WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:00.840 Canine Atlas. 2 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:04.120 Atlas has been with us I think right at ten years, 3 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:07.519 maybe a little over anyway, or he's about ten years old. 4 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:09.000 He's been with us for about eight of those. 5 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:12.599 So Atlas is one of my very very favorite police 6 00:00:12.640 --> 00:00:13.560 dogs of all time. 7 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:16.199 He used to be he's the one that doesn't bite you. 8 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:20.160 It doesn't bite me. Yes, I mean he he'll buy 9 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:23.120 it if they want him to, but he is. He 10 00:00:23.239 --> 00:00:27.760 is an amazing dog. And so but these these canines, 11 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:31.440 they're they're invaluable to us, but they only working dogs 12 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:33.560 only last about nine to ten years before you need 13 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:36.280 to retire them. So he is getting to retire. And 14 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:38.439 this is one of the few times that you'll hear 15 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:41.200 me say that a law that was passed by the 16 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:43.880 state of Oklahoma was a really good thing. And what 17 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:46.520 they allow us to do is that they allow us 18 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:51.479 to retire these canines and to transfer them to their 19 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:56.359 own to their handlers. And so cities are prohibited. In fact, 20 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:58.000 we're going to talk about an auction we just had 21 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:02.840 because cities are prohibited from donating anything, and so we 22 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:06.120 can't donate dogs, cars, guns, none of that stuff can 23 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:09.959 be donated to any other organization, agency or individual. This 24 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:12.159 is one example. The state gave us permission to pass 25 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:12.879 these dogs on. 26 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:14.280 So Atlas was there. 27 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:16.519 I got to wrestle with him one last time in 28 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:18.680 the middle of the council meeting. So I'm sure that 29 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:20.359 was the council was really excited to see me on 30 00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:23.359 the floor rolling around with a dog. But that's more 31 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:28.760 me than this me. So anyway, wanted to thank Corporal 32 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:33.159 Gonzales and to congratulate him and Atlas both. And so 33 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:36.439 speaking of police, we also have a police academy coming up, 34 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:39.879 so a citizens Police Academy. This for anybody who is 35 00:01:39.959 --> 00:01:42.560 interested in how our police department works. This is a 36 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:48.480 fantastic opportunity. This is coming up. It starts on March 37 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:53.200 twenty seventh. The deadline is actually March tenth, so the 38 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:56.760 deadline for application is March tenth. Space is limited, there 39 00:01:56.799 --> 00:01:59.879 will not everybody will be able to get into this. Unfortunately. 40 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:03.120 We we just have so much capacity to handle people 41 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:03.760 in these things. 42 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:05.599 So you got till the end of business today to 43 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:06.079 get that in. 44 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:10.439 Huh, look at that. You're right, You're exactly right. I 45 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:12.280 don't even know what day it is. I got no 46 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:12.759 idea what. 47 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:16.919 Today, So yeah, March tenth, so hurry up, you got 48 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:18.719 till five o'clock today to get in. 49 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:22.280 And to be considered. And it'll start on March twenty seventh. 50 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:23.039 Uh. 51 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:26.080 And also so if anybody who has tried to use 52 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:29.599 Johnstone Park recently, they will notice that Johnstone Parks closed 53 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:33.919 at last fall. We did a lot of upgrades to 54 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:37.759 the infrastructure in our parks and Johnstone Park of course 55 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:40.759 was in use by Fantasy Land of Lights at that 56 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:43.039 point in time, so they could not do it. So 57 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:46.560 we've delayed that. So they're just they're they've gotten started 58 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:50.919 on that. Weather permitting, we expect that it will be 59 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:55.120 that those construction improvements will be completed by April f first. 60 00:02:55.199 --> 00:02:57.800 So let's let's hope for good weather and let's hope 61 00:02:57.800 --> 00:02:59.240 to get Johnstone Park back opened. 62 00:02:59.240 --> 00:02:59.879 It certainly will be. 63 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:02.680 This is the improvements to the Ring Road, some of 64 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:04.919 the sidewalks and paths. 65 00:03:04.599 --> 00:03:06.360 And things of that nature. So it'll be a night's 66 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:07.400 upgrade to that park. 67 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:12.319 And also another announcement, Operation Clean House is coming up. 68 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:14.560 So and look at that, Tom. 69 00:03:14.639 --> 00:03:17.759 This is actually let's see, it hasn't happened yet, so 70 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:19.719 I'm announcing something that isn't today. 