Council - Regular Meeting

Anybody else want to point?

I'm going to call to order the meeting of the Midwest City City Council. And we are going to start immediately with the invocation. I have invited Pastor Stephan Reed. If everybody would please stand and join us for the invocation and remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.

All right. If everyone would bow your heads, let's pray together. Father, we're thankful for this group of leaders and the care and the attention that they show to this community. So Father, we're praying that you give them wisdom, you give them strength to make the right decisions, and God, that they be guided by your spirit. So we love you, we praise you. It's in your name we pray.

Amen. Amen. And Stefan, thank you for coming. For those of you that don't know Stefan, Stefan is the pastor of Life Church, not only a great spiritual partner for Midwest City, but also a good corporate citizen of Midwest City. And then for the invocation, Ward 3 Council Member Raymond Elton has a special guest.

Yes. Okay. This is my granddaughter, Layla Thompson. She will be going into third grade next year, is that correct? Okay, we're going to do the pledge of allegiance together. Are you ready? Attention. Salute. Pledge.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

And if you could stay there for a second, I've got something for Layla.

Very nice to meet you. Thank you for doing that.

Thank you all. The next item on the agenda is the consent agenda.

Well, I skipped announcements.

I've got to get my one hour. All right. Announcements. We've got a couple of announcements that Mr. Lyons is going to make, but I want to say one little comment.

To start out, we continue with our quarterly bulk waste collection. your collection time is within the next week or two then you can place the vegetation at the curb utilizing our our regular waste collection procedures and for the compost facility residents can take their limbs brush and vegetation to the compost facility out on 36th street 7420 which is the wastewater treatment plant they drop off Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. show an ID with the water bill or utility bill and there is no cost for that service to bring that vegetation out there you can go to East Oak landfill which is just down the street to the west there will be a charge for that but there's a there's a negotiated fee I don't really know exactly what that number is but anyway um you can go there and then a special pickup if you would like for your vegetative debris to be picked up at your house you can schedule a pickup by contacting public works at 739-1066 The fee for the special pickup is $75 for 4 cubic yards and $20 for each additional cubic yard. In the same rules with both pickup which is don't block gas meters, mailboxes, fire hydrants and fences. And don't block site triangles for your neighbors as they try to back out. Please be careful. We had a lot of complaints last time about that. So stack the debris, give at least five feet away from blocking someone's vision. Tribute to Liberty. Our Tribute to Liberty will take place on July 4th, which is a week from Saturday, from 7 to 10 p.m. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets. Enjoy a beautiful evening to celebrate America's 250th anniversary. This year's event will feature the Wise Guys on stage, a variety of food trucks. They will be free keepsake, and I was told to do this, keepsakes, whatever these are, batons for the children. and adults and if you can turn it off it's good okay so I did that I wasn't sure I wanted to do that but I did that okay so that'll be cool it's a great time complimentary face painting walking entertainment as usuals and this year we have an exciting twist we have a laser show during the second half of the fireworks that will be involved with the fireworks it'll be something really cool for our 250th anniversary And admission is free, parking is free, so come out and bring your family and have a good time. I am to announce that, especially for people like my wife that have been waiting 15 years for Bath and Body Works to return to Midwest City, they are now open. So they're in Soonertown Center, so we're very happy to have Bath and Body Works back in our community. 4th of July schedules just quickly are and the city will be city office will be closed on Friday July 3rd since the 4th is on a Saturday trash and recycling is going to be served as normal so if your trash services Friday it will be picked up as normal so there don't need to get it out early on Wednesday or anything like that compost facility will be closed July 3rd and 4th And if you have any other questions, the PWA can answer them with sanitation and debris management at 739-1066. Then I've asked Vaughn Sullivan, there's been a lot of questions about what's going on at Reno Swim and Slide, and he's going to give us a little brief update.

Honorable Mayor and Council, good afternoon. That's a nice ring to it, doesn't it? Good afternoon, yeah. I'm just going to read a statement. Feel free to answer any questions at the end. To members of the City Council, citizens of Midwest City, and the patrons of Reno Swim and Slide, on behalf of the entire Midwest City Parks and Recreation staff, we want to sincerely apologize for the periodic closures and reduced operations at our municipal pool so far this summer. We understand how disappointing and frustrating it is for families and patrons who plan their day around visiting Reno Swim and Slide, only to learn that we are unable to open or must limit certain amenities. Providing a safe and enjoyable experience has always been our highest priority. Unfortunately, despite offering a very competitive pay scale and actively recruiting throughout the community, we have not experienced the number of lifeguard applications we have traditionally received. Under normal circumstances, Reno Swim and Slide requires between 40 and 50 certified lifeguards to operate the facility as intended. At present, we have only 23 certified lifeguards available. To conserve staffing and remain open whenever possible, we have already made the difficult decision to keep the dive well, water slides, and kiddie pool closed periodically. Even with these attractions, even with these attractions unavailable, it still requires 14 certified guards to safely operate the remainder of the pool. On days when staffing falls below that minimum, we have no responsible choice but to temporarily close the facility. Compounding this challenge, have been delays in obtaining required certifications through the Red Cross. We currently have 11 additional lifeguard candidates awaiting certification, and we are working closely with the Red Cross to complete their training as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, we do not have a confirmed timeline for when those certifications will be finalized. Please know that these closures are never a decision we make lightly. Every member of the Midwest City Parks and Recreation staff is committed to serving our community and we share in the disappointment each time we are forced to alter our operations schedule. We remain committed to recruiting additional certified lifeguards and restoring full operations as soon as staffing will allow. We sincerely appreciate the patience, understanding, and support of the City Council and our patrons during this challenging season. Our goal, as always, will be to provide a safe, fun, and welcoming environment for everyone who visits Reno Swim and Slide. If you desire a refund on your season pass, we understand and will honor that desire through July 1st. Please contact the Parks and Recreation Department at 739-1201. Thank you for your continued understanding.

One other announcement I forgot. Animal welfare will also be closed July 4th and July 6th. And with that, that's all the announcements we have.

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OK. All right. Next item on the agenda is the consent agenda. These items are those routine matters that we can pass en masse with a single vote. We are going to pull item C-6 and C-18. Any other members of the council need any others pulled? No. Hearing none, I will entertain a motion.

Motion to approve as stated

Second. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed? Okay. Item C6 is discussion, consideration, possible action of appointing Rita Maxwell to the Urban Renewal Authority and reappointing Sherry Baird and Aaron Budd to the Urban Renewal Authority. And Rita has graced us with her presence. And Rita, you have a guest. Come on up, say a word, introduce your guest. Then allow us to vote to put you on the urban renewal authority and I want to thank you for agreeing to serve to continue to serve Thank You Mary Rice and Committee Council, this is Reverend Jeff Topper.

He is a pastor. I kept saying he's a pastor of from the heart church ministers of Oklahoma City and and a past student of mine. I taught him in college.

There we go.

So we know he's a good man. Is that all you want me to do?

Yeah, and thank you very much for agreeing to continue your service to the city.

Thank you for considering me. I really do appreciate that. Thank you.

