23-100 (12-05) Approve Participation in the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) 2024 Private Property Inflow and Infiltration (II) Grant ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 23-100
A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE PARTICIPATION IN THE METROPOLITAN
COUNCIL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (MCES) 2024 PRIVATE PROPERTY
INFLOW AND INFILTRATION (I/I) GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Golden Valley has been identified by the Metropolitan
Council Environmental Services (“MCES”) as a qualifying municipality for the MCES grant
program which offers residents fifty percent reimbursement on residential sanitary sewer
rehabilitation costs up to $5,000 for applicants not meeting any equity criteria or $10,000
for applicants meeting the equity criteria; and
WHEREAS, the grant application requires the City Council to pass a resolution
authorizing staff to apply for the grant and authorizing the Mayor and City Manager to
sign the grant agreement on behalf of the City of Golden Valley; and
WHEREAS, the MCES also requires the City to agree to act as a Grant
Administrator for funds distributed by MCES to vendors that have met the grant
requirements and performed work for Golden Valley residents as part of the program ; and
WHEREAS, the City anticipates it would be one of several communities
participating in the grant program, which program terminates once MCES awards the total
of $1,500,000 set aside for the program.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNESOTA that this Council
Approves participation in the MCES 2024 Private Property I/I Grant Program (“the
Program”);
Authorizes the City to act as the Grant Administrator for MCES 2024 Private
Property I/I Grant Program for residents that meet the program requirements ;
Authorizes the Mayor and City Manager to sign the grant agreement on behalf of
the City and to deliver and execute such documents as may be required by MCES
or the City to administer the Program;
Designates Public Works Director as the authorized representative of the City for
the Program and authorizing them to provide certifications required in the Program
and to submit pay claims for reimbursement of Program costs on behalf of the City;
and
Directs staff to secure and retain documentation for all properties and ha ve them
available to MCES upon request.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Council understands that the grant
program terminates once MCES awards the total of $1,500,000 set aside for the
program.
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Passed by the City Council of the City of Golden Valley, Minnesota this 5th day of
December, 2023.
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Shepard M. Harris, Mayor
Attested:
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Theresa Schyma, City Clerk
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