City Council Regular Meeting

CITY OF NORMAN, OK CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Municipal Building, Council Chambers, 201 West Gray, Norman, OK 73069 Tuesday, February 11, 2025 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 call 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 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Page |1 AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS 1. PRESENTATION OF AWARDS FROM THE OKLAHOMA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE TO THE FOLLOWING CITY OF NORMAN EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE COMPLETED 25 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE: 1. JUSTIN BURRIGHT, FIREFIGHTER, FIRE DEPARTMENT 2. GARY DAVENPORT, BATTALION CHIEF, FIRE DEPARTMENT 3. BRIAN EDWARDS, DRIVER/ENGINEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT 4. DERRICK ENOS, DRIVER/ENIGINEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT 5. DAVID FAUGHT, FIREFIGHTER, FIRE DEPARTMENT 6. JACK INGRAM, CAPTAIN, FIRE DEPARTMENT 7. BARRY MORING, CAPTAIN, FIRE DEPARTMENT 8. CHARLES LITTLETON, DRIVER/ENGINEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT 9. GREGORY SKELLY, ASSISTANT CHIEF, FIRE DEPARTMENT 10. MICHAEL BUSSELL, ASSISTANT CHIEF, FIRE DEPARTMENT 11. CRAIG ROBERTS, CAPTAIN, FIRE DEPARTMENT 12. RANDALL CARY, CAPTAIN, FIRE DEPARTMENT 13. RICK HOFFSTATTER, GIS ANALYST PLANNING 14. JAN JANSING, HOUSING REHABILITATION TECHNICIAN, PLANNING 15. LARRY ANDERSON, SERGEANT, POLICE DEPARTMENT 16. CURTIS GARRETT, SERGEANT, POLICE DEPARTMENT 17. SHAWN HAWKINS, CAPTAIN, POLICE DEPARTMENT 18. JUSTIN WISHON, LIEUTENANT, POLICE DEPARTMENT 19. BLAS FLORES, SERGEANT, POLICE DEPARTMENT 20. TROY ADAMS, HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, PUBLIC WORKS 21. KEVIN DEAVER, MECHANIC II, PUBLIC WORKS 22. TOMMY HENDON, TRAFFIC TECHNICIAN, PUBLIC WORKS 23. JERRY JENNINGS, STORMWATER CREW CHIEF, PUBLIC WORKS 24. OTIS OLIPHANT, STREETS CREW CHIEF, PUBLIC WORKS 25. ALLEN SHELTON, HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, PUBLIC WORKS 26. CHRISTOPHER WHITAKER, TRAFFIC CREW CHIEF, PUBLIC WORKS 27. JERRY TARVER, MAINTENANCE WORKER II, PUBLIC WORKS 28. HANS OSGOOD, STORMWATER SUPERVISOR, PUBLIC WORKS 29. ROBERT STROMAN, HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, UTILITIES 30. DANIEL HAYNES, CONTAINER PROGRAM TECHNICIAN, UTILITIES 31. TIM WOOLINGTON, CREW CHIEF, UTILITIES 32. JERRY RATHER, HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, UTILITIES COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS CONSENT DOCKET 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 20 be placed on the consent docket. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Page |2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 2. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MINUTES AS FOLLOWS: CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 20, 2024. CITY COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF JANUARY 16, 2025. First Reading Ordinance 3. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-10 UPON FIRST READING BY TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, ADDING SECTION 36-567.1 (“RESTRICTIONS ON TOBACCO AND E-CIGARETTE RETAILERS”) TO CHAPTER 36 (“ZONING ORDINANCE”); AND AMENDING SECTIONS 36-521 (“RO, RESIDENCE-OFFICE DISTRICT”), 36-524 (“C-1, LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT”), 36-526 (“TC, TOURIST COMMERCIAL DISTRCT”), 36- 527 (“CR, RURAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT”), AND 36-560 (“SPECIAL USES”) TO CHAPTER 36 (“ZONING ORDINANCE”) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NORMAN TO ESTABLISH RESTRICTIONS ON TOBACCO AND E-CIGARETTE RETAILERS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. 4. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-11 UPON FIRST READING BY TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE TITLE OF ARTICLE V, CHAPTER 16; AMENDING SECTION 16-501 TO REFLECT CHANGES TO PURPOSE; AMENDING AND ADDING DEFINITIONS TO SECTION 16-502 FOR THE PURPOSES THEREOF; AMENDING SECTION 16- 503 TO ADD PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES ON MUNICIPAL PROPERTY; MOVING SECTION 16-508 TO SECTION 16-504 AND THEREBY LEAVING SECTIONS 16-505 THROUGH 16-508 AS RESERVED FOR PURPOSES OF INTERAL CODE CONSISTENCY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. 5. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OR ORDINANCE O-2425-12 UPON FIRST READING BY TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE TITLE OF SECTION 24-311 OF CHAPTER 24; AMENDING DEFINITIONS FOR THE PURPOSES THEREOF; PROHIBITING THE FURNISHING OF TOBACCO, NICOTINE AND VAPOR PRODUCTS TO ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE, PROHIBITING THE POSSESSION OF TOBACCO, NICOTINE AND VAPOR PRODUCTS BY ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE, PROHIBITING THE DISPLAY OR SALE OF TOBACCO, NICOTINE OR VAPOR PRODUCTS WHERE SELF-ACCESSIBLE BY ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Page |3  6. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-13 UPON FIRST READING BY TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, ADDING ARTICLE 2-III, DIVISION 2-III-17 DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE ANIMAL WELFARE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. 7. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-14 UPON FIRST READING BY TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING ARTICLE 2-III, DIVISION 2-III-1, SECTION 2-301 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NORMAN INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FROM FIVE TO SEVEN, AMENDING CITY PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP TO REQUIRE A PERSON FROM EACH WARD AND ONE AT-LARGE PERSON, DECREASING THE TERMS OF PERSONS ON THE BOARD OF APPEALS FROM FOUR TO THREE YEAR TERMS, AND ADDING NORMAN ELECTION COMMISSION: SEVEN PERSONS WITH THREE-YEAR TERMS; AMENDING DIVISION 2-III-6, SECTION 3-216, ADDING OVERSIGHT OVER TREE PROTECTION TO THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS AUTHORITY; REPEALING DIVISION 2-III-9, GREENBELT COMMISSION IN ITS ENTIRETY; REPEALING DIVISION 2-III-16, TREE BOARD IN ITS ENTIRETY; AMENDING ARTICLE 10-II, SECTION 10-201, NORMAN ELECTION COMMISSION, TO CHANGE A FIVE MEMBER COMMITTEE TO SEVEN; AND AMENDING ARTICLE 36-V-4, SECTION 36-570(A)(2) TO INCREASE THE CONCURRING VOTE REQUIRED FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FROM THREE TO FOUR MEMBERS. 8. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-23 UPON FIRST READING BY TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING ARTICLE 4-I, SECTION 4-101 ADDING DEFINITIONS FOR ABANDON, ANIMAL, COMMUNITY CAT, COMMUNITY CAT CAREGIVER, AND TRAP-NEUTER- RETURN (TNR) AND AMENDING DEFINITIONS FOR EXOTIC WILDLIFE AND NATIVE WILDLIFE; AMENDING ARTICLE 4-II, SECTION 4-202 AND 4-205 UPDATING LANGUAGE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE SUPERVISOR AND UPDATING LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT FOR CONSISTENCY; DELETING SECTION 4-205(H) DUPLICATIVE LANGUAGE RELATED TO THE TNR PROGRAM; REPEALING SECTIONS 4-211 THROUGH 4-221 PET LICENSE REQUIRED; AMENDING ARTICLE 4-III, SECTION 4-301(D) ADDING ANIMALS VENOMOUS TO HUMAN BEINGS; AMENDING SECTION 4-301(E) REQUIRING ACCREDITATION ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS (AZA) OR ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (ZAA) CERTIFIED FOR ZOOS; ADDING ARTICLE 4-V, SECTION 4-510 COMMUNITY CATS; AMENDING SECTION 4-501, ABANDONMENT OF CATS AND DOGS; AMENDING SECTION 503(C), CONFINEMENT OF DOGS AND CATS; ADDING SECTION 4-510, COMMUNITY CATS; AMENDING ARTICLE 4-VI, SECTION 4-601(A), CRUELTY TO ANIMALS; AND AMENDING SECTION 4-603, ANIMALS THAT ARE NUISANCES. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Page |4  9. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-20 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 FORTY-FIVE (45) AND FORTY-SIX (46) IN BLOCK ONE (1) OF LARSH’S UNIVERSITY ADDITION, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE CCFBC, CENTER CITY FORM-BASED CODE DISTRICT, URBAN GENERAL FRONTAGE, AND PLACE SAME IN THE CCPUD, CENTER CITY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (428 BUCHANAN AVENUE) 10. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-21 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 GRANT SPECIAL USE FOR A CHURCH, TEMPLE, OR OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP WITH A WAIVER OF SECTION 36-547(a)(4) PERTAINING TO EXTERIOR APPEARANCE IN THE R-1, SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT FOR LOT ONE (1), IN BLOCK SEVENTEEN (17), OF HALL PARK FOURTH ADDITION OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (1501 24TH AVE NE) 11. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-22 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 LOT ONE (1), IN BLOCK TWO (2), OF EAST LINDSEY PLAZA SECTION 5, TO 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. (1451 12TH AVENUE SOUTHEAST) Request for Payment 12. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF A COURT ORDER: A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF A COURT ORDER IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $35,742 REGARDING JERRY WILSON VS. THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION CASE 2024-04699 W. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Page |5  Conveyance of Deed 13. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE CONVEYANCE OF TITLES FOR THE IRVING AND WHITTIER RECREATIONAL CENTERS FROM THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, TO THE NORMAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE QUIT CLAIM DEEDS FOR SUCH PURPOSE AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. Easement 14. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF EASEMENT E-2425-12: A SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT DONATED BY THE OKLAHOMA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, SERVING 24TH AVENUE INDUSTRIAL PARK ADDITION, BLOCK 3, IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND DIRECTING THE FILING THEREOF. 15. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF EASEMENT E-2425-13: A SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT DONATED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, SERVING BLOCK 14 OF THE FORMER NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER (NATTC), IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND DIRECTING THE FILING THEREOF. Encroachment 16. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONSENT TO ENCROACH EN-2324-6: FOR LOT 1B, BLOCK 8, WESTPORT PROFESSIONAL PARK, CITY OF NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FOR HYUNDIA OF NORMAN. (591 North Interstate Drive) Contracts 17. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2425-94: A SERVICE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN AND NORMAN ARTS COUNCIL, FOR THE 2025 ARTFUL INLETS PROJECT. 18. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF AWARDING A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000,000 THROUGH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS TO REMOVING OBSTACLES TO HOUSING GRANT PROGRAM TO BE USED TO UPDATE VARIOUS PLANS, CODES, ORDINANCES AND STUDIES TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE CONTRACT K-2425-98 AND RELATED GRANT DOCUMENTS, AND APPROVE THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Page |6  19. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2425-38: A LEASE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN AND YOUNG FAMILY ATHLETIC CENTER, L.L.C., FOR THE TRAE YOUNG FAMILY FOUNDATION TO BE THE RETAIL PARTNER AND OPERATOR; AND ACCEPT THE IMPROVEMENTS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $288,368.00, TO THE RETAIL SPACE INSIDE THE YFAC, 2201 TRAE YOUNG DRIVE, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. Resolutions 20. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-86: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, APPROPRIATING $112,384 TO THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (O.D.O.T.) FOR CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN ON THE NORMAN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER PROJECT. 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, February 11, 2025 Page |7