City Council - Regular Meeting

Johnny and Johnny will not be here. Call the broken era city council meeting to order. I was just sitting over here doing some work and didn't realize it was six 30. Um, we have invocation by pastor Scott Moore.

Hello everybody. Let's let's pray together. Heavenly father. Tonight we come asking for wisdom. trusting your promise that when we seek it, you are faithful to give it generously. In moments that require discernment, understanding, and grace, remind us that we do not lead or serve alone. We pray for the members of this council, for our city leadership, and for every person entrusted with serving the people of Broken Arrow. In a world that often feels divided and hurried, help this room be marked by thoughtful conversations mutual respect, and genuine desire to serve others well. We ask that you would continue to grant wisdom in every discussion, clarity in every decision, and humility in every disagreement. Help these leaders balance vision with responsibility, conviction with compassion, and progress with care for the people who call this city home. We also want to thank you for the citizens who are present tonight. Thank you for people who care enough about their community to show up and speak up and participate in the process. As conversations take place, help us all, leaders and citizens alike, to communicate with respect, patience, and clarity. Give us the ability to listen well, speak thoughtfully, and remember that even when opinions differ, we share a common desire for the well-being of our community. And finally, we ask that you would continue to make Broken Arrow a great city where neighbors care about one another, where hope is strong and fear is non-existent and where the common good is valued above all of our personal gain. We ask this in the wonderful name of Jesus.

Amen. Thank you, sir.

All right. Roll call. Pickle. Here. Green.

Here.

Ford. Here. Parks.

Wimpy. Here. All right, would you guys all stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance? Attention, 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. Are there any items to be removed from the consent agenda? Are you going?

Yes, ma'am. All right. I would like item M removed for a little bit of discussion, please. M as in Mary.

I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda minus item M. Second. Roll call.

I don't have a second. I'm sorry. There we go.

I was trying to get there. I got you.

This is a different one. Did I do something wrong?

We didn't get the roll call on the.

Okay. Let me go back.

Moved on the end. I'm not.

On the consent pickle.

Yes.

Three.

Yes.

Board. Yes. Wimpy.

Yes. All right. Item M is approval of an authorization to award bid number 26, 0.148 opioid abatement utilizing funds from opioid abatement settlement fund. Do you all agree?

I asked for this to be removed. I received some phone calls on this like literally within the last hour with some concerns, not necessarily. I know from my understanding this went out for a bid and probably awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. But there was just some concerns brought by one of our partners over at Cree Oaks about the – the future of this particular company being a national company versus working with a local company and what kind of commitment do we have from this company going forward versus what it would be working with our local company who's going to be here long term and work with us through this. I believe, Madam Mayor, you and I sat through a presentation on this and there was just some concerns that was brought. So I don't know if this is something we can have some further discussion on. I don't know how much discussion was had with our partners that will be working with this company and working with our mental health partners going forward. But I feel something that we may need to have a little more discussion on. So I don't know if we need to have that tonight or maybe table it to another meeting.

Chief Moore or Bennett, do you have any answers?

No.

Ryan?

I know we haven't really had a whole lot of time to discuss it, but like I said, it was just brought to me within the hour.

Good evening, Mayor, City Council, Mr. Spurgeon.

This is one that we put out to bid, so I don't probably have the answers for you this evening that you would like that you need for this. But if you look in here, we actually sent this over to the department. So had the police department, they had evaluators look over it, they researched it and they gave us their feedback for who they'd like to select. And so I do know it was reviewed heavily by both fire and PD and that they reviewed that. I'd be happy to get you some more information though, if you'd like to table this.

Yeah, I think we should table it. Um, so would this be an addition to using Cree Oaks or replacing Cree Oaks?

I believe this was for a comprehensive study, but their concern is what's going to happen with the study once it's done with a company that's national moving on versus a company that's going to be local and it's already a partner. But Mr. Spurgeon, I believe you had some comments.

Thank you, counsel. I appreciate that. And there's no need for counsel to take action this evening. I will just say is that based on looking, when I looked at this earlier, is there were the invitation to bid was sent to seven vendors, and there were three vendors that submitted proposals. And I think that based on the questions being asked, that I need a little bit of time to better understand why we selected this company. And obviously my thought to your question is that if they come up with recommendations, then it would be the responsibility, in this case, I believe, of our police and fires to implement those recommendations. Sure. I would recommend as the mayor said, is that we table this, let me get some more information, uh, exactly why this company was chosen and then answer those questions and then have it ready for the council to look at on June 1st. I mean, the recommendation may be the same, but, but obviously I'll make sure Trevor knows what your options are. If you, if you're required to accept that record, that proposal, or, or you could actually choose someone else. Sure. Okay.

So did Creox bid on this and just were not the lowest bidder?

No, Creox didn't bid on it, but one of the other companies that bid on it is a local company that Creox currently partners with.

Were they the lowest? Because it's quite, it's 50% more than that.

No, the other company was not the lowest from my understanding, but they feel there would be other benefits going forward working with a local partner as opposed to a national partner. But I don't, like I said, some more information I think would be needed to answer some more questions that were brought.

I think the most important question is, is a little more information about why they, if there was a little bit more about why the recommendation was made for this company. And then secondly is for Trevor to advise if council desires to work with the local company. Is there a conflict, or is the council allowed to actually choose someone else other than what's being recommended based on everyone there was an invitation to bid and three did? So I'm not going to ask forever tonight, but I will make sure that that information is available for the council for the next meeting.

Yeah, I'd just like to make sure that it was fleshed out with the partners that they're going to be working with going forward on it.

I would ask council to table until June 1st.

So moved.

Thank you.

Do we have a second? I'll second.

Roll call.

Thank you.

All right. Item 7, Public Hearings, Appeals, Presentations, Recognitions, and Awards. 7A is Presentation and Annual Programming Update by the Broken Arrow Veterans Center. Lori Hilt.

Good evening, Mayor and Council, Mr. Spurgeon. Tonight's presentation for the user group is the Veterans Center, and I'm going to bring up Brian Bandy, who is the Board Chair.

Good evening, Madam Mayor, Mr. Spurgeon, Council Members. It's my pleasure to come see you tonight. This past year, the Veterans Center has continued its mission of serving those who have served our community and country with meaningful, direct support. We provided $1,250 in gift cards to homeless veterans, helping meet immediate needs such as food, clothing, and basic essentials. We also contributed $1,200 toward the construction of a Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Owasso, supporting their efforts to honor and remember those who served. During the government shutdown, we extended assistance to National Guard members by distributing gift cards to help ease financial strain during their period of uncertainty. In support of disabled veterans in our community, we constructed three wheelchair ramps to improve home accessibility. Additionally, we repaired three electric wheelchairs and donated them to local veterans restoring mobility and independence. Finally, we assisted 1,564 veterans with their VA claims, helping them to navigate the process and access the benefits that they have earned. We are also pleased to report that the Veterans Center continues to operate in the black, reflecting responsible stewardship of resources and long-term sustainability. We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to the City Council and the community as a whole for their continued support, including the recent passage of the bond proposal. Your investment ensures we can maintain and expand those vital services for our veterans. These efforts reflect our ongoing commitment to improving the lives of veterans in our community, and we remain dedicated to expanding our impact in the year ahead.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you. Anybody have questions for me? Before I bolt?

