Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with Hazen and Sawyer for professional services for the Blueprint Affordability Update project, CIP #650896-100000, in an amount up to $793,000.00.
The project will conduct an affordability analysis update to the Blueprint Columbus Program complying with the 2023 FCA Guidance. The updated affordability analysis shall include the critical metrics, the calculation of the Poverty Indicator (PI) score and the update of the financial and rate model that looks at the impacts of rate increases over time on utility customers, including those with incomes in the lowest quintile. It also shall include a cost projection of the Blueprint Columbus Program, other costs to meet Clean Water Act (CWA) obligations and the metrics of drinking water costs, potential bill impacts relative to household size, customer assistance programs, asset management costs, and stormwater management costs. It shall also consider other metrics including unemployment rates, projected population growth projections, debt service coverage ratio, debt to income ratio, locality specific information on household size, and the size of households with incomes in the lowest quintile, etc.
The Columbus Community Area for this project is 99 - Citywide.
TIMELINE: The analysis is anticipated to take two years to complete and is planned for completion in December 2025.
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ESTIMATED COST OF PROJECT: The original engineering agreement amount is $793,000.00.
Original Contract $793,000.00
Future Anticipated Needs $ -___________00
CONTRACT TOTAL $793,000.00
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; EN...
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