Tulsa City Council recommends removal of Black Lives Matter mural from Greenwood District

Tulsa City Council recommends removal of Black Lives Matter mural from Greenwood District

REMOVING THE BLACK LIVESMATTER MURAL ON GREENWOODAVENUE.

THE MURAL WASORIGINALLY PAINTED DURINGTHE JUNETEENTHCELEBRATIONS... AND HAS BEENA TOPIC OF DESCUSSION FORSEVERAL WEEKS..2 WORKS FOR YOU'S KATIEKELEHER TELLS US WHY COUNCILWANTS IT REMOVED - AND HOW.KATIE?THOSE WHO PAINTED THISORIGINALLY SAID IT WOULDWASH AWAY AFTER A FEW DAYSOR WEEKS.

BUT NEARLY THREEMONTHS LATER, IT'S STILLHERE.TULSA CITY COUNCIL SAYSTHERE WAS NO PERMIT FOR THEMURAL - MAKING IT ILLEGAL.CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDSREMOVING IT AS PART OFSTREET CONSTRUCTION ALREADYSCHEDULED.

A MILL ANDOVERLAY PROJECT IS PLANNEDFOR NORTH GREENWOOD AVENUE.REMOVING IT THEN WOULD SAVETHE CITY 20-THOUSANDDOLLARS.

COUNCILOR KARA JOYMCKEE SAYS THERE ARE SOMEPRIVATE EFFORTS TO RELOCATEOR REPLACE THE MURAL ONPRIVATE PROPERTY.00:00:30:38-00:00:45:47 KARAJOY-MCKEE, TULSA CITYCOUNCIL"It's not a problem of notfinding somewhere, it's thatwe have several options thatwe're considering.

And myintention is to have a newmural in place, in a placethat works for the citybefore the mill and overlaytakes place."THAT MILL AND OVERLAYPROJECT COULD START AS SOONAS OCTOBER.THE CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTEON THIS RECOMMENDATION ATTONIGHT'S MEETING WHICH ISSTARTING RIGHT NOW.

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