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From YouTube: Mayor's Magazine - November 2013
Description
Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett's monthly program features:
00:00 - Outgoing OKC Zoo Director Dwight Scott
08:04 - NewView Oklahoma
16:21 - Crystal Lake - Whiz Kids
23:02 - Lee Symcox with First Fidelity Bank
A
Hello
there
and
welcome
to
the
mayor's
magazine,
I'm
Mick
Cornett,
the
mayor
of
Oklahoma
City,
glad
you're
with
us.
This
is
our
show
for
November
2013.
We
start
today
show
with
a
visit
from
Dwight
Scott,
who
is
the
outgoing
zoo
director
Dwight
welcome
to
the
mayor's
magazine.
Thank
you
thanks
for
having
me
back
a
little
bit
of
a
somber
tone
here.
You've
been
with
us
for
five
years,
but
you
have
turned
out.
A
B
A
B
When
I
started,
we
open
to
children,
zoo
and
I
joke
with
people
that
interactive
stream
that
runs
through
the
middle
that
exhibit,
that
is
a
attraction
in
itself.
Everyone
loves
the
exhibit.
Of
course
we
had
the
elephant
exhibit
open
the
following
year
and
then,
a
few
months
after
that
we
had
the
birth
of
Meili.
The
first
elephant
ever
born
at
our
zoo
I've,
really
had
a
strong
focus
on
our
conservation
work.
B
A
A
Let's
talk
about
the
baby,
giraffe
first
I
went
out.
My
first
look
at
her
was
when
she
was
nine
days
old
and
she
was
already
six
at
three
and
so
a
reminder
of
how
these
animals,
because
you
know
typically
they're,
born
in
the
wild.
They
have
to
adapt
very
very
quickly
for
preservation
of
their
own
species.
Yeah.
B
Sure
they
can
typically
stand
within
a
couple
hours
and
and
walk
and
run
I'm
pretty
quickly
as
well.
There
but
yeah
you're
right
they're
born
about
six
feet
tall,
her
dad's
about
18
feet
tall
and,
like
I
said
we
could.
We
could.
We
could
sign
a
whole
roster
up
for
the
thunders
that
under
team
here
in
Oklahoma
City
for
sure
really.
A
B
A
We
opened
the
elephant
exhibit
it
was,
you
know,
it's
probably
not
overstated,
call
it
kind
of
the
Taj
Mahal
of
elephant
exhibits
and
it
was
at
the
time
communicated
that
we
will
be
trying
to
populate
it,
and
we've
already
had
one
baby
come
on
board
and
now.
The
word
is
that
one
of
the
female
elephants
is
pregnant.
Yeah.
B
That's
right,
I,
remember
several
years
ago
at
the
state
of
the
city,
when
you
showed
the
elephant
birth
and
the
verse
I,
don't
know
several
thousand
people
in
the
room
and
it
was
so
quiet
when
you
show
the
video
of
the
door
quite
impactful.
Everyone
still
remembers
it
today
and
hopefully
we'll
give
you
another
opportunity
that.
B
B
A
B
We
open
the
stingray
bay
interactive,
exhibit
in
July.
The
stingrays
will
leave
our
facility.
This
fall
probably
the
first
of
November
and
then
they'll
be
back
in
the
spring
and
that's
a
very
interactive
exhibit
you
can
put
your
hands
in
the
water
with
the
stingrays.
You
can
feed
them.
If
you
choose
to
do
so
and
then
of
course,
next
year
we
have
the
joan
kirkpatrick
animal
veterinary
hospital
opening
as
well
and
that'll,
be
unique
because
a
part
of
it
will
be
open
to
guests.
B
So
guess
we
will
come
into
the
hospital
and
look
through
glass
at
procedures
occurring
well.
You'll
be
able
to
see
our
vets
working
with
some
of
our
animals
you'll,
be
able
to
see
into
our
lab
you'll,
be
able
to
see
our
commissary
where
all
of
our
animal
diets
are
prepared
daily.
It's
going
to
be
very
interactive
where.
A
B
We
recently
did
a
master
plan
2011
and
we
designed
that
master
plan
around
our
biggest
needs.
So
now
that
we
have
the
elephant
side
of
the
pachyderm
building,
we
really
need
to
move
our
rhinos
out.
That's
our
next
step
when
the
Rhino
building
is
demoed
and
we
build
a
new
facility
there
that
will
allow
us
to
move
our
giraffes
from
their
current
barn.
