“If we don’t do anything, we’re not going to have anything, and this has been going on long enough,” Parks and Recreation Director Lucy Dolman said Tuesday.
In Tulsa, allowing the use of property taxes to fund public safety won’t necessarily free up revenue for parks or other city operations.
Commissioner Peters expressed confidence that the new juvenile justice center — which is being called the Tulsa County Family Justice Center — can be built at the $45 million price tag voters were promised and serve the intended purposes.
The Frontier announces staff changes, including the promotion of Dylan Goforth to editor in chief and the hiring of Clifton Adcock as senior writer. Ziva Branstetter, The Frontier’s editor in chief, has taken a position at The Center for Investigative Reporting in California.
America’s proposed charter change would have to be approved by voters, with the election likely in the fall.
Pedestrian bridge design ideas must meet three criteria: relate to A Gathering Place for Tulsa and the natural surroundings of the area; accommodate pedestrians and cyclists; and be no more expensive than the $24.5 million the city has budgeted for the bridge.
Jurors began deliberations on Friday after the plaintiffs’ attorney, Dan Smolen, asked for $51 million in compensatory damages.
The city initially planned to rehabilitate the 113-year-old pedestrian bridge and add a second deck in time for the opening of A Gathering Place for Tulsa park in early 2018. But that idea was scrapped in late 2014 after an inspection found that the reconstructed bridge could not be built as planned.