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CHANGE ORDER NO. ONE TO CONTRACT K-1516-76: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND DOWNEY CONTRACTING, L.L.C., DECREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $11,770 FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $536,381.90 FOR THE SUTTON WILDERNESS LAKE DAM AND SPILLWAY REPAIR PROJECT AND FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROJECT.
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BACKGROUND: On March 22, 2016, the Norman City Council approved construction contract K-1516-76 with Downey Contracting, L.L.C., in the amount of $548,251.90 for the Sutton Wilderness Lake Dam and Spillway Repair Project. Sutton Wilderness Lake Dam is located about 1,500 feet south of Rock Creek Road and 2,200 feet west of 12th Avenue N.E.
This property is owned by the State of Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and leased to the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department. It is subsequently subleased to the City of Norman for the establishment and maintenance of the George M. Sutton Urban Wilderness Area in accordance with the provisions of House Joint Resolution No. 1008 approved by the Honorable Governor George Nigh on February 8, 1979.
The George M. Sutton Urban Wilderness Park is part of the City of Norman Parks System and consists of the 157.7 acres, more or less, under a 99-year sublease between the City and the State of Oklahoma. An additional 53-acre tract immediately adjacent to the west was purchased by the City of Norman in 2008 and is maintained as part of the Park. Guidance and advice regarding rules, regulations and activities for the park as well as a management plan "to maintain Sutton Urban Wilderness as a healthy ecosystem, representative of the natural ecology of Oklahoma..." is provided by the Sutton Urban Wilderness Committee created by the City in 1983 as an ad hoc committee to the Norman Parks and Recreation Department.
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) notified the City of Norman that the Sutton Wilderness Lake Dam had been reclassified as a high hazard-potential structure on November 24, 2010. This re...
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