WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:09.880 All right, good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome. 2 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:14.599 Computers are great when computers working. It's all I got 3 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:18.079 to say about that right now. But anyway, it is 4 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:21.359 time for city matters. So if it matters to you, 5 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:24.079 it matters to the city. We've got some people who 6 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:26.399 know a lot of words, and we're gonna let them 7 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:28.679 do a lot of talking here today, right here on 8 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:31.239 K one, the one you trust. And as soon as 9 00:00:31.239 --> 00:00:33.320 I get a couple of little things going on here 10 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:35.439 with our little computer, you'll be able to see the 11 00:00:35.439 --> 00:00:39.200 bright shiny faces all set and ready to go right 12 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:43.399 here on K one. And so let's start off first 13 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:46.280 here with city manager Mike Bailey. Mike, what you got 14 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:47.079 cooking there? Brother? 15 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:48.600 Tom? Good morning. 16 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:51.520 We got to start out though, first by asking is 17 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:54.159 it the computer or is it the person running it? 18 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:57.840 A little bit both. I'll just tell you it's a 19 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:00.560 little bit of both. I like how you blame computer, 20 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:01.520 but I'm suspicious. 21 00:01:01.640 --> 00:01:04.359 Well, you know, you have every right in the world 22 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:06.719 to be suspicious. You know, I'm not really the kind 23 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:09.680 of guy that threw was people under the bus, but automation. 24 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:13.599 Yeah, clearly I am, because I just threw you right 25 00:01:13.719 --> 00:01:15.640 under it. I thought you, I thought your listeners would 26 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:16.280 be curious about. 27 00:01:16.519 --> 00:01:19.079 No, no, we're all good. We're all good. So big, 28 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:24.439 big doings. We had a long, long, long city the 29 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:24.879 other night. 30 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:28.040 Had a lot of items of substance and so, but 31 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:30.640 it was interesting. A lot of these, a lot of 32 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:32.599 what we were doing had to do with the Bartlesfield 33 00:01:32.599 --> 00:01:34.719 Next Plan, which is great because that's something that we 34 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:36.120 have been working towards. 35 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:39.000 Uh, certain tasks associated. 36 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:40.719 With Is that the one that Larry's making, like Bartlesfield 37 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:41.200 Now Plan? 38 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:45.879 Actually, yeah, yeah, that's right, plan within the plan. 39 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:48.079 So yeah, that's right, Planner's plan. 40 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:53.120 And so the Bartlesfield Next Plan identified several items of 41 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:56.200 of priority in our city, sure, and in fact it 42 00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:59.480 created a completely new category of things for us to do, 43 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:05.400 including well specifically, it was referred to as emerging issues, 44 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:08.520 and so these were things that cities had not traditionally 45 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:10.120 been engaged in, at least Bartlesvield not. 46 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:11.199 Traditionally been engaged in. 47 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:13.879 And one of those at the top of those merging 48 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:20.680 issues were childcare. That is our community. We have great 49 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:23.400 childcare facilities, we have great centers, we have great in 50 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:27.840 home centers, but there does seem to be a shortage 51 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:32.240 in capacity, and so I have now served on two 52 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:34.479 different committees that were looking at this. Neither of those 53 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:37.479 were city committees. One of them was actually facilitated by 54 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:41.400 Bartlesville Regional United Way and the Bartlesville Regional Chamber of Commerce, 55 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:45.479 and that committee was primarily focused on the centers and 56 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:47.960 on state regulations over childcare centers and. 57 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:48.639 Things of that nature. 58 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:50.599 So we spent a lot of time working on that, 59 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:54.280 working through the state, trying to improve things there. The 60 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:58.080 current committee is actually it's being led by the Barswoo 61 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:01.960 Community Foundation of Lord Jensen, and it is focused more 62 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:05.080 on the in home centers, and so we've had a 63 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:09.599 lot of representatives from home child care centers, and during 64 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:13.039 some of our discussions, for the first time, I realized 65 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:15.960 that some of our city regulations were part of the issue, 66 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:19.039 were part of the barriers for those in home centers. 