2026-10-13 - Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust
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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.