Agenda - Public Works Committee - 11/17/2020

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November 12, 2020 RE: AWIA Risk and Resilience Assessment Ramsey, MN Bruce Westby, PE City Engineer City of Ramsey 7550 Sunwood Drive NW Ramsey, MN 55303 Dear Bruce, On October 23, 2018 the America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) was signed into law. Under this law community water systems with a population greater than 3,300 people must develop or update risk and resilience assessments (RRAs) and emergency response plans (ERPs). With the population served by Ramsey's water system, the RRA is due by June 30, 2021, and the ERP is due within six months of RRA certification. With these two dates fast approaching, the City is now seeking proposals to assist them with the RRA. Please note that this proposal does not include preparing the ERP. Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH) has discussed the project with the City and has come to understand the City's goals and desired outcomes from this work. Transmitted herewith is our proposal for professional engineering services for the work of developing the Utility's Risk and Resilience Assessment. 113cllk;ru1nd The City has an existing Vulnerability Assessment and Emergency Response Plan that was required under the Bioterrorism Act of 2002, but under the Bioterrorism Act, the threat focus was on terrorism and other malevolent threats. Under AWIA, it is required to take an all -hazards approach when developing RRAs, the new vulnerability assessment, and ERPs. Specifically, to be in compliance with AWIA, the City is required to create an RRA that meets the following requirements. Risk and Resilience Assessments shall include: • Risks to the water system from malevolent acts, natural disasters, and other hazards. • Resilience of the water system's critical assets such as wells, treatment processes, and computer systems. • An assessment of the monitoring practices of the system. • An assessment of the City's financial infrastructure such as the cybersecurity of the computer systems for payroll and customer billing. • A review of how the system uses, stores, and handles various chemicals. • A review of the systems operation and maintenance procedures. Proposed 111rE of For this project, SEH proposes to perform a risk and resilience analysis of the City's drinking water system. Following this work, SEH will work with the City to evaluate the risks identified and develop mitigation strategies for risks deemed unacceptable to the City. Following the completion and certification of these efforts, the City will be in compliance with AWIA's RRA requirements. An ERP, not included in this proposal, will need to be prepared within 6 months of the RRA certification.