Check Okay. Good morning. All right, we're going to begin this morning with an invocation which is going to be from Dr. Doug Brown, pastor of Siri Hills Baptist Church, who I just met. Come on up. Let's pray. Lord, we come before you today united in purpose and gratitude as we gather for this meeting. We acknowledge your sovereignty over all things and we seek your wisdom and your direction. Thank you for the blessings that you've given to our city. We celebrate the spirit of community, dedication of public servants, the business and private sector success, recognizing how you've blessed us. We give thanks for those visible things that we can see and those things that we cannot see as well. Lord, we also thank you for the spirit of camaraderie and joy for the Oklahoma City Thunder. We thank you for the excitement and the unity they've brought to the community. We thank you for their example of hard work and teamwork as we celebrate the victories and the championships. May they be a blessing for years to come. Lord, I asked today that you would give wisdom and counsel to each member. Give them discernment, integrity, cooperation, and wisdom. May we have uh decisions made today that are for the greater good of the city. Lord, we recognize you in all of these things. We pray for guidance. We pray for opportunities in the days ahead to give you glory in everything. And we trust you and we recognize your provision and give ultimate gratitude in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Thank you, pastor. And then I believe I'm about to introduce the four people I just met, Quinn, Declan, JT, and Isabella. And I think you all are going to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Am I wrong? I don't think I'm wrong. Let's do it. 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 and congrats on the works you're doing too. It was wonderful to get to meet you. All right. And I believe with that we will call to order uh this meeting of the city council and that takes us to uh call to order from office of the mayor. I don't have anything there. Items from council. I don't see anything there. City manager report. Item five. Yes. So, we've got a couple of reports on today. The quarterly Riverport Foundation report is on there, uh, provided by executive director for the Riverport, Chris Sorenson. Uh, if there's any questions on that, we'd be happy to get answers for you. U, there's no presentation on that today. Then, we have our June sales use tax collections. So, this is our last sales tax check for the fiscal year. Um, as the budget office finance department is working through looking at where we are in fi our finances, I really felt like we would stay below. I was hopeful that we would stay below our expenditures, but expenditure revenues have dropped so far. So, when you look at the sales and use tax report, I'm talking generally about this, but you talk about sales and use tax. We're $12 million below on sales and use tax, below budget, so below what we projected. And then we had other revenues like franchise fees that fell well below also. So, we're going to end up using about $6 million in fund balance. It could be a little bit less than that. And and you would think, you know, here we are at the end of the year, it's the 30th. We would know this, but there are so many transactions that occur. We don't actually close our financial books for another month or so. So, there's just a lot of transactions that are going on right now. So, we're trying to manage that, so it's not too much, but we're going to spend down a little bit of fund balance now. But, it's why we have reserves to help us through times like this, so we don't have to knee-jerk and just react um and have significant actions that we have to take. We did take measures to try to reduce costs this year, but um wasn't sufficient for how much the revenues were below the budget. So, we'll spend a little bit of fund balance this year. Still, we'll be at the upper range of our fund balance policy of that. I think it's 17 to 22%, but I know the upper end is 22%. And uh so, we're still in good position going into this next year. We made adjustments in this year in the budget to help us get through this year. We'll continue to monitor this and keep reporting come back to the council um as we start in the new fiscal year. And so that's all that I've got on the sales and use tax report. Also, we have the uh claims and payroll that can be found on okc.gov. And that's all that I have. Thank you, city manager. I appreciate that report. And that takes us to item six, the journal of council proceedings, which I believe we can take a motion on if the council would so have one. See a motion in a second. cast your votes. My um computer is still waking up, so I vote yes. Thank you, Councilwoman. And that passes unanimously. Thank you, councel. That will take us to let's see item seven. Yes. Okay. And that's our request for uncontested continuences. And city manager, you want to Yes. Thank you. So, there's one that's listed on the agenda. It's item 11F. That's going to be deferred to the 15th of July. Then going to page 20, item 11 M1 on unsecured structures. All the items that I'll list on unsecured and abandoned will be stricken from the agenda. Item B, 1124 North Liy Avenue. The owner is secured. Item C, 3125 North McKinley Avenue. The owner is secured. Item H, 5 Southwest 41st Street, the owner has secured. Continuing on page 21, item 11, N1, abandoned buildings, item B, 1124 North Liy Avenue, and item F, 5 Southwest 41st Street. And that's all the items that I have. Thank you, city manager. That takes care of item seven. With that, we will move on to item eight, and that is our revocable permits and events. And looks like we have item A in ward seven. Who signed up to speak? So that's 8B. Okay. Right here. Okay. It's wonderful. All right. Trisha, you want to come on down? Tell us a little bit about what you're up to, friend. I absolutely do. Good morning. I am Trisha Downey. I'm the national events manager at Riverport. Today I'm here to request a revocable permit for the fourth annual River Bowl um to be hosted at Riverport. So, we need an exclusive use of the river. come on up. Um, we're gonna invite you to cheer on alumni and students of Oklahoma City. They will be doing uh dragonboat racing and kayaking. But to tell you more about the event, I'd like to introduce you to Shante Alexander. She's the co-founder of the Oklahoma City Black Alumni Coalition and the founder of Riverbull. Thank you, Trish. Sorry, I'm a little out of breath. Good morning, council. Nice to be before you today. I'm Shante Alexander, executive director of the Oklahoma City Black Alumni Coalition. Them stairs. So, um, in 2022, we had our first river bowl. We're going on year four and we're really humbled and honored to be carrying on this tradition the first Saturday in August. It's very unique to the nation. In fact, we are the only black le and black centered riata in the nation and we're really proud of that work. And Miss Trish mentioned the schools. We will be having um alumni from the predominantly black schools in Oklahoma City competing on the water. Uh, many of you may or may not know that rowing is a sport that is less than 3% black. And so we're really doing a good thing in Oklahoma City. Um, and it is becoming an attraction for sure, a tourist attraction. Um, matter of fact, in the Friday before, I just I'm still out of breath. I'm so sorry, guys. But the Friday, you just take you take your breath. You have your moment. Okay. Tell us all about what you're doing, but you just take your breath, friend. Go ahead. Thank you. So, Friday, August 1st, we will be hosting um our friends of A Most Beautiful Thing, the cast, including Ray Cooper. And that is a documentary that showcases the first all black rowing team that came out of the south side of Chicago a few decades ago. So, we are going to do a free community screen. This is a shameless plug on that Friday before. And joining them will also have two black rowing Olympians present. Um, Miss Patricia Spartland Edom and Mr. Akil Abdullah uh, who's the first black male rower uh, in the US. So, we're extremely proud to have some new friends come in to join us and to see all the wonderful work and gamechanging energy we are bringing to that sport. But I wanted to make sure I emphasize that we do this in