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[Music] [Applause] Just a big fight in the other one. the other [Music] forget. It's just about four years ago. Good morning. We're going to get started this morning with an invocation led by Pastor Mark Costello of Gloretta Baptist Church and that will be followed by the pledge of allegiance led by Olivia Yuria representing Girl Scout troop 6051. Please stand as you are able. Pray with me, please. God, we come before you humbly today, worshiping you for who you are with grateful hearts for all that you've done. You are indeed worthy of our praise. You are holy and righteous and just. Yet you pursue us with your faithful love. You sustain us by your grace and you extend your mercy to us every morning. Great is your faithfulness. We also want to acknowledge your sovereignty over all things and that you have ordained positions of authority as well as those you have called to serve in such roles. Thank you for these council members. You have called and equipped to serve our great city in this way. And thank you for giving them a willing spirit to bear this weight of responsibility. Help them, God, to steward this sacred responsibility well with your enablement. As these leaders begin their work today, give them the mind of Christ in their deliberations regarding everything on their agenda. May they do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly before you. I pray that you would bless each officer and member of this council today with abundant favor and anointing. And may that blessing spill over to their families and loved ones. Finally, Lord, we pray not only for wisdom and blessing for this council in their work today, but we pray for our city. Lord, work redemptively in our city to mend all that our spiritual enemy has sought to destroy. Lord, curtail all that is evil. Heal the sick, bind up the broken, lift up the fallen, give strength to the weary, and provision to the needy. May the fruit of the righteous be abundant, and help us to honor you, Lord, with all you entrust to our care. Lord, send revival in the hearts of all your children in our city and bring awakening to our city that every resident may know and partake of your abundant grace and faithful love. We ask this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. 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. Thank you, pastor, and thank you, Olivia. All right, I call this meeting of the city council to order and I have some presentations to make up front and so I will make my way there. All right, why don't we start with our friends here for building safety month. Come on down, Brock and team. Great. Well, building safety might be something that uh you don't think a lot about until you do. So, uh, we wanted to draw your attention to it this month. And so, I would ask the clerk to read this proclamation. Whereas Oklahoma City's continued growth relies on the safe functionality and stability of the thousands of homes, commercial, and public buildings we rely upon in our daily lives and during times of crisis. And whereas the resilience of buildings in Oklahoma City is made possible by the efforts of building safety and firerevention professionals, including architects, engineers, builders, and trades people who work year round to ensure safe construction. And whereas these professionals are members of the International Code Council, a nonprofit that brings together local, state, tribal, territorial, and federal officials to create and implement highquality codes and standards for public safety. And whereas modern building codes safeguard the public from hazards such as hurricanes tornadoes wildfires floods, and earthquakes. And whereas building safety month sponsored by the international code council encourages reflection on the importance of building safety resilience and the services provided by local, state, tribal, territorial, and federal building safety and fire prevention professionals. And whereas the theme for building safety month 2025 game on encourages global engagement in building safety. Now therefore, I, David Holt, mayor of the city of Oklahoma City, do hereby proclaim the month of May 2025 to be building safety month in Oklahoma City. Thank you. Well, uh, I think that states it well. It is obviously a very important priority here at the city and this is certainly a core role for the city government to help support building safety. to hear a little bit more about it and maybe uh learn a little bit how our uh team supports building safety. I'd like to hand the mic off to Brock Row. Thank you. Thank you. So, the people we have here today are the unsung heroes of building safety. Now, this is kind of the leadership team, but the majority of our staff are not here today that that support that. We have building inspectors, we have plane reviewers, we have electrical inspectors, mechanical inspectors, elevator inspectors, we have uh plumbing inspectors. I think I covered all the inspector groups. Um and then we also have our permitting staff that sit at the front counter when you come in and they get permits for you. Now, I always tell tell staff that as long as they do their job, no one will ever know. And so far, no one's ever known that they don't do their job. And that's great for you guys. So, what we take care of is all the building components that you see in this building. What's behind the walls, what's above the ceiling, what's below the floor. We make sure that it's safe for people to occupy those buildings. Make sure that if the fire does happen that the fire department can get in safely to be able to get extract people out of it and we can protect you guys so that you can not have to worry about the building falling down around you. And that was the moment. So, this is the team that does that for the city and we just want to honor them today. So, thank you very much. Thank you. Let's hear for all of them. That's yours. Thank you so much. Thank you. All right, let's keep a theme going. Let's have our folks here for National Safety Month come down. Just Levita. Okay. All right. So May uh June, we're getting ahead of it. We're gonna let give per plenty of notice to everybody that National Safety Month is coming up and this is really more about our workforce and our highest priority and I I I don't use that phrase lightly, but I think it is true here. Uh our highest priority is that all of our employees go home safe and alive every day. And so we want to learn a little bit more about that. And uh so I would ask the clerk to read this proclamation. Whereas over 2.6 million non-fatal workplace injuries occur annually in the United States. And whereas the National Safety Council established National Safety Month in June 1996 to advance efforts aimed at eliminating workplace injuries and preventing untimely deaths. And whereas significant progress has been made nationwide in improving workplace safety and reducing injuries and illnesses through education and awareness campaigns. And whereas the city of Oklahoma City supports national safety efforts and has taken proactive steps to provide a safe and healthy work environment for its employees. And whereas the city of Oklahoma City's risk management division works to ensure employee safety by setting standards providing training and fostering continuous improvement in workplace safety and health. And whereas the riskmanagement division offers a variety of safety training courses to enhance employee awareness of workplace hazards. And whereas the riskmanagement division will lead efforts throughout June to educate employees on safety practices and promote a culture of safety in all tasks and duties performed. Now therefore, I, David Hull, mayor of the city of Oklahoma City, do hereby proclaim the month of June 2025 to be National Safety Month in Oklahoma City. Well, thank you. And to hear a little bit more about that, we'd love to hear uh from Levita Breth. Thank you. So, we are super excited about June Safety Month. We are kicking off tomorrow with our fifth annual June Safety Month breakfast. City Manager Freeman will address all of the directors and leaders for the city of Oklahoma City to encourage participation. We have over 20 different course offerings. Uh, a lot of those classes offer certifications, really big on certification. So, our electricians will be reertified uh during June safety month, first aid, CPR, and then even our defensive driving where you might get a discount on your car insurance if you take the course because you do get a completion certificate. Um we also have a fire department will be doing some courses for us along with the police department doing active threat. Uh 20 course offerings and then I really wanted to be inclusive with the locations. So we got over seven locations so everyone doesn't have to come downtown for training. So it's going to be a great month full of safety training. We have excellent employees here at the city of Oklahoma City. So we just really wanted to provide them with some excellent training opportunities. All right. Well, thank you. Let's hear for our risk management safety team. That's yours to keep. Well, if the first few lines of defense when it comes to safety uh have been breached, all is not lost. then we call EMS. And so if our National EMS week folks would come forward, [Music] um we'd love to learn a little bit more about the work that uh our emergency medical services team does here in OKC. And so I would ask the clerk to read this proclamation. Whereas National Emergency Medical Services EMS Week, observed annually in May, recognizes the dedication of EMS professionals who provide critical aroundthe-clock care in communities across the country. And whereas the Emergency Medical Services Authority, IMSA, Oklahoma's largest provider of prehosp emergency care, has served Oklahoma City residents since 1990 and now ranks as the 12th largest EMS system in the United States. And whereas IMSA employs more than 375 emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and support staff in Oklahoma City, delivering compassionate care, managing trauma response, and supporting disaster preparedness, healthc care education, and public safety efforts. And whereas IMSA generates more than $111 million annually in local economic impact and is recognized internationally for leadership in clinical quality, cost efficiency, and technology innovation. Now therefore, I, David Holt, mayor of the city of Oklahoma City, do hereby proclaim the week of May 18, 2025 as National EMS Week in Oklahoma City. Thank you. Well, to hear a little bit more about our EMS team, I'll turn the floor over to Michael Parish. Thank you. Yeah, just a little bit about uh what we do is we usually uh so annually we respond to roughly 120,000 calls for service. Uh that's 247 uh rain, sleet, snow, uh holidays, you know, our team we like to recognize during EMS week uh because the sacrifice them and their families make uh on the regular basis. they uh you know when people are typically sleeping, our team's out there doing the work and making sure that they are here and prepared and ready for all of this community's EMS needs. Um I have with me one of our field operations supervisors, Maurice Kosart. He uh he's been with us for quite some time, over 10 years, and he is one of our uh most tenure members that also uh oversees the day-to-day operations from the uh field operations perspective. And uh with all that being said, I would just like to thank the city council, the mayor, and the city manager for and the community of Oklahoma City for allowing us to serve your community. Thank you. Thank you. Let's hear it for our EMS professionals. There you go. Thank you so [Applause] much. All right. I I I can't tie Charlie Christian month to safety, so we're just going to say it's a it's a total 180. Now, come on down. uh our Charlie Christian team led by Oklahoma Hall of Famer Anita Arnold. Come on down. We really enjoyed I I think it was uh Morris McCraven, right, who uh shared some awesome music with us this morning here at city hall. We thank all of them and we thank you, Anita, for your many decades of uh service to this city and to this uh great event. and we'd like to hear a little bit more about it. So, I'd ask the clerk to read this proclamation. Whereas, the Black Liberated Arts Center, now in its 56th year, was founded to celebrate African-American culture and has long provided highquality arts programming and education across Oklahoma. And whereas Charlie Christian, an Oklahoma City native and pioneering jazz guitarist, has been recognized with inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nuhi Arctagon Jazz Hall of Fame and Oklahoma Hall of Fame, and with a naming in Bricktown. And whereas for 39 years, the Black Liberated Arts Center has honored Charlie Christian's musical legacy through the Charlie Christian International Music Festival, enriching Oklahoma City through celebrated performances and educational programming. And whereas the 2025 festival to be held May 30th and 31st at the Bryant Center Event Center will include a jam session, Battle of the Bands, and concerts featuring local, regional, and national artists. And whereas Morris McCraven and his collaborators have opened the festival each year, helping to establish a valued tradition and partnership with Oklahoma City. And whereas the Charlie Christian International Music Festival has brought national and international recognition to Oklahoma City and continues to serve as a cultural cornerstone for the community. Now therefore, I, David Holt, mayor of the city of Oklahoma City, do hereby proclaim May 30th through 31st, 2025 to be Charlie Christian International Music Festival Week in Oklahoma City. Thank you. Well, Anita, again, you've uh been such a champion for the legacy of Charlie Christian and for music appreciation in our city. And uh we'd love to hear a few words from you. The floor is yours. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Good morning, everybody. Good morning. Um thank you so much for uh allowing us to kick off the festival one more time here in the city council chambers. Uh we are headed toward perpetuity and what that means is uh Black Liberated Arts Center has been around for more than 50 years and it means less paperwork. Um we're just happy to host it one more time at the Bryant Center. Uh we'll be coming out of the Bryant Center in the near future. Uh co did all of us a disfavor and uh but we made it through. We have great music, great food, great fun planned for May 30th and 31st. We have young artists, many young artists that have uh come up on our stages, have gone on to bigger and better things just to give a little bit of history. Uh, and we'll have some young artists this time, uh, from as far as Greenville, Mississippi. Uh, the nephew of Muddy Waters. You know, he said, "I'm a man." And then we also have uh, Smooth Jazz. We've got ladies from Detroit. Uh, it used to be an all female jazz quintet out of uh out of Detroit and now it's 4 + 1. Uh but Regina Carter, who famously played for the Queen of England and was televised on CBS uh because she made a name for herself, we brought her here with them, just to name a couple of folk that have uh added their talent to our talent bank here in Oklahoma City of hosting famous people. And let's not forget George Benson and others like that. But come on out. You're invited. Uh Garland Puit, our president of Black Liberate Art Center here. And there's uh Wilbur Walker, who is also with Black Liberate Art Center. And Rosemary Harkkins. Raise your hand. She is with Black Late Art Center. And we've got just a couple of cards that we want to pass out to people uh with information about the festival this year. Everyone is welcome, welcome, welcome. And enough say it. All right. Thank you. Well, let's hear it for Anita. Here you go, Anita. Let's do it. [Applause] There you go. All right, we're still on office of the mayor. Uh item three, we have appointments to economic development trust, planning commission, zoo trust, uh the pioneer library system, and trails advisory. We could take those items A through E with one motion. Got a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. All right. Now we're on item four items from council. Um, we have a resolution approving travel expenses for council members Bradley Carter and Mark Stonecipher to attend uh the NLC meeting in Ohio in July. And we could take a motion on that. Mayor, if I could please, I'd like to make a motion to defer that item for two weeks. I haven't been able to talk to Councilman Stone Cipher about his travel request yet. Okay. All right. Uh, we will I guess there's time so we can defer that. Motion and a second for a two-eek deferral. What meeting would that be, Amy? Uh June 3rd. June the 3rd. All right. Got a motion in a second. Cast your votes. Deferral passes unanimously. Uh now we're at item five, city manager reports. Uh we do not have any reports other than the claims and payroll, and that can be found on OKC.gov. All right. Journal. Item six, Journal of Council Proceedings. Uh A and B. We've got uh we could take with one motion. Got a motion in a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Um all right. Item seven, request for uncontested continuences. Already listed on the agenda are items 11B which will be deferred to June 3rd and item 11G uh which will be deferred to June 17th. Is there anything else Mr. City Manager? Just a couple of items on page 15 under item 11 N1 secured structures. These items will all be stricken from the agenda. Item G is 2420 Southwest 35th Street. The owner is secured. And then continuing on page 16, item 1101, abandoned buildings. Same address for the same reasons. Item F. That's all that I have. All right. Now, we're at item eight, revocable permits and events. Uh item 8 is a revocable permit with the downtown Oklahoma City Partnership for downtown Employee Appreciation Day on June 4th in Ker Park. And we have Olivia Branskum here. Hello. Thank you council for having me today. Um we are very excited to celebrate downtown employee appreciation day but with that said we are rebranding it this year to downtown OKC day. We realize that what makes our city so vibrant and exciting is not just the employees but the residents and visitors that really bring life to our city. Um so we would invite everyone to come down and celebrate downtown OKC day with us. It is going to be on June 4th, Wednesday, um 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Kerr Park. We will have food trucks available, but you're welcome to bring your own lunch, buy from a food truck. We'll have free treats from Wonder Van Pops. Um, and then we'll have music from Art Moves, live entertainment, as well as WA yard games and um different popups from services such as the YMCA, um, water services Oklahoma City and others. So, please come and celebrate with us. All right. Thank you, Councilwoman Hman. Sounds like a really enjoyable day. And I'll have be happy to move for approval. Okay. Awesome. And I have posters and flyers that I'll put out here. Feel free to grab one, put it up in your office. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Thank you. Thank you, council. Okay. Item 8 B is a revocable right of a use permit with OKC Pride, Inc. to hold the OKC Pride parade and festival May 30th through June 1st uh along Northwest 39th. No one has signed up to speak, but I suspect you would like to. So, uh, please introduce yourself. Thank you. I'm Tessa White, president of Oklahoma City Pride. Fifth year now. I don't know how that possibly happened. Our Pride event will be uh this is actually our 38th annual OKC Pride Festival and Parade will take place May 30, 31st, and June 1st. We will have um 18 bands and DJs, two stages there um which will all be highlighted on Sunday by our parade. We've spent $18,000 for security for this event and all permits look like they're in place and ready to go. All right. Uh Councilman Cooper. Great. Well, I'll move for approval. We have a motion and a second to cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Thank you very much. Item 8 C is a revocable rightofway use permit with PO market festival to hold the PO market festival May 24th through 26th on Northwest 28th. And we do have Robert Lee Clark. Yes, sir. Good morning, Mr. Mayor, City Council. Glad to be here. Uh we are my my wife Michelle Jacobson Clark and I are the hosts of the PO market festival and I'll give you just a short history of our uh connection to the PO goes back to 77 when we were patrons of the arts and attended music a music uh festival somewhere between the plunge and the spaghetti factory and uh then we be we were restaurant patrons. when the uh Elito occupied what is now our building back in ' 81 when Greenwell and I were auditing the zoo and then fast forward to around 2000 when uh John Jacobson Michelle's father acquired the property and the uh PO Arts Festival was already taking place. So John was approached by a number of artists who uh weren't accepted by the PO Arts Festival and uh he provided a landing place for those artists and vendors to uh to display their wares. So that's how the PO market festival came into being and he ran it up through 2017. We assisted him and then he passed away a few months later and then Michelle and I realized we had a festival to run. So we have been hosting the PO market festival since 2018. We took two years off uh 2020 due to the pandemic and then the second year we decided not to have the festival just to uh be on the safe side. And it was during that two-year time that we uh became donors and supporters of the PO Arts Association. We pulled back our festival somewhat and provided a space for them right there in front of the PO Grill and according to their uh one of their board members, we are a significant donor to that festival. We're uh pleased to do that. So this year uh and every year before our festival has grown and become bigger and better. Uh we have uh a number of new vendors who have uh come each year. We've retained around 33 of our original vendors and I have one new vendor here with us today, Craig Go forth. Uh I brought him here today just to tell you a little bit about what he does. So, uh, we're asking for, uh, a permit so we can close 28th and, uh, have our vendors on 28th Street, our food vendors, and, uh, conduct the festival. So, you can hear a word or two from Craig. Thank you, Robert. Hey, guys. Uh, uh, Mr. Mayor and Council, thank you for this opportunity. Um, uh, my name is Craig Go forth and I am the owner of Go forth Family Investments, and we, uh, we create a culinary experiences for fairs and festivals. Uh we're an approved vendor out at the State Fair Park. We participate in the Oklahoma State Fair, Tulsa State Fair, and uh Robert and I have been able to create some ideas to to help spark more interest and and as he said, the the the events continuing to grow and and so we're going to bring some uh some of these new uh food items that are popular out there uh on the circuit to uh to this community and kind of just get that customer population excited about uh participating in their in their community events. So, we would just appreciate the support and ready to move forward with it. Thank you. Um, Councilman Cooper. Thanks, Mayor. Well, I'll just move for approval. Got a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Um, all right. Next. Thank you, guys. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. 8 D. revocable rightway use permit with Sunny Days to hold the Sunny Days Mural Festival on May 31st on South Harvey. And we have Christa Paige Powell or Paige Powell. Yes. Good morning. Go ahead. Good morning. My name is Paige Powell. I'm the festival chair of Sunny Days Mural Festival. We are Oklahoma's first and only mural festival for women and gender minority artists. This is our fifth year. We started in Oklahoma City in 2021. um and in a parking lot in Britain district and traveled to Edmund, Tulsa, and Panka City and now we're back in Oklahoma City for our fifth year. Um we're going to uh artists will arrive this Saturday, the 24th, and then start painting their murals and we'll celebrate with a festival on Saturday, May 31st. We'll have a vendor market, um stage performance, and a kids area. The event is completely free and open to the public and we're really proud to be adding 28 new murals by 35 artists that will live on indefinitely in this area. Um we've submitted all of our permits, got the traffic control plan, all of that. So we're um you know soliciting to get our revocable right away to close the street. Okay. Thank you, Councilwoman Hammond. Well um yes, I'm I know the uh district is really looking forward to this event. Um, my understanding is there's also maybe a litter pickup opportunity, a volunteer opportunity this Saturday. Do you want to say a little bit about that to let folks know that they can get involved and help support? Absolutely. Um, one of our team members works with OKC Beautiful. Uh, we're doing litter blitz pickup. Is it 9 to 11? 9 to 11 Saturday morning. So, we're going to be cleaning up the area to do kind of both trash pickup and some like um overgrowth cleanup so that we can really clear the walls off uh so that the artists can start painting. Great. Well, looking forward to it and I'm happy to move for approval. All right, we have a motion in a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Thank you very much. Okay, now we'll recess the council and we'll convene as the Oklahoma City Municipal Facilities Authority. We have items A through I. Um I should point out that uh on item H2, staff is not requesting an executive session. We can take items A through I with one motion. Have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. We'll adjourn OCMFA and convene as the Oklahoma City Public Property Authority. Uh where we have items A through D. We could take with one motion. Got a motion and a second. Cast your votes. passes unanimously. We'll adjourn OCPA and reconvene as the city council where we are on item nine, the consent docket. We have um presentations scheduled for items BG, BL, and BM. Is there anything else that a council member wishes to pull out either for separate vote or comment or question? Mayor, I need to recuse myself on M and P. I'm sorry. I need to recuse myself on M and P. M and P. Okay. Okay. And then I'd like to hear some more about you. Not you personally. Well, the letter you. We get to hear all about you every uh got it. All right. Anything else? All right. Then why don't we start with uh taking in order we do separate votes on M and P and we'll let Councilman Hinkle step out for a moment. All right, let's see if we can do a motion on just item uh 9M and then we'll do P. Got a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Now, let's get a motion on item 9P. We have a motion, a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Now, next up is item U that Councilman Hinkle, you wanted to uh hear a little bit more about. I'll recognize you. Actually, I just wanted to kind of get David up out of his seat. This is 176 acres of the entrance into South Oklahoma City and it's a really neat project and there was a lot of concern about how this was going to play out and I want to commend Mr. Box and Mr. Macallen for sitting down with my planning commissioner, myself extensively and working this out and just give us a brief overview of what we did there and what we're looking for and and I'm in full support. Sure. So, David Box 525 Northwest 11th. Uh this is I don't know if staff could pull up a map, but this is located at Indian Hills and Western. Um, and although that seems like a very long way away from from where we are now, this area is about to undergo a massive change, uh, the turnpike authority is putting the turnpike right along Indian Hills. And so there will be access roads on both sides. So what Indian Hills will become in some period of time will be very similar to what Memorial Road is uh, on both sides. And so this particular developer owns both sides of Indian Hills. South side of Indian Hills is obviously Norman, the north side Oklahoma City. And so we have a fairly large PUD as Councilman Hinkle said, it's 176 acres and we have commercial along the frontage. There's multif family, there's single family residential behind it. It has access to sewer and water, which of course is why we're able to to move forward with this type of zoning. So we did have a community meeting. Uh our hope was we addressed most of the concerns when we came to planning commission. I think there was maybe only one person that showed up. So, uh, a lot of changes have made in the PUD hopefully to to make, uh, the folks that already live out there, um, I guess, more supportive of what we're doing. And with that, I'll move for approval. I guess we can just consent. Yeah, we'll we'll take it up a little later. Okay, that brings us to uh, BG. We have a presentation. Yes, Leticia Thompson, our deputy budget director, is here to present a budget amendment that we are putting before the council. Thank you, city manager. This is the second amendment to the fisc year FY2425 budget and it impacts three funds. The emer emergency management fund is being amended by $900,000 to cover projected personnel costs for the remainder of the fiscal year. The fire sales tax fund is also being amended to cover projected personnel costs in the amount of $100,000. There is also a companion item on today's agenda to amend the fire sales tax resolution authorizing these expenses. Lastly, the utilities fund is being amended in the amount of $2.6 million primarily to cover additional waterline breaks compared to the prior fiscal year. As a result, we need to increase the expenditure budget for such things as overtime, asphalt, press rots, materials, and supplies. With this amendment, the city's budget will be over $2 billion28 million. This is the introduction and we will return on June 3rd requesting approval of the amendment. And if there are any questions, I'd be happy to answer them. Thanks, Laticia. Thanks. Thank you. All right. Next up, uh we have presentations uh for some maps for projects at BL and BM. the Henry Edaby Foster Center and the Clar Looper Civil Rights Center. Yes, David Todd, our MAPS director, will present these projects and then introduce the consultants uh to present the details for these uh preliminary plans. Good morning, David Todd, MAPS program manager. Glad to be bringing you this preliminary report today. I've been working very hard on putting this together. Jack Joiner from JHBR Architecture is here to take you through this preliminary report. Thank you, Mr. Todd. Good morning, Mr. Mayor, council members. Uh my name is Jack Joiner with JHBR. Appreciate this opportunity this morning. Uh before I get started, I do want to recognize um our consortium members. We have Metro Tech Progress OKC Northeast OKC Renaissance, and Oklahoma SBDC. Looking for the clicker. Okay, we'll go through the project scope, design progress, and then look at our project schedule. Um, with the zoomed out shot, this is the innovation district area. You can see at the bottom of your screen, I've got highlighted in yellow. The foster center is on the south boundary of the innovation district. Um, a zoomed in look once again in yellow. So, the foster center, it's going to be a renovation project, interior and exterior. So, we have the existing building. Um, we also have parking to the east and to the west. And as you can see in the site plan, the city also had to acquire the property to the south. Um, we will clear this and provide the parking required to support the facility. Um, look at our progress for the site plan. Once again, the foster center is in this pink color. Um, you can see the two parking areas that I spoke of earlier to the east and the west. and then the development of that property that was acquired for additional parking space. We have detention. Um I do want to note that to the north is the existing main entrance to the facility. We're going to flip that and now create a new entrance. This red dot to the south that'll be adjacent to the new parking. We also have identified some areas in blue. These will be outdoor areas for community engagement, um, festivals, food trucks, and educational opportunities outside the facility. So, if we look at the first floor, um, the foster center, let's start down here at the bottom of the screen. This will be the new main entrance adjacent to the parking. So, if you walk into the vestibule, you've got a registration greeter area. Um, you'll get a backdrop of the gymnasium. The existing facility um, was a community center that had a full-size gym. We're going to preserve about half that gym and also preserve the HB Foster logo that's embedded in the floor right now. Keep that piece of history. So, you'll see that in the background. To the right, you'll see vertical circulation, stairs, elevators. Um, we'll have administration um area kind of dedicated for them. As you continue through the building, you'll have support space. Um, in blue, we show conference area. This can be um multi- function. You can have one large conference space or three smaller meeting areas. Um directly outside to that is an extension of that conference space. You can have exterior functions. Um as we go into these pink areas, so this is a small business incubator. So you want small business entrepreneurs that have a product they want to develop and they want to test it, see how well that se sells and take it to market, they can use these storefront areas that we're providing. Um, if one of those entrepreneurs is in the food business, um, we're going to provide a kitchen area so they can prep their product, cook it, and then take it right across the hall to sell that. Purple is a work area, um, multi-purpose, and then blue, uh, can be multi-purpose or individual, conference, business area, and the likes. Um, so that's the first floor. second floor. I'm going to stay at the vertical circulation. That's where you're you'll arrive. Um we do have a mezzanine that you'll see in the renderings here in a second. So, we'll have a podcast studio. That was a request from the consortium, a lounge area. And then on the back side, we have a maker space that's for artists, fabricators, um the likes. We will have a connecting corridor that goes from this mezzanine space over to the existing second floor. Um, this will be an area for individual business offices and another conference area and a break room for the entire facility. Some renderings of the project. This is if you were standing at the northeast corner of Fourth Street. Um, I talked about we have the interior renovation. We all have the exterior. So, we're going to rehab the exterior, clean the brick, clean the ephus, provide new entrance canopies, um, all new glazing and windows. um you don't see in this rendering, but there'll be all new roof, all new mechanical, electrical, plumbing systems. And we do have on um on the exterior of the building opportunities for public art or murals. So, we've engaged with city arts for that um component. View from the northwest corner. Um once again, exterior rehab. We do have an opportunity that we're looking at the front to honor Henry Beasley Foster with a mural or some kind of artwork here in the exterior of the building. And this will be from the southwest corner. I mentioned that new main entrance adjacent to the parking. That'll be this structure right here. This is the existing gym. It's all bricked up right now. So, we're going to take big portions of that uh brick out, put in new glazing, branding opportunities, really lighten up the space. Um, this is a second rendering. We are working with OG&. If you looked at the previous rendering, we had some power poles. Uh we may or may not be able to remove those power poles if OG& will cooperate and help with the funding. As we move into the interior, uh if we walk in the main entrance vestibule to the right is your vertical circulation is the greeter desk that we talked about. You start to see the gymnasium in the background. Uh we have a stairwell leading up to the mezzanine and the podcast area. Once again, um multiple opportunities for public art. Um, so we're kind of at the back side of that greeter desk. You see the mezzanine in the background podcast. Start to see a little bit more of the gymnasium. This is a view from within the gymnasium. It's hard to see, but there's the HB Foster logo that we're going to preserve. So, if we go upstairs, we're standing in the mezzanine. Um, I can see the podcast studio to the right. Once again, our public art, the stairwell. Um, and then you start to see as we open up that gym, remove a lot of that brick, uh, letting the light and functions spill over into the interior of the facility. Um, this is a view of the conference center. So, right now it's shown as one large conference center. It can be divided by operable partitions into three smaller rooms. As far as our project schedule, um, we're looking for approval for task one today. That's a preliminary report. we'll move into um final design bidding in January of 2026 and then construction hopefully start January of 2026 through May of 2027. Um we have a 12,254,000 design budget. We did have an early demolition package where we went in and took care of some of the interior um trash and items that needed to be removed. That was a cost of $181,000 which left us with a little over 12 million. And our current um cost estimate from a third party cost estimator is now just over 12 million. 12 million 58,000. If you have any questions. Thank you, Jack. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Go ahead. Okay, continuing on with our preliminary reports, we also have the Clar Looper Civil Rights Center and Colin Fleck from Bacus Payne is here to take you through this one. Good morning. Thanks for having us here today. Excited to bring this to you all. Finally, uh this is a design update for the Cla Looper Civil Rights Center. And let's see, I've got a mouse here. Um, for those who are not familiar with the location, it's in between Madison and 25th Street on Martin Luther King Avenue. In the image you see here in the bottom right hand corner, you'll see a little green box. That is the original Freedom Center. It's been completed uh the renovation that started back in 2022. Um, so that's done and the main portion of the building will be in between Madison and 24th Street there. So, where the old post office uh is shown there, that's now been demolished. That's where the building will be. There will be some parking across the street in between 24th and 25th Street. And the concept eventually is to develop a corridor between um the Civil Rights Center and the Freedom Center to help tell the story of the civil rights movement in Oklahoma City. We've gone through public outreach uh community meetings um throughout this process. I've had some really great community engagement, uh, flyers, uh, door knockocking campaigns, neighbors night out. So, there's been quite a bit of effort on that part. This is the operator's program. Um, they divided it into these separate buckets. There's lobby entry stores that you'll oftentimes find in these types of cultural facilities and museums. Um, they're working with Lord Cultural Resources. They're a a global planning uh firm to help develop this program and they being the Freedom Center who is the operator. Uh the the bulk of the the first effort here is for the education and public programs and building support to get their operation up and running and also to allow them to have uh revenue generating spaces. Uh due to budget constraints, the exhibitions and collections in the visitor and welcome center are being looked at as a future phase on the project. So you'll see these blue highlighted areas on either side of the rentals and events uh shown as these phasing blocks of square footage. Now we didn't want to completely pull out exhibits and storytelling from this project. So we do have money in the budget for that to integrate it into what we are building for this first phase. Uh but we really prioritize rentals and events um and the education spaces to start. This is a site plan of the building. North is to the right when you're looking at this. So you'll see on the on the left hand side of the building there, there's some green space that is intended for that future addition. And the parking is at the rear and to the north. And the Freedom Center would be all the way to the right off the screen here. Um, so there is planning currently underway to help develop more of this exterior storytelling, but we are thinking about that. Just a quick rundown of the spaces. We have Freedom Hall. It's a large dividable space that's multi-use and can be rented out. We've got a pre-unction gallery that will serve as double duty for exhibits and collections. Um, and then several of these spaces will be uh used for education, gatherings, um, and art. Of course, we'll have storytelling in these pink spaces through the gallery hall, prefunction, and the lounge. And then at the far left hand side of the plan there, you'll see the double doors. That's where the the permanent exhibition will in the future will be uh installed. These are some views from the outside. This is the northeast corner looking back across to the building. There are plans to install uh on separate buckets of money landscaping. So, this is shown a little bit stripped down on the front end because we do have some future projects, separate buckets that are going to come in and bring some of that landscaping, some of the uh exterior projection mapping is another thing that we're looking at in one of those buckets of money. So, to bring a little bit more life, a little more color to the outside of this project so it becomes more of a backdrop. And this is a view from the southeast looking across MLK. And I'll go back real quick. You'll see uh well, never mind. And I won't go back. This is just a a a concept of the interior. Uh we are working with Gallagher and Associates. They are a very large exhibition firm. Um and they work with the Bombi Memorial to do all of their exhibitions. And so we anticipate a very vibrant and colorful pallet on the inside when they uh uh begin their design process shortly after this meeting today. Our project budget was $1.811 million. We have some outside funds coming in at around $600,000. So, we're right around 12.3 million all in. We have a couple of alternates for uh concrete storm shelter and we're also working with OG uh and looking at burying several of the power lines and communication lines along MLK. If you go out there, it is full of them on both sides of the street. We'd like to get that cleaned up as much as we can. And the the schedule is very similar to the Henry Edie Foster Center. We think we'll be done uh with design in November uh and into um bidding into January. And so with that, that is what I have for you today. Questions? Thank you. Thanks. Okay. Well, if there's no other questions or comments, we can adopt the uh remainder of the consent docket. Got a motion, a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. All right. Now, we're on item 10, the concurrence docket. We have a items A through N. We could take with one motion. A motion, a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Item 11, items for individual consideration. Item 11 A is an ordinance on final hearing that was recommended for approval reszoning 1810 North MacArthur from R1 and SPD458 to R2. Councilman Cooper. No one assigned to speak. Yeah. Is the applicant here or their representative? Someone standing maybe. Nope. Okay. All right. Yes, I did. How could you know? Uh, but yes, I' I've actually looked into this one and spoke with them. So, I would move for approval. Motion, a second. Cast your votes. passes unanimously. Item B was previously deferred, which brings us to item C. This is an ordinance on final hearing. It was recommended for approval. Reszoning 8612 South Walker from R1 to [Music] PUD2054. Councilman Hinkle. No one has signed up to speak. I'll move for approval. a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. We will skip over item D for a moment and see if Councilman Pennington returns. Uh now we're at item E. This is an ordinance on final hearing recommended for approval reszoning 7303 South Anderson from PUD 1794 and AE2 to PUD 2060 and AE2. Councilman Stone, no one is signed up to speak. Is the applicant present? Good afternoon. Mark Grubs, 1800 South S Road. behalf of the application. This PUD is just simply uh changing sideyard building setbacks uh from 25 to 15 ft. We've had a originally the uh developer had a buyer uh with a certain home product uh that fell through. Another buyer came in needed a larger footprint and so we're back asking for the sideyard setbacks to be reduced. What's the depth on these? Do you know the what depth of the lot on the lot? Yeah. I doubt off the top of my head. What what I don't like about this, especially reducing the lot width, right? As we're talking, we're not reducing the lot width. You're not I'm sorry. The just the sideyard setback, the distance between the houses, right? Correct. Correct. So there would be 30 feet minimum still between houses, but they're all going to be on aerobic septic. They are, but there's but they're pretty even though I don't know the depth, they're pretty deep lots. And you can see on this exhibit the the house pad that we have uh graded in there and you have a substantial amount of room behind these houses. Let's see. Can you zoom in to the to the left side of my left side of that map over there? There's a dimension on that 730 ft. uh less the 50ft rideway is going to leave you at about 300 um oh gosh 325 ft deep on these lots probably at least. Do you know what square footage is going in on these of homes? Square footages on the homes? Yeah, I don't. Joel Bryan's the developer on this. He just the the only reason he came back for this request is he had a buyer that wanted to come in and build larger homes. If you don't mind, I'm going to request that we defer this for two weeks. Okay. And I would really like to get a better understanding of the dimensions mainly because I hate seeing 18 aerobic septics next to each other on oneacre lots. Um, so yeah, if we can just maybe talk about that this next week or later this week and Okay, I'll get some more specifics and give you a call. Thank you. With that, mayor, I'd like to make a uh a motion to defer this item for two weeks. All right. There'll be a motion to What were you saying again? June 3rd. June 3rd. That'll be a motion for item 11E to defer it to June 3rd. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Uh now we're going to back up to item 11D. This is an ordinance on final hearing. It was recommended for approval reszoning 9520 Northeast 150th from doublea to PUD 2058. Councilman Pennington, no one assigned to speak. Thank you. Sorry, I ran to the restroom. I thought I had time to get back. Um, rookie mistake. Sorry. Um, this is a pretty simple case. It's just a a lot split. Uh, taking I believe it's five acres and splitting them up into three different homes. It's located next to a youth center. Um, so fully in support of it. And I'll I'll make a motion at this point for approval. Got a motion and a second. Cast your votes. passes unanimously. All right. 11F is an ordinance on final hearing recommended for approval resoning 1 19301 Lutheran Road from double A to SPD 1695. Um, Councilman Pennington, we do have someone who signed up in opposition. Let's hear from our neighbor first. Do we have Sure. Uh, do you do you want to Sometimes I just as a voter I like to kind of hear what the project is before I hear what's bad about it. Do do we have the applicant here by any chance? David Box, 525 Northwest 11th Street. Uh, the application before you is to allow a a small campground. What the uh goal of this is to have kind of vintage Airstream. Uh there's an outdoor uh activity portion of that that'll be located to the east. If you had a a wider range view, you'd see that this is an area that 192 is actually Highway 66. Um Pops is close by, Arcadia Lake is close by. There are multiple pumpkin patches and other kind of familyfriendly type of outdoor activities. Uh the site is small, but if you the site plan, I don't know if staff can display that. Um but what my it's rotated but what my try client is trying to capture is kind of that uh activity center that is Route 66 and all of the things in that area small so we don't think it's going to be a massive impact. There was no formal protest that that came in prior to planning commission. A couple people did show up. We deferred it from the first setting of planning commission to go have a meeting. We had that meeting. uh from that meeting there were uh or was a change that came out of that which is reflected in your uh memo with the TE that was added as relates to screening. So we agreed to the TE1 added TE2 as it relates to site proof screening. Uh after that the planning commission provided recommendation of approval unanimously. Uh your staff also recommends approval. I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you David. And we also didn't have any opposition at the planning commission meeting when this was heard. So, um I am curious to hear from our hear from our neighbors. All right. Kristen Dawson. Hello everyone. I'm Dr. Kristen Dawson. Um is it possible to give you guys a few pictures? Is that all right? Um, so I'll also be speaking on behalf of these lovely two gentlemen. Um, we own the four parcels that are just south. And, um, as far as not having an opposition at previous meetings, we were not notified until about maybe one to two weeks ago. And since that time, we have both uh, called and we have written letters. Um I'm not sure if you have them in your possession, but ever since we were notified, we have uh done both of those things. Um so I am not sure what the process was for notifying that this was actually happening before the previous meeting that you guys had, especially since now it sounds like you uh talked about a lot of the things without the opposition present when we were not notified. Um so I don't know how that stuff goes down, but anyways, I'm here now. So, we own the the property that is just south that potentially has some of the biggest impact because anyone exiting is, you know, coming towards our property. Also, all of the drainage for this property all flows directly onto our property. Um, so I'm going to start with the most important thing first though, if you don't mind, which are the first three photographs. Okay. So this is um my most important concern actually is not about us and our property. My biggest concern about this is how uniquely ills suited this is for an RV park because this is a blind corner. So if you see up here there's a Tjunction on Lutheran Road and Route 66 right there as well as the little kind of driveway right there in front of the church. Um the three first three pictures you have. So this one of the car, this is the very first minute that you can see a car coming if they are coming from the east to the west. Um there is a hill right on the neighbor property right there to the east. Um there is a big hill with a huge gradient on it. Um I also I'm sorry it's so little that you probably can't see it, but I have the the zone the um architectural drawings for when they widen this for Route 66. And you can see the grade is pretty extensive. Um the writing is pretty small, but I think it's about 6% grade. Um so this car right here, as you can see, is just beyond the neighbor's driveway. That neighbor's driveway, if I had to estimate it, I'd say it was definitely less than 100 ft from that Lutheran road. Um and you can just barely see a car right after that. Right now it is in my opinion not safe even for cars and trucks. We've had fatalities there. Um on our house that's just on the other side. We actually had a cross memorial there. Um you know uh for victims of uh traffic accidents. If you count the number of seconds from when you can actually see the cars coming, it's less than two seconds. And so it's bad enough when you have a car or a truck that can accelerate, but when you have an RV coming out of here, it is just not safe. Um, so you can see in the second and third picture that I included kind of um, so you can see if you're all the way back this far, you can see the roof, but not the building that's there. Um, if you are at the bottom of the hill, you can't see anything. So it's bad for the cars coming, but it's also bad for the cars at the T junction. If you have an RV, um I don't know if those are big enough that it won't kill the people in the RV, but it will kill the people that are going into them because this is Route 66. People are routinely going at about 60 70 miles an hour, and it's just not it's just not safe. Um my second point here is the drainage. Um again on this, sorry again that it's a little hard to see. Um but um tried to take a picture. drainage. This is I went out there last night. Up to-date photos. Um the drainage all flows downhill to the west. And the way that the lot is situated, it um kind of drains towards the road and then it drains towards the west. Now, all of this water, you can see um I believe it's called the culvert. I'm not sure. It goes underneath the road and it doesn't drain it drains directly onto our property. Um, so number one, that's a problem because we've got an agricultural property. Um, and we don't want there's lots of trash at RV parks. Let's be real. We don't want trash. We don't want sewage. All these kind of things on our land. But the other thing is is in the um maps that I provided you, you can see this is where the property is. You can't see it. Oh, yeah, you can. On this you can see that's a river right down there. That's Creek going into the Deep Fork. And so um so you can see the campground's right here. So the way that the drainage flows is it drains on our land and it drains into Creek and it drains into the Deep Fork from an RV campground. Is not ideal. Um we have the water rights there to the river so we can take water out of the river and put it on our crops. So we don't want that all that you know litter and nastiness from the RV park to be on our crops. Um, and another thing is standing water. Theoretically, this should drain really well. And if there's lots of it, it 100% comes on our property. But as you can see from last night, it's just standing water right there. And that's actually goes against the code for RV parks. Says you have to have adequate drainage. Has to be uh there can be no standing water. Has to have uh good drainage. And it doesn't. It flows onto our land. Uh as you can see this is where it goes from the one side to the other side onto our property and then you can see how it's drains onto our property once there's enough of it but otherwise it's standing water. Um third thing so with Akun Creek right there in addition to the actual drainage from the property 100% coming onto our property. Um if there is overflow some of it can go directly along the road into Creek. Um, but my other concern is with RV parks. I'm sure you've guys seen it usually in the headlines when it's like a a band tour for a famous musician. They come and they dump all of their waste into whatever river is nearby the campground because I don't know if it's because the campgrounds cause uh have fees for sewer disposal or what, but it's a common thing where I've seen it along the side of the road. You guys probably have too, RVs come and they just dump their waste into the river. this river. So you can see the corner of it right there. You can see it. It is sighteline from the RV park. So this river is going to get sewage dumped into it with the location of this RV park. I did this just because it was cute and it was there last night. There was a beaver in the river. You can see him there. This is what the river looks like. This is the bridge that is sighteline to this I mean property. It's it's pretty significant. Um um next, um I, you know, obviously don't know as much as you guys do about city planning, but from everything I've read, spot zoning is very bad. Um and so one of the other things that I put there is how things are zoned around there. Pretty much everything is agricultural single family homes. So when he's telling you about Pops is right there, POPS is not right there. Pops is like I don't know 7 to 10 miles away. It is all agriculture around there. Actually, the closer thing that he probably should have said would be Luther, but that's still a couple few miles away. Everything there is agricultural. So, this is going to be absolutely spot zoning, which goes, you know, you it is absolutely not what you guys want as far as I know and I have read. Um, so it seems like they're just trying to circumvent the the process here. Um because everything that I've read about the spud zoning is so that you have a little bit more flexibility while still maintaining um and the protecting the surrounding environment and integ in integrating into the surrounding environment. And this does not do this. This is absolutely nothing like the surrounding properties. Um lastly, I'd like to talk about some additional safety risks in the area. Um so if you were trying to get to Luther, you know, you could potentially come through our property. Um we have hunters um on our property. Hopefully they would see people, you know, everything like that. We've got boores on the property because this is rural land. It's a working farm. Um we have boores, we have hunters. Um we have multiple down drownings in the deep fork in that section of the Deep Fork, that mile of the Deep Fork. Throughout the last decades, we've had multiple drownings there. Um, also concerns about rodents and debris because every time you have an RV park and you have the trash, you have rodents and debris. Um, and lastly, fire risk. We have a lot of down trees in that area. Um, and there's an incredibly high fire risk. So, when you have RV campgrounds, theoretically maybe they, you know, maybe you can put on those laws saying don't have an open flame, but you know, it's an RV campground, there's probably going to be some open flames. And so those are some of my concerns about this. Um, sorry for taking so much time. Um, and again, I would like to reiterate the only time the only reason we weren't there at whatever meetings have been in the past is because we were not notified that this was going on. And since we were notified, we've done everything in our power to bring up our issues. So, thank you. Thank you, Councilman Pennington. Um, I'm going to ask that we go ahead and take a continuence on this item so that we can just have that conversation with you. I'm sorry that you didn't get the notice, but there were some meetings with neighbors to discuss what their issues are. I think a number of the issues you brought up, we probably need to um talk to Director Butler and see if we can get staff on traffic to talk to us about traffic and drainage um because those are issues that we can we can work on and get that that evaluated. So, um I' I'd like to at this point, mayor, move that we continue to decide until the June 3rd meeting. Okay. We have a motion and a second for a deferral of item 11F to June 3rd. And if staff has your contact information also, we can make sure that we we I sorry. All right. Item was deferred. Item G was previously deferred, which brings us to item H, which is an ordinance on final hearing, recommended for approval, closing portions of the platted utility easements on lots 16 and 17 in Redbud Villas near Council and Southwest 74th. Uh, Councilwoman Avers, see if we can bring that up virtually. Have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. passes unanimously. Item 11 I is an ordinance on final hearing. It was recommended for approval closing the 15 foot wide north south plattered alley uh within block 20 of commercial view edition near southeastern and southeast 11th. Councilman Pennington. Um thank you. This is just closing the alley because the um the it's an industrial facility that wants to operate uh continuously. So both sides of this alley are owned by the same uh property owner and so it's just to make sure that they can operate as one. Um and so I move approval. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Pass unanimously. 11J is an ordinance on final hearing. It was recommended for denial reszoning 2821 Northwest 57th from C1 to SPD 1675. Councilman Cooper, I think the applicant has signed up to speak. Rachel. Oh, the councilman is not here. So, uh, we will return to this item, but it's I apologize in advance. It's going to be a while because the next item is a doozy. So, uh, um, I wish he hadn't left. All right. Next up is item 11 K. This is an ordinance on final hearing. It's the second of two meetings on this topic. Uh, regarding Oh, good. Let's do this. Councilman Cooper, I had to go talk about this. Okay. All right. All right. Very good. So, item J. That That's what we're talking about. That's the one. Mayor, thanks for your patience. I literally had a question. I think the applicant is here. I think they are. Go ahead. Hi, I'm Rachel Patia. I'm the owner of Oz Urgent Care. A couple of years ago, I was approached by two veterinary surgeons who wanted to offer their services at my facility. But to do so, they needed a CT scanner, which wouldn't fit in my building. So, uh, we looked into getting a mobile trailer to house a CT unit just like Blue Pearl Veterary Specialty has. Um, talked to the neighbors, they were okay with me placing it on the property. I called the city, asked if I could put it there. Um, and they said it was fine. Obviously, there was some misunderstanding. Um, because about a year and a half of it being there, one of the neighbors called to complain. The same neighbor that had said it was okay initially. Um, and that's when I found out it wasn't um allowed to be there. So, I was told the only option I had was to try to reszone to keep the trailer there. Um, which is what I've done. In the process, I have found that the neighbor had many concerns which I tried to address um regarding people driving over the curb, which he initially was okay with. So, I put up railroad ties. I adjusted lighting on the building. I adjusted sound on the trailer, but ultimately there's nothing I could do that he is going to be happy with. So, I've been working to try to relocate the trailer. I'm actually building another location um and in process of construction, but it won't be finished until the end of July. Um, I would like to ask for a deferral on this so that I can keep the trailer until I can get it moved. Um, because we don't have any other way to treat our patients without that trailer being there. Um, so that's my request. Um, first, thank you for taking time to speak with me yesterday. When I saw the address, it brought up some memories. Um unfortunately not the most pleasant but also you know uh with grief comes some hope for the future but my cat when she passed away earlier this year and she got really really sick suddenly and just started wobbling and couldn't move um I called you all. I didn't even know you existed and uh it was wonderful that you were in our ward by the way um because it wasn't so far from the PO where I live and you all were able to get get us over to to do some tests there and then get us over to Dr. Neil who was also in our ward on MacArthur. Um, so it was not the most pleasant memory, but at the same time, your rapid ability to be able to take care of Marian um in what became her last week with us was um very disgrateful. Truly grateful. Um, at the very least, I would like to defer this for a couple weeks so I can get a little bit more backstory, but I'm inclined I just want to better understand the legal process. I'm inclined to, you know, have a deferral until until they get this new building up. I mean, we were talking about some of our our little pet our uh our pets and the service. Where's the closest service uh this this CT service for someone right now if they needed that? Um for emergency if you needed one. It depends on if there's a staff available. The hard part is to operate these. They're not always available. So we often try to refer to Blue Pearl um which is probably 15 20 minutes from where we're located. Um they don't always have staff to be able to operate it. So we often end up sending to OSU. Sometimes Neil can do it. They don't always have anyone to operate as well. So um that's one of the challenges with machinery of this type. There's only a few of them in the city and then if they have staff after hours is always tricky. Yeah. Um I don't plan well I let's just defer this for two weeks so that I can hear a little bit more from planning and from legal on this if that's okay and then um but I'm inclined to uh figure out how we can defer this until the end of the summer so that you can um get this new building up and going get this service in there. Um I just when I was at Dr. Neil's office, I learned how stretched staff is, how limited these services are, and that just really speaks to my not just my heart, but the literal need that is out there. So, if if council's okay with that, I'd like to have a two-eek deferral to get some more background. Thank you very much. Thank you, Rachel. Okay, so the motion will be to defer item 11J for two weeks to June 3rd. Yes, mayor. