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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: 10/15/12 <br /> Item No.: 7.h <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Authorize Metropolitan Council Environmental Services Municipal <br />Inflow and Infiltration Grant Application <br />B <br />ACKGROUND <br />1 <br />Metro Cities (Association of Metropolitan Municipalities) championed the inclusion of a grant <br />2 <br />program in the 2012 bonding bill for the purpose of providing grants to municipalities for capital <br />3 <br />improvements to public infrastructure to reduce the amount of inflow and infiltration (I/I) to the <br />4 <br />Metropolitan Council Environmental Service’s (MCES) metropolitan sanitary sewer disposal <br />5 <br />system. Their efforts were successful and $4 million was approved in the bonding bill. This <br />6 <br />follows a successful $3 million program that was included in the 2010 bonding bill, of which <br />7 <br />Roseville received $156,662. <br />8 <br />9 <br />To be eligible for a grant, a city must be identified by the Metropolitan Council as a contributor <br />10 <br />of excessive inflow and infiltration. Roseville is eligible for this grant. Grants from this <br />11 <br />appropriation are for up to 50 percent of the eligible costs to mitigate inflow and infiltration in <br />12 <br />the publicly owned municipal wastewater collection systems for projects completed between <br />13 <br />May 12, 2012 and June 30, 2014. The council must award grants based on applications from <br />14 <br />eligible cities that identify eligible capital costs and include a timeline for inflow and infiltration <br />15 <br />mitigation construction, pursuant to guidelines established by the council. <br />16 <br />17 <br />The following is a schedule of the grant process: <br />18 <br />Grant proposals due October 26, 2012 <br />19 <br />Met Council notifies cities of Preliminary Minimum Allocation November 21, 2012 <br />20 <br />Cities’ withdrawal opportunity through December 21, 2012 <br />21 <br />Final Reimbursement Allocation determination December 31, 2012 <br />22 <br />Signed grant agreements due March 1, 2013 <br />23 <br />PO <br />OLICYBJECTIVE <br />24 <br />It is city policy to keep utility infrastructure in good operating condition, reducing inflow and <br />25 <br />infiltration to the maximum extent practicable. <br />26 <br />FI <br />INANCIALMPACTS <br />27 <br />The 2012 Sanitary Sewer Lining project is underway, a portion of which could be eligible for <br />28 <br />these grant dollars. Staff is also preparing several eligible projects to be completed in 2013, <br />29 <br />which include sanitary sewer lining, and sanitary manhole rehabilitation and repair. The <br />30 <br />estimated cost for the 2012 and 2013 projects is $1,450,000. Staff is requesting approximately <br />31 <br />$360,000 in grant funds. The balance of the projects will be paid for using Sanitary Sewer <br />32 <br />Infrastructure Funds, which fit into the budgeted amounts for 2012 and 2013. <br />33 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />