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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTI?S 11.-7-84 13AGE 11 Resol.uti.on 84-40 called for restricting activities on Lake Jane when the lake reaches flood level of 924, and on Lakes Olson and DeMontreville when they reach flood level of 930.0. This Resolution was subsequently amended by Resolution 64-44 in July of 1.984. Resolution 84-411 amended Resolution 84-40 and called for restricting activities on Lakes Olson and DeMontreville when they reach .level 930.25. Both of these Resolutions were sent to the DNR and met: with Its approval. The DNR subsequently requested that these restrictions be put into Ordinance form, and added to our Surface Water Use Ordinance 1511. A .resident asked if this proposed Ordinance is lowering or raising the level. The Administrator stated that the level in the Resolution for Lakes Olson and DeMontreville is 930.25 (up from 930.0) and the Lakes are below that level right, now. Mr. Bill Woodworth asked if the proposed level is at the level of the weir in Lakes Olson and, or is It above the weir. Eder responded that the water would have to get above the weir by .35 of a foot before this restriction would apply. Mr. Woodworth stated that last year when this restriction was applied, it was done when there were two or three levels of sandbags piled up on the lip of the weir.. What you are saying now, is that when any water goes over that weir, the restrictions can be applied. Eder stated it is .35 of a foot above it. It could be roughly four Inches above the edge of the outflow. Mr. Woodworth asked if we plan on sandbags again to hold back the water.. Eder responded that the Ordinance says we couldn't place the restrictions unless It got that high. It is not assuming that we would do that - that would be a separate: decision. If that were done', it could contribute to this decision. Mr. Rowe stated that since he lives on a lake, he feels the City's Ordinance is a waste of time since the City's enforcement policy is not the responsibility of the City. The normal restrictions on the lake are not enforced, even right now. At 7:00 this morning, a boat roared thru the channel... there is a sign clearly marked, so when ,you put this kind of a restricion on, you have no power to enforce it except to ask the County, and the County is not sufficiently staffed. to enforce the restrictions. You are not achieving the objective you set out to to prevent erosion around the lakes. Morgan asked how the levels were established. When Lake Jane is at 9211, that is a real flood condition. When. Lake Olson is four inches above the weir, he does not feel that is a flood condition and feels there is some reason to question q putting the no -wake ordinance on at that low level. Lake Jane is three feet above its normal level, and