And that being said, I'm going to make the motion to approve these appointments, Rita Maxwell, Sherry Barrett, and Aaron Budd to the Urban Renewal Authority.

I have one question for Rita before we vote. Rita, what possible experience do you have working with the city that would make you qualified to be on this board?

I'm going to call for a second.

Does it matter I'm an urban girl? No, this is something that I really feel compassionate about, working on improving, continuing to improve efforts, and I want to be a part of that here in Midway City. So my heart is there.

Not a better person for it.

Thank you.

I call for a second. Second. And there being a second all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? No. Thank you very much Rita.

Thank you and I appreciate it.

And then I have pulled C18 discussion consideration possible action declaring two large office desks, two large file drawers and two small drawers and one writing table and a few other items as authorizing their disposal as necessary.

I see a team that's 18 properties.

That's the that's the other agenda that you guys sent me. me use yours yeah i was looking at it all right so we already proved this discussion consideration possible action declaring city property 1000 north redbud um 106 west lilac 400 east lockheed and 402 east lockheed as surplus property all right sarah

Mayor, if it helps, I don't know which version of the agenda I'm looking at. I'm looking at one of them. Would you give us more background about this? These are homes, right, that we're deeming as...

These four are vacant lots that the city has owned for a number of years. We got them from Oklahoma County at some point after the homes that used to be on them were demolished. We're looking to declare the lots as surplus and That would allow us at some point in the future to put them out for RFP for homes to be rebuilt on them at some point in the future. So we're still working on drafting that RFP, but declaring the lots as surplus is the first step.

okay so we're declaring the lots as surplus and then are you intending to sell the lots to a future developer or are we trying to maintain the lots and put a bid out for a contractor to build homes that the city would in the future we would we would do an rfp so we would solicit proposals for what would be built on them and then from that we would you know we would have a scoring criteria and we would select

Select somebody to to transact those properties with assume as long as we have a signed agreement that they will build What what they're I guess their proposal States and I read that your plan is for them to remain Residential right is that correct?

So correct, but basically we would like to see homes that are owned by the city in the future there. I

uh no the goal would not be for the city to continue to own the lots okay um they would be i mean ideally a developer would build homes on the lots and then sell those to to be owner occupied okay got it i sorry i misunderstood i assumed that we were trying to own the homes and so my next question was going to be what are we going to do with those homes so awesome thank you so much move to approve we'll bring that proposal back once we work those contracts out with whoever buys these or gets these lots

Yeah, move to approve. Sorry.

We have a motion.

Second.

Any opposed? There being none, let's move to discussion items. D1. Matt, you're still up. Okay. Public hearing, discussion, consideration, possible action to approve a minor plat for the property located at 223 Grandview Road.

Yes, this is a minor plat application. In the case of this property, the applicant is looking to subdivide a single lot into two lots. At some point in the past, two single family homes were built on this lot. The applicant is looking to subdivide the lot into two and each house as a result would be on its own lot. We reviewed it for compliance with the subdivision regulations. We found that it does comply. We complied with all state and local notification requirements. And at the public hearing before the Planning Commission, there were no comments in support or opposed to this application. The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval.

Is there any questions for Mr. Summers? There being none, it is a public discussion. Does any member of the public wish to discuss this item? There being none, do we have a motion?

I make a motion to approve. I second that motion.

We have a motion. We have a second. All those in favor? Any opposed? There being none. Item D2, a discussion consideration possible action to consider approval of an alteration of the concrete median on Warren Drive. Mr. Faber.

I'll step off.

If the clerk would so reflect that in the minutes.

All right, Mr. Summers. Thank you. Bank of Oklahoma is looking to develop the property at the southwest corner of Warren Drive and Southeast 15th Street. They went through zoning approval about a year ago. They went through uh plaid approval uh recently as well um at this point they're looking at the sort of the final site design and they would like an entrance that would allow left turns out of their site onto warren drive in order to do that they would need a to essentially alter the median that's in the middle of warren drive we reviewed this with the fire marshal's office engineering and my staff And we have no objections. The applicant would be responsible for the construction work. They would have to submit drawings to the engineering department for approval and comply with all of our requirements for work being done in the right of way.

Any questions from the council? There being none, I'll entertain a motion.

Motion to approve.

Second?

I second.

Motion and second. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? None. And you're reflecting Mr. Favors to step down. Thank you. Moving on, item D3, public discussion and consideration, possible action on an ordinance to amend the zoning map from R6 to PUD for the property described as attractive land. Part of the east half of Section 8 Township 11 North Range 1 west of the Indian Meridian. This is the northwest corner of Anderson and 29th. Mr. Summers.

Thank you. This is a zone change application. The subject property is currently zoned R6 it's a single-family detached zoning district It is a little over 200 acres in size and is currently undeveloped The development that's proposed for this site is a mixed-use development most of the uses that they're proposing at this time are our residential uses it is being developed, you know proposed as a PUD so The application materials that the applicant submits with the application, the master design statement, as well as the, and I think I included this in the packet, Appendix H and I, the design guidelines, those basically become part of the ordinance that we can enforce and make sure that the applicant adheres to those. As part of those documents, the applicant did submit a tract map showing that really there's kind of two areas or two different styles of development, if you will, or two development patterns that they're looking to do. So there's what they call tract one, which is the north side of the property, wraps around the east side along Anderson Road, and then the south side along Southeast 29th Street. For that area, they are proposing single family detached homes on 10,000 square foot lots. They will be a little bit different development pattern than our typical single family detached in that they want the buildings to be Closer to the street so that you create a specific type of new urbanist design the applicant I'm sure will will go into detail about that Tract two is more centrally located on the site and that's where you'll see, you know a wide variety of housing types and and lot sizes, but even with that being said I Most of the uses, again, will be single-family detached. That's what most of the lots are planned for. They will just look somewhat different than most of our neighborhoods that we have in Midwest City today. The applicant is proposing architectural standards that will far exceed those that we have for any of our other neighborhoods in Midwest City. And the applicant is proposing to establish an architectural review board That board will review all of the building permits to make sure that they comply with their stringent requirements, and they'll submit letters with their building permit application stating whether or not they comply. There's a lot of open space, as you can see, that's proposed with this development. Typically, for a development on a site of this size, we would probably require somewhere in the neighborhood of four acres of open space, the applicant's looking to provide far in excess of that, even if we don't count areas that are currently flood plain. The applicant is proposing to not have parking minimums apply in the development, but looking at the layout, there is enough parking for all of the residential and non-residential uses that are proposed. There are public and private roads proposed with the development. with with utilities proposed to be located under under the public roads there will be a large as i mentioned there will be private drives and and networks and those are intended to be maintained by the hoa and i guess sort of in summary you know staff and it's in the the greater analysis is in the report but we did look at you know the variety of long-range plans that we have for midwest city We find that this application does comply with our long-range plans. We find that the uses on the site are compatible with surrounding uses. They are largely residential. In fact, the uses that would abut the surrounding properties are all either open space with the floodplain on the western side of the property or large lot single-family detached uses on the north, south, and east sides of the property. The applicant did provide a traffic study demonstrating That there will be acceptable levels of service even when the site is fully built out And the Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of this item at the June meeting I've got Comments and questions.

