20A - AA METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT GRANT

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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JUNE 1, 2009 TITLE: APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT RECOGNIZING METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT PUBLIC SECTOR PROGRAM GRANT FUNDING z // ~~ - - ITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED As Recommended As Amended Ordinance on 15t Reading Ordinance on 2"d Reading Implementing Resolution Set Public Hearing For_ CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $27,462.50 in Metropolitan Water District (MWD) Public Sector Program revenue account (nos. 169-01- 5382) and appropriate same to the MWD Public Sector Program expenditure accounts (nos. 169-578-6391). DISCUSSION The Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency received $27,462.50 in grant funding from the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) Public Sector Program to improve water conservation efforts in the downtown Civic Center. The funding will be used to improve the Park Service's centralized irrigation management system. Twenty-eight old irrigation control units will be retrofitted with Calsense centralized water conservation control units. These computerized control units utilize local weather data to adjust daily irrigation programs to maximize water conservation. In addition, the computerized control units recognize when an irrigation system malfunction occurs and automatically shuts down the specific portion of the system, thereby preventing loss of valuable water, until the malfunction can be remedied. Each computerized control unit is networked to the Park Service's central computer located in the City Yard Park Services Headquarter Office. From there the Park Service's Utility Coordinator can monitor the systems use of water and make appropriate adjustments to the computerized control units to further maximize water conservation. 20A-1