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reinforced the City Engineer's support for adopting reasonable standards ( and then consistently following those standards. The article expressed concern about increased liability for a road agency which either does not follow prevailing standards or chooses not to adopt standards. A letter was received from Gilbert and Viola Sullwold, 10190 47th St. N., requesting that 47th Street be blacktopped to the current width and the minimum allowable standards. The consensus of the City Council seemed to be that they preferred building the road to MSA standards and that they continued to prefer the southern route. Councilman Johnson stressed that the trees should be protected because they are an asset to the community. Sally Ziebell would be willing to get together with the City and discuss a proposal and have a written agreement. M/S/P Graves/Moe - to instruct the City Engineer to apply for a variance to State Aid standards to allow a 35 mph design speed and also to obtain a real estate appraisal on the value of the Ray Krueger land and building if the 40 mph design were chosen. (Motion carried 5-0). B. Legion Pond City Engineer Bohrer passed out copies of the Feasibility Report for removing flood water from Legion Pond by constructing a gravity outlet westerly to Lake Elmo. It is proposed that an 18" gravity outlet pipe be constructed from Legion Pond to Lake Elmo. The outlet control for Legion Pond would be a stop log weir. This type of structure would allow the level of the pond to be adjustable depending on downstream conditions at Lake Elmo. Low water elevations will probably be set by the DNR because the Normal Ordinary High Water Mark (NOHW) has not yet been established for Legion Pond. The stop log weir may also be used to prevent flow from Elmo to Legion Pond during periods of high water on Elmo. The VBWD has calculated the following elevations for Lake Elmo: Elevation Recurrence Interval 884.5 Normal Level 889.7 10 Year 890.2 50 Year 891.1 100 Year The pipe would be installed at about elevation 883.0. This would allow further lowering of Legion Pond if permitted by DNR and allowed by downstream conditions on Elmo. This would require excavation depths up to 35 feet deep and 3 to 4 feet of trench dewatering. It is anticipated that the pipe would have to be jacked under CSAH 17 (Lake Elmo Avenue). Only two routes appear feasible. The southern route would leave the southwest corner of Legion Pond, run diagonally across Lot 0370 (Gordon 1 Lundholm) and then west along the north property line of Lot 0380 (Earl Goerss).