the spirit of community. This has been a wonderful thing to unite um at a time when we started when it was, you know, COVID and we had racial injustice heightening. And so we we wanted to have a reunion style event that can help to celebrate black excellence and achievement um as well as support the resilient nature of the community. Um and I think that's about it. Did you have anything else? The blackowned food trucks are amazing. Uh so come and and see the spectacle with live DJ and it's just a fun fun party. So does anyone have questions? Thank you. Well, I'm going to pass this over to the honorable council person from W 7. Oh, I'll take honorable. Thank you. Don't you? Yeah, let's do it. Bonus. Um well, one, I want to say thank you Shante for the great work you've done. Um, I think one of the surprising things that I've learned in the very short time that I've been in this role is wait the river river sport is in W 7. Like I think a lot of us, especially our neighbors don't recognize that it is. And so what I really appreciate, one of the many things I appreciate about this event is you're reminding our community in Northeast Oklahoma City that the river sport is ours too and giving us a clear opportunity for us to all be involved in the event. I'm excited about it. I'm grateful for the work that you've put in. I hope you'll let me know what I can do to be supportive of encouraging other people in our community to participate. So, um, with that, I move approval. There you go. A motion and a second. Cast your votes. Unanimous approval. Thank you, council, and good luck with your event. Thank you. We hope to have you all there. And please join us for the movie screen. All right, that take us takes us, excuse me, to item 8B under revocable permits and events. And we do have someone signed up to speak. Believe that is a Karen Medina. Come on up and tell us all about it. Good morning, council. My name is Karen Medina. I am the West Village coordinator with Downtown OKC Partnership. Outwest MusicFest is a pilot event to our Fourth Friday series that we have occurring May through October. Uh so this is a exciting time because there's a lot happening in uh one of our younger districts that was recently founded in 2021. So this event will occur on Friday, July 25th from 6:00 to 10:00. And we are exclusively closing West Sheridan Avenue from South Lee Avenue east to South Dwey Avenue and South Lee Avenue from West Main Street south to West Sheridan. What you will find in those streets along will be rotating activations, live music, food trucks, uh lots of programming, and uh our local businesses will also serves serve as inside venues to host local musicians and performers and bands inside. Thank you for that description. I'm going to pass it over to the honorable council woman from W 6. Well, it sounds like a really neat event. Very excited for something new um in the district. So, very happy to move for approval. Have a motion and a second. Cast your votes council please. approved unanimously. Congrats on your event and good luck. All right, we're going to recess our city council meeting and convene now as the Oklahoma City Municipal Facilities Authority. I believe uh just as a quick note, we do not have a request for executive session on item F. Is that correct, city manager? That's correct. Okay. Unless anyone has any comment about one of the items, uh, I would seek a motion for approval, please. I have a motion and a second. Cast your votes council. Wonderful. That passes unanimously. Thank you so much. We're going to adjourn the OC MFA and we're going to convene now as the Oklahoma City Public Property Authority. We have three items there. Unless anyone has any comments, I would seek a motion for approval, please. Have a motion and and a second. Cast your votes, council. Oh, the suspense. Okay, passes unanimously. Thank you so much, council. We're going to adjourn the OCPA. And now we will reconvene our city council meeting, which takes us to item nine on the consent docket. Um, if any council member has something they would like to have a special comment on or pull out for a separate vote, we'll hear that now. Otherwise, do we have anything? I don't think there's any scheduled presentations. We have no scheduled presentations. Can we pull items A and AB out for separate votes, please? Honorable council person from W one, we sure can. That's item A and B. I mean, excuse me, B. B is in and then AB. Oh, B and then AB. Thank you, Councilman. So, we have like pencil, item A, B, and then item B, separate votes. Okay. Anything from another council person? Okay. Um I guess we'll just take them in order then. Start with item 9B. Did you have any comments or anything you would like to share with this council member? No sir. Just I mean we've had some some really good experiences with the different aspects are going on. I'm glad we're moving these things forward. I just wanted to to give, you know, thanks to our police officers and their their relentless work at what they do. Okay, cool. Well, I I guess I would just like to say really quickly, like I know this has to do with the flock system, but uh I know some people are a little questionable on it, but if you've ever had a vehicle stolen and somehow that helped you get your vehicle back, uh you would really appreciate it. So, I just wanted to mention that. Thank our uh officers for all the work they do. Thank you. Okay. Um does anybody else have any comments on that? I don't, but I just want to confirm. Are we are these being pulled for a separate vote or just comments? Cool. Okay. All right. Well, we'll take a vote. Okay, that passes 6 to two. And then item AB. Anyone like to make a comment on that one? Okay, bring that up for Okay. And that passes 7 to one. Okay. Is there anything else from a council member? Okay. That will take us to uh I'll look for a motion on the consent docket. Motion in a second to cast your votes, council. And that passes unanimously. Thank you so much, council members. That will now take us to flip here to item, I'm sorry, to our concurrent docket. That's item 10. And I would seek a motion for approval. motion and a second and cast your votes. Thank you so much, city council. You have approved that unanimously. Now, we'll go to items for individual consideration. That's item 11. And we have item uh 11A first. And we do have someone council member who has signed up to speak. I don't know how you would wish to proceed. Is the applicant here as well? Yes. Okay. I'd like to hear the the citizen first and then we can listen to the applicant, please. Okay. Uh we can go ahead and invite up it looks like Joshua Waters. And you'll want to state your first and last name and then your address. And you'll have three minutes to speak and then your three minutes will be on the TV. Awesome. Thank you. Joshua Waters. I am the only neighbor to the entire development living at 11201 Northwest Expressway, Yukon, Oklahoma 73099. The subject today is opposition to development, urgent request to preserve critical wildlife habitat, forest, natural corridor, and buffer. Dear council members, I'm here today not just as a citizen, but as someone deeply concerned with how we care for our shared environment. There's a children's book, but really a parable that I believe speaks more urgently to our time than ever before. