January 19, 2022 City Council Meeting

The City Council unanimously approved various minutes from previous meetings.

The Mayor's proclamation recognizing January 17, 2022, as Martin Luther King Jr. Day was unanimously acknowledged.

Items 4 through 32, excluding item 27, were unanimously approved as part of the consent docket.

A motion to amend the funding source for the Axon technology assurance plan from federal seizure funds to general fund appropriations failed with a 4-7 vote.

The resolution to appropriate $27,300 from the federal seizure and restitution fund balance for the fourth year of the Axon technology assurance plan was adopted by a 6-1 vote.

Ordinance O-2122-15, rezoning property at 1027 and 1035 South Berry Road, was unanimously postponed to January 25, 2022.

A resolution approving an appeal of the temporary administrative delay to allow a permit application for a triplex at 719 Deans Row Avenue was unanimously adopted.

The preliminary plat for the Apostolic Worship Center at 3231 North Porter Avenue was unanimously approved.

The preliminary plat for Alpine Motorsports at 510 West Tecumseh Road was unanimously approved.

The preliminary plat for Trent Estates, located at the southeast corner of 96th Avenue Northeast and Rock Creek Road, was unanimously approved.

Ordinance O-2122-21, amending the PUD for University North Park Professional Center to allow a daycare center, was unanimously adopted on second and final reading.

Ordinance O-2122-24, granting special use for a bar, lounge, or tavern at 2224 West Main Street, was unanimously adopted on second and final reading.

Ordinance O-2122-22, amending the floodplain ordinance to include electrical and mechanical equipment in the two-foot freeboard requirement, was unanimously adopted on second and final reading, improving the city's CRS rating from 7 to 6.

Purchase of 30-ton carbon dioxide tank

Bid from Tomco Systems Company for the water treatment plant.

Donation for Norman Police Department training

Donation from the J.M. Williams Revocable Trust for NPD training and associated budget transfer.

Reallocation of funds for 2012 transportation bond program

Reallocation of available funds to the capital fund balance for program reconciliation.

Change order for Nash Construction Company contract

Increasing the contract amount for Nash Construction Company.

Amendment to inter-local agreement with Embark

Increasing the contract amount to add provision of washing and fueling services for the public transit fleet.

Contract for construction manager at risk services

Contract with Crossland Construction Company Inc. for the emergency communications and operations center.

Amendment to contract with Architects Design Group Inc.

Increasing the contract amount for additional professional architectural design services for the emergency communications and operations center.

Purchase of real property at 318-320 East Comanche Street

Purchase sale agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank for real property.

Federal Transit Administration's ARPA funds

Accepting apportionment of American Rescue Plan Act funds for a vehicle wash facility.

Axon Technology Assurance Plan (Year 4)

Appropriating funds from the federal seizure and restitution fund balance to purchase the fourth year of the Axon technology assurance plan for the police department.

Discussion regarding affordable housing opportunities

Presentation and discussion on potential multi-family affordable housing and a zero-barrier shelter on state-owned land, utilizing ARPA funds and partnership with the McCown family.

Consideration of approval rejection amendment and/or postponement of the minutes

Approval of various City Council, NUA, NMA, and NTIF Authority minutes from October, November, and December 2021.

Consideration of acknowledgement approval rejection amendment and/or postponement of a proclamation

A proclamation of the Mayor recognizing Monday, January 17, 2022, as Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the City of Norman.

Item 3

Item withdrawn by staff.

Ordinance upon first reading by title rezoning property located west of Oliphant Avenue between Alameda Drive street residential estates dwelling district to CR rural commercial district

Rezoning property west of Oliphant Avenue.

Ordinance upon first reading by title granting special use for medical marijuana processing tier 3 in the C2 general commercial district located at 1228 Lindsay Plaza Drive

Granting special use for medical marijuana processing at 1228 Lindsay Plaza Drive.

Ordinance upon first reading by title removing part of the northwest quarters of Section 29 Township 9 North Range 2 West of the Indian Meridian from R1 single family dwelling district C3 intensive commercial district and O-1 office and 2 institutional district and placing the same in the PUD planned unit development district Norman Regional Health System Porter Campus

Rezoning for Norman Regional Health System Porter Campus.

Ordinance upon first reading by title closing certain public interests in an alley and rights of way located at the Norman Regional Health System Porter Campus site

Closing public interests at Norman Regional Health System Porter Campus.

Ordinance upon first reading by title amending Chapter 22 Zoning Ordinance Article specific district regulations Section 429.3 in definitions deleting conservation and adding original period of significance relocation and secretary of the interior standards of historic buildings edits for consistency and correction purposes adding written denial requirement adding seven day notice extending time limit of the certificate of appropriateness COA from 6 months to 12 months and restructuring exceptions to administrative bypass

Amending Chapter 22 Zoning Ordinance regarding historic buildings and certificates of appropriateness.

