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From YouTube: Mayor's Magazine - September 2013
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Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett's monthly program features in September:
00:00 - Georgie Rasco, Executive Director at Neighborhood Alliance of Central Oklahoma
13:38 - MAPS 3 Update
22:41 - OKC Barons Hockey
A
Hello
there
once
again
and
welcome
to
the
mayor's
magazine,
I'm
Mick
Cornett,
the
mayor
of
Oklahoma
City,
and
this
is
our
show
for
September
2013.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
in
our
first
segment.
We
welcome
back
a
friend
who's
been
a
frequent
visitor
to
mayor's
magazine
over
the
year
Georgie
Rascoe,
with
the
neighborhood
alliance.
Welcome
back
to
the
show
thanks.
A
Were
just
talking
before
the
show
started
about
how
your
staff
has
had
to
grow
because
of
the
number
of
neighborhoods
that
have
gotten
on
board
and
I
must
say
in
the
in
the
few
years
since
I
was
first
elected
to
City,
Council
and
ultimately,
mayor
I
have
seen
the
number
of
neighborhoods
who
were
active
and
actually
trying
to
get
people
you
know
gathered
together
to
discuss.
Neighborhood
issues
has
grown
tremendously
and
I
give
your
organization
a
lot
of
that
credit.
So
congratulations
up
front,
but
jump
in
and
talked
about.
The
evolution
of
neighborhood
alliance
well,.
B
A
Noticing
on
City
Council
that
if
there
was
a
major
issue,
if
the
neighborhood
was
trying
to,
for
instance,
stop
something
from
happening,
you
didn't
have
any
trouble
getting
a
crowd.
I
mean
it's
somewhat,
but
but
the
challenge
I
think
is
when
things
are
going
relatively
well,
when
when
people
are
comfortable,
you
still
need
to
have
a
neighborhood
organization
it's
tightly
knit
and
that
the
relationships
are
there
and
everybody
has
everybody's
email
address
and
phone
number.
Don't
wait
for
a
calamity.
A
You
know
to
get
the
neighborhood
you
know
put
together
and
of
course,
there's
also
the
trend
that
you
know
when
a
neighborhood
is
brand
new
and
just
recently
developed.
There
might
be
a
little
bit
more
buy-in
at
the
time
for
the
neighborhood
and
then
over
the
years
different
homeowners
come
in
and
you
might
see
membership
dwindle.
What
advice
do
you
have
about
about
the
issue
that
I'm
talking
about,
and
that
is
people
not
getting
involved
until
they're,
really
inspired
by
something
that
that
is
troublesome
for
the
neighborhood
and.
B
That
does
happen.
So
often
people
will
call
us
because
they
have
a
crime
problem
going
on
in
their
neighborhood
and
they'll
get
very
involved
and
they'll
have
175.
People
show
up
at
that
meeting
with
the
police
to
give
them
some
ideas,
and
then
the
police
will
capture
the
the
teenagers
that
were
breaking
in
and
suddenly
the
neighborhood
think
so
well
good.
Now
we
don't
have
to
do
anything.
B
You
know
we're
off
the
hook,
but
that's
the
time
to
stay
vigilant,
because
you
want
to
create
an
atmosphere
in
your
neighborhood
that
makes
people
want
to
get
to
know
each
other.
The
number
one
crime
prevention
tool
all
of
us
have
is
living
in
a
social
neighborhood
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
social
economic
basis
of
the
neighborhood,
how
rich
or
how
poor
it
is.
B
It
has
to
do
with
how
well-connected
the
people
in
the
neighborhood
are,
and
that
doesn't
just
happen
by
coming
to
meetings
that
happens
by
getting
having
block
parties
by
having
social
activities
having
a
newsletter
having
a
website,
so
that
people
get
to
know
each
other
and
that's
how
they
create
a
safer
and
better
neighborhood.
There's.
A
B
Know
if
you
know
the
people
across
the
street
from
you,
you
know
they
go
to
church
every
Sunday.
Then,
when
you're
looking
out
the
window
some
Sunday
morning,
you
see
a
van
in
their
driveway.
That's
immediately
suspicious
activity
to
you,
whereas
if
you
don't
know
the
people
across
the
street,
you
don't
really
know
their
habits
very
well.
