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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MAY 6, 1986 PAGE 2 Mayor Morgan added that if you have a place to put the water, you can pump these ponds and they will stay down. If there is an outlet to Tartan Park and to Lake Elmo, maybe there is some hope that at least late this Fall, something can be done. City Engineer Bohrer stated that when Eden Park, First Addition, was first platted there was a drainage easement that was reserved for about elevation 890. In retrospect, Morgan stated, perhaps the needs and size of the ponds may have been underestimated knowing the history of the past 20 years, because even the ponds that are uneffected by development are at a 40 year record. high. Jim Weyer, President of the Lake Jane Association told the Council there is always a possibility that the 509 Plan may not go through for one reason or another. Weyer stres.Ted that it is imperative for all residents of the City to attend the Valley Branch Watershed District's public hearing for May 19, 1986 at Oakland Junior High School -at 7:30 p.m.. They can make known their support of this Plan to the VBWD Board of Directors, as implementation of this program will open up options for correcting other water problems throughout the City. Request for "no -wake" on Lake Jane Jim Weyer, representing the Lake Jane Association, requested that the City again ban the use of gasoline motors on Lake Jane. Weyer stated that in the past the ban went into effect when Lake Jane reached 924, and as of 5-5-86 Lake Jane was at 924.18. Homeowners have already started sandbagging and building dikes because of the danger of homes flooding. This ban on gasoline motors is to protect these dikes and sandbags, to prevent as much erosion to property as possible. M/S/P Morgan/Christ - to approve the Lake Jane Association's request to ban the use of gasoline motors on Lake Jane when the level is above 924, but with the stipulation that this ban be lifted when the lake level drops below 924. (Motion carried 5-0). B. 31st Street Homeowners: water problems. There were no 31st Street homeowners in attendance for the public inquiries. 5. Street Light Request for 21st Street North and Manning Avenue: Roger Columbo Roger Columbo presented a petition for a street light request signed by 75% of the residents within 300 feet of the proposed street light. The residents feel that the light is needed for two reasons: 1. In the winter there are a number of school children standing in the dark waiting for the school bus, and 2. In the evening it is an easy corner to miss and a good potential for rear -end accidents. Since there is a utility pole available at