Council - Regular Meeting

[laughter] Okay, ladies and gentlemen, move into discussion item number one. Mr. discussion, consideration, possible action of appointing Brian Trier as the Ward One City Council member, replacing former Ward 1 city council member Susan Eids, who resigned from office until Brian until Brian Triger can be sworn in as the new city council member on April 20th, 2026 and appointing M. Patel, Library Commissioner, Metropolitan Library Commissioner to administer the oath office. Okay. to entertain a motion. I make a motion to approve.

I've got a motion in a second. Any further discussion? All in favor indicate by saying I. I. I. Oppos. Extension. Motion carries. You may swear it's all yours.

Hold your right hand up. Brian, thank you. Brian Triger, do you solemnly swear that I will support, obey, and defend the Constitution and the laws of the United States, the Constitution and the laws of the state of Oklahoma and the charter and ordinances of Midwest City. I affirm that I will faithfully and ethically discharge my duties to the best of my abilities as the ward one council member of the city council and as a trustee of the municipality authority and the memorial hospital authority, the economic development authority and the utility authority of the city of Midwest city, Oklahoma. I affirm that I will say the word. I affirm that I will

not knowingly not knowingly receive receive directly directly or indirectly or indirectly any money any money or other valuable things or other valuable things for for the performance or non-performance the performance or non-performance of any act of any act or duty or duty pertaining pertaining to my office to my office other than other than the compensation the compensation allowed by law allowed by law.

Congratulations. [applause] [cheering] [applause] Take your seat.

You may take your seat, Mr. Terger. [applause] CONGRATULATIONS. [applause] OKAY. Now we'll move into our consent agenda. These items are placed on the consent agenda so that the council members by unanimous consent can approve routine agenda items by one motion. If any council member requests to discuss an item or if there's not unanimous consent then the item be heard in regular order. Chair to entertain a motion to approve.

Move to approve. Second. I have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? All in favor indicate by saying I. I. I. Opposed extension. Motion carries. Now we move into the rest of our discussion items. Just wait one second. Let me catch up. He just got here. Mayor, [laughter] I forgot we had a rookie.

What happened? I'm not old. I'm seasoned. Yeah. Well, I'll break this gavvel again. All right. Move into the discussion items. Item number one, Mr. Lion. Public hearing discussion. Consideration of possible action of approval of a minor plat for attractive land distributed at block one, lot three of the 29th in Douglas Apartments located in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Mr. Summers,

thank you. Uh this is a minor plat application uh for property uh that has frontage on Southeast 25th Street behind the the Sonic just to the to the east of Sonic. Uh and this application is to subdivide this 14 and a half acre lot uh into two lots. uh the development that's proposed for the site uh both the the eastern and the western flip those directions of my hands but for the eastern and western direction uh sides of the site um are all compliant with the uh approved PUD uh for the site that was approved back in 2022. Um the western portion of the property that will front uh directly onto 25th Street uh is proposed for residential development although no building permits have been applied for at this time. Uh the the proposed plat was found to be in compliance with our our zoning uh regulations and our subdivision regulations. Uh we complied with all local and state notification requirements. Uh during the public hearing at the planning commission, there was uh one uh nearby property owner who had questions about trail easements and the planning commission unanimously recommended approval of this item.

Is the property owner here? Is Jeff Johnson here? Uh he's he's not here today, but his representative is. U I know we've heard this three times and I know the answer, but I just want to make sure everybody understands. Uh there's been some uh agreements on setbacks for trees. Is that correct? That we're not going to on that backside. We're not going to chop there's there's a the trees aren't going to get cut down. Correct.

So on I guess for the the development on the far western side, you know, they will have to clear some trees. they will uh stay out of the out of the floodway. Um and then the area that's directly north of the apartments that are built that they're building now sort of between them and uh the orchard uh at this time there's there's nothing proposed for that area. It's possible that maybe at some point in the future uh they may come and seek development on that part. The important thing for the council to know is that a couple years ago when we were having a huge drainage problem over there, this Jeff Johnson gave us the easement to get it fixed. Correct. I believe so. I think that that predated me, but I think that that is correct from what I've seen in it. Solved a big problem for us, too. So, in the files,

any further questions, Miss Summers? Hearing? None. Chair to entertain a motion to approve. Motion to approve. I'm sorry. This is a public hearing. Does anyone have anything to bring before the council considering this agenda item? Hearing or seeing none, chair to entertain a motion to approve? Motion to approve. Second. I have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? All in favor indicate by saying I. I.

Opposed. Extension. Motion carries. Item number two, Mr. Lion. PC 2237 public hearing discussion consideration possible action for a special use permit to allow the use of a church uh with a low impact institutional neighborhood related in the R six single family detached residential district for the property located at 9201 Southeast 15th Street in Midwest City. Mr. Summers,

thank you. Uh the applicant in this case is seeking a special use permit to operate a church. uh the use category that that falls under uh in our zoning regulations is uh low impact institutional neighborhood related. Um at the as of the date of this that the staff report was written uh and I guess up to now I've not received any uh comments from the public in support or opposition to this application. Uh we did comply with all local state uh notification requirements and the planning commission did recommend approval of this item. There was discussion about the parking uh on the site at the planning commission meeting and we've had as staff we've had discussions with the applicant about parking and what they've provided to us since the item was heard by the planning commission is that uh they have uh parking agreements with two adjoining property owners so with Soldier Creek Elementary School with Midell schools uh and the the purchaser of the the property immediately to the west of this building. uh so that they have agreements that I have seen that you know they can use parking on those uh adjoining lots basically on Sundays. Um with that you know they've they've com satisfied our parking requirements uh and action would be at the discretion of city council.

This is a public hearing. Does anyone have anything to bring before the council concerning this agenda item? I'm a local resident and I re really appreciate them moving in. It's nice to have them up there. There'll be three churches within a block of each other. Cherry to entertain a motion. Yes, ma'am. Okay. I live over over there off Fruitful. Okay. According to the map, I live at the the 2443 there. Ma'am, can you state your name and address, please? I'm sorry. Nancy Curtis, 2443 Fruitful Drive, Midwest City.

Okay. I'm not very political. Okay. So, the apartments then are like at the 939. Is that where all the apartments are? I I think you're thinking about the wrong issue, ma'am. Well, I'm trying. No, I'm trying to find out where I am on this map. If this is where the apartments is, he's going to come in behind the apartments. Is that what Matt? Can you show her this? Help her out. We're on the wrong agenda item. was the the previous application. This is the previous item.

The apartments are that are currently under construction right here. This is the lot in question. And really, this application was basically to let them subdivide it and draw a property line there. So, be one lot and two lots. And then what would be a church? The church that the church is for a separate application uh up on 15th Street. Oh, okay. Okay. I mean, it doesn't bother me. That'd be great. But I'm trying to figure out who's going to be in my backyard. That's what I'm trying to figure out. I am right here. Okay. So, as of today, there's there's nothing proposed for this part of the site. They may file a building permit for some senior apartments uh on this site.

