DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Submit Clean Water Fund Grant Application For Spring Lake Park Reserve Ravine Stabilization Project
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize submission of a Clean Water Fund grant application to the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) for stabilization of an actively eroding ravine within Spring Lake Park Reserve (SLPR).
SUMMARY
Spring Lake is a portion of Pool 2 of the Mississippi River located three miles upstream of U.S. Lock and Dam No. 2 in Hastings. A ravine within SLPR is actively eroding, which has resulted in damage to the natural resource features within SLPR and the Mississippi River.
The Clean Water Fund is a state grant program administered by BWSR and is made available to local government units annually via a competitive grant application process. Staff developed preliminary project plans and estimated the water quality benefits of the proposed projects and cost estimates for a potential Clean Water Fund grant application to BWSR. The proposed improvements to alleviate ravine erosion include tree removals, garbage removal, earthwork, riprap, storm sewer, and vegetation restoration.
Staff has drafted a Clean Water Fund application to BWSR in the amount of $650,000.00 to implement the ravine stabilization improvements. The Clean Water Fund's grant program requires a minimum 10 percent cash match of the grant amount, which is $65,000, if the entire grant request is awarded. However, the County will provide a 17 percent match or $110,000 to cover preliminary and final design, garbage clean-up, and project management. It is anticipated that the grants awards will be announced during the summer of 2026, but acceptance will only occur at the time the match amount is approved in the 2027 budget process.
The proposed project is estimated to reduce total phosphorus by 211 pounds and total suspended solids by 248 tons of sediment to the Mississippi River annually....
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