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. It tells the story of a lush land full of vibrant trees, playful animals, clean air, and clean water. A man called the Onsler arrives and sees opportunity. He cuts down one tree, then another. He builds a business from what the trees can offer. The more he profits, the more he takes. The more he takes, the more the land suffers. Soon the skies grow dark, the rivers and air fill with waste, the animals flee, and the trees, all of them are gone. Throughout it all, a small figure, the Lorax speaks up. He speaks for the trees. He speaks for those without voices, but he's ignored until one day he too must leave. Leaving behind only a word, only one haunting word on a stone. Unless Unless someone like you cares a whole lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. Council members, I'm not here to read a story book. I'm here to remind us that the Lorax isn't fiction. Forests are being cleared. Species are vanishing. Our air and waterways are being contaminated and our children may one day ask us why we didn't stop it when we had the chance. Let us not be onslers. Let us be Loraxes. Let us ask what policies can we pass that protect our natural spaces. What development plans can prioritize long-term health over short-term gains? How can we listen to the voices not just of business but of the animals, the water, the air, the trees? We have the power to speak for them and more importantly to act. Thank you. Thank you, Joshua. Council member and uh the applicant. Okay. If you want to come up and state your first and last name and your address, we would appreciate you. Thank you. Dean Kolita, Civil and Environmental Consultants, 4700 Galardia Parkway, representing the applicant and the developer on this deal. So, what we've done um to help kind of buffer the neighbor from this development is uh number one uh they have already purchased a 50-ft swath of land. You can see how it notches out there on the west side. So, they have already purchased a 50-ft swath to give them some buffer from the development next to us. So, you know, this property was up for sale. So, they did have the opportunity to buy this tract to provide even additional buffer. So, that was not done. our developer put a prop uh offer on this property. And in addition to that, we is is the plumbary plat has already been approved by planning commission and and the zoning as well. But the uh entrance on the south side uh is going to basically line up with the road on the south there. And then everything to the west is going to be a detention area and also a clubhouse amenity. So, you know, we plan to save as many trees as we can. I mean, there's not many trees on this property. It's pretty much all cleared out for farmland. So whatever is left, we will try to incorporate into the lots. The uh west side of the property there, we have a little bit deeper lots. So we do have the alternative the opportunity to not grade back there. And I spoke with a developer this morning and he is in agreeance with to save as many trees as he can on that buffer there on the on the west side to help buffer from his property. Uh there will be grading and some trees will be but there's a lot of cedars out there, fire hazard, allergy issues. So there's not the the trees that are good trees that we will try to incorporate in. You know, especially around the amenity center and the pond, you know, you're going to want some trees there to make it nice. So instead of planting new ones, might as well keep the ones that are there. So the way the grading can lay out, we should be able to, you know, save as many good trees as we can on the property. And then also another thing is the sewer is on the front side of the lots. So we should not have to clear the back for the easement like we typically would sew in the back. We're putting this proposing to put the sewer in the front. So therefore, that lends us the ability to save as many trees on the west side as possible. So I'm curious as to why it's a straight man, I just went blank. Why not a pud? We were able to meet all the requirements of R1. Uh we're not doing anything special. You know, it's pretty low density. It's 4.1 units an acre. You know, we have a a lot of uh per the preliminary plat that was approved. So, it's really not a very dense subdivision. So, we've kind of do try to do low low impact on that. Uh, we do have a big common area in the in the middle of the PU or the middle of the plumbary plat that we're trying to, you know, enhance the area and not just basically cram, you know, eight units an acre into this. So, it's really a low impact uh R1 zoning um that we can meet all the requirements for that. So, we just decided to go straight zoning on this. Okay. And have you had any discussion with the the homeowner to the west? Yes, I discussed this with him before um and his the same concerns came up and so I mentioned the items that we we were doing uh to help you know kind of buffer from them and you know the way that it lays out there's also a little piece of flood plane there that we can't touch. So there's always some natural buffers that we we have to avoid anyway. Uh the north side is where you know the lots are going to start and then also the south side the southwest corner that's where the amenity center will be. So we can incorporate some buffer in there for for trees to to to preserve those. And did I hear you correctly at the beginning at at the the southwest corner is where you're putting a clubhouse. Correct. Is that right? Correct. Yes, sir. And then just north of that is where the the tension pond will be. Okay. It'll be a smaller pond, but we'll so we'll be able to incorporate, you know, we don't want to grade the entire site. So, if we can, you know, uh keep some buffer there on the on the west side and uh you know, maintain that to where we don't have to because it's going to dis the pond's going to discharge on the north side. There is the the flood plane comes in on the just basically just you see that little out building there. It's kind of in the middle of this property there. Uh the flood plane kind of comes up. Yeah. Right in that area. So, we'll be discharging our storm there. So we don't need to really grade up to the property line. So we can maintain a, you know, buffer there on the west from his house. But you're aiming to put the clubhouse in the area that's right by his main dwelling, his main house. So that'll be like the When you say clubhouse, in my mind, I envision that's where the pool is. That's where the the clubhouse is, the exercise facility, anything along those lines. Yes, that that was the plan there at the main entrance. Okay. Off the main highway there. And is that a concern for you, sir? And have you guys talked about this and gone through any kind of concern Joshua u sorry council member we wouldn't mind joining us at the you can actually stand if you would like it the podium where you're there now. Yes. So we have a lot of concerns. Um, as you can see, uh, there's a lower shop down towards the bottom. And then we have a tiny little area that can go, that's how we reach the back of the property. There's a ridge and we're worried about ridge collapse. We're also worried about my family's been out here for almost two decades. And there's a lot of animals that live here. Um, I've documented a lot of them. We're we're concerned about losing a lot of these species. Uh this corridor has been here for generations. I mean it's going to outlive us unless you know something like this were to occur. Uh we just because we're the only neighbors. That's why we would at least you know like to be at the table. U we're not trying to just completely stop the development. We just want to have a voice. I mean I want my kids to grow up out here. So this is a lot of change. How much conversation have you guys been able to have? Very little. I was in Colorado. He gave me a phone call. I said we'd touch base when when I get back and now we're here. Yeah. So, I I we spoke with him in in detail about it and also sent him all the information, explained what we were doing and had him and I told him to give me a call if he had any questions and then I didn't hear from anything. And then I I see this morning that he came in for the uh for the meeting. I'm going to ask that we defer it for two weeks and then maybe the three of us can sit down. Sure. And try to kind of maybe come to an agreement, work something out. Will that work for you? That does. Thank you. You good with this? Sure, that's fine. Perfect. Thank you. Okay. July 15th. July 15th. Does that work for you, council member? Yes. All right. Then we will entertain a motion for deferral until our July 15th city council member from the meeting, excuse me, from the honorable council member. There we go. Looks like we have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. council and that motion for deferral passes unanimously to the 15th. Thank you both. Thank you. Okay, that takes us to item B and that will be W seven. We do not excuse me, we do not have anyone signed up to speak. However, go ahead and read it. Okay, I'm going to read this for you. So, this is an ordinance on final hearing recommended for approval uh resoning 12411 Dorset Drive from PUD 62A planned unit development and PUD 659 planned unit development districts to R4 general residential district. It is w 7. I said I don't have anyone