Ms. Ponder said this had been an easy job because she enjoyed it and was happy that she could assist in promoting the arts.

PRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD TO MELODY CUDD, LEGAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Cruz introduced Melody Cudd as Employee of the Month. She has worked in the legal office for two years, having transferred from Finance. He said Cudd is an aggressive and energetic person who is courteous to the public. She completed a short hand course at night on her own, participates in employee morale activities and is active with the United Way and March of Dimes.

Mayor Marley presented the plaque from T & S Printing, Certificate of Honor, two non-chargeable days off, and prizes from Midas Muffler, Goodyear, Hairloom, Chimney Sweep, and Calico County Restaurant.

Ms. Cudd said she had been with the City for five years and it was a pleasant experience. She said she enjoyed her job and the people she worked with and expressed appreciation for the award. Her two daughters accompanied her and were introduced.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF LAWTON CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING OF MAY 8 AND REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 13, 1997

MOVED by Shanklin, SECOND by Green, to approve the Minutes as submitted. AYE: Williams, Sadler, Purcell, Shanklin, Green, Maples. NAY: None. MOTION CARRIED.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION:

Tony Virtu gave the following statement which is inserted verbatim:

"Hi, my name’s Tony Virtu. First of all I’d like to thank Mr. Shanklin for his words of inspiration at the last meeting, he really helped me. In the last two weeks I’ve tried 64 places to find a job, of course, I haven’t heard from you. I wrote you a little letter, I hope you got it. You may have some recommendations. The way you spoke you seemed to be very up on the job situation.

What I want to talk about tonight is another letter I sent to everybody last week, I delivered it to the City Clerk addressed to the Mayor, City Attorney, and all member of City Council, and this has really inspired me also because in this letter, once again, after repeating this for the past three months about information I have about police misconduct and discriminatory practices, I asked the addressees of the letter, or you folks up there, to contact me. I’d give you the information. Let me get my glasses, sorry. I also said if I didn’t receive no response I would have to believe that the Mayor, City Attorney and all members of City Council were in agreement with the practice of police misconduct and discrimination. Well, I received no response so I’m glad that by your admission by silence you agree with me on the police practices of discrimination and misconduct. I’m still available. All you have to do is ask. I’ll give you the information. If you don’t want it, that’s your business."

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

1.    Consider applying to the Department of Housing and Urban Development or a Section 108 loan and an Economic Development Initiative Grant (EDI) for the renovation of the former Dunbar Elementary School and setting a public hearing date to receive citizen input to the application. EXHIBITS: NONE.

Schumpert said this was tabled April 8 by Council, and the recommendation is to set a public hearing to receive input.

Frank Pondrom, Director of Housing and Community Development, said the discussion was tabled for additional information. He said the pace of budget preparations in Lawton and Washington, D.C. have brought to light that funds will be available as part of the balanced budget deal between Congress and the President. Pondrom asked that a public hearing be set and at that time lay out a plan to get Dunbar School renovated if grant money can be obtained from HUD.

Shanklin asked who picks the board and from where for United Social Action, and if the Mayor is involved. Pondrom said United Social Action is a private, non-profit, volunteer organization that is a membership organization and has volunteers, and a board that elects their members and board of director; members are present who may want to give more specific information. Pondrom said USA, Inc. has a non-profit certificate from the State of Oklahoma. Schumpert said the Mayor does not participate in any of the membership. Pondrom said there is no relationship between any elected official and United Social Action. Shanklin asked if this could then be considered a private club. Pondrom said he would not say that since it has a different connotation from a non-profit organization; it is a neighborhood based non-profit, community organization.

Shanklin said if his memory was correct, Dunbar was not shut down from integration, but because mainly it was in the flight path. He said he did not understand investing $1 million in it. Shanklin said he thought staff had looked at doing something else out there with a lot less money, and it is very expensive to remodel a building and may require a greater amount than the building could be worth later. He asked what staff had discussed in this regard.

Schumpert said based on the uses planned at Dunbar, a facility could be constructed, rented or leased that would house the current City activities at the Owens Multi-Purpose Center and allow full use of that Center as a recreational facility, similar to the King Center and Patterson Center. He said if that is not large enough, the Owens Center could be expanded on its present site, which would serve the needs of the additional agencies. Schumpert said one of the observations was there is Pleasant Valley Center in the area, the Owens Multi-Purpose Center, and if Dunbar is added, there would be three centers, as well as the club house situation for scouting at another location, so there would be a number of facilities in that area. The question was if you could obtain $1.1 million, you could expand the Owens Center for less. He said he assumed the options would be brought out at the public hearing.

