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From YouTube: Mayor's Magazine - October 2017
Description
Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett's October 2017 program features:
:10 - Spiers New Technologies Inc. working with electric car manufacturers, the Oklahoma company grades and remanufactures used high-performance batteries.
11:52 - Visit with John Hamm about the Thunder’s upcoming season.
23:12 - Disability Awareness Month in Oklahoma City
A
Hello
there
and
welcome
once
again
to
the
mayor's
magazine,
I'm
Mick
Cornett,
the
mayor
of
Oklahoma
City,
and
this
is
our
program
for
October
2017.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
in
this
first
segment
of
today's
show
we're
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
of
a
futuristic
manner
with
Dirk
spears
he's
the
president
of
Spears
new
technologies,
inks
they're,
involved
very
heavily
in
in
the
batteries
and
the
operation
of
electric
vehicles.
Is
that
a
fairly
good
summary
of
your
life
endeavor
at
this
point
yeah
all
right?
A
B
C
A
B
B
You
know
it
sits
in
your
coffee
machine
in
your
toothbrush,
in
in
in
everything
and
I
believe
that
electrification
is
happening
and
when
I
started
out
a
couple
of
years
ago,
people
thought
we
were
insane
and
we
probably
were.
But
if
you're
not
crazy,
then
nothing
happens.
And
now,
if
you
look
at
the
industry,
the
OEMs,
the
automotive
industry,
they're
investing
hundreds
of
billions,
billions
of
dollars
in
electrification
and.
A
B
Initially,
it
started
in
the
US,
but
I
think
we
let
that
opportunity
slip
a
little
bit
and
now
it
is
in
Europe
and
in
China
I
would
say
in
equal
parts,
but
it
probably
originated
in
the
United
States
lithium
ion,
which
is
a
type
of
chemistry
used
for
batteries.
It
was
the
u.s.
invention,
I
think
it
was
Exxon
Mobil
the
oil
company
who
invented
it.
They
let
it
go
eventually
it
got
sold
to
Sony
and
now
variations
of
that
umbrella,
chemistry
is
being
used
in
electric
vehicles
by
a
lot
of
companies.
A
B
Yeah
I
think
energy
density.
You
know
how
much
energy,
how
much
energy
can
you
take
out
or
for
a
given
volume
or
a
given
the
weight?
That's
very
important
and
that's
that
they
make
huge
steps
there
and
the
other
thing
is
cost.
You
know
how
much
energy
per
dollar
and
those
prices
are
coming
down
rapidly.
When
the
Chevy
Volt
came
out,
2010
2011,
probably
we
were
talking
about
$1,000
per
kilowatt
hour
now
we
are
talking
about
hundred
and
forty
dollars
per
kilowatt
hour.
So
that's
a
step
change.
B
So
if
you,
if
you
keep
going
forward
like
that
by
2023
2025,
an
electric
vehicle
will
be
cheaper
than
a
combustion
engine
vehicle,
it
will
have
300
mile
range.
You
have
more
space
because
you
don't
have
the
big,
noisy
old
technology
sitting
there
anymore.
You
have
instant
torque
and
it's
a
very
sophisticated
Drive.
Looking.
A
B
At
the
moment,
on
average
in
the
United
States
people
drive
38
miles
per
day
on
average
commute
going
to
school
library,
Church,
etc.
Then
it's
very
easy
to
to
charge
at
home
overnight.
It's
also
very
cheap,
and
every
morning
you
get
in
a
car
which
is
fully
charged.
You
can
also
charge
at
work.
We
are
based
here
just
off
Santa
Fe
and
we
have
several
charging
stations
you.
B
B
You
start
to
see
it
in
in
in
China
didi
tomb,
which
is
sort
of
the
comparator.
The
equivalent
of
uber
lyft
in
China
I
foresee
that
by
2020
2025,
all
the
cars
will
be
electric.
Also
it's
much
easier
to
charge
an
electric
car
than
to
fuel
a
combustion
engine.
