WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:11.759 And good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, 2 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:16.359 welcome in. It's time now for city matters, and we've got our assistant 3 00:00:17.160 --> 00:00:21.800 city manager, Cracy Rolls, in house with us, and he's got a 4 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:25.399 cast of thousands. So we're kind of doing this a little different way today, 5 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:28.359 are in studio cameras, having a little bit of both issues. So 6 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:33.600 I'm doing this with my phone and so if you're watching on Facebook Live, 7 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:36.920 as thousands of you do, and trust me, I know you're getting really 8 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:39.960 good close up of Tracy Rolls right here. You doing there, Budd, 9 00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:42.560 Well, I'm not doing real good. I'm a little bit nervous. Actually 10 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:45.320 you're nervous. I'm the one holding the camera, I know, and that's 11 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:47.920 what makes me nervous. We talked about this and I thought I was going 12 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.000 to get to hold the camera so I could get a good shot close up 13 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:58.280 of Terry. But now overy are well, good morning Tom for the second 14 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:03.439 time. I brought a little more reinforcement this time, and we're very excited 15 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:07.640 to be here. Before I turn it over to the guys with the most 16 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:11.120 information, I want to remind everybody July the fourth is coming up and we 17 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:15.560 will be city Hall will be closed that day, so if your trash pickup 18 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:18.959 is on July the fourth, it will be the following day, on July 19 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:22.959 fifth. So miss Lane told me to make sure that I got that out 20 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.200 there, and I'm not going to go against what miss Lane tells me to 21 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:30.120 do. So I've gotten that out there. It's good. That's correct, 22 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:34.640 That's that's correct. They let me continue to have an office there, and 23 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:38.280 I want to make sure that when I go back that that office is still 24 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:42.920 intact and I'm still welcome to come back there, So I wanted to make 25 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:45.840 sure to get that out there. Good job. So Mike Bailey is out 26 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:51.480 of town today and so it's just us, which is a very scary thing 27 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:56.879 here today with you. So I know that we'll probably fall well short of 28 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:00.760 mister Bailey's bar, but we're going to make sure that we do our best. 29 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:05.439 We thought about making some things up that just were totally untrue and blame 30 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:09.919 them on Mike, but we chose better so it would have been fun. 31 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:15.919 Well, that was the disclaimer, you know, I had to say that 32 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:21.639 is it what is it FCC that runs this FCC rules we have to have 33 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:24.879 that disclaimer. So we've got that out there now. So but before we 34 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:29.479 digress too much, I'll turn this over to the to the people who we 35 00:02:29.639 --> 00:02:32.520 need to hear from more. Terry is here going to talk about water, 36 00:02:32.759 --> 00:02:38.879 which everyone I know is interested in. So Terry, good morning, Tracy, 37 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:45.159 thank you for that wonderful introduction. A couple of things is, we 38 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:49.840 did get a little rain last week, so the water supply did increase just 39 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:54.199 a smidge. We are up to fifty eight point six percent of our overall 40 00:02:54.199 --> 00:03:00.759 water supply remaining as of today. Last week, we use an average of 41 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:05.319 four point eight two million gallons of water a day, so we are still 42 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:09.919 within the Stage three restrictions that calls for just a one day outdoor water use 43 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:13.400 a week. So if you're an even number home, that's going to be 44 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:19.680 on Thursday. Odd number homes or properties are on Friday, and so we 45 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:23.439 just continue to ask for you to conserve water. To be an advocate for 46 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:27.520 that. I think there's a great number of people that are doing quite a 47 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:31.879 bit, so we're very appreciative of all those efforts. It's helping, and 48 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:38.000 so hopefully the rain will come sooner versus later and we'll replenish our water supply. 49 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:42.919 But until then, we'll keep conserving and doing what we can to kind 50 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:47.400 of maximize the water and make it last as long as possible. So along 51 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:52.360 those lines, so we do have an announcement that the Adams Golf Course, 52 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:55.560 which is a city owned golf course, will be moving off of city water 53 00:03:55.680 --> 00:04:00.520 to irrigate their golf course by the end of this week. So I know 54 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:04.520 that's been a topic of much conversation in social media and other forms, that 55 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:10.039 the golf course is watering the greens. They're only watering greens because of the 56 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:15.479 investment and the size of that investment, but they will be moving to using 57 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:18.920 