67 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:21.639 So we had some really great discussions about that. We 68 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:23.960 decided we tried to determine what it was that we 69 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:26.199 could do to help with that. So I actually took 70 00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:29.280 that back to the city, handed it off to Larry 71 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:34.520 who's here with me, and we reviewed our regulations in 72 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:36.159 anywhere where we were more. 73 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:37.240 Restrictive than the state. 74 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:41.800 We basically pulled those back and so that went to 75 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:44.599 the Planning Commission, and then last Monday it went to 76 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:49.080 the City Council. The City council adopted that, so those 77 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:52.599 changes went into effect immediately, and like I said, essentially 78 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:54.280 what it is is we did not want to be 79 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:57.439 any more restrictive than the state, especially when the City 80 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:00.960 of Artlesville is participating and advocating for child care centers 81 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:04.439 and trying to loosen some of the regulations to make 82 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:08.000 it easier for our childcare centers. So we certainly didn't 83 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:11.120 want to be didn't want to be the barrier after that. 84 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:13.360 So we've done a good job with that. 85 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:16.079 I think our process is now much simpler and easier 86 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:20.360 and should benefit those in home centers. They're under very 87 00:04:20.839 --> 00:04:24.199 strict regulation for the state of Oklahoma, and we did 88 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:27.720 not believe that we needed to be another layer in that. 89 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:32.480 So that was passed. The council passed it on Monday. 90 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:34.920 I think it went into effect upon publication, which would 91 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:35.680 have been last week. 92 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:37.759 So those are that's now law. 93 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:40.839 One of the other items that was identified in the 94 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:45.560 Barlsfield Next Plan was the rise in our unsheltered homeless population, 95 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:48.800 and so this is when we did the next plan. 96 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:52.240 We did a lot of public input. We had citizens 97 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:55.120 oh we had actually citizen forums where city staff wasn't 98 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:58.720 even present, So we had a facilitator who went and 99 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:01.040 facilitated that without any of us, so that they didn't 100 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:04.600 feel they didn't feel any pressure by city staff, that 101 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:06.920 they could speak completely openly and honestly. 102 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:09.279 So he facilitated those meetings. 103 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:12.040 We had surveys, we had meetings with major employers, we 104 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:16.040 had meetings with small businesses, we had meetings with economic 105 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:18.560 development partners. So we spent a lot of time gathering 106 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:21.560 input and this was one of the items that rose 107 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:24.240 to the top as far as being a non traditional 108 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:27.639 city concern, but at the same time was obviously a 109 00:05:27.639 --> 00:05:30.480 barrier to our community, or at least it was viewed 110 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:31.800 by many people as a barrier. 111 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:32.240 To our community. 112 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:37.079 So after going through the Bartlesfield Next Plan, really all 113 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:39.920 it was was let's begin to study this problem and 114 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:43.439 try to determine if the city has a role, because again, 115 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:45.680 this is not something the city has ever dabbled into 116 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:50.199 the past. So council Member Quinn Shipper has actually had 117 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:51.839 some experience. 118 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:53.199 With this in a previous community. 119 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:55.959 He was on the nonprofit side of it, and so 120 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:59.040 he and I worked together to put together a resolution 121 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:04.279 that started the process to form a task force. And specifically, 122 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:07.800 the task force is not it hasn't been created yet. 123 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:10.720 This what the council did last week was simply to 124 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:14.800 start the process to create the task force. In November, 125 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:17.240 the Council will actually seat the or not seat the 126 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:20.600 task force. The Council will create it, and at that 127 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:23.639 point in time it will determine exactly what types of 128 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:28.639 representatives there will be. There was some fairly broad, regular 129 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:34.639 broad suggestions within the resolution itself, and in particular it 130 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:39.319 talked about that it would be mental health professionals, it 131 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:44.199 would be health professionals, it would be nonprofits, it would 132 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:47.040 be made up of people who had experienced homelessness. So 133 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:48.759 there was a lot of There was a lot of 134 00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:54.720 different type of diverse members for the task force. So 135 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:57.720 we expect to create that in November. At that time 136 