REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
September 15, 2016
FROM: THOMAS C. ESQUEDA, Director
Department of Public Utilities
THROUGH: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Division Manager
Department of Public Utilities - Water Division
BY: MARTIN WENDELS, Project Manager
Department of Public Utilities - Water Division
SUBJECT
Title
Approve an Assistance Agreement with the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation and accept receipt of $300,000 grant for the Fresno School Districts Water Conservation Project to provide for local school districts to install irrigation system improvements to conserve water (citywide).
Body
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the City Council approve an Assistance Agreement with the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) to accept receipt of $300,000 for the Fresno School Districts Water Conservation Project, which will provide for local school districts to install irrigation system improvements to conserve water, and authorize the Director of Public Utilities or designee to execute all related documents.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In January 2016, Council authorized the Department of Public Utilities' (DPU) application for the WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grant offered through the USBR. DPU pursued, and has been awarded, a grant to provide funding for landscape irrigation system improvement projects at Fresno area schools. The Fresno, Clovis and Central Unified School Districts all receive potable water from the City and each expressed an interest in utilizing available funding to install improvements. The City will make the funding available for the school districts to install irrigation system improvements that will provide more efficient delivery of water for large irrigated turf and landscaping. The City will make the grant funding available to the highest benefit projects from the school districts, and the school districts will construct the improvements. On June 23, 2016, the Cit...
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