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<v Speaker 1>And there's just to set up some duck blines out

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<v Speaker 1>there nine am on October eighteenth. There's a fee of

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<v Speaker 1>ten dollars to enter the duck blind drawing, but you

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<v Speaker 1>can show up at the boat ramp out at Hudson

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<v Speaker 1>Lake nine am, October eighteenth, pay your ten dollars and

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<v Speaker 1>you will be entered into a drawing for one of

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<v Speaker 1>those ten duck blind spots out there. So I know

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<v Speaker 1>that's always popular and people enjoy that, and we want

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<v Speaker 1>to allow people to use that facility for duck hunting.

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<v Speaker 1>So show up and hopefully you get drawn.

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<v Speaker 2>And another facility that has a lot of attention is

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<v Speaker 2>Adam's Golf Course, and it's been undergoing some changes now

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<v Speaker 2>that the pro retired. We were kind of doing some

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<v Speaker 2>things a little differently.

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<v Speaker 1>Explain what's going on, well, I want to start off

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<v Speaker 1>by saying a big thank you our golf pro, mister Benedict,

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<v Speaker 1>has been running that course in that facility, leasing that

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<v Speaker 1>facility from us for years. We have officially purchased that

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<v Speaker 1>facility from mister Benedict, so it is now city owned,

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<v Speaker 1>city managed. The city council asked to have a consulting

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<v Speaker 1>company come in and take a look at the finances,

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<v Speaker 1>the numbers, kind of the market and make some suggestions

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<v Speaker 1>to the city about how we proceed forward to the

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<v Speaker 1>golf course, because we're going to close the golf course

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<v Speaker 1>down for a little bit here and we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>do some redo of the greens out there. So we've

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<v Speaker 1>got bond Isshue money that we're going to do use

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<v Speaker 1>to redo the green complexes out at the out of

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<v Speaker 1>the golf course. And it's a watershed moment for our

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<v Speaker 1>golf course that we can make some changes about the facility,

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<v Speaker 1>how we operated, how we funded, how what services it

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<v Speaker 1>provides to our community. So we asked and we got

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<v Speaker 1>a report from JJ Keegan about what the possibilities are

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<v Speaker 1>for our golf course going forward. We received that report.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it boils down to basically that they are

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<v Speaker 1>suggesting that instead of leasing it to a third party,

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<v Speaker 1>or leasing it or having a management company come in

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<v Speaker 1>and run it, it actually looks like the finances and

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<v Speaker 1>the operations were better if the city owns it and

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<v Speaker 1>operates its own golf course, which I am encouraged by

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<v Speaker 1>because I think we can do it better than anybody else.

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<v Speaker 1>We do a lot of things better than anybody else.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think we have an opportunity to provide some

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<v Speaker 1>better food services we have. We can redo our driving

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<v Speaker 1>range and short green are green and short chipping areas,

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<v Speaker 1>we can do some better maintenance and silly operations. And

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<v Speaker 1>we're also going to probably look the steering committee is

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<v Speaker 1>going to come back to us in December and talk

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<v Speaker 1>about possibilities for some green fee rate changes, golf cart

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<v Speaker 1>rate changes that we might be able to do so

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<v Speaker 1>that we can better fund the operations, maintenance and improvements

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<v Speaker 1>on this golf course as we go forward. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>really big change and big chairing going on at the

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<v Speaker 1>golf course. This is one of the premier municipal golf

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<v Speaker 1>courses in the state of Oklahoma. Even JJ Keegan, who's

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<v Speaker 1>played on who knows how many hundreds of courses in

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<v Speaker 1>the United States, says this ranks at the top of

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<v Speaker 1>municipal courses. So we're excited about the future and the

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<v Speaker 1>possibilities for Godham's golf course, but we want to hear

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<v Speaker 1>citizens comments what they think as we go forward when

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<v Speaker 1>we talk about rate increases or adding services to our

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<v Speaker 1>golf course. Let's be sharing reach out to your city

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<v Speaker 1>councilmen and have discussions with them about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, and Lauren, I understand there was a resolution last

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<v Speaker 2>night to form a task force or the Homeless in

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<v Speaker 2>bartles Well. Something that's you know, it's been kind of

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<v Speaker 2>cooking for a while.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, so we've all had conversations at the city

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<v Speaker 1>level and our nonprofit organizations and our churches here in

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<v Speaker 1>town about the issue of houseless people in our city.

