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CONTRACT K-1617-96: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE NORMAN MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY AND CEDAR LAKE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN COLLECTION OF MONTHLY ASSESSMENTS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS IN CEDAR LAKE ADDITION THROUGH THE CITY OF NORMAN UTILITY BILLING SYSTEM.
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BACKGROUND: The Cedar Lake Addition was platted in 1995. It is located along Cedar Lane Road between 24th Avenue SE and 36th Avenue SE, and it consists of 19 large single family lots. The streets in the subdivision are not dedicated City streets. The Norman Water Utility provides water services to the residences, but no City sewer or sanitation services are provided to the residences. The home sites are located around a five acre lake commonly called "Cedar Lake". The lake has a dam on the east side of the lake. The lake and dam structure have not been dedicated to, nor accepted by, the City. Cedar Lake dam is a privately owned and maintained structure. The water impounded due to the dam does function as a detention structure for the subdivision, and with new development, additional upstream storm water generated by those new developments passes through the Cedar Lake detention facility.
Cedar Lake Addition residents became concerned with the condition of the lake and the dam as those new developments have occurred around the addition. Out of that concern, the residents reached out to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board ("OWRB") and requested a site visit and assessment of the condition of the lake and dam. Currently, water goes over the dam spillway with every major rain. In addition, the dam began leaking in the Spring of 2016. The leakage resulted in a recommendation by OWRB to lower the water level of the lake. The CLHOA had 11 million gallons of water pumped out of the lake, and it remains at that low level. CLHOA desires to retain ownership of the lake once the repairs to the dam have been completed, but would be interested in the City taking over long term maintena...
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