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Trust approves leases, amendments and construction award; votes at a glance
Summary
At its Dec. 16 meeting the Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust approved routine minutes and claims, a lease for Freedom Center to operate the Clara Luper Civil Rights Center, amendments to Omni OKC agreements, and awarded a $775,000 chilled-water contract to Wynn Construction Company; motions passed without recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript.
The Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust took several formal actions during its Dec. 16 meeting, approving minutes and claims and taking up a series of agenda items involving leases, contract awards and amendments.
Key actions approved
- Approval of minutes from the Nov. 18, 2025 trust meeting (Item 2): chair recorded motion, second and "The item passes."
- Ratification of claims for November 2025 (Item 3): motion, second and recorded as passed.
- Lease and management agreement with Freedom Center of OKC LLC to operate the MAPS 4 Clara Luper Civil Rights Center (Item 4b): Mr. Sutil summarized an initial five-year term with three five-year renewal options; MAPS Investment Trust earnings were identified as a potential operations source while primary operational responsibility remains with the Freedom Center. The item passed on motion.
- Amendment No. 1 to the Omni OKC LLC economic development agreement and a related redevelopment clarification (Items 4c and 4d): staff explained the amendments mainly move certain payment-calculation dates from Jan. 1 to March 31 so CPI and annual financial calculations can be made; 4d clarifies land payment routing to the Urban Renewal Authority and treatment if bonded debt is retired early. Both items were approved.
- Resolution extending time to award and awarding the contract to Wynn Construction Company, Inc. for the Marriott Gardens chilled-water installation (Item 4e): staff reported the low bidder agreed to an extension beyond the 30 days allowed by the Public Competitive Bidding Act while bonds and contract documents were finalized; the contract award amount cited was $775,000 and the project schedule was discussed as projecting completion in spring 2026. The item passed.
Trust records and votes
The transcript records motions, seconds and the chair's recitation that each item "passes," but it does not include roll-call vote tallies or names associated with yes/no votes. Where the transcript included staff clarifications (for example on the Omni items and the bidding timeline for the chilled-water project), those clarifications are noted above.
What happens next
Staff will proceed with contract execution, bonding and the usual post-approval administrative steps. For the Omni amendments, staff will use March 31 as the annual calculation date for the specified payments going forward.
