City Council Regular Meeting

CITY OF NORMAN, OK CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Municipal Building, Council Chambers, 201 West Gray, Norman, OK 73069 Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 6:30 PM AGENDA It is the policy of the City of Norman that no person or groups of persons shall on the grounds of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, place of birth, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, marital status, including marriage to a person of the same sex, disability, relation, or genetic information, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise subjected to discrimination in employment activities or in all programs, services, or activities administered by the City, its recipients, sub-recipients, and contractors. In the event of any comments, complaints, modifications, accommodations, alternative formats, and auxiliary aids and services regarding accessibility or inclusion, please contact the ADA Technician at 405-366-5424, Relay Service: 711. To better serve you, five (5) business days' advance notice is preferred. CITY COUNCIL, NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY, NORMAN MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY, AND NORMAN TAX INCREMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY You are required to sign up in advance of the meeting on the City’s webpage, by calling the City Clerk's Office (405-366-5406), or at the Council Chambers prior to the start of the meeting with your name, ward, and item you wish to speak to including whether you are a proponent or opponent. When the time comes for public comments, the Clerk will call your name and you can make your way to the podium. Comments may be limited on items of higher interest, if so, the Mayor will announce that at the beginning of the meeting. Participants may speak one time only up to 3 minutes per person per item. There will be no yielding of time to another person. Sign up does not guarantee you will get to speak if the allotted time for that item has already been exhausted. If there is time remaining after those registered to speak have spoken, persons not previously signed up may have the opportunity to speak. Comments received must be limited to the motion on the floor only. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PROCLAMATIONS 1. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF PROCLAMATION P-2324-17: A PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, COMMENDING CITY EMPLOYEES AND DEPARTMENT COORDINATORS FOR THEIR GENEROSITY AND LEADERSHIP IN THE 2023 UNITED WAY OF NORMAN CHARITY CAMPAIGN. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS CONSENT DOCKET CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Page |1 This item is placed on the agenda so that the City Council, by unanimous consent, can designate those routine agenda items that they wish to be approved or acknowledged by one motion. If any item proposed does not meet with approval of all Councilmembers, that item will be heard in regular order. Staff recommends that Item 2 through Item 16 be placed on the consent docket. First Reading Ordinance 2. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2324-26 UPON FIRST READING BY TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING SECTION 36-201 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NORMAN SO AS TO REMOVE LOTS TWENTY-ONE (21) TO THIRTY-SIX (36), INCLUSIVE, IN BLOCK TWO (2), OF JOHNSON’S ADDITION, TO THE CITY OF NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE R-2, TWO-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT, R-2, TWO-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT WITH SPECIAL USE FOR OFF-STREET PARKING, AND RM-2, LOW DENSITY APARTMENT DISTRICT WITH SPECIAL USE FOR OFF-STREET PARKING, AND PLACE SAME IN THE SPUD, SIMPLE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (823 and 845 Chautauqua Avenue and 748 College Avenue) 3. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2324-30 UPON FIRST READING BY TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING SECTION 36-201 OF CHAPTER 36 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NORMAN SO AS TO REMOVE LOTS ELEVEN (11) AND TWELVE (12) OF BLOCK EIGHTY-FIVE (85) OF THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF NORMAN AND T.R. WAGGONER’S FIRST ADDITION, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE CCFBC, CENTER CITY FORM-BASED CODE, AND PLACE SAME IN THE CCPUD, CENTER CITY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (321 West Comanche Street) 4. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2324-31 UPON FIRST READING BY TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING SECTION 36-201 OF CHAPTER 36 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NORMAN SO AS TO REMOVE LOTS TWENTY-TWO (22) AND TWENTY- THREE (23), IN BLOCK SIXTY-EIGHT (68) OF ORIGINAL TOWN OF NORMAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE CCFBC, CENTER CITY FORM-BASED CODE, AND PLACE SAME IN THE CCPUD, CENTER CITY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (122 West Comanche Street) Reports/Communications 5. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RECEIPT OF THE FINANCE DIRECTOR'S INVESTMENT REPORT AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2023, AND DIRECTING THE FILING THEREOF. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Page |2  6. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MONTHLY DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2023. 7. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER’S CONTRACT AND CHANGE ORDER REPORT. Request for Payment 8. CONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZATION, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE PURCHASE OF BUILDINGS AND CONTENTS INSURANCE FOR THE CITY OF NORMAN FROM AFFILIATED FM INSURANCE COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $558,102 FOR THE PERIOD OF DECEMBER 1, 2023, TO DECEMBER 1, 2024, AND BUDGET APPROPRIATION AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. Contracts 9. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF AMENDMENT ONE TO CONTRACT K-1718-74: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOM AND HALFF ASSOCIATES, INC., INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $70,000 FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $221,400 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE FLOOD AVENUE MULTI-MODAL PROJECT; AND BUDGET TRANSFER AS OUTLINED IN STAFF REPORT. 10. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRACT K-2223-72: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, AND STRONGHOLD CONSTRUCTION, AND FINAL PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,162.62, TO RELEASE THE RETAINAGE FOR THE NORMAN TRANSIT CENTER PROJECT AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. 11. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CHANGE ORDER NO. ONE TO CONTRACT K- 2223-74: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND ARROYO’S CONCRETE, LLC DECREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $15,471.79 FOR A REVISED AMOUNT OF $493,096.46 AND THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE, AND FINAL PAYMENT OF $24,654.82 FOR THE FYE 2023 URBAN RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. 12. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF AWARDING BID 2324-19, AND CONTRACT K-2324- 66: BY AND BETWEEN THE NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY AND CROSSLAND HEAVY CONTRACTORS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,320,000, PERFORMANCE BOND B-2324-32, STATUTORY BOND B-2324-33, AND MAINTENANCE BOND MB-2324-22 FOR PROJECT WW0326, NORMAN WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Page |3  DEWATERING IMPROVEMENTS AND AUTHORIZING PROJECT FUNDING AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. 13. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2324-97: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN AND JOHNSON & ASSOCIATES, FOR THE DESIGN OF CENTER CITY STREETSCAPES, UPDATED INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT AND PLANNING GUIDE IN THE AMOUNT OF $218,600; AND APPROPRIATION OF CENTER CITY TAX INCREMENT FINANCE FUND BALANCE AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. Resolutions 14. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2324-74: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY, APPROPRIATING $198,417.47 FROM THE SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 CITY AUCTION OF USED VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT THROUGH BIG IRON AUCTIONS TO FUND THE REPLACEMENTS OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT THAT HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR USEFUL LIFE. 15. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2324-84: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, APPROPRIATING $11,517 FROM THE RISK MANAGEMENT MISCELLANEOUS REIMBURSEMENTS/ REFUNDS ACCOUNT TO REPAIR AND REPLACE ROADSIDE GUARDRAIL, FENCING AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ASSETS DAMAGED IN TRAFFIC COLLISIONS. 16. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2324-87: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, APPROPRIATING $578,549 FROM THE CAPITAL FUND BALANCE FOR LOCAL SHARE AND DEPOSIT PAYMENT TO THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE NORMAN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER. NON-CONSENT ITEMS Public Hearings 17. PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ACCEPTANCE, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $52,233 TO THE CITY OF NORMAN, THE MOORE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE CLEVELAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE (DOJ/BJA) THROUGH THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM WITH NORMAN'S PORTION OF $33,108 TO BE USED BY THE NORMAN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ADVANCED SPECIALTY TRAINING (AND ASSOCIATED TRAVEL); CONTRACT K-2324-100; AND BUDGET APPROPRIATION FROM THE SPECIAL GRANT FUND BALANCE AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Page |4  Second Reading Ordinance 18. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2324-14 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AMENDING SECTION 533 (“FH, FLOOD HAZARD DISTRICT”) OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, TO REVISE AND ADD DEFINITIONS TO SUBPART (C) (“DEFINITIONS”), TO ALLOW FOR “CUMULATIVE COST” TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN DETERMINING “SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS” AND TO DEFINE “MARKET VALUE”; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. 19. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2324-62: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO REMOVE PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE/4) OF SECTION SIXTEEN (16), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN (I.M.), CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE VERY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION. (SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 24th AVENUE N.E. AND TECUMSEH ROAD) 20. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2324-16 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING SECTION 36-201 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NORMAN SO AS TO REMOVE THE NORTH HALF (N/2) OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE/4) OF SECTION SIXTEEN (16), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW/4) OF SECTION TEN (10), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE A-2, RURAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, AND PLACE SAME IN THE PUD, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 24TH AVENUE N.E. AND TECUMSEH ROAD) 21. CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING, ACCEPTANCE, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF PP-2324-6 PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR MONTE VISTA ESTATES ADDITION, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF EAST TECUMSEH ROAD AND 24TH AVENUE N.E.) 22. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2324-17 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING SECTION 36-201 OF CHAPTER 36 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NORMAN SO AS TO REMOVE LOTS THIRTY-FOUR (34), THIRTY-FIVE (35), THIRTY-SIX (36), THIRTY-SEVEN (37), AND THIRTY-EIGHT (38) OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY ADDITION TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE CCFBC, CENTER CITY FORM-BASED CODE, AND PLACE SAME IN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Page |5  THE CCPUD, CENTER CITY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (305 E. BOYD STREET) 23. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2324-18 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING SECTION 36-201 OF CHAPTER 36 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NORMAN SO AS TO REMOVE LOTS TWENTY-EIGHT (28), TWENTY-NINE (29), THIRTY (30) AND THIRTY-ONE (31) OF STATE UNIVERSITY ADDITION TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE CCFBC, CENTER CITY FORM-BASED CODE, AND PLACE SAME IN THE CCPUD, CENTER CITY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (221 E. BOYD STREET) 24. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2324-19 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING SECTION 36-201 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NORMAN SO AS TO REMOVE LOT 8A, IN BLOCK SIXTEEN (16), AND THE WEST HALF (W/2) OF VACATED JULIA STREET, OF J.A. JONES ADDITION TO THE CITY OF NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE SPUD, SIMPLE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND PLACE SAME IN THE SPUD, SIMPLE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (119 AND 117 E. ACRES STREET) 25. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2324-24 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING SECTION 36-552, FENCING, WALLS AND SCREENING, OF CHAPTER 36, ZONING, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, TO ALLOW FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF REQUESTS FOR VARIATIONS IN FENCE HEIGHT IN THE A-1, GENERAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, A-2, RURAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, AND RE, RESIDENTIAL ESTATE DWELLING DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. MISCELLANEOUS COMMENTS This is an opportunity for citizens to address City Council. Due to Open Meeting Act regulations, Council is not able to participate in discussion during miscellaneous comments. Remarks should be directed to the Council as a whole and limited to three minutes or less. ADJOURNMENT CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Page |6