Mm-hmm first on one of their pages they Identify wall materials not allowed faux stone t1 to 11 siding vinyl siding styrofoam moldings foam derived elements We are confirming they will not have manufactured or modular homes, correct?

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Correct. There was an early version of their design statement where they had erroneously left modular homes as a permitted use. It has since been removed.

It is that error that caused me to get many phone calls. so i'm confirming that we are not allowing you know modular homes prefab homes to come in here these are going to be nice homes this would be a nice addition yes yes modular homes were removed from the permitted uses and i want to highlight you already said it all utilities will be underground yes so we're not going to be covered in telephone poles with electric lines and cable lines and trees can you talk about the city's tree preservation ordinance and what they're going to do about existing trees i understand scrub needs to be taken down but yeah big old growth trees can they be retained

I mean I think I think that some of them can so they're the I guess the this is this being the zone change will usually get into the tree preservation requirements when they move into the preliminary plat I did talk to the applicant prior to the meeting and they talked about committing to removing trees mostly only in proposed right-of-ways when construction begins and then clearing on a lot-by-lot basis as homes are constructed. Now, that was a verbal exchange we had. I'm sure they will talk about that as part of their presentation, though.

Okay.

Any other questions?

I have one. One is just in general and development this size with buried utilities. What happens in the future if somebody like Blue Link comes in with the next generation of technology Will the same pipes and tubing that currently are carrying electricity and cable and fiber optic and whatnot in that neighborhood be able to be accessed for something new down the road.

that that's a good question um and that's something actually that uh carrie and i were talking about uh last week that i've not had a chance to talk to the developer about but yeah i mean it is feasible to you know if the utility the telecom and electric are being buried under the ground um and we've seen it in other communities where you could use sort of a centralized uh conduit that's available to all of them um that way if something like you know blue peak or some unanticipated utility comes down the road that you know, wouldn't have statutory requirements to be a certain distance separate. You know, they could, in theory, share the same conduit that was built under the road for that purpose.

How's the horizontal drilling? They also do horizontal drilling. They did that in our neighborhood. They had some poles out front, but they did horizontal drilling underneath all of the homes along the utility easement along the back fence to get their lines around the whole neighborhood.

But I mean, at least in Ridgecrest Blue Peak was able to run their lines on the old holes. So I'm just, you know, curious because I know things change. Seems like every few years there's a new no more something. No more. That's excellent. I wish we could get rid of all the moves that we already have. But anyway, that's wonderful.

They may be putting the cart in front of the horse. What you said in the mayor asked you to confirm there's no modular homes. being built. That includes the 80 use also correct.

So 80 years they are proposing for 80 years to to be allowed in this development. In this case and the applicant can speak to this a little in a little more detail. But a lot of the the detached single family homes will be allowed to use.

But they're not going to bring there's a lot of those there's there's a market out there that will bring a prefab. I see. um no the 80s would i would have to follow the same architectural standards i've already talked to the city manager because we're going to need to fix our edu ordinance because right now it's 1200 feet that's not going to work i just want to make sure that they build a really nice home but then they bring in a manufactured home behind it that's not going to happen good good good good and any concerns about the sewer at one point it seemed like the sewer line was too small out there

City manager is there any update or carry?

Yeah, carry will come up and update.

Is that something that we'll have to address and are we in the works on that?

Okay.

Carrie Evenson, Assistant Public Works Director. So yeah, a little bit of an update on the Eastside sewer study. You know, the first things that we needed to do were to address a couple of the lift stations, in particular Edgewood and the Hiawassee lift station. Both of those serve this area. Edgewood is nearing completion. We are in the 30 day performance period right now. There's a couple of punch list items, but within the next couple of weeks we should be doing the final inspection on that. We have three brand new pumps. We're very excited about that. The next one is the Hiawassee lift station. That project has already bid. In fact, you gave authority for the contract last meeting. We are working with Purist Services on the phase one improvements for the Hiawassee lift station to start replacing pumps and give us additional capacity. That one should start construction here in the next few weeks. We're working on a pre-construction meeting after the 4th of July. So that one's under construction. We'll note too, it came in a million dollars under our engineers estimate. So we're very pleased with that. The next thing to do is to upgrade some of the lines, the sewer lines to add capacity. so the first one that we're working on will be the line to the north there we're calling it lakeside or dorchester that line will connect to a main on the north side of 15th and that will serve this area we have the master plan that recommends the increase to believe it's a 12-inch line we have garver on call on contract as one of our on-call engineers We've already started the discussions with them as of last week to start to get that under design. And then as soon as that's ready, we'll start construction on that. So that addresses the immediate needs to provide the sewer capacity that we need for this development.

Any drainage issues or anything like that that we're concerned about?

So I know that has been a concern for the neighborhood. Uh, as far as this item goes, they don't really have to. They don't speak to drainage yet, but one of the things that we have talked about and we have through pre development meetings had discussions on the importance of looking at drainage. They're proposing several interesting things throughout the development as well as preserving that floodplain as open space. So as we get further along in the pre development stage, we'll address the drainage and look at their calculations as well to ensure that there won't be adverse impact on the neighborhood downstream.

Very good. Is the developer present and want to come forward? Sorry about that, Mayor.

Good afternoon, Mark Zitzel with Johnson & Associates. Address is 1 East Sheridan Avenue. I think we have a presentation that we'd like to run through. We'd ask for a little bit of patience. This is a unique project, a complex project. We really want to take the time to make sure everyone is kind of on the exact same knowledge level. We've been working on this with your staff for over a year, so I would echo the mayor's comments early on. Your planning staff and engineering staff. well as fire and trash have all been wonderful to work with we know what we're asking for is not the common development type or pattern and so because of that it takes a little bit more time than a normal project so we hope what you see through this presentation is we're attempting to bring something to midwest city that does not exist and really it only exists in two other places in the state of oklahoma it's been wildly successful in those other places and so i don't know if i can click through it While that's going, I'll pass these around.

This is a form of what is in your packet.

