Adopt Resolution R2023-033 approving an agreement for funding a smart scale and brine tank, and a water quality stormwater project at the parking lot near Lewis Street West and 2nd Avenue West.

The Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) administers a grant program called Watershed Based Implementation Funding (WBIF). This program distributes clean water funds throughout the state for watershed districts and local partners to identify water quality implementation projects. The City of Shakopee partnered with the Lower Minnesota River Watershed District and the Scott Watershed Management Organization on two projects to receive 2023 WBIF. One project is for a smart scale and brine tank which helps reduce over-application of salt on roadways during winter maintenance activities. The second project is for a water quality stormwater project to reduce sediment and phosphorus loading to the Minnesota River which is located at the parking lot near Lewis Street West and 2nd Avenue West. The parking lot is going to be reconstruct in 2024 (see attached CIP sheets).

The total WBIF grant is for $162,818 and requires a minimum ten percent (10%) match.

There is $40,750 in the grant agreement for the smart scale and brine tank project. The local match is estimated at $4,800 and will be paid for from the Storm Drainage Fund.

There is $122,068 in the grant agreement for the water quality stormwater project which will be used to expand the project to provide additional water quality benefit. The local match will be paid for from the Storm Drainage Fund.