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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWaterSMART Grant Application Authorization - Resolution 2011Council/Agency Meeting Held: ac) / / Deferred/Continued to: AAppr ved ❑ Conditionally Approved ❑ Denied —9,u� y C k's Si ature Council Meeting Date: March 7, 2011 Department ID Number: PW11-013 CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members SUBMITTED BY: Fred A. Wilson, City Manager PREPARED BY: Travis K. Hopkins, PE, Director of Public Works SUBJECT: Adopt Resolution No. 2011-15 authorizing staff to make application for a WaterSMART Grant and to commit the financial and legal obligations required for receipt of Grant Funds; and if awarded, authorize the Director of Public Works to execute the grant agreement Statement of Issue: The Public Works Utilities Division has two projects budgeted this fiscal year that are eligible for U.S. Department of the Interior WaterSMART grant funds. The grant applications require a resolution of the governing body committing to the financial and legal obligations required for the receipt of grant funds. Financial Impact: $175,000 in grant funds are being requested for a Computerized Central Irrigation System, with the City's share estimated at $218,908. This expenditure is budgeted in business unit No. 50685806 Water Use Efficiency. Staff also intends to apply for up to $1,000,000 in grant funds at a later date for installation of an Automated Water Meter Reading system, the current total annual cost of which is $2,500,000 budgeted in business unit No. 50685805 Water Meters. Recommended Action: Motion to: A) Adopt Resolution No. 2011-15, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach to Make Application for a WaterSMART Grant and to Commit to the Financial and Legal Obligations Required for Receipt of Grant Funds;" and, B) Authorize the Director of Public Works to execute a grant agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior if a grant is awarded. Alternative Action(s): Do not adopt the resolution. This will make the City ineligible to receive the grant funds. HB -35- Item 4. - 1 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION MEETING DATE: 3/7/2011 DEPARTMENT ID NUMBER: PW11-013 Analysis: The Public Works Utilities Division included $250,000 in the Fiscal Year 2010/11 budget submittal for Phase 2 of installation of a computerized central irrigation system. Phase 1 was installed last fiscal year. The system is being installed in phases at City parks and will enable staff to program and monitor irrigation from a central location. It is anticipated that the system will provide substantial water savings. The U.S. Department of the Interior WaterSMART grant program provides funds for projects that will save water and/or provide energy savings. Staff has applied for grant funds for the aforementioned irrigation system. A resolution committing the City to the legal and financial obligations for receipt of grant funds is required within 30 days from the application deadline, February 17, 2011, in this case. Staff is also in the process of installation of an Automated Meter Reading (AMR) system that would switch over the City's 52,300 manual read water meters to a computerized system. The project is being done in phases over the next several years and staff intends to apply for WaterSMART grant funds when/if the next cycle of these grants is announced. Environmental Status: Not applicable. Public Works Commission Action: Not applicable. Strategic Plan Goal: Maintain financial viability and our reserves Attachment(s): 1, 1Resolution no. 2011-15, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach to Make Applications for a WaterSMART Grant and to Commit the Financial and Legal Obligations Required for Receipt of Grant Funds" Item 4. - 2 HB -36- RESOLUTION NO. 2011-15 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH TO MAKE APPLICATION FOR A WATERSMART GRANT AND TO COMMIT THE FINANCIAL AND LEGAL OBLIGATIONS REQUIRED FOR RECEIPT OF GRANT FUNDS WHEREAS, the United States as a whole, and the City of Huntington Beach specifically, faces an increasing set of water resource challenges due to among other things, prolonged drought, aging infrastructure, rapid population growth, depletion of ground water resources, and demand for water for human and environmental uses; and These circumstances place an increasing demand on the amount of fresh water available to the City, creating water shortage and water use conflicts; and The U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation ("Reclamation") is offering "WaterSMART" cost sharing grants to public entities with water delivery authority for projects that save water, improve energy efficiency, address endangered species and other environmental issues and facilitate transfer to new uses; and The City of Huntington Beach has two on -going multi -year implementation projects that are currently fully funded and desires to make application for the WaterSMART cost sharing grants; and The City Council declares the City is capable of complying with the 50 percent cost sharing requirements of the WaterSMART cost sharing grants funding plan, NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby resolve as follows: 1. The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to make application to the U. S. Department of the Interior for WaterSMART cost sharing grant funds. 2. The City will work with Reclamation to meet established deadlines for entering into a cooperative agreement. 1 58940 Resolution No. 2011-15 3. The City Council agrees to commit the City to the financial and legal obligations associated with receipt of the WaterSMART cost sharing grant financial assistance. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7th day of March , 2011. e or REV& AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED: Cit M ager �Eirecto�rof orks APPROVED AS TO FORM: Cgty Attorney 1)1<z 2 58940 Res. No. 2011-15 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss: CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) 1, JOAN L. FLYNN the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on March 07, 2011 by the following vote: AYES: Shaw, Harper, Hansen, Carchio, Bohr, Dwyer, Boardman NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Citiberk and ex-officio Verk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California