Okay. Okay. Senior apartments like threetory again or no. that I mean they've not submitted building plans to us so I I can't say for sure. I don't think it's I don't think that their intent is to build anything. I'm just trying to figure out there again if I'm going to have somebody in my backyard. That's all I'm trying to figure out. Everything that they're they told us is going to be on the the west side because this is where the flooding is. Correct. Isn't that where the like where the creek or whatever? Correct. Is there going to be a road there? They've come in there. They put sewer.

The the uh representatives from the church are here. Do you all do you want to get up and say anything? You're welcome to if you want. It's a public hearing.

I am Corey Farenamp. I live at 9043 Nawasa Drive. I'm the lead pastor at uh Frontline Midwest City. Our launch date is Easter and all I really want to say is thank you to the city for for working with us. Um it's been a process. We're excited to be neighbors and to be in Midwest City. We love this city. We want to love it. Thanks for being here, partner. Thanks. Okay, where we we we approved the other one and we there's a motion to approve it. Is there a motion and a second? All in favor indicate saying I opposed. Extension. You got all evidence. Okay. Thank you. Motion passes.

Number three, Mr. Lion. Public hearing discussion, consideration of possible action to adopt the Midwest City Comprehensive Plan 2045. As Mr. Summers comes back, there's been a tremendous amount of work done on this by the staff. I'd like to recognize them, Matt and his team. Julie's here. I don't know if anyone we have other staff members that participated in this but um it was a great job. It was a very much a community influenced product and so I just want to personally thank you guys and all the hard work you did on this project.

Thank you. We we appreciate that. Um so as as many of you remember we did start the the process to update the comprehensive plan uh late in 2024. Um the current plan that we have as of today uh was adopted in 2008. Um and many of the the items that were identified in that plan as as actionable items have already been completed. So it was well um you know it was time for us to to take a look at it and and dive in and and develop a new comprehensive plan. Um as far as what it does, it kind of looks ahead in this case to 2045 uh and tries to tries to figure out what we want to be uh in 2045. there was a tremendous amount of public input that went into that process um over the last you know year plus um and it lays out a path for us to get there. Um we use a lot of the same data we you know in fact our our consultant worked with the consultants that worked on a lot of our other master plans and it kind of ties a lot of those together um in order to support our decision-m uh going forward. Um, and as as [clears throat] Tim said, there's a lot of people that I would like to thank. Uh, all the city staff. Uh, we had input from a variety of departments on this project. Um, in particular, I'd like to thank Julie Shannon, who's who's here with me today. Uh, she's a a planner in my department. [applause] She she put a lot of a lot of effort into the into this plan and and working with our consultant to make sure, you know, we met deadlines, make sure we had spaces for public hearings and things of that nature. Um, I also wanted to thank our steering committee. Uh, they're they're named in the in the plan. Uh, all of those people volunteered their time uh to meet with us and the consultant uh and and help guide this process. Um, I wanted to thank Fzen Nichols uh for being an excellent partner to work with on this project. Uh, and I and lastly, I wanted to make sure I thank city leadership um for for the guidance and and support in uh

undergoing this update. Um, I'd like to now turn things over to Don Thomas, uh, who's our project manager with Freeze and Nichols, uh, to tell you all a little bit more about the plan. Thank you. Right. Make sure I can make this work for us. Here we go. Good evening. Thank you all so much for being here, inviting us back to hopefully cap off this project. Um it's been a little over a year since we were here having our initial conversation to get this um comprehensive plan on the road to where we are today. Um and I appreciate the kudos and acknowledgements from Mr. Lion as well as from Mr. summer's here because it's taken a lot of folks coming together, working together, having conversations in order to bring about this comprehensive plan. Um, so our we incorporate into the project team everyone that has contributed um, including the community and city of Midwest City, the city council of course we've been here a couple of times to keep you all up to date as the project has progressed, the planning commission likewise um, being a part of this process and and advancing this um, final draft to you. Staff has been amazing to work with. They've contributed so much and they've helped us along the way make sure that we were um speaking with the voice of the city and understanding the things that are important to the administration as well as the community. Um the steering committee they rallied they we I'll show you a timeline that shows um kind of the engagement that we conducted with the steering committee. They did their job well. They represented you well and they helped us along the way. And of course um in addition to our freeze and nickels team

we had a catalyst commercial um serving as a subconsultant on a um primarily on the economic development component of the plan. So we'll get into um and indulge me. I'm going to move through the slides pretty quickly because I have too many but I just want to showcase some of the information that is within this document. So a couple of these front ones are really just reminders that the comprehensive plan is your policy document. It's a visionary document that sets a course for where the community wants to be in this case by 2045. Um it is not a legally binding ordinance. Um but it should provide the support to modify or adopt programs, policies, and ordinances that support the plan um including your zoning ordinance. And we we may talk a little bit more about that as we get into the implementation piece. It's not meant to be a pretty document that sits on a shelf. We want this to end up having tattered edges and um have a lot of clicks with regard to how often people utilize this document. So we want it to to be not only a pretty document that does all these things, provide a blueprint for the future, provide direction for decision-making and ensure that the community's vision is a top priority. Um our project timeline, as Matt mentioned, began in October of 2024. um we had a final draft around November of this year and um needed to get through the holidays and get that cleaned up and in front of you all. So, we stayed pretty close to our intended timeline of um a year. So, uh let's see. So, the document itself incorporates um a series of chapters. So, you see the chapters here. They really encompass sort of a background and introduction as well as key content chapters addressing land use, transportation, housing, community character, infrastructure and

economic development. And then um the cap of that is a metrics and implementation chapter and we'll talk a little bit about that because that was one of the things that this body emphasized from the very beginning that that was a very important component to the plan. So the previous plan, the one that's in place today, adopted in 2008, it's perfectly fine plan. It's brought you almost, you know, 20 years into the future from when that vision was established and a set of priorities and um implementation tasks. This plan does the same thing, but it's looking um obviously forward a couple of decades from today. Um we we focused a lot on development patterns. Um, we looked at ensuring that there's an alignment between land use and mobility, not just vehicular transportation, but all types of mobility. Um, we really spent some time looking at neighborhoods and housing because that is what creates Midwest City. You are a city of neighborhoods. And so, we wanted to make sure that there was some focus on that. And there's a big there's a component of economic resiliency including an economic development playbook that is incorporated in that chapter. Um and then of course the focus on implementation is um is unique to this plan. So we began the project with as much engagement as we could to help frame that vision and a set of guiding principles for the plan itself. Um that included 24 stakeholder and focus groups. It included u three larger public outreach events, one in January of 25, one in April and one in November. Um it also included a series of community surveys. Um those looking at general input regarding um vision guiding principles, what people want and expect to see. Another one that was focused more on land use that was um sort of launched in um cooperation with

