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Are there any items to be removed from the consent agenda?

Make a motion to accept the consent agenda.

Second.

All right.

There are no public hearings, appeals, presentations, recognitions, or awards.

Item six is general authority business.

6A is consideration, discussion, and possible approval of an authorization to adopt entryway signage at Aero Forge Innovation Park.

Travis.

And Amber.

Good evening, trustees.

Chairperson Wimpy.

City Manager Michael Spurgeon.

Travis Stevens, Director of Economic Development for the City of Broken Arrow.

It is great to be before you tonight as we progress to the completion of AeroForge Innovation District.

We are here tonight to discuss the signage that will go up.

That's uh I think you guys will be very impressed with.

And with our EDC partnership, they have been leading the efforts on this from day one.

And so I'm just going to hand it off to Vice President of Economic Development of the EDC, Amber Miller.

But before I do, I do want to congratulate and recognize Amber for her distinguished now.

She is a professional, a certified professional economic developer.

Yes.

So congratulations to Amber.

That is awarded by the International Economic Development Council IEDC, which is the governing body of all national economic developers, and so it's quite the uh quite the honor and uh well deserved for Amber.

So I'll hand it off to her.

Thank you, Doris.

Caught me a little off right.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Um honestly, I don't know what to do with all the free time I have in on the evenings and weekends, and I'm not studying anymore.

So thank you so much.

Um I am here just to present a couple of options back design, um working with that uh came up with working with our AeroForge committee.

Um if you want to progress through um the uh keep going.

Um so this is just some options that we discussed, um, keep going through uh along Florence, taking into account this is going to be advanced manufacturing, aerospace, um defense space, um, but really staying true to that advanced manufacturing sector in broken arrow and including some of the design elements to make it feel industrial but clean and innovative.

Um so what I'm presenting uh this this first option would be for the entry signage.

So you can see it is a little lower to the ground.

Um but both of these options that uh um I want to to present um really strengthen the identity of of Aeroforge, but you can see this is very innovative, very industrial, but a clear message that Aeroforge, um so it kind of sets the stage for the entrance into the district off of Florence.

Um very readable, very visible, but again, intended to intended to serve as a clean um strong introduction to Aeroforge.

And it looks like an airplane too.

It does, it does, yes.

Um but you you've got that um again that that weathered look with the the metals.

Um very very exciting uh that Beck Design came up with that.

And then finally, the second option you can see a much different vision.

Uh, but this um would be intended to be at the back of the district.

So again, a a different approach for this still clean um that vertical form gives um that that wayfinding from the turnpike.

So you can you can see at the the back of the district, um, but again, repeating that message of Aeroforge clean um but a pronounced presence similar to to that um entrance to the district.

Um but again this is this is an opportunity for um us to create something more visible, more visible and architectual at that lay uh at that location at the back of the district.

So open um to questions, comments, um concerns about these proposed uh concepts.

I like is this one or the other, or is this both?

And this would be both.

Um this this design would be at the back, again, giving that height from from the turnpike, and then um this option would be at the front, more lower.

Um the placement you're sitting over here talking about both or one or the other.

Both.

This one almost looks like in the back.

It almost looks like coating, like a computer coating, like you know, I feel like techy, you know, like a tech.

And an airplane, like it looks like everybody too.

If I can just mayor, just real quick, council looked at these options some time ago, but actually, with the infrastructure just about complete.

I wanted to to basically bring the impact, just make sure council had one more bite at the apple, so to speak, of actually approving this, and if you're good to get if you're good to go, and we we will we will move forward according to council's direction.

So help me understand.

I see uh this first one I've seen I got here at that meeting, I guess.

Um I see two different colors, two different signs, or two different sides of the sign.

What am I looking at?

So this is just the way the light hits it.

So we've got um so the the bottom image, it's the same sign, but you've got lights projecting upward, which gives it a different image at night, where the top this this top image is during the day and the lights aren't shining, but it's the same, it's the same metal.

So you'll be able to see through the the letters.

Yes.

And then on that second one that's gonna go back uh in the back by the the turn by uh idea of how tall that is.

Taller than that guy.

Yeah, that guy.

I was just kind of wondering 30 feet.

30 feet, yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

Discussion?

I like both of them.

Yeah.

Okay.

Anything that you would change, any feedback that we could get blue.

Yeah, I like the blue team.

I think it looks pretty good.

I like how the ad the O has also has the arrows in it as well, like on the entrance sign.

Yeah, so they're different but have some similar elements.

Um, you know, with the AeroForge logo uh being being the same across both uh iterations.

Oh, is it black and then just has blue lighting in it, or is it blue?

Um it is it is blue.

Um but that's something I mean, it's a conceptual.

I mean, it certainly could be black with blue lighting too.

I mean I think I like that believable.

And the other one's brown in the day and white at night.

Well, with the lights shining, it does look metal.

Yeah, yeah.

And that which you also think that that's going to patina and age over time, which will again add to that industrial feel.

Um but it is metal.

It is.

I think that's what you're asking.

Well, I'm just trying to figure out what quick.

I'm still trying to figure out what color metal.

Yeah, it's kind of kind of a brown rust metal, raw metal.

I like it.

Okay.

Okay.

I will make a motion to approve item 26, 54.

And a second.

Raw call.

Thank you, ma'am.

And congratulations.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Congratulations.

All right.

Um remarks by governing body members.

My remark was going to be to congratulate her on that report.

I even had a screenshot.

I stole it.

It's all right.

Same answer.

I I've had a chance to work with Amber uh closely for almost two years now.

She's she's an amazing person, number one, and number two.

Uh I think she cares very much for this community.

And I we the city couldn't have a better partner in as a vice president of our EDC.

And so I want to personally congratulate her because I know how difficult it is to receive that certification.

So congratulations, Amber.

That's all I have, Mayor.

Thank you.

We look forward to uh coming to your ribbon cutting in your new digs.

See you soon.

All right.

Uh we have no executive session.

Motion to adjourn.

Second.

Good meeting.

All right.

Uh where are you going, Deborah?

Orlando, yes.