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City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency <br />Task S: Business Case Development <br />Black & Veatch will compile the information from the prior tasks and use our established <br />methodologies and industry knowledge to develop preliminary business case analyses. These <br />analyses will focus on impacts to utility costs and consumer behavior, opportunities for <br />improvements to service delivery, and potential improvements in water loss management. The <br />business case development performed here will inform the recommendations ultimately provided. <br />With more than two decades in the utility and automated metering sectors, Black & Veatch will use its <br />established models, frameworks, and templates for AMI strategy, benefits capture, cost forecasting, <br />and business case development to help accelerate the project schedule and confirm the accuracy of <br />our findings. Because we believe that consistency of information is a key component of project <br />success, we will use these developed frameworks to enable full traceability of the chosen solution(s) <br />through requirements and benefits identification; technical specifications; and evaluation criteria and <br />selection, Our established methodologies, processes, tools and frameworks enable us to perform our <br />work in the most cost - effective manner and to optimize the use of City resources and valuable time, <br />Examples of our numerous methodologies include the following: <br />AMI Cost /Benefit Model <br />AMI Benefits Model and Benchmarks <br />AMI Total Cost of Ownership Business Case Model <br />Deliverables: <br />Total cost of ownership model results that identify the high level costs and benefits of AMI <br />Assumptions and definition of potential AMI project that underlies the analysis <br />Task 6: Project Design and Implementation <br />Based on the information obtained in the previous tasks, Black & Veatch will identify relevant and <br />appropriate options for the City to evaluate that are determined to meet its requirements, support <br />the benefits identified and result in the optimum implementation approach. There are various <br />options available to the City to procure and implement AMI. Procurement options include how to <br />engage the vendor community and the roles of the various service providers and project participants. <br />Implementation planning is critical to help ensure that the replacement of the City's approximately <br />44,000 meters is performed in a seamless fashion that does not negatively impact customers or <br />operations. And all of this must be done in a way that integrates into City initiatives and operations. <br />We will identify available implementation scenarios as part of the business case development in <br />order to develop base cost scenarios, and this task will help us flush those out in more detail and <br />provide specific recommendations. <br />Task 7: Final Report and Presentation <br />This final task involves assembling the key components of the prior tasks into a comprehensive and <br />coordinated assessment and set of recommendations for the City on the feasibility of AMI and how to <br />implement AMI to its advantage. Black & Veatch will produce a draft report and circulate for internal <br />comment to the core City team that has been engaged in the process to verify that all essential topics <br />are covered and that Black & Veatch has properly interpreted the information provided. Upon <br />revision and finalization of the report, Black & Veatch proposes a meeting be scheduled for Black & <br />