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:01.319 we'll begin to take applications. We've already received a lot 137 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:05.040 of interest. I think I've been contacted by three three 138 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:07.959 nonprofits so far who had an interest in serving on this, 139 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:11.160 and all of them were served the homeless population in 140 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:13.879 some way, shape or form. So we will start to 141 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:17.920 see that that will form up officially in November, and 142 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:20.800 then I would expect that it would be seeded somewhere 143 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:23.160 in December or January, depending on how long it takes 144 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:24.560 to get all the applications in and how. 145 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:25.360 Much interest there is. 146 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:30.519 Once they're seated, then they have six months essentially to 147 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:37.600 begin working on certain goals. And they are the goals 148 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:39.879 that they're listed in here, which are important, but then 149 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:42.240 there's also the types of solutions that they should be 150 00:07:42.279 --> 00:07:46.399 seeking that was listed and specifically, reading directly from the resolution, 151 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:50.279 it says that through collaboration with local agencies. So I 152 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:52.920 think that's important that the city, this is not something 153 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:55.240 we can own. We want to collaborate with others to 154 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:57.360 see what our role is and how we can help. 155 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:01.639 So through collaboration with local agencies, these seek solutions that 156 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:05.000 are balanced, compassionate, evidence based, and fiscally responsible, with a 157 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:07.879 focus on improving outcomes for both the unsheltered population and 158 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:11.720 the broader community. So the goals that they're seeking, So 159 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:15.800 that's the types of solutions, but specifically what they're trying 160 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:18.439 to accomplish is the primary goal is a reduction in 161 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:22.399 the unsheltered population in Barlsville and through there's a lot 162 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:25.079 of methods there. Obviously, the hope is is that you 163 00:08:25.160 --> 00:08:28.639 begin to move people from that situation of unsheltered into 164 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:31.920 something something that's safer and better for them as well. 165 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:37.639 Secondary goals were to reduce vandalism, littering, and other illegal acts. Unfortunately, 166 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:41.159 a lot of a lot we're seeing a lot of vandalism, 167 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:43.639 a lot of littering in our parks that are associated 168 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:46.639 with the unsheltered homeless. So we want to begin to 169 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:50.600 reduce that. We're hearing from the public that they're concerned 170 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:55.360 about using our public spaces because they are they don't 171 00:08:55.399 --> 00:08:59.600 feel safe. Now, we don't have really any reportable crimes 172 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:05.200 against but it's perception, and so perception to our public 173 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:09.360 matters they and so they are saying that they're using 174 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:11.840 our spaces less often than they did before, and that's 175 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:15.360 too bad, that's not acceptable. That is, we want to 176 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:19.519 ensure that people feel safe in our public spaces. So 177 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:22.799 the final well, the two other goals address public health 178 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:25.840 concerns while improving conditions for unsheltered individuals. So again a 179 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:29.440 focus on both the community and on the unsheltered homeless, 180 00:09:29.879 --> 00:09:32.200 and then the final goal was to determine the value 181 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:34.840 of an ongoing committee. Since this task force is only 182 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:38.440 going to be in existence for six months, then we 183 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:40.240 have to determine how to proceed after that. 184 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:41.919 Does the city have a role, do they not have 185 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:42.360 a role? 186 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:45.799 Is there a coalition of nonprofits that are much better 187 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:47.679 suited to this and that want to step up. So 188 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:51.159 we haven't really decided what our role is, and I 189 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:55.080 think that's appropriate that we approach this cautiously because we 190 00:09:55.159 --> 00:09:58.399 are we have limited resources just like everyone else. We 191 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:01.960 don't have a lot of funds just sitting around waiting 192 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:04.399 to be applied to something. So when counsel if they 193 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:07.960 choose to allocate resources to homelessness, they will be taking 194 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:10.559 away from something else. And so that's always important that 195 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:14.320 we'd be fiscally responsible, we'd be aware of what those 196 00:10:14.360 --> 00:10:18.320 allocations actually cost us. So that will be that will 197 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:21.600 definitely be developing here over the next little while. 