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1 - e e ~ ~~ILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: June 22, 2004 Agenda Item - W orksession TO: Mayor and Council Michelle Wolfe, City Administrator FROM: Thomas J. Moore; Director of Operations & Maintenance SUBJECT: SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) System for Monitoring Fourteen (14) Lift Stations, One (1) Booster Station, and Two (2) Water Towers. BACKGROUND In the fall of 2003, Staff and Council began working on the CIP Budget for 2004. One of the 2004 CIP Budge,t items discussed was a SCADA system for monitoring the eight (8) Lift Stations. The Council adopted the 2004 CIP Budget which includes an allocation of $60,000 for the purchase of a SCADA system. The funding source is the Sanitary Sewer Enterprise Fund. In early 2004 Staff began contacting cities in the metropolitan area and out-state that were either current users ofa SCADA system or were looking to purchase a SCADA system in the near future. Staff made site visits to the cities which had a SCADA system. In addition, Staff met with several SCADA system vendors. The SCADA vendor that was consistently mentioned by other cities as their preferred choice was US Filter Control Systems in Vadnais Heights. Their local representative is Quality Flow Systems in New Prague, Minnesota. Staff discovered that the City of Roseville has a SCADA system and that they were looking to upgrade their system. In addition, the City of Roseville provides the City of Arden Hills with IT support and water. The two cities decided to cooperate on the SCADA system research project. City Administrator Wolfe was instrumental in arranging this cooperation. The Staff from the City of Rosevilleincluded the O&M Director, O&M Superintendent, and IT Director. Staff from the City of Arden Hills included the City Accountant, O&M Director, O&M Superintendent, and a member of the O&M Staff.