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City Council Agenda Request
October 2, 2018
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AGENDA REQUEST NO: III.B.
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| | AGENDA OF: City Council Meeting |
| | INITIATED BY: Colleen Spencer, Water Conservation Manager |
| | PRESENTED BY: Katie Clayton, Water Resource Manager |
| | RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT: Public Works |
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| | | | | | | | | AGENDA CAPTION: | | Consideration of and action on authorizing execution of an Interlocal Agreement by and between the Fort Bend Subsidence District and the City of Sugar Land in the amount of $80,000.00 for the "Learning to Be Water Wise™" water conservation program. |
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| | | | | | | | | RECOMMENDED ACTION: | | Authorize Inter-local Agreement with the Fort Bend Subsidence District for the sponsorship of the "Learning to Be Water Wise™" education in the amount of $80,000. |
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| | | | | | | | | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: | The Fort Bend Subsidence District’s (District) Regulatory Plan (Plan) was created to establish policy in the areas of groundwater regulation; permits and enforcement; and to establish District regulatory areas and regulatory requirements. The District, as part of the Plan, has adopted several water conservation and efficient management practices, which include the “Learning to be Water Wise™” education program (Program) developed for 4th and 5th grade students.
The District provides regulated entities like the City of Sugar Land, an opportunity to gain groundwater credits that can be used toward their groundwater reduction requirements through sponsorship of the “Learning to be Water Wise™” program. The program is administered by the District, which consist of district staff members entering the classroom to teach the program or working with teachers to implement the program. The program is a combination of a curriculum developed for the classroom, water conservation presentations and a take home kit for each student that contains water efficient technologies and other materials that the student and family can use at home to apply the water concepts learned. The take home kit consists of a low flow showerhead, kitchen faucet aerator, bathroom faucet aerator, flow rate test bag, drip / rain gauge, toilet leak detector dye tabs, and a thermometer.
In 2007, the City began sponsoring the program and since then, 20,421 students attending 61 different public or private schools in the Sugar Land Groundwater Reduction Plan (GRP) area and Fort Bend County have participated. As part of the program, for every student the City sponsors, the City receives an 84,000-gallon groundwater credit. During the 2017-2018 school year, the City sponsored 2,194 students in the program at a cost of $79,993.24
gaining 184 million gallons in groundwater credits. The cost of sponsorship of a student is $36.46. To date, the City has invested $713,078.84 in the “Learning to be Water Wise™” program, generating 1,715 million gallons in groundwater credits.
Funding of $80,000 for this sponsorship is available in the Public Works, Surface Water Division budget in the Water Utility Fund. The City has the option to sponsor additional students, generating more groundwater credits, if more schools choose to participate.
The Public Works Department recommends that the City Council approve the Interlocal Agreement with the Fort Bend Subsidence District for sponsorship of the “Learning to be Water Wise™” water conservation program in the amount of $80,000.00. |
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| BUDGET |
| | EXPENDITURE REQUIRED: $80,000 |
| | CURRENT BUDGET: $80,000 |
| | ADDITIONAL FUNDING: N/A |
| | FUNDING SOURCE:Surface Water Division - Utility Fund |
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