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R-73-14 RESOLUTION VILLAGE OF LAKE ELMO WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA A RESOLUTION TEMPORARILY RESTRICTING BUILDING ON CERTAIN LAKESHORE LOTS. WHEREAS, the water level on Lakes DeMontreville, 0lson and .lane, has risen substantially during the past three months to the point where it now appears to be flooding individual sewage systems around those lakes; and WHEREAS, the Village Council has received requests from a number of residents on Lake Jane to take some action on an emergency basis to lower the level of Lake Jane to prevent damage to their real estate and to reduce the risk of pollution of the Lake; and WHEREAS, the Village Council has also been asked to work with the Valley Branch Watershed District in order to find a long term solution to the same problems; and WHEREAS, the Village has determined that there is an immediate danger of aggravating the flooding and causing pollutionto the lake itself and possibly the wells of existing lakeshore residents if further filling along the lakeshore is permitted in connection with new construction; moreover, the Council has determined that because of the unexplained rise in the lake levels there may be risks of pollution by any new individual sewage systems which may be built even without fill; and WHEREAS, the Village Council has directed that the Village Engineer make a survey of said lakes in their present condition and advise the Council as to the dangers of lake and ground water pollution and the risk of flooding which may be incurred by further filling and building along said lakes so that such dangers may be avoided by determining the areas in which it's unsafe to fill or build; and WHEREAS, the Village Engineer has been instructed to return a report within sixty days from the date hereofo NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that all building on lakeshore lots on Lakes DeMontreville, Olson and Jane, shall hereby be temporarily prohibited for a period of sixty (60) days from the date hereof in order to allow time for said Engineer to return, his report and for the Village to adopt, by ordinance, such regulations as may be necessary to avoid flooding, pollution and the attendant damage to the health and welfare of the residents of the Village. Adopted by the Village Council this 15th day of May, 1973- lZ(iu� n- Calvin J. Bookman, Mayor Attest. Donald Mehs iko r, Village Clerk