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E-Mail Newsletter
30 January 2015
MEETINGS
Feb 2nd
6pm – BETA
6pm – Board of
Education (Admin
Bldg)
Feb 5th
12 Noon – TIF
Review
Committee
Feb 9th
6pm – Bd of
Adjustment
Feb 12th
6:30pm – Planning
Commission
Feb 19th
4pm – Juvenile Ct
Feb 24th
3pm – Traffic Ct
6pm – City Council
6pm - BMIA
*All City Boards,
Commissions, &
Authority meets at
City Hall unless
otherwise noted
Volume 30, Number 5
ADVERTISEMENT OF BIDS
The Blanchard Municipal Improvement Authority will
receive separate sealed bids for the construction of Fox
Run Drainage Improvements. Bids will be received at City
Hall, located at 122 N. Main St, Blanchard, Oklahoma
73010, until 11:00 AM, on Thursday, the 12th day of March,
2015. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud, at
11:00 AM at City Hall.
A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on this
project at 11:00 am on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at the City
Hall, located at 122 N. Main St, Blanchard, Oklahoma
73010.
All work shall be performed and all construction and
material used and furnished shall be in accordance with
the Contract Documents prepared by Glenn Sullivan &
Associates, Inc., and on file in the office of the Blanchard
Municipal Improvement Authority, located at City Hall.
The Notice to Bidders, Form of Bid, Form of Contract,
Plans and Specifications, Forms of Bid Bond, Performance
and Statutory Payment Bond, and other Contract
Documents may be examined at the following:
City Hall
122 N. Main St.
Blanchard, Ok 73010
OR
(405) 485-9392
Glenn Sullivan & Associates, Inc.
103 N. Mercedes Drive, Suite A
Norman, OK 73069
(405) 321-7232
A complete set of Plans and Specifications to
prospective bidders may be obtained at the office of Glenn
Sullivan & Associates, Inc., (405) 321-7232, upon receipt
of a non-refundable deposit of $50.00.
Each bidder shall accompany his original bid, with a
certified or Cashier's Check on a solvent bank located in
Oklahoma or a Bidder's Bond, in the amount of five (5)
percent of the amount bid, as a guarantee of his ability to
perform the contract bid upon, and that he will enter into a
written contract with the Owner to perform said work
CALENDAR
Feb 4th
2pm – Social Media
Workshop (PTCR)
Feb 10th
7am – School Board
Election (All
Precincts)
Feb 14th
– Valentine’s Day
Feb 16th
– President’s Day
Feb 19th
12Noon – Chamber
Luncheon (PTCR)
For Blanchard
Library Events:
Please visit their
website at
pioneer.lib.ok.us/home
and/or furnish said materials in accordance with said plans
and specifications and furnish the required bonds within
seven (7) days after the acceptance of his bid.
The deposit will be retained by the Owner as, and for,
liquidated damages in case the successful bidder fails to
enter in said contract and furnish the required bonds
provided for in the specifications within the time required.
Deposit of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned upon
the execution of the Contract and required bonds.
Each bidder shall accompany his bid with a sworn
statement in writing that the Bidder has not directly or
indirectly entered into an agreement, express of implied,
with any other bidder or the price or amount of such bid or
any bids, the limiting of the bids or bidders, the paying to
anyone any money for promotion expenses, the parceling
or farming out to any bidder or bidders or other persons of
any part of the contract or any part of the subject matter
of the bid or of the profits thereof.
A Performance, Maintenance and Statutory Bond in the
amount of 100% of the contract price with a Corporate
Surety licensed in Oklahoma and approved by the Owner
and Engineer, will be required for the faithful performance
of the contract, and the bidder shall state in the proposal
the name and address of the Surety or Sureties who will
sign this bond in case the contract is awarded to him. The
Maintenance Bond required will guarantee the repair of all
damage due to improper materials or workmanship for a
period of one (1) year after the acceptance of the work by
the Owner.
All bids shall remain on file at least forty-eight (48)
hours. Bids received more than ninety-six (96) hours prior
to the Bid Opening will be returned.
Contract to be awarded to low responsive responsible
bidder on or before March 24th. The Owner reserves the
right to waive any informalities in the bidding and the right
to reject any and all bids in accordance with the Oklahoma
Competitive Bidding Act. Conditional bids shall not be
accepted.
