Good morning. We're going to get started this morning with an invocation led by Pastor Chris Pollock of 8th Street Church of the Nazarene. And that'll be followed by the pledge of allegiance led by Lily Menaka representing Girl Scout Troop 3469. Please stand as you are able. Let's pray together. Father, Son, and Spirit, I thank you for these your servants, our mayor, our city manager, our city staff, and our city council members. I give thanks for the way of service they have chosen to take upon on behalf of all of us here. So today, we pray that you would be glorified through the decisions of this city council. We pray that as citizens of this great city and your world, we would have the eyes to see how our lives are all connected and how our common good is upheld when we listen and respond to the most vulnerable among us. We pray that your kingdom would come in Oklahoma City as it is in heaven through your power working in each of these servants. May your truth be revealed. May your light shine brighter. May the voices of the most silence be heard loud and clear. defend their cause, God, through this governing body. Today, we pray for wisdom, for strength, for courage to do what is right and good for all citizens. May we put the interests of others above our own. May we act with love for the common good. May we be good neighbors, recognizing your image and every person here. We thank you again for this council, our mayor, our city staff, our first responders, our hospital staff, and all those who work to make this place we call home such a wonderful city. We pray these things in the name of the resurrected Christ Jesus our savior. Amen. >> Please join me from the Northwood School. Plea pledge. I pledge 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 Pollock, and thank you Lily. All right, I call this meeting of the city council to order. Let me go down to the front now to make a couple of presentations. Is Desiree here? Ah, great. Come on down Desiree. We might. Yeah, I don't know. I I'm I'm indecisive as well about which side to go. Let's do this one. All right. Well, Desiree, you are 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, Desiree Ryan has been named teacher of the month for April 2026 by the Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation and Rotary Club of Oklahoma City. And whereas Desiree is a passionate educator with over a decade of experience in public education and service, a Harding Charter Preparatory District Teacher of the Year, and Interventionist Special Education Teacher at Harding Charter Preparatory Middle School at Independence. And whereas Desiree takes pride in creating engaging and innovative learning environments that inspire and challenge her students. And whereas Desiree is committed to fostering academic growth and achieving impactful results that shift the trajectories of children's lives and expand their opportunities. And whereas Desiree finds great joy in teaching and has unwavering commitment to excellence. Now therefore, be it resolved by the mayor and council of the city of Oklahoma City that they do hereby recognize and commend Desiree Ryan on her selection as April 2026 teacher of the month by the Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation and Rotary Club of Oklahoma City. >> Well, thank you. Well, this is a resolution and so uh we will see if we can get the motions to pass it. Desiree. All right, we've got a motion and a second. Cast your votes. I wish to vote I. >> Passes unanimously. I hope that suspense didn't didn't kill you too much. Yes. Uh well, Desiree, we're so grateful uh for the service that you provide our young people here in Oklahoma City, and we're glad to learn a little bit more about you. We'd love to hear a few words if you don't mind. The uh floor is yours. >> Thank you. Uh I was not prepared to speak. Um but I've been in education for almost 20 years. Uh working in the metro area and working with students um with special needs as well as students needing intervention is kind of where my passion is. And so that's where I've grown at Harding Charter Prep Middle School and I'm thankful for the opportunity to be before you guys today. So thank you. >> Thank you. Let's hear it for that's yours to keep. Congratulations. >> All right, Shaylee, come on down. Well, Shaylee EPS is our city employee uh of the month and we'd love to learn a little bit more about you and so I would ask the clerk to read this resolution. >> Whereas Shaye Eps has been a city employee for one year and serves as an animal welfare officer for the development services department. And whereas on February 18, 2026, Shaylee responded to an after hours emergency call and during the course of her duties witnessed a vehicle strike a pedestrian. And whereas Shaye immediately notified the on call supervisor to dispatch a backup officer to the original call, ensuring that all service needs continued to be met. And whereas Shaye remained on the line with 911 and provided aid to the critically injured pedestrian following emergency instructions until EMS arrived and assumed care. And whereas Shaye demonstrated urgency, compassion, and professionalism that reflects the city's core value of service first, bringing great credit to herself, the animal welfare division, and the city of Oklahoma City. And whereas this council desires to recognize Shaye eps for her 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 Shaylee eps April 2026 South Oklahoma City Kuanas Club employee of the month. >> Well, thank you. Well, this is also a resolution. So, let's see if we can get the votes. Shaye, we have a motion and a second to cast your votes. I wish to vote I Yes. >> Passes unanimously. Well, you are in a role that's really critical and important to our city. But this resolution tells a story of going above and beyond. So, um this is really heroic. Thank you so much for the service you provide every day, but especially um on this uh challenging day that you experienced. We'd love to hear a few words from you if you don't mind. The floor is yours, Shaylee. I do have something prepared, but I will be reading it because public speaking is not my strong suit. This is my first time being recognized at this level. And while grateful, speaking isn't something I'm familiar with, so your patience is appreciated. I'd like to thank my entire animal welfare team for their unwavering support. I'm incredibly fortunate to work alongside a group of people who care so deeply, not only about the work that they do, but about the people they work with as well. This team has made me laugh more times than I can count, is always ready to lend a helping hand when needed, and bakes the best sweet treats at 8 a.m. to jump start our mornings. You've all set me up for success in ways I'll never be able to repay. So, thank you. I'd also like to thank my dad. You've always been an exemplary example of integrity and dedication. Don't cry. Consistently going above and beyond in every situation you're in. You've shown me time and time again what it means to persevere. Thank you for being an incredible role model and support system throughout my life. I'm still learning. I'm still growing. And this recognization inspires me to continue striving to do better every day. I promise to try not to let it go to my head. Thank you again. I do appreciate it. It's trying to come up. So, you may have to voice that a couple of times. Yes, I just All right. All right. We uh still have a little bit of business under office of the mayor. First up is item 3C. Now, this is a notification that Matt Hankle will serve as vice mayor for the six-month period beginning April 13th. That is next week. This is of course mandate mandated by the charter. No one can really get out of it and uh the not your refusal to accept the notification will not change the reality of the situation. So go ahead and make a motion uh please. >> I guess we have a motion and a second. I'm not seeing that. And I wish to vote I >> darn didn't pass. >> All right. Uh next step are items 3D and E. We could take those with one motion. They're appointments to the Lake Toka Association and the Airport Trust. Great. Our system is not ideal this morning. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. >> Okay, >> passes unanimously. And that was for items uh D and E. All right, that concludes Office of the Mayor, which brings us to items from council. Item 4A is a resolution in support of the nonprofit organizations within Oklahoma City to provide eviction prevention services. Uh because of my obvious relationship with OCU Law, I'm going to step out, but uh I will uh uh turn it over, I guess, to Vice Mayor Hammond to call upon council members Hinklel and Pennington. >> Thank you. Yes. Uh would the sponsoring council members like to say anything about this? Um, well, first let me just say it's always good for us to bring attention to organizations that are doing great work for the people in our community in Oklahoma City. And I think this council is very familiar with the fact that we have a housing shortage and we're doing our best to try to solve the challenges of homelessness that many of the people in our community are facing. Um, the need for legal representation um in evictions is critical. Um, I was pulling up the stats and I was telling Councilman Hinkle this morning, 70% of landlords in eviction cases are represented. 