City Council - Regular Meeting

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Oh my goodness. Call the Broken Air City Council meeting to order. Yes, we're normally waiting for Councelor Green and it was my fault. So, sorry about that. Um, we have invitation by Pastor Pitman. Let's bow and pray together. Heavenly Father, we thank you for blessing this great city. Uh we are uh in awe at the goodness that you have bestowed upon us and and uh the prosperity, good things that have happened. Uh we pray that uh as a city we would humble ourselves and call upon you that we would honor you uh in all of our actions and all of our words. Um, I pray as a city that we would love and take care of our neighbors, that Broken Arrow would be a place of unprecedented care and of community. We pray tonight uh especially for the protection of those who are protecting us, for our first responders, for fire, for police. We pray God that you are over them. We pray for uh that the provision of the needs of our city and uh even with the vote tonight that you would go before and that you would take care of all of our needs. We pray tonight especially for wisdom for these city leaders for decisions that are made tonight that you would go uh before them and that you would lead them in everything that they do. We pray all this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Amen. Thank you, sir. Roll call. Pickle here. Green here. Ford here. Parks here. Wimpy here. Please stand and join Vice Mayor Parks for the pledge of allegiance. Salute. Pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, sir.

Are there any items to be removed from the consent agenda? Yes, ma'am. I did ask for one item to be removed. Uh item believe it's L. L. Okay. Entertain a motion to approve minus L. I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda minus item L. I'll second. Did you want to speak on that or have I was just going to have uh our community development director come up here and speak on that one. Uh, I didn't have any opposition to it, but it I'm sorry where somebody didn't vote. Johnny, uh, it's not allowing him to vote.

All I've got is a motion on here. I vote yes. There it goes. Uh, I just asked him to come up and I just wanted it read into the record. It is a final plot. Um, just wanted to hear if there was any, um, dissension on it in the planning commission or not and then go from there. So it's on record.

Good evening, Madame Mayor, Mr. Vice Mayor, members of council, city manager, Mr. Spurgeon. I'm Rocky Hinkle, community development director. Uh PT2659-2026 is a conditional final plat for Rosewood Village, which proposes about 20 lots and six reserve areas totaling approximately 4 1/2 acres. This property is located approximately 1/4 of a mile north of Houston Street and 1/8 of a mile east of Aspen Avenue. Comp 39 390-20223 was approved by city council on February 21st, 2023. PUD 737-20223 and BAZ 735-2023 was approved by city council on June 5th, 2023. PUD SE PUD 737-20223 propos proposed to have up to 30 dwelling units comprised of single family detached homes on minimum 2500 foot individual lots duplex buildings on minimum 4,000 foot lots and fourplex buildings on minimum three square foot 3,000 foot lots this conditional final plat before you proposes to have 20 lots not the 30 in the PUB final plat was reviewed by the technical advisory committee on March 3rd 2026 the Planning Commission recommended approval with a 40 vote of this conditional final plat at its March 12th, 2026 meeting. No one spoke in favor or opposition. Uh recommend you approve PR 101-2022 and PT 2659-2026, the conditional final plat for Rosewood Village for planning commission and staff recommendations. I'll be happy to answer any questions that you may have. Okay.

Any discussion or And we don't have anybody time to speak on it tonight, correct? No. Okay. I do not.

All right. Well, with that being said, I'll make a motion that we approve uh item L from the consent agenda. Okay, it's working now. Again, we just need my presence. Yes, it is your presence. We have a motion and a second. Roll call. Thank you, Director Engel. Thank you. Appreciate you. I do want to point out on item um vote for good. Yes, I've voted if I follow

on item 5C, we had three people that just wanted to say that they were in support of item 5C. So, I just wanted to point that out. They do not wish to speak. All right. Item seven is public hearings, appeals, presentations, recognitions, and awards. 7A is a presentation of a proclamation by Mayor Deborah Wimpy declaring April 8th, 2026 as Earnest Children's Day in Broken Arrow. So, I believe we're going to have um Grover Wind come forward. There he is,

sir. He is the Secretary of Veterans Affair with the Muscogee Nation. And I will go ahead and read this as you come on up, sir. Whereas on April 8th, 1944 in Naples, Italy, Broken Arrow native, Second Lieutenant Ernest Childers was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. And whereas Second Lieutenant Ernest Childers was the first Native American to receive the Congressional Medal of Or honor in World War II. And whereas for his heroic actions on September 22nd, 1943 near Oliv Oliv, sorry, Italy. Despite suffering from a fractured foot, second lieutenant childers led eight enlisted men up a hill into enemy fire, neutralized the attack, and did not lose a brothers in arms. Whereas the city of Broken Arrow desires to honor Second Lieutenant Ernest Childers for exemplary courage courage, leadership, and devotion to duty and to encourage all residents to remember and recognize the sacrifices of our Medal of Honor recipients. Now therefore, I, Deborah Wimpy, mayor of the city of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, do hereby proclaim April 8th as Ernest Childers's Day. And the city of Broken Arrow, and I call upon all citizens, organizations, and visitors to join in commemorating the legacy of Second Lieutenant Ernest Childers and expressing our enduring gratitude to all who have served and sacrificed in our defense of our nation. Jeez,