So while that's being pulled up, the initial thing that makes this project so vastly different is the approach to the project. In a normal development, when a developer comes before you for a new neighborhood, you'll see a site plan. The amount of documentation that it takes to make a new urbanist project happen is vastly different. It is much more expensive. The process to get approval is much more expensive. The engineering becomes more expensive. Every single aspect of this is more complicated to make happen because we're attempting to build a neighborhood how we would have built a neighborhood pre-World War II. That was an important time period in American city building and development patterns, and so your community is a great example of that. Pre-World War II, you saw downtowns, urban centers, and different types of land uses and housing typologies. So we are proposing something very similar to a pre-World War II neighborhood. This is the portion of the site plan that's in it. You can see what's around us to our north and our northwest is kind of that standard suburban residential style development. There's more rural to our east and some more rural to our immediate west on the southern end. So these are some of the initial hand sketches that we worked through in the planning commission staff report. You'll note that the trail plan we fully intend to provide any easements that are needed to make those trail connections possible. We believe that makes the development even better for the whole community to be coming through this this neighborhood. This is not a closed off gated neighborhood. There's a zoom in of the potential section that comes through. So I wanted to run through a handful of new urbanist communities around the US and the couple that are here. This is Serenbe. It is in Georgia, outside of Atlanta. It's maybe one of the most beautiful new neighborhoods I've ever been in. It has the mix of uses. It's a lot of small local businesses kind of scattered throughout the development. And then a lot of different housing typologies. The picture in the top right is a similar theme that this project is going for, which is creating kind of pockets of green space, whether it be fountains or different ways to activate those spaces. Carlton Landing is in Oklahoma. It's on Lake Eufaula. Prior to Hochatown, I think it was the newest community in the state. This one is a little bit different in that it is a vacation first sort of new urbanist development. So the economics are different, but the core of the concepts are the same. It's about creating a very walkable, safe place. Your kids go out to play and you don't have to worry about really busy streets. There's walking paths, big wide sidewalks throughout. The Wheeler District, we've used it as an example because it's the closest concept, urbanist concept to our project. I want to make it very clear what we have proposed and what is allowed here is a vastly different scale of intensity and density that would be permitted. So Wheeler, if you've been out there, you've seen very large apartment complexes, big office buildings. That's not the theme. And our PD speaks to that, I think, very well. We've put limitations on the size of commercial uses that could be built. We do not intend for quite that level of height and density to exist. As Matt said, we're really more single family detached with pockets of different uses. So as you walk through the site plan, what you'll notice are a lot of green specs. We think the best way to lay out a neighborhood is to give equal access to common areas and green space. I will point to it, not to criticize, but just to point to the project to our immediate north. They provided 12 acres of open space, which is about 7% of their overall land area, and all of that green space was contained in their drainage way. so if you're on the furthest east portion of the project you actually have a really long walk to go use any of that open space so rather than just calling it open space we're calling it usable open space so we are preserving the entire floodway the flood plain on our west boundary but all of those green parks in between will eventually serve different purposes for for different folks we think that's a key concept and one of the drivers of why people choose to live in projects like this And then in terms of what is permitted today, I think Matt and the staff report did a great job. On the left is a standard suburban subdivision layout that shows the max density. Our project, while it might have more units and ultimately more people living in it, we have far more open space and a very intentional design of what we want to see happen here. And for reference, we pulled some numbers. Our total open space is 49 acres. That is floodplain tree preservation, park space, detention ponds.

And so are you using the like soccer field as a detention pond?

So the detention pond is immediately to the northwest of the soccer field? The kind of green circular area?

Okay. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt.

No, you're okay. So to answer a couple of the questions, particularly tree preservation, our developer is very committed to it to the point that the way that we intend to do the construction of this project is if this is approved and when we get through final or the preliminary plat, He will go in and cut in the streets, removing the trees. This is not a clear-cut 60 acres. His goal is to save as many trees as possible on individual lots. So it doesn't mean that we're going to save a significant number of trees on all of the lots, but he wants to be selective and basically walk in front of a bulldozer and say, keep this, don't, you know, that can go. I think that helps neighbors with drainage, you know, with erosion control, but also it leads to a more interesting neighborhood when you're walking around it. You're gonna have more retaining walls. We'll use the homes to help stair-step the lots. So there will be more undulation in the dirt. We'll follow historic elevation patterns. It's one of the things he's most excited about the land is it's not a flat piece of farmland like you would find in West Edmond. And if you go to the Wheeler district, you see they had to plant all those trees new. Landscaping is very expensive, but that means it also takes a really long time to get to maturity for landscaping. And then the question about the easements, the easements will be public utilities, so any public utility will have access to go in. From experience, I can say that it can be very difficult to get our franchise utilities to share trenches and share conduit. But where it is feasible, we'd be happy to help coordinate with any new users that would need to go in. But getting those lines buried, getting them in alleyways and off the street is absolutely our preference because unfortunately, utilities are not the most attractive, beautiful things to look at. So we really want those alleys to be service alleys. With that, I'm going to turn it over to Jessica. She is going to walk through some of the housing concepts just to give you a flavor and a feel for what the home designs will look like.

Hello, Jessica Blue, Johnson & Associates. Okay, so I'm going to run through the PUD, as Mark said, and the design concepts that are proposed. So what we're seeing here, the PUD, you've got two tracks. Track one is a base zoning of R6, which is what the existing zoning is. And then track two is a combination of the RHD high-density residential and the C1 commercial, just to allow us the flexibility to get those commercial and residential lots in there. And I think if you have this in your packet, you've also already seen it. This is exhibit F in the PUD. So this is showing the preservation areas compared to the open spaces. And then again, this was our proposed preliminary plat. Many things will be reworked, but we just wanted to put that over an aerial to just kind of show you where we intend to preserve those trees with the lot layout, even though it is changing slightly. Okay, so to get into the different home types, this is going to be the village square example. So you can see in here this is a close-up image of the site plan that was provided. You can see we've got the combination of the live work units, commercial, some retail, and then the rendering in the bottom left on the screen there is just kind of an example of that. I do want to note that this is intended to prioritize the pedestrian. So you'll see that there are no curbs in this area. And that is to make it more walkable, but to also provide kind of a natural traffic calming if there aren't any traffic, any vehicles that are going through there. So we want to create these open gathering spaces. And this is some real world examples of that. So you can see there's no curbs here, very narrow streets. And the paving is different to delineate the pedestrian area versus the car. But again, if this was to be shut down and used for any type of event, it would be very easy for pedestrians. And this is another rendering from the design team. So you can see their intent, no curbs, preserving the trees where possible, and having open spaces that are activated and incorporated into the design. So the courtyard lot concept, these are going to be the much smaller lots that you see within track two on the site plan. The intent is that those homes are going to be on the property line. We want to make sure to activate the streetscape. And so it's also going to provide a garden court and a motor court for any cars with the garage. And on the north part of that zoom up, you can see it shows the on street parking. So while the parking is technically in the right of way, it is not on the street pavement. You've got little cutouts that will allow for that on street parking. And this is another rendering of a typical residential street. So as you can see, we want to push those houses close to the right of way to really just activate the street and give it a more inviting feel. You want to walk down this street. And another rendering there, just kind of showing all the pockets of green spaces with those residential homes. So again, those pockets of green space really help to create a sense of community. It provides everyone an area. You will not have to walk several blocks to get to any green spaces. So this housing type is interesting. It is pronounced Hoffia, which is a Dutch term meeting little court. So this is intended for active seniors who are looking to downsize. We will have attached units with a centralized courtyard. And this is another example of that. So on the left there, you've got that rendering. And then on the right, you have a real world example of those types of housing. And then there is the village green concept, which is more narrow lots, townhomes with a common central green space that they are facing. And so those will also be rear accessed through alleys, but just to allow that additional green space that we're looking for. And then here's a rendering of that as an example. Okay, so in the PUD, we do have the architectural review board. So all buildings and modifications will go through that architectural review board and will be approved. They will provide a letter of compliance to city staff. So this ensures that the designs and the regulations that you are seeing in the design guidelines in the handbook that Mark passed out, we want to make sure that all of those are adhered to. So this is really about creating, you know, they want to make sure to preserve the character of this neighborhood. And we want to make sure that any modifications or new buildings that come in do that and meet those architectural regulations. And so to give you a bit of a timeline on this process, we originally submitted this PUD in December of 2025. From there, we had the site plan review team meeting where we made additional revisions to the PUD after meeting with staff. We went to the Parkland Review Committee and had a recommendation of approval there. We then held a, we scheduled a neighborhood meeting in February. The JC Place Neighborhood HOA reached out to us directly and requested a separate meeting. So we met with them prior to the scheduled neighborhood meeting in March. They have been wonderful to work with and have stayed involved and engaged in the process. And the revisions that have come out from those meetings, I think, have been very helpful for everyone. And as we move on in March, we continue to follow up with the neighbors with the revisions that were made. We resubmitted the PUD to city staff. We received additional revisions from the neighbors. We reviewed those, made revisions, resubmitted that to the staff. In May, we went to the Parks and Recreation Board meeting where we spoke about the different open space and parks that are proposed within the development. And again, more revisions to the PUD and everything was resubmitted to the staff, which really brings us to where we are today. The Planning Commission heard the most recent version of the PUD, which is what you all have, and that was recommended for approval in June. And I'm just going to quickly run through some of the revisions that were made to the PED post the neighborhood meeting. So if you have any specific questions about any of these, please stop me and I can answer those. But we made a significant number of changes at the neighbor's request through the architectural regulations, landscaping, screening, setbacks, roofing requirements, platting requirements, and added the design guidelines and the handbook as exhibits to the PUD for reference. Okay. I'll go back if you want to see anything, but we are happy to answer any questions.