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CITY/TRUSTEE ACTION
The Blanchard City Council and the BMIA Board of Trustees
took appropriate action on the following items at their
regular scheduled meeting on Tuesday, 1/27:
§ CITY COUNCIL §
● Discussed road policy and request for repair of Summer
Oaks by Jay Solomon;
City of Blanchard
P.O. Box 480
122 N. Main Street
Blanchard, OK 73010
Phone:
(405) 485-9392
Fax:
(405) 485-3199
E-mail:
[email protected]
We’re on the Web!
www.cityofblanchard.us
● Terminated Lease Agreements with Blanchard Historical
Society;
● Approved Reservation Agreement with Blanchard
Historical Society;
● Approved Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for
Engineering Services;
● Provided status update on renovations of the old
library/former Methodist Church;
● City engineer provided status of Fox Run Road
Improvement District; and
● Approved Consent Agenda.
§ BMIA §
● Approved Fox Run Drainage Improvements and
authorized Bid Advertisement;
● Provided status of Crystal Lake Industrial Park platting,
etc.;
● Approved Consent Agenda; and
● Held Executive Session.
The next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, February 24th.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF A TAX INCREMENT
DISTRICT: INCREMENT DISTRICT NO. 1, CITY OF
BLANCHARD;
BLANCHARD
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT PLAN: TO ALL INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS:
The City of Blanchard, Oklahoma (the “City”) invites
and encourages all interested citizens and other interested
parties to attend two public hearings scheduled for
Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 6:30 P.M. (during the
regularly scheduled meeting of the Blanchard Planning and
Zoning Commission), and Tuesday, February 24, 2015, at
6:00 P.M. (during the regularly scheduled meeting of the
City Council), both hearings to be held in the Council
Chambers located at City Hall, 122 N. Main St., Blanchard,
Oklahoma.
The purpose of the first hearing shall be for information
and questions, and the second hearing shall be for persons
to have an opportunity to be heard concerning proposed
Increment District No. 1, City of Blanchard (the “Increment
District” or “TIF”) on the following described property
known as Tract A, and the Blanchard Economic
Development Project Plan (the “Project Plan”).
TRACT A
The proposed Increment District contains an area
generally described as a triangular area bordered on the
north by NE 10th Street, on the west by North Council
Avenue, and on the southeast by U.S. Highway
62/277/State Highway 9, plus underdeveloped frontage
extending northeast along the Highway to approximately
Rockwell Avenue and underdeveloped parcels along State
Highway 76 west of North Council Avenue and north of NE
10th Street. The subject area comprises a portion of the
land in Sections 19, 20, 29, and 30 of Township 8 North,
Range 4 West, McClain County, Oklahoma, and more
particularly described as follows:
A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN PART OF THE N/2 OF
SECTION 29, S/2 OF SECTION 20, AND SE/4 OF SECTION
19 OF TOWNSHIP 8 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST. BEING MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS:
BEGINNING AT THE SW CORNER OF LOT 3, BLOCK 1 OF THE
BLANCHARD CROSSING PLAT FILED IN McCLAIN COUNTY.
LOCATED IN THE N/2 OF SECTION 29.
THENCE, N00º23’31’W A DISTANCE OF 1401.41 FEET TO
THE NW CORNER OF LOT 2 OF BLANCHARD CROSSING
PLAT; THENCE, N89º31’52”W A DISTANCE OF 660.00 FEET;
THENCE, N00º05’26”W A DISTANCE OF 545.41 FEET TO
THE SE/4 OF SECTION 19; THENCE, N89º53’32”W A
DISTANCE OF 560.00 FEET; THENCE, N00º06’28”W A
DISTANCE OF 230.00 FEET TO A POINT IN COMMON AREA
“A” OF KENDALL HEIGHTS PLAT FILED IN McCLAIN
COUNTY; THENCE, WEST A DISTANCE OF 138.00 FEET TO A
POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 18, BLOCK 6 OF
KENDALL HEIGHTS FILED PLAT; THENCE, NORTH A