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Okay. Now we are at item K 11K. This is an ordinance on final hearing relative to accessory dwelling units. This is the second of two meetings on this topic. We've already had a presentation. Uh but we do have some residents who have signed up to speak. So I think we'll start there and there quite a few. So, um I will remind everyone to state your name and address, limit your remarks to three minutes or less, and uh as I announce someone, I will also announce the person after them in hopes that that person will go ahead and make their way forward maybe and sit in the front row or thereabouts to just keep things moving. All right, first up is Azure Herrera, followed by I think Travis Roach. Good morning. My name is Azar Lemons Herrera. Address is 2317 Northwest 45th Street. Um I have been a resident of Oklahoma City for three decades since 1995. Always in the urban core. Um, and as somebody deeply invested in our community, both professionally and personally, um, I'm a realtor with the Oklahoma City Metro Association. Um, but I wanted to speak to you about the vital role of accessory dwelling units or ADUs in our city's future. My understanding of the importance of diverse housing was shaped early in my career as a gerontologist. I had the privilege of caring for many of our city's elders, and one conversation stands out. A 103-year-old woman shared with me her experience of building a home on the corner of Tenth and Penn when Tenth was a dirt road. And that home had an ADU that provided rental income. And she told me that that put both of her sons through college and provided um additional rental income for her. So, inspired by her wisdom, I prioritized an ADU when I became a homeowner. Uh for the last 11 years, I have owned a modest home in Cleveland neighborhood um that has a 750 square f foot um groundf flooror apartment in the back. The rental income from that apartment gave me the opportunity to be home with my children when they were born and in their toddler years. It also offers me the security of housing our aging relatives if needed. and looking into the future ensures that my two autistic sons will always have an option for independent living close to home. Therefore, as a long-term resident, a homeowner who has directly benefited from an ADU, um, and as a realtor who sees the diverse housing needs of our community, I strongly urge you to champion policies that encourage and facilitate the development of ADUs throughout Oklahoma City. This is a versatile tool that strengthens families, supports financial well-being, and fosters inclusive neighborhoods. Thank you. Thank you, Travis Roach, followed by Jessica Thompson. Hello. Thank you for taking the time to meet with us all today. Um, this is a matter that I care deeply about because I've cared about affordable housing throughout my career. Uh, excuse me. Travis Roach, Northwest 21st Street, 3308. I live in the Lynwood Place neighborhood. Uh, my professional occupation is as an economist. And so I've studied housing markets throughout my career. And I pay attention to them. I've taught classes on the economics of social issues, issu things of this nature. And I I can agree with our prior speaker that ADUs can provide a flexible home environment and be a benefit to our city. That is under the case in which they are built by human neighbors. My concern with ADU policy as it is written is that it is a specific handout to our developers, to our flippers, to the people in our community who would use this for ill and not for good. I think we can I I can speak to my own experience of having an ADU that overlooks my backyard. It's gone fine. It's wonderful. It's nice. There's flexible housing there. Anytime there has been an issue, I've been able to knock on the door of my neighbor and talk to them face to face and that's been resolved. We've had other issues in our neighborhood where this is not the case, where the landlord is difficult to find, cannot be noticed, cannot be contacted, and we have issues that remain unresolved. So, my concern here is that we will be offering a specific incentive to developers to come in and build homes that are not affordable. That this will do more harm than good for housing affordability. uh mostly because our existing tax structure does not incentivize for them to price at market. If you look within a quarter mile of my own house, we can see where developers have driven this type of development. They consistently place each of the homes above market by at least $100 to $200,000. That does not bring down home prices. In fact, in many cases, they have taken away an existing affordable home to put up to unaffordable homes. I would offer just a simple amendment to this and this is something that a group of us have pushed for is that we keep this ADU policy and we write it specifically for the intended audience for homeowners for human neighbors to build ADUs by right but to maintain the current system of the SPUD process so that developers should they seek to do this they still need to notify the neighbors that they will be impacting. I think we need to prioritize human neighbors over corporate interests. But the ADU policy as it is written, sure we might all hope that it is the human neighbor that is more easily available to build the accessory dwelling. 30 seconds remaining, but I do not expect that to be the case. Instead, I think we will have developers who are flooding into our neighborhoods utilizing neighborhood assets to leverage a higher profit margin for themselves while doing little benefit to housing affordability. Thank you all. Thank you. Jessica Thompson, followed by Kelly Work. Jessica Thompson, followed by Kelly Work. Jessica Thompson, 1414 Northwest 14th Street. Um Oklahoma City Metro Association of Realtors is comprised of realtors who work and live in Oklahoma City, including myself. and we have seen the decline of housing affordability and the effects it has had on our inner city neighborhoods. It's important to note that builders and developers are not going to meet the needs of those who earn less than $50,000 a year because there's not money to be made in that income bracket of housing. Builders and developers chase the consumers who make over $70,000 a year. Since builders are not meeting that gap, homeowners have an opportunity to fill to fill in that gap through ADUs if it fits their needs. So, what we do see is these these developers purchasing houses to tear them down and build large-scale apartments, adding density and parking lots to our neighborhoods. Adus are a viable solution without ever over without overdensifying an inner city neighborhood. And the way this ordinance is written gives parameters in which to build an ADU appropriately to the context of the neighborhood which we which currently does not exist within the spud process we have now. So in the class 10pin neighborhood it abuts to the plaza district that's where I live. It has faced spud after spud without parameters outlined in this ordinance. So, we appreciate the safeguards that this ordinance provides. Um, and in recognition of that special exception that was just mentioned, there is none like it in terms of land use across this country. In an Oklahoma court of appeals, Wilkerson City of Paul's Valley zoning ordinances are concerned with the use of property and the physical development upon it, not the identity or status of the land owner or occupant. whether a dwelling unit, including an ADU, is occupied by an owner or a renter, the use remains the same and that it provides housing. So, Oakmar, the Oklahoma City Metro Association of Realtors, we acknowledge and we advocate for diverse housing types to meet the needs of the people in Oklahoma City in alignment with the Oklahoma City Housing Affordability Study. Thank you. Thank you, Kelly Work, followed by Landry Willis. Good morning, U Mr. Mayor and members of the city council. My name is Kelly Work. My address is 105 North Hudson, Sweet 304. I'm here on behalf of a group of residents within the urban core that have organized uh informally in response to the to this proposed accessory dwelling unit ordinance. uh we do have a amendment that we have submitted that we would ask you to consider uh today and I want to give you some reasons why we think that is appropriate. Uh as you all are aware the under the current ordinance if you seek to add an additional residence in the R1 district on a particular lot it does require that you go through a reszoning process. So you would either have to reszone it to a more dense residential district or go through the spud process. That has the advantage for the neighborhood of giving the surrounding property owners notice and an opportunity to be heard. the this proposed uh accessory dwelling unit on it ordinance would uh remove that notice and hearing and would uh allow accessory dwelling units including in the R1 single family district uh as a conditional use by right uh so long as the conditions are uh met. Our uh concern about the ordinance as presented is that it is going to uh incentivize uh more corporate investment uh buyers and that uh it will that will happen without the opportunity for notice and hearing. And that that as a consequence will result in uh more uh investorowned properties in these urban residential neighborhoods and fewer owneroccupied properties. And the consequence of that is that you uh gradually get a deterioration of the residential character if you lose uh the owner occupied uh residence uh in favor of the uh corporateowned uh absentee landlord resident. our uh proposed amendment. We understand the objective of the ordinance to um to make the process less burdensome for accessory dwelling units. We are not opposed to that objective. uh what we would suggest and this is what we proposed in the amendment that has been provided to each of you and to the staff and to the representatives of Oakmar is that the um for the properties where the principal structure is not the primary residence of the owner the property owner that those would require notice and hearing. uh and the ones where an accessory dwelling unit is proposed where the property is the primary residence of the owner those would be permitted as a matter of right. It's only where the corporate investor type of owner uh would be coming in to acquire properties that there would be an opportunity for notice and hearing and that would give the neighborhood residents an opportunity then to be heard and to have input on the proposed redevelopment in many cases. Um we think that would uh be a reasonable compromise to what is proposed. It would uh meet the needs uh to um allow accessory dwelling units for what we've heard is the primary purpose to allow residents to have an additional uh family member reside there or a senior family member or a caregiver or to provide supplement income. If I exceeded my time, Mr. Premier, you haven't. I think we get it. We've got You've submitted the amendment. So So in any event, we we would simply ask that you consider that what we consider a relatively minor amendment. It would uh allow continued. Got it. We got it. You've said it already. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Uh Landry Willis followed by Gary Kapinger. Uh Landry Willis, 301 North Walker Avenue. And yeah, since the amendment's out there, I would like to address that first. Um, we sent that out to our national association um, and they determined that there's a lot of legal uh, consequences with that amendment. Basic zoning principle determines how the land is used, not who uses it. Uh, yeah, and just being honest with you guys, uh, you know, the average person doesn't know that this meeting is happening right now. They don't know their council member. They don't know where city hall is at. What they do know is that rent and housing prices are going up. They know someone who is just starting out in their career, someone who is aging, someone who is disabled. They don't know what a spud is. I bet you they don't even know what an ADU is yet until their loved one has another bad fall. I would like to address a notion that corporate investors are the only ones that are going to take advantage of ADUs. It is simply false and fear-mongering by people who don't want density. A study in California found that only 9% of ADUs built were built by corporate investors. If we look at other Oklahoma cities that have ADU ordinances, Norman has only had 15 permits pulled since last March. Tulsa has only had four permits pulled since last March. I can give you a whole bunch of other studies and data that tries to prove the point I'm making, but a colleague of mine sums it up best. Richard Macau, who has decades of experience building here in Oklahoma City, gave me this quote on his behalf. There isn't a corporation on earth that can make ADU construction a sustainable business model. That is simply not reality. We will be the first ones to tell you that financing and the costs of construction for an ADU doesn't always make sense for residents. But what does make sense is having your loved one living close by you so you can have so they can have an independent and dignified life. This ordinance makes the decision easier for the average family who want to have build an ADU for their disabled child aging parent by not going through the costly and timeconuming spud process with additional citives incentives from a revolving loan fund funded through the 20 2025 GO bond. That decision can begin to make even more sense. I urge you all to base your decision not on fear-mongering, but on tried and trueue nationwide best practices, which will help families out here in Oklahoma City. Thank you. Thank you. Gary Kapinger, followed by Charlie Swinton. My name is Gary Kaplinger, 2244 Northwest 17th Street. I'm here today to ask you to vote yes on the ADU ordinance. Believing that ADUs are a step in the right direction, it only makes sense to begin removing obstacles in the way of building them. I would like to hit on a few specific thoughts today. Currently, the only way a homeowner would be permitted to build or even rebuild a damaged or delinquent accessory dwelling unit would be through this SPUD process, which is less than ideal. First, the spud process is expensive. The current fee just to apply for a spud is $1,800 with a with a proposed increase to $21.40. That factor alone would detract most homeowners from making the application in the first place. The current SPUD process is not only expensive, it's very time consuming. In most cases, once the application is made, which which itself can take many months to prepare, the process can easily take four plus months. In addition, most home homeowners do not feel knowledgeable nor equipped enough to navigate the spud process on their own and generally have to hire attorneys and urban planners to make it through all of the hoops with any degree of confidence it will result in a positive end, which increases the cost of the project inherently the rent required to make the project financially feasible. Other municipalities around the metro area, around the state, and all over the nation are taking steps to remove roadblocks to homeowners who wish to build ADUs on their own properties. For example, in Guthrie, as you may know, they've recognized the need for more housing in their urban district. Their planning department developed a package of essentially pre-approved plans for various urban lot sizes and uses. Property owners can select a plan that meets their needs, submit a building permit and some additional documentation with a nominal fee and get approval in two days in most cases. This is this ordinance is a long way from that, but it's certainly a step in the right direction. On a personal note, I live in a neighborhood with a very diverse mix of housing and people. There are both subsidized apartments, nearly multi-million dollar historic homes, and everything in between within a block radius of my house. My next door neighbor uh has an apartment over their detached garage. And how have they used it? You might wonder. First, they hosted a young single woman getting her start who is now a very successful entrepreneur and has since purchased her own beautiful home. 30 seconds remaining. They hosted an aging parent for a while who taught me a lot about gardening. Next, they hosted a sibling who was going through some transitions. without prompting. He often mowed my yard while I was on vacation. There now there's a it hosts a single mom and a daughter who are equally lovely. The apartment has windows into my backyard. They watch me garden. I listen to their music while I garden. It's beautiful what this community has brought to me. Each one of these guests would have been challenged to find affordable housing at this stage of life, particularly in a walkable, friendly neighborhood. So, while I get the fears of a changing city, we are growing and evolving as a community nonetheless. We need more places for our new and existing residents to live, more affordable places, particularly in the parts of the community most accessible to amenities and resources. This ordinance is a small step in the right direction. Please vote yes. Thank you, Gary. Charlie Swinton, followed by Lenel Long. Good morning, mayor, council persons. I'm Charlie Swinton. I live at 301 North Walker. Currently, we're in the process of moving another place here in Oklahoma City. I have the honor and privilege of being serving as president of AARP Oklahoma. AP is the nation's largest nonprofit and nonpartisan organization. We work to empower people over the age of 50 so they can live their lives as they want, where they want. AP is here today to urge you to support updating the Oklahoma City zoning code to allow accessory dwelling units as a vital affordable housing option. Adus enable greater housing choice especially for older adults like me seeking to age in place. I'd like to share four numbers with you. Aa a AARP home improvement community preference survey was done recently. They found the first number I'm going to share 75% of adults 50 and older want to remain in their homes and communities. Additionally, the second number, 62% would like would live in an ADU to stay near loved ones while maintaining independence. And the survey also found that this is the third number, 62% would consider building an ADU for a family member needing care. On top of that, our fourth number is that over 50% would offer an ADU to a friend or family member who needs a home. By permitting ADUs, Oklahoma City can expand housing options, helping residents make choices that fit their needs and budget. With more than a hundred Oklahomaans turning 65 daily and because of the great economic effort of this city in its efforts to bring more people to this community, Oklahoma City must prepare for a great growing aging population. ADUs provide comfortable, affordable housing that supports livability and independence. This is an opportunity. This is an opportunity for Oklahoma City to provide leadership in creating communities that meet the critical and evolving needs of our aging population. A AARP Oklahoma urges you to pass this accessory dwelling unit ordinance which will empower residents to age in place with dignity and strengthen our great city for generations to come. Thank you for allowing AARP to be here this morning and share our views. Thank you. Thank you. Uh Lenel Long followed by Lee Matthews. Good morning. I'm Lynel Long. I live at 8018 Northwest 80th Street in Oklahoma City and I'm a mortgage lender with Stride Mortgage. I've worked in mortgage lending for over nine years with experience ranging from traditional home loans to more specialized financing tools like home equity lines of credit and second mortgages. Now, in the lending world, an ADU is a secondary independent living unit located on the same lot as a primary residence. Whether attached or detached, the ADU offers flexible solutions that address many of our city's housing needs, supporting multi-generational households, offering aging and place options for seniors, creating affordable rental opportunities, and maximizing existing infrastructure. So, why does this matter for Oklahoma City? Well, ADUs expand housing options without requiring new land development. They offer paths to econ economic stability and generational wealth by allowing homeowners to earn rental income. They also give families a way to live closer together, an especially relevant solution for aging parents, college age kids, and essential workers. Financing options are already available for ADUs. Conventional loans offered through Fanny May and Freddy Mack. They're widely accessible and can include rental income from the ADU when qualifying the borrower. FHA loans also allow rental income for from ADUs to count toward qualifying income. FHA also allows uh home renovation loans that can be used to build or convert attached ADUs. VA loans veterans may and active duty service members can finance homes with ADUs. the HUD 184 loan which is designed for Native American borrowers. These loans permit one ADU on the residents and offer favorable terms as well. And then finally, home equity financing for existing homeowners. For those who already own a home, second mortgages or home equity lines of credit offer flexible ways to fund ADU construction without needing to refinance the entire property. In short, these financing tools already exist. The guidelines are clear and the benefits to our community, affordability flexibility and sustainability are well worth supporting. By continuing to promote zoning, outreach, and education around ADUs, this council can help create more inclusive and resilient housing options for Oklahoma City families. 