Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust
Regular MeetingOklahoma City, OK · April 22, 2025
Agenda
AGENDA
April 22, 2025 2:00 PM
Trustees:
James D. Couch, Chairman, Independent Trustee
Sharon Voorhees, Independent Trustee
Bradley Carter, Council Trustee
David Holt, Mayor Trustee
Mark K. Stonecipher, Vice Chairman, Surrogate Trustee
Craig Freeman, City Manager Trustee
Brent Bryant, 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
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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.
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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
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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
April 22, 2025
I. Call to Order
A. Resolution of Appreciation for Todd Stone, Council Member Trustee.
II. Approval of Minutes
A. Approve the minutes of the April 8, 2025 meeting.
III. Consent Docket
A. Receive the Preliminary Engineering Report from Ardurra Group, Inc., Project
TW-0009-2, Well 27 Replacement, Tinker Air Force Base.
B. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project WC-1096, Waterline
Replacement, NW 71st Street to Grand Boulevard between NW 73rd Street and
Berkley Avenue.
C. Ratifying and approving Addenda Nos. 1 through 3; awarding a contract to
Cimarron Construction Company, LLC, Project WC-1110, Waterline
Replacement, (three locations), $929,929; and approving the contract and bonds.
D. Ratifying and approving Addenda Nos. 1 through 4; awarding a contract to
C-P Integrated Services, Inc., Projects DC-0298 and SC-1057,
Drainage Improvements and Sanitary Sewer Relocation, Twisted Oak Road
and Oak Hollow Road to Quail Creek Golf Course, $3,488,225; assigning
Standard Testing and Engineering Company as the testing laboratory; and
approving contract and bonds.
E. Renewal No. 1 of the Professional Services Agreement with GreenShade Trees,
LLC (C209043), Lake Stanley Draper Marina Landscaping/Mowing
Maintenance Services, estimated annual cost $50,000, May 26, 2025 through
May 25, 2030.
F. Renewal No. 2 of the Pricing Agreement with Scudder Service and Supply, Inc.
(OCWUT00021), electronic gates, services, supplies, and preventive
maintenance, estimated annual cost $100,000, May 21, 2025 through May 20,
2028.
G. Amendment No. 4 to the Contract for Engineering Services with Huitt-Zollars,
Inc., Project WC-0855, 42-inch Water Transmission Main Extension, Booster
Station 28, 501 North Council Road to NW 4th Street and MacArthur
Boulevard, fee increase of $96,866.
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H. Resolution ratifying the actions of the General Manager in waiving formal
competitive bidding, approving the informal bidding documents, soliciting informal
competitive bids, and awarding emergency contracts to Cimarron Construction
Company, LLC (OCWUT00129) and Southwest Water Works, LLC
(OCWUT00130), for the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust Line Maintenance
water main service; ratifying issuance of emergency purchase orders; and
approving the emergency contracts and bonds.
I. Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Permit to Construct, Sanitary
Sewer Lift Station to serve B-52 Allied Support for Temp Two-Dock Hangar,
LAC Ramp, Tinker Air Force Base.
J. Recommend The City of Oklahoma City grant a Temporary Right-of-Way
Easement to Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc., Project WC-1011,
Second Atoka Pipeline Raw Water Transmission Line, Second Konawa Pump
Station.
IV. Concurrence Docket
A. Concurrence with The City of Oklahoma City in approving Amendment No. 3 and
Change Order No. 5 with Schwarz Paving Company, Inc., Project PC-0473,
Roadway Widening Improvements, and WC-1027, Waterline Relocation, North
Kelley Avenue from East Wilshire Boulevard to East Britton Road, increase of
$266,053. (No OCWUT funds)
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 WC-1010, Second
Atoka Water Pipeline - New Stonewall Pump Station.
B. Resolution authorizing and approving the issuance of (i) Commercial Paper Notes,
Series A (tax-exempt) and (ii) Commercial Paper Notes, Series B (taxable)
(collectively, the Notes) in a combined aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$500,000,000 principal amount outstanding at any one time and not to exceed
$700,000,000 in total aggregate principal amount issued; waiving competitive
bidding for the sale of the Notes; authorizing and approving the negotiated sale of
the Notes at a price less than par; establishing parameters for the discount and
interest rates on the Notes; authorizing Certificates Of Determination setting forth
the discount, interest rates, redemption provisions, size and maturities of the Notes;
approving a second Amended and Restated Dealer Agreement; approving and
authorizing the execution of and waiving competitive bidding with respect to the
issuance of the Amended and Restated Letter Of Credit and Reimbursement
Agreement by and between the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust and
Sumitomo Mitsui Bank Corporation (Credit Agreement) and Amended and
Restated Bank Note; and approving, authorizing, and directing the execution and
delivery of the Credit Agreement and Bank Note, and authorizing the Chairman or
designee to approve non-substantive and immaterial changes to the Credit
Agreement and Bank Note; authorizing and directing the General Manager or
designee to negotiate, execute, and deliver subsequent amendments to the
commitment amount under the Credit Agreement; authorizing, approving and
directing the execution of a second Amended and Restated Order authorizing
Commercial Paper Notes, the third Amended and Restated Issuing and Paying
Agency Agreement, the second Amended and Restated Depository Agreement
and Security Agreement, and all other documents relating to the Commercial
Paper Program; authorizing and approving a preliminary and final version of the
Commercial Paper Offering Memorandum with respect to the Notes, and
authorizing the use and distribution thereof; authorizing and directing the execution
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of all other closing documents, certificates, agreements, representations,
instructions, actions, and letters necessary or incidental to the issuance of such
notes; authorizing and directing the execution, authentication, and delivery of the
Notes; and containing other provisions relating thereto.
(Four affirmative votes required for approval.)
VII. Items from Trustees
VIII. General Manager Reports
A. Status Report of the Utilities Department for March 2025.
B. Utilities’ Best Award Recipients.
IX. Citizens to be Heard
X. Adjournment
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