signed up to speak but if the applicants here or what do you David if he wants to make he doesn't want to make any comment I don't think you want to say something quickly. We did the should know. Was this one not yours? This one's not mine. Sorry. Glad to comment on though, right? Um, this one is uh just straight zoning to R4. We need more housing. It's right next to R4 development. Pretty simple. Um, sorry I got ahead of myself in making David make more comments, which is unusual for me to ask him to make more comments. He needed the steps. Um, so I will move approval if there's no other questions from council. Are there any other questions from council? All right, then I will entertain a second. Entertained. Cast your votes. [Applause] And with that, the motion passes unanimously. Thank you so much, city council. That takes us to item C, and it's an ordinance on final hearing recommended for approval. It's PUD 2065 resoning 4401 East Hefner Road from PUD 701 planned unit development district to PUD 2065 planned unit development district. Again, this is W 7. And I don't have anyone signed up to speak. Councilman. Yeah, this one's pretty simple, too. Um, this is just taking an existing industrial building. I think we're expanding the uses, adding um some landscaping on the uh frontage on Hefner and um pretty simple case. I actually did vote on this on planning commission already once. So um I move approval. That's like through the looking glass for you, huh? Right. All right. We heard a motion. I'll entertain a second. Entertained. All right. And council, cast your votes, council. All right, item C passes unanimously. Thank you so much, city council. That will take us to item D. Uh, vice mayor, I'm going to have to recuse myself from this and I'm going to turn it over to Bradley Carter at this time, please. Thank you, honorable council member from W 8 and I will now read this one aloud. This is item D and it is a reszoning of 14028 Quailbrook Drive from R1 single family residential to PUD 2066 planned unit development district and I do not have anyone signed up to speak but we just heard council member Mark you need to say anything okay it was recommended for approval we've got everything set in motion so we move for approval all right that is a motion for approval I'll entertain a Second. We have a second. Cast your votes, council members. And we have unanimous approval. Thank you so much. That takes us to item E. This is an ordinance on final hearing recommended for approval. And that is a resoning of 12401 Dorset from SPUD173 simplified planned unit development and PUD 659 planned unit development districts to PUD 2067 takes us once more to W 7. I do not have anyone signed up to speak but I do see a David box walking to the podium. What you want to do council? You want to say something quickly? I mean it's an existing facility. David Box 525 Northwest 11th. So this is an application that's immediately south of the one you just heard two items ago. So, it's an existing facility that we're going to convert to multif family. With that, if there are no further questions, I move approval. Okay. If council does not have any questions, you have a motion. I'll seek a second. Sorry. I guess I should press the button right? All right. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes, counselors. And with that, item E passes unanimously. Thank you so much, council. We have deferred item F, and that will take us to item G, and that's W three. And we do not have anyone signed up to speak. Honorable Councilwoman from W three. Okay, we have a motion for approval and I'll seek a second, please. There's second and cast your votes, counselors. All right, with that item G passes unanimously. Thank you all so much for your votes. And that will take us to item H. This is uh excuse me an ordinance on final hearing recommended for approval. It is the reszoning of 2201 North Bryant Avenue from C3 Community Commercial and HNO Healthy Neighborhoods Overlay District to SPUD 1728 simplified planned unit development and HNO healthy neighborhoods overlay districts. Once more, this is W 7. We do not have anyone signed up to speak. Counselor, thank you. This is an existing um nursing home facility um that has not been used. It's now they're seeking to turn it into an adult daycare facility for those with uh disabilities. So I think we resolved was anyone no one signed up to speak? No sir. Um so I think we resolved I think we had a little bit of a some disagreement with neighbors that they met about and resolved those issues. So I'm going to move approval. All right, you heard it. We have a motion. We'll seek a second. We have a motion in a second. Cast your vote please. Okay. And with that, item H passes unanimously. That'll take us to item I. And once more, this is an ordinance on final hearing recommended for approval reszoning 2020 Northwest 23rd from SPUD 1529 simplified plan unit development and urban conservation overlay district to SPUD 1729 uh simplified planned unit development and UC urban conservation district overlay. That would be to the honorable counciloman from W 6. Yes. Um I'm happy to move for approval. Okay, we have a motion for approval and we'll look for a second. We have a motion in a second. Please cast your votes. And item I passes unanimously. Thank you, council. Takes us to item J. And that's an ordinance on final hearing recommended for approval closing the public right ofway for West Park Place platted northwest 10th Street between North Harvey Avenue and North Robinson Avenue. Uh portions of the public rights away along Northwest 9th Street and Northwest 10th Street east of North Walker Avenue and a portion of the public ride ofway along North Hudson Avenue between Northwest 9inth Street and Northwest 10th Street. Uh this takes us to W 6. Of course, we don't have anyone to uh signed up to speak, but as you will, please. Yes. I will also move for approval on this item. Thank you, Councilwoman. We have a motion. Do we have a second? We have a motion and a second. Please cast your votes. Okay. And that passes unanimously. Item J. This will take us to item K. It's an ordinance on final hearing recommended for approval closing the public easement of lot 6, block one, Baker's subdivision being a part of blocks 17 and 18 of Goff's edition uh generally east of North Woodward Avenue and north of Northwest 11th Street. Uh Councilwoman W 6, I will move for approval. Okay, we have a motion and do we have a second? We do. And now cast your votes, please. Okay. Item K passes unanimously. Thank you so much, city council. This will take us to item uh 11 L and these are public hearings regarding dilapidated structures. Uh and no one has signed up to speak. We have no one who has signed up to speak. Thank you, city clerk. Unless council has any comments. Oh, did you? Okay. I don't have a slip. We don't have a slip for you, but if you'd like to come to the podium, please and you'll want to introduce yourself first and last name and your address and then tell us which item. Okay. Yeah. I'm um my name is Manfam. I'm with Kaka Holdings and my address is 3211 Southwestern Avenue, Oklahoma City, 73109. Okay. and I'm talking about the I guess this public hearing regarding dilapidated structure 718 Southeast 50th. Okay. Uh I'm just requesting a little bit more time what I did on this property and I I understand that it's a it's we've been dealing with it for a long time. So uh I I own finance the property and they did have a harder time and I had to take it back. Um legally when I own finance a property I'm not allowed to um I I'm not allowed to do certain things because it's their responsibility. But I because it reflects my interest, I have to come in and fix it. So I did take the property back and I do plan on either getting rid of it, selling it or you know or demolishing it. Um all all I am requesting is a little bit more time to you know resolve the issue. I see we have representative from our Chris Smith for code enforcement. Uh we're happy to work with with the property owner towards compliance. Uh staff would go ahead and request that council go ahead and declare the items today. Um by statute, you'll have 30 days to present a plan of action to the city. 30 days. Okay. Uh and then from there, um we'll continue to work with you towards resolution. Okay. Thank you. And to the honorable council member from W for Yeah, I would say and I appreciate your willingness to to work with our citizens on this. We'll go ahead and move forward on it. and you got 30 days to get a plan together. All right. Thank you, sir. All right. Okay. Thank you for the comments. And with that, I would uh look for a motion and a second. And we have both. Cast your votes, please. Item L passes unanimously. Okay, that takes us to item 11M and that is public hearings regarding unsecured structures. Uh I don't have anyone signed up to speak. I don't know if a council member has any comments or questions. If not, then I would entertain a motion for approval and a second. I have a motion and a second. Please cast your votes. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you so much. This takes us to item 11N and that is the public hearing regarding abandoned buildings. Um I do not have anyone signed up to speak. I don't know if a council member has any comments or concerns. All right. All right. And with that, I would entertain a motion. We have a motion in a second. Cast your votes. Motion passes unanimously. And that takes us to item uh O and we will hear an update. Is that right, city manager? Yes. Uh Captain Audrey George is going to join us and just give us a quick update on the emergency operations plan. The uh this is just a plan that we approve every year and there are amendments made to the to the plan. She's also going to give us just a little bit of update on the parade and just the efforts that were there because it ties into our emergency operations plan. So I'll turn it over to Captain George. Good morning. So, I am the city's emergency manager and today we are I am here to present the city's emergency operations plan. The operations plan has to be updated annually and approved by council annually as well. So, our city's planning and preparedness committee meets quarterly to discuss the different changes to the um emergency operations plan. So, it's really kind of a city's plan. each department uh each of our city's department comes together like I said quarterly and we discuss different things that need to be updated in our plan. So the emergency operations plan does provide the framework through which our city prepares and responds to emergencies and major incidents. So you can kind of look at the uh the championship parade as a major incident that our city undertook. I am so pleased to have had the opportunity to work with the different city departments. We did not have a lot of time to put this together, but everybody came together and worked extremely hard with extremely long hours to get this accomplished. So, I can't say enough about our city departments, the public works who provided the large trucks that blocked all those intersections that you saw. We also asked the state to come in because there were a lot of intersections that needed to be covered. So we also had the assistance from uh the state. They also provided equipment for us. Um the PIOS who worked together to present one message for our city was amazing. uh utilities and parks. They came together, they did the trash collection, and I don't know if anybody saw the parade route after the event, but um once they got through there though, you could not tell that our city had even had a parade. They did spectacular and I'm very proud of the work they did. Also, Embark, they had to bring all the citizens and residents into the city and we had three different uh pickup locations and they made it work. That was a lot of people that we had to transport down to the parade. Um, police and fire and IMSA and city IT, we all worked together to put together a comms and a law enforcement and medical plan. Um, and again, I missed Parks on the cleanup, but Parks, too did an amazing job as well. So, I really don't want to leave anybody out because if you were down there that day, it was truly a city event and everyone did an amazing job and I couldn't be prouder of our city. It was amazing. Um, so back to the emergency operations plan. So, we do have a new planner. Her name is Kim Jensen and she has done amazing work with our operations plan. If you've seen the versions in the past and the one that we have currently, it is just an easier read. We removed a lot of the redundancy and excessive wording that was in the plan. Um, we added visuals to make it uh a more friendlier read. So, please take the time to look through the emergency operations plan and read it if you have not done so in the past. We will continue to make uh modifications in the future, but um I just want to really give a um heads up or a a Kim Jensen has done an amazing job. So, I want to give her kudos for the work that she's done. Does anyone have any questions for me? I just have a quick comment, Captain George. you know, with the NBA playoffs going on, the women's college world series going on at the same time, then we win game seven, then we have the parade, all these different things going on. Um, I know that just had to wear you out, but I would just love to thank you and your staff for the job that y'all did. Uh, it was amazing. Really amazing. Thank you. And I know you're just you can't wait for the Olympics to show up and uh the international canoe festival and I mean all that stuff. So well speaking of the Olympics, so we have started a metro emergency response team. So all those different departments that you saw coming together to help us. They are part of the metro emergency response team. So we started training this year. Uh so we had two training days this year. Well, we'll have another one October. Um, next year we'll do quarterly training with the different agencies and then the year after that we'll start training monthly. The hopes is that we know how each other will work together and it's all in preparations for moving towards the Olympics. So, this was a great test run for us and we know where we need to make improvements, but we are very excited to have had the opportunity to have the parade and now we just need to look forward to 2028 in the Olympics. Excellent. Well, thank you and your staff so much. Yeah, I I I agree. I can't say enough with Audrey and her team. And I think it really is it's like it's what she was describing of all the different departments that come together, partners that come together. DOKC was another partner helping downtown with cleaning up and all. There's just so much that happens. And you think of emergency operations, we generally think of like storms because that's typically what we face. But there are so many other situations that we deal with and something like this and dealing with an incident or dealing with an event. Being able to have these these communications, these relationships already built that we're already working together is huge. and credit definitely goes to you and the relationships with all the partners that we have and the work that they're doing to help us be prepared for incidents or in case we're dealing with a major event like this. So, thank you for your work and thank you for your leadership. Thank you, sir. Vice Mayor, could I make ask a question and make a comment? One, I want to echo the sentiment. It was great and participating in the parade. I felt very safe and so I appreciate all the hard work that went in not only by you but by our entire um team. I do have a question, city manager. We there's been discussion I know I continue to read about federal divestment from emergency management. Any discussion about changes that we need to be making in anticipation of that or is that just I don't know if there's specific changes at this point. The question really I think to a great extent is FEMA and then reimbursements for disaster response which typically we rely on. It's it's very any anyone would tell you it's pretty slow in processing and coming back to you. So it's like you've got to be prepared in a good situation. And another reason we want to make sure we've got reserves is so that you can pay for that upfront. But when you get that reimbursement, it helps restore those funds so you're ready for the next event. What it does for us long term is it would start to erode those reserves and have an effect, a negative effect on us if we don't have that funding. So it's definitely something we need to continue to commi communicate with our delegation how important that is for communities in recovering from major