Look
at
Manhattan
in
Manhattan.
There
are
only
a
few
fuel
stations
left,
but
there
are
many
electric
car
stations,
so
it
becomes
easier
to
charge
an
electric
car
than
to
fuel
a
combustion
engine
and
fleets.
B
You
know
anything
from
you
know:
cities,
it's
also
easier
to
maintain
than
fleets
talk
about
transit
buses.
I
know,
Embarq
just
want
a
contract
for
their
first
two
electric
buses.
But
if
you
look
at
a
bus,
an
electric
bus
is
so
much
lower
in
maintenance
than
a
combustion
engine
Plus,
you
have
no
noise
and
if
you
work
in
and
in
living
and
in
the
city
of
every
school
in
in
the
city,
no
noises
is
good.
Also
good
for
home
values.
B
B
Do
lifecycle
management
of
advanced
battery
packs?
So
if
a
battery
pack
goes
wrong
for
customer
anywhere
in
the
United
States
for
a
variety
of
OEMs
like
GM
Nissan
Fort,
the
battery
pack
Eaton
the
battery
pack
comes
to
us,
we
refurbish
it,
we
test
it
and
it
goes
out
and
then
the
other
thing
we
do
if
that
Peck
can
go
back
into
a
vehicle
because
that
vehicle
doesn't
exist
anymore
or
that
vehicle
is
too
old
or
there's
something
else.
B
We
repurpose
it
and
we
build
energy
storage
systems
out
of
it,
and
those
energy
storage
systems
can
be
used
by
utilities
by
commercial
entities
to
reduce
their
demand,
charges
for
backup
for
demand
response.
You
name
it
and
we
believe
that
eventually,
every
household
every
entity
will
have
its
own
battery
pack
tell.
B
We
we
we
started
about
two
and
half
years
ago
with
two
people
we
now
about
60,
we
keep
growing.
We
are
two
more
offer
letters
without
this
week,
so
that
keeps
continuing
and
what
we
are
looking
for.
We
are
energy
centric,
so
we
have
a
lot
of
Engineers
electrical
engineers,
Mechanical
Engineers
operators,
technicians,
that
is
the
main,
the
main
makeup
of
our
crew.
These.
A
B
B
Of
the
salary
here,
absolutely
I,
never
transportation
corridors,
yeah
yeah
and
it's
key
because
a
battery
is
relatively
big,
relatively
heavy.
You
have
hazmat
nine
rules
so
being
in
the
center
of
the
country
helps,
and
we
are
four
GM.
We
are
the
sole
distribution
center
for
advanced
battery
packs
in
the
United
States
and.
B
The
at
the
moment
we
are
so
we
so
phenomenal
growth
in
the
first
two
and
a
half
years,
but
then
we
started
with
nothing.
So
everything
is
is
growth
at
the
moment
in
the
US
we
see
a
penetration
electric
vehicle
penetration
of
about
one
percent.
We
think
that
will
eventually
go
to
hundred
percent
so
yeah.
You
know
due
to
some
the.
B
A
B
And
I
hope
that
not
only
the
city,
but
mainly
the
state
of
Oklahoma,
will
invest
in
education
so
that
we
have
engineers
which
we
can
hire
for
the
future.
Also,
we
would
like
to
see
more
evie
infrastructure.
I
think
our
gene
is
doing
a
great
job,
but
we
need
more
charging
infrastructure
in
the
city
embrace
renewables,
because
it's
not
the
cheapest
form
of
energy.
We
already
do
that
with
wind,
but
coming
from
Holland
this
one
of
the
great
things
of
Oklahoma
I
think
this
is
the
fourth
brighter
state
in
the
Union.
It's
fantastic.
C
A
Welcome
back
to
the
mayor's
magazine
well
in
this
segment,
we're
gonna
talk
about
the
Oklahoma
City
Thunder,
with
a
guy
who
knows
the
team
and
the
behind
the
scenes.
Information
very
well.
His
name
is
Jon
Hamm
Jon.
