Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust
Regular MeetingOklahoma City, OK · September 27, 2022
Agenda
AGENDA
September 27, 2022 2:00 PM
Trustees:
James D. Couch, Chairman, Independent Trustee
Sharon Voorhees, Independent Trustee
Todd Stone, Council Trustee
David Holt, Mayor Trustee
Mark K. Stonecipher, Vice Chairman, Surrogate Trustee
Craig Freeman, City Manager Trustee
Laura A. Johnson, Surrogate Trustee
Chris Browning, General Manager
Amy K. Simpson, Secretary
City Council Chambers, Third Floor, 200 North Walker Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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OKLAHOMA CITY WATER UTILITIES TRUST
MEETING INFORMATION
The Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust usually meets twice per month on Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. in
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masks will be available); only the south entrance to City Hall will be open; air purifying machines will be in
the Chamber; hand sanitizer machines will be available; and the Chamber will be cleaned and sanitized
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AGENDA
OKLAHOMA CITY WATER UTILITIES TRUST
September 27, 2022
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
Approve the minutes of the September 13, 2022, meeting.
III. Consent Docket
A. Receive the Consultant Review Committee Report and authorize negotiation of
contracts for engineering services with Ardurra Group, Inc., Benham Design, LLC,
Burns and McDonnell, Inc., and Tetra Tech, Inc., Project MC-0714, civil
engineering services for water and wastewater systems, Tinker Air Force Base.
B. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project WC-0873, Atoka
Pipeline Raw Water Transmission Line, Stonewall Pump Station to Ada Pump
Station.
C. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project WC-1022, aerial
waterline crossing replacement, NW 10th Street between County Line Road and
the North Canadian River.
D. Request for Proposals to be advertised, (RFP OCWUT 06-23) Enterprise
Asset Management System Selection, Deployment, and Implementation.
E. Contract for Engineering Services with CEC Corporation, Project SC-1096,
sanitary sewer rehabilitation, NW 43rd Street to NW 50th Street from May
Avenue to Pate Avenue, fee of $200,033.
F. Contract for Engineering Services with Tetra Tech, Inc., Project SC-1097,
sanitary sewer rehabilitation, NW 23rd Street to NW 30th Street from Shartel
Avenue to Hudson Avenue, fee of $350,220.
G. Ratifying and approving Addendum No. 1; awarding a contract to Crossland
Heavy Contractors, Inc., Project WT-0246, Hefner surge system operational
enhancements, Hefner Water Treatment Plant, $2,109,985; and approving the
contract and bonds.
H. Pricing Agreement award and approval, Core and Main LP (C239011), water
sampling stations and replacement parts, September 27, 2022, through
September 23, 2025, estimated annual cost $200,000.
I. Amendment No. 3 to the Contract for Engineering Services with Carollo
Engineers, Inc., Project WY-0012, distribution system nitrification evaluation,
citywide, fee increase of $506,350.
J. Amendment No. 1 and Change Order No. 1 revising the construction contract
with Libra Electric Company, Project WT-0248, lighting upgrade, Draper Water
Treatment Plant, increase of $40,129.76.
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K. Amendment No. 7 and Change Order No. 10 revising the construction contract
with McKee Utility Contractors, Inc., Projects SC-0950, sanitary sewer relief
interceptor, and SC-0950-1, mitigation of contaminated groundwater, Oklahoma
River from I-35 to Shields Boulevard and SE 19th Street, increase of
$427,003.56; and accepting the project and placing the maintenance bond into
effects.
L. Amendment No. 1 revising the construction contract with Urban Contractors,
LLC, Project SE-0045, emergency 48-inch aerial crossing rehabilitation, East
Reno Avenue and Tinker Diagonal Street, decrease of $15,983.90; and accepting
the project and placing the maintenance bond into effect.
M. Accept a permanent easement from The City of Oklahoma City, Project SC-
1070, sanitary sewer line replacement, NW Expressway and Linn Avenue.