Ordinance upon first reading by title an ordinance increasing the monthly base fee for residential metered users from six dollars to seven dollars and eighty cents increasing the monthly water rates for residential metered users from three dollars and thirty five cents to four dollars and twenty cents per thousand gallons for the first five thousand gallons of water from four dollars and ten cents to five dollars and fifteen cents per thousand gallons for water usage between five thousand one and fifteen thousand gallons from five dollars and twenty cents to six dollars and fifty cents per thousand gallons for water used between fifteen thousand one and twenty thousand gallons and from six dollars and eighty cents to eight dollars and fifty cents per thousand gallons for water usage over twenty thousand gallons increasing the monthly base fee for non-residential water service from six dollars to seven dollars and eighty cents increasing the water rates for non-residential metered users from three dollars and eighty cents to four dollars and thirty five cents per thousand gallons for water usage up to such customers and average winter consumption as defined here in from four dollars and twenty cents to four dollars and eighty cents per thousand gallons for water usage exceeding such non-residential metered users average winter consumption as defined herein providing an effective date for said increase subject to voter approval contingent on voter approval of ordinance ordinance O-2122

Increasing monthly base fee and water rates for residential and non-residential metered users, subject to voter approval.

Ordinance upon first reading by title an ordinance of authorizing the calling and holding of a special election on the fifth day of April 2022 for the purpose of submitting to the registered voters of the City of Norman the question of approving or rejecting ordinance O-2122-34 increasing the water rates as previously read

Authorizing a special election on April 5, 2022, for voter approval of water rate increases.

Approval of the Mayor's appointments as follows Norman Regional Hospital Authority Mary Womack Ward 5 Dr Mohamed Anwar Ward 8 Dr Dianne Chambers Ward 3

Approval of Mayor's appointments to the Norman Regional Hospital Authority.

Acknowledgment of the monthly departmental report for the month of November 2021

Acknowledgment of the November 2021 monthly departmental report.

Acknowledgment of the Norman Conventioner Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc. Visit/Norman annual report from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021

Acknowledgment of the Norman Convention and Visitors Bureau annual report.

Bid for the purchase of a 30 ton carbon dioxide tank from Tomco Systems Company in the amount of 228,975 dollars for water for the water treatment plant

Bid for a 30-ton carbon dioxide tank for the water treatment plant.

Acceptance of a donation in the amount of five hundred dollars from the J M Williams Revocable Trust to be used for training for the Norman Police Department and budget transfer as outlined in the staff report

Acceptance of a $500 donation for NPD training.

Approval of the reallocation of available funds to the capital fund balance as outlined in the staff report and the attachments for the 2012 transportation bond program reconciliation

Reallocation of funds for the 2012 transportation bond program reconciliation.

Norman Rural Certificate of Survey for Little River Estates and the acceptance of an easement located at the northwest corner of the intersection of 120th Avenue Southeast and Cedar Lane

Norman Rural Certificate of Survey for Little River Estates and easement acceptance.

Final plot for Club Car Wash at St. James Center located at the southeast corner of Classen Boulevard and Cedar Lane

Final plat for Club Car Wash at St. James Center.

Change order number two to the contract with Nash Construction Company increasing the contract by eighty thousand dollars for a revised contract amount of four hundred thirty nine thousand one hundred nine dollars and budget appropriation and transfers as outlined in the staff report

Change order for Nash Construction Company contract.

Amendment number one to the inter-local agreement contract with Central Oklahoma Transportation Parking Authority dba Embark increasing the contract amount by one hundred thousand six hundred eighty seven dollars and fifty eight cents for a revised amount not to exceed three million four hundred sixty nine thousand six hundred fifty five dollars and 58 cents to add to the provision of washing and fueling services to the service agreement for the City of Norman public transit fleet contract

Amendment to the inter-local agreement with Embark for washing and fueling services.

Contract between the Norman Utilities Authority and Oklahoma Electric Cooperative for a distribution cooperative agreement for the interconnection of distributed distributed generation at the water reclamation facility at 3500 Jenkins Avenue

Contract between NUA and Oklahoma Electric Cooperative for distributed generation interconnection.

Contract with Hall Park Property Owners Association Inc. for vegetative management at Hall Park Lakes

Contract for vegetative management at Hall Park Lakes.

Contract between the City of Norman the Norman Municipal Authority and Crossland Construction Company Inc. in the amount of 32,250 for construction manager at risk services for the emergency communications center and emergency operations center

Contract for construction manager at risk services for the emergency communications and operations center.