I
know
you
were
there
recently
deceased
to
see
some
of
the
barn.
A
lot
of
our
facilities
were
state-of-the-art
at
the
time
they
were
built,
but
no
longer
the
case.
B
So
so
we
really
need
to
continue
to
develop
and
grow
a
zoo
or
her
puteria.
I
love
telling
the
story
about
the
her
pretoria
me
I
was
actually
a
picnic
shelter
in
the
30s
and
they
started
putting
walls
on
it
and
forming
it
into
a
building,
and
so
it's
in
desperate
need
as
well
and
then.
Finally,
the
noble
aquatic
center
needs
an
extreme
renovation
and
that
will
complete
our
next
ten
years
of
growth
at
the
zoo.
How.
B
A
B
We've
been
fortunate,
we
have
incredible
community
support,
as
you
know,
and
most
the
time
when
we
talk
about
support,
we
refer
to
the
one
eighth
of
a
cent
sales
tax,
which
is
incredible.
We've
really
allowed
us
to
become
one
of
the
best
things
in
the
country,
but
it
goes
way
beyond
that
or
our
attendance
shows
incredible
interest
in
support
in
the
zoo.
The
last
three
years
we've
been
over
900,000
and
our
annual
attendance.
All
three
have
been
record
years
and.
A
Well,
do
item
on
behalf
the
citizens
of
Oklahoma
City.
Thank
you
for
the
five
years
of
service
you've,
given
us
at
the
zoo,
we're
extremely
proud
of
the
growth
that
it's
that's
taken
place
over
the
last
five
years
and
we
hope
you're,
not
a
stranger.
We
know
you're
moving
on
to
San
Diego,
but
we
hope
you'll
come
back
and
visit
us
I
appreciate.
D
A
A
E
They
have
I
mean
I,
think
we
were
talking.
We
met
in
1995
during
the
50th
anniversary
and
you
came
out
and
did
some
work
for
us
and
some
video
and
and
at
that
time
we
were
really
just
doing
employment
for
a
relatively
small
number
of
people
about
40
employees
and
we've
got
about
150.
Now
we
weren't
providing
rehabilitation
services
which
we're
doing
now.
We've
opened
a
low
vision
clinic
so
and
the
scope
of
our
organization
has
changed
tremendously.
The
mission.
A
E
You
know
our
organization
really
is
all
about
empowerment,
I
mean
in
the
in
the
programs
and
services
that
we
provide.
So
you
know
when
a
person
is
visually
impaired
I
mean
probably
the
biggest
goal
is
to
remain
independent,
you
know
or
to
be
able
to
have
the
tools
and
the
resources
to
be
productive
and
independent.
So
you
know
when,
when
we
talk
about
empowering
all
people
who
are
blind
or
visually
impaired,
I
mean
we
start
with
children.
You
know
we,
we
serve
birth
to
death,
and
so
we
get
children.
E
You
know
through
early
intervention,
we
get
school-age
children
and
our
public
school
systems.
We
work
with
transitional
kids,
you
know
high
school
to
college
or
high
school
to
work,
working
age,
adults
and
older,
blind
and
and
really
try
to
impact
them
at
the
place
that
they
are
at
that
moment.
So
you
know,
set
the
goals
to
get
them
to
the
next
place
and
then
a
lot
of
times
I
mean
you
know
from
there.
E
A
E
I
wish
we
had
more
of
that
I
mean,
unfortunately,
you
know,
even
with
a
DA
and
I,
think
that
what
we're
probably
23
years
into
the
implementation
of
the
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act,
the
unemployment
rate
amongst
blind
and
visually
impaired
people
has
been
impacted
zero.
So
you
know
here
in
Oklahoma,
City,
where
our
unemployment
rate
has
been
hanging.
You
know
four
and
a
half
percent,
which
is
really
good,
especially
compared
to
the
nation.
The
unemployment
rate
amongst
people
who
are
blind
or
visually
impaired
is
over.
E
Seventy
percent
and
the
needle
hasn't
moved,
and
so
we
do
bring
people
in
all
the
time
and
want
to
educate
them
about
the
capabilities
of
people
with
vision
impairments.
We
can
help
them
do
job
assessments
and
get
people
integrated,
but
I
think
there's
still
a
lot
of
barriers
to
employment,
because
there's
still
a
perception
out
there
that
you
know
blind
and
visually
impaired.
