HomeMy WebLinkAboutVIII-13 Supporting and Authorizing Application to the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) 2025 Private Property Inflow and Infiltration Grant City Council Memorandum
To: Mayor Fasbender & City Council Members
From: Ryan Stempski – Public Works Director
Date: November 18, 2024
Item: Resolution Supporting and Authorizing Application to the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services
(MCES) 2025 Private Property Inflow & Infiltration Grant
COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED
Council is requested to approve a resolution of support and authorize application to the MCES 2025 Private
Property Inflow & Infiltration Grant.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This grant program, which was used by the City of Hastings for the first time in 2024, is intended to achieve a
reduction in our citywide Inflow & Infiltration (I & I). Inflow & Infiltration refers to clear water, primarily
stormwater or groundwater, that unintentionally enters our wastewater system. Aged or otherwise deteriorated
private sewer lines connected to the sanitary sewer system are many times the reason for allowing this water into
the system. The clear water doesn’t need to be treated as wastewater, and therefore generates unnecessary
burden and costs when it reaches the wastewater treatment plant. Furthermore, excessive I & I can also cause
costly sewer backups into homes and buildings, or sewer overflows into our local water bodies.
In 2024, the Engineering Department successfully administered over $60,000 of grant disbursements through this
Private Property Inflow & Infiltration Grant to 11 residents throughout the City of Hastings. The City has been
determined eligible again for this program and staff is recommending support to apply for $50,000 in grants that
could be utilized by our residents in 2025.
Grant awards can cover 50% of eligible costs up to $5,000 for sewer repairs (such as trenchless lining) or full
replacements on deteriorated service lines. The grant funding would be awarded to property owners on a first
come, first serve basis.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
None. Minimal City Staff time will be required to administer applications from residents and coordinate
reimbursements with MCES.
ATTACHMENTS
➢ Resolution Authorizing Application for the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services 2025 Private Property
Inflow and Infiltration Grant
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CITY OF HASTINGS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION FOR THE MCES 2025 PRIVATE PROPERTY INFLOW AND INFILTRATION GRANT
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) has identified the City of Hastings 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, to facilitate the reduction of I & I, MCES is offering a provision for future distribution of available funding
until the total of $1,500,000 for the State of Minnesota has been expended on I & I reduction measures; and
WHEREAS, residents within the proposed 2025 Sanitary Sewer Lining Program will be notified of this funding
opportunity as the sanitary sewer system components in this area have been identified to generate excessive I &
I; and
WHEREAS, the greater City of Hastings will be notified of the grant program via citywide outreach such that any
remaining grant funds may be utilized on a first come first serve basis.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HASTINGS AS FOLLOWS; that
1. The City of Hastings is authorized to apply for this grant.
2. The Public Works Director, or their designee be authorized to submit the applications and to serve as the
contact person.
3. The Public Works Director has read the program guidelines.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF HASTINGS, MINNESOTA, THIS 18th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2024.
Ayes:
Nays:
Mary D. Fasbender, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kelly Murtaugh, City Clerk
SEAL
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