Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust

AGENDA March 11, 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 Residents can watch the meeting live by going to http://youtube.com/cityofokc/live. Meetings can also be watched live on Cox Cable Channel 20. Meetings are replayed on Cox Cable Channel 20 the same evening. If there are technical difficulties with the live stream during the meeting, a video will be posted as soon as possible after the meeting. Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust Page 1 of 4 March 11, 2025  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 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. Call (405) 297­2422 for more information about the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust. Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust Page 2 of 4 March 11, 2025  AGENDA OKLAHOMA CITY WATER UTILITIES TRUST March 11, 2025 I. Call to Order II. Approval of Minutes A. Approve the minutes of the February 25, 2025 meeting. III. Consent Docket A. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project WC­1110, Waterline Replacement, (three locations). B. Contract for Engineering Services with Ardurra Group, Inc., Project SC­1141, Lift Station Rehabilitation for Lift Stations 8, 40, 47 and 53, (four locations), fee of $181,570. C. Ratifying and approving Addenda Nos. 1 through 3; awarding a contract to Southwest Water Works, LLC, Project WC­1095, 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, $1,925,755; and approving the contract and bonds. D. Price adjustment, Core & Main, LP (C209010), brass meter service materials, estimated annual cost $675,000, retroactive to February 28, 2025 through November 4, 2025. E. Resolution waiving consultant selection procedures and approving Contract for Engineering Services with Ardurra Group, Inc., TW­0009, Phase 2, Well 27 Rehabilitation, Tinker Air Force Base, fee of $343,345. F. 1. Recommend The City of Oklahoma City accept a permanent easement, Projects WC­0853 and WC­0930, 48­inch Water Transmission Main and Booster Station No. 9 Improvements, Draper­Hefner Interconnection, 7725 West Reno Avenue; and 2. Authorize payment of claim, $364,000. G. Ratification of payments from January 29, 2025 through February 25, 2025. Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust Page 3 of 4 March 11, 2025  IV. Concurrence Docket V. Emergency Construction Contracts by Resolution (Four affirmative votes required for approval.) VI. Items for Individual Consideration A. Resolution ratifying the actions of the General Manager in submitting the first step of the application process, and authorizing the General Manager or designee to submit the grant application to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management under the fiscal year 2024 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program solicitation, seeking grant funding in the amount of $42,375,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the Overholser Dam Structural Stability Improvements, Project WM­0309; authorizing the General Manager or designee to administer the grant application process; authorizing the General Manager or designee to accept the grant award; authorizing the General Manager or designee to administer necessary accounts for grant expenditures, deposits, and reimbursements; authorizing the General Manager or designee to provide required reports to administer the grant; and authorizing the General Manager or designee to execute any documents associated with the grant agreement. VII. Items from Trustees VIII. General Manager Reports A. Biosolid land application and PFAS regulations. IX. Citizens to be Heard X. Adjournment Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust Page 4 of 4 March 11, 2025