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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 5, 1985 PAGE 5 The Administrator stated that seven citizens have expressed interest in this committee to date, but we will continue to advertise in the City Newsletter. E. Maintenance Foreman resignation and schedule/plan for replacement. The Administrator advised the Council that Maintenance Foreman, Dave Wisdorf has resigned his position with the City of Lake Elmo. Before hiring a permanent replacement for this position, the Administrator stated that an ad has been place in the Washington County Review and the state and local Job Service/Employment agencies for a temporary replacement. We have already received about six applications, and the ad has not been in the paper yet. We can then begin a wide search for a Maintenance Foreman. Advertise in the League of Minnesota Cities magazine, Minneapolis and St. Paul papers, post in some of the larger communities that may have a qualified individual that is ready to move up. The consensus of the Council is for the Administrator to hire a temporary replacement, and begin working on a full-time replacement. The pay scale for the temporary replacement should be from $9.50 to $10 per hour. F. Update on Sunfish Lake "Working Committee" The Administrator advised the Council that this group met on Saturday, January 26th. The goal of the group is to not have Sunfish Lake rise any further than it currently is. The group hopes to keep the lake stable until the 509 Plan is implemented, which would reduce the lake level in Sunfish. The action proposed by the group was to pump water out of Sunfish to some area farm land. Some designated individuals were to contact the large farm land property owners in the area to see whether or not it would be possible to either rent some land and pump the water to this location, or to simply be able to provide water to these farmers and help them in their irrigation system. VBWD is doing a cost study on how expensive it is to pump water out of Sunfish to other locations, including how much it costs to pump water out of Sunfish back to Park Pond. Morgan stated that Lake Jane is at its highest level ever for this time of the year. So when the water starts coming down to Lake Jane, many homes will again be threatened. If we pump into the Park Pond, most likely we will get an injunction from the Sunfish Lake people. Sunfish Lake is only 50 acres, and the Sunfish group did agree that if they could just hold the line for this year, they would probably be satisfied. Therefore, we have a more manageable amount of water. Also, if we do find a feasible solution, we may have to petition VBWD. That doesn't mean that we have to pay for it, it means if the project is completed, it can be assessed to the benefited property owners so it can be assessed all the way back up to the Tri-Lakes property owers. The danger is if the project would not be completed so the assessments could be made, the City holds the bag, and that is a very dangerous situation. The fact is we are either going to have people in trouble