City Council - Regular Meeting

I know. Justin, how you doing? Good to see you. I was betting on all of you making it back.

Thank you. Thank you.

Call the Broken Arrow City Council meeting to order. We have invocation by Pastor Pittman.

everybody to pray with me. Thank you, Father, for our great city, for blessing Broken Arrow. We recognize that all good things are from you, and we are grateful right now. Thank you for all of our city personnel, for their hard work and their sacrifice. Would you give them wise and discerning hearts to skillfully govern the people in our city? And we want to say thank you for all of our first responders. We ask, Father, for compassion for them, for safety for them in their occupation. In tonight's meeting, we ask that you would give our city council and our leaders at every level the grace to solve problems, the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, to bring truth, order, stability, and prosperity to our community and to do it efficiently. Would you give the people in our community a spirit of unity and togetherness? We pray right now for families and individuals in our city that are in need. May we always treat the marginalized among us with respect and with fairness and with love. And so, Lord, we give you this great city of Broken Arrow. May it honor you and may it be a blessing to others. We pray now in Jesus' name. Amen.

Thank you, sir. Roll call.

Pickle. Excuse me. Pickle. Green. Here. Ford. Here. Parks. Here. Wimpey.

Here. Please stand and join me for the Pledge of Allegiance. Attention. Salute. Pledge. I have items S and D to be removed from the consent agenda. Are there any other items?

I'll make a motion that we approve the consent agenda minus S and D. I'll second.

Roll call. Item S is approval of an authorization to execute the renewals for firefighters Stephen Hines, Jill Beckman, Nolan Jamison, Christopher Rivera, and Brady West to participate on the Oklahoma Task Force One Urban Search and Rescue Team for fiscal year 2027. I just asked to pull this. I'm going to have the chief come up and share. But I just wanted to recognize our firefighters that participate in this program. I didn't want to just vote it on through and nobody realize what these outstanding firefighters too for us.

Well thank you yeah we've got five firefighters who participated several years in what is the statewide Oklahoma Task Force one which is a state supported state funded search and rescue program they get deployed all over the state for tornadoes flash floods ice snow events but they can also be deployed anywhere in the United States and we work with those states or those local governments where they get deployed to to get reimbursements and so forth but these men and women have participated for several years and so They wanted to continue their participation, so we bring it back before council so that everybody knows what we're getting ourselves into, kind of.

Yeah. All right. Any discussion?

I'll just make a comment, not about that, but about Mission 22. Two of our firefighters were there in ceremony on Saturday morning and did a great job. They really looked good for broken air.

I think Captain Beckman was there, right? All right.

Thank you, sir. I'll make a motion to approve item S. Can you not hear me? This still has consent agenda on here.

It's part of the consent agenda.

We'll just do a voice vote.

So I've got Ford with the motion and Green with the second.

Yes.

Pickle?

Yes.

Green? Yes. Ford? Yes. Parks? Yes. Wimpey?

Yes. Item B is approval of and authorization to award the lowest responsible bid to Scissortail Construction and approve and authorize execution of construction contract for Indian Springs Sports Center baseball shade structures.

charlie bright good evening mayor vice mayor council members and mr spurgeon my name is charlie bright director of engineering and construction i appreciate you pulling this tonight we got another consent agenda because the value of it is relatively low for construction contracts we do but this is the award of shade structures at the remaining fields that we have out in springs we did the bigger fields as part of the bond years ago this year we budgeted as part of our capital budget stci fund to do the remaining fields what's on the recommended award to you is only for six of the eight fields because that's all that we had the funding for um but in the last couple of days the parks department my team was able to work with finance and identifies the board says toward the base bid plus alternates two and three we would like to change that are remaining so every field out there will have shade structures on it happy to answer any questions you guys have and since it's not on the bid tab i should add for the sake of the record Getting the updated. So the total on the RFA said $340,141.64. With the extra alternate, the total would then go to $404,387. And the extra funding source would be 2018 GO bond funds.

Any discussion or questions?

A little bit of shade makes a lot of difference, so I'm glad to see that. Absolutely. Yes, it does.

I'll make a motion that we approve item V. Second.

Can I ask for the clarification?

Yes, with the amendments.

With amendments.

Correct. Item B with all this, 1, 2, and 3. I make my motion to say with the amendments to item B. Thank you. Yes, sir.

Roll call. Yes.

Green. Yes. Ford. Yes. Park. Yes. Wimpy.

Yes.

Sorry, I'm jet lagged.

Yeah. All right. Item seven is public hearings, appeals, presentations, recognitions, and awards. 7A, presentation of a citation recognized or recognition signed by the mayor and presented to the Brooklyn Air Police Department. Officer Z. Vick recognizing his recent outstanding life-saving act. I'm going to turn this over to Councillor Pickle, and he's going to read the proclamation for him.

Great.

Thank you.

Thank you. Yes, so I was excited to be able to present this to Officer Bick for the citation of recognition.

If you'd like, could you pop on up for me real quick there?

Because I have some other notes that I want to read regarding this as well. So I'll read the citation first and then hop over to the other. Citation of recognition presented to Broken Arrow Police Officer Officer Zach Vick, whereas on May 27, 2026, Broken Arrow Communications dispatched officers to the area of 4000 East New Orleans regarding a child in distress. Dispatch advised that a juvenile was screaming for help while stuck in a pond and struggling to stay above water. Officer Vic responded within three minutes of the initial call and arrived on the scene within one minute of being dispatched. And whereas upon arrival, he observed an autistic eight year old child in the middle of the pond with only the child's hand visible above the water, recognizing the immediate threat to the child's life. Officer Vic acted without hesitation. He quickly removed his body armor, and duty belt and entered the water swimming directly towards the child in distress. And whereas demonstrating exceptional courage and unwavering professionalism, Officer Vick successfully reached the child, secured the child, and brought him safely back to the shore. And whereas Broken Arrow fire personnel evaluated the child and confirmed that no further medical treatment was required, without Officer Vick's swift and decisive actions, the outcome would have been tragically different. Officer Vick's conduct on this call exemplifies the core values of the Broken Arrow Police Department, integrity, professionalism, accountability, courage, and compassion. His willingness to risk his own life His own safety to save the life of a vulnerable child reflects the highest traditions of law enforcement service. His actions on May 27th, 2026, directly resulted in the preservation of human life. They embody the standards and character of a servant leader and are richly deserving of this evening's recognition. Now, therefore, the city council... On behalf of a grateful community, do hereby command and recognize Broken Arrow Officer Vic for his timely response and heroism. In witness hereof, I have hereunto set by hand and cause the seal of the city of Broken Arrow to be affixed on this 15th day of September 2026 by our mayor, Debra Winfrey. So congratulations. If I didn't get to him he was I Knew that if I didn't get to him he was it was gonna be bad a broken arrow police officer is being called a hero after his quick response to save a young boy from drowning in a pond a

CUNY's Oklahoma's Broken Arrow reporter Emma Burge spoke with the officer who made the rescue, who tells us he was just doing his job.

