take advantage of being able to to design um this Arena but also our community and our city truly being a part of this effort as far as the design I I don't have any real numbers I know that we strive to to have the local participation um and and we're always cognizant of the diversity that we have I know there's a lot of women on these teams I do know that I don't know all of the the team players at this point um but but it is constantly on our mind okay uh with that being said I I would like for us to look at um auditing our Contracting process for our minority contractors in these processes and and I say that specifically because we have all of these projects that are happening and taking place and um as a city we could be committed to ensuring these things take place and and I know uh that this is something that I have been asking for since I've been elected of how we can be very intentional about what that looks like so I would like for us to look at what those numbers say as far as our Contracting process is concerned um especially with these types of designs because I know there's a diversity of people organizations companies and ideas and thoughts thoughts that could be brought to the table when it comes to looking at how these things are built and or ensuring um the diversity of thought when it comes to uh these particular um conversations and also how we're looking at um Ada in the process of this and and ensuring that we have that type of consultant and I think this is in the perfect time uh for us to utilize the Ada committee or task force that we have in place uh appointed by the city or or the mayor that we have that would be able to to assist us in the ways that we look at how we take care of our residents and our neighbors in this process as well so those are those are a couple of of things I would like for us to to do um and work on and Ure uring that our bidding process um is one that is audited in how we work on bringing in more diversity in minority contractors and also those subcontractors that can be a part of of how we rebuild and continue to build uh the City of Oklahoma City Y I mean a couple things I would just comment and you can comment about the Ada accessibility definitely in the designs will be a critical part of this and definitely be be engaged in that on the minority contractors we're working all the time to make sure we're communicating with with contractors to make sure people know what's available we don't set a quota or set a spe specific Target but what we do is make try to make sure that it's accessible to them and we make sure the information is available we're working on our minority contractor program and continuing to develop and grow that to be able to reach out and help people understand how they can participate and be a part of our process so it's definitely a priority for us we can take a look and see what information we have on the number numbers or on the actual numbers from the contracts that we're bidding right now um to get some information on that and I I'm glad you brought that up because now I can reemphasize this was supposed to happen anyway because of with maps 4 of us being able to have that commitment and that that was language that we had uh ensuring that these things would take place so I'm now more curious to know where we are with that because we do have projects that have already begun in in maps for and I'm I'm concerned because I still hear from a lot of our contractors that they are not able to be at the table we're glad to provide updates on where we are with that um thanks for the presentation director Todd this might well question when remind me again please when construction I know we're at the design moment when do we anticipate construction starting on this project soon soon as I can no I I think that that it'll probably be right around the first of 26 like January 26 or winter winter 26 estimate right now yeah if if we can get it going before then that would be ideal okay thank you for that and then this goes back to a conversation councilman Stone and I had a year ago heading into the conversation about the arena you might recall the community uh benefits agreement from milwauke that we used as a model was more about the arena jobs themselves and less about the construction jobs but both Todd and I are interested in construction jobs and connecting our residents to those jobs and moreover what apprenticeship opportunities might exist for young people right in high school early 20s to work under some of these contractors and subcontractors and it looks like time's a little well looks like we have a little bit of time here because this is 2024 concluding so we have about a year and some change I would imagine to be intentional about what Outreach to our our local people is and connecting them to these construction jobs at the arena building this and simultaneously to apprenticeship jobs um so that's that's something I I want to I'd like to know what our very intentional plan is for that and then a couple items related to that is I know this is old hat but my memory is okcps with their bond election last year you might recall is having these what they call Flex spaces on their campuses these places almost like career teexs and each of the high schools where they're going to build these Workforce Development spaces each campus kind of has its own Focus so I want to say it's Capitol Hill there was this idea that there would be an intentionality of focus there on construction I think it's really worth our time as soon as possible even though we have that year and some change to have conversations with okcps Oklahoma City Public Schools about the anticipation anticipated construction for that site make sure it is Capitol Hill but wherever it is and then how can we be partnering with them so that their students our students are able maybe in an apprenticeship way right or however it is to connect to Arena jobs construction jobs and my idea was always that if you get our students those skills to work on the arena whether it's Apprentice what have you or even our young adults once they have those skills and those certifications right they could then move on to other projects like horizontally across our city maybe even start their own construction business right so I always saw this as an opportunity to really help solidify the skill set of our people so that's the first request is okcps the next requ excuse me request here is to councilwoman nice's point I would hope and I'm going to ask that this become a partnership with and I might miss one so please forgive me I'm not no slight but our South CH South OKC Chamber of Commerce I feel like we should be bringing them to the table and asking them about hey how can you better connect people in your community to construction jobs here from South OKC Northwest OKC Chamber Black Chamber the Asian chamber um the Hispanic chamber and if I miss one please forgive me but 621 square miles I think rather than like a top down approach I think it's worth going into the different parts of our city and going to these Chambers of Commerce and being like you all believe in business and connecting people to jobs and supporting businesses this is an opportunity where we can be intentional about Outreach within respective communities to have a partnership about our people our people building this Arena our people right and I think that will pay dividends 50 years from now on the way that when I walk good home park in Jefferson Park neighborhood and I look in the sidewalk and I see a Works project Administration stamp in that concrete I know that through the federal government our people built good home park