pond water to irrigate those greens starting at the end of this week. So 58 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:24.519 with that, if you have any questions, concerns, or any type of 59 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:27.240 items, the police will free to reach out to City Hall or to me. 60 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:30.319 The city hall numbers nine one eight, three, three eight four two 61 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:35.279 eight two or my number is three three eight four one one six and I 62 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:39.600 don't have Tracey's number memorized, but hopefully i'll have that soon enough. So 63 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:43.079 if you really want to talk to somebody who's in charge, that's the person 64 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:46.120 that you should reach out to. So with that, that's kind of where 65 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:51.120 we're at, and hopefully rains. I don't think there's much of a forecast 66 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:54.759 for rains this week, but hopefully that can change or that will change, 67 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:59.240 and we'll continue to get rains to help kind of replenish our warp supply. 68 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:02.519 Could you talk a little bit, Terry. I know a lot of people 69 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:06.120 know this, but there's probably something that don't. It seems like here in 70 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:09.959 Bartlesville we've gotten quite a bit of rain. I mean, things are green, 71 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:14.920 things look really good. We're having to mow. Can you explain why 72 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:20.040 the rain here really doesn't help our cause when it comes to our water situation. 73 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:26.000 Yeah, yeah, that's a great question. So the lakes that we 74 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:30.959 draw from, which are HeLa and Copan, the watershed or the area that 75 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:38.560 feeds those lakes from rainwater runoff is really in southeast Kansas, So Sedan Cedar 76 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:42.560 Vale, that area of Kansas is really kind of the heart of those watersheds 77 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:46.639 that feed those lakes. They've gotten some rains, some really good rains here 78 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:51.639 over the last thirty sixty days, but they're over twenty inches below normal going 79 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:55.720 into these recent rains, So it's going to take a lot of rain to 80 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:59.600 fill up all the little creeks and farm ponds and different things that are within 81 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:05.759 these sheds that were dry or almost completely dry that that need to refill before 82 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:09.920 water can start running off to get to the lakes. So it's, uh, 83 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:15.519 it's just a process to kind of replenish those water sheds and once those 84 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:18.279 are replenished and then those next rains that are actually going to run off and 85 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:23.079 get to us. So, um, it's just kind of a side note 86 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:26.639 that even may seem like we had a lot of good rain events, but 87 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:30.720 we are below normal rainfall events from May um when when you looked at the 88 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:34.079 actual rain that we received and what we normally received. So even then, 89 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:40.519 we're still um kind of trending below what we normally get. So it's just 90 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:46.360 going to take a lot of rains and or one big big rain to get 91 00:06:46.439 --> 00:06:49.879 everything back restored to what what is normal for us. Cool, thank you. 92 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:59.079 And also there are conversations taking place to create solutions going forward to prevent 93 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:02.920 this type of situation from occurrent. Correct. Yeah, So we've we've done 94 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:08.959 a number of things to address long term water supply. We've purchased additional water 95 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:14.920 rights at Copan Lake, we're pursuing the water reuse component of it. We 96 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:20.319 are looking always at potential future things to do, and we've had certain plans 97 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:26.319 in place, which Kelly's covered in several of her city beats in previous weeks. 98 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:30.360 Through there, we're also looking at continuencies as well. If if water 99 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:34.079 supply continues to dwindle and we get into late summer and with an overlief in 100 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:38.600 sight, what are we going to do at that at that point, So 101 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:43.600 we're looking at kind of what if scenarios at this point we have and continue 102 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:47.519 work on long term water supply. These things usually take decades to implement, 103 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:51.199 so they're not just something where you just we'll just go get water from Call 104 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:56.800 Lake and then next month we're under construction. It takes years and years worth 105 00:07:56.879 --> 00:08:01.360 of study and permitting in different things that are associated with it, and so 106 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:05.199 it took us twelve years to get water from Copan. We've been working on 107 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:09.519 water reuse now for about six seven years. It just takes a long time 108 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:15.600 to work through all the regulatory process to facilitate those types of water supply and 109 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:20.199 accessing those water supply. So we will continue to do so as we've done 110 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:24.680 a lot of people compare um the O one O two drought for those who 111 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:28.600 are around h Bartlesfield for two thousand and one, two thousand and two, 112 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:35.759 we have exceeded that drought with this current one and that that drought lasted just 113 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:41.559 about a year, and right now we're trending just over a year and without 114 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:46.519 any really relief in sights. So hopefully that will will be different here when 115 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:50.919 we talk in either late June or early July, where we've gotten some rate 116 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:56.039 events and we're back back hall again. But we are working on some long 117 00:08:56.120 --> 00:09:01.679 term solutions as well some stop gap measures to help preserve this precious resource. 