From Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov Mon Nov 1 10:41:55 2021 From: Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov (Buffy Hughes) Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 15:41:55 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetManagers] November Main Street Executive Director Training - Altus In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Good morning Main Street. Attached is the second amended November training agenda. Unfortunately, Jenifer Acosta is unable to participate in the Main Street training tomorrow for personal reasons. We hope to have her here in the future. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow, and please contact any of us at the Oklahoma Main Street Center if you have questions. Safe travels, Buffy Buffy Hughes | State Main Street Director Oklahoma Main Street Center | Oklahoma Department of Commerce Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov p. 405-815-5249 | c. 405-664-1260 okcommerce.gov [cid:image001.png at 01D67A2E.9DD318F0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8649 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: November Training_Amended (2).pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 471743 bytes Desc: November Training_Amended (2).pdf URL: From newkirkmainstreet at gmail.com Wed Nov 3 10:40:08 2021 From: newkirkmainstreet at gmail.com (Alyssa McCleery) Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2021 10:40:08 -0500 Subject: [MainstreetManagers] Answers from state on vacant buildings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ashley Stuart Date: Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 1:55 PM Subject: RE: 2014 House Bill 2620 To: Alyssa McCleery Hello! Please see the below response from our research staff, please let me know if this helps or if you need more clarification! Taking the questions in order, the best I can… 1) The measure did pass, signed into law by Gov. Fallin on 5/23/2014. 2) The measure is about 6 pages of new law, not amending preexisting statute, and is codified as Sections 22-110.1 and 22-112.4 of Title 11. There were 3 sections in HB2620, but only 2 with actual law, each given a different section number. 3) Section 22-110.1 does prohibit a municipality from enforcing, through fees or fines or criminal penalties, any form of rule or ordinance requiring registration of real property. The section goes on to carve out exceptions, including that nothing in the act prohibits a municipality from creating a list of property owners or designees, or from enacting and enforcing rules to require property owners to comply with occupancy standards. 4) The next section of the measure, now at Section 22-112.4 of Title 11, goes into abandoned buildings, public nuisance, and abatement of the nuisance. This section seems to rely on a building being abandoned, which may not apply in cases mentioned below where a building is being used for storage. There is a possible path forward for the situation mentioned below, with historic buildings being unutilized and in disrepair. Section 22-112 seems to allow a municipal governing body to declare a structure to constitute a public nuisance. That provision does not appear to have any requirements about the building’s state of disrepair or use/lack of use. If the building is completely abandoned, or has not had proper repairs done and constitutes a safety hazard, the municipality can declare it a nuisance. At that point the municipality can avail itself of the other provisions of 22-112.4. Abatement procedures allowed by this statute include assessments against the property and against the owner, of actual costs of regulatory action taken or of any police or fire protection actions taken. The city can also assess for other actual expenses incurred, including notices, mailings, and publications. If assessments are not paid in full, the city can place a lien on the property. The abatement, and charges/fees/assessments incurred to the owner for that abatement, can continue until the building is removed from the city’s abandoned building list. An owner or mortgage holder of a building on an abandoned building list can petition the municipality for removal, which then requires a hearing to determine if the building is no longer abandoned. If the building is no longer abandoned, the owner is still liable for payment of any and all abatement costs prior to the determination, and the building isn’t removed from the list until those costs are paid in full. So, the bottom line here is that the statute identified does prohibit fees, fines or criminal penalties being used to require **registration** of real property, after an attempt by Oklahoma City to build a database of vacant properties paid for by fees, but specifically does not prohibit the municipality from creating a list of property owners. Municipal governments are also still allowed to enforce occupancy standards, building codes, etc., and can do so by rule or ordinance. There are also options in between “do nothing” and “condemn and tear down.” *From:* Alyssa McCleery *Sent:* Monday, July 12, 2021 5:23 PM *To:* Ashley Stuart *Subject:* 2014 House Bill 2620 *[EXTERNAL - This message is from a source outside of the Oklahoma House of Representatives network.]