Council directs staff to pursue water redundancy and waterline upgrades for West Industrial Park to protect Goodyear operations

Lawton public utilities staff and engineering consultants presented a multi‑phase plan to improve industrial water redundancy for the West Industrial Park, emphasizing the need to avoid repeated costly outages that have affected major employers such as Goodyear.

Public Utilities described two options: a smaller, targeted booster pump to serve Goodyear (Plan A, estimated ~$720,000) and a larger booster station with a phased replacement of an aging 24‑inch water main (Plan B; total project estimated at about $25 million including contingency). Consultants and staff said phase 1 (booster pump plus the first mile‑plus of new main) could be completed for roughly $15.4 million, with potential state Department of Commerce P3 grant funding to cover design and construction.

Council directed staff to proceed with design contracts contingent on securing funding and to pursue available grant programs. Staff said design contracts would be returned for council approval and that no notice to proceed for construction would be issued until funding was secured.