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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING JULY 8, 1980 -2- LEGION POND: R. Mordick 16051 Quality Ct. - Has lived in Lake Elmo since 1948. Stated when the lake comes up so does the pond. The pond experiences a delayed reaction to the elevation of Lake Elmo. He does not think pumping will solve the problem. Lake Elmo is the highest it has ever been; water has always been in the pond area. He does not feel he would benefit from pumping, he would rather see the water high. A. Henning - 2921 Legion Avenue - Suggests filling the lots and raising the elevation. Councilman Pott stated the Council did consider filling and dredging. It was determined it would take 1,000 yds. of fill per lot. Dredging could raise the pond if the water table is below the pond. J. Renfrew - asked if the pumping of Lake Jane has an effect on Lake Elmo. None has been noted by Valley Branch. J. Toft - 2764 Legion Avenue - Stated once the level of the pond is controlled the residents on Legion plan to fill their yards, possibly construct a retaining wall and repair their septic systems. They do plan to help themselves once the pond level is reduced. They have tried filling in the past, but it has been washed away. D. Durand - His family has been in Lake Elmo since 1938. The water has never been this high. Since 1975 when the water started coming up he has lost 200 ft. of frontage. E. Goerss - Feels filling in the lots is a bad idea. His property is on the south end of the pond and feels filling will only transfer the water from one property to another. If the residents on Legion Avenue are allowed to fill and flood his property he should have the same right to fill his land, thus displacing the water onto other land. This should be considered. Pott stated that there is no inexpensive way to drain this area by gravity. Property to the north is not large enough to store the 70 acre feet of water. He also explained that the'City's Lake Level Control Policy will allow the City to control the level of Lake Elmo at the outlet. Mayor Armstrong asked for a show of hands from residents that favor test borings. (These borings would be assessed to the benefitted properties.) D. Collyard -- 2814 Legion Avenue - Feels every opinion expressed is right. He feels the City should lend a hand in paying for resolving this problem as he feels they�,are at;;the end of the water pumped from Lake Jane. P.ayor Armstrong cited the City Councils policy for using General Revenue Funds to subsidize individual projects that are not City wide. The Lake Jane pumping was assessed out to the benefitting property owners, as so should this project. COUNT: 16 property owners are in favor of drilling test wells; 4 are against the wells; and, 7 are opposed to both the test wells and the.pumping. West Lakeland Resident - opposes any pumping into Lake Elmo. They have expended $7,OOO,to date,resolving their own water problems and feel any pumping into Lake Elmo would aggravate their problem. Armstrong stated,that should pumping or dredging prove not feasible, the City has the authority to sub,idize a program at a low interest rate,which would allow the home owners to do the necessary improvements (fill or raise the homes). This would be payable twice a year on the home owners tax statement. Mayor Armstrong closed the hearing at 8:45 p.m.