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A
A
A
B
C
D
Please
bow
with
me
our
heavenly
father.
We
praise
you
today
for
the
seeming
normalcy
of
yet
another
city
council
meeting
in
these
Chambers
for
our
great
City.
You
have
a
watchful
and
Sovereign
eye
over
us,
and
for
that
we
are
so
thankful
that
you
control
all
things.
Indeed,
no
one
that
has
ever
been
created,
save
for
your
son.
D
So
I
asked
God
as
well
that
they
would
hide
themselves
by
faith
in
the
righteousness
and
truth
of
Jesus
that
they
would,
by
faith,
take
hold
of
the
grace
that
is
extended
to
them
by
the
righteous
life
the
substitutionary
death
triumphant
resurrection
of
Jesus,
the
Savior
that
they
would
repent
of
any
sin
against
you
or
against
their
fellow
man
and
I
prayed
Lord
that
they
would
commit
themselves
to
your
word
into
your
truth
and
by
so
doing
that
they
will
do
what
is
honoring
to
you.
God.
Thank
you.
D
E
C
All
right,
I
call
this
meeting
of
the
city
council
to
order
and
we'll
start
with
Office
of
the
mayor.
We
don't
have
any
presentations
today,
but
we
do
have
some
appointments
that
really
all
reappointments
to
the
Arts
commission,
golf
commission,
Urban,
Design
and
trails
advisory.
We
can
take
those
with
one
motion.
C
Passes
unanimously,
okay
item
4A
is
a
resolution
relative
to
some
other
items
that
we
have
on
the
agenda
today
and
so
in
previous
communication
with
councilman
Cooper
we're
going
to
hold
that
to
group
it
together
it.
It
naturally
appears
here
on
the
agenda
because
it
is
an
item
from
Council,
but
it
makes
more
sense
substantively
with
some
of
the
other
items
that
are
under
items
for
separate
vote,
and
so
we
will
return
to
this
in
a
little
bit
item.
Five
is
city
manager,
reports,
Mr
city
manager,.
G
Thank
you
mayor.
We
have
several
reports
on.
We
don't
have
any
formal
presentations
today.
The
quarterly
investment
report
is
that
we
actually
making
earning
more
interest
on
the
funds
that
we
manage,
but
I
really
appreciate
the
work
of
the
treasurer's
office
in
diligently
managing
those
funds.
We
have
our
year-end
performance
report,
all
the
Performance
Management
performance
measures
for
all
the
Departments
of
their
strategic
business
plans
are
included
in
that
report,
and
it's
a
year
in
from
fiscal
year
23.
and
then
the
sales
and
use
tax
report
is
also
on
sales
and
use.
G
Tax
report
shows
that
in
September
our
sales
tax
is
down
0.7
percent.
So
it's
the
first
decline
that
we've
seen
in
some
time
use
tax
was
down
by
a
little
over
two
percent,
and
you
know
it's
something
that
we've
been
watching
for
some
time
is
sales
tax
has
slowed.
This
is
the
first
month
that
we've
had
both
of
those
use
sales
and
use
tax
decline,
we're
still
about
1.3
million
dollars
over
budget
so
far
on
sales
and
use
tax
collections.
G
So
we'll
continue
to
monitor
that
we
were
relatively
conservative
in
the
projections
that
we
made
for
the
budget
for
this
year.
So
we're
still
ahead
of
Target
for
right
now,
but
certainly
we'll
monitor
that
and
keep
the
council
informed
I'm
as
we
go
through
the
year
and
that's
all
the
items
that
I
have.
C
All
right,
thank
you
item
six
or
Journal
of
council
proceedings.
We
have
items
A
and
B.
We
can
take
with
one
motion.
C
H
H
So
we
are
going
to
be
having
on
September
30th
our
FPS
Las
Americas
event,
which
is
an
event
hosted
Within
by
the
community
for
the
communities
to
promote
the
Latino,
different
cultures
and
traditions
that
we
have
and
so
we'll
be
having
a
parade
that
involves
high
schools,
different
organizations
and
businesses
to
promote
themselves.
Additionally,
we'll
be
having
different
activities
for
kids
at
the
event,
as
well
as
cultural
stages,
that
many
of
the
organizations
within
the
community
are
hosting.
I
Yeah
I
know
this
is
a
great
event,
really
amazing
attendance
every
year,
if
you've
never
been
to
the
parade
for
anyone
watching,
it
is
like
the
best
one
of
the
best
parades
in
Oklahoma
City.
We
have
a
lot
of
really
great
ones,
but
it's
just
really
amazing
to
see
the
breadth
of
music
dance
horse
clubs.
If
that
I
don't
know,
if
that's
my
turn,
but
really
wonderful,
so
I'm
pleased
to
move
for
approval.
C
J
Cheer
for
art,
Fusion,
Fest
and
automobile
alley
on
9th
Street
it'll
be
October,
21st
and
22nd
from
noon
to
10.
On
the
first
day,
at
noon,
to
seven
on
the
second
day,
we
have
15
live
bands
going
to
be
playing
it's
very
similar
to
other
music
festivals
in
other
districts,
but
automobile
Ally
did
not
have
one
so
we're
excited
to
bring
it
there.
J
The
headliners
are
include
the
stringsman
of
OKC.
So
it's
going
to
be
a
really
interesting
touch.
We
have
25
vendors.
We
will
have
a
pumpkin
patch
and
paint
a
pumpkin
for
kids
to
do
take
away
art.
We
have
an
old
Volkswagen
shell,
that's
going
to
come
in
where
people
can
paint
it
live,
including
children.
J
If
they
decide
to
get
involved,
we
also
will
have
a
beer
garden
food
from
all
of
the
restaurants
on
9th
Street,
and
this
is
presented
by
my
non-profit
women
in
the
studio,
which
is
a
safe
haven
for
sexual
assault,
victims
in
the
entertainment
industry
and
we're
excited
to
do
it.
C
C
Passes
unanimously
item
8C
is
a
revocable
right-of-way
use
permit
with
red
Earth
to
hold
the
red
Earth
parade
in
Fall
Fest
on
October,
14th
and
Chelsea.
Curry
is
here
to
speak.
K
Well,
hello,
I
am
Chelsea
with
red
Earth
and
we
are
wanting
to
hold
the
annual
Fall
Fest
Parade
and
Art
Market
with
the
powwow
happening
at
the
Myriad
Gardens.
The
parade
will
start
at
10
in
the
morning
and
go
down
North
Walker
ending
at
Sheridan,
and
then
we
will
have
our
Art
Market
and
powwow
going
from
10
to
5
00
p.m.
On
our
at
the
Mary
Gardens
on
October
14th.
I
Example
of
a
wonderful
parade
that
happens
in
the
city
excited
that
this
continues
to
be
an
event
held
every
year
and
I
know
a
lot
of
folks
look
forward
to
it.
So
I'll
move
for
approval.
C
L
C
M
Yes,
just
to
hear
a
little
bit
of
an
update,
because
the
Paseo,
of
course
is
under
construction
with
its
streetscape,
but
soon
another
one
nearby.
What
happens
is
when
to
let
the
public
hear
a
little
bit
about
that
and
then
I
have
one
other
thing.
I'd
like
to
ask
of
them
is
Debbie
Miller
may
be
coming
up.
Oh
yep,
hi.
N
L
N
M
Really
appreciate
your
work
here.
I
can
tell
you
when
I
was
knocking
doors
in
the
area
there
28th
and
Walker
in
front
of
where
Freda
and
samir's
are.
It
was
frequent
to
hear
people
say
they
have
such
difficulty.
Crossing
as
I
know,
you
know,
Walker
to
get
from
one
side
or
the
other
I've
seen
people
with
wheelchairs
I've
seen
people
with
strollers,
so
I'm
really
excited
about
this
complimentary
project
to
the
Paseo,
streetscape,
relatedly
and
I
know
you've
already
been
in
contact
with
Debbie
Martin
in
our
office.
M
N
Yes,
that's
a
better
streets
project
and
we
are,
let
me
get
you
the
schedule
on
that.
We
expect
final
plans
like
this
fall.
We
will
begin
constructing
or
Construction
in
Spring
of
2024,
and
it
should
be
done
later
that
year,
probably
about
six
months,
so
we'll
be
doing
sidewalks
and
pedestrian
improvements
on
that
could.
N
M
Really
important
for
the
public
to
hear
what
you
just
heard
and
Council
the
reason
why
I
brought
up
this
particular
streetscape
in
addition
to
the
one
that's
on
the
agenda
right
now
is
because
you
probably
saw
in
the
news
last
week
where
a
woman
was
in
a
wheelchair,
33rd
and
Portland,
and
she
was
trying
to
do
exactly
what
Debbie
was
describing
to
cross
the
street.
One
car
hit
her
in
her
wheelchair
knocked
her
into
the
opposite
lane.
M
A
second
car
hit
her
and
then
a
third
car,
three
cars,
one
a
hit
and
run
hit
a
woman
in
a
wheelchair
trying
simply
to
cross
the
road
to
access
the
park
to
access
home,
and
it's
so
hard.
You
know
knowing
that
we
didn't
pass
a
bond
from
1974
until
the
year
of
the
bombing
in
95,
to
do
this
sort
of
infrastructure
work
to
know
that
such
a
wonderful
project
it's
on
its
way.
M
M
On
the
other
hand,
I
am
encouraged
by
what
Debbie
you
have
just
described
is
coming
to
make
that
that
Corridor,
safer,
I
I
knocked
doors
there
too,
and
it
literally
required
me
to
park
my
car
on
one
of
the
East
West
streets
and
then
walk
in
the
grass
on
Portland
to
go
from
house
to
house
to
knock
those
doors
which
means
I'm
in
the
grass
besides
beside
four
lanes
of
traffic.
So
I
just
want
to.
You
know,
send
my
condolences
to
that
woman's
family,
but
I
want
everyone
else
to
know.
I
Yeah
I
was
hoping
city
manager
if
you
could
or-
and
maybe
Jane
is
the
point
of
contact
for
this
to
speak
to
this
item,
to
just
kind
of
let
the
public
know
a
little
bit
more
because
I
I
know
that
some
folks
have
come
and
asked
about
specifically
the
money
that
the
city
might
be
getting
through.
These
opioid
settlement
conversations
but
kind
of
wanted
to
highlight
this
as
well
since
it'll
be
it
sounds
like
a
potential
for
additional
funding
that
we
could
disburse
for
opioid
abatement
projects.
That's.
O
Correct,
yes,
Jane
Abraham,
a
community
and
government
Affairs
manager.
So
this
is
just
simply
a
mechanism
for
us
to
let
the
state
know
that
we
are
interested
in
applying
for
these
funds.
They
just
released
this
notice
of
intent
at
the
end
of
August
that
they
are
planning
to
release
the
funds
that
will
be
available
for
political
subdivisions
throughout
the
state
of
which
there
are
I,
think
1200
that
are
eligible
to
apply
for
this,
and
it's
only
23
million
dollars,
which
is
a
lot
of
money.
O
But
we
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
let
them
know
that
we
do
intend
to
apply
for
those
funds
than
to
supplement
the
activities
that
we're
planning
to
do
to
to
do
upload
abatement.
And
so
it
will.
It
would
supplement
the
funds
that
have
already
been
directly
allocated
to
the
city
and.
O
Let's
see
find
my
cheat
sheet
here,
wow,
so
there's
one
pot:
that's
going
to
be
done
in
the
18
different
annual
payments,
so
that
will
be
over
a
longer
period
of
time,
which
will
total
1.1
million
dollars
and
then
there's
a
one-time
settlement
of
2.3
million
dollars
which
the
city
has
received.
But
we've
we're
still
working
on
how
we're
going
to
spend
those
funds,
because
it's
a
one-time
allocation
and
then
there's
another
settlement
that
we
don't
know
how
much
that's
going
to
be
yet
so
yeah.
I
I
appreciate
that
information,
because
and
I
had
asked
assistant
city
manager,
Fair
brush,
because
I
know
I'd
heard
from
both
police
and
fire
just
through
various
like
social
media
or
conversations
that
that
they
had
been
dispersing
Narcan
quite
a
bit
and
so
I
received
that
report
and
I
was
grateful
that
he
actually
also
included
MSA
responses.
So
these
are
all
separate
numbers,
but
emsa
alone
had
over
200
almost
250
instances
of
disbursing
Narcan,
just
in
Oklahoma
City
in
June
and
July.
I
So
just
knowing
that
that
kind
of
emergency
response
is
we're
getting
to
people
late,
and
so
these
sorts
of
funds
will
help
us
and
hope,
hopefully
get
to
folks
kind
of
farther
up
the
stream
and
and
pull
them
out
and
get
them
access
to
treatment
or
just
tools
that
Can
can
keep
them
safe
before
before
they're
taking
drugs
that
they're
not
sure.
What's
in
them.
So
thank
you
for
that
and
really
yes,
I
yeah.
I
O
C
C
C
Passes
unanimously
now
we're
at
item
11
items
requiring
separate
votes
item.
11A
is
an
ordinance
on
Final
hearing.
It
was
recommended
for
approval,
rezoning,
12266,
Woodland,
Hills
Drive
from
PUD
1787
and
PUD
275
to
PUD
1956
councilwoman
nice.
The
only
person
you
start
to
see
is
joy
for
customary
planning
comments.
Yes,.
P
Good
morning,
Julie
Reardon
125
Northwest
9th,
thank
you
for
the
ones
that
didn't
show
up
last
meeting.
I,
don't
know
if
people
have
heard
or
watched
the
news.
The
reason
why
I
come
up
here
so
hard
on
building
out
a
contractor
hit
one
of
the
crude
Pipelines
from
that
goes
from
Cushing
Oklahoma
to
Houston
Texas.
P
That's
another
reason:
that's
another
cleanup
that
the
city
is
responsible
for
what
I
mean
by
that
is
the
the
city
had
to
respond
medic
units
out
there
fire
out
there
and
police
out
there.
That's
what
I
bring
up
when
we're
bringing
up
these
finite
resources
that
took
seven
units
that
could
be
responding
to
other
calls
that
didn't
need
to
go
out
there.
P
P
That
sure
tells
us
tells
the
regular
citizens
what
the
city
council
thinks
about
the
city
council
tells
everybody
that's
either
watching
or
or
or
hear
today
what
the
city
council
actually
thinks
of
our
our
inner
city.
Yes,
we
have
problems.
Every
city
has
problems,
but
until
you
all
take
hard
lines
and
start
cleaning
up
the
messes
created,
it's
not
going
to
get
better.
P
P
I'm,
sorry
if
it
upsets
people
on
the
city
council
and
it
upset
some
of
the
the
people
in
the
gallery,
but
maybe
we
should
look
at
some
of
these.
Some
of
these
zoning
issues.
P
L
Okay,
first,
thank
you,
Miss
Joy,
for
your
comments.
L
This
purpose
of
this
particular
application
is
to
allow
multi-family
use
and
development
and
I
do
with
this
agree
and
hope
that,
if
we
are
extending
in
in
this
manner
that
we
can
figure
out
ways
of
better
public
transportation
as
well
for
our
residents
who
plan
on
accessing
these
parts
of
our
our
community
in
our
city,
so
there
were
no
protests
and
I
understand
other
than
who
just
spoke.
There
are
no
other
people
who
signed
up
to
speak,
correct,
okay,
I
will
move
for
approval.
C
L
You
this,
the
purpose
of
this
application
is
to
allow
a
guest
house
on
the
property,
and
this
is
where
a
home
already
exists
and
for
that
I
did
have
some
background.
Information
on
this,
so
I
will
ask
that
we
move
for
approval
of
this
application.
C
L
A
Sure
Mason
schwartz522
Concord
Drive
here
on
behalf
of
the
applicant.
This
is
a
spud
on
Northwest
122nd
between
Western
and
Penn.
It
was
previously
zoned
in
2018
through
a
spud
which
included
the
congregate
Care
Facility
to
the
east.
It
was
originally
contemplated
as
part
of
that
congregate
care
was
never
developed
as
such,
so
it
was
parceled
off,
and
so
it
remains
undeveloped.
Today
our
client
owns
a
landscaping.
Business
is
seeking
to
develop
the
property
into
an
office.
A
Warehouse
project
development
will
host
his
own
business
there,
as
well
as
other
prospective
tenants
the
residents
to
the
directly
to
the
West.
We
spoke
with
that
individual
she's,
actually,
supportive
of
the
application
to
the
west
of
that
is
a
substation
and
then
to
the
west
of
that
is
personal
storage.
So
we
do
believe
it's
consistent
compatible
with
the
land
use
pattern
up
and
down
122nd
in
this
area,
we
agreed
to
all
four
Tes
which
we
incorporated
into
the
latest
version
of
the
design
statement,
unaware
of
any
protests
and
would
ask
for
your
approval.
L
Okay,
for
that,
I
will
ask
that
we
move
for
approval
of
this
application.
C
M
Yes,
in
fact,
I
heard
from
the
applicant
this
morning,
he
is
under
the
weather,
which
is
maybe
an
expression,
I,
don't
understand,
but
he's
not
feeling
well,
but
he
is
very
excited
about
this
he's
going
to
be
building
something
right
behind
where
he
already
has
a
property
there
and
he's
met
with
our
planning.
Commissioner,
it's
made
its
way
through
planning
and
I,
see
no
issues
with
it.
So
I
would
move
for
approval.
C
I
Yes,
this
is
an
application
to
build
a
single-family
home
on
an
actually
an
empty
lot
on
11th
Street.
There
was
no
protest
and
it
was
approved
unanimously.
So
I
will
move
for
approval.
C
L
C
C
L
Thank
you,
Mark
is
Mark
here:
okay,
we're
good
I,
just
yeah
we're
good
I,
just
I
didn't
know
if
it
was
here
or
not.
I
had
I
have
been
in
constant
conversations
with
Mark
as
zits
out
as
well
as
the
owner
of
the
property
that
is
wanting
to
develop
in
this
is
to
allow
office
and
residential
use,
and
this
will
be
expanding
a
clinic
for
our
community
in
this
particular
area
on
Martin
Luther,
King.
So
I'm
happy
to
move
for
approval
of
this.
C
Q
Q
This
is
for
a
zoning
case
for
a
fast
food
restaurant
over
around
89th
and
sooner
which
I'm
pretty
excited
about.
To
be
honest
with
you,
it's
no
protests.
It
was
recommended
unanimously
by
the
Planning
Commission
I'll
go
ahead
and
move
for
its
approval.
C
Passes
unanimously
item
I
is
an
ordinance
on
Final
hearing.
It
was
recommended
for
approval
establishing
a
special
permit
to
operate
youth
unit,
8350
above
ground,
flammable
liquid
storage
in
an
I2
and
AE-1
overlay
District
at
6200
Air
Cargo,
Road,
councilwoman
Peck.
No
one
has
signed
up
to
speak.
R
C
Okay
item
J
is
an
ordinance
on
Final
hearing.
It
was
recommended
for
approval
establishing
a
special
permit
permit
to
operate
use
unit,
8300.33
drinking
establishment
in
the
I2
Scenic
River
overlay
design
and
Downtown
parking
overlay
districts
at
219,
South
Klein,
councilwoman,
Hammond,
Paul
Hale
has
signed
up
to
speak.
S
I
Yeah-
and
this
is
in
the
Farmers,
Market
District
and
there's
other
establishments
similar
to
this
in
the
area,
there
were
no
protesters
and
it
was
unanimously
approved
by
Planning
Commission.
So
I
will
move
for
approval.
L
C
C
C
Passes
unanimously,
okay,
we've
now
reached
a
series
of
items
that
relate
to
a
potential
new
arena
for
Oklahoma
City,
supported
by
a
vote
that
would
be
called
potentially
in
December
and
other
items.
There's
a
total
of
five
items.
If
I
count,
councilman
Cooper's
item
that
we
previously
held
from
items
from
Council,
a
total
of
six
potential
votes,
so
I
want
to
kind
of
lay
out
the
organization
just
of
how
how
we'll
address
this
I
think
that
the
city
manager
and
I
will
sort
of
give
an
overall
lay
of
the
land.
C
I'll
then
ask
councilman
Cooper
to
describe
his
resolution.
I
think
then
we'll
probably
go
to
comments
from
the
public,
which
are
many
and
then
we'll
take
all
the
time.
We
need
for
comments
and
questions
from
the
council
and
then
I
think
we'll
go
through
a
series
of
votes
just
take
them
in
probably
an
order
of
the
agenda,
starting
with
councilman
Cooper's
resolution,
but
first
a
brief
explanation.
C
You
know
really
over
a
hundred
year
period.
This
city
has
generally
felt
and
has
taken
actions
to
express
this
view
that
the
arena
is
an
integral
part
of
Center,
a
centerpiece
really
of
our
City's
quality
of
life.
We
as
voters
approved
a
new
arena
in
1927,
1962
and
1993,
and
at
an
almost
Clockwork
like
Cadence
of
of
30
years,
it
is
in
fact,
been
30
years
since
the
city
approved
a
new
arena.
For
that
reason
alone,
this
would
be
a
relevant
conversation
very
likely
in
the
near
term.
C
There
is,
of
course,
something
that
happened
in
2008
that
was
made
possible
by
our
most
recent
Arena
investment,
and
that
was
the
arrival
of
Major
League
professional
sports,
which
creates
an
additional
urgency
here.
I
always
point
out,
we've
been
building
Arenas
with
our
own
money
for
a
hundred
years,
but
there's
now
a
new
dimension
to
this,
and
it
became
a
very
acute
as
the
lease
with
that
team.
F
C
I
recognized
that
the
people
of
Oklahoma
City,
don't
have
those
dates
circled
on
their
calendar,
so
brought
this
to
everyone's
attention
about
14
months
ago
and
began
this
conversation
about
what
we
were
going
to
do
about
that.
The
Thunder
have
been
great
partners
with
us
and
agreed
to
exercise
a
three-year
extension
just
to
have
a
conversation
about
a
potential
new
Arena,
and
so
we
have
engaged
in
that
conversation
over
the
last
14
months.
C
It
has
ultimately
brought
us
to
today
where
we
have
a
letter
of
intent
signed
by
the
Thunder,
as
well
as
the
documents
necessary
to
execute
a
new
Arena
that
we
hope
to
open
before
the
end
of
the
decade
and
in
exchange
of
which
we
will
secure
a
term
with
the
Thunder.
That
is
double
the
term
we
secured
in
2008
and
would
bring
this
relationship
out
past
2050.
C
I'm
now
going
to
kind
of
that's
that's
the
broad
overview
I'm
now
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
city
manager.
Who's
got
a
few
slides.
It's
not
a
very
complicated
presentation,
but
just
to
show
a
little
bit
about
what
is
contained
in
the
agreements.
You'll
see
here
today.
G
Thank
you
mayor.
So,
as
mayor
said,
in
addition
to
the
resolution
from
councilman
Cooper,
we
have
four
items
that
are
on
today.
The
first
item
that
we
have
on
is
the
letter,
the
letter
of
intent
between
the
Oklahoma,
City
and
thunder,
stating
some
of
this.
The
key
terms
of
how
we'll
move
forward
with
this
project.