Welcome
to
the
mayor's
magazine,
thanks
for
having
me
on
and
you're
a
native
Oklahoman
give
us
a
little
bit
of
background.
Where
would
we
have
found
Jon
Hamm
when
he
was
just
a
little
guy
learning
to
dribble
the
ball
yeah.
D
A
D
It
definitely
has
so
you
know
you
think
back
last
season
I
mean
granted,
there
were
no
title
expectations,
but
it
still
it
was
fun.
It
was
fun
to
cover
the
team
fun
to
watch.
The
team
expectations
were
off,
Russell
Westbrook
did
some
amazing
things,
and
still
you
looked
at
the
team
and
wondered:
how
can
they
get
that
next
star
player
and
instead
Sam
Presti
said
you
know
we'll
just
watch
and
I'll
go
get
two
of
them,
so
it
is
next
see
this
coming
season
is
going
to
be
a
lot
more
fun
than
I.
D
A
Of
course,
you
know,
I
probably
won't
do
a
good
job
of
communicating,
but
but
Sam's
strategy
is
always
to
just
keep
adding
elements
to
the
team
that
can
be,
you
know,
bought
or
sold
or
traded,
or
you
know
somehow
dealt
with
in
the
confines
of
the
league
and
their
and
their
intricate
rules,
and
he
he
continually
when
you
trace
back
what
he
got,
what
he
paid
for
that
and
what
he
sold
here.
He
should
be
like
a
stockbroker
I
mean
he's
probably
good
at
cashing
in
yeah
at
the
appropriate
time.
D
Has
always
been
very
opportunistic,
I
think
he
and
his
staff
keep
a
very
good
pulse
on
the
league.
What
else
is
going
on?
Because
other
teams,
maybe
they
need
to
you,
know,
dump
some
salary,
and
you
know
Sam
has
always
been
able
to
to
kind
of
leverage
those
deals
in
his
favor
again,
you
mentioned
all
these
intricate
salary
cap
rules
that
come
into
play.
It's
something
that
he's
done
year
after
year
and
you
know
working
within
you
know.
A
D
Know
the
financials
always
fascinate
me
so
you
know,
Oklahoma
City
is
the
league's
third
smallest
market
and
the
league
as
a
whole
has
a
revenue
sharing
model.
You
know
every
team
competes
against
each
other,
but
they're
all
under
the
NBA
umbrella.
So
in
order
to
keep
other
teams
afloat,
there
is
a
revenue
sharing
model.
So
teams
like
the
Lakers
that
just
print
money,
kind
of
move
that
money
to
some
of
the
smaller
market
teams.
D
Well,
Oklahoma
City
pays
into
that
revenue
sharing
model
you
know,
and
that
just
goes
to
show
how
well
they're
doing
and
as
the
third-smallest
market
there's
teams
above
them
that
you
know
they're
helping,
keep
operational
so
well
what
what
revenue
is
shared.
So
you
know
every
team.
There's
a
national
TV
deal
that
every
team
gets
a
piece.
Is
that
a
worldwide
deal
I.
D
Yeah
I
mean
oh
yes,
so
in
terms
of
like
the
the
national
TV
contracts,
you
know
that
those
billion-dollar
deals
get
split
up
between
between
the
teams
equally,
but
then
each
team
has
local
media
rights,
local
broadcast
rights,
be
it
radio
or
TV.
Obviously,
ticket
sales
at
the
arena,
so
Oklahoma
City
has
never
had
a
problem
selling
out
the
arena
here
that
helps
and
obviously
the
merchandise
is
very
popular.
So
there's
a
lot
of
these
revenue
streams
that
come
in
that
make
Oklahoma
City,
very
profitable,
I.
Think,
okay,.
A
D
Surprise
to
me
was
that
he
actually
agreed
because
he
had
a
no-trade
clause.
He
had
control
over
his
future
that
he
agreed
to
come
to
Oklahoma
City.