That's pretty impressive numbers. And I know, um, those wheelchair ramps, I mean, they're, they're needed, but they're expensive to have those belts.

So I know those three, the wheelchairs also are very expensive thing. If you don't have insurance that covers it, but yeah, there's more veterans than we assisted last year. It's actually increased.

That's great. Thank you for doing that. Brian, I just want to say is that you've heard the same right man, right time, right person, right time. That's you.

Thank you.

Okay. There was a need for those that helped the council get the 2018 bond package passed and implement the center. And to hear what you just shared and knowing that we have a great board. I know the mayor talks about this. I know Lori Hill talks about it. But you are the right person to be leading at this time. And I know it's a lot of additional work in addition to being one of the broken air's finest. But thank you very much.

Thank you. Have a pleasant evening.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

All right. Item B, public hearing consideration and possible action regarding Comp 2721-2026, Creekside Commercial Center. Rocky Hinkle.

Good evening, Madam Mayor, members of council, city manager, Mr. Spurgeon. I'm Rocky Hinkle, community development director. Comp 2721-2026 is a request to change the comprehensive plan designation from level 6 to level 2 and level 3 on approximately 52 acres, which is currently unplanted. The property is located northwest of the intersection of Houston Street and the Creek Turnpike. The applicant is requesting this change to the comprehensive plan for the purpose of a future rezoning and the development of the property. The applicant intends to apply for a PUD and rezoning in the near future. The development area document in your packet details the proposed development areas. Area C is proposed to be level 3 and area D is proposed to be level 2. The comprehensive plans transportation plan map does describe a frontage road connecting from Kenosha Street along the east side of the Creek Turnpike. This road will be dedicated during the platting process of any future development in the subject area. At the April 23rd, 26 meeting and broken arrow planning commission voted three to two to recommend approval of comp plan 2721-2026. There were no public comments in support or an opposition of the request. Since the planning commission meeting, I did receive an email from a citizen who opposes the comp plan change and requests that it should stay level six for commercial and retail development. Staff recommends you approve Comp Amendment 2721-2026 for Planning Commission and staff recommendations. There is a representative of the property owner here to address any questions as well.

That is my understanding. There will be some commercial that will be on there, correct?

That is correct. So the northern half of the proposed development would be industrial and commercial, and the southern half, if this comp plan is approved, would be a Level 3, which is a transition area for multifamily use, and then Level 2 for residential homes.

Does he have any question or hear from the applicant?

Does the applicant want to share anything with us?

Good evening. Nicole Watts with Wallace Design Collective, 123 North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Tulsa. As Rocky stated, this is for a master plan development for Creekside Development Commercial, Old Bell's property that everybody still, I still call it that, but... What we are looking at... Old memories. I know. This will be better memories. Okay. But how we approached this property was looking at it to create a community for the whole city. Looking at the property along Houston to the east, it's all single family. There's a little bit of transitional that has been... approved to the east, you know, the cluster housing, they haven't started any development, but that has been approved for zoning. And so what we were looking at doing was continuing on the residential uses on the south side with single family and then toward the turnpike allowing for multifamily. We are still continuing to have all commercial on the east, on the north side. Over half of the property will be commercial slash industrial depending on what the uses, you know, come. As we know that there's a blue stream through the center of the property that's kind of ugly right now. It is jurisdictional. So the anticipation is that we are looking to enhance that as part of the development. using it to be part of the detention facilities through there, putting fountains in, putting walking trails in, trying to create more of a walkability development for the entire thing. When we were at the Planning Commission, there was a few neighbors who came who didn't speak, that they just wanted to come and listen, Appreciative that we were trying to have a single family continue on along Houston. I'm just kind of as a buffer to them As the development shows we are proposing a collector Street between Houston and going up to Kenosha that will line up with the signal at the Creek Turnpike which will be I think wonderful for the entire area and I think that's it, unless you guys have any questions. But what we're trying to do is there is a lot of commercial property available in the area. A lot of it's undeveloped so far. And so what we're trying to do is try to find something that can be developed for everybody. We did meet with Councilor Green a couple weeks ago to discuss our project as well.

Yeah, I was getting ready to mention that. But like I said, we did meet and we kind of looked at this and discussed it. I think we all have realized that eventually growth is going to continue east, and I think this will be a good time. Um, asset toward that growth and putting some more rooftops in that area, uh, as well will be beneficial for the area and there'll be no roller coasters. Yeah, that's definitely a plus. Just kidding.

Okay. On the, I do drive this every single day, multiple times a day. So on, I'm trying to look at where, so there's only one. There's two, I mean, like they're literally going to exit off of 81st or 71st. So that entire 109 acres or whatever it is, you're literally going to come in off of 71st and drive all the way through or you're going to? Correct. Okay.

Yeah. It's, you know, trying to collect the traffic, you know, internally. We know how busy Kenosha is. So those lots that you see up there, they won't be able to have any access off of Kenosha. It's going to come in and be internal. Same as Houston, we know it ramps up, the grades are, so to have a controlled point there. Another thing I didn't, we also will have a Stub Street over to the Timber Ridge Industrial Park. to provide a second access point for them. We know the tractor supply intersection is really dangerous, trying to turn left out of there. And so to be able to provide another access point for those users in the industrial park is, I think, a plus as well.

Okay. And that's at, so will we have, well, there's already a street light that would go. Yes, there is a street light.

We'd have to modify it for the intersection, but there's already one there.

Okay. And then... The second Stub Street, is that going into the new, that's the new, not Bellago, right? That's going into the new?

Yeah, they will be able to access it. You know, the plan is to put the collector road along the property line so they will be able to connect to it and provide a second access point for the Bellago development. Okay. Instead of making all their residents go all the way down to Houston, come around and go up the road if they want to hit the signal at Kenosha. Sure.

All right. Okay.

American ice question. So good to see Nicole.

Hi, how are you?

Appreciate all you do and you work very well with the staff. So thank you. Um, ice question about the multifamily. Yes. Could you talk a little bit about it? Because I have a question about, uh, what you're considering and just something I wouldn't throw out there because as a economic development, one of the things you're always looking is, is more, uh, different options in housing, especially multifamily. So could you talk a little bit about what's being considered?

It's about a 10-acre tract, and what we're considering is a possibility for apartments to be able to be placed up against the turnpike if a developer comes in and sees the need for it. Apartments, duplexes, or townhomes or something, but something a little bit more tighter than just a single family.

Well, that's what I was hoping that you'd say because one of the things that we've long talked about, broken air needs, is a different type of multifamily. Council members have just mentioned individually. And so townhouses or condominiums, there's not very many. In fact, it's been a very, very long time, as you may know, since there's been any other type of rather than regular apartments. Right. And I know that a lot of people that have moved into the community have spoken to me and said as they transition out of wanting a home, they were looking for more of just the traditional apartment.

Right.

And looking at something else. And so obviously it's your plan. Right. But I do know is that there's been requests and council members have been, some that I've talked to have basically said if there was an option to do something else. Yeah. Then the traditional housing. multifamily, that might be something that was worth considering.

No, I mean, it's a good idea, you know, and it's obviously we're setting it up to allow what, you know, what comes, but the hope is to make it kind of an all-inclusive development to, you know, you've got the single family, you've got the multi, you've got the trails where people can be able to go up and walk up and go to a restaurant for dinner and be able to walk back or something like that. And that's kind of what we're looking to do.

Now you do know is that in the bond package, the voters approved widening that road from, from the turnpike East for, for about a mile. Yeah. Now that's a little bit further down the road. Haven't started any of those things yet, but that is actually going to be a part of the, what the voters, the 91 projects, the citizens approved. That'd be great.

Uh, Rocky, you said that, uh, you did get an email from someone, um, not for it. Did they give reasons why they were not for it for it?

Just that they wish that it remained level six so it could be all developed as commercial to capture the sales tax dollars, and that if it was to be changed to level two or level three, you want to get that opportunity back to capture that sales tax revenue.

That's a good point.

We've still got a lot of property out that way.

entertain a motion.

I'll make a motion to approve 26 to six to six.

Roll call. All right. Item 7C, public hearing, consideration, and possible action regarding PUD 2519-2025.

Good evening again. PUD 2519-2025 is a planned unit development for a single-family residential development located north of Tucson Street and approximately a quarter mile east of Olive Avenue. This land is currently unplanted and contains approximately 90 acres. PUD 307 was created for a master development including multifamily residential and commercial uses. PUD 307A amended this PUD and changed the plan location of the multifamily development to where the constructed multifamily development, the trails at Aspen Creek is located. Along with PUD 2519-2025 is a request to abrogate the portion of PUD 307 that is on this property. BAZ 2633-2026 is a rezoning request to change the zoning of the property from CH Commercial Heavy to RSC Single Family Residential Compact. This area is currently classified as level two urban residential under the land use intensity system via comp amendment 1296 dash 2024. That was approved by city council on may 7th, 2024. The comprehensive plan designation does support the rezoning request to RSC. The proposed PUD development details that the maximum number of dwelling units is 350, with 225 of those dwelling units having a width of at least 52 feet in width, and the remaining 125 lots have a width of at least 60 feet. The minimum lot size for all lots would be 6,000 square feet. Building setbacks would be 20 feet from the rear lot lines, five feet from the side lot lines, and 25 feet from the front lot lines. Due to the amount of land area needed to be dedicated for the Tucson Street right-of-way, In a future Creek Turnpike frontage road right away, staff and the applicant have come to a compromise of a modification of the open space standards for RSC developments. Normally, RSC developments have a 15% open space requirement. However, this development does include 125 lots with a minimum width of 60 feet in width aligning with the RS standards. RS has no open space requirements. Considering the above specifics, staff and the applicant have reached a compromise of 8% open space requirement of the gross development area. This open space will still need to meet all requirements for open space like floodplain usability and accessibility. There have been previous discussions on the widening of Tucson Street and this housing development. And on April 7, 2026, voters in the City of Broken Arrow approved Proposition 1 of the Broken Arrow General Obligation Bond Package, which include bond funding for reconstruction and widening improvements to the intersections of Tucson and Olive and Tucson Street between Olive and Aspen Avenue. The initial public hearing for this request was held during the February 26, 2026 Planning Commission meeting. An adjacent property owner spoke with concerns about potential drainage impacts from the development. Planning Commission members posed questions regarding the need for a frontage road dedication, the existing billboards on this site along the Creek Turnpike, and a preference for a mix of lot sizes. The item was tabled to allow the applicant time to revise a PUD document and conceptualize the site layout. The revised conceptual plan includes an 80-foot-wide frontage road dedication as well as a reserve area for the existing billboards on the site. The revised project was reviewed at the April 23, 2026 Planning Commission meeting where it was recommended for approval with a 5-0 vote. No members of the public spoke in favor or in opposition to this request. This item was heard at the May 5, 2026 City Council meeting where two members of the public expressed concerns about traffic the narrowness of Tucson street and the schools overcrowding. An additional member of the public contacted the city to state that he could not attend the May 5th, 2026 meeting, but would like to speak at the May 19th, 2026 city council meeting. This item was tabled with a five Oh vote. Staff recommends approval of PUD 2519-2025 and BAZ 2633-2026 and abrogation of PUD 307 per staff and planning commission recommendations. There is a representative of the property owner here to answer any questions as well.

We do have two people who want to speak, but do you guys have any questions or discussion beforehand? Not yet. Would you like to address, or do you want to wait until after? Okay. We do have two residents that wish to speak. We have Ken Sandoval.

Good evening, Ken Sandoval, 3001 West Van Buren Court in Broken Arrow. My main concern is traffic. I know it's been approved to widen it. The bond passed, but how many years is it going to take to widen it? And going west on 121st, you're still going to hit a stop sign. There's going to be a two-lane road going the other way, so all you're going to do is back traffic up down there. Okay. And I also concerned with schools. Everyone I talked to all the elementary schools are overcrowded, you know, stick another 400 houses in there, 350 houses, you know, where does these kids go to school at? So those are my main concerns. Thank you.

Thank you. Uh, Steve. Hey, good. I didn't do it right. Did I hog wood? I did do it right.

Okay. All right. It's always a hard name.

My last name is Wimpy, sir, so it's fine.

Anyway, thank you, guys, for allowing us some time to talk. I addressed the May 5th meeting, and I think you may or may not remember that, but I kind of wanted to go over a couple of things with that. There are some concerns. This building project, we're not against building and we're not against growth. That's not an issue. But there are some noteworthy concerns within the area and the residents that live there and have to deal with the streets and the infrastructure. Number one, that's the key thing is the infrastructure. The traffic flow is already heavy. uh it's uh we have a basically a two-lane road no shoulder on tucson going into a four-way stop that turns into olive and most many of us have to go to work through the turnpike and so what we end up doing is going through another two-lane road with no no shoulder and getting onto that so that's an issue so um we are very concerned with the with the traffic Issue that currently exists there, but on top of that Now we're talking about adding 350 homes now I appreciate What the developer is doing and in going down from 400? I think in 30 to 350 homes, but that's 300 there's still 350 homes with a lot of traffic coming on to that intersection and that's an issue and the volume is gonna increase greatly. And that's an issue we have. The other one is public safety. Again, we are going onto a, this is during high traffic area, safety issue of emergency vehicles trying to pass through that area on a four-way stop, no shoulder, and I have experienced backups all the way past the creek. trying to get back and forth and the same thing trying to get to work. That one intersection backs up quite a bit. And that's now without adding into additional volume. The other issue that I have is this project or this home development is going to only enter into Tucson. They can't enter anywhere else. The ingress and egress is only going to come to that road. We already have, in our area, two that are entering into that, plus one down the road. So you're going to add a lot of cars trying to come in at a busy time all at once. And that's going to cause a lot of congestion also. That's going to be issues. The other question I'd have, and I would ask this of Mr. . I mean, Olive Street is basically, when's it going to be widened? Because I don't know. I've heard it's a ways down the way.

