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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1314-11 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, CLOSING THAT PART OF FARMER STREET LYING BETWEEN JENKINS AVENUE AND LINCOLN AVENUE LOCATED IN HARDIE-RUCKER ADDITION TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF.
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BACKGROUND: An amended plat of Hardie Rucker Addition was filed of record May 11, 1923 with a fifty foot (50') street right-of-way known as Farmer Street between Jenkins Avenue to the west and Lincoln Avenue to the east.
DISCUSSION: A great amount of transition has taken place in this area. Beginning with the construction of Headington Hall by the University of Oklahoma north of Farmer Street, a University of Oklahoma parking lot south of Farmer Street, the construction of Lindsey Street from Lincoln Avenue to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks, and the installation of traffic signals at the intersections of Jenkins Avenue/Stinson Street and Lindsey Street/ George Avenue. If the street closure is approved, a public street will no longer be in conflict with the University's plans for continuity of their property. The proposal is green space and landscaping in place of the street paving. An open space element will make a break from the multi-story structure to the north and the existing parking lot to the south. With the neighborhood to the east and southeast, there are other public street access points provided with the best locations at the signalized intersections of Stinson Street and Jenkins Avenue and Lindsey Street and George Avenue.
The current traffic using Farmer Street between Jenkins and Lincoln Avenues was recently studied on Thursday, September 5, 2013. Based on this study, an average daily traffic volume of 675 vehicles currently travel this segment of Farmer Street. If Farmer Street is closed, these 675 vehicle trips will be dispersed onto other streets such as Lincoln Avenu...
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