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Minutes of the Lake Elmo City Council, June 19,, 1979 Mayor Armstrong convened the meeting at 5:15 p.m. Councilors present: Mottaz and Johnson. Also present Administrator Whittaker, Engineer Bohrer and Building Inspector Kluegel. AGENDA: Addition under Administrators Report — Release of bond money for Green Acres. Mottaz moved, Johnson seconded to approve the agenda. Motion carried 3-0. MINUTES: June 5, 1979 — Mottaz moved, Armstrong seconded, to amend the corrected approval of the May 23, 1979 minutes and include the additional correction. Page 3, paragraph 4, Spare Hydrant —.....that the City pruchase a fire hydrant and install a gate valve to have in reserve for emergency repairs... Motion carried 3-0. Armstrong moved, Mottaz seconded to approve the minutes of June 6, 1979, Lake Elmo Board of Review, as written. Motion carried 3-0. Armstrong contacted the County about the figures for Tom Wisdom, per Pott*s sug— gestion. The County indicated the square footage correction, but felt after going through the residence their assessed valuation of $97,000 was more than fair... Mottaz moved., Armstrong seconded, to approve the minutes of June 12, 1979, as written. Motion carried 3-0. The date on page 2 to be changed to June 12 rather than June 6. CLAIMS: Mottaz moved, Armstrong seconded, to approve claims 79335 thru 79385. Motion carried 3-0. BUILDING INSPECTOR: A. Olinger — Inspector Kluegel presented some photographs for Council � review. He suggested some screening of the property and a possible mining violation. The Administrator talked to Mr. Olinger. He has an agreement with the abutting property owner to cut down a hill be— hind his property. He feels the mining is granfathered in. The Administrator agreed to meet with Mr. Olinger again and work out possible screening and resolve the mining question. The safety factor is the primary concern where there is a mining operation. B. Lake Elmo Hardwood Lumber — Many complaints have been registered zbout on —street parking and noise on week —ends, partiuclarily Sunday. Another problem is water back—up on surrounding property. Bill Rogers indicated that despite lumber being stored in the parking lot there is still room for employee parking. He stated the lumber employees are using the lot and suggested that the cars on the street may be using the tennis courts. The Council suggested they look into this and if necessary remind their employees to use the lot rather than the street. # Thej— R,. sa ;+, +w ke El TTTQ A; Cam. The problem is most severe during flash flood conditions and aggrivated by no outlet down stream. No action can be taken until the storm sewers are completed in Brooknanrs Addition and the City finishes cleaning out the culvert running under 212. # "a person in the audience" made the remark that Brockman Addition m ay be the cause of the water problem in Lake Elmo Hardwood Lumber's parking lot. approved 8/7/79.