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Page 4 Lake and the ponds, lands and croaks between them will receive obvious primary impact.. There is a possibility (as only a detailed study by the watershed district engineers would show) that Lake Elmo would be impacted also, It will be shown below that the project could impact the runoff characteristics of Lakes Olson and DeMontreville also located within the village. () Need and necessity for the improvement. Lake Jane currently is at a dangerously high level. On October 31, 1972 its level was measured at 920 first above sea. level. It has been many years since :.he lake was at this level, as is evidenced by the large diameter of many of the trees that have drowned, at the high water's edge. Including all sizes, literally hundreds of tees have been lost around the shore of the lake. The project emi Mied in this petition is necessary to eliminate this problem. The variability of the weather (witness our current local record precipi- tation levels and high ground water content, to say nothing of the gri;.i national record for large scale flooding during the past summer), the black - topping of existing roads around the lake and the construction of new orris in conjunction with the additional urbanization that will surely taRe place in the suture, all point toward higher run-off rates, Faster zun-off coupled with the current high lake levels, would result in many homes around the lake being flooded. At present, none of the homes located around the lake are inundated. However, operation of some of the septic systems on the lake is impaired creating expense for the individual homeowner and a potential community health hazard. The project embodied in this petition is needed to eliminate these prob! emz. A continued rise in the level of Lake Jane for whatever reason, would result in the submergence of some of the septic systems around the Lake. In addition to the community health hazard mentioned above, this would, over a period of time, do damage to the lake. In October 1972, Barr Engin- eering, Engineers to the Valley Branch Watershed District, presented a report to the board of managers entitled "VALLEY BRANCH LAKE STLMY" . This report shows the present water quality of Lake Jane to be far superior to many other lakes in the area., and in one respect comparable to Clearwater rake in the northern part of the state. The project embodied in this