LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH CENTER
File #: 17-1901    Name:
Type: General Business Status: Passed
File created: 2/27/2017 In control: Broken Arrow City Council
On agenda: 3/7/2017 Final action: 3/7/2017
Title: Consideration, discussion, and possible approval of Resolution No. 990, a Resolution authorizing the City Attorney to enter into a Final Journal Entry of Judgment without admitting liability in the matter of Independent School District No. 4 of Tulsa County, Oklahoma v. City of Broken Arrow, et al, Tulsa County District Court Case No. CV-2017-00125, authorizing foreclosure and vacation of an easement located on property located at Lot One (1), Block One (1), BIXBY NORTHEAST CAMPUS, a subdivision in the City of Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma, According to the recorded plat thereof generally located north of 131st Street, 1/2 mile east of Garnett Road
Attachments: 1. 03-07-2017 RESOLUTION NO 990 - INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 V CITY.pdf
Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 03-07-2017

To: Mayor and City Council
From: Office of the City Attorney
Title:
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Consideration, discussion, and possible approval of Resolution No. 990, a Resolution authorizing the City Attorney to enter into a Final Journal Entry of Judgment without admitting liability in the matter of Independent School District No. 4 of Tulsa County, Oklahoma v. City of Broken Arrow, et al, Tulsa County District Court Case No. CV-2017-00125, authorizing foreclosure and vacation of an easement located on property located at Lot One (1), Block One (1), BIXBY NORTHEAST CAMPUS, a subdivision in the City of Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma, According to the recorded plat thereof generally located north of 131st Street, 1/2 mile east of Garnett Road
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Background:
On September 20, 2016, the City of Broken Arrow passed Ordinance No. 3452 closing a utility easement on property located in Bixby Northeast Campus, a subdivision in the City of Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma generally located north of 131st Street, 1/2 mile east of Garnett Road. Ordinance No. 3452 closed a portion of a 10' foot utility easement located along the Northwest boundary of the utility easement due to a building addition that overlaps an existing 8" inch water line. On January 31, 2017, Independent School District No. 4 of Tulsa County filed a Petition to Foreclose the Right to Reopen Easement. Plaintiff filed this Petition due to a building addition that overlaps an existing 8" inch water line. The water line will be rerouted with a new utility easement and the old easement under the building is being closed and vacated under the pending Petition to foreclose this easement.

No public convenience or necessity exists for the reopening of the utility easement closed by the City of Broken Arrow pursuant to City of Broken Arrow Ordinance No. 3452. The foreclosure of the r...

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