Study Session - 10/06/2026

The City of Enid’s October 6, 2026 study session included updates on the Ames waterline project, downtown Painted Sky Park, the Chisholm Trail Metropolitan Planning Organization’s long-range transportation plan, and CivicPlus community development software. For the waterline work, staff explained that taps would be capped to protect the planned fusible-PVC slip-lined pipeline and described a negotiated arrangement to connect an affected property to a neighboring town’s water service, with future repairs handled by the property owner and the town. No vote on these items was recorded in the transcript.

The Painted Sky Park project is currently budgeted at approximately $4 million, with $2.3 million in the city budget and $1.3 million raised through donations. Staff aims to put the main project out to bid by the end of October, award it by December, and begin construction in February. The amphitheater will be removed from the initial bid while its design is reconsidered, then bid separately; lighting options are also under review. The session also covered a transportation plan prepared with Poe & Associates, intended to identify regional projects and support future funding applications, and the CivicPlus software implementation, which is in progress with a target launch by January 1. No procurement-related votes or contract awards were recorded.