Tulsa City Council preview, 2021/05/05: 36th & MLK TIF
AFTER-ACTION REVIEW: All items on the regular council meeting agenda were approved without dissent. There was only one controversy: Gary Brinkner, vice chairman of the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce, objected to special event application for the Black Wall Street Legacy Festival, which would block off Greenwood and Archer for three days, May 28-30. Tiffany Crutcher is listed as the head of the event; Shannon White of the Gathering Place is listed as the applicant, and the Gathering Place is listed as the billing contact. According to Brinkner, the event would conflict with Greenwood Centennial Market Place Showcase, the family-friendly commemoration planned by the GCC, which owns the historic buildings in the block north of Archer on Greenwood, buildings that were rebuilt after the 1921 massacre and saved from the urban renewal wrecking ball. Brinkner and other commenters expressed concern about alcohol at the event and mentioned threats of destruction to businesses. The controversy appears to be that GCC wants to keep the festival north of I-244, leaving the area in front of the businesses free for the business owners' plans. I gather that the Black Wall Street Legacy Festival had already been permitted for north of the expressway. Ultimately, it seems to be a conflict between those who primarily see Greenwood as a present-day place of business and those who see it primarily as a symbol.
The Tulsa City Council will conduct a public hearing at their regular meeting on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, regarding a Tax Increment Finance (TIF) district intended to facilitate mixed-use development in north Tulsa. The proposed district is undeveloped land along the south side of 36th Street North, east and west of Martin Luther King, Junior, Boulevard. The TIF district would capture the city's undedicated share of sales taxes (2 cents on the dollar) to facilitate development in accordance with the 36th Street North Small Area Plan. Alfresco Group LLC owns the land; Antoine Harris is the registered agent. There will be a second public hearing and second reading (vote on final approval) on May 19, 2021.
The TIF project plan mentions commercial, retail, multifamily residential, and boutique hotel development. The funds generated by the TIF will be managed by the Tulsa Authority for Economic Opportunity (TAEO), the former Tulsa Industrial Authority, which was renamed in March.
The City Council will also vote on whether to approve $25 million in TAEO revenue bonds, borrowed against TIF funds from the Santa Fe Square District (in the old Santa Fe freight yards, in the Blue Dome district between 1st and 2nd, Elgin and Greenwood). The proposal waives competitive bidding on the bonds, which would be sold to KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio.
The meeting will be conducted via videoconferencing and will be streamed on TGOV (Cox Cable 24), the Tulsa City Council's Facebook page and tgovonline.org. Public comments on most agenda items must be submitted by 5 p.m. the day before the meeting, but the public may participate directly in public hearing items, such as the TIF district mentioned above:
Public comments must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Tuesday immediately before the Council's regular Wednesday meeting or they will not be included as part of the Council's meeting. In the case of a Public Hearing, comments will be taken at the meeting. Members of the public who prefer to submit comments remotely during the Public Hearing for Agenda item 3.a may do so via videoconferencing and teleconferencing by joining from a computer, tablet or smartphone, using the following link https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/849295021 or by dialing in by using their phone by dialing United States: (646) 749-3131 Participants must then enter the following Access Code: 849-295-021.
More from the regular meeting agenda and the committee agendas after the jump:
Z-7603, rezoning the old Liquid Life building on the south side of Skelly Drive at 123rd East Avenue to Low-Impact Industrial (IL).
Z-7594, rezoning the vacant lot just north of the 18th & Cincinnati convenience store from OL (Low-Intensity Office) to RM-2 (Residential Multifamily), matching adjacent property to the north.
Several special event applications in the Greenwood District, related to the upcoming centennial commemoration of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and the annual Juneteenth celebration.
Appointments to authorities, boards, and commissions: Douglas May to the Tulsa Stadium Trust, replacing Aaron Milford; Meg Myers Morgan, reappointment to the Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women; Brandon Jackson, reappointment to the Board of Appeals.
Payment of $250,000 lawsuit settlement with homeowners over damage caused by city sewage backup to their $492,500 home on Yorktown Place south of 47th Street. In 2008, a video inspection of a nearby sewer main revealed root intrusion, but nothing was done about it. The backup occurred in May 2019. The city crew that inspected the home after the backup said that it was the worst they had seen. The settlement will be paid from the sinking fund; ultimately, lawsuit settlements are paid by increased property taxes.
Committee Agendas:
Most items on this week's committee agendas will be on the City Council main meeting agenda for two weeks later (May 19, 2021). Matters that require a public hearing and a second reading, such as zoning amendments, will come a second time before the entire City Council four weeks later (June 2, 2021).
Urban and Economic Development committee at 10:30 a.m.:
- Appointments:
- Amy Mariska, Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women, 3-year-term, replaces Karen Larsen. Mariska
- Jeff Stava, Tulsa Airport Authority, 4-year-term, reappointment
- Rezoning:
- Z-7601: 23rd & Jackson, SW corner: Rezoning the middle third of a shopping center from CS to CH so that a marijuana dispensary can become a marijuana processing facility as well.
- Z-7603: East side of Hudson, 123rd to 126th: Rezoning a wooded acreage from AG to RS-3 for a new subdivision, next to new subdivisons to the east, south, and west across Hudson. "Grading and drainage for the site will require removal of most of the vegetation on the site during the construction phase." (Sadly, that's still legal.)
- CO-12 major amendment: Adaptive reuse of former Marriott/Radisson/Wyndham hotel at 41st and Garnett: Applicants want to convert to senior housing, 171 units of over 600 sq. ft. each, while retaining public uses (restaurant, ballroom) on ground floor. Neighboring shopping center owners are worried about the breadth of permitted uses. Comments from neighbors at the TMAPC meeting (at the link above) indicate that this is currently leased out to a non-profit as temporary housing for the homeless; neighboring retailers, offices, and homeowners describe the problems they have endured as a result.
- Budget Amendments:
- $8.1 million from TMUA Sewer Operating Fund to TMUA Sewer Capital Fund
- $5,000 supplemental
- Additional items:
- 36th & MLK TIF District
Budget and Special Projects committee at 1 p.m. will discuss new water and sewer rates for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, which begins July 1.
Public Works committee at 2:30 p.m. will hear from "GreenPlay Consulting regarding the initial findings from the information and data they have collected as part of the Parks Master Plan," consider the reappointment of Orlenthea McGowan to the Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women, and hear a presentation by "Refuse and Recycling Systems regarding challenges and changes to Refuse and Recycling Operations since the temporary loss of Tulsa's recycling facility."
As with the main meeting, committee meetings will be held online and streaming via the links above. The public may virtually attend the meetings at GoToMeeting links listed on the committee agenda.
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