G
There's
a
sales
tax
ordinance
in
and
the
sales
tax
ordinance
basically
says
that
the
sales
tax
would
go
into
effect
would
be
a
one
cent
72
month,
sales
tax
that
would
go
into
effect
after
the
maps
for
tax.
So
it
would
not
increase
the
current
rate.
It
would
stay
at
the
same
level
as
the
current
rate
and
then,
and
that's
only
if
it's
approved
by
the
voter.
So
it
only
goes
into
effect
if
it's
approved
by
the
voters,
then
there's
two
resolutions
that
are
needed
to
call
the
election.
G
One
authorizes
the
mayor
to
sign
a
proclamation
calling
for
an
election
on
December,
the
12th
and
the
second
one
notifies
the
election
board
of
our
intent
to
call
a
special
election
on
December,
the
12th.
Looking
at
just
a
couple
of
the
key
terms,
a
few
key
terms,
you
look
at
the
the
document,
it's
a
fairly
brief
document.
It
really
sets
forward
how
we
intend
to
work
together
and
what
would
be
gained
by
this
letter
of
intent.
G
The
primary
term
that
we
have
that's
highlighted
here
is
the
25
years
that
the
team
would
commit
to
play
in
the
new
Arena.
Once
the
new
arena
is
completed,
be
25
years,
the
team
would
commit
to
play
here
and
that's
stipulated
or
it's
contingent
upon
the
voters
approving
the
sales
tax
and
then
the
new
Arena
agreements
being
approved
by
the
city
and
the
team.
G
The
the
NBA,
this
references,
the
NBA,
the
NBA,
would
not
be
a
party
to
this
agreement,
but
they
have
to
sign
off
on
any
agreements
that
an
NBA
team
signs,
and
so
they
would
have
to
approve
that
and
review
that
the
three
agreements
that
are
outlined
in
the
letter
of
intent
are
the
use
license
agreement
that
we
have
one
of
those
now
currently
for
the
team
existing
today.
It's
the
new
food
and
beverage
agreement.
It
talks
about
the
splits
on
revenues
and
the
food
and
beverage
and
then
there's
a
construction
agreement.
G
That
is
one
and
we
do
have
a
food
and
beverage
agreement.
Currently,
the
construction
agreement
is
for
the
development
of
the
new
Arena,
how
the
parties
would
work
together
in
the
design
and
the
Development
and
Construction
of
the
new
agreement
or
the
new
Arena,
and
so
those
three
agreements
would
also
have
to
be
approved
for
the
terms
of
the
letter
of
intent
to
be
in
place.
The
team
also
will
agree
to
continue
to
play
in
paycom
Center
the
current
paycom
Center
until
the
new
arena
is
completed
so
altogether.
G
Some
of
the
key
terms,
some
of
the
additional
key
terms
that
are
in
there
is
the
minimum
budget
for
the
arena
would
be
900
million
dollars
and
I'll
talk
about
the
funding
sources
here
in
a
minute,
the
building
would
be
at
least
750
000
square
feet.
That's
been
a
challenge
with
our
current
Arena.
It's
about
580
000
square
feet,
newer
Arenas.
In
the
NBA
that
are
being
built
today
are
a
minimum
of
750
000
square
feet.
G
It
would
adhere
to
NBA
quality
facility
standards
and
require
us
to
construct
at
that
as
a
first
class
NBA
facility,
but
also
to
maintain
that
into
the
future.
As
a
first
class
NBA
facility,
the
facility,
the
new
Arena,
would
be
located
downtown
and
our
intent
would
be
to
open
by
the
29
30
NBA
season,
and
that
would
mean
we
would
work
to
try
to
complete
this
no
later
than
complete
the
construction
of
the
Arena
no
later
than
the
summer
of
2029
to
allow
time
to
transition
into
the
new
building
before
the
season
starts.
G
The
arena
I'm
sorry
go
ahead,
so
the
arena
ultimately
will
be
paid
will
be
owned
by
the
city.
This
is
just
an
important
factor
there.
All
of
these
are
stipulated
on
the
approval
of
the
one
cent
sales
tax.
So
it's
a
72
month.
One
cent
sales
tax
that
would
go
into
effect
after
maps
for
tax
is
ends,
and
that
would
keep
that
sales
tax
rate
at
the
the
rate
that
it's
at
at
the
time
the
maps
for
tax
ends.
G
It
would
continue,
if
approved
by
the
voters,
to
be
at
that
same
rate
than
going
forward
for
the
next
72
months.
This
would
not
increase
the
tax
rate.
It
would
require
short-term
financing,
because
the
tax
won't
begin
until
the
end
of
the
maps
for
tax.
It
would
require
short-term
financing
that
would
then
be
repaid
as
soon
as
the
sales
tax
starts
to
come
in
so
we'd
pay
that
off
quickly,
it
wouldn't
be
like
we
manage
other
financing
that
we
do
we're
like
on
our
go
bonds,
we
do
20-year
financing
on
our
revenue
bonds.
G
We
do
on
our
revenue
bonds
like
for
aqua,
we'll
do
about
30-year
Bonds
in
this.
It
would
be
paid
off
much
more
quickly
as
that
72-month
sales
tax
comes
in
the
maps
for
arena,
so
the
First
Source
would
be
sales
tax,
the
Second
Source
that
we
have
that
we
go
into
the
arena.
Funding
is
the
funding
that
we
had
set
aside
or
dedicated
to
the
maps
in
in
maps.
Four
for
the
Downtown
Arena
that'd
be
at
least
70
million
dollars.
G
Some
of
the
improvements
are
being
made
to
the
current
Arena,
just
changes
of
seats
and
the
scoreboard,
things
that
we
needed
to
do
and
needed
to
be
updated.
Those
are
still
being
completed,
but
we're
going
to
hold
back
70
million
dollars
of
those
improvements.
Instead
of
continuing
to
make
improvements
in
the
existing
Arena,
we
would
make
the
hold
that
money
to
go
into
funding,
helping
to
fund
the
new
Arena,
and
then
the
team
agrees
to
provide
a
contribution
of
50
million
dollars
towards
the
completion
of
the
Arena.
G
M
Thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you,
city
manager,
good
morning.
Everyone
in
attendance
are
we
able
to
share
my
screen?
Please!
Oh,
that's
wonderful!
Thank
you!
There's
one
person
in
particular
who
is
watching.
That
means
a
whole
lot
to
me
who
got
me
to
this
moment
and
that
is
cloist
Cooper,
my
mother.
M
One
year
ago,
when
mayor
Holt
announced
to
the
city
that
we
were
going
to
have
an
arena
conversation,
my
mother
knew
I
was
a
skeptic
about
public
dollars
going
to
stadiums
and
sports
Arenas.
So
she
immediately
said
baby.
You
need
to
figure
out
how
to
make
it
work
and
so
thus
began.
The
compromise
now
I'm
going
to
walk
you
through
what
this
is.
So,
as
you
can
see
on
your
screen
here,
this
is
where
the
Milwaukee
Bucks
created
with
the
city
of
Milwaukee
and
with
community
members.
The
first
I'll
wait.
M
What
they
did
in
Milwaukee
is
the
Milwaukee
Bucks
community
members.
The
city
of
Milwaukee,
came
together
and
said
that
if
Milwaukee
was
going
to
put
to
an
election
the
construction
of
a
new
Arena,
then
we
should
make
sure
Community
benefits
agreement
attaches
itself
to
it,
and
it
is
the
first
of
its
kind
and
they
passed
it.
It
was
Republicans,
independent
and
Democrat
to
work
together
to
do
this
on
your
screen.
Here
you
see
that
rendering
of
their
work.
M
It
was
historic
and
it
is
what
the
owner
of
the
Milwaukee
Bucks
calls
a
no-brainer,
and
so
I
would
like
to
walk
you
through
three
points,
and
those
are
the
three
points
I
have
brought
to
this
resolution.
So
you're
welcome
to
follow
along
on
your
screen,
so
the
Milwaukee
Bucks
and
the
alliance
for
good
jobs
announced
the
completion
of
a
new
agreement
governing
in-use
jobs
within
the
arena
and
surrounding
development.
As
part
of
this
comprehensive
plan,
the
Bucks
are
committing
to
living
wage
and
First
Source,
hiring
Provisions.
M
M
M
Through
this
agreement,
we're
fulfilling
our
commitment
to
generate
high
quality
and
long-lasting
jobs
for
the
citizens
of
Milwaukee,
who
need
the
most.
This
program
is
absolutely
vital
one
more
time.
This
program
is
absolutely
vital
to
the
long-term
success
of
the
project,
the
agreement
between
the
Bucks
and
the
alliance
for
good
jobs-
and
this
is
the
first
point
we
were
talking
about-
basketball,
I,
believe
we're
all
familiar
with
three-pointers
and
then,
as
somebody
who
teaches
argument,
I
too
am
familiar
with
what
we
call
the
three-point
essay
so
stay
with
me
as
I
walk
you
through
please.
M
M
0.2
Additionally,
the
Bucks
in
the
alliance
for
good
jobs,
will
enact
a
First
Source
hiring
program.
It's
also
including
a
Workforce
intermediary
that
will
require
at
least
50
percent
of
covered
employees
in
the
arena
district
to
reside
at
the
time
of
hire
in
specified,
Milwaukee
zip
codes
that
are
particularly
hit
hard
by
unemployment
and
underemployment.
The
alliance
will
establish
a
hiring
Hall,
also
at
what's
called
a
Workforce
intermediary
to
serve
as
a
First
Source
for
potential
employees,
including
the
recruiting
screening
training
and
referring
a
potential
candidate
to
District
employers.
That's
point
two.
M
Finally,
the
new
agreement
includes
a
provision
that
will
provide
Arena
District
employees
with
an
opportunity
to
unionize
in
an
environment
that
is
neutral
and
free
from
traditional
pressures
associated
with
the
contested
and
adversarial
campaign
and
without
labor
unrest
and
work
disruption.
This
is
known
as
a
labor
peace
agreement.
It
says
that
a
city
has
a
stake
in
protecting
the
proprietary
interest
of
its
investment,
in
other
words,
we're
about
to
make
a
900
million
dollar
investment
with
taxpayer
dollars.
M
It
behooves
us
to
protect
that
interest
from
labor
unrest
that
we
see
all
around
this
country
to
prevent,
in
other
words,
a
Starbucks
and
an
Amazon
from
doing
what
these
big
businesses
with
Deep
Pockets
love
to
do
when
workers
just
want
to
vote
now,
they
can
vote
Yes
or
no,
they
can
vote
Yes
or
No.
But
what
happens?
Is
these
big
businesses
with
Deep
Pockets
come
in
and
engage
in?
They
hire
a
consultant
and
they
engage
in
a
campaign
to
persuade
voters
one
way
or
the
other.
This
says
back
off,
everyone
be
neutral.
M
We're
a
non-partisan
body.
Neutrality
makes
a
lot
of
sense
to
me,
then
right.
So
those
were
the
three
items.
Those
were
the
three
items.
First
of
its
kind
historic.
You
should
see
what
they've
done
in
Milwaukee
they
around
that
Arena
have
built
an
entire
Arena
District
with
a
restaurant
bars.
It
is
a
Premiere
and
when
I
heard
mayor
Holt
describe
their
visit
last
summer
to
Milwaukee
where
mayor
Holt,
City
leadership,
the
owners
of
the
Thunders
actually
went
to
learn
what
they
did
in
Milwaukee.
That's
where
I
got
this
idea.
M
This
idea
did
not
come
from
my
heart,
my
feelings.
This
idea
did
not
come
from
my
mind.
This
idea
came
from
a
best
practice
in
one
of
America's
great
cities,
and
if
we're
going
to
cite
Milwaukee
as
an
example
of
how
to
design
and
plan
an
arena
itself,
then
we
should
also
recognize
that
what
made
that
agreement
work
was
this
agreement
with
the
community
that
the
community
too,
should
benefit
from
it.
This
is
a
win-win.
This
is
a
win-win
or
to
go
back
and
use
the
words
of
the
owner
of
the
Milwaukee
Bucks
a
no-brainer.
M
Now
let
me
walk
you
through
my
work.
What
I
did
then
was?
A
year
ago
I
sat
with
the
owner
of
the
Milwaukee
Bucks
Council
I
sat
with
them
and
I
learned.
How
did
you
do
this
right?
The
CFO
sat
with
us.
He
sat
with
us,
so
they
walked
me
through
this
process.
M
The
next
thing
I
did
was
I
met
with
the
labor
organizer
there
Peter
by
the
way,
the
owner
of
the
Buck's
name
is
Peter
as
well,
so
yeah
two
Peter's
here
met
with
them
and
between
the
two
of
them
we
were
able
to
craft
this
agreement.
Our
agreement's
a
little
different-
and
here
are
the
three
points.
What
we
said
was
okay.
M
So
let's
make
sure
that
these
folk
that
we're
going
to
hire
to
work
here
that
we
have
created
that
support
system
connecting
them
to
Local
resources
that
can
help
them
heal
from
whatever
might
be
haunting
them
in
this
sort
of
way.
We
also
said,
let's
make
item
two:
let's
make
that
pay
commiserate
with
what
the
city
of
OKC
is
paying
its
workers
and
that's
the
fifteen
dollars
an
hour.
M
Unfortunately,
some
of
our
employees
right
now
who
are
part-timer
12.50
an
hour
and
so
we're
going
to
have
to
figure
out
how
do
we
get
the
rest
of
our
city
workers
up
to
15
before
we
can
get
the
arena
workers
up
there
as
well?
But
that
is
something
we're
dedicated
to
figuring
out
how
to
do
together
and
then
the
third
point
with
the
labor
peace
agreement.
This
was
new
to
our
city,
and
so
what
mayor
Holt
brought
to
me.
Of
course,
I
wanted
to
just
do
all
three
of
them
immediately.
M
But
what
mayor
Holt
wanted
to
do
was
to
say:
hey
James,
let's
have
a
cautious
moment
here
and
let's
study
right,
it's
the
mark
of
an
educated
person
to
be
able
to
entertain
an
idea
without
accepting
it
right,
so
to
be
able
to
do
that.
Research,
oh
by
the
way,
it's
Aristotle,
that's
Aristotle,
who
I'm
teaching
my
students
right
now
at
ocu,
they're
watching
they're,
doing
a
rhetorical
analysis!
Essay,
so
they're,
actually
watching
this
play
out
in
public.
M
The
three-point
essay
right,
but
I
I,
heard
from
mayor
Holt
that
why
don't
we
take
time
to
study
this
new
agreement
and
make
sure
Council
understands
it
and
I
think
that
will
do
because
I
think
you'll
see
that
what
they
pulled
off
in
Milwaukee
is
exceptional.
It's
first
of
its
kind,
it's
historic,
and
if
it's
good
enough
for
okay
upper
Milwaukee,
why
not
here,
and
that
is
Russell
Westbrook.
M
Let
me
see
if
there's
anything
else
I
would
want
to
say
there
is.
In
conclusion,
you
should
have
seen
this
coming.
I'd
like
to
quote
from
Boomtown.
M
Every
time
a
new
player
joins
the
Oklahoma
City
Thunder
before
he
ever
plays
a
game.
He
is
required
to
go
downtown
and
take
a
tour
of
the
Bombing
Memorial.
He
sees
the
Twisted
Axel,
a
Timothy
mcveigh's
demolished
rider
truck
still
labeled
with
evidence
tags
from
the
investigation.
He
sees
stopped
clocks
and
broken
coffee
mugs.
M
He
walks
among
the
168,
bronze
and
glass
chairs,
arranged
in
neat
rows
inside
the
footprint
of
the
missing
building
each
chair
inscribed
with
the
name
of
one
of
the
dead
he
walks
around
the
reflecting
pool
on
the
space
that
was
once
Fifth
Street
and
along
the
chain
link
fence
outside
where
people
still
come
from
all
over
the
world
to
leave,
photos
poems
and
stuffed
animals.
He
sees
the
Survivor
tree,
a
gnarled
Elm
that
somehow
lived
through
the
blast.
The
memorial
visit
is
an
official
team
policy
required
without
exception.
M
Daniel
Orton
told
the
team
that,
since
he
actually
experienced
the
bombing
in
person
since
his
mom
had
been
right
down
near
it,
since
his
uncles
were
firefighters
who
helped
at
the
scene.
Since
he
had
been
to
the
memorial
a
million
times,
he
didn't
feel
the
need
to
take
the
official
tour,
but
the
thunder
made
him
go
anyway.
M
It
was
part
of
the
process,
the
connection
between
basketball
and
the
bombing
may
seem
like
a
stretch,
perhaps
the
most
articulate
proponent,
of
the
belief
that
the
Thunder
is
in
fact
interrelated
to
community
interrelated
to
what
happened
here
on
one
of
our
worst
days
is
Justice
Stephen
Taylor
of
the
Oklahoma
Supreme
Court
former
Justice.
He
makes
the
connection
between
basketball
and
the
bombing
explicitly
without
hesitation
in
Long
enthusiastic
paragraphs
that
pour
amiably
out
of
his
mouth
quote.
M
My
interest
in
the
Thunder
is
about
more
than
just
basketball.
He
told
author
Sam
Anderson
in
his
Chambers
quote.
It
is
about
what
that
organization
has
done,
spiritually,
economically,
demographically.
All
the
social
sciences
for
this
community
basketball
has
been
the
vehicle
when
I
go
into
that
Arena
I
know
there
will
be
19
000
citizens
in
the
stands.
I
purposely
use
the
word
citizens.
Most
of
them
would
tell
you
that
five
years
ago
they
could
barely
spell
the
word
basketball.
They
had
no
interest
in
the
NBA
they're.
M
There
as
Citizens
they're
there,
because
that's
Oklahoma's
team,
Chesapeake
Arena
now
known
as
paycom,
is
a
community
Gathering
Place
I've
been
to
every
home
game
for
five
years.
I've
had
the
same
seat
and
I've
gotten
to
know
the
people
around
me,
they're
from
all
different
walks
of
life,
Blue
Collar,
White,
Collar,
professional
retired
and
they're
there
as
Citizens.
That's
why
I'm
so
enthusiastic?
It's
not
that
I'm!
Some
big
basketball
nut!
It's
because
I
love
this
community
and
I
love
this
state
I'm
with
him,
and
that
is
why
I
brought
to
you
today.
M
C
Thank
you
councilman.
Now
we
will
hear
from
our
residents
and
there
are
36
who
have
signed
up.
So
on
one
perspective,
that's
that's
out
of
700
000.
So
not
that
many
right,
but
on
another
on
another
perspective,
there's
three
minutes
a
piece.
So
so
it's
going
to
be
a
little
bit
so
I.
Thank
you
in
advance
for
your
patience
and
I
also
encourage
you
that
I
remind
you.
C
We
will
be
somewhat
rigid
on
the
three-minute
limit
because
of
the
number
of
people
and
I
would
encourage
everybody
at
the
beginning
of
the
remarks
to
State
their
name
and
address
for
the
record
and
Amy
will
give
you
a
30
second
warning
and
then
I
will
cut
you
off
at
three
minutes.
There
typically
is
a
clock
up
above,
hopefully
that
you
can
see.
C
If
that
is
an
issue,
and
then
I
will
generally
try
to
announce
not
just
the
next
speaker
who
is
about
to
speak
but
the
speaker
after
them,
so
that
person
might
want
to
in
fact
the
whole
first
Pew
is
available.
They
might
want
to
go
ahead
and
make
their
way
down,
and
that
will
shorten
our
transition
times.
U
V
Thank
you
mayor.
My
name
is
Tim
O'connor
I
actually
live
748
Oaky
Ridge
in
Yukon,
and
you
may
ask
me
why.
I'm
speaking
in
front
of
the
city
council
I
happen
to
be
president
of
the
central
Oklahoma
labor
Federation,
that
represents
some
14
000
members,
most
of
which
live
in
the
Oklahoma
City
metropolitan
area.
V
We
support
the
community
benefits
agreement.
We
think
it's
a
great
start
for
workers
in
the
Arena
to
be
able
to
guarantee
them
a
living
wage
job
that
they
can
support
their
families
on
and
whatever
I
can
do
as
a
council
to
bring
that
to
fruition.
V
I
know,
there's
a
little
study
we
want
to
do
on
on
the
the
issue
on
the
organizing
part,
I'll
just
say
that
a
labor
peace
agreement
and
I'm
willing
to
work
to
make
everybody
comfortable
on
this
council
with
what
we're
talking
about
when
it
comes
to
the
organizing
piece
that
and
and
we're
going
to
be
at
the
table
as
long
as
people
want
to
talk
about
that
and
move
forward
on
something.
V
M
You
before
Tim
would
you
mind
just
real
quick
before
Tim
before
you
go,
and
this
will
be
one
of
two
final
remarks:
I'm
going
to
have
for
the
day
I
want
to.
Can
you
hear
me?
Thank
you.
Tim
and
Arturo.
Delgado
y'all
came
to
the
table
as
we
met
with
labor
in
Milwaukee
to
learn
locally
what
you
all
are
already
doing
and
to
compare
that
with
Milwaukee,
and
so
should
we
form
this
study
group
with
the
CBA
we're
going
to
continue
this
this
dialogue.
M
A
final
note,
though,
and
I'm
glad
Tim's
up
here,
I'm,
also
glad
that
you
came
chef
because
I
also
see
Jenny
Nguyen
here
Jenny,
you
don't
know
this
yet
hi
Jenny
is
a
Ward
2
Resident
and
Lee
Sandwiches.
Their
family
has
owned
that
for
years,
but
Jenny
also
does
some
Chef
work
in
the
arena,
and
you
inspired
me
and
I
haven't,
got
a
chance
to
tell
you
this.
Yet
you
inspired
conversations
with
Tim.
M
We
attached
to
our
agreement
an
apprenticeship
program,
I
forgot
to
mention
earlier
the
way
this
would
work
is
that
Arena
workers
we
would
be
pairing
them
with
seasoned
people
in
the
trades
right
to
help
us
build
the
arena.
We
would
be
pairing
them
with
seasoned
workers
within
the
arena
so
that
they
have
an
apprenticeship
program,
so
they
can
learn
transferable
skills,
so
we
can
connect
them
to
the
certifications
at
Metro
tax.
Right,
like
culinary
arts
right
electrician,
you
name
it
so
we're
actually
not
just
doing
a
hiring
haul.
M
We're
talking
about
an
apprenticeship
program
that
connects
people
to
the
certifications,
connects
them
to
the
Associate's
degrees,
connects
them
into
workers
who
are
already
doing
incredible
work
so
that
maybe,
as
they're
working
in
the
arena
with
someone
like
Jenny,
they
then
go
on
to
start
their
own
restaurant.
The
way
Jenny
has
just
started
bum
box,
and
you
can
see
this
all
across
Oklahoma
City.
So
once
the
arena
is
done
with
its
construction,
we
would
be
able
to
transfer
those
workers
to
other
parts
of
the
city
and
other
jobs.
M
C
W
My
name
is
Scarlet
cow
and
the
address
is
20
Northwest,
13
and
I'm.
Also,
the
president
of
the
greater
Oklahoma
City
Asian
Chamber
of
Commerce,
the
arena
will
align
with
our
Asian
chamber
missions
and
goals
to
support
economic
development
of
the
Asian
communities.
