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companies have a three-step treatment process for killing the algae and explained that the costs varied from $1,500-3,000 dollars. He stated that he would want to ensure that the treatments were safe and not going to cause problems in other nearby water bodies. He stated that he felt these treatments would be a good short-term solution to implement in conjunction with the overall long-term mitigation plans. Kendra Godine 905 Transit Avenue Ms. Godine stated that she has been a resident in her home for 24 years. She stated that the pond was consistent with clarity up until 2015. She expressed her concern that Frog Pond is losing its appeal to surrounding residents. She stated that she feels that the City should be more active in budgeting monies for solutions to the water quality problems. Cvnthia White 2489 Churchill Street Ms. White stated that she does not live on the pond but that she walks in that area daily and stated that she has lived in her home for 22 years. She expressed that Frog Pond has showed significant decline in the past couple years. She stated that she understands funding is an issue but stated that she feels that water quality needs to be high on the priority list. Joe Inensen 875 Transit Avenue Mr. Inensen stated that he is a new resident to the area and stated that he used to live by Como Park and stated that water body was at one time very dirty and was eventually cleaned up. He suggested that might be a good comparison to look at to see what was done to clean up the water. Chair Cihacek asked if there were any short-term solutions to improving the water quality and asked what the appropriate steps would be. Ms. Anderson Wenz questioned whether Chair Cihacek was asking about Frog Pond or Lake Bennett. Chair Cihacek replied that it seemed like more people were concerned with Frog Pond but he would like to hear solutions for both water bodies. Ms. Anderson Wenz stated that Frog Pond is not the focus of the TMDL for Lake Bennettbut all solutions mentioned in the presentation could also be applied to Frog Pond. She stated that improving the water quality of Lake Bennett would in turn improve the water quality of Frog Pond. She clarified that the TMDL study although conducted in 2005 is only one piece of the many years of data that have been conducted over years regarding the Lake Bennett Study. Ms. Anderson Wenz explained that solutions, which are aimed at the source, take time to implement and stated that things put into Frog Pond may end up getting flushed out. She stated that the watershed aims at targeting the source of impairment, it does not focus on short- term solutions that target internal loads. Page 3 of 8