2026-10-13 - Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust

Summary

Based on auto-generated captions; names, numbers and some details may be misheard. The caption timeline runs from 0:23 to the 31:30 adjournment; the first minute is room noise before the meeting was called to order at 1:09.

Time on topic (from transcript timestamps; approximate, includes side talk):

Topic Minutes Share
Other business 9 30%
Atoka Pipeline Construction 8 27%
South Canadian Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements 6 20%
Water Utilities Trust Revenue Bonds 4 13%
Draper Water Treatment Plant Improvements 3 10%
  • Tuesday, October 13, 2026, called to order shortly after 2:00 p.m. and adjourned about 31 minutes into the recording.
  • The same day, the City Council approved the bond resolution earlier in the day.
  • Every item passed on a voice vote with no dissent recorded in the captions.

Other business

1:09-3:25, 6:08-8:00, 12:27-16:43, 31:12-31:30

  • Minutes of the September 29 meeting approved. The consent docket (requests for proposals, contracts, amendments and change orders, payment ratifications and the 2027 regular meeting schedule) passed with nothing pulled. No concurrence items.
  • Two emergency construction contracts approved: sewer manhole and chamber rehabilitation along Park Avenue ($2.148 million) and a 48-inch water transmission main repair near Southeast 89th Street and Eastern Avenue ($244,575).
  • A resolution declaring the Trust's intent to reimburse itself from future tax-exempt debt for projects first paid with cash (fiscal years 2027 and 2028) passed. Staff said this annual authorization has been done for three years.
  • A trustee noted the death of a longtime Oklahoma City engineer who served as the Trust's independent engineer.
  • The general manager (captioned "Brownie") thanked staff and the financial advisor for the bond work, said both rating agencies described the utility as well managed, and reported reservoir levels after the Canton release: Hefner about 6.5 feet below full, Draper 6.3, Canton 4.7, Atoka 4.4 and McGee Creek 5.1. Daily use has fallen from about 150 to 110-115 million gallons.
  • No citizens to be heard; adjourned.

Draper Water Treatment Plant Improvements

3:25-6:08

  • A utilities project manager (captioned "Cameron Makitari") presented plans and specifications to advertise for bids: motorized actuators on 21 large valves, chemical feed and storage upgrades, rehab of two elevated backwash tanks, demolition of the idle presedimentation basin, and replacement of six leaking valves in the pipe gallery. Duration is 555 calendar days. Approved with no questions.

Water Utilities Trust Revenue Bonds

8:00-12:27

  • Resolution authorizing revenue refunding and improvement bonds of up to $375 million, needing four affirmative votes. The financial advisor (captioned "Dennis" of PFM) said the sale would refund about $125 million of commercial paper and raise about $235 million of new money for roughly 6 to 12 months of spending.
  • Rates have risen about 100 basis points over the year; this is not a refunding for savings. Rating meetings went well; pricing is November 17 and closing December 2. A trustee joked about whether the Fed would raise rates before the midterms.
  • Passed on a voice vote. The general manager later put the sale at about $360 million, not to exceed $375 million.

South Canadian Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements

16:43-22:56

  • Project manager (captioned "Mary Grayson") reported construction cost of about $190.9 million as of change order No. 6, 89 percent of payments submitted and about 79 percent of time elapsed, completion October 15, 2027.
  • The new plant is largely commissioned and meeting permit requirements; the new administration building moves SCADA on November 4. A trustee asked whether the electrical problems were resolved (yes) and how dechlorination works (on-site sodium bisulfite generation).
  • It is the first facility moved from chlorine gas to on-site liquid chlorine generation; the remaining work is demolition of the old plant.

Atoka Pipeline Construction

22:56-31:12

  • Project update (presenter captioned "Larry Hair"): about 58.3 miles of pipe in the ground, pump station O about 55 percent complete, and a September 14 grass fire of about 600 acres stopped short of the pump station site.
  • Segments: Colgate to Stonewall expected March 2027; Canadian River to Conway 97 percent installed, finishing July 2027; Conway pump station March 2028; McComb segments April and May 2028. The Lake Draper outfall structure is to be bid in February 2027.
  • The general manager said the new line should carry about 100 million gallons a day versus about 80 for the current pipe, and each pump station costs a large sum. Utility power substations are being designed with two energy providers. Stone (captioned "Stones") visited the site with the presiding trustee.

