Res 2023-15 Inflow Infiltration Grant MCESCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 202345
A RESOLUTION APPROVING GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (MCES) FOR THE 2020
MUNICIPAL I/I GRANT
WHEREAS, the City of Mendota Heights has been identified by the Metropolitan
Council Environmental Services as a contributor of excessive Inflow and Infiltration (I&I); and
WHEREAS, To facilitate the reduction of I&I, MCES is offering a Preliminary
Minimum Allocation of $25,000 per metro city, with provisions for future distribution of
available funding until the total $4,156,800 for the State of Minnesota has been expended on I&I
reduction measures; and
WHEREAS, the allotted Grant amount will be limited to eligible UI mitigation
improvements, including but not limited to chimney seals, manhole sealing, pipe replacement,
and Cure -In -Place Pipe (CIPP) lining, and
WHEREAS, to receive the allotted Grant money, the City must complete the eligible
improvements and submit required verification forms to the Metropolitan Council by March 31,
2023.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mendota Heights City Council:
1. The Council authorizes and directs the Public Works Director to prepare and execute
the Grant agreement to recover eligible capital costs expended to reduce I&I in the
City that is contributing to the Metropolitan Council's sanitary sewer system.
2. That the City agrees to remit available grant funding towards the continued
minimization or elimination of excessive I&I within the public sanitary sewer system.
3. That the city will secure and retain receipts for all eligible repairs and that MCES will
have reasonable access to audit these records upon request.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this seventh day of March, 2023.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
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ATTE Stephanie 13. Levine, Mayor
Chri e L an, City Clerk