and I want the arena to Bear similar markings so I just think but we got to be intentional about this it's what Nikki is councilwoman nice is saying if you're not if we're not intentional about this sort of Outreach and by the way if I remember during that Arena election some elected officials went to these Chambers to get their support and so I think now the work continues we got to go back they have to hear from us again they can't just hear from us at election time so and I'm a how's that sound am I off base here sir so I mean I would just say there are going to be so many workers on this there are going to be significant opportunity local local trades workers so there's going to be significant opportunities here also one of the things that we want to be intentional about and we've talked with some of the groups that that are looking at the potential committing on the project is that opportunity for apprenticeships the industry really wants to encourage apprenticeship so they grow their trades that's important to them as well so all of that together I think is going to be critically important and as many local workers as we can get on the job we want to we've got to get enough workers on the job as a whole but as many local workers as we can can well one of there I'm glad to hear it you heard me say how much I love data earlier my request here is I would like data along this process I'd like a timeline every when we reach out to the respective Chambers I have just listed feel free council members if there are other Chambers I might have missed or business Community opportunities that I missed but I'd like a timeline so that years from now we can go back out to these respective entities and say we did reach out to you here's when we reached out I think that's important we got to show our homework I think the second thing here is I'd like to know in totality how many workers ultimately it will take and I'd love an inventory by the way this is not like in a critical way I I just I'm excited about this I'd like an inventory of the type of construction jobs the total number and how like how we're filling those and then the ultimately the total numbers of apprenticeships that happened and I'd like to be learning that as this next year and some change happen but I think it's important for us to show our work here um there are a lot of people who are excited about this project there are some people who absolutely hate this project and I think we have to deliver back to them right the timeline the receipts of how we did it I mean it's kind of the councilwoman nic's point about you know auditing we have to be very intentional if we can go out to them during an election and ask them for their support these different respective Chambers now we have to show them that we are serious about connecting them not just to these jobs but ongoingly so that is a huge request I am making in public from okcps to the different chambers of Commerce thank you David you and I have spoken about this at length one of my concerns about what's going on here and I'm don't disagree with anything anybody said but if you look in the skyline of Oklahoma City right now our national bird is the crane because there's construction going on everywhere you can't turn a corner without a giant project being built and with the city adhering to the lowest best bid on most of our projects and all the construction workers are working for private contractors and we've signed an agreement with the NBA to have this completed by a certain time I'm more concerned about us having the workforce to get this done as I am about who we hire because of the enormous amount of construction going on right now I mean Todds Ward with the 577 and the Oak and everything going on in Lincoln Boulevard I can go on and on but that is something that concerns me and I mean that is just for comment I don't necessarily need an answer it's just kind of is what it is yeah no you're exactly right and I think it's going to only grow because especially you think of even just our projects the multi-purpose stadium is going to be going about the same time so there's going to be a significant Demand on the local Workforce I have no doubt with the number of projects that we have we're going to have to have workers from outside of our community coming in but we're going to do everything we can to maximize the local Workforce well the municipal contractors are short-handed the uh I mean the people who build our roads the people who build our buildings if you can draw a sober breath and show up for work you're hired basically any construction project in Oklahoma City and it's really not that easy but but we do have a we're I agree we're going to have to have out of state people come in to help us finish this construction project because that is it is now we don't have the workforce to keep up with the private sector as well as the city projects that are going on any other comments or questions from Council on this item okay we have a resident who signed up to speak Steve hunt than you thanks David um Steve hunt most of what I wanted to say and ask about was addressed in this so I just wanted to say a couple things funny thing happened this morning when the Arts people came up Meg saller looked and said something nasty to me and I thought it was funny um Meg saler is one of the architects of the pen Square Bank crash that destroyed Oklahoma City and it was interesting to me to see her up here and how it connects to this about so many Bad actors who were involved in the city like her Phil actually commented on my Facebook because I posted a picture of it he was the author of belly up he said ah yes Meg sipperly who helped bring Chase Manhattan to its knees and the reason I mentioned that is we are replicating the patterns of the pin Square Bank days the same people behind the deadliest jail in America I spoke about my group uh people's Council for Justice Reform pushing turn yeah look at the clock Dave uh people's Council for Justice Reform uh pushed TurnKey out and they were a big part of that that whole ecosystem uh Clay Bennett formed cjack in 2019 and he's the one behind all of this and there's a lot to talk about it um a lot of Outsiders making money the broadcast uh of the Thunder uh was by Bal now it's going to be by FanDuel sports that's just a rebranding of subsidiaries of Sinclair broadcasting in Maryland uh Bali has $8 billion in debt so all they had to do was Rebrand and they get to keep the contract it should have been local I was up here screaming about how important it was to give Russell Perry the radio rights and a local TV company the broadcast rights and money is Flowing out of the city through this when I worked at Jet Set FBO the uh the brass of the Thunder would fly out using a Chicago charter company and happy Wells the owner was like Steve next time Sam prey's here I want you to gripe him out about that and it was it was fun to do that you know because he's afraid of f flying and like I like hey dude you need to use local and rep nice uh you address the minority situation I can guarantee you the minori is going to make a lot of money unfortunately it's the 1% not the right minorities I'm very troubled about this people can go to Thunder arena Swindle part two on YouTube and learn about it um thank you for time uh city manager maybe mayor can maybe I'm just missing something here but this item says Oklahoma City Arena 1 Myriad Gardens what is that language the Myriad Gardens here that's the address just making sure okay one Maring Gardens okay and maybe that's negotiable I don't know we never talked about that's the current address that's been the address since 1972 so maybe a discussion for another day all right we are now uh two the item uh well actually we typically do PPA together I'd like to vote separately on this item we will then take a motion on item a got a motion in a second cast your votes passes 5 to two uh and now we have the remainder of the PPA agenda items B through F we could take with one motion with a motion and a second cast your votes passes unanimously all right now we'll adjourn ocpa and reconvene as the council uh we're on item nine the consent docket there are no scheduled presentations today is there anything a council member needs to pull out for separate comment question vote mayor I'm going to make a motion that we defer items a s and a for two weeks okay you said as as in Sam yes and what was the other one a okay let me just make a note of that right now and then we'll uh because you're going to want to defer those two weeks okay anything else yes mayor uh I'd like to for the public rather to hear a little bit more about item a p and Paul okay and then um are we going to hear is Staff planning to do a presentation on the um homelessness management information system there's no scheduled presentations so answer none which item is that it's item um a see and I feel like it shows back up you want to hear about it I do okay uh I appreciated uh one of the one of our city employees reaching out um on this item and it might it just kind of struck me that we might need to hear about it a little bit as a council so thank you um I'd like to request a separate vote on item BG is that B and G as in uh okay and I I would like to have more information I'm reading it but just uh for public record ah please ah okay okay why don't we just take them in order and we'll actually start with the resident who had signed up to speak on the very first oh no maybe not the very first item it's still be the first one uh Randy Taylor for item AB not here or no he's back there is it Mr Taylor okay my name is Randy Taylor I live at 7801 South Anderson Road I also own property it's 6212 South Hawkins Drive in Oklahoma City this is downhill or Downstream from the housing Ed I was the one who initiated the petition in 2008 against Asheville as Mr Stone mentioned in uh the last meeting that covered uh PUD 2006 the number of water well versus a number of CTIC systems is uh getting too thick I did actually have my petition I'm sorry I wasn't quite ready to speak on this in 2008 I spoke to a gentleman named Mr Fabian I'm sorry I don't have this position I imagine it was OK Water Resources board and he mentioned in 2006 there was a drought and there were a number of Wells that had to be redrilled because average depth of the wells so drilled out there previously between 140 and 180 ft uh Mr Harrington made the recommendation that all the wells in this addition which was approved much to my shagrin be drilled to De of 200 ft to ensure water well that's great for those people who moved in that addition but not so good for all the people who lived out there and made that Community what it was when you get to fire protection fire protection we have great fireman out there love the firemen they have no source for water there is no water line uh or east of Douglas Boulevard uh having sprinkler system in houses like they put in Asheville is wonderful until electricity goes out and there are a couple of additions in that area that were required to put water tanks outside which is great some of you Mr Stone may remember years ago we had a fire had a lot of wind and the fire was jumping Miles because the Embers were running miles you're putting more houses out there the infrastructure not there the drainage is not there Asheville caused significant additional flooding we admit that there was flooding in the valley that I live in but whenever you threw in three editions the largest of which was asille 240 acres it dramatically increased the flooding across my property my parents property and I had a neighbor who could not get out multiple times I've lived I lived in that area from the time I was six until about 12 years ago when I moved over on Anderson Road so I extremely familiar with the flooding on that um 30 seconds remaining pardon 30 seconds remain okay City Water and Sewer will not be available in any anytime in the near future so if we have well problems you also have the distance spacing distance from your uh sanitary SE systems which are not the typical saftic systems they're the and I don't see my note on what the systems are but they require a lot more maintenance and are a lot more problematic and I don't think the density needs to be increased we've got enough problems with roads thank you very much for your time thank you I'm going to go ahead and move we defer this one as well to give me some more time to dig into it please all right well we'll handle it now then for two weeks yes all right so let's bring up a motion to defer item AB for two weeks we have a motion in a second cast your votes I wish to vote I passes unanimously okay that's deferred item AC councilman Cooper yes I just would like to uh for the public to hear a little bit more about this next uh phase and the work we're doing to address homelessness and um hi Jamie um yes absolutely so the hmis is the homeless management information system that's the database' and uh AC I believe is just the the contract the HUD contract that we approve for hmis and coordinated entry every year I think for the past uh close to a decade at least that we've been um working on this hmis contract did you have other specific questions and then how does that relate to item AZ yes so AZ um we have been the hmis lead and we've been passing through and Contracting through the homeless alliance with a vendor and so as part of the work we're doing as lead agency to streamline resources and centralize Performance Management we're going to bring that inhouse and and contract with that vendor directly instead of the pass through and since homelessness was the number one item we heard earlier today uh would you mind explaining I heard you say streamlined Services what was the problem previously um that this new approach is addressing no no problem homeless Alliance has been doing an excellent job and we're really grateful for their support and their leadership in this particular function however it's typically a lead agency function and so when you're looking at the system as a whole it's best for the lead agency to provide the data management and the coordinated entry processes and allow ow the service providers to function like as service providers and do that direct service additionally we're Contracting with the same vendor that has been providing the service for the past nine years so there's there's no change with the vendor we're just not subbing through the homeless Alliance and are paying that vendor directly so if I'm hearing you correctly it's an analogy here would be how when I was a middle school teacher my job was to be a middle school teacher but since we didn't have mental health counselors in the school I found myself being mental health counselor as well and that took attention from excuse me it took attention away from instruction it sounds like something similar has been happening to our different service providers like cesu or uh homeless Alliance Etc you have people who need to be focuses focusing excuse me on connecting people to stabilizing Community Support Services and housing but we finding themselves having to do all this other work as well is that what I'm about hearing yes okay so that analogy that that tracks for me so it helps me understand what you're doing I just the public to hear it since homelessness