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00:23Yeah. As soon as the

00:27lights come

00:38>> [clears throat]

01:09>> It is shortly after 2:00 and I'd like to

01:11call to order the October 13th meeting

01:14of the Oklahoma City Water Utilities

01:16Trust. Next item on the agenda is the

01:18approval of the meeting of the minutes

01:20of the September 29th meeting. in your

01:23packet. Are there any questions or

01:24comments regarding the minutes? If not,

01:26is there a motion for approval?

01:33And it passes. Next up is a consent

01:35docket. There are a number of items on

01:36the consent docket. Uh request for

01:38proposals to be advertised, some

01:39contracts, some amendments and change

01:42orders. A lot of amendments and change

01:43orders. um ratification of payments and

01:48of course the always awaited resolution

01:50approving the regular meeting schedule

01:52for 27.

01:54That's big for big frame. Uh any

01:57questions about the consent document?

01:58Any items the trustes would like to pull

02:00for individual consideration or

02:01questions? Seeing none, is there a

02:02motion for approval?

02:13and it passes. There's uh nothing on the

02:16concurrence docket. There are two items

02:18on the uh uh emergency construction

02:21contract. The first one is an emergency

02:24sewer manhole and chamber rehabilitation

02:27along Park Avenue from Hudson to

02:29Broadway um down to Cole Cord uh in the

02:35amount of of 2.148 million. Are there

02:39any questions or comments regarding the

02:40emergency?

02:42Seeing none, is there a motion for

02:43approval?

02:49And it passes.

02:52The next item, item 5B, is another

02:54emergency. It's a uh

02:57uh ordering a contract of 4M trenching

03:00for an emergency 48 in water

03:02transmission repair Southeast 89th in

03:05Eastern Avenue in the amount of

03:06$244,575.

03:10questions regarding that emergency

03:12repair?

03:14Seeing none, is there a motion for

03:15approval?

03:20We have a motion and a second and it is

03:22approved.

03:25Now we're moving on to items for

03:26individual consideration. Plans and

03:27specifications to be advertised for bids

03:30project WTO222-1B

03:34various Draper water treatment plant

03:36improvements. Mr. running.

03:40>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have uh

03:41Cameron Makitari here today to uh give

03:44us a short presentation on this project.

03:50>> Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and

03:51Trustees. Uh my name is Com Mcari. I am

03:54the project manager for the utilities

03:56department. Uh thank you for the

03:58opportunity given to me to provide you a

04:00brief summary of uh upcoming uh

04:04improvements uh project at the river

04:07water treatment plant. The scope of this

04:09project includes five main components.

04:12The first one is large valve actuation.

04:14We are installing motorized actuators on

04:17large valves and connecting to the

04:18skater system. The second one is

04:21chemical feed system.

04:22>> How many?

04:23>> A total of 21 valves. Large valves. 21

04:26>> 21

04:27>> Yes. Uh the second one is a chemical

04:30feed system improvements and

04:32installation of the new uh chemical

04:35storage tank and and enclosure. The

04:38third one is a quot uh rehab of the

04:41backwash tank tanks at the raper. We

04:45have two elevated backwash tanks at the

04:47raper. They're not really they're

04:48already kind of in a bad shape. As part

04:50of this project, we are uh rehabbing

04:52those two tanks. Uh the fourth one is

04:56demolition of the presedimentation basin

04:59and site restoration. The existing

05:02presedmentation basin uh has been out of

05:05service for past few years. As part of

05:08this project, we are removing

05:10preedmentation basin. And the last one

05:13uh is replacement of the uh large valves

05:16at the vapor pipe gallery. Those valves

05:19are uh kind of uh are aging and couple

05:22of them are leaking. As part of this

05:24project again we are replacing those six

05:26valves. Uh the project duration for this

05:30project is 555 calendar calendar days.

05:34Uh together these improvements will help

05:36protect the plants infrastructure,

05:38improve operations and support continue

05:41continued reliable water treatment for

05:44Oklahoma City. Again uh thank you for

05:46your time and consideration. Uh I'll be

05:48more than happy to answer any questions.

05:51>> Any questions for Cameron on

05:52improvements?

05:54All right. Seeing none, is there a

05:55motion for approval?

05:56>> Thank you.

05:57>> Thank you, Cameron.

