Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 05-20-2025
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Consideration, discussion and possible action to accept the Drainage Advisory Committee’s recommendation to Council to expend funds to construct improved channelization measures along the banks of a tributary to Covington Creek contingent upon all adjacent property owners agreement and execution of a drainage easement for the construction of the project
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Background:
This case was brought before the Drainage Advisory Committee on April 28, 2025 for construction funds. The Committee voted 7-0 to recommend approval of expenditure of funds.
Deer Creek, an Unnamed Tributary to Covington Creek, and Covington Creek are experiencing increased erosion due to high velocity. The higher velocities create an erosive force that breakdown creek embankments, transports suspended soil particles and deposits sediments along these drainage ways. The sediments build up and trap floating debris, which blocks and impedes flow in the creek. In addition, the increased velocities due to the blockages under cut and erode away embankment material that supports vegetation as well as public and private infrastructure along the creek banks.
All 3 creeks are located on private property owned by an HOA or individual homeowners.
The Drainage Advisory Committee recommended on 7/27/20 and Council approved on 8/18/20 the expenditure of $35,000.00 for design and construction plans to mitigate the creeks mentioned above.
The Drainage Advisory Committee recommended on 2/28/22 and Council approved on 3/21/22 the expenditure of $30,000.00 for applying for an Individual 404 Permit from the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and to finalize the construction documents.
The USACE Individual Permit has been processed and was executed by the City of Broken Arrow on April 17, 2025.
The conceptual construction cost estimate was approximately $480.000.00 (2020 dollars). After the design was complete the construction cost estimate increased to about $1,137,000.00 (2022 dollars). The current construction cost estimate is $1,200,000.00 (2025 dollars).
The HOA has requested a partnership with the City of Broken Arrow to share the construction costs.
A public meeting with the residents was held March 20, 2025. The residents that attended the meeting are in agreement with moving the project forward. The City of Broken Arrow is reaching out to the residents that did not attend.
This is in the Adams Creek Watershed.
Cost: $500,000.00
Funding Source: 2018 GO Bond, Proposition 6
Requested By: Kenneth D. Schwab, P.E., CFM, Assistant City Manager - Operations
Approved By: City Manager’s Office
Attachments: Drainage Report, Exhibits
Recommendation:
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Accept the Drainage Advisory Committee’s recommendation to Council to expend $500,000.00 funds to construct improved channelization measures along the banks of a tributary to Covington Creek contingent upon all adjacent property owners agreement and execution of a drainage easement for the construction of the project.
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