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Owasso staff discuss purchase of ~187 acres for Ranch Creek Trail; offer accepted at $200,000, land largely floodplain
Summary
City staff described a proposed purchase of about 187.3 acres for the Ranch Creek Trail project; staff reported an appraisal at $337,000, an accepted offer of $200,000, and that the parcel is largely floodplain and floodway; transportation tax funds would pay the purchase price.
City staff discussed a proposed land purchase to expand the Ranch Creek Trail system, describing a 187.314‑acre tract south of McCarty Park and north of East 76th Street North and Mingo Road as the intended purchase.
Roger Stevens said an appraisal done in February 2025 valued the land at $337,000 (about $1.80 per acre in the appraisal text, recorded as $337,000 total), and staff made an offer of $200,000 (approximately $1.06 per acre) on May 27, 2025; Stevens said the landowner (the Larkin Bailey Foundation) accepted the offer. Stevens noted much of the parcel lies in floodplain and floodway, which limits development options and was a factor in the lower offer.
Stevens said the city already owns a nearby parcel donated by the trust years ago and that the proposed acquisition would allow the construction of a trail network connecting McCarty Park, a pedestrian underpass beneath a rail corridor, and ultimately tie into existing and planned county trail improvements near 76th Street and Mingo Road. He said funding for the land purchase is available in the transportation tax fund; engineering and design work paused pending resolution of the purchase but will resume now that the offer has been accepted.
Councilors asked whether the property connects with existing city‑owned land (staff said yes), whether engineering had been completed (staff said they paused design until the land purchase progressed), and whether tunnel/underpass improvements under 76th Street were feasible (staff said approval from Tulsa County exists to use a reinforced concrete box to route trail users under the bridge abutment and the plan would connect to broader trail routes toward Tulsa and Broken Arrow).
