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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES ll-'7-tall PAGE 5 Lake Olson is three inches above its normal level, it seems like there is a double standard being applied. Maybe the no -wake ordinance should not apply to Lakes Olson and DeMontreville at the proposed level. Mr. Rowe stated the City is way out of line with the 930.25 level, it should be a lot lower. He further recommended that the height be set higher with the condition that no sandbags are used to create that height. Set the level at 931 without sandbags used to artifically raise the level, and then say that the slow no -wake restriction is in effect. Dick Murray explained that, in visualizing the weir as a dam, the top of the weir is at elevation 929•85 feet. Last ,year, at the time when the sandbags were placed on the weir, the water was approximately four inches above the top of the weir. That was the time that the VBWD Board determined that it was in the best interest to place the sandbags. It was also the .level that the lake was at; when the City Council imposed a ban on boating, That ban was put on at the request of the people who lived on the lake. The wording that was put into the ban that the City Council approved was that there would be no boating when the lake was above elevation 930 feet, which only allowed about 1/2 inch of water to be flowing over the top of the weir when you had a no boating restriction. The City Council. is now proposing to change the wording of that Resolution to allow boating when the lake is at 930.25, about four inches above the top of the weir. The discussion about the hole in the weir is to place a hole 1-1/2 feet below the top of the weir which would bleed the water off of Lakes Olson and DeMontreville with the hopes of getting rid of it down on Lake Jane. That possibility is still pending, it is part of the 509 Plan and VBWD is hoping to implement it. Mazzara asked if it was not true last year when the sandbags were put on, they wanted "x" amount of acre feet to store water because it could not have been handled on a pump in Lake Jane. Mr. Murray responded that the placement of the sandbags was to buy about weeks time so that a diesel pump could be put into Lake Jane. An overflow level. of 930.25 is not uncommon on Lakes Olson and DeMontreville. The summer rains that we had this year put those lakes up to that level in a matter of days. They would have stayed at those levels for several days without any more rainfall, just because of the inflow of water from upstream. Mazzara asked how close we are to getting the eight inch hole in the weir, and what are the problems. Murray responded that the problems are VBWD has to submit this plan for review by all of the cities in the watershed district. The final approval comes from the County and any implementation is the responsibility of the Watershed Board. VBWD is at the point where they are going to present their plans - they should be out within a week or so. The approval of the 509 Plan is contingent upon DNR approval as far as what lake levels can be utilize. The DNR has given the VBWD preliminary approval to put an eight inch hole in the weir on