People
can't
work
and.
E
Transportation
issues
I
mean
it's,
you
know,
I
mean
we
try
to
work
around
that,
but
you
know
in
a
place
like
Oklahoma
City,
and
you
know
we're
pretty
limited
on
public
transit
and
we're
really
really
big,
and
so
you
know
for
people
in
our
agency.
You
know
we
provide
to
provide
direct
jobs.
Direct
employment
and
people
are
pretty
limited
where
they
can
live
and
how
they
get
to
work
so
that
that's
always
going
to
be
a
barrier.
I
think
we'll.
E
We're
excited
because
we've
really
changed
our
focus
over
the
last
and
probably
ten
years
and
to
higher
tech
kind
of
jobs
but
and,
for
example,
we're
at
the
sole
supplier
fire
hoses
for
the
US
Forestry
Service.
We
manufacture
all
of
the
aircraft
wheel
chocks
for
Department
of
Defense.
We
do
precision
machining
now,
so
we've
actually
partnered
with
our
career
text
here
locally
to
develop
training
programs
to
try
and
blind
people
to
operate
CNC
equipment,
and
we
do
vinyl
conversion.
We
also
operate
call
centers
and
switchboards.
E
We've
got
the
adaptive
technology
to
be
able
to
employ
a
totally
blind
person.
You
know
in
those
types
of
positions
we
do
warehousing
and
logistics
for
the
military.
We
do
mailroom
services
for
the
military
and
for
the
Internal
Revenue
Service.
So
just
a
wide
range
of
jobs,
plus
we've
been
able
to
promote
people
through
our
upward
mobility
programs
into
supervisory
and
management
positions,
and
even
in
to
my
senior
management
staff
right.
A
F
E
Know
when
you're
starting
to
go
blind
there
are
things
that
we
can
do
early
on
to
start
training
you
in
adaptive
technology
and
adaptive
technique,
so
that
you
can
stay
in
your
job.
I
mean
that's
gold
number
one
and
we're
really
excited
about
our
new
low
vision,
clinic
and
vision,
rehabilitation
services,
because
through
that
program
we
can
really
assess
the
individual
and
what
usable
vision
they
have
left.
E
We
continue
to
work
with
those
individuals,
it's
really
important
for
us
to
if
a
person's
losing
their
vision-
and
they
still
want
to
work
for
us
to
be
working
with
them
and
their
employers
and
to
be
able
to
get
them
what
they
need
in
the
workplace
and
for
their
employers
to
understand
that.
Just
because
they're,
losing
their
vision
doesn't
mean
that
they
need
to
lose
their
job.
That
they're
still
entirely
capable
and
able
to
do.
The.
A
E
Most
states
do
and
some
states
have
multiple
organizations.
You
know
here
in
Oklahoma
we
are
the
only
one
but
I
think
that
there
are
about
90
other
agencies
across
the
country
that
specifically
work
to
serve
people
with
vision,
impairments
in
the
employment
arena,
and
then
there
are
others
that
do
things
you
know
like.
We
do
like
vision,
rehabilitation
and
and
educational
services,
and
things
like
that
and.
E
Are
the
only
we
are
the
only
agency
in
the
state?
We
have
one
bricks
and
mortar
well,
we
actually
have
two
locations
here
in
Oklahoma
City,
our
low
vision
clinic,
which
is
on
the
north
side
of
town
on
Wilshire,
and
our
main
manufacturing
facility,
which
is
just
west
of
downtown
I,
have
employees
itinerant
staff
across
the
state
so
that
we
can
actually
provide
services
outside
of
the
metro
area.
We
are
opening
a
new
location
in
tulsa
in
january
of
2014,
so
we're
very
excited
about
that
exciting.
A
E
Us
we're
here
in
oklahoma
city.
We,
our
number
is
405
2324
644.
You
can
reach
us
on
our
website
at
new
view,
oklahoma
org.
We
would
love
to
hear
from
you,
volunteers,
funders,
employers
and
and
if
you're
visually
impaired
or
know
somebody
who's
visually
impaired
who's,
not
receiving
services.
Please
give
us
a
call
all.
