Norman City Council to VOTE on $600 MILLION TIF Tonight at Special Session
Sign up to speak by 4pm, write your council members and let you voices be heard
The Norman City Council is holding a Special Meeting tonight at 6:30 pm to close the 2nd public hearing for consideration of the Rock Creek Entertainment District Project Plan and its proposed sales tax increment district and ad valorem (property tax) increment district. They will also vote several times on ordinances related to this TIF.
Remember… this TIF is being inappropriately used
in an area that would develop on its own,
to keep this project away from a vote of the people,
for a project that the developers obviously don’t see enough potential revenues from since they are asking the public to subsize more than HALF the cost.
If this project was going to make money for the developers, then why would the developers need the Citizens to act as their insurance policy for the business risk?
Just say no.
SpeakUp Norman put together a compilation of the best citizen comments from the September 3rd meeting that you might want to watch to get an idea why the citizens are so against the TIF. If you don’t have talking points, you can get them here:
Pleast sign up to speak at the Tuesday, September 17th City Council Special Meeting at 6:30 pm.
Can’t go? Watch the City Council Meeting live.
If you haven’t done so already, please write to your council member and let them know how you feel about this.
City Council Members
Mayor - Larry Heikkila; mayor@normanok.gov or 405-876-9216
Ward 1 - Austin Ball; ward1@normanok.gov or 405-876-9170
Ward 2 - Matthew Peacock; ward2@normanok.gov or 405-876-9196
Ward 3 - Bree Montoya; ward3@normanok.gov or 405-876-3143
Ward 4 - Helen Grant; ward4@normanok.gov or 405-876-9237
Ward 5 - Michael Nash; ward5@normanok.gov or 405-876-9239
Ward 6 - Joshua A. Hinkle; ward6@normanok.gov or 405-876-9262
Ward 7 - Stephen Tyler Holman; ward7@normanok.gov or 405-876-9263
Ward 8 - Scott Dixon - ward8@normanok.gov or 405-876-9166
All City Council Members: city_council_members@normanok.gov
City Manager
Darrel Pyle - darrel.pyle@normanok.gov or 405-366-5402
Thank you for the info and the insight!