we're all photo. Yeah, you guys the family, please. This is

wonderful. Do you guys all want to speak? Yeah. I just want to say that for this

retired special ed teacher that I have always always available anytime anyone wants to honor my father because he was a wonderful man. He was one of these kind of people. I have heard other people tell me that when he's talking to you, you are the only person in the universe for him at that moment. He was able to do this no matter who you were. If you took the time to speak with him, he would take the time to make sure that you knew that he was listening.

Thank you. I want to thank Steve Brooker and the council and all you all for being here tonight. It's an honor for us. assigned the secretary of veterans affairs with Muscogi Creek Nation. We have our building named after lieutenant colonel tours. We also have a statue of him out front. The bravery this this gentleman showed typ typifies the warrior spirit and attitude of our native warriors.

You know, we believe we really believe not leaving anybody behind. If you read the story, you'll see that he had his foot fractured, his his instep and he still he still managed to save his men. One of the stories that if you read that really has always fascinated me was as he was climbing up there low on ammunition, he had to take out these machine gun batteries. He got to the last one. He threw rocks into the battery. The Germans thought it was grenades. So they came out. He was able to get one and one of his one one of his servant members got the other. He crawled on up and there was uh there was there was a watch there watcher there that he called him out and when he came out Lieutenant Colonel Sillers had no ammo in his gun. He had it pointed at him and one of his his sergeants said kill him and he said no taking prison. Well, the reason why is he had no ammo because the German was fully armed. But I mean the honor, the bravery this gentleman had during his time. Not only but more so he didn't think about himself. He thought about his fellow brothers.

We don't call our veterans soldiers at our office. We call them warriors because a war a soldier is one who's taught to take commands and orders. A warrior is one who is raised to to take care of this nation, his people, his children, his elders. And Lieutenant Colonel Childers was a true warrior. So, thank you for taking the time to honor one of our veterans. Thank you VERY MUCH. I HAVE TO SAY ONE THING BECAUSE after dad had one of his men come and take control of the mortar observer, he said that was the minute that I knew I was a Christian

because God saved me from killing an unarmed man. Well, thank you.

Well, I can tell you we are very honored to have have him in display in our veteran center, our elementary or middle school. Um, very honored for him to be a broken arrow. All right. Item 7B is a presentation of a proclamation by Mayor Wimpy declaring the month of April 2026 as a safe digging month in Broken Air, Oklahoma. All right. Uh Renee Kolier with OMG will be receiving this. So the proclamation, you can come on down, Renee. The proclamation reads, "Whereas underground utilities such as natural gas, electric, water, sewer, telecommunications, and fiber infrastructure are essential to the health, safety, and economic vitality of the state of Oklahoma. Whereas damage to underground facilities during excavation activities pose serious risks to public safety, property, and the environment, and can result in service disruptions, injuries, and significant financial loss. And whereas Oklahoma law requires anyone planning excavation to notify OK811 before digging so underground utilities can be properly marked, helping to prevent accidents and to protect workers, homeowners, and communities. And whereas safe digging practices support Oklahoma's infrastructure resilience, protect first responders, and utility workers, and promote responsible development across both urban and rural areas. And whereas public awareness and education regarding the importance of calling 811 before digging plays a vital role in reducing utility damages and keeping Oklahoma safe. Therefore, I, Deborah Wimpy, mayor of the city of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, do hereby proclaim April 2026 as safe digging month in Oklahoma, and encourage all residents, contractors, businesses, municipalities, and utility professionals to commit to safe

excavation practices by calling 811 before every dig, waiting for utility markings, and respecting those markings during excavation activities.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. That was a really great analysis of everything and um thank you for signing this for us. I really appreciate it. Um following uh this award though, it seems that uh this is very important. Um what you did allows us to be here to do things like observe safe digging. So everybody here can call 811 or go online to 0811. So I'm accepting this on behalf of Okate um and Oklahoma. So, thank you for allowing us to do this and thank you, Madam Mayor. Absolutely. Thank you for coming.

I think I still have uh orange paint in my yard from getting my fence put up a couple of weeks ago. You utilize it. I did utilize it. Yes. All right. Item 7 C. recognition of Broken Arrow citizens, city council, employees, and community partners for collaborative efforts regarding the 2026 obligation bond package. Mr. Spurgeon.

