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G:\.Clients All\St. Anthony\City Engineer\Grants\MCES II Grant Program\2023 II Private Property Grant Program\LTR-hmcc-120423.docx 178 E 9TH STREET | SUITE 200 | SAINT PAUL, MN | 55101 | 651.286.8450 | WSBENG.COM December 4, 2023 Honorable Mayor, City Council and Staff C/O Charlie Yunker, City Manager City of St. Anthony Village 3301 Silver Lake Road NE St. Anthony, MN 55418 Re: Resolution authorizing the application for the MCES 2023 Private Property I/I Grant Dear Honorable Mayor, City Council and Staff: Attached for your consideration is a resolution authorizing the application for the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) 2023 Private Property Inflow and Infiltration (I/I) Grant which is related to the Ongoing I/I Program between the City of St. Anthony Village and the MCES. The 2023 Private Property I/I Grant Program provides $1.5 million in wastewater revenue to provide grants to private property owners to help with repairs that will remove and prevent clear water from entering the wastewater treatment system. The Minnesota Legislature amended statute 471.342 to allow MCES to provide grant finding to local municipalities to assist private property owners with costs associated with repairing sewer infrastructure on their property. Local communities, through their 2020 Comprehensive Sewer Plan submittals, indicate that at least 50% of I/I comes from private property and sanitary sewer laterals, which in St. Anthony Village are owned and maintained by private property owners up to the point of connection with the City of St. Anthony Village sanitary sewer main pipe typically under the roadway. To promote the need for I/I mitigation, local communities identified a need for funding or private property owners, which created this program for which St. Anthony Village is eligible to participate. This program will give local communities the ability to provide grant assistance to private property owners and distribute funds to private property owners or contractors in alignment with the grant program guidelines. The MCES program guidelines are attached to this memo for reference and summarized below: • Grants to private property owners shall be for a percentage of actual, reasonable, and verifiable I/I mitigation costs. No costs of studies, engineering, or planning shall be eligible. • Grant reimbursement shall be 50% of eligible costs, up to $5,000, for applicants not meeting equity criteria set by the participating municipalities. Eligible work includes: o Private lateral repair and/or replacement o Foundation drain disconnections and new sump pump, if associated with the foundation drain disconnect o Lateral televising and cleaning costs if: ▪ Applicant meets the equity criteria or ▪ Televising and cleaning result in repair or replacement of sewer lateral • Grants of up to $10,000 may be given to private property owners meeting the municipality’s equity criterion. • The private service line or foundation drain must be active and serving an occupied building. • All repairs and replacements must be made with materials and methods consistent with local codes and permit requirements. • Qualified spending on eligible work must occur between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024. 175