Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust
Regular MeetingOklahoma City, OK · November 8, 2022
Agenda
AGENDA
November 8, 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
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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
November 8, 2022
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
Approve the minutes of the October 25, 2022, meeting.
III. Consent Docket
A. Contract for engineering services with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., Project
WC-1020, replacement of two water transmission mains, Pennsylvania Avenue
from NW 1st Street to NW 10th Street, fee of $317,300.
B. Contract for engineering services with Carollo Engineers, Inc., Project WT-0249,
filter rehabilitation, Draper Water Treatment Plant, fee of $588,530.
C. Ratifying and approving Addendum No. 1; awarding a contract to Hodges Farms
& Dredging, LLC, Project ST-0177, sludge holding tank improvements, Deer
Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, $387,234; and approving the contract and
bonds.
D. Performance Bond for Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., (C239004), risk and
resilience assessment, emergency response plan, and business continuity plan.
E. Amendment No. 1 to the contract for engineering services with Carollo Engineers,
Inc., Project WC-0948, pressure control valve installation, Overholser Pump
Station, fee increase of $175,684.
F. Amendment No. 1 to the contract for engineering services with Freese and
Nichols, Inc., Project WT-0222, Various Draper Water Treatment Plant
Improvements, fee increase of $1,324,445.
G. Amendment No. 4 to the contract for engineering services with CP&Y, Inc.,
Project ST-0138, South Canadian Wastewater Treatment Plant improvements, fee
increase of $1,649,360.
H. Amendment No. 1 revising the construction contract with Krapff-Reynolds
Construction Company, Project WE-0098, emergency 18-inch aerial crossing
repair, NW 10th Street and County Line Road, decrease of $17,400; and
accepting the project and placing the maintenance bond into effect.
I. Amendment No. 2 and Change Order No. 2 revising the construction contract
with Nash Construction Company, Project WM-0365, road rehabilitation, West
Lake Hefner Drive from West Wilshire Boulevard to North of Canal Road,
decrease of $49,799.83; and accepting the project and placing the maintenance
bond into effect.
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J. Resolution authorizing the sole source purchase of Hydra-Stop System products,
services, and training from Hydra-Stop, LLC (SS23-C239015), estimated cost
$75,000, November 8, 2022, through November 7, 2023.
K. Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Amended Permit to Construct,
Project ST-0138, South Canadian Wastewater Treatment Plant improvements.
IV. Concurrence Docket
A. Concurrence with The City of Oklahoma City in approving Amendment No. 5 and
Change Order No. 6 revising the construction contract with Allen Contracting,
Inc., Projects BC-0219R, pedestrian bridge and WC-0997, waterline relocation,
Northwest Expressway and West Wilshire Boulevard, increase of $50,172.95.
(No OCWUT funds.)
V. Emergency Construction Contracts by Resolution (Four affirmative votes required
for approval.)
VI. Items for Individual Consideration
A. 1. Presentation on the wastewater treatment plants biosolids and odor
management; and
2. Receive the Alternative Development and Evaluation from CP&Y, Inc,
Project ST-0154, wastewater treatment plants biosolids and odor
management; and
3. Amendment No. 1 to the contract for engineering services with CP&Y,
Inc., Project ST-0154, wastewater treatment plants biosolids and odor
management, fee increase of $688,745.
B. Resolution ratifying the actions of the General Manager in declaring an emergency,
ratifying the actions of the General Manager, or Designee, in awarding an
engineering contract to Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., Project SE-0047,
emergency sanitary sewer improvements, Main Street to NW 6th Street and
Western Avenue to Francis Avenue, $350,840; ratifying issuance of an emergency
notice to proceed.
(Four affirmative votes required for approval.)
VII. Items from Trustees
VIII. General Manager Reports
A. Status Report of the Utilities Department for October 2022.
IX. Citizens to be Heard
X. Adjournment
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