Thank you, Mayor, members of council. Good evening, and those in the audience, I just want to take just a minute of the council time. Um, as I've done over the last probably 15 months, every council meeting had an update on our general obligation uh bond package initiative. And tonight is the culmination of a 2 and a half year process that the governing body authorized back in 2023 to begin the process of putting together the next bond package for our community. And as we close things out, every time we have a a groundbreaking and ribbon cutting ceremony, it's always an opportunity to recognize those and many of them in the in the uh room this evening that help participate this because the the city can't just operate with the governing body and administration. It takes partners within the community. So, on behalf of the council, I'd like to start by uh recognizing just a number of entities and making a couple of comments. And you have to start with the city council. And I want to thank you for your vision, your fortitude, and your support. Uh obviously, this this was the first time many of you been through a general obligation bond. uh getting down to the final projects and initiatives takes time, it takes effort, uh a lot of diligence, and I want to say thank you for your leadership and vision and sure ensuring that we had a great citizens-driven package that you approved on January 6. Secondly, is the citizens, many of those uh that participated in the two-year process. I as you know because you were all there. We had hundreds of citizens that engaged with the governing body and administration over this two-year period that came out that made suggestions that took time out of their schedule. And in fact, some citizens came to multiple meetings uh to make sure their voices were heard and they put their stickers on the projects and initiatives. And so to all the citizens in the community that came out and gave the governing body the the recommendations and suggestions, uh thank you very much. I'm

proud to say that during the 2 and a half month public education phase that we just wrapped up last Saturday at the farmers market, there were over 1500 citizens that went to the nearly 70 meetings that we had throughout the entire community. And that tells you the the amount of interest that there was in hearing more about the projects and initiatives that were in all eight propositions. I also want to uh send a a huge thank you to the leadership team and the senior staff, the many are here. uh their resilience and dedication. Everyone contributed in some way, shape or form, not with just putting together the the projects that were recommended to my office and ultimately to the council, but many of them gave presentations. Many of them went out and answered questions. And I want to recognize all of the department directors for their dedication and fortitude as well for making sure that our citizens knew what was going to be voted on uh today. Next, and this is very important, is the communications team led by communications director Aaron McCauik. Uh Aaron uh did an incredible job of laying out everything that the council wanted to see in terms of putting together a public education program. And I just want to recognize Aaron, his entire team for such a great job. Next, we have the Jacobs team, our consultant that helped put together the estimates, provided guidance on on how we should on do things, and we have a representative from from uh Jacob. So, thank you for your support. And now most most importantly is our community partners starting with the school district. They made they gave suggestions and made input. The chamber and EDC is here and I want to thank the chamber for their guidance and support. Uh our citizen steering committee that was made up of a dozen citizens that gave of their time for about seven months coming up with recommendations and on behalf of the council I like to thank them. Uh our building user groups, we have uh a couple of them here this evening. We just honored our history museum of support of our one of our warriors that actually was recognized for the congressional medal of honor.

They're here. We have four others. We had the senior center. We had the military history center. Uh we had the veteran center and arts 302 council members serve on those boards. So, you know how hard they work to come up with recommendations. Our sports organizations, uh they came out and asked council for support and I want to thank them for their efforts. Alto together. The thing I'm most important uh proud about is the transparency. U was one thing that's been was discouraging to me is to see some comments online that the city council was not transparent in this process. I don't know how you can say if you do seven surveys, you hold hundreds of meetings, uh you do you do social media posts on a regular basis, you do utility bills, uh to be able to say you weren't transparent is simply not the case. And so I want to congratulate uh everyone that participated in this process. It's been an honor for our community to engage and I look forward to the results here in just about 11 minutes. So So with that, I'll turn it back over to you, mayor.

All right. Thank you. Um item eight is citizens opportunity to address the council on general topics related to city business or services. Uh just a reminder, no action may be taken on matters under this item. We do have one wrong stack. Miss Edna Osborne to the mayor, city council men, city council women. I am so proud of you and the improvement of this city since I moved here in 2006. I complained a lot online and in council meetings about how bad we looked. I didn't know we had a roads district. I came from Oregon. uh lived in Oregon for 10, let's see, I worked for Sears for 10 years, but I lived in Oregon for 13 years. And uh we had a Rose District. Now we have a Rose District here. The city is beautiful. The buildings are beautiful. I had an opportunity to work in the Union School District. They thought I was spying because of my profile picture on Facebook. I said, "I'm not. I'm working. I'm trying to make a living." And um there are beautiful buildings uh throughout the city of Broken Arrow. And I told them while I was there, you

are blessed. You have no idea how we had to come up and how far I had to walk just to get to a school. And your schools looked like colleges, especially uh Rosa Parks and others, big schools, nice schools. So, um I came just in case I'd have something to speak about. I thank you for what you attempted to do, but the it's not over yet. Uh the street widening project is not over. So, I don't know how much water you're going to be able to move from the area where I live called the Branch Creek uh homeowners association. Um I love where I live. I love the size of my house. and for a single person. Um, husband died 17 years ago and I've been able to keep the house. Um, and I'm, uh, don't plan on leaving. I don't plan on being tossed out or run out. I don't do no running. I'm part Cherokee, part Irish, and black. And I don't run. I stand my ground. If I get killed or something, hey, I'm going home. And I just said, um, this is a beautiful place and we should continue to make ourselves available to each other to help each other and not to um come up with any kind of issues about each other. I um I'm so proud that you have a minister now. I said this on Facebook who comes and bless the meetings before we start because we should always consult him before we do anything.

