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From YouTube: 2017 Oklahoma City State of the City Address
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Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett's annual State of the City Address given to the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber on
Wednesday, January 11, 2017.
A
Thank
you.
Well,
how
fun
is
this?
It
is
so
good
to
see
all
of
you
I
think
this
event
tends
to
bring
out
the
best
in
all
of
us
2017.
We
have
filled
the
room
again
1,500
people
here
to
see
the
state
of
the
city
address
and
right
up
front.
As
you
know,
this
is
a
annual
Chamber
of
Commerce
event,
and
that
gives
me
a
chance
to
personally
thank
them
for
all
that
they
do
for
us.
They
fight
for
jobs.
They
fight
to
diversify
our
economy.
A
They
fight
for
pro-business
legislation
to
create
an
environment,
that's
helping
to
attract
and
grow
new
businesses.
What
I'd
like
right
now
is
for
everyone,
who's
on
the
Chamber's
board
of
directors
or
on
the
staff
of
the
chamber.
Would
you
please
stand
up,
so
we
can
show
our
appreciation
for
all
the
work
that
you
do.
A
It
is
quite
a
group
so
Thank
You,
Roy
and
Pete,
and
our
best
wishes
to
Rhonda
Hooper
and
all
those
standing.
Thank
you
very
much
over
at
City
Hall
I
am
fortunate
to
work
with
the
best
city
council
in
the
United
States
and
before
I,
go
through
them
individually.
I
want
to
take
just
a
moment
to
talk
about
Pete
white
in
Ward.
4
Pete
has
served
a
couple
of
stints
as
the
ward
for
City
Councilman.
A
A
It
is
not
gonna
be
the
same
without
you,
Pete,
we'll
miss
you
thanks
for
everything
is
you've
done
for
Oklahoma
City.
Several
other
members
of
the
City
Council
are
here
today,
so
I'm
gonna
call
their
names
if
they
would
stand
and
then
just
remain
standing.
First
James
Greiner
representing
Ward
1,
ed
Shadid
or
Larry
McAtee,
Ward,
3,
again,
Pete
white
Ward,
4,
David,
Greene,
well,
Ward
5,
Meg
Salyer
in
Ward,
6,
John,
Pettis,
Ward,
7
and
Mark
Stonecipher
in
Ward,
8,
ok,
so
Steve,
please
remain
standing
now.
A
I
want
the
rest
of
the
people
that
we
work
with
it's
City
Hall,
all
the
city,
employees
that
are
here
today,
which
you
all
please
stand
all
right.
Now.
Anyone
who
serves
on
a
City
Commission
or
an
advisory
board
or
an
oversight
district.
Would
you
please
stand
any
trustees
of
anything
involved
with
the
city,
all
right?
How
about
a
community
round
of
applause
for
all
these
volunteers
and
employees
who
make
Oklahoma
City
what
it
is
today.
A
Also
in
the
audience
today
is
a
young
man
who's
making
all
of
us
proud.
He
grew
up
in
Oklahoma
and
in
2011
he
graduated
from
high
school
right
here
in
Oklahoma
City
at
Deer
Creek
was
a
pretty
good
baseball
player.
Last
May,
just
five
years
after
he
left
Oklahoma
City.
He
moved
into
the
starting
rotation
of
the
Detroit
Tigers
and
was
just
named
the
American
League
Rookie
of
the
Year
Michael
foamer
is
here
Michael.
Would
you
stand
with
your
wife,
Kelsie
and
his
parents
JP
and
Lisa.
A
Great
to
have
you
here:
Michael
is
headed
off
to
Spring
Training
in
about
two
weeks.
So
I
asked
him
to
come
here
today,
so
we
could
honor
him
the
same
way
as
we
have
with
Sam
Bradford
Blake
Griffin,
Gerald,
McCoy
and
Wes
Welker.
Today,
January
11
2017
is
Michael
Fullmer
day
in
Oklahoma
City,
congratulations,
Michael.