71 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:20.520 This is good. 72 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:23.439 So we have Operation Clean House and Keith handed me 73 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:25.520 a flyer that has like a three. 74 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:27.840 Font on it, so I'm going to pretend to read that. 75 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:34.199 So Saturday April twelfth of so next month April twelfth, 76 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:36.919 and it is from eight am to two pm. And 77 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:39.120 Operation clean House, if you're not familiar with it, is 78 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:42.800 essentially getting rid of household hazardous. 79 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:44.439 Waists outside of explosives. 80 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:46.879 Outside of explosives, they really don't appreciate it if you 81 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:47.639 drop those off. 82 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:49.919 We had to call in up Tulsa bomb squad. 83 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:52.360 Yes we did, Yes we did. I think it turned 84 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:54.840 out to be okay, but it did. It did put 85 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:57.479 a kink in the operation. Sure, it slowed things down. 86 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:01.039 So there's two locations, so it'll be the Phillip sixty 87 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:04.360 six parking lot here in Bartlesville and then Washington County 88 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:07.479 District two if you're familiar. If you're not familiar with 89 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:10.479 District too, it is two miles east on ninth Street 90 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:14.520 off of Highway seventy five. So they take different things. 91 00:04:14.759 --> 00:04:17.399 The District two building, they'll be taking used motor oil 92 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:20.720 and a freeze, automotive batteries, car and pickup tires and 93 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:23.720 then they will also be taking some appliances, assuming that 94 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:27.639 they are certified free on free Phillip sixty six parking lot. 95 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:34.040 This one they'll accept compact fluorescent bulbs, cleaners, Tocsin's yardcare, 96 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:36.480 all of those things, pesticides, oerbicide, so all of that 97 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:39.600 you can take to the Phillip sixty six parking lot. 98 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:41.680 So take this opportunity to clean up your house a 99 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:43.399 little bit and thank you, Keith. 100 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:44.199 I appreciate that. 101 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:48.000 And now moving on, So last week, I guess it 102 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:50.439 would have been just one week ago. We had regular 103 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:53.759 council meeting for the month of March. It was a 104 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:56.839 relatively short council meeting, which is always okay with me. 105 00:04:56.920 --> 00:05:00.040 I'm sure it's okay with you too, always, although I 106 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:00.720 believe you were. 107 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:03.000 At that one start sending Nathan, I don't get to 108 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:04.000 see anymore. Tom. 109 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:06.360 You know I'm a little older. 110 00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:09.480 What are you in bed? Toms? 111 00:05:13.439 --> 00:05:15.560 Okay, okay, it would be tough for you to make 112 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:18.279 a five thirty council meeting and have a six pm bedtime. 113 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:24.040 So but council meeting relatively short. But there were some 114 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:27.560 pretty interesting things that happen. So one of the things 115 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:30.519 that the council did is they transferred some land that 116 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:34.079 is in our industrial park to the Barsvielle Development Authority 117 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:36.240 And the purpose of that is is that they're actually 118 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:39.680 going to build a spec industrial building. And so this 119 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:41.959 will be a building that when we start building it 120 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:44.959 does not have a tenant. What we've discovered and we've 121 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:47.120 we've entertained a lot of companies over the years. 122 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:51.000 They come here and they are in a hurry. 123 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:53.360 And by in a hurry, I mean they need to 124 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:55.680 be moving in in a month. That happens quite frequently, 125 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:58.480 and so if you don't have a building that suits 126 00:05:58.519 --> 00:06:00.360 their needs, then they move on to the next place. 127 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:04.120 So this will be a little different strategy for the BDA. 128 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:06.800 They typically build the suit. The idea here is to 129 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:10.279 build one that is essentially an open box and then. 130 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:13.360 If we're lucky, we have at least before it's constructed. 131 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:15.399 And that way they get to participate in the final 132 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:16.800 construction design. 133 00:06:16.920 --> 00:06:19.519 So anyway that will be happening. 