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Consider and approve agreement for professional services between the City of Lawton and Garver, LLC for the purpose of developing Phase I the 2050 Land Use Plan for the City of Lawton in amount not to exceed of $156,336 and Phase II of the 2050 Land Use Plan in the amount not to exceed $250,434 in July if the funding is available.
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INITIATOR: Charlotte Brown, Community Services Director
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: Charlotte Brown, Community Services Director;
Rusty Whisenhunt, Director of Public Utilities
BACKGROUND: On March 7, 2023, the Lawton Metropolitan Policy Board approved the Lawton Metropolitan Planning Organization (LMPO) staff to send out an RFQ for finding a consultant to develop the 2050 Land Use Plan. On May 2, 2023, the Policy Board reviewed the two responses and created a subcommittee to meet and interview the two candidates. On June 6, 2023, the Policy Board approved the subcommittee's recommendation to negotiate a contract with Garver. Once the cost of the contract came back, staff had to place signing the contract on hold. The 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan had to be completed due to federal requirements. LMPO staff had put aside $225,000.00 for both plans, but needed to see what the MTP was going to cost before we could use any additional funds for the Land Use Plan. Once the cost came in for the 2050 MTP, it was determined that the Land Use Plan was going to have to be funded another way.
The close out of Consent Order #3 for the Sewer Rehabilitation program requires that the use of the 2050 Land Use plan to determine the compliance with sizing of sewer main lines as well as extension to serve the population projections identified in the 2050 plan. To have the Land Use plan available by spring of 2025, the phase 1 has to proceed by end of March of 2024.The Director of Public Utilities has determined that he needs the updated information fr...
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