Good afternoon and welcome to the 230 p.m.

Public Works Committee meeting.

I'll call this meeting to order.

Agenda item number two, Morgan Jones appointment to the Hood Community Development Committee replacing Tracy Chandler.

Term expires June 30th, 2027, representing District One.

If you want to come to the table right here.

Thank you for coming.

Thank you.

Just tell us a little bit about yourself and why would you would like to serve on the hood community development committee?

Um I is Morgan Jones.

I live in District One.

Um all my life I've been there and I feel like that I want to be on there to help better serve the community for the outcome because as I've gotten older that we haven't had as much development off in the neighborhood for my children as I would like as we had is youth.

So we had um more recreational programs like swimming pools, different things like that.

Um affordable homes, so now a lot of the homes are vacant due to not having a proper funding and different things like that, and I just want to try to do what I can to help build up this situation.

All right.

Well, thank you so much for your willingness to serve.

Any questions or comments?

Well, you I mean I think all the appointments would be a bit of district one.

I mean, I've been working, you have been getting some action.

Were you approached or how were you?

I am to do it.

I was invited by identified as a future leader of district.

Well, yeah, that house and it um she she attends town halls.

She's engaging, she's asked she asked great questions.

And so I'm like, hey, I'm gonna put you to work.

When I invite her, she said I would love to do that.

Okay, great.

Thank you.

Oh council Bingo did I see you raise your hand.

Yeah, actually, I was gonna say the same thing.

I just I just responded to tell must have at the same time.

So obviously there this is definitely an important uh committee to serve on.

Um so thank you for your willingness to put forth your effort.

Thank you for your community.

I appreciate it so much.

Um district three.

I definitely will.

I do know a lot of people.

I'll be on a lookout for you.

I love it.

Okay, any other questions or right.

Well, uh we will actually vote on uh this appointment on August 5th at our 5 p.m.

meeting that's downstairs.

You can come to that meeting if you would like.

You know, it's not necessary, and you can come and speak if you if you're interested in doing so.

Yes, ma'am.

She comes to city council meetings on quite regularly as well.

So that's all right.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

You have a good afternoon.

Thank you.

Agenda item number three, ordinance amending to also revive ordinance title five boards, commissions, and committees by the addition of a new chapter 15 titled Planning Commission, repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here with providing celebrability containing other provisions related there too, establishing an effective date.

So this is an ordinance to establish a new planning commission, focused solely on the city of Tulsa.

Um TMAPC, which was a joint planning commission city county, has been in place for 73 years.

It was really interesting we started looking up the history of it and why we had some different assumptions than what we found.

Um it the the a lot of the issues then focused on um areas that the city would eventually annex and that of course a lot of it happened in the 60s.

You know, it the a lot of the issues then focused on areas that the city would eventually annex, and that of course, a lot of that happened in the 60s.

Of course, things have evolved over time.

Most recently, three years ago, the planning office or the city part of the planning office came over here.

The county portion remained at Incog.

So two separate planning groups, two separate, you know, there's no, you know, combining resources and saving and any type of efficiency anymore.

It's it's actually a little clunkier, I think, trying to put it together than it would be uh separating it.

So this is you know, we had um city approach the county, and they were good with going ahead and separating the planning commission.

So we're we're kind of excited about that.

We can have planning commission members that are really focused on the city, different goals of the city and the county now.

I've seen that even change over the 100 years of the I don't even know how long you're here, but uh how real old I am now too.

I don't know.

But uh but anyway, so I've seen that change over time.

You know, the city we really are talking about housing and dense housing in places and uh where I think the goal sometimes is really more rural or spread out.

It's the just the next different characters, so we're excited about this.

So this ordinance establishes that talks about the makeup of the planning commission.

There'll be nine members as opposed to 11.

So we'll that that those appointees will be coming to you hopefully in the next couple of weeks to get in place.

Ordinance is proposed to be effective on September 2nd.

