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[00:00] Okay, we're going to call it the Army City Council for this regular day and time.
[00:15] Two of the public input on schedule personal appearances is the Army Council on the agenda items.
[00:21] I think three of us could send in generous.
[00:23] Staff is recommending a forward vibe which again are claims of minutes.
[00:27] There are no questions that entertain a motion to approve this recommended.
[00:31] Motion approved.
[00:33] And the second.
[00:34] Second.
[00:35] Low call.
[00:36] Question.
[00:37] Who is working?
[00:39] Forceder.
[00:40] Solves.
[00:41] Item five is contract for the city of Miami,
[00:46] Anyhow.
[00:47] And there is smithy amount of 10,000 for the, which,
[00:49] 10,000 is the city's portion for work in the 66 cultural district.
[00:54] Prove the claim and approve the budget amendment number 20-04B General Fund City
[01:00] and I believe you guys talked to MDRA yesterday a little bit about this also.
[01:06] I think we brought them into the loop.
[01:09] Okay.
[01:10] You want to give us an overview.
[01:12] But you're an overview and I'll also answer a few questions that have been asked previously and been
[01:18] if you have more questions.
[01:20] Okay.
[01:22] So, Dean passed me with a new department to the Department of Library Arts and Culture.
[01:27] And one of the things that I'm supposed to do is to help increase activity
[01:31] downtown.
[01:32] And that's that's part of what we're looking to do.
[01:35] It is a cooperative project with Anyhow, but also with a MIMA Arts and Humanities Council.
[01:40] I took a little bit about that in the email that I sent out.
[01:45] I only had one person respond with a question which let me know that I've related and
[01:49] explaining very well how that would work.
[01:51] The city will be contributing $10,000 like a check to Anyhow.
[01:57] However, of those funds, $7,400 if a pretty wide view would be city funds.
[02:03] The remaining 2,600 would come from the LIMA Arts and Humanities Council.
[02:08] We are 66 cultural district grant that we receive a peer that we've received for the past four years.
[02:16] And the reason for that is this grant is specifically designed to help market the cultural district.
[02:22] We use it for several different things.
[02:24] But this fits in perfectly with the purpose of the grant.
[02:28] And so for this year's grant, we would use the funds for that.
[02:32] And so the Arts Council would make the check out to the city.
[02:35] And then the city would make the $10,000 check out.
[02:39] So the Arts Council brought us a check for $24,300.
[02:42] $26,300.
[02:43] Yes.
[02:44] So that's how that's how we would do that.
[02:48] Another question I was asked and I tried to answer that within the email.
[02:53] I'll mention it again, is where do we come up with the Arts Math?
[02:58] Well, Aaron has worked...
[03:00] worked for NEO for the past two years.
[03:02] This is his third year doing NEO theater experience.
[03:05] Dr. Hale was very pleased with his work.
[03:07] Dr. Racers, pleased with his work.
[03:09] I mean, obviously they're having him continue this.
[03:12] And we did, we did talk with Dr. Racer about this.
[03:17] He's got a reputation for being very creative.
[03:20] He's a very hard worker, very energetic.
[03:23] And he's good at bringing volunteers together.
[03:27] And I've seen this, even in the mural festival,
[03:30] me had an activity downtown.
[03:31] And he had a whole lot of volunteers with him.
[03:33] I know Ryan has seen this as well in NEO.
[03:37] And so that kind of draw attention, plus the way
[03:41] that we're partnering with NEO,
[03:43] may be the ones that will pay him, give him the monthly payment.
[03:48] He'll kind of be our hands at that point,
[03:51] just in terms of making out the checks and that sort of thing.
[03:54] And two, one of the goals is to bring more NEO students
[03:59] downtown.
[04:00] That's something that Ryan and I talked about in the past
[04:03] is just seeing more of NEO kids downtown.
[04:09] In addition to that, there are several cultural district
[04:13] objectives that are included in the contract.
[04:17] Or I think you go list of some of the things
[04:19] that he would be doing as well.
[04:22] And one of the things that I don't think I had explained very well
[04:27] that came out when we talked with NEO yesterday
[04:30] was how this would be structured.
[04:31] He would be working under me.
