City Council Regular Meeting

CITY OF NORMAN, OK CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Municipal Building, Council Chambers, 201 West Gray, Norman, OK 73069 Tuesday, July 22, 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 4 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-2526-2: PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PROCLAIMING THE MONTH SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL SERVICE DOG MONTH IN THE CITY OF NORMAN. 2. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF PROCLAMATION P-2526-3: A PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF JULY 2025, AS DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH IN THE CITY OF NORMAN. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Page |1  3. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF PROCLAMATION P-2526-4: PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PROCLAIMING AUGUST 7TH, 2025, AS PURPLE HEART 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 4 through Item 27 be placed on the consent docket. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MINUTES AS FOLLOWS: CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES OF JANUARY 28, 2025, AND JUNE 17,2025. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 28, 2024; JULY 9, 2024, AND FEBRUARY 11, 2025 CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 1, 2021; SEPTEMBER 2, 2021; APRIL 7, 2022, AND MAY 5, 2022. CITY COUNCIL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 28, 2025. APPOINTMENT 5. CONSIDERATION OF CONFIRMATION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE 2025-2026 CITY OF NORMAN YOUTH COUNCIL NOMINATIONS First Reading Ordinance 6. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2526-1 UPON FIRST READING BY TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING 6-209 (“ADOPTION OF THE RESIDENTIAL CODE”) IN ARTICLE 6-II (“CONSTRUCTION CODES”), BOTH IN CHAPTER 6 (“BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS”) IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A VISITABLE INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR RESIDENCES THAT ARE BUILT AS VISITABLE DWELLINGS AS DEFINED BY ICC ANSI 117.1; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. Reports/Communications 7. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RECEIPT OF THE FINANCE DIRECTOR'S INVESTMENT REPORT AS OF JUNE 30, 2025, AND DIRECTING THE FILING THEREOF. 8. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MONTHLY DEPARTMENTAL REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2025. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Page |2  9. 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. Request for Payment 10. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF PAYMENT OF FYE 2026 DUES ASSESSMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $87,018.00 TO THE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA GOVERNMENTS FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY1,2025, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2026. Easement 11. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF NORMAN RURAL CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY COS-2425-11: FOR ROULETTE CREEK ESTATES (GENERALLY LOCATED 1,450 FEET SOUTH OF STATE HIGHWAY NO. 9 ON THE WEST SIDE OF 180TH AVENUE S.E.). 12. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF NORMAN RURAL CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY COS-2425-12: FOR VILLEMARETTE ESTATES AND EASEMENT NO. E-2526-5 AND EASEMENT NO. E-2526-6 (LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF 84TH AVENUE S.E. AND NORTH OF CEDAR LANE ROAD). Contracts 13. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, AWARDING, AMENDMENTS, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CHANGE ORDER TWO TO CONTRACT K-2425-1: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND ARROYO’S CONCRETE L.L.C., INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $25,700.42 FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $485,700.42 FOR THE FYE 2025 SIDEWALK CONCRETE PROJECTS, FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROJECT, AND FINAL PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $45,357.67. 14. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, AWARDING, AMENDMENT, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF BID 2425-55, CONTRACT K-2526-1, AND CHANGE ORDER ONE TO CONTRACT K-2526-1: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND ARROYO’S CONCRETE, L.L.C., IN THE AMOUNT OF $605,887 FOR THE FYE 2026 SIDEWALK CONCRETE PROJECTS, PERFORMANCE BOND B-2526-1; STATUTORY BOND B-2526-2; MAINTENANCE BOND MB-2526-1, AND RESOLUTION R-2526-1 GRANTING TAX-EXEMPT STATUS. 15. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, AWARDING, AMENDMENT, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF BID 2425-59, CONTRACT K-2526-4, AND CHANGE ORDER ONE TO CONTRACT K-2526-4: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND G&S SIGN SERVICES, L.L.C., IN THE AMOUNT OF $209,875 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF WAYFINDING SIGNS PHASE 4 ON 36th AVENUE WEST AND THE PORTER AVENUE/CLASSEN BOULEVARD CORRIDOR AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE BOND MB-2526-3, PERFORMANCE BOND B-2526-5, STATUTORY BOND B-2526-6, RESOLUTION R-2526-10 GRANTING TAX EXEMPT STATUS. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Page |3  16. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, AWARDING, AMENDMENT, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2526-5: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN AND THUNDERBIRD CLUBHOUSE BOARD, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 FOR THE COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE OK504 NORMAN/CLEVELAND COUNTY CONTINUUM OF CARE. 17. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, AWARDING, AMENDMENT, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2526-6: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 FOR THE NORMAN NEIGHBORS ACTIVITIES. 18. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, AWARDING, AMENDMENT, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2526-7: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN AND METROPOLITAN FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL INC., FOR FAIR HOUSING SERVICES AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FIRST YEAR ACTION PLAN. 19. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, AWARDING, AMENDMENT, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2526-8: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND NORMAN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORPORATION, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FIRST YEAR ACTION PLAN. 20. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, AWARDING, AMENDMENT, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2526-9: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN AND ROSE ROCK HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC., FOR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FIRST YEAR ACTION PLAN. 21. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, AWARDING, AMENDMENT, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2526-14: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, NORMAN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORPORATION, AND NORMAN COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION 2015, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $342,000 AS AGREED UPON UNDER THE FOLLOWING HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FUNDING YEARS; M21; M22; M23; M24; AND M25 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOUR BEDROOM STRUCTURE TO BE LOCATED AT 521 LEANING ELM, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, TO BE UTILIZED AS AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING. 22. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, AWARDING, AMENDMENT, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF BID 2425-40 AND CONTRACT K-2526-16: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AND CIMARRON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,499,994 FOR THE LOWER IMHOFF CREEK STABILIZATION PROJECT; PERFORMANCE BOND B-2526-11; STATUTORY BOND B-2526-12; AND MAINTENANCE BOND MB-2526-6; RESOLUTION R-2526-9 GRANTING TAX-EXEMPT STATUS; AND BUDGET TRANSFERS AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Page |4  23. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, AWARDING, AMENDMENT, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2526-18: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AND AGUIRRE & FIELDS ENGINEERING, FOR DESIGN ENGINEERING OF THE BOYD STREET SIDEWALKS FROM SOUTH BERRY ROAD TO SOUTH FLOOD AVENUE AND BOX CULVERT IN THE AMOUNT OF $268,300 AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. 24. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, AWARDING, AMENDMENT, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF A GRANT FROM THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (DEQ) IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000 TO BE USED TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT FOR THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY; AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACT K-2526-20 BY AND BETWEEN THE NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY AND DEQ FOR THE GRANT AWARD AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. 25. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, AWARDING, AMENDMENT, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2526-21: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA FOR CERTIFYING NORMAN’S DISPUTE MEDIATION PROGRAM BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026. 26. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, AWARDING, AMENDMENT, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2526-24: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AND COLTON CRAIG DESIGN, L.L.C., IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,500.00 FOR ARCHITECTURE DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE WESTWOOD PARK GOLF DESIGN CONCEPT PLAN AND BUDGET APPROPRIATION AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. Resolutions 27. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2526-11: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, APPROPRIATING $2,231.08 FROM THE REFUNDS/ REIMBURSEMENTS MISCELLANEOUS RISK MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT FOR REPAIRS TO NORMAN POLICE VEHICLES DAMAGED BY OTHER DRIVERS IN TRAFFIC COLLISIONS. 28. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2526-14: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, APPROPRIATING $8,300 FROM THE POLICE DONATIONS ACCOUNT TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH – FOOD AND BEVERAGE ACCOUNT, COMMUNITY OUTREACH – SUPPLIES ACCOUNT, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH – SERVICES ACCOUNT FOR EXPENSES INCURRED FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS. NON-CONSENT ITEMS 29. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, AWARDING, AMENDMENT, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2526-26: AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY WITH THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES REAL PROPERTY TRUST, TOTALING $3,306,811.48; APPROPRIATION OF NORMAN FORWARD FUND BALANCE; AND TRANSFER OF NORMAN FORWARD AND CAPITAL PROJECT FUND ALLOCATIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Page |5 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 four minutes or less. ADJOURNMENT CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Page |6