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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 15, 1986 PAGE 5 4. No improvements are being considered on Eagle Point Fork Creek between Stillwater Boulevard and Eagle Point Lake. 5. The sub-aquaeous pipe under the south end of Lake Elmo will bypass about 93% of the total water now entering Elmo from Eagle Point without raising water levels on Elmo. In the long term, this should alleviate the high water problems on Elmo even though Elmo's outlet is not being lowered. City Engineer Bohrer informed the Council that the Watershed District survey crews have located what appears to be a concrete bottom in the one arch outlet of Elmo that is about 1.5 feet lower than the existing outlet. This may be the historical evidence necessary to convince the DNR that Elmo's outlet should be lowered to 884. M/S/P Christ/Morgan - to communicate to VBWD that the City finds that there are no significant environmental impacts from this proposed project that an Environmental Impact Study is not required. (Motion carried 5-0). M/S/P Christ/Mazzara - to recommend that the City pass on any comments regarding the Engineer's Report to the Valley Branch Water District. (Motion carried 5-0). D. Pumping on Lake Jane and Water Level on Sunfish Lake Pat Riley, a resident on Sunfish Lake, explained that the continuing pumping of Lake Jane has caused Sunfish to rise to its all-time high. He also questioned the status of the DNR permits and what can we do about this rise of Sunfish Lake. Dick Murray of the VBWD reported that the pumping during the winter removed about 2 feet of water from Lake Jane and during the spring runoff and rainfall we have gained back one foot. They predict that without any more pumping Lake Jane would go to elevation 924.5 which would be one foot higher than the elevation on 4-15-86. About one year ago, the Council had considered pumping water out of Sunfish Lake and spray irrigating the water onto City owned land to the southwest. The VBWD had considered pumping Sunfish Lake back to City Park Pond in hopes that the majority of the water would infiltrate into the groundwater system. Mayor Morgan proposed that a minimum of 2 feet of water be removed from Sunfish and although Morgan acknowledged that it would not solve the problem entirely, it would hold Sunfish at its current level until the 509 plan is implemented. Councilman Dunn explained that Jim Weyer indicated that the Lake Jane Association is willing to donate the time to set the equipment and pipes in place, so the actual costs of setting up a system that would pump on top of the hill from Sunfish onto City property would be small.