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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 3-5-85 PAGE 8 some ponding would have to be made available to take up what would normally be kept on the property, and agreed that the residents in the area should be notified. M/S/P Mazzara/Christ - To approve the building permit for Shafer Contracting for the filling of the DeCoster property and to give concept approval to filling on the Mn/Dot property, conditioned upon obtaining a permit from the Ramsey/Washington Metro Watershed District, receiving MN/DOT approval, and conditioned upon the recommendations of the Engineer's March 1 letter, and conditioned upon applicant notifying the residents in the area of this project. (Motion carried 4-1 <Morgan>) M/S/P Armstrong/Morgan - To acknowledge to Mn/DOT that the City of Lake Elmo no longer desires to obtain the Mn/DOT property in Section 32 for park land, with the exception of possibly obtaining a 195 foot strip for a potential buffer zone immediately west of Ideal Avenue. (Motion carried 5-0) F. 509 Plan: lake Elmo's recommendations to VBWD (including discussion on existing 1% rule). The Engineer referenced his Review of Draft 509 Plan dated January 1985 - Reviewed February 18, 1985, and acknowledged letter from Stephen Taylor, Managing Partner for Cimarron Park dated March 1, 1985. Tom Noyes, representing Cimarron Park requested that an outlet be provided for Lake Rose. Cimarron Park is unable to remove sufficient waters from the lake. He feels that Cimarron Park has done everything possible to solve its own problem; can do no more to resolve the issue, and requested that VBWD 509 water management plan include an overflow line from Lake Rose to Horseshoe Lake. 1. Regarding figure 6 on page 14 of the plan. The City Council desires that the main stem system have sufficient capacity to provide an outlet in the future for the Legion Pond Subwatershed, and that capacity be provided in the downstream facilities to accomodate outletting Lake Rose Subwatershed. The Council further discussed its concerns regarding the City of Oakdale's proposed commercial industrial zone east of I-694 between 40th Street and Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. This area is included in subwatersheds EP8 and EP9. This proposed Oakdale development will surely increase the volume of runoff to these two subwatersheds. EP8 is not proposed to be outletted. EP9 contains the Eagle Point Fork Creek. 10. The City should not request any work on the David Hardy driveway or related work on the Eagle Point Fork Creek. 12. Cost Estimates: It should not be pointed out that the design and administration costs may have been estimated too low at 7%. 13. The Table 4 on page 60, which shows the estimated cost for Phase 1 improvements, assumes that the easement around City Park Pond will be obtained at no costs to the VBWD. The Watershed District should be informed that the City has not yet decided that these easements will be donated. M/S/P Morgan/Dunn - To pass on to the VBWD all 'of the applicable comments in the City Engineer's review of February 18, 1985, along