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Oversight board set for MAPS 3
City council members confirmed 11 members of the MAPS 3 oversight board Tuesday, two days before the city begins collecting the 1-cent sales tax.
Tom McDaniel, who will retire June 30 as president of
Oklahoma City University, will be the board chairman.
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BOARD MEMBERS
→Tom McDaniel, chairman, president of
Oklahoma City University.
→Dee Morales, at-large, self-employed freelance television producer.
→Susan Hooper, Ward 1, self-employed education consultant.
→Michael Dover, Ward 2, chief executive officer of Variety Care.
→Kimberly Lowe, Ward 3, self-employed public relations and advertising professional.
→Zane Boatright, Ward 4, director of strategic planning for Tinker Air Force Base Command, Control, Communications and Computers.
→Michael Adams, Ward 5, vice president and corporate controller for LSB Industries.
→Nathaniel Harding, Ward 6, manager of
operations for Harding & Shelton.
→Wayne Williams, Ward 7, operations engineer for Oklahoma Natural Gas.
→Rusty LaForge, Ward 8, attorney for McAfee
& Taft.
→Larry McAtee, Ward 3, councilman.
The board includes 10 appointees — one from each of the city’s eight council wards and two at-large positions appointed by Mayor Mick Cornett.
A council member also will be on the board and the position will change each year. Ward 3 Councilman Larry McAtee will take the first term.
Board members serve staggered terms. The board will review all aspects of the $777 million MAPS 3 program, including site selection, contracts, construction updates and expenditures.
The 1-cent MAPS 3 sales tax will replace the Ford Center 1-cent tax, which expires at midnight tonight. The MAPS 3 tax will be collected for seven years and nine months.
The board will be in place for the full length of the tax and however long it takes to complete all the MAPS 3 projects, city officials said.
Projects include a new convention center, an 70-acre urban park, a downtown streetcar and transit hub, biking and walking trails and senior centers.
The oversight board is an advisory group, meaning it does not have veto power over spending decisions like the MAPS for Kids trust.
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