Oklahoma Code § 11-36-105

Title 11. Cities And Towns: Granting right to close, alter or appropriate roads or
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streets for certain purposes.
A.  A municipal governing body, by and with the written approval
of the State Highway Commission insofar as state and federal
highways may be affected, may grant to the United States of America,
or any irrigation district, conservancy district, or water users'
association, organized under the laws of Oklahoma, the right to
close, inundate, destroy, alter, or appropriate any municipal roads
or streets in the municipality in connection with the construction,
development, operation, or maintenance of any irrigation,
reclamation, water conservation and utilization, flood control,
military, or national defense project, for needful public buildings,
or other public projects being constructed, operated, developed, or
maintained by the United States of America, or any such district or
association, upon such terms and conditions and for such
consideration as the governing body may determine to be just and
proper.
B.  The municipal governing body may authorize the execution of,
and the mayor or other chief official shall in accordance with such
authorization have the power to execute, any and all contracts,
deeds, easements, and other instruments of conveyance as may be
required in or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in
this section.

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