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A staff member introduced the item and said the city holds opioid grant receipts until there is an appropriate expenditure. “We received this money in September of 2024 and while we did budget $100,000 of it for various contract services, it was decided we’re hiring an additional probation officer for a juvenile court system,” Christie Batterson, director of housing and community resources, told the council.

Batterson explained the city moved the position’s costs into the dedicated “opiate grant monies” fund to make accounting and state reporting cleaner and easier to separate from court personnel costs. Councilmembers asked clarifying questions about timing and why the item required a supplemental appropriation early in the fiscal year; staff said the payment timing and a late decision about personnel caused the need for the amendment.

A motion to approve the supplemental appropriation passed by a unanimous vote. Staff said the appropriation will allow the city to contract for services and proceed with the planned hire consistent with the opioid grant terms and state reporting requirements.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Edmond - City Council - Jul 14, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Edmond City Council approved a supplemental appropriation of $74,884.68 from opioid‑related grant receipts to be used for mental health initiatives, including hiring an additional juvenile probation officer; the measure passed unanimously.","taxTitle","Edmond, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma","taxId",2681,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":46,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6550668,"Council approves Edmond’s 2025–2030 CDBG consolidated plan and 2025 action plan with emphasis on housing rehabilitation and nonprofit services",1557,2253000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5385565-78fd8a56a6537a9b5f207734e7cf3935&start=696&end=2253","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5385565-78fd8a56a6537a9b5f207734e7cf3935/thumbnail_696000.jpg","/articles/6550668/Edmond/Oklahoma-County/Oklahoma/Council-approves-Edmonds-20252030-CDBG-consolidated-plan-and-2025-action-plan-with-emphasis-on-housing-rehabilitation-and-nonprofit-services","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6550668-da10c9b68d48af873e23d585ce57e9c3/orig.mp4?Expires=1771020284&Signature=OYHJVEqdefoNBIzJ-EhXj0Q9jnXARtJ2-dQlXfJ6hP3i77bevzmzBbbzH2OzJuKSA7z5hclvjBLMu-YwmDG3jPx~JTXsUDZEkamXke4Qd6S7X8mz3tv6xNBCKhx1tcrNak0DeaGlml-3WJv7SJdhj5N3IV3d73ZxeYJw6LzZOFbQrCYyNXYnPjweLvZv8Ha~j8yZVqmKcYB6S-s30q4XmtRtfaPlzS5-g-~xgdeqVCxylhjXbv4xAqBi5zRW3OFanqQTL51K8lNLCqK7CzK2YJqC5fewPe9oWd2WRBNMIkaKh7gV7O-n6CVH5v1o0sfPO7pAEpvEsEF0m4YvkrlPog__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Edmond City Council approved the City of Edmond’s five‑year Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) consolidated plan for 2025–2030 and the city’s FY2025 annual action plan after a final public hearing. Staff said the city’s FY2025 CDBG allocation is $464,673 and the plan will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by the August 15 deadline. The council voted 5–0 to approve the plan.

Christie Batterson, the city’s director of housing and community resources, presented the plan, saying Edmond is an HUD entitlement community and that the allocation formula considers the number of lower‑income residents, age of housing stock and other factors. Batterson summarized the plan’s four broad strategies and 25 tactics developed through a housing needs assessment completed in 2023 and through the citizen participation committee’s yearlong work.

Staff emphasized housing rehabilitation and homebuyer assistance. Batterson said the city expects to devote the bulk of its money to the owner‑occupied housing rehabilitation program and to homebuyer assistance grants (up to $14,999, representing 50% of a down payment). The city also set aside infrastructure and neighborhood investments: $75,000 for targeted infrastructure improvements (safe routes to school, lighting, connectivity), $10,000 for a neighborhood tree program and $10,000 for Metro Fair Housing Council to handle discrimination complaints. Nonprofit public‑service allocations total about $70,000 and will be divided among applicants including Edmond Mobile Meals, Project 66, the Hope Center (rental assistance) and the Edmond Public School Foundation (roughly $20,000 this year for a school food pantry).

Batterson said Edmond will also use about $300,000 in prior‑year HUD funds (the “HUD Bank”) to increase the 2025 budget to $799,591. “We don’t get a lot, so we try to make the most out of our money that we receive,” she said, noting the citizen participation committee recommended the allocations after a 30‑day public comment period that generated no written comments.

Batterson cited local housing data in the presentation: a rising share of cost‑burdened households (about 25% of households are cost‑burdened; roughly 12% are severely cost‑burdened), increasing low‑ and moderate‑income share (about 34.6% citywide) and an aging housing stock (about 60% built before 2000). Income eligibility limits for CDBG services under the current year’s guidelines include $54,750 gross for a single person and $78,000 for a family of four.

Councilmembers thanked staff and the citizen participation committee for the plan’s work and said monitoring and compliance with HUD rules would be important. Batterson noted the city has had clean HUD audits in recent years.

