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<br />COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT <br />Social Media <br /> Meeting Agenda <br />Web Site <br /> Public Hearings <br /> AdministratorÓs Report uploaded <br /> Parks Programming <br /> Committee Agendas/Packets uploaded <br /> Elections <br /> Community Notification of City Hall Phone <br />Issues <br />Community Email List <br /> <br />AdministratorÓs Report <br />Reader Board <br /> Meeting Agenda <br /> Meeting Schedules <br /> Community Events <br /> Parks Programming <br /> Elections <br /> <br />SEWER AND WATER <br />Commercial Water Connection Fee Assistance <br />At the last City Council meeting, the Council voted to extend the program through the end of 2023. The <br />program offers half-priced hook-up charges for businesses hooking to city water. <br /> <br />Wellhead Protection Plan <br />The Minnesota Department of Health held a kick-off meeting with city staff and consultants for the <br />implementation of the cityÓs Part-2 Wellhead Protection Plan. The group reviewed items in the documents <br />and the timelines associated with various activities. Staff will be following up on the action items over the <br />course of the next few months. <br /> <br />Well #2 Repairs <br />The cityÓs primary well (Well #2) started having some electrical problems a few months ago. Several weeks <br />ago, those problems got worse and ended up necessitating having the 14-year old pump and motor replaced, <br />along with the Variable Frequency Drive which runs the motor. In total, costs for the replacement of these <br />components amounted to just under $25,000. City staff made the decision to replace these elements in short <br />order, without bringing them before the council for a number of reasons. First, having the cityÓs primary <br />well out of service during the heat of the summer, is not a desireable situation. Secondly, some of the parts <br />were in and out of back-order status and staff felt it wise to move while they were available on a timely <br />basis. <br /> <br />We are happy to report that, during this outage, our redundant systems performed very well. The cityÓs <br />secondary well (Well #1) was able to keep up and the chemical and monitoring equipment at that well <br />performed as expected. Additional redundancies, in our two interconnections to the Lino Lakes water system <br />were double checked and stood at the ready. However, they were never needed, due to the adjustments made <br />by our public works department and the performance of our back-up well. <br /> <br />This situation was a reminder of the many things that go on behind the scenes to ensure our sewer and water <br />customers have reliable and safe service. Our staff and built-in redundant systems performed well and we <br />were glad to have them both at the ready. <br /> <br /> <br />