5% of tenants are represented. That disparity in trying to resolve um the issues of evictions are create a challenge that is very one-sided for uh the landlord. Let's also consider that Oklahoma City has one of the shortest eviction timelines in uh the nation and a high eviction rate. 12% of uh we have a 12% eviction rate. So if you think 12 out of 100 people are getting evicted from their homes in Oklahoma City, that is a that's a significant challenge. And so um I I think we both want to commend the organizations that are named in this resolution for the great work that they're doing and continue to try to support efforts to um to resolve evictions peacefully, keep people housed. >> I just wanted real quick Oh, I'm sorry. >> No, go. I just real quickly wanted to say that I do appreciate what these different organizations do to help out a lot of citizens of our city. And uh thank y'all for coming up with the res. I think it's great. >> The deadly cycle of eviction to homelessness to drug addiction to I mean it's vicious and the best place to stop it is right there in the beginning. So that's what intrigued me to be a part of this resolution. Great. Um well, I'll just also comment that um the vast majority of evictions that are filed and to your point, Council Member Pennington, um are uh you know, basically for non-payment of rent and um mental health association Oklahoma um that houses one of these um does some eviction work as well recently um ran some numbers and shared that um due to the like due research that they did and pulling some data and I think this was just for Oklahoma County. Um the amount listed in that in those filings is often for one month. Um so people just falling behind one month to your point, Council Member Hinkle can really disrupt their lives. And so figuring out how you can mediate that and keep people where they are and and uh and get all that back rent paid for that's just one month um is uh is really crucial to keep people stable. So um is there a motion? I move approval if I'm allowed to. >> Yeah, I have a motion and a second. Please cast your votes. >> There we go. >> There we go. >> And I'd like to add thanks to Mayor Mick for bringing this to my attention. >> And that passes unanimously. All right. Thank you. That concludes items from council and we're now on item five, city manager reports. Mr. City Manager, we just have two reports on today. Don't have any formal presentations. I did want to point out the hotel tax collections. Um there's a lot in this in this report um that if you remember, we the we had the increase went into effect last year in October. The first check that we received was in November. Um, as a result of that, that had an effect on our growth rates. Um, if you factor out that increase, the actual growth rate is about 5.8% which is pretty strong still. So, it's really good numbers. I do want to point out that we're about 23% ahead of the budget and we're coming back with a budget amendment to adjust that. um when the projections were set, it didn't take into account the first four months or the five months of last year that had the that didn't have the increase or that had the increase in it. Didn't have the increase in it in the front end. So, didn't take that into account when we did our projections over the year. And so, this will correct that when we do the budget amendment next month, but still really strong performance for our hotels. So, really good report. And then we have the claims and payroll which can be found on OKC.gov. That's all that I have. >> All right. Thank you. Item six, Journal of Council Proceedings. We can take items A and B with one motion. I have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Item seven, request for uncontested continuences. Uh on the agenda is noted item 110 that will be stricken. Is there anything else, Mr. City Manager? Yes, we have several today. Uh starting on page 15, um we have um under 11N1 unsecured structures. All of these items we will strike from the agenda. Uh item A 1209 Belvadier Drive. The owner is secured. Item B, 21109 North Broadway Avenue. The owner is secured. Item D, 510 North Hudson Avenue. The owner is secured. Item E, 838 Maryland Street. The owner is secured. Item H, 2721 Northwest 26th Street, the owner has secured. Item I, 1714 Northwest 30th Street, the owner has secured. And then item J, 2128 Southwest 41st Street, the owner has secured. Um, that's all the items that I that I have. All right. Item eight, revocable permits and events. Item 8 A is a revocable permit with the American Heart Association for the OKC Heartwalk uh May 29th and 30th in Bsentennial Park. And we have Amanda Linhardt here. Hello. We are planning our Heartwalk at Bsentennial Park on Saturday, May 30th. The event will start at 8:00 a.m. The walk will begin at 9:30. Um the purpose is to promote heart health, celebrate heart and stroke survivors, remember those we have lost, and we also focus on educating our community on handsonly CPR and how to properly use an AED. So please, if you don't know how to do handsonly CPR, please learn. Just takes like 40 minutes to learn. So worth taking the time. >> That's all. >> Thank you. questions. >> Councilwoman Hammond, >> no questions. Um, happy to host you all for your walk and happy to move for approval. >> Thank you all. >> Have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. 8B is a revocable permit with the National MS Society for the Walk MS Oklahoma City on May 15th and 16th along the uh South Oklahoma River Trail. And we have Amanda Nutall. >> Hello. Um, we're planning the walk MS. My name's Anastasia. I've lived in Oklahoma City for the last 16 years. Um, this walk, I'm living with MS and this walk has pretty much changed my viewpoint on the whole disease. When I was diagnosed four years ago, it was devastating to me and I felt completely alone. Um, I met this guy living with MS named Pete and he told me to come to this walk. I met so many incredible people. My kids were welcome and it just completely changed my perspective like I can do this. And since then, I've been advocating and meeting several people along the way. >> Great. Thank you. And sorry for completely misreading your handwriting, Anastasia. >> You're fine. >> Um uh either uh Councilman Stone or Councilwoman Hman. >> Oh, I I would just like to say how much I appreciate this event taking place and uh God be with you. So, with that, I'll move for approval. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. We have a motion in a second. Uh oh, yeah, sorry. Passes unanimously. Thank you. Have a great event. All right. Now, we're going to recess the council and convene as the Oklahoma City Municipal Facilities Authority. We don't have any scheduled presentations here. Here we have items A through K. We could take with one motion. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Now we'll adjourn OCMFA convene as the Oklahoma City Public Property Authority. Uh where we have items A through C we could take with one motion. We have a motion to second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. We'll adjourn OCPA and reconvene as the council. We are now on item nine, the consent docket. There is a scheduled presentation for item BB. B is in boy. B is in boy. Uh is there anything else that a council member wishes to pull out for a separate vote? Discussion. question, >> mayor. >> Uh, item BG >> as in boys and girls. >> Okay. >> Um, >> yeah, I just have a question about the specificity of uh one of those sidewalks. Thanks. >> Okay. >> Um, and then items N and O, I'd just like to hear some more about those items. >> Did you say N is in Nancy? Yes. And O Okay. If there's nothing else, that's where we'll start. Councilwoman Hammond, items in O. >> Yeah. Do we have any staff? These are two um art uh agreements, I should say, for some public art, and I just wanted to hear more from staff about them and u make some comments. >> Good morning, city council. My name is Leandre Latimore, public art project manager of arts and cultural affairs. And we actually have some images that we can show you here. >> Yeah. In and out. >> Yes. Uh N and O. >> Yes. As in NC. You can go to the next slide. You can go to the next slide. So, here's um the first item. This is a mural titled City of Champions. So, this is going on the um um retaining wall that's on Class Boulevard near Northwest 14th and 16th Street. Um, this mural is being done by the artist team Anthony Chase and uh um, excuse me, Quinn Smith, who are also known as Quinn Carney and Tony Thunder. Tony Thunder is an artist that's done several public art projects with us in the past. Uh, so we have a lot of trust in them and their ability to complete this work. So um, this is going to come at no cost to the city as they plan to fund raise um, for this project themselves. They actually approached us uh, with the idea of doing a mural on this on this wall. So, they'll also be responsible for um maintaining and repairing the mural as needed for a period of of 5 years. I'm happy to answer any other questions you have about this. >> I I kind of wanted to highlight specifically. So, I know my office got an email and I just looked, it was in October of 2024, so about a year and a half ago, um from Quinn, I think it was asking like, "Hey, there's this blank retaining wall on Classen. Um can we do something with it? Would would the city allow us to to put some art up there?" And so I think I connected him to you and I think Debbie Miller because I was like I think this is probably a public works realm sort of thing. Um and so I just kind of wanted to highlight that you know these opportunities that there are you know there's not always funding necessarily to to make something happen. Um but the city does have space. um and that if it's the right space and the right piece of art, um there's an opportunity for folks to maybe think creatively about places that um maybe look a little little drab or you know that especially when I I know I think this retaining wall is maybe just a handful of years old um when that sidewalk got built um within the last you know 8 to 10 years and so those opportunities to sort of see some blank space and and dream about something um to add some color and some life to I think is a really really neat story to tell um and to share with people that that these opportunities exist. Even if we don't always have the funding, we can sometimes at least provide a canvas. So, >> absolutely. >> Then, if you want, you can go to um item O. So, this is this is pretty much a similar process. Um this is going to be a series of murals painted on the peers um underneath Shields Boulevard at Manuel Perez Park. So um this group that's doing this project is Selto 151 community boxing gym. Uh so again it's the same process. Um they'll be um paying for the murals and also maintaining them on their own for um a specific specific loan period. So uh here are renderings of of what those will look like and a value has not yet been determined for for these but um it's in the process of it. >> Thank you. Yeah. And I think this was similar where there's just a group that um meets regularly for I believe it's like low rider gatherings where they kind of get together on Sunday and hang out and show off their cars and um saw this kind of empty