Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust
Regular MeetingOklahoma City, OK · July 30, 2024
Agenda
AGENDA
July 30, 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 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 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.
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 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
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
July 30, 2024
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
A. Approve the minutes of the July 16, 2024 meeting.
III. Consent Docket
A. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project SC-1117, Sanitary
Sewer Rehabilitation, NW 23rd Street to NW 28th Street, and Lyon Boulevard to
Roff Avenue.
B. Change Order No. 2 with McKee Utility Contractors, Inc., Project WC-0873,
Atoka Pipeline Raw Water Transmission Line, Stonewall Pump Station to Ada
Pump Station, decrease of $200,000.
C. Amendment No. 3 and Renewal of a Professional Services Agreement with the
Oklahoma State University, through its Cooperative Extension (C199032), water
conservation education outreach programs, estimated annual cost of $125,400,
August 27, 2024 through August 26, 2029.
D. Amendment Nos. 1, 10, 12, 13, and 14 to the Award/Contract (SP0600-20-C-
8331) associated with the United States of America for the municipalization of the
water and wastewater systems at Tinker Air Force Base.
E. Amendment No. 2 and Change Order No. 2 with C-P Integrated Services, Inc.,
Project WM-0356, Lake Road Watershed Protection, Lake Stanley Draper,
increase of $87,743.25; and accepting the project; and placing the maintenance
bond into effect.
F. 1. Recommend The City of Oklahoma City approve perpetual Pipeline
License with BNSF Railway Company and Stillwater Central Railroad,
LLC, Project WC-1046, 16-inch Waterline Extension, Eastern Avenue and
SE 15th Street near the Oklahoma River; and
2. Authorize payment of claim, $10,666.
G. Special Permit with The City of Oklahoma City and Caroline Baker, AC-25-
0002-MA, to access property owned by The City of Oklahoma City and/or the
Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust, upon the request by The City of Oklahoma
City staff, to rescue and relocate bees to the Permittee’s bee farm, Citywide.
IV. Concurrence Docket
A. Concurrence with The City of Oklahoma City in approving Cooperative
Agreement with the City of Yukon, Projects PC-0525 and WC-1037, Roadway
Widening, SW 29th Street from Rockwell Avenue to MacArthur Boulevard,
estimated cost $200,000. (No OCWUT funds)
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V. Emergency Construction Contracts by Resolution (Four affirmative votes required
for approval.)
VI. Items for Individual Consideration
A. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project ST-0163-1, Aeration
System Improvements, Deer Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.
B. Enter into executive session on advice of the Municipal Counselor to receive
confidential communications from its attorneys concerning pending investigations
and actions related to the application and pre-application permit request by the
Southeast Oklahoma Power Corporation before the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, as authorized by 25 O.S. (2023 Supp.) §307(B)(4), because
disclosure would seriously impair the ability of the public body to conduct a
pending investigation, litigation, or proceeding in the public interest.
VII. Items from Trustees
VIII. General Manager Reports
A. Status Report of the Utilities Department for June 2024.
B. South Canadian Wastewater Treatment Plant quarterly progress update and
presentation.
C. Atoka Pipeline quarterly progress update and presentation.
IX. Citizens to be Heard
X. Adjournment
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