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Appointments
- Sarah Gilpin — Appointment to the River Parks Authority (Item 2a). Motion to approve carried by roll call; appointee was present and confirmation was approved.
- Bruce Niemi — Appointment to the Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority (Item 2b). Niemi addressed the council and the appointment was approved by roll call.

Bonds and budget
- Resolution authorizing the sale of general obligation bonds, Series 2025A, in the amount of $107,705,000 (Item 4b). The council approved the resolution and also approved the emergency clause on the resolution by recorded roll call.

Consent and grouped items
- Items 4c through 4t (a package of mayor’s items and special event applications) were approved on a single motion and roll call.
- Items 6 a through 6 f (first-reading ordinances) were forwarded to the next council meeting for action; 6 g removed from the Sept. 10 agenda.

Ordinances and second readings
- The council approved ordinances 7 a through 7 f (except 7 c, which had been pulled) on second reading; 7 f received the emergency clause.
- Ordinance 7 g (amending Title 37 — traffic code to prohibit sitting/standing on roadway medians with minimum horizontal clearance) passed on final vote; the emergency clause for 7 g did not receive six votes and therefore will not take effect immediately.

Items pulled
- Item 3 c and item 7 c were noted as pulled from the agenda earlier in the meeting; public comments were received on other items in the package.

Recorded vote notes
Where the roll call was read aloud, the clerk recorded each councilor’s vote on the record. Examples recorded in the transcript include the roll call approving the $107,705,000 bond sale and the roll calls on the ordinance packages (detailed in the meeting minutes). Where votes were taken as packages, the council’s action applied to each item listed in that package.

The council also announced follow-up and outreach plans related to several adopted items, including public outreach on the traffic code change and staff follow-up on the Crutchfield plan’s implementation details.

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The project plan is intended to provide an economic structure and funding mechanism to support growth and investment in the Crutchfield neighborhood, including new housing at varying affordability levels and commercial development. The plan was presented to the council as a tool to encourage private investment in the area.

Several public commenters said they worry the plan will draw resources away from North Tulsa, which speakers described as a federally designated entitlement community that has faced historic disinvestment. “I have a very serious problem with this because the way I have read that it's going to be set up, it is going to virtually put a lot of people that lived in that area that was supposed to have first choice to go back into this neighborhood … will not be able to because of the mixed use pricing,” said James Alexander Jr., who urged the council not to allow changes that he said would displace long-term residents.

Bernice Alexander, another speaker, questioned whether the city had consulted federal authorities and said she would “make an inquiry” to the Justice Department about whether the federal provisions for North Tulsa had been considered. She and other speakers referenced historical racial violence and argued funds intended for North Tulsa were being distributed elsewhere.

Stuart McDaniel also addressed the council during the Crutchfield hearing and other commenters said the sector plan process historically has not always reflected neighborhood voices. Speakers urged the council to ensure the plan preserves affordability for current residents and to clarify how tax increments and other funding tools will be used.

The council approved the Crutchfield plan as part of a package of ordinances (items 7 a through 7 f, with 7 c pulled earlier). The roll call for that package recorded affirmative votes and the mayor’s agenda item was carried to adoption.

Councilors did not adopt specific amendments on the floor related to guarantees for local preference or detailed funding flows; speakers and councilors asked staff to provide follow-up information about which revenues and funding mechanisms (including any federal HUD-related funds or tax increment financing) will support the plan.

The council’s action adopts the project plan; staff will return with implementing details and clarifications about eligibility, funding sources and timelines.

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The council took the vote after an extended public comment period and more than two hours of debate among councilors about pedestrian safety, enforcement and the potential effect on people experiencing homelessness. The ordinance passed in a recorded roll call divided largely along concern for immediate safety versus worries about enforcement and equity. The council later voted down an emergency clause that would have made the ordinance effective immediately.

Supporters said the measure is intended to reduce pedestrian injuries and deaths by keeping people out of narrow medians and close to high-speed traffic. “A single distraction, a single slip of the foot, and tragedy happens in an instant,” said Christy Rawlings during public comment, describing a recent near-miss she witnessed when a child stumbled into the street. Evan Taylor, another speaker, said medians had become “safety buffer zones for cars” and argued drivers — not people on sidewalks — were creating risk but that medians themselves presented a unique hazard.

Opponents raised constitutional and enforcement concerns. Tony Bethel urged the council to delay and rewrite the measure, asking how officers would reliably measure an 18-inch offset and calling the proposed $150 fine “way too much.” Several speakers and councilors warned the ordinance could disproportionately affect people experiencing homelessness and other vulnerable residents. “This ordinance is harmful to public safety, irresponsible given our lack of pedestrian infrastructure and punitive to our most vulnerable residents,” said Samuel Robson, a resident of District 1.

Several speakers with technical experience urged a more data-driven approach. Ellen Ray, who identified herself as director of planning and zoning for Housing Forward (speaking as a private citizen), cited NHTSA data and said vehicle behavior — failure to yield, speed and impairment — is the leading factor in pedestrian fatalities, while behaviors such as standing in the roadway account for a smaller share. Ray warned a single uniform 18-inch standard may not suit the wide variety of Tulsa street designs.

Council discussion referenced specific crash sites and equity concerns. Councilor Lincoln, who led the discussion, said the ordinance was aimed at narrow medians where people are within inches of moving vehicles and cited prior fatal incidents: “If this ordinance had been in place, if they were following the law, those people wouldn't have been out in the median.” Councilor Dutton and others urged caution about enforcement and impacts on marginalized communities; Councilor Lakin, Councilor Bush, Councilor Gilbert and Councilor Bangle spoke in favor of the ordinance as a public-safety measure.

The final recorded vote on the ordinance was: Yes — Councilor Bush, Councilor Archie, Councilor Gilbert, Councilor Bangle, Councilor Lakin; No — Councilor Hall Harper, Councilor Dutton, Councilor Doctor Wright. The ordinance passed. A subsequent roll call on an emergency clause failed because it did not receive the six votes required, meaning the new restrictions will take effect on the schedule set in the ordinance rather than immediately.

Councilors and staff said they will use the next 30 days to clarify enforcement rules and public outreach. Councilor Kelsey Bingle said the council plans community meetings in the coming weeks to explain what the ordinance does and does not change.

The ordinance amends Tulsa Revised Ordinances, Title 37 (Tulsa Revised Traffic Code, Chapter 11); the ordinance text cites the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (federal guidance) as a design reference. The council and public also discussed how the rule intersects with existing right-of-way obstruction laws and Americans with Disabilities Act access requirements.

The council’s approval completes the legislative step; details about enforcement policy and outreach will be determined by the city in the weeks before the rule becomes effective.

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