I just spoke with Oklahoma City City Manager Jim Couch, who says that the city did obtain an appraisal for the property to be exchanged for a site at Sheridan and Lincoln for the new Bricktown fire station. The appraisal information wasn’t included in the city council packet but is available for inspection at the office of Assistant City Manager Jim Thompson, he said.
The city maintenance yard, once transferred to Bob Meinders, will provide the developer with an uninterupted block of property on both sides of Sheridan Avenue at the east entrance to Bricktown.
Couch also said he thinks the city has adequately communicated with Bricktown merchants about the placement of the station and at this point doesn’t see any reason to delay the property swap and sale.
-Steve