WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:01.399 Actually had two meetings. 2 00:00:01.439 --> 00:00:04.919 So yesterday had the Emergency Management Council meeting, which is 3 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:08.279 a joint meeting between Bartoso City Council and the Washington 4 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:11.560 County Commissioner, and you got to heard about the budget 5 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:14.359 because that is a joint project between the two entities. 6 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:14.359 Right right. 7 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:16.320 Yeah, we split and I learned a lot last night. 8 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:18.280 I never been through one of those before, but we 9 00:00:18.879 --> 00:00:21.000 split a lot of those costs fifty to fifty and 10 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:25.480 as a result, you know, our emergency folks and their 11 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:27.679 emergency folks are able to work together. If there's a 12 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:29.839 fire or an accident or something out of the county, 13 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:32.960 if they need our help, we can help, and vice versa. 14 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:35.479 If we need their help, they can come in. You know, 15 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:38.520 we had the tornado last year. The Washington County emergency 16 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:40.200 management folks, they came in and helped with a lot 17 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:43.359 of that disaster relief and clean up. And you know, 18 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:45.640 anytime there's something like that that happens, we get alerts 19 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:48.439 from them. So it was very interesting. Everything seems to 20 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:53.280 be taken right along. Yeah, nothing was like shocking, which 21 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:55.280 is what you want from emergency management, which is like 22 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:58.079 things are moving correctly, and it all. 23 00:00:58.039 --> 00:01:01.000 Was Yeah, it was a good presentation carry Cox and 24 00:01:01.039 --> 00:01:04.560 his staff, Melissa and John and the new guy. I 25 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:06.920 forget the new guy's name anyway, but they do a 26 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:09.799 great job here in our community. Now, at last night's 27 00:01:09.799 --> 00:01:12.079 City council meeting, I mean, you had some standard business 28 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:14.000 items and we'll talk about here in just a bit, 29 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:17.120 but you had one of those items that you know, 30 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:20.719 thankfully doesn't come before the council very often because they 31 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:25.799 are difficult decisions, and that was specifically dealing with a 32 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:30.239 property that has had some issues on Waverley on the 33 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:33.040 east side of town. And you know, Aaron, I've known 34 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:36.719 you for years and I know your heart. I know 35 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:39.599 a couple of other city council members, but not as 36 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:43.079 good as I know you. So the decision last night 37 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:49.879 was a tough one to go in and basically because 38 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:53.959 of the circumstances of the home, there was some code 39 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:58.640 enforcement issues and in order to demolish the structure was made, 40 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:01.040 but there was there was some progress that was made 41 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:02.079 on this particular property. 42 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:05.120 Is so we want to kind of give and I. 43 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:07.599 Say, these are tough decisions, but it was done with 44 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:13.840 compassion and understanding and with a solution which is really important. So, Aaron, GoAhead, 45 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:16.560 talk a little bit about what we heard last night 46 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:20.000 and how the council came to this tough decision. 47 00:02:20.199 --> 00:02:23.879 Yeah, I would say, so these abatement hearings, where are 48 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:28.800 when code enforcement has said this property is is so 49 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.599 egregious the neighbor it's hurting the neighborhood and the neighbors 50 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:35.039 so much that it needs to be torn down. We've 51 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:36.800 had three of these in a row. They are by 52 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:41.000 far the hardest things that I've had to deal with 53 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:45.800 as a city councilor, because every situation is different, and 54 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:48.039 at the heart of it is an individual or a 55 00:02:48.039 --> 00:02:51.960 family and their property that they care about, they've invested in, 56 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:56.199 but that has also become a real problem for one 57 00:02:56.240 --> 00:02:59.520 reason or another, and those situations the same. So, you know, 58 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:03.199 part of seeing every person with individual dignity is recognizing 59 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:05.719 that these are really hard situations because we care about 60 00:03:05.719 --> 00:03:08.159 the people involved and it's not just me. I've been 61 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:10.639 extremely impressed by the way that all of our city 62 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:14.680 councilors have leaned into these situations and treated them as individual. 63 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:17.439 It's not there's no rubber stamping going on, and they 64 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:21.759 are difficult, and so last night was particularly difficult because 65 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:26.360 it involved a gentleman and some adopted sons. So there's 66 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:27.960 like a family history that goes there. And I don't 67 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:29.680 want to air out all these You can watch the 68 00:03:29.759 --> 00:03:31.360 live stream from last night if you really want to 69 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:32.919 know the details. I don't want to get into those. 