134 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:24.000 Another building that the BDA is currently building is out 135 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:28.759 at the Barswill Municipal Airport. Actually in preparing to construct 136 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:32.120 a very large commercial hangar out there. We are out 137 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:34.480 of hangar space and there's a huge demand for that. 138 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:37.199 So this gives us a great opportunity to develop further 139 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:42.120 develop the aerospace industry in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. So I think 140 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:44.360 both of those are great things. Look forward to seeing 141 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:47.759 what comes of them. Council also approved a couple of 142 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:51.879 street projects, so there was really just two of them. 143 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:54.680 One of them is Yale Drive and this will be 144 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:57.879 Yale from Adams to Frank Phillips Boulevard. This will be 145 00:06:57.920 --> 00:06:58.879 a big project. 146 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:01.959 Shouldn't that a big road that kind of is Yeah, 147 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:05.360 it goes down the hill, it goes around, yes, it is. 148 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:06.879 It is a it's a big road. 149 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:07.600 Good luck. 150 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:11.000 And there are also some connecting side roads that will 151 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:13.399 be part of this, but primarily it's Yell Drive, so 152 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:16.680 and it will be essentially a complete reconstruction and it 153 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:20.240 will be really nice once it's completed. The other one 154 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:23.360 is Madison Boulevard, and so this is of course Madison's 155 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:26.360 in pretty good shape right until you get to Tuxedo 156 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:29.920 and then north of Tuxedo it is essentially it's an 157 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:30.879 old old county road. 158 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:32.800 Yeah you still got bar ditches. It's really just a 159 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:33.759 chip and seal road. 160 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:39.000 So this will update Madison from Tuxedo to the Water Tower, 161 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:42.079 and so it doesn't go quite to Minnesota, but it 162 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:43.839 will go essentially to the north. 163 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:45.160 End of Blanket Out. 164 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:48.480 On the name of the park, it's the name of 165 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:51.720 the housing edition there. Anyway, there is a there's a 166 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:55.519 housing edition right there, park Hill. Yeah, it is park Hill, right, 167 00:07:55.600 --> 00:07:57.199 Look at that. Keith done that very often. I was 168 00:07:57.199 --> 00:08:03.279 actually right, and I hesitate. Now I tell you what, Keith. 169 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:06.759 Keith knows every subdivision, every road in Bartlesville, I promise you, 170 00:08:06.959 --> 00:08:09.720 and he's worked on most of them. So but anyway, 171 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:12.480 so that will go right up to that area. This 172 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:15.439 is actually a partnership with the Delaware Tribe. They're they're 173 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:18.120 going to participate in this in a fifty to fifty split, 174 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:22.759 which allows us to construct this in a little different 175 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:25.079 manner than what we had intended. We were it was 176 00:08:25.160 --> 00:08:28.360 really just going to keep the original footprint, and now 177 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:30.680 we're able to widen, curb and gutter and do it 178 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:32.840 and do it right through there. And so this will 179 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:34.879 help to serve their complex, which is on the west 180 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:37.799 side of Madison, and it will also provide access to 181 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:41.600 park Hill on the east side of Madison. So really 182 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:43.879 really excited to get both of those kicked off, but 183 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:45.440 we just we don't we. 184 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:47.440 Don't have a timeline on him yet. That was the 185 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:48.120 award of bid. 186 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:51.799 We'll go through some pre construction meetings and that will 187 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:54.840 Micah Seemers will be back someday to tell us exactly 188 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:57.919 when we expect those to be done. One of the 189 00:08:57.960 --> 00:09:00.080 other things that happened, and this is this will be 190 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:02.879 a majority, a big part of our program. Today we 191 00:09:02.919 --> 00:09:06.360 did have an update on the Unsheltered Homeless Task Force 192 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:09.519 and Rachel Shaller was there. I'm saying your name right 193 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:14.120 right shoulder, God, it was both Scholer. Shall I know 194 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:17.519 he's still I still don't know what Jason's last name is. 195 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:21.559 I've got it right one time. Not he for twenty 196 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:24.080 years and I still don't. I still don't know him. 197 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:29.600 So I got I got Keith roped in the wires 198 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:31.679 from that microphone there about drugg him out of his chair. 199 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:32.600 That would have been awesome. 200 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:37.879 So but uh so, Rachel Rachel actually gave an update 201 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:38.799 to the city council. 202 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:44.039 And Rachel is the CEO of Well all Right, Optional Director. 203 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:46.759 Operational Director of Grand Mental Health, which means she's in 204 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:49.360 charge of Grand Mental Health in Bartlesville. 205 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:51.279 And is it it's not regional. It's just here, right, 206 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:53.600 Washington count just Washington County and Bartlesville. 207 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:57.519 Yes, and so Rachel serves on our Unsheltered Homeless task Force. 208 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:02.200 We actually have also made former mayor that I've told 209 00:10:02.639 --> 00:10:05.440 I've told every mayor who's ever served, that's a permanent title. 210 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:08.320 Once you get it, it never goes away. So this is form. 211 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:11.080 That's it. Whether you like it or not. It was 212 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:13.360 your fault. You shouldn't have said yes. Now you're that forever. 213 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:17.639 So Tom Gorman, Mayor Tom Gorman is here with us, 214 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:22.799 and he also serves on the homeless task Force, and 215 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:25.240 he had sort of a unique perspective in that he 216 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:29.279 owns a number of multi family residential units here in Bartlesville, 217 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:33.679 and so he sees another side the unsheltered homeless problem 218 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:36.600 that we have in Bartlesville. But we have a really 219 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:40.840 great task force that is I believe there's thirteen members, 220 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:43.840 and then I think we have two non voting including 221 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:46.759 one council member and one member of another nonprofit. 222 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:50.320 Really diverse group of people. 223 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:54.159 And I serve as staff liaison, which means that I 224 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:56.480 take notes and I'm the least informed person in the room, 225 00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:58.720 and so I try to keep everything straight for them. 226 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:01.080 That's all I can do. But it is. 227 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:03.399 It is an incredible group of people. And I think 228 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:07.440 we've met three times, right, and so, uh, these two 229 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:15.720 were I think they volunteered to be spokespeople or god volunteers, 230 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:25.240 don't you don't would call it that way. Tom volunteered, 231 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:29.960 Rachel did not unvolunteer. So, but we appreciate both of them. 232 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:33.200 This is an important issue in our community, and I've 233 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:35.639 really I've been impressed watching the committee work and how 234 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:38.799 much information really that has been gathered. There's a lot 235 00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:41.480 we had to first know. Uh, we had to know 236 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:43.200 what the problem was, and we had to understand what 237 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:45.600 it was that we didn't know. So with that, I'm 238 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:47.519 gonna kick it over to you too, and I'll let 239 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:50.159 you give everybody an update on exactly what we've been 240 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:51.120 doing and what we found out. 241 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:55.919 Well, Mike, I'll start by saying that I swore i'd 242 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:59.320 never meet you like this again, but here here we are. 243 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:01.639 Never say no, never say never. 244 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:03.000 That's right, And. 245 00:12:04.559 --> 00:12:07.200 I agree with everything you said about the task Force. 246 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:10.039 It's it's been a good group. I think there's been 247 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:16.960 a very unbiased, you know, exchange of information, and it's 248 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:21.000 been sort of empirical, you know that I so far, 249 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:23.600 we haven't I'm probably the most emotional person in the room, 250 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:29.559 uh regarded this issue, and I really appreciate everybody coming 251 00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:33.000 forward and talking about what can be a very sensitive 252 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:37.759 issue in a manner that's that really moves forward the goals. 253 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:39.919 I think of everybody in the room, I'm going to 254 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:41.200 take exception with one thing you said. 255 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:42.960 You said you're the least important person in the room, 256 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:47.039 and I disagree, because the city has great ability to 257 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:54.600 impact positively negatively the homeless population, or landowners or the 258 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:58.559 service providers. And I mean it's it's evidenced in in 259 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:03.039 your officer. I might get her her sergeant. I don't 260 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:05.399 know what her title is, wrong, but Sierra Compton, that's 261 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:08.840 in there. You know, she's obviously very dedicated to what 262 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:13.759 she does and involved in the homeless population, and I 263 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:17.399 think that speaks very well for the city. And you know, 264 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:19.759 from some of the issues I've raised, she has reached 265 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:22.840 out to me about how the police force and the 266 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:26.600 city can better help property owners in dealing with some 267 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:31.799 of these issues. And so, you know, I like your humility, 268 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:35.080 but I'd just like to say that we've seen cities 269 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:37.879 that have taken a hands off approach or let things 270 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:41.519 happen that that I don't think is best for the 271 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:46.120 citizens and taxpayers of the city. And I think that 272 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:49.080 Bartlesfield's doing a pretty good job of not letting that 273 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:54.000 happen here, and it's appreciated that I don't want to. 274 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:55.919 Take all the time, and I just want a second 275 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:57.679 that I tell people all the time that we're very 276 00:13:57.679 --> 00:14:01.120 fortunate to live in a community where we have so 277 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:05.279 much involvement from the city and law enforcement and criminal 278 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:08.960 justice when it comes to mental health and substance use issue. 