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City Council Minutes January 2, 2024 Page 7 of 10 Mayor Gardner and Council Member Pederson add to the discussion they believe this committee is going to be great for input moving forward. Council Member Pederson states it is keeping the big picture and adding pieces, so that it is a progression and not all at once. He mentions one of the hot areas is the NW Area. He states one question he does have on that would be timelines. If someone was to walk in here and ask how long it would be to get water and sewer to the property, whether there are obstacles to get these projects completed, etc. Mr. Houle responds in a separate study analyzing the City's current water and wastewater systems and whether they can handle taking on more or if they need to be updated, changed, moved or new systems added. He adds when the draft is presented at February's meeting, you can then start getting your arms wrapped around dollars. Council Member Pederson inquires of Mr. Houle about the ballpark timeline of a build starting. He replies that we have this study phase, then get into budgeting. Once the priorities are decided, you would then move to a design phase and then a construction phase. He gives an example of timelines and states if decisions are made quickly, and council members can find funding for a specific project and get it approved by the end of 2024 you could potentially roll on that in 2025. Overall, two years would be a fairly fast timeline. 9.4. Bobber Tower Maintenance/Repair Mayor Gardner states they have a quote from $15,000 to remove the jacket around the pipe of the water tower. Mr. Schwartz explains the jacket is covering the pipe that runs up the center of the water tower, and inside the jacket is insulation. He states they would remove the pipe entirely. Mayor Gardner states on December 4, 2006, City Council signed a maintenance agreement with the Chamber of Commerce. In the agreement, it states the Chamber would be responsible for all maintenance of the Bobber Water Tower. The terms of the agreement were never met, and the Chamber does not have funding available for this. Council Member Pederson brings to attention the water tower is Bobber Park and believes that this should be a park expense. Discussion ensues on where the expense and responsibility should fall. Council Member Ronning asks what would happen if we chose to do nothing. Mr. Shwartz responds stating the jacket is separated toward the top and it will continue to happen. If would not be a good look. He adds that it is not a safety issue, as it will not fall off and injure anybody. Mr. Schwartz says this is not something he would consider doing until Spring and we have time to reach out and get a plan together. Council Member Ronning questions when current jacket was repaired and who paid for that repair. Mr. Schwartz states the repair of the jacket was 15-20 years ago. Mayor Gardner suggests not moving on this today and in the meantime, he will reach out to the Chamber to have a meeting about this. Not to say that the city shouldn't help, because the city dropped the ball on our end of the maintenance agreement as well, but we should at least start with a discussion.