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Owasso councilors debate subsidized lease for food bank OCR amid legal risk concerns
Summary
Councilors and staff debated whether to preserve a subsidized lease for Owasso Community Resources (OCR) at 109 N. Birch, balancing OCR's role serving hundreds of families against legal exposure when leases are below fair market value. The city attorney will research options and return with recommended lease language and precedents.
Council discussions over a proposed lease amendment for the building at 109 North Birch focused on whether the city can legally justify a below-market rent to support Owasso Community Resources (OCR), a nonprofit that provides food, rent and utility assistance.
"Owasso Community Resources provides a valuable and measurable benefit to the people of Owasso," Councilor Chad Baldrop said, arguing the city should consider a lease that recognizes the organization's role in preventing homelessness. Baldrop proposed writing lease language to connect that community value to the…
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