279 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:11.240 So thank you for that. We appreciate it. 280 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:15.639 And Sierra is there not she she has Bartlesore Police officer, 281 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:20.080 but she works in partnership with Grand Mental Health and 282 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:22.799 so she has she actually has a partner that isn't 283 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:24.159 that is one of your employees. 284 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:27.000 And it's it's not completely. 285 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:28.919 Unique to law enforcement to do this, but it is 286 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:32.720 it is very unique in our area. I'm not aware 287 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:36.039 of there may be one other There may be one 288 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:38.120 other city in the state of Oklahoma that's doing this. 289 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:41.399 So yeah, it is all all of the agencies in 290 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:42.720 the city, and of course the police. 291 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:47.519 Department take it very seriously, so I'll follow up. 292 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:50.440 But the next thing that was surprising to me when 293 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:55.799 the data came out about our homeless population. You know, 294 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:57.600 when I got on this task force at a number 295 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:59.039 of people reach out to me and say, what are 296 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:00.759 you gonna do about the people getting bust in? 297 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:03.120 What are you going to do about the people that are. 298 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:08.639 You know, not Bartlesville Indigenous homeless people? And and you know, 299 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:11.399 the data has been provided to us by Grand Lake 300 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:16.399 and other nonprofit organizations here in town and the police 301 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:20.799 department who support and deal with and try to improve 302 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:24.679 the lives of the homeless populations. And the data all 303 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:27.919 seems to point to the same total number amount of 304 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:32.440 homeless people. And then you know, they go out, the 305 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:34.399 police and Grand Lake, they go out. 306 00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:36.360 Do you call it a survey? What do you call that? 307 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:40.799 So we have an outreach team and that's their that 308 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:44.240 is their main job. They every day they're just going out, 309 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:49.200 They're meeting with the unsheltered individuals and they just kind 310 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:50.960 of keep track of how many times they come in 311 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:54.360 contact with them. If they'll engage, they'll ask them some questions, 312 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:57.279 and we just kind of track them. How are they doing, 313 00:15:57.360 --> 00:16:00.519 what resources do they need, what's their name, where are 314 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:03.559 they from? Uh, you know, things like that. So we're 315 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:07.039 just tracking as much information as they'll give us, essentially 316 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:09.600 just so we can keep an eye on what the 317 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:14.159 number is, what resources they might need, trying to link 318 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:18.360 them to what those resources are, and things like that. 319 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:21.320 So it's nothing high tech. 320 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:23.519 I think it's simply just a spreadsheet where they keep 321 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:27.039 their name and the information that they're asking them, and 322 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:28.240 they updated as they go. 323 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:31.600 And I think maybe the word we were looking for 324 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:33.240 was a point in time count, and. 325 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:40.000 That is something yeah, there is a yah. 326 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:42.480 Yeah, point in time that's a little more hands on deck. 327 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:45.799 So we have a housing department at Grand but they 328 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:49.399 serve the entire agency, so our entire twelve counties. But 329 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:53.840 they come to Bartlesville specifically one day a year and 330 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:57.120 they do a point in time count, so they count 331 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:00.919 how many unsheltered individuals they come in content with that day. 332 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:02.840 And of course we don't just do it one time 333 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:04.640 a year. And that was what you were saying, is 334 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:05.759 that for us, it's an. 335 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:09.680 Ongoing outreach, which which is appreciated, and it keeps us, 336 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:11.440 it keeps us a little bit more informed. We can 337 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:14.759 track the statistics a little bit better. I loved it, 338 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:16.960 and the mayor said it. It was interesting to me 339 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:20.319 to hear the percent of people who were from our area, 340 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:24.000 and then it was even the ones that weren't from 341 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:29.440 Bartlesville proper. We're largely from surrounding counties, or they had 342 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:31.839 family here, or they had some connection to this. 343 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:34.799 So yeah, I think, and I know you all had those. 