our Earth Day festival and we we had an exhibit at that event as well. And then we also created surveys for um distribution to the communities at Rose State and the Midell School District primarily focused on the high school. So uh wanted to get those voices incorporated into the planning process. The AD steering committee met um five times um couple at least one time was virtual and we we went through basically all of the the plan content. They helped to um understand and discuss the demographics and all of the data that supports the plan, the foundational information. They helped to frame and refine the guid the guiding principles and the vision statement and then looked at um sort of fixing or not fixing but refining the um future land use map as well as um asking a lot a lot of questions to make sure that we were thinking about all the things that were priorities. um moving into the various components of plan development. So key takeaways that we feel like um reflect the community input that we received early on. Um and these are high level so these are kind of grouped but preserving community character was a priority for for Midwest City. We did that by addressing the development patterns and basically the um land use framework within the city. Improving housing options is also something that was mentioned many times and provided um in responses to surveys and other conversations. So you'll see in the document there is an element of the market analysis that focuses on housing as well as strategies for diversifying housing um options within the community. Um and that's housing types as well as price points. Um also within the future land use component there's um uh recognition as to how the distribution of different land uses including housing should be addressed. Expanding

transportation and connectivity. We looked at all of the different types of mobility within the community including sidewalks and trails. Enhancing local amenities and public space. identifying special planning areas and reinvestment tools for areas that need to be um sort of boosted. So the vision statement is what you see here. Um it is it is aspirational but it also I think does a good job of reflecting the voice of the community. Uh with that vision statement the guiding principles of connected, home, vibrant and efficient. You'll see um throughout the document there's a thread that um we'll we'll show but each of the um plan chapters and the recommendations within those chapters connects directly back to these guiding principles so that there is um intent in the way that this is set up. So looking at the land use component this is typically the piece of the plan that people see most and utilize most as sort of a tangible working document. Um high level goals include looking at um and balancing a mix of land uses within the community to support growth. Um developing and enhancing distinct districts and destinations. Uh adopting modern and and flexible land use regulations and um planning at the neighborhood scale. So that really starts to look at some of those special planning areas and basically taking these concepts from your comprehensive plan down to the um more neighborhood scale of uh of a level. Um and then preserving and revitalizing the original mile. So looking at some of that um historic element of the city that is very um specific to Midwest City. Yes sir.

Don I have one one question on at the point third point. It says it's to be flexible. Uh what if somebody wants to do something that is outside of the scope of this plan? Uh what is their method for um appeal? Who do they go to and to what extent will this plan actually determine what they can or cannot do in future developments?

So this plan is a policy as opposed to a regulation and it's also a guide. So it is not something that is etched in stone that must be complied with to the letter. It is meant to provide a basis. So when we talk about flexible land use regulations, that would mean some adjustments to what you currently have on the books with regard to your zoning and subdivision rags. Um, so what we want to give you now is the policy, give you the support to work through some of those adjustments and determine exactly what is flexible with regard to what your comfort level is, what the planning commission's comfort level is in allowing some some flex in the regulations. So that might be that there's more administrative um pro provision or authority with regard to variances. Um, there have to be guard rails. you need to understand kind of what the outcomes are meant to be. Um, but oftentimes there can be flexibility written into your regulations that will make it a little bit easier and provide some um some leeway because every piece of property is different and every type of project is different. You want high quality outcomes and we want to make sure that your regulations will produce that and this plan is the is meant to guide that and provide the kind of the parameters for it. So that's a really long answer. I hope I I hope I hit the question.

No, that's good. My my my [clears throat] hope is that some towns just have a a feel when you drive into it. You say, "Oh, this is nice place." Yeah. Everything is conformed. Everything is neat. It feels like it belongs. All the setbacks are are [snorts] the same. You know, the architectural styles all mesh together nicely. That's obviously my hope. I think that's probably everybody's hope for their community that it makes a statement when people come into it. So, I'm less concerned with changing it than than putting teeth

emphasizing some of those things. Sure. And you'll see in um when I get to the community character uh part of the presentation and that component of the plan, you'll see a little bit more of that. Okay. So, thank you.

Absolutely. So with regard to land use, we developed a series of land use categories that represent the different general types of land uses that are expected to occur within the city. Each one of those land use categories has what we call a dashboard. And that dashboard provides a definition of the purpose and character of the land use category. It provides some photo examples of the types of development you could expect to be located there. Um the an appropriateness table basically takes the variety of different types of land uses and says how appropriate those would be within this those are within this category. And then it also provides some graphics that indicate the intensity and density and scale of projects that you would typically see in this type of um land use category. I didn't include all of the land use dashboards in the presentation because that would be a lot. But we did show you we are showing you how those are distributed in your updated future land use map. Um so this indicates basically um an understanding that the community is growing to the east. Um you have especially as infrastructure is is made available you have more opportunities in that part of the community for new growth and um then for redevelopment within other parts of the community. Um, also looking at development patterns that will support better access to neighborhood services and um, also basically centralizing uh, commercial activities uh, to the extent possible. A lot of this, keep [snorts] in mind that we're we're we're at a point in time. So the things that are out there on the ground right now are out there on the ground right now and they're going to stay there um, until and unless someone chooses to make some changes. And so it's an evolution of, you know, slow steps to get to what your future vision looks like. Um, so unless the city's just made a money and wants to start buying up things and changing stuff. C,

can I ask a question? So the map really stood out to me and it's because I live in Ward 5 and my hope for a very long time has been the evolution of some mom and pop, maybe a coffee shop, a sit-down restaurant. what we have there um is very limited as is much of it very outdated. Um and so I had hoped to see some more commercial districts or areas pop up or even small businesses within that map. What I saw is mainly residential and probably what businesses I saw were what is already existing. Um

well so yeah the the way that this map was created there pretty well there were several um different pieces or I guess parts to the the development of this map. We start with existing um because that's what's there and we expect that to be there for a while. Um however we we also want to indicate where things should evolve into something more intense or a different type of land use to provide services or other types of amenities for the community. Um so you see in this map particularly at arterial intersections additional um uh infusions of uh mixed use uh land use category of local commercial land use category and then at the larger intersections you see more of the regional commercial types of uses. Um we anticipate that in some let me go back to the categories. So within this um neighborhood low density is what you would typically and estate residential are really your mostly single family um suburban type developments. When you get into the neighborhood medium to high density and mixed use those are locations where you would see more than just single family homes. you would start to see um duplex, triplex, quads, probably speaking more to the medium density and then larger apartment developments in appropriate uh scale when you go towards the higher density. Mixed use of course is where we expect those things to blend and so you have some of those local commercial activities, retail, restaurants in addition to higher density residential. Um, so you may see areas on the map that look like they're residential and they fit within this medium to high, but they would also be locations where appropriate corner commercial would be allowed. And mixed use, of course, would would be a little broader of that allowance.

Sir, we did one of those, if you remember, on 15th Street just to the west of Post where the new O'Reilly's is, that was residential there, and they came to us and we reszoned it. So there that's that's how we could handle stuff like that. Correct. Yes. And that is on a corner and it's on a main thoroughfare. So it was it was a good fit to go from a single family home to a commercial property.