blank space that they wanted um to beautify. So I think they reached out to you all to to start that process. So, I think it's just a really neat two kind of uh in the same um timeline to to think about, hey, we there's this kind of blank drab space that we'd like to beautify and um so there's always those opportunities for people to keep an eye out for. So, and it's really lovely to be able to highlight some of the cultural um pieces that come along with that low rider culture. So, it's very exciting. >> Yes, absolutely. We love having this type of collaboration with um local organizations and artists. Happy to answer any other questions. >> Thank you. >> All right. Next up is item BB, which has a presentation. >> David Todd, our maps program director, will uh give us a quick present or introduction on this project. >> Good morning. David Todd, MAPS program manager. really happy to be bringing you final plans today for the Clare Looper Civil Rights Center. Uh, a lot of work has gone into this with the Freedom Center board, with the subcommittee, and a lot of people within the community. So, we have Colin Fleck here today with Bacas Payne to take you through these plans. Good morning everyone. Thanks for having me here today. Very excited as David mentioned to be here. There's been a lot of people working very hard for a very long time on this. It uh for us started about seven years ago with the Freedom Center coming with this idea of of what this facility could be. There's been a lot of hard work by members of the Freedom Center uh and other groups. In that time, we've renovated the actual Freedom Center historic building, uh, developed the Sitin Plaza downtown, and now, uh, we'll break ground probably about three years after we initially kicked off on this project for the Clara Looper Civil Rights Center. So, uh, excited to bring you this today and to walk you through it. The project site is along MLK, um, between Madison Street and 26th Street. Uh, that's where the Freedom Center is at. So, the primary development for this project will be between Madison and 25th. The proposed entry to the building will be off of 24th Street. In this image, north is to the right. So, that primary entry will be on the north. All the parking will be pushed back to the west and screened by landscaping. You'll notice on this uh diagram here that there's a a blank green space to the left of the building or south and that's for future development in conjunction with the recent bond passage. And on the north side, the Freedom Center has been working with various groups on a uh plaza to to go there and help tell the story of uh the civil rights movement in Oklahoma City. And we anticipate that folks will uh travel from the civil rights center over to the historic freedom center uh and back. And so we'll have storytelling elements along that path pathway. This is a an expanded diagram here just showing that there is an additional beautifification project that is going to come in and bring landscape, hardscape, seating, lighting, things like that to the front of the building. So that is a separate project that is working in conjunction with our project. The public art concept that's been uh kicked around and it's we'll have submissions due here at the middle of the month. uh and then that process of selection will begin. But the the team really liked a lenticular approach where you've got some sort of abstract form that's in the ground that when you get into the correct position, an image is revealed. This is an example of the Nelson Mandela uh installation in South Africa. Um so the team really liked that and that will be located in the southeast corner of of the of the property. This is a rendering looking west of the primary facade of the building. The primary materials are utility brick and a fiber cement look concrete mock panel. Uh and so we've got these different masses uh going around the building. Um we wanted to highlight a lot of the storytelling in this project. This story is so important and we wanted to make sure that we get that aspect of it correct. The areas that you see highlighted in pink on this diagram are the primary storytelling components. So we have a pre-unction gallery and a lounge at the entry. And then we have a gallery hall that takes you to what will be the future expansion which will be a permanent exhibit gallery on that south plot that I highlighted earlier. Uh so the pre-unction gallery uh is right off of this main entry and and it'll serve for events but also for just visitors to come and view the different exhibits. Uh we did work with Gallagher and Associates. They have been uh integral in the design of the National Memorial uh exhibits and as well as the the Gil Crease Museum in Tulsa. So they're familiar with some of the Oklahoma standards that uh we've got here already. Uh the lounge gallery at the at the main entrance will have uh artifact drawers for people to be able to pull out and and look at original artifacts, uh manuscripts, buttons, pens, things like that from Clare Looper's time. Uh there will be screens and murals and images in this space. Uh the Freedom Hall, as it's called, is a a place to host events for the Freedom Center. It can be subdivided into multiple rooms and it will have art installations in there as well. In this uh iteration, it's women of the civil rights movement in Oklahoma City being highlighted and so um brings a little color to that room. And then the gallery hall. Uh it it this is the connection to the future exhibit space. And Gallagher and Associates worked really well with the Freedom Center's branding to integrate the different color schemes uh to help tell the stories of the folks and the people and the places involved in the civil rights movement in Oklahoma City. And then on the exterior of the building, we'll have a series of uh projection mapping projectors that will highlight different stories and and storytelling on the outside of the building as well up on that high panel. Uh so there you see sort of a mockup of that installation there along MLK. And then we actually have a a walkth through a flythrough of the space and you'll see some of the images that you just saw, but this is just to help you see kind of a a white box model of what the space will look like as you move through from the entry into the the lounge. Uh there'll also be furniture in these spaces, but just for clarity, we we're just rendering the walls and the ceilings and the floors. Uh as we turn back and look south, there's the primary hallway that goes back to the future expansion and the front desk. As we come back across the the front entry space and across to the pre-unction space, there's a a gift shop on the right here. There will be murals on the wall on the left. And this is the pre-unction space. There'll be a projection screen in here. Uh and then a series of interactive analog installations. So you'll see there on the right there's some clipboards that visitors can engage with and answer questions and give some feedback and input about how they can be a part of this story. And all of this is geared towards the goals of educating, enlightening, and empowering visitors to the uh civil rights center. And we think that the the storytelling does a great job of that. We're going to fly through these giant pivot doors now into this event space. And here again, you'll see those murals of the women of the civil rights movement in Oklahoma City. And as we go down this main gallery hall to that future expansion, which we don't have right now, but you can see the doors at the end of the hall will take you to that future edition. And these are where we'll have our storytelling panels. Um, and so we'll highlight various subjects and topics. Uh in this hallway, historic timelines. Um to the left we would have a conference room and several classrooms. So we have a digital classroom and a maker classroom. So those are geared towards student groups that would be coming from schools um and have more of a hands-on and interactive approach to learning about uh civil rights movement in Oklahoma City. And finally, our administrative space is located on the south southwest corner of the building. And it's positioned so that that future expansion can tie right in uh to where they need it. And so that is the end of the walkthrough there. Uh our project budget in addition to um our maps fixed limit of construction, we have a half a million dollars from the uh Northeast Renaissance TIF as well as a little over a million dollars in the property acquisition surplus. So our total budget uh we're coming in just under at that 33.2 million range and we've got several alternates there. We'd like to take all of them if we can. Uh finally, our uh we're here right now. Uh we would like to take it out to bid tomorrow and uh then the contracts will come in uh the bid date will be April 29th and we'll come back through again with for for those contractor bids and then we think that we'll be having a groundbreaking this summer, July, August. Um we we're potentially targeting an August date that would match the anniversary of the uh first sitins in Oklahoma City and then we think end of summer of 27 maybe fall of 27 we could be opening the doors. So that's what I have for you today. Thanks for your time. >> Thank you. >> Can I just make a a comment? Uh, and also would you mind showing my screen here? I just want to contrast something. I know we all know the significance of what you're doing, but it's like hitting me very hard right now. Um, last month for spring break, I went on a road trip across the South, like rented a Bronco, drove to historic civil rights sites. We went to the Lraine Hotel where MLK, where the assassination took place, that's now a museum. We drove from there to Selma to see the Edund Pettis Bridge where Bloody Sunday took place and then were subsequently MLK with rabbis and priest marched as a response. And then we drove to Montgomery to see um the lynching memorial that exists there. Nearly 5,000 uh black Americans lynched u from the Civil War um to the Civil Rights Act. We all know the Edund Pettis Bridge, but three or four blocks right from that bridge, if any candidate who's ever run for president had dared turn that camera to the main street that's attached to that bridge, they would have seen buildings like