So September 2nd, uh the goal is to have the TMAPC meet for the last time just for a few minutes enough to approve their previous meetings, minutes, and then at 1 15, start the new city planning commission and the cases that would be assigned there.

I think those are the big things if you have any questions.

Councilor Bellis.

I was just curious procedurally, so otherwise everything's the same for people going through a process and like transition-wise, there's not going to be like any, I imagine like lags in people who are already in the like mid-process during this change.

Right.

And so, for instance, now we are in the in as far as our cutoff schedule and all of our things like that.

We're in a time frame where we are accepting applications for the time frame of being on the new commission.

So, no, it's it's a seamless process.

And there's actually a provision in the I think it's the ordinance, I get the ordinance and the resolution a little mixed up here, but in the ordinance that talks about all pending applications, it's one of those uh that talks about all applications that are pending in process, they'll go to their respective boards.

So, yeah, there's no there's no, you know, they're not gonna be any confusion when it splits about you know, no lag and except accepting applications or no confusion about where they go.

That's great.

The one thing I thought about yesterday, which I think on our end it's pretty seamless the whole the whole process because we're here, the meetings are here.

Um, you know, there's there's not a lot that changes.

Um we are we do need to make sure that people that have county cases that they're that they know they don't come here anymore.

So as best we can, they'll need to we'll have to ask them to communicate that so we don't get county applicants thinking their cases are heard here.

But that's the only thing I can think that would be sort of a logistic issue.

Okay, cool.

Are we planning any social media or anything to notify?

We could share it on our so I've been talking to Carson about that.

In fact, he said he was going to watch this discussion today.

Um, so yeah, we're gonna put out some announcement.

We're trying to think about what would what is what we should put out because that as far as city of Tulsa applicants and property owners, things really don't change much.

They come to the same place, they meet with the same people, they have the same meeting location.

Um so we're just trying to figure out what that is that we need to communicate.

But yes, and we've on our website, we've updated, we're updating our forms and our process and all of that to you know notice.

Right.

Okay.

Any other questions or comments?

All right, agenda item number four, joint resolution of the city council of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Authorizing the dissolution of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, establishing an effective date and containing other provisions related there too.

This also carries the emergency clause.

So this is the resolution to dissolve TMAPC.

Um it's almost like a little twisted around, but the first one was to establish, but this is to dissolve effective the same date, September 2nd.

Um, this was a joint resolution, so this was already presented and um signed, approved by the board of county commissioners.

So this the city council are the last to look at this.

What?

And the mayor.

Yep.

We did last.

But last and fully we want to make sure everybody was in a good place for you to do that.

I'm just giving her a hard time.

Yesterday was her birthday.

I know I've never done it.

So is it what's the new name?

Is it just planning commission?

Yeah, we struggled with that.

We didn't want to create a whole bunch of crazy acronym stuff going on.

So planning commission, yes.

Yes.

PC.

Yeah, it's good.

All right.

Any other questions on the PC?

That is weird when you say it like that.

All right, thank you.

Just item number five.

Ordinance amending the total revised ordinance title 49, administrative permit and license fees, chapter 18.

Animal services fees, section 1802, impounded animals to add a new subsection listing a fee for animal surrender, amending section 1804, permits and exemptions to add a new subsection listing a permit fee for type C commercial animal establishments.

Hello.

Hello.

Thank you very much.

Um just a short description.

Um both of these fee or the not the fee establishments, but uh commercial C and the animal surrender we ran through the Tulsa Animal Welfare Commission.

Uh we did discuss the fee amounts.

So we're trying to set those fees.

Um we have done some research for fees around Oklahoma for animal surrender.

And um we got this information in January of this year.

This is when we really started discussing this a little bit further.

Um, the lowest animal surrender fee we have in in Oklahoma is ten dollars, the highest is a hundred dollars.

So we thought we would start with a minimal 25, and this would be working um directly with our new diversion program where we're partnering with a nonprofit that we're trying to help community members keep their animals instead of surrendering to them to the shelter.