118 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:05.720 But again everybody has a part to play in that, and so we just 119 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:09.679 ask everybody to do what they can. If you don't have to water outside, 120 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:15.480 we'd ask that you not short showers or the biggest consumer of water indoors, 121 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:20.440 not running your dishwasher until the dishwasher is full. Same thing with your 122 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:24.240 clotheswasher, and just be mindful of how you're using the tap water for brushing. 123 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:28.639 Your teeth are just different type of activity. So again, this affects 124 00:09:28.679 --> 00:09:31.960 all of us, and so it's going to take all of us to help 125 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:37.080 manage and get through it for good. Thank you. I really appreciate the 126 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:41.960 job that you've done on coming up with solutions and ways to mitigate it's not 127 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:46.720 an easy thing. And more importantly, I appreciate you being open and transparent 128 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:52.000 with the citizens and tell them exactly what's going on, not trying to fluff 129 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:56.080 anything or hide anything. So I really appreciate that, and I think a 130 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:58.279 lot of people that I've talked to have said the same thing. So thank 131 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:03.120 you for what you're doing. I know it's it's not an easy thing and 132 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:05.559 when you start messing with things that people rely on. So thank you, 133 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:09.799 and I really respect the situation that you're in and how you've dealt with it. 134 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:13.720 Oh, thank you. So now toime, we're gonna move on to 135 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:22.519 the newest member of the leadership team of the City of Bartlesville. Congratulations, 136 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:26.960 condolences whichever may apply to Chief Kevin Eckleberry. You know, he and I 137 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:31.039 spoke to you this morning, but now he's he's been on the spot. 138 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:35.559 I gave him exactly twenty minutes to come up with ten minutes worth of words, 139 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:39.320 So I wish you the best, but as a police chief, that's 140 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:43.480 usually what you get So we'll just want to start you off right and and 141 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:48.799 throw you that good curveball right now. So all Chief Kevin Ikler's on me. 142 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:52.399 All right, Well, good morning, Tracy. It's good to be 143 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:54.840 here. It's kind of hard to call you Tracy, he says, you've 144 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:58.279 been chief for so long, but good morning, and you know, I 145 00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:03.759 just I'm excited about the opportunity to move forward in this position and to help 146 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:09.240 grow the police department and help protect the city and serve the city and not 147 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:13.559 only officers, but the but the citizens that we serve. UM. A 148 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:18.600 couple of topics on our list would be the recruitment. We are constantly looking 149 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:22.679 for good people to be police officers. If you're a good, ethical, 150 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:28.120 honest person, and you find yourself to be a good person, if you're 151 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:33.399 a hard worker and uh put in a good day's work and uh like being 152 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:37.120 productive, we probably have a place for you. Man. We would really 153 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:41.320 like you to apply for the police department. We need good officers. We 154 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:46.399 can take a hard working person and honest, an ethical person and turn them 155 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:48.519 into a great cop. So, uh, we'll put that out there. 156 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:52.200 That's that's one of the areas that getting law enforcement to day, we kind 157 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:56.840 of struggle due to the national stories that go go on around the nation and 158 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:01.399 UM, we want people to know that in Bartlesville it's a different story. 