Our
goals
are
to
connect,
educate,
recruit
and
advocate.
W
The
Thunder
team
has
been
a
community
leader
and
support
for
the
Asian
community
Through,
the
first
NBA
Lunar
New
Year
celebrations
and
other
training
programs
such
as
the
click
training
programs
for
customers
service
for
our
members.
After
the
click
programs.
We
completely
understand
why
we
feel
so
welcome,
just
like
walking
into
a
relative
homes
in
all
the
Thunder
games.
W
Both
of
those
events
has
a
tremendous
success
and
great
turnouts
that
is,
connect
and
educate
for
our
chamber.
The
arena
will
be
a
major
attractions
for
our
city
and
a
necessary
Economic
Development
to
elevate
our
quality
of
life
to
the
next
level.
With
more
concerts
performances
and
sports
at
Oklahoma
City
residents,
we
can
enjoy
amenities
in
our
community
and
keep
the
tax
dollars
locally
and
benefit
our
local
economy
without
needing
to
travel
to
other
cities.
W
W
It
is
support
our
recruit
effort.
We
are
embracing
diversity
in
our
city.
The
new
Oklahoma
City
Asian
chamble
Commerce,
closely
collaborates
with
the
league
and
strengthened
our
Relationships
by
helping
share
the
team's
brand
and
successes
with
our
growing
Asian
Community
locally
nationally
and
internationally,
and
by
versus
the
Thunder
team
is
also
spreading
good
words
and
elevating
the
image
of
our
Asian
communities
through
the
world
is
Advocate.
Additionally,
the
arena
will
beautify
and
enhance
downtown's
Oklahoma
cities
landscape
and
will
draw
me
more
people
back
to
the
core
and
to
even
build
a
stronger
community.
W
C
X
Good
morning
my
name
is
Shane
Phillips
I'm
with
an
organization
called
Work
Ready
Oklahoma,
we're
at
three
East
Main
in
downtown
Oklahoma
City
and
we're
here
to
just
voice
our
support
for
the
resolution
and
councilman's
Community
benefits
agreement.
We
think
that
a
livable
wage
is
something
that
will
benefit
not
only
the
community
but
also
the
participants
that
we
serve
so
we're
in
full
support
we'll
help
in
any
way.
Thanks.
Y
Thank
you
mayor
and
Council
Members
First
I'd
like
to
say
thank
you
to
everyone
here
for
taking
the
time
out
of
their
busy
schedule
to
debate
this
matter.
I
particularly
want
to
thank
those
challenging
this
investment,
many
our
friends
and
colleagues
whom
I
deeply
admire
and
respect,
and
while
we
may
not
always
agree
on
community
investment
strategies,
we
agree
that
asking
for
transparency,
equity
and
accountability
is
never
a
bad
thing
and
will
always
make
us
better.
So
thank
you.
Y
I
am
Erica
Lucas
I'm,
the
co-founder
of
Stitch
crew,
an
organization
building
a
more
Equitable
economy
through
entrepreneurship.
We
do
this
by
designing
and
implementing
programs
to
invest
and
traditionally
Overlook
entrepreneurs
I'm
also
the
founder
of
vest
investor
Ventures,
a
peer
Network
for
professional
women,
an
investment
fund
for
investment
for
investing
in
women-led
companies
that
are
building
the
infrastructure
needed
to
support
women
and
Working
Families,
both
at
work
and
at
home.
Y
We
also
invest
in
companies
enabling
employers
to
build
more
the
future
of
work
to
be
a
more
inclusive
workspace,
so
councilmour
Cooper
I
love
your
your
your
presentation,
access
to
Capital
and
resources,
as
well
as
networks,
continues
to
be
one
of
the
main
barriers
to
entry
for
entrepreneurs,
particularly
when
it
comes
to
women
and
entrepreneurs
of
color.
Y
Unlocking
this
potential
can
Infuse
four
trillion
dollars
into
our
economy.
That's
why?
In
2017
we
launched
Stitch
crew
with
the
help
and
support
of
the
Oklahoma
City
Thunder
and
the
establishment
of
the
Thunder
launch
pad
by
the
end
of
this
year
and
throughout
the
course
of
six
years,
we
will
have
invested
in
160
companies,
90
percent
of
which
are
led
by
women
and
or
entrepreneurs
of
color.
Today,
collectively,
those
companies
that
have
decided
to
raise
Capital
have
raised
more
than
50
million
dollars
and
created
more
than
350
jobs.
Y
These
are
more.
There
are
now
more
organizations
across
across
Oklahoma
City
and
the
state
of
Oklahoma
supporting
entrepreneurs
and
I'm
very
grateful
for
that.
However,
back
in
2017,
when
we
launched
there
was
only
one
state
back
organization
outside
of
the
two
universities
and
independent
co-sharing
spaces
that
focus
on
supporting
entrepreneurs.
None
of
them
had
an
intentional
focus
on
making
entrepreneurship
more
equitable.
Y
In
fact,
when
back
when
I
was
talking
about
supporting
traditionally
overlooked,
entrepreneurs
was
something
that
you
didn't
talk
about
and
if
you
did,
let's
just
say
it
made
you
less
popular
30
seconds.
Please
I
had
many
I
had
many
doors
closed.
Fellow
economic
developers,
investors,
regulator,
government
Incorporated
leaders
alike.
Tell
me
that
investing
in
traditionally
overlooked
entrepreneurs
was
not
real
Economic
Development
all,
but
one
organization
decided
to
partner
with
us
all,
but
one
organization
believed
that
investing
in
traditionally
overlooked
entrepreneurs
was
not
just
the
right
thing
to
do,
but
the
most
profitable
thing
to
do.
Y
The
Oklahoma,
City
Thunder
has
West
Stitch
groups
first
and
Main
sponsor
providing
us
the
space
we
needed
to
run
the
programs
and
the
space
to
run
the
programs
I
know
that
there
will
be
plenty
of
people
making
the
argument.
The
economic
argument,
if
why
investing
in
a
new
arena
is
a
good
investment.
But
in
my
personal
experience
the
Thunder
has
been
more
about
just
in
sports
and
economic
impact.
They've
been
an
incredible
partner
and
Allied
to
our
mission
building.
Z
Z
32Nd
good
morning,
I
serve
as
the
vice
president
of
the
Asian
District
Cultural
Association.
We
are
the
organization
that
represents
the
Asian
District,
as
James
mentioned
earlier.
My
family
has
Lee
Sandwiches
there
in
2018,
I
helped
develop
the
collective
Food
Hall
in
Midtown,
which
is
the
city's
first
restaurant
incubator
and
just
recently,
I
just
opened
up
another
restaurant
in
the
Asian
District
called
boombox
and
I
was
asked
to
come
here
today
to
make
comments
on
the
arena.
But,
to
be
honest
with
you,
I've
been
so
busy
with
my
restaurant
I
had
no
idea.
Z
I
didn't
have
a
pulse
on
what
was
going
on
until
you
know
a
few
weeks
ago,
when
everything
kind
of
went
crazy,
but
I'd
like
to
say
I'd
like
to
think
that
my
achievements
are
a
combination
of
logically
following
my
intuition
and
asking
myself
wwmipd.
What
would
my
immigrant
parents
do
and
what
my
immigrant
parents
did
in
2007?
They
bought
a
vacant
building
in
the
Asian
district
and
they
brought
in
a
national
franchise.
Z
Lee
Sandwiches
and
not
many
people
actually
know
that
it's
a
national
franchise
and
I
think
there's
three
key
reasons
why
local
ownership
accessibility
cost
right
in
2007.
You
could
get
a
sandwich
for
less
than
four
dollars.
It's
2023.
You
can
still
get
a
sandwich
for
less
than
six
dollars.
Accessibility
is
a
very
key
reason
why
Lee
Sandwiches
is
still
around
today
and
the
ability
to
create
community
and
the
only
way
you
can
create
Community
is
through
accessibility.
Z
I
think
that
these
three
core
things
created
the
success
of
leaves
for
the
last
15
years
and
the
next
50
years
to
come
and
with
this
new
Arena
proposal
as
it
stands,
we're
able
to
hit
two
of
those
things:
local
ownership
and
community
and
we
live
I
live
in
the
world
of
inclusivity.
My
my
work
with
the
Asian
district
is
dedicated
to
creating
community
and
inclusivity
and
I
know
that
that
is
currently
a
part
of
our
argument
or
the
arguments
you
know.
Z
Why
would
we
choose
an
arena
over
our
vulnerable
population
who
won't
ever
be
able
to
enjoy
this
big
beautiful
new
thing
and
to
be
franked
I?
Can
I
can
bet
that
zero
percent
of
my
first
generation
business
owners
and
people
that
live
there
have
not
gone
to
a
Thunder
game
or
even
an
event
center,
but
I
can
guarantee
you
that
100
of
them
have
felt
the
effects
of
having
the
Oklahoma
City
Thunder
here
and
having
the
arena
here
30
seconds,
please,
okay,
I'll
be
really
quick.
Z
The
agenda,
the
Asian
district
is
the
gem
of
our
city.
It's
a
gem
in
the
center
of
our
city
and
restaurants
and
businesses
depend
on
people.
We
depend
on
tourism.
We
depend
on
having
a
city.
People
want
to
live
in,
I
know
that
the
arena
will
make
a
positive
impact
in
our
community,
just
like
it
has
before
and
I
know
that
with
councilman
Cooper's
resolution
and
agreement
we'll
be
able
to
hit
all
the
points
we
need
to
accessibility,
inclusivity
and
Community.
When
we
build
big
beautiful
things
with
people
in
mind,
first,
we
will
always
win.
AA
We,
my
wife
and
I,
were
big
downtown
supporters.
We
live
20
miles
exactly
from
downtown
by
the.
If
you
drive
it,
but
we
supported
it
because
when
the
first
Maps
came
up,
we
were
looking
at
offices
downtown
and
my
wife
had
actually
shopped
as
a
kid
she'd
come
from
Del
City
on
the
bus
and
she
loved
downtown.
AA
She
remembered
it
from
the
60s
I,
remembered
it
coming
down
from
Edmond,
because
you
could
drive
downtown
at
night
and
practice
your
city
driving
and
no
one
was
here
and
also
if
you
were
downtown
in
the
80s.
You
know
it
was
a
ghost
town
after
after
dark,
but
anyway,
big
supporter
I,
do
have
four
points.
AA
AA
You
know,
we've
got
the
the
multi-sport
arena
and
all
those,
so
you
know
that
would
be
fine
with
me
and
also
the
Thunder
is
a
unifying
force
when
you
live
out
like
I
do,
and
you
hear
a
lot
of
things
here
from
Mr
Cooper,
sometimes
about
an
urban
sprawl
and
all
those
things
and
I
have
spoken
before
I'm,
not
for
urban
sprawl,
but
I
am
a
product
of
urban
sprawl,
but
the
Thunder
everyone
is
for
the
Thunder
I.
Think
most
people
are,
you
know
we're
not
in
a
district.
AA
C
Well
said,
fan
Tran,
followed
by
Joy
Reardon.
AB
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Tom
Tran
I'm
from
Ward
63005,
West,
Park,
Place
and
I
am
here
to
share
my
experience
as
a
local
business
that
just
started
this
year.
Okc
food
Hub
to
help
support
local
farmers
with
getting
their
products
out
to
our
local
communities.
So
I
appreciate
mayor
Holt's
efforts
to
maintain
OKC's
economic
progress,
as
well
as
being
a
Big
League
City,
but
at
what
cost
to
our
local
community
struggling
with
poverty,
food
security
and
health
issues?
AB
How
can
this
one
billion
dollar
project,
which
95
right
now
is
being
funded
with
our
public
money?
How
can
it
be
better,
balanced
and
hold
the
city
officials
and
thunder
business
owners
more
accountable
to
its
local
community?
What
kind
of
jobs
does
this
new
Arena
bring
to
our
local
community?
How
does
it
help
Oklahomans
get
jobs
with
true
living
wages,
so
they
aren't
living
in
poverty
and
can
be
self-sufficient
and
be
able
to
take
care
of
themselves,
their
family
and
their
neighbors?
How
does
it
directly
invest
in
our
local
communities?
AB
Does
it
address
income
inequalities
and
I
promise
you
that
James,
Cooper
and
I
did
not
talk
before
this,
so
I
bring
this
these
points
to
you
from
a
lived
experience
from
poverty
from
dealing
with
lack
of
infrastructure.
That
is
an
access
barrier
to
most
beginning
businesses.
I
would
love
a
billion
dollars.
I
would
love
to
be
able
to
get
cold
storage,
cold
reefers
that
can
help
move
local
food
to
our
local
communities.
That
would
be
wonderful,
I'm
struggling
to
even
find
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
such
things.
AB
I'm
working
with
Farmers
can't
even
get
to
ten
thousand
dollars
to
get
irrigation
to
get
things
on
the
ground
right
to
grow
food
for
our
communities.
These
are
real
experiences
right
and
so
I
struggle
with
this
number.
It's
so
big,
and
you
know
what
I
appreciate
that
the
paycom
Center
in
its
current
state
may
not
be
capable
of
securing
a
long-term
lease
with
an
NBA
NBA
team.
I
speak
these
words
and
I
feel
so
disjointed
because
we
live
in
a
community
where
people
are
suffering.
So
we
need
to
be
more
prudent
with
these
funds.
AB
P
P
You're
talking
about
95
percent
of
the
average
citizen
is
going
to
pay
for
this.
If
the
Thunder
wants
to
stay,
they
keep
threatening.
They
want
to
leave
because
we
don't.
We
don't
have
a
arena
for
them
to
play
in
yeah,
it's
great
for
other
cities
and
what
has
happened
there
and
all
these
programs
y'all
are
talking
about
implementing.
If
we
get
the
arena,
why
not
Implement
them
now
today?
P
P
What's
going
to
happen,
if
we
don't
get
the
arena,
they're
gonna
go.
Okay,
I
was
in
Baltimore
when
the
Baltimore
Colts
left
in
the
middle
of
the
night.
A
lot
of
people.
Don't
don't
know
that
they
had
agreements
in
place,
but
they
left
they
snuck
out
in
the
middle
of
the
night,
and
no
one
was
the
wiser
about
it.
P
P
We
are
we're
one
to
build
a
multi,
faceted
Arena,
plus
we're
we're
putting
all
this
money
into
the
current
paycom
Center.
That's
going
to
be
not
put
there.
The
voters
voted
to
put
it
in
the
attack
on
Center,
not
some
dream,
some,
not
some
pilot
dream.
P
P
AC
AC
and
when
my
husband
became
ill
and
couldn't
use
his
seat,
we
had
multiple
people
use
that
seat.
We
met
people
from
all
over
the
world,
Japan
all
of
Europe
interesting
man
from
Belgium.
We
had
families
who
came
here
on
their
vacations
just
to
see
the
Thunder
I
met
one
gentleman
who
took
his
vacation
to
go
to
all
30
Arenas
and
one
of
those
places
was
here.
Oh
my
gosh
Oklahoma
City.
AC
Okay,
sorry
they
talk
about
the
owner,
threatening
to
leave
the
owners,
don't
have
to
threaten
to
leave
the
NBA
will
step
in
if
our
Arena
does
not
meet
standards,
and
they
will
tell
the
city,
you
don't
have
a
team
anymore.
Do
you
not
remember
how
we
got
this
team
Seattle
did
exactly
that.
If
we
do
not
move
forward,
we
will
slide
back.
AC
AC
Sorry
I
know
it's
Oklahoma
about
30
seconds
OKC.
First,
there
was
an
article
in
the
paper
by
Professor
roach,
who
is
I,
guess
an
economist
at
OU,
and
he
was
talking
about
how
this
was
an
850
million
dollar
tax
for
use
by
billionaire
owners.
As
I
said,
I've
been
there
since
day,
one
I've
missed
three
games:
I
have
never
set
near
or
next
to
a
billionaire
I
can
see.
Judy
love
no
relation
for
my
seat,
but
that's
the
closest
I've
gotten
and
I'm
afraid.
AC
C
AD
This
is
a
very
large
subsidy
that
essentially
supports
the
entertainment
of
a
small
number
of
upper
income
spectators
too
many
other
areas
need
more
funding,
such
as
sidewalks
dedicated
public
transit
funding,
school
funding
and
affordable
housing
subsidies
at
a
minimum
cost
of
900
million
dollars
in
tax
dollars
to
build
and
an
OKC
population
of
six
hundred
and
fifty
thousand.
AD
Our
city
has
needs
to
invest
in
besides
building
a
new
Arena
that
only
a
fraction
of
us
can
benefit
from
Council
should
reject
sending
this
to
a
public
vote,
take
resident
input
seriously
and
if
nothing
else
present
us
with
a
fair
deal
where
the
team
owners
are
contributing
more
than
five
percent
of
the
cost
for
their
new
premium
seating.
Thank
you.
AE
AE
My
family
business
is
called
toll
rigging,
we've
been
providing
staged
labor
in
Oklahoma
City
for
since
1978,
since
I
graduated
high
school
at
Northwest
Classen,
you
know
the
beginning
of
the.
The
Mass
project
was
basically
started
by
a
one
cent
sales
tax
suggestion
when
we
were
trying
to
get
a
bid
for
a
Boeing
I
believe
was
Boeing
contract.
We
didn't
get
that
contract,
but
mayor
Ron
norik
at
that
time
recognized
that
Oklahoma's
were
willing
to
invest
in
themselves
and
we
still
are
a
Maps
project
has
come
a
long
ways
from
the
beginning.
AE
Maps
one
was
maps
for
kids
and,
as
you
know,
Maps
three
and
match
four.
Now,
where
we're
at
I'd
like
to
ask
everybody
a
question:
how
many
people
do
you
think
Maps
employees?
That's
that's
going
to
be
a
very
hard
number
to
answer,
but
it's
a
lot
and
it
would
have
to
rival
with
Tinker.
In
my
opinion,
at
this
point,
not
only
does
the
you
know:
I
represent
a
small
portion
of
laborers
and
we
we
specialize
in
setting
up
concerts,
entertainment.
AE
The
Thunder
has
provided
us
a
lot
of
work
just
through
the
Thunder,
and
the
facility
itself
has
provided
us
a
lot
of
work
when
I
say
us.
Since
2018,
our
company
has
gone
from
oh
20
or
30
employees
to
over
500
employees,
W-2
wage
earners,
local
employees.
So
we're
very
proud
of
that.
AE
AE
AE
AF
All
right
good
morning,
OKC,
council
members
and
fellow
citizens,
my
name
is
Cameron
Glenn
I
live
at
8720,
Tracy
Drive,
despite
being
a
resident
of
Oklahoma
City
for
a
mere
four
years.
I've
come
to
care
deeply
about
this
community,
which
brings
me
here
to
discuss
the
proposal
of
the
shiny
new
toy,
the
our
new
stadium
in
the
business
World,
we're
told
what
we
want
to.
We
have
to
pay
for
what
we
want
to
build,
but
it
seems
like
someone
to
break
the
simple
rule
and
hope
the
community
will
foot
the
bill
for
a
giant
playground.
AF
The
Stadium's
price
tag
starts
starts
at
900
million,
it's
a
sum
that
seems
to
have
more
zeros
than
good
good
reasons
to
build
it,
and
while
Rich
owners
bask
in
the
profits
we
hold,
the
ordinary
folks
are
left
holding
the
check
asking
the
community
to
cover
most
of
the
bill
while
reaping
a
mere
fraction
of
the
return.
Isn't
just
unfair.
It's
a
slap
in
the
face
to
the
hard-working
Oklahomans.
If
the
Thunders
owners
are
so
sure
about
their
Venture,
perhaps
they
should
dig
more
than
five
and
a
half
percent
into
their
pockets.
AF
AF
AF
B
B
First
I
I
wish
to
acknowledge
the
amount
of
planning
and
work
and
thought
that's
been
put
into
this
strategy.
For
the
I'll
say,
a
billion
dollar
project
for
the
Thunder
I
respectfully
submit
that
900
million
has
been
mentioned.
I
think
it'll
be
over
a
billion
I'll
document.
B
The
project
management
journal
in
April
and
May
of
2014,
with
about
two
and
a
half
pages
of
documented
specific
research
by
Ben
fleibdorg,
said
underestimating
cost
and
overestimating
benefits
for
a
given
project,
which
is
the
common
pattern,
leads
to
a
falsely.
High
benefit
cost
ratio
for
that
project,
which
in
turn
leads
to
two
problems.
First,
the
project
may
be
disparted
Maybe
started,
despite
the
fact
that
it's
not
financially
and
economically
viable
or
second,
it
may
be
started
instead
of
another
project
which
would
have
shown
to
yield
higher
returns
than
the
project
started.
B
Had
the
real
cost
and
benefits
of
both
projects
been
known,
both
causes
result
in
Pareto
inefficiency,
that
is,
the
misallocation
of
resources
for
public
projects
and
a
waste
of
taxpayers
money.
It's
a
well-researched,
lengthy
article
and
I'm
happy
to
provide
more
detailed
information
on
it.
If
you
wish,
every
Arena
that
I'm,
aware
of
of
comparable
size
and
population
continues
to
require
subsidization
by
the
taxpayers,
I
certainly
am
proud
that
we
have
the
Thunder
I'm,
not
sure
that.
AG
Good
morning,
council
members
and
neighbors
I
appreciate
the
patience
of
everyone
here
today,
as
we
discuss
this
at
length.
I
live
at
115,
Northwest,
32nd
and
I
am
also
the
secretary
of
the
Oklahoma
libertarian
party
as
a
Libertarian
I
oppose
taxes
period.
AG
The
end
no
more
to
be
said
about
that,
but,
as
a
member
of
this
community
I
see
the
value
in
having
the
NBA
presence,
I
do
appreciate
all
the
work
that
especially
my
council
member,
has
put
into
this
resolution,
but
I'd
like
to
implore
that
our
elected
officials
go
back
to
the
table
and
negotiate.
It
is
not
the
burden
of
the
citizens
to
carry
five
and
a
half
percent
of
that
total
value
of
an
arena.
AG
Like
many
of
my
neighbors
have
pointed
out,
only
the
upper
echelon
are
going
to
get
to
enjoy
some
of
those
return
benefits.
I
appreciate.
All
of
the
work
that
has
been
put
in
I
want
to
see
that
more
is
being
done
for
our
tax
dollars.
Let's
go
back,
let's
negotiate.
Let's
see
the
ownership
put
more
than
five
percent
I,
don't
want
to
burden
our
population
with
twelve
hundred
dollars
per
citizen
when
that
money
could
be
spent
elsewhere.
I
yield
my
time
to
the
next
speaker.
Thank
you.
So
much.
AH
Good
morning,
mayor
and
members
of
the
council,
my
name
is
Gary
Jones
3131
Northwest
Expressway
I'm,
the
government
Affairs
director
for
the
Oklahoma
City
metropolitan
Association
of
Realtors,
which
is
an
organization
over
5
000
citizens
from
our
great
community.
We
are
excited
and
proud
to
announce
our
support
for
the
arena.
It's
not
that
we
support
taxes,
but
what
we
do
support
is
Investments
That
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
all
of
our
citizens.