So if they can't help this group, the friends of TAS and shelter support network, and we don't have options for folks.

Um this really is a last resort.

Um we're trying to reduce the number of animals that come in.

You know, we're we're trying to focus our efforts on Spain owner and help community members, and we really hope to do more of that in the future when we have a new facility and our other veterinarian is there.

Uh but this is just another piece to the puzzle to try and maintain the capacity at the shelter and um do our due diligence to keep our euthanasia rates down.

The other part of this is the commercial C animal establishment fee, and I'll let Colton kind of talk about that one.

That's uh the council approved in March.

The it's basically a commercial pet breeders license for the city, recognizing that it is allowed at the state level, but the city had nothing in place really that tried to kind of help.

So it also limits like backyard breeding for people that are having repetitive litters and things like that that that if you're having repetitive litters, you're required to have a commercial breeders license.

Um, and then it has to fall within the parameters that are set by that license, which says you can't do it in a residential area.

You have to be in a lawfully zoned area.

You have to have all applicable state permits or state licenses, um and then allows also with commercial animal establishments, it allows TAS to the right to come in and inspect should we receive a complaint, much like the Department of Ag already does.

Um, but with state resources that are stretched thin, sometimes they kick those things to us.

So that's just kind of on those facilities protects our ability to go in and address any uh standards of care issue that may be there.

Okay.

Um what is a hobbyist exemption permit?

So the hobbyist exemption permit, there's four.

Um, and they range for different things.

One is for an intact animal.

So if you take an animal to your vet, and for some reason, either by their health, their age, um, or any other medically necessary reason that a veterinarian says I cannot uh in good conscience alter this animal because it may risk its life.

They if they're unable to perform the procedure, um, then they can get that recommendation from their veterinary and bring it to the city.

We issue them an annual permit to have an intact animal.

There's also one for animal count.

So, like if you are a foster for a rescue organization, it actually allows you to have a permit that says you can keep up to I think it's 10 animals.

Um, so the city ordinance caps at five for a single family residence.

This actually allows you to have an additional five, but five of them have to be actively marketed by a uh rescue, and you have to have a letter from the rescue when you apply that says that.

I think the other one is for um animal risk and intact and count in hobbies.

Okay, so the count permit actually goes back to like if you have a family member and then the rescuer applies to what I just said.

Um hobbyist exemption permit is actually just uh if you have like a sport dog or other uh working animal that has a very specific purpose, it is in there to I think it keeps you from having to spay a neuter as well.

So those people that do have um license, I the and they have to actively be engaged in the sport.

If you have a sport dog, it allows you to not show a dog, yeah.

Some documentation to prove it that you've been doing that, and all of these are new fees?

Those fees are not.

The only one in this, I think this is just a rework whenever it went through legal to clean that section up.

The only thing that's actually going to be new that whenever we did the big uh fee amendment, either late last year or very start of this year, all of these were already set with the exception of the type C license that we didn't approve until uh type C March.

Yes.

Okay.

So all the rest of them existed already.

And the $25 fee, the animal surrender fee is also limited.

Okay.

Any questions or comments?

I just want to say how much I appreciate you guys and what you do and um how excited I am for the new shelter.

Thank you.

Appreciate that touring it.

So impressed.

I can't wait until it opens.

Thank you.

We we do have August is clear of the shelters month, so we'll be doing some publicities surrounding that.

So you know anybody looking for a family pet.

This is this is the time to do it.

So I think Cal needs more cats.

He said cats rule.

Yeah, so I just informed them that I kept one dog out of the system.

So well, yeah, if again, if you all are having any type of social media, I mean sending it to us so we can get it on our personal as well as our council pages.

Thank you.

And that would include monitoring opportunities, right?

Sure.

Okay.

City of Tulsa's Facebook feed like highlights that you have one.

There's a lot of people that don't look at one week where you have studio tolls and stuff.

A post on Facebook through it's usually more than that.

I don't know how many with you guys, but we have several.

