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Council defers vote on consultant for soccer park operations after local clubs raise concerns
Summary
Councilmembers voted unanimously to defer action on a proposed professional services agreement with Collective Best to evaluate operations at North OKC and South Lake soccer complexes, after local soccer club leaders said the consultant’s report contained inaccuracies and worried about future management changes.
The Oklahoma City Council on March 25 deferred consideration of a proposed services agreement that would fund a consultant study of the city’s two major soccer complexes, after local soccer organizations said the consultant’s initial report contained factual errors and expressed concern about potential operational outcomes.
Gabby Noble, president of North OKC Soccer Club, told the council the club and neighborhood supporters helped secure bond funding and MAPS support for a soccer-specific complex and that the organization has been a long-term caretaker and programming partner. “This is not what the voters of Ward 8 were told or what the…
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