Tulsa planners approve Meadows 3 preliminary plat amid neighbor complaints about pond flooding

The Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission on a voice vote approved the preliminary subdivision plat for “Meadows 3,” a single‑family residential plat consisting of 37 lots across four blocks on about 34.01 acres, subject to Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) conditions and further county engineering review.

The vote followed an extended public comment from neighbor Matt Slavin, who told commissioners that a breached dam and construction runoff from earlier phases left his pond filled with silt and unusable. “My pond’s full of mud. I can’t access my back property,” Slavin said, describing photos he provided to the commission and asking that the developer and county address ongoing sediment and elevation concerns.

Why it matters: The discussion focused on stormwater control and construction‑phase erosion where downstream private property is already showing damage, and on how later phases of the development interact…