July 25, 2018 City Council Meeting

The City Council voted to withdraw the proposed resolution for an arena and entertainment district, following the OU Foundation's request to withdraw their TIF application for further review and community consensus building.

An ordinance was adopted to close a portion of the old Rock Creek Road right-of-way south of Rock Creek Road and west of Pendleton Drive, allowing the land to revert to the adjacent property owner.

An ordinance was adopted to rezone a small parcel of land west of Pendleton Drive from A-2 to C-1 (local commercial) with specific restrictive covenants, despite public concerns about traffic and property values.

An ordinance was adopted to amend zoning regulations to allow alcoholic beverages in theaters, update 'liquor store' to 'retail spirit store,' and adjust the food sales percentage for restaurant qualification, aligning with new state laws.

An ordinance was adopted to amend Chapter 13 of the City Code regarding non-motorized vehicles for hire (pedicabs), establishing regulations for inspections, background checks, and insurance to enhance public safety.

Sooner Theater dressing room renovation project

Contract for renovation of dressing rooms, kitchenette, storage, stairway, and access areas at the Sooner Theater.

Urban concrete pavement street maintenance bond program FYE 19

Contract with Central Contracting Services, including a change order, for urban concrete pavement street maintenance.

Urban asphalt pavement street maintenance bond program

Contract with Silver Star Construction for urban asphalt pavement street maintenance.

FYE 2019 concrete sidewalk projects

Contract with Central Contracting Services, including a change order, for concrete sidewalk projects.

Donation from Austin Pets Alive

Donation to cover employee training and travel expenses for the Norman Animal Welfare Center.

Norman Forward Westwood Family Aquatic Centre project

Change order adding 14 calendar days to the contract and final acceptance/payment for the project. A $157,000 adjustment was made due to contractor lateness.

Griffin fields project

Change order increasing contract amount to relocate power for light poles and revise grading on fields 8 and 9.

Metropolitan Fair Housing Council contract

Contract for the 44th year of the CDBG program and FYE 2018 home investment partnership program.

Crossroads Youth and Family contract

Contract for operation of an emergency youth shelter and budget appropriation.

Norman Tax Increment Financing note redemption

Resolution to optionally redeem approximately $10.8 million of outstanding debt on the University Northpark tax increment financing district, optimizing interest savings.

OU Foundation TIF Proposal Withdrawal

The OU Foundation withdrew its application for a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district related to a proposed arena and entertainment district.

Approval of City Council special session minutes of June 12th, City Council Finance Committee minutes June 21st, City Council Norman Utility Authority, Norman Municipal Authority, and Norman Tax Increment Financing minutes of July 10th, all of 2018 (Item 3)

Approval of various meeting minutes from June and July 2018.

Resolution honoring the 2018 recipients of the citizens on a role of service (Item 4)

Resolution recognizing Amanda Naren and Andy Shearer for their community service, particularly their leadership on the stormwater citizens steering committee.

Ordinance to grant historic district designation to both the east and west sides of College Avenue between Sims Street on the north and Boyd Street on the south (Item 6)

Granting historic district designation to a section of College Avenue.

Finance investment report as of June 30th, 2018 (Item 7)

Review of the city's finance investment report.

Monthly departmental reports for the month of June 2018 (Item 8)

Review of various departmental reports.

Final election report for the Norman Election Commission for the 2004-2018 (Item 9)

Review of the final election report.

Request for Proposal approval of a contract with Sum Construction Services in the amount of $65,170, performance bond, statutory bond, and maintenance bond for the Sooner Theater dressing room renovation project and a resolution granting tax exempt status (Item 10)

Approval of a contract for renovations at the Sooner Theater.

Contract with Central Contracting Services in the amount of $1,451,515, change order number one increasing the contract amount by $95,961 for a revised contract amount of $1,547,476, a performance bond, statutory bond, and maintenance bond for the urban concrete pavement street maintenance bond program FYE 19 locations and adoption of a resolution granting tax exempt status (Item 11)

Approval of a contract and change order for urban concrete pavement street maintenance.

