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LAKE ELMO COUNCIL MTG - 1/17/84 Page four ` e Eder - Think we should continue to evaluate Eagle Point with Metro staff. 6 Morgan - Argument of the water quality of Eagle Point seems ridiculous because it now overflows into Lake Elmo. (Bohrer - Metro Council proposes a water -level control structure on Eagle Point to prevent most of the occurring overflow. Phosphorous is the critical nutrient.) • Morgan - Have all other avenues been significantly explored? (Bohrer - Report only explains two alternatives. Either project is paid by ad valorem tax.) • Morgan - Have seen so much damage done to Sunfish Park the way it is now with flooding so would not be opposed to Alternative -II since less permanent damage. M/S/P Mazzara/Morgan that we support Alternative -II including the following reservations and concerns: (a) two-year span before plan is implemented and its consequences, (b) controlling present flood levels of Sunfish Lake, (c) further evaluation of Eagle Point route with Metro Council and further study as to why the water quality of Eagle Point has deteriorated so rapidly, (d) alternate solutions be further evaluated and considered, such as Park Advisory Commission recommendation that piping/ditching be done up to Sunfish Lake and then making a study to see if pumping water from Lake Jane is more economically feasible than the completion of piping system from Sunfish Lake to Lake Jane, and (e) 1% rule not be waived whatsoever, such as in Oakdale or Woodbury, since it helps Lake Elmo with its water storage and is better than running it to the river and since final disposal in Alternate -II is still by seepage and only changes the location to West Lakeland Township. (Carried 4-0) 8. RACETRACK, WOODBURY - Klaers said Planning Commission could not arrive at a consensus; and (logically) the Lake Elmo Business Association unanimously supported Woodbury's effort. Report from Metro Council has not been received as yet, and consensus was to delay this item until report has been looked at by Councillors and perhaps by Planning Commissioners. 9. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS A. Waste -To -Energy Project - Mazzara reported that at last meeting, committee asked for clarification from all people who sent in their Request for Qualification and it appears Ramsey County is pushing toward NSP being a part of this since they have a vested interest in losing a $5 million/year customer. Plant being proposed in west Lake Elmo is a mass -burn plant and plant in Red Wing will be a refuse -derive fuel. Five companies would qualify financially and technically, another six would qualify either financially or technically, and other category consists of plants that don't qualify. When NSP sent in their application, they didn't come up with any technical or financial information; therefore, clarification is being sought from everybody again. If we start delaying this, top five companies that qualify may take their business elsewhere B. Parking on 36th Street - Dunn said people taking bus are parking on 36th Street which creates problems for people driving through, and our stand should be to ensure that firetrucks can get through. M/S/P Morgan/Dunn to adopt RESOLUTION R-84-19 designating temporary paper parking signs while snow conditions exist stating that parking be banned on north side of 36th Street, both east and west of County 17. (Carried 4-0)