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RESOLUTION R-1920-82: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY, MORE PARTICULARLY HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, ALL WITHIN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE ROCK CREEK ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN THE CITY OF NORMAN; AND DECLARING THE NECESSITY FOR ACQUIRING SAID PROPERTY FOR ROADWAY, UTILITY AND DRAINAGE PURPOSES; AND AUTHORIZING INITIATION OF EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS FOR THAT PURPOSE.
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BACKGROUND: The Rock Creek Road Improvement Project will improve the remaining unimproved 1/2 mile of Rock Creek Road from Grandview Avenue to 36th Avenue NW. The project was included in the City's FYE 2018-2022 Capital Improvement Program and is anticipated to be constructed in Fall 2020. There has been significant development in the area that has generated the need for these improvements. Rock Creek Road currently carries 3,800 vehicles per day and an abundance of pedestrians and bicycle traffic.
On November 22, 2011, City Council approved Resolution R-1112-59, Programming Federal Surface Transportation Program Urbanized Area (STP-UZA) Funds for the widening and reconstruction of Rock Creek Road, from Grandview Avenue to 36th Avenue NW.
On May 27, 2014, City Council accepted $246,009.99 in deferral funds from Brookhaven No. 41 Addition ($158,289.50), The Falls at Brookhaven Addition ($81,640) and C.P. Land Addition ($6,080.49). City Council also appropriated these deferral funds in the amount of $246,009.99 from the Site Improvement Cash (Account 010-0000-229-2411) to the Rock Creek Road Widening Project Design (Account 050-9552-431.62-01, Project TR0094).
On May 27, 2014, City Council approved engineering services Contract K-1314-127 with Freese and Nichols, Inc. of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for the design of the Rock Creek Road Widening Project between Grandview Avenue and 36th Avenue NW in the amount of $203,400.
On September 26, 2017, City Council approved Contract K-171...
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