Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust
Regular MeetingOklahoma City, OK · October 25, 2022
Agenda
By The City of Oklahoma City Office of the City Clerk at 10:40 am, Oct 21, 2022
AGENDA
October 25, 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
Council Chambers at City Hall, unless different or prior notice of a change is posted. Call 297-2422 to
confirm meeting dates.
It is the policy of the Trust to ensure that communications with participants and members of the public with
disabilities are as effective as communications with others. Anyone with a disability who requires an
accommodation, a modification of policies or procedures, or an auxiliary aid or service in order to
participate in this meeting should call (405) 297-2422 or TDD (405) 297-2020 at least 48 hours in advance
(not including weekends or holidays). The staff will give primary consideration to the choice of auxiliary
aid or service requested by the individual with disability. If you need an alternative format of the agenda, or
any information provided at this meeting, please call (405) 297-2422 at least 48 hours before the meeting.
Safety Guidelines
The following safety guidelines are in place during the COVID-19 pandemic for meetings in the Council
Chamber at City Hall: face coverings are strongly recommended throughout the building (disposable face
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
daily.
Addressing the Trust
Citizens may address the Trust on certain items by signing up to speak and providing the agenda item
number, their reason for appearing and their address, but all comments must be relevant to the item. If
you wish to address the Trust, you may call 297-2422 or you may sign up to speak at the meeting. The
Chairman or presiding officer may in his or her discretion prohibit a person from addressing the Trust, or
have any person removed from the Council Chamber, if that person commits any disorderly or disruptive
behavior, which includes without limitation any of the following: speaking without being recognized by the
Chairman or presiding officer; continuing to speak after notice that the speaker’s allotted time has expired;
presenting comments or material not relevant to the item under discussion; failing to comply with the
lawful instructions of the Chairman or presiding officer; engaging in other conduct, activity, or speech that
delays, disturbs, interferes, or disrupts the effective or timely conduct of the meeting, or is otherwise
violent, threatening, abusive, obscene, or jeopardizing the safety of self or others. A person may also be
subject to arrest and removal from the Municipal Building for violation of Oklahoma City Municipal Code
2020, § 30-81 – Disorderly conduct and/or violation of Okla. Stat. tit. 21, §280- Willfully Disturbing,
Interfering With or Disrupting State Business, Agency Operations or Employees. Citizens will be limited to
three minutes to speak to the Trust.
Trust Actions
The Trust may take any of several actions including but not limited to adopt, approve, ratify, deny, defer,
recommend, amend, strike, or continue any item. The Trust is not limited by staff recommendations as to
the actions it may take. If more information is needed, the Trust may refer matters to the General
Manager or to Legal Counsel, or submit them to committees, boards, commissions, or independent
consultants for additional study. The Trust may authorize the General Manager or Legal Counsel to take
certain actions. Items may be stricken from the agenda, or no action may be taken.
Consent Docket
Consent Docket items are usually approved as a group with the proper motion from a Trustee. Consent
Docket items usually involve routine actions or standard contracts. Trustees, staff, or citizens may request
discussion or separate consideration of any Consent Docket item. A separate vote may be taken upon the
motion of a Trustee.
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AGENDA
OKLAHOMA CITY WATER UTILITIES TRUST
October 25, 2022
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
Approve the minutes of the October 11, 2022, meeting.
III. Consent Docket
A. Receive the Consultant Review Committee Report and authorize negotiation of a
contract for engineering services with Bartlett and West, Inc., Project SY-0020,
Utilities Facilities Risk Management Plan review and update for South Canadian,
Deer Creek, and North Canadian Wastewater Treatment Plants.
B. Request for Proposals to be advertised, (RFP OCWUT 01-23) force main
assessment.
C. Contract for Engineering Services with Tetra Tech, Inc., Project SC-1099,
Wastewater Lift Station No. 36 improvements, 6012 SW 119th Street, fee of
$250,213.
D. Ratifying and approving Addendum No. 1; and rejecting bids, Project WC-0950,
waterline replacement, four locations.
