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C ITY OF P LYMOUTH
R ESOLUTION N O. 2019-327
R ESOLUTION A PPROVING A GREEMENT WITH M ETROPOLITAN C OUNCIL E NVIRONMENTAL
S ERVICES FOR THE 2017 M UNICIPAL I/I G RANT P ROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Minnesota State Legislature has appropriated $8,739,000 in bonding bill funding
for municipalities to reduce inflow and infiltration in their public wastewater system infrastructure
through the 2017 Municipal I/I Grant Program administered by Metropolitan Council Environmental
Services (MCES); and
WHEREAS, MCES is offering a Preliminary Minimum Allocation of $50,000 for each eligible city
with provisions for distribution of remaining funds proportionally to submitted eligible project costs
until all $8,739,000 in available funding has been allocated; and
WHEREAS, the City has submitted $2,577,419.70 in capital costs for sanitary sewer projects that
reduce I/I for reimbursement under the MCES grant program; and
WHEREAS, MCES has calculated the City’s grant amount to be $550,177.46; and
WHEREAS, an agreement with MCES is required to participate in the grant program and receive
grant funding.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA that the agreement with Metropolitan Council Environmental Services for the 2017
Municipal I/I Grant Program is approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the $550,177.46 in funding received from participation in the
2017 Municipal I/I Grant Program will reimburse the Sewer Fund.
APPROVED by the City Council on this 10th day of December, 2019.