A
A
I
want
everybody
to
see
you
wave
to
everybody,
wave
yeah,
they're
excited
they
got
out
of
school
to
come
to
this
and
you
guys
can
sit
down
now,
but
you
can't
leave
it
wouldn't
look
good,
but
it's
a
it's
a
wonderful
city
that
you
all
have
created
for
them
and
their
friends.
So
thank
you
for
that.
You
know
our
city
through
a
lot
of
positive
attention
in
2016.
It
continues
to
attract
new
jobs
and
new
people.
The
population
growth
is
also
reflecting
this.
This
trend
about
how
we're
continuing
to
progress
in
the
2010
census.
A
We
had
five
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
people
we're
now
approaching.
Six
hundred
and
forty
thousand
people,
that's
an
increase
of
60,000,
and
the
metro
area
is
about
to
hit
a
new
milestone
of
1.5
million
people,
and
let's
look
at
some
lists
that
kind
of
reflect
this
prosperity.
The
media
loves
lists,
Forbes
magazine,
we'll
start
with
them.
Just
last
month
they
put
together
a
list
of
the
cities
with
the
fastest
wage
growth
and
out
of
the
entire
country.
We're
number
10
Forbes,
also
studied
our
series
of
maps
initiatives
and
to
their
readers
all
over
the
world.
A
They
said,
Maps
is
a
model.
Public
works
program.
Maps
is
about
improving
the
quality
of
life
in
Oklahoma,
City
and
Forbes.
Isn't
the
only
publication?
That's
noticed
how
the
quality
of
life
here
has
gotten
better
business
facilities
magazine
ranked
the
quality
of
life
in
cities
all
over
the
country,
and
they
placed
us
number
one
specifically
yeah
go
ahead
and
applaud
I
mean
number
one:
that's
that's
pretty
good.
A
Specifically,
they
said
buy
just
about
any
benchmark.
You
can
raise
in
evaluating
the
quality
of
life
in
a
location.
Okc
is
a
front-runner.
That's
pretty
strong
that
same
publication,
ranked
as
highly
in
categories
like
the
lowest
cost
of
doing
business
and
the
best
cost
of
living.
There's
some
others.
Let's
see
the
website,
Angie's
List
is
telling
its
customers
that
Oklahoma
City
is
the
best
place
in
the
country
for
20-somethings.
It
placed
us
in
its
class
by
ourselves
mentioned
our
low
cost
of
housing
are
easy,
commutes
and
our
low
taxes.
A
The
website
jumper,
agrees
and
told
its
readers
at
Oklahoma.
City
gets
an
A
plus
for
a
great
place
for
college
graduates
to
start
their
career.
Another
website
wallet
hub
compared
150
cities
around
the
country
named
us
number,
seven
for
best
place
to
relocate
and
start
a
career.
We
also
rank
high
on
entrepreneurship.
A
Different
publications,
mentioning
us
as
the
best
place
to
launch
a
business.
They
are
touting
our
local
universities
as
great
places
to
learn
entrepreneurship.
One
site
mentioned.
We
were
a
great
place
for
Hispanic
entrepreneurs
and
still
another
said
we
were
number
one
in
the
entire
country
for
women.
Entrepreneurs
yeah
go
ahead
and
applaud,
and.
A
How
cool
is
that
no
argument
here?
I
would
hesitate
to
make
a
list
of
the
best
places,
but
CNN
did
not
hesitate.
They
specifically
mentioned
Tucker's
onion
burgers,
the
garage
and
ludivine.
This
city
is
lit
all
right.
20
years
ago
we
weren't
exactly
at
the
top
of
many
vacation
lists.
As
you
know,
we've
come
a
long
way.
Usa
Today
polled
travelers
asked
him
how
satisfied
they
were
as
they
travel
to
different
cities.
We
got
extremely
high
reviews
of
all
the
cities
in
the
southwest
part
of
the
country.
A
We
were
ranked
number
four
but
I
think
the
National
Honor
that
stands
out
to
me
more
than
any
other
for
2016
was
not
for
hamburgers
or
tourism,
or
any
of
the
business-related
categories
it
was
for
public
transit
systems
are
categorized
by
ridership
and
last
summer
we
learned
that
embark.
Our
public
bus
system
was
named
as
North
America's
outstanding
public
transportation
system
by
the
American
public
transportation,
Authority.
