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North Tulsa residents tell council easement closings exclude community; public commenters criticize opioid‑related spending
Summary
Residents urged the city to include neighborhood residents in planning for easement closings in the Lansing/North Tulsa area and criticized perceived exclusion and long‑running infrastructure issues; a separate speaker criticized use of city funds for certain harm‑reduction efforts.
Speakers during the public comment period told the Tulsa City Council that proposed easement closings and associated development plans affecting Lansing and North Tulsa did not include community members and failed to address decades‑long infrastructure needs.
James Alexander, a resident who registered to speak on agenda items 7I and 7J, said he did not see neighborhood residents included in the planning for a utility easement closing and an overland drainage easement and raised concerns about long‑standing infrastructure problems in the area. “I don't see anything in there to say the people that live in that area. So that's a problem,” Alexander said during his remarks.
Bernice Alexander, who also spoke…
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