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d. Technology or Methodology: Describe the technology or methodology to be used in the project For innovative projects, provide documentation of how and where the technology has successfully been used in the past. Also see Examples of Where the Technology has been Successfully Used and Vendor Information Section AMI technology is proven technology Aclara, Badger, Itron, and Sensus all have AMI systems readily available in the marketplace AMI inbudes meters embedded with radio frequency transmitters or MIU's The radio signals are picked up by Data Collector Unit (DCU's) that are installed throughout the service area on water tanks, antennas and buildings The MIU's communicate with the DCU's to capture meter readings that are transmitted back to IRCDUS via a communication network. IRCDUS can set parameters for how often they want to capture those readings Although minute by minute is possible, it may be more practical to capture data hourly At any given time, IRCDUS can spontaneously capture a read from any of its end users Once the initial system is in place it can and will be scaled to encompass all of IRCDUS' meters Presently, there are approximately 47,000 meters Of those, 45,000 are residential and 2,000 are commercial St. John's County has successfully implemented and is currently utilizing AMI for its 25,000 water meters and is highly satisfied with the system The City of Clermont is utilizing AMI for its 19,000 water meters and is also highly satisfied with the system See excerpts from the report provided by Langham Consulting Services, Inc for IRCDUS e. Local Government / Public Support: Describe the public support for your project (meetings attended, community workshops, presentations to councils, notification in newsletters, etc.) On August 19, 2014, The Board of County Commissioners approved an award of bid for RFP #2014043 for Consultant Services to evalauate the feasibility and potential implementation of an AMI system Page 5 of 7