You
look
at
that
van
and
you
think
should
I
call
that
in
is
that
really
maybe
it's
just
her
brother-in-law,
borrowing,
her
TV
and
I
would
be
so
embarrassed
if
I
recall
the
police
on
that.
C
B
A
See
some
different
setups
inside
neighborhoods.
Sometimes
the
meetings
are
just
the
board
members,
and
sometimes
it
is.
It
is
open,
call
I'll
call
it
for
the
entire
neighborhood
to
come
along
with
the
board
members.
What's
the
most
prevalent
and
and
what
can
what
comments?
Can
you
make
about
the
two
different
structures
that
I
mentioned
and
maybe
there's
others
there.
B
Are
lots
of
others
and
and
there's
not
a
one
kind
of
place
or
one
kind
of
feature
that
all
neighborhoods
have
to
run
by
you
don't
have
to
use
parliamentary
procedure,
you
don't
necessarily
have
to
have
a
really
strict
set
of
bylaws.
You
need
a
set
of
bylaws,
but
you
know
we
can
help
you
with
writing
some
that
are
good
for
your
neighborhood.
Every
neighborhood
is
different.
Some
neighborhoods
are
run
by
a
board
of
directors.
Some
other
neighborhoods
are
run
by
two
co-chairs.
B
Some
neighborhoods
have
meetings
every
three
months,
whereas
some
neighborhoods
have
a
meeting
every
single
month.
The
oldest
existing
neighborhood
in
oklahoma
city
is
garden.
Oaks,
neighborhood
and
they've
been
meeting
every
single
month
for
56
years,
and
some
of
those
women
that
are
in
that
neighborhood
association
today
were
at
the
very
first
meeting
56
years
ago
and
long.
D
B
Exactly
that
I've
history,
that
we've
got
to
record
because
they
have
these
women
have
a
history
of
a
neighborhood.
That's
just
unbelievable
for
most
of
us,
but
they've
stuck
with
it.
They've
continued
it.
You
know
it's.
There
are
adamant
that
they
have
to
meet
every
month.
That's
what
they
want
to
do,
that's
their
social
outlet,
and
they
want
to
do
that.
Most
neighborhoods
don't
have
that
people
don't
have
the
time
to
meet
every
single
month
anymore.
So
not
many
neighborhoods
do
that.
You.
A
Interact
with
the
city
staff
quite
frequently-
and
maybe
not
everybody
knows
that
that
if
you
have
issues
about
crime
or
if
you
have
issues
about
traffic,
there
are
members
of
the
city
staff
that
can
come
out
and
talk
to
the
neighbors
about
the
particular
issue
that
they're
interested
in
go
into
some
of
the
services
that
the
city
offers
to
help
the
neighborhood.
The.
B
City
does
a
fabulous
job
of
really
working
hard
with
neighborhoods
and
they're
excellent
speakers
at
meetings.
Beth
Krauts
at
the
Action
Center
is
an
excellent
speaker
and
has
a
great
power
point
to
talk
about
code
enforcement
and
how
you
can
use
the
city
services
to
better
improve
the
view
of
your
neighborhood.
The
way
it
looks
and
the
way
people
are
taking
care
of
their
properties.
Russell
classes
department
at
the
planning
department
have
some
great
tools
that
they
can
come
out
and
do
as
far
as
helping
you
plan
for
your
neighborhoods
future
talking
about.
B
What's
going
on
as
far
as
businesses
and
a
neighborhood
interaction
and
how
that
works
and
vacant
and
abandoned
buildings,
they
talk
a
lot
about
that
in
that
issue.
That's
coming
forward
in
the
city
right
now
and
what
neighbors
can
do?
We
also
have.
The
police
department
has
excellent
speakers.
The
for
pcr
officers,
each
Police
Division
has
what's
called
a
police,
Community,
Relations,
Officer
or
PCR
officer
and
they're
short
of
the
liaison
between
neighborhoods
and
the
police
department.
B
They're
not
there
in
case
of
emergency
they're,
not
going
to
send
an
ambulance
to
your
house,
but
they
are
going
to
talk
to
you
about
crime
trends
and
help
you
figure
out.
