Kirkpatrick Heights/Greenwood funding

Chair of Greenwood Legacy Corporation urged the council to preserve the voter-approved $5 million for the master plan and reject any diversion.

A 12-year master plan area resident and GLC board member asked the council to honor the vision and leave the funding unchanged.

A District 7 homeowner urged all nine councilors to uphold the will of the voters.

A nearly 40-year resident and HOA president urged the council to use the funds as designated, saying reallocation would create further distrust.

A community activist who supported keeping the money for the master plan but wanted all of it moved under TEDC's direction.

Spoke for the North Tulsa Economic Development Initiative, presenting its resolution opposing any reallocation of the funds.

The newly appointed commissioner said the proposal 'dismantles' the community's plan and asked that GLC and TEDC be allowed to talk before being forced into an arrangement.

A North Tulsan warned that reversing a vote deepens the belief among residents that voting doesn't matter.

Said the planning process was open and inclusive, so there's no need to change anything now.

A former ten-year city councilor adamantly opposed the ordinance, saying the council's legacy will be promises kept or broken.

Interim executive director of Partner Tulsa clarified the agency never expected to administer the $5 million and said feasibility studies are already underway via a federal grant.

Executive director of the Phoenix Development Council said his board has confidence in TEDC's stewardship of the funds.

A District 3 homeowner who voted for the package said he supports the ordinance because its language prioritizes the master plan first.

Invoked the council's code of ethics and warned that reallocating the money would render it meaningless.

President of the BTW Legacy Club asked that Councilor Hall-Harper be included in Partner Tulsa discussions.

A concerned citizen citing broken trust from urban renewal urged that funds go to trusted institutions like TEDC; she was interrupted while raising personnel allegations against a prior speaker.

TEDC's leader said a stewardship ordinance would have been needed regardless, welcomed the underway feasibility studies, and pledged to work lockstep with GLC and the community if entrusted with the funds.

Chair of Greenwood Legacy Corporation urged the council to preserve the voter-approved $5 million for the master plan and reject any diversion.

A 12-year master plan area resident and GLC board member asked the council to honor the vision and leave the funding unchanged.

A District 7 homeowner urged all nine councilors to uphold the will of the voters.

A nearly 40-year resident and HOA president urged the council to use the funds as designated, saying reallocation would create further distrust.

A community activist who supported keeping the money for the master plan but wanted all of it moved under TEDC's direction.

Spoke for the North Tulsa Economic Development Initiative, presenting its resolution opposing any reallocation of the funds.

The newly appointed commissioner said the proposal 'dismantles' the community's plan and asked that GLC and TEDC be allowed to talk before being forced into an arrangement.

A North Tulsan warned that reversing a vote deepens the belief among residents that voting doesn't matter.

Said the planning process was open and inclusive, so there's no need to change anything now.

A former ten-year city councilor adamantly opposed the ordinance, saying the council's legacy will be promises kept or broken.

Interim executive director of Partner Tulsa clarified the agency never expected to administer the $5 million and said feasibility studies are already underway via a federal grant.

Executive director of the Phoenix Development Council said his board has confidence in TEDC's stewardship of the funds.

A District 3 homeowner who voted for the package said he supports the ordinance because its language prioritizes the master plan first.

Invoked the council's code of ethics and warned that reallocating the money would render it meaningless.

President of the BTW Legacy Club asked that Councilor Hall-Harper be included in Partner Tulsa discussions.

A concerned citizen citing broken trust from urban renewal urged that funds go to trusted institutions like TEDC; she was interrupted while raising personnel allegations against a prior speaker.

TEDC's leader said a stewardship ordinance would have been needed regardless, welcomed the underway feasibility studies, and pledged to work lockstep with GLC and the community if entrusted with the funds.