1c. Approve MN Dept. of Health Grant Application for Funds to Seal Minnetonka Middle School West Well4
CITY OF
CHANAASSEN
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJ:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
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Paul Oehme, Director of Public Works /City Engineer
December 13, 2010
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Approve Minnesota Department of Health Grant Application for
Funds to Seal the Minnetonka Middle School West Well
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PROPOSED MOTION
"The City Council approves the grant application in the amount of $10,000 to seal
the Minnetonka Middle School West well."
City Council approval requires a simple majority vote of the City Council present.
BACKGROUD
The Minnetonka School District has requested the City remove or seal the City well
on the Minnetonka Middle School West campus so a building expansion project can
take place. The school district is planning to make a small expansion to the lunch
facilities next summer. In order for this expansion project to occur, the well will need
to be sealed since it is in close proximity to the expansion project.
The school well was originally constructed and used by the school district before
municipal services were available in the area. After the services were provided to the
school, the City agreed to take ownership of the well. The City currently, nor has it
ever, used this well as a production well. In 2008, the City evaluated making this
well into a production well. The study concluded it was not cost effective to convert
the well into a City production well. The well is too small, would cost a significant
amount of funds to hook it up to the distribution system and would not be able to
produce enough water to make it worthwhile.
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DISCUSSION
Senior Center
Phone: 952.227.1125
Staff has found a competitive grant that may help offset some of the cost to seal the
Fax: 952.227.1110
well. The Minnesota Department of Health administers this grant to support source
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water protection for public water suppliers. Source water protection activities that are
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funded under this grant program focus on managing or eliminating potential sources
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December 13, 2010
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of contamination that could present a risk to the public water supplier. The funding for competitive
grants is provided under Chapter 172 -HF 1231 (2009 Session Law). The Clean Water, Wildlife,
Cultural Heritage, and Natural Resources Amendment to the Minnesota constitution provide funding
to the Minnesota Department of Health to establish the source water protection competitive grant
program. The total amount of funding that is available through this grant is $200,000 and the
maximum amount for any grant is $10,000. The estimate cost to seal the well is $35,000. The City
would need to fund the remaining amount of the project. Funding for the City share of the project
would be paid for out of the Water Utility Fund.
Attachment: Resolution
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: December 13, 2010 RESOLUTION NO: 2010-
MOTION BY: SECONDED BY:
RESOLUTION APPROVING A GRANT APPLICATION
FOR FUNDS TO SEAL THE MINNETONKA MIDDLE
SCHOOL WEST WELL — PW015
WHEREAS, the Minnetonka School District has requested the City remove or seal the City
well on the Minnetonka Middle School West campus so a building expansion project can take
place; and
WHEREAS, the City currently, nor has it ever, used this well as a production well and has
completed a study that concluded the well is not cost effective to convert to a production well; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Health has a competitive grant in the amount of
$10,000 available to help offset some of the cost to seal the well.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that City of Chanhassen approves a grant
application for funds to seal the Minnetonka Middle School West well.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 13 day of December, 2010.
ATTEST:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
YES NO ABSENT