Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust
Regular MeetingOklahoma City, OK · January 14, 2025
Agenda
AGENDA
January 14, 2025 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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Consent Docket
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AGENDA
OKLAHOMA CITY WATER UTILITIES TRUST
January 14, 2025
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
A. Approve the minutes of the December 17, 2024 meeting.
III. Consent Docket
A. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project SC-1129, Sanitary
Sewer Line Replacement, SW 56th Street to SW 59th Street from Pennsylvania
Avenue to Blackwelder Avenue.
B. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project WC-1095, Waterline
Replacement, along Barr Avenue and Nicklas Avenue between NW 39th Street
and NW 36th Street, along SW 38th Street and SW 40th Street between
Blackwelder Avenue and Douglas Avenue.
C. Professional Services Agreement with DR Security, LLC (OCWUT00095),
Security Services for Utilities Facilities, estimated annual cost $374,000, January
14, 2025 through January 13, 2030.
D. Pricing Agreement award and approval, Airgas USA, LLC (OCWUT00093),
Industrial Nitrogen, estimated annual cost $15,000, January 14, 2025 through
January 13, 2027.
E. Pricing Agreements award and approval, Airgas Specialty Products, Inc.
(OCWUT00096), Baker Services, Inc. (OCWUT00097), Chameleon Industries,
Inc. (OCWUT00098), Disinfectants-Anhydrous Ammonia and Liquid Ammonium
Sulfate, estimated annual cost $3,000,000, February 1, 2025 through January 31,
2028.
F. Amendment No. 1 and Change Order No. 1 with Cimarron Construction
Company, LLC, Project WC-0974-2, Waterline Replacement, Villa Avenue to
Virginia Avenue from NW 33rd Street to NW 28th Street and Classen Boulevard
to Western Avenue from NW 51st Street to NW 46th Street, decrease of
$13,793.30.
G. Amendment No. 1 and Change Order No. 1 with Cimarron Construction
Company, LLC, Project WC-1045, Waterline Replacement, West Memorial
Road between Memorial Park Drive and Clearbrook Road, increase of $63,213.
H. Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with CPM Pipelines
(C239013), Force Main Assessment, no additional cost.
I. Assignment and Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement (R23-
C189013) with First Vehicle Services, Inc., assigning the agreement to Transdev
Fleet Services, Inc., for Solid Waste fleet maintenance services, for the period
ending December 31, 2025; and approving the performance bond.
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J. Final Acceptance, Project TW-0009-R, Well 27 Rehabilitation-Test Hole, Tinker
Air Force Base, and placing the maintenance bond into effect.
K. Final Acceptance, Project WM-0426, Hefner Dam Wall Repair, Lake Hefner
Parkway and East Wharf Drive, West Lake Hefner Drive and West Britton Road,
and placing the maintenance bond into effect.
L. Resolution waiving formal competitive bidding per the Oklahoma City Water
Utilities Trust policy and procedures and authorizing the open market purchase of
PVC pipe and fittings for the Utilities Department (OCWUT00099), estimated
annual cost $300,000, January 14, 2025 through January 13, 2026.
M. Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Permit to Construct, Project WT-
0221-1, Various Hefner Water Treatment Plant Improvements, Hefner Water
Treatment Plant.
N. Joint Revocable Permit with The City of Oklahoma City and Red Coyote Running
and Fitness, PE-25-0027-HR, to hold the “Red Coyote Puppy Love 5K” at the
Lake Hefner Reservoir and Reservation, February 16, 2025, revenue of $125.
O. Pipeline Easement Agreement (AC-25-0008-DR), authorizing Enable Oklahoma
Intrastate Transmission, LLC to install, operate, and maintain a pipeline, Lake
Stanley Draper Reservoir and Reservation, revenue of $100,000, January 28,
2025 through January 27, 2035.
P. Accept Warranty Deed from Kathryn L. Stevens, 14009 South Air Depot
Boulevard, West Elm Creek Reservation.
Q. Ratification of payments from November 27, 2024 through December 31, 2024.
IV. Concurrence Docket
A. Concurrence with The City of Oklahoma City in approving Amendment No. 6 to
the Contract for Engineering Services with MacArthur Associated Consultants,
LLC, Project BC-0219, Northwest Highway pedestrian crossing at West Wilshire
Boulevard, fee increase of $8,950. (No OCWUT funds)
B. Concurrence with The City of Oklahoma City in approving Change Order No. 2
with First Water Contracting, LLC, Projects PC-0698 and WC-1026, Road
Widening, SW 149th Street between Western Avenue and Santa Fe Avenue,
increase of $61,452.65. (No OCWUT funds)
C. Concurrence with The City of Oklahoma City in approving Amendment No. 5 and
Change Order No. 9 with Allen Contracting, Inc., Projects PC-0559 and WC-
0998, Roadway Widening Improvements, Sara Road between SW 15th Street
and SW 29th Street, increase of $40,265.31. (No OCWUT funds)
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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 the Pricing Agreements, and
awarding the Pricing Agreements to Cimarron Construction Company, LLC
(OCWUT00091) and Southwest Water Works, LLC (OCWUT00092) to
perform repair services on 4-inch to 12-inch water mains and to perform leak
repair services on public water service lines and valves, and provide other related
labor and services at various locations citywide; and approving the Performance
Bonds, estimated annual cost $1,000,000, November 21, 2024 through
November 20, 2027.
(Four affirmative votes required for approval.)
Deferred from December 17, 2024.
VI. Items for Individual Consideration
A. Ratifying and approving Addendum No. 1; awarding a contract to Merrell Bros.,
Inc., Project WT-0273-2, Sludge Lagoon Improvements, Hefner Water Treatment
Plant, $9,497,670; and approving the contract and bonds.
VII. Items from Trustees
VIII. General Manager Reports
A. Status Report of the Utilities Department for November 2024.
B. The Water Conservation Program receives the Water for 2060 Excellence Award
in the Public Water Supply category.
IX. Citizens to be Heard
X. Adjournment
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