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Minutes of Lake Elmo City Council Meeting July �; 1978 Meeting reconvened at 6:07 P.M. - Jyly "lj, 1978 All council members present plus counsel and engineer. V.B.W.D. - Councilman Shervheim'reported on V.B.W.D. action relative to current and future flooding. Action was minimal. V.B.W.D. agreed to make available $1200jyear to assist in flood control projects. They did give their blessings to pump; -.oil Jamaca & Hwy. 212 and to raise the level of .Eagle Point Lake 'by means of a dike. , V.B.W.D. also approved increasing the size of the Lake Elmo outlet to 480 if 3M club approves. This carried 3 - 2. Costs - Estimated rental of pump to lower water at Jamaca & Hwy. 212 was $1200. Estimated cost of Eagle Point Dike would be $2 - 3000 if City furnished the labor. Pumping: Motion by Councilman Morgan:, 2nd by Councilman Shervheim to have City employees install pump and start pumping at Jamaca Court. The volume to be pumped is limited to 40 acre feet which would reduce water level by 21. Carried 5 � 6. Engineer reported that iron Harnack of DNR had given verbal approval to proposed action. He requested that City keep accurate records of action taken, When pumped, amount pumped, effect on the water level, etc.. He also requested a sketch show- ing the proposed dike on Eagle Point Lake. Dike: Motion by Councilman Shervheim, 2hd by Councilman Morgan to proceed with construction of the Eagle Point Dike with the final closure accomplished by means of sandbags which could be put in place or removed to control the flow of water from Eagle Point Lake into Lake Elmo, Carried 5 .. O, Lake Jane - Le4ion Pond: Motion by Counoilman shervheini, 2x:cl by Councilman Morgan to set a flood control project hearing for Lake Jane and Legion Ave. Pond for Tuesday July 25th : 7 00 P.M. in the Lake Elmo Vlementary School., A citizen suggested the possibility of an annual early spring meeting to map action in case of an emergerimy, Although it was agreed that this was a food idea counsel poii4ted out that it wouldn't fulfill the requirements of the statute., Rita Schiltgen: Miss 9chiltgen voiced a complaintthatchangpa in the run-off on 31st St. N. at the East and had caused flooding #o her garden. Even during the heavy rains of 1915 there was no ponding on her property. Mayor instructed the engineer to review this matter with Miss. Sohiltgen to determine cause of problem. Adjournment: Motion by Councilman Morgan, 2nd by Councilman Pott to adjourn at 7n06 P.M. ?rid, 7, 1978. Carried 5 0.