It was just a normal patrol day for Broken Arrow police officer Zach Fick. That was until he saw a dispatch go out for someone inside this pond out of Vince Park crying out for help. That's when he says he literally jumped into action. Officer Vic had just grabbed his morning coffee when he heard of a possible drowning at a Vince Park.

The second I saw that, I immediately knew I needed to head that way because at that time I was right about two miles away. So I was fairly close and in a direct line shot.

Vic says when he got to the scene, it looked calm until he saw the boy in the middle of the pond.

But the second I saw him in the middle of the pond, I could tell he couldn't swim. I could tell that he had started going under, he had dumped under, then come back up.

Here's Vic's body cam footage of him moments before jumping in to save the boy.

So I actually dove out to him and then by the time I got to him, the water his arm had come down to about his wrist so I was able to grab him and pick him up the rescue caught on camera Vic says the boy had slipped away from home that morning but every every part of me was how do I get to him and how do I get him back to the shore Vic's quick thinking kept a tragedy from striking now hailed a hero it's reassurance it's reassurance that if I do put in a situation that I know that my training is not only going to kick in but that I'm going to be there to be able to help

I'm your Broken Arrow reporter, Emma Birch, 2 News Oklahoma.

Pretty crazy there. The boy is safe back home with his family, and we did reach out to them for an interview, but we didn't hear back.

So I just want to tag onto that. So also some of the recognition that Officer Vick received was he was honored by the Tulsa Crime Stoppers Hero of the Day for his life-saving actions. The story was even told by a television station in Columbus, Georgia, under their Power of Goodwill segment. Nice. Oklahoma Attorney General offered congratulations to Officer Zach Vick. Thank you for your courage and your service to our communities and state. And Officer Vick was also presented with the Chief's Coin by VA Police Chief Lance Arnold for his courage, quick response, and commitment to our citizens. And at this time, I would like to present this citation and also a challenge coin as well from the City of Broken Arrow to you, Officer Vick, for someone who goes above and beyond. come down and take a picture.

If you have someone with you who would like to join you for the picture.

Well, there you go.

All right, everybody good? Fantastic. I won't say it aloud.

I can tell you as a first responder, you always hope that you rise to the occasion, but the truth is you rise to the level of your training, your level of preparation, and our officers, as you can tell, are very trained and very prepared, and I appreciate everything that he's done to go above and beyond in the training that our department gives.

All right. Item 7B, presentation of an authorization to execute a proclamation declaring the week of September 15th through the 21st, 2026, as Constitution Week. As you can tell, I'm going to pass off these proclamations. Oh, wait. No, you said you did want me to read them.

I don't mind reading it.

Well, I thought Councilor Ford might want to read it because she is a daughter of the revolution. I'll read it. If you want to read it.

Okay, whereas, and we have two different chapters in Broken Arrow, so this will be for both of them, and then we'll have our photos taken after I read this. Whereas the Constitution of the United States of America, the guardian of our liberties, embodies the principles of limited government in a republic dedicated to rule by law, and whereas September 17, 2026, marks the 239th anniversary of the framing of the Constitution of the United States of America by the Constitutional Convention, and whereas it is fitting and proper to accord official recognition to the magnificent document and its memorable anniversary, and to the patriotic celebrations which will commemorate it, And whereas public law, 915, guarantees the issuing of proclamation each year by the President of the United States of America designating September 15th through 21st as Constitution Week. Now, therefore, I, Deborah Wimpey, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Broken Arrow, do hereby proclaim the week of September 15th through 21st as Constitution Week and ask our citizens to reaffirm the ideas of framers of the Constitution had in 1787, by diligently protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us through this guardian of our liberties, and present this proclamation to the Broken Arrow Creek Chapter and the Creeklands Chapter, both local chapters of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, in witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of the city of that fixed the 15th day of September of the year of our Lord, 2026. So we have, like I said, we have both chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which I am a member of, one of them, Creeklands. If you all would like to come on down, we'll get a picture with the council as well. And then they each have their own copy of this, too, if you want to bring the other one, Debra. Or do you only have one copy of this?

I don't have it.

So they're both attached. Oh, they're single ones. OK, gotcha. Got it? OK.

Where do you want it?

All right, everybody, here we go.

Three, two, one. Fantastic. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Well, I thought I would just share just a real quick quote from George Washington regarding the Constitution. If to please the people we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The event is in the hands of God. George Washington. And he, he spoke this at the constitutional convention to the delegates. So, um, it's important that we remember our constitution and what it stands for and what our country is founded on.

So, all right, if I can just add to, so I did have my meeting today with the AR And I was actually presented a certificate that I was unaware of. But what's exciting is it was for me being able to bring to the council to get the Muscogee Creek Nation flag presented in our council meeting. And so it was a certificate from the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the American Indians Committee. And I got it presented to me, and I got first place in the South Central Division for Historic Preservation. And so I was excited about it. Thank you. I was excited about that. And then also, then our chapter got third place, and it was also for Historic Preservation. a presentation for an individual too. So I was pretty excited about that. I didn't even know. I just went for the presentation. They're like, oh, we have certificates for you. But that was for getting our flag flown here. So I was excited about that. Very cool.

All right. All right. Let's see. Item C is presentation regarding access for a special event, Scott Fest. Rocky.

Good evening, Madam Mayor, Mr. Vice Mayor, members of council, city manager, Mr. Spurgeon. I'm community development director, Rocky Hinkle. Scott Fest is an authentic Scottish festival and a celebration of Scottish, Irish, and Celtic culture. This amazing event consists of folk, roots, rock and pop music, highland athletics, pipes and drums, highland and Irish dance, whiskey tastings, vendors, and a great selection of beer and food from the Scottish, Irish, and British homelands. Since 2018, the festival has always been held on the third weekend in September in the Broken Arrow Events Park. This year's events will take place on September 18th, 2026 through September 20th, 2026. It's been a few years since Scott Fest has held their event at events park. So we thought it'd be a good idea to remind the public how they can access the event. So here is the access map. So everybody will park at NSU and be shuttled over. To 38th Street, there is a barricade there. That's where the shuttles will go to drop people off and pick them up. On 41st Street, that is the access for individuals with disabilities to access to have parking spots close to the event. Now, this event starts on Friday, so those barricades will not go in place until 4.45 p.m. once school has been let out and all the kids and the buses have had an opportunity to leave the grounds. With that, I'm happy to answer any questions.

So that's the main parking area, is it Northeastern?

Yes, sir.

And then I'll just, I've been told this is their last year, which is kind of sad, because isn't it like their 44th year or something? It's in the 40s, yes. Yeah, it's in the 40s. I want to say 44th, 46th, something like that. So hopefully people make it out to this last year that they put on Scott Fest. And is it Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, or does it start? Friday, Saturday, Sunday. OK. All right. Thank you, sir. Thank you. All right. Adam D. is update on the Data Center Study Committee and the Data Center Regulatory Study and Development of Permanent Zoning Standards. Mr. Sturgeon.