198 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:22.799 Look forward to that. 199 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:25.639 I always look forward to actually planning and being part 200 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:31.519 of collaborative solutions. As we saw with childcare, we can 201 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:34.519 have a role, sometimes it's unexpected role, and that instance, 202 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:36.960 our role was is we need to reduce our regulations 203 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:41.159 and get out of the way, and so hopefully something 204 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:43.399 like that will develop. With homelessness, I think it's a 205 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:46.559 more complex issue. It's probably the most complex issue in 206 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:49.879 our community today. So we certainly are looking forward to 207 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:53.320 hearing from those who do know how to handle this situation. 208 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:57.120 So but that look for more on that quick update 209 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:59.080 on the golf course, because Laura is actually going to 210 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:00.759 come in towards the end of the month and she'll 211 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:07.000 give a much bigger update on this. But if I 212 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:08.720 can't find her, I know where she is. 213 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:11.159 And it's the same for Jason and the family. Just 214 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:12.360 draves the car out there. 215 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:18.360 Mom, where are you? So we know that the course 216 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:21.919 is closing on November first, Our contractor actually would like 217 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:23.879 to start a few days earlier than that, so we 218 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:27.440 gave them permission to begin stockpiling materials. But the course 219 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:30.799 will be open all the way through October, but November first, 220 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:34.120 it will be closed until it will be spring early 221 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:37.120 summer next year, depending on the growing of the green. 222 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:42.600 So in addition to that, the council heard a presentation 223 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:45.320 from a consultant that we hired named j. J. Keegan, 224 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:48.200 who is an expert in golf courses, and he made 225 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:51.559 a lot of recommendations, but I'll just highlight a couple 226 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:53.720 of them because, as I said, Laura will talk more 227 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:56.679 about this in the future. But one of them, and 228 00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:59.200 I think it was one of the most important decisions, 229 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:02.039 was is that the city will self manage the golf course, 230 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:05.600 so we'll not be looking to lease it out to 231 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:08.600 a third party, will not continue the sort of arrangement 232 00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:12.000 we had with our former pro Jerry Benedict. 233 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:13.200 That's a rare deal. 234 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:15.879 It is that that's right. 235 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:19.440 That is so we'll be moving away from that. We'll 236 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:21.559 be looking to hire a class a professional with a 237 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:24.679 business degree to run the golf course, so we get 238 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:27.200 the best of both worlds. And then a lot of 239 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:29.919 discussion about rates, but what was decided is that the 240 00:12:29.919 --> 00:12:32.919 current rates will remain in place until the course reopens, 241 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:34.639 and so during that period of time we'll have that 242 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:38.120 we'll have the latitude to explore those rates and determine 243 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:40.320 if they're appropriate in what they should be. 244 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:42.960 So, but all that will be upcoming. 245 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:46.240 The last item that I had before I kick this 246 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:51.159 over to Larry and Jason. We have a special event 247 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:57.919 permit and so for anyone who requests city assets, city staff, 248 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:00.320 or if they need to close the street or lease 249 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:03.440 a city park, then they go through a process called 250 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:06.679 special Event permit, and so that's done through through Larry's department. 251 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:13.480 After two council meetings ago, council Member Dorsey asked me 252 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:16.559 to review that because we had had to have. 253 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:18.159 A significant police presence. 254 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:20.159 At one of our special events and so he had 255 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:22.000 asked me to review if there was a way to 256 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:25.480 recover costs related to this. So I reported on that 257 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:30.639 council at the council meeting and so essentially we reviewed. 258 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:33.120 I reviewed a lot of cities, a lot of best 259 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:38.080 practices as far as is was there a consensus among 260 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:40.480 those cities as to how to handle this, And the 261 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:44.360 answer is there is no obvious consensus. So we discussed 262 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:47.440 that with council that there wasn't anything immediate that we 263 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:50.799 could do. And in fact, as I looked through it, 264 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:53.360 some of the cost recovery methods that were out there 265 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:57.879 would have created wildly different and uneven charges. So if 266 00:13:57.919 --> 00:14:00.879 you just based it on number of attending ease, this 267 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:05.000 became very very expensive for events like SunFest who had 268 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:07.480 lots of attendees and we're open for a long time, 269 00:14:08.399 --> 00:14:11.000 so it's not as simple as we had hoped. 