HomeMy Public PortalAbout2006-059 Resolution Contesting Met Council Env. Services (MCES) Infiltration/Flow 2007 SurchargeMember Weir introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
CITY OF MEDINA
RESOLUTION NO.2006-59
RESOLUTION CONTESTING METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES (MCES) INFILTRATION/INFLOW 2007 SURCHARGE
WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) has adopted an
Infiltration/Inflow Surcharge Program, and,
WHEREAS, the MCES has determined that the City of Medina has experienced at least one
peak flow event between June 2004 and June 2006, on June 9, 2004, that exceeds the MCES peak
flow goal for the City, and
WHEREAS, the MCES has proposed that the City of Medina pay an annual surcharge of
$30,310 for a period of five years ($151,550 total), or appeal the proposed surcharge in accordance
with the provisions of the Surcharge Procedure Manual, and
WHEREAS, the Surcharge Procedure Manual provides five (5) options for communities to
contest the proposed 2007 surcharge amount, including credit for "peak flow mitigation expenses
underway" since the peak flow event, and
WHEREAS, the Cities of Medina, Independence and Greenfield are all tributary to the
MCES flow meter that recorded the peak flow event, and
WHEREAS, the Cities of Independence and Greenfield are considered by the MCES to be
"customers" of the City of Medina, and part of the metered service area, and
WHEREAS, the City Engineering firm Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik and Associates has
prepared a letter report dated August 28, 2006 that documents expenses for I/I rehabilitation in
excess of the proposed 2007 surcharge amount.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT:
1. Based on the information provided in the August 28, 2006 Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik
and Associates letter report, the City of Medina formally requests that the proposed
MCES 2007 I/I surcharge be eliminated due to past expenditures that have exceeded the
proposed surcharge amount.
2. In addition, the City of Medina requests consideration of reducing or eliminating future
surcharges based on the previous expenditures.
3. The City of Medina will continue to evaluate the I/I situation as more information is
developed in the next few years.
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4. The City of Medina is committed to reducing I/I as much as possible to minimize
possible surcharges as well as annual volume charges.
Dated: September 5, 2006
ruce D. Workman, Mayor
Attest:
Chad M. Adams, City Administrator -Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Cavanaugh
upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Weir, Workman, Cavanaugh, Smith
And the following voted against same: (Absent: Brinkman)
None
Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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