Agreed. Thank you, ma'am. Thank you, Edna. Thank you for sharing, Edna. All right. Item nine is general council business. Item 9A is consideration, discussion, and possible approval of BAZ 2651-2026. Rocky Hinkle. Good evening again, Madame Mayor. BAZ 2651-2026 was initially a request to resone approx.

She's going to get her purse. Oh, yeah. BAZ 2651-2026 was initially a request to reszone approximately 119 acres from A1 agricultural to RSP single family residential preservation for the Pines for a proposed single family residential development. This property is located one quarter mile south of Omaha Street and west of 37th or 209th Street. The proposed development will have access from both 37th Street to the east and indirectly from Omaha Street to the north through existing previous phases of the development. This property is comprehensive plan level two which supports a reszoning to RS or RSP. During the meeting held on March 12th, 2026, the applicant indicated that the proposed development would match the sizes of the existing pre development phases to the north which were zoned RS3 under the previous zoning ordinance. The applicant requested RSP zoning for the 25% green space requirement, but did not plan to develop the lots as small as the RSP would allow. Planning commission recommended the requested zoning designation be reduced in intensity from RSP to RS, and the applicant stated the reduced zoning intensity would be acceptable. Planning commission recommended approval 50 of BAZ 2651-2026 with the less intense RS zoning. During the public comment period, four citizens signed up to speak and ask questions about the layout and development of the site. Staff uh recommends approval of BAZ 2651-2026 as no as modified by the planning commission. There is a uh representative of the property owner here to speak as well.

Any questions or discussion? So you said uh we had residents that spoke but they didn't spoke um in favor or against it. They just had questions it sounds like. Okay. But this is a reasonzoning request, so there isn't the layout.

Okay. Okay. Okay. We've got um citizens that wish to speak on this. So the first one is Dennis Ko. Thank you. Good evening. Uh my name is Dennis Ko. I live in the phase right in front of where this one's proposed at. Uh just a simple statement. My family my family relocated to our new home in September. We selected this house partly because it is adjacent to a to a wooded area. Before that I had cancer and I beat cancer and we looked for a home that was in a really nice area. So we chose this one. During our visit to the property we inquired about the trees and any potential future development. The representatives at the main subdivision office assured us that there were no plans to for development and that the area would remain untouched. Our three young toddlers enjoy gazing out at the trees, observing the birds and the deer that show up at time sometimes and other wildlife that run through the trees that inhabit the area. We have taken numerous walks along the trails that weave through the wooden region. The removal of this forested forested area could compel both my neighbors and me to seek alternate living arrangements, which is not what we envisioned after we just moved in. Um, one simple question. Um, what's the uh Oh, where'd it go? Sorry. the with the projected layout, the road that goes right into the new subdivision is at the end of our street and there's not a lot of traffic in that area right now. And like I said, I've got three toddlers, three, seven, and eight. Um, they ride their bikes in the in the culde-sac up

and down the street. Putting this project in is going to w increase the traffic in that area. There's a lot of people that walk the area, walk the streets, a lot of kids up and down the street, bikes, scooters, all families, everything. It's going to cause a lot of traffic in the area. And I just coming from living in an area where there was a lot of traffic, it hinders the the growth of kids playing. So, that's one of that's the only thing I've got. Okay. Thank you. Um Rocky is what what are the ingress and eress for this neighborhood? Is it only solely going through the neighborhood above? So I believe he lives are you you live in phase three? Oh, he's pointing the other side. Yeah, I live in phase three. I live on east. So he lives on that dirt side.

Okay. Where it's right now. Um there is no ingress or egress um off 2009th for his subdivision. They have to use 36 36th Street to go to 51st Street. Okay.

Well, I I can completely understand um your concerns. when we built built a house four years ago, um we were told that it would be 5 to 10 years before our forest would be gone. And so I was just trying to wrap my head around, okay, I've got at least 5 years, right? And three months later, every tree came down. And so that was a little devastating. And we don't get to see deer anymore. And it's very sad for me, but um and I'm I'm kind of upset that we still have realators and people that tell our citizens that oh, nothing's ever happening back there because unless you own the land, it's going to get developed at some point. And that is unfortunate obviously. So, but Rocky, if you wanted to address anything further or if anyone had any questions on that one,

I'd have the representative of the property owner come up and address. Okay. There's one more. Oh, well, maybe I'll I'll let let me let them speak real quick and then you could address both. Uh Todd Walls.