Purcell asked if application can be made for the EDI grant without having to take out a loan, or are both required. Pondrom said the two are not connected.

MOVED by Green, SECOND by Williams, to establish a public hearing date of June 10, 1997, to receive input into an application for funding for the renovation of the Dunbar School. AYE: Sadler, Purcell, Shanklin, Green, Maples, Williams. NAY: None. MOTION CARRIED.

BUSINESS ITEMS:

2.    Hold a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending the Land Use Plan from Residential Multi-Family to Commercial and Office and changing the zoning from C-1 (Local Commercial District) to C-4 (Tourist Commercial District) zoning classification located at 302 NW Rogers Lane. EXHIBITS: ORDINANCE NO. 97-____; LOCATION MAP; SITE PLAN; LETTER AMENDING REQUEST; LMAPC MINUTES.

Schumpert said the request was submitted by Robert E. Stevens. Deborah Jones, Assistant Planning Director, said the initiator is Robert E. Stevens, on behalf of the owner, Citizens Bank. The tract contains 1.3 acres, or 300 ft. x 200 ft. Proposed use of the tract is for the installation of a billboard, a non-accessory use. Surrounding zoning is R-4 to the south and west; R-1 to the east; to the north is Fort Sill, which has no zoning applied. Surrounding land use is Fort Sill to the north, outside the City limits; Sneed Acres residential area to the east; the Habitat, which is a townhouse association, on the south; and the property to the west is vacant. Proper notice of public hearing has been given.

Jones said on April 23, the Planning Commission, held a public hearing to consider the request and at that time the applicant amended the request and asked that the original rezoning request be reduced to the north 100 ft. of the requested area, or that the area be 300 ft. by 100 ft. in size. Two persons appeared to speak in opposition to the request at the public hearing. A petition has been received from owners representing 38.5% of the property within the 300 ft. notice area; a petition was received containing 88 signatures representing 73 property owners in the general vicinity. Numerous letters have also been received. Graphics were presented showing protests of owners within 300 feet, and protests of owners within the general area.

Jones said the Planning Commission held a public hearing, and under Title 19, to amend the Land Use Plan, an affirmative vote of six is required; although four votes were cast in favor and three in opposition to amend the Land Use Plan, the motion failed due to that statutory requirement. She said the Commission did recommend approval of the amended zoning request by a four to three vote, for the 100 ft. by 300 ft. area. The ordinance in the packet is for the 100 ft. by 300 ft. area only.

Purcell asked if there was a way the Council could approve a sign to be put up in a C-1 area by exception and have the area remain C-1 zoning. Jones said no, not under the present Code; the same question had been posed to Mr. Vincent at Planning Commission who answered as shown in the Commission minutes, there is not a way to vary the Code. She said the C-4 zone is the minimum zone for a non-accessory sign, meaning there is no primary use on the site but only this billboard.

PUBLIC HEARING OPENED.

Ray Polk, 3503 W Gore Boulevard, said he was present to speak on behalf of Citizens Bank, the owner of the property at 302 NW Rogers Lane. He said he wanted to clarify that there are no hidden agendas, they are not trying to dupe anyone or step on any toes, and not trying by trickery to do anything more than to gain some utility from the property they have held for the last ten years, and that is simply to put up a billboard.

Polk said a request was presented last year and at that time there was an aggressive movement to try to put in a miniature golf range, which failed. He said they are trying to gain some utility from the property, and do not want to make anyone angry at them and have tried to meet with area residents to clarify and explain what they want to do, and that is to ask for the northern 100 feet of the property to be zoned C-4 so they can put up a billboard, and they cannot put up a billboard or anything else without that, without being very obtrusive to the residents in the area, which they would prefer not to do.

Polk said two other persons are present to speak on behalf of the Bank’s position. He offered to answer questions from Council, area residents or any other interested persons, in an attempt to reach a compromise and bring the issue to a close.

Brian Donnelly, representing the Habitat Association, presented a  photograph on the view graph showing the property in its current state and a digitally enhanced photograph with an existing billboard superimposed to show it as it would appear if this is approved. He said the trees would have to be removed and the sign would be lighted during hours of darkness. Donnelly said he lives on the north side of the Habitat so he would be looking at a lighted billboard. Those who live on the northwest side of Sneed Acres would have a large, lighted billboard in their back yards. He said the Habitat Association requests denial of the amendment to the Land Use Plan.

Bill Johnson, Sneed Acres, 211 NW Mimosa Lane, said his property  is about 50 feet to the right of the extreme 300 feet marker, and he was speaking in behalf of the opposition to the rezoning. He said when the owner acquired the property, he knew the zoning and  that their investment was restricted to the C-1 zoning. Johnson said a prudent investor would seek to use existing zoning instead of trying to change it. He said the request for a zoning change appears to have come after the poor investment became evident or perhaps a faster return on the investment could be received through commercial development. Johnson asked if the residents of the area should suffer for the mistakes of a non-resident investor who made an error in business judgment and responded that he thought not.

Johnson said the approach from the beginning has been to change from C-1 to C-4, even though the property is surrounded by a C-1 zoning restriction. He asked why they had not sought to recoup their investment by developing the land in accordance with the current zoning. Initially they wanted to build a putt putt course and baseball batting cage; on February 14, 1996, that proposal was submitted to Planning Commission and it was unanimously rejected, and on 26 May, 1996, the City Council rejected the proposal. Eleven months later, on 23 April, 1997, LMAPC was asked by the property owner to reconsider the proposal for the same zoning change; however, less than three days prior to the scheduled meeting by LMAPC, the property owner informed the Sneed Acres group they would be willing to accept a change of zoning on only the north half of the property, 300 feet wide on Rogers Lane, and 100 feet deep, for the purpose of building a billboard. This approach at such a late date appeared to be dirty pool, notwithstanding the conciliatory approach, their proposal for a zone change was once again rejected by LMAPC.

Johnson said since that LMAPC meeting, the representatives of Sneed Acres have been approached by the owner representatives to reassure them their only intent is to build a billboard. Outwardly, this would appear to be a viable alternative to the original request, and in response to that approach, the residents suggested that perhaps only the west end of the property be considered, wide and deep enough to accommodate a billboard, which is only 40 x 30 feet according to their specification sheet. The owner rejected the idea and said they would rather have the entire north half of the property for the billboard, instead of having just enough room for the billboard, they want the entire 300 feet width of the property facing Rogers Lane and 100 feet deep of the available 200 feet in depth; this seems to be a tad large for the proposed billboard which requires only 40 x 30 feet. The desire to have the entire frontage for a billboard leads one to believe their ultimate goal is still to bring in commercial business as originally planned. He said residents had no guarantee that they will only put up a billboard, other than their word; they could sell the property the next day and what would their word give the residents. It would give them a piece of their area with C-4 zoning, and someone would likely request that it be expanded saying a little bit was given and only a little more was needed.

Johnson said Sneed Acres is one of the few residential areas that has remained unblemished by the forces of economic or commercial enterprise. The majority of the homeowners have been long term, very little turnover of ownership and if homes do become available, they are quickly sold. The most recent home for sale was on the market for less than two weeks. The apartments consistently have a waiting list for occupancy. The area is enjoying an expansion of new homes being built on Mockingbird Road. The homes have maintained the market value over and above the average because the owners take care of the property and because of the natural beauty of the area. The rezoning will decrease the value of the property.

Johnson said the residents are like a large family and they care about each other; the addition of unwanted commercial attractions would be a threat to property value and security of the area. He said they had a feeling that the fingers of political and financial power were pushing to have their way which the residents feel is not in the best interest of Sneed Acres nor the City of Lawton. Johnson said he was sad and ashamed to say that even the City Council member for this area does not support the cause of the residents and that he misled them in his campaign to gain office that he would support their beliefs just as his predecessor had done. He said if the vote is to approve the rezoning, there is not a whole lot the residents can do about it, and once it is changed, there will never be another reconsideration, but to change the zoning would be a tragedy and to quote the author of Absence of Malice, "by God, it ain’t right". Johnson asked the Council to do what is right.