Mayor, council members, good evening. I mentioned to you at the end of August that approximately every other meeting of the governing body I was going to provide you with this short update on the efforts of the internal group that was formed. And so I'm pleased to share with you that the internal group continues to make progress during this moratorium that council set back in June. Our goals remain to fully understand the impacts of large-scale data center development before recommending a permanent regulatory framework for the city council's consideration. And as the council members know, I just want to put out a reminder, as I've done in my previous update, is the administration has not reached any conclusions or are prepared to make a recommendation to the city council at this time. There is still much due diligence that needs to be completed. And so I just want to make sure the community understands that is that we are close to coming to a recommendation to discover anybody. This is not about being for or against data centers. It's about determining the appropriate scale, infrastructure, requirements, costs, and the protections for broken errands. First thing I want to mention is that we have been coordinating with Oklahoma City and their moratorium. As council may remember back in June, I mentioned that they had implemented a moratorium early this year, so they're a little bit ahead of us. Members of our committee met with Oklahoma City officials who once again are further along in their review. in both the data center and the using energy consultant. OKC is considering separate classifications for hyperscale facilities greater than 75 megawatts and smaller facilities below 75 megawatts, including how to address multiple facilities under common ownership or future expansion. On water, Oklahoma City is considering a closed loop cooling limiting portable water primarily to domestic use and potentially using treated water for optional needs. That's something that we've talked about as well. We've also had coordination meetings with PSO, our electric provider. PSO reported to our team that there is 7.1 gigawatts of generation capacity compared with the summer peak demand of approximately 4.5 gigawatts and expressed confidence that data center growth can be accommodated without adversely impacting other customers. They also advised that facilities requiring 10 to 75 megawatts must construct a dedicated substation, and Oklahoma law now requires data centers to fund 100% of grid connection costs. That was a bill that we talked about last summer, which I think is a great protection for not only municipalities, but more importantly, for electrical customers. PSO maintains generation plus a 16% reserve margin, prioritizes essential services during outages, and requires data centers to prepare two years of estimated power costs. We also, they also advise their monitoring proposals, including self-generation with grid backup and related state legislative and regulatory activity. And so there are actually some data centers that are considering providing their own generation, but in the case that they have an outage, wanting to be able to tie into the PSO system, and if that's the case, then PO has to take into consideration exactly what that load would be. Also, we mentioned the possibility of bringing on a consultant to help us who has experience. We received two consultant proposals and staff is currently reviewing the proposal to make a recommendation to me so I can bring it to the council to assist primarily with zoning code and regulatory modifications. Our next steps are as follows. Our work will focus on developing a scalable regulatory framework, evaluating long-term electric, water, and infrastructure impacts, determining appropriate infrastructure cost allocations, and monitoring state legislation and regulatory developments that may happen at either the state or federal level. We will continue to work with our consultants once they're on board, Oklahoma City, PSO, and other partners, and we'll bring recommendations back to the governing body well before the moratorium basically ends, or if we think additional time for due diligence is needed, which I anticipate, we'll come back and ask for an additional extension so we can make sure that we do a thorough review. I appreciate the hard work of all the study members, as I mentioned. It includes a number of our department directors, senior staff, as well as the chamber and EDC. And that's basically where we are right now. We continue our due diligence. I'd be glad to answer any questions that council members have.

Mr. Spurgeon, if you could, you know, you're talking about how it's moving forward and everything. I continue to see some comments that pop up regarding that people are thinking that there's still going to be a data center soon in part of Broken Arrow. Could you talk about just the moratorium and explain that just a little bit?

Well, that's a great question, Counselor, and I thank you for it. First off, there are businesses currently in their community that already have data centers. They've been here for many, many years. Those are entities that actually have customers, and they're responsible for actually making sure those data centers work efficiently to provide the services that all of our customers, broadband, for example. I've seen those same posts. And council has a moratorium that is in effect until the end of this year approximately with the potential to extend it for another six months. During that time period, an application for a data center won't be accepted essentially. is the council is looking right down this moratorium. What would be the regulatory framework? Should the governing body decide that that is a permitted use? And if so, what are the conditions? Or in addition to be a permitted use, are there special conditions that need to be put on as a result of the impact that we have on our community? So I can tell you right now is that there isn't going to be a data center built in our community because it's not allowed right now. It's a moratorium. So any information anybody is putting out there about there's going to be a data center or a broken area anytime soon is simply not accurate.

Great. Thank you.

OK. Thank you for the question. That's all I have, ma'am.

Thank you, sir. All right. Item eight, a citizen's opportunity to speak. We do have two items or two residents here. This item is available to citizens to speak. on any subject, not on the agenda, but related to city business or service. However, by state law, no action may be taken on this topic at this meeting. It can be studied for a future report or action. The first one is Alan Jackson.

Madam Mayor, if I might, I'd just like to remind everybody that before the meeting is scrolled up on the screens, and I believe it's on the forms that we signed, that there is an expected modicum of decorum and respect in the council chambers, both from the council and the citizens. And I'd just like to remind everybody of that, and we do expect that to be adhered to.

Okay. Yep. It shows here the acknowledgement on there. You're correct.

Thank you.

Mr. Jackson? Yes.

My name is Alan Jackson, and I'd like to speak on the right to property and the protection of property. Since we are 250th year of our Declaration of Independence, like first part we'd like we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and they endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness and that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed I'd like to get a little more clarity on that well first of all I I'd like to go to the Oklahoma Constitution, 1907, Article 2, Section 1. All power is inherent in the people and the government is instituted for their protection, security, benefit, and to promote their general welfare. Oklahoma Constitution, Article 2, Declaration of Rights, Section 2. All persons have an inherent right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and the enjoyment of the gains of their own industry. To give some clarity to the Declaration of Independence, we can go back to June 12, 1776, where the Declaration of Rights from the state of Virginia, because Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration from Virginia. George Mason's also from Virginia, and he wrote their Declaration of Rights. It said, all men by nature are equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights, which are, and then when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact or legislation would be compact, deprive or divest their posterity, namely of the enjoyment of life and liberty and with the means of acquiring and possessing property and pursuing and obtaining the happiness and safety thereof. And then what's interesting, this is actually June 12, which is before July 4. So we actually declared our independence with a notice, which was the Henry Lee Resolution on July 4. And then we followed that up with an affidavit with all the signatures from our founding fathers on July 4, which actually took longer to sign it, but that's when it was written. We use notice and affidavit to separate from the crown. And then we also go to the Pennsylvania Constitution in 1776 that every member of society have a right for the protection and enjoyment of life, liberty, and property. declaration from Massachusetts in 1780 that all men are born free and 22 seconds and free and equal and have certain natural inherent rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness which is acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and the safety and their happiness. So that's the purpose of government is to protect the people's property and especially those that are already in the city, been here for 10, 15, 20, 30 years and protect our properties from all the people coming in and tearing up our property and our land. Thank you.

