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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 12, 2023 Page 6 Local communities, through their 2020 Comprehensive Sewer Plan submittals, indicate that at least 50% of 1/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 1/1 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. 10 This program will give local communities the ability to provide grant assistance to private 11 property owners and distribute funds to private property owners or contractors in alignment with 12 the grant program guidelines. The MCES program guidelines are summarized below: 13 • Grants to private property owners shall be for a percentage of actual, reasonable, and verifiable 14 I/1 mitigation costs. No costs of studies, engineering, or planning shall be eligible. 15 • Grant reimbursement shall be 50% of eligible costs, up to $5,000, for applicants not meeting 16 equity criteria set by the participating municipalities. Eligible work includes: 17 o Private lateral repair and/or replacement 18 o Foundation drain disconnections and new sump pump, if associated with the foundation 19 drain disconnect 20 o Lateral televising and cleaning costs if 21 • Applicant meets the equity criteria or 22 • Televising and cleaning result in repair or replacement of sewer lateral 23 • Grants of up to $10,000 may be given to private property owners meeting the municipality's 24 equity criterion. 25 • The private service line or foundation drain must be active and serving an occupied building. 26 • All repairs and replacements must be made with materials and methods consistent with local 27 codes and permit requirements. 28 • Qualified spending on eligible work must occur between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 29 2024. 30 31 The program will be administered by eligible cities, which are those that have had a measurable 32 flow rate within 20 percent of the permitted flow limit, and which St. Anthony is one of those 33 cities. St. Anthony can apply for a block of funding and determine eligibility within the city for 34 those funds. If a city includes an equity component, additional funding per repair can be made 35 available. Guidance by MCES was a reasonable application would be for $25,000 - $50,00 per 36 city. 37 38 At the November 28, 2023 City Council Work Session, City Staff presented the program 39 guidelines, discussed possible parameters for a city program, and identified the following 40 criteria: 41 • The City will accept applications for 30 days —May 1-31, 2024. 42 • Owner Occupied properties are eligible. 43 • Prioritize applications meeting equity criteria— Verify income with 2023 Federal tax 44 return. 45