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R-76-12 1. The City Council has determined that it is in the public interest to have the Commissioner of Natural Resources establish the natural ordinary high water level of each significant body of public water in the City of Lake Elmo - establishing at the earliest possible date in 1976 the natural ordinary high water level for Lakes DeMontreville, Olson, Jane, Sunfish, Eagle Point, Horse- shoe and Elmo and the several ponds lying between Lakes Olson and Jane, all as provided by Section 105.43 of the Minnesota Statutes. The Council by this Resolution renews its request for an early establishment of said water levels by said Commissioner and understands that the Department of Natural Resources is now accumulating the information necessary for the Commissioner to make his determination and establish such levels. 2. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the City Council to comply with the request of the Department of Natural Resources and the conditions im- posed by said Department in the permit issued for temporary pumping from Lake Jane and begin, immediately, enforcing,by appropriate legal action after notice, compliance with the ordinances of this City, the regulations of said Department and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and other applicable laws and regulations relating to individual sewage disposal systems on or near public waters within the City of Lake Elmo. 3. The City Council hereby urges the Valley Branch Watershed District as the public agency having direct authority and responsibility for control of surface water and prevention flood problems in the City of Lake Elmo to complete its Overall Plan revision by July 1, 1976, and to proceed, as quickly as may be permitted by law, with such temporary and permanent flood control projects as are necessary to prevent future flood damage in the City of Lake Elmo and levying or assessing the cost thereof in a fair and equitable manner throughout the en- tire Watershed District, based on consideration of the benefits received by any particular property and the contribution to flood problems caused by the present or potential use of various properties within the District. 4. It is hereby declared to be the policy of this City, to encourage and foster the permanent reconstruction or relocation of homes and other substantial improvements located within the flood plain and, to this end, ;it shall be the policy of the City to assist in the financing of such improvements for the pur- pose of preventing flood damage through the sale of bonds, if necessary, and assessment of the cost of such financing against the property receiving the benefit of the improvement upon petition by the property owner seeking such assistance and establishing the need therefor. 5. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the City of Lake Elmo, to secure, where possible, grants-in-aid from the State and Federal government to assist in paying any expense the City has incurred in connection with its effort to prevent flood damage whether temporary or permanent, including any temporary flood control projects ordered during the year 1976, and the City has accordingly directed its officers and employees to make appropriate investigations, and where practical, make application for such grants-in-aid. Adopted by the City Council this 23rd day of April, 1976. Attest: w k e �t w-r- Mayn L. Eder, Mayor Donald Mehsi}(omer, Clerk