Can I answer that question? Yes.

So are you referring to Olive and Tucson? Mm-hmm. And then you're referring to Olive from going north from Tucson to the Creek Turnpike? Uh-huh. The answer to that question is, It was not included in the bond package. It was not included in the bond package because after some initial discussions with Mr. Schwab and the engineering team, on the west side of Olive, there is a good portion of that land that is in trust, Native American trust, and the timeframes that are required, eventually we could get the right-of-way, but considering the other roads that needed to be done, in this bond package, my recommendation was not to include it. So there is no plans short of getting the appropriate grants that the council would apply for to do any type of improvements on the road. Now, I will tell you, as a part of the Tucson project, right now the road is being widened. Charlie Bright is here, and he could actually update us because in the 2018 bond package, The council included in the voters approved proposition number one included the funds to widen that road. And right now we're in the process to determine exactly the dimensions of whether it would be totally five lane or it would be built to accommodate the traffic. A part of that design will include upgrading the intersection at Olive. So you'll have right now, as you know, on Tucson and Aspen, we're upgrading the intersection first because the voters approved that money in 2018. And when the intersection's done at 121st and 131st, then we will widen the road. So that'll be completely done. But I can tell you right now is one of the first roads that council has said that we will actually look into widen, one of them will be Tucson. Whether the funds will be included in 2027 bond sale or in the 2028 bond sale council still has to make that determination. But I just want to address the comment. And the other gentleman is that olive is going to become a full blown intersection to be able to accommodate the growth in there. But as far as your question, just kind of wrapping it up, there was no plans to actually widen olive from, excuse me, the olive from, um, Tucson to the, to the turnpike.

One of the other concerns I have is, at the intersection of Aspen and 121st. We are now in the process of widening that or improving that. That was 2018 bond. That's eight years. That's my biggest concern is how long is this gonna take? We have a building project that's going to take place, but how long is it going to take to widen it before, you know, which one comes first? Probably those houses are going to be built before we widen this. That's a big concern for us.

We can't answer that at this point until we have time to have a meeting and have some discussions.

But that's a concern we have is that we know how road projects go, and that's okay. We understand, you know, the whole process of that. However... We're still concerned about that because the congestion that's already there is the one that's going to get worse. And we take all those things into account. Okay. All right. Appreciate that. Thank you.

Thank you, sir. Charlie, did you want to add anything before that?

You did a great job. I want to hear your happy questions.

Okay. Do you want to address?

Do you have any current traffic counts on that part of the road and where we are with that? I do.

I figured you would. good evening mayor vice mayor council members wasn't planning on being here tonight so my name is charlie bright director of engineering construction um to the point that you guys are talking about uh according to incog maps we do have other data that we use that we've talked about in the past but just for a quick answer here tonight according to incog that tracks us regularly there's about 8 300 vehicles per day on tucson street as you get closer to aspen As you get closer to Olive, there is approximately 6,500 vehicles a day. So a lot of vehicles drop off because they're going to the residential in that area. To the point that we've talked about in the past, a two-lane road typically has the capacity up to about 13,000 vehicles before you get into really bad times in your peak hours with significant delays. And that's not saying there's not delays when you have less than that, but you get to very significant delays when you get to that higher level. And then once you go to a three-lane section or whatever, you go up to 17,000 vehicles a day. You know, the developer could speak on the sales on what they think the traffic count generation would be from this neighborhood. But there's still a significant gap between where we are today and what full capacity is. And then as Mr. Spurgeon very well said, we are looking at widening that road. The final width has not been decided, but it's actively being designed right now today. So.

Is there any, just real quick, is there any, so the frontage road, obviously, I would assume its ultimate goal would be to go to Aspen, go to Olive, right? Somewhere down the road. So then there would be a second egress on the property someday.

Rocky's team has been requiring the development to provide the necessary right-of-way to provide that road that parallels the creek. Yes.

That's wisdom. The property to the east, those apartments that are there, you see that hash line? Yes. That's the dedicated right-of-way for the frontage road across that property.

Okay. Mayor, can I ask Charlie some questions, please, just for council and for the public? So the plans are currently under design? Yes, sir. So that's obviously that. When do you anticipate they would be completed? Rough guesstimate.

Uh, we're early in the process. Um, approximately we're probably less than a year, but approximately a year now to finish the design. Um, we have conceptual design showing multiple layouts of three, four or five lanes. And we're really doing a, we have the traffic analysis, but we're doing a, um, cost benefit analysis of cost versus benefit right now.

So probably sometime next summer, you'd be bringing that to the council for them to decide which, which design you'd want you'd recommend. And the council would decide how it will look. Right.

Yeah, I think we'd have that discussion before next summer, but I think by next summer we'd be done with the design. Absolutely.

So how long, basically, do you think it will take to relocate the utilities? Because I know there's major transmission lines, which you've informed me.

Absolutely. Typically we budget about another year for that, and we'll coordinate with PSO or ONG well in advance. Right now our design, you have a large transmission line for PSO on one side of the road. You have a large transmission line for ONG on the other side of the road. Right now we're trying to only impact one of them in the design so we can avoid hitting both of them. I think we're leaning towards probably impacting ONG right now and not PSO, but we're having that discussion with them very early on so they're prepared as well. I think as long as scheduling goes well, we'll be able to get them out within a year as well.

So right of way, a lot of the right of way has been dedicated. I understand because of the developments. And so that you, that can be done concurrent to actually, um, once you have the final design and, and, uh, you could also look to try to acquire the right of way, right?

Yeah. You, you hit the nail on the head. Um, exactly right. Most right away on the mile we've attained through the development that's already exists. And then if and when this property develops, they'll donate the right-of-way, as was mentioned by Rocky a little bit ago. So there's not a whole lot of right-of-way left for us to acquire, and we will start acquiring it while we're in the design process.

So final question, if council approves the funding as planned in 2027, then this road could actually be under construction probably sometime at the end of 2029?