was Far and Away yeah absolutely so thank you for that and thank you for reaching out to me on Friday as well to see if I had any questions absolutely before you leave question um as far as your the office have you all relocated downstairs yes we are here okay so just curious um with the folks that we have outside that that are residing outside our doors how what does that Outreach look like um in the ways that even I'm hearing this management system is supposed to work work so the homeless management information system is a database and so they are engaging with Outreach workers that are coming by and contacting them where they are um the space is a public park so we're sending Outreach teams to engage make sure they're aware of services they're connected and their needs are being met and the Outreach team will enter that data into the homeless management information system so that we can um just have like a history of the services that they're receiving where they're touched the system system and can like track them through time and hopefully on their journey to housing so my understanding is that we have folks that are outside of our walls uh we have a office that's closer to them than anything but we're sending people out there to talk to them instead of us being able to connect with them ourselves I mean we we do speak to people but I am not an Outreach staff member and there are people that are trained and have a particular skill set in providing those Supportive Services and so I I let them do that work that they're trained to do okay thank you m okay thank you uh item ah councilwoman nice thank you uh I wanted more information as far as I know uh this was brought before us within the last couple months so just want a clarification when this plan will start um and what we are looking forward to as far as the improvements for this particular Library good morning Debbie Miller um public works department um this item will put the plans out for bid for a roof replacement New Heating and Cooling for the roof it also will include some security uh sidewalk repairs and just some general interior stuff so we would expect that this project would be in late this year and be completed in the summer okay so we don't have a actual deadline for or start date for it not until we get a contractor perfect thank you so much that brings us to item AP councilman Cooper yes um we should ask you to hang out but you're getting some steps in so I hear that's healthy yes if you wouldn't mind just kind of educ the public on what's going on here and then I'll have a followup please um this project this this actual item is a an amendment to the contract for the Engineering Services we were able to acquire some ACOG funding to help with this bridge replacement and it includes a 10ft trail on one side from Santa Fe over to Western um we wanted to get across i235 we are planning so it goes over to Santa Fe it goes across i235 and then we'll come back West to Western ooh so then that leads to my followup am I to understand if I'm looking at the geography here this would connect on 63rd across the bridge to the east on the one hand but then if I were heading back West it would get me to Western which if I'm doing the math would also connect to classing in between Western and um 235 right it should and we're also looking to extend it to deep fork with some alternative uh tap funding so we're going to be applying for that too so we're applying I'm so sorry I didn't mean to speak speak over you I just got really excited uh which my brain does that sometimes so forgive me but sounds like we have an opportunity with this Trail on 63rd to connect to the Deep Fork Trail which is currently under construction which means right people would be able to move up and down 63rd Street and get all the way once they got to Classen up to the Britain District those are neighborhoods connected ultimately um back down there to like Whole Foods to groceries in ways that I mean oh my God that was just wonderful so I just wanted to hear that in public so thank you thank you okay that brings us to as and at councilman Stone you wanted to defer those we could do that with one m motion two weeks there we go this is for as and at together got a motion in a second cast your votes to defer mine's not loading um yes passes unanimously and finally item BG for a separate vote uh we could take a motion on that are we completely hung up at this point oh there we go you just never know when it's gonna pop up all right we have a motion and a second cast your votes on item BG passes six to two and now we are on the remainder of the consent docket save those previously approved or deferred we have a motion and a second cast your vote passes unanimously all right item 10 the concurrence docket um we have items a through I we could take with one motion have a motion in a second cast your votes passes unanimously we are now at item 11 and items for individual consideration uh item 11a was previously deferred item 11b uh has two items uh the first is an amendment to the master design statement and the second is an ordinance that was recommended for approval resoning 13900 North Bryant from PUD for 1946 to PUD 2025 this was deferred from o October 8th councilwoman nice thank you um I do have a request from the applicant to defer for two weeks and I will oblig that conversation um for us to be able to look at a working a little further through this application so I I do want to thank my residents that did come and I apologize and I hope um that we'll be able to bring this back again uh in two weeks with a better consensus of of what we are working to do so I'll just put it that way so with that I will ask for a deferral for two weeks okay got a motion and a second to the furthest item for two weeks cast your votes thank you passes unanimously okay now we're on item 11 C this is an ordinance on Final hearing that was recommended for approval closing a portion of a North South utility easement on lot one in Block two of Summit Ridge addition and other Lots in Summit Ridge uh councilwoman nice no one has signed to speak uh thank you again this is to just close those easements for future development and I will move for approval and hope that we can work through this a little differently as far as this easement process is concerned in the future future got a motion and a second cast your votes passes unanimously um item D is a public hearing regarding the Western Avenue business improvement district um we do have someone who has signed up to speak under this public hearing uh Wendy Hampton hi everyone uh my name is Wendy Hampton I'm the executive director of the Western Avenue shopping and dining district and I just want to give you an update of the progress that we've made over the past year in our area um we've were able to install three digital speed signs um between Northwest 36 and 50th Street um to slow down the traffic um we were having issues with with that and we were able to get those installed and we have seen a decrease in the speeding in our area so we're very happy about that um we have over 100 members in our area 60 of which are paid now so we have a lot of support from the area um we were awarded a grant this year from the Oklahoma City Community Foundation for around $20,000 for a landscaping project that we did um for the entrance into i44 and Northwestern across from mcginness and also the median right there so we've spruced that all up with some um plants and landscaping and it's looking great um our Flagship event is this Thursday from 6:00 to 9:00 the taste of Western um we have over 21 food and wine vendors that will be coming together um to uh raise money