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WHEREAS, it appears to the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo that immediate emergency action is necessary to remove the contaminated flood water from the Jamaca Court area, and to lower the level of Lake Elmo; and WHEREAS, it appears to the City Council that it may be necessary and appropriate to take other emergency action to pre- vent substantial flood damage and to preserve public and private property in other parts of the City of Lake Elmo and to avoid health hazards which may result from the flooding of individual sewage disposal systems; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo has, before this date, determined that the problem of control of flood waters and the prevention of damage from flood waters is, to a large extent, beyond the jurisdiction and responsibility of the City of Lake Elmo and that the Valley Branch Watershed District has both the power and authority to deal with these matters: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by. the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo as follows: 1. That the City Council by this Resolution, requests immediate emergency action by the Valley Branch Watershed District to abate the flood conditions in the Jamaca Court area and in the area surrounding Lake Elmo Lake. 2. The City Council suggests that the appropriate temporary action in the Jamaca Court area would be to install pumping equipment to move the water to Eagel Point Fork or, to replace the existing culvert so that the flood waters will drain by gravity into the Eagle Point Fork waterway. 3. That the City Council suggests that appropriate emergency action to reduce the level of Lake Elmo Lake would be to sand bag the outlet of Eagle Point Lake so as to retain more water and slow the flow to Lake Elmo Lake. 4. The Valley Branch Watershed District and the_ State Department of Natural Resources are hereby notified that the City of Lake Elmo considers the suggested temporary emergency action to be a minimum necessary to protect the health and safety of the Lake Elmo residents within the Jamaca Court area and in the area surrounding Lake Elmo Lake and for that reason it is the City Council's present intention to take such temporary action to protect the public in the event the Valley Branch Watershed District fails to. If it becomes necessary for the City to take such action the consent and financial assistance of the Valley Branch Watershed District and the consent and assistance of the Department of Natural Resources is hereby requested.