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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time now for our community connection right here on

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<v Speaker 1>K one though one you trust, we have Tim Shehrick

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<v Speaker 1>City Council Award one and welcome.

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<v Speaker 2>This is your first recap session with us here. Appreciate

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<v Speaker 2>you being here.

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<v Speaker 3>Sure, thanks Tom, Thanks for having me late night last night,

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<v Speaker 3>a long session last night, for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand. We got a few things taking care of.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the things that was on our website this

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<v Speaker 1>morning the Citizenship grant contract between the Oklahoma Department of

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<v Speaker 1>Libraries and the City of Bartlesville in the amount of

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen one thousand dollars to fund salary for the Immigration

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<v Speaker 1>Citizenship Literacy assisted That wound up in two ties, one

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<v Speaker 1>for one against vice versa versu. Advice to tell us

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit about went into that. What was that

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<v Speaker 1>all about?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, So there's a national grant that comes down from

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<v Speaker 3>the federal level to Oklahoma for disbursement, and then that

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<v Speaker 3>sent out to all the local libraries to fund programs

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<v Speaker 3>and salaries for people to do things like this. And

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<v Speaker 3>it was not a question of whether or not we

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<v Speaker 3>were for helping people to learn other languages or to

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<v Speaker 3>teach citizenship courses.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm all for.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, I think a citizenship course might even be

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<v Speaker 3>a great idea for people to be able to get

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<v Speaker 3>to vote. If you don't know how our government works,

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<v Speaker 3>should you vote in it.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's to teach civics in high school, but

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<v Speaker 1>it could probably go a little bit further.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, they used to.

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<v Speaker 3>Now we've gone to social studies instead of history, and

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<v Speaker 3>we don't really have much of a civics course, So

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<v Speaker 3>at least a quick refresher on the constitution in our

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<v Speaker 3>representative government would probably be a great thing. Homeschoolers have

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<v Speaker 3>the total advantage on public schoolers in that regard. But

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<v Speaker 3>there was some concern that was expressed through our constituencies

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<v Speaker 3>that perhaps these services that were meant for people who

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<v Speaker 3>are in the United States lawfully are being consumed by

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<v Speaker 3>those who are So that's what that came down to

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<v Speaker 3>was a discussion on whether or not we could perhaps

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<v Speaker 3>request that the library require a proof of status like

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<v Speaker 3>a green card, in order to be able to consume

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<v Speaker 3>these services. And from what the representative said that the

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<v Speaker 3>director of the library would probably say that they could not. However,

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<v Speaker 3>they do require you to have an idea if you're

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<v Speaker 3>going to get a library card. So I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 3>where the administrative hang up is on that, but that

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<v Speaker 3>was the essence of the debate.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so that's Is it gone for good or can

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<v Speaker 1>that be brought back up any time later on.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not sure if the grant will expire, so I

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<v Speaker 3>don't have the expiry date for that.

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<v Speaker 4>In theory, it could be brought back up. I suppose.

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<v Speaker 3>I believe that we should be requiring people to prove

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<v Speaker 3>that they're qualified to receive services that are paid for

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<v Speaker 3>through taxpayer dollars sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Service agreement with the trees City of Bartoletville keep Bartleviild beautiful.

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<v Speaker 1>I understand that this was grant or some money that

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<v Speaker 1>Phillip sixty six wanted to give the city four trees

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<v Speaker 1>and that was voted down. Can you tell us what

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<v Speaker 1>that was all about and how we came to know?

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<v Speaker 4>Sure? Yeah, it was delayed.

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<v Speaker 3>Delayed, so we have until June to take the Endeavor

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<v Speaker 3>twenty forty five plan through reconciliation. As you undoubtedly know,

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<v Speaker 3>the Endeavor plan was adopted or approved, but then there

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<v Speaker 3>he opened a window for citizen comment of thirty days

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<v Speaker 3>lots and lots and lots of correspondents from constituents being

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<v Speaker 3>submitted to the city.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, we think this needs to be changed. We don't

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<v Speaker 4>like how this might impact our neighborhood.

