The Cleveland County Recreational and Entertainment Facilities Authority<\/a> will discuss a request for proposals for designer, builder and operator services for the Rock Creek Entertainment District Project Plan<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n Jacob McHughes<\/a>, District 2 Cleveland County commissioner, will serve as chair of the meeting and Rod Cleveland<\/a>, District 1 Cleveland County commissioner,will serve as vice chair. Members of the authority include Cleveland County District 3 Commissioner Rusty Grissom, OU executive deputy athletic director Larry Naifeh<\/a> and Steve McDaniels.<\/p>\n During the meeting, authority members will consider the authorization of an issuance of a request for proposals, according to Melissa Smuzynski, county director of communications, but no official request has been drafted yet.<\/p>\n Smuzynski wrote in an email to OU Daily Tuesday the county must move forward with the project to comply with requirements within the economic development agreement<\/a> between the city, the Norman Tax Increment Finance Authority and the OU Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen petitioners appealed the District Court\u2019s ruling, they did not request injunctive relief from the Supreme Court barring enforcement of the District Court\u2019s ruling, which, if granted, would have re-frozen the City\u2019s ordinance,\u201d Smuzynski wrote.<\/p>\n Smuzynski wrote that while public comment is an important part of county commissioners meetings, it is not typically included in the structure of authority meetings.<\/p>\n Cynthia Rogers, OU economics professor and petitioner to bring the project to a public vote, said city officials are better at listening to the public\u2019s opinion regarding the project than the board of commissioners.\u00a0<\/p>\n