30 seconds remaining. Thank you for your leadership and for allowing me time to speak. I'm happy to answer any questions about Lenny that you might have. Thank you, Lee Matthews, followed by Gary Jones. Good morning, everyone. My name's Lee. I build tiny houses and people's backyards in the Oklahoma City area. I spoke a couple weeks ago and I wanted to update on that. I spoke with a lady from your district, Councilwoman Hmon, and she called in. She's she's watching right now. Probably she People watch this. I didn't know that. We're on YouTube right now. Did you guys know that? No. She I I had a voicemail in my mailbox that said, "Please help me." And I I won't go into details for her sake, but she has a medical reason to have her brother very close by. She can't drive occasionally, and she needs her brother to drive her to the doctor. She can't have him living way over there. She needs to have him very close by. So, I wanted to just speak on her behalf, on behalf of many others. It would be great if we could keep this as simple as possible with getting this ordinance passed. It's important to the people that call me that are struggling with a list of things to be able to do things quickly and inexpensively as has been mentioned before. So, I wanted to put that in front of you. And I also wanted to express my gratitude. I know there's been a lot of work and a lot of hours put in by each of you to study this. And I just wanted to express that gratitude. Thanks. Thanks, Gary Jones, followed by Sarah Casey. Good morning, council. Uh, I've been up here, I don't know how many times, talking about this. I'm Gary Jones, the government affairs director of the Oklahoma City Realtors, but I'm also a proud Oklahoma City resident of Ward 4. Thank you, Councilman Stone, for all the great work you do. This has been a long journey that has brought us to this point. From the beginning of the conversation when the planning staff started looking at the zoning code update, there was surveys, there have been hearings, there was a planning commission task force, there have been town hall meetings. We have been discussing this for quite a long time. Not to include the fact that the actual ordinance proposal itself started a year ago in March. And that's what has led us now to hopefully finally a vote. There are those that ask, "Why are realtors so concerned about this? Why is it a big deal?" We're not so concerned about an ADU ordinance. What we are concerned about is the future of housing in Oklahoma City. We have some very unique challenges for those of us who don't make a living to where we can afford a 200 or $250,000 house. ADUs are not the silver bullet, but they create an arsenal to add to the strategies that this city can utilize in order to address housing challenges across our community. Also, I know that there are legitimate concerns. Kelly and the other residents have lifted up a very important concern, and that concern is what impact will investors have on housing in Oklahoma City. We legitimately work with our national association, as Landry pointed out, in order to survey and research what's happening not only in Oklahoma communities that have ADUs, but across the country from Phoenix, Seattle to Austin, and other places. And you know what we found? That concern has not become a reality. It doesn't mean that it won't, but it's like with every change that we make, sometimes you have to make the change. But you know what's great about having you guys here? If we have to make modifications or changes, we can come back and we can make that happen. So I ask you, please adopt the ADU, it's time. And if we need to come back and make changes, you can make that happen in the future. Thank you. Thank you, Sarah Casey, followed by Joy McIll. Good morning. My name is Sarah Casey and I was asked to speak um this morning on behalf of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Association of Realtors. Um, I have also been here, I don't know how many times, and discussed a variety of different aspects. And I know that from this horseshoe, you're all asked to be professionals in lots of different fields that you don't hold actual professional knowledge in. So, let me point out a couple of things. One, the amendment that's being proposed is not practical. There are so many people that utilize their homes as a business and it doesn't necessarily make them an investor. They might have an LLC owning that home. It just means that the house needs to function as some sort of their business. Farms have the same thing. A trust can own a property. It's an entity, not a person. and is the next step to go to each one of these private property owners and demand of them the reason that they selected this as the way that the home took title. In addition, when we say affordable housing, there is no one proposing here or even validating that an ADU would be an inexpensive thing to create. The way in which it becomes affordable is by funding programs that would utilize any derived income to make what is a $300,000 product suddenly a $250,000 product and therefore allow someone that otherwise wouldn't have been able to buy it to purchase it. These are not affordable options we have in the city. And are we saying to the people that would buy or rent these ADUs, we just can't afford to pay attention to your needs because we are too busy protecting the needs of whomever might live around you? That is quite literally turning all of your neighbors into investors only in their own private property rights. Now the existing ADUs are the larger concern and why this was coming about back into the zoning code as we've mentioned before it already existed. Are we saying to these people that were not consulted many moons ago when these were originally built that we care more about our peace of mind than your dilapidated structure or ability to do anything with it to keep their own properties intact? There's many cases in here where the utilization is going to be more prominent than the new construction of it. And I ask that you vote today and vote yes on it. Thank you. Thank you. Joy McIll followed by Pete Gelvin. Good morning, mayor, counselor, council members, and neighbors. My name is Joy McIll and I'm speak also speaking on behalf of AP Oklahoma. Uh I have the honor of speak of living at 215 Northeast 28th Street here in Oklahoma City and also uh on 43rd Place in Tulsa. Uh which notably we had the opportunity to get this same code passed in Tulsa last October which is really exciting and a great point of pride from a ARP standpoint um to have this kind of code passed. Uh and notably we've not had any of the concerns that are brought to us today as far as the um issues that uh have been brought. Um, one of the things I want to say today, uh, is not so much from the point of AAP, but as a daughter. My parents are in their early 80s and they still live in their own home today. Um, they they live in their own home and, uh, we they they are slowing down, but we want them to be able to remain independent, but the opportunity of having an ADU does just that for them. um they can live nearby but gives them a little extra support and help when needed. Um and that keeps them just right there in the heart of a community where we can take care of them but give them their own independence. For something with an ADU for our younger friends, it gives them a shot at their own affordable place to call home, whether it's just a rental or a first step out on their own. So, ADUs aren't just houses. They're about offering alternative housing opportunities and something that's outside of the box and something that I think is perfect for Oklahoma City. And now is the time for that. AP supports multi-generational living and they align with AARP's pillars of age friendly housing. They expand housing options, affordability, and accessibility. Twothirds of adults and 79% of those 50 plus want to stay in their communities. They prioritize health, safety, and social engagement. ADUs in age aging in place by offering flexible living arrangements, allowing older uh older adults to remain near their families and social networks. They expanding housing options, ensure affordability through lowcost construction, rental income. They enhance accessibility and keep older adults like my family close to my sister and me. For a younger parent here in Oklahoma City, an ADU could mean living on a parent or grandparents lot, keeping child care costs down, and family ties strong. 30 seconds remaining. Imagine a 25-year-old mom with a toddler renting an ADU from her family. She gets an affordable place, her child gets to grow up near grandparents, and everyone gets to share a family close to home, just like my family. So today, mayor and council members, please approve ADUs to empower older America elder adults uh and younger families to stay connected, build stronger, multi-generational communities, and together we can transform Oklahoma City into a place where all of our generation uh can thrive and grow together. Thank you. Uh Pete Gelvin, followed by Gayla Cubic. Good morning. Thank you for letting me up here for the council. My name is Pete Galvin. I'm a resident of Oklahoma City since 1979 or I'm sorry, 1976 and have uh lived in Mayfair Hills neighborhood at 3105 Northwest 52nd Street for like the last 21 years. I'm here to talk in opposition to the ordinance and ask that you uh do not approve it as is currently written. Um, I normally would say if it's not broke, don't fix it. But I do realize that the put process uh can be cumbersome for some and I would not be opposed to amending the ordinance to allow um what's been called as a spud light where you make it more uh efficient to apply for one. But um the important thing about the spud process is it does give neighbors no notice of when someone was wanting to pardon me um uh build on their property or change something significant about it. So uh I would join Mr. Works comments about the notice and opportunity to be heard and also he is his submission of an amendment I think should be considered by the council. Um, I would say that um there's nothing uh by rejecting the ordinance that keeps people from building accessory dwelling units. All this uh fear-mongering and uh clutching of pearls as to how they're not going to be able to build accessory dwelling unit if you don't pass the ordinance is is not the way it is. No one's saying that an ADU can't be good in its uh proper place. We just want the neighbors to be to know about it if it's going to be done. No one cares about their uh neighborhood and their uh neighbors more than the people that live though in those neighborhoods. And if you uh enact something that keeps them from knowing about what's going on in their own neighborhood, uh you're not going to get the um feedback that you need in order to make an intelligent decision as to whether a building project should or should not be uh allowed. Uh I would also point out that at the planning commission level of this ordinance uh our neighborhood did submit uh petitions that over I think 65% of the neighbors sign the petitions uh asking that the ordinance not be adopted. So, I would remind the council of that. Um and um and ask that you reject the ordinance as it's currently written and uh try to come up with something that keeps notice to the neighbors that would be affected um that they would know what's going on in their own neighborhoods. Thank you very much. Thank you, Gayla Cubic. [Applause] Hi, I'm Gayla Kadeka. I live in Douglas Park, 807 Northwest 47th. And I have lived in my neighborhood for over 40 years. I own three rental properties. So, I know about affordable housing. And believe me, my houses are affordable. I keep them under $1,000. I do the yard work because I'm concerned about how my neighborhood is going to look. And that is the key word that I think I have heard today. Affordable housing. Adus are not affordable housing. I want to add 600 square feet to the back of my house because I'm tired of going out into the garage to do laundry. I have to go outside and I'd like a little walk-in shower and a closet. It's going to cost me over $150,000. Do you think that I'm going to be able to rent that little place to a school teacher for over under $1,000? No, not if I have to take out that kind of loan and I'm not having to put in any electrical. My electrical is fine. I have the plumbing right there and my heat and air is big enough to house it. When you're talking about building away from your house, you're having to put all that in. And there's four feet between my house and my neighbor's fence on either side. So, whoever would rent my house, not only would there be no place for them to park because I have a single car driveway, they'd have to walk past either my kitchen or my bedroom window. It's not feasible. And I have a huge backyard. But my tenants live in my houses because they either have a pet or they have a child or they like to garden. They want to live in a house with a yard. And you all are wanting to take that away from our neighborhood. So, I would like for you to vote no. And one of the quotes from the last meeting that Mr. Cooper made was he was against depleting precious home territory, tearing down and building out of the character big homes. On my street on 47th Street, which I've lived there since 1984, there are five big houses that are all over $900,000. My my neighborhood is no longer affordable. My sons, one of them is an attorney for the attorney general. He's been an attorney for 5 years. I keep calling and saying, "Hey, Alex, here's the piece of property." And he finally said, he still calls me Miss Kbeca. He said, "I cannot afford to live there. I'm sorry. I want to move back. My son would like to move into my chair, my neighborhood where he grew up. He can't afford a house." 30 seconds remaining. So, I would like for you to vote no because this is not making our neighborhoods affordable. Thank you. Thank you. That concludes the residents who have signed up to speak. So, the council could proceed with any comments or motions. I'll make a few comments, Mayor. Um, one, I want to thank all of our neighbors for being here and speaking on this important issue. Um, I can say that I've spent a lot of time uh with this ordinance, having uh served as the chairperson for the ADU task force at the planning commission level for about a year until I got here. So, um, I've spent a lot of time with it. I really want to thank everyone again for their comments. What I'll say is this, which has already been said very well. Um, this is about empowering people to make maximum use of their own property. an aging parent, you yourself having an opportunity to age and stay in your own home on your own property, or even a young adult child being able to live there. I think that's what we all believe in. It's a commonality. Whether you're opposed to this ordinance or in support of it, we all agree with that idea and how important it is. The problem is that if you are a corporate entity in Oklahoma City, you are best equipped to navigate the current process. You're best equipped to hire an attorney. You're best equipped to pay the high fees. you're best equipped to navigate four or five months of approvals through the plan commission and this city council. But if you are a regular citizen, a regular resident of Ward 7, you are less able to navigate this difficult process. It's about them. Um, I want to first walk you all through some of the uh ways that this ordinance addresses the general concerns that our neighbors have in opposition to this ordinance. The first thing is lot coverage. I appreciate those people who are concerned about well that that ADU may be too close to my backyard. I agree. I share that concern. That's why there is a lot coverage requirement in the ordinance. Your lot coverage cannot change as a result of adding the ADU. So if you're if in R1, correct me planning staff, I think it's 50% lot coverage is required in in R1 zoning, that cannot change by adding an ADU. That includes the pavement. That includes your sidewalk. That includes your driveway. So, if there's not enough room on your property, this ordinance is going to force you into the spud process. What about the size of the ADU? We've already limited it. So, that if you want to exceed that size limitation that's already in this ordinance, you're going to go to the spud process. If you're concerned about height, we're saying you can't build an ADU by right taller than your existing home or if you have an existing garage apartment, you can go ahead and use that. that that means you moved next to an existing garage apartment. Otherwise, you're going to be going through the spud process. Parking again and public notice. It's it's the same. I I think the parking requirement is not something that I agreed with particularly, but I in the spirit of compromise of addressing concerns that our neighbors have about there being potentially a lot of cars in the street, this was one of the ways we did it. Um there is public notice, including in this ordinance. And I want to be clear, some people may may believe that it is not sufficient, and I understand that. Um, but it is requiring that there be yard signs posted so that the property that is getting an ADU is making all of their not their neighbors, um, putting all their neighbors on notice that they are going to be constructing an ADU. Um, we had many, many debates as a planning commission. We had great neighborhood meetings with lots of neighbors, plenty of neighbors who do not agree with my position. And I can tell you that after that I listened and we compromised on things. I don't think this ordinance is perfect because so many things that I didn't agree with are actually what are included in here in the spirit of compromise. We are all making an effort to um to pass good policy. And I I want to say that I I hold in high regard um uh Kay Floyd, Marva Ellard, Kelly work, outstanding people. Loved the conversations that we have had. I even met with Professor Travis Roach and heard his concerns. We talked about these issues and and I respect you all's opinion. I respect you all's concern, but it but the counter evidence that I have that's too compelling is they've passed this ordinance in other places. Those issues haven't been a concern. We've addressed this ordinance is going to require any property owner to go through the same review process and standards that the planning commission is going to use through a spud. And then finally, it the land use is not changed whether you are a renter or whether you are an owner. The use is the same. So, as far as the planning commission's decision-making about whether or not um to approve a new ADU or not, we don't take into account the status of being a renter or an owner. We take into account the land use and it's the same putting people giving people a place to live. So, again, I respect our neighbors. I respect those who disagree with my opinion that this is very helpful policy. We know it doesn't solve the affordable housing crisis in this country or in this city, but it does get us one step closer to better accessible public housing, excuse me, better accessible housing for the public in this community. And so I I stand in strong support and um I know it's not perfect, but I think we're making the right decision to move in the right direction. And we'll have another opportunity to uh review this policy as we look at the zoning code update soon. Thank you. Any other comments? Yes. Uh I received an email in March uh from a W 2 resident named Carol who who after I'd already responded to her concerns about ADUs, she responded to me, "Please tell me why you support this plan. I don't understand the reasoning. Thank you." Carol. So, I'd like to give that reason today. Um, and I plan on sharing a link for her to my comments so that she can see this public uh set of remarks. Um, first, my reason is another W 2 resident named Cedric. And here's what Cedric sent me uh right around the same time. Councilman Cooper, I appreciate the work you have done to help revitalize the urban core of OKC. I write to encourage you to support the accessory dwelling unit ordinance. My wife and I live in the lovely Cleveland neighborhood before buying our first uh house here 5 years ago. We lived in Lynwood Place and Las Vegas neighborhoods. And when we met, I was living on campus at OCU and my wife was living in the Shepard neighborhood. In short, we love Word Too. As a quick aside me too. From 2012 to 2017, we lived in a small garage apartment behind a house in the Las Vegas neighborhood. It was the perfect home for us at that stage of life, affordable, and close to school, jobs, and countless activities. It was also a beautiful picture of community. We walked the dog for the family who lived in the primary residence, watched their kids grow, and grew close to the family. Even now, nearly a decade since we moved, we still keep in touch. We now have the chance to make this possible for others, too. If the ordinance passes, we will apply to build a small dwelling unit on our double lot in Cleveland. The income from the unit would help us offset the ever rising cost of living. And at the same time, we could make it affordable and accessible for someone else to build their own story and life in this wonderful community. While we won't be able to make the public hearing uh we wanted to make we wanted a chance, excuse me, to share our story with you and encourage you to make this possible for others, too. We have a warm and welcoming community here in Cleveland Ward 2 and in the urban core of OKC. Thank you again for the role you have played in making it so and for investing in the future of our city. Best comma Cedric. I share that because I've heard people both in emails and sometimes from this horseshoe say we have only received letters of opposition and I wanted today to share with you a letter of support not just a letter of support but a letter of experience. You all know I love telling a good story and I wanted to share somebody else's story with you. The other thing I wanted to share so that's one piece to Carol of why. The next reason of why is you might have seen from CBS News over the weekend a report come out that says that the bottom 60% of Americans can no longer afford their basic quality of life needs. As an English professor and former middle school teacher, can I rewrite that headline? the majority of Americans cannot afford their basic quality of life needs. When you say 60%, just want to do some simple math there for you. So, the next reason I support this uh related to that inability