this, like Main Street Selma, just blown out and abandoned. And this hospital was the Good Samaritan Center, which on instinct I just stopped and we wanted to look at it. But this was a segregated hospital. That was the only hospital where black folk could get medical attention. And this is it today. It sits in ruins. and the the potential that Selma or our federal government or the state of Alabama has to do what Oklahoma City is doing to invest in the Freedom Center to bring it back to life with the vision like you just saw from Bakus. Like when we talk about tourism, like I was a tourist looking at these important American moments and what I saw was a country not interested in investing and honoring what happens when Jewish and black uh Christians and and Catholics and Protestants all come together to say this is terrible. So when people come here after that groundbreak uh what you're going to do in um in August and they see what Oklahoma City is doing, I know we know this council that it matters, but this this this is heavy stuff. They have not figured out how to do what we're about to do here. And it just really matters because you're communicating to your city, you're communicating to your other states and to your country and to international travelers your values, right? So, I just wanted to This is like hitting me super hard right now. I've been thinking about this for a couple months. But I just wanted you to know this is what happens when you do not invest in your own history and honoring that past. This is what it looks like. And they can't figure out what to do with it. This is where black folk on Bloody Sunday were treated. It was the only place they could be treated. Um, so just I really want to thank your team and I want to thank the voters. I want to thank this council and mayor and for getting us where we are. So, I just want you to see the contrast there. So, um, thank you. >> I'll say, um, I want to thank everyone, um, but I especially want to give thanks to the executive director of the Clear Looper Center and the Freedom Center, uh, Christina Batty, who's sitting there in the back, my friend. I appreciate her. She has worked really hard to gather all the artifacts, um, to help make a plan, to help engage the community. And so, this is just an exciting day and a testament to her leadership. And I just want to say, um, my appreciation to her. I also want to say thank you to our to the board um that contributed so much and is still trying to raise money in support of this effort because I think it will be um the the crown jewel of our recognition of Oklahoma City and Cla Looper's role in the civil rights movement across our nation. And so I'm very excited about it. I'm very excited that it's going to be close to Northeast 23rd Street in Martin Luther King where we hope to see even more investment and growth. And so this is just an exciting day and I appreciate the work and leadership of this council. Indeed. Thank you so much. It is very exciting. Can't wait till the groundbreaking in the ribbon cutting. Um, next up is item BG. Councilman Cooper. >> Yes. Uh, I just wanted to get some clarification. I'm very excited about this. It's like W one and two. You're getting some sidewalks in some very necessary areas, but I'm curious to learn. It says the vicinity of Villa and 63rd Street. And I'm just wondering and hoping that maybe this means Villa from 63rd to Northwest Expressway might be getting this sign. >> Yeah, Councilman, I'll have to get back with you on that cuz we we have got six packages right now out being built and I've got four others that are being designed. So, I I don't have that off the top of my head, but I'd be glad to get that to you. It'd be great to know. And then I just happened to notice on BD, speaking of the Freedom Center, um some sidewalks coming to Martin Luther King around this area too. So I think this is just wonderful repair work that we're doing. >> We're doing a lot of sidewalks. >> You sure are. Thank you. >> All right. Well, that concludes the consent docket. We can now approve it in its entirety. going to have to do a verbal vote. >> Okay. You won't. >> Okay. >> All right. Um, who who makes motion? >> Motion. >> All right. We got a motion in a second on the consent docket. >> Clerk, please call the role. >> Okay. Ward one. >> W two. >> Yes. >> Ward four. >> W five. >> Hi. >> W six. >> Ward seven. >> Yes. >> W eight. >> Yes. Please. >> Mayor Hol. Uh I passes unanimously. All right. Next up is the concurrence docket. We have items A through R we can take with one motion. And barring a technological miracle, I think we'll take that motion verbally. >> Got a motion and a second. >> That was Carter and Stone. Clerk, please call the RO. >> W. >> Wo. >> Yes. >> W four. Ward five. >> W six. >> Yes. >> W seven. >> Yes. >> W eight. >> Yes, please. >> Mayor Holt. >> I. Passes unanimously. Um. All right. That brings us to item 11, items for individual consideration. Item 11 A is an ordinance on final hearing. It was recommended for approval reszoning 8 Southeast 59th Street from C3 to R1. And Councilman Stone, no one has signed signed up to speak. Thank you, mayor. Um, I'm actually pretty excited about this project. Uh, it's a new project going in at 59th and Santa Fe residential. Uh, and it'll be close to our youth center there. So, really excited about it. With that, I'll move for its approval. >> Second. >> All right, we got a motion and a second. Clerk, please call the role. >> Ward one. Yes. >> W two. >> Yes. >> W four. >> I. >> W five. >> W six. >> W seven. >> Yes. >> W eight. >> Mayor Holt. >> I passes unanimously. Okay. 11B is an ordinance on final hearing. It was recommended for approval. Reszoning 9705 South Chakar Road from double A to PUD 2123. This was deferred from March 10th. Councilman Stone. Uh we do have a couple people signed up to speak. >> Why don't we go ahead and and start with those signed up to speak. >> Okay. I don't know what their Oh, okay. I don't know what their uh perspective is, but Joe Croell, 100 North Broadway Avenue. Um I represent the a group of neighbors that live in the neighborhood of Whitney Ridge that's just south of this proposed development. Um, we got an opportunity to meet with Councilman Stone about 10 days ago at my office and we put together a proposal that we put forward to the developer um, outlining the concerns, namely the amount of lots that are going to be developed, the lack of a construction easement, which last night we found out that they are willing to um, get get an easement from Chalkaw Road to the development to uh, avoid issues with construction. uh vehicles in their neighborhood. Um they have also been willing to increase the space between our neighborhood and theirs by 40 ft, lining it with trees. However, these were communicated to us today. Um, our request is that we're our discussions are ongoing and we still think there are major concerns from the neighbors of Whitney Ridge that need to be ironed out and we've got a dialogue going and I would ask that this get deferred one more time so that we can figure some of these concerns out. Um, I mean, we just heard about the easement last night. We're just hearing about the buffer zone today. Um, we think there's positive momentum on getting something done, but we, you know, we need a little bit more than, you know, a half hour. Um, but we appreciate them working with us. Absolutely. And I think we can get somewhere where everybody's going to be harmonious and they're uh the Whitney Ridge neighbors are their concerns are going to be alleviated. Um, I know we have one more neighbor that lives in the development that is right on the corner there who probably is going to be the most that that lot one. He's going to be most impacted by uh the effects of this new neighborhood. Um, I know he's going to discuss some of his flood plane concerns um and the flooding that has affected his lot already. As you'll see, the contour lines show that the elevation goes to the south. Um it's with more concrete, more impervious surfaces there, it's only going to increase. I know you guys will review that at the city. Um but that's what they're concerned about. So >> great. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> We also have uh Daryl Patterson signed up. Well, I'm Daryl Patterson and I live at 14501 Southeast 98th Street. And um I would just like to maybe second what he said if we could delay it another 30 days. Uh I just found out about this this morning. I just got up and put some clothes on because some of the neighbors thought it was going to be delayed 30 days. I guess there was a lot of miscommunication. There was a meeting last night that I didn't know about until this morning. Yeah. I think something this big that we need to bring the, you know, the neighborhood in and actually discuss it because the thing we don't want is a lot of tension. And if this just gets approved, there going to be fingerpointing. Why didn't you do this? Why didn't you do that? Well, I'm getting a thousand questions. I don't even know the answers because I'm not really heading this up. I I I I mean, I'm very concerned and everybody in the neighborhood has signed petitions, but I I don't know what really want to tell them. So, if I think if we had another 30 days that we could sit down with them, and I really do appreciate them wanting to move the road and put some trees in and the and the construction zone. But I just think the other neighbors need to kind of be brought in and maybe we need to have a neighborhood meeting and say, "Okay, this is what's going to happen." And then let's don't be angry and be upset. And so, that's the only thing that I would ask for. uh you know because you we did meet with uh you our councilman about what you know 10 days ago and and I know we kind of discussed some issues and I I am still concerned about the flood plane um and I know you guys have run a study on that but I have seen Chalkall Road flood and 104 flood both of them low valley and you know you put that many houses in there and you got septic tanks and all this kind of stuff and and the runoff over over my past experience uh you know living in St. area, we had a big problem that the water's going somewhere and that's something that's really going to have to be looked at and then your house values go down and things like