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<v Speaker 3>So they're doing their best to take that through a

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<v Speaker 3>reconciliation process. And so what we did with the trees

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<v Speaker 3>grant was to say, this seems to be in line

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<v Speaker 3>with one of the green initiatives that is contained within

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<v Speaker 3>Endeavor twenty forty five. We'd like to just postpone consideration

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<v Speaker 3>until we get a final ruling on Endeavor. Because Endeavor

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<v Speaker 3>also covers increasing the tree canopy and other things like that,

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<v Speaker 3>it could potentially be a duplication, but it definitely is

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<v Speaker 3>tied together as far as a green initiative. We also

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<v Speaker 3>know that trees planted in roadways like that very often

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<v Speaker 3>have roots that go underneath and cause additional road maintenance costs.

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<v Speaker 4>There's an issue.

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<v Speaker 3>With potential maintenance of the trees because the up with

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<v Speaker 3>trees folks are great with helping out for the first

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<v Speaker 3>three years, but then they're going to pass that cost

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<v Speaker 3>back to the city. So we don't think that it's

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<v Speaker 3>necessarily a great thing, or at least some of us.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't think it's a great thing that those costs could

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<v Speaker 3>be sent back to the city for maintenance after the fact.

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<v Speaker 1>Another thing that came up as water situation. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>big thing, the water issue. Now, I understand you heard

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<v Speaker 1>a presentation that was something that really wasn't going to

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<v Speaker 1>require a vote.

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<v Speaker 2>It was more of a let's hear what you got

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<v Speaker 2>it correct on that.

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<v Speaker 3>You're absolutely correct. Ter did a great job bringing in

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<v Speaker 3>what they did. The presentation was very informative. It's quite

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<v Speaker 3>a lot to consume. Actually, what it boiled down to was,

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<v Speaker 3>at this time what they believed the best option to

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<v Speaker 3>be is going to be trying to raise hula by

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<v Speaker 3>seven feet to provide us with the I believe additional

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<v Speaker 3>approximate ten million gallons per day that could potentially cover

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<v Speaker 3>us for the next forty or fifty years on water

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<v Speaker 3>supply demand. It doesn't necessarily speak to all the water

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<v Speaker 3>quality issues that were raised, particularly back during the campaigns,

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<v Speaker 3>but it does at least begin to speak to a

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<v Speaker 3>water supply.

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<v Speaker 4>That we could utilize for the foreseeable future.

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<v Speaker 2>How these are cheap? Are they?

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<v Speaker 4>None of them?

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, I think the average was on all the

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<v Speaker 3>things that were presented was over two hundred million dollars. Wow,

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<v Speaker 3>which raised a question for me that you know, this

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<v Speaker 3>was just a presentation. We didn't really have time to

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<v Speaker 3>get into it too deeply. But I once saw an

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<v Speaker 3>estimate on creating sand Lake that was estimated to only

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<v Speaker 3>be about one hundred.

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<v Speaker 4>And fifty million dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm not sure how that compares at this point

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<v Speaker 3>because that would have been construction, pipeline and so forth,

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<v Speaker 3>and of course you've got to wait for the water

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<v Speaker 3>to accumulate in that storage.

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<v Speaker 2>But where would this be built?

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<v Speaker 4>Sand Lake? I believe would be out near the sand

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<v Speaker 4>Creek area.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, where the kind of damm up there? Yeah? Yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>now that makes sense a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>One hundred and fifty million dollars a scant one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty million dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, Yeah, Everything, Everything is doable as long as you've

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<v Speaker 3>got a great, big wallet.

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<v Speaker 2>Man.

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<v Speaker 1>That hurts now, we were I guess the city was

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<v Speaker 1>offered seventy six thousand dollars worth of money for electric vehicles,

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<v Speaker 1>two for the police and two for the golf course.

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<v Speaker 2>How do we go on.

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<v Speaker 4>That that went through?

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<v Speaker 3>The money on that was accepted, they'll go through a

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<v Speaker 3>bid process and then do the ordering of the vehicles.

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<v Speaker 3>Our concern there, of course, is that we want our

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<v Speaker 3>first responders in particular to have the best possible equipment.