Amendment number three to the contract with the Norman Municipal Authority and Architects Design Group Inc. increasing the contract amount by million ninety seven thousand four hundred five dollars for a revised contract amount of two million one hundred fifty two thousand six hundred eleven dollars to provide additional professional architectural design service services and adding the Norman Municipal Authority as a party to the contract and its various amendments for the emergency communications center slash emergency operations center

Amendment to contract with Architects Design Group Inc. for architectural design services for the emergency communications and operations center.

Contract a purchase sale agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank in the amount of 435,000 dollars for the purchase of real property located at 318 320 East Comanche Street and authorizing the city manager or his designee to execute any documents on behalf of the City of Norman to continue the sale process

Purchase sale agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank for property at 318-320 East Comanche Street.

Contract with Tetra Tech Inc. to provide consultant services to the to update the City of Norman disaster debris management plan

Contract with Tetra Tech Inc. to update the disaster debris management plan.

Resolution of the Norman Utilities Authority authorizing the chairman to submit Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company interconnection applications for the solar project at the water reclamation facility and the water treatment plant

Resolution authorizing NUA chairman to submit OG&E interconnection applications for solar projects.

Resolution assigning contract K K-8990-32 with Haskell Lemon Construction Company to Haskell Lemon Group LLC and assigning all rights and duties as lessee under the contract to Haskell Lemon Group LLC

Resolution assigning contract K-8990-32 to Haskell Lemon Group LLC.

Resolution adopting the 2021 ADA Transit Transition Plan as an addendum to the 2018 self-evaluation and transition plan in order to improve accessibility for city programs services activities facilities project decisions and improvements that are planned and guided by the current Americans with Disabilities Act requirements

Resolution adopting the 2021 ADA Transit Transition Plan.

Resolution accepting the apportionment of 919,549 dollars to the Federal Transit Administration's Norman Urbanized Area through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and authorizing the city manager or his designee to submit execute and file an application on behalf of the City of Norman with the United States Department of Transportation to formally program the funding for a vehicle wash facility

Resolution accepting ARPA funds for a vehicle wash facility.

Resolution creating an ad hoc committee to review potential amendments to the sitters center city form-based code appointing members and designating a chairperson

Resolution creating an ad hoc committee to review Center City Form-Based Code amendments.

Resolution R-2122-73 appropriating twenty seven thousand three hundred dollars from the federal Caesar seizure and restitution fund balance to purchase year four of the Axon technology assurance plan under contract K-1819-57

Appropriating funds from the federal seizure and restitution fund for the Axon technology assurance plan (police tasers and equipment).

Land use plan amendment and zoning for Sooner Traditions

Land use plan amendment and zoning for Sooner Traditions, previously postponed.

Consideration of postponement of ordinance O-2122-15 upon second and final reading rezoning property located at 1027 and 1035 South Berry Road to January 25th 2022

Postponement of rezoning ordinance for property at 1027 and 1035 South Berry Road.

Resolution R-2122-86 approving an appeal of the temporary administrative delay to allow the submittal of a permit application for the construction of a triplex with a rear parking area at 719 Deans Row Avenue

Approval of an appeal to allow a permit application for a triplex at 719 Deans Row Avenue to proceed.

Preliminary plat for the Apostolic Worship Center generally located 1300 feet south of Tecumseh Road on the east side of Porter Avenue 3231 North Porter Avenue

Approval of a preliminary plat for the Apostolic Worship Center.

Preliminary plat for Alpine Motorsports generally located one half mile west of Porter Avenue on the south side of West Tecumseh Road 510 West Tecumseh Road

Approval of a preliminary plat for Alpine Motorsports.

Preliminary plat for Trent Estates located at the southeast corner of 96th Avenue Northeast and Rock Creek Road a closed street

Approval of a preliminary plat for Trent Estates, splitting a 25-acre property into two 12-acre tracts.

Ordinance O-2122-21 upon second and final reading an ordinance of the council of the City of Norman Oklahoma amending the planned unit development established in ordinance O-1415-45 to amend the allow allowable uses for lot 4a in block 1 of University North Park Professional Center

Amending the PUD for University North Park Professional Center to permit a daycare center.

Ordinance O-2122-24 upon second and final reading an ordinance of the council of the City of Norman Oklahoma to grant special use for a bar lounge or tavern in the C2 general commercial district located at 2224 West Main Street Suite 2262

Granting special use for a bar, lounge, or tavern at 2224 West Main Street.

Ordinance O-2122-22 upon second and final reading an ordinance of the council of the City of Norman Oklahoma amending the floodplain ordinance

Amending the floodplain ordinance to include electrical and mechanical equipment in the two-foot freeboard requirement, improving the CRS rating.