Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust
Regular MeetingOklahoma City, OK · May 7, 2024
Agenda
AGENDA
May 7, 2024 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 2972422 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) 2972422 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) 2972422 at least 48 hours before the meeting.
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 2972422 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, § 3081 – Disorderly conduct and/or violation of Okla. Stat. tit. 21, §280 Willfully Disturbing,
Interfering With or Disrupting State Business, Agency Operations or Employees.
Citizens may address the Trust on individual concerns at the end of the agenda under “Citizens to be
Heard.” Comments must concern Trust services or policies. Please fill out a "Request to be Heard" form
located outside the Chambers. Please return this form to the Trust Secretary before the meeting
begins. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO 3 MINUTES. Continuing to speak beyond the time
allowed by the Chairman or presiding officer shall constitute grounds for removal from the Council Chamber.
Trust Actions
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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
May 7, 2024
I. Call to Order
Drinking Water Week Acknowledgment.
II. Approval of Minutes
A. Approve the minutes of the April 23, 2024 meeting.
III. Consent Docket
A. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project WM0426, Hefner
Dam Wall Repair, Lake Hefner Parkway and East Wharf Drive; West Lake
Hefner Drive and Britton Road.
B. Request for Proposals to be advertised (RFP OCWUT 3224), Fall Protection
Systems inspections, repair, and services.
C. 1. Reject proposals (RFP OCWUT 1324), Telemetry, SCADA Equipment
and Support Services; and
2. Request for Proposals to be advertised (RFP OCWUT 3824), Telemetry,
SCADA Equipment and Support Services.
D. Renewal of Pricing Agreements with Global Energy Solutions, LLC (C219035),
Evans Enterprises, Inc. (C219036), rewinding, repair, and replacement of electric
motors and pumps, estimated annual cost of $1,200,000, June 8, 2024 through
June 7, 2027.
E. Amendment No. 4 to the Contract for Engineering Services with Freese and
Nichols, Inc., Project ST0149, North Canadian Wastewater Treatment Plant
master plan and upgrades, fee increase of $44,000.
F. Amendment No. 1 and Change Order No. 1 with Downey Contracting, LLC,
Project WE0103, Emergency Waterline Replacement, SE 89th Street and I35
Service Road, increase of $17,239.09; and accepting the project and placing the
maintenance bond into effect.
G. Amendment No. 1 and Change Order No. 1 with Wynn Construction Company,
Inc., Project WM03891, Lake Hefner Ranger Station Site Improvements,
increase of $44,411.59; and accepting the project and placing the maintenance
bond into effect.
H. 1. Recommend The City of Oklahoma City accept a Special Warranty Deed
from The Greenbrier, LLC, Project SB202100001, oversized sanitary
sewer main extension under Policy B1 procedures to serve Redstone Ranch
offsite, south of Hefner Road and east of Piedmont Road; and
2. Authorize payment of the claim, $152,940.
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I. Grant a permanent easement to Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company, The City of
Oklahoma City’s Police Firing Range and Bomb Disposal Site.
J. Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Permit to Construct, Project
WL000009230988, Water Main Extension, north of Britton Road and west of
Piedmont Road.
K. Right of Entry License (AC260026DR USAFAFMCWWYK2310009)
with The City of Oklahoma City and the United States of America for access to
Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust property for the maintenance and periodic
sampling of groundwater monitoring wells, Lake Stanley Draper Reservation,
south of SE 59th Street and east of Douglas Boulevard, retroactive to April 15,
2023 through April 14, 2028.
L. 1. Plans, Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company, Utility Relocation GMTAC
Substation 8686D, Tinker Air Force Base; and
2. Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Permit to Construct,
Utility Relocation GMTAC Substation 8686D, Tinker Air Force Base.
M. Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project TW0009R, Well 27
RehabilitationTest Hole, Tinker Air Force Base.
N. Ratification of payments from March 27, 2024 through April 30, 2024.
IV. Concurrence Docket
A. Concurrence with The City of Oklahoma City in ratifying and approving Addenda
Nos. 1 through 4; awarding a contract to Rudy Construction Company, Projects
PC0926 and WC1023 Phase I, Roadway Widening and Waterline Relocation,
Post Road from SE 74th Street to SE 59th Street, SE 74th Street from Douglas
Boulevard to Post Road, $23,180,069.00; assigning Midwest Engineering and
Testing Corporation as the testing laboratory; and approving contract and bonds.
(No OCWUT funds)
B. Concurrence with The City of Oklahoma City in approving Amendment No. 9 and
Change Order No. 12 with Allen Contracting, Inc., Projects BC0219R and WC
0997, Pedestrian Bridge and Water Line Relocation, Northwest Expressway and
West Wilshire Boulevard, increase of $3,938.00. (No OCWUT funds)
C. Concurrence with The City of Oklahoma City in accepting the permanent
easements, Project SC0915, wastewater improvements, Wiley Post Airport. (No
OCWUT funds)
V. Emergency Construction Contracts by Resolution (Four affirmative votes required
for approval.)
VI. Items for Individual Consideration
VII. Items from Trustees
VIII. General Manager Reports
IX. Citizens to be Heard
X. Adjournment
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