If
you
have
a
lot
of
car
burglaries
in
your
neighborhood,
what
are
tools
that
you
can
do
and
they're
great
speakers?
That
means
how.
A
B
There
are
420
neighborhoods
registered
with
our
association,
and
many
of
them
are
very,
very
organized,
have
many
committees
and
have
really
good
turnout
at
their
meetings.
Others
are
three
or
four
older
women,
just
hanging
on
and
and
doing
their
watermelon
feast
every
summer
for
their
neighborhood
they're,
both
equally
viable
and
they're,
both
very,
very
important
to
the
fabric
of
the
city
but
I.
You
know
and
then
there's
also
the
mandatory
associations,
which
are
the
homeowners
associations
in
the
year
2000.
The
city
passed
an
ordinance
that
said.
B
If
your
developer
creates
even
a
common
entryway
to
a
neighborhood,
they
must
create
a
homeowner's
association
of
a
mandatory
one.
So
though,
they're
really
growing
as
well
and
that's
a
hugely
underserved
population
actually
but
I
would
venture
to
say,
there's
probably
another
three
to
four
hundred
neighborhoods
out
there.
That
could
be
organized
that
just
don't
have
any
have
any
organization
to
them
yet.
Well,.
A
A
I
was
embarrassed
to
know
how
little
property
taxes
a
person
had
to
pay
on
a
property
if
they
just
shut
at
the
doors
and
walked
away,
and
there
was
virtually
no
incentive
for
them
to
do
anything
with
the
property
and
the
impact
of
that
structure
on
the
rest
of
the
neighborhood
is
enormous.
I
mean
if
you're
trying
to
sell
your
house
and
there's
a
couple
of
houses
on
your
street
where
nobody
lives,
and
it's
apparent
that
nobody
lives
there.
A
That's
a
warning
sign,
you
know
for
anybody
who
might
want
to
come
in
and
the
price
of
your
house
is
going
to
diminution
so
I'm
very
pleased
that
the
rest
of
the
council
and
I
are
kind
of
looking
along
with
city
staff.
How
we
can
somehow
inspire
these
property
owners
to
do
more
with
their
property
and
not
impact
the
rest
of
the
neighborhood,
because.
B
Thats
estimates
are
that
if
you
live
within,
if
you
live
next
door
of
to
a
vacant
house,
your
property
value
goes
down
by
at
least
seven
thousand
dollars,
and
then
it
goes
out
from
there
to
the
whole
block,
can
lose
property
values,
not
to
mention
the
excess
services
that
they
use
in
vacant
buildings.
More
police
calls
are
made
to
those
buildings
more
fire
calls
are
made
to
those
buildings.
We
utilize
more
services
at
vacant
and
abandoned
buildings,
but
we
collect
way
less
taxes
than
just
the
home
right
next
door
to
them.
So
it's
a
skewed.
B
It's
definitely
it's
not
a
simple
answer.
I
was
surprised
by
it.
Not
being
I
thought
we
could
just
the
city,
why
don't
they
just
go
in
and
take
control
of
that
house,
but
it's
somebody's
private
property,
and
that
means
state
law
changes.
It
means
city
ordinance,
changes.
It
means
a
whole
different
mindset
and
it's
going
to
take
some
time
to
figure
all
of
that
out.
So
I
hope
the
city
citizens
realize
the
city
is
working
on
it,
but.
A
A
B
A
As
we
take
this
show,
we
just
recently
did
a
press
conference
about
a
brand
new
sidewalk
that
we're
building,
but
this
really
has
a
great
impact
on
neighborhoods
that
have
been
kind
of
disconnected
from
from
from
retail
and
from
schools
and
libraries
that
have
been
with
Jason
to
their
neighborhood
for
years.
Exactly.
B
I
recently
moved
I
will
about
five
years
ago,
I
moved
into
an
older
neighborhood
that
has
sidewalks
on
both
sides
of
the
street.
My
first
time
ever
to
live
in
a
neighborhood
like
that.
The
difference
is
night
and
day
the
people
walk
up
and
down
the
street,
walk
their
dogs
ride
their
bikes
come
out
and
visit.