Thank you, sir. Chuck Roland.

I'm Chuck Roland. It is so good to hear the Constitution spoken. Way to go. Pretty cool. Can we hand these out?

Sure. Your time has already started, so yes.

So this is page one is Seven Oaks near my home. As you go through the pages, it shows the progress of water going out of that. And this is a flood from my neighbors. And then it goes further into.

Thank you.

And it goes further to show that a tree was found back there. And that's the tree. So that's kind of the general run, that it starts at Seven Oaks. It runs down the hills. It goes into a reservoir, which really isn't a reservoir. It's just a funnel to push it into the neighbor's property. It goes across the neighbor's property into my neighbor's property. It goes through his property, flooding, and it comes into my property. And it rots out the trees. the roots and then the trees fall over and then I have to have trees cut up at my own expense and I have to have trees cut that can reach my building and fall on my building because I never know when they're going to fall over. So I was here a year ago and a couple of months saying this to the planning commission that my trees are falling down and it's because of this and nothing happened. And so I was at the last planning commission and Jason Cohen said that anytime there's a developer or owner of the property, they're not allowed to have any water come onto your property. And so I'm wanting to understand how I've been here multiple times on this topic. Nobody gets in contact with me. So what is the process that I come down here and speak about an issue that I have, and then there's no remedy? What am I missing?

Well, we'll take this, and I'll get it with Rocky. And we'll get with you on this topic.

OK. Thank you.

Thank you, sir. Thank you, Mayor. All right, item nine is general council business. Item 9A, consideration, discussion, and possible appointment of member to the Downtown Master Plan Advisory Committee. Rocky.

Good evening again, Madam Mayor. On October 21, 2025, City Council adopted ordinance number 3898. This ordinance allows for the creation and formation of the Downtown Master Plan Advisory Committee. This advisory committee will be instrumental in establishing the vision and the future opportunities for downtown Broken Arrow. The nomination for this request is for Farhad Daroga by the city manager. I think it goes without saying the value and the institutional knowledge that Farhad would bring this committee. So staff would recommend that you approve the nomination of Farhad Daroga to the downtown master planning committee.

I would make that motion that we appoint Farhad to that. Second.

Second.

I knew he wasn't going to stay retired long.

He was actually in the office today. I texted him on Friday. I said, I'll see you in two days. And sure enough, here we were.

I love it. All right. Approved. All right, item B, consideration, discussion, and possible approval of one reappointment and three new appointments to the visitor, the VBA board, with terms expiring September 30, 2027 and September 30, 2028. Michaela.

Good evening. I'm Michaela Barton, the tourism manager. So as you all know, the Visit Broken Arrow board has nine members. And we have four positions that are the terms ending, and we have one reappointment and three new appointments. So that's exciting that we've got some new people that are interested in being on the board. So for our reappointment, we have Mr. Ben Bowie, who was Mayor Wimpy's reappointment. And then Councilor Fords has a new appointment. And her name is Tammy Seal. And she's the chairman of the board for Broken Arrow Girls Softball League. We have counselor greens appointment. Um, his name is Ravi Desai and he is the director of operations for Hampton and broken arrow Hampton in Katusa and Homewood suites, Katusa. Um, and so he'll be a great asset for, um, to represent our hotel community. And then for, uh, mayor wimpy's. Other appointment is Brad Gordon, who is with Challenger Sports Complex. So Brad Gordon will be completing a newly vacant seat. So his term will end September of next year, but the others will be the full two-year term ending September of 2028. I don't answer any questions you guys may have. Any questions?

No question, just a comment. I will say... There was a lot of interest in this board this time around, so I'm not for sure what you're doing over there, but apparently you're doing something right. Yes, it was hard. I had several people who expressed interest, and all of them were very well qualified and I think would do a good job serving, and I appreciate your input. We want to make sure it was a well-rounded team and a team that will be able to continue with the vision that you have set. So thank you for your hard work in putting everything together.

Thank you.

All right.

I'll make a motion to approve the new appointments, item 26-1481. Second. Roll call. Thank you.

Thank you, ma'am. Item C, consideration, discussion, and possible approval to execute a construction variance for Brewer Construction at the new Ferguson Kia building project. Charlie Bright.

Good evening again, Mayor, Vice Mayor, Council Members, and Mr. Spurgeon. My name is Charlie Bright, Director of Engineering and Construction. like it's deja vu up here for the topic of the summer to talk about construction variances because the heat and concrete. Hopefully this is one of the last ones. This is for the same contractor that was on the last council meeting. At the time he was working on Harvest Church, but this project he's working on. Ferguson Kia over off Elm Street in the Broken Arrow Expressway. The request for the variance is for two nights of work starting at 3 a.m. That does give, the way the RFA is written, it does give the authority for us to extend that with good cause. But there has to be a reason, not just that they didn't get the work done, whether something else permitting. I will say in this one in particular, pretty fortunate. It's mostly commercial district around it. There's not a lot of residential. I think the closest residential is Kenwood Hills, but it's across a pretty big field and a tree line before you get there. So happy to answer any questions you guys may have.

Any questions or discussion?

I didn't see it would be a problem.

I didn't think so either, but just wanted to clarify that's the closest residential area.

Thank you, Charlie. I'll make a motion to approve item 26-1471. Thank you, sir.

There are no preview ordinances. Item 11 is the ordinances, Act 11A, consideration, discussion, and possible adoption of ordinance number 3954. Well, I have Charlie back again, so.

Uh-huh.

Just stay on up here for just a little bit, okay?

I forgot this one was the next. I should have gone away. So good evening again, mayor, vice mayor, council members. This is the ordinance that we discussed the last council meeting, which is for right-of-way permanent fees for anybody that comes into our right-of-way that is not on a franchise agreement. So a lot of the communication companies, the fiber companies, everything else, as you all know, we have been inundated with requests over the past couple years. I know you all hear it from citizens and everything else, but my staff, the amount of permits that we process has gone through the roof. And so up until this point, we have never charged a fee for that permitting process. And we're one of the last communities in the area that done. So this would establish that fee for us to review the permits and help make up for some of the time that we're putting into it. The only thing one thing has changed since the preview that we did last time in this time And that is during the preview, we called out the actual fee value that was in the ordinance. We didn't want to do that because then we'd have to come amend the ordinance to change the fee. This version, we have changed it to say as referenced in the manual fee. So if it ever changes in the manual fees in the future, it would automatically get updated. Happy to answer any questions you guys have.

Discussion or questions?

So is it already referenced in the manual fees since it's?

Uh, we will work on updating that probably separately because it was not in this, um, section of manual fees. Okay. That'll be a separate update. Just clarify. Thank you. Okay.

Make a motion to approve item 26 dash 1447. Second.

All right. Item B don't leave Charlie. Consideration and discussion. Oh, emergency clause. Sorry.

I didn't think I had any others. Sorry.

Item B is the emergency clause. Make a motion to approve the emergency clause.

I'll second.

Okay. Roll call. All right. Item C, consideration and discussion on possible adoption of ordinance number 3953. Trevor.

