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May 14, 1985 To: Mayor and City Council From: Patrick D. Klaers, City Administrator yoxrRe: Informational Memo for May 21, 1985 meeting 1. Wish to acknowledge that I am out of the office Wednesday, Thursday and Friday when the agenda background material and informational memo is being finalized. Because I am doing the work on the agenda and informational memo on Monday, May 13th, there may be a number of additions to the City Council agenda. Presently, the agenda is very light, but items have a way of being added to the agenda - especially in the spring and summer months. There are fewer additions to the agenda in the winter and fall months, but the additions are heavy at this time of the year because of the construction activities. Applicants are always in a hurry to get council approval as quickly as possible so that their construction can be done within the current season. The staff is sympathetic to these reqests and often tries to accomodate them in processing applications as quickly as possible. 2. Attached for your information is the most recent City Newsletter edition dated 5-14-85. 3. Attached for your information are the 3-28-85 and 4-3-85 VBWD minutes. Once again, these Watershed District minutes deal with a number of items that are taking place in Lake Elmo, and in the entire district in relationship to the 509 Plan. 4. Attached for your information is an article from the Minneapolis paper dated 5-13-85. This article discusses the rising lake levels in the entire state. Please note a quote on the back page of the article that states that "The 83-84 two year period, and the 82-84 three year period were the wettest on record in the Twin City area". You should note that the record keeping began in 1836. This fact has a lot to do with the current water problems we are experiencing. 5. Attached for your information is a memo from Zack Hansen who was before the City Council on 5-7-85 discussing composting. This is a follow up to his presentation in which he desires to clarify some of the proposed terms and conditions for a composting site in Lake Elmo. I expect that this item will be on the June 4th agenda, once the Bruce Dunn, Arlyn Christ and Nancy Prince committee has made a recommendation for a proposed composting site. 6. Attached for your information is the most recent law enforcement report from the Washington County Sheriff's Department for April, 1985. This report does not give us a great deal of information, but indicates a typical number of complaints received, miles driven and citations issued for this time of the year. I have repeatedly asked for additional general information from the County regarding our City police officers activities, but these requests have not produced any results to date. I think by having the police officer on duty the night of a Council meeting appear every two or three meetings to keep us abreast of current activities is as good of a plan as any to keep us updated on local events and activities.