Good morning. We're going to get started this morning with an invocation uh from Pastor Dan Juncan of Hillcrest Presbyterian Church. And that'll be followed by the pledge of allegiance led by Blair Carsey of Girl Scouts Troop 3469. Please stand as you are able. Let us pray. Oh God, we come to you in prayer as your children. We pray for those called together to lead and manage our city, the city council of Oklahoma City. We pray that our city might arrange itself in such a way that all of the citizens are led and served in ways they deserve. And we pray that the city council's decisions might be in accord with your will and with your expectations. In all, oh God, we pray that all of our actions and intentions today might be what you wish and expect from us all. 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, pastor, and thank you, Blair. All right, I call this meeting of the city council to order and we are on item three, office of the mayor. And we have a presentation uh for which I will make my way to the front. Well, Emma Miller, you are our teacher of the month and we'd like to learn a little bit more about you and so I'd ask the clerk to read this resolution. >> Whereas, Miss Emma Miller has been named teacher of the month for December 2025 by Putnham City Public Schools Foundation and Rotary Club of Oklahoma City. And whereas Miss Miller received her bachelor's degree in elementary education, demonstrating a strong academic foundation and a commitment to shaping the lives of young learners. And whereas Miss Miller has served as a third grade teacher at Central Elementary School, where she is known for creating a warm, inclusive, and academically rigorous classroom environment that supports students of all backgrounds and abilities. And whereas, Miss Miller is recognized by her colleagues and administrators for her dedication to literacy development, her consistent use of datadriven instruction, and her innovative approaches to student engagement that foster curiosity, confidence, and a lifelong love of learning. And whereas Miss Miller contributes to the broader school community by supporting schoolwide events, collaborating with fellow educators, mentoring new teachers, and helping cultivate a positive and supportive campus culture at Central Elementary. And whereas Miss Miller is admired for her patient, joyful, and student centered teaching style, consistently going above and beyond to ensure every child feels valued, supported, and empowered to achieve their highest potential. And whereas Miss Miller's dedication to her craft and her compassion for students exemplify the highest ideals of the teaching profession and reflect the mission and values of Putham City Schools. Now therefore, be it resolved by the mayor and council of the city of Oklahoma City that they do hereby recognize and commend Emma Miller on her selection as the December 2025 teacher of the month by Putnham City Public Schools Foundation and Rotary Club of Oklahoma City. >> Well, thank you. Now, this is a resolution, Emma. So, we're going to see if we can get a motion in a second for this first before we hear from you. It's always a it's it's not you, it's us. The system's always a little rusty in the morning. There we go. A motion in a second. Please cast your votes. I wish to vote I thinking about it. Emma passes unanimously. All right. Well, thank you so much for your service uh to our young people. And of course, I'm a graduate of Panvi schools, so I'm especially grateful. So, um, we'd love to hear a few words of wisdom. I understood in our earlier conversation that maybe you weren't expecting that. So, but you've had five whole minutes to think about it. So, here you go. The floor is yours. >> Thank you so much for this nomination. It feels so special. Um, teaching has brought me so much joy and it's my passion. um and just a place that I love to come to every day and make um a good classroom environment for my students um where it feels like a class family. Um and it's brought so much to me in my life. So, it feels so special to be able to be um honored in this way. So, thank you. >> Thank you. Absolutely. Let's hear it for Emma. >> Thank [applause and cheering] you. All right, we're still on office of the mayor. And now we have item B, a resolution approving travel expenses for me to attend the US Commerce of Mayor's winter meeting in Washington DC at the end of January. Could take a motion on that. Have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously and with the necessary six affirmative votes. Now we are on items C, D, and E. These are our annual uh setting of salaries for the positions that we appoint here, the city manager, city auditor, and the municipal counselor. We will typically go into executive session. So, we'll handle that on each item at the end of our other business. But for now, we will vote uh to go into executive session. And so, this will be a vote on C2 to begin with. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Now a vote on D2. Got a motion to second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. And now vote on E2. for a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. As stated, we'll handle our discussion uh our executive session at the end of our other business. And after that, we would also return and potentially vote on C1, B1, and E1. All right, that concludes office of the mayor for now. We are now on items from council, of which there are none today, which brings us to item five, uh city manager reports. Mr. City Manager, >> we just have two items on today. We have the uh sales and use [clears throat] tax report. And on sales and use tax, we continue the roller coaster ride of sales tax that we're up 8.5% on sales tax, but then use taxes down. And I think if you step back and look at it as a whole, there's a couple of anomalies that are in the data. There was a remittance that came in um on the wholesale side that was covering several months, maybe even as much as a year. There was like a million dollars that should have been spread out over a longer period of time. Um so that came in and then if you think back um last year in grocery tax when the grocery sales tax exemption went in for the state there were a lot of uh vendors that were confused by that and didn't collect the city sales tax initially. So there was delay with that. That had a negative effect. So grocery tax was lower last year out of the ordinary. This is back up closer to normal. And so when you look at it all in the end, I think one of the things to think about is like it's near where we were two years ago on sales tax. So it's about the same amount we were collecting two years ago. So that really is showing that we don't have significant growth overall. But if you look on this year, it's 4.7% growth in sales tax. And on the opposite side of that, use tax is down by 2.62%. So when you mix the two together, sales tax is up 3.7 above the budget, use taxes down $3 million, $3.7 million above the budget, use tax is $3 million below the budget. So in all, we're about $700,000 over budget right now with sales and use tax combined. So I would say in all the mix of the roller coaster, everything else, we're basically right on budget right now. Uh and we'll continue monitoring that. Russell will be giving us an update in February when we do our workshop. But in talking with him, as the team has talked with him, he has said that his expectation, like where we are with sales tax right now, would be that we would finish the year at about 2% growth. So that would mean we'd see lower growth in the second half of the year. But just something we'll continue to monitor and let you know. But good news right now is we're basically on budget with sales and use tax. And then we have the claims and payroll that can be found at okc.gov. And that's all that I have today. All right, that brings us to item six, journal of council proceedings. We have items A and B we can take with one motion. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Item seven is our request for uncontested continuences. You'll note on the agenda that items 11B and 11 K are already deferred to December 16th. Is there anything else, Mr. City Manager? >> We just have two items today. Starting on page 13, item 11 P1, unsecured structures. Both of these items or it's the same item on two different um agenda or two different items uh the same address and so they'll both be stricken. It's item A, 4712 South Buyers Avenue. And then on page 13 again, 11 Q1 abandoned buildings. Item A 4712 South Buyers Avenue. We're striking that because the owner is already secured. >> That's all that I have. >> Okay. Item eight are revocable permits and events. Item 8A is a revocable rideway use permit with Autism Oklahoma to hold Run Lucky on March 15th on West Park between Walker and Hudson. And we have Crystal Frost here. >> Good morning everybody. Thanks for letting me be here today. Um this is our fourth year for the RunLucky. And some of you know that Autism Oklahoma also has our signature event, the Autism Walk that is at Scissor Tale in June. And we used to have a 5K and um we stopped doing that a few years ago and Okay Runner took on the RunLucky which used to be the Lymphoma Society and now it's for Autism Oklahoma. So this is our fourth year. So we're able to still have our 5K in a different way for our families. And last year we saw our numbers double. So it's really great and we're hoping with this new date that's closer to actually um St. Patrick that it's going to [clears throat] help to increase those numbers as well. And this is how we pay for our funding with Autism Oklahoma. So, it's March 15th and um we're doing really great things. We have a new executive director this past year and we're growing and doing wonderful things for our families. We serve about 4,500 families across the state. So, um and my son's here as well today. So, we're seeing all of these adults um become social and we have a lot of programs that we're we're doing with the funding from these events. So, we hope that you will let us continue to do it. >> Thank you. Now, uh this is in ward six, uh who is not present today. I don't know if there's anybody who wants to just jump in and go ahead, Councilman Cooper. Thank you for uh hosting such a thoughtful and important event and just the work you're doing in general. And I would move for approval. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. >> Passes unanimously. >> Thank you guys. >> Thank you. Have a great event. All right. We're going to recess the council now and convene as the Oklahoma City Municipal Facilities Authority where we have items A through E and uh executive session is not requested on item D2. [snorts] So we could take all those with one motion. Have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. passes unanimously. Now we'll adjourn OCMFA and convene as the Oklahoma City Public Property Authority where we have items A through C we could take with one motion. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Wait, were we up? Uh, it was only six. How do you wish to be recorded? >> Yes. [snorts] Yeah, we Yeah, we missed Mark there, but we can add him in or >> There we go. All right. >> Passes unanimously. Um, I've lost track. What was that? OC MFA. All right. No, OCPA. All right. Now, we are adjourning OCPA and reconvene as the council where we are on item nine, the consent docket. Uh, there are no scheduled presentations. Is there an item that a council member wishes to pull out for separate discussion or vote? >> Yes, mayor. Item F and item AA. Okay. >> I would answer two questions. >> Did you say H >> and AE? >> Okay. >> And I just want to pull those for separate vote. >> Separate votes. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> And then Yeah. Go ahead. Was someone else going to speak? >> Um, item BK for a separate vote, please. Okay. [clears throat] All right. If there's nothing else, we'll take those in order. Uh, we'll start with item F. Um, and Councilman Paintton, we do have a few folks who have signed up to speak on that item. I don't know when you'd want to tackle tackle that. You want to start that? >> We can go ahead. Well, actually, let me ask this question before we um before we do that. Um, why is the decision, city manager, to go ahead and reject the proposals? I guess I just want to understand the the thought process behind this plan and then what happens next? There were there was a protest a formal protest came in several other letters that came in and it was it was clear that there was a lack of clarity in some of the RFP that we needed to clarify some things in the RFP talking with legal talking with the finance department and with the police department. We all agreed it was really cleaner because of all those protests and questions that came in that we step back. Clean up the RFP reject these reject these proposals. clean up the RFP and come back and do a renewed process. And so that's my recommendation is that we come back and clarify that. Um I would just tell you honestly like the letters and all that we received, it was different record companies suggesting that another record company is not qualified, even ones that weren't uh selected that I think we would go through the exact same thing we did with the last award that we attempted to make if we did that. if we made a separate award. I just I believe it's going to be cleaner if we go back clean up the RFP and go back through the process. >> How long would the process take? Because we've been we've been going through this for about a year. Yeah. Of >> I mean, I I would think just coming into the holidays, it would probably be [music] somewhere around the beginning of the year that we would get started on the process again that we would reissue that. That's I haven't really asked uh Angel I don't know or or Chararma Lynn, but I would think by the time we go back and rework the RFP, we have to come back to council with an RFP to to go out so you'll know what changes we've made and we'll highlight those for you. So, I would think that's probably Go ahead, Angela. >> Absolutely. I think that timeline's spot on. >> Okay. >> Um we normally have those out on the streets for four to six weeks. Then the evaluation committee has an opportunity to carefully review each bid, score those according to the scoring rubric, and then we would come back to council with our recommendation. >> I would think somewhere around the first part of the year is when we come back with the RFP for council to go out and advertise. >> Yes, I agree. >> Okay. Well, let's let's hear from our neighbors unless other council members have thoughts or questions. >> Okay. Uh Todd Reid, if uh people uh would state your name and address and keep your remarks to 3 minutes or less. >> Certainly. My name is Todd Reid, 2613 Southwest 92nd Street, Oklahoma City. Uh good morning, mayor, manager, city council. Um I'm with Care Record Service, and I just wanted to let you guys know that uh we still stand ready to serve Oklahoma City. We serve the southeast district. We've served it, as I said, for many, many, many years. And we have been serving one half of the northeast district already for about 8 months, nine months now. Um, I understand that that zone is being covered very well presently. So, if you guys want to take the time to clean up the RFP, get the wording right and stuff like that, then I would love the opportunity to come back and see if I can meet that qualifications of the new one. Maybe I can, I can't, don't know. But I can only assume that the uh city had originally chose CarPreer based pretty much on our past and present performance record uh our timeliness to calls uh our lack of complaints from the citizens and stuff like that. Like I said, our business model is adjusted pretty much. We are contract record. We deal with police departments uh Tinker F uh Tinker Air Force Base. We have the contract for Tinker Air Force Base. So, a lot of our drivers uh have to meet a lot higher standard than some of the others and things like that. So, I just want to let you guys know that we do have that zone covered. It is doing very well and uh we look forward to serving the city of Oklahoma City the best we can. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um, Isar Alzubi, >> city manager, council member, Mayor David Hall. Good morning. My name is Acer Alzobi. I'm the owner of Metro Towing 13415 North Santa Fe. I would like to bring the attention that zone 4 been without vendors since the January the 1st. Currently has two vendor cover until new vendor been selected. The current RFP has no issue. It was clear fair fair for all the biders. It clearly say that you have to have location in zone 4. It clearly say you have to have a truck with the evidence of ownership with only record service that brought in evidence in our bid packet that we have them trucks and all the license needed for them. And then also for the performance part I did ask for the history of the company and uh Metro Towing been established since 1975 doing business in Oklahoma City and it clearly say that you have to have a minimum of three recommendation letter from law enforcement. We're currently in different law enforcement doing the same job that OCBD is asking and we did supply that in our bid packet and I have done a lot of homework and research to be qualified for this bid. Uh one of the the RFP required to follow the city code and we the only record service in zone 4 that has p permit in zone 4 to open business record service business. The rest of the bars [clears throat] they have not. So rejecting our bid and give opportunity for the other bears biders to come back and fix their bid packet and to be qualified. would not fair for us like give them advantage and this thing has been going for over 6 months and for the winter coming uh winter season coming soon and and evidence yesterday morning it was a big scene of traffic and accident in Broadway extension where we have a perfect location we we're we are only one mile away from Broadway extension I think it's fair and for public need and necessity is to go ahead and pick one of the vendors who qualify have all the license and permit and ready to [clears throat] go. We we fully have all the license and per in Oklahoma City and the state to do that and I have a lot of confidence and faith that you guys going to do the right thing up here. Thank you so much. >> Thank you Bert Woodring. Uh Bert Woodring. Um [clears throat] I was asked uh to speak in Acer's behalf today. You have on the docket here to reject the bids that were uh that were left for this deal. And uh the selection committee uh the RFP, there's nothing wrong with it. We followed the complete directions of the RFP as everybody else did. Uh he is really actually the only applicant that is qualified at this point. And if you follow the uh proposals and if you follow the city ordinance 582, which they told me in every protest letter that the city followed, if you will follow this ordinance, it says in 582 item C, the city council shall review the recommendations of the police department and shall be within the sole discretion of the city council to determine which applicants will be awarded contracts with the city. It says applicants. So, you rejected the uh city's recommendation. So, at this point, you've got three applicants left. And if it goes back now and the city just reviews it, the review committee can review what's there and then make a decision and bring it back, it's going to speed things up. It is wintertime. There is need and necessity. That was absolutely evident yesterday. And so, it doesn't cost the city a dime. they'll have another vendor, more trucks and equipment, and to serve the city. So, it it is up to the city council. It is sole discretion to award these contracts. And uh they can and in my opinion, uh this needs to be done. I mean, this has gone on for 11 months without a contractor. It's gone on for five months since these bids were open. And yet, the city has not determined who is going to be a vendor yet. and he has a perfect bid and it would be a shame to reject his bid at this point because he did this is a competitive bid. The RFP is a competitive bid and you and he won this fair and square. He's the only actually qualified applicant and uh I don't think it's fair at all for him not to get this bid. I mean, I think that the city should uh send it back to the committee, let them review the packets that's there, and then let them make a decision and bring it back to the council. >> 30 seconds remaining. >> And uh is there any questions? >> Okay. Thank you, Carlos Robinson. >> I think he's running a little bit late. Oh, okay. All right, then. Uh, Councilman Payton, did you have anything else you wanted to say on this item? >> My question is, so if we were to go down the road that he's suggesting and, um, and just, I guess, fail item F, what would happen? Would you just go back and review these? >> I mean, we could go back and review the proposals that were there. There were five proposals. The next two were the same score when you combined all the score of the of the um review committee. The last two were the a tie score. So there was car cab was number one. Then there were two companies that were the next that tied and then two below that that tied. Go back and re-evaluate that. And my recommendation would be to start with the next two scoring and then evaluate those to see if there's one of those you believe meets all the requirements. Go back through and confirm all of that. Again, I really believe that we're going to have the exact same situation that we had previously. And I think if we come back with a new one, people, you know, this is very competitive process. There's going to be protests. There's going to be concerns for those who don't win. I think we can clean this up and be in a stronger position and have a stronger process going forward. >> Other thoughts from council members? I >> I [clears