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MAPS 3 center to open

NorthCare plans to open the Capitol Hill-area MAPS 3 senior health and wellness center in mid-April. At 4201 S Walker Ave., the center will have a primary health care clinic and a pharmacy, along with pool, gym, walking track, fitness center and space for activities including arts and crafts and socializing. The center is opening in a part of town where various measures show residents’ overall health is lagging.

Of note: NorthCare is Oklahoma City’s operating partner for the center. The health care and social services agency was formed in 1981.

Mayoral primary Tuesday

Randall Smith, Taylor Neighbors and David Holt are on the ballot in Tuesday’s mayoral primary election in Oklahoma City. The next mayor will succeed Mick Cornett, who served a record four terms. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff will be April 3.

Of note: Oklahoma City’s mayor earns $24,000 per year.

Voter registration tops 300,000

Election officials say 310,391 voters were registered and eligible to cast ballots in Tuesday’s mayoral primary. The Oklahoma City limits includes parts of Oklahoma, Canadian, Cleveland and Pottawatomie counties. Oklahoma County has the most eligible voters — 236,022. In far southeastern Oklahoma City, 43 Pottawatomie County residents were registered.

Of note: Based on the latest U.S. Census population estimate, about 35 percent of Oklahoma City residents who are old enough to vote (age 18 and older) are not registered.

Holt leads fundraising

The final campaign finance reports before Tuesday’s primary election were due Feb. 5, detailing donations and expenses for Jan. 1-29. David Holt collected $16,500 in cash in January and spent $22,500. He said he had raised a total of $434,000 for the campaign. Taylor Neighbors’ report arrived late at the city clerk’s office and showed she raised $3,000 from family and a family-related business entity. She spent $1,870 on yard signs. Randall Smith filed no reports.

Of note: Holt spent $14,000 in January with three firms for consulting services and $13 on the service charge for an account at BancFirst.

They said it

“I will stand for the idea that MAPS is transformative, that it’s not run-of-the-mill projects.”

— Mayoral candidate David Holt. The next mayor will have about 18 months to pull together a consensus on whether to take the next step in Metropolitan Area Projects with a MAPS 4, and what projects to include, Holt said. Education, domestic violence and mental health “may be issues we want to look at,” he said.

Tweet of the Week

“So Tim Tebow came back and the crowd is in an uproar!! It’s ##Night To Shine 2018 in OKC.”

— @OKRelig. Read reporter Carla Hinton’s coverage of Night To Shine OKC at NewsOK.com.

Streetcar construction

MAPS 3 streetcar construction is underway throughout downtown. For updates, follow the weekly downtown area traffic advisory online at okc.gov. Streetcar service is to begin in December.

Of note: Oklahoma City’s streetcar No. 1 left Brookville Equipment Corp.’s western Pennsylvania manufacturing plant by truck and was expected to arrive this week.

Present/absent

Mayor Mick Cornett and seven of the eight city council members attended last week’s budget workshop. Ward 2 Councilman Ed Shadid was absent.

Looking ahead:

• The Oklahoma City Council meets at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 200 N Walker Ave.

• The mayoral primary election is Tuesday. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. For further information, call the Oklahoma County Election Board at 713-1515.

• Mayor Mick Cornett hosts the 17th annual Mayor’s Development Roundtable on Wednesday, March 28, at the Cox Convention Center.

Myriad Gardens to host gardening school March 10

“Designs to Nurture Nature and Ourselves” is the theme of the 2018 Myriad Botanical Gardens’ Oklahoma Gardening School. The daylong horticultural symposium is March 10 at Devon Energy auditorium. Cost is $40 for Myriad Gardens members; $70 nonmembers; $25 for students. Register online at myriadgardens.org.

Of note: Speakers include Nancy Lawson, author of “The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife,” and Kathleen Wolf of the University of Washington (Seattle), whose research focuses on the human dimensions of urban forestry and urban ecosystems. William Crum, Staff Writer, wcrum@oklahoman.com Twitter: @williamcrum