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City of Stockton
Attn: Danny Trejo
425 N. El Dorado Street, 2nd Floor
Stockton, CA 95202-1951
Subject: Funding Opportunity No. R24AS00052
WaterSMART Grants: Water and Energy
Efficiency Grants for Fiscal Year 2024 Application Review Status, Your Application Advanced Meter Infrastructure and Meter Replacement - Phase I D
ear Mr. Trejo:
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is pleased to inform you that your application for WaterSMART Grants: Water and Energy Efficiency Grants funding was among those receiving the highest ratings and is now being considered for award of a financial assistance agreement for fiscal year 2024.
Your application included a request for $4273925
Advanced
Meter Infrastructure and Meter Replacement - Phase I
Federal funds in the amount of $4273925 for your proposed project.
All new financial assistance awards for infrastructure projects must meet Buy America requirements. See OMB Memorandum M-22-11 at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp- content/uploads/2022/04/M-22-11.pdf
Domestic Sourcing Guidance at https://www.doi.gov/grants/buyamerica for further details.
In working with you to develop your financial assistance agreement, Reclamation will closely review the activities outlined in your proposal to ensure that all activities are eligible for funding and that the proposed costs are allowable under financial assistance regulations. If some costs or activities are determined to be ineligible or unallowable, Reclamation will work with you to refine the scope of work and budget for the project.
In the coming months, Reclamation will work with you to gather the information needed to enter into a financial assistance agreement. Please note that this letter is not a final commitment of funding and all pre-award clearances and approvals must be obtained as described in Section E.2.5 of the Funding Opportunity. In addition, Reclamation must have sufficient evidence prior to award that non-Federal cost share will be available. The final funding amount may be adjusted if necessar
y.
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Federal statute (42 U.S.C. 10364(a)(3)(B)) requires that before any funds are awarded, you agree not to use any water savings resulting from your proposed project to increase your total irrigated acreage or to otherwise increase the consumptive use of water in your operations. This requirement, which was discussed in Section F.2.4 of the Funding Opportunity, will be included in the financial assistance agreement for your project.
Please be advised that your application has been ranked, in part, based on your description of the expected benefits of your project. Selection criteria placed an emphasis on conserving and using water more efficiently; increasing the production of hydropower; mitigating conflict risk in areas at a high risk of future water conflict; and accomplishing other benefits that contribute to water supply reliability in the western United States.
In order to demonstrate the success of the program and to provide a guide for future applicants, Reclamation will post copies of all successful Water and Energy Efficiency Grants applications While this generally does not raise any issues,
Reclamation finds it prudent to provide successful grant applicants with an opportunity to redact any sensitive information from their proposals prior to posting them on our website. As a rule, Reclamation removes the SF-424s; however, if there are any other items you would like to request be redacted, please notify us by sending an email to [email protected] no later than Friday, August 23, 2024. If Reclamation does not hear from you by this date, Reclamation will assume that there are no objections to posting the full application.
Reclamation will hold a post-selection webinar to discuss the process for development of financial assistance agreements and next steps with you and all other selected applicants.
Webinar details will be emailed to you in the coming days. Thank you for your interest and participation in the WaterSMART Program. The success of the WaterSMART Program depends on collaboration with partners to improve water management. We look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
N
ed Weakland
Grants Officer
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