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Member Weir introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
CITY OF MEDINA
RESOLUTION NO.2007-44
RESOLUTION CONTESTING METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES (MCES) INFILTRATION/INFLOW 2008 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 therefore the City of Medina is included in the I/I Surcharge Program,
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) starting in 2007, 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 annual surcharge amount, including credit for "peak flow mitigation expenses
underway" since the peak flow event, and
WHEREAS, the credit for "peak flow mitigation expenses" must be applied for each year
before September 15, and expenses must be documented in detail by March 15 of the following year
while in the UI program, 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 prepared a letter report dated August 28,
2006 that documented expenses for I/I rehabilitation in excess of the proposed five year surcharge
amount and the City of Medina has invested additional effort in 2007 toward UI identification and
reduction, and
WHEREAS, the MCES is continuing to monitor the flows and the City of Medina will
remain in the I/I program with potential future surcharges if the peak flows recur, and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT:
Resolution No. 2007-44
September 4, 2007
1. The City Engineer is directed to prepare the annual MCES submittal requesting credit
and summarizing efforts and expenditures since June 9, 2004 and submit the document
to the MCES on the City's behalf before the September 15, 2008 deadline.
2. The City Engineer is directed to work with the City Administrator to compile the
necessary invoices and records and prepare a submittal to document the I/I expenses
from the Cities of Medina, Independence, and Greenfield as required by the MCES prior
to March 15, 2008.
3. The City of Medina will continue to evaluate the I/I situation as more information is
developed in the next few years.
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 4, 2007
T.M. Crosby, Jr., May
Attest:
Chad M. Adams, City Administrator -Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Smith and upon
vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Crosby, Smith, Weir, Cavanaugh, Johnson
and the following voted against same:
None
Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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September 4, 2007