throat] I tend to agree with the city manager here. Like, it's been so convoluted. like let's go in clean up the RFP and go from there. See where it comes out at. But that way at least we don't have the you know it says this well it no it's a preference that versus a requirement that type of thing. So, >> I think my only hesitancy because it that makes sense to me to fix the errors that were shared across the board, you know, with the way the RFP was uh written, but I I just am concerned about the timeline like how long are we going to >> and I do understand that and I and I appreciate that and I we will do everything we can to expedite, but I want to make it make sure it's right. Um I do believe that so car cab serves half the the zone and then Arrow I think it is serves the other half of the zone. And my understanding with police is they've been pleased with the service. We haven't had complaints with residents that they are serving the area, but I agree we need to get this cleaned up and addressed. >> That makes sense to me. Yes. So I just as long as there's a commitment to move quickly. >> Um Councelor Stone, I was just looking back at the journal proceedings. Would you remind me last time you took a different route than the rest of the council? >> Oh yeah. I love doing that by the way. >> [laughter] >> I am deeply aware. Would would you just remind me why like I I remember but I just want >> So if you for me I [clears throat] know before an issue had come up where we were terminating a contract right with an existing record service and um they had kind of reached out to me but not personally and so I just asked for a deferment on the item uh because I wanted to dig into it a little bit. After digging into it a little bit, it became very clear why they were terminating that contract. And it really had to do with performance. >> Okay? So, if you're a police officer, you get called to an auto accident, right? And you're waiting on a record because you're controlling traffic flow. And if it takes that record four hours to show up, that's a problem. It's a real problem for the city. it's a problem for uh the individuals in the city that are in that area. So once they brought that up, it became very clear to me that it's a very performancebased uh thing. >> And so that was the reason I said, well, this is who they've selected. Let's go with that. But I did agree that the RFP was kind of convoluted. We had a lot of questions on is this preferred or is this mandatory? do those types of things. So, I think if we clean that up, let them go back through the process and yeah, granted we need to do it as quick as we can, even though it's currently it's still being covered fine. It's not like we don't have service out there. Um, I agree with everyone else that's the right way to do it, which is kind of how we came up with it two weeks ago. So, >> well, I'm glad I asked you to articulate that. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Because I I kind Excuse me. I [clears throat] share that entire assessment. Uh I I am very moved by the comments we heard earlier uh regarding your selection uh that really resonates with me especially [clears throat] the uh weather we had yesterday. I hear what you're saying as well. So there is just a a a kind of deep concern that I have about someone who you know and went through the process found themselves selected you know so in a marketplace right that makes a lot of sense to me but I also hear what you're saying councilman in terms of cleaning up that RFP but I when that process happens the the committee process I don't know I I I don't know what the resolution is like if in terms of fairness and justice if that company finds itself not selected that I don't know there's just something that's I mean may again it'll be competitive and you have to everyone has to apply again in this with this new uh these these parameters these clarified parameters but there is just something that's not sitting well with me in some respect here and I just wanted to articulate ate that just so you are I I think sometimes you know it's important to air those sort of things. Uh sometimes things are messier than we might want. You were going to say something council woman. I I was just going to say I think that it seemed like our council was consolidated in our concern that we needed to improve the rubric so that it could be much more evaluatable both by the committee and then if we wanted to do a review we would be able to make an informed decision and and compare this is the ask this was what was proposed and really make it performancedriven and I think that that was the heart that was the intent and that is a consolidated um kind of direction that we've given as a council. So I hope that this isn't seen as inaction. It is actually very intentional action to make a very datainformed decision. >> Yeah. And I just I want to clarify too that you never take subjectivity out of it. Like in this like you're evaluating someone's performance and their past history. An individual has to sit down and evaluate that. And there will be some subjectivity that is still here and people won't all agree on what the decisions are of an individual on a particular item. So it doesn't make it just like it's a formula that comes out and it's automatic. It's like judgment will have to be used in this, but we'll make sure that everything's clear in what we provide. >> That makes sense to me. And again, to to uh Councilman Cooper's point, I think it's important also that we have a fair process that allows for everyone, regardless of whether you currently have a city contract or not, >> to be able to win the contract. And so clarify if clarifying the RFP puts us in a better position to do that, then I think that's that's fair. >> Is this something that anybody wants to take a separate vote on or we just going to handle it under consent? I >> I think we can just handle consent. Okay. All right, then. Uh, item H, Councilwoman Avers, you did want a separate vote on this item. >> Um, yes, for H, I just would like to request, uh, or make a motion to defer it so that I can get more information on it. It's tied to a change in the comp plan. >> Okay. I'm going to vote for this, I think, unless unless Kenny or somebody says it's inappropriate. I mean, normally we introduce the planning item and then we can defer it into infinity after that. But do you, Kenny, do you have any discomfort with not introducing a a zoning case? >> No. >> Okay. >> For for now at least. >> Yes, it can be introduced later and you'll just set a different date for the hearing. Y >> I'd really like to see the conversation happening after the holidays. I think right now is a crazy time anyway. So, it's a good opportunity for me to get educated and then also be able to coordinate with our community more effectively. >> Sounds good. And the and my comment comes from a place of understanding like the the zoning cases we sort of owe the applicants. I know it's the early Yes. And I and I spoke with >> in a timely fashion >> the logger or legal counsel as well. >> Okay. Is this your case? >> Yes, sir. >> Is this your application? >> Dr. Carlos Robinson. Sorry. Sorry for my >> Oh, this is about the recorder thing. >> Yes. >> Okay. Yes. I did call you earlier and we haven't voted on it yet. So, go ahead and and >> Sorry about that. Thank you so much. Excuse me for my tardiness. Black chamber president. I'm all over the place. But I truly appreciate the time. I didn't want to take too much time. For one, honorable mayor, thank you and council, men and women, thank you so much for your service. But I did want to just speak on Metro Towing. Uh they are part of the chamber and we are backing them full-fledged. We've went through all of the applications with them, making sure that they had all things in line and we wanted to make sure before we even backed them, they were in in position. but they are the best company suited for the role. And we definitely want to say that on behalf of the Black Chamber, we support Metro Towing being the company to uh service zone 4 because we've done the work with them. We we didn't just take their word for it. We looked through each application. there was some discrepancies on some of the applications and I remember some of those things from from my collegiate days where you you see some accidents happen um on some grading and and those accidents did happen. No fault to anybody. It's probably a lot of work more than likely, but uh we did go off and cross reference all of the documents and making sure that they were aligned accordingly and they did a great job with their their bid. So, I would just think it'll be a disservice to the community to open the bid back up and have more folks come in and go get their sales prepared. I just don't think that would just be fair for Metro Towing when they did everything they needed to do to submit a bid proposal to the likings of the RFP. And so, again, Oklahoma City Black Chamber of Commerce, we fullfledged support and review the documents [clears throat] for Metro Towing to be in zone 4. and that's what we would like to uh put before you in in in consideration for a vote. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. Okay, we're back on the separate vote for item H. So, we could take a motion on that. This is to defer it. >> Uh yeah, how how long, Councilwoman? >> Meeting not to our next session, but the January session. What What date is that, Amy? I know that's three meetings or >> is that three meetings? I thought we only had two. >> We have one two more. >> Okay, fine. >> We have one December 30th. [cough] [clears throat] >> December 30th. >> Is that what you want? Okay. >> Yeah, that's fine. >> I just know it's really crazy right now and some of the planning staff are out on vacation and so aligning times is >> All right. So, this is a v motion to defer this item's introduction until December 30th. We have a motion and a second. cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Okay. Now we're on item K. We have a citizen who signed up to speak, Michael Washington. How's everybody this wonderful morning? How's everybody? Everybody, wonderful. Wonderful. Well, now Michael Washington, 100 park place. That bit be Midwest City. by the way. WELL, WHAT DO WE have here? Item K. Is that right? >> Yes. You also signed up for item L. I would love it if you could handle both at the same time. >> No, no, no, no, no. You'll cut me down my three minutes. No, sir. I like mine one at a time. Thank you, sir. Almost. Now then, this will be introduced and set for final hearing. I talk awful lot. I don't need a microphone, but it's there. Pud 2113 reszoning 1800 Northwest 115th Street from PUD 1767 plan unit development district to PE to PU 2113 plan unit development district in Ward 7. Mr. the city council person. Interesting topic here, BUT I FIND TO FAIL AND I FIND TO SEE FAIL TO SEE WHY and how what are we talking about in this identifier with these numbers? Number one, these