And Mayor Vice Vice Mayor the area um and we've done a really great job on Northeast 23rd as far as development, attracting new businesses. It's just predominantly northeast tent street that needs a little bit of revitalization and [clears throat] really businesses that serve the community whether it's a coffee shop, pastry shop, you know. U but I just I just wanted to say ask I guess there is room for growth in that area even though it's residential to have mom and pop type.

Yes. And I will say we focused a lot on this development pattern. um the image that you see on the screen. So that the nodes at those arterial intersections are really the places where probably the biggest changes are expected to happen and can be supported because those are the locations that you're providing infrastructure and you have access to um v various types of mobility. So the that keeps your development nearby but not within neighborhoods. Um, so you'll see this development pattern frequently throughout the presentation because it does sort of enforce all of the different um, components of the plan. And I will also say that this plan is being presented today. It doesn't mean that it is locked in time forever and that it will not change. Um, this is intended to be a living working document for you. And so I'll talk at the be at the end about some recommendations for keeping the plan current as you move through the next several years. So special planning areas, we looked at places like of course the original mile, a Heritage Park Mall, um Air Depot corridor. We looked a lot at the corridors because we were trying to emphasize that those are areas that you have the infrastructure, you have the capacity, and a lot of times you already have um growth and development within those um corridors that can sustain additional um additional types of of development. So, we feel like there are definitely opportunities for additional focus on these areas as you uh start to apply the concepts and um principles of the plan. Looking at the goals relative to transportation and mobility, u we're really in emphasizing active transportation networks. You all have um a really good start and elements of a trail system that has such opportunities to connect to a regional trail system

and and give people not only the ability to um recreate in a broader way, but also to commute um utilizing those facilities. So, we're looking at things like that. um making sure that streets are designed in a way that rec recognizes all all types of um transit or transportation. And um we also spent a bit of time and some additional effort looking at potential public transit. We know that that's been um somewhat challenging for Midwest City and um there there's still work to be done, but we feel like there are great opportunities. Um, Air Depot is is one corridor that really can sustain and connect a lot of different um uh residential areas and also employment locations. Uh so we really think that that's something that can can be worked on over the next little bit and with partnerships hopefully improve some of the access that people have um to move around the community particularly um utilizing that corridor as maybe a a pilot or starting point. We updated the thoroughfare master plan. Um we and in doing so there were a few um adjustments upgrading air depot and Reno to major arterials and it also um this update also proposes some additional safety and multimmodal improvements. Uh along with the updated map we took a look at and updated the thoroughfare design standards. So these are basically the criteria that identify the right of way, the travel lanes and the various amenities within your um street corridors and um whether or not parking is permitted or should be permitted on those. Uh again, this is something moving forward it would be appropriate when you are completely reconstructing sections of streets or implementing new um it would it'll take some time for other um components to

evolve if it's a significant change. Um speaking to the multimmodal network, this is really just a a reminder that people of all ages need to get around the community and not everybody has a car or can drive a car. Um so focusing on ways to ensure that every user has some access and the ability not only to commute through the community but also to utilize those um areas and the facilities for active transportation. The development pattern relationship to land or to transportation really focuses on ensuring that your investment in transportation um facilities is concentrated where you anticipate activity. that's going to be your most heavily uh utilized corridors and intersections. Um, also again kind of speaking to the complete streets, that's making sure that we're thinking about all different types of users as um development is proposed as um capital projects are considered and designed and [snorts] then aligning that of course with where you where you've identified growth areas. Recommendations focus on those that trail network. um looking at transit feasibility. I've mentioned that previously. And um really focusing on making your um sidewalk more comprehens sidewalk inventory, doing a sidewalk inventory to make sure that you have a very comprehensive um sidewalk network so that your pedestrians have um plenty of ways to get between um destinations like work, jobs, school um but also to just navigate the community.

Yes. Sorry, I have another question and I hate to delay things, but that previous slide where you talked about the nodes and you know the streets criss-crossing. Yeah, there's one corner that's not a node. Yeah, that happens sometimes. I understand it. But um when that happens, when there's a corner that is completely undeveloped in a major intersection in an area that needs development, how does that impact the development in that area? And what can we do to turn that crisscross into an actual circle that that makes it developable?

So I think part of that has to do with the infrastructure that serves it in a in a large manner that you that no that corner first of all it it may be low density or low intensity development. It may be um streets that are not as high um capacity. No, not as high a classification of street. That's okay. Not every corner has to be a node. You really are looking at the higher level um collector's arterials primary primarily arterials that you want those nodes of activity. But the case in point is Tenth and Air Depot. Okay.

Okay. We're talking about needing development in on tent coffee shops and whatnot. The corner of Tenth and Air Depo has three three empty corners and a what? 7-Eleven on the other. Is that Yeah, it's got one 7-Eleven and the rest of it is just blank and has been for, you know, for 50 years or more longer. What does that do when there's a major intersection with no nodes? Um, it would seem to me that it would restrict the commercial development along all along that traffic pattern. Yeah.

And that it would be in our best interest to turn that into a node into a circle. And so what I would recommend is taking a look at that future land use map and recognizing what is identified there as the future land use for those other three corners. And if and I I believe it already does identify higher level use than just vacant or you know low low inensity uses. Um so you can turn it into a node by making sure that it's properly served with um infrastructure. So it has water, sewer, streets, sidewalks. Once that happens, you've basically set the table for private development to come in and with less um with less cost, with less burden on the private development, they're ready to take that site and build it out. So, making sure that it's classified the way that you want it to on the future land use map and then ensuring that the proper infrastructure is there to support the kind of development that the land use map calls for.

Thank you very much.

Absolutely. Okay. neighborhoods and housing. I mentioned before that Midwest City is all about its neighborhoods. Um, you all have a neighborhood program that should be the envy of a lot of communities in this this area, if not you, the state, because you communicate to your citizens through their neighborhoods in a very effective way. And so we appreciated that as a means of communication, but it also means that you have great opportunities to get information to and from your citizens um through that program. So we want to make sure that you continue to focus on that. You know, leverage the the assets and the um uh programs that you have that work. Um, we talked earlier about diversifying the housing market, offering a range of housing options in type, size, and price, and um, ensuring that there's a development review process that can help produce these types of developments in a fair and consistent manner. [snorts] So, what this includes is really focusing more on understanding your housing market. Um when we we did a market analysis, it does take into account some housing elements, but it focuses more on commercial and economic development. So it focuses more on commercial, office, industrial types of uses. Um but it does give you a good idea of what the gaps are with regard to housing in the community and what you can sustain and absorb over uh the next several years. So, making sure that you are focusing on that uh marketing um and communicating with developers and builders about the needs of the community. Um housing rehabilitation and remodeling incentives. A lot of your housing stock is fairly old. A lot of the housing stock within the community, particularly in the original core of Midwest City, is housing that is probably most the most affordable housing that you have. But it also needs