Everybody
sits
on
their
porch
and
talks,
we're
close
to
downtown
and
we
have
almost
zero
crime
because
I
think
it's
because
people
are
outside
on
those
sidewalks.
B
A
D
D
A
Welcome
back
to
the
mayor's
magazine
in
this
segment
we're
going
to
get
an
update
on
maps
3
and
David
Todd
who's.
The
program
director
for
maps
3
joins
us
David.
Welcome
to
the
mayor's
magazine.
Thank
you
glad
you
guys
had
a
busy
summer
and
I
note
in
in
June
and
July
there's
all
sorts
of
excitement
down
on
the
river
as
we
turn
the
lights
on
to
the
really
the
only
lighted
growing
course
in
the
world.
Compliments
of
the
voters
who
showed
up
in
past
maps
3
in
2009.
That's.
A
E
What
we've
got
here
in
it
right
now
is
what
we
call
phase
2
and
phase
two
includes
some
some
new
amenities
to
the
racecourse
itself,
and
it
also
includes
sound
system
improvements
and
some
camera
improvements.
There'll
be
a
new
scoreboard
that
will
be
an
LED
type
scoreboard,
some
judging
platforms
and
and
then
also
some
floating
docks
out
there
to
help
with
the
racecourse
itself
and.
E
Water
facility
is
coming
along.
Well,
you
know
what
you've
seen
so
far
with
with
maps
as
we've
been
in
the
planning
stage,
and
then
we
moved
into
design
and
and
now
you're,
seeing
some
of
the
construction
so
we're
slowly
progressing
through
that
that
process
of
the
white
water
is
well
under
design.
Right
now,
in.
A
Mid-August
we
hold
a
press
conference
about
the
sidewalks
and,
and
that
is
really
changing
the
neighborhoods
that
are
getting
the
sidewalks
at
first
I
know.
We
have
owned
a
mile
after
mile
and
millions
and
millions
of
dollars
going
into
sidewalks
I,
don't
know
how
you
keep
track
of
it,
but
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
the
sidewalk
preparation
and
and
the
process
for
determining
where
these
sidewalks
are
placed
and.
E
You
know
we
developed
a
sidewalk
master
plan,
we
hired
a
consultant
to
go
through
and
he
analyzed
all
the
arterial
streets
remember
that
map
sidewalks
are
only
on
arterial
streets.
They
don't
go
into
the
neighborhoods,
so
it's
it's
streets
like
Penn
and
Western,
and
50th
and
63rd
those
arterial
streets.
So
the
the
consultant
went
out
and
and
did
a
survey
of
all
those
arterial
streets
and
the
subcommittee
worked
really
hard
on
determining
what
the
criteria
was
to
go
through
and
rank
those
sidewalks.
E
We
understand
that
everybody
wants
a
sidewalk,
as
you
just
said,
everybody's
really
excited
about
it.
So
we
set
up
criteria
that
would
allow
us
to
rank
each
alignment
and
build
as
many
as
we
could
based
on
that
prioritization
and
that
prioritization
included
proximity
to
schools,
proximity
to
hospitals,
neighborhood
density,
there's,
pedestrian
issues
that
might
have
been
there.
E
So
there's
a
whole
lot
of
things
that
went
into
that,
and
we
literally
developed
a
list
that
ranked
them
from
1
to
100
and
something
of
the
the
alignments
that
we
needed
to
build
and
that's
how
we've
started
with
the
map.
Sidewalks
as
we
started
it
Priority
One
and
we
just
go
as
far
as
we
can
mm-hmm.
E
Is
the
the
trail
system
is
started
for
that?
What
we
call
the
river
trail,
which
connects
at
Meridian
on
the
river,
follows
the
river
along
all
the
way
out
to
lake
overholser,
so
you'll
be
able
to
ride
from
downtown
area
or
ride
or
walk
whichever
you
choose
all
the
way
out
to
Overholser,
and
you
really
won't
be
on
a
city
street
you'll
cross
a
couple
of
streets,
but
you
won't
have
to
be
on
a
city
street
and.