A
It
talked
about
how
far
we
have
come
since
2014.
We
have
rebranded
our
transit
system,
we've
aligned
the
routes
to
better
improve
bus
frequency.
We've
expanded
our
service
hours
until
midnight
on
all
of
the
popular
routes.
We've
updated.
Approximately
2000
bus
stops
with
highly
visible
signage.
We've
doubled
the
numbers
of
bus
shelters.
We
have
added
real-time
arrival
information.
A
We
have
an
an
online
journey,
plan'll
planning,
we
have
Wi-Fi
on
every
bus
and
we
have
other
interactive
mobile
tools
and
I'm
highlighting
all
of
this
partially,
because
if
you
don't
use
our
bus
system,
you
have
no
way
of
knowing
how
much
better
it's
gotten.
So
let
this
be.
Your
personal
invitation
for
2017
try
it
out
and,
as
you
know,
in
about
two
years
embark
is
going
to
be
charged
with
integrating
our
bus
system
with
the
new
maps
3
street
car,
which
will
provide
a
much
more
seamless
operation
for
moving
people
around
Oklahoma
City.
A
Well,
since
we're
talking
about
the
streetcar,
let's
go
ahead
and
run
down
all
of
the
maps.
Three
projects
give
you
an
update
on
the
progress.
There's
a
lot
going
on
with
the
streetcar.
As
you
know,
the
Santa
Fe
train
station
on
e
K
Gaylord
is
being
completely
remodeled
and
upgraded.
The
first
tracks
for
the
streetcar
are
going
to
be
placed
along
Sheridan
in
Bricktown,
and
you
can
officially
join
me
because
we're
gonna
have
a
groundbreaking
event
on
February
7th
it'll
be
right
in
front
of
the
melting
pot
restaurant.
A
Meanwhile,
the
streetcars
themselves
are
under
construction
now,
a
couple
of
months
ago,
as
part
of
my
role
with
the
United
States
Conference
of
Mayors
I
was
in
Pittsburgh
and
Terry,
and
I
spent
a
half
day
going
over
to
Brookville
Pennsylvania
to
see
the
streetcar
manufacturing
facility
and
sure
enough.
Our
street
cars
were
there
they're
being
constructed.
This
company
takes
raw
steel
and
turns
it
into
a
streetcar
and
I
must
say
not.
Every
woman
looks
great
in
safety
goggles,
but
Terry
pulls
off
that
fashion.
A
Challenge
marvelously
me
not
so
much,
but
it
was
wonderful
to
see
those
streetcars
out
there
in
this
very
infancy
of
their
stage
out
at
the
fairgrounds.
The
construction
of
the
Bennett
Events
Center
is
complete.
The
Fair
Board
has
named
the
building
after
civic
leader,
Clay
Bennett,
who
was
on
hand
for
the
dedication
and,
of
course,
clays
thunder
will
be
playing
tonight
across
the
street
against
Memphis.
A
A
This
year,
it's
going
to
attract
a
really
big
crowd,
because
the
people
that
have
invested
in
maps
three
the
people
that
have
built
this
facility
want
to
go
out
and
see
this
building
and
touch
it
and
experience
it
for
the
first
time,
so
I
hope,
you're,
one
of
them
and
you'll
join
out,
go
out
and
join
them
as
you'll
remember.
Last
spring
we
completed
the
maps
three
whitewater
course.
The
United
States
Olympic
Committee
spent
time
on
the
Oklahoma
River
and
has
given
our
course
rave
reviews.
A
A
If
you
don't
come
out
and
see
it,
you're
gonna
regret
it
so
come
out
and
see
it
this
year
and
make
sure
that
the
visitors
know
about
it
when
they
come
to
your
house,
take
them
out
to
the
whitewater
facility
and
let
them
see
it
our
first
of
four
maps,
three
wellness
centers
is
nearing
completion.
The
ribbon
cutting
is
going
to
be
next
month.
First
Center
at
a
hundred
and
17th
in
North,
Rockwell
it'll,
be
operated
by
a
nonprofit
organization
called
healthy
living.
