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Page 2 of 7 work planning from Phase 2. The WSMP will be organized by program elements identified below. Tasks to be included in the final WSMP include, but are not limited to: • Water enterprise goals, key performance indicators, and policies to guide the management of the water system • Review/summarize existing planning efforts (e.g., urban water management plans, risk and resiliency assessments, water distribution capacity evaluations, etc.), identify planning gaps, and perform high-priority planning tasks (e.g., establish a 10-year CIP, perform a regulatory review, etc.) • Review/summarize existing operation and maintenance practices, identify deficiencies, and perform high-priority tasks (e.g., establish a standard operating procedure program and competency-based training program) • Recommend a prioritized list of actions, programs, and CIP projects to be implemented to improve the management of the water system. Water System Management Plan Updates  High-Level Assessment of City’s Water System Program - COMPLETED Phase 1 High-level sssessment of City Water System Program involved a benchmarking exercise comparing the City’s water utility management and operations to that of an effective water utility as determined by standards established by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and adopted by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The assessment looked at ten attributes, and of these City staff ranked its most important but lowest achieving areas as 1) Financial Viability and 2) Infrastructure Strategy and Performance. Water System Capacity Master Plan - IN PROGRESS The capacity evaluation uses a GIS-integrated, computerized model to assess the hydraulic capacity of the City’s Water Distribution System, now and in the future. Akel Engineering conducted the Capacity Evaluation, which noted the impacts to the lowest achieving areas identified in the WSMP: the Financial Viability attribute and the Infrastructure Strategy and Performance attribute. Along with assessing current system deficiencies and future deficiencies associated with increased future demand, largely due to projected population increase by 2040 based on the City's various land use policy documents (e.g., Housing Element), the capacity evaluation also considered interim water improvements (per the Water Alternatives Study) necessary for current operations without the contribution of City-owned groundwater wells. The findings from the capacity plan have been separated into the following categories: • Existing pipeline deficiencies (pipelines undersized) • Fire flow deficiencies (pipelines undersized) • Pipelines necessary to meet near-term (and future) current operations/supply changes • Pipeline improvements to meet projected future 2040 water demand • Storage improvements necessary to meet existing and future operating criteria • Improvements necessary to Zone 7 turnouts to meet current and future operations. The Water System Capacity Master Plan is in the final draft stage, and identifies the necessary infrastructure improvements to meet the current and future capacity-related demands. The Page 153 of 228