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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 11-20-84 PAGE 6 become effective upon the date specified by the City Administrator. The City Administrator shall make every effort to notify the public of such restrictions by notifying local newspapers and attempting to make this restriction published as a news item. All public lakes accesses shall be posted prior to and during the time such restrictions are in place. In addition, notice of such a restriction shall be posted at the Lake Elmo City Hall. Said restrictions shall be removed promptly when water levels have receded. Mr. Sinclair asked if the weir was going to be sandbagged again, which would in turn create a higher Lake DeMontreville and a higher Lake Olson. Anyone that wanted to water ski couldn't do it - not through the fault that the lake levels wouldn't be below that level, but the fact the the weir was sandbagged, therefore creating an increase in water levels on Lakes Olson and DeMontreville. He sympathized with the people on Lake Jane and feels that the people at the meeting this summer would agree that we would do anything within reason to alleviate their problems. However, you also have to be realistic in that there were a few people that live on Lakes DeMontreville and Olson that signed the petition to lower that "fictitious" level which was set by two or three people who live on Lake DeMontreville or Lake Olson. This was something that came up at a public hearing where the resident- stated they were having water. problems - either thru improper setting up of retaining walls or whatever, but the majority of the people living.,Orplson and DeMontreville did not have a say in setting the lake levels. Even when the petition was brought up, we were able to raise the restriction level somewhat, but maybe it was a fictitious level to begin with. If the weir is sandbagged, and you get as much rain as we had, obviously when the lake rises due to the rain you are not going to have the same level as if the bags were not there. You can't put a penalty on 98% of the people on Lakes DeMontreville and Olson because of the fact that the lake is rising due to the sandbagging of the weir. Mr. Bill Rowe 8286 Hidden Bay Court agreeded with Mr. Sinclair and stated that the level that has been set is reasonable if it is not artifically set - no sandbags. Also, you should define when you will remove the restrictions, because it hasn't been noted at what level the restriction will be removed. The motion said "when the water receded", and I would suggest that you make that below the level that has already been designated as when the restriction comes on. If you add that to .the motion it should cover our concerns. Mr. Dan Weisbord, 8111 Hill Trail concurs with Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Rowe and added that we have an established level with the weir and if nobody messes with it (by sandbagging), it is something everyone can live with. Eder asked if there was anyone present that lived on Lake DeMontreville or Olson that would object to striking the boating restrictions from the ordinance and refer only to Lake Jane. The problem that has to be addressed is on Lake Jane. We were trying to be fair at the time we imposed these restrictions, because that is what was being proposed (the sandbagging). Dr. Bill Woodworth asked to go on record as agreeing with everything that has been said at this meeting. The main problem is on Lake Jane. We are all concerned about this problem on Lake Jane, but there is not much that we can do abc•-tt it. The sandbagging of the weir has limited