This is Frank Hill and the City trying to subvert the process.
The BOA commisioners said bluntly that they had the right to consider the building(s) under consideration individually.

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That sounds wrong.

(1) There were several line items in SandRidge’s proposal before the DDR on April 8. The DDR didn’t completely treat the matter as all or nothing … one item was approved conditionally … the motion there was that, “Tanenbaum/Ainsworth [moved, seconded] to approve items 1-4 and approve item 5 contingent with the applicant returning in 90 days with additional information and more complete plans for the new construction of the proposed structure at 120 Robert S Kerr Avenue.” That the motion broke the items into parcels seems to me to have some significance. [Note: I cannot presently locate the April 8, 2010, Minutes of the DDR at the city's website, but I saved a copy which you can read here.]

I note, too, that the items were broken into parcels on the DDR’s agenda … hence the above motion combined items on the DDR’s agenda. See the Staff Report which also treated the items separately. The point is, the various items were not included as a “package deal” in the first place but were instead presented as several line items in the DDR’s 4/8/2010 agenda.

Secondly, according to the BOA’s handout at its initial session, “After the case has been fully presented, the Board will vote to approve, approve conditionally, or deny the request. A concurring vote of three members is required to approve, defer or deny AN item. “An item” doesn’t lend support to an all or nothing approach.

… BUT WAIT …

… NEWS FLASH … this comment is being interrupted by a report from a NYC radio station which reports that an alien spaceship bearing earth-threatening devices hovering over Oklahoma City has just been reported ala Mercury Theatre on the Air, performed on October 30, 1938 …

… AT LEAST A PAIR OF POSTS IN THIS BLOG HAVE SUDDENLY AND MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED. IT IS NOT YET KNOWN WHETHER THESE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES ARE THE RESULT OF TURBULENT SUN SPOTS (which are known to have an adverse affect upon earth-bound internet communications) OR SOME OTHER UNIVERSAL SINISTER CAUSE … OR JUST SOMETHING MORE LOCAL TO THE CITY BUT EQUALLY SINISTER …

… Stay tuned … my understanding is that Orson Wells or his surrogate will be reporting on this occurrence in all probability, as the invasion proceeds …

Aren’t city staff in favor of Preservation Oklahoma’s position? Why would they want to subvert the vote in favor of SandRidge?

This comes from higher-up than the Planning Dept.