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RESOLUTION NO. 14 -022 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON RESOLUTION TO PURSUE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CLEAN WATER GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS FOR SANITARY SEWER LINE REPAIRS WHEREAS, The City of New Brighton has been advised by the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) that the City allows excessive Clear Water inflow and infiltration (I &I) to be discharged to the Metropolitan Council's sanitary collection and treatment facilities and that the City may be fined or required to pay additional fees for such discharges; and WHEREAS, The City of New Brighton has been designated by the MCES as a high priority area and eligible to receive appropriations from the Clean Water Grant Program for rehabilitation or service line replacement; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council has given notice that funding for this local improvement project is available; and WHEREAS, The City of New Brighton City Council adopted a water and sewer service policy which states that "Private Sewer Services are all sewer lines from a private structure or building to the public sewer in the street are private sewer services regardless of size, and that the maintenance of any private sewer service shall be the property owners responsibility "; and WHEREAS, Elimination of I &I from the service line is considered by the City of New Brighton to be maintenance of the service and that any costs associated with said maintenance shall be the sole cost of the property owner; and WHEREAS, Only sewer service laterals that are owned and maintained by the property owner (private, governmental, institutional), between its connection to the municipally owned trunk or lateral system and the first cleanout inside the building shall be eligible for grant reimbursement; and NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF NEW BRIGHTON MINNESOTA: 1. All sanitary sewer lateral repair work associated with Inflow and Infiltration shall be submitted to MCES for eligibility approval for Clean Water Grant Program appropriations. 2. Upon pre - approval, the City of New Brighton will enter into a standard MCES agreement for fund reimbursement until funds are exhausted or the program is terminated. 3. The City hereby designates the City Engineer, as the authorized City representative for participation in the Grantee Program.