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From YouTube: Mayors Magazine - October 2014
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00:00 Robert Nue, the new Superintendent of the Oklahoma City Public School District
12:40 Doug Kupper, the new Parks Director for the City of Oklahoma City
23:52 Christine Eddington with the Myriad Gardens Foundation discusses Pumpkinville. More at http://www.myriadgardens.org/
A
Hello
there
and
welcome
once
again
to
the
mayor's
magazine,
I'm
Mick
Cornett,
the
mayor
of
Oklahoma
City,
and
this
is
our
telecast
for
October
2014,
glad
you're
with
us
and
in
this
first
segment
I
know
you're
going
to
enjoy
meeting
Robert
new
he's
the
new
superintendent
at
the
Oklahoma
City
public
school
system,
and
if
you
have
not
had
a
chance
to
hear
him
in
person,
I
urge
you
to
do
so,
but
today
perhaps
can
be
a
sneak
preview
of
that
in-person
meeting.
So
Rob,
it's
great
to
have
you
here.
Well,.
A
B
B
B
A
Read
in
your
bio,
you
were
Michigan
basketball
coach
of
the
year
in
two
thousand.
That's
correct!
No!
That
wasn't
that
long
ago.
You
know
it
isn't
like
we're
talking.
1890
here,
I
mean
so
you
were
at
the
top
of
your
game.
You
know
just
some
14
years
ago,
and
now
here
you
are
having
made
the
transition
still
in
education,
but
transitioning
first
and
more
on
the
academic
side
and
then
into
the
end
of
the
superintendent
role.
So
how
did
all
that
take
place
at
what
point
in
your
coaching
career
said?
B
I
was
actually
an
assistant
for
eight
years,
so
that
track
was
well
underway
and
then,
just
as
the
years
progressed,
I
like
to
call
it
the
broken
eyes,
you're
sitting
across
from
kids
at
the
high
school
level,
who
are
disenchanted
disenfranchised
with
their
their
high
school
experience
and
you're
you're
implementing
policies
that
don't
make
a
whole
lot
of
sense
and
at
some
point
I
think
it
just
became
evident
to
me
that
I
needed
to
move
on
to
to
larger
roles,
to
have
more
policy
impact.
Mm-Hmm.
A
I've
heard
you
say
about
the
importance
of
people
that
you
can
have
rules
and
you
can
have
buildings
and-
and
we
have
all
of
that
in
Oklahoma
City.
We
have
rules
and
in
pretty
nice
buildings,
but
it
still
comes
down
to
the
people
inside
on
the
kids
side
and
the
parents
side
and
the
principal
side
so
kind
of
give
some
of
your
philosophies
on
what's
important.
Well,.
B
I
tell
you,
may
I
as
I've
toured
the
buildings
at
all
levels
throughout
the
school
district
here
in
Oklahoma,
City
I
see
beautiful
kids,
polite
kind,
courteous,
they're,
there,
they're
engaged
in
their
learning.
I
I've
met,
passionate
educators,
principals
teachers
who
really
care
about
their
kids.
I,
see
these
beautiful
schools
that
the
community
has
invested
in
and
I
and
I
I
see
that
we're
not
performing,
and
it's
just
it
is
disheartening,
but
at
the
same
time
it
coming
in
my
goal
is
to
is
to
provide
the
services
and
supports
in
particular
to
our
principal.
B
So
they
can
become
more
of
instructional
leaders
instead
of
bureaucrats.
They
need
to
be
instructional
leaders
shouldering
up
with
the
teachers,
giving
them
the
support
that
they
need,
so
they
can
meet
the
needs
of
our
students
and
it's
really
about
developing
those
relationships
with
the
kids
and
bringing
them
along
as
partners
in
the
process.
You.
A
B
At
the
time,
there's
about
two
thousand
ten
and
having
gone
through
the
recession
in
Michigan
well
ahead
of
the
rest
of
the
country,
Detroit
and
the
Detroit
area
had
become
pretty
angry
and
pretty
beat
up
economically.
So
my
wife
and
I
had
made
a
decision,
as
I
became
superintendent
there
that
that
we
were
going
to
go
for
years
and
that
we
were
going
to
look
at
another
region
of
the
country
and
so
at
the
time,
Seattle
fit
the
criteria
that
we
were
looking
at.
B
The
opportunity
presented
itself
and
was
also
tied
into
my
mentor,
who
had
retired
I,
who
I
had
seated
as
superintendent
and
we're
going
to
do
some
some
work
in
the
Seattle
area
and
he
ended
up
getting
cancer
and
passing
away
about
six
months
into
that
transition.
So
that
was
a
pretty
big
setback
for
me
personally,
as
losing
a
dear
friend,
but
also
the
the
professional
opportunity
that
we
were
going
to
experience
together.
B
So
for
years,
in
the
Seattle
area
and
going
through
some
pretty
hard
structural
reform
I,
I
decided
to
again
look
for
an
opportunity
in
oklahoma
city
presented
where
I
thought
I
could
come
in
and
really
have
a
positive
impact
and
in
the
reform
focus
here
is
through
the
kids,
hearts
and
minds
and
and
those
teachers
that
I
in
principles
that
I
just
talked
about.
We
have
the
assets
in
place
here.
B
A
You
were
in
the
state
of
Washington,
and
you
heard
about
this
opening
or
I,
don't
know
if
you
contacted
them
or
if
they
contacted
you,
but
describe
your
thought
process.
What
were
your
images
of
Oklahoma
and
what
did
you
weigh?
Did
you
pull
out
a
you
know,
a
big,
yellow,
pads
and
start
saying
the
pros
and
cons
of
this
job,
and
we
know
what
went
into
that
decision
making
process
well.
B
I
was
contacted
and
asked
to
look
into
it
by
the
search
consultant
and
I.
My
grandma
was
was
was
in
Oklahoma
as
a
child
and
I've
yet
to
find
out
which
town
she
was
in.
So
I
actually
have
some
some
Oklahoma
blood
in
me
somewhere
along
the
lines
but
but
I
began
at
his
request.
I
began
looking
Oklahoma
City
and
really
didn't
have
an
opinion
other
than
the
Thunder
I
had.
A
B
But
you
know
began
began
looking
at
what
had
happened
here
and
what
really
caught.
My
attention,
of
course,
was
the
the
maps
projects,
in
particular
from
from
my
perspective,
the
maps
for
kids
and
it's
an
impressive
story,
and,
and
then,
when
you
get
down
here
and
and
you
actually
experience
it,
you
walk
in
it,
you
walk
downtown
and
you
feel
the
energy
and
the
excitement.
You
see
that
there's
always
activity
going
on
people
here
is
so
clean.
B
A
Know
we
typically
when
you
have
a
conversation
about
public
education,
especially
in
Oklahoma,
but
most
likely
anywhere.
You
talk
about
not
enough
money,
not
enough
funding
and
I.
Don't
hear
you
banging
your
fist
on
the
table
saying
we
got
to
have
more
money,
you
I'm
sure,
you'd
appreciate
more
money,
I'm
not
saying
that
you're
you're
against
the
increased
funding,
but
what
I'm
saying
is
that
that
you're
not
concentrating
on
that?
In
the
meantime,
we.
A
Are
probably
going
to
be
surprised
that
the
answer
to
the
question
about
to
ask
you,
but
there
I
mean
there
are
some
large
numbers
in
the
organization
that
you're
charged
with
running
you
know
I.
Think
people
think
that
generally
there's
a
lot
of
schools,
but
they
don't
really
know
how
many
talk
about
the
number
of
facilities
and
employees
and
teachers
that
directly
or
indirectly
reporting
up
to
the
two
to
your
office.
We.
B
Students
in
approximately
90
school
buildings
when
I
say
that
is
because
we
have
some
charter
schools
and
some
different
arrangements,
but
about
90
facilities,
of
course,
school
facilities.
Then,
of
course,
we
have
other
facilities
in
the
district
that
are
in
the
server
side
of
the
house,
but
we
have
about
1800
teachers
and
about
5,000
employees.
Yeah.
A
So
you
can't
know
all
the
teachers.
You
certainly
can't
know
all
the
employees
at
some
point,
I
imagine
you
will
have
visited
every
building,
but
I'm
sure
you
haven't.
Yet
it's
it's
almost
as
if
it's
this
it's
this
overwhelming
responsibility
when
you,
when
you
can't
have
a
personal
touch
on
everything
that's
going
by.
So
I
guess
in
some
sense
it's
got
to
be
a
cultural
shift.
If
you're
really
going
to
have
an
impact,
you.
B
Know
you
really
hit
it
then
the
nail
on
the
head,
I
like
to
say
that
I've
been
through
the
hard
reform
where,
where
you're
changing
the
structure
and
now
we're
going
through
the
harder
reform
we've
got
to
make
a
cultural
shift.
We've
gotta
raise
our
expectations.
We've
got
to
connect
to
every
one
of
our
children.
We've
got
to
get
our
parents
engaged
in
the
process
and
it's
going
to
take
a
collaborative
community-wide
process
to
do
that.
I
was.
A
B
I
the
answer,
at
least
as
I-
see
it
in
the
approach
that
I'm
taking
with
our
school
district
right
now
is
that
we're
going
to
engage
the
community
in
this
conversation
and
actually
officially
starting
at
November,
20th
and
21st
we're
going
to
get
a
steering
committee
together
about
60
people
and
begin
a
community-wide
engagement
process.
We've
got
to
get
all
of
our
parents
involved
some
interesting
statistics.
There's
a
koala
Institute
out
of
Maine
has
done
extensive
research
about
a
million
students
a
year
and
secondary
students
in
America.
Fifty-Four
percent.
B
Don't
think
that
teachers
care
if
they
come
to
school,
fifty-two
percent,
don't
think
the
teachers
know
their
name
yet.
Those
same
kids
95%
think
that
their
parents
think
that
education
is
important.
So
what
we've
got
to
do
is
we've
got
to
harness
that
we've
got
to
get
our
parents
involved
in
the
process.
They've
got
to
tell
us
through
their
child
is
by
name,
strength,
need
their
hopes
and
dreams,
and
then
we've
got
to
connect
the
learning
to
those
well.
A
It
won't
be
easy
Robert,
but
I
appreciate
you
willing
willingness
to
take
on
the
task
and
I
can't
imagine
there's
another
community
in
the
country
that
is
more
invested
and
is
more
pulling
for
you
to
be
successful.
So
please
don't
hesitate
to
ask
there's
a
lot
of
people
out
there
watching
this
show
who
would
like
to
be
involved
in
some
manner
way.
He
is
Rob
new
superintendent,
the
Oklahoma
City
Public
Schools,
and
if
you
have
ideas,
I'm
sure
he'd
love
to
get
a
letter
from
you
and
Rob.
A
A
A
Id
tag
can
help
us
find
you
if
we
find
your
pet
tag,
your
pet,
before
it's
too
late,
welcome
back
to
the
mayor's
magazine
in
this
segment,
I'm
going
to
introduce
you
to
Doug
Cooper
he's
the
relatively
new
parks
director
here
in
Oklahoma
City
Doug.
Welcome
to
the
mayor's
magazine
key
for
having
me
on
your
show
in
the
last
segment
Rob
neu
who's,
also
fairly
new
to
town,
gave
us
a
little
bit
of
his
background.
So
let's
hear
that
the
Doug
cutpurse
story,
where
did
you
come
from
Doug
I.
C
A
A
A
C
My
my
beginnings
probably
go
back
to
my
days
of
Cub
Scouts
and
Boy
Scouts.
Actually,
your
honor
it
my
love
for
the
outdoors
and
the
protection
of
the
environment
really
started
in
my
boy
scout
days
and
earning
those
merit,
badges
and
and
going
through
the
camping
and
things
along
those
lines.
My
first
aspiration
was
actually
a
wildlife
management.
I
wanted
to
get
out
there
and
protect
the
tech
Bambi
from
I.
Think
that
was
an
impact
on
my
life
is
going
to
the
scene,
Bambi
and
and
that
sort
of
thing,
but
but
not.