disasters. Thank you. Just curious. I want to go one step further and thank all the individual officers in their combat riot gear chasing Shay Alexander down the street when he decided to run with the trophy. That had to be hard. I asked Chief Bassy to get me a list and so get some popcorn. This is awesome. The Highway Patrol, Oklahoma County Sheriff, Mustang PD, Oklahoma City University PD, The Village PD, Edmund PD, Dell City, Midwest City, Tulsa County Sheriff, Tulsa PD, U Health Science Center PD, Norman, Yukon, Logan County Moore Lton Cleveland County, Guthrie, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, the US Marshals, Canadian County, and the Oklahoma National Guard. and I probably miss somebody. Thank you, Chief. I know on the day after the parade, that's all you want to do is answer a question, but it was a phenomenal event and it's we are so fortunate to have the city we have. Well, and I just want to kind of give a shout out to OP. They were with us through uh the finals. uh they provided so much assistance to us during the finals that that relationship is amazing and I can't thank them enough for everything they did to help us. And I would say too that one of the things I really appreciate I've had so many people approach me and gave comments about the presence of security but really the way because parades are 90% waiting for something to happen and people are standing around. how much great interaction there was between officers and the community that it was really kind of a community policing opportunity and they were engaging with the kids and giving them those badge stickers and there's just a lot of really positive um relationship built out of that I feel like and so it was a really great opportunity and I think too credit to our community for all the people that showed up to have that many people show up and many many people were picking up their own trash not everyone many people were picking up their own trash they were being good neighbors to each other u That's really a big part of what made it a great event as well. Absolutely. They definitely listened to Chief Bassy who told them to stay home if they were not going to behave. So I I believe that we had a we had a lot of people down here and everybody was extremely well behaved and it was amazing to go and see all the officers interacting with our community. And every time I'd go up and down the route to try to make sure everything was in place and ready to go, they were cheering us on. Every every time I'm like, I know they have to be tired of seeing me, but but they were just so our community was so engaged and excited and just ready to have this parade. It was amazing and it was amazing to be a part of it. Um, thank you for your work and for your presentation. A question. Yeah. A question and a comment if I might. Sure. Um we had received yesterday uh an email word two did um from a resident just had a concern about going forward. Of course going forward meaning we would win more final championship which we all look forward to just when we have these big events. It was just someone asking about like uh ADA accessibility. Now again, you know, we're talking about what 500,000 people, but you know, I can definitely tell you just like during Pride Parade, I've saw people in children and elderly folk in wheelchairs. I know you only had a little bit of time, but who would this, you know, we forwarded them to our disabilities committee to share some thoughts, but I don't know if you might want to speak to what went into that or what what your you said you already were lessons learning so absolutely. So we did leave a lot of sidewalks open to for accessibility. We also one of the park and rides provided the handicap accessible buses also. Um but with that we did not have a lot of time to plan but we did try to do the best that we could and we did not block all the sidewalks until the very last minute to try to ensure that accessibility was still granted. Um, and sounds like the committee was a right place for us to send this particular resident with any concerns. Do you have any recom further recommendations of how they might be able to share their experiences and with whom? Sure. So, they can send it to my office and we will most definitely make sure that we are addressing that in the future. Cool. Well, hey, I just really appreciate your attentiveness to that topic. Like I said, we just got that email and yes, uh, appreciate that. And then I I think this might be the time to mention uh just want to say thank you for all the coordination, but you know my mother was on the float and uh 81 and she was just you know hooting and hollering and best day of her life but right at the end for the last three blocks she got heat exhaustion and I just want to take this time to thank uh Chief Kelly. Uh he would not leave my mother's side. I think he knew she had fallen a year earlier, had COVID late in the fall. And I mean, I I I was worried about her, but this man just stood beside her. And it was about 30 minutes into it, we were at the convention center in the air conditioning. And I finally said to my mom, I was like, "You you know that is our fire chief, right?" And she goes, "What baby?" Like she just didn't realize who it was. And that's just how humble he was in doing that work and getting some IMSA folk to come and look after her. So again, I think it took a lot of that coordination. And so I and while she was recovering, we were hearing reports of 20some year olds with heat exhaustion and stuff like that. Uh which both made her sad and made her feel better that it wasn't just her. So I just want to thank the people who uh kind of stood in all across the board. Also, thank you councilwoman for reaching out. Um word three Avers, thank you for that. Um but just good job to those who, you know, stood up that day. Great work. Thank you. [Applause] Okie dokie. After that update, we will now move to item P. And I believe we have another update. Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, we have to vote. It's a vote. It's a vote, everybody. Forgive me. Item O is a vote, a resolution adopting the city of Oklahoma City emergency plans operation and authorizing the city manager to implement the plan. I can keep reading if you would like. No, it's good. Okay. We have a motion and a second. Cast your vote. Passes unanimously. Thank you, city council. And now we will move to item 11P. And this is a joint resolution with the Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust approving and adopting the amended and restated film incentive program as an amendment to section 8 of Oklahoma City's general obligation limited tax bond program. and Jill Simpson with Oklahoma City Film Office is here to present the changes. Hi Jill. Good morning, council members. Um, what you're seeing with this item is the culmination of about six months of work with uh Amy Douglas and Joanna Mcpatteren with the input of Aubrey Mcder. We looked at policy that was created to oversee the film incentive rebate program for Oklahoma City. It was created before the office was opened. It was created before we used it. So we realized working through the program with 10 applications, things needed to be modified, things needed to be further defined. So we went through line by line and basically what we did was we um we added some new technology as far as distribution models for projects. So projects are now being distributed directly to um apps on telephones or to the internet. So we didn't want to preclude those projects for from applying. One of those actually filmed in Oklahoma City in the spring using all suite studio. We we realized music licensing wasn't included. And that is a really important factor when you consider that if a film uses Oklahoma City music created by Oklahoma City musicians, it's a way to get their their content out there, their name out there, and it's just a further way to expend expand our industry. Um we just further defined what is post-production? It's editing, producing, scoring, recording music. Um, one thing we realized is that for every application that comes in, we qualify, we measure taxable transactions for goods and services and taxable transactions for labor. And one of one of the things we noticed with our uh requirements is if they're hiring our local crew, it shouldn't matter if they're working a day or two in