Hello, Mayor, council members. Thanks for listening to me. So, I did come to the last session. Um, uh, we spoke about some similar, you know, concerns. Um, I understand that the property owner is going to be able to be to develop. I mean, that's their right. Um, and and you have so many powers at your at your will to act on. Um, I didn't know what good it could have, but uh, I printed off a picture just so that maybe you would fall in love with it as we have. Um, I used to look at that. Yes.

Yes. Yes. So, my request is maybe is a little bit more reasonable. I will say I and I don't know, maybe you're still going to show something, but I we were under the impression that maybe this time around we might actually see the layout of what the homes that were going to be put forth or or the lots at least what was going to be there. Uh I'm just north of the pond, the retention pond you see in that picture. Um directly north of it actually right there. Yeah, that's that's right about where I'm at. Um, so I guess my request is is I guess the thought that I have is of course I don't want to have any false thoughts about what I'm I'm for. I mean obviously we love the view. I mean that's it's what about things that are important, things that I think actually have as much meaning as that or more meaning is going to be things like erosion on the other side of that pond into that retention pond. Uh property value, um privacy. Um, so one of the things that I might request that that you could consider or maybe speak to the the owner on is south of that pond right there, that that entire area that we're talking about in the uh like the southwestern corner of that pond, if we could consider at least having something like a like a 40 to 50 foot tree line there uh before the homes actually are created. I mean, thinking about it in terms of that, you know, and like I said, privacy, erosion, um, property value, I I I could see as that that would have as much value to the new homeowners as it would us. So, I don't, like I said, I know they said that 25% of the trees are going to stay. Um, I'm advocating or requesting that maybe we could we have some of that 25% be in that area. So, then that that's my request.

Okay. Thank you so much. Okay. Thank you. All right. But John, I would assume that you would retain most of the trees along that backside, right? Especially by that pond.

Yeah. So, um, Alan Bchin, AAB Engineering, so where the engineers and surveyors for the project, um, the pond is functioning. It's it's actually is a detention facility. Um, it's a detention facility that was built as part of the original phases. So, Pines's one one ultimately it was done in three, but it actually addresses one, two, and three. So all of it as we are moving down in development. Um there is there are two stubbed streets that come south that were stubbed out of those phases uh that will connect into the development to the south. The reality is we'll also have two main entrances off of 37th to the east. And the you can't say all because all is a very big number and it's very precise, but the vast majority of the traffic from this section of this neighborhood is going to traverse east. Even if it's trying to go north, it's not going to weave through the existing neighborhoods. There there's just not it intentionally is designed not to have the most direct routes to keep speeds down and to keep that from happening. Um, I I would actually my my statement and and true opinion of it is it's probably improving the connectivity of the existing neighborhood to be able to get out to 37th after this future phase comes in.

All this is a little misleading in size because if if you look at that reverse like you see kind of the creek that bends back and then comes back down on that remote right there. Horrible at doing that over there. We could see it. Um, yeah. So, if you, this oxbow right here is actually part of the main Adams Creek and so there won't be any development that happens on the entire west side of this. So, there's it's a really steep drop off that goes down into that and there's no in what we're proposing right now. Everything stays on this side and the vast majority of the development is occurring really in the area that was already cleared. Um I in anticipation somewhat of this development because it was the place that where the stock piles from the regional detention facility

were actually overlaid. So that clearing and that fill was actually placed by as part of the detention facility construction to the south. You mind pointing up here as well so they could see where you this is this area here. Um I there is certainly we are not going right up to the back and we will like saving as many trees especially around that detention facility is our intent and that's a quarry pond so there's a pretty significant vertical relief whenever you get into that.

My hesitation about saying hey we're not going to touch anything is because it's still utility easements in the back and ultimately there is some part of it that's not even in our control. that's in the franchise utilities control about where they use and how that works. That is also part of the drainage structure for the entire subdivision development. So right now water is coming out of that development which is here. It discharges through here and then it's routed down. So we'll have storm sewer that we're going to instead of it being channelized overflow, it'll start being collected and and move south. Can you did you see that? Did you see where he was pointing? Can you show that again, please?

So right here. So there's this is there's discharges coming out of here. This is actually a discharge where there's a storm sewer that comes out here and there's a channel and one of the problems that um Broken Arrows had and and that after the regional detention facility was there's so much water coming out of that it was actually spillway weighing and there was erosion happening down into the detention facility. So we'll need to do utility work just to get that water coming off of the north to the south. Um it is very much in keeping with the exact I mean this is a future a further phase of what is development has already happened to the north. It is exactly the same product the same builder the same configuration. Um I I'm I unfortunately am the one who gets to to come into these meetings and say I it was the development's intent for that to always come down. I mean, the detention facility, the regional detention facility was even designed with that further development in its concept. How that gets communicated through realators and third parties, I'm I'm certainly sympathetic to it. It just isn't I can't hold that and I can't say who said what. I can tell you that that pond stays. So, there is a green space. There is that amenity that they're backing up to and it does stay. And on the west, there's going to be a significant portion of that area to the west that all stays forested because it's just in the drop off of the creek and there's no intent to use it. Um what stays and what dies and even that it gets turned over to an HOA and then if they want to clear out some of the end and put in in trails or what other systems come into that, that's all a little bit out of out of my control at that point. Um, but the intent is to further the project in a way that was really conforming with what it was. I truly don't believe there's a significant traffic increase to be seen from this through the existing

