Forest Lake Enhanced Street Sweeping Implementation
This project will support implementation of the draft Forest Lake Enhanced Street Sweeping Plan developed for the City of Forest Lake. Key findings indicate that bimonthly regenerative air sweeping has the potential to reduce loading to Forest, Clear, Comfort, Shields, and Sylvan Lakes by an additional 140 pounds per year compared to the existing contract sweeping.
Annie Felix-Gerth
$6,882,000 the first year and $12,618,000 the second year are for grants to protect and restore surface water and drinking water; to keep water on the land; to protect, enhance, and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; and to protect groundwater and drinking water, including feedlot water quality and subsurface sewage treatment system projects and stream bank, stream channel, shoreline restoration, and ravine stabilization projects. The projects must use practices demonstrated to be effective, be of long-lasting public benefit, include a match, and be consistent with total maximum daily load (TMDL) implementation plans, watershed restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), or local water management plans or their equivalents. A portion of these funds may be used to seek administrative efficiencies through shared resources by multiple local governmental units.
The City sweeps 240 curb miles twice annually. Purchase of a new sweeper supports an in-house program of 2 sweeps monthly, which could remove an additional 96 lb-P/yr to Forest Lake, 18 lb-P/yr to Comfort Lake, and 18 lb-P/yr to Clear Lake.
This project has resulted in an estimated annual reduction of 309 pounds of Phosphorus.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS