Mayor's annual Development Roundtable

[Spartan]

Staging a protest at this event is actually a really good idea.

[ljbab728]

Thanks for the info metro. That's plenty of time to put together a quiet little demonstartion/protest. I think the City will give us a permit?????

Demonstration and protest against what? Against development or personal protest against some of the people there? It might make someone feel better thinking they have made a point but as a practical matter it wouldn't accomplish anything. It sounds to me like there are some very worthwhile topics being discussed.

[metro]

Tomorrow is the Mayors Development Roundtable, anyone going? I won't be able to this year.

[Spartan]

I've never understood why they charge $75 for attending this..

[Larry OKC]

Its to keep the riff-raff out

[rcjunkie]

its to keep the riff-raff out

riff--raff = protesters

[LakeEffect]

I've never understood why they charge $75 for attending this..

To help pay for the food and the speakers... you think it should be free? It's replayed on Channel 20 if you want to watch.

[rcjunkie]

This is a no win situation for the Mayor and City, people complain because they charge 75.00 to attend (pays for food and speakers), however, if it were free, they would complain that the City is wastefully spending money.

[Spartan]

To help pay for the food and the speakers... you think it should be free? It's replayed on Channel 20 if you want to watch.

They should take out the food and keep it around $30. I wouldn't be able to make it either way since I have work as do others, but I think that something like this developer's roundtable concept should be made accessible to the public and especially college students studying city planning or architecture or maybe history students, or anyone whose familiar with the growth of urban cities in general. We don't have something like that and a typical city council meeting isn't really versed in urban matters.

[metro]

So did anyone go? I had a conflict of schedule. Steve? I heard from Blair Humphreys that it started off slow, but ended up with a great vision casting speech from Mayor Mick.

[kevinpate]

They should take out the food and keep it around $30. I wouldn't be able to make it either way since I have work as do others, but I think that something like this developer's roundtable concept should be made accessible to the public and especially college students studying city planning or architecture or maybe history students, or anyone whose familiar with the growth of urban cities in general. We don't have something like that and a typical city council meeting isn't really versed in urban matters.

Gather some like minded folk
Order in some lower $ grub of choice
Tune in to the replay
Optional - Play beer pong after the closing remarks.

[okclee]

Did any attend this event want to share the information?

I can't find anything on the Okc website either?

[DirtLaw]

I went and found the first session regarding street car systems interesting and entertaining and found the second session regarding aging population and what to do about it to be pretty weak. The presenter for the second session dealing with suburbs and aging population was from Atlanta and had never been here so when asked what things she sees in our city that needs improvement her answer was that the furthest she had been from the Colcord hotel was the bombing memorial. Her speech seemed more like a Atlanta pep rally look how good we have done rather than here are some things that your city is doing well and here are some things that could use improvement.

[okclee]

Thanks for the info.

I would like to find more, hopefully we will be able to download some of the information as with the previous years.

[khook]

The round-tables have been featured on the city channel 20 on cox at different showtimes. The Atlanta person did do a good job of pointing out the aging populations and the need for public transportation for them to get around. Using rail systems, bus system and aging transport systems she point out that they must all work together and have an interconnectedness. For the upcoming senior rec centers in maps 3 we need to be very aware of the public transportation connection to those centers. We should not assume the all the seniors are going to be driving or want to drive.

I don't know if she was really asked to look at OKC but was invited to speak due to her working with aging proposals in Atlanta and was there for information to start the process of what the aging population will need.

Oh and one of the most important facts she showed was right now 1 in 10 of the population is over sixty-five-- yet in a few short years it will be 1 in 5. That's a huge demographic shift.

[okclee]

good info, thanks.

I will see if I can find it on ch 20.

[Spartan]

The round-tables have been featured on the city channel 20 on cox at different showtimes. The Atlanta person did do a good job of pointing out the aging populations and the need for public transportation for them to get around. Using rail systems, bus system and aging transport systems she point out that they must all work together and have an interconnectedness. For the upcoming senior rec centers in maps 3 we need to be very aware of the public transportation connection to those centers. We should not assume the all the seniors are going to be driving or want to drive.

I don't know if she was really asked to look at OKC but was invited to speak due to her working with aging proposals in Atlanta and was there for information to start the process of what the aging population will need.

Oh and one of the most important facts she showed was right now 1 in 10 of the population is over sixty-five-- yet in a few short years it will be 1 in 5. That's a huge demographic shift.

That rules out the OU student proposal..