* Hi Ashley! I was hoping you could provide some clarity on the 2014 House Bill 2620. If I am understanding this correctly, it did pass and is listed as 11 OK Stat § 11-22-110.1 (2020). Under this statute, a municipality may not pass an ordinance that would cause the owner of a vacant building to be levied a fee/fine for the building continuing to remain vacant? It seems that if I am comprehending, the only resolution a municipality has for a vacant building is to declare it abandoned/dilapidated and tear it down. As a Main Street director, I am sure you can understand that I find this heartbreaking as our community starts investigating avenues to discourage the use of our historic buildings as "storage units". I currently have a list of approximately a half a dozen individuals that would like to start a business in the Newkirk Main Street district but I, unfortunately, do not have any property to offer them due to owner neglect and/or underutilization. Thank you in advance for any guidance you can provide on this matter. Sincerely, Alyssa Winner McCleery Program Director NOTICE: The information in this email is confidential, legally privileged, and exempt from disclosure under law. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and unlawful. 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Training Survey: This is our standard after training survey, and we want to know what you thought of the speakers, topics, etc. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CFWWDBC Director Zoom Call and Banquet Survey: There are questions about which day/time for the zoom calls and topics you want to know more about. Also, as we discussed last week, there is a question on whether or not to skip the banquet in 2022 and start back up in 2023. There will be a third survey sent next week regarding changes in the awards themselves. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q3V9WP5 Please complete both by Friday, November 19th, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Have a good day, Buffy Buffy Hughes | State Main Street Director Oklahoma Main Street Center | Oklahoma Department of Commerce Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov p. 405-815-5249 | c. 405-664-1260 okcommerce.gov [signature_168929643] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 1:47 PM Buffy Hughes wrote: > Good afternoon Main Street. > > > > Below are a couple of surveys regarding training, director zoom calls and > the banquet. > > > > Training Survey: This is our standard after training survey, and we want > to know what you thought of the speakers, topics, etc. > > https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CFWWDBC > > > > > > Director Zoom Call and Banquet Survey: There are questions about which > day/time for the zoom calls and topics you want to know more about. Also, > as we discussed last week, there is a question on whether or not to skip > the banquet in 2022 and start back up in 2023. There will be a third > survey sent next week regarding changes in the awards themselves. > > https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q3V9WP5 > > > > Please complete both by Friday, November 19th, and feel free to reach out > if you have any questions. > > > > Have a good day, > > Buffy > > > > *Buffy Hughes | State Main Street Director* > > Oklahoma Main Street Center | Oklahoma Department of Commerce > > Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov > > p. 405-815-5249 | c. 405-664-1260 > > okcommerce.gov > > [image: signature_168929643] > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MainstreetManagers mailing list > MainstreetManagers at lists.onenet.net > https://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/mainstreetmanagers -- *Marissa Tucker* Executive Director, Ada Main Street O: 580.436.1600 | C: 405.406.9327 Email . . . Ada Main Street, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the quality of life in Ada by revitalizing the downtown area as a community center, promoting a healthy, friendly, economically viable and attractive Main Street. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8649 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov Tue Nov 9 11:04:44 2021 From: Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov (Buffy Hughes) Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 17:04:44 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetManagers] [EXTERNAL] Re: OMSC Training Surveys In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I have the slides from Becky but the files are too big to send. I will try to upload them on Friday and send a link. From: Marissa Tucker Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2021 10:58 AM To: Buffy Hughes Cc: mainstreetmanagers at lists.onenet.net; Luisa Krug (lkrug at incog.org) ; Michaelyn Postrach (drpostrach at yahoo.com) ; Perez, Amairani ; Jonathan Udoka (judoka at udokalaw.com) ; Dylan Lucht Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [MainstreetManagers] OMSC Training Surveys Could we please get the slides from all available presenters? This is extremely helpful when reporting back to my board. On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 1:47 PM Buffy Hughes > wrote: Good afternoon Main Street. Below are a couple of surveys regarding training, director zoom calls and the banquet. Training Survey: This is our standard after training survey, and we want to know what you thought of the speakers, topics, etc. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CFWWDBC Director Zoom Call and Banquet Survey: There are questions about which day/time for the zoom calls and topics you want to know more about. Also, as we discussed last week, there is a question on whether or not to skip the banquet in 2022 and start back up in 2023. There will be a third survey sent next week regarding changes in the awards themselves. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q3V9WP5 Please complete both by Friday, November 19th, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Have a good day, Buffy Buffy Hughes | State Main Street Director Oklahoma Main Street Center | Oklahoma Department of Commerce Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov p. 405-815-5249 | c. 405-664-1260 okcommerce.gov [signature_168929643] _______________________________________________ MainstreetManagers mailing list MainstreetManagers at lists.onenet.net https://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/mainstreetmanagers -- Marissa Tucker Executive Director, Ada Main Street O: 580.436.1600 | C: 405.406.9327 Email . . . 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Have a good day, Buffy From: Buffy Hughes Sent: Monday, November 08, 2021 1:48 PM To: mainstreetmanagers at lists.onenet.net; Luisa Krug (lkrug at incog.org) ; Michaelyn Postrach (drpostrach at yahoo.com) ; Perez, Amairani ; Luisa Krug (lkrug at incog.org) ; Jonathan Udoka (judoka at udokalaw.com) ; Dylan Lucht Subject: OMSC Training Surveys Good afternoon Main Street. Below are a couple of surveys regarding training, director zoom calls and the banquet. Training Survey: This is our standard after training survey, and we want to know what you thought of the speakers, topics, etc. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CFWWDBC Director Zoom Call and Banquet Survey: There are questions about which day/time for the zoom calls and topics you want to know more about. Also, as we discussed last week, there is a question on whether or not to skip the banquet in 2022 and start back up in 2023. There will be a third survey sent next week regarding changes in the awards themselves. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q3V9WP5 Please complete both by Friday, November 19th, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Have a good day, Buffy Buffy Hughes | State Main Street Director Oklahoma Main Street Center | Oklahoma Department of Commerce Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov p. 405-815-5249 | c. 405-664-1260 okcommerce.gov [signature_168929643] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8649 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov Thu Nov 18 11:25:59 2021 From: Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov (Buffy Hughes) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 17:25:59 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetManagers] Applications for Inclusive Backing small business grants are now open! Message-ID: Good morning Main Street. I just wanted to make sure everyone saw this grant opportunity. It’s open now and closes on 11/29. There are four grant cycles, and this first one is open to small business owners with disabilities and those who identify as Asian, Asian-American and/or Pacific Islander. Have a good day, Buffy Grants for underrepresented small businesses. View this email in your browser [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/881199cb2d0b2894c01ba06c1/images/b79d7f51-a3f8-449a-92bc-6a5828e2fee5.png] [https://mcusercontent.com/881199cb2d0b2894c01ba06c1/images/f458153c-62b6-4676-4365-a4fa857e4c49.png] Applications for the first round of Inclusive Backing small business grants are now open! We've teamed up with American Express to provide grants of $5,000 each to underrepresented small business owners as they navigate the pandemic and plan for long-term success and resilience. In partnership with Disability:IN and National ACE Foundation, the first grant cycle will provide grants to both small business owners with disabilities and/or those who identify as Asian, Asian American, and/or Pacific Islander. Apply here by Nov. 29 at 11:59pm CT. Apply here > Frequently Asked Questions What is Inclusive Backing? Inclusive Backing will provide hundreds of underrepresented small businesses with financial support as well as other resources to address their critical needs and challenges. More than 250 grants of $5,000 each will be awarded in four cycles over 12 months to small business owners in older or historic commercial districts across the country, with priority given to businesses that have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. What types of businesses are eligible for the first grant cycle? The first grant cycle will provide grants to small business owners with disabilities and those who identify as Asian American and/or Pacific Islander. 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