DISTANCE OF 230.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH
LINE OF LOT 21, BLOCK 6 OF KENDALL HEIGHTS FILED
PLAT; THENCE, N89º 53’32”E A DISTANCE OF 99.02 FEET
TO THE NE CORNER OF LOT 24, BLOCK 6 OF KENDALL
HEIGHTS FILED PLAT; THENCE N45 º 23’54”E A DISTANCE
OF 296.12 FEET, ALONG THE KENDALL HEIGHTS FILED
PLAT; THENCE, NORTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF LOT 25,
BLOCK 6 OF KENDALL HEIGHTS FILED PLAT A DISTANCE
OF 83.41 FEET TO THE NW CORNER OF LOT 25, BLOCK 6,
OF KENDALL HEIGHTS FILED PLAT; THENCE, N89º48’20”E
A DISTANCE OF 240.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH
LINE OF LOT 25, BLOCK 6 KENDALL HEIGHTS FILED PLAT;
THENCE, S00º13’52”W A DISTACNE OF 191.74 FEET TO A
POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 1, BLOCK 6 OF
KENDALL HEIGHTS FILED PLAT; THENCE, S45º23’54”W A
DISTANCE OF 155.00 FEET TO THE NW CORNER OF LOT 2,
BLOCK 6 OF KENDALL HEIGHTS FILED PLAT; THENCE,
S43º19’34”E A DISTANCE OF 266.00 FEET; THENCE,
N89º55’32”E A DISTANCE OF 128.00 FEET; THENCE,
S00º13’52”W A DISTANCE OF 138.00 FEET TO THE SOUTH
RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE TIMBER OAKS PLAT FILED IN
McCLAIN COUNTY; THENCE, N 89º31’52”E A DISTANCE OF
2,589.58 FEET TO THE SW CORNER OF LOT 21, BLOCK 1 OF
HOUSER PLACE ADDITION PLAT FILED IN McCLAIN
COUNTY; THENCE, N00º05’26”W A DISTANCE OF 283.13
FEET TO THE NW CORNER OF LOT 21, BLOCK 1 OF HOUSER
PLACE FILED PLAT; THENCE, N89º33’17”E A DISTANCE OF
454.19 FEET TO THE SE CORNER OF LOT 1, BLOCK 1 OF
HOUSER PLACE FILED PLAT; THENCE, N00º04’25”E A
DISTANCE OF 675.21 FEET TO THE NW CORNER OF LOT 4,
BLOCK 1 OF HOUSER PLACE FILED PLAT; THENCE,
N00º04’25”E A DISTANCE OF 53.31 TO A POINT ALONG
THE EAST LINE OF LOT 5, BLOCK 1 OF HOUSER PLACE
FILED PLAT; THENCE, N89º33’17”E A DISTANCE OF 420.00
FEET; THENCE, S00º04’25”E A DISTANCE OF 393.76 FEET;
THENCE, S49º11’55”E A DISTANCE OF 354.37 FEET;
THENCE, N52º05’15”E A DISTANCE OF 1,663.97 FEET;
THENCE, S00º23’31”W A DISTANCE OF 793.72 FEET;
THENCE, S89º58’36”W A DISTANCE OF 240.26 FEET;
THENCE, N19º24’13”E A DISTANCE OF 13.05 FEET;
THENCE, S89º58’36”W A DISTANCE OF 177.80 FEET;
THENCE, S00º01’24”E A DISTANCE OF 67.31 FEET;
THENCE, S89º58’36”W A DISTANCE OF 211.26 FEET TO
THE NE CORNER OF LOT 2 OF PICKARD ESTATES PLAT
FILED IN McCLAIN COUNTY; THENCE, S A DISTANCE OF
206.19 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF LOT 2 OF PICKARD
ESTATES FILED PLAT; THENCE, S89º58’36”W A DISTANCE
OF 420.00 FEET TO THE NW CORNER OF LOT 6 OF PICKARD
ESTATES FILED PLAT; THENCE, S00º01’24”W A DISTANCE
OF 415.00 FEET TO THE SE CORNER OF LOT 6 OF PICKARD
ESTATES FILE DPLAT; THENCE, S89º44’43”W A DISTANCE
OF 211.26 FEET; THENCE, S00º15’41”E A DISTANCE OF
50.00 FEET TO THE NE CORNER OF LOT 1, BLOCK 1 OF FOX
RUN ADDITION PLAT FILED IN McCLAIN COUNTY, TO A
POINT IN THE N/2 OF SECTION 29; THENCE, S89º44’43”W
A DISTANCE OF 91.38 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH
LINE OF LOT 1, BLOCK 1 OF THE FOX RUN FILED PLAT;
THENCE, S52º09’00”W A DISTANCE OF 584.36 FEET TO
THE NW CORNER OF LOT 51, BLOCK 1 OF FOX RUN FILED
PLAT; THENCE, S52º09’00”W A DISTANCE OF 65.44 FEET
TO A POINT ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 50, BLOCK 1
OF FOX RUN FILED PLAT; THENCE, S27º40”07”W A
DISTANCE OF 239.62 FEET TO THE NW CORNER OF LOT 50,
BLOCK 1 OF THE FOX RUN II PLAT FILED IN McCLAIN
COUNTY; THENCE, S43º18’59”W A DISTANCE OF 323.51
FEET TO THE NW CORNER OF LOT 49, BLOCK 1 OF FOX RUN
II FILED PLAT THAT IS ALSO A KNOWN POINT ALONG THE
NE LINE OF LOT 10, BLOCK 1 OF FOX RUN III PLAT FILED
IN McCLAIN COUNTY; THENCE, N35º46’52”W A DISTANCE
OF 143.41 FEET TO THE NE CORNER OF LOT 11, BLOCK 1
OF THE FOX RUN III FILED PLAT; THENCE, N35º46’52”W A
DISTANCE OF 330.00 FEET; THENCE, S51º56’35”W A
DISTANCE OF 2,476.34 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE
FILED PLAT OF BLANCHARD CROSSING TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING. SAID TRACT CONTAINING 123.43 ACRES
MORE OR LESS.