344 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:36.640 You may even have those statistics handy. 345 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:39.759 But yeah, I mean, we could write through the statistics. 346 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:41.400 I think it's more important if people want them to 347 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:46.519 reach out and get the real numbers for a news article, 348 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:50.640 or Kelly could distribute those. But I think the story 349 00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:52.839 that needs to be told is that the majority of 350 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:57.480 them are Bartlesville Indigenous or Bartlesville Native, or they have 351 00:17:57.559 --> 00:18:00.920 a close tie to Bartlesville, and they're not transient. And 352 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:04.359 from what has been told to me or told to 353 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:09.119 the committee by the AGAPI, who feeds a lot in 354 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:13.039 the data that they track, is that the ones who 355 00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:17.559 are transit are just that they may have gotten here 356 00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:19.799 by some means that we don't like, but they don't 357 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:24.319 stay here, is what it's really looking like. So we're 358 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:27.680 really dealing with people that are Bortlesfield based, and we 359 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:32.920 need to have the compassion for those. And she took 360 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:34.720 a little liberty talking about Grand Lake, So I'm gonna 361 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:36.119 take a little liberty talking. 362 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:37.680 About property owners. 363 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:40.839 And I think a lot people that own property that 364 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:46.359 are would have experienced this is that this is a 365 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:50.480 new phenomenon to have people camping on your land without permission. 366 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:54.160 It is it is a within the last five years phenomena. 367 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:58.079 And this is you know, we've owned the same property 368 00:18:58.119 --> 00:19:01.039 that's been the same condition for over thirty years not 369 00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:01.920 had this issue. 370 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:03.039 And so it's new. 371 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:08.119 This this attitude that this is something that is allowed 372 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:12.680 or acceptable and and and that's something the task force 373 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:17.119 is working on. I think your city Judge Alan Genties 374 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:19.680 is making some good work and you're going to work 375 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:22.680 with your city attorney Just Caine, to try to work 376 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:26.279 on some refining and maybe additional ordinances to give the 377 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:29.119 city tools to uh, namely Keith. I think you should 378 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:34.480 make Keith go out and clean things up, but of 379 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:36.119 course in the finance department, I don't. 380 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:44.400 Uh, but uh, that's right, yeah, But I think it's 381 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:49.559 good to have have this give the city the broad 382 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:53.400 city I'm talking about all all facets, you know, code enforcement, everybody. 383 00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:57.319 The tools they need to protect the citizens, taxpayers and landowners. 384 00:19:58.039 --> 00:20:00.039 And and this is it could be a simple a 385 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:02.759 homeowner or what we've experienced more is a business. 386 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:05.200 And this is one of the things that I really 387 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:08.880 appreciated about in the committee has been that broad viewpoint 388 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:12.839 that they've taken. The committee understands that there is some 389 00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:14.960 degree of accountability that we have to have. Well at 390 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:17.440 the same time not forgetting the compassion that you mentioned, Mare, 391 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:21.279 and so I really have appreciated that because everybody there 392 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.559 is there with. 393 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.119 An open heart. 394 00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:25.559 They're there to serve, but at the same time they 395 00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:29.119 understand that this is an issue that affects more than 396 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:31.400 just the population that we're trying to serve. And so 397 00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:33.319 how do you balance the needs of want against the 398 00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:35.359 needs of the other. And of course that's what we 399 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:38.359 call public policy, and it's never easy, but I appreciate 400 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:39.640 you all assisting us with it. 401 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:42.440