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Authorizing the Department of Public Works to accept a grant of $250,000 from the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) 2025 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 on November 20, 2024 the City Council adopted RES 24-1668 to authorize the Department of Public Works to apply for a grant from the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) 2025 Private Property Inflow & Infiltration Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, to facilitate the reduction of I&I, MCES is offering an Allocation of $250,000 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 Mayor pursuant to Section 10.07.1 of the Charter of the City of Saint Paul, does certify that there are available for appropriation funds of $250,000 in excess of those estimated in the 2025 budget; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby:
1) authorizes the City to accept the MCES 2025 Private Property Inflow & Infiltration Grant;
2) authorizes and directs the proper city officials to execute the grant agreement; and
3) acknowledges the certification of the Mayor that $250,000 is available for appropriation in the 2025 budget, and that said budget, as heretofore adopted by the City Council, is hereby amended as outlined in the attached Financial Analysis.
Financial Analysis
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