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RESOLUTION NO. R-1314-15: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, ADOPTING AND CONFIRMING FINAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVEMENTS ON ROCK CREEK ROAD, AN ARTERIAL ROAD, FROM BETWEEN PORTER AVENUE TO ONE-HALF MILE EAST OF 12TH AVENUE N.E., AND AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO RELEASE PROPERTIES AS ASSESSMENTS ARE PAID.
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BACKGROUND: On November 14, 2006, Council adopted Resolution No. R-0607-40 declaring a Recoupment District for the Rock Creek Road Widening Project. Then, on September 22, 2009, City Council adopted Resolution No. R-0910-51 and approved Contract No. K-0910-70 for the construction of the Rock Creek Road Widening Project. Construction began on the Rock Creek Road Widening Project in January 2010 and it was completed in January 2011. City Council adopted the Recoupment Ordinance on February 11, 1997.
The project provided for the widening of Rock Creek Road from two lanes to four lanes between Porter Avenue and Queenston Avenue. A grant of federal transportation funds provided by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) paid for 80 percent of the construction costs on the project. The City's share of the project paid for land acquisition, utility relocation, design services and 20 percent of the construction costs.
DISCUSSION: Rock Creek Road Widening Project was one of the 2005 Bond Projects. The project was completed using only Bond Funds. The Rock Creek Road Recoupment District included ten unplatted parcels. Seven property owners donated the necessary right-of-way while three of the property owners chose to accept funds for the right-of-way. Under the Recoupment Ordinance, Ordinance No. 0-9697-31, if a construction project is funded by General Obligation Bond funds, only right-of-way costs can be recouped and charged back specifically to the property attributable to the cost. See Attachment A.
Since the actual cos...
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