to afford uh things is that even though we love to tout the nation's official unemployment rate of 4.2%, 2%. Unfortunately, that doesn't factor in workers who are stuck in poverty wage jobs and people who are unable to find uh full-time employment. And when you do that, the US jobless rate ends up topping around 24%. So you have people right now, these households which earn around $38,000 a year. They'd actually need around $67,000 a year to afford the items that we call the basic quality of life. Those are my people. There are a good number of the people in W 2. There are significant number of the people in W 2. Highland, Lions Park, Denniston Park, Military Park, Epworth, Seoia. I know these people. I've knocked their doors. I've seen their homes. I've seen their passion to want to be able to afford to live in the Urban Corp. The next reason, Carol, that I am supporting this ordinance is right now, um, we we're going through a bit of an existential change. Um, and I'll just conclude with this one. So, I'm going to quote from David Leanhart, the author of the book, Ours was the shining future, the story of the American dream. This was an interview with the PBS NewsHour. And the question was this, is renting these days actually the better option. David responded to this interviewer saying, "For most people, it is the better option." That is if you don't already own. I'm not saying that most people should sell their homes if they own. If you own, you probably have a pretty good mortgage rate. But for people who don't yet own a home and are trying to make a decision, the economics of renting have not looked this good in a long time. And I think I understand why people have so long been down on renting. There's even been some shame association associated with renting. And I think it's important to say, look, for most people right now who are trying to figure out whether to buy or rent, renting is the smarter option financially. You will save money. And there's a reason there's so much of a sense that Americans should never rent, which is we have this huge industry. Some of y'all aren't like this, the real estate industry that makes a lot of money from selling uh a lot more money in fact from selling homes than renting them. And it helps to get this message uh out that people should buy rather than rent when in fact many people should rent. The reporter responds, "But on the other hand, David, rents are skyhigh right now." and he points out that uh the national median for a one-bedroom apartment was roughly 1,500 a month. It's 4,300 a month in New York City. So, isn't that throwing away money in the sense that you're not building equity when you're buying that when you're paying that much for uh rent? David responds, "It's important to remember all the ways you're also throwing away money when you buy. There is a very large fee often in the tens of thousands of dollars that goes to a you're not going to like this again to a real estate agent that's throwing money away. You're buying the bank, sorry, you're paying the bank huge amounts of interest and the mortgage interest deduction uh reduces that interest, but it doesn't eliminate it. That's throwing away money. It's giving it to a some of you aren't going to like this, a bank. You have to do repairs when you own a home. often repairs that don't really add to the value of the house. Like if your roof is leaking, you have to fix it and you have no choice but to do that. That's not a renovated kitchen. That's throwing a money away just to keep you where you are. And then finally, there's the opportunity cost. If you didn't buy a home, if you didn't use all that money for a down payment, you could have invested it in the stock market. You could have invested it in other ways. And so, it's true that renting involves throwing away money, but so does buying. And that's the existential moment in which we're in right now. I didn't invent this moment. I'm 43 years old. My plan growing up was to own the sort of home Gail, you're talking about with the front yard, these sorts of things. I didn't see a great recession coming. I didn't see a pandemic coming. I didn't see these rising rents. I didn't see these rising housing cost. Um I didn't I I'm not God. I can't control it all. And so now you have a moment where an ADU makes a lot of sense to a teacher like me. Now you have a moment where living in a condo or a loft apartment makes a lot of sense to someone like me. Um right now we have 19,000 Oklahoma cians in need of a one to twobedroom housing structure and we only have 3,600 of them. One more time. 19,000 of our own people, our people, Oklahomaans, who need one to twobedroom housing. And we only have, to your point of my quote, strange to be quoted. I I can't even quite process that. But it's a depleting resource that 3,600. Those folk are out there gobbling them up and tearing them down, building out of character and out of the price range of the middle class. So, Carol, that's why I support this is because this is one opportunity I have to add to that one to two bedroom um need that we have. And the next opportunity I'm going to have is with this year's bond election where I've already said I will do everything I can to build to incentivize for developers to build that missing middle housing for people making between 30 and $80,000 a year. You have my word. The next bit of word you have for me is I will do everything I can to work with Douglas Edgeir starting first and any other W two neighborhood who wants it. Demolition review protections so that you have a pause that does not exist right now and design protections. I think that the architecture of Douglas Edgemeir and Jefferson and all the W 2 neighborhoods deserves to be honored and protected particularly if we're going to build the sort of missing missing missing middle housing that we know our middle class need and quite frankly deserve. And that's the work I'm up to. ADUs are not going to You're right. They're not even going to solve all the problems whatsoever. You can get an FHA loan I guess to help you build one, but it's one it's one it's one part of it. the bigger part is building the missing middle housing and that's that's my commitment. So, Carol, I know you probably are not going to like my answer, but my that's my commitment is to do that work and to help um help provide some stability for uh for the the middle class. So, that's what I got. Okay. Any other comments from council? Yeah, mayor. Oh, I'm sorry. Go ahead. Oh, I was just going to say I don't know if I did I turn my mic on. I don't know if I have too much else to um to add to what the two councilmen offered um because so much of it resonates with me, but I did just want to um say something so that um you know, I was on record of um particularly, you know, the the folks that have come to us with concerns about investor ownership. Um that resonates deeply with me. It is an issue I see across my ward. Um I know it's a conversation in this city and across the country, but I just I don't see this ordinance as [Music] um making a huge difference in one direction or the other with that particular issue. I think if anything, as Councilman Pennington said, those are the folks that already have sort of all the resources at their disposal to navigate the Spud process. Um, and by moving this forward, we can hopefully create a little bit of a a valve for regular folks to better implement this in their own um property. Will LLC's take advantage? Potentially. Um, but I don't think it's going to be the um going to be a sort of um explosion um because of the way that it is written. It is and Councilman Pennington very well outlined a lot of the the sort of conditions that have to be met. um that it that I think and to c to to echo Councilman Cooper's points, the the piece about addressing and advocating for programming within our next bond to um create more opportunities for local folks to compete in purchasing and have more access to to purchase or um redevelop um more modest middle housing options is is I think where we're going to actually be able to implement more policy that will help get us further in combating the investor ownership issue. Um, again, I don't it's not going to be like a magic wand by any means, but um but I don't I don't think that um by not moving forward with this, we are uh significantly beating back that issue if that makes sense. Um so that's all I wanted to offer. Like I said, um so much of what they already said resonated, so I I don't want to necessarily just repeat it, but particularly on that investor ownership piece. Um I just want to name that it is something that I am very committed to working on to whatever we can do within our city to address it. Um and so I I hope that um the folks that have that concern that we can keep working together and find ways um to also address general code development. Um, again like Councilman Cooper mentioned around the design um process so that um we can we can better um guide development that really does match the the um architectural and um design nature of our neighborhoods and really preserve those elements that so many of us really really cherish. So that's all I have to add. Thank you. Council St. Mayor, just real quick, I wanted to thank everyone for sharing your thoughts and concerns. Uh, believe me, I share some of those exact same concerns, but uh, I believe we got to start somewhere, and I think this is a place to start. Um, you know, and if it if it creates some issues, then we can always go back and correct them. Uh, Councilman Pennington, thank you for all your hard work on this thing. You've only been working on it for a year. here. I know. Um, and you know, knowing that the lot coverage uh doesn't change, right? It stays the same. I can tell you it really wouldn't make sense. I know one of the concerns is someone will come in, tear down the house, and build a new house with an ADU. That really wouldn't make sense. Um, if you're going to build there, you want to probably try and build the big house, the houses that you see. You wouldn't want to build a smaller house so that you can make sure and build a separate ADU behind it. Fiscally, it just wouldn't make that much sense. Do you you have a background in development? Yeah. Would you explain help me understand that just a little bit more because I'm understanding that because I think this that is a concern I share with the neighbors, too. I've seen numbers saying that probably only about 40% of urban medium would find itself even eligible conditionwise. Could you kind of help you know a bit of a layman like me understand that? Yeah, it's just it's you know you're going to spend a lot more money building two separate facilities versus one larger facility. Okay. Because a lot of that you have to pay double costs period. So you want your exterior walls, all of your exterior infrastructure interior sharing a wall. If you're sharing a wall, it's more efficient. Yeah. Yeah. So I don't know. And I I know I've talked to Tulsa. Um they approved the ADU thing. They've had a very very small amount of applications for it. I think we'll see the same thing. I think it'll end up being not that good of a help for the things that we want it to help, but hopefully it will help some. And I think the ones that we do see apply will be the ones that have that need with family. So anyway, I just wanted to again thank y'all for sharing your concerns uh and thoughts and everything else on this. Thanks, Mayor. I know it's a little out of Gail, you had a I saw your hand. Can I just Can I ask Gail just Can I give her a minute? I know. If not, it's fine. I You just You You had your hand up right after I said something. I just wanted to know what you wanted to say. I mean, there was I don't know that this is helpful. I don't I think we need to move on. Okay. I think she's had her time. Thank you. Yeah. Hi, are not. You're right. Yeah, I think this is we we're ready to vote. Okay. I thank you for sharing. I I tried. Um Okay. Is there anything else that a council member wishes to say? If not, we could take a motion if that council's decided. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. All right. Now we're moving on to item 11L. This is an ordinance to be introduced and set for final hearing on June 3rd. This is so this is the first of two scheduled meetings. This relates to uh fees charged by the city. Uh Mr. City Manager, I think there's a presentation. Yes, Jeff Butler, our planning director will present the concept with these fees. Um I will say as he's coming the um we did the fee study a couple of years ago or last year actually made the recommendations um and not all the fees that we had recommended we implemented at the same time and so this is associated with those. So I'll let Jeff just kind of walk through what we're recommending. Uh thank you city manager Jeff Butler planning director. Uh I'll just walk the council through briefly uh some proposed fee changes. Um so just uh just an introduction um uh as the council may be aware many of our fees do not cover uh the full cost uh recovery of administration. Uh some are not close. Uh some are uh roughly at uh at full cost recovery. Uh periodic fee increases are necessary to keep up with inflation to help us maintain our quality of service over time. Um, we last updated our urban design and HP fe HP fees that historic preservation fees in 2020. Subdivision and zoning uh fees have not been updated for many years um uh well before 2020. All the new fees that you're about to see are at or below full cost recovery. Uh so here's just a summary of the fees that we'll be looking at and I'll show you a few tables after this that show you the increases. So, in design review, the certificates of approval or appropriateness, um there's some changes there. Under subdivision and zoning, uh administrative deed approvals, uh reszoning applications and amendments and easement closings. And finally, the board of adjustment, uh we'd be adjusting appeals from administrative decisions, which happens rarely, and special exceptions for home sharings, which happen uh much more often. So, here's the first table of three uh historic preservation fees. So, we'd be seeing some increases there. These are uh modest fees for uh administrative approvals and some commission reviews uh for historic preservation. Happy to uh answer any questions as we go. Um these are uh design review fees. Uh they cover the various districts, for example, downtown, Bricktown. Um, so the administrative approval going up uh somewhat from 200 to 250. Um, commission review with no new construction, there's no change. And the green bracketed portion there, we're we're changing that a little bit. Just a bit of a restructure. Right now, those are all the same fee, but we found over the years that the bigger the project, the more time staff tends to spend and the commission uh tends to spend. So, you'll see there a differentiation. uh the larger the building, the higher the fee. And that um uh certainly would uh be reflective of reality and then in terms of the amount of time spent reviewing. Um here are the subdivision and zoning fees. Uh the administrative review there, deed approval on top. Uh still below uh full cost recovery. We processed quite a few of those. Um the application for minor amendment for a PUD is changing. Um and also for an SPUD uh the last three um application for easement closure for redistricting that's just a reszone that second from the bottom uh going up um I would say a modest amount um kind of reflecting inflation and and the cost of doing business and uh finally there the application for a reasonzoning for a spud is is is going up uh a little bit as well. Uh I believe this is the last table. Um so we have for the board of adjustment um appeal form for for administrative decision. Again that happens rarely as well. And finally the application for home sharing um would be going from 300 which was set a few years ago when the home sharing ordinance was first introduced and is set artificially low. All the other special exceptions are set at 1,100. So, this is bringing that fee up to uh the normal special exception level. Um, so with that, I'm happy to answer any questions uh council has. I do have two questions. Um, first of all, can you talk or can you help me understand better like how the cost of administration is calculated? Sure. Um, so the cost of administration, uh, we what we do is we kind of try and get all of the costs and and you know what it's just really essentially staff review. So all of the staff review incorporates salary costs uh overhead costs and uh that sort of thing and we try and look at all the staff that touches uh any given case. So um mostly in these it's planning staff but it also includes some public works time and utilities time. Um, so it's really just the lion share of it is is just time that cost. Okay. And then when you talk about the special exception for the home sharing being set originally artificially low, was there a reason for that initially? Um, that it wasn't just set at the typical special exception level. Um, I I can't say for sure. I I just know that uh at the time it was felt like um that you know it was it was a new thing. I'm just maybe I don't want to speculate too much, but it was it was a new ordinance. Um, uh, there was a lot of things new about it. There was a lot that that had to be done, and I think the fee was less of a concern. Uh, it was more trying to get the ordinance right. Um, we can we can certainly go back and and and dig into that if you'd like. That that would be helpful for me. I did have one person reach out about this. Um, and in particular, I think I'm sure any, you know, any fee increase, nobody, you know, is is a fan, but I think the like big jump, like it's it's probably like the largest jump of any of the fees that probably feels particularly jarring for folks. Um, so I just kind of wanted to get a better sense of why originally it was set as a different like it wasn't originally just sort of set at that um kind of just general special exception level. just to get a better sense of like what the reasoning was and um and yeah just have a little bit better sense of the history of that. Yeah, absolutely. We'll we'll go back and and kind of research that and see if we can find uh what the rationale was. Any other comments or questions? Thanks, Jeff. Thank you. Okay. Well, we can go ahead and introduce this proposed ordinance change. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Final hearing set for June 3rd. Okay. 11M is a public hearing regarding the dilapidated structures here listed. Amy, has anyone signed up to speak? No, they haven't. So, they have not. So, we will advance to the resolution at M2 declaring that the structures are dilapidated. We have a motion in a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. All right. N1 is the public hearing regarding the unsecured structures here listed. Amy, has anyone signed up to speak? They have not. So we will then proceed to the resolution add in two declaring structures are unsecured. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. 11:01 is a public hearing regarding the abandoned buildings here listed. Amy has anyone signed to speak? No they haven't. They have not. So we'll proceed to the resolution found at 02 declaring the buildings are abandoned for those previously struck. Got a motion in the second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. All right. Item P uh is first up. P1 is a public hearing regarding a resolution amending the June 18th, 2024 resolution approving certain fire and other listed sales tax expenditures. Amy, has anyone signed or speak under this public hearing? No, they haven't. They have not. So, we'll proceed to the resolution found at P2 uh which is to be introduced today, set for final hearing on June 3rd, amending the June June 18th, 2024 resolution. And I believe we have a quick presentation. Yeah. I just want to make a couple of comments on this. This we do these resolutions with the fire sales tax and police sales tax funds. We had an estimated amount on this on the fire support personnel. We had a retirement so with the payouts it was a little bit higher than expected. This aligns with the budget amendment that Leticia presented earlier and is just getting us in line with that. Okay, that was perfect. Uh, council, go ahead and like to introduce the resolution. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. All right. 11 Q1 is a public hearing regarding the resolution approving the 2025 through 2029 consolidated plan and 2025 through 2026 first year action plan. Amy, has anyone signed up to speak? No, they haven't. They've not. So, we'll proceed to the resolution at Q2 approving said plan uh presentation as Yes. Ben Davis is going to give us quick presentation on the plan for 2526. Good morning. Ben Davis with the planning department. I'm going to give you an overview of our five-year consolidated plan strategy and our first year action plan uh which upon your approval we will submit to the US department of housing and urban development uh which will guide our investments and community development funds uh for the next five years. So uh the consolidated plan is a requirement. It covers our formula grants which are the community development block grant, the home investments partnership grant, the emergency solutions grants, and the housing opportunities for people with AIDS grant. Um, our plan is divided into sections that analyze housing, homelessness, community development, economic development needs. Um, and it creates a five-year strategy for addressing those needs. Uh, the annual action plan will cover the next year. So, it will start June 1st, I'm sorry, July 1st of 2025 and go through June 30th of 2026. outlines all the activities and programs and specific funding for that year. Uh and it's also a part of the consolidated plan that we will submit to HUD. So community needs that were identified in the cons consolidated planning process were um affordable housing specifically for populations earning less than 30% area median income uh for renters across the income spectrum. uh rehabilitation needs for both uh rental and home ownership housing. Uh long waiting lists for housing vouchers and public housing, homelessness and community revitalization. So we had a series of three public meetings. Uh we had actually scheduled four, one was canceled due to weather. Um so that was how we got public input. We also um participated with neighborhood alliance uh to host a virtual workshop uh in December and January uh to also get some more comments. So, uh, whenever we submitted this for the agenda, we didn't have our final numbers. We did receive those on Friday. So, the numbers on the slide are what we're actually going to be getting. Uh, we got slight increases for all four formula grants, which is great news. Um, so we'll be getting 5.1 million for CDBG, 2.3 million for HOME, uh, 444,000 for ESG, and 1.4 million for HOPA. Uh, so goals in our consolidated plan and action plan. These are pretty consistent across the years uh because these continue to be needs in our community. So increase affordable housing opportunities, retain affordable housing, invest in underserved neighborhoods and communities, support public services, increase economic opportunity, decrease and prevent homelessness, uh support for our population living with HIV AIDS and elimination of blight. So, under the goal for increasing affordable housing opportunities, um through our affordable housing development program, uh we are allocating proposing allocating uh $400,000 for two new for sale homes and the SNI uh MLK neighborhood. Um $800,000 to help uh complete Crestston Park uh which is in northeast OKC. Um $38,000 for Hillrest Green, which is currently under construction. So, you might have seen some of these projects before. These are some of these are carryovers from the previous year because they're still in pro process. Um, for Vita Nova, $1.2 million uh for 75 affordable permanent supportive housing units. Uh, Alley's End, which is currently under construction in Fourth and Broadway, uh, $600,000 for 214 units. And then we'll have $2.1 million available for solicitation under this program, which uh now that we have completed our consolidated planning work, uh we're going to start working on that RFP process, and that'll come out later this year. Uh we'll also be funding our community housing development organizations, CHTO, uh 2.7 million. Uh four new homes and Capitol Hill neighborhood for 600,000. Uh six new homes in the Walnut development, northeast Oklahoma City, just over 1 million. And then we'll have 461,000 to complete projects that are already um in progress. Uh we'll also be funding our down payment assistance program with $800,000. $400,000 of that will go to Community Action Agency and the other $400,000 will go to neighborhood housing services. Uh under our goal for retaining affordable housing, uh we will be uh funding our in-house whole house rehabilitation program at $850,000. our in-house um hemp housing exterior maintenance program at $1.7 million. Uh I'd mentioned this last council meeting that we're establishing a new in-house emergency housing repair program to help community action agency catch up on their weight list. Um, so we've established that with $325,000 and then we also have $600,000 that will be going out for an RFP this year for the emergency housing repair program. For our goal invested in underserved neighborhoods and communities, uh, for strong neighbors initiative, we'll have 1.2 million in CDBG available. $136,000 of that will be for program delivery. That's to cover staff costs for the program. uh $121,000 for neighborhood grants, $20,000 for tree plantings, uh $829,000 for sidewalk projects in Capitol Hill Metro Park and MLK neighborhoods, and then $94,000 for projects that already in progress. Um, under our general public facilities program, so this is non SNI areas, we'll have 1.265 million in CDBG funds available. Uh we're contributing just under $240,000 for the Walnut development to complete infrastructure uh which will include some uh street lighting uh some uh ground work and then also uh some public art for that development. Uh $200,000 will go to the Garden Oaks Community Center and then we'll have $825,000 available for solicitation. So, uh, if we have a project that comes up that needs infrastructure, uh, supportive infrastructure, we we'll be able to fund that. Uh, for strong neighborhoods, strong neighborhoods initiative public services program, we have $565,000 in CDBG available. Uh, that is subject to a 15% public services cap by HUD. Uh, we'll be providing $350,000 to support the after afterchool programs in the SNI neighborhoods. uh $45,000 for the safe and tidy program and $170,000 for tree assessment and removal of hazardous trees. Uh other public services we're funding are uh COPA's sheriff. We've been funding that for many years at $105,000. And then we fund uh a portion of a position at CASA to provide provide a core advocates for youth um at $46,000. Uh under our goal for an increased economic opportunity, uh we will be providing community action agency with $40,000 for their small business services program. Uh we will retain $100,000 for section 108 loan contingency. That just means if somebody fails to make their section 108 loan payment that we will be able to cover it. And then we'll be providing $300,000 to New View to help them complete a new waterline upgrade to help them be able to expand their facility. under the goal decrease and prevent homelessness. Um all of our uh emergency solutions grants funds support this goal. Uh those funds are distributed through the continuum of care board uh through a separate process. They support activities such as rapid rehousing, emergency shelter, street outreach, and homelessness prevention. So that's a small portion of our total um COC budget. We get about 6 to7 million a year total for homelessness services. uh under the goal support those living with AIDS. Um all of our HOPE funds go to this goal. Um those are also distributed through the continuum of care board. Those support activities such as tenant based rental assistant assistance, uh short-term rent, mortgage and utility assistance, permanent housing placement, and housing services. Uh most of the beneficiaries for this program uh earn less than 30% of area median income under the goal elimination of blight. Uh this is through the CDBG for program. We provide $250,000 for development services to secure vacant abandoned buildings and we provide 788,000 788 uh to Oura for urban renewal completions. Uh so that's to do work in our urban renewal districts. Uh and then lastly is administration and planning. Uh so this covers things like uh most of my division staff um program delivery uh any planning activities that we do as a part of community development. Uh so administration will be $873,000 planning $45,000. Uh we provide $93,000 to Metro Fair Housing to provide fair housing support and then uh $236,000 for our home housing program for staff. And that is the conclusion of my presentation. Uh if anyone wants to learn more about the plan, they can uh go to this link or scan the QR code for more information to see the complete plan. Any questions? I do have a question. Um, thank you for the presentation. Um, and I I just wanted to and you might not have like all the answers right now recognizing there's still a lot of things moving and will continue to move, but um I recently received an email from HUD or not HUD from um the National Center on Homelessness um programming. I can't remember the full name of the organization. and it's always very long and lots of letters, but um they they were sending out information about the proposed presidential administration budget um and in particular the the budget HUD's budget and the ways that the things that are being proposed I guess um including like my understanding and you might have more information and can correct me or or refine what I'm Um, but my understanding is that like home CDBG, COC, ESG funding is being proposed to be just sort of all consolidated and like given to states as block grants um and cut. And so I'm curious to hear like if you all have any updates or if you're following that conversation and I guess opportunities for the city to have a voice in advocating cuz recognizing how crucial these are for a lot of these neighborhoods um and individuals that um really need this kind of support. Um, and if you have a sense of like how that might affect if if it recognizing that might not just be approved as is, but um, if some iteration of that were to take effect, kind of what that would look like for us here in Oklahoma City. Well, uh, we haven't received any official communications from HUD on any potential budget changes for the next year. Um, so I'm not I'm not sure. I mean, I've read some of the same things that you've read about the the programs totally being cut alto together. Um, so I don't really want to speculate. Sure. Speculate, but I I would imagine that would cause massive issues for our programs um if there were changes made um to those programs. If you all I guess just request um as staff are hearing if you do hear directly from HUD or because you know knowing that sometimes the headlines there's more you know, ongoing and the in the sort of details. But I did just want to flag that because I I think it is concerning to me as like looking every year seeing this plan and seeing how much of it um impacts W six and impacts residents across the city and ability to have kind of these like revitalization opportunities um without having to rely on local dollars um you know and making sure that you know our federal taxes are coming back to us and and supporting these needs in our community. Um, you know, it is concerning to me that it's such a modest amount of money. You do so much work to get it into the these different, you know, avenues to meet such like range of needs. And so the idea one that it would get cut is is really concerning. But then sort of the the question about like the just programmatic changes and sort of just like smooshing it all together into one pot of money um is I'm just curious about what the you know if maybe there's maybe there's some positives that might come out of that that I'm just not aware of. So would be curious to hear as you all um get information from HUD and as this kind of continues to move forward. So appreciate the presentation. Yes, I'd like to echo uh Councilwoman Hman first. Thanks for the report, Ben. And uh I don't know, maybe this is for our legislative committee and city manager, even more so than it is for Ben, but probably both. There was a NewsHour segment yesterday titled, and I'll send it to you all in an email, but it was entitled, "How federal funding cuts have hit nonprofits in the communities they serve." And I think the very specific kind of honing in I would like to learn more from maybe our uh federal uh partners, our lobbyists that we have. So the theory of the case in cutting the funding from what I heard in the segment last night is that it makes more sense to for the nonprofits at the local level to step in to provide these services. Like that's the theory of the case. What I'd like to learn more is because when I'm hearing, you know, from Palomar to different nonprofits all across the city and as you just walked us through all the different agency, you know, talking about partnering with community action agency, etc. I guess my concern with that ideological theory of the case is where is the it's a genuine question. Where's the money supposed to come from for the nonprofits at the local level to step up and fill the gap? That's I'm not being flippant. I'm not being cute. It's a genuine question like what is the theory of the case of where these different nonprofits, you know, and I'm thinking I'd love to hear I mean I know we have great relationships at from the city of OKC with you know United Way Center for Nonprofits and I you know so I I really would like to better understand their current situation even before what this budget is supposed to do like how are they doing? I know there was a lot of struggle during the pandemic. Um, so kudos and good work getting the increases in some ways that you just presented to us. But I I as I was watching that segment last night, that was just the most basic again maybe layman's question I had was like, how are nonprofits doing currently? And if this budget goes through that says we're going to cut this funding so that at the local level the nonprofits can step in and fill the gap, I want to know their capacity to do so because it doesn't seem like from what I've heard from our local nonprofits that they really have that capacity that in fact they rely on this funding. Um so I'm just I'm confused by it and so I'd like to learn a little bit more of the situation from I mean we have long-standing partnerships. Yeah. some shut off. We can definitely reach out to them, but I would say exactly what you're saying that any of them that rely on grant funding, not all nonprofits rely on grant funding, but any of them rely on grant funding, it's going to be a significant impact to them. And their other sources of revenue are generally going to be donations that they receive. That's the largest source of revenue generally. But we can reach out to see if there's a general answer on that. I know specifically each nonprofit's going to have its own situation. Uh but certainly those kinds of reductions both on the nonprofit level as well as on our level would have an impact on services in our community. Yeah. Uh thank you for sharing that perspective. I share it. You know, and the other thing in that segment, and you'll see it when you all get to watch it, u it sounds like you're probably already there in a lot of ways, but the idea was that those nonprofits would be able to reach out to the to philanthropy, private philanthropy. And so immediately I started thinking of, you know, some of the people who literally the names who've stepped up in Oklahoma City to, you know, uh, who have deep pockets, but it just makes me wonder how deep are their pockets. You know what I mean? like and I I literally think about five to 10 people who just immediately come to mind who you know we all kind of appreciate their generosity um grateful but it doesn't I don't know that they can really step in um the way that this budget is and uh and this philosophy is asking them to. So yeah, city manager, if we could kind of start doing some outreach and then how can the city of OKC maybe through our legislative committee with that knowledge what what we learn be able to express to our congressional delegation like hey like in yes maybe in theory you know we see how you got there but in practice you know the community can the lo our local community can only do so much especially when you look at our middle class and the struggles that they have. It's like where how are they supposed to to do this? There's the Oklahoma standard, but then there's just like an unreality of what we are uh how deep our pockets are. I So, if you could kind of help do some research there and and I I mean if I'm wrong, I'm wrong, but I I have that worry. And thank you again for your presentation and thank you, city manager. If there's no further discussion, we can take up the resolution found at Q2. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Okay. Item R 11R is the master plan for the maps for beautifification uh project. And maybe to remind everyone, this came forward once before. There was some uh push back from members of the council. So staff went back went back to the advisory board, tried to get feedback from council and is here again today to present it uh once again. That's exactly right. Couldn't have said it better. So we have uh Daniel Sperley here from uh CH Gernzie to take you through the plan. Thank you all so much for having me again today. I will um try to keep the energy up because I know we've been here for a few hours, but it is really exciting to be able to bring this um to you all. Uh here is just quick overview of our team. So Gernzie um myself and several others were the project managers uh but we worked with several other subconultants as well. Uh as a reminder, you had $32.9 million allocated to the beautifification efforts uh in the maps for resolution. Uh this was the project list that did come out of the resolution and the implementation plan. Uh so there was about uh I believe 16 projects um that were mentioned as possibilities and our job uh was really to engage with the community and figure out how is this plan going to come to fruition and what is beautifification within Oklahoma City look like. Uh so we had 3,500 like survey responses which we were really really happy with. It's a pretty astonishing number. Uh we had nine different pop-up events throughout the uh engagement period. And then we also had over 24 different uh organizations across three different uh focus groups all to really get different and varied perspectives on what beautifification um looks like and means to people across the city. Uh so then as we moved forward and started to ask more targeted questions, we had two different public open houses where we allowed uh all of the public to come and ask questions about the strategy, the plan, offer feedback on some of the different uh concepts and ideas that we wanted to see um come to fruition. uh to give you kind of a big picture overview of the engagement. We asked a lot of different questions just to kind of hammer down uh beautifification is complicated and I'm sure each one of you has a varied perspective on what it looks like to you. And so part of our process was really trying to find that common ground and to find um essentially a place where we could start. Uh Oklahoma City has a long way to go for beautifification. And I think that is something that we heard. But there's also a lot of pride in the things that we already have in our city. Uh so some of the things that we found interesting were we had a lot of people respond that destination type areas. So like our Marriott Gardens, Scissor Tail Park, these are places that people love and enjoy and take a lot of pride in. But then we also have our local districts. And what was interesting is to see that most of these are more tourist driven. Um but then we started to have questions where people really desired to see things within their own neighborhoods along the streets that they travel every day um within those local districts and people to feel like it's personal to them and personal to their ward. Uh so within that vision strategy we had two different concepts that we felt like were really at the center of this. So creating people centered places. So this is really putting the citizens and the people at the center of each of our projects. and then also looking at beautifying connections between these places. Uh I think we can see from some of the responses that we had earlier on they love the local districts but then obviously in that resolution we also had a call for more public art more low uh maintenance landscaping along arterials. So really to give people kind of uh more opportunities than within these kind of uh concentrated areas. So then for the beautifification principles, so to fit within these two vision strategies, we have five different principles. And within each of these principles, we developed a list of uh physical interventions that kind of um embody the purpose or the goal of each of these. So really wanting them to be people focused. We want to see people's um access to them, people's ability to interact with them really put at the forefront. We did want to see promotion. I think that was a big part of the resolution. But also something that we found from the residents is there is a desire to have pride in the places that um we congregate in and that we visit frequently. But we also know that there needs to be a purpose behind it. So that in order to find that uh common ground and that relationship across these wards, there should be a purpose and an intention behind the projects, not just, you know, let's go and make this look a little bit better. Let's involve the community. Let's think about what it looks like to them. Uh sustainability. This was a really big one. In some of our engagement, we heard that um safe, walkable, and green infrastructure were some of the big um things that our community wants to see in our beautifification efforts. So, making sure that that's sustainable for years to come is a really important part. And then again, that connection piece. So that's not just uh physical but also kind of an emotional connection um and allowing more relationship building opportunities. So from here I'm going to go into our proposed projects. This is going to look a lot like your uh resolution map. There's a few discrepancies that have changed. So one is that uh we removed the bridges over the river. um they are part of ODOT's plan and also part of some other capital improvement projects that didn't make sense to allocate further dollars to those. And then some of this was also just narrowing down the scope of the locations to kind of come up with a more targeted idea of what it could look like in that area. I'll start walking through our first phase of projects. So if you remember we are currently in phase one. So adoption of uh the plan is going to be in phase two and that's also the project list. So at the bottom of each of these pages, what you're going to see is those ingredients that I talked about. So these are the beautifification principles or the physical um interventions that we think will help to push these principles forward and really create some memorable projects across the city. Uh we have Route 66 as one of our first ones. Very timely. We're coming up on the centennial. So, we