Thank you, Mayor, Vice Mayor, City Council, Mr. Spurgeon. The ordinance before you this evening increases the city manager's authority to approve contracts and purchases from the current limit of $50,000 to $100,000. It also increases that limit for assistant city managers up to $25,000. Mostly this is due to the increases because of the increase in the GTCA cap, the Governmental Tort Claims Act cap, as well as the cap for what's required for competitive bidding. So it's really just a matter of keeping up with cost of living and adjustments and inflation. Happy to answer any questions you may have.

I think the mayor had mentioned this at the last meeting. We had talked about this. I felt comfortable about raising this amount just because he, they still put it on our agenda. We're still made aware of what they sign. It's not, they're just like going rogue and signing things and not letting us know about it. So I felt confident to raising that amount. Plus I trust them, but still they also make it, we're very transparent and everyone, not just the council, because all of our agendas are also made public on what amounts are and

what the contracts are for and so i feel very comfortable about approving this i felt comfortable and i know we have auditors too so uh kidding with the city i'm glad we do all right entertain a motion i'll make a motion to approve 26-1444 i'll second said motion

Item D is the emergency clause.

I'll make a motion. Emergency clause comes up. I'll second that motion. Unless somebody beats it.

It's all you, Johnny.

Got it.

Item E, consideration, discussion, and possible adoption of ordinance number 3955.

Good evening again. In September of 2023, the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission technical committees were formed to review each section of the 2024 ICC commercial codes. The city's chief building inspector, Joe Williford, was involved in these committee code reviews. The committee's recommendations were reviewed and approved by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission when the commission set out for adoption. of the 2024 ICC codes with various modifications and the NFPA 2023 National Electric Code. The adoption of these codes was approved by legislative action in 2026, signed by Governor Stitt, and will be effective statewide in September 14, 2026. I do want to recommend a comment on Joe Willifer's leadership. He did chair this committee, so his input was very valuable. So I just want to commend Joe for his leadership. Staff recommends approval of the adoption of 2024 ICC codes and the NFPA 2023 NEC as adopted and amended by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission with various local amendments to improve the health, safety, and welfare of the city and its citizens. We recommend you adopt ordinance number 3955 and approve the subsequent emergency clause.

Any discussion or questions? Entertain a motion.

Make a motion to, or I'll second Johnny's motion.

Item F is the emergency clause.

Make a motion to accept the emergency clause.

I'll second that motion.

Item G, consideration, discussion, and possible adoption of ordinance number 3956.

So anytime changes are made to the building code, the property maintenance code needs to reflect those changes, and that's what this ordinance does. So staff recommends you adopt ordinance number 3956 and approve the subsequent emergency clause.

Any discussion or question?

No, ma'am.

Entertain a motion.

I'll make a motion that we approve 26-1437. I'll second it.

Item H is the emergency clause.

Make a motion to approve the emergency clause.

Councilor Green, we still need your vote on that.

And am I consideration discussion and possible adoption of 39 57.

This is a closure of a general utility easement on property located nearly one half mile North of East Houston street or 81st street and one half mile East of North Aspen Avenue or 145 East Avenue staff recommends you adopt ordinance number 39 57 and approve the subsequent emergency clause discussion or questions.

I'll make a motion to approve item 26 dash 14 94.

Second.

Item J is the emergency clause. Make a motion to approve the emergency clause. Item K, consideration, discussion, and possible adoption of ordinance number 3958.

This is a closure of a general utilities on a property located nearly one-half mile north of East Houston Street or 81st Street and one-half mile east of North Aspen Avenue or 145th East Avenue. Staff recommends you adopt ordinance number 3958 and approve the subsequent emergency clause.

Any discussion?

I'd make a motion to approve ordinance number 3958. I'll second.

Item L is the emergency clause.

So moved.

Second. All right. Thank you, sir. Item 12 are remarks and inquiries by governing body members. We just returned, four of the five of us just returned from our newest sister city, visiting it, Rincon de Ramos en Aguas Calientes, Mexico. Yes. And the hospitality that they showed us was off the charts. It was wonderful to be brought in. They treated us like we were family and like we had known them forever. So I see this partnership thriving. And when they come here, we're already planning on what we're going to do to show them our city and connect them with our education and higher ed as well as economic development team so that we can discuss going further. Johnny stayed home.

And ran the city.

And ran the city. He was so brave. Continuity of government. Yes, thank you, sir. And we made it, didn't we? Yes. You guys did just fine without us. But do you all want to share anything?

I'll just say a lot of people ask, well, what is a sister city program? What does that mean? I don't know if we've ever really put that out there, but I think it's going to be an excellent opportunity for exchange, exchange of ideals, exchange for economic development, public safety, crime prevention, education. um, just, um, education and so many things, medical, there's just great opportunities for, uh, collaboration and exchange. So it's a, it's a, I think we've already, um, come back with some ideas like, oh, we could do this. Oh, we should do that. You know, they do this really well. You know, I think when they come here, they're going to have that same experience. And I think it's just going to be a great opportunity. Um, for those things. And one of the other amazing things was that there were so many people that we met there that had relatives here or had been here and are now there, et cetera, from on the plane going down to spending the time down there. So it's just going to be a great opportunity to continue to collaborate and build relationships.

Absolutely.

I thought it was just great to see just how proud they are of their community, just like we are at Broken Arrow. And I tell people, when people have asked me about it, I'm like, if you could take Broken Arrow and just put it in Mexico, it's... It was so, you could just see so many similarities in how we can definitely bring together our two cities and work towards, you know, common bonds.

And their city loved their country, you know, and I love that, so.

They definitely love their city like we love our city. Yes. For sure. They do indeed. They're very nice people. I enjoy talking to the council members. They're very passionate about serving their citizens There was one spicy spicy city councillor Elisa was her name and the youngest city councillor in the state of Mexico and Her passion was to make their state more their city and state more accessible for people that had challenges like ADA ramps they They did have some ramps. You could tell where there were a lot of new ones. Every time I saw something that looked like it had freshly painted, I always wondered, like, what if she created that? They definitely have a lot of challenges. You could tell that was like a new thing that had been, you know, haven't had that long. You know, there was a lot of things that looked like, and that they were trying to make their life situation better. I think they're gonna be really surprised with things that we have in our city. I can't wait for them to come see our city and for us to show off our city.

Agreed. I'll also mention, Well, we mentioned Scott Fest, so that is this weekend. So invite everyone out for that. And then just to put on your calendars, the Homecoming Parade is October 1st, and it starts at 4 p.m. So make sure you're out here supporting that. And then just to also put on your calendar, because we need to have the same kind of turnout that we have for Rooster Days Parade, Homecoming Parade, Christmas Parade, as for our Veterans Day Parade. It is November 7th at 10 a.m. on Main Street, and I would love to see our streets packed. It's very sad that we have hundreds of floats in the parade and the Elks work very hard to honor our veterans. And then the turnout is decimal. So I thought if I start talking about it now and reminding everyone, every single council meeting, that they will put it on their calendar and make sure to be there with us on the 7th.

