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Adopt Resolution and Authorize Grant Applications for the <br />Water Smart Drought Response Program <br />March 6, 2018 <br />Page 2 <br />In 2016, the City completed an AMI feasibility study to evaluate the applicability and costs <br />associated with an AMI project. The cost of fully deploying such a project for the City is <br />approximately $14,000,000. If a WaterSMART Drought Response Program grant application is <br />successful, the grant funding would offset a significant portion of the cost of the project. <br />The Department of the Interior offers grants through its Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART <br />(Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Drought Response Program to <br />develop and update comprehensive drought plans and implement projects that build long-term <br />resiliency to droughts. The program provides up to a maximum of $750,000 in grant funding, but <br />not to exceed 50 percent of the total project cost. <br />STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT <br />Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #6 — Community Facilities & <br />Infrastructure, Objective #1 (establish and maintain a Community Investment Plan for all City <br />assets), Strategy G (develop and implement the City's Capital Improvement Program in <br />coordination with the Community Investment and Deferred Maintenance Plans). <br />41 k1rJI:Ze]I'll liril=1aI_1gIill 1:7:03I <br />There is no environmental impact associated with this action <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. Staff will return to Council with a request for <br />approval to accept any award under these applications and programs, and will indicate the fiscal <br />impact of any such awards and associated expenditures at that time. <br />Edwin "William" Galdez, P.E. <br />Acting Executive Director <br />Public Works Agency <br />FM/NS/RR <br />Exhibit 1: Resolution Authorizing Grant Application for the AMI Project <br />55A-2 <br />