C
C
Graduated
from
ohio
state
university,
the
other
OSU
and
and
in
with
a
degree
in
parks
and
rec
administration,
I
actually
to
work
for
my
whole
hometown,
Parks
and
Rec
Department
June
of
77.
But
my
calling
my
first
big
Colin
was
with
the
National
Park
Service
I
got
to
do
a
stint
as
a
naturalist
for
the
National
Park
Service
in
the
Everglades
of
all
places
and
and
I
war
by
my
palm
tree
tied
a
day
in
honor
of
my
roots
there.
C
C
C
C
Know
the
problem
is:
is
we
already
were
six
months
into
that
budget
year?
So
I
virtually
had
nothing
left
to
finish
the
year
out,
so
I
had
to
go
out
and
seek
partnerships
and
work
with
groups
and
leagues,
and
that
sort
of
thing
that
we're
using
our
facilities
and
and
try
to
work
with
them
to
take
over
those
facilities
and
maintain
them
for
their
own
for
their
own
sake.
C
Basically
for
having
baseball
fields,
corporate
sponsorships
developers
and
things
along
those
lines,
I
actually
was
able
to
convince
a
landowner
to
give
over
200
acres
of
his
his
ranch
land.
His
oil
lands
to
the
city
of
Odessa
for
a
municipal
golf
course,
and
we
were
still
financially
distraught,
so
he
actually
went
out
and
found
backers
to
build.
The
municipal
golf
course
for
the
citizens
of
Odessa.
C
C
Spent
eight
years
in
Odessa
I
actually
started
my
career
there
working
for
the
county
and
they
virtually
went
bankrupt
because
of
the
oil
bus
and
they
sold
my
department
to
the
city
of
Odessa
and
I
worked
for
them
for
four
years
before
I
relocated
the
Florida
again
so
so
it
was
but
like
I
said
it
was
a
good
learning
experience
small
system,
so
its
chief
bottle
washer.
You
know
I
designed
the
park,
then
I'd
go
out
and
managed
the
construction
of
the
parks
and.
C
C
I
I
hope
them
all
the
best,
as
they
run
through
the
struggles
they're
still
recovering
from
the
2008
recession
up
there
so,
but
I
fell
in
love
with
Oklahoma
I
have
to
admit
I
started,
researching
Oklahoma
City,
probably
three
and
a
half
years
ago,
I
was
actually
a
finalist
for
the
mirrored
garden,
executive
directors
position
and
and
came
down
and
interviewed
for
that
and
just
saw
how
much
you
all
were
doing
down
here
and
I.
Just
said
man.
C
Yeah
he
decided
he
he
wanted
to
retire
and
found
out
that
he
was
getting
ready
to
retire
on
us
as
well
I'm
all-in
I'm
going
to
try
for
this
job
and
because
you
just
I
pinch
myself
every
day
you
know
everybody
asked
how
you
doing
Doug.
Are
you
having
a
good
time,
I
pinch
myself
every
day,
mayor
just
to
make
sure
I'm
not
Raymond?
What.
D
C
A
Think
it's
also
a
good
opportunity.
While
we
have
an
audience
here
of
potential
voters
to
impress
upon
them
the
importance
of
passing
bond
issues
for
capital
improvements
for
parts,
because
in
this
city
we
want
20
years
when
they
couldn't
pass
one
for
whatever
reason-
and
you
know
that
that
ended
in
the
mid
90s
and
since
then.
Of
course,
we've
been
trying
to
play
catch
up
with
some
of
those
deferred
maintenance
issues.
But
it
feels
like
we've
caught
up
and
and
now
we're
on
the
front
end
of
it.
C
I
said
and-
and
I
think
my
goal-
one
of
my
goals-
well,
two
primary
goals
that
I've
set
for
myself
and
our
staff
now
is-
is
to
jump
on
the
bandwagon
that
you've
led
the
way
and
that's
the
health
and
wellness
I
think
our
park
system
here
in
Oklahoma
City
is
the
single
largest
health
provider
in
the
city.
