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4646 Dakota Street SE
Prior Lake, MN 55372
RESOLUTION 15-043
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER INTO A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH
THE MPCA TO FUND MONITORING AND TESTING OF THE IRON ENHANCED SAND FILTERS
Motion By: MCGUIRE Second By: MORTON
WHEREAS, The City of Prior Lake, in partnership with the Scott Watershed Management Organization,
the Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District, and the University of Minnesota Saint
Anthony Falls Lab (UMN), developed an innovative iron enhanced sand filtration (IESF)
stormwater treatment device, and;
WHEREAS, The City of Prior Lake constructed nine IESF devices as part of City project 11-012, and;
WHEREAS, The City of Prior Lake and UMN were awarded a Federal 319(h) Development, Education,
and Research grant administered by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), which
was used to study one IESF, and the grant will be complete on August 31, 2015, and;
WHEREAS, The City of Prior Lake previously passed Resolution 12-001, accepting the 319(h) grant, and;
WHEREAS, The City of Prior Lake, in partnership with the MPCA, has identified funding that will allow for
additional IESF study and help the City optimize stormwater system maintenance practices,
and;
WHEREAS, MPCA has drafted a Joint Powers Agreement for a grant-funded study of IESF sites in the
City of Prior Lake with title “Stormwater Best Management Practice (BMP) – Performance
Assessment Project.”
NOWTHEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA
as follows:
1.The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein.
2.The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into the Joint Powers Agreement titled “Stormwater Best
Management Practice (BMP) – Performance Assessment Project.”
3.Revenue and expense will be tracked in the Water Quality fund.
4.The 2015 Water Quality Fund budget is amended to reflect $28,350 in expenditures and revenues
associated with this Joint Powers Agreement.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 23 DAY OF MARCH 2015.
rd
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye
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Nay
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Abstain
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Absent
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Frank Boyles, City Manager