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April 9, 2024 ·2:00 PM Final

Lawton City Hall Council Chambers/Auditorium

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Agenda — 40 items

  1. 1 MEETING CALLED TO ORDER WITH INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  2. 2 "Official action can be taken only on items which appear on the agenda. The Council may adopt, approve, ratify, deny, defer, recommend, or continue any agenda item. The Council may also propose and enact floor amendments to any matter presented before them. When more information is needed to act on an item, the Council may refer the matter to the City Manager or the City Attorney. The Council may also refer items to standing committees of the Council or a board, commission, or authority for additional study. Under certain circumstances, items are deferred to a specific later date or stricken from the agenda entirely."
  3. 3 ROLL CALL
  4. 4 PRESENTATION: True North Award
  5. 5 PROCLAMATION: National Safe Digging Month Animal Care and Control Appreciation Week National Telecommunicators' Week National Sexual Assault Awareness Month National Donate Life Month Citizen of the Month: Bishop John Dunaway
  6. 6 REPORTS: MAYOR/CITY COUNCIL
  7. 7 AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION: Anyone having an item of business to present to the City Council that does not appear on the agenda please come forward at this time. The Mayor and Council will receive comments from audience members. Council may recommend to the individual or group as to what action they should take, i.e., refer the situation to a particular department or person at the city offices. Each speaker will have a 3-minute time limit, each topic will have a 9-minute time limit, and Audience Participation will be limited to 30-minutes in total.
  8. 8 CONSENT AGENDA:
  9. 1. Consider approving two (2) damage claims (recommended for approval) and resolutions authorizing payments for Rebekah Carne and Angela Shears in the amount of $1,100.00, and Deaderick and Kemerly White in the amount of $2,849.25. 24-1425
  10. 2. Consider adopting a Resolution authorizing the Traffic Control measures with the installation of STOP signs on NW 6th Street at Columbia Ave and remove the STOP signs eastbound and westbound on Columbia Avenue. 24-1303
  11. 3. Consider approving a resolution amending the City of Lawton FY23-24 budget, as amended, by appropriating $11,000.00 from the Special Revenue Fund (Fire Training Court Costs) to Fire Operation’s Training and Travel (2007501-52060) for the purpose of training opportunities and $4,000.00 from the Special Revenue Fund (Fire Training Court Costs) to Fire Operation’s Dues and Memberships (2007501-52055) for the purchase of required EMT certification tests. 24-1404
  12. 4. Considering approving a resolution amending the City of Lawton FY 2023-2024 budget, as amended, by appropriating $1,378,775.01 to the 2019 CIP Sales Tax Fund and $241,349.43 to the Lawton Water Authority Fund for Oklahoma Water Resources Board loan payments. 24-1412
  13. 5. Consider adopting a resolution approving certain new and revised pages in the form of a book entitled Volumes I and II to the City of Lawton Municipal Code, 2015, printed and designated as the 2019-2020 Biennial Supplement, known as Supplements No. 5 and 6 to the Lawton City Code, 2015, and authorizing distribution. 24-1406
  14. 6. Consider approving a resolution directing the City Clerk to notify the public of the publication of the 2019-2020 Biennial Supplement, known as Supplements No. 5 and 6 to the Lawton City Code, 2015 and further directing the City Clerk to file certified copies of this resolution and copies of Supplements No. 5 and 6 to the Lawton City Code, 2015 with designated governmental entities as required. 24-1407
  15. 7. Consider acknowledging receipt of permit number WL000016230748 for the construction of PU2204 Meadowbrook & PU2213 67th St & Bishop Rd Water Lines from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. 24-1384
  16. 8. Consider acknowledging receipt of permit number WL000016240030 for the construction of PU2308 Map 09 Waterlines Project from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. 24-1385
  17. 9. Consider acknowledging receipt of permit number WL000016230990 for the construction of PU2306 Industrial Water Main Extension Phase 1 from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. 24-1386
  18. 10. Consider and take action in accepting and authorizing Mayor to sign a Right of Entry Permit from the Commissioners of the Land Office to drill test holes for potential water wells. 24-1428
  19. 11. Consider approving a limited support agreement between the City of Lawton and the Lawton Metropolitan Area Airport Authority, contingent upon the Lawton Metropolitan Area Airport Authority also approving the agreement, to provide funding to be used solely for legal expenses related to Fire Station #2 located on airport grounds, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the agreement. 24-1410
