Technical assistance intended use plan: funding cycle ...

              TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE INTENDED USE PLAN



Funding Cycle 2006 6



Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona



Table of Contents

Intended Use Plan Section 1: Introduction Section 2: Funding Sources and Uses Section 3: Project Technical Assistance Awards Section 4: Policy Technical Assistance Exhibit A: Priority List for Clean Water Project Technical Assistance Exhibit B: Fundable Range for Clean Water Project Technical Assistance Exhibit C: Priority List for Drinking Water Project Technical Assistance Exhibit D: Fundable Range for Drinking Water Project Technical Assistance Exhibit E: Public Review and Comment



Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona



Section 1: Introduction

The Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona (WIFA) is pleased to present the Technical Assistance (TA) Intended Use Plan (IUP) for Funding Cycle 2006. The TA IUP describes WIFA's plan to utilize various sources of funds to support three types of technical assistance during Technical Assistance Funding Cycle 2006: Project Technical Assistance   WIFA will assist an individual drinking water or wastewater system to conceive, plan, design, and develop infrastructure. Policy Technical Assistance   WIFA will develop and distribute guidance or perform related activities to benefit a wide range of drinking water and wastewater systems Operational Technical Assistance   The Arizona Department of Environmental quality will assist individual drinking water systems to improve day-to-day operations.



Section 2: Funding Sources & Uses

WIFA intends to allocate $815,000 to technical assistance during Technical Assistance Funding Cycle 2006. As shown in Table 1 below, WIFA intends to allocate $560,000 for drinking water technical assistance and $255,000 for clean water technical assistance. Table 1: Funding Sources and Uses

Clean Water Assistance Funding Sources Capacity Development Fees Total Sources Funding Uses Project Technical Assistance Policy Technical Assistance Operational Technical Assistance Total Uses Drinking Water Assistance Total



$560,000 $255,000 $255,000 $255,000 $255,000 $560,000 $385,000 $50,000 $125,000 $560,000



$560,000 $255,000 $815,000 $640,000 $50,000 $125,000 $815,000



WIFA will award Project Technical Assistance to individual drinking water and wastewater systems in accordance with criteria summarized in Section 3. During Funding Cycle 2006, WIFA intends to support a variety of Policy Technical Assistance studies, surveys, and related activities for the benefit of a wide range of water and wastewater systems as summarized in Section 4. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality will award Operational Technical Assistance to drinking water systems in accordance with the Capacity Development Master Priority List. If the funding is not used for Operational Technical Assistance during the Funding Cycle, WIFA will reallocate the funding to Project or Policy Technical Assistance.



Section 3: Project Technical Assistance Awards

Eligible Systems WIFA solicits Project Technical Assistance applications from Arizona's political subdivisions, public water systems and Indian communities as designated by the federal Clean Water and Drinking Water Acts. In accordance with criteria developed by stakeholders, WIFA awards Project Technical Assistance to individual drinking water and wastewater systems in accordance with the priority lists and fundable ranges described in this section and in the exhibits. Project Technical Assistance Priority Scoring Criteria WIFA ranks requests on the priority lists by priority score using the following formula: Priority Score = Existing Conditions + Project Benefits + Local Fiscal Capacity.



Section 4: Policy Technical Assistance

During Funding Cycle 2006, WIFA intends to dedicate $50,000 to fund the Policy Technical Assistance summarized below. Throughout the Funding Cycle and as circumstances require, WIFA may fund other Policy Technical Assistance or postpone action on the items summarized below. The Board will act to add or postpone Policy Technical Assistance at a Public Meeting of the Board. Water System Return to Compliance Strategy We will use an outside contractor to help develop a strategy for water systems who are on the EPA Significant Non-Compliance (SNC) list to return to compliance. This strategy would include an easy to understand guidance of the monitoring and reporting actions a water system must take to remove themselves from the SNC list and it would include an easy to use tool similar to an annual report card, that a system can complete each year to determine if they are headed towards a SNC designation, and to assist them in taking the appropriate actions to prevent them from continuing on the path to SNC status.



Priority Lists for Clean Water Technical Assistance 2006 Funding Cycle



Exhibit A 2006 Funding Cycle -- Priority List for Clean Water Project Technical Assistance September 21, 2005 WIFA generates the Priority List to compare and prioritize applicant requests for assistance based on priority criteria approved by WIFA's Board of Directors. To determine if an applicant will receive an award from WIFA, see Exhibit B.