N. 1. Acceptance of Special Warranty Deed from The City of Oklahoma City,
Projects M3-P016 and WC-1000, oversized water main extension to
serve MAPS Lower Park under Policy A-1 procedures, Robinson Avenue
to Harvey Avenue from Interstate 40 to SW 15th Street; and
2. Authorize payment of claim, $56,281.
IV. Concurrence Docket
A. Concurrence with the McGee Creek Authority in ratifying and approving
Addendum No. 1; and rejecting bids, Project WMC-035 Revised, facility road
improvements, McGee Creek Reservoir Dam Road and Pump Station Road.
B. Concurrence with The City of Oklahoma City in adopting a Resolution approving
Amendment No. 7 and Change Order No. 12, Projects M3-P016, MAPS 3
Scissortail (Lower) Park, WC-1000, waterline relocation, and SC-1073, sanitary
sewer relocation, Robinson Avenue to Harvey Avenue from Interstate 40 to SW
15th Street, increase of $55,325.69; and authorizing the use of excess collections
and/or interest in the amount of $55,325.69 to fund Change Order No. 12 and
Amendment No. 7. (No OCWUT funds.)
C. Concurrence with the McGee Creek Authority in adopting a Resolution ratifying
the actions of the Chairman in approving Amendment No. 1 revising the
construction contract with Downey Contracting, LLC, Project WMC-033,
McGee Creek Equipment Building, McGee Creek Reservoir, Farris, Oklahoma,
increase of $28,428; and ratifying the actions of the General Manager in approving
Change Order No. 1 and accepting the project and placing the maintenance bond
into effect.
D. Concurrence with the McGee Creek Authority in adopting a Resolution ratifying
the actions of the General Manager in approving plans and specifications to be
advertised for bids and rejecting the bid, Project WMC-036, Bureau of
Reclamation inspection improvements, McGee Creek Reservoir, Farris,
Oklahoma.
E. Concurrence with the McGee Creek Authority in adopting a Resolution ratifying
the actions of the General Manager in approving plans and specifications to be
advertised for bids, and ratifying and approving Addendum No. 1; ratifying the
actions of the Chairman in awarding a contract to Luckinbill Construction
Company, LLC, $296,000; ratifying the actions of the General Manager in
approving Amendment No. 1, increase of $53,730; Project WMC-038, Bureau
of Reclamation inspection gate and bonnet coating improvements, McGee Creek
Reservoir, Farris, Oklahoma; and ratifying the actions of the General Manager in
accepting the project and placing the maintenance bond into effect.
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F. Concurrence with the McGee Creek Authority in adopting a Resolution adopting
participant and non-participant raw water service and raw water usage rates and
charges for the McGee Creek raw water supply system (McGee Creek reservoir
and pipeline) as set forth in the Schedule of Raw Water Service and Raw Water
Usage Rates and Charges; and ratifying the actions of the General Manager in
effectuating rates and charges for the McGee Creek Authority raw water bills
issued on and after June 1, 2022.
G. Concurrence with the McGee Creek Authority in adopting a Resolution ratifying
the actions of the General Manager in approving the Joint Funding Agreement
(22SJJFAOK017000) with the United States Geological Survey, AC-23-0001-
US, July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, cost $4,300.
V. Emergency Construction Contracts by Resolution (Four affirmative votes required
for approval.)
VI. Items for Individual Consideration
A. 1. Receive the Preliminary Report, Project WM-0309, Overholser Dam
structural stability improvements, Lake Overholser; and
2. Present recommendations for the Overholser Dam and authorize negotiations
for the design; and
3. Resolution ratifying the actions of the General Manager, or designee(s), in
executing and submitting a sub-applicant grant agreement between the
Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust and the Oklahoma Water Resources
Board for a grant in the amount of up to $552,500 with an Oklahoma City
Water Utilities Trust cost share of $297,500 for participation in the
Federal Emergency Management Agency High Hazard Potential Dams
grant for an Overholser Dam Structural Stability Project; authorizing the
General Manager, or designee(s), to submit such application(s) to the
Oklahoma Water Resources Board, as the state agency to administer the
Federal Emergency Management Agency award program, for the High
Hazard Potential Dam grant program, as available; and authorizing the
General Manager, or designee(s), execute any documents associated with the
grant application processes.
VII. Items from Trustees
VIII. General Manager Reports
A. Fiscal Year 2023 OCWUT Monthly Proforma and Status Report, August 31,
2022.
IX. Citizens to be Heard
X. Adjournment
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