this year for our route 66 sculpture that we're trying to build which would be diagonal from Bishop mcginness next to gold leaf nutrition and the off-ramp um going east on i44 and Western um and really that's all I have I just kind of wanted to give you an update about what we were doing and if you guys have any questions uh well hi hi hello first great fall colors love the glasses um so I just wanted to in public invite Western Avenue District on November the 19th to we're going to do a w two Bond Meetup a bond we do our bond election every uh about 10 years okay um and the sort of streetcape that you all had years ago that kind of in motion I would suggest to everybody a lot of what the other districts are now doing um you all are on our kind of priority list heading into the bond for going back and doing some finishing touches we might want to call them and so I would want to make sure that you and your folk send some representatives to that event it's going to be that evening at Oklahoma City University um I think we're looking about 5:30 to 7:30 uh our we will send an official email to you but I I wanted to say this in public to you and I would want you to get your imagination going like you heard earlier the presentation about ease of traffic and you all have had to deal with that um homelessness and just kind of think I was just driving from grocery shopping the other day heading south back to my neighborhood in poo and I saw a couple with a stroller at about was it where we removed the median and put in the flashing Y and the cars would not let them go like the car cars y'all would not let a pedestrian a pedestrian go even with signs on both sides of the street saying pedestrians pedestrians and I I I've almost never felt more honor in my life than to just break and just like no but the everyone heading north just kept going um so we really got to think about what can we do now in the bond infrastructure to kind of help you all there really set an even further standard well thank you um we have discussed our wish list so mostly we want to be able to connect all the sidewalks all the way from 36 down to the highway and then you'll be able to walk over the highway with the um sidewalks that are already there and then with our art sculpture we want to redo the um crosswalks so that people can safely visit the art sculpture so we'll talk about that on yes we will I love word to I love you all so much this oh okay thank you thank you thank you anyone else nope okay thank you all right that that was the only person who signed up to speak on the public hearing so we'll close that in advance to the resolution founded D2 adopting and confirming an assessment role for the Western Avenue business improvement district we have a motion in a second cast your votes passes unanimously item e is an ordinance on Final hearing adopting and setting the assessment role this is continue to be related to the same items uh for the Western Avenue business improvement district have a motion in a second cast your votes passes unanimously itmf is an ordinance on Final hearing related to uh consolidation of fire code appeals boards this is the third of three meetings on this topic it was already presented and there was already a public hearing we could take a motion for passage today we have a motion and a second cast your votes passes unanimously item G is an ordinance on Final hearing it is relating to the generalist schedule of fees specifically storm water fees there was this is the third meeting there was a presentation in a public hearing today could be final passage if that is the council will we've got a motion in a second cast your votes passes unanimously item H is an ordinance to be introduced today set for public hearing on November 5th and final hearing on November 19th uh and we have a presentation yeah Amy Bera our um Chief human resource officer will give us an update on the changes that are proposed in our retirement system thank you city manager uh good morning mayor council Amy Madera human resources department um before you today we have um an amendment to amend the city ordinance for chapter 40 uh the the background with it our retirement office and Municipal counselors has been working with our outside coun uh outside tax Council to review um and Implement some changes regarding to chapter 40 and it's due to Record Keeper change um for our divert Compensation Plan um is also to approve the central Oklahoma transportation and parking authority to be allowed to be able to join our 457 plans effec of January 1st 2025 um as approved previously on the October 22 agenda consent item ba and with our Oklahoma City Deferred Compensation Board also met on October 14th and recommended the changes to be approved by city council um some of the changes uh one we had some Chang changes with our definitions the current current ordinance includes includes our account numbers um with the current money purchase plan and so right now we're going to update the ordinance and just basically um have it more specific um rather than having a specified plan um we're also going to um have some updates around our eligibility our employees are it's going to basically State their employees in the system may elect to be able to be within the the purchase plan um also we're adding our cop to employees to be able to participate um for non-represented up to $1,000 per year um we also had some clarifications within the ordinance we in we added um we noted that their employees are um have to be active members of the state pension plans are not um eligible to participate as part of the system um if they're uniformed or Poli um they're under they cannot elect to be on in the ochres with the city's um pension plan because they've got their own um and we also uh made some modification for wording of years of service and with a maximum of 100% of their final average compensation and then we there was a there was a typo air within item 40- 83 we're making those amendments um the schedule of today's introduction public hearing uh we have slated for November 5th and a final hearing is slated for November 18th and I'm available for any questions thank you thanks Amy okay so today is Introduction if the council wants to make that motion again public hearing November 5th final hearing November 19th got a motion in a second cast your votes I would like to vote yes please passes unanimously item I is a public hearing uh regarding an ordinance proposed at our last meeting affecting water rates and Anthony carfang has signed up to speak good Morning Anthony carfang 2324 Northwest 26 Street in Ward 2 uh manager Freeman Municipal finances are quite a bear to try to decipher so I recall two weeks ago uh councilwoman nice you asked about um potential allocations between rate revenues versus um General funds and how that might play into it and then additionally if I recall earlier this year there's a big discussion uh around redoing or revising impact fee structure and I know this is purely about rates um so it would it would the cost or the revenue would be based purely on service usage um but in terms of say impact fees if we were to Annex some land and Zone at R4 and there's one house way out in the middle of nowhere that needs new piping do impact fees help account for that we we wouldn't extend a line in in a situation like that that the owner would have to extend the line so in most of those situations we aren't extending our system it's developments that are extending the system okay uh and then for infill development where there's already some level of plumbing and for instance um around Bryant and Memorial if there happen to be some infill development