and I just want to note one more thing that came out of the planning commission meeting we are in agreement that when the preliminary plat comes through our drive locations on Anderson will be relocated there were concerns from a couple of the neighborhoods JC place on the east side that if we can get our driveways south of their their existing streets that that might prevent some traffic from being further north and causing any conflict so We're already looking into that, and then we'll reiterate the HOA in this is a vastly different form of HOA. They maintain not only the common areas, they maintain the streetscape areas, and anybody purchasing in here will have the CC&Rs on the upfront to know what their monthly dues go into. So it's a vastly more complicated structure, but it ensures that the overall development keeps the same feel and flavor. including any perimeter fencing along the major public ways Anderson and 29th would be maintained by the HOA to ensure consistent fence material.

Is part of this gated?

There are no gates.

Okay, all right.

Yeah, the reason there are private streets is some of them we want to do different materials or different sections that aren't standard per the city and we'll take responsibility for those.

Okay. Any questions of the developer from council? Please.

I heard you say, or I picked up, that the purpose is to sell. These are not rental properties unless an individual private owner buys and decides to rent.

Correct. We can't provide or we can't restrict what somebody ultimately does with the home. But this is all being platted. Fee simple to own the land. A couple of the pieces will likely end up being condoed just the way that the structure has to work in the courtyards. But this is all intended to be sold individually.

Is there like an average? Because I know there's a lot of diversity and it's beautiful. It kind of reminds me of Mesta Park, but I think Carlton Landing in Eufaula is probably a better adequate fit and i'm excited to see something different and diverse in midwest city i think it'll attract and appeal a lot of different types of folks the aesthetics of it is really wonderful what is the average square footage would you say

So it changes based on the section that you're in. Going off memory, and Jessica can back check me here. The large lot single family that's on the perimeter, I think his minimum was 2,200 square feet, 2,100 square feet. And then as you go interior, they're drastically different. At the neighborhood meeting, our client mentioned that right now he's anticipating a minimum for the larger homes to be $215 a square foot, and the smaller the home, the higher the price per square foot will be. So I think the range you provided was $215 to $250, depending on the size.

Now that's also very appealing because it creates again more diversity with whoever needs what type of space versus some of the more cookie cutter homes where we see where everything looks the same and feels the same. So awesome.

Absolutely. The goal is when you move in here, you have the opportunity to stay in your neighborhood through your entire lifespan. so there will be senior housing there's family housing and then there's with the adus which are not prefab we commit to that they have to follow all the same design requirements that all the other homes have to um you know you can have your college college kid come back move in there and ultimately maybe hopefully they buy throughout the project's lifespan and stay in the neighborhood

oh understood our developer has a very specific desired aesthetic that does not conform with what prefab ades look like any other questions this is a public discussion is there any comments i see one hand in the back ma'am if you'd come all the way up to the podium give your name and address

Hi, I'm Pamela Winders and I live at 1554 Willow Drive in Choctaw.

Go ahead, pull that microphone closer. There you go. Did you say you live in Choctaw?

I live in Choctaw, but we have properties in Midwest City.

Okay.

I'm concerned about the traffic issues that you're going to have out there. Both 29th and Anderson are all two-lane highways, four-way stops. And at 29th from Post on, it's two-way. You've got a new school that's going to be opening up, I imagine, in the fall. And right now, you go down 29th when Tinker lets out, and you can easily be backed up for half a mile just to get to the next stop sign.

So along 29th Street, I don't know if we have a city map. Matt, one of these pages.

It's on the other PowerPoint. It shows the city map.

think there's a map in the well I want to I want to point something out you had one that showed the entire city with an arrow no not that one go down you had one of the entire city with an arrow showing where this would be in in the city that was in your PowerPoint No.

It was near the beginning of the presentation.

There it is. Above that. There you go. Ma'am, this is 29th Street. Right here is the development we're talking about.

Right. Do you see this black line right there? Yes.

That's actually the Midwest City Town Hall.

29th Street from here up here is up on the city. They have received a bond issue to...

resurface and develop 29th Street in that area. Unfortunately, we have nothing to do with that at this point.

And I understand that, but you're still going to have quite a backup. I mean, like I said, it can be easily half a mile right now.

Well, but knowing that the money is already set aside to develop 29th Street and to improve that, This development can go ahead and start the initial phase of their process. Before people are living in these homes, 29th Street should have been dealt with by Oklahoma City by then.

To widen to four lanes?

I don't know everything that they're doing. I know that that's part of their bond issue. They're going to have to do something with the school.

Well, exactly. And if there's a tie-up of any kind on the interstate, everybody cuts down 29th from Tinker. And it can just be a mess.

Now, I understand. This is a development that we sorely need. It ticks a whole lot of boxes of the things that Midwest City wants. And every single time we put in homes and neighborhoods, we have to pay attention to sewers. Can we handle the sewage and traffic? Can we handle the traffic? And these are obviously things that we're going to have to deal with. Widening of Anderson or a widening of 29th would be a natural.

It would be both, I would think.

Right, right.

Because Anderson also from I-40 on have passed, well... past Reno is all two lane so anyway well I appreciate your comments I don't know if you've been around well Soldier Creek is better than it was but even with it being four lanes at at like I said when maintenance gets out at Tinker and schools letting out so many people pick up their kids stuff the buses and all that and it would just be a mess so

You know the problem is right now 29th Street's getting resurfaced in parts. They're going to redo part of Douglas in 29th. I-40 is going to get straightened. So over the next 5-10 years we're going to have a lot of growing pains but it's good growing pains because it's going to be able to handle a whole lot of this and I look forward to the future of Midwest City for that very reason. Your concerns are noted. They're on the calendar. They're budgeted. It's just a matter of we have to get them done.