Contract with Silver Star Construction in the amount of $1,651,700, a performance bond, a statutory bond, and a maintenance bond for the urban asphalt pavement street maintenance bond program adoption of a resolution granting tax-exempt status and a budget transfer between projects accounts (Item 12)

Approval of a contract for urban asphalt pavement street maintenance.

Contract with Central Contracting Services in the amount of $329,550, change order 1 increasing the contract amount by $112,200 for a revised contract amount of $441,750, a performance bond, statutory bond, and maintenance bond for the FYE 2019 concrete sidewalk projects and adoption of a resolution granting tax-exempt status (Item 13)

Approval of a contract and change order for FYE 2019 concrete sidewalk projects.

Certificate of plat correction for the Millennium Edition generally located at southeast corner of Lindsay and Classen (Item 14)

Approval of a plat correction.

Donation in the amount of $2,200 from the Austin Pets Alive to pay cost for employee training and travel expenses for the Norman Animal Welfare Center (Item 15)

Acceptance of a donation for the Animal Welfare Center.

Change order number 7 to a contract with West McNab and Company adding 14 calendar days to the contract for Norman Forward Westwood Family Aquatic Centre project and a final acceptance and final payment for the project (Item 16)

Approval of a change order for the Westwood Family Aquatic Centre project.

Change order with Lippert Brothers increasing the contract amount by $66,171 for a revised contract amount of $937,723 to relocate the power for the light poles between fields 8 and 9, revise the grading on fields 8 due to the raising the height of the retaining wall and revise the grading on field 9 due to the elevation of the existing irrigation system that is on the Griffin fields (Item 18)

Approval of a change order for the Griffin fields project.

Contract with Metropolitan Fair Housing Council in the amount of $20,000 as agreed upon under the 44th year of the CDBG program and the FYE 2018 home investment partnership program (Item 19)

Approval of a contract with the Metropolitan Fair Housing Council.

Contract with the Alternative Dispute Resolution System of the State of Oklahoma for the purpose of certifying Norman's dispute mediation program beginning July 1 and ending June 30th, 2019 (Item 20)

Approval of a contract for certifying Norman's dispute mediation program.

Contract with Crossroads Youth and Family for the operation of an emergency youth shelter and budget appropriation in the amount of $40,000 from the seizures and rest and fund balance (Item 21)

Approval of a contract and budget appropriation for an emergency youth shelter.

Resolution authorizing the Norman Tax Increment Financing to optionally redeem the outstanding amount of its tax increment revenue note taxable series 2013 originally issued in the aggregate principal amount of $14,215,000 and appropriation of University Northpark tax increment finance fund balance (Item 22)

Resolution to redeem outstanding debt on the University Northpark tax increment financing district.

Proposed resolution related to the agreement for the arena and entertainment district (Item 25)

Consideration of a resolution regarding an agreement for an arena and entertainment district, which was requested to be withdrawn by the OU Foundation.

Ordinance closing a portion of the right-of-way south of Rock Creek Road and west of Pendleton Drive (Item 23)

Ordinance to close an old portion of Rock Creek Road right-of-way, reverting ownership to adjacent property.

Rezoning application for a parcel west of Pendleton Drive (Item 24)

Application to rezone a small parcel of land from A-2 to C-1 (local commercial) with restrictive covenants, impacted by the Rock Creek Road right-of-way closure.

Ordinance amending the zoning ordinances for to allow for the sale of alcoholic beverages in compliance with state law in theaters, changing liquor store or packaged liquor store the retail spirit stored the leading short-order food restaurant amending the percentage of sales required to qualify as a restaurant and deleting the definition of restaurant short-order food (Item 26)

Amendment to zoning ordinances to align with new state alcohol laws, including allowing sales in theaters and updating definitions for liquor stores and restaurants.

Ordinance amending Chapter 13 of the City of Norman Code of Ordinances regarding non-motorized vehicles for hire (pedicabs) (Item 27)

Amendment to ordinances to regulate pedicabs, including inspections, background checks, and insurance requirements.