A
As
a
reminder
now,
the
idea
of
the
wellness
centers
is
to
get
ahead
of
the
demographics
that
show
how
the
baby-boom
generation
is
aging
and
we're
hoping
to
encourage
a
long
healthy
life.
Our
over
50
crowd.
It's
part
of
a
our
plan
to
build
a
healthier
community
for
people
that
live
in
Oklahoma
City
and
the
first
of
four
centers
opens
next
month,
which
brings
us
to
sidewalks
and
trails.
As
you
know,
our
first
Maps
three
trail,
the
seven
mile
West
River
Trail,
is
open
on
the
far
west
side
of
the
city.
A
I,
guess
it's
the
most
scenic
trail
in
our
system.
Right
now
and
ridership
is
exceeding
all
of
our
expectations.
The
eight
mile
Will
Rogers
trail
is
under
construction.
You
see
us
here
at
the
groundbreaking
and
it's
going
to
connect
the
river
with
Lake
Hefner
and,
of
course
the
sidewalks
are
under
construction.
All
over
the
city,
neighborhoods
are
being
transformed
into
healthier,
more
walkable
places
to
live
no
question.
We
still
have
a
long
way
to
go
in
the
sidewalk
department,
but
I
think
we've
all
seen
individually
examples
of
how
sidewalks
are
changing.
A
A
So
if
you
feel
a
little
bit
cramping
here
today,
help
is
on
the
way
it'll
be
located
just
a
couple
of
blocks
south
very
near
the
Chesapeake
Energy
Arena,
and
we
anticipate
that
the
construction
on
the
Convention
Center
is
going
to
start
later
this
year
and
we
expect
that
it's
going
to
attract
a
significant
investment
from
a
major
hotelier
from
outside
of
Oklahoma
City.
So
we
are
currently
in
negotiations
with
Omni
for
that
piece
of
the
puzzle
and
again
I
anticipate
a
groundbreaking
for
the
Convention
Center
later
here
in
2017.
A
That
leads
us
to
the
new
Maps
three-part.
Downtown
plans
are
pretty
much
finalized.
There's
been
a
lot
of
work
over
the
past
couple
of
years
to
get
all
the
utility
lines
in
order
and
clear
out
the
space,
so
we're
gonna
break
ground
on
phase
one
and
Phase
two
of
the
park
later
this
year,
and
in
anticipation
of
that
over
the
past
several
months,
we've
been
working
on
a
process
to
invite
the
entire
community
to
help
us
come
up
with
a
name
for
the
new
park,
and
so
you're
gonna
be
hearing
details
on
that
very
soon.
A
Well,
the
November
elections
are
behind
us.
I
thought,
if
anything
got
a
round
of
applause.
That
would
get
us
a
round
of
applause,
and
you
know
I
think
one
of
the
reasons
they
got
so
much
attention
is
because
they
were
so
negative
and
it
it
kind
of
disclosed
and
exposed
a
lot
of
anger
and
frustration,
because
I
think
those
are
two
words
that
a
lot
of
people
would
describe
about
people's
attitudes
about
politics
and
about
the
world
about
the
ever-changing
technologies
that
affect
our
world.
A
Now,
when
I
and
many
of
you
were
growing
up,
it
was
implied
that,
as
you
got
older,
you
studied
you
went
to
school
and
by
the
time
you
got
in
your
20s,
you
were
winding
up
your
education
and
you
went
to
work
school
and
education
were
supposed
to
be
something
in
your
past.
Your
future
was
about
finding
a
place
in
the
workforce.
A
A
A
Well
time
passed,
30
years
after
that,
my
father
passed
away
a
couple
of
years
ago,
my
mother
passed
away
and
when
I
went
in
that
bedroom
for
the
last
time,
I
picked
the
receiver
up
off
the
wall
and
the
dial
tone
was
still
working
50
years
later.
That
phone
was
still
working
now.
I
want
to
ask
you
all
how
many
of
you
are
planning
on
keeping
your
telephone
for
50
years.
A
You
buy
a
telephone
today
and
within
50
days,
there's
something
on
the
market
that
makes
yours
feel
outdated
and
by
the
time
you've
had
your
phone
two
or
three
years.
