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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date:April 10, 2023 Item No.: 10.j Department ApprovalCity Manager Approval Item Description:Approve Metropolitan Council Environmental Services Municipal Inflow and Infiltration Grant Agreement 1 B ACKGROUND 2 Metro Cities (Association of Metropolitan Municipalities) championed the inclusion of a grant 3 program in the 2020bonding bill for the purpose of providing grants to municipalities for capital 4 improvements to public infrastructure to reduce the amount of inflow and infiltration (I/I) to the 5 Metropolitan Council Environmental Service’s (MCES) metropolitan sanitary sewer disposal 6 system. Their efforts were successful and $8.7 million was approved in the bonding bill. 7 To be eligible for a grant, a city must be identified by the Metropolitan Council as a contributor of 8 excessive inflow and infiltration. Roseville is among these cities and is eligible for this grant. 9 Grants from this appropriation are a guaranteed $25,000 for each city, with the rest of the funding 10 distribution based on the percentage of work completed by each individual city compared to the 11 total amount of work from all applicants. Projects must be completed between January 1, 2021 12 and December31, 2022. The council must award grants based on applications from eligible cities 13 that identify eligible capital costs and include a timeline for inflow and infiltration mitigation 14 construction, pursuant to guidelines established by the council. Final Reimbursement Amount 15 determinationandgrant agreement will be distributed May 1, 2023. 16 One of the required documents is a resolution approving a grant agreementbetween the 17 Metropolitan Council and the City of Roseville for grant eligible work. This resolution would 18 allow the City of Roseville and the Metropolitan Council to enter into an agreement and authorizes 19 the City Managerto execute the Grant agreement, subject to minor modifications and final review 20 by the City Attorney. 21 P OLICY O BJECTIVE 22 It is City policy to keep City-owned infrastructure in good operating condition and to keep systems 23 operating in a safe condition. 24 B UDGET I MPLICATIONS 25 The grant functions as a reimbursement so cities must submit all of their eligible work and then final 26 grant dollars are determined. The City will submit approximately $3.6 million of eligible work with 27 and an estimated grant reimbursement of $135,700. Grant fundswould reimburse the sanitary sewer 28 fund. 29 R ACIAL E QUITY I MPACT S UMMARY 30 There should be no equity impacts associated with this agreement. Page 1of 2