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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/pw <br />Item # 23 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />May 20, 2025 <br />TOPIC: Resolution Authorizing Donation of Surplus Public Works Equipment to Sister <br />City Sahuayo de Morelos, Michoacán, Mexico <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Resolution Authorizing the City of Santa Ana to Donate Surplus Public Works <br />Equipment to Sister City, Sahuayo de Morelos, Michoacán, Mexico <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a resolution authorizing the City of Santa Ana to donate surplus Public Works <br />equipment to Sister City Sahuayo de Morelos, Michoacán, Mexico. <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX entitled A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING DONATION OF SURPLUS PUBLIC <br />WORKS EQUIPMENT TO SISTER CITY, SAHUAYO DE MORELOS <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />In 2022, the City of Santa Ana established a new sister city relationship with Sahuayo <br />de Morelos, Michoacán, Mexico (Sahuayo) to foster friendship, goodwill, and charitable <br />collaboration. This partnership also supports educational, cultural, environmental, and <br />business exchanges between the two cities. Like many growing communities, Sahuayo <br />faces significant challenges in maintaining its water and sewer infrastructure, and in <br />meeting the demand for clean, potable water. For this reason, limited resources have <br />made it difficult for Sahuayo to regularly inspect and maintain its systems or to track <br />water usage through customer metering. Additionally, their water system lacks essential <br />valves needed to manage supply and maintain adequate water pressure during repairs. <br />The Public Works Agency’s Water Resources Division possesses surplus equipment <br />that is no longer utilized due to age, obsolescence, or incompatibility with current <br />standards and/or processes within the City. This surplus equipment would typically be <br />subject to destruction, recycling, or sent to auction. However, the equipment could <br />significantly improve Sahuayo’s ability to maintain, operate, and enhance its water and <br />sewer system infrastructure, ensuring cleaner water and better services for their <br />community.