70 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:36.199 But the point is there had been many and a 71 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:40.879 long history of damage to the property and of disruption 72 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:44.759 to the neighborhood, and so the abatement order, hey, demolish 73 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:47.520 this house. And one of the questions I asked was 74 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:50.199 what happens to you and your and your boys if 75 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:52.919 we do that? And the answer was whow, I'll be homeless. 76 00:03:54.639 --> 00:03:59.120 And yet balancing the needs of the individual like there 77 00:03:59.159 --> 00:04:02.240 are still I mean, one of the things we talked 78 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:04.639 a lot about is uh I talked a lot about 79 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:08.639 and publicly is you for a society to function, you 80 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:12.000 cannot externalize the negative consequences of your own choices unto 81 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:15.240 the people around you. That's so there's a responsibility aspect 82 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:17.519 to it. And there had been real harm to the neighborhood. 83 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:19.800 But it turns out there was some situations going on 84 00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:24.480 with especially the oldest son who is now an adult 85 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:28.120 and incarcerated and as he was telling these uh, he 86 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:30.920 was telling us what was going on. Uh, you know, 87 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:33.639 Counseman Dorsey, and Trevor leaned over and said, like, I 88 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:35.319 know this is true. I knew this boy. 89 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:37.360 Yeah, that was that was an interesting part. 90 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:39.279 Of Yeah, And so I told him. He kind of 91 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:40.720 whispered with to me and said, you need to we 92 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:42.160 need to know that you need to tell And so 93 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:45.040 he said, like this is true because sometimes also you 94 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:46.279 don't know someone's telling you the truth. 95 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:46.560 True. 96 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:49.199 Everybody has a story, but this gentleman was he was 97 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:50.839 telling us the truth. And he had been trying to 98 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:52.800 do a good thing for his family and had been 99 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:54.680 a very hard situation. Of course, these boys had gone 100 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:57.279 through a lot of trauma and uh and and so 101 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:01.199 at that point, I think every body realized, you know, 102 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:02.839 this is a very unique situation. We want to be 103 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:04.879 compassionate here, but also we have to be compassionate for 104 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:08.600 the neighbors. And it does nobody any good to have 105 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:11.800 a vacant lot. Also, well, this gentleman had been very 106 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:15.560 proactive in this situation. He said, if nothing else, if 107 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:17.160 there's no way for me to stay in this property, 108 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:19.680 he said, I've talked to my Lenning company, and we 109 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:22.759 could do a deed in lou which basically means I 110 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:24.079 can give him the title and I don't have to 111 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:27.120 get foreclosed on right. And then when that happens and 112 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:29.639 the bank comes in, they bring the property up to code, 113 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:31.079 they fix it, and then they will sell it try 114 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:35.839 to recoup their investment. And that and is really credit 115 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:38.480 to that gentleman who who brought this solution to us. 116 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:40.319 But this gave us a way to help him and 117 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:43.120 his family because it doesn't destroy his credit, which means 118 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:45.959 they can find a place to rent with without something 119 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:50.000 bad in their history. We weren't worried about like, well, 120 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:52.959 it's just exporting the you know, these issues somewhere else 121 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:57.040 because because a lot of the problem is a lot 122 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:59.680 of the problem is gone gone, and and then you 123 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:03.639 have and then the neighborhood, the neighbors will also be 124 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:06.399 will benefit from this. And then you know, we haven't 125 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:09.040 just destroyed a house. We also have an affordable housing 126 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:11.959 crisis exactly. So so really, like I said last night, 127 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:13.240 I laid it out and said, I think there's three 128 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:15.040 things that we care about here. Number one is the 129 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:17.879 person in this family. We care about them. Number two 130 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:20.000 is the neighbors. These are other individuals that we care about, 131 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:22.879 and number three is a structure. Ironically, the structure is 132 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:25.199 the only one that we have authority to do anything about. 