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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 1, 2020 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE AN APPROPRIATION <br />ADJUSTMENT ACCEPTING BUREAU OF <br />RECLAMATION WATERSMART GRANT <br />FUNDS FOR THE SA-1 HYDROPOWER <br />AND WATER CONSERVATION PROJECT <br />IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,000 <br />(NON -GENERAL FUND) <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1 sl Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2od 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 />Approve an appropriation adjustment accepting Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART grant funds <br />in the amount of $300,000 into the Public Works Water Quality & Control Fund, Miscellaneous <br />Revenue, Federal Grant -Direct revenue account and appropriating the same amount into Public <br />Works Water Quality & Control Fund, Water -SMART -Watershed Management Program, Reserve <br />Appropriation expenditure account for future year expenditures. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City of Santa Ana water system has seven connection points with the Metropolitan Water <br />District, SA-1 through SA-7. In February 2019, the City completed the Water Systems Alternative <br />Energy Feasibility Study, which determined that three of the seven connections have adequate <br />water flow to generate electricity via turbines. Connection SA-1, located at the Garthe pumping <br />station, currently has a hydro turbine and generator that produce electricity, but the equipment has <br />reached its end of useful life. <br />On October 15 2019, the City Council authorized staff to submit a grant application to the United <br />States Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources <br />for Tomorrow) Water Energy and Efficiency Grant Program for the SA-1 Hydropower and Water <br />Conservation Project in order to replace the equipment. <br />Funding from this grant will go towards the installation of a 132-kilowatt (kW) hydro turbine and <br />generator, which is expected to generate up to 877 megawatt -hours of power annually to offset <br />existing electrical use at the pumping station. The proposed project would not only upgrade the <br />existing hydro turbine and generator to a more efficient device, it would serve as a model for <br />installations at the other two potential locations. The project also includes the installation of nine <br />smart irrigation controllers and 110 high -efficiency nozzles at City water system properties to <br />20C-1 <br />