AH
We
would
love
a
place
where
people
like
to
come
work
and
live
and
raise
their
families
as
a
lifelong
Oklahoma,
City
resident
I've
seen
our
economy
go
up
and
down.
I
know,
as
Oklahomans
were
used
to
the
weather,
changing
all
the
time,
but
since
the
Thunder
has
come
in
the
past
two
decades,
real
estate
business
has
seen
the
first
hand
Positive
Growth,
that
the
Thunder
and
the
Thunder
environment
has
brought
to
our
community.
AH
Our
city
is
growing
like
it's
never
grown
before.
Central
Oklahoma
is
one
of
the
fastest
growing
regions
in
the
nation
and,
as
you
know,
we
are
one
of
the
largest
top
20
cities
in
the
nation.
It
is
difficult
to
quantify
what
this
means,
but
during
the
time
Oklahoma
City
has
been
in
MBA
City.
Our
community
has
experienced
unprecedented
growth
with
the
City's
population
growing
around
570
000
from
570
000
to
close
to
70
000
people.
AH
AH
That
is
passed
because
we
understand
that,
in
order
to
improve
the
quality
of
a
community,
you
must
invest
in
it
and
if
you
don't
invest
in
it
and
you
don't
grow
it,
then
you
don't
get
the
results
that
you're
looking
for
we're,
excited
and
feel
this
is
a
pathway
to
a
great
future
and
we
hope
you'll
support
it.
Thank
you
very
much.
AI
Hi
Debbie
Hampton
I
live
at
1611
Mulholland
Drive
I
feel
like
I,
live
at
United
Way
of
Central
Oklahoma
at
1444,
Northwest,
28th
and
proud
to
be
part
of
the
Asian
District
I
have
been
a
part
of
the
non-profit
sector
for
over
30
years
before
the
Thunder
and
after
the
Thunder
I
have
seen
the
benefit
to
the
non-profit
sector.
I
have
watched
it
not
only
bringing
in
business
when
our
businesses
are
doing
well.
AI
Our
non-profit
sector
does
well,
but
not
only
bringing
in
philanthropic
dollars
but
serving
as
mentors
to
our
clients
of
our
50
partner
agencies
that
actually
reside
in
Oklahoma
City
I'm
a
firm
believer.
It's
not
about
Oklahoma
City,
it's
not
about
Tulsa,
it's
about
the
state
of
Oklahoma
and
it's
what
Oklahoma
City
can
do
for
the
entire
state.
AI
I
want
you
to
know
that
our
clients
of
our
agencies
look
up
to
the
Thunder.
They
aspire
to
be
like
the
Thunder.
When
you
have
a
thunder
player,
that
is
a
Boys
and
Girls
Club
kid
that
comes
and
tells
a
Boys
and
Girls
Club
kid.
They
can
do
anything.
They
listen.
They
hear
it
you've
seen
the
data
I
don't
need
to
touch
on
that,
but
what
I
will
end
with
is
the
tremendous
respect
I
have
for
this
city
council.
What
you
are
known
for
above
all
else
is
that
you
care
about
what
your
constituents
want.
AJ
Thank
you
good
morning.
Everyone,
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
in
front
of
all
of
you
and
thank
you
for
your
time.
My
name
is
AJ
Johnson
I
live
at
2121,
North,
Gatewood,
Avenue,
I'm,
a
very
proud
Oklahoma,
City
resident
and
very
very
firm
believer
of
the
Oklahoma
City
Thunder
I
am
the
vice
president
of
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club,
one
of
the
greatest
things
that
I
have
witnessed
since
2008.
AJ
AJ
AJ
You
can
go
down
they'll!
Let
you
in
they'll
give
you
a
tour
of
their
facility
at
any
given
time.
I've
taken
our
kids
down
there
to
let
them
see.
People
from
the
Thunder
organization
have
come
in
and
they
have
been
a
part
of
mentorships
teaching,
our
kids
every
child
in
our
club,
many
of
our
young
men
young
ladies.
They
want
to
be
a
professional
basketball
player,
but
to
watch
these
people
who
work
for
the
Thunder
show:
okay,
maybe
you're,
not
six
foot,
eight,
six
foot-
nine!
AJ
Maybe
you
won't
live
that
dream,
but
I
work
in
the
lighting
I
work
in
concession.
They
show
our
kids
how
they
can
be
a
part
of
this
great
organization
and
community.
Now
earlier
someone
did
talk
about
being
in
the
Bahamas
I
believe
about
a
group
of
young
kids
being
excited,
I
was
in
Paris
a
few
years
ago,
I
was
wearing
a
thunder
pullover
during
Thanksgiving
I,
see
some
kids
and
they
started
screaming
OKC
Thunder
OKC,
Thunder,
Russell,
Westbrook,
Russell,
Westbrook
and
first
off
I'm.
AJ
E
AJ
So
on
my
on
my
wrist
I
had
a
little
band
that
had
a
Oklahoma
City,
Thunder,
bracelet
band
and
I
gave
it
to
one
of
the
kids
30
seconds.
Please
they
were
so
excited
when
this
young
man
he
ran
into
the
school.
The
next
thing
I
know
here's
a
group
of
kids
running
out,
saying
I
want
one
of
the
bracelets.
Fortunately,
when
I
go
places,
I
take
Thunder
gear
things
with
me:
I
opened
up.
AJ
E
AK
I'd
like
to
respectfully
ask
that
the
city
council
stay
off
their
phones,
while
I
speak.
If
that
would
be
possible,
please
my
name
is
Edward
Morris
I
live
at
500,
West,
Main
Street.
If
the
people
of
Oklahoma
City
vote
for
a
new
Arena,
we
needed
to
be
Arena
that
the
city
can
be
proud
of
for
90
years,
as
our
city
has
done,
for
the
beautiful
Civic
Center
music
hall
right
across
the
street
I'm
here,
to
encourage
transparency
and
to
discourage
haste.
AK
Every
person
in
this
room
knows
that
there
has
been
no
open
conversation.
We
did
hear
a
case
for
the
arena
and
the
State
of
the
State
and
a
couple
of
media
interviews.
The
only
Counterpoint
any
of
us
have
seen
has
been
a
couple
op-eds
in
the
Oklahoman
I
live
100
yards
from
here
and
near
the
proposed
new
location
of
the
arena,
and
there
have
been
no
Town
Halls
listening
sessions
or
any
actual
public
input.
AK
Aside
from
the
Oklahoman,
which
I
applaud
them
for
we've
heard
the
mayor
say
there
is
no
plan
B
well,
that
is
a
huge
problem
and
the
mayor
should
be
held
accountable
for
this
I.
Think.
That's
because
the
person
negotia
in
with
a
thunder
is
not
negotiating
for
the
people
of
Oklahoma
City,
but
rather,
as
the
author
of
a
book
called
Big,
League
City,
and
for
an
inflative
idea
of
what
a
sports
franchise
can
do
for
a
city,
the
problem
Oklahoma
City
back
our
education,
Transportation,
Health,
Care,
arts
and
culture.
AK
AK
It
is
because
it
is
a
place,
that's
good
for
business,
but
not
good
for
humans.
I
am
interested
primarily
in
sustainability
and
preservation.
I'm
holding
one
part
of
a
three-volume
book
called
Venice
Splendor.
It
is
a
collection
of
all
the
buildings
that
were
destroyed
during
urban
renewal.
You
can
get
it
in
the
public
library
across
the
street
there
most
of
those
buildings
were
replaced
with
nothing.
If
we
are
going
to
tear
down
any
part
of
the
city
for
a
new
Arena,
we
need
to
do
it
sustainably.
AK
In
a
way
that
will
work
for
a
century
of
Oklahoma
citizens,
not
just
a
20-year
Sports
contract,
there
are
too
many
recommendations
for
to
make
me
to
make
in
the
required
time,
but
here
just
some
if
we
vote
for
a
new
Arena,
let's
use
it
to
highlight
local
artists,
Architects
and
Engineers.
I
can
already
hear
the
argument.
AK
Oh
well,
there's
no
one
local,
who
has
that
experience
well,
who
better
to
give
them
that
experience
than
the
City
of
Oklahoma
City
I
think
that
we
need
to
include
Green
Space
that
builds
on
the
phenomenal
success
and
Myriad
Gardens,
and
we
need
to
build
at
every
phase
of
the
development.
We
need
to
think
about
how
the
city
can
positively
impact
young
people
in
terms
of
access
to
the
facilities
Etc,
and
also
that
we
build
in
access
to
public
transit.
AK
What
if
we
anticipate
the
rail
that
we
all
know
that
the
city
needs
to
stay
competitive
and
build
in
a
light
rail
stop
into
the
stadium
and
finally,
I
love
James
Cooper's
recommendations,
but
if
they
are
not
baked
in
if
the
minimum
wages
living
wages
are
not
baked
into
the
agreement,
they
are
just
trying
to
blow
smoke
somewhere.
C
And
thank
you
for
your
time.
Nicole
McAfee,
followed
by
Lance
McDaniel.
AL
When
this
body
hosted
hearings
about
the
nature
of
the
maps
for
proposal
which
Advanced
with
a
yes
vote
from
only
about
four
percent
of
Oklahoma
City
residents,
I
stood
right
here
and
told
you
that,
while
I
was
excited
about
the
investment
in
the
people
of
Oklahoma,
City
I
was
wary
of
us
making
them
Stakes
too
many
cities
have
made
before
us
regarding
Public
Funding
of
sports,
Arenas
and
I
wasn't
alone.
Raising
that
concern,
and
now
you
want
to
double
down
on
that
harm.
AL
Reporters
have
calculated.
Ultimately,
every
household
in
Oklahoma
City
would
pay
thirty
two
hundred
dollars
to
subsidize
the
new
proposed
arena
for
multi-millionaire
owner
Clay
Bennett.
Maybe
your
household
has
3
200
to
spare
without
question,
but
for
so
many
of
us
that
kind
of
money
could
be
life-changing.
AL
AL
Today
we
compared
the
arena
to
the
project
of
Milwaukee,
but
even
there,
taxpayers
subsidized
almost
30
percent,
less
of
their
new
Arena
than
Oklahoma
City's
current
proposal.
It's
not
the
team
that
makes
a
place
a
Big
League
City
teams
are
drawn
to
places
that
hold
that
status
on
their
own.
Economists
have
told
us
this
time
and
time
again
if
the
kind
of
Big
League
City
you
dream
of
is
one
where
we
invest
in
the
comfort
of
millionaires
rather
in
the
survival
of
Oklahoma
City
residents.
Let
me
be
clear:
I
don't
want
it.
AL
AL
I
grew
up
in
San
Antonio
Spurs
country,
I,
excitedly
cheered
on
the
Thunder
choosing
Oklahoma
City
30
seconds.
I
was
in
the
arena
for
Kevin
Durant's,
first
NBA
triple-double.
As
a
thunder
player,
maybe
we've
always
paid
for
new
Arenas
as
a
city,
but
in
the
last
hundred
years
we
have
a
breadth
of
new
data
that
shows
us.
This
is
a
bad
investment.
AL
We
don't
have
to
repeat
this
mistake
again,
so
I'm
asking
you
to
reject
advancing
this
ordinance,
this
false
choice
that
has
been
presented
to
us
that
we
either
have
to
pay
this
ransom
for
a
new
Arena
or
lose
Thunder.
Basketball
I
won
an
Oklahoma
City
more
interested
in
intergenerational
stories
like
mine
and
the
folks
who
are
trying
and
struggling
to
survive
here.
Where
we're
working
to
take
care
of
everyone,
not
just
those
at
the
top.
We
don't
live
in
Thunder
Oklahoma.
We
live
in
Oklahoma
City,
so
let's
treat
our
residents
like
that's
the
truth.
AM
Hello,
my
name
is
Lance
McDaniel
and
I'm
at
123,
Northeast,
2nd,
Street
I
am
here
to
offer
my
enthusiastic
endorsement
and
support
for
the
proposal
for
a
new
Arena
I
was
born
and
raised
in
Oklahoma.
I
have
lived
downtown
in
Ward
7
for
more
than
a
decade,
first
running
a
non-profit
for
10
years
and
now
managing
a
Film,
Production
small
business
since
1993
with
the
first
Maps
vote.
Every
time
the
people
of
Oklahoma
City
have
voted
yes
to
invest
in
our
city.
It
has
transformed
our
city
for
the
better.
AM
The
Thunder
has
completely
transformed
the
perception
of
Oklahoma
City
around
the
world
from
constant
mentions
on
ESPN
TV
news
and
radio
stations
to
Thunder
jerseys
hanging
in
every
Sporting
Goods
retailer
Across
America.
The
Thunder
has
given
our
city
the
most
positive
identity
we
have
ever
enjoyed.
Last
summer,
I
visited
Italy
with
my
church
when
the
bus
drive.
When
we
told
the
bus
driver
that
we
were
from
Oklahoma
City,
he
stopped
speaking
Italian
and
said.
Go
Thunder:
that's
a
bus
driver
5500
miles
away
on
a
different
continent.
AM
AN
Can
you
hear
me?
Okay,
I
appreciate
the
time
I.
The
last
time
I
was
at
Joyce,
Hopper,
6008,
Southeast,
56th,
Court,
Oklahoma,
City
and
I
know
that
probably
nobody
on
our
street
goes
to
the
Thunder
games.
I
am
a
big
sports
fan.
Major
sports
fan
I've
probably
been
to
maybe
five
Thunder
game
just
because
of
the
cost
and
I'd
rather
go
to
OU
personally,
but
the
last
time
I
came
here,
my
res
it
didn't
help
because
they
voted
against
me
and
so
I.
AN
Just
I
went
to
the
same
meeting
that
Jack
Warner
did
last
night
and
really,
you
know,
saw
the
affordable
housing
situation.
That's
just
one
thing
and
that
Tulsa
in
Dallas
have
just
recently
infused
money
to
help
with
that
situation.
So
we're
talking
about
something
what
I'm
going
to
be
dead
by
the
time
it
you
know
it
probably
enacts,
but
we're
you
know,
we
don't
know
what
might
come
up
we're
already
promising
this
money.
AN
That's
going
to
be
like
in
you
know,
six
years
or
something
in
the
last
Maps
I
was
really
disappointed
in
how
they
did
it
because
you
couldn't
do
online.
So
you
make
you
create
a
committee
that
gets
to
decide
what
is
important.
You
know
we
as
a
general
citizens,
don't
get
to
say.
Oh,
we
want
a
soccer
thing
or
you
know
they
they
choose.
What
and
a
lot
of
the
things
are
good,
but
I
just
I
feel,
like
you
know,
I,
you
know,
I'm
a
thunder
fan,
I.
Think
it's
brought
great
things.
AN
I
think
we
kind
of
got
the
Thunder
part,
because
Seattle
would
do
a
arena
is
the
way
I.
Remember
it
and
I
think
we
have
improved.
We've
already
put
money
constantly
in
and
they're.
You
know,
I'm
just
saying
just
kind
of
think
about
what
we
might
need
in
six
years.
Besides
a
new
arena
in
like
where
are
you
gonna
put
the
new
Arena
you're
gonna
knock
down
the
old
arena.
Like
you
know,
we
got
the
that
one.
Was
it
the
Cox
center
that
now
is
a
to
make
Productions
or
whatever?
AN
So
are
we
going
to
keep
doing
that
or
I
mean
I,
don't
know
so
I'm
just
saying
just
think
about
some
other
ways
that
the
money
could
be
spent
or
Heavens
forbid.
Just
think
about
not
you
know
pretty
soon
our
taxes
are
going
to
be
10
percent,
you
know,
I
mean
Midwest,
City
is
already
9.1
and
everybody
always
wants
a
piece
of
Supply
I
mean
there
was
a
time
that
Warren
wanted
to.
AN
You
know,
put
a
penny
sales
tax,
you
know
how
much
can
we
afford
I
mean
the
state
legislators
talks
about
you
know
going
ahead
and
you
know
knocking
down.
You
know
not
having
to
pay
for
food
and
everything,
but
if
you
go
to
other
parts
of
the
country
a
lot
of
times,
oh
wow,
it's
only
five
percent.
It's
only
six
percent
and
I
know
the
cities
are
the
ones
that
need
to
rely
on
that
sales
tax.
But
some
gentleman
talked
about
how
the
state
of
Oklahoma
really
improves
it.
AN
Is
a
you
know,
Oklahoma
resident,
you
would
never
have
left
Oklahoma
I'm
a
transplant,
but
you
know
basically
I
just
thank
you
for
your
time
and
just
think
about
maybe
more
people
than
just
Oklahoma
City
has
to
fund
that
Arena
everybody
benefits
from
it.
So
I
appreciate
your
time,
you're,
our
guy,
you
know.
So.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
AO
Good
morning
my
name
is
Salvador
antiveros
11701,
San,
Sebastian
Drive.
Thank
you
mayor
Holt
and
city
council
members
for
your
time.
This
morning,
24
years
ago,
my
dad
was
hired
to
remodel
a
restaurant
in
Bricktown
Oklahoma
City.
We
got
front
row
seats
to
the
Bricktown
Canal
groundbreaking
ceremony.
One
of
the
original
Maps
projects
that
this
city
invested
in
I
knew
something
special
was
happening.
AO
This
city
invested
in
itself
and
it
has
paid
off
immensely
that
investment
has
created
countless
jobs,
generated
millions
of
dollars
worth
of
tax
dollars
and
fostered
a
family-friendly
City
that
young
people
want
to
stay
and
live
in.
I
know
this
because
I
was
once
Young
and
when
deciding
where
to
settle
down
and
start
a
family
I
wanted
to
do
it
here.
This
City's
willingness
and
commitment
to
growth
and
progress
has
seen
the
approval
of
maps
for
kids
maps
three
and
more
recently
Maps.
Four.
AO
These
Investments
and
projects
has
allowed
our
city
to
thrive
and
compete
with
larger
cities
and
I
cannot
be.
I
cannot
be
more
proud
to
call
Oklahoma
City,
my
home
I'm
grateful
to
the
Pete
white
Health
and
Wellness
Center,
a
maps
3
project
in
the
heart
of
South
Side,
Oklahoma
City
for
providing
my
community
educational
opportunities,
access
to
health
care
and
a
fitness
center
right
down
the
street.
AO
From
my
childhood
home,
the
Latino
Community
Development
agency
recently
held
a
health
clinic
at
this
Center
and
we
were
able
to
provide
free,
dental
exams,
cholesterol
and
high
blood
pressure,
screenings,
school
and
covid-19
vaccines
to
over
250
people
in
that
Community.
This
and
other
Maps
projects
are
helping.
Our
communities
become
safer,
healthier
and
much
more
robust.
Now,
as
a
private
citizen,
I
believe
the
Oklahoma
City
Thunder
has
added
another
layer
to
the
quality
of
life
in
our
city.
AO
I
love
rooting
for
my
team,
I
love,
taking
my
families
to
the
games
as
busy
as
our
life
can
be.
It's
such
a
great
opportunity
to
reconnect
and
spend
quality
time,
but
not
only
that
the
Oklahoma
City
Thunder
has
invested
in
the
community
in
which
they
live,
I
see
them
at
every
Festival
many
community
events
and.
AO
AP
Thank
you,
Aaron
Wilder
Ward
6.
The
City
press
release
sent
on
September
the
12th
started
with
the
words
after
14
months
of
public
discussion.
That
is,
that
is
just
blatantly
false.
I
know,
James
that
you
wouldn't
accept
that
level
of
dishonesty
from
your
students.
Dean
Holt
I,
know
that
you
wouldn't
accept
that
level
of
dishonesty,
dishonesty
from
your
law,
students,
Maps
4,
was
a
collaborative
process
where
we
all
got
to
participate
in
the
design
and
I
believe
that
this
violates
that
Spirit
of
collaboration
and
I
really
believe
that
it
will
kill
any
future
Maps
effort.
AP
Let's
talk
about
what
else
we
could
spend
900
million
dollars
on.
We
have
drainage
needs
in
this
city
at
least
500
million
dollars,
and
that
was
in
2016
dollars.
I
know
that
small
businesses,
collectively
in
Oklahoma
City,
would
have
900
million
dollars
of
capital
needs
and
capacity
needs.
We
heard
about
the
cold
storage
needed
for
to
provide
some
food
security
for
people
earlier.
AP
There's
tons
of
projects
like
that
drainage
when
homes
and
businesses,
floods,
That,
Matters
to
everybody,
we're
talking
about
a
deal,
that's
the
size
of
our
general
obligation
Bond,
and
that's
something
that
we
only
do
every
seven
years
and
again
that
everyone
has
an
opportunity
to
pitch
in
on
and
in
its
design.
I
really
believe
in
Civic
engagement
and
I
think
that
actions
like
this
depress
and
degrade
Civic
engagement
overall,
a
December
election
and
an
off-year
will
likely
only
Garner
15
or
16
percent.
Turnout
amongst
our
voters
and
I.
Think
that's
really
pitiful.
AP
I.
Don't
understand
why
Oklahoma
city
deserves
the
worst
deal
of
any
publicly
funded
stadium
in
recent
memory
and
I
think
that
we
can
do
better
and
to
the
point
of
a
two
speakers
ago
too,
who
are
some
of
the
other
payers
if
it
benefits
the
whole
state,
like
Miss
Hampton
said
why
are
we
the
only
ones
paying
for
this
investment
in
what
is
an
investment
in
our
state?
AP
I
really
hope
that
you
all
will
well
you're
not
going
to
reject
authorizing
the
election
today,
so
we're
just
gonna
have
to
take
that
to
the
people,
but
I
hope
that
the
people
will
reject
this
at
The
Ballot
Box
on
December
12th
and
give
you
an
opportunity
to
come
back
to
them
with
a
much
better
deal.
We
can't
spend
money
like
this
sustainably.
If
we
don't
speak
to
all
of
the
infrastructure,
concerns
Capital
concerns
of
the
city,
yeah
I
thought
I
had
more
to
say
than
that,
but
thanks.
AQ
Good
morning
my
name
is
Margaret:
Creighton
I
am
president
and
CEO
of
positive
tomorrows.
Positive
tomorrows
is
our
city
and
our
state's
only
School,
specifically
serving
kiddos
and
families
experiencing
homelessness.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
be
here
today
and
to
talk
to
you
a
little
bit
about
our
Thunder.
Our
relationship
has
been
long-standing
with
the
Thunder
and
I
am
so
grateful
for
everything
that
they
have
done
for
us
and
for
our
kiddos
I've
worked
at
positive
tomorrows
for
10
years
and
every
single
year
the
Thunder
has
come
and
shown
up
for
our
kids.
AQ
I
am
grateful
for
the
long-standing
relationships
with
players
that
have
lasted
far
beyond
when
they've
moved
out
of
our
city,
they've
still
invested
in
our
school
and
in
our
kids
and
I'm.
Grateful
for
that
I'm
also
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
gather
as
a
family
and
I
mean
a
whole
family.
Our
families
are
invited
in
parents
of
our
kids
are
invited
into
our
school
and
welcomed
by
the
Thunder
to
share
a
meal
together.
Every
single,
Thanksgiving
and
I
am
so
grateful
for
that.
I'm.
Also
grateful
for
the
opportunity
of
a
living
wage.