Okay. All right. Thank you.

Anybody else? I'm going to close public discussion. Motion to approve. We have a motion from Ward 6 and a second from Ward 2. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. And any opposed? There being none, let's move on. It looks like a wonderful project. I'm really excited about it. And like I said, it ticks off a lot of things that we need in Midwest City.

Thank you all.

Thank you.

That's a great project.

Item D4, public hearing, discussion, consideration, action on an ordinance to rezone the subject property from two-family attached residential at the property located at the urban edge addition located in Midwest City.

Thank you. This is a rezoning application. This property received approval for a final plat a little over a year ago and started to be developed as a duplex neighborhood. The applicant has kind of changed their mind on a part of it, and they're looking at a little bit different concept on some of the remaining lots on Amani Drive. They're not proposing any additional units at this time, but what they would like to do is instead of have the duplex units be attached I'd actually like to separate them and do two-story units on individual lots. So just sort of look a little bit more like a skinnier house that has the access. Rather than being from the front, it would be from the rear. We did comply with state and local notification requirements, and at the public hearing before the Planning Commission, there were no comments in support or opposition to the application, and the Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of this item.

Any questions, Mr. Summers? None? This is a public discussion. Is there anybody in the public that wishes to speak on this? Mr. Goldschlager? You know the drill.

He knows the area too. He knows the area.

Glenn Goldschlager, 1409 Evergreen Circle. This is around the corner from where I live. So what exactly are they doing? They've got two homes in there now, which are duplexes, which are single family, two story, but they've got one car garages. and two car driveways. Why are we not requiring them to put two car, we've got, this is 2026. Why are we building houses from one car garages?

Matt is the developer here.

Do you want to come up and answer that?

Good evening. I guess the protocol or introduce my name. I'm Emmanuel Aquara, the developer for the Urban Edge subdivision. And I guess the question was why are we having one car garage instead of two car garages? According to the city code, we're told that the requirement is to have at least two parking spots. So from our market research, we realized that most people would actually not be parking both cars in their car garage. So what we traded for was to optimize the living space provide more living space accommodation versus a car garage while still providing to parking spots outside. So that's what we did and the city thought that that was a good compromise to be able to put into the marketplace affordable housing for the community.

It's never been changed Glenn.

So what we got is we're going to have this thing. They're going to fill the garage full of junk, which is normally what happens. And we're going to have both cars parked outside. And so we're going to have two in the driveway and one out on the street, which normally happens in my neighborhood. I don't know. I think we need to look at this two-car garage deal.

Well, that's a separate issue, though.

Yeah. Okay. Well...

And as we're going to go through this process, we'll definitely take your feedback in, but based on what we've, I guess that he's saying, is showing.

But now I'm really curious to see what's in your garage, Glenn.

Mine's fine. You can put three cars in my garage. I'm talking about my neighbors.

He does comply with city ordinance.

Okay, as long as he's complying with the ordinance, that's fine. And you guys finally did...

mow the grass yes this was nice yes thank you i appreciate you mowing the grass yes thank you for the question we appreciate you taking his feedback because you're going to get it whether you ask for it or not any other uh questions from the public other questions i'll entertain a motion motion to approve second

Motion in the second, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? There being none. Item D5, discussion, consideration, possible action, approving a guaranteed maximum price construction management contract with AC Own Construction. Mr. Sullivan.

Honorable Mayor and Council, memos before you. I think it does a pretty good job of summarizing what we're trying to achieve here. If you have any questions, I'll be glad to entertain those. A member of ACO and Construction is also in the audience, and he can also... answer technical questions if you'd like i believe in the fire chief is here if i'm not mistaken and the police chief which both of them will utilize this building so we have plenty of help if i need it

And, Vaughn, just to clarify, so the money from this is coming from the existing?

The original 2018, well, no, let me back up. If you'll recall, after the moving Midwest City Forward 2018 GEO bond, we had a little bit of snafu on the training facility where it was to be located and the cost. We had to go back to the voters and get some supplemental money for the police fire training facility. This money will come from general obligation bond funds that are still in the bank. and that were not spent in the original construction. Very good.

you never have enough warehouse space and I'll comment to Glenn as much as to you I have a two and a half car garage and it hadn't seen a car in it for at least 10 years and I don't think I could get another cardboard box or a plastic tub in it I have, I have, humans have a tendency to fill every available space with stuff and I'm sure that the fire department and the police department are the same way and they probably greatly need additional warehouse space, so.

They're currently sharing, sharing some base space with the, with, with the support of this council and prior councils. The acquisition of some new equipment like the Bearcat. have also helped create demand for space.

So anyway, I'm guilty, and I'm sure everybody else is. I'm in favor of it.

Any other questions? Motion to approve. Second. Motion to approve. We have a second?

Yep.

we have a second yep all those in favor signify by saying aye aye any opposed there being none item d6 discussion consideration possible action of awarding a bid to approve a contract with hoey construction company you don't have a bow tie

I don't. I'm sorry. I don't look as good. She does have a PhD.

There we go.

Yes. So this is to award a contract to Hoy Construction for Mid-America Park Phase 2. This will be a neighborhood park between Penny and Campbell on the southwest-ish side of the park. Additional parking on the east side of what we're calling the new park. It will also add a basketball court on the east side, refurbish the existing basketball court on the northwest side, add a permanent restroom facility, add some solar lighting, and generally just make some of the improvements that were planned for phase two. As you can see from the memo, there's funding in multiple locations for that. Some of that is the original general obligation bond that was set aside for that. That will be our match for the grant funding that we've received as well. And I got an update from Terry. um all of the we had been concerned that the basketball court would not be included in the grant funding all indications are that that it will now be participating and so the grant will provide 50 of the funding will provide 50 for the local match so we're moving forward with constructing this phase of mid-america if you all approve this contract

i want to thank the the staff for your diligent work i mean this has been ongoing for years and phase after phase and i also want to thank our vice mayor and our city manager for their continued commitment to this project there was a period where we weren't sure if we could deliver some of the scope that was initially promised they stepped up and literally worked moved things around to make this possible In regards to the bathrooms, I know there was a period where we were thinking we couldn't do the bathrooms, but you're saying we're going to have brick and mortar bathrooms.

It's going to be a little bit different than what you're expecting. You may be familiar with some of the brick and mortar that we have at some of the other facilities. This is going to give us an opportunity to try a restroom facility that is available in other parts of the country. It's called a Portland loo. It is specifically designed to be an outdoor public restroom. So it is ADA compliant. It is metal. It discourages people camping living staying in the bathroom because it's louvered at the top and the bottom so you can see that there are people there but not actually if you crawl up it you can't see into it it has a lot of different really interesting features that we think it will will make it easier for us to maintain And so that will be our first use of that hopefully within the system. It's used in other parts of the country quite extensively and has succeeded there.

with those bathrooms will they be accessible till what 10 p.m i assume to the general public because i know some of our other parks i think we shut them down unless we're having special events right this will be an accessible bathroom so what our plan is to keep them open as we would the park and and other restroom facilities throughout the city it will need to be winterized because we don't want it to freeze but other than that we want it to be available as much as possible and please thank Miss Terry Kraft again our city manager for making that basketball court happen I know that's going to be something that our kids are going to be ecstatic about they continue to use the one that is there But as far as I understood from the memo, there is no new playgrounds, right?