Rexine Gibson said she was representing the Habitat. She said she believed everything Mr. Johnson had just said as being true, as did most of the residents present in the audience. Gibson said Mr. Stevens met with the owners of the Habitat and owners of homes in Sneed Acres and assured them the only intent was to use only a small piece on the west, front part for the sign. She said he seemed sincere and the residents realized they needed to use the piece of land; statement was made that the trees would not be removed and they would use only the one, small piece of land. Owners were in agreement with that approach because they knew the Bank needed to use the land; the owners at that meeting said they  would not protest the rezoning request for what they needed, as long as they did not ask for the full frontage, which he has done here tonight. Gibson said she objected to that. She said such a request would allow not only for the billboard, but for whatever else they wanted on Rogers Lane, adjacent to Sneed Acres. Gibson said that just because they say they will put up the sign, when you rezone it, it opens it up to anything else they want to put in there. She asked that the request be denied.

Bob Stevens, R.E. Stevens & Associates, said the concerns when the application was turned in for the miniature golf course were not to change the contour of the property, remove trees, invade upon the fence line and things of that nature. He said they in turn created a development for a billboard sign, which would add some lighting to the entry on 62 Bypass. Stevens said he had taken the input from the residents to develop something that would be the least offensive to the area.

Stevens said comments were made that it was submitted 100 feet to the front, but to clarify that, it was originally submitted as C-4 and that he had spent a lot of time with the City seeing if they could put a billboard sign in C-1 but that was not possible or feasible. He said he also worked with the City to do the distance elongated along the entry road. Stevens said when he met with area residents, they all decided it would be best not to do it in an elongated manner because if anything happened, it would be along their entry road; the next option was to do the frontage. Stevens said the reason it was planned this way was because the City did not like to take a box and spot it out but would rather have it run the length of the property or some direction, so that was what he did, and he explained it at Planning Commission.

Stevens said there was a misunderstanding that they could not restrict it and that he purposely set it back 100 feet to allow for the billboard sign, but it would not allow for anything else to be built as far as a permanent structure on C-4 because of the property line and setback requirements. He said you are limited by that alone to construction of a billboard sign. Stevens said Citizens Bank, who owns the property, stepped forward to say this is what we plan to do and have no different agenda.

Stevens said they tried to work with the area residents with this information, and that he understood the concerns. He said he, as a developer, was trying to take the input, not change the contours, water, land flow, trees, or any such things, and had supplied residents with a map. Stevens said the change occurred after the meeting with the residents in an attempt to reach a compromise. He said the location provides a cross section as far as the location of the roads. Stevens said there are some trees where the billboard would be located, but those trees are dead and they are not getting into the back of the property.

Stevens said he offered several times in the meeting, and had received no response, that if there is a major concern on the property, he offered to sell the back half of the property at C-1 to the area residents who would then control it forever, and still allow the C-4 and billboard to be on the front of the property. He said the property is already C-1, which allows a retail office building and many other uses; this would eliminate trees, change the property contour, light the site depending on what facilities would be there, and it would go across the frontage; the back of the property would be exposed to the residents, it would likely be filled in, although it is not in the flood plain. Stevens said the residents then would be looking at the back of a building, which may have dumpsters or graffiti.

Stevens said he had spent a considerable amount of time trying to design something that would work with the neighborhood to create something that could be done without creating the negative effects described at many of the meetings. He said the lighting is 300 feet minimum from any direction where this sign would be located to where the residents live; the lighting would benefit the entry, which has a sign saying the Habitat. Stevens said they could develop the property with the current zoning, but the intent was to work with the neighborhood and create something that would work out better. He said the lighting is on the sign itself, will be done professionally; it is not lighted from the ground up but on the sign and the lighting has shades.

Stevens said this is the best use of the property, with the 62 Bypass and the access to the property. He said a billboard sign will not create any more traffic, may provide extra lighting on the dark corner entry, yet it is far enough away from the residents not to cause a problem, and they are limited in use due to the setback line so it would be hard to put anything else in there.

A lady in the audience asked the size of the sign and Mayor Marley asked if Stevens could answer for public information. Stevens said it is 40 feet in length and 10 to 20 feet in width; the overall dimension of the sign itself is 40 feet in length.

Stevens said the question was raised as to why not rezone only enough area for the sign itself and he had gone through that with the City. He said to notch out a square was not recommended so they looked at different ways to get it done.