[04:34] It's not a contract, but we say, OK, we want you
[04:38] to market the cultural district, let us know when you're done.
[04:41] Because this is specific things.
[04:43] He would be responsible in June.
[04:45] There would be my oversight, Ryan,
[04:47] is overseeing the work at NEO as well.
[04:51] So that's how that would be structured.
[04:54] And we also would be tracking a lot of things in terms of attendees
[05:00] and where people were coming from, and that sort of thing.
[05:05] So those were the main questions that we were asked,
[05:10] and I would book you to ask more questions now.
[05:14] So is this a one-year contract more or should we do?
[05:16] Yes.
[05:16] And that's a good point to it.
[05:18] This is a pilot project.
[05:19] In fact, the contract states that it doesn't imply
[05:23] that there will be any more contracts or a bottom-of-the-art
[05:26] amount of free-gay.
[05:26] Well, this is a one-shot video.
[05:30] I think the question was answered.
[05:32] I mean, if we got six months in, you were just really
[05:34] disappointed with the way things were going.
[05:36] What a report is the city council, if any.
[05:39] We would stop.
[05:43] I mean, it would be.
[05:44] And I think this is something that we talked about
[05:48] with Dr. Razer, and I'm not sure about the exactly how
[05:53] the...
[05:54] I said that he's working for the college, but he's underneath you.
[05:58] If two months ended then.
[06:00] Okay, so he's working for both is the city going to do one lump sum to them and then they figure out or do we pay an out of monthly
[06:08] stipend of this or how does
[06:15] So two months in we're not satisfied or three months and we're not satisfied
[06:20] You know, it's going to reimburse the city back. Does that how that's going to be done exactly?
[06:25] Because I was one of raise a lot of questions and I'll be the first one to say that
[06:30] If you want to say no rise guy and I'm going to be start talking about marketing before you ever came on
[06:36] We always kind of had an internal marketing whether it was what we needed or didn't need I didn't know
[06:40] Apparently his ability to market sounded like a better thing for the call for this
[06:45] And and I'm okay with that, but A I just kind of wanted to know why him and not somebody else or did this city if we're giving a donation
[06:56] Do we have the ability to reach out for somebody that does marketing at this level or does that are only option?
[07:03] So that was where I came in and just didn't
[07:06] Didn't get all the answers that I needed for that so my one of the things that I said was is with the money that we're going to give
[07:16] Are we willing to get you know if we don't get what we want or what you feel is right at any point you can stop
[07:22] Okay, one of the other things that you you email back you talked about the four of the things
[07:27] He's going to do four small downtown things. Is this four small downtown things that are new that we're done already?
[07:34] It's not anything that we well for I say is four new small things and then one new major events
[07:43] That was one that was really kind of I didn't know if we were piggybacking off of stuff that we've already done
[07:51] The movie on mainstream that's the one really well. We don't see it. We're going to end up with a strike
[07:56] But that's that's something. Oh, I mean, it's it's me, but if that's not something that he could come in and do and and he would I mean
[08:03] We want these things to be something we have at them
[08:06] Yeah, and I do think to one of your questions
[08:10] Brian
[08:11] I know I are not real well
[08:13] I but I do know him and I would say in our community he's one of the few people that probably have the skills that that's I mean
[08:20] That maybe somebody in job or some work could be like being part of the college is I think key to what we're trying to accomplish
[08:28] So that you know somebody else outside if you're not going to hand that
[08:32] Connection and and and to be the ambition of the marketing
[08:36] They're also the advance. He's not just marketing those events. He's put it in together and creating them and so that's like almost a different thing
[08:43] You know if it goes together people market those events
[08:47] He's the one that's going to you know, well with with me be there
[08:53] At least one of them is going to be any else to some kind of a downtown of that brain
[09:01] Well, and like I mentioned in my email, I support this. I just didn't feel like I had all I felt like I was given something and what I was told is is that I have a rough draft contract and I really want a rough draft
[09:14] I'm trying to know what we were getting for the money and what's our out if we don't if I come along and we donate 70 or $100 to somebody that doesn't have a pan-out
[09:25] What can we get back in exchange? So that was where I had some concerns all the way up until right now. So I appreciate explaining that
[09:38] I just had a question this position was not posted anywhere for people to apply for
[09:44] No, and because it's not he's not employed by the city, this is just a contract and do this specific
[09:54] So he's not like a city employee, it states that in the contract as well that he's not
[10:03] Is this dean and so really is this just a donation to the college?
[10:08] No, I don't think it's a donation to the college is facilitating it, but I wouldn't consider it a donation
[10:16] It's kind of like we give the chamber 10,000 to the fireworks
[10:21] And then I see this kind of that same way except for this is something at least on the outside and it's something he's already doing at the college
[10:32] He's a contract employee at the college and he's not on the payroll in the regular sense, he's a contract employee
[10:40] And I think the way I see this is we're just pitching in somebody to supplement what he's trying to do to benefit down here
[10:51] That's really the focus of this is the
[10:55] And so the arts council's pitching in I don't know what is the college doing 10,000 so the college is pitching in 10
[11:02] 50% of it the arts council's doing about 15% we're going to rest
[11:08] Do we have any timelines and plenty of when things are going to start happening that we can
[11:14] That that's something that we will be working out
[11:18] Yes, there will be timelines and there will be tracking
[11:24] We have calendar revenge to go on
[11:27] The contract it would start when
[11:29] September 15
[11:31] Okay, we're already just kind of behind
[11:38] So if I pray tonight, it will start maybe morning
[11:41] I guess that's the best way
[11:43] How many hours you think you'll be dedicated to these particular programs?
[11:48] Excessive, yes
[11:50] What was an excessive amount of time?
[11:52] Excessive, yes
[11:53] He's almost 18
[11:56] What's just understand when somebody on the outside
[12:00] comes up and asks, you know, why is the city who is this person and why? I don't know if that's
[12:04] what I'm saying. Oh yes. Whether Ryan knows him and thinks he's a great guy. I know him.
[12:08] He might still be, but I'll believe Ryan. And I go with that. So I have to ask these questions.
[12:12] I understand. And that's why I did. Yes. So I understand all that. And I've got to ask you
[12:17] great question. How many hours? Whether he's an OCD guy or not, you want to make sure you're, you know,
[12:21] is he? But with four small events and one big event and what he's trying to do, I'm going to
[12:26] guess that he's, he's something that I'm learning. We, we, we, we've got more people. But
[12:32] here's what I would like this passes. I would like some kind of report back, you know, when
[12:40] that's orderly or, you know, yes, you know, something new comes about. Yes, that will be great to hear
[12:47] all and and be all right. We will be given right now. More than likely we'll sit at downtown or
[12:51] hear about it. Yes. So she read it. Yes. The same kind of needs to. I have no further questions.
[12:59] Okay. So we have a motion to approve the contract when it's sitting in the mail, but they're in
[13:07] areas, math and the amount of 10,000. Based on the information that she gave me to not. I will make
[13:15] that motion. Okay. We have a second. Second. Roll ball. Who's for a stir? All right. For a
[13:20] question. All right. So that is a bucket truck or a service truck. You can see it. Yes. I
[13:46] would like to point out that all tech was the second. But the first bit or did not include
[13:58] everything that we asked for. They did not have an extended cab. They did not have the requirements of the
[14:03] bit. So we went with all tech. And the first bit I talked to the new day they understood it. They said,
[14:07] look, we were just trying to get you directly. We had them a lot, you know, more of them. So it's an
[14:11] understanding. They said, we'll, you know, next time we'll bid it as you know, you said, okay. So this
[14:17] truck was included in the right study. This was. Yes, sir. It was, it was, it was, it was budget. I mean,
[14:25] the right study that purchased that right. So and we would take our older, our oldest bucket truck that's
[14:31] and we'll give it to the parks department so they can use it and for different things like that they need.
[14:37] So it'll go to get you. Do you hear that? Yes. Yes. Let's get a vehicle number off of that.
[14:44] Thank you. Thank you 14. Yeah, 14. For the record, 14. Oh, there's broken back. So. Do we have most of your
[14:53] approval item set? I'll make a motion. And on second, then roll up all the leaves. For us, sir.
[14:57] All right, shall we? Let's go.
[15:00] I have questions, but I'm working.