developments. That's just not the path of traffic to be very honest with you. And I think it will even give you the existing developments a better path

to get where they're going. Um, where the majority of the traffic is. um this the groundwork has been laid for for this future phase and that was always what was intended. This is the places that we can still keep some green space around it and we're going to do that to the extent possible within the development. So it's not just a total scrape. There is a lot of native that stays because of the flood planes, because of the creeks, because of what's already there. So I I can't always say that but I can this time that we really will leave a lot of green space on this be because of the very nature of what's there. I know one of his questions too is do you know what type of design the houses may be like are you you're not that

what was done in two and three same builders. Okay. So I mean this is no that again this is one where I can say there won't be a decrease in property value because it's the same properties getting built again and and it's only more expensive to build than it was today that day today than it was then. So it it's it is the same product, same size houses, same locks, same configurations. Help me. Where's 37th in this the scheme of things? Is it north? So 29th. Okay. Okay. I'm I'm looking for 37th on there. I'm like I forget everything. This is Yeah. I I am incredibly sympathetic to that concept. I have a hard time on just

which one I grab is what it is. But at 30 that 209 37th is the that's the widened road. That's the major thoroughare moving traffic north and south. That's how you get to the elementary. That's how you get south to go over to the high school. So that is the normal movement.

Would you be open to exchanging information that way if the homeowners in that neighborhood would absolutely question? Um and and I they will all get the notifi we do notify for preliminary plaque should be to all the joiners at least the butters I I firmly staken say a butters um the preliminary plaque is it's once this action is done we're ready to move forward with the preliminary plat I'll certainly meet and share that with them I think there's some confusion when I said the next meeting the next planning commission meeting that I'm available to be on we will go through the preliminary plat that is the next step so that will be when we talk about very much more detail about exact layout where the roads are, where the utilities are, kind of going through the next steps. But you certainly, many of you have heard me say this over and over. It's a phase process. We have to take step one to take step two to then move on to construction documents. And this is the first one

in that process. But I I do think this is something that is a good product that's shown a lot of interest. Um it's at a good price point for a good house. That is really something I think the city is um should be encouraging. I think would support in this area. It's it's we're not the densest and smallest. Um and we're still trying to leave a lot of green space and open space with it. Rocky, will we notify the neighbors when that next meeting comes up? Okay. Okay. How far out would it be before you start um turning dirt

putting Yeah. Turning dirt homes up. Um so earth work is four to six months whenever we get through the process of design platting review of the PLA plans and get to construction. And then on a project of that size it's probably 12 months to 15 months of of heavy civil construction before you ever have house then it's house building after that that goes which is dependent on kind of takedowns and what the consumption rate is. So, it's a it's two years before houses before houses ever start going up for a general rule is kind of what I say. And there anytime we start a project from this phase, it's kind of my answer is it's two years before there's anybody moving into anything or even getting close to that from this moment.

Thank you. And that's a pretty aggressive schedule in a lot of ways. I think the only question that may not have been answered yet is like what um what are you planning on putting like maybe between the two neighborhoods as a buffer? So it's all one neighborhood with shared amenities. Okay, gotcha.

So that's I mean that's part of the misconception of this is literally there is a pool being built right now that is a that's to serve as a community pool and there's discussion about a secondary amenity being installed in this that's an amenity for all of the subdivision. So it I I'm I'm very and I don't mean it's hard for me to say this and not sound much more harsh than I'm trying to sound, but it is all the same neighborhood. So when we start talking about separation, it's that's that's not what we do in neighborhoods. We're just moving to the next phase of the same neighborhood. Okay. That's the intent of this. So there the concept of buffering the same inside the same neighborhood is a little

Well, that's good that I mean that makes it clear then they know what to expect for sure. And they also have the same enforcement rights from an HOA standpoint. Same architectural requirements. All the things that they're living in are the exact same things that the next one get to live in. And they all get the same vote in the same place for the same things. Okay. Um so there's there is actually for once they actually do have some authority moving forward because the HOA is is already turned over. Yeah. Yeah. Because we have seen where the HOA was not turned over and things did not get built the way they were supposed to. And there's that that's part of the leaving them continuous in my opinion is one of the ways that we stop some of the um help shortcircuit some of the arguments.

