City Council - Driller Vote on July 10

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Patrick says he's been involved since he was a councilor (unlike martinson who can't read) and he is ready to vote yes.

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Vote so far:
Yes: 2
Delay: 2
No: 0

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Troyer says yes too. Bynum up now.

Yes: 3
Maybe: 2
No: 0

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Bynum says he has had plenty of time:

Yes: 4
Maybe: 2
No: 0

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Henderson up. Says it is a great thing for North Tulsa. Says only 3 people in his district voiced any concerns about the baseball stadium moving to greenwood. Henderson said if someone had a problem with it, they shoulda called him before tonight because he's voting yes. He says no delay, it's Tulsa's time, North Tulsa's time and Greenwood's time.

Yes: 5
Maybe: 2
No: 0

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I can't count

Yes: 6
Maybe: 3
no: 0

Eagleton is the only one left. He wants to do allow appeals and on-offs "to be fair."

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Move to delay for one week:

No: 6
Yes: 3

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Bynum proposes an amendment that the city cannot incur any debt.

Eagleton proposes the amendment that the district be assessed on property value, not square footage and the pros pointed out this would make it harder on greenwood and be extremely complicated. Lawyer says the proposal may not even be legal.

Eagleton's amendment : No: 6 Yes: 3

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Eagleton proposes an appeals process but he is having problem even getting a second.

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Vote to pass with bynum's amendment:

Yes: 6
No: 3


Looks like Driller's are coming downtown!!!!

[Kenosha]

Play Ball.

That twentysomething girl who was lecturing the council on due diligence; I am almost positive she was the member of the TYPros that opposed the river vote and accused the YP types of misrepresenting Young Professional interest.

Please...move back to Denver.

Actually she probably moved to Tulsa from Denver because they pass progressive stuff like this all the time there.

[dsjeffries]

Woohoo!

[OurTulsa]

Great move!  I am looking forward to the critical mass this ballpark will reinforce downtown and the development that critical mass will support.

BTW...as a resident of Dist. 9 I was doing cart wheels when Bynum started talking about getting density and hinting at understanding the detriment of sprawl.  You go young man!

[RecycleMichael]

I am glad it passed. Now we can build a ballpark that we can be proud of.

Play Ball!