Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust
Regular MeetingOklahoma City, OK · September 12, 2023
Agenda
AGENDA
September 12, 2023 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
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OKLAHOMA CITY WATER UTILITIES TRUST
MEETING INFORMATION
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Consent Docket
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AGENDA
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September 12, 2023
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
A. Approve the minutes of the August 15, 2023, meeting.
III. Consent Docket
A. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project SC1078, Sanitary
Sewer Rehabilitation, Lightning Creek from SE 15th Street to SE 17th Street.
B. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Projects TW0002 and TS
0002, Tinker SCADAWST5 and WWST6: Instrumentation and Control
Improvements, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
C. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project WC0904 Phase IV,
72inch Water Transmission Main Assessment Joint Replacement, Douglas
Boulevard and SE 164th Street from Draper Water Treatment Plant to Midwest
Boulevard.
D. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project WC1046, 16inch
Waterline Extension, Eastern Avenue and SE 15th Street near the Oklahoma
River.
E. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project WT02503, Filter
Influent Flume Rehabilitation Treatment Train Number One, Draper Water
Treatment Plant.
F. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project WT0273, Sludge
Lagoon Improvements, Hefner Water Treatment Plant.
G. Ratify and approve Addendum No. 1 and approve a Professional Services
Agreement with Cascade Engineering, Inc. (C249008), and IPL Macro
(C249009), Big Blue Refuse and Green Recycle Carts and 3040 Gallon Carts,
estimated annual cost $2,500,000, September 12, 2023, to September 11, 2028.
H. Ratify and approve Addenda Nos. 1 and 2; and approve a Professional Services
Agreement with Clifford Power Systems, Inc. (C249012), Hefner Water
Treatment Plant emergency generators, estimated annual cost $1,300,000,
September 12, 2023, through September 11, 2028, and approving performance
bond.
I. Amendment No. 1 to the Contract for Engineering Services with CP&Y, Inc. dba
STV Infrastructure, Project ST0161, Deer Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
Electrical Improvements, fee increase of $1,431,930.
J. Amendment No. 1 to the Contract for Engineering Services with CP&Y, Inc. dba
STV Infrastructure, Project WT0201, Hefner Water Treatment Plant Lime
System Improvements, fee increase of $617,000.
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Johnson
September 2023 and
Associates, LLC, Projects WM0261 and SM0156, water meter vault
I.
STV Infrastructure, Project ST0161, Deer Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
Electrical Improvements, fee increase of $1,431,930.
J. Amendment No. 1 to the Contract for Engineering Services with CP&Y, Inc. dba
STV Infrastructure, Project WT0201, Hefner Water Treatment Plant Lime
System Improvements, fee increase of $617,000.
K. Amendment No. 2 to the Contract for Engineering Services with Johnson and
Associates, LLC, Projects WM0261 and SM0156, water meter vault
replacement program, fee increase of $22,440.
L. Amendment No. 1 revising the construction contract with Matthews Trenching
Company, Inc., Project SC1101, Sanitary Sewer Main Improvements, Meridian
Avenue from NW 28th Street to NW 33rd Street, increase of $23,625.
M. Amendment No. 1 and Change Order No. 1 revising the construction contract
with Southwest Water Works, LLC, Project WC0835, Waterline Replacement,
Western Avenue to Sage Avenue from SW 47th Street to SW 49th Street and
McKinley Avenue to Douglas Avenue from NW 10th Street to NW 11th Street,
increase of $97,397.43.
N. Amendment No. 5 and Change Order No. 5 with The City of Oklahoma City and
the Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority, Projects MC0619,
MS0123, and WC1029, Northwest Bus Rapid Transit, Transit Center
Downtown, at North Broadway Avenue and West Main Street, providing service
north on North Classen Boulevard to Northwest Expressway and Meridian
Avenue, increase of $444,635.98. (No OCWUT Funds.)
O. Amendment No. 1 to the Software License and Services Agreement with SAP
America, Inc. (C239036), estimated additional annual cost of $105,000.
P. Amendment No. 2 and Change Order No. 2 revising the construction contract
with BRB Contractors, Inc., Project WC0948, Pressure Control Valve
Installation, Overholser Pump Station, decrease of $368,150.20; and accepting
the project and placing the maintenance bond into effect.