E. 1. Renewal of the Pricing Agreement with Core & Main LP
(R23-C209010), brass meter service materials, estimated annual cost
$250,000, November 5, 2022, through November 4, 2025; and
2. Resolution authorizing the open market purchase of brass meter service
materials for no bid items, related, and associated items not available on a
pricing agreement (OM23-C209012), estimated annual cost $50,000,
November 5, 2022, through November 4, 2025.
F. Amendment No. 3 to the contract for engineering services with Burns &
McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc., Project WC-0863, Atoka Pipeline pump
station five-million-gallon balancing tank replacements, Coalgate, Stonewall, Ada,
Konawa, and Macomb, Oklahoma, fee increase of $88,448.
G. Amendment No. 2 and Change Order No. 2 revising the construction contract
with Wynn Construction Company, Inc., Project WT-0249-1, emergency Draper
filter improvements, Draper Water Treatment Plant, increase of $4,400.
H. Amendment No. 1 revising the construction contract with Jordan Contractors,
Inc., Project SE-0046, emergency sanitary sewer repair, NE 4th Street and
Martin Luther King Avenue, decrease of $4,400, and accepting the project and
placing the maintenance bond into effect.
I. Resolution authorizing the sole source purchase of licensing, subscriptions, and
other related software maintenance services for the Water Information
Management System from Aquatic Informatics, Inc. (SS23-C239014), estimated
annual cost $100,000, November 21, 2022, through November 20, 2025.
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J. Recommend The City of Oklahoma City accept a permanent easement, Project
SC-1070, sanitary sewer line replacement, NW Expressway and Linn Avenue.
IV. Concurrence Docket
A. Concurrence with The City of Oklahoma City in approving the contract for
engineering services with CEC Corporation, Projects PC-0926, widening of Post
Road from SE 44th Street to SE 74th Street and WC-1023, 60-inch water
transmission main replacement, SE 74th Street from Douglas Boulevard to Post
Road; Post Road from SE 74th Street to SE 44th Street; and SE 44th Street from
Post Road to Douglas Boulevard, fee of $1,322,692.
V. Emergency Construction Contracts by Resolution (Four affirmative votes required
for approval.)
A. Resolution ratifying the actions of the General Manager in declaring an emergency,
approving the bidding documents, approving Addendum No. 1, and awarding a
contract to Matthews Trenching Company, Inc., Project SE-0048, emergency
sanitary sewer repairs, SW 12th Street and Lee Avenue, $1,161,500; ratifying
issuance of an emergency work order; and approving the contract and bonds.
(Four affirmative votes required for approval.)
VI. Items for Individual Consideration
A. Resolution of the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust authorizing the
General Manager, or designee(s), to submit application(s) for American
Rescue Plan Act grant from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board in the
amount of up to $2,000,000 per community with an OCWUT cost share of
fifty percent to fund the expansion and improvement of the Trust’s water and
wastewater systems; authorizing the General Manager, or designee(s) to
submit application(s) for OWRB Oklahoma Dam Rehabilitation Grant
funding in the amount of up to $1,000,000 per community for rehabilitation
of dams that are considered as high hazard potential; and authorizing the
General Manager, or designee(s), to execute any documents associated with
the grant application process.
B. Public Infrastructure Agreement between the Oklahoma City Economic
Development Trust and the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust, not to
exceed $2,010,000, from Increment District No. 2, City of Oklahoma City,
Residential Development budget category in the Amended and Restated
Downtown/MAPS Economic Development Project Plan, to the Oklahoma
City Water Utilities Trust for public sanitary sewer line improvements from
NW 6th Street to North Shartel Avenue and from West Sheridan Avenue to
North Western Avenue, which are necessary to support residential
development within the Project Plan area.
VII. Items from Trustees
VIII. General Manager Reports
A. Fiscal Year 2023 OCWUT Monthly Proforma and Status Report, September 30,
2022.
IX. Citizens to be Heard
X. Adjournment
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