City Council - Driller Vote on July 10

[PonderInc]

I believe the City Council will vote on bringing the Drillers downtown on Tuesday, 7/10.  They will need to approve the "stadium improvment district" which will replace/expand the current "downtown improvement district."

If you support keeping the Drillers in Tulsa...and you want to bring a kick a_s venue downtown, please contact your city councilor and remind them to vote YES!  

I don't know if there's any doubt this will pass, but I certainly hope that Tulsans will support this fantastic opportunity!  

Downtown property owners who are facing an increase in the improvement district costs need to remember that this will contribute to revitalization of ALL of downtown.  The more people who get exposed to downtown, the more people will discover the cool stuff going on.  Which, in turn, will create more opportunities and bring more businesses (and, yes, people who want to office and live downtown) to the IDL.

Don't be shortsighted and trip over mouseturds, Tulsa!  Let's do this thing!

To contact your city councilor, just email: distX@tulsacouncil.org (enter your district number instead of the "x.")

[sgrizzle]

Also, the "Downtown Improvement District" is new and would replace the existing improvement district downtown currently.

Infer what you wish.

[Double A]

My Councilor said streets would be his first and top priority. I'll be watching this vote to see if that was just empty campaign rhetoric.

[TURobY]

quote:Originally posted by Double A

My Councilor said streets would be his first and top priority. I'll be watching this vote to see if that was just empty campaign rhetoric.

Are you implying that the council cannot do anything until a streets package is available and voted upon? If so, that is the dumbest thing that I have ever heard.

[dsjeffries]

quote:Originally posted by TURobY
If so, that is the dumbest thing that I have ever heard.

And that isn't in keeping with Inteller how?

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by Double A

My Councilor said streets would be his first and top priority. I'll be watching this vote to see if that was just empty campaign rhetoric.

He can't vote yes on two things this year?

The funding sources are completely different. Votes on one issue have nothing to do with the other. Now if you want to carry out the improvement district concept to the masses for street widening/repair funding, just make sure inteller's house is in the South Tulsa improvement district.

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by Double A

My Councilor said streets would be his first and top priority. I'll be watching this vote to see if that was just empty campaign rhetoric.

Isnt there already a process in place to have a vote at a certain time? Arent there only certain times you can have a vote and an amount of time before the vote in which things have to be approved, go through the process, follow the rules, etc.? Whats your councilor supposed to be doing between now and when the next step and the vote happens? Only doing...what? with the streets issue? And between each step he cant take care of a single other thing that comes up? Goodness.

[Double A]

Looks like the Council's not ready to rubber stamp this after Da Mare's Great Plains stunt, at least not this Thursday night. Da Mare couldn't provide any written documentation to back up the promises being made in regards to the stadium plan at the UED committee meeting this morning. The Councilors are wise to request this, considering Da Mare wants to create a brand new Trust to hold authority over the Ballpark.

[sgrizzle]

It's still on the council agenda. As is another shopping center near inteller.

[cannon_fodder]

Does this make sense to anyone?
http://krmg.com/localnews/2008/07/greenwood-ballpark-concerns.html

The "north Tulsa leaders" are concerned that the ballpark will steal the thunder of the Greenwood district. Essentially making the Greenwood a "footnote" in the area.  What is it now?

How many people here have been to any store in that little strip that is left of Greenwood?  I've driven by it, I think it looks neat.  But have never been given a reason to stop.  It IS a footnote.  Hell, it's a footnote of a footnote, a non-entity for most people.  This ballpark could raise it to the level of footnote, bring some life to the area.

Also, how low are your taxes when an increase of 1 penny per Sq Foot raises your tax rate 800%?  

I don't get it.

[Ibanez]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

It's still on the council agenda. As is another shopping center near inteller.

I hope it is a series of super mega big box stores.

I bet I could hear his head explode all the way from my office downtown.

[sgrizzle]

Some people downtown are only paying 0.5%

Some people aren't happy with Ruben Gant but no-one else is developing greenwood and nothing will boost greenwood development like the ballpark will.

[Gold]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

Does this make sense to anyone?
http://krmg.com/localnews/2008/07/greenwood-ballpark-concerns.html

The "north Tulsa leaders" are concerned that the ballpark will steal the thunder of the Greenwood district. Essentially making the Greenwood a "footnote" in the area.  What is it now?

How many people here have been to any store in that little strip that is left of Greenwood?  I've driven by it, I think it looks neat.  But have never been given a reason to stop.  It IS a footnote.  Hell, it's a footnote of a footnote, a non-entity for most people.  This ballpark could raise it to the level of footnote, bring some life to the area.

Also, how low are your taxes when an increase of 1 penny per Sq Foot raises your tax rate 800%?  

I don't get it.

Do folks up north consider making a stink out of a non-issue to be leadership?

You are totally right that the area is a footnote or a footnote of a footnote.  It's not bad, there just ain't a damn thing there most nights.  And they are building a park for John Hope Franklin, right?

I really like Judy, but this is silly.

[TulsaSooner]

They can't build the John Hope Franklin memorial because they don't have enough money and apparently haven't had enough for some time now.

The Mayor and Stan Lybarger, in the Council meeting yesterday, committed to personally raising the remaining $750k to get the memorial done.

[RecycleMichael]

By looking at the Oklahoma Eagle building, I am guessing it is around 3,000 square feet in size.

That means that the new assessment for his business is going to be around $200 a year. If he says it is going up 800 percent, then he must be paying $25 a year now.

This is property that is going to be less than two hundred yards from the entrance to the ballpark. He will be able to make that extra tax back in charging for parking on his lot in one game or two.

So what is the deal? Is he such an idiot that he can't do the math? His property is going to skyrocket in value and he is going to ***** about an extra fifty cents a day in assessment taxes?

I call B.S.