Norman City Council met Tuesday night and withdrew a resolution for tax increment financing for a new arena and entertainment district. [PHOTO BY DAVID DISHMAN, THE OKLAHOMAN]

NORMAN — The Norman City Council withdrew a resolution regarding the University North Park development at the request of the OU Foundation, effectively ending the foundation's pursuit of tax increment financing for a proposed new arena district at this time.

“It is our request that you withdraw the TIF moving forward,” OU Foundation attorney Sean Rieger said during the council meeting. “This land doesn't go away, it's still the foundation's land.

But the OU Foundation won't seek to develop a proposed mixed-use entertainment district, featuring an arena to be used by OU athletics, under the current financial request. The OU Foundation sought assistance from the city of Norman to finance some development through a renewed TIF district, a plan that received pushback from members of the community and members of the city council.

“It is clear this process to go through to the statutory TIF committee is without consensus,” Rieger said. “We're aware of that; it's quite obvious.”