There's an entire new neighborhood park with a playground equipment on that southwest corner between Penny and Campbell. it's a nature play based playground yeah so there's new playground equipment but as far as the east side the existing playground there's no expansion to that one planned as part of this phase okay i did see the neighborhood park and i know where it is exactly but the play equipment and this is just a mother's appeal

I have noticed and it's not just our city. I take my kid everywhere to play checking out parks There's this new modern playground equipment that then even I don't even recognize it because when I grew up there was like swings and slides things that we all grew up with and and They're made out of metal wire, sometimes ropes and kids are crawling like some of it is really high. Like I don't even feel safe letting my kid play on some of it because I just worry about them falling or their neck getting caught if they're falling. And kids are kind of vicious on the playground. I mean, just the obnoxious things they'll do. I'm just thinking about liabilities. But I did talk to one of the consultation guys that we hired for helping us with our new parks. Because I've noticed this in Edmond, I've seen it in Choctaw, I've seen it throughout the state where the playground equipment is changing. i don't know maybe i'm just too old-fashioned i asked why that was and he said that the maintenance cost on these newer equipment seemed to be more cost effective i don't know what type of play equipment is going into this one i know with the phase one we had already purchased it but i just want to again appeal those old-fashioned swings and slides make a lot more sense to me than some of this

newer stuff especially for the younger ones but that's just my two cents on it i don't know if anyone else takes their grandkids out and has seen something yeah there you go yeah we definitely appreciate the feedback and and safety is always a concern of ours we want to make sure that everyone who uses the park is safe so that was considered as we looked at the playground equipment you know and some being able to access it and things like that are also taken into a

into account and I'll just say as an older individual as well some of the playground equipment they let me play with at the time not really that safe my husband points that out too he's like those monkey bars weren't necessarily safe there but it may just be something what you're accustomed to used to in the mentality as well but with that thank you all so much this is going to be wonderful addition to MidAmerica Park so can I move to a brief I have just one quick question yes sir

I think most of our parks close at dusk will this park be an exception to that rule like the other three that are extended hours into 11 or will they close at dusk

And Councilman Thompson, if there were to be a change, actually those time limits are set by city ordinance. So it would require an ordinance change to extend those hours.

All right. One thing I'd like to point out real quick is the old basketball court's going to get renovated as well as building a new court. That's right.

All right. We have a motion. We have a second. A motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? There being none. Item D7, discussion, consideration, possible action, approving contract between the City of Midwest City, Municipal Authority. And allied waste.

Is this correct on here?

Yeah.

It's both the city and the municipal authority. Yes, sir.

I don't see it on the municipal authority, but under consent since this is discussion.

Yeah, but doesn't this have to be under the municipal authority? It's both. Okay. It is. All right.

okay so as you all know periodically we have to re-advertise and solicit new proposals for recycling services and our industrial solid waste which is our compactor service and roll-off service that we offer to our commercial entities this year was our year to re-advertise so we solicited proposals we received four of them four to five of them I'm sorry I should have looked at that before I said anything reviewed our proposals and Republic Services gave us the best proposal for both curbside recycling service as well as the industrial solid waste so we're proposing a two-year contract plus one year optional renewal to continue working with Republic Services for our curbside recycling and our super recycler program that will be coming back in October. And Sagar Kataria, the general manager, is here from Republic Services. I'd be happy to answer any additional comments or questions that you may have.

Any questions from the council? I'll entertain a motion. Motion to approve.

Second.

Motion and second. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? There being none. Thank you. OK. Before we go on to the executive session, we're going to do public discussion. But I want to go back and identify. I'm going to call upon you, Catherine. I see you. Consent agenda item seven was replacing Espinola Bowen with Catherine Thompson on our Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District Board of Directors for a four-year term. Tim and I had the opportunity to have lunch with her. I was very impressed. She has a bachelor's and a master's in Fluid dynamics, something like that.

Hydrology.

Yeah, hydrology. Yes, however, it did come from Texas, so that's why she needed to get a master's. That being said, she's very well educated, uh experience but she's also right here in midwest city and ridgecrest and she got appointed with the consent agenda i'm sorry i did not see you sitting out there earlier i would have that's fine i was good with being under the radar i understand but welcome aboard thank you and if you get a chance to say hi to everybody else

this is a huge appointment too number one it has to be somebody that lives in midwest city that's huge number two having somebody that has the experience to deal with the water issue that we provide to all of our customers every day so this was this is a diamond in the rough and thank you for finding her

I also would like to point out, Mayor and Council, we recognize Espy Bowen.

I know. That was the thing. Espy was leaving, but she left.

Or Espy for serving on the board for the last few years.

Espy was here.

Thank you for your willingness to serve and bring your skills and knowledge to the table. Thank you.

I mean, truly, how many people have a master's in hydrology that live in Midwest City? Probably one. So thank you.

Thank you.

And then I'm going to go ahead. Two people signed up to talk to us during public discussion. The first would be Andrea Kinzinger. Are you still? There you are. And you know the drill. We're going to limit you to four minutes.

Well.

If you'd pull that down, state your name and your address.

Andrea Kensinger, 243 West Glenhaven Drive. First Mayor Rice and all council members, I'd like to thank you for your service. Several years ago, there was the company venue formerly known as New Notes or Notes Live with developer J.W. Roth out of Colorado Springs that wanted to put in a large outdoor music venue in northwest to west Oklahoma City. Those people were very much opposed to it. I would like to say, I believe that Midway City is landlocked for this type of venue, but I do believe it needs to be in eastern Oklahoma County. And I know we've got a lot on the plate. So with our staff working with Choctaw, the Coma Park, I think it could be a very successful venue, but it does need to be in a major location. I think major locations, and I don't know what are in these places. My examples are Southeast 29th and Indian Meridian, Reno and Henney Road, Northeast 36th and Post Road. And lastly, I'd like to thank everyone that's preserved, being a naturalized citizen, that's preserved my right to speak to a body like this through it being political or the military process. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And then. Brendan Bradford. If you want to come on up to the podium, please state your name and your address. And you're limited to 4 minutes.

