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PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES FOR LAKE JANE JULY 24, 1985 PAGE 3 The cost for this pumping project would be $70 and up to $87 per benefited parcel. It is proposed to be assesed per parcel regardless of the actual size of the parcel. The benefit is determined to be the lowering of the lake levels and disposing of this excess water. The following questions were asked of the City Engineer: Councilwoman Armstrong questioned where the pipes would lie with the Nippoldt plan. Bohrer answered that the pipes would lie right along side the other two that are presently there and then turn south. Ken Sovereign, 4415 Olson Lake Trail, asked what is the feasibility of continuing the pump in the City Park Pond and sees this is not an alternative. Bohrer answered that there is a maximum elevation that we need to stay below on the City Park Pond and it is nearing its capacity. Scotty Lyall, 4515 Birchbark Lane, suggested another alternative. That is consideration of some core drilling in Hedges Pond to see whether we can go in there with a dragline and break the seal. There you would have the water contained and you would have control of the lake without a DNR Permit or Watershed Permit because you would be on private property. Bohrer had looked at this alternative, but questions the feasibility and the possi.bilty of getting large equipment in on Birchbark Lane and through the private property that is required. Also you would need a place to deposit the dirt once it has been dug. Might be able to find some information on the water wells in that area to see if they hit the same confining layer that we found along the south shore of Lake Jane. Councilman Christ - On the Nippoldt alternative would you use the existing culverts. Bohrer answered they would use the existing culverts and informed them that the general flow of water in this area is south. Chuck Taylor, 4677 Birchbark Lane, asked what is the ground elevation of the simple depression and the water table level there. Bohrer answered that the lowest spot is 926 and he does not know exactly what the water table is, but some of the sampling wells in the landfill which are very close are around 899 or 900. Nancy Hansen, 8024 Hill Trail, commented that if we are relying on the water to percolate out of City Park Pond and to percolate out of the Nippoldt property, could pumping into the Nippoldt property slow the absorption of the water from City Park Pond. Bohrer did not think so, because it looks like the majority of the water is going straight down. The following are positive comments or questions: