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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 WASHINGTON AVENUE <br />WELL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE <br />AMOUNT OF $750,000 <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 />1. Approve an appropriation adjustment accepting Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART grant <br />funds in the amount of $750,000 into the Public Works Water Quality & Control Fund, <br />Miscellaneous Revenue, Federal Grant -Direct revenue account and appropriating same into <br />the Public Works Water Quality & Control Fund, Water -SMART -Watershed Management <br />Program, Reserve Appropriation expenditure account for future year expenditures. <br />2. Approve an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Capital Improvement Program to add <br />$750,000 in grant funds for construction of the Washington Avenue Well Site Improvements <br />Project. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On October 15 2019, Council authorized staff to submit a grant application to the United States <br />Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for <br />Tomorrow) Water Energy and Efficiency Grant Program for the Washington Avenue Well Project <br />(No. 19-6423). The City was notified that the project was awarded funding in the full requested <br />amount of $750,000. <br />The Washington Avenue Well Construction Project involves construction of a new groundwater <br />well, including piping and electrical equipment, a well building, and a chemical storage building <br />located at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Penn Way. The project creates an additional <br />local water supply, which improves the City's long-term resilience, and closes the projected gap <br />between future demand and available supply by adding over 4,000 acre-feet per year to the City's <br />pumping capacity. This promotes less reliance on imported water, which, in turn, reduces <br />wholesale water costs. The project will also address low-pressure deficiencies, improves reliability, <br />and increase flexibility within the City's water system. <br />20D-1 <br />