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City officials said no votes were taken during the executive session. Council members moved to approve the resolution in open session; roll-call votes recorded Emmons, Abel and Vice Mayor Brown voting yes.

What is known and what is not

The council did not provide substantive details about the nature of the settlement during the public meeting. The agenda item’s packet identified the item as “a resolution of the City of Jenks, Oklahoma, Resolution No. 883, regarding a settlement.” No further description or legal citations were read into the record during the open meeting.

Vote

Motion to approve Resolution No. 883 — Emmons: yes; Abel: yes; Vice Mayor Brown: yes. Motion passed.

Because the council discussed the matter in executive session and did not disclose details in open session, the public record available in the meeting transcript does not state the counterparty, monetary terms or the subject matter of the settlement.

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City staff and the applicant told council the proposed lot would replace two small office-warehouse buildings and add additional landscaping. Staff said prior engineering had been conceptual and the city is awaiting final engineering and hydrology to determine whether two existing detention areas will be required or can be removed because recent storm-sewer work may have changed drainage needs.

Why it matters: the plat clears title and lot configuration for a redevelopment project and will allow building permits to move forward subject to final engineering sign-offs.

Key details and conditions

- Site: West K Place area; proposed lot size reported as 1.25 acres.
- Uses: same uses as originally approved in 2020 (office/warehouse style) with additional landscaping.
- Drainage: staff and the project engineer said final hydrology review is pending; until that review is complete detention features may remain in place.

Applicant Ryan McCarty (Select Design) and the project engineer said the project was delayed by the pandemic and that engineering remains under review; the applicant said detention ponds “may have to stay” depending on final engineering findings. Councilmembers confirmed the plat can be approved administratively while engineering and permit-level calculations continue to be resolved.

Vote

Motion to approve preliminary/final plat (item D) — Emmons: yes; Abel: yes; Vice Mayor Brown: yes. Motion passed.

Next steps

Staff will require final engineering and hydrology calculations before issuing construction permits; the plat approval itself does not waive engineering review, per staff comments.

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The council approved ordinance 16-73 after the planning commission recommended approval. The applicant, Dwayne Phillips, described a proposal for roughly 25 units (townhomes/carriage homes) and said the development would include a dog park, children’s play area and fitness space on an eastern amenity strip. Phillips told the council the project would cost roughly $8.5 million to build and estimated the completed development would increase annual ad valorem tax receipts from about $4,100 (current vacant land) to roughly $140,000 per year.

Why it matters: the rezoning moves a mixed-use, higher-density residential project forward in the downtown riverfront area and is consistent with the comprehensive plan staff referenced during the presentation.

Applicant presentation and specifics

Dwayne Phillips, the applicant, said the development would contain a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units including 14 one-bedroom units and several two- and three-bedroom carriage homes with attached garages. Phillips described conceptual unit sizes (one-bedrooms ~1,088 sq ft; two-bedrooms ~1,877 sq ft plus a 477 sq ft garage) and projected monthly rents in the market range he cited.

Planning staff and the planning commission had reviewed the straight rezoning and recommended approval; staff showed the council a map of the comprehensive-plan designation and a mix of nearby uses. After noting the planning commission’s recommendation and answering no citizen questions, the council approved the ordinance by roll call.

Votes

Motion to pass Ordinance 16-73 — Emmons: yes; Abel: yes; Vice Mayor Brown: yes. The council did not have the necessary votes for an emergency clause, so a related item was struck.

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Marce, a city staff member presenting the aquarium report for absent aquarium director Kenny, said attendance and revenue were down roughly 6%–8% in June and July and that use tax (tax on goods delivered into Jenks, such as construction materials and online purchases) was down about 2.5% for the first three months of the fiscal year and roughly 8% compared with the same month last year. Marce said similar declines were reported at other regional attractions.

Why it matters: attendance and tax revenues are inputs for the aquarium’s operating and event planning and inform city and authority discussions about programming, marketing and capital investments.

Events, membership and construction

Marce said the aquarium’s July events, including Sharks-themed programming, sold out for many sessions and that proceeds from a dive contest will fund free visits for about 500 students. The aquarium is testing a daytime version of its Halloween event and planning a volunteer cleanup for “918 Day,” a Tulsa-area community event.