133 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:27.759 But there was a path forward, and so that's what 134 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:30.319 we did. Is this gentleman will be doing the deed 135 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:33.319 and lou but there's a there is a time period 136 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:34.920 for them to still be in the house until they 137 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:37.079 while they find a place to move and the bank 138 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:38.519 can take it over, fix it up, and it will 139 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:41.399 benefit the whole neighborhood. And I think we've had three 140 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:43.160 of these in a row and all three have now 141 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:46.519 are in the process of resolving themselves in a positive way. 142 00:06:47.240 --> 00:06:49.000 I know there will be a day when we when 143 00:06:49.240 --> 00:06:51.560 the structure has to be knocked down. That is inevitable. 144 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:55.600 But I am so impressed by our city councilors, and 145 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:58.000 I want to give a special shout out to Councilman East. 146 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:02.240 There's been a synergy I think between Larry and I 147 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:04.759 at times in these that we neither of us that 148 00:07:04.839 --> 00:07:06.120 he had any idea this was gonna be a big 149 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:07.279 part of what we had to do, and I hope 150 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:08.879 it isn't. I hope this is just a weird run 151 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:12.439 of them, but Larry is very good at diving into 152 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:17.600 the technicalities of the issue and then and then we 153 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:19.839 have really been able to His compassion comes through as 154 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:21.839 that I'm trying to sure absolutely and I really it's 155 00:07:21.839 --> 00:07:24.439 true for all five of us, I think, But in 156 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:26.439 those questions, I think he and I have had a 157 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:28.839 synergy that I didn't expect as I've gotten to know 158 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:31.199 Him'm not surprised, but I think he deserves a real 159 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:34.120 kudos because we've been able to navigate these more effectively 160 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:37.040 because of the way that he dives into the technicalities 161 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:38.519 and still sees the person behind. 162 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:39.079 Them absolutely well. 163 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:43.959 What I witnessed last night was was a objective, objectively 164 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:49.279 focused conversation about this is where we are. But you 165 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:54.279 could also tell that those objective questions were done so 166 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:56.839 out of an act of compassion. And I think I 167 00:07:56.839 --> 00:08:00.800 think that's really important for our community to know, is 168 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:03.920 that these are very tough decisions. Nobody wants to be 169 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:07.560 in this position, specifically an elected official who's telling a 170 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:09.959 person I'm gonna have to tear down your structure. But 171 00:08:10.439 --> 00:08:14.079 these decisions are very difficult, but they're done so in 172 00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:16.639 a way that is beneficial to the community as a 173 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:21.079 whole and hopefully for the situation to be remedied as well, 174 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:24.560 while keeping in mind there's a human impact here too. Yeah, 175 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:26.600 that was really important. Now, a couple of other things 176 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:29.839 I've covered it this morning. The Sunset Bridge project, a 177 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:33.399 little change to that. You know, it was originally kind 178 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:35.440 of like grouped together where it would be a road 179 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:39.279 structure for the Sunset Bridge over Butler Creek, and then 180 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:42.360 an alternative to that was to also add in a 181 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:44.240 pedestrian bridge on the side. 182 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:48.240 Unfortunately, the pedestrian bridge as of right now is not able. 183 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:51.159 To move forward because of costs, right, Yeah, Yeah, And 184 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:52.519 I hope that's not the last word on that. 185 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:53.559 Yeah, I don't think it will be. 186 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:56.480 I am I'm on Pathfinder every single day when the 187 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:59.039 weather is, when the weather allows it, and I think 188 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:01.360 Pathfinders are real of our community. And one of my 189 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:05.159 long term visions or hopes is that is that Pathfinder 190 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:08.919 will be connected safely and easily to every neighborhood in Bartlesville. 191 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:11.240 And that's a very as a long term vision because 192 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:13.080 a lot of costs associated a lot of a lot 193 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:15.480 of projects, but this was one of those places where 194 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:18.039 Pathfinder was going to be able to connect to Oak 195 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:21.799 Park and that's a win for Ward four. So I 196 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:23.720 hate that this has been removed because of the cost 197 00:09:23.919 --> 00:09:25.960 of the funding. And really it's just waiting on a grant. 