to be maintained and you need um so we're we're recommending some programs that can help you ensure that there are resources so that people can maintain those properties so that they stay active and um occupied and that's kind of part of the housing life cycle. All right. Community character and design. This is sort of coming back to the the look and feel of the community. um several com several feed uh several um comments and um themes within the feedback that we received. What were focused on ensuring that there are adequate recreational opportunities not only for the residents of Midwest City but also for bringing regional events to the community. Um so that's something that we we heard several times over. um promoting a unified community identity. Our very first meeting when we were here in this room with the steering committee, we talked about like what's the logo? What's the um branding for this comprehensive plan? How do we reflect the city's brand in our comprehensive plan? And we never got to a final determination because there were very differing opinions about what Midwest City represents. Um, so we felt like we got the the the general feel of it in the way that we've presented information and how we've kind of reflected that within the plan document, but there is still work to be done and we know that the city has initiated at least once um some efforts to look at um citywide branding. And so we're going to encourage that that continue. Um there are historical components to what makes Midwest City Midwest City. There's a very specific reason why this city is located where it is and how it relates to Tinker Air Force Base. Um, but there are also folks within the city that are,

you know, not necessarily connected with Tinker and that are more connected with the school districts, for instance. Um, so I think there's there's a conversation to be had there. And um, we didn't dive too deeply into that, but we we recognize that that's something that people still want to talk about. Um, and a way that that can be reflected is through things like gateways. So, what how you enter the city when you know you've arrived in Midwest City, having some type of gateway that's consistent. Um, so we recommend looking at those and um providing that welcoming feeling for people as they come into the city. Um, you've you've got some of that already. I think it's more a matter of just leveraging that and amplifying what you have. Um, maintaining community standards. Again, this is uh we mentioned codes previously. this um maintaining standards and high standards for the quality of development and the maintenance of properties um really speaks to both your development regulations as well as code enforcement.

Yes, ma'am. So, I I had this question um and you mentioned schooling, so I thought maybe this was a proper space to [snorts] ask it. Did you spend any time evaluating the different school districts that incorporate our city?

We really did not. That's something that's a part of the city that we did not have any influence over. Um, understanding kind of where they are and the distribution of like how how the different um geograph geographies of the of the school districts. We we we did look at that to understand it, but we don't have the ability through anything that the plan really deres to influence that. That's more handled through different statutes. So, are you used to coming across a lot of municipalities that have multiple school districts for a city or is is it more common to have a city that utilizes one school district?

It's a mixed bag truly. Um, I think I've personally I've worked in probably a split of communities that have singular districts as opposed to multiple. Um, so it's it's not terribly uncommon. Um you guys have a a lot probably a little bit more than most most communities would have. Um but almost any uh community of this size particularly is going to have a variety of different educational offerings and whether that's public or private versus multiple public um options. There are always um there are always those types of um dynamics in play. Thank you.

Okay. So the development patterns don't speak a whole lot to the um community character element of the plan, but it does help to ensure that there's a sense of place. So if you know that there is a development pattern that's consistent throughout the community, it helps to say, you know, we're still here. We're we're recognizing that development occurs generally on the same cadence within the community. All right. And then oh sorry key recommendations looking at mixed use standards and understanding the community's expectations with regard to mixed use. That's a new component that we feel like is going to strengthen your regulatory um offering. [snorts] Um supporting public private partnerships where possible and um Mr. Coleman does a great job of identifying opportunities for things like that. So I feel like that's something that is well within your wheelhouse. Um, looking at complete streets, again, that sort of speaks back to the streets and transportation element, but also it is reflected for community character purposes as well. Um, urban design and signage standards, those are also things that if applied consistently and over a little bit of time, once that's once you've established what that look and feel is, you've got um you've got a a key component to how that can be reflected. Okay. With regard to public services and facilities, um optimizing your existing infrastructure, this is something that um I think is appropriate to emphasize almost regardless of what community we're in, but um for Midwest City, you have existing infrastructure in the ground and the amount that you utilize that is basically the return on investment. So the number of rate payers that can be on a water line or a sewer line ensures that you're able to cover the maintenance costs for maintaining

that line long term. So extending utilities a long distance for a single family home or a very you know sparsely developed um area is not the most efficient way to develop. So, we tried to give some some framework to that and some thought to how that can can really benefit you in utilizing what you have first and then expanding as the community continues to grow. Um, you faced some of that in trying to kind of crack the nut on um sewer service and the east part of the city. So, you guys are very thoughtful about how that happens. I think that's exactly the right template to continue to follow. Um there were comments that we heard relative to healthcare that not all components of health care are available within Midwest City and that's something that can be improved. Um so um I think the thing that kind of I remember most is that there's not a place for women to give birth here in Midwest City. So you know it's you want to stay in your community to do those sorts of things to grow your family. That's where you're going to be. Um anyway, I think that you've got uh the groundwork laid. You've got some things happening with regard to health care and some improvements coming. So, just wanted to mention that. It was something we heard several times through the public engagement. Um planning for services that meet current as well as future needs. That's clearly obvious. You want to understand and use use this plan to project where those needs are going to occur so that you're um ahead of the ball and not not being in a reactive position. and strengthening resilience to hazards. Um, we we incorporated some elements in here. Every community can do better when it comes to being prepared and also having the resources in place in order to respond quickly when some type of um accident occurs or incident. So, aligning your CIP with all of the um

other master plans. So, you all have engaged um consultants to do water, wastewater, and storm water master plans. That's super. We've pulled recommendations from all of those plans so that they are all sort of under the umbrella of your comprehensive plan. Protecting and maintaining your storm water programs, curating various amenities. Um, one thing I think I've I may have it in here under economics. Um, what we've found like the second bullet here under economic resiliency is fostering mixed use and entertainment districts. Um, people now tend to do a lot of shopping online and in order to get them to utilize and visit the retail offerings within the community, we're finding that they more and more want that to be um an experience and a destination as opposed to just going to a store and leaving. So, you utilizing that as inspiration is is kind of part of this. um continuing to attract um high wage employment sectors, um supporting retention of existing businesses, continuing to develop skilled workforce and align your workforce needs with the educational um components within the city, um increase availability of highquality office space and encourage reinvestment. So all of these sort of fall into the economic resiliency area and these are peer markets that were evaluated with regard to um economic resiliency and just basically some data that helps to show how you line up with other communities within the region. We also looked at the top 10, excuse me, target industries that we feel like the city has the opportunity to continue to um support and to grow. And again, how this sort of co calls back to that development pattern um alignment is ensuring that you have convenient access to goods and services at those nodes. So