Now
yeah
there
was
some
speculation
and
I
had
heard
that
yeah
Oklahoma
City
would
like
to
make
another
big
move.
You
know
they
felt
like
adding
a
knockdown
shooter.
D
A
spot-up
shooter
in
the
mold
of
Carmelo
Anthony
would
really
benefit
the
team,
but
we,
we
were
just
all
kind
of
skeptical
here
like
is
he
really
gonna
leave
New
York
City
for
Oklahoma
City,
but
you
know
whenever
the
word
came
out.
I
wasn't
totally
shocked
that
they
were
after
him,
because
you
know
if
you
connect
the
dots.
There
were
some
connections
there
and
you
know
Carmelo
Anthony
at
media
day.
The
other
day
seems
ecstatic
to
be
here,
so
it's
gonna
be
fascinating
to
see
how
it
all
comes
together.
How.
D
D
Yeah
always
went
after
the
athletes,
and
we've
kind
of
you
know
kind
of
fudge
in
that
favor
in
whenever
they
were
evaluating
players.
Now
the
league
is
changed,
I
mean
especially
over
the
past
three
years.
Teams
are
getting
smaller,
they're
shooting
more
three-pointers.
Space
on
the
floor
is
something
that
that
teams
really
crave.
Last
year's
team
just
did
not
have
enough
shooters,
and
so
it
really
hampered.
You
know
it
really
hampered
Russell
Westbrook,
even
though
it
doesn't
look
like
it.
He
you
know,
obviously
posted
amazing
stats
and
hampered
Stephen
Adams.
D
You
know
now,
on
the
other
hand,
George
and
Anthony
aren't
gonna,
get
the
number
of
attempts,
probably
that
they're
used
to
getting
so
you
know
it
sounds
like
they're
they're
older
guys,
Carmelo
is
32,
Paul
George
is
28,
I
believe
you
know
they've
kind
of
had
their
time
in
the
league
and
maybe
they're
willing.
Now,
in
order
to
pursue
a
title
to
kind
of
put
those
gonna
put
that
aside,
yeah.
D
A
Fans
watch
the
series
with
the
Rockets
last
year.
They
saw
what
that
can
look
like
when
I'm
you
know.
Just
a
series
of
different
players
are
all
shooting
threes
and
they,
you
know
happen
to
get
hot
all.
At
the
same
time,
it
can
be
an
amazing,
you
know
display
right
and
it
seems
like
the
scoreboard,
just
keeps
going,
I
mean
it
just
keeps.
A
Because
threes
add
up
really
fast,
yes,
so
how?
How
will
Russell
handle
this?
What's
your
guess,
I
mean
you
know.
Last
year
it
was
kind
of
the
season
of
Russell
mm-hmm
and
a
lot
of
it
was
surrounding
him,
the
publicity
and
on
the
floor
and
of
course
the
usage
number
was
off
the
chart.
But
but
is
he
gonna
be
comfortable
in
this
role?
You.
D
Know
it
does
remain
to
be
seen,
you
know.
Sometimes
you
know,
maybe
maybe
having
that
many
opportunities
appeals
to
him,
but
on
the
other
hand,
Russ,
you
know
obviously
played
with
Kevin
Durant
for
a
number
of
years
and
you
know
did
not
dominate
the
basketball.
To
that
extent,
when
Kevin
was
here,
I
think
there's
an
expectation
that
you
know
he.
D
These
things
take
time
and
it
was
a
very
young
team
and
so
in
order
for
them
to
win
Russ
kind
of
had
to
dominate
the
basketball
the
way
he
did,
but
by
that
Houston
series
I
think
he
was
pretty
gassed,
yeah,
so
I
think
getting
into
reinforcements
is
something
he's
going
to
embrace
and
you
know,
look
he's
I,
think
kind
of
led
the
charge
this
summer.
You
know
especially
getting
to
know
Paul
George
and
then
them
working
together
to
talk
to
Carmelo
Anthony
about
coming
to
Oklahoma
City.
All.