E
E
Going
on
at
the
fairgrounds,
we
completed
the
grading
project,
the
new
parking
facilities
are
being
built
right
now
and
that's
the
area
that
will
also
be
where
the
the
carnival
beat
will
be
relocated
during
the
fair
in
preparation
for
the
new
Expo
building.
So
the
expo
building
is,
is
in
design
and
should
start
construction
in
the
fall
right
after
the
2014
fair.
So.
A
E
A
Then,
ultimately,
the
the
large
Expo
Center
is
the
significant
part
of
the
maps,
three
component
for
the
for
the
fairgrounds,
and
that
will
really,
I
think
you
know,
replace
a
lot
of
those
aging
buildings
out
there
in
their
uses.
Where
you
went
out
there
for
a
gun
show
or
an
antique
show,
or
an
arts
and
crafts
show.
A
E
E
A
Council
has
instructed
staff
to
begin
negotiations
with
a
couple
of
groups
and
we're
still
trying
to
site
centers,
so
we
people
have
feedback
on
where
they
think
an
appropriate
place
to
put
a
senior
wellness
center
in
it's
not
too
late
to
contact
us
and
let
us
know
and
we're
looking
for
partners
to
help
us
operate
them.
So
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
ways
for
people
to
get
involved
with
with
maps.
Three
and
that's
you
know,
that's
just
part
of
it
and
then
there's
the
convention
center,
downtown
I.
A
E
Right
streetcar
is
very
exciting,
it's
moving
along
well
and
we
have
a
route
that
has
been
suggested
and
we're
calling
it
the
route
framework,
there's
still
engineering.
That
needs
to
be
done,
and
there
could
be
some
some
little
changes
here
and
there
based
on
some
technical
issues
that
come
up,
but
for
the
most
part,
that
route
has
been
determined
and
then.
A
E
A
A
A
lot
of
citizen
input
through
our
the
citizens
subcommittees
and
the
citizens
advisory
board,
all
that
make
recommendations
to
the
City
Council.
But
please
thank
your
staff
for
all
the
great
work
they're
doing
for
us
and
we
are
coming
up
on
really
the
halfway
point
of
collecting
that
penny
on
the
dollar.
The
voters
passed
it
in
December
of
2009
and
in
April
of
2001
that
tax
went
into
effect.
A
It
was
for
seven
years
and
nine
months
and
I
think
later
here
in
2013
will
have
reached
the
halfway
point
in
the
collection
process
and,
of
course,
there's
no
debt
with
maps.
Three
we're
building
the
process
as
the
money's
collected,
and
so
it
may
take
us
a
little
bit
longer
to
build
these
projects,
but
they
are
coming
out
of
the
ground
here
in
twenty
thirteen
and
fourteen
and
it's
an
exciting
time
to
be
in
Oklahoma
City
and
David
Todd
you're
right
in
the
middle
of
it.
So
thank
you
for
your
work.
F
F
A
Welcome
back
to
the
mayor's
magazine,
this
is
our
show
for
September
2013
and,
of
course,
we
know
the
temperatures
will
be
getting
cooler
before
long
and
people
will
start
thinking
about
ice
hockey
and
with
us
today
is
josh
evans,
the
oklahoma
city
barons,
director
of
communications,
welcome
to
the
mayor's
magazine,
thanks
for
having
me
yeah
and
the
seasons
coming
up
again.
This
is
the
third
season
for
the
Barons
or
fourth
season.
Believin
help
flies
flies.
This
is.
C
Was
it
was
a
tale
of
two
seasons
they?
Unfortunately,
the
NHL
was
in
the
midst
of
a
lockout.
So
there
was
that
Oklahoma
City
benefited
by
having
some
of
Edmonton's
top
players
here,
so
jordan,
Eberle,
taylor,
hall,
ryan,
nugent-hopkins
and
georgia,
justin
shults
started
the
season
with
Oklahoma
City
played
until
the
middle
of
January
and
then
they
left
and
then
we
basically
started
over
again
brought
people
in
and
it
turned
into
into
a
new
team.
They
went
on
quite
a
run,
playing
on
into
Game
seven
in
the
Western
Conference
Finals.
A
C
A
C
C
38
games
is
a
full
season
seat
package.
There
are
different
packages
below
that
that
are
half
season
or
quarter
season.