My name is Brendan Bradford, and I live at 3605 Rosewood Drive. I am a new resident to Midwest City, having purchased my first house. I'm very excited to be here. My parents, my mother actually used to live in this community, so I'm very excited to be here. Thank you members of the council for listening to me today. As a new resident, I'm here today to raise my concern with a recent trend I've noticed while traveling throughout the city. I've noticed a rise in the installation of many flock cameras at almost every intersection. At first, it was a few cameras around Lowe's, who has their own private contract. I then noticed one near me across from the 7-Eleven at the intersection of Northwest 10th and Air Depot, pointing towards the lower income apartment complex. there are now at least three to four cameras being installed on almost every traffic light that i've seen across the city counting the already existing legacy cameras almost every intersection now has five or more cameras sorry i'm a little nervous Once you've noticed them, they pop out everywhere you go. I now feel paranoid and that I have to put on a facade like there is a silent paparazzi following me every moment I leave my street. I feel uncomfortable every time I have to go to the store or run errands. It makes me feel as though my dignity is being stripped and that we, the residents, are not respected or trusted enough to not be under constant surveillance by Big Brother. The sheer number is starting to draw parallels to what I see in Chinese cities, not an American military town. I am vehemently opposed to having a private company that has no oversight or regulation in place on how they operate to collect our data without our consent or compensation, which I believe violates the spirit of the Fourth Amendment. They say if you are not the service, you are the product, and with these flock cameras, we are both, which I see as a lose-lose situation. There have been multiple nationwide reports of this flock system being misused by those with access to stalk, harass, and intimidate ex-partners and political opponents. With the rise of AI and everyday use, it has shown itself incapable, insufficient, and not trustworthy enough to justify such rapid expansion. There have been such cases as people being misidentified and flagged as false positive, which has resulted in their lack of due process and their rights being violated. With these flock cameras being so reliant on AI, it is not a matter of if, but when someone is falsely identified and accused. I urge the council to reconsider the contracts with flock, either in a special session or when the contract is up for renewal, and whether the efficacy is statistically significant and can justify the cost. Denver has shown that when they are removed, car thefts and crime can decrease. our city was able to exist and innovate solutions to problems before these cameras were around and i believe that we will be just fine without them in our future as a founding father brendan franklin said those who trade privacy for security deserve neither thank you sir this is a discussion so i'm not supposed to engage in what you're talking about however our police chief is sitting back there

I would like for you to go and talk to him after this and have him tell you what he's told me about those cameras. I think he's going to make you feel a whole lot more at ease because what you see is not what you think they are. And he can explain what our cameras do. And I would like for you to do that. Okay, thank you. This is also my first time speaking publicly. I understand this. So but I want to make you comfortable and welcome Midwest City. Thank you. thank you the next item on the agenda is the executive session but we'll save that for last and so we're going to recess the city council we're going to adjourn the municipal authority mr mayor you do need to have a vote to go into recess for the city council and then you can go into the municipal authority or the municipal authority second All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Now I'm going to call the municipal authority to order. The first item on the agenda is the consent agenda. Motion to approve. Second. We have a motion, we have a second. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? There being none. Um, is there any new business public discussion for the Midwest City Municipal Authority? There being none. I'm gonna entertain a motion to adjourn. Second and a second. All those in favor. Any opposed? I'm now going to convene the hospital authority. The first item on the agenda is the consent agenda. Need a motion. Motion to approve. We have a second. Second. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Sarah, did you vote aye? Sarah. Did you vote aye or did you step down? I stepped down. Okay. Next item on the agenda is discussion item D1. This is discussion, consideration, possible action, and following agreement with capital decisions. Total amount of $120,000 to provide consulting services.

Is this yours? Yep, this is mine. This is our annual contract with JR Rescovac for new council. He is our consultant from Washington, DC. He's been with the city for, I don't know how long, 20 plus years.

20 days.

28 years he is a native Oklahoman he helps us work through the grant process for community grants in any other grants that we need somebody on the ground in Washington, DC. This is the same amount we paid him for some time.

Tim could I could you give us an estimate of how much do you think we have benefited from his efforts over the years versus what it has cost us.

Last year we got how much we get carry 10. 15 we got 15 now we got an extra 5 at the end for water we got 15 million right now we we're tentatively approved for 6 million for sewer infrastructure. 100 million.

Probably a 100 million seems like a good investment.

Thank you can. All those in favor. Discussion. Sorry. Discussion, consideration, possible action to amend or approve the resolution of Midwest City Memorial Hospital Authority declaring 2813 Parkland Drive as surplus. Mr. Coleman.

Chairman. we have acquired this property recently this is one of I think 6 or 7 that we've required within the hospital district this one has a building on it and we shall open demolition quotes on Thursday at 2.05 and hopefully enter into a contract to remove the building and all of the contents when the former occupants left they left some equipment and various items in there and we just want to make sure that it's all right with you just to send it all to the dump as it were

Just so everyone is aware, yes, when we went into that building, we found there was a lot of equipment and a lot of materials. It used to be Dr. McBride's optometric facility. Upon that, we contacted the optometric board, and believe it or not, the executive director contacted us back, came out, toured the place. and has written us a letter stating that all equipment and all materials in there are uh have no value whatsoever so it can be thrown away so it can be thrown away can be disposed of however we want so we don't need to surplus it or do anything else that has been deemed to have no value by the outcome by the executive director of the optometric board so we can dispose of it in any way shape or form could we scrap metal anything like that

That's up to the demolition contractor and would be a credit if on there. I mean they would include that idea in their quote I didn't see a lot of metal there were some different pieces of wood and we actually had a a savage person come out take a look at him. So they're going to get us an offer on we never got anything. Motion to approve.

All those in favor signify by saying aye aye any opposed. There being none let's move on to item D 3. Discussion consideration possible action proven contract with Crouch recreation or the purchase installation of playground equipment.

The chairman trustees of memos before you. Hopefully it was fairly well explained the glad answering questions. I think the key here is that TSW, our consultant, has worked with this manufacturer and this company, as well as Willowbrook Construction, who is our construction manager on the Plaza 62 project. They've been working with this manufacturer for many months on this design, and I... Miss Banna not being here. It is very unique when it comes to playground equipment. We're doing this so that we can get the design we want and purchase it off of the source well by the power of the source well contract, which were under and be glad to answer any questions. Motion to approve.

All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Seeing none, discussion, consideration, possible action, reallocate assets, change fund managers, or make changes in the statement of investment policy. No action needed. No action. Move on to item D5.

Motion to approve.

I think 5.

We already have this one that we've already heard.

Yeah. Okay. So it's D5 is discussion consideration of awarding a contract with how we construction. We've already discussed it. We have a motion. Do we have a second? I second all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? There being none. Is there any new business or public discussion? There is not. So we are adjourning. And we are convening the economic motion to adjourn. Motion to adjourn.

Do we need a motion or can we just adjourn?

You do have the authority just to adjourn a meeting. Unbelievable.

We'll have to have a motion for a recess, but we can just end it without- The chair has the authority to end it.

He or she does not have the authority just to go to recess. You need a cheat card up here, yeah.

You're just making it up as you go. Of course I am. Of course I am. You're trying to lengthen the meeting. That's what you're doing. Hey, I've got to hit my time. I know. All right. I'm going to call to order the Economic Development Authority. First item on the agenda is a consent agenda. Motion to approve. We have a motion. I second. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed? There being none, is there any public discussion for the Economic Development Authority agenda? there being none. I am going to adjourn that meeting and I'm going to reconvene the City Council. You need a motion to come out of recess. You need a motion to come out of recess.

A motion to come out of recess in the City Council.

We have a second.

I second the.

All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. That being said, now we have an executive session item and we've got a vote to go into executive session.

That is correct. Motion to go into executive session, City Council.

I second that.

We have a motion, we have a second. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? That being said, we are now going into executive session. Thank you very much for joining us this evening. This afternoon. This afternoon. Nice.

Vaughn.

Vaughn.