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ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL: Should the City Council approve the MPCA Grant Agreement (SWIFT <br />Contract #276777) for the preliminary layout and site acquisition engineering services for the North Water <br />Treatment Plant Site Study? <br />PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS: To initiate the North Water Treatment Plant Site Study, staff <br />prepared and submitted a grant application through the 3M Settlement Priority 1 Drinking Water Program. <br />The grant application was submitted in July, 2025. The MPCA recently approved the grant request and <br />prepared the attached Grant Agreement to be effective November 12, 2025. The Grant Agreement scope of <br />work directs Lake Elmo to conduct a preliminary design and site acquisition plan for a water treatment <br />plant to treat PFAS at Wells 4 and 5. <br />FISCAL IMPACT: The grant provides for reimbursement to the City in the amount of $48,000. The Grant <br />expiration date is June 30, 2027. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Staff is recommending that the City Council approve, as part of the Consent <br />Agenda, the MPCA Grant Agreement, SWIFT Contract #276277, for the North Water Treatment Plant Site <br />Study to treat PFAS at Wells 4 and 5. If removed from the consent agenda, the recommended motion is as <br />follows: <br />“Move to approve the MPCA Grant Agreement, SWIFT Contract #276277, for the North Water <br />Treatment Plant Site Study to treat PFAS at Wells 4 and 5.” <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />1.MPCA Grant Agreement (SWIFT Contract #276277). <br />2.Well 4 & 5 Location Map.