We're
bigger
than
integra
were
better
bigger
than
mercy,
we're
bigger
and
st.
Anthony's.
We
are
the
leader
in
health,
whether
it's
mental
health
or
physical
health.
C
We
are
the
leaders
we
have
the
most
assets
to
offer
our
citizens
to
participate
and
get
out.
The
second
is
is
getting
people
out
to
use
our
facilities
either
just
walking
and
strolling
amongst
the
green
grass
to
get
rid
of
that
that
nervous
energy
that
we
create
during
our
stressful
work
days
get
out
in
the
green
we
get
rid
of
that
stress.
C
We
go
home,
better
people,
better
citizens,
better
parents,
better
kids,
so
health
and
wellness
is
key
and
then
creating
programs
that
our
citizens
want
and
the
only
way
we
can
do
that
is
get
out
and
talk
to
them.
I'm
going
to
follow
the
example
of
the
school
superintendent.
Public
engagement
is
the
key.
We
got
to
get
out
reengage
our
neighbors,
that
use
our
parks
that
live
near
our
parks
find
out
why
they
aren't
using
our
parks
and
try
to
create
those
programs.
It's
going
to
draw
them
out
and.
C
Your
department,
there
is,
you,
know,
yeah,
there's
no
to
two
ways
about
it's:
a
great
opportunity
to
experience
the
Gulf
environment,
low
costs,
so
beginners
we've
got
a
golf
course
for
them.
You
know
wherever
they
want
to
play
whatever
level
they
have,
we've
got
it
to
offer.
We've
got
great
packages
out
there
with
sunset
and
Twilight
and
things
along
those
lines.
Our
tennis
facilities
are
great.
C
We
get
called
every
day
on
where
we
have
nets
or
our
tennis
community
is
using
our
neighborhood
tennis
courts
as
well,
and
but
getting
them
out
and
using
our
facilities
is
going
to
be
key.
We
need
the
the
participation
there
to
to
prove
that
we
have
value,
and
if
we
do
go
for
another
bond
in
the
near
future,
we
want
them
to
step
up
and
say.
Parks
and
Recreation
needs
needs
a
big
piece
of
that,
but
it
goes
back
to
programming
our
rec
staffer
right
now,
working
on
key
new
programs
to
offer
in
2015
Doug.
A
Copper
is
the
oklahoma
city
parks
director
thanks
so
much
for
your
work
done
and
enjoyed
visiting
with
you
here
and
of
course,
if
you
have
feedback
for
Doug,
he
would
love
to
hear
from
you
as
well.
He
and
his
department
do
a
great
job
of
taking
care
of
your
parks
in
Oklahoma
City.
We
have
another
segment
on
the
mayor's
magazine,
so
stay
with
us.
How.
E
You
can
go
green
brought
to
you
by
the
city
of
Oklahoma,
City
use
a
recycling
bin
and
curbside
service
is
available
in
your
neighborhood
grass
cycle
or
mulch.
Your
lawn
you'll
keep
a
lot
of
plastic
bags
out
of
the
landfill.
A
half-acre
lon
produces
more
than
three
tons,
nearly
260
yard
bags
of
grass
clippings
a
year.
He
cycle
unwanted
electronics
to
a
local
recycling
center
for.
A
D
A
D
A
A
D
A
pumpkin
pumpkin
crafts
stories,
we've
got
a
witch
hazels
house
in
with
in
pumpkin
ville
we've
got
miss
thistles,
herbarium,
tinctures
and
apothecary.
We've
got
stations
all
around
and
pumpkin
bowling.
We've
got,
you
know,
that's
a
lot
of
fun,
actually
all
kinds
of
decorations,
spooky
stories,
sigh
depressing
lots
of
activities
and
they
change
daily
and
weekly
and
we've
got
some
performers
from
children's
theatre
coming
on
the
weekends
and
lyric
is
helping
us
out.
D
D
Any
manner
that
they
would
like
dress
for
action
and
for
paint
is
what
I
would
say,
except
for
on
the
twenty-fifth,
which
is
our
halloween
party,
which
is
from
six
to
eight
pm
and
kids
are
encouraged
to
come
in
costume
to
that
and
there's
an
additional
fee
for
that.
