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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 15, 2019 <br />TITLE: <br />ADOPT RESOLUTIONS AND AUTHORIZE <br />GRANT APPLICATION SUBMISSIONS IN <br />AN AMOUNT UP TO $1,500,000 FOR <br />ADVANCED METER INFRASTRUCTURE <br />AND IN AN AMOUNT UP TO $300,000 FOR <br />HYDROPOWER GENERATION FROM THE <br />DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION <br />(NON -GENERAL FUND) <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 6, 1G} <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1"Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />/s/ Kristine Ridge FILE NUMBER <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit a grant application to the Department <br />of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants <br />Program for the Advanced Meter Infrastructure Project in an amount of up to $1,500,000. <br />2. Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit a grant application the Department <br />of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants <br />Program for a Hydropower Generation Project in an amount of up to $300,000. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Department of the Interior offers grants through its Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART <br />(Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Water and Energy Efficiency Grant <br />(WEEG) Program to stretch and secure water supplies. The Federal Fiscal Year 2020 (October 1, <br />2019, to September 30, 2020) includes an estimated $24 million for agencies via 50/50 cost -share <br />funding at two levels: one for up to a maximum of $1.5 million and the other for $300,000. <br />The City is in the planning and design stages of an Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) Project. <br />The proposed AMI Project involves, among other things, the transition of approximately 45,000 <br />existing manual -read meters to new smart meters that communicate via radio or similar technology <br />and enable the City to implement technological enhancements such as automated meter reads, <br />leak detection and usage notifications, and interactive customer portals. By upgrading to an AMI <br />system, customers can be supplied with on -demand, real-time water consumption data, enabling <br />them to make more informed decisions about their water use. Case studies have shown that <br />55D-1 <br />