DEPARTMENT: Environmental Resources
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Submit Clean Water Fund Competitive Grant Application For Well Seal Grants And Authorization To Execute Grant Agreements
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, the State Clean Water Fund (CWF) through the Minnesota Board of Water Resources was established for the purpose of protecting, enhancing, and restoring water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams, in addition to protecting groundwater and drinking water sources from degradation; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County is eligible to receive a CWF grant because of the adopted 2020-2030 Dakota County Groundwater Plan; and
WHEREAS, staff proposes to apply for the CWF grant to support the existing Dakota County Well Seal Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, grant funds will be used for staff time in project development, program management, and administration costs and provide 50 percent cost-share funding to reimburse property owners for sealing unused wells; and
WHEREAS, unsealed water supply wells not in use pose a threat to health, safety, and the environment by providing a potential conduit for contamination from the surface down to drinking water aquifers; and
WHEREAS, this grant request supports the Dakota County Groundwater Plan strategy 1C2 to "prevent groundwater contamination by getting unused, unsealed wells sealed"; and
WHEREAS, the required ten percent non-state grant match will be offset by the landowner 50 percent cost-share match; and
WHEREAS, the grant application deadline is August 22, 2024, and the grant expiration date is December 31, 2027.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes staff to submit a Clean Water Fund grant application to the Board of Water and Soil Resources to support the Well Seal Grant Program for an amount up to $200,000; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, if the grant is awarded, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Envi...
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