F
A
A
Very
very
near
I-40
and
macarthur,
but
I
think
a
lot
of
people
in
the
area
are
familiar
with
Crystal
Lake,
many
or
not,
but
the
improvements
that
have
been
made
out
here
are
just
almost
mind-boggling
if
you
had
been
here
a
year
before
and
to
see
what
what
you
and
the
shine
program
and
a
lot
of
others
have
had
been
able
to
do
perform
at
here
in
since
it's
just
short
of
a
miracle.
Well,.
G
We're
very
proud
of
all
the
help
that
we've
been
able
to
have
the
clean
up
the
lake,
but
we've
been
coming
out
here
for
about
nine
years
of
crystal
lake,
with
our
whiz
kids
at
the
end
of
the
year,
our
whiz
kids
tutoring
program,
and
over
the
years
we've
noticed
that
you
know,
there's
started
to
be
a
lot
of
dumping
and
things
just
that.
Were
this
just
happen
because
it
was
unattended.
G
So
we
just
went
to
the
city
and
said:
could
we
lease
the
facility,
you
know
from
the
city
and
they
said,
take
it
and
run
with
it
and
we
were
able
to
get
a
grant
from
the
Starkey
foundation
for
a
new
pavilion
and
a
new
restroom
out
here
we
have
a
full-time
employee
of
ours.
It's
a
security
here
day
and
night
and
we
open
the
doors
or
the
gate
at
sunup
and
close
them
at
sundown
and.
A
G
Above
the
whole
Lake
is
free
to
the
public
because
it
said
he
owned,
Lake,
of
course,
and
we're
close
to
home
waters
and
the
river
trust
is
who
we
answer
to.
Actually
it's
just.
You
have
to
have
a
close
to
home
fishing
license
in
the
state
fishing
license.
The
Wildlife
Department
keeps
it
stocked
a
lot
of
fish
in
the
lake,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
found
is
that
people
can
come
out
enjoy.
G
Picnicking
camping
is
something
that
we're
working
on
right
now,
with
City
Council,
we're
hoping
to
open
that
up
soon
to
the
scouting
groups
and
stuff
like
that,
but
I
want
to
keep
or
we
want
to
keep
crystal
lake
as
outdoor
educational,
not
necessarily
recreational
other
than
fishing.
We
have
a
first-class
archery
course
of
the
hour,
treat
our
in
a
static
course
for
the
kids.
I
didn't
realize
arteries
in
400
schools
in
Oklahoma.
We
want
to
keep
an
outdoor
educational
where
kids
can
come
from,
not
just
the
inner
city,
but
all
over
the
city.
A
G
Years
ago
we
found
out
that
seventy
four
percent
of
our
inner
city,
elementary
kids
and
our
elementary
title,
one
schools-
that's
all
the
two
are
reading
below
proficiency.
So
we
found
a
program
that
utilizes
the
faith
community
to
work
with
inner
city
kids
and
on
reading.
Because
the
kid
can't
read
you
know,
their
chances
of
succeeding
are
slim,
so
we
have
at
the
present
time
we
have
800
tutors
and
fourteen
hundred
volunteers,
working
with
26
schools
on
these
kids,
one
on
one
on
reading
and
it's
our
19th
year
and.
G
G
And
ingalls
three
dump
loads,
three
truck
dump
truck
loads
of
shingles
and
just
there's
a
there's,
a
hot
tub
that
somebody
had
gotten
rid
of
out
here.
But
there's
all
kinds
of
stuff
like
that
that
the
shine
group
and
brian
mon
district
to
county
commissioner
came
out
and
did
a
wonderful
job.
And
now
then
it's
just
up
to
keep
it,
keep
it
up
and
keep
it
looking
nice.
What.
A
G
We're
always
city
care
is
always
looking
for
churches
to
volunteer
to
tutor
inner-city
kids.
That's
always
our
mission,
but
if
they'd
like
to
come
out
to
Crystal
Lake
our
opportunity
and
deal
with
the
city
is
that
we
can
take
and
shut
the
part
of
the
lake
or
all
of
the
lake
for
an
event
for
churches
for
civic
groups
for
any
kind
of
group
that
wants
to
have
an
event
out.
G
A
G
A
G
A
C
A
C
A
A
We
could
have
you
on
in
that
capacity
alone,
but
the
the
reason
for
your
visit
is
that
you've
recently
been
appointed.
This
is
a
fairly
lengthy
organization,
so
I'm
going
to
refer
to
my
notes,
you
recently
appointed
to
the
federal
reserve
bank
of
kansas
city's
community
depository
institutions,
advisory
council,
which
really
allows
you
and
other
Oklahoma's
have
kind
of
direct
access
to
the
Fed
and
its
behavior.
