Mayor: ‘What Are You Doing to Improve the Community?’
During his annual “State of the City” address at the Jan. 6 Chamber of Commerce Open Forum, Sand Springs Mayor Bob Walker asked the audience what they were doing to improve the community in the coming year.
His answer: “Get involved.”
Walker’s half-hour presentation highlighted City government accomplishments during 2008 in the areas of public safety, growth opportunities and community building. He then asked the audience for help to make 2009 an even be Read More »
City Wins District Court Lawsuit Over Rock Quarry
A Tulsa District Court judge has upheld the City of Sand Springs’ denial of a Specific Use Permit to establish and operate a limestone quarry in south Sand Springs. District Judge Mary Fitzgerald affirmed the findings of fact and conclusions of law submitted by the City in an appeal lawsuit brought by Sand Springs Materials LLC. The firm had asked the court to overturn the Sand Springs Planning Commission’s denial of Specific Use Permit No. 010. The SUP would have allowed the firm to quarry limestone over a 25-year period on a 500-acre tract between Avery Drive and 41st Street, east of Highway 97. The Planning Commission denied Read More »
New Administration Could Stimulate Street Improvements
President-Elect Barak Obama’s proposal to stimulate the national economy with public infrastructure projects could invigorate numerous street and drainage improvements in Sand Springs.
City officials have prepared a list of 10 street and drainage improvement projects that could be initiated as soon as next spring if a federal infrastructure program emerges soon after Obama takes office in January. The list was recently submitted to INCOG – the agency responsible for transpo Read More »