WATER DEMAND COMMITTEE

 

3.

CONSIDER AUTHORIZATION FOR FUNDING OF RETROFITS AT MONTEREY PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOLS

 

Meeting Date:

May 9, 2011

Budgeted: 

Yes

 

From:

Darby Fuerst,

Program/

Water Conservation

 

General Manager

Line Item No.:      4-2-2-D

 

Prepared By:

Stephanie Pintar

Cost Estimate:

NTE $140,000

 

General Counsel Review:  N/A

Committee Recommendation:  N/A

CEQA Compliance:  N/A

 

SUMMARY:  Staff is seeking authorization to expend budgeted funds to facilitate school retrofits in the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District (MPUSD). MPWMD currently has $225,000 in the Fiscal Year 2010-2011 budget for this project. Funding for school retrofits within the California American Water system is reimbursable through the Conservation Budget approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in 2009.  This funding is not subject to the Board’s spending freeze. 

 

In 2010, WaterWise, Inc. conducted interior and exterior water audits at MPUSD’s highest water using schools.  Indoor audits were conducted at Monterey International School, Monterey High School, Walter Colton Middle School and Martin Luther King Elementary.  Outdoor audits were done for these four schools, as well as for Ord Terrace Elementary, Del Rey Woods Elementary and La Mesa Elementary.  Total estimated water savings for implementing the basic recommendations is 20 acre-feet annually, with a payback period of 1.5 years.  The following table breaks down the costs for each of the schools:

 

 

 

MPWMD would pay the invoices for the equipment and installation, if needed.  In exchange, MPUSD must agree that water savings from the retrofits will be added to community water savings and not available as a water credit.  It is anticipated that most of the retrofits would be completed by MPUSD staff.  The estimated costs (Exhibit 3-A) were developed by WaterWise Consulting, Inc. and generally do not include labor costs.

 

Staff recommends that in addition to funding the initial retrofits, MPWMD provide support for newly installed Weather Based Irrigation Controllers.  This support would include arranging with a product representative or landscape profession to review the run times and make adjustments, as needed.  This action may have minimal cost, depending on the controllers selected. 

 

RECOMMENDATION:  The Water Demand Committee should recommend the Board support funding retrofits in a not-to-exceed amount of $140,000 ($90,000 as recommended by WaterWise, Inc. and up to $50,000 for costs of installation, as needed).  MPWMD staff should be directed to review and approve the installation costs associated with this funding as shown on contractor bid sheets prior to MPUSD’s expenditure of funds.  Staff further recommends this approval be time-limited through December 2011, in keeping with the approved CPUC Conservation Budget.

 

EXHIBITS

3-A      Retrofit Recommendations by School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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