Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 05-19-2026
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Acceptance of the Drainage Advisory Committee's recommendation to approve expenditures of 2018 General Obligation Bond funds to expend funds for conceptual report and possible preliminary design of a drainage solution
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Background:
The case was brought before the Drainage Advisory Committee on April 27, 2026, for design funds to obtain a conceptual report and possibly preliminary designs for an area near Rhoades Elementary School. The Committee voted unanimously to recommend approval of expenditure of funds.
A citizen contacted the City asking for help regarding Blocked culverts and Flooding in their backyard. The applicant stated that the culverts that run along Midway do not function and need to be cleaned out. The Streets and Stormwater department have been made aware and are working to clean them.
The citizen also stated that their garage flooded during a recent rain, and their backyard floods during heavy rains.
This is in the Dodson Addition located two blocks South of Kenosha between 1st Street and 4th Street. The subdivision was platted in 1949. Midway has no curbs and the flows from the front yards are conveyed through the ditch that runs along the street. The backyards were designed in 1949 to convey the stormwater from 4th St to 1st St. However, there is no defined swale or drainage easement for this area. Over time, fences have been constructed, the drainage area has silted in, and large trees have grown reducing the conveyance of the stormwater. This was designed prior to current standards. The drainage area to the applicant's house is approximately 12 acres.
Two rough concepts were considered. One is to regrade the swale between the houses. This option has additional concerns with a sanitary sewer along the property lines. The second option is to have a consulting engineer provide some concepts and potentially preliminary design about collecting the stormwater along Greeley ...
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