159 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:05.159 Bartlesville is a great place to live, great place to work, great place 160 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:11.799 to play and uh and a great place to serve. We have great citizens 161 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:16.480 and we have a great city council and city management that really supports the police 162 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:22.000 department and UH and in turn that allows us to really serve the citizens in 163 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:26.159 the best way possible. So UM recruitment is important. It's where wherever the 164 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:31.000 officer starts and UH and UH you know, it's endless to where they can 165 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:37.240 go from there. The second thing in mind is also is with the officers 166 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:41.639 and that that's the mental health issue that comes along. We have a couple 167 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:43.399 of mental health issues that we want to talk about. One would be for 168 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:48.480 the officers. Want to make sure the officers are have a resources to reach 169 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:54.720 out when they're in need. UM, once they've seen something tragic or had 170 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:58.759 to deal with an issue that really has left them u uh in in a 171 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:01.919 bad way mentally, we want to make sure there's resources for them to go 172 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:07.000 to and to to kind of dump the trash, so to speak, get 173 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:11.240 that out of their mind and so they can serve fully for the future. 174 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:16.440 Along with that, we also have our Crisis Intervention Response Team that we've just 175 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:22.200 started up that's going to be in the community dealing with the mental health, 176 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:26.759 mental health and welfare of our citizens. Um. Hopefully we can get ahead 177 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:31.480 of that and start really addressing some mental health issues. Mental health for Barswell, 178 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:37.879 police department is multiple calls a day dealing with people in crisis and uh 179 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:41.039 so we're we're going to try to address that in a more proactive way to 180 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:46.399 try to get those people into recovery or back on the path to success. 181 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:52.159 Um. We want long term success for those people and that's what we're going 182 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:58.200 to strive for. UM. Another thing I'll talk about is we city council 183 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:03.200 was kind enough to add us a couple of officers this year. Um. 184 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:09.320 Those officers are for the parks and Pathfinder. We're excited about that. Get 185 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:13.360 get those officers out patrol and the Pathfinder and patrol in the parks. Uh. 186 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:16.679 You know, we mentioned it earlier today that there's not a lot of 187 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:20.919 crime in the parks are on the Pathfinder, but there's there's uh a lot 188 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:24.360 of fear of crime. And you know, part of our mission statement, 189 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:28.360 uh, part of our job as bars of police officers is to reduce the 190 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:31.440 fear in the community, and we want to we want to uh complete that 191 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:37.840 task as well. So having the parks and Pathfinder patrol will help us to 192 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:41.320 reduce the fear as people can get out and try to enjoy the parks and 193 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:46.559 and uh the Pathfinder and so we're really excited about that opportunity and I think 194 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:52.000 it'll serve the community. Well. Good, Any any uh, I know 195 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:54.919 today you've been you've been officially the police chief of an hour and forty five 196 00:14:56.000 --> 00:15:01.159 minutes. But any any big plans as far as cha coming with the police 197 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:05.720 department, the operations of the police department kind of in your first hundred days. 198 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:09.000 Any goals that you want to to reach or accomplish. Well, we 199 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:15.639 have some goals that we had started while you were in place, and I 200 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:18.919 want to try to go ahead and complete those goals. One of those will 201 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:22.600 be the new Strategy Center Tri County Tech. As some people know, we 202 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:28.120 have the East Side substation currently inside the main building at Tri County Tech. 203 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:35.279 Tri County Tech and has agreed to allow us to utilize the Strategy Center, 204 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:39.159 which is on the east side of their campus facing no other road, standalone 205 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:45.679 building. It will be our new substation beginning August first. It has some 206 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:48.679 classrooms in it and it also has some office space in it, and we're 207 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:56.000 planning on housing the training division out there. And with that being said, 208 00:15:56.039 --> 00:16:02.600 we're also in the process, along with Tri County Check, bringing online the 209 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:07.039 Basic Peace Officers Course, which is a police academy at the Bartlesville and that 210 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:14.120 will be housed out there, and we should be able to bring people into 211 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:18.000 that course and turn them into police officers, and that'll save the city money 212 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:21.679 as well as get us outfitted with new officers on the street and ready to 213 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:25.559 go to work for us. So it'll be a cost savings to the City 214 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:29.360 of Bartlesville, but it'll also be something very proactive into something that we really 215 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:36.039 look forward to doing as well. Some more exciting things is since I was 216 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:40.600 the deputy chief with the police department, that opens up a deputy chief spot, 217 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:44.480 which will in turn open up a captain spot in lieutenant spot and sergeant 218 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:48.399 spot and corporal spot. So that's exciting and I'll get the opportunity to promote 219 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:52.799 within the ranks of the police department. So I'm really looking forward to putting 220 00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:55.799 a good team together around me. We've already got a great team around me, 221 00:16:55.799 --> 00:17:00.519 and it just to add some more players to the game be great. 