06:06And

06:08it passed.

06:11Uh item B is a resolution declaring the

06:14intent of the Oklahoma City Water

06:15Utilities Trust to expend certain funds

06:17in connection with certain water and

06:20wastewater uh system improvements with

06:23an with uh said expenditures to be

06:26reimbured from the proceeds of debt uh

06:29to be incurred by the Oklahoma City

06:31Water Utilities Trust. Um so what we're

06:34doing is lining out projects that we

06:35will be uh using our debt for

06:39essentially. Is that correct?

06:42>> Vanessa here.

06:42>> And Vanessa is going to give you an

06:44overview.

06:45>> All right.

06:45>> Yes. Good afternoon, chairman and

06:47trustees. Vanessa Agular. And a a brief

06:50overview of this resolution is this

06:53gives authorization for Aqua to identify

06:57certain projects that as we award and

07:00fund with cash proceeds that we would

07:04get have authorization from a future

07:06taxexempt financing. If Aquit needed to

07:10reimburse itself for those projects that

07:13were previously awarded and paid with

07:15cash, this establishes that

07:17authorization. So for the last three

07:19fiscal years, we've done an annual

07:22authorization which authorizes the

07:24reimbursement of said projects. In the

07:27exhibit that's attached, we include

07:29fiscal year 27 and fiscal year 28 as a a

07:34basis for projects that we would

07:36potentially authorize if necessary.

07:40Happy to answer any questions

07:42>> and this we've done this regularly in

07:44the past.

07:45>> Yes.

07:46>> Any questions on the resolution?

07:50Seeing none, is there a motion for the

07:51approval of the resolution?

08:00and it passes. Item C is a resolution

08:03authorizing improving the issuance of

08:05Oklahoma City water utilities systems

08:08utility system revenue refunding and

08:10improvement bonds in one or more series

08:12in an aggregate principal amount of not

08:14to exceed $375 million. Dennis why from

08:18PFM is here today. And uh before we go

08:20any further, we I do want to point out

08:22that this this vote will require four

08:24affirmative votes for passage.

08:27>> Thank you.

08:29You'll go to page three.

08:32Okay. So on the 18th I was here, the

08:35trustees approved preparations for the

08:39uh for documents and solicitation of

08:41underwriting services.

08:44We circulated a mini RFP to the firms in

08:47the approved pool for the city and then

08:50evaluated those responses. The

08:52underwriting team will consist of Morgan

08:54Stanley as the book runner and RBC is

08:57the co-manager. This transaction will

09:00fund approximately 125 million in

09:03outstanding commercial paper and raise

09:05approximately 235 million in new money

09:08for uh the water utility. The refunding

09:13of commercial paper restores capacity

09:16for appropriation and borrowing through

09:17the commercial paper program and the new

09:20money should bridge spending needs for

09:22the next 6 to 12 months.

09:25On the next page,

09:28so we have most definitely seen rates

09:31move higher over the last few months. uh

09:34and the FOMC raised the Fed funds rate

09:37by 25 basis points on September 16 to 4%

09:42and there is the expectation that a

09:44rates will continue to rise to fight

09:46inflation. The next Fed fund the next

09:49FOMC meeting is on October 2728 and I

09:53would expect to see a 25 basis point

09:55rise right after that. Couple of graphs

09:58to kind of show you what's happened in

09:59the market. Treasury rates a year ago

10:02were where the orange dotted line are is

10:06and then uh the blue the blue line is

10:10where rates were about a week ago. So we

10:12have seen quite a bit of movement upward

10:14in rates upwards of 100 basis points.

10:19To the right you'll see the uh AAA muni

10:22curve and the same thing has happened.

10:24rates have moved up substantially and I

10:28think we will continue to see these

10:29higher rates for for some time to come.

10:34This transaction though is not to refund

10:36bonds for savings. We are not taking

10:38bonds that have a current call date.

10:41They've rolled down the yield curve and

10:43we can save money by refunding them.

10:45We're doing this refunding of commercial

10:46paper and raising new money for dollars

10:50we need for spending capacity for major

10:54generational water projects such as the

10:56TOA and also the reliability and

10:59resiliency of the system.

11:03Quick look at our schedule. We had

11:04rating meetings yesterday. I'm glad to

11:07say they went were exceptional. We got

11:10really good feedback from them and it

11:12was positive feedback. Uh we double

11:15docketed today with trust and counsel.

11:17Hope to receive our ratings next week,

11:20price on November 17th and close on

11:23December 2nd and glad to answer any

11:25questions.

11:28>> Okay, while you're up here, this isn't

11:29directly related to the bond issue,

11:32>> but will the Feds really raise the

11:33interest rate less than two weeks before

11:35the midterm elections?

11:37>> That's a good question. I you know on

11:40the one hand it it would get a lot of

11:42push back from politicians but uh

11:46depending on what kind of inflation data

11:49we see they may have no choice.

11:52>> Thank you for not answering that

11:53question. [laughter]

11:55>> Tried to stay on the fence with that

11:57one.

11:59>> All right. Uh so getting back to the

12:02resolution that is before us. Are there

12:04any questions or comments regarding the

12:06resolution of the issuance of the debt?

12:09Again, it takes four affirmative votes

12:10for the resolution to or the resolution

12:13to pass. We have a motion and a second.

12:17All in favor indicate by voting.

12:23And it passes.

12:27Items from trustees. Anything this

12:29morning

12:30or this afternoon trustees?

12:33I do want to uh point out that Don

12:36Douglas, who is a very long-term member

12:39of the engineering community in Oklahoma

12:41City, he was involved in a lot of

12:43projects around the community outside of

12:45water utilities. He was the former uh

12:47water utilities trust independent

12:48engineer for a few years. passed away

12:52two weeks ago and at the age of 90 and

12:56Don was certainly a fixture in the

12:59Oklahoma City uh community, the Oklahoma

13:01City engineering community and uh he was

13:04a friend and he will be missed.

13:05>> He was colorful. He was a lot of fun and

13:08I enjoyed working with him.

13:14>> Mr. Brownie, General Manager reports.

13:16>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have a

13:18couple of presentations coming up. First

13:19I I I would like to um comment on the

13:23hard work that the engineering team and

13:26the financial management team did

13:29preparing uh with PFM to put these

13:34bonds together, these proposed bond

13:37transactions together. Uh city council

13:41gave us an affirmative vote uh earlier

13:44today. So, we'll be moving forward uh

13:47with your concurrence this afternoon. Uh

13:50Dennis's schedule is pretty well

13:53defined. Uh and so we plan to move

13:57forward with this so that we can

13:58continue executing our capital uh plan

14:01as projected. So, I want to offer my uh

14:06most sincere thanks to the folks who

14:10work tirelessly to put this thing

14:12together. it it's a large sale of $360

14:16million

14:18not to exceed 375. So a lot of work went

14:21into this. Uh secondly, the the team who

14:25puts the agenda together which includes

14:27our trust group, engineering group,

14:30operations groups,

14:32uh financial management groups,

14:33everybody works tirelessly every two

14:36weeks to put this thing together so that

14:38we can um have your consideration so

14:41that we can continue to operate the

14:43utility. Uh Dennis did comment about

14:46some of the uh

14:49comments that we received from Moody's

14:51and Standard and Pores and you know

14:52they're their position is is that the

14:55utility is very well managed uh and

14:58that's one of the reasons why they're so

15:01confident in our organization. So you

15:04know thank you for your support and uh

15:09for your guidance along the way. So we

15:11appreciate all that. Uh we do have um I

15:15want to talk a minute about the uh water

15:17release from Canton. Uh I briefed you

15:20all on that release the last meeting. So

15:22the results uh turned out that we we

15:25captured a fair amount of the water even

15:27though the the riverbed was very dry and

15:30it was very hot. Uh Lake Hefner was just

15:34about 10 feet below full elevation and

15:37now we're at 6 and a half. Um, Draper is

15:40uh 6.3 feet down, which for this time of

15:43the year with the hot summer we've had

15:45uh not too bad. Um, Canton uh was at

15:49almost 2 feet below full pool. It's

15:51currently at 4.7, so it didn't take a

15:54huge hit. Of course, some of the rain

15:56they got in that area helped as well.