A
D
So
this
is
something
that
were
they
were
given
a
shot,
and
so
far
the
you
know,
the
response
has
been
great,
so
it's
called
the
OKC
Dream
Team
it
is.
It
is
me
so.
I
arrived
for.
Bleacher
report
are
right
for
Daily
Thunder
I,
also
locally
on
107
7.
The
franchise
I
do
a
lot
of
radio
work
there.
Fred
Katz
writes
for
the
Norman
transcript
Andrew
select
is
from
a
podcast
called
down
to
dunk
and
we
also
get
Royce
young
from
ESPN.
D
Whenever
he's
able
to
make
some
contributions,
so
it's
a
podcast,
we
lost
we
launched
on
patreon.com
it's
$4
a
month,
we're
dropping
new
podcasts
every
Tuesday.
We
anticipate
we're
gonna
have
to
ramp
up
the
amount
of
content,
because
the
demand
is
there
and
so
far
you
know
that
the
response
has
been
great.
So
we're
excited
to
do
this
and
you
know
it's.
It's
been
a
lot
of
fun
for
all
of
us.
If.
D
Is
essentially
like
a
radio
show
it
is,
it
is
people
talking
about
a
topic,
so
this
is
a
Oklahoma
City
/
NBA
I
mean
it's
probably
80%
Thunder
talk
and
then
we
touch
upon
the
league.
So
we
typically
record
it's
about
an
hour
show
every
week,
and
you
know
on
your
on
your
phone.
You
probably
have
a
podcast
app.
Maybe
you
already
subscribe
to
something
from
like
NPR
or
something
like
that.
It's
a
it's!
It's
a
radio
show
kind
of
like.
A
That,
okay
and
you,
and
so
in
theory,
you're
gonna,
be
subscribing,
and
so
this
is
the
content.
That's
worth
paying
for
it's
about
the
Oklahoma,
City,
Thunder,
yeah
and
and
Jon
Hamm
is,
is
one
of
at
least
three
people.
Sometimes
four,
it
sounds
like
you
are
contributing
to
this
thanks.
So
much
I
know
we're
all
looking
forward
to
the
Thunder
season
and
and
I'm
sure,
there's
a
lot
of
people
out
there
that
that
envy,
the
guy
that
gets
to
be
one
of
those
closest
to
the
team.
So
congratulations
on
your
career
path.
A
E
D
B
A
Back
to
the
mayor's
magazine
in
this
final
segment,
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
mayor's
committee
on
disability
concerns.
This
was
a
committee
that
Mayor
patience
lighting,
put
together
back
in
the
1970s
and
I.
Think
we're
really
proud
here
at
City
Hall
how
far
it's
come
and
I'm,
especially
proud
of
the
two
people
who
are
gonna
have
on
today's
show.
It's
Jason
Johnston
he's
the
vice
chair
of
the
committee
and
Pam
Henry
who's,
an
old
friend
and
the
chair.
Emeritus
welcome
to
the
mayor's
magazine,
yeah
Jason!
A
F
Now
that,
like
when
George
Lewis
was
in
the
early
days
of
this,
it
was
just
kind
of
pie
in
the
sky.
You
think
about
how
far
we've
come
and
I
think
in
a
small
extent
we're
seeing
more
people
involved
in
housing.
That's
accessible
and,
as
you
well
know,
that's
a
that's
a
big
key
for
me,
because
we
have
a
lot
of
people
who
are
aging,
who
are
again
not
just
disabled,
but
it
just
makes
life
easier
when
something
is
designed
for
you
to
get
around
easily
in
this.
A
Past
week,
I
was
at
an
event
for
veterans
who
had
been
wounded
in
service
and
are
now
aging,
and
some
people
had
donated
money
to
go
and
have
their
houses
rehabilitated.
Just
a
wonderful
program,
there's
just
not
enough
money
to
meet
the
need,
and
so
you
know
the
redesign.