Yes, I think that's definitely possible.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor and Council. Alan Betchen, AAB Engineering, 200 North McKinley in Sand Springs. I think we've talked about this project. I'm happy to answer questions. To recap the numbers that Mr. Bright just went over with you, there's actually a capacity available in Tucson, and by no means am I mitigating that. There's traffic problems. What we found in working through projects all over town and in multiple states is The intersections are your problem. That's where the throat, the bottleneck happens. So the improvements that are ongoing right now are going to give substantial, I would say, just throughput and capacity that will mitigate some of the concerns that are already out there. It really will help eliminate some of that. One of the advantages of development is you get the opportunity as a city to require donation of those right-of-ways that you need to make the improvements for the roads. I can think of several projects that we don't need to talk about that got held up for a long time relative to just those right-of-ways that we very much wish were there that were fully funded. though, certainly I'm respectful of, of neighbors and their concerns. This is a vehicle to help forward that process of, of actually achieving the things that have already been funded and making those dollars go farther than what they otherwise would. Um, likewise, we're dedicating the full collector right away across. Now you'll have it through essentially roughly three quarters of that mile, the collector right away available. Some of the development that's happening to the east will pick up some of that last section, and then you actually do start having ability to make some decisions as a council going forward about is there a need to relieve some of this with a frontage road, and certainly you have capacity and ability to do that through the development. I mean, that's been something that we've looked through. This has been a compromise. I can't stress that enough. I mean, we've... I have been before, um, this council and others talking about this project for going on almost 18 years, um, in different, different incarnations. And this is one that works where I think we finally kind of whittled it down and been tried to be responsive to what we've heard. Um, we've reduced the overall counts. We went back to mixed product and we're certainly guaranteeing that infrastructure and those right away pieces that were a major concern that came up before. It's funded, and now we can actually start helping effectuate that with the donations of the right-of-ways that will get that. And I think this is something that we hopefully have finally reached the time that it's time to move this forward from a zoning perspective and start going into nuts and bolts in the logistics of Platten. Happy to answer any specific questions.

Talk to us about, um, timeline on this project that may, that may ease some of the concerns.

Um, as, as I'm sure most of you are aware, this is step one, arguably two, if you argue about the comprehensive plan, um, step one or two of a, um, four or five step process, we'll still have to come back with a preliminary plaque. Then we'll work through engineering documents then. We actually start the infrastructure construction associated with the development. And then we're talking about houses that then phase through over. I mean, even if we had all the lots on the ground, it's a multi-year build out of a subdivision of this size. there i would not anticipate there being any building permits pulled on this for somewhere between 12 and 18 months like i'm killing it if we were on the ground in 12 months realistically it's more like 18 just from where we're standing today and then that's only for a phasing of the project so it'd be a portion the southern portion of both of the products and then this is a two-phase development so then it would be another 18, 24 months, the next step would come on down and then we would start building houses on top of that. So it's, I would say that it's five or six years before, I mean, and that's probably an aggressive timeline to, to get that number of houses on the ground and probably much longer than that, that that's a aggressive thought process.

Can you tell me, with the homes that are going to be built on the sites, can you give me an idea of like a price point that you're thinking, square footage, those types?

So there's two products, and I say products in lot size, which will usually equate to a larger house footprint on the 60s and up lots, and then a smaller house footprint on the 52s. There's not... It's very, very difficult to build anything under $300,000 in a practical world of the smallest house that we do today. It's just the real world of what it costs from a lot standpoint. I would expect these to be well in excess of that just because of the location and the desirability associated with them. I think you're probably getting closer to half a million on some of the 60. That's very approximate because there's two or three people between this and that. I know that the lot costs are going to be in such a place that you're not going to have a very inexpensive home. on them just functionally. And when you do the math of 20% of the house can only be in the lot, and whenever you're looking at that, you're starting to get up there. 300s aren't going to be on this tract, I don't believe at all.

So more closer to 500 for that?

For that 60, I would say for sure, yes.

For sure, 500,000 plus, okay.

I would be surprised if there was a 4 on those 60. But I stress that's not... we're, we're guaranteeing lot sizes in this. That's ultimately not, that's a builder at the end. You know what I mean? That's not us to make that. I can't tell you, nor do I think we can legally say what the required house size on them is.

Just trying to get a picture. Yeah, absolutely. People asking questions.

It's there is a reality of there's always, there are transitional zones and places where you're getting up against a turnpike and, you're up against multifamily and we're on the North side. This is that right mix. But there is also what we consider workforce housing where, Hey, everything can't be $700,000 houses because there's a place where people need to live that don't can't afford a $700,000 house. Um, this is, I think striking that balance and the thing that the planning commission caught on and that we were really trying to do is doing the mixed products. Um, helps to ensure the smaller lot product is of a higher quality because it can't spread too far from the cost that you have associated with the mixed product on the east. They start dragging the other one down and then the other one can't sell. So it ends up lifting that you get a higher quality, what I would argue, smaller lot product. And that's why I think the planning commission, one of the reasons that they were we were looking for ways to ensure the quality was what the city would want and expect and what the residents would want in the area. And that's, that's what we landed on.

So, so if I'm thinking about what you said, so by the time it got to the point that there would be 350 homes in there, you're talking probably six, seven years down the road. Oh yeah. Okay. Someone had to do it. Okay. I know. Yeah. Whereas the intersections coming up, A couple of years, you know, probably it's ended and all of that.

So, you know, one of the things I would, if I can marry, I would just ask is that, you know, I, uh, Kenny Schwab reminded me of this and I thought of, I should have, I apologize. I should have brought it up is that, um, we decided at the recommendation of Kenny and Charlie to do the intersections first to alleviate the concerns and then come back into the road. And if council was in agreement, once we had the final design, you could pull that intersection at Olive and Tucson out and you could address that, that, that intersection, just like, just like, uh, council agreed to do on Aspen. Just something I wanted to add. And Kenny Schwab reminded me of that.

And And I think both Charlie and Kenny would agree, those intersections are critical, critical, critical to getting your two-lane roads up to capacity because it's really the intersection that's causing the slowdown. So the improvements that are already underway make a massive difference to actually daily commuting efforts that happen in the area. That's born out everywhere. That's prudent traffic planning.

I'll make a motion to approve 26 dash seven 22 after he talks again, sorry, we're going to have some comment time, but, um, I just want to say, well, we didn't get the comment after the presentations were made to us. So, um, I live off of Tucson myself, so I will not minimize the congestion that happened at certain times. I fully understand that, and that's why I don't pray for patients, because when you pray for patients, you do get testing. And I understand that completely. A couple things I want to point out. The neighborhoods where some of our folks currently live, just not too long ago, there were people here before that saying, we don't want that neighborhood here because it's going to change our neighborhood or it's going to change the traffic patterns. And that's kind of how it goes. Then that neighborhood gets built, and another one wants to come in, and now these neighbors who just moved in there are like, we don't want that one to come in. So, I mean, we see it, and we understand it. And also, I just wanted to make known, we often hear from our constituents about schools, school overcrowding and those kind of things, and I understand that as well because my wife is an educator. But I do want to point out that we as a city, we do – We do our due diligence and we do reach out to the schools and we talk to them about their capacities. And since I've been on council, which is almost four years, I haven't had, to my understanding, a school once say that we are at capacity or we can't fit any more people in. And I mean... And so, I mean, I hear the concern from the citizens, but unfortunately, we're not hearing that from the schools themselves. And if we were hearing that from the schools themselves, we would have to take that in consideration in a different way, but we're not hearing that from the schools. I'm not sure if you guys reached out and talked to the schools yourselves, but we, correct me if I'm wrong, have not heard from the schools that they're at capacity. Yes, sir.