Maples asked if the lighting is from the top down onto the sign or from the bottom up. Stevens said one set shines up and another shines down, they are waterfall lights with shade covers; lighting from the ground up will blind oncoming motorists. Stevens said you want all your light on the sign and when you walk away from it, you do not want any light because you lose the effect. Stevens recommended approval of this request so they could put up a billboard sign and that would be the end of their development on this property.

Williams said Stevens mentioned staff had discouraged him from rezoning just the northwest corner. He asked if that is an option, how big of an area would be needed for the sign.

Stevens said the problem with that is the ODOT requirement for setbacks for the sign. He said that has been done in other locations in Lawton but it was not best to rezone 40 or 50 foot parcels for signs. Williams asked if 50, 75 or 100 feet would be sufficient. Stevens said there is a 40 foot sign, and a setback off the property line, so the 100 foot depth is needed; if they had 50, 75 or 100 feet, that is not a problem. Stevens said he selected the width and length dimensions because it would prohibit anything else from being built there. Williams asked if the reduced width would be acceptable. Stevens said you probably would need 100 feet due to ODOT requirements and the size of the sign. Williams asked if it is the north/south 100 feet that is needed. Stevens said yes.

Purcell said this could be accomplished by rezoning the northwest corner only, 100 feet deep by 100 feet along Rogers Lane. Stevens said that had been discussed with City staff.

Marian Russell said she taught school in Lawton for 32 years and had lived in Sneed Acres almost 40 years. She said there are already billboards on Rogers Lane, and she thought Lady Bird Johnson had something passed to prohibit billboards on public highways. Russell said there are trees and birds in this lovely area of Lawton and suggested the City purchase the property so people coming into Lawton could see something beautiful instead of seeing billboards. She said there are over 50 long time families staying in Sneed Acres and it is their lives. Russell said she did not want a billboard and asked that the rezoning be denied.

Lori Smith said she is 41 years old and had grown up in Sneed Acres, having lived there 25 to 30 years. She said she, her husband and their five children moved back last year and built their dream house at 227 NW Mockingbird Road, and her parents still live in this addition. Smith said they moved to Sneed Acres from Fields & Dunning which is a speedway making it unsafe to even cross the street. She said one of her children must use a walker, and other children and residents of Sneed Acres also have handicaps. Smith said if there is increased traffic, which is inevitable with any type of commercial rezoning, and she understood the property is up for sale and if that is the case, why is there a need for a billboard.

Smith said she had to chase a car load of teenagers off of private property last week, and if her children would have been back there, they would have been hit. She said this is not about a billboard, but about their lives, homes, heritage and security. Smith said allowing commercial, thereby devaluing residential property, would endanger the welfare of the community. She said City Council and Urban Renewal are famous for their near sightedness; most cities have a heritage to share with their children but Lawton’s can be seen only at the museum. Smith said the first thing people see coming into Lawton should not be billboards.

PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED.

Williams said this is in Ward 2 and he appreciated the Sneed Acres and Habitat homeowners and residents who came out this evening to speak and those who provided written correspondence. He said his position with everyone he has spoken with has been that he would not oppose a billboard. Williams said this is not about a billboard but about the fear of rezoning the 300 ft. by 100 ft. strip to C-4 and the possibility of what might happen on developing the north half or the sale of the total property, and the possibility of rezoning the south half to C-4 which would be the goal the owners had set out to accomplish a year or 18 months ago.

Williams said Stevens had been up-front with the homeowners in this attempt, possibly having learned from the last attempt, and that he appreciated Stevens’ efforts. He said if the north corner could be rezoned C-4 to allow for the billboard, 100 feet deep and whatever width would be necessary on Rogers Lane to accommodate the billboard, he would support that. Williams said the current zoning is C-1, which would allow for a funeral parlor, beauty shop, offices, and other things.

Purcell said this is a hard situation and one day the entire strip along Rogers Lane will be commercial, the same as Sheridan Road and Cache Road, we never expected them to be commercial, but they are. The current C-1 zoning on Rogers Lane will accommodate a laundry mat, funeral home, supermarket, dry cleaning, retail meat market, toy store, florist, drug store or bakery outlet; these would be worse than a billboard for the people in Sneed Acres. He said he would support rezoning for the smaller parcel for the billboard.