that. So, that's all I'd ask for. Just another 30 days for we can all talk about this because I think we're getting pretty close to something. So, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else? Is that it? >> That's it. Mayor, >> Mr. box, sir. >> So, I just want to say to both like the constituents I've met with and the attorneys and the developers how much I appreciate everyone uh bringing their concerns together and trying to mediate those concerns. Um, and I think y'all done a really good job of doing that. I mean, honestly, I don't know if there's a whole lot more they can do there. So there's but but um I would like if you wouldn't mind I would like to defer it for two weeks to give them the opportunity to discuss it in their neighborhood more. Um and I'm sorry just two weeks instead of a month. I don't want to I usually don't defer it for a month, but uh two weeks if you wouldn't mind just have the opportunity to do that unless that creates some kind of issue. >> Well, I mean, well, David Box 525 Northwest 11, we I think we deferred this when we were going through the planning commission. We had a a community meeting at >> Did you defer it for the planning commission? I I during the planning commission process, my curious belief, let me check. I know we we deferred it a month, >> this was set a month ago. This was deferred a month already from the council. Correct. >> Um, >> is that a problem? >> No. >> Well, I mean, they they do have, you know, interest carry and they'd like to be able to develop their land. Let me check something real quick. At the planning commission, it was deferred uh a month as well. Um, so it was originally set December 11th. Um Blaine nice got involved attorney for them. We deferred it a full month to have a meeting. Um so this would be two this would be you know two and a half months worth of deferrals on this on this project. U but you are the council person. Um I will say where we're at is as much as we can give. Um we're going to agree to have a construction and emergency access easement to the east of Chalkaw. Um, we can agree that the south rightway line of that east west street shall be required to be 40 feet off of our property line and within that 40 ft we'll plant trees on 20 foot centers. Um, you know, I that's as much as we can give. It's worth noting that this this development uh we're matching lot sizes, so it's RA next to RA. So, it's hard to imagine there's any argument that could be made about some sort of lack of compatibility. We have the exact same thing that they have. Unfortunately, I think many of these people were uh told by someone other than my client that nothing would ever be developed there. Uh, of course, that was not a true statement. Uh, it's privately held property. It's property that can be developed in the same manner as as their neighbors uh are are developed. So, um, our strong preference is to to move forward today, but of course, we defer uh to your wisdom. >> You have anything you want to add to that? >> All right. I again I appreciate everything y'all have come up with. Um I don't know that there's going to be anything else that's going to be able to come up with this, but if you don't mind, just so they have the ability to finish communicating with the neighborhood. I know uh they weren't made aware of some of these changes until last night uh and in some cases this morning. So, uh, with that, if you don't mind, I'm going to go ahead and move for a twoe deferment. That's it. And, uh, we'll go from there. Okay. >> Be April 21st. >> I just like having more, you know, meetings to discuss things. >> All right. This is a uh proposed deferral on item 11B for two weeks. And we have a motion in a second. Appears the system might be working. Cast your votes. >> Thank you. Passes unanimously. All right. Item 11 C is an ordinance on final hearing recommended for approval reszoning 3540 South County Line Road from R1 to PUD 2128. Uh, Councilman Stone has Councilwoman Aver's cases today. >> Has anyone signed up to speak? >> They have not. >> All right. With that, I'll go ahead and move for its approval. >> Maybe, maybe not. All right, we got a motion. Is there a second? Oh, here we go. Motion a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Item 11D is an ordinance on final hearing. It was recommended for approval reszoning 6205 South Chakar Road from double A to PUD 2129. Councilman Stone. >> No one signed to speak. >> Thank you, mayor. Um, this one I can go ahead and move for approval as well. Got a motion in a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Item E is an ordinance on final hearing that was recommended for approval reszoning 1321 North Meridian Avenue from SPD 108 R4 NU to SPD 1755N. Councilman Stone for Councilwoman Avers. >> Thank you, Mayor. No one signed up to speak. I >> They have not. Sorry. >> Thank you. I can go ahead and move this one for approval as well. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Item F is an ordinance on final hearing. is recommended for approval. Reszoning 1802 Northwest 9th from R2 to SPD 1792. Councilwoman Hammond, no. And assigned to speak. >> Yes, this is just some infill development um on a vacant lot and I'll move for approval. Have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Item 11G is an ordinance on final hearing that was recommended for approval reszoning 2654 Shaw Avenue from R1 and HNO to SPUD 1812 and HNO. Uh, Councilman Pennington, we do have someone signed up to speak. >> Let's hear from our neighbor. >> Okay, this is uh Leon Kirkindall. >> Sorry, I came from work. I wanted to make sure I was actually here. I just found out about this, but I am representing two groups of neighbors that are on the adjacent side of where they're wanting to reszone this fancy junkyard. Um, I want to raise a concern as a resident um for not just the residents but also the commuters of that area that's already not a well-kept and maintained area by the city. So, how does the city plan to maintain the roads and the stress load that this junkyard is going to create? Um, if you guys approve this reszoning, I'm not telling my address. >> I put it on a piece of paper. >> Well, so one, thank you for coming. sounds like why don't we hear from the applicant and um it sounds like one the city won't be the one maintaining it. It'll be the property owner. So let's talk to the property owner and let him let the his representative address your specific concerns. My also my understanding is that that's still that what they're asking for is for it to be reszoned for it to do exactly what they're doing right now, the current operation. So >> David Box 525 uh Northwest 11th Street. So um this operation has been in existence for for many many years. Um they discovered when they were going to do some uh permitting I believe that in fact it was zoned uh incorrect and in conflict with the historic use of the property. So uh the goal of this is to allow for the use that's been there for for many many years. Um there's a significant tree buffer that surrounds it. Um our understanding was that this it's not a junkyard. If you look at the uses that we allow um the the the junkyard use is is not a permitted use. So we have uh in the SPUD I1 the HO and then we uh limit it to additional just five uses. So outdoor storage and display automotive the and all of the automotive and equipment uh uses. So, the scrap operation, the junkyard operation, the trash operation, none of those uses are uh permitted. And the site's actually fairly, I think, well-maintained and organized. You can see just from the image in front of you that um that's the case. But this is simply a cleanup of something that's been going on for for many, many years that unfortunately was not zoned correctly. >> That makes sense. >> Sorry, my mic's not on. Um, so why don't we, David, why don't we take two weeks and visit with our neighbor and see if there's anything specific we can do to mitigate the concerns that she has. And so I'm happy to um work with her to schedule some time to visit with you all and then we can just handle that, see what we can do. >> So I'd make the motion, mayor, to uh continue item G to our next meeting of the city council. >> All right, we have a motion to defer item G for two weeks. and a second. Cast your votes. >> Thank you. >> Pass unanimously. Item H is an ordinance on final hearing. Recommended for approval reszoning 1629 Northwest 18th from R1 NU to SPD 1813 NU. Councilwoman Hammond. Uh we do have um a representative of the applicant to sign up to speak. >> Yeah. if they'd like to come and share about this case. >> Okay. Chris Skelton. >> Good morning, council. Chris Skelton, 4416 Southwest 128th Court. This is Spud 1813 at 1629 Northwest 18th Street. Um what we've got here is just a lot split. We've got two houses on one uh one lot and we're looking to split those. They've got separate drives. It's completely separate um um structures. And going to what uh Councilman Pennington said earlier, we're look we've got a housing s shortage and this is one step that's going to help us out with addressing the housing shortage. Um the staff has recommended it uh this proposal um subject to the TEES and we're requesting approval. So and I'm happy to answer any questions. >> Thank you. I don't have any questions. Um yeah, this was uh approved by planning commission unanimously. So I'm happy to move for approval. Can you hear me? >> We have a motion to second. Cast your votes. >> H Oh. >> Passes unanimously. Thank you, council. >> All right. Item I is an ordinance on final hearing that was recommended for approval establishing a special permit to operate use unit 8300.68 spectator sports and entertainment. Uh high impact in the downtown business district and Councilman Pennington. No one is signed to speak. Um well this is excellent that we are going to be um uh ensuring we have the special permit to uh operate the uh multi-purpose stadium. So very excited about that. We have a lot of amazing projects happening in W 7 these days. Um if you in case you missed that groundbreaking we had a few days ago. Um so I'd like to move approval. I have a motion and a second. cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Uh item J, ordinance on final hearing converting time limited parking to metered parking on both sides of Harvey between Reno and