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CONTRACT NO. K-1415-74: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND GAROLD G. AND BRENDA K. KNIGHT IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,637.89 FOR THE PURCHASE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY ON ROBINSON STREET LOCATED AT LOT 3, BLOCK 11, TULL'S FIRST ADDITION. (GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ROBINSON STREET BETWEEN DALE STREET AND STUBBEMAN AVENUE)
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BACKGROUND: The City of Norman acquired 53 parcels of property from Fall of 2008 to Spring 2009 for the construction of the Robinson Street Underpass Project. Subsequent to the completion of the underpass, the City Manager requested that city staff evaluate the existence and marketability of remnants of previously acquired property within the project area that, while necessary for project construction, no longer are useful to the City and thus could be considered surplus property. Staff identified two potential parcels of surplus property (labeled on the attached map at Parcel A and Parcel B).
Parcel A consisting of 0.93 acres, is bounded by Robinson Street to the south, Dale Street and single-family homes to the north, Fay Avenue and single-family homes to the east, and Stubbeman Avenue to the west. The only access to this property is from Dale Street. Parcel B, consisting of 0.35 acres, is bounded on the north by Robinson Street, on the south by Hayes Street, and single-family homes, on the east by Stubbeman Avenue, and on the west by undeveloped land zoned C-2 and the railroad tracks.
The City Council Community Planning and Transportation Committee met on December 17, 2012 to discuss this topic. At that meeting, the Committee recommended that the City of Norman move forward with the sale of these parcels. The first step in that process was to acquire written permission for the sale from the Right-of-Way Division Chief for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation ("ODOT") as required by the Right-of-Way, Utility, and Encroachment Agreement between the City of Norman and ODOT for the underp...
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