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qASPAL+E REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 4/18/11 Item No.: 7.i Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Authorize Acceptance of Metropolitan Council Environmental Services Municipal Inflow and Infiltration Grant Funds 1 BACKGROUND z Metro Cities (Association of Metropolitan Municipalities) championed the inclusion of a $3 s million grant program in the 2010 bonding bill for the purpose of providing grants to a municipalities for capital improvements to public infrastructure to reduce the amount of s inflow and infiltration (I /I) to the Metropolitan Council Environmental Service's (MCES) s metropolitan sanitary sewer disposal system. This action was successful and $3 million was 7 approved in the bill. To be eligible for a grant, a city needed to be identified by the s Metropolitan Council as a contributor of excessive inflow and infiltration. Roseville is s eligible for this grant. Grants from this appropriation are for up to 50 percent of the cost to lo mitigate inflow and infiltration in the publicly owned municipal wastewater collection 11 systems. The MCES must award grants based on applications from eligible cities that 12 identify eligible capital costs and include a timeline for inflow and infiltration mitigation 13 construction, pursuant to established guidelines. 14 In December, 2010, the City Council authorized staff to apply for this grant. MCES 15 reviewed the application and awarded $156,662 to the City of Roseville. We initially 16 expected to receive $50,000 from this award but were successful in being awarded a greater 17 amount due to smaller amounts requested from other cities and our application aggressively 18 seeking any additional dollars available. 19 POLICY OBJECTNE 20 It is city policy to keep utility infrastructure in good operating condition, reducing inflow and 21 infiltration to the maximum extent practicable. 22 FINANCIAL IMPACTS 23 The maximum grant amount allocated to the City is $156,662. Staff has prepared several 24 projects to be completed in 2011, which include sanitary sewer lining, and sanitary manhole 25 rehabilitation and repair. The estimated cost for these projects is $589,000. The balance of 26 the project is within the budgeted amount for sanitary sewer maintenance and improvement 27 projects and will be paid for using Sanitary Sewer Infrastructure Funds. The sanitary sewer 28 lining project contract was awarded on February 14, 2011, to Michels Pipe Services, and the 29 project is currently underway. 30 STAFF RECOMMENDATION 31 Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing acceptance of the MCES 32 Municipal Inflow and Infiltration Grant funds for improvements to the City's sanitary sewer 33 infrastructure to reduce inflow and infiltration and designating the Public Works Director as the 34 authorized representative for the project. Page 1 of 2