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Authorizing City officials to execute a grant agreement on behalf of the City for the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services 2026 Private Property Inflow & Infiltration Grant Program.
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WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) has identified the City of Saint Paul (City) as one of the many metro cities having excessive quantities of stormwater and groundwater, commonly referred to as inflow and Infiltration (I&I), entering the public sanitary sewer system; and
WHEREAS, to facilitate the reduction of I&I, MCES is offering an Allocation of $248,500 to the City of Saint Paul, with provisions for future distribution of available funding until the total $1,500,000 for the State of Minnesota has been expended on I&I reduction measures; and
WHEREAS, The Public Works Sewer Utility has identified private sanitary sewer system components requiring rehabilitation to minimize or eliminate excessive I&I; and
WHEREAS, the City Council previously approved the submission of the grant application in RES 25-1763,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council authorize the Public Works Department to accept a grant and execute a grant agreement for $248,500 for the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services 2026 Private Property Inflow & Infiltration Grant Program.