198 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:29.159 There are some government technicalities here that they were explaining 199 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:31.279 last night that I got to tell you I'm frustrated by, 200 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:33.759 and I'm also not done asking about I cannot I 201 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:35.600 just cannot imagine that there's not a way that we 202 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:37.720 can't figure out to get around this. I'm may be wrong, right, 203 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:41.240 but what I'm saying is I'm still on this. I 204 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:43.120 know that I know that our engineering department wanted to 205 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:45.360 see it. All of our city staff want, like we 206 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:49.279 all want this to happen. But the real frustrating thing 207 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:51.960 is our staff is really good about balancing the objectives 208 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:54.799 and the goals we have with the limited resources of funding, 209 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:57.000 and they had figured out a way to do this 210 00:09:57.200 --> 00:09:59.519 as a cost effectively as possible. And because of a 211 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:01.679 hang up at the grant level, we are now waiting 212 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:03.840 and that that project may not happen, or if it does, 213 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:06.759 it'll be more expensive because it's inefficient. 214 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:08.960 Right because it has to be bid separately. As city 215 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:09.879 attorney just kine. 216 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:13.919 Yeah, and because and I don't understand, I really don't 217 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:16.919 understand how I know why all the bid process has 218 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:19.480 to happen. That's that is transparency and lack of anti 219 00:10:19.480 --> 00:10:23.840 corruption like, all of that is wise. But to have 220 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:26.799 zero flexibility when you're talking about a sixteen thousand dollars 221 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:29.320 gap and it may end up costing the city significantly 222 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:31.639 more than that, to pause, that's just that is the 223 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:34.240 that is a level of foolishness that can only happen 224 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:38.480 to the government. Government, And like the entrepreneur part of 225 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:41.440 my brain does not accept that as fact. Yet I 226 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:43.519 understand that the realities may you know, physics may hit 227 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:44.960 me in the face on this one, but I'm not 228 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:45.559 done pushing. 229 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:45.919 Yeah. 230 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:49.679 Yeah, it's it is as you you know, you are, 231 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:53.279 what eight months into the job here, and you learn 232 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:58.440 something new and know that unfortunately government sometimes stands in 233 00:10:58.519 --> 00:10:59.679 the way of its own progress. 234 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:03.639 And it's just and I think or usually that's that's 235 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:07.480 worthwhile because when there's when there are those inefficiencies, there 236 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:11.799 almost always because somewhere in the history of our country 237 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:15.279 there was corruption because those checks and balances didn't happen, right, 238 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:17.399 So I support them being there I think. 239 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:20.960 I think transparency and accountability are necessary. They are good, 240 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:22.399 and that's part of what I part of the reason 241 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:24.480 I ran for city council, not because there was corruption, 242 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:27.279 because I wanted to be able to be transparent, communicative 243 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:29.639 and let people know what's going on proactively. So I 244 00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:31.559 don't have a problem with the things that sometimes gunk 245 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:36.080 up the works, but sometimes the rigidity of law. Right, 246 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:41.360 anything that is legalistic can can become its own worst enemy. Right, 247 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:44.080 end up layering so many things onto each other that 248 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:46.879 all of a sudden it is now counterproductive. And so 249 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:50.799 that's the balance of rules in general. When you're writing policies, 250 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:52.480 how do we make sure that we are doing what 251 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:55.759 is right for the people, but also giving enough flexibility 252 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:57.320 to the process that we can still do what's right 253 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:57.840 for the people. 254 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:01.200 Sure, yeah, it's it is. It's an interty thing. Now. 255 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:04.720 Another big thing out of last night was the box 256 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:06.440 hangar that's going to be out at the airport. We've 257 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:08.279 we've talked about that quite a bit. You guys went 258 00:12:08.279 --> 00:12:11.000 ahead and moved forward with that, and it's important for 259 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:13.919 I think the community to also understand that these are 260 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:16.080 not City of Bartellsville funds. 261 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:18.360 They're not coming from the city budget. 262 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:22.960 These these are things, Uh the Oklahoma Department of Aviation 263 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:24.519 and Aeronautics is paying. 264 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:28.360 Uh yeah, that's forty percent of it. Uh. 265 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:32.639 And then the Barbolesville Development Authority through their real estate fund, 266 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:36.039 which is not a tax on it. So this is 267 00:12:36.120 --> 00:12:39.519 all money that is not coming out of the taxpayers 268 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:40.519 dot right hand. 269 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:42.799 So uh, so that's going to be built. 