[15:03] I don't think it's good business, any business, anyone?
[15:07] Staff report, I don't know, I don't know.
[15:08] Staff report, so I'm going to do a packet from the staff here
[15:11] if you have questions.
[15:13] I think it's mayor and council committee announcements.
[15:19] Ben or tower, do you know of anything specifically
[15:22] that we need to have on?
[15:25] Do we need to have a work session next week?
[15:27] There's a long short.
[15:28] I think it was planning on us.
[15:31] Yes.
[15:32] That's what I was informed today.
[15:37] I have one question.
[15:38] I don't know if you've already passed that, but I was just going to ask about the splash.
[15:42] We were going to then see if there's a communication committee.
[15:44] We can go ahead.
[15:45] No, no, no, no.
[15:46] Let's be happy.
[15:47] We're going to go ahead.
[15:48] I don't let them.
[15:49] I ask everything to give us that.
[15:50] I don't know.
[15:51] 11 City Manager Communications, splash pads.
[15:54] Plac, plant up.
[15:56] As you know, in late August, the engineers came down and did inspection
[16:04] on the splash pad and we had 14 panels fail.
[16:09] Inspection, due to puddling, holding water.
[16:13] After working with them, they cut nine of them out and replaced them
[16:17] in September 3rd.
[16:19] So all the concrete at this point has passed.
[16:22] This was different from the different color.
[16:25] This was in puddling, relax.
[16:28] Yes.
[16:29] When they replaced that concrete on September 3rd,
[16:32] that started our 28 day wait time for tough coat all over.
[16:37] Because part of the runway was in some of the sections that had to be replaced.
[16:42] So they have to have 28 days of cure time.
[16:45] So early October, tough coat will be in to the emblem.
[16:50] And the runway, we had to send some of the features back to powder coat
[16:56] just because they set in our lock for so long after plastic.
[17:01] Or some of them in.
[17:03] Or some of the features are in.
[17:05] They wore all installed.
[17:07] But if we pulled some of them back out because the balloon had faded
[17:10] the sunlight and the rain and the plastic had faded some of the balloon
[17:14] features.
[17:15] So they pulled them out and sent them back to powder coat.
[17:19] Some of the signage was spelled wrong to comb the eight or several
[17:22] wrongs they sent it back.
[17:24] It's like a nightmare project.
[17:27] Well, it's been fun.
[17:30] I think water for each of your totals.
[17:32] Do you remember?
[17:33] I don't know.
[17:34] I don't know.
[17:35] Okay.
[17:36] The fence will be in at the end of next week.
[17:40] The top coat likes that'll be in and they end of October.
[17:43] The O-U-2 has finished all of their remediation.
[17:48] That's the new saw in the hydroceaning.
[17:51] The front section, the north side of the restroom,
[17:54] is the steady portion of the saw and it will be in this week.
[17:58] So that all.
[18:00] that will be finished up. And the only thing the city will lack is the parking lot. And
[18:05] as soon as we can get all the features installed and then we'll come in and do the parking
[18:10] lot. But with that it has cost us a lot of extra time but it has not changed our overall
[18:19] G&P. So no additional funding has come forward, no additional change orders have come forward.
[18:25] We've just lost a lot of time and the entire season this season.
[18:31] If the things are going to fade laying on a parking lot, how are they going to hold that?
[18:38] When they reached back out to the manufacturer, they said that's very, very unusual because one city
[18:44] is the unwrapped and they're held up. They don't set covered in plastic for three months with the
[18:49] amount of rain that we've had in sunshine. And they just set in our law forever just and just got
[18:56] beat by the sunlight wrapped in plastic. And you can see the actual bubble wrap emblems on the
[19:02] blue. It just faded it just a little shade lighter and the engineers rejected them and said them all back.
[19:10] So it's not that they won't fade it all just because of the way they were wrapped and it faded unevenly.
[19:15] Not even like yeah. Eventually they'll all fade. If you go down to the swimming pool you can see those
[19:23] those structures that they at least are all beautiful and that they all fade.
[19:26] It just kind of worried me that we can three months and they've already faded that much.
[19:32] But we are very, very close. It seems like everything is coming together.
