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City Council Minutes October 3, 2022 Page 2 of 10 4. Open Forum No one appeared for open forum. 5.1. Splash Pad Fundraising Update Mayor Gardner stated Jenny Gonczy messaged him that the grand opening ribbon cutting is planned for May 25, 2023, the Thursday before Memorial day. It was discussed that it is currently operational. Nick Roy stated the Department of Health will need to look at too. The Mayor said that CRS set up the controls today. Nick Roy said we still need a cabinet to house fixtures. Council Member Pederson asked when the paver placement will be done and suggested we get someone lined up to place them. Mr. Roy said it is Ms. Gonczy' s thing along with the benches and it was suggested to go to the Park Board. 5.2. SCDP Application Mr. Houle said the Council already approved Widseth to put together the SCDP Application and he clarified there is no fee to submit it. He said it is a competitive program, he said later in the year they will look at applications and they will start to get a read on if City will be successful. He stated there are several places that need to be signed and said the Council should be aware of pages 28-23 which contain the conflict-of-interest statement and there is one per Council Member to sign. COUNCIL MEMBER RONNING MOVED TO APPROVE WIDSETH TO SUMBIT THE SMALL CITIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION. COUNCIL MEMBER SEILS SECONDED THE MOTION. Council Member Ronning asked if the proposed third pond is going to help to get the largest grant and if don't do third pond what are the consequences. Mr. Houle said there three components to the project. He said explained the main lift station to the City is at Gravdahl and all the wastewater goes to that main station and then it is pumped through one force main out to the wastewater treatment plant. He said the third component is to look at a third stabilization cell pond but capacity wise the City will be fine with two ponds. He said when they looked at the study operationally in present day standard it is to have three ponds to shift wastewater. He said to remove one of those components at least from an initial application it will not make a difference. Mr. Houle said when funding agencies start to ask more focused questions then they might have the discussion on which components stay. Mayor Gardner asked if the third pond was pulled out after the application is approved does it affect how much money the City will receive. Mr. Houle said that if it is change after it is approved that would probably not be the best approach. He said if they are starting to focus on this project, they would have those discussions. Discussion ensued about capacity and when a third pond would be needed, and Mr. Houle said with the proposed new hook ups coming up it will not send the City overcapacity, but it is more about the operation aspect. Discussion ensued about the cost and time frame of the grant.