HomeMy WebLinkAbout _ 4.11(a)--2024 WaterSMART DRP Grant
CITY OF REDDING
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution authorizing the submittal of a grant application by the City of Redding Water
Utility to the Bureau of Reclamation’s Fiscal Year 2024 WaterSMART Drought Response
Program funding in the amount of $2,000,000 for the construction of a new drought resiliency
well.
Fiscal Impact
Adoption of this Resolution would have no fiscal impact. However, if the application is
successful, the City of Redding (City) could receive up to $2,000,000 from the Bureau of
Reclamation’s (Reclamation) WaterSMART Drought Response (DR) Program. The
WaterSMART DR Program requires local matching funds that are equal to or greater than the
amount requested. The Water Utility would use funds that have been budgeted for a future
groundwater well to fulfill the local match requirement. The estimated total project value is
$4,175,505 for design and construction of a new well along Airport Road, in southeast Redding,
including infrastructure connecting the well to the City’s water system.
Alternative Action
The City Council may choose not to adopt the Resolution and, therefore, not authorize an
application to the WaterSMART DR Program. In this case, the City would not apply for the
funding opportunity and would not have the opportunity to receive grant funding from this
program.
MEETING DATE: October 2, 2023
ITEM NO. 4.11(a)
FROM:
***APPROVED BY***
caukland@ci.redding.ca.us
btippin@cityofredding.org
SUBJECT: 4.11(a)--Adopt Resolution Authorizing Submittal of Grant Application to the
Bureau of Reclamation 2024 WaterSMART Drought Response Program
Chuck Aukland, Public
Works Director
Report to Redding City Council September 25, 2023
Re: 4.11(a)--2024 WaterSMART DRP Grant Page 2
Background/Analysis
The Reclamation is a federal agency tasked with the management of water resources.
Reclamation accomplishes this mission through a number of mechanisms including grant
funding for state, local, and private organizations. The WaterSMART DR Program enables
partner organizations to leverage federal resources to plan and implement actions that increase
water supply reliability by investing in existing infrastructure. Eligible projects under this
program are intended to build long-term resilience to drought.
The Water Utility is responsible for providing customers with a reliable supply of high -quality
drinking water. The Water Utility serves approximately 90,000 customers over a 60-square-mile
service area. The Water Utility’s 2020 Urban Water Management Plan identified the addition of
new groundwater wells as a critical element of drought resiliency, particularly because additional
groundwater sources help reduce reliance upon available surface water from Whiskeytown Lake
and the Sacramento River.
The Fiscal Year 2024 WaterSMART DR Program opportunity would enable the Water Utility to
partner with federal funding to provide an additional groundwater well that would come online in
2025. The new well would be located in south Redding as a result of the geography of
groundwater availability and quality. The Water Utility would request up to $2,000,000 from the
WaterSMART DR Program and provide up to $2,175,505 in local matching funds for a total
project cost of up to $4,175,505. This opportunity represents a responsible use of public funds by
leveraging local funding to access federal resources.
Environmental Review
This action is not a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and
no further action is required. Should the City receive grant funding project specific
environmental analysis will be conducted in compliance with CEQA.
Council Priority/City Manager Goals
• Budget and Financial Management – “Achieve balanced and stable 10-year Financial
Plans for all funds.”
• Government of the 21st Century – “Be relevant and proactive to the opportunities and
challenges of today’s residents and workforce. Anticipate the future to make better
decisions today.”
Attachments
^Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-___
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
AUTHORIZING A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE BUREAU OF
RECLAMATION WATERSMART DROUGHT RESPONSE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART
Drought Response Program: Drought Resiliency Projects for Fiscal Year 2024 is a mechanism for
leveraging federal resources to plan, implement, and construct groundwater facilities that increase
water supply reliability through investments in new infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding Water Utility strives to increase drought resiliency by
developing new groundwater wells that will reduce the reliance on Bureau of Reclamation contract
surface water from the Sacramento River and Whiskeytown Lake; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART
Drought Response Program: Drought Resiliency Projects for Fiscal Year 2024 is a potential
funding source for an additional well that will provide greater drought resiliency;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS, RESOLVES AND ORDERS as
follows:
1. The above recitals are true and correct.
2. The City Manager, or approved designee, is authorized to execute all documents necessary
to facilitate grant application and grant acceptance thereby contractually binding the City
of Redding to all grant conditions;
3. The City Council has reviewed and supports the application submitted;
4. The City of Redding has the capability to provide the amount of funding and/or in -kind
contributions specified in the funding plan;
5. The City of Redding will work with the Bureau of Reclamation to meet established
deadlines for entering into a grant or cooperative agreement.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Redding on the 2nd day of October, 2023, and was duly adopted at said
meeting by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
_______________________________
MICHAEL DACQUISTO, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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SHARLENE TIPTON, City Clerk BARRY E. DeWALT, City Attorney