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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES F'EBRUARY 21, 1989 PAGE 7 8. NPDES Agreement/License: Washington Co. Landfill #1 Washington County asked for postponement of this Item. 9. CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT: A. Request for Council Direction: Down's Lake and Eden Park Pond At the February 7, 1.989 City Council meeting, Barr Engineering and the VBWD presented their report on Down's Lake flooding. Time constraints did not allow a full discussion of the alternatives. City Engineer Bohrer distributed his 2/7/89 letter summarizing conclusions about the report and suggested options. Bohrer reported an outlet to Down's Lake is necessary for any solution to the Eden Park area. An outlet on Down's Lake is necessary to achieve the overall plan put forth in the 509 Plan and thereby benefits more than the immediate watershed. (Refer to pages 14 and 19 of the Barr report). According to the Barr report the approximate construction cost. is $90,000 if the upstream easements and control structures are not considered at this time, once an outlet from Down's Lake is in place, an outlet from Eden Park can be considered. This outlet would be to Lake Elmo or to Down's Lake as described in his 2/7/89 letter. An outlet to Lake Elmo would povide a lower flood level on the pond. Councilman Williams provided a draft resolution for Council discussion: MIS/ Williams/Graves - Resolved that the City Council of Lake Elmo expresses its dissatisfaction with the options presented by the Valley Branch Watershed District in its Downs Lake Study, dated January 13, 1989, because the options do not provide relief from high water to the residents around Eden Park Pond. Further, the City Council of Lake Elmo requests the Valley Branch Watershed District Board of Managers to study other options which will give relief from high water to the residents around Eden Park Pond by providing some surface water outlet from Eden Park Pond and Durand's Pond, including, but not limited to the options proposed by Lake Elmo City Engineer Bohrer in his letter to the City Council of February 7, 1989 Further, Lake Elmo requests the VBWD to include a project to provide an outlet from Downs Lake in its capital improvement program as a Chapter. 509 Project. Councilman Graves advised the Council that there are several bodies of water not included in their study, but which we do not have satisfactory answers such as, Legion Pond, 32nd St. Pond and the City should ask the Valley Branch Watershed District how can they, quickly, put together a comprehensive plan, and if money is not available, what options exist to obtain it, other than bill the residents directly. City Engineer Bohrer stated the reason he suggested to approach the