the highest intensity uses happen at your primary nodes um and then using utilizing the corridors not only to get there but to have the lower intensity activities um positioned on those corridors. Um, so all of this kind of goes back to updating and um sort of enforcing some unification in your marketing and branding tools such as facade grants um to help with um elevating curb appeal and encouraging alignment with city branding and themes. all ways to recruit um some of those uh preferred uh sectors and um businesses and then coordinating with the tech center to look at coordination of workforce needs. There's a whole another page here. We did a lot on this economic development piece, but strengthening p public private partnerships, collaboration with your local partners, um looking at regional, state, and economic development organiz organizations, making sure that those are, you know, plugged in as as appropriate and um continuing to um look at recruitment strategies to leverage like the entire metro, especially as you become more accessible, more quickly accessible to downtown. I mean, Midwest City is positioned really well because people can live in Midwest City and get to downtown Oklahoma City very quickly, very relatively easy easily. Um, so utilizing that to sort of leverage Midwest City's position and um, you know, quality of life as a way to attract more folks. Um, the metrics and implementation is something that we focused a lot on. We know that I know when I came here to speak to you the very first time, it was how do we know we're actually implementing the plan? How do we know that it's working and how do we make sure that we're utilizing the plan effectively? So, we tried to give you a whole chapter on how that all kind of plays into your role with regard to the plan. So, the implementation chapter

has um a large matrix in it and that includes key action items. The types of items that are included, generally those are going to be things like a plan or program um or some type of um uh regulatory control or or or some type of partnership. Uh the time frame so that you've got an idea of how quickly you can kind of get some of these things moving. um some funding opportunities where you might find the funding for different types of um uh actions and then key partners and the person or entity that's mostly going to champion that particular action. So this is what the table looks like. This is just a snip and I didn't include the entire table for you because it's multiple pages. um the potential funding sources. We I think I have two pages of this, but this is just to demonstrate that your you and your staff have some resources to start uh identifying what projects you want to fund and how you might go about um securing those funds through various programs um state and federal. the performance metrics and data for each of the um topics within the plan. So, land use, transportation, etc. We've identified metrics that are trackable with consistent data that you can check back in with over time to determine how well you're moving forward towards the vision and guiding principles within this plan. and relative to decision-m. These are just some of the things that you can ask yourself when you're thinking about projects or programs that are um being introduced or requested within the within the city. Um all of them speak to how closely are we representing the guiding principles and the vision of the plan. Implementation requires sort of a a team approach and the city council obviously

has a role to play. you are the adopter um with regard to the plan itself and you set the policy direction through that adoption but also through your other actions reviewing progress and checking in over the over time to ensure that this plan is working the way you want and need it to. The planning commission uses the plan on a more regular basis. They're going to be looking at this document to understand and make decisions with regard to zoning and development applications and also regulations with the zoning and subdivision regulations and amendments to that. And your city staff, of course, is going to use it probably even more regularly in decision-making, making sure that your various tools such as your capital improvement program are aligned with the vision and the recommendations of the plan and tracking those metrics so that they can report out to the planning commission and to yourselves. Well, we recommend that there's an annual internal review of implementation progress. That may also be a time to make housekeeping amendments to the plan if you see that certain things are changing that need to be addressed within the plan itself. Um changing conditions don't often happen like every six months or every year. So it's something to just be cognizant of and understand if they if you get a a large employer or if you lose a large employer that may change some things with regard to how you expect to grow and develop over time. So those are things to think about and um understand collectively whether or not you need to make an adjustment to the plan. A major update to your plan, we would anticipate that happens every 5 to 10 years as you start ticking things off that list of recommendations and understanding how um how things are progressing. Then of course that can be adjusted as well. All right, that's my last slide. I know that went long. I appreciate your attention. Um thank you all very much. I'm happy to answer questions. I do have

one question. I saw a lot about you know nodal and transportation and all that but construction methodology changes every [snorts] couple years and we got mired down in a issue where we were uh requiring certain construction methods to be done. Mhm.

Um I don't think it was an ordinance, but we did get mired down in the fact it was in the comprehensive plan and we couldn't move off of it. So the flexibility part of this is ne necessary in order to uh to move forward. But you didn't really touch on, you know, the construction methodologies, the materials that are utilized and all of that because it changes every couple of three years

and it's not really conducive for us to push back on every time somebody wants to come in. I know there's a a procedure for them to go through, but what is your take on on on that? I didn't see a lot in that.

Yeah, we didn't we didn't hit that hard because as you say, those are things that evolve and change relatively quickly. Um what we did want to do is sort of frame up what the overall feel and um outcomes the community told us they were interested in. But we didn't talk about, you know, 80% brick. We didn't talk about utilizing different construction methods to accomplish different types of development patterns. What we really want to enforce is that you're utilizing your infrastructure and um the improvements in the public realm that you have control over to support the development that you want to see and to basically set the table for private development to come in. Where you can better impact the um specifics with regard to building types and building materials um is more in your codes and in your engineering design criteria. And so those are documents that are not um they speak to the comprehensive plan, but they're not um like mandated through the comprehensive plan. They're they're going to live separately.

Thank you. Does anyone have any questions? I have a question. [snorts] Uh just for clarity, who who oversees this? Who implements this? Make sure that it's done in a timely manner. Who does that? Is that Mr. Sanders?

So I'm I'm not going to lay it all on Mr. Summers. He's he's probably the keeper of the plan if nothing else. But this is a community plan. Um and there are responsibilities within really all the departments of the city as well as the city administration and elected decision makers. So you'll see in that action matrix in the last chapter where we say who's responsible. Um a lot of times that responsibility is going to lie either on the planning department or on engineering or public works because it's a lot of physical development but you will also see um responsibilities happening at different levels. So what we what we hope is that all of the different components of the city are not looking to Matt to say, you know, implement the plan, but they're looking to where they're they have some responsibility and they're going to have to work together

to the who brings it to the council to review yearly. Is that Summers or is that you? It's probably Summers.

Okay. I'm glad to hear in your plan that you have um allowed a t uh space to do amendments. Uh, I'm really concerned about 10th Street as uh Sarah Bayon and and Mr. Thompson also uh expressed their concern. 10th Street is a gateway in and out of this city. Uh, and if you've been over there recently, it is in deplorable condition. Um, a coffee shop would be a plus. However, there's so much more can be done with that area and I hope you guys take that under consideration. If we don't fix 10th Street and and and 10th Street service so many dense populations, you show you showed that on your map. Uh people in areas who don't necessarily have money for transportation and walking the sidewalks are great, but there's no place to walk to the dollar store.

You need destinations.

There's no place to walk to. So, we need to look at bringing 10th Street up. let's do something um bring some small business into there, the mom and pops or or something because if we don't, it will feed into other areas. I believe that's in my soul because I've done studies. It bleeds into other areas bringing property values down. We need to look at that and it's not part of the plan. You know, the uh original mile is real popular, and I'm I'm not saying it does not deserve attention, but nothing on your list talked about where the disc population, the residents are, and some of those people just are not that mobile.

They can't get to 29th Street or they're not going out and and buying dinner at Charleston's. So, we need to look at that area. It is it is well within your purview if you would like to amend the plan to incorporate 10th Street or the 10th Street corridor as a special planning area be here. But hopefully you guys pick it up and and look at that because decay like a rotten apple in a burl it will it will eat up other areas. So that's my thought. Well, if I read the implementation thing, and I've went through it a couple times, there's there's task for us as a council. Yes.