On facilities, staff said work is underway on the Shark Research Center. Large concrete tanks are being prepped for waterproofing with an expected completion date in October, after which waterproofing itself will begin. Staff also described a repair method used on a living coral exhibit that avoided draining the tank; artificial coral insertions for the Polynesian reef are being secured with specialized screws into the substrate to limit movement during water flow.

Use and financial context

Marce said the aquarium’s membership numbers are up despite the attendance dip. The staff reported a general slowdown in consumer spending that affected use tax and said the aquarium had seen similar cyclical declines before that were offset by busier periods later in the year.

Quotes and public programs

Marce said, “Our out-of-state dive with the bull sharks was a big hit again,” and that contest proceeds “will actually bring about 500 students to the aquarium at no cost.” He also described the new STEM-focused public event scheduled for the evening of the meeting as “sponsored by Community Care” and expected to host educators and students from regional institutions including the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and OSU Health.

Next steps and community tie-ins

Staff said the aquarium is coordinating with riverfront trail funding tied to a low-water dam project that will eventually connect trails from Turkey Mountain to the outlet mall south of the aquarium, improving pedestrian access along the river within five years. The aquarium plans pollinator-garden work and adjacent apiaries.

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The trustees voted to approve the shared-parking lease and the aquarium-campus architectural agreement on the authority’s consent agenda. The city council later approved the shared-parking economic-development agreement and the related planned-unit development ordinance after staff described the leases and concept plans.

Staff described the project as a food hall with indoor and outdoor dining and accessory entertainment uses that is intended to “draw visitors to the aquarium and support the continued development of the city's riverfront as a dining and entertainment destination,” citing language from an earlier economic-development resolution. Marce, a city staff member who presented the documents to the authority, told trustees the group would need to finalize a lease for parking across Aquarium Place and an option for a triangular parcel for future parking if demand requires it.

Why it matters: the project ties development goals for the aquarium campus to new private investment and parking arrangements that cross public and foundation-owned properties. The city and the Oklahoma Aquarium Foundation (OAF) have signed or are prepared to sign a series of documents — an amended economic-development agreement, two parking leases and a private-covenants acknowledgment — that together allow the food-hall developer to proceed toward a building permit while protecting employee parking for the aquarium.

Details of the deal and approvals

Marce told the authority and council the primary off-site parking would occupy land across the street from the food-hall site, and that additional parking could be built later on a “triangular piece” partly owned by the city and partly by the aquarium foundation. She described the parking plan as conceptual and cautioned that the final space count will depend on engineering, the tow of the levee, power-line setbacks and Corps of Engineers easements.

The agreements require protected employee parking for the aquarium via a gated access and fence along the sidewalk at the aquarium campus. The authority and the foundation also signed an acknowledgement permitting some changes to private-plat covenants related to architectural style.

Developer Robert Butler, who identified his address for the record, said leases are in place and the team expects to submit a building permit application in the coming weeks. “It's been a long four years, but we are here,” Butler said.

Votes and next steps

- Jenks Aquarium Authority (trustees): motion to approve the shared-parking and economic-development package — Abel: yes; Morris: yes; Blackburn: yes; Vice Chair Brown: yes. Motion passed.
- City Council: motion to approve the shared-parking economic-development agreement (item 7) and the planned-unit development (item 8) — Emmons: yes; Abel: yes; Vice Mayor Brown: yes. Motions passed. The council struck the emergency clause related to a separate item because the supermajority threshold was not met.

The authority’s staff noted one last approval for a lease requires a supermajority of trustees and will be scheduled for a special JAA meeting on Sept. 30 if needed; staff said many signatures were already in hand and the remaining signatories were present at the meeting.

Background and context

The project traces to a 2021 council resolution that encouraged development “complimentary to the aquarium” to increase sales tax, jobs and riverfront dining and entertainment. Staff emphasized the PUD is limited to food uses and accessory entertainment and includes design restrictions and use limits.

Trustees and council members who spoke praised the project as a riverfront economic stimulus and thanked the aquarium foundation and developer for their work negotiating parking and covenant language.

What remains: final engineering and coordination with PSO and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the off-site parking layout and easements, plus the final lease signatures and any supermajority vote the authority must hold for the last lease item.

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