  20. 12. Consider and award a contract in the amount of $4,371,020.00 to Horseshoe Construction, INC, for the construction of Sub-Basin 104-PU1306, 105-PU1410, & 106-PU1414 to replace approximately 33,000 linear feet of 8 and 10-inch gravity sewer lines. 24-1387
  21. 13. Consider extending contract RFPCL22-003 Utility Billing & Invoice Services to DataProse, LLC. of Coppell, TX, for an additional year. 24-1416
  22. 14. Consider and take action in approving an agreement with Republic Paperboard Company LLC, to implement new water, sewer, and solid waste rates with a retroactive effective date of April 1st, 2024. 24-1427
  23. 15. Consider approving appointments to boards and commissions. 24-1409
  24. 24 BUSINESS ITEMS:
  25. 16. Hold a public hearing to consider a request for a Use Permitted on Review to allow a dormitory-style shelter for homeless youth within a Public Facility (P-F) district for property located at 714 SW 45th Street, Lawton, OK 73505 and take appropriate action as deemed necessary. 24-1252
  26. 17. Hold a public hearing to consider a rezoning request from Builders Investment Group for a change of zoning from the R-1 Single-Family Dwelling District to R-2 Two-Family Dwelling District zoning classification for the property located at 1815 SW Jefferson Avenue Lawton, OK 73501 and take appropriate action as deemed necessary. 24-1401
  27. 18. Hold a public hearing and consider rezoning request from Arkeketa Enterprises, Inc for an amendment to the 2030 Land Use Plan from Residential/High Density to Commercial for the properties located at 2102 SW A Avenue & 2101 SW B Avenue, Lawton, OK, 73501 and take appropriate action as deemed necessary. 24-1402
  28. 19. Hold a public hearing and consider rezoning request from Arkeketa Enterprises, Inc for a change of zoning from R-4 High-Density Apartment District to C-5 General Commercial District zoning classification for the properties located at 2102 SW A Avenue & 2101 SW B Avenue, Lawton, OK, 73501 and take appropriate action as deemed necessary. 24-1405
  29. 20. Consider approving the record plat for Replat of Lots 4, 5, 6 & 7, Block 18, Radio City Addition and the waiving of City Code Section 21-5-501.I requiring an additional ten feet of street right-of-way along the abutting section line road (SW Sheridan Road) and take appropriate action as deemed necessary. 24-1431
  30. 21. Consider amending the FFY 2021-2025 COL Consolidated Plan by transferring Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) Income from Account 2604515 to Account 2604512-52090 to be utilized in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program for approved CDBG Projects and following all CDBG rules and regulations. 24-1422
  31. 22. Consider approving an ordinance pertaining to Administration, creating Section 2-3-20-404 and Division 2-3-20 in Article 2-3, Chapter 2, Lawton City Code, 2015, relating to Boards, Commissions and Committees by establishing the Veterans Affairs Committee, setting forth membership, duties and purpose; providing for severability and establishing an effective date. 24-1426
  32. 23. Provide City Council with a presentation on a public portal for reporting stormwater drainage issues and take action as City Council deems appropriate. 24-1421
  33. 33 STAFF REPORTS:
  34. 24. Provide City Council with an update on the FY 2024 Audit Process.
  35. 35 EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS:
  36. 25. Pursuant to Section 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes, consider convening in executive session to discuss potential litigation and condemnation suit against the real property owners for property needed for the Wolf Creek Bridge Project # EN2204, as authorized by Resolution No. 24-061, and take appropriate action in open session. 24-1420
  37. 26. Pursuant to Section 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes, consider convening in executive session to discuss a pending action with Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality concerning a Notice of Violation issued by ODEQ to the City on February 14, 2024, in relation to the City of Lawton Municipal Solid Waste Landfill and the FY 2022 and FY 2023 financial assurance mechanism update, local government test, not having been submitted by December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2023, respectively, and, if necessary, take appropriate action in open session. 24-1414
  38. 27. Pursuant to 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes, consider convening in executive session to discuss the pending action in the United Stated District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma titled Felisha Parker and Laresha Parker as next of kin to Isaac D’Wayne Parker, deceased v. City of Lawton, et al, Case number CIV-24-178-JD, and if necessary, take appropriate action in open session 24-1415
  39. 28. Pursuant to Section 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes, consider convening in executive session to discuss the pending action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma titled Christopher Hartley v City of Lawton, et al, Case number CIV-24-153-J, and if necessary, take appropriate action in open session. 24-1419
  40. 40 ADJOURNMENT