City Council Regular Meeting - Amended

CITY OF NORMAN, OK CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - AMENDED Municipal Building, Council Chambers, 201 West Gray, Norman, OK 73069 Tuesday, May 26, 2026 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, NORMAN TAX INCREMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY, AND NORMAN PARKING AND TRANSIT 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 AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS 1. RECOGNITION OF THE 2025-2026 NORMAN YOUTH COUNCIL. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - AMENDED - Tuesday, May 26, 2026 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 2 through Item 22 be placed on the consent docket. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 2. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MINUTES AS FOLLOWS: CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 12, 2026. NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 12, 2026. NORMAN MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 12, 2026. NORMAN TAX INCREMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 12, 2026. NORMAN PARKING AND TRANSIT AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 12, 2026. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 12, 2026. First Reading Ordinance 3. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2526-58 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 NINETEEN (19) AND TWENTY (20), IN BLOCK THREE (3), D.L. LARSH’S FIRST ADDITION, TO THE CITY OF NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, FROM CCFBC, CENTER CITY FORM-BASED CODE DISTRICT, URBAN RESIDENTIAL FRONTAGE, AND PLACE SAME IN A CCPUD, CENTER CITY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (126 W APACHE; WARD 4) 4. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2526-59 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 TWENTY-FIVE (25) AND TWENTY-SIX (26), IN BLOCK SIX (6), D.L. LARSH’S FIRST ADDITION, TO THE CITY OF NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF FROM CCFBC, CENTER CITY FORM BASED CODE DISTRICT, URBAN RESIDENTIAL FRONTAGE, AND PLACE SAME IN A CCPUD, CENTER CITY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (214 W APACHE; WARD 4) CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - AMENDED - Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Page |2  Reports/Communications 5. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MONTHLY DEPARTMENTAL REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2026. 6. CONSIDERATION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RECEIPT OF THE FINANCE DIRECTOR'S INVESTMENT REPORT AS OF APRIL 30, 2026, AND DIRECTING THE FILING THEREOF. Surplus 7. 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. Bids 8. CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF BID 2526-33: SUBMITTED BY AMERICAN WATERWORKS SUPPLY INC., FERGUSON WATERWORKS, UTS, CORE AND MAIN AND OKLAHOMA CONTRACTOR’S SUPPLY, L.L.C., IN THE AMOUNT OF $181.00 EACH, FOR THE PURCHASE OF COPPER METER YOKES FOR WATER METERS FOR THE LINE MAINTENANCE DIVISION. 9. CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF BID 2526-34: SUBMITTED BY AMERICAN WATERWORKS SUPPLY INC., FERGUSON WATERWORKS, UTS, CORE AND MAIN AND OKLAHOMA CONTRACTOR’S SUPPLY, L.L.C., IN THE AMOUNT OF $83 EACH, FOR THE PURCHASE OF HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE PLASTIC (HDPE) METER BOXES WITH ANTI-FLOAT LIDS AND HDPE ANTI-FLOAT LIDS FOR THE LINE MAINTENANCE DIVISION. 10. CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF BID 2526-35: SUBMITTED BY AMERICAN WATERWORKS SUPPLY, INC., FERGUSON WATERWORKS, UTS, CORE AND MAIN AND OKLAHOMA CONTRACTOR’S SUPPLY, L.L.C., FOR THE PURCHASE OF REPAIR CLAMPS FOR THE LINE MAINTENANCE DIVISION. 11. CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF BID 2526-36: SUBMITTED BY BOB CUNNINGHAM, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $18.50 PER CUBIC YARD FOR THE PURCHASE OF SAND FOR THE LINE MAINTENANCE DIVISION. 12. CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF BID 2526-37: SUBMITTED BY BOB CUNNINGHAM, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $41.00 PER CUBIC YARD FOR THE PURCHASE OF SCREENED TOPSOIL FOR THE LINE MAINTENANCE DIVISION. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - AMENDED - Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Page |3  13. CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING, ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF BID 2526-38: FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE AND ONE HALF (1 ½”) AGGREGATE MATERIAL (GRAVEL) TO HILLIS SERVICES, L.L.C., IN THE AMOUNT OF $29.00 PER TON FOR THE LINE MAINTENANCE DIVISION. Acceptance of Funds 14. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE A SETTLEMENT OFFER FROM STATE FARM INSURANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 FOR DAMAGE TO CITY OF NORMAN WATER WELL #19. (U.S. Interstate 35 Service Road, near mile marker 115; Ward 8) Resolutions 15. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2526-145: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AMENDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND CALMING PROGRAM MANUAL IN ORDER TO CORRECT TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND TO ADD CLARIFYING INFORMATION FOR STAFF AND INTERESTED CITIZENS. 16. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2526-147: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, TRANSFERRING $395,089 IN BUDGET FUNDS AS WELL AS ADJUSTMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 2025 EXPENDITURES IN THE AMOUNT OF $504,621.11 FROM PAY-GO TO AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA) AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. 17. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2526-149: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, TRANSFERRING $45,000 FROM THE WESTWOOD TENNIS CENTER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT TO THE WESTWOOD GOLF COURSE DRIVING RANGE RENOVATION PROJECT. Easement 18. CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF EASMENT E-2526-22 THROUGH E-2526-35: TEMPORARY DRIVEWAY EASEMENTS E-2526-22, E-2526-23, E-2526-24, E-2526-25, E-2526-26, E-2526-28, E-2526-30, E-2526-32, AND E-2526-33; TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS E-2526-27, E-2526-31, AND E-2526-34; PERMANENT EASEMENTS E-2526-29, AND E-2526-35; AND THE FILING THEREOF IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,785.00 FOR THE LINDSEY STREET SPECIAL CORRIDOR PROJECT FROM PICKARD AVENUE TO ELM AVENUE AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - AMENDED - Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Page |4  Contracts 19. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF AMENDMENT FOUR TO CONTRACT K-1415-134: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN AND WSB, L.L.C./MESHEK & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE SCOPE OF SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOWER IMHOFF CREEK STABILIZATION PROJECT. (Ward 2) 20. CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING, APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF BID 2526-41 AND CONTRACT K-2526-153: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND GRAPHTEC, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $178,382 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF WAYFINDING SIGNS PHASE 5 ON THE ROCK CREEK ROAD, ALAMEDA STREET, AND LINDSEY STREET CORRIDORS AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE BOND MB-2526-57, PERFORMANCE BOND B-2526-77, STATUTORY BOND B-2526-78, AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R-2526-137 GRANTING TAX EXEMPT STATUS. (CITY) 21. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CHANGE ORDER ONE TO CONTRACT K-2526-64: BY AND BETWEEN THE NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY AND DAVENPORT CONSTRUCTION, INC., INCREASING THE CONTRACT BY $58,860 FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $641,524 FOR CORPORATE ADDITION UTITILIES (SAXON INDUSTRIAL PARK PHASE III – WATERLINE AND SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION) AND BUDGET APPROPRIATION AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. (Ward 5) 22. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF CONTRACT K-2526-175: AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN SOONER FASHION MALL, L.L.C., AND THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PROVIDING FOR THE REBATE OF CERTAIN SALES TAX REVENUES AS REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY COSTS EXPENDED BY SOONER FASHION MALL OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. (Ward 3) NON-CONSENT ITEMS Public Hearings 23. CONDUCTING AND CLOSING THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE FYE 2027 CITY OF NORMAN PROPOSED OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS. Resolutions 24. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2526-123: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AMENDING THE AIM NORMAN COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN DOCUMENT TO CORRECT REFERENCES TO ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN LAND USE CATEGORIES, AND CORRECTING NONSUBSTANTIVE ERRORS AND OMISSIONS. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - AMENDED - Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Page |5  25. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2526-124: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, TO CORRECT ERRORS ON THE LAND USE MAP AND CHARACTER AREA MAP IN THE AIM NORMAN COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. Second Reading Ordinance 26. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2526-30 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 14 THROUGH 22 AND LOTS 28 THROUGH 36, ALL OF BLOCK 4 IN HARDIE-RUCKER ADDITION, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE R-1, SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT, AND R-3, MULTIFAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT, AND PLACE SAME IN A SPUD, SIMPLE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF E. LINDSEY STREET BETWEEN MCKINLEY AVENUE AND GEORGE AVENUE; WARD 7) 27. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2526-53 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PARTIAL CLOSURE OF SPECIFIC PLATTED SIX-FOOT (6’) WIDTH UTILITY EASEMENT. (WARD 7). 28. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2526-39 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 THREE (3), IN BLOCK ONE (1), OF SPRING BROOK ADDITION SECTION 11, A REPLAT OF LOT 6, BLOCK 1, SPRING BROOK ADDITION SECTION 6, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE C-1, LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND PLACE SAME IN A SPUD, SIMPLE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (1130 RAMBLING OAKS DRIVE; WARD 3) 29. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2526-51 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IN CHAPTER 36 (“ZONING CODE”) SECTION 36-101; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - AMENDED - Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Page |6  30. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2526-52 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING CHAPTER 30 (“SUBDIVISIONS”) OF THE CODE, SECTION 30-302, IN ORDER TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO GREENBELT ENHANCEMENT STATEMENTS AND AMENDING THE SUBMITTAL DEADLINE FOR PRELIMINARY PLATS AND IMPLEMENTING ANY NECESSARY RENUMBERING; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. 31. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2526-66 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA ADDING ARTICLE 12-VII TO THE CITY CODE CREATING PROCEDURES FOR THE CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCE DISTRICTS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. 32. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF ORDINANCE O-2526-67 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AMENDING ARTICLE 12-V, TRANSIENT GUEST ROOM TAX, SECTIONS 12-501, 12-503 AND 12-504 OF THE NORMAN CITY CODE TO CLARIFY CERTAIN DEFINITIONS AND PROVIDE A CLEARER PROCESS FOR DOCUMENTING EXEMPTIONS FROM THE TAX; 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 four minutes or less. ADJOURNMENT CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - AMENDED - Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Page |7