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Department Approval T-) - R,Sy68FaC+E REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 5/18/09 Item No.: 7.f City Manager Approval Item Description: Resolution for Minnesota Public Facilities Authority Application- Drinking Water Revolving Fund 1 BACKGROUND z The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly called the Federal Stimulus Plan, s will be providing money for public water system infrastructure projects. The money will be distributed a through the Minnesota Drinking Water Revolving Fund Program. The State of Minnesota expects to s receive approximately $72 million for clean water infrastructure projects and $35 million for drinking s water infrastructure projects from the recently enacted ARRA of 2009. The Minnesota Public Facilities 7 Authority (PFA) will award ARRA funds to eligible projects by following the general eligibility s requirements and funding process for the Clean Water Revolving Fund (CWRF) and Drinking Water s Revolving Fund (DWRF). The funds will be administered by the PFA in coordination with the lo Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for clean water projects and the Minnesota Department of 11 Health (MDH) for drinking water projects. 12 Federal law provides for both loans and grants to be made from the ARRA funds. The PFA intends to 13 provide small base grants to all eligible projects, with additional grant funds potentially available based 14 on affordability criteria. For most projects, the majority of project financing will be in the form of low 15 interest loans with discounts from market rates as provided in PFA rules. 16 Last year, staff obtained bids for a watermain lining project to line a segment of watermain between 17 Woodhill Avenue and County Road C -2 between Churchill Street and Oxford Street. The bids came in 18 twice as high as expected, and staff explored other alternatives for this project. This main is located 19 along the shared lot line of homes and has a history of recent breaks with property damage. These 20 single family backyards have fences, sheds, mature trees, lawns, and gardens that would be torn up if we 21 pursued a traditional open cut replacement project. Staff recommends constructing new watermain in 22 the front boulevard to eliminate the difficult access for future maintenance. The new watermain would 23 be installed using directional boring technologies, minimizing the impact of excavation to the street and 24 boulevards. 25 POLICY OBJECTIVE 26 The City of Roseville has constructed a watermain distribution system to serve all properties in the city. 27 The city maintains these facilities to ensure reliable service that minimizes the potential for disruption of 28 service and potential for property damage. Page 1 of 2