City Council - Regular Meeting

[music] Hello, Burkin Arrow. I'm operations communications officer Lisa Jones and I'm with Councelor Justin Green and we're with City Council Rewind for Tuesday, March 3rd. We want to welcome you to the studio today. Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here as always. We appreciate you coming in. As city council meetings go, that was a pretty short meeting. It was It was relatively short, but it was still impactful and a lot of information. Absolutely. Well, first of all, the city council approved two interlocal agreements with Tulsa County for improvements on two intersections on Garnett Road, and that was at Florence Street, which is 111th, [music] and Tucson Street, which is 121st.

Yes, these two uh interlocal agreements will have a tremendous impact on us here in Broken Arrow. It's always a pleasure to be able to partner um with our community partners, Tulsa County and the city of Bixby, etc. on some of these u programs. Now, the interlocal agreement that we did for Florence in Garnett, it's a project that's been a long time coming to improve and widen that intersection. Uh Tulsa County worked very hard uh to get a flood mitigation grant uh through our federal government and we were very supportive in that act of getting that grant so that that intersection can be widened and raised to mitigate some of the flooding issues that we have down there. So, it's going to be a huge benefit both to the city of Broken Arrow and the city of Bixby and all who travel on that intersection.

Absolutely. With Florence, the city will pay 50% of the actual cost, not to exceed 30,000. And Broken Arrow's portion of the Tucson and Garnett intersection uh would not exceed 15,000. So, it's really a a bargain for the city. It really is. And like I said, the improvements in both those intersections going to be tremendous uh for all those who travel uh those roads in that area. I know those can get very busy and very backed up and this is going to be very beneficial to getting the flow of traffic uh to continue to move uh efficiently and again to uh handle some of those flooding issues in those areas. Absolutely. It's very good news. The council also approved two parks department projects.

Yes. Um as you know we here in Broken Arrow, we are huge on quality of life and we believe that our parks are a big part of that quality of life. Our park system is tremendous. Uh here in Broken Arrow, we have an excellent parks director. He does a great job. He has a a great staff uh that keeps all of our parks beautiful. Uh they work very hard at that. Uh whether it's looking at designing and putting in a new park or updating and upgrading the current parks, uh because that's important, too. Often times we look forward to what are we going to be doing with the next park, the next project, but it's just as important that we maintain what we have and make sure that they are usable for our citizens. We want people to be able to go out, enjoy those, whether it's playing on the playground, as you can see, the one at Country Air Park. We're going to be adding new turf to the play spaces. Um, so it'll be safer for the kids and also will help with them being able to play after a rain event, etc. because it's going to uh assist with the drainage. Also, we're going to be putting in over in Wedgewood Park a new uh pavilion over there that will help with the the shade and people'll be comfortable and relaxed while they're out enjoying parks.

Another great place for people to gather. That's right. And 14 Broken Arrow employees were recognized for more than 25 years of service in municipal government. That's a huge accomplishment.

That That's amazing. That's amazing. And it speaks to uh the city of Broken Arrow and and the leadership of Mr. Spurgeon and his team and all the directors that people want to stay here. They want to work here. They want to build a career here. And um this is a place where you can do that. You can work. You can build your career. And you can be a part of the city of Broken Arrow family right here. and uh and build that career and continue to go forward. So, congratulations to all those folks uh who earned their 25 plus years. Um we are so proud of you guys and we thank you for all of your contributions to the city.

Absolutely. The names of all those individuals will be available on our website and our social media. So, we once again want to say congratulations to each one of them. There were about 50 items on the agendas last night. For more information, including archive video of the meeting, you can go to the city's website, click on agendas and minutes in the government section. Click on the date range in the drop- down menu and select the governing body. Find the meeting date of your choice and select the meeting details. Counselor, do you have any final thoughts?

Yes, ma'am. I will take this opportunity to uh plug our general obligation bond that is coming up for a vote here in April 7th. We are in the throws of the education portion of that. Uh, so I just want to encourage everyone out there to get educated as they can on that bond and be active in your community and get out and vote. Absolutely. We have the first public education meeting on Monday night and we have three additional meetings coming up and they are Thursday, March 12th at Ridge Christian Church, Thursday, March 26th at Battle Creek Golf Club and Thursday, April 2nd at Connect Church. All the meetings are from 6:30 to 8:30. Yes. Thank you very much for having me here today.

Absolutely. We were happy that you came in. And with that, we'll wrap up this edition of City Council Rewind. Thank you, Councelor Green. We'll see you at our next meeting on Tuesday, March 24th at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Thanks for watching. Thank you for watching. This is a production of the City of Broken Arrow, the city where opportunity lives.