City updates Mayor and commissioners on Vance AFB projects, school funding and land conveyance to Air Force

City staff briefed the mayor and board of commissioners on multiple military‑community infrastructure items related to Vance Air Force Base, including progress on a planned Eisenhower Elementary School, state legislation that could route funding to base‑area projects, an Oklahoma Senate bill addressing land purchases by foreign adversaries, federal military construction appropriations and a proposed conveyance of 60 acres to the U.S. Air Force.

Staff said the Eisenhower School project remains “on track” and is in the portal stage, which allows the project to file claims and draw previously allocated funds. Engineering is expected to be finished by the end of the year, after which construction can begin. The school is being planned as an 350‑student facility with an estimated total cost of about $30,000,000; if federal funds cover 80% of the cost, staff said that would equal roughly $24,000,000 and leave an estimated $6,000,000 local share.

Officials noted the Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission…