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Public Works Agency <br /> www.santa-ana.org/public-works <br /> Item # 16 <br /> City of Santa Ana <br /> 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br /> July 16, 2024 <br /> TOPIC: Automated Metering Infrastructure Project <br /> AGENDA TITLE <br /> Appropriation Adjustment and Amendment to the Agreement with Aqua-Metric Sales <br /> Company to Add Funds to the Automated Metering Infrastructure Project (Project No. <br /> 16-6460) (Non-General Fund) <br /> RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> 1. Approve an appropriation adjustment to recognize $15,000,000 of prior-year fund <br /> balance in the Public Works Water Revenue, Prior Year Carryforward and Water <br /> Utility Capital, Transfer from Fund 060 revenue accounts, and appropriate to the <br /> Water— Interfund Transfer, Transfer to Fund 066 and Water Utility Capital Projects, <br /> Water Capital Project expenditure accounts (Requires five affirmative votes). <br /> 2. Authorize the City Manager to execute a first amendment with Thirkettle <br /> Corporation, dba Aqua-Metric Sales Company, to increase the not-to-exceed <br /> amount by $6,000,000, including a contingency of $1,500,000, for a new not-to- <br /> exceed amount of$35,683,230 (Agreement No. A-2024-XXX). <br /> 3. Approve an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Capital Improvement Program <br /> to include $15,000,000 in construction funds for the Automated Metering <br /> Infrastructure Project (Project No. 16-6460). <br /> GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> The Public Works Agency oversees the daily operations and maintenance of the City's <br /> water and sanitary sewer systems. The water system is comprised of approximately 480 <br /> miles of water main, 21 groundwater wells, seven pump stations, 10 reservoirs with a <br /> storage capacity of 49 million gallons, four pressure regulating stations, and seven <br /> connection points to the Metropolitan Water District. The system has an average daily <br /> demand of 30 million gallons from its roughly 45,150 metered service connections. <br /> On November 17, 2020, Council approved an agreement for $29,683,230 with Thirkettle <br /> Corporation, dba Aqua-Metric Sales Company, for the delivery of the Automated <br /> Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Project. The AMI Project, which is currently underway, will <br /> City Council 16 - 1 7/16/2024 <br />