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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 12, 2024 Page 6 1 Mayor Webster thanked Mr. Gumke for his annual report review and the importance of 2 infrastructure within St. Anthony. Councilmember Jenson thanked Mr. Gumke for the level of 3 detail provided. Councilmember Stephens thanked Mr. Gumke and asked about the I/I project. A 4 sump pump was installed in her yard and asked about the pipe video. Mr. Gumke stated the 5 video inspection is separate. He would be happy to provide a list of contractors that have served 6 in St. Anthony. Councilmember Stephens asked if there is any grant money available and Mr. 7 Yunker stated that is on the next agenda item. Councilmember Doolan stated she appreciates all 8 the work the public works department does. She said it is nice to see the infrastructure projects 9 are having a positive impact. The clean-up days are well received. Mayor Webster referred to the 10 amount of drinking water and sewer. The mission statement has an emphasis on service. Street 11 sweeping also improves water quality. 12 B.13 Resolution 24-022 – Accepting and Approving the Grant Agreement Between the City of 14 St. Anthony Village and the Metropolitan Council of Environmental Services for the 15 Improvement of Publicly Owned Infrastructure. 16 17 City Manager Charlie Yunker reviewed in early 2016, the Metropolitan Council appointed a 18 Task Force of local community representatives to discuss and identify areas of improvement for 19 the existing Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) Ongoing Inflow and 20 Infiltration (I/I) program and the potential for future inflow and infiltration mitigation strategies 21 for both public and private infrastructure. This Task Force, representing public works directors, 22 city engineers, utility managers, finance directors (including former Finance Director Shelly 23 Rueckert) and city managers, met during the 2016 calendar year. 24 25 From that work, the MCES is implementing a pilot private property inflow and infiltration grant 26 program beginning in 2024. The goal of the program is to assist private property owners with 27 financial assistance to remove I/I from the regional interceptor system through repairs of the 28 sewer lateral or foundation drain on the property. The task force in 2016 identified a typical cost 29 range of $5,000 to $7,000 for repair or replacement. MCES staff provided details on the pilot 30 program to eligible cities on November 9, 2023. The eligible work was summarized: 31 32 Grants to private property owners shall be for a percentage of actual, reasonable, and 33 verifiable I/I mitigation costs. No costs of studies, engineering, or planning shall be 34 eligible. 35 Grant reimbursement shall be 50% of eligible costs, up to $5,000 for applicants not 36 meeting equity criteria set by the participating municipalities. Eligible work includes: o37 Private lateral repair and/or replacement. o38 Foundation drain disconnections and new sump pump, if associated with the 39 foundation drain disconnect. o40 Lateral televising and cleaning costs if: 41 Applicant meets the equity criteria or 42 Televising and cleaning result in repair or replacement of sewer lateral. 43 Grants of up to $10,000 may be given to private property owners meeting the 44 municipality’s equity criterion. 45 The private service line or foundation drain must be active and serving an occupied 46 building. 10