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<v Speaker 1>These are community members and we need to remember that

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<v Speaker 1>they are community members and we need to take care

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<v Speaker 1>of them. So what we really want to do is

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<v Speaker 1>put together a task force involving all of the interested

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<v Speaker 1>and engaged parties that have some possible ideas, have a

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<v Speaker 1>vested interest in the houseless population and helping people. We

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<v Speaker 1>want to put them together in the same room, at

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<v Speaker 1>the same table and start looking at actual ideas, actual plans,

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<v Speaker 1>actual things we can do to help these members of

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<v Speaker 1>our community to not be houseless, to improve their situation,

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<v Speaker 1>and this will only help our community in the long run.

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<v Speaker 1>But we've passed a resolution last night to start putting

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<v Speaker 1>together that task force and instruct city staff to help

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<v Speaker 1>us form that task force to tackle the problem of

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<v Speaker 1>houselessness and to help these most vulnerable members of our community.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I understand we're cutting a little bit of a

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<v Speaker 2>break here for home daycares because daycare, believe it or

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<v Speaker 2>that's in high demand these days and in short supply. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So, as homelessness and houselessness was part of our strategic

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<v Speaker 1>plan and dealing with that issue. Daycare is at the

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<v Speaker 1>top of the issues in our strategic plan that our

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<v Speaker 1>community wants us to help a lot of the things

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<v Speaker 1>that we've done to help is getting government out of

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<v Speaker 1>the way, removing unnecessary and overburdened some regulation at both

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<v Speaker 1>the local and state level. So we're working with the

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<v Speaker 1>state legislature to try to get some changes to state

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<v Speaker 1>statutes get regulation out of the way. But we can

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<v Speaker 1>do something here at the local level, and we did

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<v Speaker 1>it last night. We cleaned up a lot of our

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<v Speaker 1>city ordinances so we're no longer classifying two different types

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<v Speaker 1>of in home daycare businesses, so they're all classified under

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<v Speaker 1>one zero to twelve children in a home as a

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<v Speaker 1>daycare business. We have removed a lot of burdens, some

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<v Speaker 1>regulation about how they can operate and what they have

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<v Speaker 1>to do to operate. That we remove some parking restrictions

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<v Speaker 1>we remove. We removed some restrictions we had at a

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<v Speaker 1>local level and deferred and said, as long as you

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<v Speaker 1>meet Oklahoma State Department of Health guidelines for running and

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<v Speaker 1>licensing of your daycare facility, then we're not going to

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<v Speaker 1>put any more burdensome and more restrictive ordinances on your

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<v Speaker 1>business there in the neighborhood. So I think it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to open up an opportunity for more spots of daycare

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<v Speaker 1>in our in home daycare businesses around town. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's really going to make an impact and at

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<v Speaker 1>least gets city government and these burden some regulations out

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<v Speaker 1>of the way of the problem.

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<v Speaker 2>Path Fighter a little construction going on there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So Pathfinder is one of the duels of our community.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's a really unique thing. In twenty eighteen,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty, voters passed some bond issues to try and

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<v Speaker 1>improve and make some improvements on our Pathfinder. And so

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<v Speaker 1>we're making some improvements starting with back by the frog

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<v Speaker 1>Pond behind the high school out there the trailhead off

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<v Speaker 1>of Shawnee there. We've closed it down for a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit to do improvements and we're pouring concrete right now.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's a really exciting thing to be that's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be really great, great trailhead and a complex back there.

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<v Speaker 1>So your tax dollars, the go bond moneies that you

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<v Speaker 1>passed in twenty eighteen in twenty twenty are being put

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<v Speaker 1>to use right now rebuilding and reconstructing that. It's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be closer a little bit but should be opened

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<v Speaker 1>soon and that's really going to improve that whole Pathfinder.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got multiple Pathfinder projects that will go on over

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<v Speaker 1>the next two to three years that have been passed

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<v Speaker 1>through bond issues, and this is just the beginning of

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<v Speaker 1>the provements we're going to make on Pathfinder.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I want to kind of jump around here just

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit here. Did we get that taken care

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<v Speaker 2>of with the Tuxedo Bridge? Do we get an agreement

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<v Speaker 2>in place?

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<v Speaker 1>So that's a great question because the Tuxedo Bridge has

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<v Speaker 1>had that lane closed down for a long time over years. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and if you might remember, I know it was a

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<v Speaker 1>Jim Kurt was on after the last city Council meeting.