Yes. So I have a couple of things. So one of them is definitely the upcoming Pops, Bops and Bites Festival at 101st and Elm, New Orleans and Elm. That's going to be on September the 26th from 5 to 10. And there'll be live music, craft breweries, wineries for tastings, food trucks. you know, opportunities to explore the surrounding businesses in that area. There's no cost to admission. There's cost to food and tastings and things like that, but there's no cost to go to the festival. So put that down on Saturday the 26th. And then also coming up this Saturday on the 19th, is the 2026 Broken Arrow Invitational at the Pride of Broken Arrow. It's their competition that they put on. There's 10 bands. There's even one band coming from Albuquerque, New Mexico to compete in the Invitational. Tickets are $15. Gates open at 5.30. Children under five are free. So that area is going to be pretty exciting on Saturday night.

The Senior Center is having a fundraiser, a pickleball tournament. Pickleball, there we go. Yes, so if we are looking for pickleball players, it's this Sunday. And if you need information, you can go to the Senior Center Facebook page. and probably the web page. But it's a fundraiser for the senior center. If you don't play pickleball, we'll still take donations.

I've never played pickleball. Apparently it's a hot thing.

So you should come out. You should come out, Mary.

They have their very own mascot.

I was so close to copy right now. I'm going to be sitting pretty right now.

I had a couple of questions if I could ask. Yes, you may ask questions. In between the pickleball. I don't know how to play it either, but. If you challenge me, I'll bet I can learn. I have a question of Rocky and, you know, maybe Kenny. But from my understanding, we talk about water coming out when a developer develops a development. I've always said that he cannot have more water come off that property than what came when it was in a natural state. I mean, water's going to come off whatever's been coming off. Is that correct?

That's correct. So you have what's called pre-existing, pre-developed runoff. That runoff must still continue. You can't stop water flow to a property downstream. So that runoff continues. What the engineers do for that developer is they'll run the existing condition before any development, and then once the development is complete, they'll determine the post-development. condition that runoff must be detained and the peak release rate has to stay the same okay and i think uh we've had that policy for i don't know how many years i believe we actually adopted ours in 1994. okay

Well, that's what I've always told people, our citizens, that it can't come off any more than what it does. They have to detain it, pretend it some way, have to slow it down, stop it. Another thing was talking about the... the moratorium on the data centers. I saw in the news last night that, from my understanding, Inola continued their moratorium on the smelter plant until April the 7th. And I thought it was good what they got up and said. is they wanted more information, similar to what we're talking about. They want more data on it, more information on it. So just to let you know, that's at least what I heard on the news last night going from there. That's all I got.

City Manager?

Yes, Mayor, Members of Council, I have several things I want to mention. First, I wanted to let you know I'm going to start something periodically, and that is giving you updates on some of the promotions or transfers or retirements that have happened within our community. First, I want to start with the folks that retired. We had five individuals that retired recently. Douglas Gibson, a firefighter paramedic, had 19 years plus worth of service. Robert Sauls with the street paramedics. He was a service worker. He had 10 years, actually almost 11 years of service. Christopher Johnson was a firefighter paramedic with 25 years and 10 months, so almost 26 years. Ladina Shannon, permit clerk, 23 years and 2 months. I've handed her a couple of certificates of recognition for her service. And Gary Sanders, police officer, with 38 years and 2 months. And so I just want to recognize those individuals. Obviously, you can see 19, 10, 25, 23 years. and 38 years respectively with our organization are serious commitments. And so I just want to send a shout out to them for their service to the city of Broken Arrow and all they did during their tenure. Along with retirements, we have periodical promotions and actually some transfers. We had five recently. Blake Anderson became a crew supervisor. Caleb Arvelo, he's a part-time recreation assistant, Cole Childress, park maintenance worker, and Michael Lockoff is now our horticulturist. Placed a very, like a mainstay in the Rose District for many years, our friend Chris. And then speaking of Chris, Christopher Gay is a senior operator, so I want to congratulate those folks that actually have advanced in their career, so congratulate to all of them. Secondly, I want to mention a couple projects. I'm going to start with College Street. Obviously, there's activity that's happening on College Street. First and foremost, to the west, the Gateway Foundation has housing construction that's going on that was approved by the governing body a couple of years ago. That is in full construction mode. I've encouraged council members to when you're out driving around town like I do to take a drive down College Street. And Amazon, basically their facility is under construction. Walls have gone up. We have taken into consideration the impact college will have as a result of these developments. So the project for widening and upgrading college is actually divided into two parts. The first part is to the east, which is essentially from 15th to 23rd. That is a project that may have a major impact because of the Amazon facility. We were fortunate that Amazon understood this and they were planning for this property, so they actually completed the design themselves. And we have, near the completion, I think, except maybe one property, have acquired the right-of-way. Plus, they gave us the funding, approximately $4.2 million to complete the work. And so once the design, the right-of-way, utilities, and so forth, then the engineering and construction department We'll actually bid out that work and get that portion of the project completed. And then obviously the other portion, which is to the west from 9th to 15th is a 100% city project. And we're going to be using community development block grant funds. For this portion, we've completed about 60% of the design, and we're now starting the right-of-way associated with that project, and then we'll be coordinating the removal of the utility. So, obviously, this project's going to be a little more time-intense, and I would say a little trickier, so to speak, because there's a lot of homes on both sides of the road, and that road is very narrow. It's one of the oldest roads within the community. As you go back to the east, there are fewer homes, and the actual widening of the road will be a little bit easier. And so... I know council members have received some inquiries about it. I want to let you know that we're monitoring those. We've also encouraged the trucks not to go west, to actually go back to County Line Road. It's five lanes now, so there's no reason why they can't use County Line Road. But that's a project that I want to mention council, and I'll provide more updates on both different phases of it when I have that information.

Thank you. I know you're going to be glad to hear that.