Shanklin said there was a similar situation on Sheridan Road a couple of months ago and the owners appeared. He asked if the residents would object to a rezoning of a 100 by 100 foot parcel. Bill Johnson said if they had to accept a sign, they would accept the area on the western end with a reasonable size, such as 50 feet wide by 100 feet. Jones said 100 feet depth is required. Schumpert said we are talking about 100 feet north/south and either 50, 75 or 100 feet east/west.

Maples asked how many feet wide was needed. Stevens said 100 feet by 100 feet would be fine, but the 50 and 75 create problems with the setbacks.

MOVED by Williams, SECOND by Shanklin, that this Council support a rezoning of that northwest corner of this property, 100 foot deep by 75 foot wide on Rogers Lane, to change that zoning from C-1 commercial to C-4 commercial, and waive the reading of the ordinance, read the title only.

Schumpert asked if that required a change to the Land Use Plan. Jones said she assumed the motion included an amendment to the Land Use Plan. Schumpert said he wanted it to be clear and asked if it was required. Jones said yes, the portion that is desired for rezoning, you should be amending that tract from residential multi-family to commercial office in the Land Use Plan.

Williams said he would amend the motion to include amending the Land Use Plan as stated.

Stevens said 100 by 75 may work but there is a 25 foot setback from the property line by ODOT so we are now at 50 feet and the sign itself will be within the parameters. He said if there is a requirement for five feet or ten feet to meet other requirements of the State, they may be slightly off. Williams asked if that was the north/south. Stevens said no, the depth is not a problem, it would be the east/west, at 75 feet with a 25 foot setback, they could be five feet off. Williams suggested making it 100 by 100.

AMENDED MOTION by Williams, SECOND by Purcell, to rezone the northwest 100 feet by 100 feet of that tract of land from C-1 to C-4, amending the 2020 Land Use Plan, and approve Ordinance No. 97-25, waive the reading of the ordinance and read the title only.

Cruz asked if there was 38% protest and Jones said yes, of the land area. Ordinance title was read by the City Clerk.

VOTE ON AMENDED MOTION: AYE: Purcell, Maples, Williams, Sadler. NAY: Shanklin, Green.

Mayor Marley said the item failed for lack of five votes.

3.    Hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution declaring the main structure at 910 SW 9th Street to be dilapidated and detrimental to the health and safety of the community, and authorize the expenditure of City Council Contingency Funds, if necessary, to demolish this structure. EXHIBITS: RESOLUTION NO. 97-58.

Dan Tucker, Building Development Director, presented a video of the property pointing out defects and showing the building standing open. Notice was provided to the owners and mortgage holders and no response has been received.

PUBLIC HEARING OPENED. No one appeared to speak.

PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED.

MOVED by Shanklin, SECOND by Green, to proceed with the demolition of 910 S 9th Street and pass Resolution No. 97-58.

Shanklin asked how long staff had been working on this property. Tucker said for two years, and people had come in saying they wanted to remodel but the area has problems with flooding.

Shanklin asked if it would take this long on all the properties. Tucker said yes, although they are working on a means to get them to contractors quicker after they have been condemned. Tucker said staff can now request to enter structures that have been vacant for a period of time to inspect, so those could be brought  to Council quicker.

Shanklin asked if the Chapter 6 recently passed would cause things to back up. Tucker said no, it would allow inspectors to enter the property, and condemnations are scheduled through September. Shanklin said staff could notify the owners that the condemnation would be considered. Tucker agreed and said for every location brought before Council, five or six have not been presented because staff and the owners were able to work something out.

Shanklin asked if there were sufficient staff members to handle this. Tucker said once the weeds are taken care of, he would, and with the addition of the two sanitation inspectors and cross training of all housing inspectors, it would be sufficient.

VOTE ON MOTION: AYE: Shanklin, Green, Maples, Williams, Sadler, Purcell. NAY: None. MOTION CARRIED.

(Title only)    RESOLUTION NO. 97-58

A RESOLUTION DETERMINING A CERTAIN STRUCTURE TO BE DILAPIDATED AND DETRIMENTAL TO THE HEALTH, BENEFIT, AND WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND ORDERING THE DESTRUCTION AND REMOVAL OF SAID DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE.

4.    Consider approving a resolution in support of Wackenhut Corrections’ proposal to locate a medium security prison in Lawton. EXHIBITS: RESOLUTION NO. 97-59.