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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 4, 1.989 PAGE 2 The City Administrator had talked to Dan Krawczyk, Cimarron management, and was told this was a State Health Dept. problem, not a council problem. Dan also wanted a defintion of the word "emergency". Attorney Carlson stated the State Health Dept. is the licensing body, and he suggested pressure be put on this agency for violating the state statute. M/S/P Graves/Moe - to direct the City Administrator to document a list of complaints, contact the State Health Dept., lodge these complaints, and request action initiated by the County Attorney. (Motion carried 5-0). According to State Statutes, Councilman Moe stated, our Building Inspector shall inspect the park area once a year and asked that this be followed through. M/S/P Moe/Graves - to direct the Ci.ty's Building Inspector to inspect the common areas of Cimarron Park, once a year at his discretion, to be found in a safe, orderly manner; and submit a report of his findings to Cimarron Management and City Council. (Motion carried 5-0). Dora Lee added she was told it would be 3 to 4 weeks before a replacement is found to answer the emergency phone number. Councilman Hunt recommended she go to management and let them know what we are doing. If nothing is done, this can be added to the complaint. B. Public Inquiry from Sunburrow Resident Donald Garofalo, President of the Sunburrow Citizens group, advised the Council of the proposed development, Olson Lake Estates, which will bring in 200 homes on 112 acres, millions of yards of dirt to hold water and increased traffic of approx. 800 two-way trips a day through Sunburrow. There is no plan of: street extension into 40th St. nor are there any parks planned for recreation. Mr. Garofalo requested that someone from the City attend the Met Council meeting on Thurs. at 2:00 pm. to relate the impact this development would have on Lake Elmo's parks, school district #622, water runoff and traffic. Because Oakdale's Comp Plan is not in the rural nature as Lake Elmo's Plan, they will request detachment from Oakdale and request attachment to Lake Elmo. No petition for such a request was received by the Council from the Sunburrow homeowners. Garofalo asked Lake Elmo to consider a trade off., i.e., Sunburrow area, which is in the rural nature Lake Elmo is trying to preserve, for Section 32 which requested detachment from LE and annexation to Oakdale. City Engineer Larry Bohrer had reviewed the Oakdale Comp Plan amendment. Aside from the traffic issue related, from an engineering standpoint, Bohrer saw little impact on Lake Elmo from extending the