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CONTRACT NO. K-1314-39: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND WILSON & COMPANY, INC., IN AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $189,100 TO PROVIDE CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE SUTTON WILDERNESS LAKE DAM AND SPILLWAY REPAIR PROJECT.
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BACKGROUND: Sutton Wilderness Lake Dam is located about 1,500 feet south of Rock Creek Road and 2200 feet west of 12th Avenue N.E. in the City of Norman (see Attachments A, B &C) on a tract of land described as
The Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section 20, Township Nine (9) North, Range Two (2) West of the Indian Meridian, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, less and except a cemetery in the northeast corner containing 2.3 acres, and containing 157.7 acres, more or less.
The referenced property is owned by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health. The property has been leased to the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, and 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 Number 1008 approved on February 8, 1979.
The Sutton Urban Wilderness Park area is part of the City of Norman Parks System and consists of the 157 acres under a 99-year sublease between the City and the State of Oklahoma, as well as an additional 53-acre tract immediately adjacent to the west that was purchased by the City of Norman in 2008. 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.
In a November 24, 2010 letter, the City of Norman was notified by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) that, based on the findings in OWRB's hazard-potential reclassificat...
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