felt like this was a great opportunity right here at 23rd and Classen. Uh, this is kind of the intersection of the original uh route and the route 2. So, I'm sure many of you are familiar. There's a lot more than that. Um, but this is an interesting opportunity where we do have the gold dome which is an incredible landmark for us. Uh, but we also have the milk bottle uh right there on Classen as well. Uh so this will give you an idea too throughout the plan of the scope and the variety of recommendations. Uh we did not want to limit the design process. So part of the master planning process is developing that scope figuring out the logistics of what each project needs to contain. But then we don't want to limit the designers and the community to really uh you know think of how that can become their own project also. So there's uh kind of a lowcost option to a higher cost option within each of these projects to show that variety and the possibilities that we would like to see. Uh so also within this next phase we have the Bessie Coleman gardens and approaches. You can see here we're asking for um interactive components whether that's a uh interactive garden, a sensory garden, native landscaping, tree canopy, uh signage, lighting. We believe these are all going to be really important things to really bolster that first impression that we have um from visitors especially within the airport um surrounding area. So you can see another approach here and I'm going to keep going through these a little bit faster and stop on the ones that are a little bit newer. Uh there is some variety across these projects uh that even though they might be similar in terms of being a corridor along a highway. Uh contextually we did identify some different opportunities in terms of whether it should be uh creative lighting focus or maybe it should have more public art, maybe it should be landscaping. But again, those are things that we did not want to limit in this phase. And so we've created a recipe of the things we would like to see, but that will ultimately be determined um by the design teams in that next phase. Another really exciter one in this first phase. So Reno to Eastern, Bricktown FAM. So, this is going to be a great opportunity for us to uh really improve this corridor, improve the connections between uh Brooktown and that First Americans Museum, but also knowing this will be a prominent exit for a lot of people um visiting over the summers and for our upcoming events. You can see here again uh something as simple as a cast concrete pillar with some paint uh to neon lighting to something that's a little bit more structural uh public art piece. So not trying to limit those opportunities and show a wide variety. Another really really exciting um project that's going to come in phase three um is the three pedestrian bridges that uh we have here in the city. These are really a great opportunity to create something fun and exciting um but also I think improve the safety and access that the current users are experiencing. So you'll see here a little upper or up close image of the first bridge. We have the second one here and then the third. Give you an idea here of the different pedestrian bridge opportunities. So, we have something uh on the bottom left there that is actually yarn. So, it's a yarn bomb is what that's referred to as. Uh definitely more of a temporary kind of lowcost installation. Uh then we have actual pieces of art that have been hung along a chain link fence and then also colored kind of plastic pieces that can be adhered to a chain link fence and really quickly uh change the image of that. And then city entrances. This was one that we had a lot of topic of conversation around and that the resolution didn't identify where exactly those entrances should be. Um, and through our conversations across the wards, we really felt like it would be an important opportunity for us to improve each gateway and the signage that's been there. Um we have a really large city and there's a lot of land to cover and there's a lot of people that live towards um the outskirts of our city limits or towards the edge here that still really identify as being an Oklahoma City resident. So we felt like having these at each of those really prominent entrances gives everyone the opportunity to be reminded of where they're from and uh give them some pride in their individual ward. This is another one that's pretty exciting. Uh it does not have an exact location, but we have determined the things um and the recipe that we want to see go along with it. We ultimately want this location to be determined by the community. So we have identified some opportunities for where that would be in the stakeholders um that might have interest in it. But in this next phase and in the design phase that ultimate uh location uh would be determined in that phase. Uh we have the CLA looper corridor entrances. So we have both the east and the west. Um so you'll see here this one looks towards the capital. Uh we obviously I think most of us are familiar what's currently there. Um definitely opportunity for us to improve that to make it a little bit more notable. Um I think sometimes they can be passed by and not seen. So we definitely think that this opportunity to you know pair it with other improvements and other projects along the corridor that this will be a really uh beneficial um project. And see here some of the options that we've suggested uh lowmaintenance landscaping, painting, murals. Um, again looking at some of those bridges and some of the things that could be um adhered to them to improve the facade. Another one, the I40 and Council Road. So, a little bit further out here, but um also a really prominent gateway near the Oklahoma City outlets. Um, we definitely see this as an opportunity for creative lighting to really look at this as another gateway um but doing something that's uh more artistic and unique to the city. We also have I404 Portland class. I believe most of us probably travel us at some point. Um again, we have a lot of chain link fences along our uh ODOT rideway that are really desperately in need of attention. Uh so we've also just recommended in some places maintenance. So really looking at maintenance dollars and money put towards the improvement of an area can go um as far as a public sculpture or lighting um and signage can do as well. And then we have I240, I44 to I35. So another corridor here looking at public art, creative signage, landscaping, but allowing for that to really be honed in on in the next phase. So, in conclusion, I've got a summary of the budget here for you. And just as a reminder, in the first phase, which we're currently in, there was the purchase of the land at Northeast 23rd and Martin Luther King. Um, and then that has also included about I think 5 million that was dedicated to the ongoing maintenance fund. So the remaining dollars are um seen here and we've broken those across the remaining four phases and um the 1 million in trees. I think it is worth noting since we didn't hit on that is that um we have put that towards the last phase ultimately because we want to work with stakeholders and groups within the city to identify who's willing to take over ownership and who's willing to take care of the ongoing maintenance of these trees to make sure that they do last um for the conservable future. And I believe that is all I have for you. So I'll take questions if I may add like some big picture context before we go to questions. As you know I made the presentation on this in 2019. So this was something I took some ownership of and I think it's just always important to understand that. So this started as you said with $30 million five of which was for permanent beautifification staff. Five of which was for the acquisition of the northeast corner of 23rd and MLK. One of which was for trees. So you had 19 left over for projects. And then we added a couple million,23 million after receipts came in better than than we had projected. So now we're, you know, around $20 million. Well, you know, a streetscape project like we just did in the Britain district is a multi-million dollar deal. I mean, we could only have afforded three or four of those in in this $20 million budget. So, that was never the intent. Um, it was always very superficial. It's it's just the kind of stuff you just showed. It's some trees, it's murals, it's public art, lighting. Um, you know, very superficial things that make a big impact. I think that those dollars go a long way on the way that people experience our city. And that was the whole point all along. But it's just like sometimes I I have found over the five years since that this project gets muddied a little bit and people don't really have the same idea of what beautifification is that maybe I did when I when I wrote this resolution and brought it to the council. But um it is still really at the surface level. I think that that's why it was a great fit for maps because it's the kind of thing that even though maybe it's not that many dollars. It's the kind of thing that's we always often have found historically hard to prioritize. So using maps as a vehicle to do that and spend that money where we have not been a ever able to say well that's important enough for for our finite resources was was I think really great. But I just wanted to say that before we proceed into questions. This has always been about surface level beautifification which I think is very important and very impactful. But uh if we want to go beyond that into really transformational projects in certain areas you know that might require moving some dirt and building some things and laying some asphalt like and building sidewalks. That kind of stuff really has to come through another mechanism and hopefully we'll have some opportunities for that in the upcoming bond issue and other initiatives in the years to come. any questions for on this uh project? Thank you for your presentation. Um I will say uh I am disappointed to see some word two projects no longer here. Um, the bridges that are part of Interstate 44 between Portland and Classen have been long the subject of emails I receive from W 2 residents uh, in terms of public safety. and uh to be able to add some lighting and some public art. And I just took some notes during your presentation when you all talked to people. They said they wanted people centered places um with purpose and connection and for I44 and Penn and I44 and Youngs to be walkable uh well-lit safe corridors uh to connect to another very important place. Our previous bond just updated with the streetscape 39th Street District. You have two major private developments. Pensquare mall up the road. Uh Oak right up the road. Um you have a bus stop right there at 42nd and Penn where kids catch the bus every single day and you have homeless people living under a covert there. Uh not safe for either people. So you know doing that sort of uh update there was very important. Um similarly the residents in Cleveland Sheepard uh Epworth Military Gatewood um dancing in your award now forgive me councilwoman um say that 23rd and Penn to 23rd and Classen uh which in this beautifification they called the OCU corridor but I just call it 23rd Street that is you know this is 23rd Street um and it's a very important uh uh street where a lot of people who live in those neighborhoods feel very disconnected from each other to cross that street. Um, and I when I when this was something that we put in maps for, all I could see was its connectivity, which again, your word connection to the Asian district to the uptown streetscape that's coming. So, it just made a lot of sense. So, I'm I'm disappointed to not see them here. Um, I'm also disappointed that, you know, when we pulled this item from uh from the horseshoe, to my knowledge, I never received an invite to talk about uh why those projects might find themselves removed. It just that never happened. And I mean I I would have been happy to participate in a conversation about that, but that literally never happened. Meanwhile, I have been telling residents in W 2 from in Shepard neighborhood, Sequoia neighborhood, Military Park, Epworth, Bell Isle. We just got from David Thatch, who's been a a Bell resident and leader in their neighborhood association for years, reached out about homelessness along Pennsylvania. And that bridge, I44, and I told him, "Help was on the way. this bridge is going to be part of it in addition to key to home. Um so that it's just very disappointing to me. Um so um I I would hope in the future when there are moments where council members have those sorts of concerns simp a simple text message, a simple call, a simple coffee. Um same with the consultant, same with the map's office. I I will always be there for those moments and this was such a missed opportunity. Um so that's the sadness. I think the joy I have and I really want to applaud um I mean truly I want to applaud the planning staff for the city of OKC and the public works staff for once I learned this news two weeks ago. Um I leapt leapt to meet with them and they met the challenge and we started figuring out how we could you know make right um these projects. Um I have residents afraid literally afraid to go to the intersection of 23rd and Penn to get gas. afraid uh 23rd and Penn's 7-Eleven, you know, the Blair's opera music to keep homeless people from there, whereas we could be and will be with the bond doing some, I think, incredible public safety improvements. So, you know, I just really want to thank Director Miller, Director Butler, uh Chad Meisenberg, uh Max and and Justin for really stepping in and helping me figure out, you know, to the mayor's words, you know, how I can do some of these connections when it comes to sidewalks and lighting um so that people feel safe from 23rd and Penn to 23rd and Western and then those those two bridges and we're going to be able to do that. But I just wanted to say my gratitude to staff. Mary took my call whenever I expressed my concern about it. I appreciate that. Um, city manager uh as well. Um, I just but yeah, so it was a little bit of sadness um and disappointment um because again I know what someone would say is like yes well here was my intention. That's fine. Communicate that to me. That's all I'm asking is have that sitdown communication with me. A and you you you will always have that open hand of being able to say I understand. But to not have that communication with me when I've been having this communication with neighborhood after neighborhood um is something that I've never experienced in the last 5 years. And it really it stings. Um, which is why I'm so grateful for the way staff stood up over the last two weeks to to help me do that. I'll I'll be honest with you, I was going to vote against this today. I I was because that's the level of sadness that I have after five years of communicating these plans to W 2. I can't vote against it because I helped craft some of these projects and seeing the words Clara Looper, I'm not going to vote against Clara Looper anything. Um, so but I but I wanted to voice the history. Absolutely. So now you all know. Thank you. I just real quickly wanted to say thanks for all your work on these different projects. I'm really excited about it. Um, and you know, Councilman Cooper, I have the same thoughts, right? My I35 corridor. Oh, we can just make it beautiful. But we can't just do that. I mean, I can't just sit there and say, "Well, everything should be in Ward 4. We should make Ward 4 beautiful. We should make my neighborhood beautiful." And talking about like the people saying, "Where do they want the beautifification at?" well, their neighborhood. I get that. That's I would love to have my neighborhood the beautifification done there. But, you know, when we're limited with certain funds and we try to spread those around, um, the one thing I do like about this project is that a lot of it is major corridors. Now, I35 doesn't count into it, but the rest of them, they're all major corridors. And I think that's good when people come to visit our city and they can see some more interesting things. I hear you. I would only remind everyone 23rd Street is a major corridor. Pennsylvania a major corridor. And when I look at the beautifification project, which again I will be voting for. Yep. But let me remind you, I think I saw 23rd and Classen is the W 2 project. So, and and when I just said I what's going to keep me completely on board is a project that's not even in W 2, but the Clara Looper corridor and these bridges on the south side that I love. the fam connection that I've advocated for up here. That that's very important to me as well. So, this is I just want to, you know, you and I are really good friends. I I just want to push back a little. This is not about some sort of selfishness of W 2. That's not what this is. And it's not about the self I didn't say the words PO. It's not my neighborhood, you know, it's nothing to do with this. I named places that matter to my people, important corridors that matter to my people. um that so I just I just I just wanted to add that there. I would hate for someone to leave this meeting thinking that this was just a you know the word to show. So okay, any other comments or questions? If not, we can adopt the master plan or the Thank you. Thank you for your work. All right, we have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. passes unanimously. All right. Next up is 11s. This is uh S1 is a joint resolution with MFA approving settlement of a workers's compos compensation subregation claim regarding Floyd Tiger. Uh staff is not requesting executive session. We have a motion to second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Item 11 T1 is a resolution authorizing the municipal council to confess judgment without admitting liability in the case of Steven Salivar and Castro v City of OKC. Staff is not requesting executive session. We have a motion, a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Item 11 U is a resolution authorizing the directing the municipal councelor to enter into an agreed settlement uh in the case styled city of OKC v. Court of Owls U1, I should say. Uh staff has not requested executive session. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. V1 is a resolution authorizing the and directing the municipal counselor to enter into an agreed settlement and journal entry of judgment in the case of Harris or city of OKC v. Harris. Staff has not requested executive session. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. 11 W1A is a claim recommended for denial. Staff has not requested executive session. We have a motion ending. There it is. Motion in a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. 11X1A is a claim recommended for approval. Executive session is not requested. We have a motion, a second. Cast your votes. passes unanimously. All right, that concludes votes for the day. We're now at item 12. Comments from council. Word two. Word three. Word four. Word five. Word six. Word seven. Yes. All right. I mean, sorry not to hear from you. Um, all right. Item 13 is citizens to be heard. And we have a few who have signed up. Rick Kelly. Nope. Ronnie Kirk. My name is Ronnie Kirk. My address is 23 28 North Missouri. I'm here today to talk about the old jail and the new jail. Just last week, we had an inmate to die because of the staffing at the old jail. Another prisoner called the jailer to search a man in the cell next to him was being raped and beaten. Within the last three weeks, we've had five people to die in our jail. Our [Music] governor and the senators come up with all these quick laws. The police department just last week they had a training for the police. It was for them when they're in a stress situation. the governor. You know, you can't take your kids in to see a LGBTQ show, but you can take your kids like into the restaurant up up the street here. Half the people in there got a gun. Seven people got shot. You know when they'll never find out the seven people who got the the guns who shot the seven people. Because when you shooting with that nervous energy, once you grab your gun, you start shooting like this. They'll never find out who shot them other five people. Never. But here it is. I've seen a man riding down the street with a AR15 on his side. Why are they able to go where you take your kids? How come they can't leave their guns in the car or at home where you can go sit down and enjoy yourself with your family? And I can't run. My granddaughter would have to go off and leave me because people in there shooting resend that gun law. Hell of people leave their guns at home. We f to get a brand new stadium built here in this city. What you going to do when half the people in there got a gun on them? Can't enjoy the game wor about two people army. Mr. Kirk, we're over start shooting. Thank you. Everybody's running. We're over time. Thank you, Mia Kirk. Okay. Thank you. My granddaughter got a video she wanted to share with us. Take it to a baby. What? Uh, I don't. There's no way to show that, sir. There's no way to show a video really. Um, well, it's not. She can't send it to your computer and you show. No, we don't. We don't provide that opportunity. Well, how do y'all show other people's? We the council just let us know how to do it and we'll get it done that way next time we come in. Yeah, I don't think we'd be able to accommodate that. the council and the staff can show videos that uh you know further our purpose here and and our business, but we we we can't provide that opportunity for citizens to be heard. All right. But you can all but we all have email addresses and you can send a link or however you'd like to transmit that video and uh I'm sure everyone will see it. Thank you. Thank you. All right. So you don't wish to otherwise speak. Okay. All right. That means we have reached item 14 adjournment and we are journ. Thanks. Thank you.