City Council Regular Meeting

CITY OF NORMAN, OK CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Municipal Building, Council Chambers, 201 West Gray, Norman, OK 73069 Tuesday, June 24, 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 PROCLAMATIONS 1. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF PROCLAMATION P2425-40: A PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF JULY, 2025 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF NORMAN. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Page |1 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 3 through Item 23 be placed on the consent docket. 2. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MINUTES AS FOLLOWS: CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION MEETING MINUTES OF JUNE 11, 2024. CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION MEETING MINUTES OF JULY 30, 2024; AUGUST 20, 2024. CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 7, 2024, DECEMBER 5, 2024, AND APRIL 3, 2025. CITY COUNCIL, NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY, NORMAN MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY, AND NORMAN TAX INCREMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 12, 2024, AND MAY 27, 2025. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE MEETING MINUTES OF AUGUST 13, 2024; AUGUST 20, 2024; SEPTEMBER 10, 2024; OCTOBER 8, 2024, JANUARY 14, 2025; AND MAY 27, 2025. CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES OF JUNE 11, 2024, AND JUNE 3, 2025. Appointments 3. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MAYOR’S APPOINTMENTS AS FOLLOWS: AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMMITTEE TERM: 06-24-25 TO 05-28-28: ANDREW SEAMANS, WARD 5 TERM: 06-24-25 TO 05-28-26: ELLA CRENSHAW, WARD 1 NORMAN FORWARD CITIZENS FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT BOARD TERM: 06-24-25 TO 12-22-26: SHANON BUCKINGHAM, WARD 4 TERM: 06-24-25 TO 12-22-26: CHRISTOPHER HOUSMAN, WARD 3 NORMAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY TERM: 06-24-25 TO 10-31-28: DANNY HALE, WARD 6 TERM: 06-24-25 TO 10-31-28: LACY ANDERSON, WARD 8 PUBLIC SAFETY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TERM: 06-24-25 TO 02-10-28: BRITTANY ELLIOTT, WARD 7 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Page |2  Reports/Communications 4. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RECEIPT OF THE FINANCE DIRECTOR'S INVESTMENT REPORT AS OF MAY 31, 2025, AND DIRECTING THE FILING THEREOF. 5. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MONTHLY DEPARTMENTAL REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2025. 6. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF DECLARATION OF SURPLUS AND/OR OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS AND AUTHORIZING THE SALE OR DISPOSAL THEREOF. Donation 7. CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF A DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1000 FROM DIANE MEDDERS AND BRION TOMBERLIN TO BE USED AT THE NORMAN ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER. 8. CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF A DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1000 FROM WESTERN VETERINARY PARTNERS TO BE USED AT THE NORMAN ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER. Final Plat 9. CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING, ACCEPTANCE, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF FP-2425-13: FINAL PLAT FOR ARMSTRONG BANK CONSOLIDATION PROJECT, SECTION 01, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THE DEFERRAL OF PAVING AND SIDEWALKS IN CONNECTION WITH 24TH AVENUE S.E.(GENERALLY LOCATED 800-FEET SOUTH OF CEDAR LANE BETWEEN CLASSEN BOULEVARD (STATE HIGHWAY NO. 77) AND 24TH AVENUE S.E. Certificate of Plat Correction 10. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF NORMAN RURAL CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY COS-2425-10: FOR ROCK CREEK RANCH AND EASEMENT NOS. E-2425-26, E- 2425-27, E-2425-28, E-2425-29 E-2425-30, E-2425-31, E-2425-32, E-2425-33, E-2425- 34, E-2425-35, E-2425-36, E-2425-37, E-2425-38, E-2425-39 , E-2425-40, E-2425-41 AND E-2425-42 (LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF EAST ROCK CREEK ROAD AND 48TH AVENUE N.E.). CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Page |3  Contracts 11. CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF AMENDMENT THREE TO CONTRACT K-2425-137: AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE TO THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, THE NORMAN MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY, SUMMIT LAKES PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, SUMMIT LAKE VILLAS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, AND SUMMIT LAKES, L.L.C. TO SET FUNDING, OWNERSHIP, CONVEYANCE, AND CONSTRUCTION TERMS REGARDING THE MISTY LAKE DAM REPAIR PROJECT. 12. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF AMENDMENT TWO TO CONTRACT K-2324-46: A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, THE NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY, AND RDG PLANNING & DESIGN, INC., INCREASING THE CONTRACT BY $10,570 FOR PROFESSIONAL COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING SERVICES RELATED TO THE PARKS RECREATION AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN, FOR A NEW CONTRACT TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $2,716,737. 13. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF AMENDMENT ONE TO CONTRACT K-2324-184: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN AND GSB, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,491 FOR ADDITIONAL DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE WESTWOOD PARK GOLF AND TENNIS FACILITIES MASTER PLAN PROJECT AND BUDGET APPROPRIATION AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. 14. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRACT K-2425- 60: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND MUSCO SPORTS LIGHTING, LLC, FOR THE YFAC OUTDOOR SPORTS COURTS LIGHTING SYSTEM PROJECT AND FINAL PAYMENT OF $49,027. 15. CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE AWARDING OF BID 2425-30, CONTRACT K-2425-92 BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND DOWNEY CONTRACTING, L.L.C., IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,092,580, MAINTENANCE BOND MB-2425-31, PERFORMANCE BOND B-2425-42; AND STATUTORY BOND B-2425- 43 FOR BISHOP CREEK ECO PARK ALSO KNOWN AS THE ALAMEDA STORMWATER PARK CONSTRUCTION PROJECT; AND RESOLUTION R-2425-137, GRANTING TAX EXEMPT STATUS. 16. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2425-122: AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING AUTHORITY (COTPA) D/B/A EMBARK TO PROVIDE TRANSIT SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF NORMAN FROM JULY 1, 2025, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2026, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,668,082.42. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Page |4  17. CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT TO CONTRACT K-2425-137: A REHABILITATION OF HIGH HAZARD POTENTIAL DAMS GRANT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AND THE OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,150,000, FOR THE MISTY LAKE DAM REPAIR PROJECT, AND BUDGET APPROPRIATION AS SET FORTH IN THE STAFF REPORT. 18. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2425-126: AN AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND NORMAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO LEASE SPACE IN BOTH IRVING AND WHITTIER RECREATION CENTERS FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO OPERATE CHILDCARE PROGRAMMING FOR THE PUBLIC. 19. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2425-138: BY AND BETWEEN THE NORMAN UTIILITIES AUTHORITY, THE OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD AND THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,900 TO PROVIDE FOR CANADIAN RIVER WATER QUALITY AND WATER QUANTITY MONITORING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026. Resolutions 20. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-128: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION TO SEEK MEMBERSHIP IN THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS NETWORK OF AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES. 21. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-134: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN AUTHORIZING A CAPITAL PROJECT FOR THE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF ASPHALT WITH CONCRETE AT THE NORMAN TRANSIT CENTER, AND TRANSFERRING $197,357 FROM TRANSIT OPERATIONS TO A NEW TRANSIT CENTER PAVING PROJECT, OF WHICH EIGHTY PERCENT (80%), OR UP TO $157,885, WILL BE REIMBURSABLE USING PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION GRANT FUNDING. 22. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-138: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, TRANSFERRING $75,000 FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR HVAC MONITORING TO THE EMERGENCY PROJECTS AND CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Page |5  23. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-136: A RESOLUTION OF THE NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE WATER RECLAMATION FUND BALANCE IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $140,000 TO MEET THE REQUIRED EXPENDITURE THROUGH FYE 25. NON-CONSENT ITEMS 24. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT FOR ORDINANCE O-2425-37 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 THIRTEEN (13) AND FOURTEEN (14), IN BLOCK FIFTEEN (15) OF THE T.R. WAGGONER’S FIRST ADDITION TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE CCFBC, CENTER CITY FORM-BASED CODE, DETACHED FRONTAGE, AND PLACE SAME IN THE CCPUD, CENTER CITY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (427 W. SYMMES ST.) 25. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-101: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA ADOPTING THE AIM NORMAN COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. 26. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-102: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA ADOPTING THE AIM NORMAN HOUSING STRATEGY PLAN. 27. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-103: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA ADOPTING THE AIM NORMAN WATER UTILITY MASTER PLAN. 28. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-104: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA ADOPTING THE AIM NORMAN WASTEWATER UTILITY MASTER PLAN. 29. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-105: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA ADOPTING THE AIM NORMAN STORMWATER MASTER PLAN UPDATE. 30. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-106: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA ADOPTING THE AIM NORMAN COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Page |6  31. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2425-107: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA ADOPTING THE AIM NORMAN PARKS, RECREATION & CULTURAL MASTER PLAN. 32. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-31 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING CHAPTER 20 (“LICENSES AND OCCUPATIONS”), SECTION 20-1910 (“PREMISES MAINTAINED”), AND TO SECTIONS THROUGHOUT CHAPTER 30 (“SUBDIVISIONS”) OF THE CODE, IN ORDER TO UPDATE DEFINITIONS, TO UPDATE AND ADD REFERENCES TO THE CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, TO REQUIRE A 30-ACRE MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR RURAL CERTIFICATES OF SURVEY WITH AN URBAN RESERVE LAND USE DESIGNATION, TO UPDATE LANGUAGE TO ENSURE COMPATABILITY WITH THE AIM NORMAN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ITS VARIOUS INCLUDED MASTER PLANS, AND TO CLARIFY OR CORRECT LANGUAGE, INCLUDING FOR ERRORS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. 33. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2425-32 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING SECTIONS THROUGHOUT CHAPTER 36 (“ZONING”) OF THE CODE, IN ORDER TO UPDATE DEFINITIONS, TO UPDATE AND ADD REFERENCES TO THE CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, TO UPDATE LANGUAGE TO ENSURE COMPATABILITY WITH THE AIM NORMAN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ITS VARIOUS INCLUDED MASTER PLANS, AND TO CLARIFY OR CORRECT LANGUAGE, INCLUDING FOR ERRORS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; 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, June 24, 2025 Page |7