puds identifying numbers plan street plan from PUD 1767 plan unit development to PUD 213 plan unit development district. So are we just saying now that this particular zoning area is going to actually be a district rather than a particular business being established here? I think people's uh deserve a little bit better information than what they given so far. Sir, I was in HERE TO ASK AND TALK ABOUT THIS TODAY in these particular two because it's very important that we all know and find out what in the hell this is really saying here. It is enigmatic without clear identification here. This is what I'm trying to find out. One minute. Listen to me. Good sir. You want to reszone 1800 Northwest 115th Street from a P plan unit development district to a plan unit development district. I don't understand. Is that the same thing? I'm lost here. I mean others like to be concerned as well because as we know gentrification is real strongly highly being promoted there on the northeast side of Oklahoma City and other parts of Oklahoma City as well. >> 30 seconds remaining. >> Thank you. Oh my god. I just every time I get to regular rolling I just get my goodness here. BUT I STILL NEED THAT QUESTION answered and the public needs it. Sir, you may yield my yield. I yield my 14 seconds left to you to give me some amount of identification. You can cut off at 14 seconds if you like. Well, not 10, but can you give me some direction on that? >> Mr. Washington, the motion today is for us to set a date for hearing. So, there will be a date that we will then have a vote. So, we're not voting on the final passage of this item today. So, you'd have at least two weeks to find out more information. >> Thank you, sir. That's all I needed. With that, chair, I'll yield my time. >> Um, you also sign up for item L. >> I'm sorry. May I, Councilman Michael? Uh, for anyone who also has that question about what this item is, simply look in the agenda packet and you'll find item K here and then you'll see purpose. >> Okay? Well, >> and you can read what the purpose is. And even on the back, >> where's this at? >> This would be You can go online, too. >> Oh, online. >> Um, if you want, I'm You borrow mine if you want. I don't know. But, uh, you can go online to the city government website for this for everyone watching too. Some people don't know this, but you can go online to the city website, city council agenda. Click on it, and you go to this item. You can click, there's a hyperlink. you click on this link and it will give you all the information that you need about this item. >> Um, >> thank you. >> And I Let me also just say cuz I was listening to your language, Councilman Pennington is not the one proposing this. This >> Well, it's on seven. It says what? Seven. >> I understand that. But just so you know, next time you come back up here. >> Okay. >> Applicants propose a zoning. >> Oh, I know that. I know that. I mean, but it's in his district. >> It is in his district. It was just the way you spoke about it. I just wanted to make sure that clarification. >> Oh, I got you. Thank you. Thank you. >> All right. Michael Washington, you also signed up on item L. >> Well, WE'RE UP ON ITEM L NOW. UH OH. ALMOST SIMILAR, but not quite. Or this will be introduced and set for final hearing. Great point. December 30th, 2025. PUD 215 reszoning 1300 1320 North Midwest Boulevard from a RA single family 1 acre rural residential district to PU 215 plan unit development district. I am again puzzled. I know a vote hasn't been taken yet. However, I must ask myself this question. What are we moving families out now? Is this going TO BE SOME MCDONALD'S AND ENQ and things going here? Again, I haven't uh quite got the the clear definition of what's going ON HERE, BUT OH, LET ME say we the people deserve better. And yet this YOUNG MAN WAS GREAT to with this identifying what measures I can take on by going to the government website which is a wonderful thing. You've just stated something to me that a lot of people didn't know that others now can themselves visit as well as I will be doing. Thank you again for that one. But I still need in ward seven. Sir, are we planning to remove this family setting and put people on something subject like plantations for the sake of wealthy developers? Who would prefer that they just move people around like they're cattle or something? What's going on here? I noticed that a LOT OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS ARE GOING UP ON EVERY LEVEL here in the northeast side of Oklahoma City. As a matter of fact, on sixth in Stonewall. Oh my goodness. They've even been redevelop housing and and plants and and properties that wasn't even designed for that one. So, sir, can I I don't know how many times I still need to know though. Now, this is this a vote too. Okay. Is this going to be a vote as well? It doesn't say doesn't say fine. It says final hearing on December. I know that. Ah, sir. No. The people deserve better. This gentrification must stop. The wealthy wants that side of town back because they know that it has a value of numbers of halls and and tinker federal credit unions and gambling houses and casinos and a whole works hospitals highways that leading from byways and things. I must here stand up for the voice of the people of the voiceless because if we allow this to go on pretty soon we're going to be living in small spots of town living next door to every and everybody. >> 30 seconds remaining. >> Thank you ma'am. 30 seconds sir. Would you like to speak on that? I got 30 seconds left. >> Well certainly I I share your concern about gentrification in our community in northeast Oklahoma City. Mr. Washington. Unfortunately this particular zoning case is not about that. This is about an area 13,200 North Midwest Boulevard. So, you're talking about north of the turnpike, north of uh Memorial Road. So, you're talking about a very far out place. And the plan unit development you're referencing is just a type of customized zoning. So, this just changing the zoning and it explicitly says on the on the page, if you look at the purpose, the purpose of this request is to allow residential development and specifically to modify the sideyard setback on lots within the Coventry Coventry Park subdivision. So, it's just changing the sideyard setbacks. >> Thank you, sir. And ma'am, I think that is my time and thank you so much. I WILL BE BACK, THOUGH. >> Thank you. Councilman Pennington, you wanted to speak to item doublea. Yes. Thank you, mayor. I just It looks like the artist is here and I just wanted to say thank you. I don't know if you want to say anything, Randy, or >> Sure. >> Please, just quickly, if you don't mind, >> Randy is always prepared for us in case we get questions on pieces of art. He does a great job. >> Good morning, everyone. I'm Randy Marks from Arts and Cultural Affairs. And we'll get the slides up here in just a second. So next slide please Mark. National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum sits a top pimmon hill above I44. I 44 was constructed right on top of Route 66 >> and it retained the Route 66 designation even after the interstate was complete. As a dramatic symbol of the spirit of the West, the Cowboy Museum is the fitting site for a sculpture celebrating the 100th anniversary of Route 66, that mythic highway to the western horizon. Next slide, please. On this um oh, excuse me, on the previous Go back one if you would, Mark. So, you can see uh the Cowboy Museum is in the yellow oval and the red star represents the site where the sculpture is going to be located. Next slide. Thank you. Here you see a more detailed view of the site. A sidewalk leads from a parking lot which has been completed since the time that this photograph was taken across a small creek into an outer walkway in the shape of the historic Route 66 sign. Next slide. And inside [clears throat] the inner walkway on top of a 5-ft mound is a 35 foot tall cowboy boot proclaiming as the song says Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty. The sculpture titled 66 kicks by local artist Cameron Eagle recalls the golden age of Route 66 signs. It's constructed of heavy gauge aluminum painted in aircraft paint with hard plexiglass letters lit from within. So although it mimics the look of neon, there's actually no neon in the work whatsoever. This rocksolid sculpture is going to be able to handle virtually anything Oklahoma weather throws at it. Unlike many of the projects that we um present to you, this is not a 1% for art project. This is fully funded by maps 4 in their beautifification package. Next slide, please. So, this rendering shows a sculpture in the early evening. We anticipate that 66 kicks is going to be a mustsea stop on Route 66 for many years to come. I'm happy to take any questions. Well, I just want to commend the artist and and you and your team and everybody and and also the National Cowboy and Heritage Museum for U Western Heritage Museum for stepping up and uh suggesting this. I I just think it's worked out really really well and this is a great new gateway to the cowboy which you know historically at least for all the people that are coming from that direction doesn't necessarily have that that welcoming that welcome mat that it will now have with this. And I agree with what you just said. The visibility obviously for this from the highway will be tremendous and I think will pull a lot of people off out of curiosity to take a picture with it. So, it's really cool. Well done, >> Councilman. >> And and I just want to again thank um Randy and the team and the artist. Um we had a we had a spirited late night uh neighborhood meeting. >> Um not everybody agreed on uh the fact that we were going to be there, but the overwhelming majority of the neighbors wanted it there. So, I just I appreciate the patience. I appreciate the willingness to work with everyone to figure this out and I'm excited to um for it to be in this new location and so I just wanted to pull the item so everyone could could get the chance to see the great work that you all have done. So, thank you. >> Thank you, >> Randy. Great job. Thank you very much. >> Thank you, Councilman. >> Yeah. I just want to also add uh because this was such a public also conversation uh I just would like to take the time because previously this would have gone in W 2 in the Asian district. Um, let me just say as someone who uh doesn't necessarily respond to comments online, but I do see them from time to time. Um, I just want to take the time to say to the artists like good work and uh I hope that some of the rhetoric that you heard either at this podium during the arts council or online uh try not to let that dig into you too much. Um, this is a good home I think for it. Um, and to Randy, you did an excellent job stewarding that arts council conversation and >> thank you. >> Uh, which I think was it was very lengthy. I really want to compliment you for that. So, >> thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Okay. Now