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Staff Report To: Mayor Fischer and Members of the City Council From: Bill Dircks, Public Works Director Date: March 25, 2026 Re: Metropolitan Council 2023 Inflow and Infiltration Grant Program Resolution Action To Be Considered: Motion to approve, table, or deny the following: • A resolution authorizing execution of the agreement between the City of Little Canada and the Metropolitan Council for the 2023 Inflow and Infiltration Grant Program. Background: In 2023, the Metropolitan Council received funding from the State of Minnesota to put together another round of grant funding for cities to make repairs to their respective sanitary sewer systems to eliminate inflow and infiltration (I&I). This is the fourth time the Met Council has had a program, and the city has taken advantage each time and made repairs to its system. In the past, it has been manhole repairs and chimney seals added to manholes during street projects. Pipe lining was added during the last round. For this round, the city lined 5,600 linear feet of sanitary sewer main during the summer of 2024 and completed work on 15 manholes located on Carla Lane and the easement between County Road C and Little Canada Road. The areas lined were Rice Street from South Owasso Boulevard to Little Canada Road, Little Canada Road from Rice Street to the railroad tracks, the sewer easement running behind Sylvan Street between Country Road C and Little Canada Road, and Iona Lane. The project had a few wrinkles but overall went very well. The city paid for the project based on three pay estimates prepared by Bolton & Menk, for a total of $305,122. Those costs are eligible for grant funds at 50% of the eligible project costs (approximately 75% of the total costs), which is $116,377. However, because there is only a finite pool of money and a large number of cities participating, the city was approved for up to $71,125 when application was made in 2024. There is a chance more funds could be provided if other cities do not use their total allocation. The final grant reimbursement will be known in May. As part of the grant process, the City Council needs to approve a resolution authorizing execution of the agreement. The resolution is included with this report. Once it has been authorized and signed, all materials will be submitted to the Met Council. Source Of Funds: The project was budgeted and paid for through Fund 604 – Water and Sewer Capital Improvement Fund.