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MAYOR MAYNARD L. EDER COUNCILMEN ROBERT B. ABERCROMBIE FRANCIS J. POTT LLOYD SHERVHEIM COUNCILWOMAN DOROTHY HAMMES LYONS CLERK -TREASURER DONALD MEHSIKOMER C itt .of Uakt �tma ao4instDIl (gOlrilty ,Xa ie gi tto, Minnesota 55842 MEMORANDUM To: Don Mehsikomer, City Clerk From: Lloyd Shervheim, Councilman Subject: Special meeting of Lake Elmo City Council -- April 1, 1976 April 2, 1976 A special meeting of the Lake Elmo City Council was held on April 1, 1976. Present when the meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m. were Councilmen Francis Pott and Lloyd Shervheim; Mayor Maynard Eder; City Attorney Don Raleigh; and Engineer Tom Noyes. Councilwoman Dorothy Lyons arrived at 7:10 p.m. , and Councilman Bruce Abercrombie arrived at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Eder opened the meeting and informed the many persons in attendance that the pur- pose of the meeting was to consider whether a water emergency exists in Lake Elmo. He referred to the resolution adopted by the Tri-Lakes Improvement Association and to the several calls which members of the Council have received from persons threatened by sigh water, especially in the Tri-Lakes Area. He then opened the meeting to discussion. Resident Kirby Kennedy stated that a telephone call to the Weather Bureau had resulted in an unofficial prediction that April, 1976 would receive double the normal amount of pre- cipitation. Engineer Tom Noyes reported that as of three days ago, Long Lake was in excess of one foot over the overflow, that Demontreville and Olson lakes were overflowing into Lake Jane, that Lake Jane's elevation was 922. 6, that Sunfish Lake was at elevation 892, that Lake Elmo was at elevation 886, and that Eagle Point Lake was at elevation 895. He referred to the prediction of the engineer for the Valley Branch Watershed District that average precipitation without any pumping of water would cause Lake Jane to rise to an elevation of 925. 5 in 1976. He reported that the ground water level this year is two feet higher than last year throughout the city. He stated that last year Long Lake stood at five feet over the overflow but that we still had some storage available on lakes within the city. He reported that the homes currently imperiled numbered two on Olson - Demontre- ville, where the lowestfloor is below the current water level, one on Deer Pond where the home is at or slightly above the water level, one on Lake Jane which is below the water level (922. 6), two homes on Lake Elmo below its current water level, none on Eagle Point or Sunfish lakes, but that numerous septic tanks are flooded. Don Caldwell, a Lake Jane resident, asked what happens if the watershed tributary to ake Jane produces considerable inflow when Lake Jane is full. Engineer Noyes responded that Lake Jane would rise but that the inflow from Long Lake would be somewhat slowed by the limited capacity of a 15 inch culvert under the tracks.