Title:
Title
Agreement: Regional Water Authority- Sacramento Regional Residential, 2018-2020 Water Meter Installation Project
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FileID
File ID: 2018-01687
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee to: 1) sign the Project Agreement with the Regional Water Authority (RWA) for the Sacramento Regional Residential, 2018-2020 Water Meter Installation Project; and 2) adjust the revenue and expenditure budgets in the Accelerated Water Meter Program (Z14010000) as necessary to implement the agreement.
Contact: Bill Busath, Director (916) 808-1434; Chuong (Ryan) Pham, Business Services Manager (916) 808-8995; Jackie Rice, Supervising Financial Analyst (916) 808-5988; Alaina Jordan, Grant Coordinator (916) 808-5801, Department of Utilities
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
3-Agreement
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The Sacramento Suburban Water District (SSWD) has been awarded grant funding by the Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation for the Sacramento Regional 2018-2020 Residential Water Meter Installation Project Grant.
RWA on behalf of the participating agencies with SSWD as the lead, coordinated a multi-agency grant application for the Sacramento Regional 2018-2020 Residential Water Meter Installation Project and will serve as the grant manager on behalf of the collaborating agencies. The City of Sacramento is listed as a recipient and will receive $234,000 of the $750,000 awarded.
To receive and utilize the City’s share of the grant funding, as a sub-grantee, the City, needs to execute a Project Agreement with RWA and take related actions.
Policy Considerations: The project to be funded support the City’s continued efforts in the City’s General Plan goal of funding critical water infrastructure in need of improvements and meeting the State’s requirement of installing water meters citywide by 2025.
Economic Impacts: None
Environmental Considerations: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), the activity is not a project. The agreement with Regional Water Authority consists of the creation of a government funding mechanism or other governmental fiscal activities which do not result in any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and is not subject to CEQA (CEQA Guidelines 15060(c)(3). Appropriate environmental review will be conducted for the projects identified in the AWMP prior to implementation of the projects.
Sustainability: The project is consistent with the City's Sustainability Master Plan by improving infrastructure reliability, which will reduce energy-intensive maintenance efforts.
Commission/Committee Action: Not applicable.
Rationale for Recommendation: RWA coordinated a multi-agency grant application for the Sacramento Regional 2018-2020 Residential Water Meter Installation Project and the City of Sacramento is listed as a recipient. Of the $750,000 awarded grant fund, the City will receive $234,000.
Financial Considerations: The Project Agreement with RWA awards the City of Sacramento $234,000 in grant funding as a sub-recipient. Acceptance of this agreement necessitates amendment to the revenue and expense budgets to the Accelerated Water Meter Program (Z14010000, fund 6205) for a not-to-exceed amount of $234,000.
The Agreement requires a local funding match from the City of $1,980,000. This match has been met in the Accelerated Water Meter Program (Z14010000). No additional match is required.
No General Funds are allocated or planned for this project.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
Background: California State Assembly Bill 2572 (AB2572) was signed on September 24, 2004, requiring the metering of all residential and commercial water services connections by the year 2025.
On May 24, 2005, City Council adopted Resolution 2005-0347, directing that water meters be installed according to plan developed using the following implementation criteria: spreading meter installation projects throughout the City, coordinating water meter installation with the replacement of old water mains, and continuing to add new meter installation projects that are adjacent to completed projects.
On February 24, 2015, the City Council adopted Resolution 2015-0056 approving changes to the City’s water meter installation guidelines to accelerate the installation of water meters to complete installation of meters on all City water services connections by December 31, 2020, four years ahead of the statutory deadline specified in Assembly Bill 2572. Entering into this Project Agreement with RWA will assist the City to meet this goal.