Let me see here. I wanted to mention that, um, I wish, I wish Mr. Roland would have stayed because I was going to mention, I know the mayor mentioned, we'll give this to, to Rocky, which is exactly the right thing to do. Uh, I don't know who he spoke to in city staff and the fact that he didn't get a response is disheartening to me, but I have hard time not knowing who he did speak to. If that happened, I apologize because that's not who we are. Well, what was going to happen is Rocky is going to take the information from the mayor. As Kenny gave a great explanation about stormwater to the vice mayor, we'll get Kenny's team, we'll get Rocky's team together, and then I'll have them to have a meeting with Mr. Rowland and explain and answer all of his questions, and then we'll report back to the council exactly the results of that meeting. So two more things here. The first one's regarding the 2026 bond package. We're trying to finalize the schedule because obviously it's going to be more than 10 years because of the state legislation that was approved. Part of the reason why we needed to wait is we need to get the assessed values that came in for both Tulsa and Wagner counties. We have those now. So sometime in the early fall, we're going to give a presentation with regard to the 14-year plan that obviously Council will have to prove that will be the model or guide that we'll go by. There's some misinformation that's being put out in the community, and so you're going to have to hear my bond presentation one more time. There's an individual that's basically providing misinformation about bonds, how they work. even though the city has actually been doing this for over 30 years consistently. So I'm going to take some time to put out the correct information about how the bond process works, how they're paid back, how long they're paid back, why actually large major projects. You look at communities like Oklahoma City, the city of Broken Arrow, the city of Tulsa, use general obligation bonds as a way to pay for large projects. And so I am going to give a detailed explanation on how that process works. in addition to the council members deciding if they're in agreement with the 13 to 14-year program. And then finally, I wanted to share something with council. You know, earlier this year, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation awarded a contract to widen County Line Road and install two new bridges. Now, the reason why this was an ODOT project is because the money the voters approved in 2018 bond was not enough. So we actually went and got transportation money through ODOT from the federal government to complete that project, around $15 or $16 million approximately. So the contract was awarded, the contractor started, and then for five months they didn't show up and didn't do any work. And despite the efforts of Charlie Bright and his team to get the developer or the contractor to come back, which is Sherwood, they didn't come back. And obviously the city took a beating on social media despite the efforts to actually get the contractor to come back. Honestly, with all due respect, I don't think ODOT understands or worked as hard as they could to make the contractor come back. Apparently their position was they were given 525 days to complete the work. They felt like they can get it done in much less, so apparently they went somewhere else Well, I sent a letter to the representatives of Sherwood, have not gotten a response, which I think is disrespectful, quite frankly. You know, I'm going to be asking ODOT one question is where does the city go to get its integrity back? On all of our signs, we say progress is promised. And when we award a contract, usually within two months, it gets started. They have to put the construction trailer out there. They have to do all the preliminaries. But after that, it's nothing but orange cones. It's always there longer than anybody would like, us included. But we stay on top of it and we get it done. So now we're in a situation where Our citizens had to deal with this for over five months, which I think is unacceptable. So I'm not letting this go. And so I'm going to send a letter to our state senators and our state representative, also probably to the governor's office, as well as the Department of Transportation, because when they were that contract, even though they had the time. I think they should have been here working in Broken Arrow. And my concern is that now that they've gotten down to the time that they know they can do it in, if there's inclement weather or there's something force majeure, they're going to be asking for additional time and expecting the city to give it. And it could be out of our hands because ODOT will make the final determination, not the city. And so we could end up having to give them more time even though they basically weren't out there working for five months. So I bring this up because I think we did everything we could to try to get the contractor to come back. They chose not to, but now they're out there. I drove down the road back and forth today after being back in town. They do have some work going on. They have orange cones, which is a good thing to see. but to me they should have been out there and they weren't. And so on behalf of the city, I'm going to make our legislative representatives who oversee ODOT that this really can't happen. And I will tell you, the other thing is I will work closer with staff with ODOT to make sure when the days are given, they get just enough days to complete the work, not excess days. So I'd be glad to answer your question. Kenny, is there anything you want to add to this situation?

I believe you've covered this one. I can answer on the previous one if you want though. So with respect to Mr. Rowland, we had a meeting set up for last Tuesday night, the 8th, I believe it was either 6 or 6.30 with all of the residents from that subdivision. We were going to go over the whole process, but we found out on the day before that the city of Broken Arrow had been actually probably found out Friday but then was told Tuesday that the city of Broken Arrow had been named in his position petition for injunctive release or a relief. So it's our practice that if we're named in a legal action not to sit down and basically give you a deposition unwarranted without our attorneys presence. So we canceled the meeting and I'm pretty sure he's been copied on all of that communication.

I'll just add to one thing you were saying there about the misinformation that we often see online and the untruth etc. Someone once said Many people enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. And I will leave that right there. Thank you.

Can you say that one more time, please?

Many people often enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

I like that. I'm going to post that. Okay. Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor. I appreciate your indulgence to talk about those items.

Yes, absolutely. We do have an executive session, so I entertain a motion to go to Bama.

So moved.

Second.

Pickle?

Yes.

Green? Yes. Ford? Yes. Parks? Yes. Swimpy? Yes.

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

Pickle.

Here.

Green. Here. Ford. Here. Hart. Here. Winkey.

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

Make a motion to approve this consent agenda.

I'll second that motion.

Roll call. There are no public hearings, appeals presentation, recognitions or awards. There's no general authority business. Any remarks by governing body members? City Manager?

I do, Madam Chair. I wanted to share with you, I learned today, a project that I've been focused on a little bit for a couple of years now, and that is the sewer rehabilitation work that is being done behind City Hall. As the council members know, we started with the work in the alleys on the west side because of the number of businesses that were affected to get that work complete. And our utility department, engineering construction department, did an amazing job. Those alleys look incredible. And it's unbelievable how much piping or utilities are underground within our alleyways. To try to manage those is not easy. So I want to take them open to share some good news on an update on the sewer rehabilitation project that's behind City Hall. We're going to be doing a trench list. sewer repair project that will extend from East College Street through the alleyways between Main Street and First Street continuing south on Fort Worth. What is particularly exciting about this work is the technology being used rather than excavating and replacing the sewer line Our contractor, Insituform is the name of the company, will install what is known as a cured-in-place pipe or CIPP lining. Essentially, a new epoxy-based liner is installed and cured inside the existing pipe. Once the liner is in place, a robotic cutting machine is used to reopen the existing pipe. So actually, this is a less intrusive way to actually take care of those lines, to extend the life of those lines. We're going to be doing this, as I mentioned, up and down there. There is going to be some night work that's going to be done between the hours of 9 PM and 7 AM in approximately one block. And so I just want to send a shout out to Tim Robbins, who provided this information, his crew. the ingenuity of thinking what is the best way to do this and not to upset the businesses. Obviously, they're trying to work to get this work done so eventually we can go back and do the paving in those areas. And so thanks to Tim and his team and the engineering construction team for helping making this happen. So I just want to let Council know that work will be happening very, very soon. That's all I have, Mayor.

Wonderful. Thank you. There is no executive session. All right. I call the Broken Arrow 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?

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

Second.

All righty.

Item five, public hearings, appeals, presentations, recognitions, and awards. 5A is a presentation by the City Tourism and Economic Development Department for the third quarter of calendar year 2026. Travis Stevens.

Good evening, Council, Mayor Wimpey, Vice Mayor Parks, City Manager Spurgeon. Great to be before you here tonight. Travis Stevens, Director of the Tourism and Economic Development Team. Here to give you the quarterly presentation. So to do so for this session, I've invited our Economic Development Manager, Christy McLean, to update you on all the things going on in the economic development world. So I will stay close by for questions afterwards, but Christy is going to give the presentation. Okay. Thank you, sir.

Christy? Thank you for lowering that. I appreciate it.

I feel your pain.