270 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:48.200 And then because of it being on city property out 271 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:49.759 at the airport, that is city property. 272 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:52.960 Now the city actually has to own the building. 273 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:55.840 Yeah, so we're gonna end up owning a structure that 274 00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:57.600 we're not gonna have to pay for. The BDA is 275 00:12:57.639 --> 00:13:00.200 paying for it. We are leasing the property to them 276 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:03.559 for a dollar for several decades, which will allow them 277 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:07.840 to you know, basically gather that the rent from that 278 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:11.360 hangar so then they can then reinvest in other economic 279 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:15.519 development in Barblesville. The b d A is exceptionally well run. 280 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:18.519 I mean I get to sit down with those guys regularly, 281 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:22.519 and just I just learned the math they use. There's 282 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:24.600 a reason they have been so successful. They are out 283 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:27.720 performing other entities like them all in our all around 284 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:31.519 our region. I think we're running out of time there. 285 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:33.320 We're okay because I want to make sure we get 286 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:35.279 to a few things that that were covered in the 287 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:37.399 in the staff report last night that I know you 288 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:39.039 weren't sitting in there for, but I know they're really 289 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:42.000 important to our community absolutely. So, like if we can 290 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:44.679 put a ribbon on the on the on the new hangar, 291 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:47.200 it's going to be great for we have a growing 292 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:50.799 aviation repair industry. I'm looking for some day. I hope 293 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:53.960 that someone will open up, like, uh, a quad copter 294 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:56.840 taxis you know, service from here to you know, from 295 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:59.159 here to the Tulsa Airport or something so that so 296 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:01.360 that consumers and you know, really take advantage of it. 297 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:03.480 Yeah, but it is great for our economy. 298 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:04.919 It's not costing the taxplayer. 299 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:05.919 Anything, not at all, not at all. 300 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:08.639 Now during the city manager reports last week, we uh 301 00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:10.919 have a couple of things we'll touch on here and. 302 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:12.399 I can get rid of some of this stuff. So 303 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:13.159 we're good. 304 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:16.840 But uh so what we're what we're the things again 305 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:21.679 was the boil water issue where everybody was saying, oh 306 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:22.840 my gosh, there's eat. 307 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:25.399 Coli in our water, eat coli in our water, and scary. 308 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:28.440 Come to find out it was something a little bit different. 309 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:30.399 R right, So here's the good news. So that so 310 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:33.919 our stat did any kind of an action after action report. Uh, 311 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:36.360 you know, they tried to figure out where was there 312 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:38.399 an issue. Right, So we had two things going on. 313 00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:42.320 Coliforms and any cola coliforms are you know, they're organic 314 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:45.840 matter that normal that regularly grows in pipes where there's water. Uh, 315 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:48.799 they're not dangerous and they you know, we put chlorine 316 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:50.759 in the water to kill them. You flush those pipes, 317 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:53.360 that goes away, and then you're good. That happens, not 318 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:54.840 a lot, but a couple of times a year. We 319 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:57.279 find it somewhere in the system, You hit it with chlorine, 320 00:14:57.279 --> 00:14:59.600 it dies, you flush it. Everybody's good to go. Ecla 321 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:02.559 is different. E Coli is dangerous. It's a fecal matter 322 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:06.200 bacteria that should never be in our pipes. And in 323 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:09.639 Terry Lawrence is twenty five years here, it had never 324 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:12.559 been in our pipes. It freaked everybody out right and 325 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:16.159 rightly so and then and then I'm not going to 326 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:17.759 go through the whole process of how it all happened. 327 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:19.720 I was in updates as I understood it along through. 328 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:21.799 Let me tell you the coli thing as we currently 329 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:25.159 understand it, as best we can tell, we actually never 330 00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:27.679 had a coli in our water system. Like I want 331 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:30.720 people to hear this, clip this and repost it. We 332 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:34.039 never had a coli in our drinking water system. There 333 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:36.200 was a stand pipe, which is essentially the place where 334 00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:39.360 we test the water. That is, water can flow into it, 335 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:43.720 but it cannot backflow out of it, and that pipe 336 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:46.639 where this testing site is, it was we don't have 337 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:49.720 a lot of standpipes that function like this, okay, And 338 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:52.639 essentially you could put water in it, but then it 339 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:55.360 wasn't all getting vacuumed out. So you had a spot 340 00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:58.200 between the backflow valve to our water supply where it 341 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:00.360 was going to the houses and where the water came 342 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:03.240 out to be tested that was not getting fully flushed. 