222 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:03.480 And so that's those are thanks we're looking forward to in the first few days. 223 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:06.799 Well, very good, congratulations on your appointment. I wish you all 224 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:10.319 the best. I know the police department is in good hands. And like 225 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:15.039 we mentioned earlier, I had told mister Potter that he kept asking who we 226 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:18.319 were going to hire as a police chief, and I assured him we were 227 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:21.799 going to hire the best police chief Bartlesville has ever had, and I think 228 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:25.079 that we've done that with you. So congratulations and thank you, and thank 229 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:27.519 you for your willingness to serve our community, not just as a police chief, 230 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:30.799 but for the last almost thirty years. So thank you. Thank you. 231 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:34.559 So Mica, not much going on in you're an eck of the woods. 232 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:38.400 Not a lot of projects happening, Just kind of getting through the days. 233 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:41.000 Not much happening. Yeah, I'm just trying to find things to do. 234 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:45.680 Yeah, well, let's talk about a couple of those things. Okay, 235 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:48.559 okay, sounds good. First off, we got another a lot of 236 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:53.119 questions about Civitan Park. We've got us the park there off of No Water 237 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:56.039 Road and some of Lake Road that's got the shade structure over it. Some 238 00:17:56.039 --> 00:18:00.759 people call the Dinosaur Park. I think that's the most common term for it. 239 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:03.559 It's an ADIA accessible part. I think it's one of our only ADA 240 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:07.559 accessible parts in the city of Bartlesville. And so we've we've got some issues 241 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:12.000 with the shade structure. So we've had that lockdown now for about three weeks, 242 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:17.240 I believe somewhere in there in that ballpark. So essentially we noticed some 243 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:21.920 issues with it. There's some some structural connections that seem to be compromised, 244 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:25.119 and so as we got to investigating, it appears as though it may have 245 00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:27.519 been installed improperly on the front end. So this was not a city project 246 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:32.039 when it was installed. It was actually donated. We're really not sure who 247 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:34.839 the contractor wasn't installed it. But we have sound some issues that we're actually 248 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:37.680 gonna have to remove that structure and put it back up in place, and 249 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:41.119 so that's why it's been shut down out for a while. It's trying to 250 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:45.519 get that going. It's you know, anything with the city government. Local 251 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:48.799 government takes a little bit of time. It's not just as easy as a 252 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:51.519 private entity that just goes out and hire somebody and gets the work done. 253 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:55.920 So we've been working on getting pricing on that, getting some quotes some contractors 254 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:59.400 to have that work done. Essentially, what we'll do is we'll have that 255 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:03.359 removed while it's down, We'll make some modifications to the footings. There are 256 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:06.759 some elevation, some great issues there that put things in a bind as far 257 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:10.839 as the structure, and so we will make those adjustments and we'll put that 258 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:14.880 back up and hope to see that happen at least coming down potentially in the 259 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:17.880 next couple of weeks. Again, once I get some pricing secured, we'll 260 00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:21.720 try to get a contract through council to get that work done, and then 261 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:23.720 we'll get that put up as quickly as possible. I know that's it's a 262 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:26.640 popular park again, it's one of our only parks with a shade structure, 263 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:32.200 and so you know, I know city bars that were shutting you down on 264 00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:36.200 water and now we're taking away your shade. And so we're working on it 265 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:37.519 though. We're trying to get that done. But that is what's happening there, 266 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:41.960 So we'll just feel like it's our responsibility to make sure that's safe. 267 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:45.319 And so we realize that potentially is not safe, we want ahead and shut 268 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:48.960 that down. So we're kind of getting that one going again. We've also 269 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:55.119 got pickleball coming up now you'll see that'll probably start to go to construction later 270 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:57.839 this late summer early fall. I know there's some interest in that. I 271 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:03.079 think it's the fastest growing sport in the