Title
Amendment 3 to the Intergovernmental Agreement with Arizona Department of Water Resources to Conduct a Multifamily Home Water Use Study (Ordinance S-50334)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute a third amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) to conduct a Multifamily Home Water Use Study (Study). Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to continue to accept City Clerk Contract 156838, and the City Controller to continue to disburse all funds related to this item. This amendment will result in no additional financial impact to the City for this IGA; the original total financial impact was $280,000.
Report
Summary
The amendment will extend the time length of the Study from Dec. 1, 2023 to Feb. 28, 2027, allowing additional time for staff to conduct Multifamily Property Water Efficiency Checkups.
The Study continues a partnership with ADWR that seeks to understand and evaluate residential water demand trends. It is important to understand water use trends among our various customer types, so that better water demand models can be developed. These models are used to forecast necessary infrastructure needs, drought management, and effects on public health.
The Study is the second phase of a project studying water use in residential homes and focuses on indoor and outdoor water use trends in the multifamily sector. Information from the Study will also be used to better understand this customer segment and its associated water use patterns, so that improved projections of its future demands and wastewater generation can be developed for the Water and Wastewater Master Infrastructure Plans, Curtailment, and Water Conservation Policy.
Contract Term
Upon approval the IGA's term will be extended through Feb. 28, 2027.
Financial Impact
None
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The City Council approved the Multi City Multifamily Water-Use Study IGA 156838 (Ordinance S-46784) on June 24, 2020, Amendment 1 on Aug. 12, 2021, and Amendment 2 on Oct. 19, 2022.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Ginger Spencer and the Water Services Department.