uh to increase dens uh density that would lead to more tax revenue uh on already existing lines um does the element of um water and sewer Services um benefit from that densification say from a two um two property per acre versus a nine fire Rec call the numbers um does that densification benefit in in these sorts of certainly when we have more customers tied into the system I mean it's effect on the system but certainly it benefits the the system okay thank you I appreciate it okay that was the only person who signed up to speak under the public hearing so we will close that public hearing and advance to the public hearing found at item J regarding dilapidated structures am has anyone signed up to speak no they haven't they have not so we'll advance to the resolution uh at item two declaring that the structures are dilapidated we have a motion in a second cast your votes I also would like to vote with you all and say yes passes unanimously now item K the public hearing regarding the unsecured structures here listed except for those previously struck any has anyone signed up to speak no they haven't they have not and so we will advance to the resolution declaring that the structures are unsecured have a motion and a second cast your vote passes unanimously now item L the public heing regarding the abandoned buildings here listed except for those previously struck uh Amy has anyone sign up to speak they have not they have not and so we will advance to the resolution declaring that the buildings are abandoned got a motion in a second cast your votes passes unanimously all right item 11m is a public hearing M1 is a public hearing regarding a joint resolution with the Oklahoma City Economic Development trust approving an additional allegation not to exceed half a million dollars from tax increment District Two um there's no presentation uh because this was at our last meeting Amy has anyone signed to speak in the public hearing no they haven't they have not and so we'll advance to the joint resolution found at M2 that is with the Economic Development trust approving this additional allocation not to exceed half a million dollars with 400,000 of it to come from tax increment District Two Etc all right we have a motion in a second cast your votes passes unanimously all right 11 in is a resolution authorizing the calling and holding of a general and a runoff election in the City of Oklahoma City for the purpose of electing council members from WS 1 3 4 and 7 uh general election will be February 11th runoff if necessary will be April 1st take a motion on the resolution got a motion in a second cast your votes passes unanimously item o is an executive session on advice of the counselor to receive confidential Communications regarding uh Thompson and Hill as co-administrators of the estate of Benny Joe Edwards uh versus deroy Holeman and the City of OKC uh we'll go ahead and take the vote on Executive session now and then handle that at the end of other business we have a motion in a second cast your votes passes unanimously as stated we'll go into executive session at the conclusion of our other business business uh item P1 claims recommended for approval executive session is not requested by staff we have a motion in a second cast your votes passes unanimously uh that concludes our votes for the day I'm going to step away and get my flu shot which I strongly recommend everyone do uh our vice mayor is out so the duty of bringing this meeting home Falls to our most recent past vice mayor vice mayor P you are presided thank you mayor so we'll move uh to item 12 comments from Council W one yes ma'am thank you um just wanted to make a brief comment and uh kind of recognize our our Police Department uh we don't always get to do this very often but last week there was a mental illness call that happened out on the overpass and on kill Patrick where a gentleman was debating whether to jump and take his life and master sergeant Travis Woods answered that call uh he has been a veteran of the Oklahoma City Police Department for over 30 years and was able to to save that man's life um and so a lot of times especially with the the nature of this call we don't get to hear a lot of these things that these guys do and I just wanted to commend uh master sergeant Woods for his bravery and for the the understanding of the situation and how he took charge of that and was able to ultimately be able to bring this gentleman down and get him the help he was needed so other than that that's that's all I've got for today thank you w two thank you vice mayor um just a couple about a handful of items one um I just wanted to take us back to the last council meeting um and what happened right afterwards which was I rushed from here uh just scarfing food to go to a faculty meeting at Oklahoma City University where I teach uh normally you know Tuesdays and Thursdays I reserve for counil related meetings with staff residents nonprofits but once a month on a Tuesday I have to meet with all of the College of Arts and Sciences uh professors uh and that was kind of a doozy have to turn off the council brain and now enter back into Professor brain um so you know went from that but then put the council hat back on because then I rushed from that 1 to 2 PM meeting over to the groundbreaking for maps fors diversion Hub so I just wanted to say what a wonderful opportunity it was to see that project break ground to hear elected officials from mayor Holt to uh councilwoman Hammond speak on it to see all the staff at diversion Hub just rooting on their leadership I mean truly there to root her on and rooting on the arnal foundation as well for their uh support uh rushed over here to City Hall to then be at a legislative meeting and so that's what Tuesdays and Thursdays are often like for me uh a couple days later I had the honor and word two on a Thursday evening to go to guest room records near where you heard Western Avenue um well in Western avue avue district and what did I get to do I got to see my closest friends over the last 25 years do the first public listening of their new record chat pile's new record God's uh cool world their first record was God's country really well received they've gone on tour I got to go to Copenhagen with them last summer I ain't been to Europe in 20 years almost and that was on scholarship that first time so scraped together some savings to go join them last summer and learn about their infrastructure from bike Lanes to sidewalks uh but yeah we got to go there and they just had like this line that just went on and on of people just coming up asking for signatures nerding out about their their album and again I just want to shine that light on them because they're shining a light on us as a city like when they're in these National and international uh news sites and they're talking about the talent this city is producing this kind of goes back to what councilman hle was talking about last uh Council about the Talent from our culinary arts right like so to our Music Arts and so I just it was so cool to see my friends in that that setting the next night uh in W two got to go to the Tower Theater where uh rup Paul's Drag Race winner Shay koule performed on stage uh national uh coming out day performed on stage on National Coming Out day that's who we're bringing to Oklahoma City just as two weeks earlier at the previous council meeting I mentioned all the Asian District performers who came from Nebraska to Kansas to join our Asian District that who were attracting right um and then I walked over to the pump bar from the tower uh to join chat pile for a celebratory uh drink uh it was just such a wonderful week of maps and