Yeah. That come down later about who did what and who where when is beyond me but I'm like hey it's all in one. So now everybody's got the same authorities that they would have had if it was anywhere else. Yeah. Okay. All right. Thank you sir. Any other further questions? I have a question of Rocky. Rocky, would there ever have to be a uh was there a comp plan on this or was this the same comp plan? Same comp plan.

Okay. I wanted to make a point that uh those of you that uh go to a real estate person or go to a neighbor or a relative and ask what's going to be built next door. You can go online and our comp plan will tell you probably what's going to go next door. So the comp plan tells us if it's going to be a residential, if it's going to be commercial, even if lean toward maybe it's being apartments, you know, there's the comp plan there. So there's a comp plan. It's online at the city. Is that correct?

Still online at the city that if you want to know what's going to be built in that green area, you can go online and look at that and uh we be built because sometimes real estate people don't always get all the information. The city has all the information. Now, that can be changed, but only by the city council. Correct. At a public hearing, correct? So, uh uh if if you are going to buy a property, go on. Yeah, we can call the mayor. Call the vice mayor. Number is Yeah. Call the vice mayor. I'll give you I'll tell you how I'll send you a copy of the comp plan. It's a fun read.

Anyway, that's that's something that's good that that lets you know probably what's going to be built. The only way that that's not gonna be built, it has to come back in a public hearing before the council. Yes. All right. If no further discussion, entertain a motion. I'll make a second. Computer work. Have a motion and a second. So that motion was to approve, I believe. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I don't Did someone verbally say that? No. Okay. Thank you for I voted, but it still says you have a motion. There we go. Thank you.

All right. Um, did you guys vote on that? Next is preview ordinances. Item 11 A is consideration, discussion, and possible adoption of ordinance number 3905. Trevor.

Uh, thank you, mayor, vice mayor, city council members. Uh just by way of background, the ordinance that's before you for consideration for adoption had previously been previewed. We also had a work session at the beginning of March and then we had brought it back I think on March the 24th. We've gotten a lot of community engagement and back and forth. And so we made about 10 different changes at the last meeting uh that was presented to you and then we had two additional requests that were made that we've incorporated into the ordinance specifically. Uh the first one is uh what we'd call the safe harbor provision. So, basically the idea is if the owner of a short-term rental reports on themselves, uh, the director has the discretion to u either consider that or not consider it for disciplinary actions. I think it's good and important that the director has discretion because there could be circumstances where perhaps the short-term rental owner was responsible for the violation uh or things of that nature. Um the second uh change uh that we had was a um a discount on the fees. So there was also a request that there be not only a uh you know a stick but there also be a carrot. So, for those who are operating properly and within our code, what we have is a provision that an owner that shows that their short-term rental hasn't been the subject of enumerated nuisance or serious incidents within the previous 12 months. We'll have the renewal fee reduced by 20% of the fee in the manual fees. So, those were the two changes that were asked um based upon the comments at the at the previous uh council meeting. And so, those are the ones that are presented to you. I do understand um for Mr. Green or Curtis Green or clerk. Uh that we had additional uh comments that were submitted um by Devin Bose who's the owner of the space

place and I think each of the council members has had received that. I'm h happy to answer any questions that you have about the ordinance as it's been amended or any questions that you have that were just raised, you know, by the citizen. I can I can respond to those. I would say in general we we have already addressed the issues that that were raised in that written complaint and I can explain that if you'd like.

Well, I just want to thank uh Chief Arnold for bringing this to the council to begin with. Um you know I I do not have an Airbnb in my neighborhood, but I'm glad that we have these um you know restrictions, these rules in place for those that do have Airbnbs in their neighborhood because um if they could get out of control really quickly. So, I appreciate that and I appreciate your work on working on this ordinance as well and your input as well, Mr. Spurgeon.

And to your point, Councelor Short, I neglected to mention that uh just by way of history, uh this was originally brought to us by Chief Arnold, there was probably 20 to 30 different incidences uh ranging from, you know, drunk and disorderly uh to juvenile parties uh to marijuana consumption in public. I think we even had a discharge of a firearm. So there were some serious issues that were raised related to the short-term rentals that gave rise to us needing to look at this and to strengthen it. So there there are really real world problems. We aren't just having a solution looking for a problem. Yes.

So just one question of clarification. Um you mentioned the um the carrot. Um the 20% reduction. Is that a one-time thing or is that a reoccurring thing? I mean, if I go, you know, five years, am I down to zero on the fees or how's that structured in there? Just for clarification. No, that's a great question, Council Green. It is a rolling yearbyear. So, the most that you'd ever get a discount would be for 20 would be 20%. And it just looks back for that one previous year. Your previous behavior, we don't care. Well, we do care, but for purposes of of the stretch that we do care, but for purposes of the renewal, that's where I understood it. I just wanted to get that clarified. Yeah.

Do you want to give any false hope there? Unfortunately, soon there'll be no Yes. I'll make a motion to approve item 26-447. Second. I have a motion and a second. Roll call. Item 11B is the emergency clause. I'll make a motion to accept the emergency clause. Second. Can you enter your motion? Second again. Thank you. I'm waiting for it to come back up. All right. Roll call.