AQ
All
of
our
families
need
to
have
access
to
places
where
they
can
work
to
have
a
living
wage.
So
I'm
here
today
to
tell
you,
on
behalf
of
all
of
our
kids,
our
kiddos
and
our
families
that
we're
grateful
for
the
relationship
and
hope
for
a
bright
future
with
the
Thunder
still
here
in
Oklahoma
City
before.
M
You
before
you
go,
yes,
just
I
have
I'm.
So
sorry,
thank
you
for
being
here.
I
did
not
invite
positive
tomorrows,
but
you
were
heavily
on
my
mind.
You
are
absolutely
an
organization.
Should
the
CBA
pass.
We
will
work
with
you
because
we're
going
to
have
to
learn
how
the
way
you
all
connect
people
to
those
healing
processes,
your
vital
here
and
with
youth
unemployment
up
I,
believe
35,
no
I'm.
Sorry,
youth
homelessness
up
over
35
percent
in
the
last
year.
We're
that
partnership.
AQ
If
I
pay,
family
homelessness
is
growing
at
the
highest
rate
in
our
city,
it's
something
that
we
need
to
focus
on.
It's
something
that
has
to
be
addressed.
We
are
working
really
hard,
but
we
can't
do
this
alone.
I
think
you
all
know
that
housing
is
another
important
part
of
that.
I
would
also
say
to
above
the
living
wage
of
15
an
hour.
Look
at
what
that
looks
like
for
a
family
as
well.
When
you
add
one
in
two
children,
that
amount
goes
up
to
thirty
dollars
per
person
per
hour.
AQ
So
we
need
to
look
at
that
miti.
Some
great
data
I'm
happy
to
email
it
over
to
you
to
help
us
to
make
sure
that
every
resident
in
our
city
in
our
state
has
access
to
a
place
where
they
can
earn
a
living
wage.
A
lot
of
people
think
that
our
families
don't
want
to
work
and
that
our
families
aren't
working.
Many
of
our
families
are
working.
It's
just
not
enough
to
make
ends
meet
so
I'm
grateful
for
another
place
that
will
give
them
an
opportunity
to
create
their
own
way
with.
AQ
AR
AR
What
should
we
spend
it
on
one
thing,
many
things
you
know
I
would
guess
that
if
you
really
asked
them,
they
would
probably
come
up
with
a
lot
of
different
things
and
pressing
needs,
especially
with
one
that
we
already
have
one
of
that's
doing.
Well,
in
fact,
the
NBA
survey
says
that
this
fans
already
enjoy
our
Arena
and
are
doing
really
well
profitability.
AR
We
truly
know
this
is
all
about
money
to
increase
the
profitability
so
that
they
can
make
a
little
bit
more
money
out
of
the
Arena
I
get
it
you
add
things
to
it.
It'll
it'll
make
it
better,
but
how
much
better
will
it
make
it
if
you
think
about
it
at
best,
two
to
four
more
million
dollars
a
year
with
the
new
Arena
over
20
years,
that's
40
or
80
million
dollars.
I
know
that
it's
difficult
legislatively
but
I
say
why?
AR
AR
One
of
the
things
is
that
there's
going
to
be
an
agreement
to
say
we're
going
to
guarantee
they
say
for
X
number
of
years,
but
my
guess
is
that
will
probably
be
in
the
form
of
they'll
pay
off
their
lease
that
they
plan
to
play
if
they
leave,
which
is
unlikely,
but
let's
say
the
payoff
police.
What
is
that
40
50
million
dollars?
We
already
give
them
a
sweetheart
deal.
We
lose
money
every
year
on
how
much
it
costs
for
operations
and
maintenance
and
how
much
they
pay.
AR
I
found
that
out
from
the
City
Treasurer's
Office
a
few
years
ago
and
I'm
I'm
sure.
That's
the
same.
We
lose
money
on
the
deal.
So,
therefore,
why
don't
we
figure
out
a
way
to
say
we
should
become
an
investor
right
now,
we've
spent
about
as
much
money
as
they
owners
spent
on
the
team
after
this
will
be
a
two
or
three
times
bigger
investor.
In
what
the
owner
spent
shouldn't.
We
be
a
very
large
owner
shouldn't.
AR
AR
Last
thing
is:
is
that
where
is
it
going
to
go
I'm
sure
a
few
people
in
the
room
know
I,
don't?
Does
anybody
else
most
likely
to
leave
to
be
on
new
land,
which
will
be
a
very
expensive
I'm
sure?
Whoever
sells
that
land
of
the
city
will
be
a
big
donor
to
the
campaign
or
it'll
be
at
the
Cox
Hans
boots
are
the
pr
the
dean
of
architecture
law
school
has
been
very
adamant
about
the
Cox
center
over
the
last
10
years.
What
would
be
best
for
the
Cox?
AR
AR
AS
Good
morning
City
Council
Members,
my
name
is
Alex
Shirley
I
live
at
8024,
hillers
Road
I'm,
a
lifelong
Oklahoman,
proud
to
call
Oklahoma
City
my
home
I'm,
also
a
high
school
government
teacher.
So
to
my
students
watching
this,
this
is
what
democracy
looks
like
I
went
to
the
very
first
Thunder
game
of
all
time
back
in
2008,
and
it
was
a
loss
to
the
Milwaukee
Bucks.
Coincidentally,
now
10
years
later,
that
same
Milwaukee
Bucks
team
built
their
City
a
new
Arena
or
rather
backwards.
AS
The
City
built
the
team
in
Arena
for
that
new
arena
in
Milwaukee
the
owners
paid
about
33
percent.
The
taxpayers
picked
up
the
other
66
percent,
but
that's
actually
a
really
good
deal
for
the
bucks
owners,
because
in
the
years
before
the
Bucks
got
their
new
Arena,
the
Detroit
Pistons.
They
covered
63
percent
of
Detroit's
new
Arena
in
Sacramento.
The
king's
owners
paid
51
of
Sacramento's
new
Arena.
So
when
I
heard
that
Oklahoma
City
was
getting
a
new
Arena,
I
was
thrilled.
AS
I
love
the
Thunder
I
was
ecstatic
for
a
new
home
to
cheer
them
on
until
I
saw
the
numbers
mayor,
Holt
described
it
as
a
historic
contribution
from
the
Thunder
owners
and
he's
right.
It
is
a
historically
low
amount.
The
Thunder
owners
will
pay
five
percent
for
Oklahoma
City's
new
Arena.
Again
the
Kings
got
51
percent,
the
Pistons
got
63
percent
Oklahoma
City.
Only
getting
5
from
the
Thunder
is
frankly
embarrassing
and
I
love
the
Thunder
I'm
wearing
a
Thundershirt.
AS
AT
Good
morning
my
name
is
Ed
Lynn
I'm,
a
operator
of
a
sports
bar
in
Suburban,
Oklahoma
City
on
Northwest,
Expressway
and
I'm,
just
here
in
favor,
and
urge
your
support
of
the
new
Arena.
Just
a
couple
of
points
this
the
Thunder
and
the
the
the
the
the
traffic
that's
generated,
happens,
midweek,
it
happens
Suburban
all
over
Oklahoma
City,
it
happens
actually
all
over
the
state,
and
it
also
helps
helps
the
midweek
games
that
that
it
didn't
just
doesn't
just
drive
Friday
and
Saturday
traffic.
AT
It
also
drives
traffic,
midweeks
and
and
obviously
that
business
allows
us
to
keep
hiring
people
and
and
expanding
our
jobs,
I'm
a
lifelong
resident
of
Oklahoma
City
and
graduated
from
OU
in
1982,
and
unlike
a
lot
of
my
peers
back,
then
I
stayed
here
and
Built
My
Career
here
in
Oklahoma
City,
and
some
of
you
all
are
are
too
young
to
remember
what
it
was
like
in
the
80s
back
there
and
and
and
your
predecessors
came
up
with
this
idea
of
maps
and
created
this
economic
Vitality
that
that
we're
all
enjoying
today
and
they
were
Vision,
they
were
Vision
casting
and
that's
what
I
see
you
guys
doing
right
now.
AT
The
Thunder
has
has
has
has
created,
has
helped
create
the
the
Vitality
that
we
all
enjoy
today.
That
allows
us
to
do
what
we're
doing
today,
so
I
just
urge
your
support,
appreciate
what
you're
doing
and
go
Thunder.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
AU
AU
AU
My
wife
and
I
have
lived
at
the
building
that
we
finished
and
we
happened
to
look
out
through
our
window
at
scissortail
Park
and
the
Marriott
I
was
shocked
at
how
many
thousands
of
people
I
see
enjoying
those
amenities
nearly
every
single
day
and
why
it's,
because
they
feel
good
about
their
City
I,
would
encourage
you
not
to
get
distracted
with
Statistics
I
can
give
you
statistics
to
support
or
not
support
an
arena.
In
many
cities
you
want
statistics
find
a
city
that
lost
momentum.
AU
This
is
about
momentum,
and
how
do
we
get
that
momentum
30
years
ago
that
people
sat
in
your
seats
and
ever
since
then
have
been
making
decisions
to
in
to
keep
that
momentum
going?
This
is
an
issue
about
how
people
feel
statistics
are
only
about
how
people
feel
about
their
city.
They're
a
byproduct
Maps
one
and
through
three
build
infrastructure
that
we
all
needed.
What's
really
exciting
is
Maps
four
and
five,
and
six
and
seven,
but
it'll
only
happen.
AU
If
you
keep
that
momentum
going
I
get
to
serve
on
the
city's
new
Continuum
of
Care
board
I
spent
every
day.
Talking
about
homelessness.
Excuse
me,
our
job
is
to
to
house
500
people
in
24
months.
It's
just
the
beginning.
Only
things
people
want
to
spend
this
billion
dollars
on.
These
are
all
good
things.
But
if
you
stop
the
momentum,
there's
no
chance
that
we
end
up
eradicating
homelessness,
which
I
now
believe
is
possible
in
this
city
in
my
lifetime.
But
you've
got
to
keep
that
momentum
going.
The
Thunder
will
leave.
AU
If
we
don't
do
this,
no
team,
that's
left
the
city
left
without
the
city,
probably
wanting
to
keep
them.
If
we
tell
the
Thunder,
we
don't
want
them,
there's
no
chance,
they
stay
an
arena,
won't
Define
us.
The
Thunder
doesn't
Define
us.
We
Define
ourselves,
we
Define
ourselves
because
we
feel
good
and
because
we
like
the
momentum
that
we
that
we
have
and
if
it's
like
an
airplane
you've
got
to
keep
that
momentum
going
it's
in
the
air.
It's
flying
you've
got
to
keep
the
momentum
going,
you're,
either
flying
or
falling.
AV
I'm
Steve
hunt
I
just
want
to
say
what
an
honor
it
is
to
speak
after
Gary
he's
an
amazing
dude.
If
you
haven't
been
to
the
National
the
the
things
that
he's
done,
they're
just
phenomenal
in
them,
so
I
have
a
lot
of
things.
I
want
to
talk
about.
My
ADD
brain
has
just
been
going
crazy
sitting
there,
trying
to
figure
out
what
I'm
gonna
say.
AV
Most
of
you
know
that,
15
years
ago,
myself,
David
Glover
Fanny,
Bates,
Wanda,
Joe
Stapleton.
May
she
rest
in
peace,
headed
a
group
called
maps
for
Millionaires,
and
we
were
all
basketball
fans.
We
were
excited
when
the
team
was
purchased
by
Bennett
and
Co,
but
there
were
two
things
that
we
started.
The
group
for,
and
the
first
thing
was
that
we
knew
the
team
would
probably
come
anyway,
because
the
ownership
group
that
was
their
biggest
desire
was
to
purchase
the
team
and
bring
it
here.
AV
AV
I
mean
mayor
Holt.
You
have
really
benefited
from
the
turmoil
of
the
last
15
years.
As
a
member
of
the
extreme
Center,
the
far
left
the
far
right,
the
fighting
it's
just
been
awful
and
we
need
to
stand
up
to
it.
We
need
to
do
the
right
thing.
We
need
to
say
no
to
this
just
following
what
everyone
else
is
doing
is
wrong.
We
need
to
lead,
I
mean
I
love,
Oklahoma,
City.
AV
Hearing
you
talk
about,
mura
was
was
hard
for
me
now.
I
worked
downtown
during
the
bombing
and
radically
transformed
me
as
a
person
and
watching
the
ethos
of
the
caring
City
that
came
together
at
that
time
has
been
very
hard
for
me
watching
The
Fountains
at
Canterbury,
the
largest
Senior
Living
Facility
in
Oklahoma
City,
be
purchased
by
Will
Tower
capital
for
the
purpose
of
shutting
it
down,
which
they
did
30
seconds.
AV
Please
and
watching
two
Memory
Care
people
die
the
first
week
that
they
left
and
all
the
others
that
have
died
and
are
living
under,
so
I
I
could
go
on
and
on
I
wanna.
This
is
probably
not
the
best
thing
to
do,
but
I
want
to
announce
a
town
hall
meeting,
2121
South,
Portland
Oklahoma
City
on
October
19th,
6
p.m,
where
we
can
all
come
together
and
talk
about
the
stuff.
That's
my
time.
Thank
you.
AW
Sonny
hereley2520
deniston
Drive
president
and
CEO
of
Allied
Arts
1015
North
Broadway,
Allied
Arts
was
founded
in
1971
by
business
and
Community
leaders
who
knew
that
we
needed
to
invest
in
arts
and
culture
to
grow,
Oklahoma
City's
economy,
their
Investments
have
ensured
that
Arts
would
always
be
supported
in
Oklahoma
City
and
their
Vision
set
forth
the
foundation
for
the
thriving,
diverse
Arts
community
that
we
have
now.
This
morning
we
Face
another
decision
that
will
shape
the
arts
for
decades
to
come.
Putting
a
Next
Generation
Arena
before
voters
allows
our
city
to
decide.
AW
If
we
want
to
continue
to
grow.
Do
we
want
to
be
a
place
that
draws
artists
of
all
kinds,
with
support
and
audiences
for
all
forms?
I
believe
that
a
new
arena
is
a
critical
part
of
continuing
the
Oklahoma
City
Renaissance
growing.
While
we
nurture
what
makes
our
city
special
and
I
believe
that
many
of
our
fellow
citizens,
including
thousands
of
art
supporters,
feel
the
same
way.
Thank
you
for
making
sure
that
OKC
as
a
city
and
as
an
Arts
Community
continues
to
thrive.
T
Hello,
nixinger
Ward,
four
hello,
Marion
city
council,
I,
speak
today
as
a
citizen,
deeply
concerned
about
the
priorities
of
Taxation
and
spending
in
our
city.
T
I
appreciate
the
role
of
government
in
our
community
I
understand
clearly
that
there
are
many
services
I
enjoy
or
wish
to
see
that
the
private
sector
motivated
by
profits
cannot
or
will
not
provide
streets.
Sidewalks,
Parks,
Youth,
Center
senior,
centers
Trails,
our
Zoo
Public,
Safety,
Animal,
Welfare
planning,
water
infrastructure
and
others
are
services
that
cities
all
over
the
world
provide
in
some
form
or
fashion.
T
T
This
is
something
that
our
community
desperately
needs
and
is
also
incredibly
difficult
to
do.
When
I
started,
I
used
entirely
private
capitals
to
purchase
and
redevelop
four
properties
with
five
units
of
high
quality
housing
at
the
lower
end
of
the
rental
Spectrum.
Our
margins
are
super
tight
and
it's
a
lot
of
work.
Recently.
T
I
won
a
modest
bid
to
Oklahoma
County
for
a
250
000
incentive,
which
we
will
more
than
triple
the
value
of
and
build
with
all
with
private
capital
and
use
and
build
eight
units
of
affordable
housing,
I'm
effectively
getting
a
30
subsidy
and,
on
the
other
end
of
this
project,
I
will
have
very
tight
operating
margins
and
the
housing
must
remain
affordable
for
20
or
for
two
decades.
T
I
was
disgusted
when
I
drive
around
this
city,
trying
to
find
ways
to
help
our
unhoused
population
when
I
had
a
family
member
who
had
co-occurring
mental
health
and
addiction
crises
and
struggled
to
get
adequate
help
or
when
I
take
my
kid
to
a
neighborhood
park
and
not
a
single
one.
Has
a
bathroom
I
wonder
why
can't
we
get
some
money
allocated
to
fix
these
problems?
T
If
the
only
bargaining
chip
is
that
the
the
Thunder
will
leave
I,
don't
negotiate
with
people
who
threaten
me
when
they're
doing
fine,
I'm,
also
skeptical,
that
a
bunch
of
lifelong
Oklahomans,
Hall
of
Fame
members,
people
have
business
and
Community
ties
that
run
extremely
deep,
are
going
to
sell
and
move
I
believe
you
should
vote
this
down
and
if
not
I,
think
the
voters
should
vote
this
down.
We
need
a
better
deal
and
they
can
easily
buy
their
own
Arena.
Thank
you.
AX
AX
You
are
a
majority
owner
of
Oklahoma
City
Thunder!
Aren't
you
here.
It
is
you're
gonna
have
the
audacity
to
disrespect
the
citizen
of
Oklahoma
and
tell
us
you're
only
going
to
spend
50
million
dollars
on
a
900
million
dollar
project.
Why
didn't
we
know
it's
going
to
cost
way
more
than
that
in
the
end,
don't
we
but
you
get
away
with
only
15
million.
Are
you
serious
man
now
then?
Thank
you,
greater
Oklahoma,
City
Chamber
of
Commerce,
but
Gatekeepers
in
it,
because
a
lot
of
people
don't
do
it,
but
I'm
gonna
do
it.
AX
Thank
you
great
Oklahoma,
City
Chamber
of
Commerce,
for
promoting
this
economic
Adventure
I,
see
a
couple
of
chamber
members
sitting
here
on
this
charge
shoe
by
the
way
oh
Michael
quiet.
Now
because
you
know
some
of
us,
do
our
research,
don't
we
now,
then,
the
chairman
of
the
pro
basketball,
Club
LLC,
the
owners
of
the
owner
group,
are
the
Oklahoma
City
Thunder.
AX
You
have
stood
back
on
the
back
of
the
unintelligent
on
the
backs
of
the
people
who
are
Paul
just
grown
up,
who
don't
have
money
to
pay
rent
monthly,
let's
known
those
who
are
homeless,
y'all,
better
get
ready,
because
Mike's
gonna
have
a
little
fun
because
it's
I
got
a
minute
and
22
seconds
here
now
then
I
am
also.
Let
me
say
it
very
clearly:
I
am
one
who's
always
been
for
the
capitalistic
Adventure.
AX
AX
AX
Oh
yeah
matter
of
fact
played
when
I
was
growing
up.
Well,
let
me
say
this
here:
37
seconds
usually
come
quick
when
I'm
speaking
you're
just
getting
started.
Let
me
say
in
conclusion,
then:
oh
no
do
not
support
this
30
seconds.
Please
do
not
pass
this.
Let
this
whatever
you
want
to
call
it
a
resolution.
AX
AY
AY
AY
Today
is
the
first
time
we've
heard
from
residents
and
to
have
a
discussion
have
to
be
a
few
sides
to
that
discussion.
So
I
moved
to
Oklahoma
City
around
the
same
time
as
the
Thunder,
alongside
committed
caring,
Innovative,
creative
folks,
we've
fostered
transformative
projects
in
this
city
like
the
pride
festival
in
scissortail,
Park,
Plaza
walls,
mural
Expo,
sunny
days,
mural
Festival,
which
is
for
all
women
and
non-binary
artists
and
I,
can
tell
you
that
I've
helped
raise
upwards
of
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
make
those
festivals
happen.
AY
We're
not
thriving
those
non-profits
are
not
thriving.
Artists
in
our
city
are
not
thriving
and
we
must
make
those
people
our
creative
economy
a
priority
as
a
creative
I'm,
not
here
to
repeat
economic
arguments
that
you've
heard
today
I'm
here
to
advocate
for
the
soul
of
our
city
right
and
to
remind
you
that
we
are
this
city
each
of
us
and
we're
not
going
anywhere.
Yes,
the
Thunder
has
put
the
city
on
the
map,
but
it's
fun
and
great.
AY
Let's
be
clear:
our
team
gains
its
energy
from
us,
not
vice
versa.
Our
community,
our
people,
are
the
city's
most
valuable
asset
and
we
should
reflect
the
value
in
our
public
spaces,
especially
those
funded
by
us.
So
I
do
not
support
this
Arena,
but
seeing
how
it's
been
set
out
and
the
plan's
been
laid
for
us
in
this
emergency
proposal.
I
urge
us
to
rethink
this
colossal
proposal.
Moving
forward.
A
nearly
billion
dollar
publicly
funded
project
demands
more
than
two
months
of
hurried
public
discussion.
AY
F
AY
Local
food
courts,
art
installations,
imagine
mayor,
Holt,
an
accessible
venue
for
your
state
of
the
city
addresses,
maybe
it's
free
and
welcome
to
all.
So
when
you
announce
important
things
like
this,
we
actually
feel
involved.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Let
us
please
shift
from
the
treating
the
community
as
noise
to
recognizing
that
we
are
the
symphony
that
composes
this
City's
identity
on
the
verge
of
this
900
million
dollar
decision.
Let
us
build
a
tribute
to
the
essence
of
our
city,
a
communal
space
that
honors
diversity
and
creativity
while
meeting
our
City's
needs.
Thank
you.
AZ
I
am
just
here
as
a
resident
425
North,
Oklahoma
Avenue
in
Ward,
7.
I
I
stand
here
today
on
my
own,
basically
because
my
father,
who
is
probably
the
biggest
thunder
fan
and
lives
and
Atlanta,
said
that
I
would
be
taken
out
of
his
will.
If
I
did
not
get
up
here
and
support
this
measure.
But
I
I
really
stand
because
as
a
champion
of
small
business
and
hearing
Chef,
black
and
others
speak
I
think
that
that
the
Thunder
has
been
absolutely
incredible
for
us
moving
as
a
small
business
Champion,
our
small
businesses
forward.
AZ
As
a
former
elected
official
I've
watched,
the
city
grow
exponentially
and
I've
I've
seen
the
impact,
but
I
want
to
say
personally,
since
I
have
lived
in
Oklahoma
City
I've
invested
myself
in
a
non-profit,
big
brothers
and
big
sisters,
and
that
program
has
probably
done
more
to
transfer.
For
me
as
an
individual.
My
little
brother
has
special
needs
and
many
of
you
all
know
his
former
politician
I
talk
a
lot.
AZ
My
little
does
not,
and
it
was
the
Oklahoma
City
Thunder
that
invited
us
to
an
event
that
allowed
us
to
practice
with
the
team
and
when
my
little
saw
my
vulnerabilities
and
saw
my
challenges
that
allowed
him
to
get
closer
to
me
and
express
some
of
his
vulnerabilities
and
challenges
and
since
then,
we've
through
that
program
had
a
chance
to
really
enjoy
the
Thunder
game,
so
find
a
way
to
communicate,
to
grow.
To
think
I
think
this
is
an
opportunity
as
a
community
to
have
a
broader
conversation.
