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Harper Woods accepts state grant to rehabilitate six sanitary outlets; work aims to clarify flows into Detroit system
Summary
Council approved accepting up to $134,700 from Michigan’s financially distressed-cities program to rehabilitate six sanitary sewer outlets—five on Kingsville and one on Kelly Road—to develop metered flow counts amid a settlement process with Detroit.
The Harper Woods City Council voted May 5 to accept a state grant of up to $134,700 to rehabilitate six sanitary sewer outlets that feed into Detroit’s system.
Acting City Manager Shamansky introduced the award from the State of Michigan’s financially distressed cities, villages and townships (FDCVT) program, saying the grant “will cover 6 sanitary outlets. 5 of those outlets are located on Kingsville, and the other is located on Kelly Road. Approximately 735 city lines are affected.”
A public works staff member, Heather, explained how the system is arranged: “there are 700 little over 700 lines that merge into 6 lines. Those 6 lines merge into Detroit system.” The council said accepting the grant and completing the improvements will help the city produce metered flow counts and inform a fair charge in an ongoing settlement discussion with Detroit over sanitary flows.
A resolution was adopted to accept the grant and to authorize the acting city manager to sign the agreement on behalf of the city. Council roll call recorded affirmative votes and the resolution passed the same evening.
Work under the grant will involve lining and rehabilitating the six outlets and producing flow data to support future billing and settlement work with Detroit.