Guthrie, a day or two in El Reno. We're still collecting that tax. And in some instances, I've been required to turn away projects if they weren't, you know, shooting 50% in Oklahoma City. But basically, if they're shooting meeting a $2 million requirement for for shooting here and they're using our labor, we're still getting the benefit from it. So, um, let's see what else. There's other things that I added when I implemented the program that I were based on my experience with the state program that we now make them each applicant go through a third party CPA review. So all their expenditures have to be checked before they're even submitted to us. So we added more teeth to the program and I will tell you that my position is always going to be to protect the interests of the city and the taxpayer. So, a lot of these things that we put in the application program needed to go into policy. So, does anybody have any questions or concerns with anything? I enjoyed getting to visit with you the other day and talking about documentaries and I think that's an important thing that in the future we need to work on and consider more and more. I agree and I have ideas and I'd like to float those ideas with some of the documentary filmmakers and then I'm going to get back with you. Okay. Thank you. Thanks Jill. Thank you, Jill. And now, do we we need to vote on that? We need to vote on it. I'll entertain a motion in a second. We have both. And please cast your votes, counselors. That would be moving unanimously. Okay. Thank you, council. We'll move to item Q. And this is a joint resolution with the Oklahoma City Municipal Facilities Authority approving settlement of a subgregation claim related to payment of medical bills paid under the city's self-funded healthc care plan against the proceeds recovered on behalf of an Alyssa Lian arising out of injuries, excuse me, sustained in an automobile accident on July 27th, 2024. There is no executive session um requested. I don't know if any council member has comments or questions. Okay. Uh or of course if you wanted to move into executive session, we'll hear that uh as well. But otherwise, we will move for a motion. Look for a motion. And we have a second. Maybe we do. Cast your votes. Thank you so much. And with that, item Q passes unanimously. Um item R. Uh do we want to save this till after the comments from citizens? Is that okay? Go ahead. We can go ahead and vote to move into executive session to discuss collective bargaining negotiations for fiscal year 25 through 26 with the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 123, International Association of Firefighters Local 157, and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 246 um as authorized by section 25. And I will look for a motion to move into executive session, please. motion and a second. Cast your votes. And the motion passes unanimously. Thank you so much, council. That will take us to item 12, comments from council, and I will move to council uh member Bradley Carter in Ward One. Thank you. Um, you guys kind of stole my thunder a little bit about thanking the uh the police and all the the deals with the parade, but I just want to echo Captain George and everyone else's sentiments. I mean, I can't tell you how many people I had come to me or call me and tell them how safe they felt being downtown. And that was probably the largest crowd I've ever seen downtown, ever. um the the effectiveness of everyone who was working behind the scenes to get everything cleaned up. Um and just the unity I believe that we showed as a state, let alone a city. Um I did not wake up to seeing cars burning, you know, stores broken into, looting going on. Like I I think we set a standard and and showed the nation what that needs to look like. And I was extremely proud of my city and all of our residents. And I just I don't know that we can thank everyone enough who came out to support the Thunder and did and did what they did and did it in the the fashion that they did. So there are so many people that we don't even know their names that work for our city that did not get that day off that worked tirelessly to make sure that that happened and we did feel safe. So thank you so much to everyone who did. Um although we may not know your names, we got to see the labor of your work and we appreciate you very much. Thank you, council member. And that will take us to ward three, Councilwoman Neighbors. Thank you. Um, so yes, definitely echoing the the pride in Oklahoma City, the pride in Oklahoma, people coming from hours away to help celebrate a victory and what many called impossible. And um segueing on that, I want to have a quick public service announcement relating to the impossible is possible in Oklahoma. So right now the United States is seeking top innovators to spearhead air traffic control system overhaul. Literally the next generation of operations. It's a very very heavy lift and it's on a very very tight time schedule. And I believe it's an opportunity for Oklahoma to shine, for us to show how the impossible is possible. Once again, um, if you're like me, and I'm sharing this with a few people here and maybe whoever's watching and our other council members, I grew up 12 miles from the aeronautical center, from the airport, and I did not know that the heartbeat of aviation existed in Oklahoma City. Um, we have been at the heart of the national airspace system since its inception. Over the decades in aviation, we have encountered many challenges and relied on Oklahomaans to be innovative, to think outside of the box, and to get the job done. And we have every every single time that we have been called upon. When there's a problem nationally, many of our Oklahoma aviation experts are the ones that are called and we step up. We fill the gap. Many times our teams have accomplished and overcome challenges that everyone said were impossible or it would take 10 years and we do it in six months. That is when the impossible is possible. This past month, and this is what I want people to be aware of and to to share with anyone that you know in aviation, a request for information was published for the new state-of-the-art air traffic system. The request for submissions is expected to be published any day. It will have a very short timeline, possibly only two weeks to submit the proposal that could change our whole aerospace system. There is no state better poised with the technology or the people that know the national aerospace system. Literally, we are probably the only place in the world with the experts and the access to almost every system in the NAS right here in Oklahoma City. This is a big challenge. I know many people are experts in single systems. This call is going to be for a top innovator that can spearhead the effort and be the connector pulling together people, technology, and systems in a very short time frame. I'm hoping to see some of our Oklahoma companies, some of our Oklahoma innovators step up and be ready to be the connector, the innovators, the connector of new technologies and have the operational expertise at their hands here in Oklahoma. I hope every Oklahoma that knows someone in aerospace, and I'm looking at all of you guys, that you are letting people know that this is going to be published and that we have to be ready to respond um with the expertise and the capabilities that we have. So, if you know a person, please encourage them to be on the lookout um for this. Be looking to partner with your neighbors and be ready to put together a submission and show what we can do in Oklahoma. So, thank you guys. Thank you, Councilwoman. And then that takes us to W four. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I just wanted to uh also share my appreciation with Tinker Air Force Base out in Ward 4. They put on a great air show this weekend. Uh and drew just fantasticized crowds out there, which kind of just blows my mind. It seems like Oklahoma City, we're just going through so much right now. So much that it's unbelievable. But uh very appreciative of that. as well as all the other events that we've been having. It's just it's been an amazing time to be in Oklahoma City for sure. So, thank you. Thank you, honorable council member Stone. And that takes us to honorable council member Word Five. Hi. Nope. Okay. Word six. Word seven. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I just want to say quickly, last week we um we recognized the retirement of ACM uh Aubrey McDermad. And I just want to say from the horseshoe, Aubrey, if you're still here and paying attention to council meeting, um how much I appreciate you and the great work that that she has done. Um when I started on the planning commission 6 years ago, she was our planning director and I remember calling her and saying, "They gave me this job. I have no idea what to do. Can I come to your office? Will you please explain what we're supposed to do?" And um so since then, I feel like she has just been such a great encourager um and mentor. And so I'm just very grateful for the work that she has done and um sad for our city to lose her as an employee but happy for her to enjoy her retirement. So thank you Aubby for everything you've done for us. Thank you councelor. And that takes us to the honorable council member Wate. Thank you vice mayor. Um last week uh the drinking water quality report for Oklahoma City was released and it confirms clearly that we have some of the highest water quality in the United States. But in reading through the report, there were a couple of things that jumped out to me and and I think it needs to be emphasized that our water utility trust treats and delivers an average of 100 million gallons of fresh drinking water every day to nearly 1.5 million people in 17 communities in central Oklahoma. Secondly, and I know all the council have experienced this. From time to time, we have waterline breaks and that can be frustrating, but I am really proud of our utilities trust. In n in 2024, uh they started a task of identifying and inventorying more than 250,000 public and private sewer lines, service lines in our water system to make sure we deal with that issue. And I think that's a big thing. I think Chris Browning and his staff needs to be recognized for this. I think Chris said it best. U this report reflects the exceptional work our employees do to safeguard water quality and earn the public's trust. They have earned our trust and I think they will continue to uh thank you Chris and your employees. Thank you. And council member and then I'll just add Does everyone okay? I'll just add uh to echo um Council Member Pennington's comments about uh Assistant City Manager McDermad. Uh it's just been truly a a a honor to learn from her through the years. Um that's I I'm and she's just been so kind and it widens my perspective often when I'm speaking with her. And so I I wish her only only joy uh going forward. Um, the other thing too, speaking of joy, I really uh appreciated the opportunity this weekend on Saturday to speak to a crowd of thousands gathered at Scissor Tall Park for this year's Pride ceremony. Um, I got to meet uh RuPaul Drag Race winner from season 11, Eevee Oddley. Like that's who was here in our city. the Thunder began the week and then you have this pride c celebration where we're bringing in, you know, international superstars alongside the Thunder Champions. I mean, it was almost too much the week if I'm being honest. But I wanted to bring it back to the council for you to know that I began my remarks with news that a lot of that crowd had not heard, which was of our uh mental health alternative. when I told them um that and this is they were just waiting for Eevee Oddly to come out. But when I came out there and told them that we had launched uh a historic mental health alternative. Um that's something that the great city of New York City does not even have. That crowd roared. I have I have not been in that the stage extended out into the crowd and I was out there in that and they just wouldn't stop. They wouldn't stop. They were just so proud of that achievement. And I I hope on my deathbed it is one of the last things I remember because they were just It's not often I mean when I was born in ' 82, the idea of still living in Oklahoma City, I mean so many youth left. Y'all know this. I'm not saying anything you all do not know. Um, but the last 25 years have just been I know there's a lot of work and you all know I like to talk about that work up here, but I thought it was an incredible experience to see that crowd just in rapture. I mean, I don't know what I wish you could have heard it. That's all I can tell you is I just wish you could have heard it. Um, that was such a such an achievement. um what what we've set in motion there and to do something that even New York City has not done was just was just an incredible incredible thing. Um and then I went home and slept for 48 hours. So uh just wanted to say thanks for the opportunity to to speak there. And should we forget why a pride is so important? I'll just acknowledge, I'm sure you all saw in the news, um, you know, 2003 was when the Supreme Court struck down it being worth a 10-year prison sentence here in the great state of Oklahoma. Um, if they arrested you for being gay, that was something we put in place from 1907 until the Supreme Court in Lawrence versus Texas struck down that rule. I went back and looked at a dissertation about our history and there were arrest after arrest after arrest after arrest of people under that ordinance here where county Oklahoma county um prosecutors prosecuted folk 5 years in prison, six years in prison going to the street car and seeing if if if someone was dressed in the right clothes, literally checking their undergarments. That's what police officers used to do back then. I'm not I'm not making that up. um if they looked suspicious in the way they were presenting. Um and then just this year, I know you all saw Victor Orban just this weekend in Hungary said that if you went to a pride parade there in Hungary, you faced arrest. And to everyone's incredible surprise, just Google it yourself 200,000 residents showed up in defiance of that. And this was their leader calling them degenerates and telling them that they faced arrest. 200,000 um not just queer people but their friends and allies who are straight. And I am just so grateful that in the face of some terrifying um remnant of our past trying to come into our present. I'm very proud to see that sort of turnout and I'm glad that in our city we are a welcoming city. Um that is who we must always be and so um just wanted to say that today and just thank this council forever and always for that mental health alternative. It is it is truly u wonderful. Thank you so much. And I think now we will move into ex Oh, we do have a citizen. Hi Ronnie. Ronnie Kirk, do you want to come up and speak? That will take us into citizens to be heard item 13. Ronnie, do you want to give your first and last name and your address, please? and you'll have three minutes and then the TV will uh tell you about your time. My name is Ronnie Kirk. My address is 2328 North Missouri. I guess y'all know we made the world news not only for the thunders winning but for the shooting the same night and the killing of a 17-year-old girl of another young lady. All our problems really started when they implemented open carry for guns. It started three years ago when a 12-year-old kid shot at his teacher at a football game. A kid shot another kid. A thousand people running. Wade Garley, Chief Garley, former Chief Garley. He had all security you needed at the fair. Somebody shot, somebody got killed. You had 3,000 people running at the same time. Just last week at the Thunder game, you had 60,000 people there. 30,000 of them never know there was a killing outside till the next day till they seen it on the news. Why does a person need to carry a gun, open carry, to a place where kids and families are trying to enjoy theself? President Lincoln repealed two laws. Roosevelt repealed two. With the Senate and our council, y'all need to repeal that gun law where they can't carry a gun to where families go. They can't carry a gun to another man's business. Keep your gun at home. Keep it in your car, but you can't take it into another man's business. You can't bring one into the council. You never know if anybody in there got one. I want say thank y'all today. Thank you. Thank you, Ronnie. I appreciate your comments. And with that, we will now move into executive session. Got four of us still waiting on another Yeah, mine's on the table. Thank you. One second. Yeah. Is it okay? Um and with that we move to item 14 which is adjournment. Thank you so much. That was anti