To to that in 10th Street's one. We're going to have to do something with the ADUs. That's not really discussed, but it's it's it's coming. Uh 23rd Street is we we need to do something there. So, it's it's from the way I read it that yeah, a lot of it's going to come on Matt, a lot of it's going to come on the staff, but it also it's our responsibility to say, "Hey, Mr. City Manager, we would like something done on 10th Street or 23rd Street or we need to start working on some type of ordinance for ADUs so it doesn't blow up and we're behind the curve." So, it's on us, too, to say, "Okay, we want something done."

I think that's a great point. I absolutely agree. And um if you go through a strategic planning type of exercise annually or bianually as a council, that would be a really appropriate way to ensure that you're addressing the things that kind of fall to you and and raising up the priorities that you want to

I think it's not been a lack of will. I think there's been particularly about the 10th Street corridors. This conversation has been ongoing since I got here. It's a matter of funding, available funding. Um there's so much so much funding to go around and then there is ongoing projects. Um and so it's a matter of prioritizing. Um I think I think that's been a struggle and I don't I don't have any one person to blame for that. I think um I guess we need to look at the priorities and and see where we can go from from there. Yeah.

But I I know there's been a commitment to do something on Northeast Tent particularly around the corridor. or I just don't know when that funding is going to be viable.

I do want to say I read the I read the 300 and something pages. [laughter] It took me a few days, but I read it. Uh so it's a good plan and I know we can't address everything, but I think this is major and you guys um I'll be here to fix it and I'll be there to watch you fix it. And I think councilwoman has a, you know, really not not just a valid point, a really critical point that we all need to take serious. We have areas of town that we can all be proud of. Then we have areas of town that feel like have been neglected for 20, 30 years. And so there needs to be some equity in in in the way that we uplift and build and invest throughout the city.

Yeah, great point. Okay. Uh, good discussion and Miss Maxwell, I agree with you. 10th Street corridor needs some attention and needs it now. But you and I are going to be spectators here in a little bit. So with that being said, does any have anybody have any questions more for the presenter? No.

One last one. When should we I know you said uh 2045, but what is the best practice? Like should we do another comp plan in about eight years? Is it 5 years? Is it 10 years? So, I'm going to couch that a little bit because it does depend some. Um, we recommend looking at um an update in five years. And to do that, five years from now, there'll be a new census. You'll have new demographic data. You'll have the ability to see where there are shifts within that data. Um, and that may be something that causes you to make some adjustments. um 10 years again you'll kind of be at a probably a milestone point. The other thing that might trigger an update would be we've checked off all these boxes. We've done all the things that we highlighted as priorities and we've accomplished a lot that the plan told us to do. Let's get another plan started so that we're not behind and we can continue to kind of grow intentionally.

Yeah. Okay. This is a public hearing. Does anyone does anyone have a question, Don? Yes, sir. This thing has been going on for a while. It's taken a while. And in the interim period, using the old comprehensive plan, this council turned down the construction request for a major apartment complex on Douglas around 17th Street.

Okay. Um, and we did it partially because the old comprehensive plan uh didn't call for apartments in that area. It was single family and farms. Is there anything in this new comprehensive plan that would bring that judgment into question or would it would we make a different decision now with this comprehensive plan than we made four months ago? I honestly would need to evaluate the differences between your current future land use map and the proposed future land use map. Um because I that would be the biggest telling um criteria. And I think that it's going to it's going to dog you to question past actions um because things do evolve and change and you were making a decision based on the best information you had in front of you at the time. Um, so unless that action, unless that development is brought back in a manner that's consistent with your, you know, zoning code and, you know, development regulations, then I think that your decision's done and you've got to move forward. Um, so I think maybe that's to staff a little bit to figure out if there is a distinction between these two maps that would that would maybe merit reaching out if that's something you still you feel strongly about. um to to see if there's a reason to revisit anything. But I personally I I feel like you've you've kind of come to a point in time where you've got a new piece of information in front of you and you can apply that moving forward.

All right. Thank you. Yeah. Okay. Once again, this is a public hearing. Does anyone have anything to bring for council according to this uh plan? Mr. Mayor, yes. Step up to the microphone. State your name and address.

Yeah. WT over. Sorry. Yeah. WT at coach light. Uh I know exactly what she's talking about because 40 years ago Norman did the exact same thing. Uh when they split two departments of public works and utilities and they brought in the very first public works department uh director which was uh uh I can't remember his name and my father my lay father which worked for the city at the time before his passing in '04. They split them in down and then uh when they did that they uh wanted to find out why Norman was flooding so bad. There was four streets in Norman that flooded at a rapated rate and they got my father involved and my father looked at everything and he told the city council why it was doing this. That lady has got a point about this because it does work

by upgrading and she is right on the money with everything. And this is what I was thinking, the same thing she was thinking of because Norman did that. My father got it involved and he changed it. In fact, if you go to Norman and you see Lindsay uh Lindy Street, Main Street, Robinson, the Rock Creek Bridge, and Highway 77 through there, that was his vision 40 years ago, and it's actually improved. In fact, they're they're still doing it. And I'm just letting you know that's a good idea. All right. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. Hearing or seeing? Yes, sir. State your name and address, please.

Yes. My name is Felix Lynon. Uh 1625 Northeast Uclid. I live in Oklahoma City, but I do a lot of commerce. We'll forgive you for that. It's okay. I went to Oklahoma State, too. So, you know, [laughter]

well, go. I mean, Rotary, too. How about that? Did that work? Okay. Anyway, um I was going to make a recommendation or suggestion. I'm an educator. 16 years educator in Oklahoma City public schools. And one [clears throat] thing that I noticed about the plan that I would strongly encourage the the board to think about is that when there are projects that come up that we're going to plan or construct any stage of that, have the students in Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, Midway City be a part of those plans because once it's built, the opportunity is gone. And I think we want to try to find a way to keep people in our community, allow them to build and be a part of the planning, let them have a say in what's going on because people support what they help create. And I think those would all be parts that would make this a unique opportunity for Midwest City as well. and maybe even as an Oklahoma City resident a type of maps where you have four or five projects that are dedicated to Midwest City and then you can have address those concerns that you guys cited about Northeast 10th. I live in Ward at 7, but I drive down Northeast 10th to go to Crest and to Ross and those types of things. So, I this 10th corridor is a big thing for me and I it's a draw for people in Oklahoma City to come back east as well. So, those are some things to consider, but thank you'all for your time and congratulations, Brian, for your uh placement on the board tonight.

Thank you for uh thank you for Okay, chair to entertain a motion to approve the comprehensive plan as presented. Motion second. I have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? All in favor say I. I

opposed. Extension. Motion carries. It is approved. We now move into new business public discussion. Does anyone have anything to bring forth council? I want to remind you that if it's not a agenda item, we cannot engage with you in a back and forth conversation, but we'll take notes and see if it's worth noteworthy. So, we do have one person that has signed up to talk to the council. And I'm sorry I cannot read your handwriting. Come on up. Now, this one be sweet.

Can you state your name and address, please? Altun uh 7300 Southeast 15 Midwest City, Oklahoma 73110. Okay. Somebody laughing. Okay.

