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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/public-works <br />Item # 29 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />February 7, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Installment Sale Agreement for Automated Metering Infrastructure Project <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Adopt a Resolution Approving the Construction Installment Sale Agreement with the <br />California State Water Resources Control Board for Financing of the Automated <br />Metering Infrastructure Project (Non -General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a Resolution approving the Construction Installment Sale Agreement (D2202006) <br />with the California State Water Resources Control Board for financing of the Automated <br />Metering Infrastructure Project, in an amount up to $10,117,365. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Public Works Agency Water Resources Division oversees and maintains the daily <br />operations of the City's water and sanitary sewer systems. The water system is <br />comprised of approximately 480 miles of water main, 21 groundwater wells, seven <br />pump stations, 10 reservoirs with a storage capacity of 49 million gallons, four pressure <br />regulating stations, and seven connection points to the Metropolitan Water District. The <br />system has an average daily demand of 30 million gallons from its roughly 45,150 <br />metered service connections. <br />In November 2020, City Council approved an agreement for the implementation of the <br />Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Implementation Project. The AMI Project, <br />which is currently underway, will replace or retrofit all of the existing, manually -read <br />water meters with smart meters capable of automatically communicating water <br />consumption and other system information. Additional components of the AMI Project <br />were the installation of communications equipment to receive water system data, billing <br />software system upgrades, and other software integrations to allow for full utilization of <br />available water data. <br />In an effort to find cost-effective solutions to maintaining and improving the City's water <br />system infrastructure, the Water Resources Division has sought out funding <br />mechanisms such as the California State Water Resources Control Board's (Water <br />Board) Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) (Exhibit 1). The SRF provides <br />assistance for public water systems in financing the cost of drinking water infrastructure <br />City Council 29 — 1 2/7/2023 <br />