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Appropriation Adjustment for Water Capital Improvement Projects
<br />November 4, 2025
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<br />On June 4, 2024, City Council approved the sale of Water Revenue Bonds, Series
<br />2024, to finance $40 million to fund a portion of the design, acquisition, and construction
<br />of certain improvements to the City’s water system. Staff had identified and outlined
<br />water capital improvement projects at that time, along with corresponding amounts. Per
<br />the terms of the Bond Agreement, the City may update the list of projects and replace
<br />improvements with other improvements or betterments to the water system, so long as
<br />they are for the acquisition, installation, and construction of water facilities. Industry best
<br />practices are to spend bond revenue prior to other sources of revenue, as well as
<br />redefining priorities on a regular basis. As such, staff evaluated previously identified
<br />projects and reprioritized projects based on current needs and project delivery timelines
<br />to ensure the bond funds were spent expeditiously.
<br />Staff recommends that water bond funds be reallocated for the projects shown below.
<br />Project
<br />No.Project Name Original Bond
<br />Allocation
<br />Updated Bond
<br />Allocation
<br />16-6460 Advanced Water Meters $ 15,000,000 $ 13,310,000
<br />N/A Walnut Pump Station PFAS
<br />Improvements $ 5,000,000 $ 0
<br />N/A Garthe Pump Station Improvements $ 5,000,000 $ 0
<br />26-6424 Large Water Services Vault & Meter
<br />Apparatus Improvements $ 8,000,000 $ 2,400,000
<br />26-6425 Washington Well Improvements –
<br />Phase II $ 6,000,000 $ 2,430,000
<br />N/A Citywide Facilities Electrical
<br />Improvements $ 1,000,000 $ 0
<br />13-6433 Well 32 Rehabilitation $ 0 $ 4,850,000
<br />15-6445 Bristol Street Water Main
<br />Improvements Phase 3A $ 0 $ 1,000,000
<br />18-6491 Well 29 Improvements $ 0 $ 3,000,000
<br />19-6499 Bristol Street Water Main
<br />Improvements Phase 4 $ 0 $ 2,300,000
<br />26-6426 Citywide Facilities PFAS
<br />Improvements $ 0 $ 6,000,000
<br />19-6428 Lacy Neighborhood Water Main
<br />Improvements $ 0 $ 1,000,000
<br />26-6427 Citywide Water Improvements $ 0 $ 3,110,000
<br />26-6428 Fire Hydrant Improvements $ 0 $ 600,000
<br />Total $ 40,000,000 $ 40,000,000
<br />Reductions in bond funding allocations for several of the projects, and new allocations
<br />for other projects, is due to a variety of factors including the establishment of the Public
<br />Works Construction Services Section. This new section provides the City with a lower-
<br />cost, in-house delivery method to complete projects in the near term.
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