music and then um finally I just want to say uh thank you to people here on this Council Mayors it was so good I didn't get to hug your neck or see and say hi to you Council woman nice uh but my book release um just seeing everyone from my second mom we like to call her uh Laura I've known since I was five she was my best friend's mother and there she was sitting on the front row but looking all the way back and just seeing people that I've known all my life from different walks of life that's why I just went through all this you all don't each of us have our own backstories outside of our work on Counsel and so sometimes for me I don't know how the rest of you all feel I feel like I'm compartmentalizing parts of myself to serve in this role but my whole self was what I felt like was finally on display that Thursday my love of teaching my love of Storytelling my love of community I I just feel whole in a way that I have never in my entire life ever ever felt and I just want to say thank you to those of you I got to see who came that day councilwoman P Hammond nice May Hol I didn't get to see some of you because it was it was really well attended uh councilman uh Hinkle thank you for the chil and I I saw saw your note on my desk he couldn't be there that night he had a chili cook off and I was like you Chile I want some of that and so I can't wait uh to hear it award-winning Chile I hear uh um so um yes just thank you for that and then the next day as a Kota I got to go play basketball with the Women's Basketball team at ocu they do a professor practice where they invite professors from across the university even the University president and we go up against them I see councilwoman ni already making the faces yes I made two three-pointers uh but my best friend charity that's right Craig two three-pointers it doesn't matter matter out of how many Bradley it absolutely does not matter uh but actually to that point my best known since I was 15 she and her husband Phil who served in the military they were up here and Phil and I got to go out there and shoot and she was just making fun of us because we just kept missing um but no it was just so fun to be with those students so thank you for letting me um share all that that's kind of what couple weeks in the life of w two is like so thank you all thank you James I just have uh one item so tonight is the first of the general obligation Bond public workshops will be held at the Oklahoma City um Outlets food court at uh 74 let me get the address it's Council in Reno 7624 West Reno Avenue and uh we start at 6:30 I'll be out there um we hope that many residents from all the wards will make it out if you have an opportunity and you need to do some shopping come out to the mall shop a little and then come let me know what infrastructure roads and Parks you are most interested in seeing improvements at if you not able to make it out we obviously have um other options electronic options um for City residents and those are available to you at the okc.gov slgo website where you can drop a pin and leave some comments so we are really looking for the city residents to speak your mind um we we we do hear a lot of your mind speaking um through our offices and so this is a really opportunity to uh do that again and we hope that you will and that is all I have for today so uh Ward for thank you vice mayor councilman Cooper I'm really excited to hear that your book opening was such a fantastic event I apologize I wasn't able to attend uh councilman hle had paid me $5 to vote on his Chile is the best Chile so I had to attend that in thank you I can't take you guys anywhere uh W five um I really don't have too awful much to add today other than I'm going to concede defeat two Fridays ago I went to the chock to Southmore football game down at Southmore and choca has a kid that's going to go a long long way his name Juju Smith and if you haven't watched him you need to watch him so they beat the tar out of Southmore I hate to say it but it was a it was a blowout so thank you award six a seven yes um I would say the kids have fun though either way for that that little blowout because I heard about that too with Southmore and I'm curious to know if there is some Bean footage of this basketball play yes I want to see it I have to see it to believe it and again congratulations on on your your book it was a a joy to support you and be with you uh for that time I just had a couple things first um I wanted to say thank you to our residents that came out for our Geo bom meeting we had last night at the Willard D Johnson recreation center and the reason uh it was important to have it there was because that was our 2017 geobond project so people can actually see and envision what those projects could look like um as far as them coming to our particular Warden area and I want to also encourage all of our residents the neighborhoods our neighborhoods as well as our churches and or just ad hoc uh Community people that get together to have those meetings in a box so we can continue that advocacy of what we need to get done within our specific Wards and our communities uh so very grateful for all the city staff that was present because there uh was a lot of City staff and and um it's Unique when our residents really get the opportunity to say hello and or speak about all of the things that are happening around them so just wanted to take time to again say thank you to everyone and and reemphasize the okay c.gov goo to make sure you uh fill out the survey and and find out more information about why this is happening not to say uh this is you know I know some people don't think this is the best process but right now this is the process that we have for us to use and I I hope those uh folks would be interested in being able to participate um I just wanted to commend the Oklahoma Baptist State Convention they are celebrating 127 years and normally they go all across the state but this week they are in Oklahoma City and we are very grateful for them to be here and when I did the math of 127 years that puts us back to 1897 and they're still operating and that also puts us back to last time I was here here with us I talked about Langston University uh we celebrated Homecoming this past Saturday and the accomplishments of our our great and dear Langston University University so very grateful that we have an Oklahoma City Campus that we can still support um as well as the only HBCU which is a historically black college and university on this side of the Midwest so we are the furthest west you can get when it comes to these types of universities so it's very unique to Oklahoma and I think it's very unique to Oklahoma City that we are able to have a campus that resides within Oklahoma City as well so um want to continue to support our lsten lines and in all of their efforts that we have uh I just also wanted to speak a little story about um some of us may or may not have heard about a woman by the name of Miss Boyd and Miss Boyd unfortunately um many years ago she was very active within our communities and doing different committees and service and unfortunately um her health failed and she ended up in the hospital for a month and that took the turn for the worst as far as her property is concerned um and just most recently we ended up within the last couple years having to declare her property dilapidated and um on the background we were trying to work to figure out how we could assist this uh woman in Saving her property um the bulldozer was at her house that day and we were able not not myself but uh being able to lean on our nonprofits such as restore homes and restore OKC and them reaching out to other