Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 07-14-2026
Title:
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Approval of and authorization to execute Agreement for Professional Consulting Services with WSB, LLC for the design of Graves Scout Ranch Low Water Crossing Improvements (Project Number SW26230)
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Background:
The proposed project is to design improvements for the Low Water Crossing on the Graves Scout Ranch. The land has changed over the last 100 years. It was a strip mine in the 1950’s. Since then, a portion has been reclaimed for beneficial use. The northeast portion is currently owned by Northeastern State University, NSU. NSU appears to have started reclaiming the land around 2002, according to aerial photographs. Prior to the strips mines Broken Arrow Creek was originally west of the Indian Nation Council Boy Scouts of America (Boy Scouts) property. Currently Broken Arrow Creek has changed course and now flows through the pond on the Boy Scouts Pond. The date of the change in flow direction is unknown. However, the 1995 aerial shows the connection between Broken Arrow Creek and the Boy Scouts pond already established.
The outflow structure of the Boy Scouts Pond is a low water crossing that is designed to overtop before the 1% chance (100-Year) rainfall event. The structure overtops several times a year and has caused erosion concerns around the structure.
This area is in a FEMA regulated floodplain and a blue line stream governed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. This is in the Broken Arrow Creek Watershed.
On April 27th, 2026, Council approved the Drainage Advisory Committee’s recommendation to approve the request to use $70,000 of the 2018 General Obligation Bond, Proposition 6 funds to hire a consultant to engineer pond outlet improvements to the Graves Scout Ranch pond.
Cost: $69,811.00
Funding Source: 2018 General Obligation Bond
Requested By: Charlie Bright, P.E., Director of Engineering and Construction
Approved By: City Manager’s Office
Attachments: 20260708-Graves Scout Ranch AEAgreement-SW26230
Recommendation:
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Approve and authorize execution of Agreement for Professional Consulting Services with WSB, LLC for the design of Graves Scout Ranch Low Water Crossing (Project Number SW26230)
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