Multiple residents used miscellaneous comments to urge the council to delay or carefully scrutinize an upcoming rezoning and SPUD application on South Chautauqua (item 4 slated for the next meeting). Speakers described the corridor as one of Norman’s busiest north–south routes, warned that a proposed 24-unit development would substantially increase traffic, noise and trash, and asked for a traffic study and additional neighborhood outreach.

Barbara O’Brien (resident at 1124 Chautauqua) and Maggie Kaufman (Hoover Street resident) spoke to traffic backups, safety at Hoover and Chautauqua intersections, and the potential for a three‑story structure to alter neighborhood character and views. Mike Carter and other speakers argued that the proposed SPUD ignores existing zoning setbacks and impervious-surface limits and that insufficient parking and drainage planning could worsen runoff and congestion. Council members responded that they will pursue neighborhood meetings and offered to consider postponement if additional outreach cannot be completed ahead of the next hearing.

Speakers also linked the rezoning discussion to broader questions of growth, infrastructure funding and the city’s economic-development approach. Council members said staff would work with neighbors and developers to seek mitigations and that the Planning Commission process will be the venue for technical studies such as traffic and stormwater reviews.