270 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:14.240 So I will look through. Actually I say I will 271 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:14.679 look through. 272 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:17.159 My next step as I'll get my city staff together, 273 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:20.080 including Larry. The only reason he knows about this because 274 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:22.600 I sent him an invitation to the meeting, so well, 275 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:23.440 he'll be part of. 276 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:25.639 This surprise and surprise, that's right. 277 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:29.519 So Larry and our police department and they will start 278 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:33.279 developing some scenarios for how to for cost recovery on. 279 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:34.159 These special events. 280 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:37.039 And then what we discussed with counsel is we would 281 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:40.320 start meeting with the organizers of these events after that. 282 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:43.759 So we're very curious to know what is what's there there, 283 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:46.440 what is their take on it? Does this damage their 284 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:48.960 ability to hold events? These are our special events. 285 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:50.559 We have a lot of them. We have some great ones. 286 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:54.120 You mentioned Boufest, So there's a lot of a lot 287 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:56.519 of great special events. And what we don't want to 288 00:14:56.559 --> 00:15:00.600 do is create a situation where again the city is 289 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:03.200 is in the way of those events and we're damaging 290 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:05.399 the event holder's. 291 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:05.759 Ability to do it. 292 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:08.080 So, but that will be that'll be coming up, So 293 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:09.679 that will come back to the council at some point 294 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:10.080 in the future. 295 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:11.720 It probably takes a couple of months to get through 296 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:12.399 that process. 297 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:15.639 So and with that, I'm gonna throw this over to 298 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:18.080 Larry because he's probably one of the busiest people in 299 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:18.840 the city today. 300 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:19.159 We have. 301 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:21.399 In fact, he's missing a meeting right now to be 302 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:25.679 on the radio. There is a meeting with the Planning 303 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:27.720 Commission later today and the City Council. 304 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:30.159 It's a it's an open meeting. It is open to 305 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:30.639 the public. 306 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:35.159 So and that is to review our comprehensive plan. And 307 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:38.240 that's been a I'm going to say a labor of love, 308 00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:40.519 but I'm not sure that that's it appropriate labor. 309 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:44.039 It really has and that's you know, to kind of 310 00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:47.039 go into into those I'm sure as citizens know, as 311 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:48.759 we've been talking about over the past year, as the 312 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:51.639 conferhensive plan that the city has been going through, and 313 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:55.279 it had you know, it's called Endeavor Bartles Will Endeavor, 314 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:57.360 which is where the creation of our plan for the 315 00:15:57.399 --> 00:16:01.840 next twenty years. And to reiterate, it is a plan 316 00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:05.360 that covers almost everything in our city. Is talking about infrastructure, 317 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:08.799 is talking about land use, is talking about just about 318 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:11.360 anything and everything you can possibly think of. It's incorporated 319 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:14.120 within that plan. And as a part of that plan 320 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:17.200 was an update to our Parks Master Plan, and so 321 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:19.600 citizens may remember that we sent out and requested and 322 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:22.879 got a lot of great feedback for our Parks Department, 323 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:25.879 our park system as well. So that's also being incorporated 324 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:28.600 within this document. But yes, right now, our CIP group, 325 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:33.600 which is our staff initiate internal group, is meeting right 326 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:37.200 now with our consultants to go over the draft or 327 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:41.519 the comprehensive plan. And then later on this afternoon at noon, well, 328 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:44.120 we have our workshop with our Planning Commission and City 329 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:46.799 Council to go over the draft or the plan. And 330 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:50.279 you know, overall, I mean yes, staff is very excited 331 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:52.840 by the draft. We've been going back and forth with them. 332 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:54.720 And I got to give a shout out to Greg 333 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:57.480 Collins just because he has been steering this project from 334 00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:59.960 a staff standpoint and has been doing an excellent job. 335 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:02.840 He is, you know, one of those guys that can 336 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:04.799 get down to NATA gritty, and that's what you need 337 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:06.400 for a comp plan is someone to get down to 338 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:10.400 NATA gritty and does an excellent job of that. But honestly, 339 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:14.240 it has been a labor of love and I will say, 340 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:16.480 I am very proud of our citizens because they did 341 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:19.640 come out, they did communicate, they did provide input, where 342 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:22.240 some communities it's hard to get people to provide input. 