AZ
I
respect,
all
of
the
things
that
I've
heard
today
and
I
am
indeed
supportive,
but
I
think
what
we're
asking
you
is
to
send
this
to
a
voter,
the
people
and
to
have
a
broader
discussion.
I
think
people
support
that
which
they
helped
create
and
I
think
that
we
have
an
opportunity
to
see
even
a
bigger
brighter,
Oklahoma
City.
So
I.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
participate
thanks.
BA
Hello,
Council
Jeff,
kretchmar,
5604,
Frontier
Trail
here
representing
the
South
Oklahoma
City
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
I'll,
put
the
the
speech
aside
and
just
really
speak
a
little
bit
more
plainly.
My
group's
outside
I
mean,
if
you
wanted
to
find
me
in
the
90s,
you
called
Crossroads.
They
knew
where
I
was
right.
That's
that's!
That's
where
I
grew
up
and
you
know
I
grew
up
looking
for
a
way
out.
You
know
I
wanted
to
leave
Oklahoma.
That
was
my
goal.
I
had
one
goal:
that
was
it.
BA
You
know
20,
25
years
later,
I
won't
commit
to
a
number
I'm
still
here
and
I'm
committed
to
the
city
and
I'm
involved
in
the
organizations
of
this
city,
because
people
set
in
this
room.
They
convinced
a
community
to
change
their
ethos,
to
change
their
culture
and
to
invest
in
themselves,
and
that's
what
we're
here
to
encourage
you
to
do
today
to
continue
that
investment
to
continue
that
rise
to
let
this
go
to
a
vote
of
the
people,
and
you
know
from
a
perspective
of
the
the
South
Oklahoma
City
continue
to.
BA
M
You
Jeff
I'm,
sorry
before
you
go
something
I
didn't
mention
earlier
about
the
study
group.
It
will
include,
and
we
were
very
intentional
I
appreciate
mayor
for
this.
We
were
very
intentional
in
making
sure
that,
with
the
labor
component,
that
a
representative
from
north
of
the
river
and
one
from
south
of
the
river,
where
I
taught
at
Jefferson
Middle
School
go
Statesman,
we
made
sure
that
both
sides
of
the
river
are
at
that
table
as
well.
M
BB
Thank
you
Council
and
Community
Scott
Marsh,
2840,
Cloverfield,
Drive
I
am
a
partner
in
Jones
assembly
and
also
an
an
avid
proponent
of
this.
In
regard
to
entertainment
in
our
city,
a
lot
of
people
have
talked
about
all
the
things
that
we
all
know
from
both
sides,
but
I
want
to
speak
toward
just
the
entertainment
aspect
of
this.
BB
We
see
as
a
city
a
ton
of
different
people
coming
in
and
we've
talked
about
the
rural
component,
but
just
from
my
perspective,
With
the
Jones
assembly
and
and
other
places,
we
have
seen
an
influx
of
people
from
outside
of
our
internal
community
that
come
in
just
for
entertainment
and
I.
BB
Don't
think
that
that
can
be
understated
any
any
further
as
far
as
what
that
impact
is
to
all
of
the
businesses,
hotels,
restaurants,
retail
in
our
area,
I've
spent
the
past
nearly
20
years
of
my
life
building
an
entertainment
industry
in
Oklahoma
City
via
various
venues,
specifically
in
the
music
industry.
So
I
know
we
talk
a
lot
about
deserts
and
the
things
that
we
need,
but
we
also
rarely
speak
about
when
we
fix
a
desert.
BB
What
that
does
for
our
community
and
I
think
with
entertainment
for
those
of
us
who
are
who
have
been
here
and
who
have
looked
at
entertainment
from
that
aspect
and
from
an
economic
aspect,
we
have
seen
what
doing
away
without
entertainment.
Desert
has
done
for
so
many
other
deserts
and
how
it's
eliminated.
Some
of
those
areas
in
which
we've
been
able
to
have
such
economic
impacts
in
different
areas
of
our
city,
specifically
in
the
downtown
area,
the
Uptown
area,
the
Midtown
area
Etc
so
super
in
in
support
of
this
and
cannot
State
enough.
BC
BC
We
contract
through
the
Oklahoma
City
Department
of
Parks
and
Recreation,
but
I'm
not
here
today,
as
a
business
owner
I'm
here
today,
as
the
representative
for
the
Bricktown
Association
I'm,
the
outgoing
board,
chair
of
the
Bricktown
Association,
which
is
a
501c6
representing
stakeholders
and
break
down
the
official
organization
of
Bricktown
within
the
business
improvement,
district
and
Under,
the
Umbrella
of
downtown
Oklahoma
City
partnership.
BC
BC
At
the
same
time,
I
have
25
years
of
anecdotes,
so
I
have
quite
a
bit
of
experience
in
in
talking
to
people
who
are
coming
downtown
and
if
you
look
at
1999,
which
was
pre-paycom
or
at
the
time
it
was
Oklahoma,
City,
Arena
and
then
Ford
Center
Etc.
We
used
to
play
hacky
sack
and
throw
footballs
in
the
middle
of
Mickey
Mantle
on
weeknights.
BC
I
really
wish
I
could
have
just
packaged
what
Gary
Brooks
had
to
say,
and
several
others
who
spoke
up
up
here
already
earlier
today,
but
We
Believe
Bricktown
believes
that
it
is
incredibly
important
for
Oklahoma
City
to
continue
its
current
momentum,
and
we
would
urge
you
to
pass
this
resolution.
Thank
you.
BD
I
know
we
can
all
be
thankful
for
that.
Thank
you,
mayor
and
city
council.
Thank
you
for
your
service
to
our
city.
I
am
Mary.
Malone
Tully
address
is
1509
Northwest
189th,
Street
I
am
the
president
and
CEO
of
the
Oklahoma
City
Public
Schools
Foundation.
Our
offices
are
just
right
here.
Next
door
to
City,
Hall
and
I
have
had
my
office
downtown
for
about
30
years.
BD
Our
friends
at
the
Oklahoma
City
Thunder
are
tremendous
Partners.
More
importantly,
they
do
more
than
just
talk
about
supporting
our
kids.
The
team
provides
invaluable
resources
and
they
also
roll
up
their
sleeves
and
they
do
the
hard
work
to
support
our
kids.
This
is
really
important
to
our
schools,
because
a
message
that
I
share,
often
is
our
schools
can't
do
it
alone.
BD
It
takes
all
of
us
to
wrap
our
arms
around
our
kids
and
our
schools
to
give
them
every
opportunity
to
succeed,
and
the
Thunder
has
been
doing
that
since
the
moment
they
set
foot
in
Oklahoma
City.
As
all
of
you
know,
Oklahoma
City,
Public
Schools.
Some
have
served
some
of
the
most
economically
challenged
and
most
beautifully
diverse
populations
in
our
community
and
in
our
state
at
the
foundation.
BD
We
work
alongside
Oklahoma
City,
Public
Schools,
and
we
strive
to
make
sure
that
our
kids
have
the
same
or
better
opportunities
that
students
in
other
districts
have
to
excel
and
Thrive.
Last
year,
Oklahoma
City
Public
Schools
voters
approved
a
955
million
dollar
bond
to
help
us
address
our
much
needed
infrastructure
needs.
Our
district
is
investing
in
our
future
and
our
city
has
the
opportunity
to
do
the
same
thing.
BD
With
this
new
Arena,
the
Thunder
has
been
a
great
advocate
in
our
schools
and
uses
the
celebrity
status
of
the
NBA
to
promote
healthy
activities
ranging
from
Reading
physical
activity
and
delivering
the
very
important
message
to
our
kids.
That
education
is
the
pathway
to
success.
They
are
our
partners
in
every
sense
of
the
word.
BD
Defender
has
invested
in
our
schools
in
countless
ways
they
poured
into
our
schools
by
building
basketball
courts,
playground,
makeovers
teacher
Lounge
makeovers
book
gives
giveaways
principal
appreciation,
skills
and
drills
clinics
for
PE
classrooms,
basketball,
shoe
giveaways
and
so
much
more
I
have
been
in
Oklahoma
City
residents
since
before
Maps
I
remember
what
this
city
was.
We
have
come
a
long
way
and
we
have
come
too
far
to
only
come
this
far.
BD
If
this
new
arena
is
built,
I
believe
it's
possible
that
my
granddaughter
Willow
will
never
know
a
time
without
an
NBA
basketball
team
and
she
will
know
a
city
that
is
always
improving
and
going
forward.
That's
what
I
want
for
her,
and
that
is
what
I
want
for
all
children
in
Oklahoma,
City
I,
hope
you
support
this
effort.
Thank.
C
I
Well,
I
guess:
I'll
get
started,
I,
don't
see
anyone
else,
leaping
it
to
the
mic.
So
I
do
have
a
handful
of
questions.
I
think
particularly
I.
Think
one
commenter
I
heard
say
something
to
the
effect
of
referencing.
The
press
release
that
went
out
just
a
few
minutes
after
it
seems
like
all
of
council,
was
fully
briefed
on
this
proposal
a
few
weeks
ago.
I
This
very
public
discussion
that
happened
and
so
I
just
kind
of
have
a
few
questions
about
this
process.
I
think
this
would
probably
city
manager
and
or
mayor
could
probably
respond
to
these
questions,
because
I
have
been
trying
to
have
conversations
about
this
for
over
a
year
with
the
city
manager
and
have
not
really
didn't
really
get
very
far
in
in
proposing
potential
ideas
or
or
asking
for
updates
that
had
concrete
information
or
next
step.
G
I
G
G
Had
looked
at
what
other
teams
had
what
other
deals
were
out
there,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
we
were
sitting
down
with
one
team.
That's
a
team!
That's
here!
That's
a
team.
That's
willing
to
stay
here
and
had
our
negotiations
with
them
with
an
awareness
of
what
those
other
deals
were,
but
also
understanding
we're
in
a
different
Market
than
a
lot
of
those
other
teams.
And
so
we
took
all
of
that
into
consideration
as
we
were
negotiating
with
them.
C
Yeah
I
think
what
I'd
add
is
you
know.
Agreement
requires
the
ascent
of
two
parties
and
we
certainly
brought
many
ideas
that
originated
from
Council
or
originated
from
the
public
or
originated
from
us
to
those
conversations.
But
ultimately,
what
you
see
today
is
what
the
Oklahoma
City
Thunder
are
willing,
the
terms
by
which
they
are
willing
to
sign
a
long-term
agreement
in
Oklahoma
City
they,
and
we
are
aware
of
lots
of
things.
C
You
know
lots
of
Market
comparisons,
comparisons
to
other
NBA
markets,
comparisons
to
cities
that
don't
have
NBA
teams
and
might
like
one
all
of
those
things
I'm
sure
go
into
the
equation.
But.
Ultimately,
you
know
the
only
leverage
that
we
as
a
city
have
is
our
willingness
to
not
move
forward
in
this
relationship,
but
I
have
always
felt
very
strongly.
That
is
the
that
is
the
will
of
the
people.
That
is
something
they
get
to
decide
on
December
12th.
C
What
we
brought
bring
forward
to
you
today
are
the
terms
by
which
the
Thunder
are
willing
to
continue
that
relationship
for
30
more
years.
We
were
certainly
aware
of
what
happens
in
other
communities
or
what
could
happen
in
other
communities,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
this
is,
as
the
city
manager
said.
This
is
the
team
we're
negotiating
with,
and
we
can't
make
them
do
do
anything
we.
They
can
only
agree
to
what
they
will
agree
to,
and
this
is
the
this
letter
of
intent
essentially
is
the
product
of
those
conversations.
C
So
we
don't
have
a
lease
with
the
team
right
now:
Beyond
2026.,
I
I,
don't
I've
tried
to
say
that
as
many
places
and
as
and
as
bluntly
as
I
can
over
these
last
14
months,
but
our
long-term
lease
with
the
Oklahoma
City
Thunder
expired
earlier
this
year
we
are
now
in
a
short-term
lease
that
I
have
explicitly
said
is
really
just
for
the
purpose
of
us
presenting
a
plan
to
have
a
new
Arena,
I
I,
don't
think,
there's
a
viable
future
for
the
NBA
in
Oklahoma
City
Beyond
this
lease
and
I've.
That's
not
news.
I
So
what
I'm
hearing
is
that
there
weren't
any
meetings
to
provide
adequate
or
any
real
background
or
information
for
Council
to
really
consider
this,
and
that
really
it's
a
proposal
that
the
Thunder
are
sending
to
voters
and
not
something
that
Council
really
had
an
opportunity
to
weigh
in
on.
So
my
next
question,
you.
C
I
Ready
for
the
next
question
so
and
I
think
this
is
more
for
the
city
manager.
I
If
you
can
help
and
I
know,
this
is
a
very
complicated
document,
but
I
think
if
we
can
help
the
public
understand
the
use
license
agreement
that
we
do
have
with
the
Thunder,
which
my
understanding
is,
we
don't
like
calling
it
a
lease,
but
it
is
a
lease
and
sort
of
what
the
breakdown
of
revenues
the
team
receives.
I
G
There
are
two
agreements
that
affect
that:
there's
the
use
license
agreement
and
also
the
food
and
beverage
agreement,
and
it
identifies
various
splits
of
Revenue
I.
Don't
have
the
numbers
in
front
of
me
exactly
how
it
splits
between
there's
different
splits
of
Revenue
on
food
and
beverage,
for
instance,
and
the
when
the
Thunder
is
playing
a
game.
There's
another
set
of
revenues
that
are
split
when
it's
a
non-funder
event.
G
The
revenues
for
tickets,
the
revenues
that
it
also
includes
revenues
for
tickets
and
how
that's
addressed
that
that
goes
to
the
thunder
on
Thunder
games,
the
percentage
of
the
FNB,
the
merchandise
sales
advertising.
It
identifies
those
splits
and
the
revenues
that
are
there,
and
then
the
obligation
or
the
responsibilities
of
various
expenses
that
we
have
to
maintain
the
building
to
manage
the
building.
So
those
will
identify
that
what
those
costs
are
and
were
you
further
asking
like
what
the
actual
results
are
from
that
or.
I
Yes
and
specifically
that
there's
it
from
what
I
understand
from
what
I'm
reading
in
our
agreement,
there
are
certain
information
that
we
do
know
the
amount
of
Revenue
they're
making
and
then
there's
in
our
lease
agreement
with
them.
We
have
essentially
said:
yes,
you
don't
have
to
tell
us
how
much
you're
making
off
of.
G
These
other
revenues
off
of
the
public.
The
only
direct
information
that
we
have
available
is
through
it's
inform
it's
the
revenues
that
come
through
ASM,
so
it'd
be
like
with
the
food
and
beverage
those
kinds
of
sales.
Anything
else
is
specific
to
the
Thunder,
whether
it's
advertising
we're
not
privy
to
that
agreement,
we're
not
a
part
of
that
agreement
on
their
ticket
sales.
Other
things
like
that
that
we
don't
have
directly
that
we
don't
control
that
we
don't
have
that
information,
that's
information
that
is
thunder
information
as
a
private
entity.
I
And
then
I
guess
kind
of
that
other.
The
other
piece
is
what
how
much
does
the
city
Budget
on
an
annual
basis
to
help
fund
the
operations
of
the
Arena
beyond
the
revenues
that
are
made
yeah.
G
So
in
in
2023,
our
budget
was
about
10
million
dollars
and
that's
between
what
we
had
budgeted
for
the
operations
of
the
arena
with
ASM.
We,
they
managed
the
arena
and
we
pay
the
difference
between
the
revenue
they
generate
and
the
cost
to
run
the
arena.
So
we
pay
that
difference.
We
pay
them
a
management
fee
as
well
and
there's
an
incentive
that
we
can
also
pay.
So
we
budgeted
10
million
dollars
for
that
in
2023,
the
actual
performance
because
they
brought
in
more
concerts
and
there's
more
Revenue
that
was
generated.
G
The
actual
performance
in
2023
was
a
cost
of
7.5
million
dollars.
We
all
we
also
pay
about
a
million
dollars
in
utilities
on
the
facility
each
year,
but
the
net
effect
was
about
7.5
million
dollars
and
then,
if
you
take
to
account
the
direct
sales
tax,
that's
generated
by
the
arena,
just
direct
sales
tax
only
from
the
arena,
it's
about
two
million
dollars.
So
if
you
net
that
out,
that
would
be
a
net
cost
of
about
5.3
5.4
million
dollars.
G
I
I
I
think
one
of
my
other
questions,
I
sort
of
have
two
questions
related
to
you
know.
I
I
hear
that
this
is
an
extension
of
the
maps
penny
that
would
sort
of
be,
in
theory,
a
gap
between
to
fill
a
gap
between
Maps,
four
and
a
next
map
proposal.
I
What
have
the
previous
extensions
of
that
Penny?
How
long
have
they
been
and
what
are
the
sorts
of
things
they
funded
I
know:
2017
was
included
in
better
better
streets.
I
cannot
remember
the
length
of
that
and
then
I
know
in
between
I
guess,
Maps,
two
and
three.
It
was
related
to
the
arena.
But
previous
to
that,
were
there
was
there
a
Gap,
or
did
they
just
go
between
Maps
one
and
maps
for
kids,
I'd.
G
Have
to
go
back
in
my
memory
on
all
the
history,
but
I
think
each
one
has
had
attacks
in
between
that.
There
was
one
year
and
I
think
it
was
between
Maps
one
and
maps
for
kids
that
we
actually
had
a
public
safety
Capital
Tax
that
helped
with
funding
a
lot
of
Public
Safety
Capital
needs
I,
don't
remember
the
exact
length
on
that
one,
but
it
was
less
than
two
years
and.
AN
E
I
This
my
mind:
this
is
not
just
a
stop
gap
between
two
packages.
This
is
a
whole
other
Maps
package,
I
mean
it
is
almost
equivalent
and
probably
if
passed
and
collected
will
be
equivalent
to
the
amount
of
money
that
we
are.
We
have
been
collecting
from
maps
for
six
years
of
potentially
other
needs
that
could
be
addressed
that,
like
this,
is
not
just
an
extension.
This
is,
in
my
mind,
maps
five,
just
the
way
that
it,
it
is
structured
and
then
I,
think
my
other-
and
this
is
my
final
question.
I
You
know.
I
I
went
back
to
read
the
maps
for
resolution
about
the
money
related
to
what
is
labeled
in
the
resolution
as
the
Chesapeake
Energy
Arena
and
related
facilities,
the
related
facilities
being
The
Practice
Center.
That
I
believe
was
built
with
that
maps,
3
extension
Penny
and
then
that
we
put
money
from
Maps
four
to
make
updates
to
a
publicly
funded
building
that
is
not
actually
accessible
to
anyone
in
the
public.
I
When
I
read
this
language,
I
hear
that
we
would
need
to
go
back
and
amend
this
language
to
actually
do
what
what
this
is
saying,
which
is
at
least
70
million
dollars
from
this
allocation
of
maps
for
I'm
curious.
If
there's
been
discussions
about
what
we
need
to
be
doing
or
anything
related
to
the
maps
for
conversation,
because
I'm
not
I'm,
seeing
that
this
is
very
much
naming
the
Chesapeake
Arena
I
know
the
name
has
changed
since
then.
The
building
is
the
same.
I
I
don't
see
room
in
this
language
to
to
sort
of
reallocate
it
for
a
separate
building
as
it
as
it
is
currently
written.
So.
C
One
observation,
you
know,
we've
actually
I
would
say
deviated
in
literal
terms,
several
times
from
the
maps
for
ordinance,
but
always
stayed
within
the
spirit
and
I'm
not
ordinance.
But
resolution
and
one
example
would
be
when
the
proponents
of
the
Freedom
Center
decided
they
wanted
to
raise
that
money
privately
and
keep
that
out
of
government
ownership,
and
so
we
we
shifted
those
funds
back
over
to
the
Claire
Looper
civil
rights
Center.
C
We
actually
implemented
that
through
an
amendment
to
the
implementation
plan,
not
through
not
through
necessarily
a
change
to
the
resolution,
but
I
think
we
all
sat
up
here
and
agreed.
This
is
very
much
in
the
spirit
of
what
was
originally
intended.
I
mean
the
options
here
are
to
spend
the
money
on
paycom
Center,
which
I
don't
think
anybody
thinks
it's
a
good
idea
for
building
a
new
Arena
and
or
or
keep
with
the.
C
Obviously,
the
the
nearest
option
closest
to
the
original
Spirit
of
that
section
would
be
to
shift
it
to
what
has
become
what
will
become
our
Downtown
Arena,
which
obviously
people
who
voted
for
that
item
in
maps
four
did
so
because
they
wanted
to
invest
in
our
Downtown
Arena
and,
as
the
name
has
changed
so
two
made,
the
building.
The
other
options
would
obviously
be.
You
know.
Spending
on
something
completely
different
would
be
far
field
of
the
spirit,
but
the
the
technical
action
that
will
probably
be
required
at
some
point
would
be
Amendment.
AE
I
Well,
I
guess
when
I
read
the
resolution,
the
Maxwell
resolution,
as
it
relates
to
the
Freedom
Center
in
the
Claire
Looper
Center,
this
does
seem
to
allow
for
some
flexibility
of
renovation
of
the
Freedom
Center
home
of
the
Oklahoma
City
Rights
Movement,
as
well
as
construction
of
an
adjacent
Civil,
Rights,
Museum
and
Community
Gathering
Place.
So
that
actually
includes
like
okay.
I
Well,
maybe
we
aren't
going
to
spend
all
that
money
on
the
Freedom
Center,
but
we
are
still
going
to
keep
it
within
this
other
space
for
this
Museum,
whereas
there
is
not
language
as
it
relates
to
that.
So
I
was
just
kind
of
curious
and
wanted
to
help
the
public
understand
some
of
those
pieces.
I
I
appreciate,
councilman
Cooper's
work
on
this
CBA
I.
Think
my
point
of
asking
the
question
about
a
working
group
or
a
task
force
related
to
spending
a
billion
dollars
of
public
money.
I
Is
that
I
find
it
frankly
insulting
that
that
we
would,
instead
of
just
including
in
the
CBA
that
these
items
that
we
would
just
say
we're
gonna,
require
or
direct
the
pieces
of
these
license
agreement
with
anyone
who's
operating
this
Arena
to
honor?
A
labor
peace
agreement,
which
is
literally
just
being
neutral
in
in
issues
of
Labor,
organizing
that
instead,
we
have
to
somehow
study
it
when.
I
Is
this
a
similar
comparison?
You
know,
I
hear
I'm,
hearing
a
lot
of
different
pieces
of
information
floating
around
and
and
some
of
them
it's
like.
Well,
we've
never
established
that
I've
never
been
given
any
information
to
establish
some
of
the
things.
People
are
just
saying
as
facts
and
I,
don't
know
about
other
folks.
I
don't
feel
like
that's
a
good
place
to
govern
from,
and
particularly
as
it
relates
to
the
private
public
balance.
Here
you
know
in
in
our
senior
centers
I
know
someone
brought
up
our
senior
centers
and
how
they
are.
I
You
know:
access
to
Economic
Opportunity
access
to
support.
We
put
spending
the
operations
of
those
a
hundred
percent
on
private
entities,
there's,
except
for
the
case
in
which
one
which
was
referenced
earlier,
struggled
to
keep
the
operations
up.