That's.
H
Correct
and
actually
there's
12
of
us
from
the
different
states
that
are
within
the
Kansas
City
Fed
districts.
So
there's
two
representatives
from
Oklahoma
and
the
purpose
is,
as
you
said,
really
to
let
us,
as
bankers,
give
the
Fed
direct
input
on
the
economy.
Other
things
like
regulation
examinations,
different
things
within
the
banking
interests
industry,
as
well
as
the
economy
and
the.
A
H
No
question
we're
very
fortunate
to
be
in
Oklahoma.
Our
economy
is
is
doing
well,
but
what
is
very
interesting
and
serving
on
this
board
is
even
within
the
Kansas
City
Fed
district.
You
can
see
a
wide
variation
and
there
is
a
lot
of
other
areas
that
are
not
doing
as
well,
and
it
that
experience
has
given
me
a
much
bigger
appreciation
of
how
well
our
economy
is
and
how
fortunate
we
are.
The.
A
A
See
some
people
right
now
with
a
hesitancy
to
invest
their
money
in
the
stock
market.
They
look
at
banks
and
they
think
well.
The
interest
rates
may
not
be
what
they
used
to
be,
but
it's
safer
and
I
feel
more
comfortable
now,
and
so
you
must
deal
with
that
and
in
small
scenarios
and
big
scenarios
on
a
daily
basis,
Oh.
H
Exactly
and
you
know
they-
we've
had
a
tremendous
influx
and
our
bank,
as
well
as
a
industry-wide
of
funds,
with
no
place
to
put
it
and
it's
it's
just
a
matter
of
nobody
is
wanting
to
step
out
and
take
the
risk,
because
the
uncertainty
that's
out
there
in
the
economy,
and
we
really
need
to
see
that
the
banks
are
ready
to
lend.
We've
got
plenty
of
money,
but
but
again,
we've
got
to
have
people
that
that
want
to
borrow
it
to
put
it
out
there.
There.
A
H
Clearly,
yeah,
we
were
very
fortunate
and
again
I.
Think
part
of
that
was
you
know
the
the
sticking
to
the
basic
banking
principles
and
not
going
out
and
on
limb
as
far
as
higher
loan-to-value
ratios
and
things
like
that.
But
in
the
long
run
we
can
see
that
that
really
paid
off,
because
there
were
possibly
people
that
could
leverage
their
properties
more,
but
but
they
put
them
at
higher
risk
for.
A
A
long
long
time,
one
of
the
issues
Oklahoma
City
had
with
growth
was
a
lack
of
an
access
to
capital,
but
now
it
does
appear
that
there's
there's
money
coming
in
from
investors
in
other
parts
of
the
country
who
are
looking
around
looking
for
good
investment
dollars
and
they
think
Oklahoma
City
is
a
good
place
to
invest.
How
can
you
validate
that?
A
lot
of
that
is
taking
place
that.
H
Is
again,
there's
just
a
chase
for
return,
and,
and
so
we
have
seen
some
some
very
specific
examples-
is
the
sales
of
apartment
complexes
in
the
metro
area.
We've
had
some
some
very
large
sales
and
most
of
those,
if
not
all,
of
them
have
been
from
out
of
state
out
of
state
buyers,
and
you
know
so.
It's
brought
a
lot
of
capital
into
into
our
economy.
Mm-Hmm.
A
H
That's
a
really
good
question
and
you
can
still
you
know
there
are
different
ways
to
get
a
home
loan.
There
are
still
a
FHA
programs
that
will
allow
you
to
put
as
little
as
five
percent,
actually
there's
probably
programs
for
new
home
buyers
at
less
than
that,
but
again
from
a
safety
and
soundness
base
basis.
It
twenty
percent
is
the
the
standard
and
then
again
there
there
are
ways
to
put
less
down,
but
but
that's
pretty
much
a
standard
for
a
bank
bank
loan.
What.
H
Banking
environment
is
very
strong
and
and
we're
again
very
fortunate
that
we
have
weathered
this
economic
downturn
like
we
have.
The
the
biggest
challenge
we
have
right
now
is
is
regulatory,
and
that
is
the
the
burden
of
the
regulations,
and,
what's
that
is
doing,
is
keeping
us
from
making
those
home
loans
to
those
people.