Remarks by David Holt
256 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 9 of 11
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“Thank you. Thank you, Pastor Shuffman. Thank you, Levi, Madeline, Asher, and Hannah. All right, I call this meeting of the City Council to order, and we have a presentation to make, item 3A under Office of the Mayor, and I'll make my way to the front for that. And Brooklyn, please join me. Brooklyn, you are our employee of the month. And so we would love to learn a little bit more about you. And so I'd ask the clerk to read this resolution.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Well, thank you. Well, Brooklyn, we're so grateful for your service as one of the 5,000 greatest city employees in the country. And we'd love to, I think as a council, commemorate that with passage of this resolution. So let's see if we can get a motion and a second. Is that coming along? I don't see anything. Do we have a motion in a second? Yes. Okay. I wish to vote aye. Cast your votes. You'll have to let me know. Passed? All right. We're going to take the word for it, Brooklyn. We think it passed.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“And I said, can I just hold the microphone and you say thank you. How does that sound? Deal? Deal. All right. I would... Oh, there's more coming out than just thinking. There you go. You've warmed up. All right, here you go, Brooklyn. Okay.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Awesome. I knew you could do it. Let's hear it for Brooklyn. are still on office of the mayor uh... i have a significant number of appointments today customarily i might shout out the boards that are affected that may be uh... impractical today but it's items b through age a uh... dozens of uh... boards affected by these appointments today now there is one i'd like to pull out for a separate vote uh... just because of uh... Family relationship that one of our council members have and so let's vote on item 3 are the appointments to the Metropolitan Library Commission First if we could just get…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“All right, thank you. We're on item 8L, and we can take a motion in a second. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes eight to one, and with the necessary six affirmative votes. Item four, items from council. We have a couple of travel resolutions here as well. Item 4A is a resolution approving expenses for council members Carter and Stonecipher to attend the National League of Cities in Nashville in November. Take a motion on that. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes eight to one and with the necessary six affirmative votes. Item 4B is a resolution approving…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“All right. We'll now recess the council and convene as the Oklahoma City Municipal Facilities Authority. We do have someone who has signed up to speak on item B on this docket, Steve Hunt.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“So we're on the MFA docket, and we have items A through N we could take with one motion. A motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Now we'll adjourn OCMFA and convene as the Oklahoma City Public Property Authority. We do have someone who signed up to speak on item E, Brittany Grant.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you, Brittany. On item F, we have Rachel Crawford.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you. Now we can proceed to the vote on the PPA agenda, items A through I. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. passes unanimously. All right, now we'll adjourn OCPPA and reconvene as the council where we are on item nine, the consent docket. There are no items currently scheduled for a presentation. Two have been struck as previously indicated. Is there any item that a council member wishes to pull out for a separate vote or separate comment or question? Hearing none, we'll take a motion on the consent docket, items A through CP, or actually B through CP. A was previously…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Oh, I don't know what's going on up there, but this is working, so. 11b is an ordinance on final hearing it was recommended for approval rezoning 25 southwest 50th from spud 1448 to r2 councilman stone known as sign of speak although someone has signed up speak for a much later case and i will bring that up at that time but yours is clear go ahead all right thank you mayor um this is basically a single residential or duplex uh development over around 50th and santa fe so uh”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“All right, we have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. Items C and D were previously struck, which brings us to item E. Item E2 is an ordinance on final hearing that was recommended for approval rezoning 4200 Southwest 29th from I2 and AE2 to PUD 2134 and AE2. Item E1 is an amendment to the master design statement relative to this item. This item was deferred on three previous occasions. And Councilwoman Avers, no one is signed to speak.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, so this is in addition to E1, right? Yes. All right, we've got that motion. Why don't we bring it up for a virtual motion? And I don't know, is that what's showing on the other side as well? Okay.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Oh, we're not working either. Okay. All right, so we need a verbal second. We've got a verbal motion. And then you said we can raise hands on the votes?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay. All right, so all in favor of the amendment just moved, please raise your hand. Okay. It's self-evident that all hands were raised, so I won't even call for a nay. Passes unanimously, and that leaves us with the item.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“You want to do E1, the amendment to the master design statement? Or was that?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“I don't know, I wasn't clear if that was, I got the impression that was a different amendment, what you just proposed, so that you still want the amendment to the master design? Yes, sir. Okay.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“All right, so this is, so we have a motion, is there a second for E1?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“All right, we have a motion and a second. All in favor, raise your hand. All right, all unanimous, passes unanimously. Now we're on E2. Do you wish to make a motion for that, Councilwoman Abrams?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“All right, we have a motion and a second. All in favor of item E2, raise your hand. All right, passes unanimously. Okay, working so far. Item F is an ordinance on final hearing that was recommended for approval rezoning 10324 Southwest 29th from R1 to PUD 2143. Councilwoman Avers, no one is signed to speak.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Oh, we might be working again. All right, go ahead. Something about Ward 2.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“All right, well, we have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. We'll let you know how it ends. Okay. All right, passes unanimously. Thank you. Okay, now we're on item H. This is an ordinance on final hearing. It was recommended for approval, rezoning 3000 Northwest 150th from SPUD 848 and PUD 302 to SPUD 1831. Councilman Stone-Seifer, no and a sign of speech.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay. We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“All right, now we're on item I. This is an ordinance on final hearing. It was recommended for approval rezoning 3131 Northwest 192nd from 01 to SPD 1840. This was deferred on July 21st. And Councilman Carter, I understand you will handle this item and no one has signed with, actually. Yes, sir. Scratch that. Tom Bowling has signed up to speak. I don't know his status with this project. Are you the applicant? Are you the applicant? Oh, okay.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026