Oklahoma City Boulevard and the north side of Southwest between Hudson and Thunder Drive. Councilwoman Hammond. Yes, I will move for approval. I have a motion and second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Okay. Item K1 and two. Um K2 is the ordinance on final hearing. um amending the uh cordure tiff project plan. We heard about this at our previous meeting. K1 is an amendment to section 4. Uh and I believe uh we may have a little bit of an explanation today regarding the amendment. >> Yes, Kenny Sudel with the Alliance for Economic Development will give us an explanation of the amendment that was made in response to some of the questions that were asked last week. >> Thank you, mayor and councel. So I won't go over the full presentation on the quarter shore tiff amendments that we did last uh meeting but wanted to just focus on there was some questions about some of the things specific to the uh area that cover the new increment area that's proposed for Capitol Hill area. So, we did have uh some meeting another meeting with the constituents and u um work through some of the things and I think last time we talked about we were probably too broad. So, we heard what they said, made some changes. We added almost a whole page of things in the objectives that are specific to and kind of spelled out and spoke to some of those concerns that were brought. I'll summarize them here. really it there's kind of an explanation of some of the unique qualities of that area as it relates to the whole court but then we added things to cover u small business assistance public projects planning initiatives that were talked about uh potential education workforce partnerships and catalytic uh site redevelopment. So there's there's a whole list of that and it's uh the new section four and the objectives uh that kind of lays out under each of those categories some examples of things and those were things that came directly uh from the group. So just wanted to highlight that change that was put in there. Uh the budgets everything else maps all those things stay the same. It's really trying to just be specific about some of the things that uh would be authorized to do here. Um, I would say too there was some things some of the constituents brought up about, you know, a little bit more specificity and detail on some things and really we're trying to kind of strike a balance between the plan. This is the think of this as the authorizing legislation later on. If there's a specific program that we're trying to design and this is something we tried to explain to se the groups that you know we would bring forward some specific plan work with them work with you all on you know kind of how that would be administered. Um if there was something for example like a small business program or something that was funded out of the tiff we would that would be something we bring forward in a different item. But we really tried to hear their concerns, build as much in as we can while staying broad. And you know, so again, this is what authorizes the different things. But specifics, you know, if we start getting into, you know, the minutia of things, that's something we'd want to bring forward at a later time, probably with a lot more work and discussion. Be happy to answer any other questions on that. >> Um, some conversation, a conversation I had with Joanna. Uh something I'd heard from one of the developers over there, Steve Mason, was uh and this was actually at the Olympics event. They had the panel discussion at the Yale. One of the things that Joanna mentioned, she'd had this conversation with him as well, but he's really interested in what the simplification of an of the TIF application process looks like. He's like, you know, for someone like Steve who's done this work on Automobile Alley and Classen and Capitol Hill, like he he understands the minutia and how to move forward, but a lot of our small business uh property owners do not. And so he was very much advocating for that. And so I was wondering if you might speak to where we're heading in terms of that request. >> Thank you, Councilman. Also, Councilman Hammond, you mentioned this as well. So that we're working on something to come up with a document that simplifies maybe kind of an application type process and some information also kind of laying out, you know, typically here's the types of documents and information pieces that you would need to to have to bring to us. We do a lot of that sort of informally right now and meeting with people and we walk them through the process. But we that is something I think we do need to work on and we'll put together we're and staff's already kind of started the work on that of putting together like an information sheet kind of a checklist almost to help walk people through that application process. >> It's going to be not just critical for Capitol Hill but other parts espec I mean thinking class but you know you name where there's a tiff. I think that will be an invaluable tool. And then one of the other things I just want to speak into the public sphere that I was hearing uh that looks like we would and maybe you can kind of clarify this but uh more in the the I want to say it's under programming or project that you would be coming back to but one of the requests was to uh crime prevention and just crime generally and I had pointed uh Joanna to some of the work we're doing from our community policing resolution on the upcoming violence interruption program and there's stakeholders, you know, from the superintendent to the DA who are talking right now and I think that would be something that I I I'm really encouraged. But could you explain like kind of the difference between like these broader parameters here and this subsequent work and I I just want to make sure that in a public space that people know where we're heading. >> Yeah. Again, kind of think of this as, you know, this is the project plans like the authorizing legislation that creates the TIFF and lays out what's allowable. Of course, there's state law also, you know, so we have to make sure things are compliant with state law. So, when you think about any project that we bring back, that's why, you know, if it's a development project, it comes back as a separate item because it lays out all the specific things. Likewise, if we were trying to create some sort of program, whether that would be, you know, a general small business type program, you know, an example we've done in the downtown tiff would be like our ancillary infrastructure program where we had allocated funds over to be able to to do some things like sidewalks and retaining walls and, you know, alleyways, things like that. Well, we created a separate program document, but that's something we work through kind of behind the scenes with folks to lay out, you know, what are the limits, what are the parameters, all those things. And then that gets brought forward in, you know, typically a a separate resolution that would come forward. So, anything like a if it was, you know, one, we'd have to work through the legal make sure whatever the proposed use that it it's allowable under both the state statutes and our project plan. and then you know assuming it's allowable that's something that we would have to work through just those details and bring it forward and um you know that's that's really I think the model if you think about each every single project comes through with its individual details so a program would be no different >> and then finally for me one of the things I was hearing from councelor Hammond and seems like the community brought to your attention and I'm wondering if you could speak a little bit more about it was actually specifying the building facade the need to be able for the property owners over there to address that. Would you mind speaking to that and then I'll I'll stop. >> Yeah, I mean I think that's an example of you know assuming there's funds and again want to reiterate this is you know creating these tiff districts it'll be some time before funds are generated but um that would be something for example you know ARPA when we had ARPA funds we we did a program like that but we laid out what the parameters of those you know programs were. I think this would be a similar thing. So examples would be, you know, what's the application process, who qualifies, what's the limit, the amounts, what are the things that we allow people to do with those funds. All those sorts of questions are things we'd have to kind of work through, see what the needs are, see what's allowable under uh law and put that all together. And we would, you know, anticipate something like that. We'd bring forward, you know, to council uh and potentially the economic development trust for approval. Um, yeah, I think I'll just add I really appreciate kind of taking the pause to meet with that same stakeholder group and just kind of make sure that like you said striking that balance between the specificity but then also recognizing that at this level um even I was like why can't we include this and it's like that's too specific. Let's let's still keep things broad so we can um kind of uh allow for those opportunities but make sure that this document isn't a whole ream of paper. Yeah. >> Um, >> so I really appreciate that and really specifically would like to call out, you know, including the opportunity to utilize funds for like strategic planning for the district because I do think that that is another piece that um would just help make sure that whatever um funding might be available and and how it could get prioritized for especially those public space improvements. It and I think really like thinking about what types of businesses they want to attract and support and all that good stuff. I think that'll be really crucial. Um, as well as just, you know, I think that um that that as Councilman Cooper was pointing out that um that piece about kind of helping people understand how to apply and walk through the process and and my hope too would be that that could help you all as a as staff to not, you know, maybe being getting in the minutia of answering questions um but allowing maybe folks to start doing that research on their own through like a application checklist document. Um yeah, that just maybe, you know, a side benefit is you all maybe having a