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MINUTES OF THE LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING JULY 1, 1975 pg. 2 Tri-Lakes Potential Flooding:John Banks, Scotty Lyall and George Hedges appeared to discuss the water problem in the Tri-Lakes Area. Mr. Banks acted as ( spokesman. He advised that level of water in Deer Pond was 925.24' and that homes were already flooded or were in danger of being flooded. Requested that water be held back upstream and that the weir on Lake Olson be raised 2'. An increase of 16" would flood the Sovereign's. If flooding is permitted up to $1,000,000 in real estate could be affected by the high water. on Lake Jane. Mr. Sovereign suggested that council should check the legal problems regarding changing the flow of water before taking any action. Question was raised about the possibility of diverting the water out of the North end of Long Lake to White Bear Lake. Mr. Banks requested we take action on an emergency basis. Mr. Gidlow advised that Long Lake was draining full force through a 9" culvert. Scotty Lyall commented that people had raised the question of destruction of trees; he assured council that if this is the problem that they would get someone to clean up old trees and replant new ones when the emergency was over. Right now the problem is real estate and a lot of people are going to be affected. Motion by Councilman Pott 2nd by Councilman Shervheim to take action on the items recommended by engineer. Discussion followed on most of the problem areas. At 11:15 PM Mayor Eder recessed the meeting advising that the council would reconvene the meeting on Wednesday July 2. 1975 at 6:30 PM to resume discussion and continue the meeting. The break would give some chance to see the problems firsthand before rendering a decision. Mayor called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM July 2, 1975. Mayor and all members of the council were present. Also present were counsel and eng. Councilman Pott withdrew his original motion on flood control. Councilman Shervheim offered Resolution R75-21 ordering emergency flood control procedures as needed per the engineer with a maximum expenditure of $5,000 and requested council agreement. Second by Councilman Pott. Carried 5-0, Councilman Shervheim offered Resolution R75-22 Receiving Engineer's report and calling for a public hearing on surface water control project 1 and asked for council agreement. Second by Councilman Pott. Carried 5-0. Adjournment: Motion by Councilman Pott 2nd by Councilman Abercrombie to adjourn at 9:15 PM. Carried 5-0. Donald Mehsikomer Lake Elmo City Clerk