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<v Speaker 1>We talked about the fact that the bids came in

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<v Speaker 1>really high to reconstruct that bridge, all three lanes of

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<v Speaker 1>that bridge. Our City Engineering. City staff did a really

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<v Speaker 1>great job of going back to the drawing board and saying,

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<v Speaker 1>how can we kind of break up this whole redo

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<v Speaker 1>into smaller projects that we can accomplish. What we really

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<v Speaker 1>need to do right now is reconstruct that one side

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<v Speaker 1>of that bridge. We need to reinforce the bases and

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<v Speaker 1>riverbeds of that bridge and kind of rehabilitate and maintain

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<v Speaker 1>do some maintenance on the other two lanes. So we

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<v Speaker 1>accepted a bid last night for the project. We did

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<v Speaker 1>have a bid come in at the amount that is

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<v Speaker 1>acceptable and within our budget for the project. So we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna totally redo that one lane, We're gonna rehabilitate the

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<v Speaker 1>other two lanes and do some river bed maintenance to

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<v Speaker 1>make sure that the whole complex, that whole bridge complex

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<v Speaker 1>is safe and structurally sound. So that's going to move

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<v Speaker 1>forward really soon. The engineering is completed. We had to

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<v Speaker 1>unfortunately that got delayed a lot by our state level.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, muscles and bats that are nest seen in

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<v Speaker 1>those and we had to do some environmental surveys and studies.

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<v Speaker 1>But it looks like we're gonna get shovels on the

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<v Speaker 1>ground on this project really soon.

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<v Speaker 2>Great We've got a kind of a unique coming up.

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<v Speaker 2>It comes up about once a year. Yeah, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>we have.

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<v Speaker 1>We've had in our chnical Phillips and Phillips sixty six

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<v Speaker 1>main parking lot down there. We've had some chemical and

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<v Speaker 1>other kind of recyclings. This one's kind of unique in

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that out by in Sooner Park by the

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<v Speaker 1>swimming pool on October nineteenth, ten am to four pm,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to do an electronics recycling program. So all

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<v Speaker 1>those things have been accumulating in your garage, your computers,

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<v Speaker 1>your laptops, your printers, your old microwaves, old cell phones,

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<v Speaker 1>all those types of electronics. You can bring them and

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<v Speaker 1>have them be recycled and get them out of your

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<v Speaker 1>home and have them disposed of and recycled in a

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<v Speaker 1>safe manner. So please gather all those up, bring them

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<v Speaker 1>out October nineteenth, ten a into four pm at Sooner

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<v Speaker 1>Pool out by Sooner Pool. That's a really great recycling event.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a company that comes in and does this recycling,

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<v Speaker 1>and we've worked with them to come in and do this,

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<v Speaker 1>So bring it all out with I'm sure it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be real popular.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we don't necessarily recycle your yard debris, but we

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<v Speaker 2>will be taking it away in December, that's right.

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<v Speaker 1>So one of the things we always know, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>in December, we know there's going to be leaves on

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<v Speaker 1>the ground and sticks and everything else. You're going to

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<v Speaker 1>be cleaning up your yards. The city wants to help

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<v Speaker 1>you get rid of that, and we're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>doing yard debris pick up on your regular trash day

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<v Speaker 1>December ninth through thirteenth. So you can set out your

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll come by and pick those up December ninth

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<v Speaker 1>through thirteenth. Get those out of the road for you.

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<v Speaker 1>So be cleaning up your yard and be ready to

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<v Speaker 1>have that debris to pick up.

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<v Speaker 2>Alrighty, thank you very much. Anything else you'd like to add,

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<v Speaker 2>young man.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, I want to say thank you to everyone out

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<v Speaker 1>there that makes our community great every day. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>our police, fire, ambulance services, our city staff, all of them.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't say enough. Every City Council meeting I go

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<v Speaker 1>into the city staff and our emergency services personnel are

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<v Speaker 1>ready and with information and doing a great job. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to say thank you to Mike Bailey and all

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<v Speaker 1>of the rest of them down there at City Council.

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<v Speaker 1>City city managers and the city staff do a great job.

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<v Speaker 1>We live in a great city. We hope to keep

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<v Speaker 1>making it better at City Council.

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<v Speaker 2>Great you've been listening to City Matters on K one.