few less emails in your inbox um to to get the process started um before you kind of uh take that first step with meeting with folks that kind of understand a little bit more and then can maybe have a better conversation about what what their next steps need to look like if they're interested in in applying. So, I really appreciate it and um appreciate you all taking the pause on it. Okay. Well, if there's no more comments or questions, we could take up the amendment. Have a motion and a second on the amendment found at K1. Cast your votes. thought I >> passes unanimously. And then that brings us to K2, the ordinance on final hearing. >> We have a motion in the second. Cast your votes. passes unanimously. All right. Item L uh is an ordinance to be introduced and set for final hearing on April 21st and we have a presentation on it. >> Yeah, this is just just to give you a quick idea. This is the ordinance that sets our council meetings and right now it's got a lot of specificity about when the council meetings are set. Last year was a good example. We had to come back and amend that ordinance to change because we can one of the meetings at the end of the year because the charter requires that we start the first Tuesday of the fiscal year that we have a meeting and sometimes the calendar can work where you have to adjust it. Well, every time we do that, we have to come back and do an amended ordinance. What this would do is simplify it. State that we'll have a meeting the first uh Tuesday of the year that we comply with state laws and then when the council approves annually our calendar for the year, the meeting calendar for the year, that that would set that meeting calendar. So, it just simplifies it, reduces the number of times we might have to come back and amend that ordinance. So, it'll introduce this week and then for approval for next week or next meeting. >> Okay, any questions? Hearing none, we can take a motion to introduce the ordinance. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. That will be heard in its final form on April 21st. 11m is uh 11m1 is the public hearing regarding the dilapidated buildings here listed. Uh Amy, has anyone signed to speak? >> No, they have not. >> They have not. So, we'll proceed to the resolution found at M2 declaring the structures are dilapidated. Have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. 11 in1 is a public hearing regarding unsecured structures here listed. Amy, has anyone signed to speak? >> No, they haven't. >> They have not. So, we'll proceed to the resolution found in N2 declaring that the structures are unsecured. We have a motion, a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Okay. Uh, item O was previously struck, which brings us to item P, a joint resolution with the Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust, approving an allocation not to exceed $2,275,000 from the assistance and development financing budget category. Um, this is for the Cotton Exchange building project at 228 Robert S. Kerr. We have a presentation. >> Yes, Kenny Sudel will give us an introduction on this item. >> Thank you, Mayor and Councel. So, uh, this proposal would be to, um, provide TIFF assistance for the renovation of a historic office project at 228 Robert Kerr. This is a $27 million project uh, to turn this into 100 units of apartments. So, the request is 2,275,000 in TIFF assistance, and that would be structured as a payin payout structure. So years 1 through five, the proposal will be to receive 50% of the incremental taxes generated back and then years 6 through 12 75% and the grand total of all that not to exceed the 2,275,000. So this was contingent upon uh the the tiff amendment that you all passed and this is in one of those new uh tiff areas that was created. So with that, I'm going to turn it over to John Sentner is going to come and give a presentation about uh the project and then we'll be happy to answer questions. Um I'm John Sner uh here representing the Cotton Exchange LLC today. Um if you go back one slide. Thank you. Um I love starting here um because you can see the front facade of the building. This is one of our historic buildings in downtown Oklahoma City. Uh it was this section was added in 1928. Um if you look at the detail, it's beautiful, but if you really zoom in, you see the plywood and steel holding up where the stone has fallen off. That plywood has stood the test of 15 years. Um and has started to really uh degrade the building. Um so as our ownership team came in, that was first and foremost is to secure the structure. Uh this is a listed historic building and that's what we want to do is we want to preserve this first and foremost. Uh second uh we want to bring housing to downtown Oklahoma City. Um that's really our goal is to bring uh 100 units to downtown. Um here you can see uh the full height of the building and its location at Harvey and Robert S. Kerr. Uh 10 stories uh a little under 100,000 square feet. Uh it was originally built in 1923 and expanded the additional five stories in 1928. Um for most uh of probably the longest period it was uh known for the Linheart building um where it served as the headquarters of a lumber construction company. Um you can see in the right hand side um in 1982 where Leadership Square was built right next door. Um, you can see our building uh kind of teetering over the edge of the two-story hole next door. Um, about that time was when it was renovated and turned into a a multi-tenant office building, which most of us know today as Court Plaza. Um, what we would like to do with the building is to take all of the upper floors from 2 through 10 and turn them into apartments. Here you can see the second floor where we do have a small lounge in the center. Um but the third through 10th floor are identical floors um with 100 apartments. 45 of them will be studios. Uh 37 one beds and 18 two beds. Um here's a representative example of the interior finishes we're planning for the inside. We see that as as market rate um as we look at the amenities we want to bring to the building. um you know co-working space, conference rooms, uh lounges for the residents, and then a large fitness center in the back. Uh but we really see uh maintaining the retail presence uh along Harvey on the west side as important. Uh and we are preserving uh Verde Craft Kitchen throughout construction. If you haven't tried it, you should. Um, here's an example of the front lobby as it is today and the finishes we're going to bring back to it to bring back some of that original 1920s feel. Um, as we go into the co-working space and the lounges, we've really tried to bring some pops of color. Um, here's example of the conference room that residents can use and our gym in the back. As we look at um the numbers, you can see the 100 units, how they mix um and then their rents in the center. As you look at the rental per square foot, um that's in track, that's in line with the Harlo project that uh Gardner Tannon just opened that has leased in record time. Congratulations to them. Um, so that's uh um really great starting points and kind of a a good market rate for downtown. As you look at sources and usage, you can see the um a $16 million loans, about six million in uh tax credits, and then you'll see um us uh bringing our architectural and developer fee as equity in addition to um cash contributions totaling 27 million. on the right hand side you can see the construction um that we're doing to the building and and the other costs associated with this project. So um as uh Kenny said said we're looking for a 50% for the first five years that matches our tax credit structure and then 75% um for years 6 through 12 um totaling 2.275 275 uh million. With that, I would take any questions. Thank you. >> Thanks, John. >> Thank you. >> All right. Well, if there's no questions or comments, we could take a motion on the joint resolution found at item P. Have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Next up is item Q, a joint resolution with the Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust approving an allocation not to exceed $6 million from the assistance in developing finance budget category of the uh TIFF district J. And this is in support of the Robinson project and we have a presentation. Yes, Kenny Sug will give us an introduction on this project. >> Thank you, mayor and councel. So, this also is a project in the new one of the new tip districts in the quarter shore plan. Uh this is a renovation of a historic office building into 106 units of apartments, $50 million project. The request on this one is 6 million in tiff. It's also structured as a payin payout um type of incentive. This one would be structured as years 1 through 5 to receive 95% back, years 6 through 10 75% and years 11 through 15% the grand total not to exceed the 6 million. Uh so again uh I'm going to have uh Cindy Marillo is going to come up and give you a presentation on this. And one thing I forgot to mention on the last one, just a fun fact. And on this one too, you know, these these are you heard a $27 million project on the other and a $50 million project here. These are currently on the tax rolls, the cotton exchange buildings on the tax rolls for three million in value. And this one's in on the rolls for five million in value. So just gives you an idea. TIFF does help increase value. So turn it over to Cindy if you want to talk about the project. Awesome. Thank you so much, Mayor Holt, uh Mr. Freeman, and distinguished city council members. Um before I get started on our presentation this morning, um I do want to kind of uh state to this uh team, you brought up um a question about how our uh Kenny Sudel and Joanna Mcpadden um with rep uh referencing the TIFF application process. I do want to compliment their office um because we just recently finished up the Harlo project. Um we opened up in May, just about a year ago, 265 apartments. We are full with a wait list at this point. These projects um answer the housing demand not only in downtown Oklahoma City, but also Oklahoma Citywide. I also want to compliment their office on taking us through the process and holding our hand but also providing great guidance on how to um present and provide adequate information so that these are successful projects. So with that um I do want to get into the