A map of the proposed Increment District boundaries
and the proposed Project Area (each as described in the
Project Plan) is provided below. The proposed Increment
District is the area within which ad valorem tax revenue
and sales and use tax revenue may be captured and
utilized for the payment of TIF Project Costs. The proposed
Project Area is a broader area because certain TIF Project
Costs may be expended outside the boundaries of the
Increment District in support of the Project as described
below. The proposed Project Area will include a portion of
Sections 19, 20, 29, and 30 in Township 8 North, Range 4
West, McClain County, Oklahoma.
Copies of the Blanchard Economic Development Project
Plan may be obtained free of charge at the City Clerk’s
Office located at City Hall, 122 N. Main St., Blanchard,
Oklahoma, any time after Thursday, January 29, 2015,
during regular business hours.
The Blanchard Economic Development Project Plan will
encourage economic development in the City by facilitating
the
creation
of
significant
additional
commercial
development along the U.S. Highway 62 corridor within the
City
that
encourages
commerce,
increases
retail
opportunities, and generates a corresponding growth in
the local tax base (collectively, the “Project”). The City
recognizes
the
difficulty
in
attracting
significant
development to the area due to the lack of adequate
infrastructure necessary to serve to serve substantial
development. The City will construct or cause to be
constructed additional supporting public infrastructure
necessary to facilitate additional commercial development
throughout the Increment District. Development will
proceed based on commercial opportunities that are
presented to the City, all in accordance with applicable
laws and regulations. Proposed Project Costs include
significant
traffic
upgrades,
including
construction,
reconstruction, and/or resurfacing of streets, intersection
improvements, signalization, sidewalks, and lighting, plus
certain water and sewer line improvements to serve
existing and potential development along U.S. Highway 62,
along with potential acquisition of certain property within
the Increment District. The proposed Project Costs (as
described in the Project Plan) total approximately $6.69
million.
Incremental increases in ad valorem tax revenue and
sales and use tax revenue that are generated within the
boundaries of the Increment District will serve as the
revenue source for financing the proposed Project Costs.
Said revenues are the public revenues directly
attributable to the Project resulting from establishment of
the Increment District.
Increment District Project Area
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SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
TO VOTE ON TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 10 IN THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION.
ALL PRECINCTS WILL BE OPEN FROM 7AM to 7PM.
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TRAVEL VOUCHER CONTEST
The Blanchard Chamber will be hosting a $2000 travel voucher
contest again this year. The winner will be drawn at the annual
banquet on March 6th, but you do not have to be present to win.
Tickets are only $20 and will be available for purchase very
soon. The winner will receive a $2000 travel voucher through
Waves of Adventure Travel.
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WORKSHOP
The Blanchard Chamber along with the REI Women’s
Business Center and Mid-America Technology Center will
be hosting a workshop on Wednesday, February 4th. The
workshop will focus on social media for your business and
will feature topics on Twitter and LinkedIn. The workshop
will be held in Blanchard at the Pioneer Telephone
Community Room from 2 to 5pm. Cost is $15 for Chamber
members. Please register online at www.reiwbc.org or call
the Chamber office at 485.8787 for more information.