No, I'm just um Well, um I just want to say um I tell uh Brian Sugar, I say, "God call your purpose." Um, and he was kind of was feeling nervous. I I uh you guys know uh Mike's well, he's my personal um state state representative, Midway city representative. I'm just believing I'm just believing God is like I've been a private representative since 2009 in Oklahoma City. And so I was decided to run for actually city council and one I I told everyone I was rookie but at the same time no I'm not rookie because I know the standards and so now I want to make a difference in the city of Midwest city either behind the scene or front of the scene. So in the future I just want to be in the board. Uh you know my brother work in the city gay or wait I always tell my brother I say every time I want to go to the meeting I miss my meeting I ask him when is the city council meeting the main reason is is um so the third party the water third party uh like I went to the Walmart my personal uh experience and to pay my water And so every water station has the third party. Only Midwest City, we don't have a third party. Um when it comes to like either electronically um you know you guys aware that uh family works and get off at 5 by the time they get off work the city of Midwest city is closed and

some holidays and some days we are closed. So now it comes to desperation, your water is turned off um because you just miss one day. And so um that's the main reason um I was demanding that to uh solve. I'm just praying and hoping. All right. Well, thank you ma'am for being here. Appreciate your comments.

Yes, sir. Does anyone else have anything to bring forward council? Seeing none, we do have an executive session attached to this agenda and a chair to entertain a motion to uh recess the council agenda and move on to the next motion to recess. Second. We got a motion to recess and a second. All in favor indicate saying I

opposed. Extension motion carries. We are now hereby recessed from the council agenda and I call to order the Midwest City Municipal Authority. We have a consent agenda attached. These items are uh placed on the consent agenda so the trustees by unanimous consent can approve routine agenda items by one motion. If any trustee requests to discuss an item or if there's not unanimous consent, the item then will be removed and heard regular order. chair to entertain a motion to approve. Motion to approve. Second. And a motion and a second. All in favor indicate saying I. I. I.

Opposed. Extension. Motion carries. Discussion item. No action is needed on that discussion item. We move into new business. Public discussion. Does anyone have anything to bring for the authority? Hearing or seeing none, we're hereby adjourned. And I call the order the hospital authority. We have uh two discussion items. Mr. Lion, discussion item one, discussion, consideration, and possible action to approve the mating minutes for January 27th. Second. Motion and second. All in favor saying I. I. Opposed. Extension. Motion carries. Item number two,

discussion, consideration, possible action approving the funding recommendations of the Midwest City Hospital Authority Board of Grantors for the fiscal year 2526 community improvement grant program and amount not to exceed budget amount of 972,320.27. I have a motion and a second. All in favor? I'm going to recuse myself since I'm associated with one of the items on this thing. So, I'm going to step away from Thank you, Mr. Thompson. We do have a recusal. Um, Mr. Thompson, what's your association? [gasps and laughter] I'm teasing you. Is it Rotary?

Oh, Rotary. It's the Rotary. Yeah. Go ahead and do a roll call vote. City clerk. Ward one. Yes. Ward two. Yes. Ward three. Yes. Ward five, yes. Ward six, yes. Mayor, affirmative. Motion carries. Mark, you can come back. You can come back, Mark. It's cold out there.

We now move into new business, public discussion. Does anyone have anything to bring before the authority hearing or seeing none, we're hereby journed and a call to order the economic development authority. We have two discussion items. Item number one, Mr. Lion. Discussion, consideration of possible action to approve the special meeting minutes for January 27th. Move to approve. Move to approve. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All in favor indicate saying I.

Opposed extension. Motion carries. Item number two. Mr. Lion. discussion, consideration, and possible action to approve a resolution of the Midwest City Economic Development Authority and the Midwest City Utilities Authority amending certain amended and restated economic development assistance agreement dated August 22nd, 2023 by and between the authority and American Glass, Inc. and AGI Properties LLC authorizing and directing the execution of delivery of the first amendment to the agreement containing other provisions related there to Mr. Mr. Coleman,

I think the memo pretty much explains everything and this is also a mirror of the same uh item that's on the utilities authority. The reason it's on two different authorities, the utilities authority has ground in the industrial park and the utilities authority will be responsible for the maintenance around the sign. The economic development authority who's help is the entity that's helping sponsor the sign. You remember at the last meeting we rejected two the only two bids we got to have one subdivision signed installed at skip which was in the agreement the original agreement with American Glass. [clears throat] When this was explained to American Glass they said essentially if you'll pay for the materials we'll donate the labor for the sign. So we had 60,000 the signs came in at over I think over 12,000 each or something. They're architectural grade. They're going to look fantastic. They're going to uh be similar to the American campus. And now we've got the sports complex going in and it's going to have a similar look. And we hope to eventually uh change the zoning ordinance out there to kind of keep the same style, but the signs look excellent. There's examples of them in your packet. So, what we want to do is take the original $60,000 that was budgeted towards this endeavor and take $50,000 that was originally committed to American Glass for reimbursement for public improvements within the ride ofway that they didn't use any portion of and combine both of them and and buy the materials and contract with American Glass to build two signs instead of just one. So, the easiest way we felt to do this was to go back and amend the original development agreement. A lot of the things in the agreements have been done. The railroad has not, but we're going to get there. So, we went back and what you see is just the changes to the original agreement that are necessary to make this to help us go forward with

this. And I've spoken to American Glass and AGI, the the company that owns the property, and they're all interested in getting this done as quickly as possible. Any questions of Mr. Cohen? Move to approve. Second. Third. I have a motion and a second. All in favor indicate saying I

opposed. Extension. Motion carries. Now move into public discussion. Does anyone have anything to bring for the authority? Hearing or seeing none, we are hereby adjourned. And I call to order the utilities authority. We have two discussion items. Item number one, Mr. Lion. Discussion, consideration, possible action to approve the special meeting minutes of January 27th. Motion to approve. Second. Had a motion and a second. Any discussion? All in favor indicates saying I. I. Opposed. Extension. Motion carries. Item number two is a mirror item we just approved on the previous agenda. Chair to entertain a motion to approve. Approve. Second.

I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All in favor indicate by saying I. Opposed. Extension. Motion carries. We now move into public discussion. Does anyone have anything to bring for the authority? Hearing or seeing none, we're adjourned. And I entertain a motion to reconvene on the council agenda, please. Motion to reconvene. Second. I've got a motion and a second. All in favor and cap saying I opposed. Extension. Motion carries. Council agenda is now reconvened. Uh we do have an executive session. Uh Mr. One

discussion consideration of possible action one entering into executive session is allowed under 25os 307B 7 to discuss a matter where disclosure of the information would violate confidentiality requirements of state and federal law concerning who is participating in the city's health benefits program and two open session voting on a resolution to adopt the city council's policy on participation if certain requirements are met. chair entertain a motion to go into executive session. Motion second. Got a motion and a second. All in favor indicate saying I I opposed extension. Now ladies and gentlemen, we're now in executive session. Thank you for being here and have a good night.