343 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:05.559 That when they pulled it out, they cut it, you know, 344 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:07.759 they removed it, they sealed it off, and they're going 345 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:09.519 to put a new standpipe in. But that right there, 346 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:14.159 that what was described last night as like a black goo. Yeah, gross, 347 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:16.200 It's possible an animal got in there and died, as 348 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:18.679 possible that sludge built up over time. But the point 349 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:23.559 is that grossness was totally cut off from our actual 350 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:26.320 water supply that came out of it was great people 351 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:28.360 who were going, well, I'm afraid what my you know, 352 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:30.399 what if my pet got this or was I exposed 353 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:33.360 or whatever? You were not There was no ecoli in 354 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:36.120 our water supply. There was a coli. It's like having 355 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:37.919 it in your hose, right, your hose can't feed back 356 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:40.519 into the system. This is essentially that, and that's where 357 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:43.159 the city was testing from. That's what pop positive. That 358 00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:44.519 has now been removed. 359 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:44.720 And you know that. 360 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:48.559 Great news body, But again, no e coli was ever 361 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:51.279 in our water. Yes, good point. Now, another thing that 362 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:55.159 people are really fired up about right now, Counselor Aaron Kirkpatrick, 363 00:16:55.960 --> 00:17:03.519 is the state Well, it's the state of the. 364 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:08.559 Road rehabilitation preservation projects. 365 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:11.160 Yes, basically for a lot of customers or for a 366 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:12.960 lot of folks here, it looks like gravel on the 367 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:15.519 road and the city is just ruining everything. 368 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:18.640 I mean, what's going on with this this gravel folks. 369 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:21.799 Yeah, So, and there's been lots of updates about this. 370 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:23.279 Let me tell you where we're at right now. So 371 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:25.920 this the road project. We did a whole bunch of 372 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.039 road projects at once, and the goal the way this 373 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:30.079 was supposed to work, is within four to six weeks, 374 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:33.039 you'd start ripping up a road. Here the process has 375 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:34.960 to sit for a couple of weeks. So they were 376 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:37.359 going to be moving through the community ripping up roads 377 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:38.640 and by the time they got to the last one, 378 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:41.119 they'd circle back around start laying the new topping. And 379 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:43.000 it was going to be a very efficient process, which 380 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:47.160 again saves us money. Yeah, two things happened. Number One, 381 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:51.440 it's very moisture sensitive and we got, thank god, a 382 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:54.799 ton of rain this spring and summer exactly. That delayed 383 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:57.599 everything in a way that I don't think city staff 384 00:17:57.599 --> 00:18:00.720 fully anticipated, fully understood. We've learned from that, but there 385 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:04.720 was nothing It's just it's moisture sensitive. So that delayed things. 386 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:08.920 And we had a subcontractor that was doing the process wrong. 387 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:11.799 So kudos to Micah Seimer's and the rest of our 388 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:15.160 engineering and our guys over there, because they went out 389 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:16.640 and inspected the work that was being done by the 390 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:20.440 subcontract and said, this doesn't look right. So the general 391 00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:23.440 contractor fired that subcontractor and then had to hire someone 392 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:26.240 else to do the job. Didn't cost us any more money, 393 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:30.359 but in doing all of that, that created another delay, 394 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:32.160 so a four to six week process and now been 395 00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:34.680 going off for like three months. You know, as they 396 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:36.400 were talking about this last night, I was like, yeah, like, 397 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:38.160 when we leave this meeting, we're all going to hit 398 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:39.960 the old dusty trails the way if we haven't done 399 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:43.400 since eighteen hundreds. It's not cool. Nobody is happy with this, 400 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:45.640 and the biggest thing people are frustrated by is the 401 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:48.240