[19:36] It will be done correctly when it's done. The brownfield side of things, the eagle picture,
[19:41] side of things. They have side to contract with their contractor to come in the rays and
[19:46] lower the wellheads to make those all ground level. So it should be a really nice piece of
[19:51] property when it's all sent down. So when is our warmest armament? We have not had, we do not have
[20:00] a substantial completion yet. So that will not start till we get that. And the engineers will not accept
[20:07] that until everything is in place and functioning. So it will get, I mean there's a 12 month
[20:12] morning we'll get it early here we'll once we get to substantial. Which will probably be after the
[20:19] tough code we'll be at off top. So we'll go through training, we'll get it fully up and running and then we'll
[20:26] shut it down. The last week is a good 80, 3 days. Right back up, you can have one week in.
[20:36] If we go to have one week in, then it's all up for it. Anything else?
[20:42] Yes, sir. So I'm happy to say that we close in on our sanitary suitors,
[20:48] stormwater, lo and that we've been where we took before you, for approval, through four months again.
[20:52] We locked that in a little over at 1.7479% so we're very excited about that for 20 years. So we're excited
[20:59] about that.
[21:00] We have, on Main Street we're still waiting on approval from the federal government to, um, to, um, to, okay,
[21:07] are, uh, our grand portion of that project. Someone figured that project, going, then we'll put that
[21:12] Main Street out for a bit and continue on on Main Street. So, so, ship all approved it. Yes, sir.
[21:17] We're waiting on the, yeah. We're waiting on the, so we, we've approved on our, in this data
[21:22] approved it, so the state has to get federal highway administration is approval since that's where the
[21:26] grant's coming from. So, we're waiting on that, and then, um, central, if you want to talk about central
[21:32] on, and over, and over. So, might we get so far into the winter that we end up holding
[21:39] off on Main Street until next year? Probably not. Yeah. Because the first piece is going to be utilities,
[21:47] um, we won't let them get the middle of a dinner, something where it sits, broke out all year,
[21:53] water lines done. So, the strong sewer piece, they could do this winter. Yeah.
[21:58] They could do the exciting ones. I mean, they could find all we could, or one other, the exciting ones.
[22:01] We have a winter like last year. They can't. The, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the next year.
[22:10] Because the plant's probably closed, but yeah, we're waiting on federal highway now,
[22:15] which is shocked to all of us. We didn't know we had another step and we got through the ship. That's what I thought.
[22:21] Yeah. The things that I want to ship out was down. We would like to point out it is a half a
[22:26] main dollar. So, it's, I don't know. It is way, I mean, it's far free money, I've never fast. So,
[22:33] central, central, the water line portion is nearly complete. They pulled their back to samples.
[22:40] They're waiting on the results of those. They'll get the tie-ins done, and water line will be hot.
[22:45] They got back on to the source of peace while they're waiting.
[22:50] We're working through a change where right now, for time, because they have almost five weeks of rain days.
[22:57] So, they started a project. So, they're looking, you know, membered in now, person's situation.
[23:04] These have started sidewalk. We've got to get there to do anything's done, and out of there. So, we can get the rest of the painting done.
[23:12] You know, in overlay project, they're probably 50% through on the sidewalk piece of it.
[23:21] The painting is essentially done, other than the repairs, and I've talked to him for a staff today.
[23:27] They're going to try and come back in the next three or four weeks and go ahead and get those patched.
[23:31] The goal was to have staff come back when they paved, central, and just let them fix everything so that they're
[23:37] both in all of the lines. But there's substantial completion for that project, was yesterday.
[23:44] They're going to come in, and they're asking for an extension as well. I didn't remember to get the sidewalk piece done.
[23:49] We're still working on it. We're going to improve that in a lot. So, you'll probably see a change order at the next council.
[24:00] questions for Sean or Tyler? Anything else on your list, Tyler?
[24:05] No, sir, that'd be it.
[24:06] I am seven. I'm two to one.
[24:09] We're hiring a good gentleman.
[24:11] I'm a good gentleman.
[24:13] Of course I am.
[24:14] Seven.
[24:15] Second.
[24:16] Oh, call.
[24:17] We're getting you.
[24:18] Question.
[24:19] Who is I?
[24:20] Forster.
[24:21] All right.