Priority List Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Total Pre-Design Estimated or Costs Design $30,000 P $300,000 P $40,000 P $101,000 P $50,000 P $110,000 P $15,000 P $30,000 P $40,000 D $350,000 D $75,000 D $25,000 P $150,000 D $35,000 D $88,000 D



Applicant Ash Fork Sanitary District Buckskin Sanitary District City of El Mirage Town of Camp Verde Town of Quartzsite Virgin River Domestic Wastewater Improvement District City of Bisbee Cosanti Foundation Mogollon Domestic Wastewater Improvement District Buckskin Sanitary District Fawnbrook Domestic Wastewater Improvement District Town of Miami Town of Clarkdale Town of Jerome City of Bisbee



Project Title Topographic Survey and Preliminary Engineering Sanitary District Master Sewer Plan Rating Agency Credit Assessment Wastewater Master Plan Wastewater Treatement Plant Expansion Feasibility Study Environmental Assessment Sewer System Expansion Study Oxidation Pond Evaluation and Wastewater Servicing Master Plan Sewer System and Treatment Plant Design Sanitary District Phase 2 and 3 Sewer Collection and Conveyance Project District Formation and Sewering Wastewater System Improvements Wastewater Treatment Plant Plan Upgrade to ADEQ Standards Treatment Plant Upgrades Household Service Connection Evaluation for Low and Moderate Income Families



Project # 016 2006 006 2006 015 2006 013 2006 003 2006 004 2006 012 2006 005 2006 008 2006 007 2006 002 2006 010 2006 001 2006 009 2006 011 2006



Exhibit B 2006 Funding Cycle -- Fundable Range for Clean Water Project Technical Assistance May 6, 2005 WIFA generates and periodically updates the Fundable Range from the Priority List -- See Exhibit A. The Fundable Range can change based on local readiness and willingness to proceed. Projects not appearing in the Fundable Range qualify for WIFA Loans. To ensure commitment to a successful project, WIFA requires local match towards the total estimated project costs. Such local match can take the form of a short-term, low-interest rate loan from WIFA as part of a total package of assistance. Fundable Range Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Estimated Costs $300,000 $40,000 $50,000 $110,000 $15,000 $40,000 $75,000 $150,000 $25,000 Maximum WIFA Grant $30,000 $30,000 $25,000 $35,000 $7,500 $20,000 $35,000 $35,000 $12,500 Local Match or WIFA Loan $270,000 $10,000 $25,000 $75,000 $7,500 $20,000 $40,000 $115,000 $12,500



Applicant Buckskin Sanitary District City of El Mirage Town of Quartzsite Virgin River Domestic Wastewater Improvement District City of Bisbee Mogollon Domestic Wastewater Improvement District Fawnbrook Domestic Wastewater Improvement District Town of Clarkdale Town of Miami



Project # 006 2006 015 2006 003 2006 004 2006 012 2006 008 2006 002 2006 001 2006 010 2006



Priority Lists for Drinking Water Technical Assistance 2006 Funding Cycle



Exhibit C 2006 Funding Cycle -- Priority List for Drinking Water Project Technical Assistance September 21, 2005 WIFA generates the Priority List to compare and prioritize applicant requests for assistance based on priority criteria approved by WIFA's Board of Directors. To determine if an applicant will receive an award from WIFA, see Exhibit D.

Priority List Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Estimated Costs $40,000 $42,000 $35,000 $50,000 $122,500 $30,000 $40,000 $10,000 $24,000 $70,000 $40,000 $140,000 $40,000 $3,234 $35,000 $35,000 $81,725 $83,000 $15,000 $35,000 $15,000 $10,000 $15,000 $90,000 $105,000 $5,530 $35,000 $35,000 % Local Match 50% 50% 25% 25% 50% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 50% 100% 50% 25% 25% 50% 50% 25% 25% 75% 25% 25% 50% 100% 100% 25% 100% Pre-Design or Design P P P P P P P P P D P P P P P D D P D D D D D P D D D D



Applicant Maricopa Mountain Water Company Thunderbird Farms DWID Lagoon Estates Water Company Town of Camp Verde City of Somerton Cosanti Foundation City of El Mirage Groom Creek Water Users Association Mount Tipton Water Company, Inc. Naco Water Company, LLC Town of Jerome Town of Patagonia City of Page Marana Domestic Water Improvement District Town of Duncan Camp Verde Water System City of St. Johns City of Williams Water Utility of Greater Tonopah Rainbow Acres Water Utility of Greater Buckeye Double G Mobile Park Water Utility of Greater Tonopah Village of Moencopi (Lower) City of Willcox Sunland Water Company Park Water Company City of Wilcox



