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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 1, 2019 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE APPROPRIATION <br />ADJUSTMENT ACCEPTING BUREAU OF <br />RECLAMATION WATERSMART GRANT <br />FUNDS FOR THE WELL 32 <br />IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT IN THE <br />AMOUNT OF $750,000 <br />(NONGENERAL FUND) <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 6, 11 <br />/s/ Kristine Ridge <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 15' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2i1 Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Approve an appropriation adjustment accepting Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART grant funds <br />in the amount of $750,000 into the Public Works Water Quality & Control Fund, Miscellaneous <br />Revenue, Federal Grant —Direct revenue account and appropriating the same amount into the <br />Public Works Water Quality & Control, WaterSMART-Watershed Management Program, <br />Improvements Other Than Building expenditure account. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On February 6, 2018, Council authorized staff to submit a grant application to the United States <br />Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART Drought Response Program for the planned Well No. 32 <br />Improvements. The project involves upgrading and replacing groundwater well pumping systems <br />and pipelines, and adding a treatment process to bring the poor -quality groundwater up to useable <br />standards. <br />In June 2019, the City was awarded $750,000 in grant funding for the Well No. 32 Improvements <br />Project. The project is currently under design and a construction contract is anticipated to be <br />recommended for award in early 2020. All grant funds received for this project are to be utilized <br />for the construction phase of the project. The total construction cost of the project is estimated to <br />be $4.2 million and will be paid with grant and Water Enterprise funds. <br />STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT <br />20D-1 <br />