16 - Pat Mayse Intake Facility Backup Generator

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Item No. 16 TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem & City Council FROM: Grayson Path, City Manager Doug Harris, Director of Utilities SUBJECT: Pat Mayse Intake Facility Backup Generation DATE: October 25, 2021 BACKGROUND: In February 2021, the State of Texas experienced significantly cold weather that impacted the power distribution throughout the state. From this cold weather event, the City of Paris experienced rolling blackouts that ultimately impacted the City's Ground Storage Facility, knocking it offline for several hours which prevented us from replenishing our water storage, thus nearly cutting off water supply for the entire community. Following this incident, the City Council agreed that a backup generator at this facility needs to be installed. City Staff, working with our third party administrator, Resource Management & Consulting Co., budgeted the necessary amount in the FY21/22 Budget using the recently received American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding. We are currently working through the necessary steps of purchasing this generator and having it installed. Having started this process, we believe that now would be a good time to also address another critical location of our water infrastructure. The Pat Mayse Intake Facility is located several miles north of town at Pat Mayse Lake and is the direct source of our water for the community. From here, four pumps work together to send water to the Water Treatment Facility where it is treated and then sent on to the Ground Storage Facility for distribution out in to the City. The Pat Mayse Intake Facility is therefore just as critical to our water infrastructure, and perhaps even more vulnerable given its remote location, that we believe purchasing and installing a generator here to be a critical need as well.