You're
thinking
to
yourself.
I
got
to
get
a
new
phone
and
of
course
it's
not
just
phones,
we're
told
advances
in
robotics
and
automation
are
going
to
replace
a
lot
of
the
activities
in
our
existing
world
and
a
lot
of
our
existing
jobs.
I
was
listening
to
a
speaker
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
who
said
in
the
world.
A
Today
there
are
350
million
people
making
clothes
now,
most
of
them
of
course,
live
somewhere
in
Asia.
So
we
don't
think
about
them.
Much
they're
cutting
cloth
they're
sewing
seams
they're.
Putting
on
a
button,
350
million
people
making
their
living
making
clothes,
but
technology
is
marching
forward
and
in
five
to
ten
years
we're
told
that
almost
all
of
those
jobs
will
be
automated
and
potentially
three
hundred
and
fifty
million
people
are
going
to
be
out
of
work.
A
A
Most
of
those
jobs
are
in
far-off
distant
places
and
it
doesn't
seem
like
they
have
a
lot
in
common
with
us
and
and
here
in
Oklahoma
City,
we
have
low
unemployment,
it's
like
four
percent,
but
advancing
technology
is
affecting
every
industry.
It's
affecting
every
job.
It's
affecting
yours,
it's
affecting
mine.
So
back
to
my
original
premise,
about
finishing
your
education,
while
you're
in
your
20s.
Those
days
are
long
gone
for
an
adult
today.
A
All
of
this
change
that
we're
experiencing
is
probably
playing
a
role
in
the
collective
frustration
about
the
world
around
us.
It's
probably
playing
a
role
in
this
collective
anger,
that's
playing
out
in
the
voting
booths,
but
we
have
to
change
the
way
that
we
view
and
consider
education.
A
community
can't
just
concentrate
on
K
through
12
anymore.
Learning
is
gonna,
be
a
lifelong
necessity.
A
Employers
have
to
keep
investing
in
training
and
educating
their
employees,
and
our
kids
are
gonna,
have
to
keep
learning
throughout
the
summer
and
I
don't
want
all
this
to
sound
depressing
because
actually,
when
you
compare
us
to
other
communities,
were
pretty
well
equipped
to
deal
with
this
change,
because,
even
though
we
know
as
a
state,
we
don't
fund
education
as
well
as
we
would
like
when
you
look
at
some
individual
aspects.
The
story's
a
little
different
career-tech
is
actually
one
of
the
aspects
of
education
that
we
do
fund
pretty.
A
Well,
the
problem
is
we
under
utilize
it
our
library
systems,
are
funded
pretty
well.
The
problem
is
we
under
utilize
them?
So
let
me
get
to
my
final
point
on
this
topic.
If,
if
we're
going
to
compete
with
the
rest
of
the
world
going
forward,
we've
got
to
understand
that
education
is
not
just
for
kids.
We
have
to
commit
to
the
educational
concept
of
lifelong
learning
is
preschool.
A
A
A
We
know
the
private
sector
is
creating
more
and
more
jobs,
but
the
sales
tax
is
not
rising
at
the
same
rate
and
other
cities
in
the
metro,
we're
seeing
the
same
thing
and
alarmingly,
we
use
sales
tax
to
fund
a
lot
of
different
services,
and
some
of
them
are
pretty
important.
Most
of
it
goes
to
employee
police
officers
and
firefighters.
It's
not
just
us.
That's
struggling
to
pay
for
Public
Safety,
it's
all
municipalities,
all
over
the
state
and
many
other
places
around
the
country.
A
We
could
use
some
help
at
the
state
level
in
the
way
that
cities
are
financed.
We
could
use
some
help
from
Washington
which
could
fix
the
loophole
in
the
internet
sales
tax
equation,
but
we've
been
waiting
on
that
for
like
12
years
and
at
some
point
you
have
to
realize
help
may
not
be
on
the
way.
So
I
tell
you
that
it's
all
a
work
in
process
right
now,
I
think
it's
important
for
me
to
communicate
to
you.
We
need
to
advance
this
conversation.
