Title
Water Infrastructure Finance Authority Contract - Request to Amend Ordinance S-49949 (Ordinance S-50481)
Description
Request to amend Ordinance S-49949 to authorize the City manager, or his designee, to enter into grant fund agreements with the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona that include an exception to the indemnity and assumption of liability provision found in Phoenix City Code 42-18.
Report
Summary
The City Council approved a request to retroactively apply for grant funding and, if awarded, enter into grant agreements with the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) on June 28, 2023, by adopting Ordinance S-49949, (File 23-1470). Since adoption of that ordinance, the City of Phoenix Water Services Department was awarded the grant to include Conservation Programs such as High Efficiency Toilet Replacement, Smart Irrigation Controllers, and a Turf Conservation Rebate Program. These programs will help solidify the Conservation efforts put forth by the City of Phoenix and the Water Services Department. WIFA has also now released the draft agreements for those grants and has included indemnification and assumption of liability language that requires an exception from Council to the indemnity and assumption of liability of provision in Phoenix Code 42-18.
The Water Infrastructure Finance Authority approved the application submittal and will be providing funding towards the Conservation Programs if the agreements are approved and executed.
Financial Impact
There are no changes to the original funding. The total cost of the project remains approximately $5,700,000. The WIFA award is $3,100,000 with the cost-share portion for the City of Phoenix Water Services not to exceed $2,600,000.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Ginger Spencer and the Water Services Department.