The
city
stepped
in
and
started
funding
it
through
parks
so,
and
the
annual
budget
of
those
senior
centers
is
about
1.2
million
dollars.
I
We
can't
put
that
operation
burden
on
the
general
fund,
but
then
we
allocate
at
least
10
million
dollars
a
year
to
fund
what
is
essentially
something
that
a
bunch
of
private
actors
are
making
money
off
of
I
find
that
also
insulting
to
the
quality
of
life
and
the
well-being
and
economic
Vitality
of
our
city,
because
one
it
has
not
been
established
that
the
Thunder
would
leave.
I
If
we
did
not
do
this,
that
is
a
an
insinuation
that
people
continue
to
make
and
again
I
do
not
feel,
as
I've
been
given
proper
and
robust
information
from
City
staff
to
make
a
decision
about
whether
this
is
a
good
deal
that
we
would
be
sending
to
the
people,
and
that
makes
me
lose
confidence
in
my
city
government.
I
I
What
if
we
didn't
need
to
like
Infuse
Workforce
training,
because
we
just
built
that
into
to
councilman
Cooper's
work
on
the
CBA
into
the
operations
of
when
we
are
making
a
public
investment,
getting
something
back
directly
for
the
public,
not
in
a
trickle-down.
There's
money
moving
it's
economic
development,
but
in
an
actual,
this
money
will
actually
go
into
the
pockets
of
working
people
and
not
just
continue
to
trickle
up,
as
it
has
done
through
the
way
that
we
have
built.
I
This
used
license
agreement,
the
way
that
we
have
previously
funded
just
because
we've
done
something
a
certain
way
before
it
doesn't
mean
we
have
to
do
it
the
same
way
again
and
I,
for
one
just
cannot
think
to
send
this
to
a
public
vote
of
the
public
when
I
have
not
been
adequately
involved
in
conversations
or
been
given.
Information
that
I
feel
like
I
can
tell
my
constituents
that
they
had
a
seat
at
this
table.
I
Putting
this
package
forward
to
voters
that
it
was
actually
just
a
few
people
in
a
room
that
made
a
decision
and
are
saying
now
this
city
has
to
this.
Is
your
opportunity
to
have
input
for
six
years
of
deferred
opportunity
to
invest
in
those
housing
needs
that
were
stated
before
and
not
in
a
way
where
well
real
estate
prices
are
going
to
go
up,
but
so
are
your
rents,
but
your
wages
are
going
to
stay
the
same
because
we're
just
saying
you
got
to
do
15
an
hour.
I
I
I
Just
begging
people
who
have
so
many
resources
to
say
no.
We
need
to
put
that
that
burden
95
of
that
burden
on
the
people
who
do
not
have
those
resources
that
thirty
two
hundred
dollars
would
be
transformative
for
staying
in
their
housing,
paying
that
Health
Bill
getting
their
kids
clean,
fit
clothes
that
fit
to
go
to
school.
I
So
I
I
cannot
vote
to
send
this
to
to
people
to
vote
on,
because
it
is
not
something
I
believe
was
negotiated
in
good
faith
with
good
information
provided
to
me
to
make
an
actually
informed
decision.
At
the
end
of
the
day.
L
Staying
here
in
Oklahoma,
City
attending
University
of
Central
Oklahoma,
ultimately
graduating
from
Langston
University
and
interning
at
a
local
television
station
in
the
sports
department
when
the
Thunder
arrived
so
I
have
plenty
of
fond
memories
of
being
able
to
support
and
understand
what
the
Thunder
have
brought
and
also
during
that
same
time
of
interning.
At
that
time,
I
worked
at
the
coffee
shop
that
was
owned
by
the
Seattle
SuperSonics.
L
L
It
was
very
unfortunate
of
the
way
that
it
happened
for
us
to
receive
the
team,
but
regardless,
of
course,
being
here,
we're
excited
about
whatever
we
get
to
experience
during
that
first
few
years
of
the
Thunder's
arrival
as
I
worked
at
that
coffee
shop,
there
were
numerous
times
that
there
was
some
people
that
worked
for
the
Thunder.
That
would
come
through
our
drive
through
often
and
as
they
ordered
their
drinks,
they
would
leave
stacks
of
tickets
for
our
Baristas
to
enjoy
Thunder
games.
L
So
this
was
our
experience
of
being
able
to
see
what
the
Thunder
were
all
about
and
enjoy
in
the
excitement
of
what
a
brand
new
sports
team
can
do
and
bring
for
our
city
over
the
years
being
able
to
randomly
attend.
Games
has
also
been
a
great
joy
as
well,
but
I
find
it
interesting
that
once
I
became
an
elected
official
I
can't
even
afford
to
go
to
a
game.
L
So
those
are
the
unique
experiences
that
I
can
also
say
that
Thunder
have
been
able
to
provide
and
as
being
an
elected
official
and
being
able
to
experience
some
of
our
local
non-profits.
Just
to
thanksgivings
ago,
when
we
were
still
in
the
height
of
trying
to
experience
what
opening
our
our
city
could
look
like.
We
had
a
restore
OKC
had
a
Thanksgiving
food
drive
at
the
market
at
East
Point
on
Northeast
23rd
Street,
and
that
was
my
first
time
of
being
able
to
see
every
single
player
in
person
in
our
community.
L
But
when
we
are
now
at
the
table
negotiating
a
new
Arena,
the
key
words
are
that
this
Arena
has
to
be
built
to
the
NBA
standard.
First,
not
to
the
Oklahoma
City
or
original
Arena
standard
and
that
the
qualities
again
it's
labeled
in
the
key
terms
of
of
this
development
agreement
and
I
want
to
read
it.
The
quality
standards
also
include
the
standards
set
forth
in
any
applicable
National
Basketball
Association
rules
and
requirements,
including
the
National
Basketball
Association,
Arena
standards
manual
and
other
rules,
regulated
or
other
rules
related
to
technology
and
guest
experience.
L
At
a
minimum
of
900
million
dollars
and
as
we
continue
to
look
at
the
budget
and
construction
and
and
sources
of
funding,
I
find
it
interesting
that
we
say
a
minimum
of
and,
as
we
heard
from
some
of
our
our
community
members
I
think
we
all
agree.
This
is
probably
going
to
be
well
over
a
billion
dollars
once
the
official
price
tag
comes
in
and
I'm
hoping
that
it
won't
be,
but
I
think
there's
an
expectation
of
such
so.
L
Therefore,
I
I
would
ask
in
my
question,
as
far
pertaining
to
page
three
of
the
budget
and
construction
and
sources
of
funds,
and
this
is
pertaining
to
item
11
in
that
last
paragraph
says
or
last
sentence
or
two
sentences.
The
team
shall
not
be
responsible
for
any
cost
overruns
with
respect
to
the
budget,
except
to
the
extent
that
such
cost
overrun
is
a
result
of
modifications
to
the
project
requested
by
the
team.
After
the
design
is
finalized
and
such
request
increases
the
budget
for
the
new
arena.
L
Now
I
got
a
degree
in
broadcast
journalism,
so
I
do
have
a
question
as
far
as
someone
helping
to
over
explain
in
simple
simple
terms.
What
in
such
instance,
the
team
is
only
responsible
for
the
increase
above
the
previously
agreed
upon
budget
that
is
attributable
to
their
requests,
means.
G
Yeah,
so
basically
it's
saying
that
the
team
isn't
responsible.
If
the
budget
just
has
overruns
because
of
different
cost
increases,
they
would
be
responsible
if,
for
instance,
we
got
into
it,
we
had
a
building
designed
we
get
further
down
the
road
they
decide
in
looking
at
it.
They
need
another
area
built
out
or
they
want
us
to
have
another
area
built
out.
If
their
decision
that
they're
making
or
the
request
that
they're
making
increases
the
cost,
they
would
pay
for
that
increased
cost.
L
Okay,
thank
you
for
that.
Clarification
and
I
think
it's
important
for
all
of
us
to
understand
these
things
because
clearly,
what's
what's
written
is
not
explained
in
in
a
lot
of
ways.
That's
what
makes
it
a
lot
difficult
for
some
of
us
to
interpret
to
those
who
may
have
questions
and
I.
Think
that's
where,
where
our
well,
my
concern
and
I
I
share
the
same
concerns
with
councilwoman
him
and
my
concerns
lie
because
one
the
current
Arena
sits
in
the
ward,
where
I
serve
two.
L
Something
is
speculation
and
that
hasn't
been
fair
to
either
one
of
us
for
us
to
have
the
the
homes
of
where
one
occurrent
and
two
a
potential
Arena
could
reside
so
I
think
that's
very
disrespectful
to
not
at
least
have
the
conversation
of
those
two
Council
women
involved
in
this
conversation
just
to
at
least
give
a
heads
up:
hey!
Here's!
What's
going
on,
this
is
what
we're
thinking
when
we
have
more
details.
We
can
let
you
know
so
I
think
that
was
a
not
think.
L
So
if
you
time
that
times,
two
that's
how
many
people
were
not
a
part
of
this
conversation
for
sure,
and
that
is
a
disadvantage
to
to
the
folks
that
we
serve
and
that
we
represent
I
have
said
and
I
I
called
I
was
probably
quoted
in
the
newspaper
as
saying
I.
Don't
have
a
problem,
sending
a
vote
to
the
people
for
what
we're
doing.
L
However,
I
don't
agree
with
the
letter
of
intent
and
I,
don't
agree
with
with
the
the
pieces
of
of
what
we
are
looking
at,
because
I
I
laugh
because
I
I
think
it's
it's
weird
for
me
to
even
say
that
I
feel,
like
a
few
of
us,
are
wanting
to
be
the
fiscally
responsible,
conservative
ones.
In
the
conversation
when
we
are
usually
not
it's
like,
you,
usually
throw
the
baby
in
the
bathwater.
L
Councilperson,
Cooper
and
I
were
at
a
community
meeting
for
Britain
District
yesterday
and
a
couple
that
owns
a
business
said
we
can't,
even
if
we
can't
afford
to
go
to
tickets,
we
rely
on
people
to
give
us
tickets,
so
I
I
hope
that
in
future
dealings
in
conversations
that
we
have
better
communication
about
how
we
move
forward
with
these
types
of
Ventures,
because
this
is
this-
the
math
is
not
mathing
as
far
as
95
percent
and
five
percent
is
concerned.
L
For
costs
of
these
types
of
of
what
this
can
do
in
72
months
is
a
long
time
for
people
to
have
to
pay
for
something
that
they
will
never
get
to.
Experience
and
I
appreciate
everyone
that
spoke,
whether
you
were
for
or
against
and
I'm
hoping
at
the
at
the
poll
polling
locations.
That
folks
will
will
voice
how
they
feel
truly
about
about
what
we
are
presenting
or
lack
of
presenting
to
them.
Today.
Q
Q
Thank
you,
mayor
I,
just
wanted
to
talk
real
quickly
to
me.
It's
I
try
to
look
at
everything
from
an
economic
development
standpoint
and
to
me
the
reason
that
economic
development
is
important
is
from
the
standard
of
creating
additional
jobs,
creating
additional
jobs
that
pay
well
I
like
to
see
that
Tide
Rises
all
boats
to
me.
That's
very,
very
important
that
people
have
the
opportunity
to
find
jobs
that
pay
well,
so
they
can
support
their
families.
Q
Part
of
the
reason
that
really
I
support,
councilman
Cooper's
resolution
is
to
me
there's
three
components
in
it:
the
first
one
being
programs
for
jobs,
I
mean
we've
been
trying
to
talk
about.
How
can
we
build
that
pipeline
to
construction
as
well
as
hospitality
to
where
people
that
may
not
have
the
skill
sets
they
need
or
able
to
earn?
Those
skill
sets
you
think
about
the
construction
of
this
thing.
That's
that's
a
pretty
big
project.
Q
You
look
at
the
development.
That's
also
going
on
around
Oklahoma
City
people
coming
in
spending
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
in
this
city
on
projects
and
they're
doing
that
because
they
see
this
city
as
investing
in
itself.
Continuing
to
move
forward
and
those
projects
create
tons
of
fringe
benefits
for
people
in
terms
of
jobs
for
their
families,
so
they
can
support
them.
Q
Q
But
when
the
Thunder
leave
it's
going
to
be
a
little
bit
of
a
downward
struggle
on
Oklahoma
City,
we
don't
have
four
or
an
NFL
team
of
Major
League
Baseball
team
and
everything
else.
We've
got
one
NBA
team,
it's
going
to
take
a
downward
hit,
and
some
of
those
Investments
that
are
coming
in
from
out
of
state
are
going
to
cease
when
they
do
that
you're
going
to
see
a
drop
off
in
jobs,
even
existing
jobs,
we're
going
to
see
a
big
drop
off
there,
especially
in
the
hospitality
markets.
Q
So
that's
kind
of
my
thought
on
it.
I
am
more
than
happy
to
send
this
to
a
vote
of
the
people.
I
think
the
people
need
to
have
their
voice.
I've
had
numerous
numerous
comments
on
it.
Some
for
some
against
and
I
get
both
sides
of
the
conversation,
but
I
think
it's.
It's
definitely
an
opportunity
that
has
to
go
to
our
constituents.
You
know
so
we
hear
the
voice
of
the
people
and
how
they
want
Oklahoma
City
to
proceed
so
James
I
want
to
tell
you
I
appreciate
your
work
on
that
resolution.
Q
Q
M
M
It
will
take
each
one
of
us,
Ward
by
Ward,
to
tap
into
our
networks
to
figure
out
where's
Francis
Tuttle
where's
Metro
Tech.
Where
is
O
Triple
C,
where
is
OSU
OKC,
Bradley
and
I
have
zip
codes
that
are
two
of
the
highest
eviction
rates
in
the
county.
It's
time
we
tap
in
and
meet
our
people
where
they
are
thanks.
C
C
What
Todd
just
said,
but
I
just
think
that
for
the
concerts
for
the
Major
League
Sports
for
the
quality
of
life,
the
community
Unity
the
economic
impact
and
growth,
the
international
Brown
brand,
the
economic
ability
to
help
all
people
is
titled
it
to
and
the
philanthropy
the
fact
that
we
can
do
all
that
without
a
tax
increase,
I
think
is
a
win-win.
C
C
Okay,
very
good,
all
right,
so
we're
going
back
to
item
from
the
items
from
Council
docket,
and
this
is
item
4A.
This
is
a
resolution
declaring
the
intent
well,
you've
heard
it
all
et
cetera,
Etc
by
councilman
Cooper,
and
we
can
take
a
motion
on
this
and
I
come
in,
as
has
already
been
done,
councilman
Cooper
for
all
his
hard
work
on
this.
Thank.
M
C
Passes
eight
to
one
and
now
we're
at
back
under
items
requiring
separate
votes
item
11
V
is
no
too
much
flipping
around
item.
11
in
is
a
letter
of
intent
with
PBC
sports
and
entertainment
LLC
doing
business
as
the
Oklahoma
City
Thunder
for
the
purposes
for
securing
a
long-term
commitment
from
the
team
to
play
in
Oklahoma
City
and
for
the
City
of
Oklahoma
City
to
construct
a
new
Downtown
Arena.
You
are
essentially
authorizing
me
to
sign
the
last
page
of
that
currently
unsigned
letter
of
intent
alongside
the
signature
of
the
chairman
of
the
thunder.
C
Passes
seven
to
two
and
then
item
1101,
so
this
is
the
ordinance
number
27420
related
to
taxation.
This
is
basically
just
the
sales
tax
itself.
It
is
a
special
use.
Tax
for
a
Downtown
Arena,
it
is
I
should
say
for
an
arena.
I
think
is
what
it
says.
It
is
for
one
percent
for
72
months,
as
has
been
discussed,
and
this
we're
going
to
cast
two
votes
on
this.
But
this
is
the
first
vote.
C
C
If
we
do
not
get
the
emergency
on
the
vote
we
are
about
to
cast,
we
will
come
back
here
tomorrow
at
8,
A.M
and
vote
on
this
one
thing
and
it
would
not
require
a
super
majority
would
require
a
simple
majority.
But
if
we
passed
the
emergency
with
seven
votes
here,
then
we
will
cancel
tomorrow's
special
meeting
okay.
So
this
is
item
1102
ordinance
number
27420
to
be
adopted
with
emergency.
C
And
we
could
take
a
motion
on
that.
We
have
a
motion
and
a
second
cast
your
votes.
This
requires
seven
and
it
gets
it
passes
seven
to
two
Kenny.
Would
you
say
it
sorry,
would
you
say
I
didn't
mean
to
surprise
you
with
this,
but
would
you
say
a
word
about
what
the
difference
is
between
resolution
number,
one
and
number
two
I
sure.
Surely
that's
a
short
explanation.
BE
Yes,
that
is
a
short
explanation.
Resolution
number
one
is
counsel
authorizing
the
mayor
to
call
the
special
election
resolution
number
two
is
Council,
directing
the
city
clerk
to
submit
that
resolution
to
the
the
County
election
board
secretary,
to
inform
the
election
board
that
the
Resolute
that
the
election
will
be
held,
and
then
the
mayor
will
issue
a
proclamation
on
his
own
after
this
meeting,
which
actually
caused
the
election
got.
C
It
so
the
two
items,
the
work
in
tandem
they're
both
relate
to
the
actual
calling
of
the
election.
It's
just
for
highly
legalistic
reasons.
We've
got
to
do
them
in
two
different
resolutions,
and
so
we
have
inp
and
item
Q.
As
I
said,
this
is
probably
of
all
the
items
the
most
on
point
with
actually
calling
the
election
on
December
12th
to
approve
the
ordinance
we
just
adopted
so
item.
11P
is
where
we
began
resolution
number
one.
C
Passes
eight
to
one
as
well,
so
in
summation
we
now
have
an
election
on
the
books
in
this
city
for
December
12th.
The
ordinance
was
adopted
with
an
emergency.
So
after
this
meeting
we
will
cancel
tomorrow's
special
meeting.
Everybody
get
your
8
A.M
hour
back
tomorrow
and
I.
Thank
you
all
and
I
think
all
of
the
residents
who
came
today
for
their
time
and
we're
now
going
to
move
on
to
things
that
you
may
consider
more
boring.
But
you
were
more
will
you
were
absolutely
invited
to
stay?
C
M
While
that's
happening,
thank
you
for
helping
me
create
the
space
for
this
I
want
to
thank
representative
Forrest
Bennett,
who
came
to
me
early
last
summer
and
said
we
need
to
do
something.
I
really
want
to
thank
councilwoman
nice
for
I
didn't
get
to
go
to
Milwaukee,
and
you
introduced
me
to
that
conversation.
Councilwoman
Hammond
sitting
in
on
those
meetings
with
me
with
the
owners
of
the
Milwaukee
Bucks,
and
just
wanted
to
say
all
that.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
C
All
right
item
11R
is
a
public
hearing
regarding
an
assessment
role
for
the
downtown
business
improvement
district,
and
we
do
have
someone
who
has
signed
up
to
speak
Billy
Lewis.
BF
Shockingly
everyone's
sleeping
well
surprise,
I,
my
name
is
Billy
Lewis
I'm,
the
vice
chair
of
the
downtown
improvement
district
I'm.
Also,
the
incoming
chairman
of
downtown
improvement.
District
I
would
just
like
to
relate
that
all
of
our
board.
You
know
we
have
an
elected
board
who
are
representatives
of
the
downtown
improvement
district.
We
have
approved
to
support
these
next
two
items
at
the
Biden
Improvement
District
board
and
all
of
our
sub
districts
have
also
approved
this.
That
includes
Bricktown
Midtown,
Uptown
West
Village.
BF
All
the
sub-district
boards
have
also
approved
both
of
these
items,
so
we
are
voting
the
people
that
are
being
taxed
by
this.
Ultimately,
by
this
assessment
role,
we
are
voting
in
favor
of
it,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
relay
that
to
the
to
the
board.
I'm
sure
you
guys
know
what
the
downtown
improvement
district
and
and
what
we
do
primarily
are.
Besides
public
art
and
downtown
support,
and
things
like
that,
we
also
are
clean
and
safe.
We
have
a
clean
and
safe
program
that
we
adopted
two
years
ago,
which
was
Green
Team.
BF
They
helped
pick
up
trash
with
graffiti
removal
and
all
that
stuff,
all
the
downtown
people
pay
into
this
we're
all
supportive
of
it
for
councilman
Hammond.
We
also
pay
our
own
for
a
downtown
homeless
coordinator.
As
part
of
this,
we
fund
it
ourselves
to
have
someone
dedicated
to
downtown
as
part
of
this
program,
but
other
than
that.
I
just
wanted
to
thank
Jennifer
and
fee
they're,
the
ones
that
do
the
heavy
work
here,
we're
just
voting
on
stuff,
so
I
want
to
thank
you
guys
and
we
all
just
wanted
to
relay.
Everybody
supports
this.
I
Well
and
I'll,
just
yeah
I'll
I,
just
want
to
comment
that
the
Green
Team
I
think
has
been
very
transformative
for
how
some
of
these
dollars
are
used.
I
think
so
often
you
know,
even
if
you
just
think
about
litter,
people
are
always
like
someone
should
do
something
about
that
litter,
and
so
you
all
decided
Well.
Let's
pay
some
people
to
go,
do
something
about
that
litter
and
be
proactive
in
that
effort
and
I.
Think
that's.
I
You
know,
I
think
more
solution,
oriented
ideas,
even
as
it
relates
to
the
the
Outreach
aspect,
as
it
embedded
in
the
green
team,
is
just
very
refreshing
to
see
because,
like
I
said
so
often,
I
think
we
all
get
to
hear
the
folks
that
are.
Why
won't
you
do
something
about
this
and
y'all
have
thought
through
ways
to
to
to
find
a
piece
of
that
solution
and
as
always,
it's
not
the
whole
solution
right.
I
We
need
a
lot
of
other
people
at
the
table
and
in
that
collaboration,
but
I
just
I
do
really
appreciate
the
work
you
all
have
done
to
keep
that
going
and
just
the
presence
I
think
that
the
Green
Team
very
visible.
Very
you
know,
I
I,
see
folks,
stop
and
ask
them
for
like
Direction.
You
know
probably
a
lot
of
things
that
are
in
other
doozies
as
a
signed.
I
BF
Really
had
good
response
from
the
stakeholders
about
the
Green
Team
about
the
homeless.
Outreach
we've
had
some
great.
They
come
and
update
us
on
what
they've
done.
It's
been
really
we're
very
supportive
of
this.
It
seems
to
be
headed.
You
know
it's.
It's
been
a
great
Organization
for
a
long
time.
The
green
team
was
a
great
coup
for
us.
It
was
a
good
grab.
We've
had
nothing
but
good
good,
good
reporting
back
to
us.
So
I
appreciate
the
comments.
I.
L
Wanted
to
Echo
that,
because
I
get
to
share
a
lot
of
what
you
all
are
doing
as
well,
and
one
of
the
things
is
when
I
go
visit,
other
cities
and
they
hear
or
have
visited,
Oklahoma
City
downtown
area.
They
always
say
how
clean
it
is,
and
I
am
very
grateful
again
to
what
she
just
said.