All right. Item 12 is remarks and inquiries by governing body members. Um, I was just I was hoping uh the Children's family would remain. I had the opportunity to go up to the Tulsa airport when they did the Medal of Honor ceremony and they recognized um him there as well. So, that was really neat to participate in. Um, and then just wanted to reiterate how grateful we are to the city staff on their hard work with this bond package. I know you guys missed a lot of dinners. um you like you're probably tired of talking about the bond package and I get that but the real work comes after today so just so you know no pressure I was wondering if there was going to be a mass exodus tomorrow say they might leave um

she's just kidding yeah right you're going nowhere yes um thank you all for all your work as well Michael and then I totally forgot to mention you have been a city manager for 38 years as of March 28th THANK YOU THAT HAPPENS TO BE OUR daughter's birthday. So, I was a little focused on her turning 22, I guess, and I totally forgot. But, um, but you're doing a great job.

Thank you very much. You know, and if I can just say, too, 38 years, um, experience matters, you know. Uh, I think a lot of new a new new city managers kind of learn why they're on the job and make mistakes that sometimes are hard to come back from, honestly, and and do cost cities a lot of money. Um, so experience does matter and I do appreciate your experience and you're well thought out of where the city needs to go in the future. It's not just like what are we going to do tomorrow or we or what are we going to do in a month like we're planning out for the future and um it takes a visionary to do that and so I do appreciate that and um congratulations. Thank you very much. Yes. Any other remarks? City managers.

Just a couple. First off, I want to say hi to Mrs. Osborne, thank you for being here tonight. Appreciate your very kind words. Uh, good to see you. Secondly, there was a resident that came at the last meeting that had some questions about Amazon. Council has been has seen the update. Mr. Schwab is still working with her to address, I think, one other question. And so, uh, we're working through her questions with regard to the Amazon College Road and so forth. So, I want to just let the council know that. Also, I want to thank the chief of police for bringing the issue with the uh short-term riddles to the council's attention. Just a reminder is this was not government overreach. This was a law enforcement professional bringing to the council a areas of the ordinance that need to be addressed to protect those that that are in compliance and ensure that those are not in compliance have there is some remedy for them to be brought into compliance. And so that was the original of this and the citizens that have been to every single meeting expressing their views and the support overall of the council been making sure that they're allowed to continue to do business. And so I want to thank the council for for listening to the citizens, listening to the leadership and coming up with a with an ordinance that works for our community. So that's what I want to say. Thank you.

All right. Well, we do have an executive session. So entertain a motion to clear the room for Bama and then we'll Yeah. So we'll recess. We do. I I do not have Bama and in my packet. Yeah. I thought we were just skipping Bama and B. We do have a little bit of business. Not much. Can I borrow someone? It was in our email. So we have a written recess for a motion to go into Bama, but So we don't need to clear the room. Yeah. You don't have to clear the room yet. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you everybody. Thank you. Thank you for all of that. Thank you. All right. Um, entertain a motion to go into uh for I call the the See, now I'm all confused. I know I got we have you

call the Broken Air Municipal Authority meeting to order. Roll call. Hang on. We need to back up and take the vote to recess to Bama and Beta. Yeah, she she I'll make a motion to uh recess to Bama. I'll second that motion. Okay. Okay. Pickle? Yes. Green? Yes. Ford? Yes. Parks? Yes. Wimpy? Yes. Okay. Um, are there any items to be removed from the consent agenda? That was actually a regular council meeting that we recessed. Yes. I'll make a motion we approve the consent agenda as it stands. Second. Roll call.

Are there any public hearing or there are no public hearings, appeals, presentation, recognitions, or awards? There's no general authority business. Any remarks by governing body members? Manager. None. Ma'am. All right. There is no executive session. Entertain a motion to adjurnn. Make a motion to adjurnn. Second. Roll call. And just one second. We've got a little computer glitch here. Yeah. All night. Poor John. There we go. Now you can vote. All right. Call the Broken Air Economic Development Authority to order. Roll call. Pickle here.

Green here. Ford here. Parks here. Wimpy here. Are there any items to be removed from the consent agenda? Make a motion to approve the consent agenda. Second. Roll call. Actually, I took it that seventh click. There are no public hearings, appeals, presentation, recognitions, or awards. No general authority business remarks by governing body members. None, ma'am. Okay. City manager. No, madam chair. All right. No executive session. Motion to journ. Second. Easy breezy.

Okay. Now I entertain a motion to clear the for executive session. Second. You got to be faster. I know. Now we're clearing the room. All right, we have a motion and a second. Roll call. We don't care where you go. You just stay here. Yes. Ford, yes. Parks, yes. Wimpy? Yes. You know, you going need to get this computer worked on over here. She's still