Project Title Feasibility Study: District Formation, System Upgrade and Arsenic T Arsenic, Nitrate, and Fluoride Treatement Project Study Arsenic Treatement Pilot Study Water System Evaluation Water Master Plan Water System Master Plan Rating Agency Credit Assessment Silver King Well System Evaluation and Feasibility Study Capacity Development Plan New Source and Main line Engineering Distribution System Assessment and Replacement Design Patagonia Municipal Water System Improvements Page - Le Chee Water Supply Rate Study Leak Detection Study Drinking Water Treatment Study Mongini Well and Storage Site Arsenic Blending Plan Programming and Operations Support Dogtown Well Field Waterline and Storage Reservoir DCR Garden City Well Replacement Arsenic Compliance Project Sweetwater II Treatment System Nitrate and Arsenic Treatment New Well and/or Back-Up System for Existing Well Sunshine-Dixie Iterconnect Pipeline and Arsenic Blending Plan Water Exploration for South Moencopi Planned Community Well # 1A Reconfiguration and Rebuild Design for Drilling a New Primary Well and Storage Design of Well and Storage Facility to Add to System Well #2, Storage Tank, and Transmission Line Engineering



Project # 022 2006 018 2006 016 2006 033 2006 011 2006 036 2006 025 2006 014 2006 013 2006 002 2006 023 2006 015 2006 020 2006 010 2006 037 2006 005 2006 019 2006 001 2006 029 2006 028 2006 032 2006 003 2006 030 2006 035 2006 006 2006 012 2006 027 2006 007 2006



29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36



Village of Moencopi (Lower) Whetsone Water District Town of Payson Yarnell Water Improvement Association Willow Valley Water Company Mountain Dell Water, Inc. City of Holbrook Valle Escondido DWID



Source Water Rehabilitation Mapping Program Blue Ridge Drinking Water Source Financial Feasibility Study System Expansion Project Unit 17 Well Replacement Distribution System Replacement Bottled Water Feasibility Study Water System Development



034 004 026 008 031 021 024 009



2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006



$20,000 $25,000 $80,000 $250,000 $15,000 $50,000 $46,000 $35,000



50% 25% 100% 25% 75% 75% 100% 75%



D D P D D D P P



Exhibit D 2006 Funding Cycle -- Fundable Range for Drinking Water Project Technical Assistance May 6, 2005 WIFA generates and periodically updates the Fundable Range from the Priority List -- See Exhibit C. The Fundable Range can change based on local readiness and willingness to proceed. Projects not appearing in the Fundable Range qualify for WIFA Loans. To ensure commitment to a successful project, WIFA requires local match towards the total estimated project costs. Such local match can take the form of a short-term, low-interest rate loan from WIFA as part of a total package of assistance. Fundable Range Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Estimated T otal Costs $40,000 $42,000 $35,000 $122,500 $30,000 $70,000 $40,000 $140,000 $3,234 $35,000 $81,725 $83,000 $15,000 $35,000 $15,000 $10,000 $20,000 Maximum WIFA Grant $20,000 $21,000 $26,250 $35,000 $22,500 $35,000 $30,000 $35,000 $1,617 $26,250 $35,000 $35,000 $11,250 $26,250 $3,750 $7,500 $10,000 Local Match or WIFA Loan $20,000 $21,000 $8,750 $87,500 $7,500 $35,000 $10,000 $105,000 $1,617 $8,750 $46,725 $48,000 $3,750 $8,750 $11,250 $2,500 $10,000



Applicant Maricopa Mountain Water Company Thunderbird Farms DWID Lagoon Estates Water Company City of Somerton Cosanti Foundation Naco Water Company, LLC Town of Jerome Town of Patagonia Marana Domestic Water Improvement District Camp Verde Water System City of St. Johns City of Williams Water Utility of Greater Tonopah Rainbow Acres Water Utility of Greater Buckeye Double G Mobile Park Village of Moencopi (Lower)



Project # 022 2006 018 2006 016 2006 011 2006 036 2006 002 2006 023 2006 015 2006 010 2006 005 2006 019 2006 001 2006 029 2006 028 2006 032 2006 003 2006 035 2006



Exhibit D 2006 Funding Cycle   Public Review and Comment May 6, 2005 Public comment was conducted Friday, May 6 thru Friday, May 20. The public review and written comment period was advertised May 6, 9, and 10 in Arizona's three major newspapers. A public hearing was held in Phoenix on Friday, May 20, 2005 at the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, 1110 W. Washington Street, Room 145, Phoenix, AZ 85007 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. No public comment was received at the hearing or during the public comment period. The WIFA Board of Directors amended the draft TA IUP on June 15, 2005 at WIFA's bi-monthly board meeting. On the Clean Water Fundable Range, the Town of Camp Verde was removed and the Town of Miami was added. The final TA IUP and PPLs were adopted by the Board on June 15, 2005 and became effective on July 1, 2005.