I'm glad you brought that up counselor, because I was hoping council would, is that if you remember back in 2024, 25, the council appointed two counts, two members of this council to serve on a subcommittee with this, with the school board officials, it was the vice mayor and the mayor. And we attended over a year worth of meeting led by Rocky Hinkle, where, where it was determined that actually, even though the city's population is growing by about 1.5%, they're actually holding steady, but despite we're growing there, they're still heading. There's their growth is under ours. And so that's what we were told is that, is that, uh, their, their growth is under ours. Uh, and if there is, there is not of over capacity and there may be a school district or two, I'm sorry, elementary school or two. That is probably full and there may need to be, I'm not a school board official, but obviously every now and then they have to go in and they have to look at redistricting because of the growth is happening in a particular area. But the school district itself is certainly remaining steady and below the growth that we're seeing and has been for a number of years.

Right. So I just didn't want people to think we're ignoring those comments about school overcrowding and those things. We do look into that, and we do take those things into consideration.

I know that Aspen Creek is doing a build, Aspen Creek Elementary, they're doing a build right now where they're adding on a whole other pod of classrooms.

Yeah, they made the decision not to build that other school to the north and instead to basically expand five existing elementary schools to accommodate the drovers happening in those areas.

That would be one of the closest ones to Spring Creek.

Yeah.

Okay. I'm done with my comments.

But I just felt it was important to bring that up. Okay. Do you have anything else? No. Okay. I will make the motion to approve item 26-722. Do we have a motion?

Do we have a second?

I'll second that motion.

Roll call. Item 8, a citizen's opportunity to address the council on general topics. There is none. Item 9, there are no general council business. Item 10, preview ordinances. 10A is consideration, discussion, and possible preview of an ordinance closing an easement on property located north of Houston Street, east of 9th Street in Tulsa County.

Thank you again, Mayor. This is a closure of an easement located north of Houston and east of 9th Street. Staff recommends you preview the ordinance and set for adoption.

Any questions or discussion?

I'll make a motion to approve 26-625. Second.

May I just preview? Yes.

Set for adoption.

Set for adoption.

Item B.

This is a preview of ordinance number 3909, an ordinance amending the zoning ordinance of the City of Broken Arrow, approving BAZ2565-2025. Walmart Edition is located approximately one-tenth mile north of the northwest corner of East Kenosha Street and Oneida Road. The property is being planted as lots one and two of block one of the Walmart Edition It is zoned commercial general, and the development will include a Walmart neighborhood market on one lot and a fueling station convenience store on the other lot. Staff recommends you preview ordinance number 3909 and set it for adoption.

Have we received any updates on Oneida, the street itself?

We have not.

I would assume there's no plans to widen that to adjust to the. Semi-truck traffic that would be going on that two-lane town road?

They're still going through the engineering phase right now, and I know there's a traffic impact analysis out there that I think engineering is currently reviewing.

Okay. Yeah, I don't know that there's so much traffic necessarily. It's just it's not a great street to begin with, and then when you put semi-trucks on it, that's the concern, I think.

I have seen one plan where it shows them widen Anita from their northern entrance going all the way south to the intersection, but nothing's been finalized yet.

Okay. Who are you pointing to, Charlie? Kenny, do you have something to say?

Rocky pretty well answered it. Preliminary conceptual plans right now, they were showing about a 36-foot wide widening that ties into the intersection at Oneida, which was actually 48. So that is an improvement. And you are right, Oneida is not in the best shape.

It seems very county. We'll go with that. Yes. Okay. Any questions, concerns, discussion? Motions?

Make a motion and we set it for adoption.

Second.

Item C. This is a closure of a detention easement on property located south of Omaha Street and west of 37th Street. Staff recommends you preview the ordinance and set it for adoption.

Questions or discussion?

I'll make a motion for item 26-702 to be set for adoption.

Item D. This is also a closure for a detention easement on properly located south of Kenosa Street and east of Midway Road. Staff recommends you preview the ordinance and set it for adoption.

I'll make a motion to set 26-704 for adoption. Second.

Rocky, you're here with us for a long time.

Sometimes I like to hear myself talk.

Tonight's your night, buddy. All right. 11A, Consideration, Discussion, and Possible Adoption of Ordinance Number 3910.

BAZ 2789-2026 is a rezoning request proposing to change the zoning on this property from R3 residential single family to DM downtown mixed-use core for a multi-story mixed-use development. It was identified during the application process that this particular property was rezoned under a previous application, BAZ 716-2023, that was recommended by Staff and Planning Commission for approval at the regular meeting of April 27, 2023 and approved by City Council at their regular meeting of May 16, 2023. The corresponding maps and legal descriptions were correct. However, lots 16, 17, and 18 of block 73 were left off the adopted ordinance number 3791, which only referenced lots 13, 14, and 15 of block 73. Staff recommends you adopt ordinance number 3910 and approve the subsequent emergency clause. So moved.

Second. I'm sorry. You didn't ask for discussion. Okay.

All right. Item B, consideration of discussion on possible approval of emergency measures.

Entertain a motion for emergency clause. I'll make a motion to accept the emergency clause.

Second. Item C, consideration of discussion on possible adoption of Ordinance 3911.

This is a closure of an easement on properly located south of Jasper Street and east of 9th Street. Staff recommends you adopt ordinance number 3911 and approve the subsequent emergency clause.

Any discussion? I make a motion to approve 26-713.

Second.

Item D is the emergency clause.

So moved for emergency.

Second. Item E is consideration, discussion, and possible adoption of Ordinance 3912.

This is a closure of an easement on property located north of Albany Street, east of Aspen Avenue. Staff recommends you adopt Ordinance 3912 and approve the subsequent emergency clause.

Any discussion?

Make a motion for approval.

Second.

Item F is the emergency clause. Motion to approve the emergency clause.

Second.

We're just moving right along. Sorry, Lisa. Item G consideration discussion on possible adoption of 39, 14.

This is a closure of an easement on property located north of Houston street and east of ninth street staff recommends you adopt ordinance number 39, 14 and approve the subsequent emergency clause. So moved.

Okay.

Item I is the emergency clause.

So moved.

Adoption of Ordinance 3915.

This is a closure of an easement on property located north of Houston street and east of ninth street. Staff recommends you adopt ordinance number 3915 and approve the subsequent emergency close.

Motion to approve. Item J is the emergency clause. Motion to approve the emergency clause.

Second.

Thank you.

Thank you. You may rest. Item 12 is remarks and inquiries by governing body members. This weekend is Memorial Day weekend, and it's a reminder of those who gave all for serving our country, and there are a lot of amazing events that are going on where you can go and pay your respects. And Floral Haven does a great one at 10 a.m. They always have a wonderful speaker, raise the garrison flag. The Youth on Guard will be there. They'll do their first, they'll start guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at 1 p.m. And they'll go till 4 p.m. on Saturday. They used to go 24-7, but this year they didn't get enough sentinels to to be able to do 24-7. So Sunday will be 8-4 and Monday will be 8-2. But I hope we'll have enough Sentinels to train and be a part of that next year and go back to 24-7. It's very impressive to see these young cadets out there guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Floral Haven. And then at the Veterans Park this year we have Field of Heroes, the boots, Field of Boots of those that we've lost. And they actually will be set up on the 22nd, and they will be there 24-7 until Memorial Day as well. So you can go out to the Veterans Park and view that, which would be amazing.