15:58Uh, Atoa is 4.4 feet down and McGee

16:02Creek is 5.1, but you know, we expect

16:04them to recover during the winter and

16:06spring rains. So we uh we ended up in

16:09pretty good shape. Uh right now the uh

16:12the the average daily flows are

16:14somewhere in the 110 to 115 million

16:17gallon range where previously uh we were

16:21around 150 a day. So we've dropped off

16:24significantly. So Heavner is pretty much

16:27stabilized because we're we're still

16:29getting about 40 million gallons a day

16:31in the canal and we're pulling out about

16:3340 million gallons a day from the lake

16:35and the cooler temperatures have lowered

16:36the evaporation rate. So we're pretty

16:39steady right now. So everything went as

16:41planned.

16:43We do have two uh presentations this

16:46afternoon. One on the South Canadian

16:48wastewater treatment plant uh status.

16:51Mary Grayson is here uh to give us a

16:53presentation on that project.

17:00Good afternoon, chairman and trustees.

17:02My name is Mary Grayson. I'm the current

17:05project manager over STO138, which is

17:08the South Canadian Wastewater Treatment

17:10Plant Improvements Project.

17:14Construction status, the engineer is

17:16STV, Inc. The contractor is Crossland

17:19Heavy Contractors.

17:21Construction cost is currently

17:22190,944,243.73

17:27as of change order number six. The

17:30expected contract completion date is

17:32October 15, 2027. Our current status as

17:36of August 31st, 2026

17:39in submitted progress payments is

17:42169,425,4387,

17:48which in terms of percentage is 89%

17:51in.78%

17:53in time completion.

17:56Look behind. So in the past 90 days,

17:58we've had some pretty exciting things

18:00happen at the South Canadian Wastewater

18:02Treatment Plant. We had our startup

18:05testing for all of our major process

18:07equipment. We commissioned our generator

18:10and electrical system. We commissioned

18:12and commenced operations of the new

18:14headworks grit removal system,

18:15irerration system, filter system, and

18:17disinfection system. And our chemical

18:20delivery occurred for all of our startup

18:22testing and our startup procedures. So,

18:26uh, plant seeding began on August 14th

18:30and we have continued to work through.

18:32We have daily calls discussing the

18:35progress of the facility and in the next

18:3790 days we look at finalizing the

18:39individual system performance testing

18:42for the filters disinfection and

18:43reeration systems moving to the new

18:46discharge permit performance start

18:48period finishing the site paving grading

18:51and ceasing the SPR plant operations and

18:54beginning decommission of the existing

18:56facility.

18:57>> So is the electrical service issues

18:59worked out? they are worked out and we

19:02everything has been operating as

19:03intended right now and we are currently

19:06meeting all of our permit requirements

19:09out of the new facility as of right now.

19:14So for the administration building where

19:16we left off at the last update was that

19:18the building was complete but not the

19:19electrical

19:21and we have recently installed all the

19:24furniture and November 4th they will be

19:26transitioning the SCADA to the new uh

19:28facility so they can begin monitoring

19:30out of that new administration building.

19:35The headworks we commissioned everything

19:38again on August 14th and it has been

19:41operating as intended.

19:43Same with the great vortex and wash

19:46building.

19:50The aeration basins I mean these are

19:53very impressive structures and it is

19:55exciting to finally see them operating.

19:58And then our clarifier and splitter

20:07and then our clarifiers.

20:09I'm just excited to see everything

20:11functioning and it's been the start of

20:13testing has been going very well.

20:16So to see things go from empty to full

20:19it's great to see this. We are working

20:22through our filter testing. This is one

20:23of the final pieces during the startup

20:25before we can transition over to the new

20:27outfall.

20:33and then our chlorine contact and

20:34disinfection. So, we had we started up

20:36our sodium bulfite um on-site generation

20:41on 916 and so we're working through that

20:4430-day test right now. But we are very

20:49excited about the progress that we've

20:50been making.

20:53primary electrical building.

20:57We've worked through all those

20:58electrical issues and everything's

21:00functioning the way that it should.

21:06I just thickener building.

21:11The biggest change here is the paving

21:14around the facility.

21:17Remind me what you're doing for

21:18decllorination. Obviously, you have

21:20thorning contacts. You're making sure

21:21you have time. But what are you doing

21:22for actual

21:23>> decoration?

21:26>> Yeah, it's onsite. On-site generation.

21:30>> You said

21:34>> Oh, sodium bulite.

21:36>> Okay. Thanks.

21:39>> Anything else? Thank you.