country is minor standing and so currently 272 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:07.119 I think people are using tennis courts. They're at Sooner Park, Johnstone Park, 273 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:12.039 and then I think there's some indoor facilities private facilities in town that people 274 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:15.119 use, but I think the y m c A and also a First Baptist 275 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:18.680 Church I believe allows there as well. And but we're trying to get some 276 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:22.079 on our city owned courts, specifically four pickleball and so these are actually going 277 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:26.480 to go in right there next to the tennis courts at Sooner Park, just 278 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:30.720 to the north of between the tennis courts and the fire station there. We 279 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:34.799 should be getting construction plans on that later this week to review hopefully from Dan 280 00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:40.920 Kelleher. We're looking at doing eight courts total for sure. Six it will 281 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:42.519 include in a base bid, and then we'll have a bid alternate for two 282 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:47.240 additional courts. We believe we can get eight courts, that is the goal. 283 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:52.279 We'll have bid alternates also for lighting for those courts and then shade structures 284 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:56.640 on the east side for essentially people waiting in line, waiting to play or 285 00:20:56.680 --> 00:21:00.359 watching, and there'll be some benches will be kind of I called a bullpen. 286 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:02.759 It's not really a bullpen, but the courts will be separated by an 287 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:06.680 alley of sorts, fenced off alley where they can there's a couple of benches 288 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:08.720 there they can wait on where they're ready to play. So it should be 289 00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:11.400 a good project, agin see it should see that go to construction late summer 290 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:15.160 early fall. We'll get that out to bid here in the next month hopefully, 291 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:18.920 and it should be a good project, should be exciting and know there's 292 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:22.559 a lot of interest in it. And so those are two things we've got 293 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:26.319 really. Uh, I think that I was on task talk about I think 294 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:27.839 I get a little bit more time here, so we'll talk about some other 295 00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:33.480 things. Geo Bond highlights. So we just last Monday night a week ago 296 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:38.599 Monday, the Barnswoll City Council did approve a list of projects for a geo 297 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:42.519 bond election this fall. I think they will call at election at this next 298 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:48.079 July meeting. They're looking for an October tenth election date. So again the 299 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:52.960 city Council has approved these projects, but really a citizens of Barnswoll or the 300 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:55.680 final step in this if they need to prove this as well. So there 301 00:21:55.680 --> 00:22:00.599 were the three separate items on this election. There will be street there will 302 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:03.759 be buildings and facilities, and there'll be parks and rex. Each one of 303 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:07.400 those is a standalone, so he'll vote for each one of those. There's 304 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:11.839 just over twelve million dollars with the street projects plan that was actually the the 305 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:15.519 primary focus of council. This go around our streets or in need of some 306 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:18.359 repair. Always are. That'll be a never ending issue, I guess, 307 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:22.519 but we'd like to start making some better progress on those. We're looking at 308 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:26.079 just over twelve million dollars with the streets. Some highlights and that'll be Adams 309 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:30.480 Boulevard sent you from Highways seventy five to Bison Road. I know mister Bay 310 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:33.519 likes to point out that, you know Adams Boulevard is really owned by the 311 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:38.759 state of Oklahoma, by Oklahoma Department Transportation. Really, the only portion that 312 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:44.400 we own and maintain is from not even really Highways seventy five is Adams Road 313 00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:48.839 where it meets there right at the Walmart intersection off of Adams. From there 314 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:52.640 to Bison Road is what the City of Bars owns to maintained. So we've 315 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:56.559 got a one point four million dollars project plan to rehabilitate that section of Adams 316 00:22:56.480 --> 00:23:00.480 Lahoma. Up in Oak Park, we got seven hundred thousand dollars to do 317 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:03.440 some work on the home. It's a concrete panel project. We tried to 318 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:10.160 package these street projects up into not just individual streets, but I guess there's 319 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:12.279 packages of streets. So we're all relatively close to each other. And so 320 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:15.559 we've got some work over on Lupo, We've got some work on Morton, 321 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:22.640 We've got some projects planned on Graystone, Michigan. Projects all really all Acrosstown. 