City Council Regular Meeting

CITY OF NORMAN, OK CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Municipal Building, Council Chambers, 201 West Gray, Norman, OK 73069 Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM AMENDED 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 AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS 1. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-124: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMAN ANIMAL WELFARE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, AWARDING THE 2025 NOMAN ANIMAL WELFARE VOLUNTEERISM AWARD. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Page |1 PROCLAMATIONS 2. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF PROCLAMATION P-2425-27: A PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PROCLAIMING SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2025, AS KIDS TO PARKS DAY IN THE CITY OF NORMAN. 3. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF PROCLAMATION P-2425-29: A PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MAY, 2025, AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF NORMAN. 4. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF PROCLAMATION P-2425-30: A PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF MAY 18 THROUGH 24, 2025, AS PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF NORMAN. 5. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF PROCLAMATION P-2425-31: A PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PROCLAIMING MAY 2025, AS SMALL BUSINESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF NORMAN. 6. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF PROCLAMATION P-2425-33: A PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MAY, 2025, AS BIKE MONTH AND FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025, AS BIKE-TO-WORK DAY IN THE CITY OF NORMAN. 7. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF PROCLAMATION P-2425-34: A PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PROCLAIMING FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2025, AS POPPY DAY IN THE CITY OF NORMAN. 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 8 through Item 29 be placed on the consent docket. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Page |2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 8. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MINUTES AS FOLLOWS: CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 21, 2024. CITY COUNCIL, NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY, NORMAN MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY, AND NORMAN TAX INCREMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY AMENDED MEETING MINUTES OF JANUARY 28, 2025. CITY COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 20, 2025, AND APRIL 17, 2025. CITY COUNCIL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 13, 2025. First Reading Ordinance 9. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-33 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 10-11, BLOCK 72 OF NORMAN OLD TOWN, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE CCPUD, CENTER CITY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND PLACE SAME IN THE CCPUD, CENTER CITY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (223 W. MAIN ST.) 10. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-34 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 12-14, BLOCK 72 OF NORMAN OLD TOWN, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE CCPUD, CENTER CITY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND PLACE SAME IN THE CCPUD, CENTER CITY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (227 W. MAIN ST.) CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Page |3  11. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-35 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, IN THE I-1, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT FOR THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE/4) AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE/4) OF SECTION ELEVEN (11), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE THREE (3) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF N. FLOOD AVE., NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF N. FLOOD AVE. AND 24 TH AVE. N.W.) 12. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-36 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 BAR, LOUNGE, OR TAVERN IN THE C-3, INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT FOR LOTS ONE (1), TWO (2), IN BLOCK THIRTY-TWO (32), OF THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF NORMAN OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (101 S. PORTER AVE.) Appointments 13. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MAYOR’S APPOINTMENTS AS FOLLOWS: BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TERM: 05-13-25 TO 12-22-26: ERIC WILLIAMS, WARD 4 TERM: 05-13-25 TO 12-22-26: MATT GRAVES, WARD 2 HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION TERM: 05-13-25 TO 10-26-25: KENDEL POSEY, WARD 4 LIBRARY BOARD TERM: 05-13-25 TO 05-01-28: EVAN TAYLOR, WARD 4 TERM: 05-13-25 TO 05-01-27: ERIC WHITE, WARD 6 TERM: 05-13-25 TO 05-01-28: DEBRA ENGEL, WARD 3 TERM: 05-13-25 TO 05-01-28: SUE RINGUS, WARD 4 NORMAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY TERM: 05-13-25 TO 10-31-26: DAVID NIMMO, WARD 3 TERM: 05-13-25 TO 10-31-26: ANDY SHERRER, WARD 3 SOCIAL AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES COMMITTEE TERM: 05-13-25 TO 12-09-25: KAREN WEBB, WARD 6 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Page |4  Reports/Communications 14. CONSIDERATION OF SUBMISSION, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR REJECTION OF RECEIPT OF THE CITY MANAGER’S CONTRACT AND CHANGE ORDER REPORT AND DIRECTING THE FILING THEREOF. Bids 15. CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF AWARDING BID-2425-36. SUBMITTED BY S.W. GILLIS TO RAISING/LOWERING SANITARY SEWER MANHOLES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR THE LINE MAINTENANCE DIVISION. 16. CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF AWARDING BID 2425-37: SUBMITTED BY FERGUSON WATERWORKS, UTS, CORE AND MAIN AND OKLAHOMA CONTRACTOR’S SUPPLY, L.L.C., FOR THE PURCHASE OF COPPER METER YOKES FOR WATER METERS, HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE PLASTIC (HDPE) METER BOXES WITH CAST IRON LIDS, HDPE METER BOXES WITH ANTI-FLOAT LIDS, HDPE ANTI-FLOAT LIDS AND REPAIR CLAMPS FOR THE LINE MAINTENANCE DIVISION. 17. CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF AWARDING BID 2425-38: SUBMITTED BY BOB CUNNINGHAM, INC., FOR THE PURCHASE OF SCREENED TOPSOIL/SAND FOR THE LINE MAINTENANCE DIVISION. Request for Payment 18. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF SPECIAL CLAIM SC-2425-6: SUBMITTED BY RONALD FULLERTON IN THE AMOUNT OF $16,663.21 FOR DAMAGE HIS VEHICLE RECEIVED ON FEBRUARY 17, 2025, ON 48TH AVENUE NW NEAR DAVINBROOK STREET. Donation 19. CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF A DONATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,500 FROM THE RSB TRUST AND $1,926.25 FROM NORMAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE USED AT THE NORMAN ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER. 20. CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF A DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,300 FROM THE CAVINS GROUP L.L.C., OF NORMAN TO BE USED TO PURCHASE SERVICES AND ITEMS FOR NORMAN POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS, AND BUDGET APPROPRIATION AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Page |5  Settlements 21. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE A SETTLEMENT OF MISTY DAWN DEAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000.00 TO RESOLVE HER TORT CLAIM FILED FEBRUARY 3, 2025. Contracts 22. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF AMENDMENT ONE TO CONTRACT K-2324-44: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $144,585.00, FOR A TOTAL OF $552,167.22, FOR RELOCATING OVERHEAD POWER LINES UNDERGROUND ON THE 2019 JENKINS AVENUE WIDENING BOND PROJECT AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS. 23. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRACT K-2425-42: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND MULTISPORTS, L.L.C., FOR THE YOUNG FAMILY ATHLETIC CENTER (YFAC) OUTDOOR PICKLEBALL COURTS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND FINAL PAYMENT OF $13,642.10. 24. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRACT K-2425-75: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND HAPPY PLAYGROUNDS, L.L.C., FOR THE WILLIAM MORGAN PARK PLAYGROUND PROJECT AND FINAL PAYMENT OF $227,004. 25. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2425-95: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND EIGHTTWENTY OKLAHOMA, L.L.C., (DBA EIGHTTWENTY) FOR A TOTAL OF $95,952 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PHOTOVAOLTAIC ENERGY GENERATING EQUIPMENT (SOLAR PANELS) ATOP THE CITY OF NORMAN HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY. 26. CONDSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2425-110: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AND WOLTERS KLUWER FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., FOR THE LICENSING OF TEAMMATE+ GLOBAL AUDIT SOLUTIONS, AN AUDIT PROCESS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, FOR THE AMOUNTS AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Page |6  27. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2425-116: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AND THE CITY OF NOBLE, OKLAHOMA, AN AGREEMENT ALLOWING FOR A SHARED ASPHALT MAINTENANCE PROJECT ON POST OAK ROAD BETWEEN U.S. HIGHWAY 77 TO WEST END OF ROADWAY AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. Resolutions 28. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-126: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, ADOPTING AN UPDATED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCY SAFETY PLAN (PTASP) AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE(S) TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN. 29. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-129: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, RATIFYING THE AMENDMENT OF THE NORMAN EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN DOCUMENT NON-CONSENT ITEMS Public Hearings 30. CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE PROPOSED 2025-2029 CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND FIRST YEAR ACTION PLAN FOR THE FIFTY-FIRST YEAR NORMAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) APPLICATION WHICH INCLUDES THE 2025 HOME PROGRAM TOTALING $1,334,879 TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD). Second Reading Ordinance 31. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, 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) 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, May 13, 2025 Page |7