Do they still need volunteers to help set this up? Absolutely.

Yep, I just posted about that today. We need more volunteers. So if you want to just come and sit in the Veterans Park overnight, that would be amazing. And then, let's see, was there... I missed Rooster Days, but I heard it was great. Thank you, James Bell and the Chamber... for putting on a Great Rooster Days parade and event. It will never miss again, I promise you. It was very sad. I hate it missing. And then I don't know if you were going to say, but Summer Retire will start June 1st. Very excited about that for the council. It doesn't address you guys, but just making a formal announcement. So that's all I have.

And also our meetings will start on Monday in June.

Yes. June is Tuesdays in the park. And so for us to be able to go out and be a part of it with the community, we do our council meetings on the first or on Mondays on the first and third Monday in June.

So I'd like to give a, uh, a shout out speaking of rooster days. It was great. The parade was great. I think a lot of folks enjoyed it, but also wanted to give a shout out to, uh, our police department who helped work and secure, um, rooster days to make sure that everyone was safe. Uh, our fire department, they were out and they were enforcing the parade. Um, the police department made sure the parade was, was safe and everybody able to, to enjoy those things. Um, Also, a shout out to the Broken Arrow Athletic Department. We have a plethora of state champs. Our lacrosse team, our soccer, both boys and girls soccer state champs. The eighth grade lacrosse team, they were runner up. They were number two in their championship. So congratulations to all those young men and women who competed in those sports. Kudos to that. And also congratulations to our 2026 graduates who graduated last night. Very, very proud of everyone and all their hard work and the families who helped support them and get them there.

Absolutely. And Ryan and his team did a great job again on that. on the floats. Heard you guys had a spinning good time.

Yes, and like we spun. You spun, I heard.

We had bubble blowers. I heard that too.

Anyone else?

I was going to say, everything was said that I was going to say. So that's the joy of being down here on the end and being last. And now, Ryan, thank you to your team and all them. It was a lot of fun. Rooster Days was amazing. It's still just incredible to see. Broken Arrow still has that small-town feel with that nice parade, and it was so much fun.

Now, if we could get everyone to come out for Veterans Day Parade in the same... the same crowd level, that would be amazing. It's the first Saturday in November. So put it on your calendar and join us.

The parade was packed. It seemed like it was like a, I feel like it was one of the best crowds.

I think they had 99 entries is what they said in the parade.

And the spectators had a lot.

The spectators were spectacular.

They were spectacular.

Mike. Mayor, members of council, just three things. First off, you may have noticed that the milling work on South Main Street has begun, and it's going to be done in phases, as it was mentioned recently, and I just wanted to share with the public is the first phase really is the northern half of South Main from approximately the Houston intersection as far as we can go, and we're going to do it in phases because the utility department is finishing up their sewer work and we were waiting for rooster days to be over, and so once now the rooster days is wrapped up, I mean, Tim Robbins' crew still has some work to do, and then we'll actually finish the rest of South Main down to Washington, including actually repainting the bike lanes And just a reminder is that the work on the north end from Houston to Kenosha will be done not in this upcoming fiscal year. I'm sorry, in this upcoming fiscal year, sometime between July 1st of 2026 and June 30th of 2027, the other mile actually is going to be completed as well. So that work's going to be done. Also regarding downtown, the first meeting of the downtown master plan update committee was held last week. very well attended uh rocky farhad and our consultant did a great job of actually asking a lot of questions and get everyone engaged and what the goals are and which are really overall is to look at the code to see if their recommendations to the council on any changes need to be made look at the successes that we've had in the last fifteen years and then come up with recommendations on possibly other improvements or partnerships with the private sector that we could consider over the next decade that would continue to make the rose district one of those viable places not only in our community but in the entire region so that was exciting The other thing I wanted to mention, as the council members know, there was a press release that went out last week. It was a follow-up to our April 30th press release about a consultant contacting us who represented a data center. It was specifically related to House Bill 2992, which is entitled the Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026, which outlines certain requirements with regard to transparency and ensuring that any any improvements cannot be passed on to the ratepayers and so just a reminder that we did put that out we're going to continue to provide periodical updates to our community on what we know or don't know a little bit of due diligence that we continue to do And then working with James and Amber from the EDC, the list of questions that should there be a pre-development meeting is what questions we want to ask. Because as I mentioned recently, there is the traditional land use aspect of this application. And then there are questions related to the data center, which for time here is from A to Z. Uh, every, everything from traffic and back to noise impact to environmental health, all of those things have to be looked at. And I feel really good about trying to get that list of questions. Should they decide to come forward? It's been almost a month now since, uh, we, we made that announcement and obviously they said they wanted to come forward within, within approximately eight weeks. And so I just want the council members and the public that are watching, uh, to be aware is that we continue to continue to monitor that. Should there be a request to go forward? That's all I have, ma'am.

Thank you. We do have an executive session. So entertain a motion to take a brief recess.

So moved.

Yes.

It's been said.

Oh, uh, David, you seconded, right?

Yeah. Yeah.

Oh, I thought that's what she asked.

I don't know what she asked.

Thank you, ma'am.

I thought that's what she asked.

Call the Broken Arrow Municipal Authority meeting to order. Roll call.

Pickle. Here. Green. Here. Ford. Here. Parks. Wimpy.

Here. Are there any items to be removed from the consent agenda?

Make a motion to approve the consent agenda.

I'll second that motion.

There are no public hearings, appeals, presentations, recognitions or awards. There's no general authority business. Any remarks by governing body members? Seeing none, City Manager?

Madam Chair, members of the authority, just real quick, it's just a thank you. There's been a lot of work being done in-house by the utility department and the street department. There is so much talent in terms of getting things done, which is there's a savings and also our maintenance services department, and really just there's a lot happening, and our folks do a great job, and I know they're here today, and I just want to make them aware on behalf of the council. We're very appreciative of of the hard work that especially the sewer work that's being done. Obviously there's a lot of lines that need to be replaced. Sometimes the community doesn't always see the importance of upgrading in our water and sewer lines. And there's a lot of that's happening in the downtown right now. So there are some inconveniences, but they're just temporary. And I just want to thank Tim, especially about the work that's being done. That's all I have.

There's no executive session. Motion to adjourn.

Second.

Call the Broken Arrow Economic Authority to order. Roll call. Pickle.

Here.

Green.

Here.

Ford. Here. Parks.

Wimpey.

Here. Are there any items to be removed from the consent agenda?

I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda as it stands.