Yeah, and I know they pushed out to next door, but there's PDF flyers that can just be circulated.

Right.

Yes, I'm saying send it to me so I can send it out on my personal.

Yeah, personally, I'm more popular than you all.

Okay.

I'm just saying with you on the social media.

I have my campaign than I have my personal.

I have a lot more followers on my personal than I do on the campaign.

You know, I'm not even excited.

Well, we're kicking it off this weekend.

Is it people money?

Exactly.

There's a puppy extravaganza on Saturday.

Oh, people love puppies where then people.

What is an extravaganza?

What are you doing?

Given a one-off clear of the shelter shelters for giving a mouth.

Right.

Fees are wave through.

Put it on the box.

There you go.

All right, Papa.

Thank you.

Agenda item number six, ordinance closing a certain stormwater detention easement requested by Jason Capcook.

ABP construction and development property located at 11020 South Almorial Drive, lot one, block one at Heartland Venture 2 edition for future development.

This is in Council District 8.

Good afternoon, Paul Zarker Public Works.

Um everything you said, uh, we did get an application for the construction redevelopment.

Um everything you said, uh we did get an application for the construction redevelopment, the stormwater detention easement that was existing with the original development under the new IDP that's done.

They have reconstructed a new detention facility of the proper size for all the development.

And as with all infrastructure, we have them complete the new and have it in place before we close the old.

So by closing the old, we'll remove any title or any issues like that that might be of a conflict, but we would recommend approval of closing the stormwater easement with another one that you've already approved if you left for.

Yes, ma'am.

Um this is contract two, and it may seem familiar to you.

It's this goes under the category.

If it can go wrong, it will.

Uh lead times on the materials for the ballistic doors that we added at both these places.

They were a long lead uh order item.

Um so we did get them delivered, and the incorrect materials showed up to the site.

Uh bad dimensions.

Um we are reordering the doors and change order two is for the same purposes of the change order one.

It's a zero dollar item, but we need time for the lead time to develop it and also the time for the contractor to mobilize back to the site for installation.

So apologize for the inconvenience, but it is no cost to the taxpayers, it's just delaying getting in the proper doors that the police department wants.

But with that, I would ask for your approval of the time.

Questions or comments?

It's not an issue for Magnum.

Sorry, Council Gilbert.

Sorry, it makes me feel like comfortable.

That's right.

Um, but the doors that they currently have already are ballistic, these are just new ballistics.

Right, right.

This is just an upgrade that we were doing as part of the renovations, so it's just uh more of an inconvenience than it is functionality.

Okay, relax.

All right.

All right, thank you all.

Okay, thank you.

Agenda item number eight, requests by River Parks Authority for waiver of fees by the city of Tulsa of $17,213.25 cents for Tulsa Police Department labor costs for the 2026 Foles of Honor Freedom Fest event held on July 4th, 2026.

Council of Bellis.

Yeah, I don't let you go.

I'm just highly sponsored.

Okay.

Jeff Edwards River Parks Authority Executive Director.

Um, it's just a fee waiver that we request each year.

Um, as you guys may remember, um, through budgeting the budgeting process.

This is about a hundred and twenty-five thousand dollar event that we actually fundraise for uh 100% through the foundation.

Um so this is kind of the one contribution that the city can help with us offsetting the cost of that.

Um we've actually reduced those police presence costs by relocating the fireworks uh show off of the 21st Street Bridge.

So I think what used to be growing to upwards of $30,000 has now been reduced to roughly what what it was $17,000.

Um I would just maybe point this out as as I pointed out with our board and having to make those tough decisions on outdoor events and weather related uh tasks that come at you.

Um this is one of the many factors that we kind of weigh when we decide to shoot off a fireworks event uh early or late the day of, but we for all intents and purposes would always intend to shoot the fireworks show the day of because of the growing cost and then just the logistics behind having to relocate or move that event to a different date.

So questions or comments.

Thank you.

We are adjourned.

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