Q. Ratifying and approving Addendum No. 1; and adopting a Resolution extending
time to award contract as mutually agreed, awarding a contract to Krapff
Reynolds Construction Company, Project SC1087, Sanitary Sewer
Rehabilitation, eight locations, $1,222,002; and approving the contract and bonds.
R. Lease Agreement with The City of Oklahoma City and Cellco Partnership, a
Delaware general partnership dba Verizon Wireless (AC220008CT), for the
operation and maintenance of cellular telephone equipment, Lake Stanley Draper
Reservation, retroactive to July 31, 2021, through July 30, 2024.
S. Joint Resolution with the McGee Creek Authority authorizing their respective
General Managers to execute Cooperative Service Agreements with the United
States Department of Agriculture, Animal, and Plant Health Inspection Service
Wildlife Services to provide wildlife damage management programs for Lake
Hefner, Lake Stanley Draper, and Lake Atoka Reservations, and McGee Creek
Authority Properties, to mitigate damage to property and protected resources and
to mitigate hazards to human health and safety at these locations caused by wildlife,
in accordance with applicable law and the respective Trust indentures; and
authorizing their respective General Managers to amend, modify, renew, and
approve additional related services offered as a part of the United States
Department of Agriculture, Animal, and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife
Services programs to ensure the continuous operation and protection of these
critical assets, not to exceed $100,000.
T. Recommend The City of Oklahoma City accept a permanent easement, Project
WM0351 and SM0324, Water Meter Vault Phase II, Robert S. Kerr Avenue
and Shartel Avenue.
U. Accept permanent easement from The City of Oklahoma City, Fairgrounds
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T. Recommend The City of Oklahoma City accept a permanent easement, Project
WM0351 and SM0324, Water Meter Vault Phase II, Robert S. Kerr Avenue
and Shartel Avenue.
U. Accept permanent easement from The City of Oklahoma City, Fairgrounds
Substation, waterline improvements, in the vicinity of NW 10th Street and May
Avenue.
V. Accept permanent easement from The City of Oklahoma City, WF202300055
Earlywine Clubhouse, fire line improvements, SW 119th Street and Portland
Avenue.
W. Ratification of payments from July 26, 2023, through September 6, 2023.
IV. Concurrence Docket
A. Concurrence with The City of Oklahoma City in approving the Preliminary Design
Report, Projects PC0926, Arterial Roadway Widening, Post Road between SE
44th Street to SE 74th Street, and WC1023, Waterline Relocation, along SE
74th Street from Douglas Boulevard to Post Road; along Post Road from SE 74th
Street to SE 44th Street; and along SE 44th Street from Post Road to Douglas
Boulevard; and authorizing preparation of final plans and specifications. (No
OCWUT funds.)
V. Emergency Construction Contracts by Resolution (Four affirmative votes required
for approval.)
A. Joint Resolution with The City of Oklahoma City ratifying the actions of the
General Manager in declaring an emergency and issuing an emergency work order
utilizing The City of Oklahoma City’s OnCall Contract with Cimarron
Construction Company, LLC, Project SC1121, Emergency Sanitary Sewer
Repairs, NW 33rd Street and Drexel Boulevard, $221,349.94, and NW
Expressway east of Meridian Avenue, $523,626.49.
(Four affirmative votes required for approval.)
VI. Items for Individual Consideration
A. Receive the Engineering Report from CP&Y, Inc. dba STV Infrastructure, and
authorize negotiation of an amendment to the Engineering Contract, Project ST
0154, Wastewater Treatment Plant Biosolids and Odor Management, Deer Creek
Wastewater Treatment Plant.
B. Amendment No. 11 to the Award/Contract associated with the United States of
America for the municipalization of the water and wastewater systems at Tinker
Air Force Base, retroactive to November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2071.
VII. Items from Trustees
VIII. General Manager Reports
A. Status Report of the South Canadian Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements,
Project ST0138.
B. Status Report of the Construction of the Second Atoka Pipeline.
C. Presentation, PFM Financial Advisors, LLC, Capital Improvement Plan financing
considerations.
D. Fiscal Year 2024 OCWUT Monthly Proforma and Status Report, July 31, 2023.
E. Status Report of the Utilities Department for August 2023.
IX. Citizens to be Heard
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D. Fiscal Year 2024 OCWUT Monthly Proforma and Status Report, July 31, 2023.
E. Status Report of the Utilities Department for August 2023.
IX. Citizens to be Heard
X. Adjournment
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