Second. Second, Pickle. Item 5 is 5A, presentation, discussion, and possible acceptance of the October 25 through March 26th Broken Air Economic Development Corporation biannual report. Christy.

And Travis. Or, no.

And James.

Good evening, Chairperson Wimpey, Trustees, and Mr. Spurgeon. I'm Christy McLean, and I'm the Economic Development Specialist for the City of Broken Arrow. We have with us this evening James Bell, who's the President and CEO of the Broken Arrow Economic Development Corporation, and he is here to present their biannual report. Thank you, ma'am.

Put on my chamber hat for a moment and say thank you for those remarks about rooster days a moment ago. We could not do it, well, first of all, without my incredible staff, but without all the many partners in the community, help us, including the city and BAPD and the fire department did an incredible job. So thank you.

Make sure I get the right direction in here.

All right. Hey, Chair, Vice Chair, Trustee, or no Vice Chair today, Chair, Trustees, and City Manager, good evening and thank you for the opportunity to present our Spring 26 Biennial Report on behalf of the EDC. For those watching or listening who may not know me, my name is James Bell. I'm President and CEO of the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation. I have a pleasure to serve in that role with my staff and and our board and our partners. This report is required under contract with Beta and it's also an opportunity for accountability and transparency and alignment with the city. Our mission is to create wealth, jobs, and economic growth through the creation, attraction, and retention of employers and talent. And that's in partnership with the business community and with government and with our educational institutions. So tonight what I want to show you is that the PAEDC is delivering on the contract and that Broken Arrow has strong economic momentum and that we have clear opportunities also to address the next barriers to responsible, intentional, and balanced growth. Before the contract-specific report, I want to frame the broader strategy through Amplify Broken Arrow. Amplify EBA is not the city contract in itself. It is broader, but it reflects aligned investment between private industry the city and education partners in the EDC around a shared economic growth strategy. So through year four of a five-year plan, the EDC has directly supported projects resulting in $418 million of new capital investment in Broken Arrow and 2,525 new high-quality jobs. And high-quality jobs are measured by whether they pay above the average county wage. That's 2.8 times the capital investment promise, 2.5 times the jobs promised, and we have a year to go. Transitioning to the contract reporting period for October 25 through March 26, the activity snapshot is strong. We have measurable activity and significant positive results across employer support, attraction, entrepreneurship, workforce and research. On the research, strategic planning and economic outlook, On that, we work hand-in-hand with the city on Highway 51 corridor planning, on industrial land readiness, and infrastructure alignment. We also represented BA at the Capitol several times, supported regional collaboration, and provided research and site selection data and completed grounds for development. And this is the foundation work that helps BA make better decisions and compete more effectively. In business retention, and expansion, existing employers remain the top priority. That is the number one priority in economic development. We conducted 58 BRE visits, visited Solar Turbine's headquarters in San Diego, and supported Project Sapling, which of course the city council approved, that represents $32 million in capital investment, 52 new high quality jobs, and a 38,000 square foot expansion. We're also supporting a number of expansion projects right now. On the business attraction side of things, BA continues to receive strong national interest. We received, in this period, 32 requests for information. We responded to eight projects, and we had four site visits. Project SAM, of course, was announced as the Amazon last mile facility, which represents $61 million of new investment in Broken Arrow and 100 new jobs. We also conducted national outreach and continued advancing high-impact prospects, including Project Descend and Project Blade Runner. The opportunity is real. The limitation is also clear. We need additional large sites. We also need rail-served properties, and we need, probably most importantly right now, move-in-ready buildings to convert more interest into WINS. AeroForge remains one of our most important long-term opportunities. We hosted two really high-quality visits that are tied to aerospace, defense, and space. And engagement with industry partners and site selectors has significantly accelerated with AeroForge. Site visits are beginning site visits at this point. Arrow Forge gives Broken Arrow a clearer position in advanced manufacturing and aerospace. In entrepreneurship and small business development, the EDC continued strengthening the local ecosystem. One Million Cups Broken Arrow had 444 attendees, and we conducted 64 one-on-one entrepreneur support meetings. We also advanced planning for an entrepreneurship cohort and continued building regional partnerships and much, much more. Workforce remains central to economic development. We hosted Solar Turbine's hiring event that connected 50 job seekers and generated nine job offers. We reached more than 5,000 students through programs like Manufacturing Day and Healthcare Career Days. And we continue partnerships with our school districts and higher education institutions. The next slides, I'm not going to go through those line by line, but they show our year-to-date contract deliverables with three months left on this year for the contract. Green check marks mean we've met or exceeded the contractual terms. And the work continues. And I would give the EDC an A at about a 99.99% completion. Our only miss on timing was grounds for development. We delivered it a few days after January 2nd. Frankly, the timeline on that one doesn't fit the EDC or the city, but we delivered it well before February came, which is when y'all hit the recruiting trail on the retail front. For business retention and expansion, this contract work is being fulfilled through consistent employer engagement and direct support for business growth. In business attraction, that contract work is being fulfilled through active project response, through market visibility and strategic partner relationships. In entrepreneurship, small business innovation, that contract work is being fulfilled through ecosystem building, through entrepreneur support and continued work at Arrow Forge and the progress there. For workforce development, that contract work is being fulfilled through employer-led strategy, education partnerships, and tools that connect people to opportunity. So the message tonight is straightforward, that the EDC is exceeding delivery on the contract, that we're supporting real projects, that we're strengthening employer relationships, and advancing strategic priorities and positioning Broken Arrow for long-term competitiveness. The next barriers, it seems, are clear. It's site readiness, available buildings, infrastructure alignment. and workforce pipeline development. So continued alignment with city leadership and educational partners and importantly private employers will be critical to converting this pipeline to additional wins and to continuing to build a city where every business and person has the opportunity to thrive. So with that, I'll take any questions.

Thank you, sir.

Any questions? So with this update, I think I saw that The lands transfer has been completed for CSI for the Innovation District. Do we have any kind of idea on time frame when ground may be getting broken over there? Amber?

They are in the design. Come on down.

I know a lot of people are excited about it and want to hear progress.

They are currently, they've actually just entered the design phase of the project. Um, so we still have a little bit of time before we see sticks in the ground. Um, but progress is moving, um, on that project for that anchor tenant. Where are they located? Excuse me, where are they located? So just south of where you see that roundabout, it's going to be that front 10 acres between the roundabout, and then you see that easement. They will be located. That's a little bit more than 10 acres. That's about 15.

But behind you. Heather, behind you.

We can't see up there. Okay.

You can't see, you don't have eyes in the back of your head? Don't tell our kids. Yeah, right, this is roughly where CSI will be. Okay. And then that's that drain enthusement that I mentioned.

Okay, thank you.

All right.

I will say I do like seeing all those green checks. Like you have one yellow check and I mean, yeah, I like progress.

Okay. Anything further? All right. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Thank you. There's no general authority business. Any remarks by governing body members? City manager?

No, Madam Chair.

All right. There's no executive session.

Motion to adjourn. Okay.

No chain of motion to clear the room.

So moved.