City of Stillwater ARRA-Funded Economic Recovery

• Stillwater Regional Airport

  Funding requested for the airport is for a runway improvement project.
  Total requested: $5.9 Million

  Status: Approved. Project Completed
  
  Last updated: 9/10/2009

• Parks and Recreation

  Total requested: $209,300

  Babcock Park Ball Field Lighting

  Status: Project bid was awarded by City Council on 11/22/10. Construction began on 12/19/10 and was completed on 12/29/10. Testing and inspection of the lighting system will occur on 1/6/11.
  
  Last Updated 1/6/11

  Share the Road Bike Routes

  Status: All materials needed for installation of bike route signage and pavement markings have been purchased and received by the City. Mapping and utility locate requirements have been completed and installation of bike route signage is expected to begin the week of 1/10/11.
  
  Last Updated 1/6/11

• Water Utilities

  The Water Utilities Department applied for ARRA (Stimulus) Funding through 2 sources: the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Loan Program for water projects and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Loan Program for wastewater projects. ODEQ and OWRB approved the City’s applications in August 2009. Total requested: $14.1 Million

  Status: Projects are currently underway or completed. Report with update can be found at on the Stillwater Utilities Authority Agenda from 1/3/2011.
  
  Last updated: 1/6/2011

• Stillwater Public Library

  OkConnect is a federal ARRA grant received by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries from the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program and awarded to Stillwater Public Library. The goal of the grant is to provide Oklahoma public libraries with advanced internet services for library users. Specifically, the Stillwater Public Library will receive: room-based video conferencing system;10 new laptops, webcams, headphones and work carrels for the computer lab; Internet connection speed of 100mbps; and network equipment including terminal router, firewall, WiFi router, and switches. Total Awarded: $93,130

  Status: The project will begin in FY12.
  
  Last Updated: 1/6/2011

• Stillwater Police Department

  The bulk of the funding requested by the Police Department will be spent on developing an interstate automated license plate recognition system.
  Total requested: $25 Million
  
  Status: Not accepted.
  
  Last Updated: 1/6/2011

• Electric Utility

  The requested funding for this department is to be applied toward a smart electric grid that will eventually be used for metering and billing across Stillwater and all CREC-powered locations.
  Total Requested: $10.4 Million
  
  Status: Not Accepted.
  
  Last Updated: 10/27/2009

• Stillwater Fire Department

  Requests for funding here are to be implemented via improvements to 4 existing fire stations in Stillwater and the construction of a new fire station.
  Total Requested: $3 Million
  
  Status: Not Accepted.
  
  Last Updated: 10/1/2009

• Other ARRA Links:
  • Oklahoma Recovery
  • Recovery.gov