Tulsa City Council approves multiple rezoning, budget and easement items; several measures forwarded

The Tulsa City Council on Monday approved minutes, several rezoning ordinances, supplemental budget appropriations tied to grant awards and a set of property easement closings, and forwarded a block of first‑reading ordinances for action at a later meeting.

Councilors voted to approve the minutes of the Dec. 18, 2024 meetings and moved several mayoral items, listed on the agenda as 4B through 4H, by roll call. The council also approved three rezoning applications (items 5A–5C) and voted to adopt ordinances in the second‑reading block that included multiple zoning changes, budget amendments to accept grant funds, and property easement closings. The council voted to approve items 7A through 7K except for item 7H, and the council adopted the emergency clause on item 7K.

Why it matters: The approved zoning and easement actions affect future development sites, some tied to private developers and some to city capital and grant funding. The budget amendments authorize supplemental appropriations for several public safety and grant programs.

Key outcomes

- Minutes: Minutes for the regular meeting(s) of Dec. 18, 2024 (items 1A and 1B) were approved on a roll call vote.

- Mayor’s items: Items 4B through 4H (travel donations and similar mayoral items listed on the agenda) were approved by roll call.

- Rezoning (items 5A–5C): The council approved rezoning application Z7797 (OL to RS4) and Z7802 (RS3 to RS5) and related requests noted under item 5; no public speakers had registered on those items prior to the votes.

- First reading (item 6): By unanimous consent and without objection, items listed as 6A through 6H were forwarded to the next council meeting for action (no final vote taken on those ordinances during this session).

- Second reading/ordinances (items 7A–7K): The council approved multiple second‑reading ordinances that included zoning changes (Z7795, Z7796 and a PUD amendment PUD564D), and budget amendments to make supplemental appropriations for grant revenues reported in the agenda (listed as amounts on the agenda). Item 7H was pulled; the remainder (7A–7K, except 7H) passed, and the council adopted an emergency clause for item 7K as recorded on the agenda.

- Utility and drainage easements (items 7I and 7J): The council approved closings of a certain utility easement requested by Jamie Skipper (property at 1334 North Lansing Avenue, Lansing Industrial Park) and an overland drainage easement requested by Wallace Design (311 North Boulder Avenue) as part of the 7‑series approvals.

Votes and attendance

The roll calls recorded in the meeting transcript show the council voting in favor of the approved items; the council’s roll calls recorded “Yes” votes for the present councilors and no recorded negative votes on the motions described in the transcript.

Next steps and notes

- Ordinances forwarded from the first‑reading block (6A–6H) will return at the next council meeting for formal action.

- Several of the approved ordnance items reference specific grant revenues and sub‑funds noted on the agenda (Department of Justice grant awards, JAG reimbursements and state attorney general grant funds). The agenda contained dollar figures for some grants; where agenda text in the transcript was unclear, the ordinance language filed with the city clerk should be consulted for exact amounts.

- Item 7H was pulled from the second‑reading block and will require further action or discussion before a final vote.

(For a list of individual ordinance numbers and the agenda item descriptions as read into the record, see the city clerk’s posted agenda and the official ordinance documents filed with the city.)

Ending: The meeting concluded after public comment and the roll calls; the council adjourned at the end of the posted agenda.