21:41>> Thank you, Mary. So, um just a note, uh

21:45this is the first um facility that we

21:49transitioned from chlorine gas to

21:51on-site liquid chlorine generation. So,

21:54it's going very well. So, that's a

21:57that's a positive. Also, uh the

22:00completion date of the project is is a

22:02year from now, but that's the the demo

22:05of the old facility. So, the new

22:06facility is just about fully tested and

22:10operational. So uh the phase two will be

22:14the demo and then the project will be

22:15completed.

22:17>> Great work by the team uh by the

22:19engineers and the contractors and then

22:22appreciate OG working with us as they

22:25identified issues and we got that work

22:26through. So I really appreciate everyone

22:28stepping up to that and just taking care

22:29of it and working through in

22:31partnership. So it's it's good project

22:34>> really big project. Uh, so it it it went

22:37it went fairly well considering all the

22:40challenges that we've had lately on on

22:43lead times for materials and equipment

22:45and just so many other things during

22:47these challenging times to to to

22:50construct facilities. So secondly, um

22:53Larry Hair is here to give us an update

22:56on the Atoka pipeline.

22:58>> Good afternoon everyone. Hopefully,

22:59we're getting some good rain to help add

23:01to that can release that we had about a

23:03month ago. Um, I'm going to be like a

23:07broken record in this um uh presentation

23:10because a lot of things you've seen

23:11before. A lot of things are still static

23:14as it stands now, but we're still

23:16working through some of these issues.

23:19Um, at the moment we have about 58.3

23:22miles of the pipeline in the ground. Uh

23:25we're also constructing the three pump

23:27stations and all the search facilities.

23:31Um on pump station O um which is kind of

23:34like the lynch pin for the second ATOA

23:36pipeline. Uh about 55% project

23:39completion.

23:41Uh here is uh what it looked like in

23:44August of this year. You can see the

23:46pump building is right here. I don't

23:47know if you can see my mouse.

23:49>> Okay, good. Uh because it's good to

23:51point at things. Um, here's the pump

23:54station building right here. Here is the

23:56balancing tank where all the water from

23:57the McGee Creek and the future Kaamichi

23:59pipeline will be going to to go up to

24:01Draper. Um, here is the compressor

24:03building as well as uh the location for

24:07the buried surge facility or surge

24:10tanks.

24:11In uh September 14th, we had a grass

24:14fire that was um burning next to the

24:18pump station. Um it was extremely dry.

24:21About 600 acres uh were burned and due

24:25to the fast quick quick thinking of wind

24:27construction with a bulldozer and a

24:29water truck, they were able to stop the

24:31progress of the fire uh short of

24:34encroaching upon the pump station site.

24:37Um I'd like to point out that uh this

24:39little thing right here is one of our

24:41surge tanks going in kind of like a

24:43couple of days after the fire was put

24:44out.

24:47Uh moving along the pipeline from uh

24:50pump station O to Colgate. Um here's

24:53that broken record right now. Everything

24:55is in the ground. We're just trying to

24:56reconcile final quantities and uh final

24:59punch list items.

25:02Uh 872 from Colgate to Stonewall. We are

25:07uh let's see we got 28,341

25:11feet of the pipe installed in that

25:13project and 48,000 pe feet of the pipe

25:16was uh delivered. So uh we're still

25:18expecting completion of March of next

25:20year.

25:22The Stonewall pump station is going

25:24along very well. Um we have the concrete

25:27foundations uh put in for the uh uh

25:30surge tank uh surge facil Oh, we're over

25:33here. search facilities, the new tank,

25:35and for the electrical substation.

25:39Um, here's an overview of what it looks

25:41like so far. Uh, the balancing tank, uh,

25:44goes right here. All of our buried surge

25:46tanks go right here. And here's kind of

25:48like the outline of the new pump

25:50station.

25:54From Stonewall to Ada, again, uh, we're

25:57uh, fully com uh, installed. We're

26:00working on the cathotic protection uh

26:03parts of it in order to protect the pipe

26:06from corrosion. So that's that's nearing

26:09completion as well. 874 again another

26:13broken record moment. It's all uh

26:16installed. We're just trying to

26:17reconcile the final quantities.

26:21The uh 876 from the Canadian River all

26:24the way to the Conway pump station uh is

26:2697% installed. Um, we're still expecting

26:30completion by July of next year.