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<v Speaker 3>We don't believe battery powered vehicles are that. And that

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<v Speaker 3>also ties into another green energy initiative and into ever

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<v Speaker 3>twenty forty five. That could be a slippery slope towards

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<v Speaker 3>moving city fleets towards electric vehicles which will cost exponentially

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<v Speaker 3>more than a gas powered vehicle, and the maintenance on

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<v Speaker 3>them will be exponentially more, with an average battery replacement

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<v Speaker 3>cost of three to five thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>Isn't it true that with the electric vehicles, once the

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<v Speaker 1>batteries gone, the vehicle is rendered useless.

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<v Speaker 3>It is pretty much rendered useless. You can go in

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<v Speaker 3>and replace those batteries, but that's.

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<v Speaker 2>Might as well get a new vehicle.

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<v Speaker 4>You might as well because you're going to be substantially

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<v Speaker 4>into it.

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<v Speaker 1>The Homeless Task Force, it was a little confusion toward

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the discussion on that it was a

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<v Speaker 1>resolution to amend Unsheltered Homeless Task Force. The resolution for

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<v Speaker 1>Folks Keeping Track at Home is thirty two to seventy

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<v Speaker 1>seven tell us a little bit about this and what

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<v Speaker 1>all took place.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's actually three seven to two two if

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not mistaken, and it was amended then by the

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<v Speaker 3>resolution brought last night as three seven two six. This

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<v Speaker 3>resolution basically just created a couple of additional non voting

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<v Speaker 3>positions on the task force and named the names of

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<v Speaker 3>the people to be initially seated.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, was there any objective to the names of.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh no, no, there was. There was no objection.

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<v Speaker 3>There was some question as to why they chose Congressional

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<v Speaker 3>District ten Representative Judd Strom instead of ced eleven John Kin,

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<v Speaker 3>because John actually represents more of Bartlesville than Judd, who

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<v Speaker 3>is in Osh County, But there was no objection in

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<v Speaker 3>the end to any of the people who were named

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<v Speaker 3>to be seated.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you see this task force working? Is it

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<v Speaker 1>going to be just a lot of fact finding and

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<v Speaker 1>see what's available to do?

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<v Speaker 2>If anything.

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<v Speaker 3>That's kind of what the resolution actually says is that

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<v Speaker 3>they will attempt to determine strategies. And then one of

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<v Speaker 3>the tertiary goals I believe in the resolution was to

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<v Speaker 3>determine if there's a need for an ongoing task force.

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<v Speaker 2>Gotcha gotcha.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a discussion about possibly punishing those who dump

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<v Speaker 1>off homeless folks.

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<v Speaker 2>In our community.

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<v Speaker 1>We've seen enough tick in the number of homeless people.

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<v Speaker 2>And I.

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<v Speaker 1>Come into work at three point thirty in the morning,

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<v Speaker 1>so I see a lot of folks coming from the

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<v Speaker 1>laundery met the river as they migrate toward downtown for

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<v Speaker 1>the day, and I'm seeing a lot I don't recognize,

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<v Speaker 1>and I know there new. I don't know if we've

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<v Speaker 1>got any kind of accounter that you know says that's

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<v Speaker 1>a factor, if that's just by observation, But if they're

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<v Speaker 1>being dumped off here, do we know who's dumping them

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<v Speaker 1>off here?

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<v Speaker 3>We're getting a very good feel for that now. The

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<v Speaker 3>evidence of the experience of the nonprofits that are already

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<v Speaker 3>actively involved in serving the homeless has indicated that there

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<v Speaker 3>are entities in our community that will bring people in

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<v Speaker 3>from other areas, sometimes in the guise of receiving a

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<v Speaker 3>medical evaluation perhaps, and if the evaluation doesn't go well

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<v Speaker 3>so that they're admitted to a program even though they

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<v Speaker 3>have no residents, they have no friends or family in

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<v Speaker 3>our community, they're just released, which means they're stranded.

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<v Speaker 4>They have no way to survive.

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<v Speaker 3>They have no gainful employment, they have no money, and

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<v Speaker 3>that puts them on our streets and in this.

