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Council Approves SISU Youth Services SPUD After Contentious Neighborhood Debate, 5–4
Summary
After months of neighborhood meetings and extensive public comment, the council approved a special planned unit development (SPUD 1694) amending SISU Youth Services’ campus plan to add service space and up to 16 on‑site apartments. The vote followed heated testimony both for and against the shelter’s expansion.
The Oklahoma City Council voted 5–4 to approve a revised SPUD allowing SISU Youth Services to expand services and add additional on‑site apartments at its northwest 30th Street campus, a decision that followed a long public comment period and months of neighborhood meetings.
Rachel Bradley, executive director of SISU Youth Services, told the council the revised campus plan replaces an earlier approval and reflects neighborhood feedback and operational experience. “The question before you today is not should SISU continue operations or even should we construct the second phase of our campus, but which version of the campus will SISU build?” Bradley said, summarizing the organization’s request to reconfigure Phase 2 to add classrooms, clinic space and up to 16 apartments.
Bradley described multiple outreach efforts, including seven meetings over four months with neighbors and a…
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