Good evening, Chairperson Wimpey, Vice Chair Parks, and Trustees, and General Manager Spurgeon. So I get to talk about the really cool and exciting things happening in Broken Arrow. Not that the other stuff isn't as well, but this is really great stuff. The first picture you're going to see up here is Arrow Forge. Christy. Oh, really? Which? This one? Yeah. Thank you. So this first picture is Arrow Forge Innovation District and the update on this is of course that CSI is in their design phase which is very exciting and they have announced their groundbreaking to take place on October 1st. So we're very excited that that's going to be happening and to start seeing the forward momentum happening with that development. The second development to talk about today is Tiger Crossing. It's right across the street from Broken Arrow High School. So I'm sure all the kids going to Broken Arrow High School are very excited to see what restaurants end up in this development. There's going to be a total of seven pad sites in this development. This section you're seeing right here is a total. There's two LOIs already in place. for this and there's five additional spaces to be leased in this section itself. There's also two additional LOIs on two separate pad sites for this development. So it's moving right along.

Just to clarify, LOI is letter of intent correct?

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Adams Creek Town Center has continued with its momentum. It's going like crazy. I'm sure everybody has seen the sign for home goods to go up that we're all very excited to have in place. They are currently building out home goods right now. Katrina Fresh, Wetzel's Pretzels, Cold Stone Creamery, and Fiora Nail Salon. And those are on the east side of the development. There's also a building out occurring right now for two restaurants located in the patio area. So that's coming right along. The next thing we should see going vertical here is the pad sites. There's some contracts already in place, so momentum is going with that development. And it's very exciting. I've never seen a development go up so quickly and so efficiently. The next one to talk about is Hackberry Market, which we all know that Hobby Lobby opened On Monday had a soft opening on Friday and then opened on Monday, which is very exciting This development is moving right along on time as well, which has been incredible to watch So Home Depot is planning for their grand opening to happen the first week of November We're very excited about that TJ Maxx Burlington and five below are expected to turn over to tenants and in September, so we'll continue to see action taking place there as those are filling up. There are conversations starting to happen right now on the pad sites located out front of that development. Last but not least, Regent Bank Amphitheater, which is incredibly exciting. This development is moving right along. There's work going on right now with City Team and the team with Venue and Legends Global to finalize the operations agreement, how this is all going to work once they start having events targeting early December for the first events to start taking place there. I'm very excited about this development going on and how that's going to lead the way for the rest of that area to build out along the creek turnpike. So are there any questions? Lots of exciting stuff, that's for sure.

I do. Um, I, I don't think I saw it in the presentation. I may have missed it. Um, do we have any updates on the development? I can't remember the names. There's so many of them, uh, the development with research. I know there's still some more things to come there as well as the one across the street. And then the one down by Warren theater.

Yeah. So, um, Aspen Ridge there it's continued to be pre-development meetings for some of the parcels that are still remaining there. The head and nail spa there has not opened yet, but it's continuing to build out. So there's still action happening there. You've seen the apartments go up and they took off like crazy. The road has been completed that connects that to the rest of the development going on there. On Peak Development, which is west of Aspen Ridge, The credit union is going up right now. McDonald's is open. Seven Brew should be starting to go vertical before very long. There's still work happening there with a sit-down restaurant and that type of thing in that development. And then you asked, I think, about the shops at Aspen Creek. So we're getting close to being ready to come and present to you guys on that development and getting that ball rolling, getting some action happening there. So over the next month or so, we should be back here to talk to you about that.

That's the phase one for phase one on Aspen Ridge. I know part of that economic development contract was going to be retail. There's yet to be any retail that I'm aware of. Is there any is that

look like it could possibly actually happen at which one the resource area the so there's supposed to be some retail happening that there's a building that's vacant right now that they're leasing options and then more retail happening on the strip that's going back towards the apartment complex okay I get that asked all the time.

Pardon me. There's also across the street that signs up for the quick car wash right across the street from racers. And then the Freddy's has opened up. But the thing that I'm excited about is that the cones at the intersection of Tucson and Aspen are gone. There's no cones there anymore. And there's also the new stoplight in front of the home depot as well. Yes.

Yep.

That's up and running. If I can. Sure. So the council of Ford may want to mention this. the tourism has commissioned a study, which obviously studies are very important, to look at the hotel industry, motel industry, to give us an idea of some of the challenges we may be facing that we need to overcome in order to attract more hotels, especially in the south part of Broken Arrow. And I think it's very important because once we have that information, then we can determine how we can remove any obstacles there may be to actually recruit hotels, motels to our community on the peak development property. There was discussion is that that would be a prime place for for hotel. I've talked to several of the city managers and site selectors and some parts of our community. You're not seeing as much because of the concern about the rental of room nights. And so I think that study is going to be very beneficial to our community. I didn't know if you wanted to mention anything, counselor.

No, that's fine. You did fine.

Do you have any time frame? I think it's probably by the end of the year, early next year.

Hopefully by the end of the year. Michaela?

The hotel feasibility study, we expect that this week. We expect to have it back.

Ahead of me.

Michaela, they move fast.

That will be shared with the tourism board and eventually a presentation to the council? Yep, of course.

All right. Thank you, sir. All right. Thank you. There is no general authority business. Any remarks by governing body members?

No. Yes, I just wanted to let the council members know this. When Dr. Hanley came earlier this month and gave a presentation on NSU, he had spoken to the mayor and me beforehand and requested a letter that we send to the RUSA Board, the Regional University Assistance of Oklahoma. to talk about the partnership that we have, the growth that we've seen in just two semesters. Even though NSU, once again, there are some folks in our community that are spreading disinformation, is that NSU has been around since the late 80s, excuse me, late 90s, early 2000, as a result of sales tax initiatives, temporary taxes by the city of Broken Arrow, and funds from the state. But because of the legislation, they're only allowed to be a two-year school with the upper classes, the junior and senior level classes. Well, with 701 last year, they're now able to offer to be a traditional four-year university. And so this is only the second semester. And he came and gave updates on the growth in just two semesters we've seen. in the enrollment out there and obviously already in place where the number of professional support staff, the basically professors themselves, administration. I mean, that is an economy to itself right now, just as when it was only offering for two years. So we're starting to see a growth in the economy, which is going to benefit our community by the additional students being here, as well as the additional personnel will be on site to help with that. So I sent council members a copy of a letter that was signed by the mayor myself. It was acknowledged by the administrator from Russo. We haven't heard from Regent Carpenter yet, but I would anticipate sometime. I would think probably in 2027 we'll need to actually go to a RUSA board meeting. They're held throughout the state in one of the different universities like we did a couple of years ago and just have a conversation to talk about the importance of NSU and the impact it has on our community. So if anybody has any questions about letter, just please let me know. Otherwise, I'll be working with Dr. Hanley, his team, in the RUSA board to where maybe in 2027 we can go down and actually have a conversation with the regents themselves. It's all I have, ma'am.

Thank you, sir. There's no executive session, so I entertain a motion to adjourn. So moved.

Second.

We are back in council. We do have an executive session, so I entertain a motion to take a brief recess.