I
think
the
green
team
are
actually
the
ambassadors
more
so
than
anything
of
what
our
what
our
downtown
area
brings
and
and
I
know
a
couple
other
folks
on
the
Green,
Team
and
I,
get
to
say
hello
to
them.
L
Often
so
I
am
grateful
also
of
us
being
able
to
implement
new
ideas
and
and
how
we
look
at
improving
what
downtown
and
Bricktown
and
all
of
the
pieces
of
what
downtown
improvement
district
brings.
So
thank
you
all
and
and
continue
to
do
great
work,
because
these
are
the
people
that
matter
because
they
are
the
ones
who
you
see
that
introduce
you
to
what
Oklahoma
City
in
downtown
Oklahoma
City
is.
Thank
you
thank.
BF
G
Yeah
I
appreciate
the
comments
of
the
council
members
too,
and
just
how
much
Downtown
OKC
and
the
downtown
bid
mean
to
Oklahoma
City
and
the
downtown
area.
We
had
comments
all
the
time
about
downtown
and
how
it
looks,
and
it's
a
big
part
because
of
you
all
I
did
want
to
acknowledge.
Jennifer
Nakayama,
the
new
director
executive
director
of
Downtown,
OKC,
Inc
she's,
a
great
partner
and
I,
know
she's
getting
out
trying
to
meet
everyone
and
really
appreciate
her
leadership
and
partnership.
BF
BF
C
C
C
C
G
Yes,
Chris
York.
Our
budget
director
is
going
to
give
an
explanation
on
this,
but
basically
after
we
brought
the
item
forward,
emcee
had
looked
at
it.
Their
attorneys
looked
at
it
and
asked
that
we
make
a
couple
of
small
amendments.
Our
attorneys
reviewed
it
and
agreed
that
there
wasn't.
You
know
significant
problem.
It
didn't
change
the
spirit
of
what
we
were
trying
to
accomplish.
I'll.
Let
Chris
explain.
BG
Thank
you,
city
manager,
yeah
I'll,
just
go
through
those
changes
very
briefly
for
you.
The
first
is
in
six
101
paragraph
I
is
in
India.
This
is
the
paragraph
where
we
added
the
city
as
a
service
provider.
Alongside
of
emsa.
In
that
original
draft
language,
we
got
very
specific
with
all
the
ways
we
could
facilitate,
that
with
the
contractors,
subcontractors
and
so
forth.
Emsa
thought
it
would
be
cleaner
to
just
have
just
emsa
and
the
city
as
service
providers,
how
we
go
about
facilitating
that
is
still
at
our
discretion.
BG
So
we
just
cleaned
up
the
language
and
removed
all
of
the
trailing
language
behind
the
city.
We
have
two
service
providers,
the
city
and
emsa.
The
other
change
was
in
6-104,
and
this
is
the
paragraph
on
accountability
of
funds
received.
We've
always
had
the
requirement
that
emsa
deliver
a
budget
to
the
city
council
for
approval
for
their
service
contract.
They
do
that
annually
and
they
wanted
to
see
similar
language
for
this
supplemental
program.
We
had
no
issue
with
that
because
that's
our
practice
anyways.
BG
This
is
a
city
fund
that
we're
drawing
from
here,
and
this
was
included
in
the
fiscal
year
2024
budget
as
part
of
the
fire
department's
presentation.
As
you
recall,
and
so
we
were
happy
to
accommodate
that
as
well.
Those
were
the
only
two
changes,
but
if
there
are
any
questions,
I'll
be
happy
to
try
to
answer
those.
C
C
C
P
Reardon
125
Northwest,
9th
I
was
looking
over
this
and
listening
to
what
the
gentleman
said
and
I
just
had
a
couple
questions.
Maybe
the
city
manager
can
answer
these
or
maybe
legal.
Why
do
we
need
two
providers
of
medical
service
when
we're
one
of
a
handful
of
major
metropolitan
cities
that
The
Fire
And
EMS
are
two
separate
entities.
G
So
the
imsa
has
had
trouble,
making
meeting
the
service
requirements,
and
so
they'd
had
challenges
with
that
they've
been
hiring
contract
paramedics
to
be
able
to
help
out.
With
that,
the
cost
has
been
very
expensive.
We
had
made
a
decision
several
months
back
that
we
would
provide
supplemental
service
through
the
fire
department
that
would
help
in
areas
working
in
partnership
with
emsa
helping
areas
where
they
were
having
trouble
meeting
the
requirements,
and
so
it's
something
that
we're
planning
to
do
in
Partnership.
That
we've
worked
together
on
that
and
that
would
give
us
Backup
Service.
G
P
Why
not
just
let
the
fire
department
absorb
we'll
be.
C
Happy
to
have
some
conversations
at
another
time.
We
can
definitely
connect
you
with
experts
to
talk
about
this,
isn't
a
give
and
take.
This
is
your
chance
for
public
comment
and
we've
heard
your
views.
Thank
you
all
right
item.
11X
is
a
public
hearing
regarding
a
joint
resolution
with
the
Oklahoma
City
Academic
development
trust
approving
an
allocation
not
to
exceed
1.9
million
dollars
from
Tiff
2
for
the
project
at
520,
West
Main.
We
heard
a
presentation
on
this
at
our
last
meeting.
Amy.
Has
anyone
signed
up
to
speak
to
this
public
hearing.
C
So
we
will
close
the
public
hearing
and
advance
to
the
resolution
found
at
X2.
This
is
a
joint
resolution
with
the
Oklahoma
City
Economic
Development
trust
approving
this
allocation
as
I
just
described.
C
C
C
C
Passes
unanimously
and
finally
item
11ac1
last,
but
certainly
not
least,
always
a
major
Milestone
of
the
year.
The
collective
bargaining
agreement
with
the
Fraternal
Order
of
Police
Lodge,
one
two
three
I
know:
staff
has
not
requested
executive
session,
but
I
don't
know
if
there's
any
general
statements.
G
Sure
trade
box,
our
assistant,
HR
director,
is
going
to
give
us
a
quick
overview.
This
is
consistent
with
what
we've
discussed
in
our
briefings
that
we've
had
previously
I
just
wanted
to
give
an
overview
here
and
then
just
recognize
the
participation,
the
whole
team
there's
a
couple:
people
LaShawn
Thompson,
our
assistant
city
managers,
here
on
this
as
well,
but
there
are
many
people
who've
worked
on
this
on
the
city
Side,
as
well
as
on
the
fop
side.
BH
Sure
Yvette,
thank
you
good
afternoon,
mayor
and
council
members
ask
city
manager.
Freeman
has
just
mentioned.
This
is
a
two-year
agreement.
This
is
a
little
unique
for
us,
but
that
is
going
to
be
based
on
23
24
24
25
separate
Appropriations
per
year,
and
so
this
will
come
back
to
Council
next
year
for
approval
so
a
little
bit
of
a
different,
but
we're
looking
forward
to
that
two-year
contract.
BH
Just
kind
of
logistically
speaking,
we
will
have
to
notify
the
city
or
the
city
manager
will
notify
fop
no
later
than
April
1st
2023.
If
there's
any
kind
of
concerns
with
preparations
that
might
be
expected
in
that
second
year
contract,
so
that
kind
of
gives
you
the
timeline
that
we'll
be
thinking
about
next
year
as
we're
getting
into
the
budget
process
and
everything
else.
BH
BH
That's
pretty
much
the
the
just
of
that
other
notable
key
terms
on
this
2325
contract
for
the
first
year,
there'll
be
a
four
and
a
quarter
percent
increase
on
wages
like
like
increase
on
longevity
as
well,
and
then
on
year,
two
to
be
a
three
percent
plan
and
pay
plan
adjustment.
Like
an
addition
on
the
second
year
for
longevity,
as
well
probably
one
of
the
more
notable
negotiated
items
on
this
or
in
this
contract
we
will
be
replacing
the
HMO
with
an
EPO,
and
that
is
an
exclusive
provider
organization
insurance
plan.
BH
Network,
it's
a
pretty
big
change,
but
we
believe
that's
going
to
give
the
city
some
some
good
options
on
managing
that
plan,
and
so
we're
really
excited
to
bring
that
one
to
you
today
and
then
really.
Lastly,
just
the
two-year
contract
is
going
to
allow
both
teams
that
have
expressed
some
some
interest
in
having
some
negotiations
on
some
deeper
items
to
give
us
a
little
bit
more
time
to
kind
of
work
through
those
bring
back
some
great
recommendations
to
the
council.
So
it's
going
to
give
us
a
little
bit
more
time
to
work
on
that.
BH
BH
C
Passes
unanimously,
that
concludes
our
votes
for
the
day.
Comments
from
Council
Ward.
AE
Q
Have
to
call
you
today,
I
know:
I
was
very
saddened
and
Disturbed
to
hear
about
that.
The
shooting
that
took
place
out
at
the
fairgrounds
in
the
Bennett
building,
but
one
thing
that
made
me
feel
a
little
better
was
I,
saw
a
interview.
I
think
it
was
on
channel
nine,
where
someone
that
was
in
the
building
the
shooting
took
place.
They
were
describing
that
they
were
running
out
of
the
building
as
fast
as
they
possibly
could,
along
with
everyone
else.
Q
In
that
building
and
the
one
thing
they
noticed
is
they
left
the
building
is
that
there
were
tons
of
police
officers
running
into
the
building
as
fast
as
they
possibly
could,
and
it
was
just
a
nice
reminder
that
you
know
that's
what
our
officers
get
paid
to
do
and
kind
of
happens.
It's
kind
of
funny
to
me
that
it
happened
on
the
same
day.
Q
C
L
I'm
glad
you
brought
up
senior
Wellness
Center
we're
going
to
have
our
meeting
for
wellness
center
number
three
tomorrow
at
the
wellness
center
at
10,
30
a.m
and
I
was
passing
by
this
morning
or
last
night
and
I
saw
the
equipment
is
already
in
so
I
saw
one
of
those
bikes
so
I
know
we're
getting
closer
and
closer
to
being
able
to
say,
come
on
in
to
our
seniors
and
I.
Think
we're
all
excited
about
that.
I
wanted
to
commend
the
fam
for
the
gala
that
they
had
last
week
that
we
were
able
to
attend.
L
That
will
experience
the
impacts
of
of
what
this
street
enhancement
will
be
able
to
bring,
as
well
as
the
sidewalks
that
are
also
going
to
be
able
to
connect
from
235
at
least
to
Walker
and
a
little
bit
further.
That
will
continue
to
connect
throughout
the
rest
of
of
the
area
as
you
get
into
that
Bricktown
Britain
District
excuse
me,
so
very
grateful
for
for
them,
and
those
engaged
folks
that
represent
that
part
of
our
district
I
do
want
to
say
again.
L
You
know
I
I,
said
in
length
earlier
about
my
experience
of
of
enjoying
a
basketball
team
and
I
still
want
to
continue
to
say
that
I'll
be
on
TV
rooting
as
as
I
normally
do,
and
do
that
and
I
know.
Now.
It
is
in
the
hands
of
our
our
voters
to
say
how
they
feel
when
they
go
to
The
Ballot
Box
on
December,
the
12th
but
I
hope
in
the
future
that
we
can
have
better
conversations
of
of
what
we
do.
L
As
far
as
how
we
use
our
city
funds,
especially
for
those
council
members
who
are
going
to
be
a
part
of
more
of
the
engagement
than
we
think,
because
we
are
the
folks
that
actually
represent
these
parts
of
our
our
city.
So
I'm,
looking
forward
to
better
conversations
that
we're
going
to
have
pertaining
to
how
we
continue
to
see
impactful
growth
for
for
Oklahoma,
City.
AK
BI
I
just
wanted
to
tell
everybody
thank
you
for
being
here
today.
These
are
my
favorite
meetings.
I've
said
it
once
and
I'll
say
it
again:
we
had
almost
40
people
speak
to
us.
We
had
tons
of
emac
emails
texts,
phone
calls
and
that's
what
our
democracy
is
about.
We
all
come
together
today,
I
listened
I
learned.
One
of
the
things
that
stood
out
to
me
was
Gary
Brooks
comment
about
momentum
and
how
we
need
to
keep
the
momentum
going
and
I
know.
BI
81
percent
of
our
residents
say:
Oklahoma
City
is
a
great
place
to
live,
77
percent,
say
it's
a
great
place
to
work
and
70
percent
say
it's
a
great
place
to
raise
your
children,
and
so
we
need
to
keep
the
momentum
going.
I
look
back
at
what
happened
with
Seattle
when
they
didn't
build
the
arena.
Most
of
you
on
the
Horseshoe
are
too
young
to
remember
when
we
lost
the
National
Finals
Rodeo
to
Las
Vegas,
let's
keep
working,
let's
keep
building,
let's
keep
improving
Oklahoma
City.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
M
You
councilman
Stone
honored,
we're
going
to
start
a
sitcom.
He
and
I
I
want
to
thank
Embark
for
bringing
the
bus
Rapid
Transit
out
to
neighbors
night
out.
We
got
to
take
it
neighborhood
by
neighborhood,
Paseo,
Putnam,
Heights,
Military,
Park,
North,
Coronado
and
people
got
to
get
on.
There
kick
the
tires,
not
really
city
manager,
but
you
understand
what
I'm
saying
we
also
got
to
take
it
to
upside
Uptown
outside
on
Saturday
night
for
that
series
of
concerts
and
skate
parks.
M
I
want
to
thank
councilwoman
nice
for
joining
us
there.
It
was
really
cool,
shutting
down
23rd
Street,
again
sorry,
city
manager,
but
it
was
just
a
really
energetic
moment
and
people
loved
getting
on
the
brt.
They
were
bragging
about
how
cool
the
air
is
in
there,
the
Wi-Fi
just
real-time
arrival
information,
those
cushy
seats
being
able
to
charge
your
phone,
so
that
was
cool
also
want
to
thank
Belle,
Isle
neighborhood
association
for
their
invite
to
a
meeting
that
was
really
wonderful.
M
I
want
to
thank
Boyd
and
Debbie
also
for
their
work
on
the
community
benefits
agreement
and
a
fellow
English
major
Paula.
Kelly
Paula
helped
write
that
resolution
and
it
is
some
beautiful
work
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
she
gets
that
recognition
in
public
and
Kenny.
Thank
you
for
starting
us
off
down
this
this
path.
M
So,
in
terms
of
voting,
did
you
know
that
the
original
Olympics
inspired
everybody
to
create
a
democracy,
because
it
was
the
first
time
that
a
poor
boxer
could
box
a
rich
King
and
once
that
happened
in
ancient
Greece,
I
teach
boontown
every
semester
and
we
always
go
back
to
ancient
Greece
and
to
the
Middle
Ages
as
well.
To
talk,
compare
Renaissance
stories
and
yeah
I've
learned
that
during
the
Olympics,
when
the
poor
person
could
go
against
the
rich
person,
it
introduced
this
idea
of
a
meritocracy
to
Athens
this
idea
that
wait.
M
A
second
there's,
nothing
special
about
a
king
or
a
queen
right,
we're
equals
in
this
way,
and
so
one
day
they
had
a
mad
Tyrant
as
their
ruler
and
they
literally
climbed
up
to
the
Acropolis,
the
everyday
people.
It's
the
first
time
in
recorded
history,
that
we
know
people
rose
up
to
take
down
a
tyrant
and
when
they
did,
they
went
to
the
Aristocrat
I
know:
councilman
stoneciper
your
big
history
person.
M
He
was
inspired
by
The
Iliad
and
the
Odyssey.
He
saw
the
role
of
the
hero
in
there
and
he
said
well
what,
if
we're
all
heroes-
and
he
said
what.
If
then,
we
have
a
white
Pebble
for
yes
and
a
black
Pebble
for
no
and
then
they
built
these
places
where
people
could
sit
and
gather
and
discuss
the
things
of
the
day
and
so
actually
from
Sports.
To
my
incredible
surprise,
from
Sports
comes
meritocracy
for
Athens
from
that
comes
democracy.
M
Unfortunately,
their
democracy
was
closed
off
to
women
and
slaves,
and
even
people
like
Aristotle,
who
we
still
teach
today
in
terms
of
argument
and
Poetics,
didn't
believe
that
women
were
equal.
So
it's
always
that
reminder
we
have
work
to
do,
but
I
just
thought.
It
was
kind
of
cool
to
know
that
history
and
it's
why
I
was
able
to
send
this
out
for
a
vote
today
is
because
I
think
people
should
have
a
say
whether
or
not
they
like
this
proposal
or
not.
So
thanks.
Q
P
Hello,
hello,
Joy,
Reardon,
125,
Northwest,
9th
I'm
really
torn
on
what
happened
today
with
the
simple
fact
that
I
love
my
council
person,
she
I
guess
she
had
another
meeting
she
had
to
go
to
I
wish.
She
was
here
to
hear
this.
P
Thank
you
Nikki
for
voting
no
on
on
that
stuff.
Thank
you
and
your
wise
words,
but
it's
like
I
said
earlier.
P
I
knew
it
was
going
to
be
voted
yes
on
which
it
should
have
been
no
voted
no
on,
because
so
what
we
lose,
the
Thunder
big
deal
yeah
they
they
do
a
lot
of
stuff
for
the
non-profits
and
stuff
like
that,
but
think
what
we
could
do
for
with
that
money
billion
dollars.
I
asked
I
asked
the
police
chief
out
there
what
he
would
do
with
a
billion
dollars
extra
in
his
budget.
He
would
pay
our
ocpd
officers
more
money.
P
Why
would
the
chief
of
the
fire
department
do
better
equip
their
their
firefighters,
we're
having
trouble
with
emsa
y'all
had
something
on
the
agenda
for
emsa
today?
P
P
P
And
we're
talk,
we're
cow
Towing
to
billionaires
that
come
up
said.
Oh
we'll
give
you
50
million
dollars
like
it's
like
it's
an
inconvenience
to
them.
P
P
AA
AA
Y
Ward
one
two,
six,
two
four
Steve
Drive
I
wasn't
making
any
interest.
I
was
afraid
that
if
I
stood
up
too
soon,
I
wouldn't
make
it
down
here.
So
I
usually
watch
these
meetings
on
YouTube,
where
there
is
a
fast
forward
to
get
to
the
end,
but
I
I
did
want
to
talk.
I
did
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
fair
that
was
tragic.
What
happened?
AA
We're
Fair
people
I
mean
we're
Thunder
fans,
but
we
are
fair
people
in
my
family
we
go
first
day
and
last
day
at
least,
and
it
was
It-
was
kind
of
weird
on
the
last
day,
but
they
did
give
free
parking.
So
that
was
nice
and
we
don't.
We
also
don't
pay
for
parking
as
a
rule.
But
since
we
had
a
big
group
going,
there
were
several
I
think
we
ended
up
with.
AA
Like
eight
people,
we
did
agree
to
pay
parking,
but
one
of
the
things
about
the
fair
and
I
know
the
city
doesn't
rule
it
directly,
but
it
is
city,
property,
City
facilities.
The
cost
is
continuing
to
escalate.
Every
year
has
gone
up
now.
It's
15
bucks
to
get
in.
Unless
you
go
to
oncue
and
get
a
discount
ticket
or
go
one
of
the
discount
days
and
of
course,
the
concessions,
everything
goes
up,
it's
inflation
I
realize
that.
But
you
know
anything
we
could
do
to
hold
that
down
that
that's
a
family
place
out
there.
AA
You
know
for
a.
If
you've
got
a
couple
of
kids,
that's
going
to
cost
you
like
fifty
dollars
just
to
get
in,
then
you
have
to
pay
to
park.
If
you
have
little
kids
so
anyway,
the
cost
and
then
my
pet
peeve
this
year
there
was
lots
of
seating.
I
was
just
amazed
how
much
seating
every
one
of
them
was
in
the
Sun.
AA
There's
all
these
Shady
places
at
the
fair
there's
trees,
there's
not
a
bench
in
the
shade
unless
you
go
early
in
the
morning
or
really
late,
and
it
would
cost
nothing
to
put
up
like
some
Pavilions
places
where
you
could
go
sit
with
your
family
eat
your
expensive
concessions
so
anyway,
but
we'll
keep
going
I
know
we
will
we're
like,
say
we're
Fair
people,
we
enjoy
everything
about
it,
but
it
is
getting
more
and
more
expensive
for
a
typical
family
to
go
out
there
and
if
we
could
get
like
some
shaded
picnic
tables
things
like
that
so
anyway.
AA
AM
AV
Hello
again,
I'm
Steve
hunt,
6300
Westbrook
as
someone
who's
held
to
significantly
higher
standards
than
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
mayor
Holt
and
others.
I
just
wanted
to
call
out
my
friend
Aaron
here
and
some
others
that
said
that
there
were
not
14
months
of
public
discussion
after
some
thought.
I
finally
realized
mayor
Holt
was
referring
to
the
discussions
on
Twitter
with
people.
He
does
not
block,
as
his
online
Persona
has
become
so
important
and
such
a
different
from
the
actual
man
that
sits
up
there.
AV
That
made
sense
to
me
so
and
that
I
have
two
questions
for
you:
councilman
Jordan.
That
I
would
ask
I
left
my
information
upstairs
he
blocked
me
on
Twitter.
You
know
I
posted
something
about
his
clamoring
for
the
continued
war
in
Iraq
in
2009,
and
you
know,
I
I
often
reference
this,
because
I
think
it's
similar
to
what's
happening
now,
the
things
that
he
supports
and
he
blocked
me.
You
know
because
he
doesn't
want
people
to
know
about
this.
AV
AV
Is
it
going
to
be
legal
for
them
to
run
a
propaganda
campaign?
I
mean
because
tax
money
paying
for
people
to
basically
pay
for
the
right
to
be
told?
What
to
like
is
wrong
and
and
I
know
it's
a
gray
area
with
a
chamber.
You
know
they
say
that
the
Visitor
Bureau
is
a
subsidiary,
but
it's
part
of
it.
It
operates
within
the
chamber
and
the
money
that
they
have
is
elevated
by
that
seven
million.
So
they
can
do
this
work,
which
you
know
the
Big
League
City
campaign
was
run
out
of
the
chamber.
AV
The
phone
number
you
called
went
straight
to
the
chamber
by
the
way
the
phrase
Big
League
City
is
a
phrase
coined
by
Norman
lobbyist,
Pat,
McFerrin
and
I
would
really
if
they
do
run
it
out
of
the
chamber,
and
it
is
somewhat
legal
I
ask
that
this
man
is
not
involved,
because
you
know
he
has
slandered
myself
and
other
activists
numerous
times.
He
ran
unite
Norman
that
led
to
some
pretty
horrible
things
there
and
it's
bad
for
our
image
to
have
someone
like
that
associated
with
this.
AV
So,
first
of
all,
I'd
like
to
know
if
it's
even
legal
to
run
a
campaign
out
of
the
chamber
with
you
know:
seven
million
dollars,
I
got
that
from
the
treasury
and
also
the
Twitter
thing.
You
know
it's
not
a
big
deal,
so
that's
all
I
have
and
thanks
everybody
and
Council
people
that
I've
annoyed
in
the
past.
I
want
to
apologize,
because
you
know
I
can
be
a
bit
much.
It's
just
City
means
a
lot
to
me.
So
thanks
thank.