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<br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />REGULAR MEETING STAFF REPORT <br />AGENDA ITEM 7C <br /> <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Diane Hankee PE, City Engineer <br /> <br />MEETING DATE: November 24, 2025 <br /> <br />TOPIC: Resolution No. 25-160, Enter into a Grant Agreement between <br />the City of Lino Lakes and Metropolitan Council of <br />Environmental Service for the Improvement of Publicly Owned <br />Infrastructure <br /> <br />VOTE REQUIRED: Simple Majority <br />___________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Staff is requesting Council enter into a Grant Agreement between the City of Lino Lakes and <br />Metropolitan Council of Environmental Service for the improvement of publicly owned <br />infrastructure. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />The Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) 2023 Municipal Inflow and Infiltration <br />(I/I) Grant Program consisted of $12 million in state bonding bill funding for the purpose of <br />providing grants to municipalities for capital improvements to public infrastructure to mitigate <br />I/I. Work must be completed in the calendar years 2024 or 2025 to be eligible for these grants <br />funded through state bonds. <br /> <br />MCES identified the City of Lino Lakes as a contributor of excessive I/I, and eligible to receive <br />grant funding. I/I is clear water, stormwater and groundwater, that enters the wastewater <br />system. It overloads the system impacting system capacity. <br /> <br />The City of Lino Lakes submitted an application to the MCES for grant funding in 2023 with <br />estimated project costs for public sanitary sewer system improvements to reduce inflow and <br />infiltration. <br /> <br />The MCES has determined to contribute one-half of the actual amount of eligible expenses <br />during the grant activity period up to an estimated Preliminary Minimum Allocation (PMA) of <br />$50,000. <br /> <br />Page 379 of 406