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STAFF REPORT <br />DATE:December 2, 2025 <br />CONSENT <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jack Griffin, Sr. Project Manager <br />AGENDA ITEM: Approve MPCA Grant Agreement for the North Water Treatment Plant <br />Site Study <br />REVIEWED BY: Nicole Miller, City Administrator <br />Clarissa Hadler, Finance Director <br />Marty Powers, Public Works Director <br />Nate Stanley, City Engineer <br />CORE STRATEGIES: <br />☐ Vibrant, inclusive, connected community ☐ Efficient, reliable, innovative services <br />☐ Responsive, transparent, adaptive governance ☐ Balanced Finances now and future <br />☒ Managed Growth ☒ Resilient Infrastructure <br />BACKGROUND: On August 6, 2025 the City Council authorized preliminary layout and site acquisition <br />engineering services for the North Water Treatment Plant Site Study, contingent upon a fully executed <br />MPCA Grant Agreement to fund the work. <br />The City is seeking to conduct a preliminary design and site acquisition plan for a water treatment plant to <br />treat PFAS at Wells 4 and 5. The planning efforts are consistent with the revised Water System Supply <br />Plan adopted by Lake Elmo in April 2024, to construct and operate a systemwide water supply delivery <br />system with North Wells (Wells 4, 5, and 2) and South Water Treatment Plant for Wells 6, 7, and 8. The <br />revised plan is detailed in a Technical Memorandum dated April 2, 2024 as Option A1 that has been <br />previously submitted and reviewed by the MPCA. <br />Wells 4 and 5 are key wells for the City’s water production and distribution system, are relatively new <br />infrastructure investments having been constructed in 2014 and 2021 and are planned to remain in service <br />as part of the long-term comprehensive water infrastructure system. <br />Due to the migration of the groundwater PFAS plume in the vicinity of Wells 4 and 5, the City is <br />commencing planning efforts to determine the optimal location for a future water treatment plant (the North <br />WTP) to serve these Wells. The intent of the site acquisition study is to identify a preferred site for the <br />future North WTP that can treat water from both wells and serve as a combined entry point from the wells <br />to the water distribution system, along with the necessary easements for the utility piping corridors to <br />support the facility, including raw watermains for each well, distribution watermains and sanitary sewer <br />mains.