26:35The Cona pump station, um, one of the

26:38other pump stations we're looking at is

26:40expected to be completed in March of

26:422028. Um, here's what it looks like, uh,

26:45under construction right now. Our new

26:48balancing tank, uh, going up here, new

26:50search facilities here. Here's where the

26:53pump station will lie. And here is a

26:55holding pond for pigging operations.

26:58Pigging is when we clean the pipe with a

27:00great big thing in order to get all the

27:03the junk out of it. [laughter]

27:07Uh here's what the pump station looked

27:09like as of June of this year. Um here's

27:12some of the intake pipes. Um the

27:14foundation's pretty much uh complete.

27:17We're just waiting on pumps and the

27:19interior piping to come into play. As of

27:23June of this year, here's what the uh

27:26balancing tank looked like. Um they're

27:28putting up the walls and the roof. And

27:30then as of a month ago, they finished

27:34erecting the walls and are now putting

27:35the protective uh concrete coating on

27:37the outside.

27:41Moving on uh from Cona to um like

27:45halfway between the Conway pump station

27:48and Mcome. Um, we're restoring the

27:52rightway and we're doing a hydrostatic

27:54testing plan. We're doing making sure

27:56that they uh pressure test the entire

27:59pipeline and it passes.

28:04878 from uh where 877 left off to the

28:08Mcome pump station. Uh the pipe delivery

28:11started in late August. Uh the clearing

28:13and grub grubbing is complete and all

28:15the land stripping and clearing is is

28:17complete and uh we're expecting

28:19completion on this project April of uh

28:222028.

28:26And then from the Mcome pump station to

28:29Lake Draper, uh we're expecting

28:31completion of May of 2028. uh the casing

28:34pipe uh began being delivered in June

28:37and the pre-trenching of the entire

28:40project is about 64%.

28:45And we also have the interim surge

28:47stations being done at the MCOME Ada and

28:50Colgate stations that will help mitigate

28:53surge um in the pump station locations

28:57that were skipping along the pipeline.

29:00So, a lot of work is being done at the

29:02Mcome pump station at the moment.

29:06The only project we have coming up next

29:08is the actual outfall structure at uh

29:12the Draper at Lake Draper

29:15and uh we're expecting to bid that in

29:17February of next year.

29:20So, thank you, Larry.

29:22>> You're welcome.

29:23>> Councilman Stones and I were able to go

29:25down and visit it just a month or so

29:27ago, two months ago, I guess. and uh got

29:30to see some of it firsthand as we were

29:32down there and it's it's uh it's

29:34impressive in the pictures, but it's

29:35really impressive in person the size of

29:38some of the the uh construction aspects

29:41we're working with. Any questions for

29:43Larry?

29:45>> Thank you, Larry. You know, when you put

29:47it in perspective, we you know, we we

29:49talk a lot about this project, but then

29:51when you see the pictures, I mean, each

29:53one of those pump stations is $und00

29:55million.

29:57um and and they're pretty impressive.

29:59Right now, we're working with the two uh

30:01energy providers to uh design and build

30:04their their substations so that we have

30:07appropriate power to operate those

30:09facilities. Um and then, you know, when

30:12this pipeline is put into service, uh

30:14the existing pipeline will be taken out

30:17of service and then we'll we'll inspect

30:19that and make appropriate repairs. But

30:22that that pipeline probably won't be

30:24used for a number of years once we put

30:27the the new pumps the new pipeline of

30:29pump stations will pump quite a bit more

30:32water than we're able to move currently.

30:35The current pipe is about 80 million

30:37gallons a day and we should be

30:39approaching about 100 million gallons a

30:42day with with the new pipeline. So

30:44that'll bring all of the water that's

30:45permitted at McGee Creek and and Atoa up

30:48to Oklahoma City. Right now, we're not

30:50able to move our entire permitted

30:52appropriation. So, it'll be a a a really

30:57good enhancement to the reliability and

31:01resiliency of our water supply here in

31:03Oklahoma City. And this is, you know, a

31:04multigenerational project. So, uh

31:09anyway, um thank you very much, Larry.

31:12Appreciate the, uh the update. And Mr.

31:16Chairman, that is all I have for today.

31:19>> That's about 90% of NBA arena costwise.

31:24Just just saying I'm not aware of any

31:26citizens to be heard. There's no further

31:28business before the trust. Therefore, we

31:30are adjourned.