Then
we
have
you
know
hundreds
of
thousands
of
houses
out
there
in
our
current
Oklahoma
City
inventory,
who
aren't
really
really
ready
for
a
person
as
they
age,
and
they
might,
you
know,
start
to
lose
some
of
their
opportunities
Pam.
A
G
Is
so
much
better
I
can
remember
when
Penn
Square
opened
I'm
old
and
when
Penn
Square
opened
it
was
immediately
popular
and
I
would
go
to
Rothschilds
or
Johnny
Browns,
and
to
do
that,
I
would
I
was
on
crutches.
Then
not
the
wheelchair,
but
still
walking
on
crutches
across
a
big
parking
lot
and
then
to
go.
Do
your
shopping?
Would
wear
me
out,
so
I
would
drive
around
and
drive
around
and
drive
around
until
a
closed
parking
spot
came
open,
so
I
want
people
to
know.
G
I
know
some
people
look
at
at
the
numerous
handicap,
a
disability
reserved
parking
spots
and
think
well,
there's
two
empty
ones.
You
know
I
could
like
to
park
there,
but
it
means
the
world
has
someone
who
has
trouble
getting
around
and
we
really
appreciate
that
the
biggest
change
for
me
was
not
even
the
passage
of
the
ADA.
A
the
biggest
change
for
me
is
I
had
moved
with
my
then-husband
Washington
DC
and
moving
home
from
Washington
DC
to
Oklahoma
City
made
life
so
much
easier
because
this
city
has
enough
land.
G
It
has
parking
space
I
couldn't
do
our
grocery
shopping
for
the
family,
because
there
were
no
parking
spaces
at
the
grocery
store.
I,
don't
know
how
people
were
supposed
to
get
there.
My
husband
would
walk
to
the
grocery
store
and
carry
all
that
stuff
home
so
being
in
Oklahoma.
City
is
better
than
just
about
any
place
and.
A
A
G
My
other
middle
name
was
her
name
and
she
said
no
pay
me.
That
is
just
fine,
but
people
with
disabilities.
The
number
one
thing
they
want
to
do
is
go
to
work.
They
want
a
job
and
every
bus.
You
know
kleh
homeless
City
is
disability
accessible,
but
if
you
can't
get
to
the
bus
stop,
then
you
cannot
go
apply
for
a
job
and
go
to
work
every
day
and
support
yourself
and
your
family.
So
the
sidewalks
get
people
to
the
bus
stops
they
get
people
to
the
grocery
store
to
the
doctor's
office
to
their
cars.
A
I
know
all
of
us
had
seen
that
you
know
that
scene
that
we,
just
you
know,
hated
to
seen
that
was
someone
in
a
motorized
wheelchair
going
down
the
street.
You
know
we
all
saw
that
before
and
I
haven't
seen
that
in
a
while
and
I'm
hoping
I
don't,
but
that's
one
of
them
the
memories
I
have
about
before
we
have
this.
You
know
sidewalk
explosion.
That
was
something
you
would
occasionally
see.
You.
A
C
F
Anything
that
we
do,
which
is
a
personal
kindness
I,
think,
helps
if
you
see
somebody
that's
struggling
and,
and
they
need
your
help,
carrying
groceries
or
whatever
just
step,
and
do
that
that's
who
we
are,
but
otherwise
we
we
have
lots
of
different
agencies
around
our
table.
Mayor's
committee
is
it's
almost
a
clearinghouse
of
problems
for
people
with
disabilities
because
we
have
enough
people
at
that
table
that
we
can
actually
assign
that
to
someone
or
if
we
don't
know
we'll,
find
out
and
try
to
find
an
answer.
F
So
if
someone
has
an
issue,
it's
something
that
we
can
try
to
address,
but
if
there
are
lots
of
opportunities
there,
we
have
our
awards
banquet
coming
up
on
the
24th
and
we
recognize
people
in
the
community
who
have
gone
above
and
beyond
to
help
those
who
really
need
that
extra
assistance,
and
hopefully
people
who
will
continue
on.
And
so
that's
that's
something
that
we
do
as
a
group.
Well,.