we're on item AE that councilwoman Avers wanted to have a separate vote potentially for another deferral. >> Okay. >> The 12:30 is fine. >> This one is associated with the >> with the one and and I think the applicant now uh who did not speak earlier on the deferral vote maybe now has some words to say. >> Sure. So David Box 525 Northwest 11th. So this this is tied to H. And so if we want them together, we need to not defer H. and just defer this. H is not doing anything but authorizing staff to send the notice. So if we defer H to 12:30, then they won't be tied together because then on 12:30, all that will be done is authorizing staff to send the notice for the hearing to be sometime in January. to allow them to be tied together. H needs to be introduced today set for final hearing on 12:30 at the same time you hear the comp plan that is AE. >> Now may I just ask they're both today if nothing else had happened H would have been introduced and AE would have been passed. >> Well so and she's proposing to do exactly that but on December 30th. So explain to me why that's problematic. Well, they I mean AE AE is council accepting the comp plan. The comp plan has already been changed under Oklahoma state law. Planning commission is the only body that can modify the comp plan. That was already done. All you are doing as a council is simply accepting what was done by the planning commission. If you were to vote no, it doesn't change the fact that the comp plan has already been changed. that is done. The the ceremonial act of accepting it is is nothing but that you're accepting what the planning commission has already formalized under our comprehensive plan. My only point is if you want to tie it together, meeting on the same day, you need to let H be introduced today so that it's set for a hearing >> on proposing to do. I don't even love it, but I'm pretending it. [laughter] What she's proposing to do is just to redo today. I mean in every way like we would just introduce um H on December 30th and here AE on just as we were going to today. So I'm trying to understand why why that is so problematic because that's exactly what we were about to do today. >> Well, I mean one I think I think there's I I misunderstood when we spoke before when you mentioned the comp plan. Modifying the introduction becomes problematic because one now we don't have a date certain. My client don't own the property. They have it under contract. So, if there are things to be worked out between now and 12:30, that's perhaps a way to do it. And then if it doesn't happen, then we can of course defer uh the finally set hearing. Deferring the introduction just creates problems. One, I happen to be here most Tuesdays. If it was an applicant that was set for a hearing, they would have not had notice of today's hearing. So, modifying the introduction of an item is logistically problematic. And I just wanted to make sure we were on the the same page that if we wanted them tied together to be voted on on the same day, H needs to be allowed to move forward. Move this to 12:30. I just wanted to to clarify that because all H is doing is introduction. It's not >> It is true. I I will say, Councilman Edwards, I can't recall I'm not saying this never happened, but it is so rare. I cannot recall an instance of deferring the introduction of a zoning case in my seven years sitting here. So, it is rather rare. what we what we just did a few minutes. >> I understand I also understand our notice process and I understand the timeline that we are under within the holiday season >> and um we already have problems with notice. I have learned that through our meridian bid project and I want to make sure that we are operating in good faith as good neighbors and communicating actively. This is a change um that is significant and the LUDA that has been changed was specifically for this pud. Um so it does not meet the the fundamental framework of development that says it involves managing the land the transition of non-urban land to urban uses in a structured way to ensure sustainable and efficient development. So that I just need to understand what is going on in this area and I've asked for 30 days to get smart so that I can be an active representative and be proactive and not reactive. >> I think it can be done either way and and in Katrina's defense um she's all she's trying to do is get up to speed and understand something to make sure um she reports to her constituents what's going on. And so I I'm fine with just deferring both of them. >> And that's fine, too. I just want to make sure like this isn't 30 days. This is really 45 or more days because if we push the intro to 12:30, >> it would push the actual hearing on the PUB till the end of January. So, it's really a two-month deferral when we push the intro off, which my again I my apologies. I thought we were talking about the comp plan. Perhaps my client's fine, they're not here because they nobody appears on the introductions, but it is a two-month deferral in essence to push the intro to 12:30. But if that's the council's desire, then that's the council's desire. >> We also have the momentum of what we have already done to >> and that's fine, too. I just want to make sure it was that we were all clear what was happening. So that that's fine. If that's the council's desire. >> All right. While we come back around, you want to defer item to December 30th. Yes please. All right, we have a motion and a second. Cast your votes to defer item AE to December 30th. Passes unanimously. All right. Um, we have someone who signed up to speak on item AF. Michael Washington. >> Yes, I did. Very, very interesting topic here. My goodness. Oh, wait a minute. Wait just one dog gone minute. F. A. Listen to me carefully, everyone. up under the sounds of my magnetic voice here. Resolution authorizing the FILING OF A FORECLOSURE action on property at 3201 Northeast 12th Street owned by since it's already public I can rename that person's name. actually announce it, pronounce it. Nasha L. Mlendon, I may be not pronounced correctly, which was f funded with HD HD HUD urban homesteading program funds due to default in loan payments and occupancy. Again, this is very, very vague. and the citizens as well as this property owner needs to know if this proceeding is appropriately before you. They need to know I myself need to know and others have they been informed of these proceedings taking place or about to take place? How do we know that they have defaulted based upon some alleged HUD statement? Where do you have the proofs yourselves? Why do the public have disproof this clandestine activity will end? Ladies and gentlemen of the jury today because Michael Washington up here speaking for the voice of the voices whether they like it or not. Bottom line now then. I'M NOT UP HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS BECAUSE IF FRIENDS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ME HELPING OTHERS THEN NATURALLY YOU not mind in the beginning black, white, pink, purple or orange. Now then, I don't know what position this is going to place this family in. Did y'all are this actually homestead or whatever they talking about? Let me listen to everybody else that's under the sound of my voice. Why don't y'all listen as well? It seems like to me that HUD urban homesteading program funds are available to you who listen to me by video or audio. So why don't y'all use it too and let's just see if they're right or not. They really didn't want you to know. Probably you didn't know this exists, did you? Watch it now cuz Michael going to reveal to the public what's have a right to know because we're not going to use it discriminatory. Back to the topic. Well now foreclosure on this property, huh? Yeah. Okay. >> 30 seconds remaining. >> Oh my goodness. See, I get to roll. I just can't get it locked in like I need to, man. I'm longwinded. Let me How about 10 more minutes? Oh, I'm just kidding. I know you're not. Okay. I'm just having fun. But in reality, I'm I'm very serious about this uh AF. Now, we need I don't know, Mr. Councilman. Has this person been informed that this proceeding is going to be taking place? >> Yes, Mr. Washington. And that's what's in the letter that's on that's online, the notice that we all received in the memo that the person was notified and that the person hasn't made payments in over two and a half years. Now, if that's a case to be get ready to close, yes, they need foreclosing if that happened. I don't know if if that's the truth. Thank you, sir, for y'all's time and patience. Thank you. >> Thank you, C. Uh, Councilman Cooper, you wanted to have a separate vote on item BK. >> Yes. Um, on this one, I was speaking with council or councilwoman Avers and I think she has a pretty reasonable uh uh well reason to support this one. Uh, and I mentioned that just because it's in her ward. Uh I have however just always a difficulty with annexation of new land into Oklahoma City when we're 621 square miles. uh when at the end of the 1950s when Clara Looper and her kiddos her students did the sitins in 1958 in August we were around 80 square miles and we have grown to 621 making us one of the largest by land space cities in the United States of America and that makes it difficult to maintain the assets that we have like our roads our drainage systems our sidewalks our parks etc. ETA and that has been the case ever since the 19 late 1950s and it's a a concern I always hear from residents uh not just in W 2 but in my word for sure is u how do we maintain what we got and so I do uh suspect there's probably a majority on council that will support this and um you know I wish everyone well but it would it would be um and so it's not necessarily against the economic development part, but I do have concerns about bringing more land into our um city's responsibilities. So, that's it. Thank you. >> Yeah. And and by the way, I'll add I'm going to vote for this, but um I have basically the exact same opinion as you, and I would drop 200 square miles of the city if I thought it were practical or doable, but the problem is uh here is that really this isn't about adding significant more land. I when I became mayor I was the mayor of a 620 21 square mile city and I'm still the mayor of a 621 square mile city. So nothing material has occurred in the last seven years. Nothing really material has occurred probably in 50 years. The mistakes and I think they were mistakes that were made in the 50s and 60s happened a long time ago. What we've had put in front of us today and several times over the last few years are highly strategic, very specific issues where we are taking in acres, not miles. And sometimes in and in this case, I guess we're like, [snorts] you know, like kind of swapping and, you know, I mean, like net net neutral for the most part. It it is at the end of the day, what I'm trying to say is this has no effect on our ability to provide city services um one way or the other. it is got nothing to do with that. And so I just I don't like to box myself into these sort of uh you know black and white rules where we can't even be practical when it comes to doing certain things around the edges that make a lot of sense for other reasons. So that's why I'm voting yes while still sharing essentially your view that the city is um sort of unmanageably large. But that's not anything that's going to change today one way or the other. >> In my view. >> Oh, someone was going to speak. Sorry, I was just saying in my I was just qualifying that with that's my opinion, but go ahead. >> I was just going to say that the the land that we are annexing is land that is owned by the city. So, it's not impacting any residents in that way. And the land that we're deanexing is um wrapped around by the Yukon school system. And there's businesses that want to develop there, but they really want that tax base to go into that community and that school system. And I think that that is part of being a good neighbor is recognizing um where we can draw boundaries that are mutually beneficial and make a lot of sense from a a fiscal responsibility perspective. And that's what I see this as. I do share your um your same passion for saying we've got enough to say grace over um but really this is already land that the city owns and so it's just aligning um aligning [clears throat] that within our city limits. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And as I appreciate both of the uh coun both the councilman councilwoman, excuse me, and the honorable mayor u like I said reasonable people can disagree and I just have a slightly different position here. It's it is what it is. So but I yeah reasonable people >> sounds good and we all are reasonable people. All right let's uh you want to take a vote then on this issue separately item BK. >> Yes. Thank you. It's not coming up there. >> Yeah, I see that. >> Do I need to make a >> Do we need to give up and do a uh verbal motion? >> There we go. through. Okay. >> So, this is to vote for it, right? >> Okay. >> This is a motion to propose to pass item BK. >> We have a motion in a second. Cast your votes. Passes five to two. All right. That concludes everything that had individual consideration on the consent docket. can now adopt the consent docket that remains. Move a motion and a second. Past your votes. Passes unanimously. Now we're on item 10, the concurrence docket. We have items A through K. We could take with one motion. A motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Item 11, items for individual consideration. Item 11 A is an ordinance on final hearing. It was recommended for approval. Reszoning 2330 West Sheridan from R1 to R2. Councilwoman Hammond. >> Yes. This is um just to zone for a duplex. So I'll move for approval. Got a motion and 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 recommended for approval resoning 9700 Southwest 44th from double A to PUD 2087. Uh, Councilwoman Neighbors, no one assigned to speak and for everybody, no one assigned to speak on any zoning case. Councilwoman Neighbors. >> Yes. Okay. So, this one was um actually very excellently coordinated. Uh thank you to David Box and his team and our neighbors um gathering together and having some really constructive conversations and I think that they got to a great solution with this HUD. So, my motion is to approve. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. passes unanimously. Item 11D is an ordinance on final hearing that was recommended for approval reszoning 1600 Northeast 101st from PUD 588 to PUD 21101. Councilman Pennington. >> Thank you, Mayor. This is um just a reasonzoning case that's trying to expand some of the industrial uses that are already allowed with the existing communications tower. Um they do have a letter of support from the um school district of which this uh piece of property is adjacent to. So I'm in full support and mo move to approve. Have a motion to second. Cast your votes. passes unanimously. Item E is an ordinance on final hearing recommended for approval reszoning 151 0 North County line from R1 to PD 21104. Has anyone been asked to >> Councilman Carter's a little under the weather today and he asked me to move this forward. No one signed up to protest. So at this time I'll move the matter forward. >> Okay. >> [snorts] >> We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Item F is an ordinance on final hearing. It was recommended for approval reszoning 11400 South Penn from double A to SPD 1759. Councilman Hinkle, >> I see Mr. McBride out there. I'm ready to move this forward unless anybody has any questions or you'd like to make a brief statement on what you're trying to do. >> I guess I make a brief statement. >> This is a great project. Great project. >> So, this is a piece of property that was donated to Oklahoma Baptist Home for Children's by Richard Thompson. And uh we're wanting to do some duplexes on this piece of property. We're working with engineers right now to get that all done and planning's already approved it. So, um it's for single mothers. Um just a kind of an addition to what they've got over on Southwestern. Just kind of moves mothers, single mothers to a different area. And uh if you got any questions, feel free. >> Thank you. Councilman Hinkle, can I just say from what I've been learning for like the last year, this is a huge need. Like a huge huge need for single moms and dads. So, thank you. >> Great, great project. So, with that, I'll move this forward. Maybe we have a motion and a second. Cast your votes passes unanimously. Item G is an ordinance on final hearing recommended for approval resoning 2232 Southwest 59th from 02 to SPD 1781. Back to you, Councilman Hickle. >> Is the applicant here? Do you have anything you want to say? No. This is just opening up a little bit more of a commercial use on an already commercial street. So, I'll move it forward. Motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Item H is an ordinance on final hearing. It's recommended for approval establishing a special permit to operate use unit 83000.68 spectator sports and entertainment high impact in the downtown business and downtown parking overlay districts at 125 West Reno. Councilman Pennington. >> Thank you, mayor. Um we're all excited about the new um arena and um over without this special permit, they wouldn't be able to actually operate um the new arena. So, it's pretty essential. Um, obviously we know the voters have have spoken on this and so just excited for us to be able to move forward and hopefully we can um have a a great new arena for every for the world to see when we host the Olympics in 28. So I move approval. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Item I is an ordinance on final hearing recommended for approval closing the South Douglas Boulevard rightway between Southeast 134th and Southeast 149th. Councilman Stone. >> Thank you, mayor. I'm just curious if we got the uh traffic vote on this. >> No, what I'm sorry >> the traffic count. I'm sorry I said vote, but [laughter] didn't we get a traffic count? >> Yes. Uh yes, sir. Lisa Kronister, assistant planning director. It was uh 240 average trips per day in that stretch. >> Really? >> Yes. So very very low. >> That seems pretty high to me. I would have thought it was closer to 15, >> but I'm assuming a lot of that is probably employees there at the water treatment plant itself. So all right, with that I will go ahead and move for its approval. Thank you. [snorts] >> We have a motion and a second. cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Item J is an ordinance on final hearing recommended for approval closing a 312 ft portion of the platted east west utility easement in block one of Warwick Plaza [snorts] uh near Warwick and Northwest 22nd. Councilman Stonecipher. >> Uh the planning commission recommended approval. There's been no protest. So at this time I'll move the item forward. Have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. All right. Item K was previously deferred, which brings us to item L. So, this is the second of two meetings on this ordinance, which is now on final hearing relating to taxation. This uh you may recall we received a presentation. This has to do with the use tax uh relative to the arena tax collection that will commence in 2028. So, no presentation, but uh if council has any questions, I'm sure they we'd be happy to entertain them. Otherwise, we could take a motion. Have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. passes unanimously. All right. Item M is a resolution relating to administration of the use tax levy under ordinance number 27980. Um this is >> a companion right to what yes what we just passed but there is a presentation on this. >> Yes. Item M and N are related and they're all tied into the arena. And so I'm going to let um Angela Pierce, our finance director, give us a quick update on what these two items are doing. >> Good morning, Angela Pierce, finance director. Um item M and N are both companion items. Um item N is your arena use tax resolution of council intent. This allows us to pledge um the use tax towards the transaction. it increases the marketability of the transaction and thus the efficiency um of the interest rate that we'll get on that debt. Um I'd also like to note that the public safety allocation remains unchanged from the prior amount of 65%. >> So just to to clarify on this one too, it's just [cough] this allows us to be able to this declares the use of the use tax. So the purpose of the use tax. So, it's public safety equipment. It's how we've used the use tax associated with maps. And now with the new arenas, we're going to plan to do the same thing. We've also set aside that portion for the um just maintenance on other facilities. And then this allows us to pledge this against the um for the debt, but our intent would be not to have to use this. It's just really kind of a backs stop and gives us a stronger position, but it would be available if we had to draw on it. >> Absolutely. >> Yeah. >> You want to go ahead? I'm sorry. Do you want to go ahead and talk about in and what we're doing on that one? It's a a little bit different because it's on the maps for use tax. We'll just go ahead and clarify that because they're both tied to the arena financing. >> Yes. So, uh item N's the maps for use tax resolution of council intent. Uh this this allows for flexibility for cash flow purposes and so this allows us to use a portion of the maps for funds and then reimburse that when we go to issue um the actual debt. And so there will be a companion item coming in the future. Um administratively uh a reimbursement resolution to support that. Um the net impact on the maps for fund would be $0. Thank you. >> Okay. Then we can go ahead and uh if there's no questions, I suppose we can take a motion on item M. A motion and a second. cast your votes passes unanimously. And then item N, it's a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Councilman Avers, have you voted? >> Passes unanimously. Item 1101 is the public hearing regarding the dilapidated structures here listed and Michael Washington has signed up to speak. Is this my somebody left? I think it's mine. Is it? Let me just see one. Uh, I'm not going to take long. I'm a little My back hurting me. 1709 North Stonewall Avenue, aka formerly known as 1023 Northeast 16th Street. Let me see here. Oh my god, it's not torn down yet. I've seen enough. Thank y'all. Well, I'll pass on all the rest. I haven't studied them yet. Thank you. >> All right. We'll proceed then to the resolution at O2 declaring that the structures are dilapidated. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. >> Passes unanimously. Item P1 is the public hearing regarding the unsecured structures here listed. Amy, has anyone signed to speak? >> No, they haven't. >> They have not. will advance to the resolution found at P2. Have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Um Q1 is the public hearing regarding the abandoned buildings here listed. Amy, has anyone sent to speak? >> No, they haven't. >> They have not. So, we'll advance to the resolution found at Q2 declaring that the buildings are abandoned. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Um, item R is the joint resolution with the Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust approving the allocation of general obligation limited tax bond proceeds and or go limited tax investment proceeds in an oblig in an amount of $100,000 to provide for certain community development incentives for the we host alliance affordable housing project consisting of 38 affordable housing units at North Kentucky Avenue and Northwest 4th. And we have a presentation. >> Yes. Yes. So, Joanna Mcpaden, our economic development manager will introduce this item and then introduce the developer to describe the project. >> Yeah. Good morning. Joanna Mcpaden, finance department. I wanted to give a quick introduction of this item. It's a $100,000 allocation. This is the final allocation from the 2017 affordable housing bond authorization. So, it was the little bit that we had left and we have a project that could use it. So, Kathy Okconor is going to come up and give us a summary of the project and we'll answer questions afterwards. By the way, out of curiosity, since you brought that up, how do you know how many off-hand projects ultimately were >> individual? And I'm sorry to put you on the spot. >> It's okay. I think eight I would be happy to prepare a summary because I can put something together. The number of units, the dollars, all those things. >> 10 million to begin with. 10 million. And maybe a summary of how all that result would be. >> Yeah, happy to do that. It was eight, seven, eight projects, something along those lines. >> Thanks. Good morning. I'm Kathy Okconor with the Coalign Group and I'm here representing We Are Society. Um for this item this morning, um we are asking for an allocation of the final $100,000 from the general obligation limited tax bond authorization for affordable housing. Um We Are Society is the applicant for the the project or the developer for it. We Our Society is a nonprofit affordable housing developer that um will serve with OFA to access low-income housing tax credits that are necessary for the project. Um the project's located at um Kentucky and Northwest Fourth Street. Um the ownership will be the Oklahoma um Oklahoma City County Housing Authorities uh nonprofit, the CEC, along with American Covenant, who is another affordable housing developer and we are society. The reason that American Covenant is involved is that OFA has a requirement that you partner with an experienced affordable housing developer on your first few projects in order to make sure that um the developers can deliver on the on the development. Um so the um operations and management for this project is pretty unique. It will be managed by the homeless alliance. So we will be partnering with them to identify individuals who are coming out of homelessness that need housing. The project is 38 units. 34 of those are one-bedroom units and then there's four two-bedroom units. All the units will be um at 30% AMI or lower. Um projectbased vouchers have been provided by the housing authority which is why they have an ownership interest in the project. And um all the rates will be at 2026 fair market value for all I mean yeah fair market value rents for on the project. These are some images of the project um to provide permanent supportive housing for people coming out of homelessness. Um this is the floor plan that kind of shows that there is some community space in the middle of the project for um training rooms or gathering spaces for the people that are living there. Um and then just a kind of layout of all the units. Some more images. This is the capital stack for the project. So you can see that we've been able to access a wide variety of funding sources to support this project. Um, affordable housing projects are getting more and more difficult to fund with raising raising construction costs and interest rates. Um, but this project has um funding through ARPA $950,000, solar tax credits, affordable housing funds through MAPS 4, the geo bond allocation that we're talking about this morning. We also were able to access some home ARP money through Oklahoma County. Um, and then we'll be deferring a good portion of the developer fee. >> Is that it? Okay. Any questions? >> Great. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Well, if there's no other questions or comments, uh, we could take a vote on item R. >> Mayor, >> yes. Uh, and city manager, may I make a request when the uh, I think maybe more also to Joanna, whenever that presentation happens regarding the I believe it was $10 million. >> I'm just looking for a memo. I don't need a presentation. even in the memo. Uh, one of the things that I would like, uh, would be what the percent of the average median income was for those projects because there's a lot of confusion because I'll hear people say workforce affordable housing and not realize what percent of the area and median income that means versus 30 and which is this one versus 50. And those numbers are really important um because sometimes I there might be times where this happened just over Thanksgiving break where I'll say affordable housing and someone thinks that means public housing. And so these sort of clarifications on the different percentages I think will serve us well as we're crafting the policy for the 50 million that this bond is going to fund. That'd be I'd be appreciative. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. If we can get a motion, we could take a vote on this item. Have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. All right. Item S is uh receive private development water and wastewater design requirements manual. It's a rare vote to receive something. We do have a presentation on that. >> Yes. Chris Browning. Oh, I'm sorry. Jared's gonna do the presentation. So, Jared Mclofflin will do the provide us the presentation um of the proposed changes to the private development standards. >> Honorable honorable mayor and uh council members. Um, [clears throat] this is an update to our uh manual and uh it really just includes um some minor uh updates to grammatical punctuation, spelling errors, some terminology adjustments to be consistent throughout the document. There are um some other changes that include um allowing 20 uh PVC uh pipe on up to 24 in um because of the corrosion issues that we've seen with ductal iron pipe. Um there's a a minor portion [clears throat] that says um that the asbuilt submitt process should be submitted electronically through aella rather than um through a CD or USB. Um and then there's some clarifications to what is allowed in our easement that we're just putting in writing um so that uh they know that it's flat work that can be allowed in the easements. Um and then uh some minor adjustments to what we um allow so that our pipe is in the center of a 20ft easement. Um that's where we want the the pipe to be. And so we just have a detail that clarifies that and then a few other minor um clarifications. Any questions? >> Thanks, J. All right, we can take a vote now on receiving these changes. Item S, we have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. All right. 11T1 is a joint resolution with the uh MFA approving settlement of the workers compensation subregation claim [snorts] um recovered on behalf of Johnny Rodriguez Jones and executive session is not requested. So, a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Item U1 is rescending our prior approval of a property damage claim that was filed by Belinda Young in the amount of $59.91 and denying the claim. Executive session is not requested. I want to point out if we should proceed that we actually will need to take two votes. one to rescend our previous vote and one to now deny the claim. So the motion would be to rescend. If there's no questions, if the questions are any level of detail, we'd need to go to in executive session, but we've got a motion and a second possibly to resend. Cast your [snorts] votes. passes unanimously. Now, this motion uh if the council so desires would be to deny the original claim. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. [clears throat] passes unanimously. All right. Now we are at item V1. Uh a claim recommended for denial executive session is not requested. We can take a vote on V1A. [clears throat] A motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Item W1 are claims recommended for approval. There are three. Executive session is not requested. We could take items W1 A through C with one motion. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. All right, we're at item 12, comments from council. Word two. >> Yes, thank you. Uh, today is December 2nd. As we are aware, December 1st is uh, World AIDS Day. And I just want to take a moment to acknowledge that um in Oklahoma unfortunately and I'm just quoting from the Oklahoma right now the age group most at risk for HIV AIDS is 20 to 29 year olds right so that's off that's that's our uh young folk right um and then the second is age 30 to 39 so this is the group most at risk right now of contracting HIV AIDS. Um, and I'll just quote from the article. Sadly, the rate of new HIV infections in persons living with HIV AIDS in Oklahoma has continued to grow every year since 1982. No longer quoting from the article, that was the year I was born. Um, so we're still living, I'm quoting from the article again, we are still living with the HIV uh AIDS epidemic. Um, and that's why our work uh is paramount to Oklahoma's public health. those numbers are actually higher amongst black uh and brown uh Oklahomaans unfortunately. So our youth our youth of color, [laughter] right? And so that's something I always think about because my mother is a retired RN and she treated actually one of the very first uh patients with HIV AIDS in the 1980s when doctors and hospitals were turning away those patients. Um, and I just want to really uh, I don't know, express my forever gratitude to the people who came before us in the 80s who literally did nonviolent protest in the halls of Congress at the Center for Disease Control, groups like ACTUP and Queer Nation when the government wouldn't respond. They literally put their bodies on the line and faced arrest because their actual lives were on the line. Had they not done that, there would not be the cocktail drugs that exist today. And this is very important for a couple reasons. Had they not done those protests, those cocktail drugs wouldn't exist. And the people who are now HIV positive can go on to live long lives well into their senior years. Whereas in the 80s and 90s, we know that HIV AIDS as a diagnosis was a death sentence. And so I just really want to acknowledge the people in this very city um who did that work. Um so all that to also say get tested. Just get tested. Just go do it. Just get tested. And once you know your status and you're negative, that helps keep other people negative too. Um the second thing is that if one should find themselves positive, just know that there will be a health provider right there at your side holding your hand to connect you to the uh lifesaving and lifep prolonging medication that you will need to uh continue to be with us as a resident of Oklahoma City. I just think [clears throat] that's an important thing to know um during World AIDS Day, which was yesterday, but um it's just important to acknowledge that history and where we've uh where we are today. So, thank you very much. >> Thank you. Word three, >> W four, W five, W six, W seven, W eight. >> Yeah. I just wanted to thank uh Jana Williams from the Oklahoma. Yesterday, she wrote an article. It's entitled, "Volunteering at local nonprofits fills the gaps and helps our community needs." She wrote a great article that walks you through the steps of how you volunteer for nonprofits. Three in particular, uh, one being the regional food bank, the other being homeless alliance, and the other being Animal Welfare for Oklahoma City. But the great thing about the article at the end of it, she lists 21 nonprofits that need volunteers, not only during the holidays, but throughout the years, um, Winston Churchill, and I'm not going to get the quote exactly right, but once he said, "The difference between making a living and making a life is giving back." And this is how we can give back by helping our nonprofits. Thank you. >> Thank you. That concludes item 12. Brings us to item 13, Citizens to Be Heard, Michael Washington. Thank y'all. Thank y'all. We're about to bring this to a conclusion. I just want to take this time and opportunity to inform this esteemed and highly respected. Believe it or not, I respect y'all. Don't ever think I think you know that anyhow. Just I'm really passionate about being independent. What I want to talk about today in my three minutes that is repetitively decreasing In January of 2025, there were at least 1,454 detainees in Oklahoma County Detention Center. As of August of 2025, that number had ballooned to over 1,700. However, in 2024, there was under three,300 detainees in the Oklahoma County Detention Center. What I want to ask those of you who have pawned your inmates to the county, how do you explain this uptick in people being confined in the Oklahoma County detention center that I so rightfully dubbed the House of Horror. This means there's an increase of more than 249 new individuals from January 2025 to August 2025. Think about that for a minute. This is not to say absorb any criminals of wrongful activity. We know no one wants that. But at the same time too, a lot of problems associated with this is a number of officers on the police force. Again, I respect the chief highly. We've never had any problems again, but I have to be truthful. Some of those officers there go beyond the call of duty to serve the city of Oklahoma City. I don't have any names on numbers at the moment, but I do wanted to did want to bring this to your attention so that once we meet again that this will be one of the hot hottest items I believe on the table because right now the county commissioners are grappling with a new place actually do do have a new place for the jail but at the same time the increasing numbers they're talking about I think over 1,800. Now, we know too that the jail is highly understaffed, and I wonder how will that play out? Where you going to get the people that you're not able to keep keep in the current jail setting where we have 1,700? As an advocate, again, I'm not speaking for Michael Washington. I'm speaking for Oklahoma Coalition Against People Abuse, where our motto is change your world. >> 30 seconds remain >> and your world will change around you. We don't care who you are, what grade you come from, how wealthy, or poor you may be. up under our coalition. We do not discriminate. We're a multicultural group and we will stand up on any cause by any means necessary. Anybody call upon us, get ready because here I come. I don't care if my brother did you wrong. Here I come. We're going to straighten him out. So it's nothing against any of you. If you do wrong, it goes with anybody. If I'm wrong, they're going to straighten me out. And I expect that to happen again. Thank y'all very much. And let's talk about that overcrowded situation in jail. Thank y'all. Have a great day. >> Okay. Thank you. That concludes citizens to be heard. We are now going to go into the previously voted upon executive sessions um at in item three 3 C D and E and return potentially to vote on the items therein. We are now going to executive session. >> [clears throat] [cough] >> Two, three, four, five, six. Okay. Um, all right. We are back from executive session. We're on item 3C1. This is the resolution establishing a new annual salary salary for the city manager. Um, I'm going to turn to Councilman Stone Cipher to verbally communicate uh the key details of the resolution which were left blank and uh and then we'll take a vote on that and we'll take all three items one at a time. Councilman Stones. >> Thank you. I'm going to begin with the city manager. Whereas since his appointment as city manager, the city manager has been eligible to receive all sick leave, vacation leave, coverage and health, life, disability, and accident insurance programs, participation in retirement programs, and any other fringe benefits as are or will be provided to other city employees under the ordinances of the city of Oklahoma City and the management and executive employee pay plan. Now therefore, be it resolved by the mayor and council of the city of Oklahoma City that the annual salary of Craig Freeman, city manager of the city of Oklahoma City, shall be $342,5616, which converts to an hourly salary of 163 uh $163.82 based upon 2,88 hours annually payable pratta each two weeks. be a further resolved, the city manager shall receive an annual allowance of 7,000 payable monthly in lie of automobiles expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. Be it further resolved, the city manager shall continue to receive all other benefits provided at the time of his appointment. Be it further resolved, the effective date for the salary and expense allowance provided in this resolution shall be the first day of January 2026. approved by the city council and signed by the mayor of the city of Oklahoma City as of today's date. >> Okay, you heard the uh you heard the motion. Let's do it electronically. Now >> we have a motion and a second for item 3C1. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously and with the necessary six affirmative votes. Uh which brings us to item 3D1 uh relating to the city auditor and I'll turn again to Councilman Stonecipher. >> Thank you honor. Whereas since his appointment of city auditor, the city auditor has been eligible to receive all sick leave, vacation leave, coverage in the health, life, disability, and accident insurance programs, participation in retirement programs, and any other fringe benefits as are or will be provided to other city employees under the ordinances of the city of Oklahoma City and the management and executive employee pay plan. Now therefore, be it resolved by the mayor and council of the city of Oklahoma City, that the annual salary of Matt Weller, city auditor of the city of Oklahoma City shall be $210,31.92, which converts to an hourly salary of $10059 based upon $2,88 annually payable prora each two weeks. Be it further resolved, the city auditor shall receive an annual allowance of $7,000 payable monthly in lie of automobile expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. Be it further resolved, the city auditor shall continue to receive all other benefits provided at the time of his appointment. Be it further resolved, the effective date for the salary and expense allowance provided in this resolution shall be the first day of January 2026 and approved by the council and signed by the mayor of the city of Oklahoma on this day. >> All right, you've heard uh the motion. Let's bring it up now electronically for a [clears throat] motion and a second on item D1. Cast your votes. passes unanimously and with the necessary six affirmative votes. And finally, item E1. This is relates to the municipal counselor, Councilman Stone Cipher. Whereas since his appointment as municipal counselor, the municipal counselor has been eligible to receive all sick sick leave, vacation leave, coverage in the in the health, life, disability, and accident insurance programs, participation in retirement programs, and any other fringe benefits as are or will be provided to other city employees under the ordinances of the city of Oklahoma City and the management and executive employment pay plan. Now therefore, be it resolved by the mayor and council of the city of Oklahoma City, that the annual salary of Kenneth Jordan, municipal counselor of the city of Oklahoma City, shall be $262,378, which converts to an hourly salary of $12,566 based upon 288 hours annually payable prata each two weeks. Be it further resolved, the municipal counselor shall receive an allowance, an annual allowance of $7,000 payable monthly in lie of automobile expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. Be it further resolved, the municipal counselor shall continue to receive all other benefits provided at the time of his appointment. Be it further resolved, the effective date for the salary and expense allowance provided in this resolution shall be the first day of January 2026, approved by the council and signed by the mayor of the city of Oklahoma City this day. >> All right. Thank you. You heard the motion. Let's bring it up electronically now for a vote. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. passes unanimously. All right. Uh well, that concludes our business and we are now back at item 14 which is adjournment and we are adjourned.