You
gotta
reserve
online
in
advance.
The
thing
sells
out
really
fast,
really.
D
D
D
A
D
More
than
a
million
a
year,
if
you
think
about
the
festival
of
the
arts,
all
of
our
programming,
the
sonic
summer
movie
nights
pumpkin
ville
things
like
aids,
walk
race
for
the
cure
things,
things
that
are
on
our
grounds
that
we
may
not
necessarily
produce
and
then
just
that
day
to
day
visitors.
You
know,
if
you
go
to
the
myriad
gardens
any
time
of
day,
somebody's
either
getting
in
a
workout
or
reading
a
book
or
their
kids
are
there
that
the
Thunder
fountains?
So
we
asked
to
make
more
than
a
million
you.
A
Know
what
one
of
the
hurdles
that
I
hear
from
really
anyone
who's
coming
downtown
from
maybe
the
distant
suburbs?
They
have
this
impression
there's
no
place
to
park.
It's
really
not
the
reality
when
it
comes
to
the
myriad
gardens,
because
unless
you're
there
nine
to
five
on
a
weekday,
there
is
loads
of
parking
around
the
central
business
district,
where
this
is
located,
so
give
us
your
sales
pitch
on
where
to
park
and
the
fact
that
that
shouldn't
be
an
issue
for
you.
It's.
D
Really
a
non-issue
especially
on
Sundays,
because
parking
is
free
on
Sundays
but
saturdays
and
sundays.
The
perimeter
of
the
gardens
has
now
got
spaces
all
the
way
around
it,
except
for
on
sheridan
and
there's
parking
on
walker.
There's
part
of
their
street
parking.
There's
garages,
there's
a
shared
in
walker
garage.
There's
the
cox
center
I'm.
It's
easy!
It's
really
truly
very
easy
and
we've
just
decided
to
do
a
special
two
for
deal
for
the
month
of
October
for
people
who
may
be
coming
in
from
farther
out
of
the
metro.
D
So
if
they
wanted
to
go
to
the
crystal
bridge
and
pumpkin
ville,
we've
got
a
package
deal.
You
save
a
little
money
at
seven
dollars
per
child
and
eight
dollars
per
adult.
To
get
you
into
both
things.
We've
got
a
special
exhibit
in
the
crystal
bridge
in
October,
poisons
potions
and
plants,
kind
of
a
spooky
halloween
ii,
themed
exhibit
in
the
crystal
bridge
and
so
we're
trying
to
make
it
as
accessible
and
easy
and
affordable
as
possible.
So
as
many
people
can
enjoy
the
gardens
as
we
can
fit
in
the
gardens
and.
D
D
A
So
lots
going
on
in
October
at
the
myriad
Botanical
Gardens
October
first
through
the
10th,
the
kids
area
shut
down
because
they're
preparing
for
pumpkin
ville
and
then
October
10th
through
the
rest
of
the
month.
Pumpkin
ville
and
3000
pumpkins
takes
center
stage
so
take
Christine's
advice
and
and
and
join
in
the
fun.
And
if
you
want
to
come
on
the
Halloween
party
night,
the
24th
25th.
A
The
twenty-fifth
go
online
and
make
your
reservations
because
it
sells
out
fairly
early
and
there's
there's
a
limit
to
how
many
they
can
comfortably
take
care
of
so
I
understand
having
to
limit
at
the
amount.
Although
we'd
love
to
have
a
situation
where
everyone
can
come,
I
understand
having
to
limit
it
somewhat
well,
I'm
so
proud
of
the
park.
I
think
I
think
it
is.
A
It
has
really
become
one
of
the
one
of
the
things
in
Oklahoma
City
that
we're
most
proud
of
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
most
want
to
show
visitors
from
out
of
town,
and
so,
if
you're,
one
of
those
people
with
visitors,
please
do
that
and
in
the
meantime,
let's
think
Christine
for
coming
on
the
mayor's
magazine.
Thank
you
and
we'll
be
back
next
month
with
another
show,
we'll
see
you
then.