Robinson. We are absolutely excited to bring another historic adaptive reuse project to downtown Oklahoma City. This will be 106 units for downtown Oklahoma City. Okay. Um this is a 1927 building uh that opened up originally. We are going to have bring 106 units to this um downtown Oklahoma City market. We will actually keep retail on the first and second floor. And we've got great plans for the lower level for we were talking to various users um food court operators various things like that and these will be new to market um users. Next slide please. Originally the building was constructed in 1927. It was a landmark building that boasts a rich history having played a pivotal role in downtown Oklahoma City's commercial and cultural evolution. Spanning 12 floors, the building offers over 176,000 square feet for businesses that were seeking prestigious a prestigious downtown Oklahoma City address. In the 1980s, this building underwent a significant renovation of uh completing a atrium from the 12th floor down to the uh lobby area and to the lower level. What this did is this created an awesome opportunity for adaptive reuse. It created some light, natural light that enters into the building to create um residential units and to create the opportunity for great floor plates to offer nicesized units in downtown Oklahoma City. So, the Robinson, we will rebrand this from the Robinson Renaissance to the Robinson. Um it is right in the core of downtown Oklahoma City. It has great connectivity to the first national center. From first national center, it also creates adds connectivity to the underground as well. Next slide, please. So, let's get into the uh information about the project itself. So, with 106 units, there are 1 and two-bedroom apartments from floor floors 3 to 11 with over 12,700 ft that are existing tenants, most of which have uh decided to stay within the project. We also are in discussions with new to market uh tenants, commercial tenants that will also allow for increasing uh the market rents for commercial use in downtown Oklahoma City. We have actually experienced this with Starbucks just up the street with over $24 a square foot. So what this does is it starts to bring new business and enterprise to downtown Oklahoma City by creating that value and bringing new tomarket users that may not have considered an opportunity in downtown Oklahoma City. This is a rendering of how the lobby will be refaced. And so a fun fact here because we do have interest uh existing tenants in the space, Mr. Tannenbomb would like to reface uh the interior of this and this is an image of that so that we actually finish the first and second floor first and the lower level so that the new tenants and residents before they sign up to live here will begin to see um the new imagery of the building and what it's going to look like. So this is a representative slide of the apartments, the one and two-bedroom apartments. This goes on for a couple of slides. Excellent. So we are kneedeep in um creating the finishes and so forth of these units. So these are a little bit bigger than bigger than the Harlo units that are up the street just a bit. Those are smaller units about 375 ft up to around 6 to 700 ft. These are a little bit bigger with the average square feet of a little over 800 square f feet. Next slide, please. So, the building amenities, we'll have a 24-hour concier, valet parking, a resident lounge, co-workspace, golf simulator, and also an interactive fitness center. These are all staples of our existing projects and what residents come to uh expect. Another images of what the fun items will be in the building. Okay, so this is the first floor. As I mentioned, all of our tenants have um signed up to agree to stay in the building. We will have a leasing office on the first floor with entry from the interior of the building and also on Park Avenue. Next slide. Next slide, please. Okay, this is a great bird's eye view. Um you'll see it its proximity to um downtown Oklahoma City, First National Center, Oklahoma Tower, and all of the various buildings that it connects with through the Skywalk and through the underground. It provides a great opportunity to provide residents and businesses complete connectivity with downtown Oklahoma City. Next slide, please. It's an image of the uh the route for underground. Okay, this is kind of a complicated slide, but I'll kind of summarize this. Um, our unit count is 106 for the residential with our average square foot of 894 square ft with a rental base of $2.19 a square feet. There are three charts that you'll see what our average rents are for those tenants that are existing in the building. I as I mentioned earlier, we've got a unique opportunity to sort of raise those rents um for the new coming tenants that are new to market. And then at the bottom of the right hand uh side of your slide, this gives you the breakdown of the average square foot and rent for $17.25. Next slide, please. Okay. With any rental project, um, we take a deep dive into what is existing into the market and we compare our comps so that we rightsize our unit count and we rightsize our pricing for the market to ensure a successful um, lease up and uh, project for our ownership. Couple of um, interesting facts that I want to bring uh, to this conversation. So, the average um market rents in downtown Oklahoma City today are $2.36 per square foot with an average of $838 per unit. The Robinson, which will bring bring to market um in, let's see, next summer of 2027 with a 3% average increase from today to that opening date, we will end up at the prices that you saw at $2.19 per square feet. The entry price is $1,634, which is about $200 less than what the downtown city market is today. And also 10% of our units are 10% lower than what the average market rents are in downtown Oklahoma City. So the purpose for that is that ultimately by providing a wide range of pricing, it gives everybody an entry point at a lower than what's uh marketable in downtown Oklahoma City up to the highest price point in the market. This provides a price point for various um people that want to achieve this type of project. Next slide, please. Okay. I have Mr. Todd McNeel here with me today and he is going to visit on the economics of the project. >> Thank you, mayor, and thank you council for hearing us today. Um excuse what you're looking at here is an illustration of the uh of the sources and uses of funds. And as you guys can see, these projects are very capital intensive to change a use of a building from office to multif family and residential. Uh this illustration is showing what it would look like if we did secure the tiff we're requesting today. And as you can see with the tiff uh factored into the numbers, we still barely qualify for 50% on a mortgage uh at 23 million. So that's really kind of driving the uh the capital stack. Uh we do have historic tax credits. This this represents our sixth uh historic tax credit renovation for gardener tanom. So we have a deep understanding of how these work and how to access capital to make these things come to fruition. It's not easy and it's complex as you can see. We do uh monetize the historic tax credits to the tune of about 14 million. A portion of them do come up front and then Mr. Tanibomb will be putting about 11.4 4 million of his personal cash into this deal to uh bring it to fruition and take it to the finish line. Um the total cost is about 50.4 million and as you can see just to point out again our leverage point with the with our mortgage is just at 23 about 46% of the cost which is unusual for a commercial real estate development. Usually you can obtain much higher leverage but these projects as I indicated um have significant complexities and they require a lot of capital to make them happen. Next slide please. Uh the request is for years 1 through 5 at 95% uh years 8 through 12 on the tiff at 75 and years 13 through 17 a 50% reimbursement uh with for a total not to exceed of 6 million. Uh the next slide please. Uh just to address some of the things that have already been talked about today with construction costs and interest rates uh where they are. It just requires a lot of capital to make this happen. Um so we we are humbly requesting uh you guys to approve the tip that we have in front of you today and we appreciate your support and and the silver lining of this is is that we take office space out of the market and increase the office occupancy by re rehabbing these these older buildings. So, we appreciate your consideration and I'm happy to take any questions. >> Thank you. >> Well, for this one and the last, a lot of great examples here of how tiffs are used to preserve our historic buildings downtown, bring them back to life, increase the tax roles, uh, and bring, uh, residential units online. So, just a lot of wins here. So, thank you to uh obviously Mr. Center and Mr. Tannenbomb and your respective teams for bringing these projects forward. >> Yeah, I think back to uh 1983 right after Pins Square Bank failed and there wasn't anybody downtown uh shopping, living, doing anything after 5:00. And so, um I heard such great things about the Harllo. I'm really excited about what's happened there and I think these two projects will do likewise. Thank you. All right. Uh, we can take a motion now on item 11Q. Got a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. All right. Uh, item R1 is a resolution authorizing the municipal council to confess judgment without emitting liability in the case of Joselyn v. City of OKC. Uh, executive session is not requested. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. S1 is a resolution authorizing the firm Colin Zorn and Wagner to represent municipal employee Jared Adcock employees Jared Adcock uh Ian Devon and DeAndre Carter. In the case of Ramirez v city of OKC, executive session is not requested. We have a motion and a second. Can you cast your votes? Passes six to one. Item 11t is a claim recommended for approval. Executive session is not requested. T1A. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. passes unanimously. That concludes our votes for the day. Item 12, comments from council. Ward one, W four, W five, W six, W seven, W eight. >> All right, we have no citizens to be heard. Item 13, which brings us to item 14, adjournment. And we are journ.