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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 16, 1987 PAGE 2 5. Public Inquiry: Water Levels on Lake Elmo, Jane Eisele, 3141 Klondike Avenue John Eisele stated that although Lake Elmo will be maintained at 884.5 feet after the 509 Plan is completed, the lake is currently seven inches below 884.0. This drop in water level has caused the lakefront in the shallow bay where they live to turn into kneedeep muck which prohibits swimming and boating. Jean Eisele added that as the water level drops so drops property value and the quality of life on the lake. When they bought their property in 1978 it was lakeshore. Today, they can't even get to the lake and they were prime lake users. They pay high taxes to live on the lake and suggested the city compensate by lowering taxes and ask the VBWD to dig channels to provide lake access and clean yp the property. Although a petition against the lowering of the lake was signed by many residents, they had not known what the lowering of Lake Elmo would do to them. John Eisele added that the 509 Plan was catastrophic to their property and we're paying $2000 in 509 assessments to lose our lakeshore property. Mrs. Eisele stated that the lake's clay type bottom creates a fine dust when dried which blows across the lake to make the water milky white. Jerry and Sharon Kromschroeder asked the Council to find a way to make them lakeshore people again. Willard Griffin, 2835 Lake Elmo Avenue N., said he has lived on -the lake since 1941 and has experienced the lake rising and lowering many times over the years. He was in favor of letting the lake go its natural way. The City Council will individually view the damaged properties and bring the matter up for discussion at the July 7th council meeting. 6. PLANNING, LAND USE & ZONING A. PUBLIC HEARING: Variance on Lot Size in the Shoreland District; Shoreland Permit; Cudd/Tumulty. Mayor Christ opened up the public hearing at 7:43 p.m. in the City Council chambers. This is the second application for variances for lot size, basement and drainfield elevation to appear before the City Council on this lot. The first request was heard at the October 2, 1984 City Council meeting. These minutes indicated that a variance for lot size and a variance for building elevation (897.0 required by the City and 895.0 required by VBWD) was granted, but the Council conditioned the variance for the drainfield upon receipt of the soils tests and the The applicant (Steve Howell) never built the home and the lot was old to the Tumulty's. The Tumulty's are now asking for a greater variance