HomeMy WebLinkAboutX-E-02 Application for State Bonding Bill for Eastern WTP
City Council Memorandum
To: Mayor Fasbender & City Councilmembers
From: City Administrator Dan Wietecha
Date: December 2, 2024
Item: State Bonding Request – PFAS & Nitrates Treatment, Eastern WTP
Council Action Requested:
Approve resolution for application for state bonding request for the eastern Water Treatment
Plant (WTP 1) for PFAS and Nitrates removal.
Background Information:
The City submitted PFAS Treatment & Raw Water Lines for consideration in the State’s 2024
Capital Budget due to the budget-busting expense, the fact that the treatment is to remove
contamination/pollution caused by others, and the suddenness of new regulations preventing
financial planning. Sen. Seeberger and Rep. Hudella indicated support and introduced SF 3161
and HF 3115. The legislative session ended May 20 without passage of a bonding bill.
In October, we met with Senator Pappas, Chair of the Senate Capital Investment Committee, to
provide an update on our project and funding needs. A new state application as well as new bills
will be needed. The state bonding application requests a City Council resolution of support.
Clean and safe drinking water was identified as the City Council’s number one legislative
priority during its workshop on November 16.
During the past legislative session, as well as our meeting with Senator Pappas, we had strong
feedback to break our project into distinct phases and request funding one phase at a time.
During our Legislative Priorities Workshop in November, the City Council discussed applying
for funding for the eastern plant (WTP 1), as it is the next in the construction schedule and has
limited outside funding at this time.
This WTP is currently estimated at $20.6M and has received $1M through the MPCA Planning
and Design Grant. Additionally, we have applications for Congressionally Directed Spending
and Emerging Contaminants Grant pending toward this project. We also continue to seek
connection for 3M Settlement eligibility.
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Financial Impact:
Requesting $19.6M state bonding
Committee Discussion:
City Council Legislative Priorities Workshop 11/18/2024
Attachments:
Resolution in Support of Application for State Bonding for Eastern Water Treatment Plant for
PFAS & Nitrates Removal
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CITY OF HASTINGS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. ________
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION FOR STATE BONDING
FOR EASTERN WATER TREATMENT PLANT FOR PFAS & NITRATES REMOVAL
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and US Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) have set limits for PFAS and Nitrates in public drinking water supply; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has detected PFAS in the Hastings
raw water supply; and
WHEREAS, all six Hastings municipal wells have PFOS and PFOA (the two targeted PFAS
chemicals identified among the most harmful to health); and
WHEREAS, Nitrates need to be mitigated in addition to PFAS for concerns of additivity to
common health endpoints; and
WHEREAS, EPA’s recent National Drinking Water Regulation requires Hastings to remove
PFAS from its drinking water by April 2029; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated to cost $68.9 Million to remove PFAS and Nitrates from the
Hastings drinking water supply; and
WHEREAS, without outside funding, the City’s water rates are projected to double in three
years and triple in five years, an unaffordable burden on Hastings residents and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the City has broken the project into three phases, and the Eastern Water Treatment
Plan is estimated to cost $20.6 Million; and
WHEREAS, the Eastern WTP project location is on City-owned land, and the City of Hastings
has invested in installation of raw watermains, feasibility study, and significant staff resources to
support this project; and
WHEREAS, the City of Hastings has received $1 Million in Planning & Design grant support
for the Eastern WTP; and
WHEREAS, to date, the Eastern WTP has not been included in the State’s 3M East Metro
Settlement; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Hastings plans to include connection of the private water system that
serves the Minnesota Veterans Home in this project; and
WHEREAS, this project is ranked #2 on the Public Facilities Authority’s draft Project Priority
List; and
WHEREAS, during the 2024 Legislative Session, bills were introduced in the Senate and the
House to include funding for this project in the State Capital Budget;
AND, WHEREAS, the City of Hastings deems this its top legislative priority and is submitting
only it for the State’s Capital Budget;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Hastings City Council that it
supports applying to the State of Minnesota’s Capital Budget for inclusion of the Eastern
Treatment Plant for PFAS & Nitrates Removal.
Adopted this 2nd day of December, 2024.
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Mary Fasbender, Mayor
Attest:
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Kelly Murtaugh, City Clerk
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