City Council Regular Meeting

CITY OF NORMAN, OK CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Municipal Building, Council Chambers, 201 West Gray, Norman, OK 73069 Tuesday, February 25, 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 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 1 through Item 11 be placed on the consent docket. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Page |1  1. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MINUTES AS FOLLOWS: CITY COUNCIL, NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY, NORMAN MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY, NORMAN TAX INCREMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 12, 2024, MARCH 26, 2024, APRIL 9, 2024, NOVEMBER 26, 2024,DECEMBER 10, 2024, JANUARY 14, 2025, JANUARY 28, 2025, AND FEBRUARY 11, 2025. CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES OF JUNE 13, 2023 AND FEBRUARY 27, 2024. CITY COUNCIL OVERSIGHT MEETING MINUTES OF AUGUST 10, 2023. CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 3, 2024. 2. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE A SETTLEMENT OF TYIREE HYATT IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000 TO RESOLVE HIS TORT CLAIM FILED SEPTEMBER 5, 2024. Appointments 3. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MAYOR’S APPOINTMENTS AS FOLLOWS: BOARD OF APPEALS TERM: 02-25-25 TO 02-03-29: TYLER MCMANAMAN, WARD 2 TERM: 02-25-25 TO 02-03-29: ALEX LANPHERE, WARD 2 PUBLIC SAFETY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TERM: 02-25-25 TO 02-10-28: LINDA PRICE, WARD 1 TERM: 02-25-25 TO 02-10-28: ASHLIE DURHAM, WARD 7 TERM: 02-25-25 TO 02-10-28: KYLE HURLEY, AT LARGE NORMAN FORWARD CITIZENS FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT BOARD TERM: 02-25-25 TO 12-22-27: ERIK PAULSON WARD 2 TERM: 02-25-25 TO 12-22-27: ANDY RIEGER, WARD 4 TERM: 02-25-25 TO 12-22-27: LINDA PRICE, WARD 1 SOCIAL AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES COMMISSION TERM: 02-25-25 TO 12-09-27: ANN WAY, WARD 1 TERM: 02-25-25 TO 12-09-27: KAY CRITSER, WARD 6 TERM: 02-25-25 TO 12-09-27: FALLON BURLESON, WARD 7 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Page |2  Reports/Communications 4. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RECEIPT OF THE FINANCE DIRECTOR'S INVESTMENT REPORT AS OF JANUARY 31, 2025, AND DIRECTING THE FILING THEREOF. 5. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MONTHLY DEPARTMENTAL REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2025. Final Plat 6. CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING, ACCEPTANCE, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF FP-2425-5 FINAL PLAT FOR LIAM’S CORNER, A REPLAT OF LOT 1, BLOCK 5, PART OF LOT 2, BLOCK 5 AND PART OF BLOCK 6, LYDICK’S FIRST ADDITION (LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF WEST LINDSEY STREET AND SOUTH BERRY ROAD). Contracts 7. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2425-97: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE SANBORN MAP COMPANY, INC., IN AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $142,550.20 TO PROVIDE DIGITAL ORTHOPHOTOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING, AND PLANIMETRIC MAPPING FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS DIVISION. Resolutions 8. CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING, ACCEPTANCE, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-88: IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,000 AND BUDGET TRANSFER AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT TO FUND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD INTERSECTION WITH WHITE STREET. 9. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-89: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, APPROPRIATING $15,000 FROM THE ANIMAL CONTROL DONATION ACCOUNT TO BE USED TO PURCHASE SURGICAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER VETERINARY CLINIC. 10. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-95: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, APPROPRIATING $56,182.43 FROM THE REFUNDS / REIMBURSEMENTS MISCELLANEOUS RISK MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT FOR THE REPAIR OF CITY VEHICLES DAMAGED BY OTHER DRIVERS IN TRAFFIC COLLISIONS. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Page |3  11. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-22 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 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) WITHDRAWN BY APPLICANT NON-CONSENT ITEMS Second Reading Ordinance 12. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-15 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 GRANT SPECIAL USE FOR PUBLIC UTILITY IN THE A-2, RURAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT FOR A STRIP, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE/4) OF SECTION NINETEEN (19), TOWNSHIP EIGHT (8) NORTH, RANGE ONE (1) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF ETOWAH ROAD ON 72ND AVENUE SOUTHEAST) 13. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-10 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: 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. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Page |4  14. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-11 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: 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. 15. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OR ORDINANCE O-2425-12 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: 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. 16. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-13 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: 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. 17. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-14 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: 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. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Page |5  18. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-23 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: 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. 19. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-20 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 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) 20. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-21 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 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) CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Page |6 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. 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