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<v Speaker 2>Pretty unfair to them too, since they have no support.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, particularly in this weather.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, and so are these government type folks that are

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<v Speaker 1>doing the dumping or who do we? Because I can

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<v Speaker 1>tell you that when I lived up north, there were

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<v Speaker 1>you know, police agencies that would you know, find a

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<v Speaker 1>way to get a guy a bus ticket, right, and

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<v Speaker 1>I should say law enforcement, shouldn't say police, And it

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<v Speaker 1>was the one way to Florida. Therefore, you know, that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of caught on with other northern states. Therefore, the

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<v Speaker 1>Sunshine States got some real characters down there, lots right.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, we really have some great people that are already

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<v Speaker 3>involved in this issue. And as they've begun to work

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<v Speaker 3>with the homeless, they've also begun to work together already

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<v Speaker 3>they have so they communicate consistently. They at times will

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<v Speaker 3>share extra food, extra shoes, extra shirts, you know, as

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<v Speaker 3>that goes around. But they already have a fantastic strategy

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<v Speaker 3>in place, and what they've expressed in my conversations with

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<v Speaker 3>them is what they need the city to do most

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<v Speaker 3>is to file an injunction against those entities, not any nonprofits,

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<v Speaker 3>but against the entities who are the outside entities. Correct,

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<v Speaker 3>So none of the five O one C three's, none

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<v Speaker 3>of the nonprofits, none of the people who are like

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<v Speaker 3>a Gape or anybody like that that are already out

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<v Speaker 3>there trying to help feed and help the homeless.

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<v Speaker 4>That's right, that's it wouldn't be filing it.

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<v Speaker 3>But people like those nonprofits are the ones who are

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<v Speaker 3>expressing we need to have the city help us to

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<v Speaker 3>plug the hole. We've got people bringing people in from

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<v Speaker 3>Ardmore and Venida and sometimes even as far as Kansas

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<v Speaker 3>City that are getting left on our streets with no

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<v Speaker 3>way to survive.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that that calls for more investigation, a lot more answers,

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<v Speaker 1>because if this is true, this is a bigger problem

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<v Speaker 1>than a lot of people realize.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, it is something that is being perpetuated.

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<v Speaker 3>In other words, even if we had a strategy today

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<v Speaker 3>that said we could go out and deal with all

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<v Speaker 3>approximately two hundred and forty is what they estimate that

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<v Speaker 3>they have currently in Bartlesville. Even if we had something

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<v Speaker 3>help them to try to regain a good path forward.

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<v Speaker 4>We want to help.

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<v Speaker 3>Them to be educated if they needed, you know, whatever

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<v Speaker 4>Even if we had that in.

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<v Speaker 3>Place today, it's just going to grow as long as

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<v Speaker 3>we don't stop the entities that are continuing to bring

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<v Speaker 3>them in very good.

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<v Speaker 1>Anything you'd like to add is that we begin to

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<v Speaker 1>wrap this up today.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, it's just really important.

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<v Speaker 3>It's on my heart for sure to make sure that

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<v Speaker 3>we do the right thing with this homeless thing.

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<v Speaker 4>These are people that are.

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<v Speaker 2>Man.

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<v Speaker 3>They are as Pastor Fullerton who gave the invocation would

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<v Speaker 3>have said, the least, the last, and the lost.

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<v Speaker 4>And it is definitely our job. It is the job

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<v Speaker 4>of the churches.

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<v Speaker 3>It is the job of every individual to get out

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<v Speaker 3>here and volunteer, to give, to help, to do everything

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<v Speaker 3>that they possibly can to be a part of the solution.

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<v Speaker 3>And if you're not, I'm not sure you really have

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<v Speaker 3>a complaint coming. You need to do what you can do,

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<v Speaker 3>because if you can't go, you can give. And if

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<v Speaker 3>if you're not doing those things, then I would encourage

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<v Speaker 3>you to do so, to contact the people that you

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<v Speaker 3>feel like are doing the best work and to get

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<v Speaker 2>Very good, Hey, Tim, Thank you very much for being

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<v Speaker 2>with us, Tim.

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<v Speaker 1>Sharik Ward one Ward one Ward one City Councilor, thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for being with us.

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<v Speaker 2>You're on city matters. Thanks Tom, alrighty, take care