With council approval the city will submit the consolidated plan and annual action plan to HUD and begin implementing the funded activities through city programs and subrecipient agreements with local nonprofits.","The Edmond City Council approved the city’s five‑year Community Development Block Grant consolidated plan and the FY2025 annual action plan — the HUD allocation totals were presented and staff said the city will budget $799,591 for 2025 programming by pulling prior-year funds.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6550673,"Council fails to overturn Planning Commission denial of Walmart Neighborhood Market site plan at Coltrane and Covell",5639,2308000,7947000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5385565-78fd8a56a6537a9b5f207734e7cf3935&start=2308&end=7947","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5385565-78fd8a56a6537a9b5f207734e7cf3935/thumbnail_2308000.jpg","/articles/6550673/Edmond/Oklahoma-County/Oklahoma/Council-fails-to-overturn-Planning-Commission-denial-of-Walmart-Neighborhood-Market-site-plan-at-Coltrane-and-Covell","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6550673-848dd78e0d6a3e9b1c7e9a7f1a9b928d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771020284&Signature=l55Mj6J~YHlMrXh7k~Tp4tohz7RP96OP-lSCbvDo~sFoAjjX7ZdxJSLcmrvVFy2faqkmVBGEr7PjA55zi-hdd7XYKrhRwrCA-CIN9GhnKI1h2p0Zk5CaC46oY-Pho6JYRyJtVv4XynHNjXTAMSxnthx2AWP8WpKrWqEAa3Arwg2bYL-7xa~rCAQlXQGNivCIS3Ww96OrvqdqpKitclzWf1U9MKtTvOHwy9F1xZ1xcvTq1ZRNvfOBwVVh6m6VWFeTNOqwhXO1zIDlCAqAUmo53D3cr7ejGXkYowc1r8-egcF0RzPWAwY7b5rH0NHpfFzbAHUkkvV88e6aGxumsb2IAA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Edmond City Council declined to approve a site plan for a proposed Walmart Neighborhood Market at the northwest corner of Coltrane Road and Covell Road after a lengthy public hearing that included more than 100 speakers and protracted debate about compatibility, traffic and tree preservation. On the motion to approve the site plan the council recorded a 1–4 vote (one in favor, four opposed), so the Planning Commission’s earlier denial stands.

The proposed building would be about 44,000 square feet and roughly 27 feet tall. Ken Bridal, Edmond’s director of planning, told the council the application included two driveways (one on Covell, one on Coltrane), screening and landscaping on the north and west sides, and that “no variances are being requested or are required.” Bridal noted the Planning Commission denied the plan on June 17 after public concerns about traffic circulation and safety, outdoor lighting spillover, tree preservation, drainage and visual compatibility.

Todd McKinnis, attorney for the developer, said the appeal posed a narrow legal question: whether the site plan meets the standards in the PUD and the city ordinance. “The site plan is the issue,” he said, arguing the plan complied with the PUD and noting a prior Court of Civil Appeals decision on a substantially similar 2015 site plan.

Residents and neighborhood representatives urged denial. Barry Black, president of the Ashford Oaks Homeowners Association, said the PUD requires a buffer and urged the council to respect that design intent: “This PUD goes back to 1990. ... Mister Shermyer says this entire plan should be shifted 125 feet to the south.” Matt Farley, a nearby homeowner, told the council the proposed flat roof would be visible from second-floor bedrooms and cited Title 22 provisions on visibility and architectural treatment: “Title 22, page 110, section g 1 is explicit that flat rooftops shall not be visible from the adjacent property.” Other residents raised stormwater and flooding concerns, arguing the site drains to a low point that already causes problems in heavy rains.

The developer presented traffic and drainage analyses and said engineers had worked with city reviewers. BJ Hawkins of Traffic Engineering Consultants described proposed roadway improvements—left-turn lanes and additional through lanes on Covell and Coltrane—while advising some platting and right-of-way matters would be handled later in the review process. The developer’s counsel urged the council to focus on the site-plan criteria and not on policy arguments about future platting or broader street improvements.

Council discussion repeatedly returned to two legal questions: (1) whether the site plan meets applicable PUD and ordinance standards, and (2) what deference the council must give to the Planning Commission and to court precedent. Several council members who voted to deny said massing, façade materials and visual compatibility with the immediately surrounding residential properties were the decisive issues. One councilmember described the gray masonry and flat-roof design as inconsistent with surrounding brick and pitched-roof buildings and said those differences were material under PUD paragraph 12 and Title 22 site-plan criteria.

Because council membership and votes are limited to the record before the body, the council’s failure to approve the motion to overturn the Planning Commission’s denial leaves the denial in effect. The developer and opponents each indicated the decision could prompt further review or legal action.

The council’s vote was recorded as one in favor and four opposed on the motion to approve the site plan; no further action on the appeal was taken that evening.

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