322 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:25.799 We tried to scatter things Acrosstown. But again, twelvellion dollars with the 323 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:30.400 streets, we've got just over three million dollars with the buildings of facilities planned 324 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:33.000 for that. The highlight of that really is a replacement of fire Station number 325 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:37.599 three. This is over Virginian Hensley. This is I think I misspoke I 326 00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:41.279 said the other day it's a nineteen fifty model. I believe it's in nineteen 327 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:45.480 seventy two or seventy four model building. We've had some structural issues on there, 328 00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:48.079 nothing like the building is going to fall down. Everything, with just 329 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:52.640 some maintenance issues where we've got some walls that are selling whatnot. They are 330 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:56.400 located over utilities that need to be replaced, and so really to make that 331 00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:59.240 work, it just needs to be rebuilt. At this point, it's actually 332 00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:02.880 not sized quite right for us now. So the new project would add a 333 00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:06.839 third bay. So they've currently got two bay apparatus bays, so they would 334 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:10.119 end up basically as something similar that we've got on Price Road, and they're 335 00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:14.680 at tuck Sedo the two stations, those two satellite stations. So we've got 336 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:18.440 that project plan for just over about two point four million dollars for station number 337 00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:22.359 two replacement. And then we've got parks for recreation is a third item. 338 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:26.640 We've got two point one seven million dollars plan for parks for recreation. The 339 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:30.240 largest project in that is actually one point two million dollars for greens rebuild it 340 00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:34.400 Adams Golf Course. We've we've currently got seven hundred thousand dollars planned in the 341 00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:38.480 current twenty twenty g O bond that will come online this fall for the twenty 342 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:42.880 twenty two issuance of that GEO bon This will be essentially that will get us 343 00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:47.759 not quite half of the greens at this point for that seven hundred thousand dollars. 344 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:51.920 So this one point two million dollars coupled with the proxy five hundred thousand 345 00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:55.759 dollars with a private funding that we've got secured, will be a full complete 346 00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:59.599 project replace all eighteen greens at the Adams Golf Course along with the putting green, 347 00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:03.279 that hip and green and our green nursery for lack of better terms. 348 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:07.079 So that'll be a good project as well. Likely see the first phase of 349 00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:11.720 that and probably in the next year. Using that initial seven hundred thousand dollars 350 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:15.200 with some private funding that's got to be phased. We can do half of 351 00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:18.480 half the course at the time flight at the front nine first and then the 352 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:21.880 back nine. And once you do complete those greens, they have to sit 353 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:26.440 there for months actually unused to get established. So we'll phase that in here 354 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:29.759 the next couple of years with those funds. So we've also always got money 355 00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:33.440 for Pathfinder repair. That's a big deal here in the city of Bartlesville, 356 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:36.599 a great asset to us. And so we've got two hundred fifty thousand dollars 357 00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:40.359 plan for some repaving on Pathfinder. And then also a big thing that's been 358 00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:42.799 on the Park Board's mine and I think the citizens of Bartlesville kind of along 359 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:48.839 the line with our security our park police force, is security lighting in the 360 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:52.240 parks. And so we've got a one hundred and fifty thousand dollars plan for 361 00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:56.039 that. There's nothing specifically identified for those funds just yet, but we'll put 362 00:25:56.079 --> 00:26:00.240 together a project for that to upgrade security lighting in parks as well. Again 363 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:04.599 that's her GEO Bond projects. We'll see that. You'll start seeing some the 364 00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:11.000 word get out there for October tenth election this fall and so hopefully the citizens 365 00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:15.599 I'll get out and vote one way or another and and the other CITC duty 366 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:19.359 there. So how much time I have tom one minute winding things down, 367 00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:25.799 So one highlight just we did wrap up the lighting project at robin Wood Park 368 00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:30.279 and the Lee Lake skate park. They've seen those lights burning there at the 369 00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:34.759 skate park particularly. I think that's getting a lot of use. So get 370 00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:37.400 out there and use that at the skate park after dark, you'd like. 371 00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:42.640 Well, thank you guys, a lot of good stuff going on. Thank 372 00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:48.119 you Tom for your time, Thank the citizens for their support and what we're 373 00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:51.920 trying to do. And there's a lot that we're trying to do, So 374 00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:56.319 thank you guys for your hard work and your dedication for making the city better. 375 00:26:56.200 --> 00:27:00.720 Oh, you've been loosening in watching Should He Matter? 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