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pg. 1 MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING JULY 22,1975 Meeting called to order at 5:18 PM by Assistant Mayor Abercrombie. Present: Councilmen Abercrombie,Shervheim & Pott & Councilwoman Lyons. Absent: Mayor Eder. Also present:Counsel Raleigh, Engineer Bonestroo & Engineer Noyes. Purpose of the meeting was to update council on status of the flood waters and.take any action that may be necessary. Engineer Noyes passed out a chart showing revised forcast based on data supplied by the Valley Branch Watershed District.The new forcast is for a maximum rise on Lake Jane of 6 1/2", down from the original 10 1/2". Mr. Noyes explained that both pumps had failed on Friday July 18 and were down over the weekend. Pump from Berschens' Pond to park area would be resumed July 22. Pump from Jane to Berschens` would hopefully be operating later that same day.New pumps were obtained from Subsoil and More trench. New pumps will operate at 3,000 gals/min. Here are some listings of lake levels reported by engineer. Olson 7-15-75 929.97 7-21-75 929.97 Jane 7-15-75 922.27 7-18-75 922.33 7-22-75 922.41 Sunfish 7-15-75 890.89 7-18-75 890.77 Long Lake 7- 7-75 943.83 7-21-75 941.80 Normal maximum on Long Lake is 937.5. Rate of drop over the past 2 weeks is about 2"/day. It is anticipated that this same rate will continue barring further rain. The Olson-Demontrevill weir is overflowing at the rate of 2,000 gals/min. Mr. Noyes explained that there are five different storage area in the park property. To date, all water pumped has soaked into the ground and there is no ponding. Mr. Noyes advised that he, along with Forester Beach, had inspected the area. His report was for general information only and that the forester would submit an official report.Trees in the area which could get flooded include 92-170 Birch, 120-130 Oaks, 325-400 Aspen,15 Black Cherry and 10 misc. Actually the area could some clearing as it is heavily overgrown. Counsel Raleigh reported that on Sunfish Lake property owners Whitman, Friedrich & Schiltgen were not adverse to raising the level of the lake. Mr. Beaubien was very definitely against and the owner of the Snyder property not contacted. Mr. Bonestroo advised that the railroad had researched their records and could find no record of any kind of a culvert under the railroad right-of-way between Sunfish Lake and Lake Elmo. . Engineer advised that information on all actions taken have been reported to the DNR and to the VBWD. C.Taylor, G. Hedges and K. Kennedy were present and suggested the possibility of citizens volunteer group to make periodic inspection of equipment throughout the night to make sure that pumps are operating properly and if not to inform engineer. Report that NSP Gas Division has been pumping water from Ed. Beutel's Pond into Eagle Point Fork. Motion by Councilman Shervheim 2nd by Councilwman Lyons directing clerk to write letter to NSP advising them that they do no pumping, which ultimately ends up in any of Lake Elmo's Lakes unless it has been cleared through the City Council. Carried 4-0. Mayor Eder absent.