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Council approves one-for-one land exchange to resolve encroachment and expand Happy Lake trails
Summary
The council approved a land swap exchanging equal acreage with private parties to resolve an encroachment, allow property owners to keep an existing shop, and expand mountain-bike trails around Happy Lake. Council entered executive session later to discuss economic development and property transfer details.
City staff presented a proposed one-for-one exchange of about a half-acre of city property for a half-acre owned by private parties named in the record (Jason and Crystal Bunny and Jerry Montgomery) intended to resolve an encroachment and permit the city to expand mountain-bike trails at Happy Lake.
Mr. Clifton told council the swap would not give the city more land than it receives — "we're not giving up any more than what we're getting" — and described the exchange as a "win-win" that allows the property owners to keep their shop and helps the city address a small, difficult parcel that had caused access or boundary issues. Council moved and seconded approval of the contract as printed.
Council later voted to enter an executive session under the Oklahoma executive-session statute cited on the record (Title 25, Section 307(C)(11)) to confer on economic-development matters, including property-transfer details; the city attorney stated after the session that all present council members attended (one member left during the session), that Maggie Froben Knight was called into executive session, no other matters were discussed, and no votes were taken during executive session.
The land-exchange contract was presented for council approval; the record shows a motion, a second and affirmative roll-call votes.