There
are
some
flex
tickets
that
you
can
be
involved
with.
If
do,
if
you
can't
make
every
single
one
of
the
game,
you
can
certainly
make
10
or
12
or
or
whatever
you
like,
and
important
for
the
for
the
full
and
half
season
seat
holders.
The
NHL,
preseason
game
tickets
are
included
in
their
ticket
package.
C
D
C
Preseason
game
it'll
be
the
final
preseason
game
for
both
teams,
really,
which
is
which
is
important
because
all
of
their
big
guns
are
going
to
play.
They're
going
to
start
the
season
the
next
week
and
the
the
coaching
staff
for
the
Oilers
will
certainly
have
some
difficult
decisions
to
make,
but
guys
that
we
just
talked
about
jordan,
Eberle,
justin,
shults,
ryan
nugent-hopkins
taylor
hall
will
be
back
in
Oklahoma
City
for
that
and
they're
they're
really
looking
forward
to
coming
here.
C
A
C
Can
certainly
we
we
anticipate
we're
putting
the
final
dotted
I's
and
cross
T's
on
a
deal
with
kxy
again
to
be
our
flagship
station
for
the
next
three
seasons.
Jim
buyers
will
handle
the
play-by-play
for
those
for
those
games,
76
game,
regular
season,
followed
by
playoffs
that
could
last
into
the
middle
of
June,
which,
if
we're
playing
in
the
middle
of
June,
that's.
A
C
The
arena
has
been
rearing
has
been
really
good.
The
locker
room
renovations
were
great.
The
the
part
that
you
mentioned,
that
the
ice
plant
is
something
that
people
don't
necessarily
see
it's
tucked
away
in
this
little
corridor
was
actually
working
on
a
throwback
Thursday
for
Twitter
and
Facebook,
and
I
unearthed
these
pictures
that
they
had
to
bring
this
thing
I
think
it
weighs
49,000
pounds
empty.
They
had
to
close
broadway
between
reno
and
sheridan
that
day
to
do
that,
and
that
day
was
also
significant.
C
A
The
fan
support
is
so
very
important
to
keeping
the
best
of
ice
hockey
available
Oklahoma
City.
Do
you
have
group
packages
available?
If
someone
has
a
you
know,
a
youth
sports
team
or
a
cub
scout
group
or
a
school
fundraiser
that
they
would
like
to
reward
people
by
taking
them
to
a
game
is:
are
those
opportunities
available
to
go
to
a
barons
game
absolutely.
C
There
are
there's
rooms
that
you
can
be
available
to
you
that
seat
anywhere
between
80
and
400
people.
If
you
wanted
to
bring
that
many,
we
can,
we
can
cater
food
for,
for
that
particular
group.
It
really
is
a
unique
time.
A
lot
of
companies
might
like
to
use
that
for
for
a
holiday,
get-together
gathering-
or
he
said,
maybe
a
reward
for
some
employees
that
have
done
really
well.
C
One
of
the
you
mentioned
community
support,
one
of
the
things
that's
very
important
to
us,
as
our
relationship
with
oklahoma
city
youth
hockey
and
to
grow
the
sport
at
that
grassroots
level.
To
have
our
our
players
become
involved
in
serve
as
role
models
for
those
kids,
that's
going
to
be
really
important
to
to
their
success.
I,
when
I
was
a
kid
you
if
a
professional
athlete
came
to
my
practice
holy
cow
awesome,
but
to
work
to
inspire
some
of
those
kids
to
do
well
on
the
ice,
but
also
do
well
off
the
ice
as
well.
C
A
C
Barons
calm
is,
is
the
place
where
you're
going
to
want
to
go.
We
have
a
tremendous
content
development
department
for
not
only
for
video
but
for
written
stories
as
well.
We
have
a
and
a
success
story.
I
guess
you'd
say
chris
Wescott,
who
is
our
digital
media
specialist,
recently
took
a
job
with
the
edmonton
oilers
and
they
they
enjoyed
the
work
that
he
did
so
much
that
they
asked
him
to
to
come
up
there.
So
we'll
have
a
new
person
involved,
but
that
covers
the
team
on
a
daily
basis.