IV.7. Resolution Approving Grant Agreement between the Metropolitan Council and the City of Hopkins for the 2023 Municipal II Grant; Klingbeil CITY OF HOPKINS
City Council Report 2023-024
To: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
Mike Mornson, City Manager
From: Eric Klingbeil, City Engineer
Date: April 7, 2025
Subject: Approve Grant Agreement between the Metropolitan Council and the City
of Hopkins, 2023 Municipal I/I Grant
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
MOTION TO Adopt Resolution 2026-014, Resolution Approving Grant Agreement
between the Metropolitan Council and the City of Hopkins, 2023 Municipal I/I Grant
OVERVIEW
Staff applied for and received a grant from the Metropolitan Council to help eliminate
inflow and infiltration into our sanitary sewer system in the amount of $110,137. This
grant will be applied toward work completed during portions of the 2024 Street and
Utility Rehabilitation project.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
ď‚·Resolution 2026-014
Engineering
CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2026-014
RESOLUTION APPROVING GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
METROPOLITAIN COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF HOPKINS
2023 MUNICIPAL I/I GRANT
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) has identified the
City of Hopkins as one of the many metro cities having excessive quantities of storm
water and ground water, commonly referred to as Inflow and Infiltration (I&I), entering
the public sanitary sewer system, and
WHEREAS, to facilitate the reduction of I&I, MCES is offering a preliminary minimum
allocation of $25,000 per metro city, with provisions for future distribution of available
funding until the total $4,156,800 for the State of Minnesota has been expended on I&I
reduction measures, and
WHEREAS, The City of Hopkins was notified by MCES Letter of Intent of approval to
participate in the Grant Program and of estimated Final Reimbursement Amount of
$110,137; and
WHEREAS, the Public Works Department has identified public sanitary sewer system
components requiring rehabilitation to minimize or eliminate excessive I&I; and
WHEREAS, the City of Hopkins has completed $110,137 of work eligible for funding,
and desires to enter into Grant Agreement to finalize the reimbursement process.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Hopkins
1. The City Council hereby approves application for MCES 2023 Municipal Inflow &
Infiltration Grant Program.
2. The City Engineer or his designee is authorized to submit the applications and
execute Grant Agreement.
3. The City agrees to remit available grant funding towards the continued
minimization or elimination of excessive I&I within the public sanitary sewer
system.
4. The City will secure and retain receipts for all eligible repairs and that MCES will
have reasonable access to audit these records upon request.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hopkins this 7th day of April, 2026.
By:___________________________
Patrick Hanlon, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Amy Domeier, City Clerk