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Our financing staff is knowledgeable of the funding agencies and their programs. Their experience includes securing state, federal and local funding for a variety of municipal projects from parks and trails, rehabilitating streets, industrial developments, to preserving historic buildings and structures. In fact, we've secured more than $100 million in just the past 24 months. Some of the drinking water projects that our team secured financing for include: • City of Pelican Rapids - Water Treatment Improvements; $600,000 low interest loan (Drinking Water Revolving Fund)/$250,000 grant (Business Development Public Infrastructure) • City of Akeley - Water Treatment Improvements; $600,000 low interest loan (Drinking Water Revolving Fund)/$300,000 (Small Cities Development Program) • City of Belgrade - Water Treatment/Supply Improvements; $600,000 low interest loan (Drinking Water Revolving Fund)/$400,000 (Small Cities Development Program) • City of Minnetrista — Water Treatment Plants; $10 million low interest load (Drinking Water Revolving Fund) • City of Gibbon — Water Treatment Improvements; $2.2 million low interest loan (Drinking Water Revolving Fund) Public involvement meeting. Projects come to life when the community emerges to share their voices. Public Involvement For our clients, the public involvement process incorporates citizens and stakeholders in the early stages of the planning process and encourages their participation throughout a project's lifecycle. Collaborating with the public allows policy makers to foster a shared project vision and enjoy a higher level of acceptance among planners, citizens, and other project stakeholders. SEH has found Public Informational Meetings (PIMs) to be a very effective approach for public education. In an informal setting, with scheduled presentations, residents can attend to learn about the project. Led by our SEH's Public Engagement Specialist, Kristin Petersen, our project team members experienced in managing the PIM and outreach efforts. What's more? We can tap into SEH's Corporate Communications team of 14 creative digital and content specialists to aid in tailoring the right tools and message to help tell the project story efficiently. Projects come to life when the community emerges to share their voices. We also recognize there is no single technique that works for all situations. As a result, for this feasibility study, the SEH team proposes to use the following methodologies as a guide for the Ramsey Water Treatment Facility planning phase the public involvement process: • Begin in late March -early April 2020, with two months of informational mailers in customers' water bills and postings to the City's website and other social media avenues the City normally uses regarding issues of water quality, water demands and FAQs on water treatment and treatment facility function. • Then follow these postings with a survey that asks customers to weigh in on issues like softening verses simple iron and manganese removal and comparative cost of treatment on a 1,000 gallon basis. • Along about the beginning of May 2020, initiate an open house to discuss the survey results and share more information as the Preliminary Design Report draft nears production. • Review the information with City staff at a meeting and consensually agree on incorporating customer feedback into the final Preliminary Design Report drawings and text. • Then go back to the website and social media to demonstrate we heard, understood and value the ideas, concerns and goals of all people and thank everyone for their interest and input on water treatment in Ramsey. 10 CENTRALIZED WATER TREATMENT FACILITY PROPOSAL