A
The
way
we're
funding
municipal
government
in
Oklahoma
is
no
longer
a
working,
viable
model
and
keep
in
mind
most
of
that
money
goes
to
public
safety
and
I
want
to
draw
attention
to
a
lot
of
aspects
of
public
safety.
That
I
think
have
been
very
helpful.
It
should
be
noted,
we're
not
short
on
creativity
and
sensitivity
and
we're
not
afraid
to
look
at
new
ways
to
combat
old
problems.
In
fact,
the
police
methods
we're
using
to
commit
domestic
violence
are
becoming
a
national
model.
A
The
family
justice
center
that
is
opening
up
next
well
in
the
next
few
weeks,
is
certainly
going
to
help
in
this
equation.
When
a
woman
with
children
is
facing
a
potentially
violent
situation
in
a
domestic
abuse
problem,
it's
not
enough
just
to
advise
her
to
get
out
of
the
home.
She
may
not
feel
like
she
has
any
place
to
go.
She
may
not
feel
like
she
hasn't
the
option
and
with
Kim
Garrett's
leadership
in
helping
to
create
the
Family
Justice
Center
and
the
work
that
Jen
Perry
is
doing
with
the
YWCA.
A
These
women
have
options
and
I'm,
confident
that
lives
are
gonna
be
saved
because
of
these
facilities.
Meanwhile,
the
homeless,
Alliance
and
its
individual
agencies
are
doing
a
lot
to
deal
with
our
most
vulnerable
citizens.
The
alliance
deals
with
so
many
different
people
in
so
many
different
situations
that
it's
tough
to
categorize.
So
let
me
just
put
in
a
pitch
for
you
to
continue
to
help
them
with
your
charitable
dollars.
They
have
a
tough
job.
A
A
A
A
A
A
Last
year,
loan
the
Oklahoma
Regional
Food
Bank
distributed
50
million
pounds
of
food
and
under
his
leadership,
the
Oklahoma
Regional
Food
Bank
is
a
model
for
food
banks
around
the
country.
Rodney
has
just
retired
after
36
years
Rodney
would
you
stand
up,
and
so
we
can
show
our
appreciation.
Thank
you
for
making
such
a
real
difference
in
our
community.
Thank
you.
A
A
A
This
is
going
to
require
unprecedented
cooperation
between
the
state,
the
city
and
the
county,
but
this
is
all
doable
and
it's
one
of
those
rare
hot-button
issues
that
has
bipartisan
support,
so
stay
tuned.
This
chamber
is
very
involved
in
the
process
and
our
next
step
is
to
turn
recommendations
into
action.
I
want
to
spend
a
couple
of
minutes
discussing
the
Arts
in
our
community.
The
arts
affect
all
of
us.
A
We
saw
this
year
the
power
of
the
Arts
in
creating
tourism,
for
instance,
the
Matisse
exhibit
at
the
Oklahoma
City
Museum
of
Art
attracted
see
2,000
visitors.
They
came
from
all
50
states
in
12
foreign
countries
and,
as
you
would
guess,
people
that
are
travelling
to
see
Matisse
are
probably
going
to
spend
other
money
in
the
greater
economy
a
great
boost
to
our
summertime
travel.
A
Another
great
story
about
the
Arts
is
lyric
theater.
Now,
when
the
people
that
love
this
theater
so
much
decided
a
few
years
ago
to
reinvest
and
save
it,
it
created
an
anchored
development
on
16th
Street
for
the
plaza
district.
Well,
the
plaza
district
is
now
one
of
the
hottest
development
opportunities
in
the
city.
In
fact,
right
now
on,
my
sort
of
extended
to-do
list
is
to
help
figure
out
the
parking
issue
in
the
plaza
district,
because
so
many
people
want
to
go
there
safe
to
say
ten
years
ago
we
didn't
have
this
problem.
A
It
wasn't
hard
to
find
a
parking
spot
in
the
plaza
district.
So
in
these
two
examples
you
have
the
arts
serving
an
important
role
in
our
greater
economy.
The
Matisse
exhibit
giving
us
a
tourism
boost
the
lyric
theater
as
a
development
catalyst
for
an
entire
neighborhood,
but
these
two
examples
are
also
symbolic
of
another
issue
with
the
arts,
and
that
is
that
we
have
too
few
people
funding
them.
The
Matisse
exhibit
was
largely
a
tribute
to
eat
of
Kenny
Gaylord
and
the
inasmuch
foundation.
It
was
a
way
to
celebrate
the
100th
anniversary
of
her
birth.
A
The
lyric
theater
was
resurrected
a
few
years
ago
by
that
traditional
arts
funders
in
our
city.
It's
a
relatively
small
number
of
people.
This
city
is
going
places
and
the
arts
are
gonna,
help
us
get
there,
but
we
can't
rely
on
the
same
100
people
to
fund
all
of
these
different
artistic
endeavors.
We
need
100,000
people
helping
to
fund
the
Arts.
We
need
a
wider
base.
A
A
First
of
all,
thank
you
to
everyone,
who's
trying
to
live
a
healthier
life,
we're
trying
to
rebuild
the
built
environment
to
be
a
healthier
community,
but
it
also
never
hurts
to
ask
you
to
eat
less
exercise
more
in
animal
welfare,
our
spay
and
neutering
programs
and
our
animal
adoption
programs
are
making
a
big
difference.
In
fact,
I
think
my
favorite
day
in
2016
was
the
day
we
ran
out
of
adoptable
animals
at
the
animal
shelter.
I
know
now,
alas,
a
couple
of
hours
later,
some
new
animals
showed
up.
A
They
were
looking
for
a
home,
so
we've
got
to
continue
these
efforts,
but
we
have
a
great
public-private
partnership
with
the
Humane
Society
and
no
city
has
come
as
far
in
this
area
as
Oklahoma,
City
and
I'm
very
proud
of
it
all
right.
Let's
sum
it
up
now,
at
2017
and
just
about
by
anyway
that
you
measure
cities
we're
heading
in
the
right
direction.
The
population
is
still
increasing,
jobs
are
still
being
created,
unemployment
is
low.
We
probably
have
the
lowest
cost
of
living
of
any
big
city
in
the
country.
A
There
is
some
traffic
congestion,
but
it's
less
than
everywhere
else.
We
still
struggle
in
some
social
categories,
but
we're
improving
in
most
of
them
we're
a
community
that
cares
deeply
that
everyone,
regardless
of
their
zip
code
or
the
color
of
their
skin,
deserves
the
same
chance
as
everyone
else
at
City
Hall.
We
have
police
officers
and
firefighters
that
are
working
daily
to
keep
us
safe
and
they're
doing
an
amazing
job.
A
Our
streets
need
more
attention.
We
hear
you
and
later
this
year
we're
gonna
have
some
funding
opportunities
to
do
a
better
job
in
that
area.
Before
we
go
one
more
special
guest
I
want
to
introduce
I'd
like
to
welcome
marshal
Hanna
to
the
meeting
marshal.
Would
you
stand?
Marshall
is
a
World
War,
two
veteran
flew
22
missions
over
Germany,
shot
down
on
his
23rd
mission
spent
10
months
in
a
German
POWs
camp.
He
lives
in
Capitol,
Hill
he's
95
years
old
Marshall.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
much.
A
Yeah
yeah,
if,
if
you
lived
in
Ward
4
I'd,
ask
you
to
run
for
City
Council,
but
seriously
our
biggest
asset
is
the
people
that
live
here.
We
take
care
of
each
other
and
and
there's
nothing
phony
about
it.
Despite
all
of
the
cynicism
in
the
world,
we
really
do
care
about
each
other,
so
I
guess
there's
some
final
guidelines.
A
If,
if
there
are
young
people
in
your
life,
read
to
them,
if
there
are
older
people
in
your
neighborhood
check
on
them,
occasionally
see
how
they're
doing
support
your
local
merchants
volunteer
at
your
kids
school
or
your
church
or
a
nonprofit.
That's
helping
the
city
to
move
forward.
Thank
you
for
all.
You
do
to
make
this
city
such
a
wonderful
place,
and
thank
you
for
coming
today.