Fair Oaks MPD-6 rezoning continued after applicant death; neighbors raise safety and groundwater concerns

The Commission continued MPD-6, the Fair Oaks master planned development application, to Feb. 4, 2026 after the applicant’s representative said the client died Dec. 27, 2025 and additional time is needed to manage the estate and prepare the case. MPD-6 would cover multiple properties and is described in staff materials as about 6,229 acres divided into six development areas with standards for centers, neighborhoods, business and industrial areas. Staff recommended approval of the MPD subject to the MPD-6 development standards and exhibits.

Public commentators raised substantive environmental and property-inclusion objections. Robert Brooks attempted to raise mine-safety and groundwater concerns; City Legal (Jeff Stephens) and the chair directed his remarks to the continuance. Another resident, August Wakat, objected to the continuance and the application’s inclusion of his parcel and urged the application be dismissed. The Commission granted the continuance (motion by Bulmash; second by Fugate), recording a 10-0-1 vote with Turner-Addison abstaining. The continuance preserves time for estate management and additional case preparation; the item will return for further hearing on Feb. 4, 2026.

If resubmitted without major changes, MPD-6’s standards would govern uses, signage, parking, landscaping, transportation, open space and floodplain management across the MPD site, and future development plans would require compliance with City of Tulsa infrastructure requirements and federal/state design standards identified in the staff report.