Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 10/16/2018
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Consideration, discussion and possible award of a bid to the lowest responsible bidder for the construction of a modified soldier wall for the Tiger Hill Plaza Project, located on the Southwest corner of Lynn Lane (9th Street) and Kenosha Street (71st Street) and possible authorization to execute a construction contact for the modified soldier wall
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Background:
Following the partial collapse of a specific segment of the retaining wall privately owned by Flight Safety and located on the east side of Tiger Hill at Kenosha Street (71st Street South) and 9th Street (Lynn Lane) in May 2015, the City contracted with Olsson Associates, Inc., a private engineering consulting firm with specialized expertise in segmental retaining walls, to conduct a structural investigation of the City-owned retaining wall structure located along the north side of Tiger Hill. Olsson's report was submitted August 6, 2015. The report contained general recommendations for remedial action to improve the overall structural integrity of the City-owned wall.
The City requested Olsson to submit a proposal for development of construction plans for the repair or replacement of the wall. Those plans were submitted in October 2016 and recommended a second wall be built in front of the existing wall in order to provide additional structural support to the existing system.
In conjunction with the City's economic development efforts with a local Developer, who desires to construct certain commercial developments on the remainder tracts of land immediately north of and adjacent to the existing wall, the City has worked with the Developer's engineers in order to meets the needs of the City along with the desires of the Developer. The arrangements for the two parties have been memorialized in an Economic Development Agreement dated August 7, 2018, and executed under separate and previous actions of the appropriate governing bodi...
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