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Update on Finance, Economic Development, and Technology Council Committee Related Items April 5, 2016 Page 3 staff continues to work with Procure America to identify additional service accounts that would benefit from a change in billing rate schedules, and track additional energy savings. Water Utility Transfer Nexus Study The City entered into a consulting agreement with Raftelis Financial Consultant Inc. in February of 2015 to conduct a water transfer nexus study. Thus far, the consultant has completed two - thirds of the study due to the departure of key consultant staff and constraints in gathering the data. City staff anticipates the consultant will provide a complete report no later than June 2016. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Economic Development Strategic Plan RSG has provided City staff with data and strategies to prepare the Economic Development Strategic Plan. Staff anticipates presenting a draft plan for review no later than July 2016. Update on Placemaking Program City staff will present Phase 1 project recommendations at the April meeting of the Arts & Culture Commission. Project staff will continue to collect project ideas from the public until the entire program budget is committed. TECHNOLOGY: Wi -Fi As of March 17, 2016, the City's Information Technology Department has completed installation and configuration of approximately 250 wireless access points throughout City Hall and other remote City facilities. This includes all libraries, park and recreation centers, City Hall, council chambers, community centers and other public facilities. The only two city facilities left to configure for Wi -Fi service is the Centennial Trailer at Centennial Park and the West End police substation. In addition to the 250 access points, 24 public facilities were upgraded to high -speed fiber optic connections, which improved connections to City Hall and the Internet at speeds of more than five to 10 times faster than before. Wi -Fi access points enable mobile devices to connect to the City's network to provide staff, managers, approved contractors, and business partners wireless access to the network and its internal resources such as data files, folders and computers, printers, enterprise applications, internal websites, email and Internet service. Additionally, the "Santa Ana Guest" network offers and provides all Santa Ana citizens, guests and visitors free wireless Internet access at any of the Wi- Fi- enabled City locations. IT Strategic Plan The City is making progress on many of the recommendations from the City's Information Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap. Following are highlights of our accomplishments: 19D-3