343 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:24.759 You have to drag them out and then you know 344 00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:27.720 they're like surprised by you know, well I didn't know 345 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.000 about this, and it's like and I know that our 346 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:32.759 citizens have been very much engaged within this process that 347 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:38.000 has been fantastic. And so after today's workshop, they will 348 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:42.240 take our consultants will take any information thoughts back and 349 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:44.200 we'll narrow that down and we've looked to have this 350 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:48.039 to the Planning Commission later this month for review and 351 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:51.480 recommendation to City Council in November, and then City Council 352 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:54.400 November will make the final determination on approving it through 353 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:59.279 a resolution and moving forward. This is not creating a 354 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:02.599 law or knows this is. This is a guide as 355 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:05.400 laid out by the state statutes, and so that's what 356 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:07.119 we're really excited by us to be able to put 357 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:10.559 this forward. But our consultants have in associates, have been 358 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:14.000 really great to work with and we're really excited by 359 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:17.119 that opportunity. But it's it's been great, it really has. 360 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:19.960 I mean, I it's probably one of the easiest complans 361 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:21.160 we have worked there. 362 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:22.319 And that's a good thing. 363 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:24.039 That's not saying like, oh, it's so simple, but it 364 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:26.279 was like it was just so fantastic to have so 365 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:29.279 much involvement from our citizens that it wasn't pulling teeth. 366 00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:31.319 It was they were giving information. 367 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:33.039 We didn't have to go and be like, Okay, it 368 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:38.440 wasn't a silent room whenever we were Oh that's for sure. Yeah, 369 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:40.640 which is and that's what we want because you want 370 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:42.680 this is this is the communities plan, this is our 371 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:45.440 citizens plan. This is not Larry's plan, this is not 372 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:46.119 Mike's plan. 373 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:47.599 That's good beyond you. 374 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:50.960 And I exactly yeah, well wait wait wait twenty years, 375 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:52.839 I'm wait. 376 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:58.000 Years, Larry, I'll be seventy. Yeah, I know, and so 377 00:18:58.119 --> 00:19:00.720 you know you long retire. No, no, no, forgotten. If 378 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.519 I'm there, you're here. 379 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:02.880 That was the agreement. 380 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:05.160 That's no, that was the agreement that we made, is 381 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:06.680 that as long as you're here, I'm here, and so 382 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:08.319 that's you know, or vice versa. 383 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:10.440 So I'll be dust what I'm saving. 384 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:15.480 But again, it's been great and a lot of things 385 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:20.039 happening within our our department you know, kbb key Bursel 386 00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:23.079 Beautiful is kicked off. They have selected some uh some 387 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:26.519 short range projects. I'm really excited by that project. Yeah. Yeah. 388 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:29.119 So we're looking at, you know, the red planters that 389 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:31.480 we have downtown. We're looking at cleaning those up and 390 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:35.240 doing a planting event with area nonprofits will be excellent. 391 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:39.480 We're partnering with soon to be partnering with Up with 392 00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:42.920 Trees out of Tulsa. They are fantastic nonprofit. They know 393 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:44.960 the ins and outs. They've been doing it for fifty years. 394 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:47.000 They've been incredibly successful in Tulsa. 395 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:50.240 They have and we got a donation from Phillip sixty 396 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:52.920 six to helps kick that off. And so you know, 397 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:54.680 I got a fifteen thousand dollars grant to help plant 398 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:56.119 some trees. And so this is going to be a 399 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:59.000 really amazing thing, really will Yeah. 400 00:19:58.559 --> 00:20:01.200 And this is you know, we talked about what cities 401 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:03.759