entities to say help us help her uh it took a lot of work and I I am so happy to say that on P this past Friday she had a housewarming um because her home was able to be fully restored and repaired it was down to the studs and the the wood we had a new roof and all of the things that took place and that's because of volunteers and I'm bringing that up because there has to be some type of way when we look at these processes and policy of how our residents can be better cared for I know sometimes we have residents that are too proud to say what's happening to them and I'm pretty sure this is where we were with Miss Boyd she was a little too proud to tell us while she's out helping everybody else she was too proud to say she needed help herself and now we ended up in this position to where now she owes over $5,000 plus $2,000 in fees and interests on her property because of us continuously citing her in her property which now I understand is in the in the County's hands but again it the policy starts here and how we work on understanding what's happening with our neighbors and U you know there's no fault of hers uh maybe there has to be a way for us to also let others know that we have resources available which also brings me to the point of um hoping that even with that information that we hand out when we go to neighbors houses with our code enforcement that we are updating that information constantly because I've heard from some of our residents that it is outdated as far as that information so it doesn't help if we're giving them information that they can't even use um so I'm I'm hoping that even with that we're able to work in ways that what happened to miss boy doesn't happen to another resident within our city uh because it is very devastating for her I'm sure to have to walk and drive past her house and not be able to live in it until now but a good story came out of it because she is at home and very grateful that she is there um another I just wanted to offer my condolences I know the last couple weeks were were pretty devastating as far as some of the things that were happening in our streets with our young people uh but I I one of those stories hits close to home and the reason it does is because we had one of our live free OKC folks one of our community violence uh interrupts that goes out in the community that ensure that other families are safe and protected from gun violence his son became one of those victims and he's been here to talk about how one of those parks recreation centers that we closed was a a place of of of rest in a place of a way that he could find a getaway as a young person and I'm pretty sure he did talk about his son and said his son also went to this particular Community Center Center as well just a senseless killing um because somebody wanted something that he had but again thinking about how these particular conversations and cases continue to um be a subject matter within our communities are very devastating and so to just to hear that even one of our people in our community that works every day to prevent this from happening couldn't even stop it for his own son um is is devastating and I'm hoping again that we're able to look at better ways that we can serve our residents when it comes to even lighting uh because that's I know that's some of these issues um we talk about the nuis nuisance abatement when it comes to uh private property um and our convenience stores and those types of businesses in order of them being able to Abate a nu sance when it comes to their particular property as well uh so again my thoughts are with all of those that especially this past couple weeks has been pretty hard to hear all of these things that are continuing to take place but on a a lighter note I do want to encourage folks to come on out this Saturday to digs Park uh we're going to be doing some work with OKC beautiful volunteering and and having some fun planting some trees it's a beautiful Park if you didn't know it's a Historic Park um and we're very grateful that we're able to do that with the um the OKC beautiful as well as our garden neighborhood um and there's more information on OKC beautiful's page uh if anybody wants to be a part of that so I appreciate the opportunity thank you thank you and um before we move on to citizens to be heard uh council member Cooper remembered one thing briefly he'd like to speak on thank you vice mayor given all that back story I forgot about the future um we have a public safety advisory information session that's going to be this Thursday October 24th at 6: PM R Rogers uh Gardens that's at 3,400 Northwest 36 so what council woman manice is talking about with violence Interruption programs uh you know we had 39 recommendations that are on the table right now and various levels of um excuse me implementation and so this is an opportunity for residents to come and hear from uh our representative Nicole Maldonado uh from City staff to learn where we are with everything from the mental health uh alternative response implementation violence Interruption um and uh I'd love I'd love to see you there uh and then on a lighter note staff told me I almost forgot I think it's Debbie Martin's birthday so I just wanted to say to an institution like Debbie Martin uh happy birthday I I almost forgot uh until started hearing uh councilwoman ice talk about lighter news like lighter news so so anyway U thank you so much thank you and then um just a one brief moment I'd like to acknowledge the MC family and um the passing of council member Larry MCAT who sat in this seat for the 20 years preceding um me and the contribution to this community that he has given not only in his service in this seat but to his in his service to the Lord and so we are just grateful for all of his contributions to the community um and to the family um our prayers are with you and um the funeral is tomorrow for those who have not seen the announcement yet so thank you very much for that um and then we'll close that item and move on to citizens to be heard and the only citizen signed up today is Mr Ronnie Kirk Ronnie if you'll state your name and your address and you'll have three minutes excuse me my name is Ronnie Kirk my address is 23 when they had the first shooting at the first football game in Dale City a month after that state first start I mean in D City had a thousand people running at the same time September the first started 2000 or 2500 people running at the same time you know I already talked about this gun control this open carry law Oklahoma got I said what if it happens in Bricktown I stood right here three weeks ago it happened in Bricktown across the street from Bass Pro and the the media says in a nice way a group of people we all know that's a Turf wall in the south side of town at the community center Event Center same thing happen they say two groups of people it's a Turf War all for the lack of money for the city they need to repeal this gun law where we can enjoy ourself here instead of every and we think about building some new buildings here now what if it happened at the new center that you getting ready to build 5,000 people running at the same time let's make the city like it's supposed to be beautiful it's growing where we can all enjoy still to have to wor about Ron Duck and Cover thank you thank you thank you Council thank you Mr Kirk with that we can move on to the final item and we are adjourned oh I'm sorry I forgot about executive session so I need to call the council meeting back to order a un okay un sorry about that guys e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e so we have reconvened from the executive session and we are adjourned e e e