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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MAY 17, 1994 4. PUBLIC INQUIRIES/PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL: A. Legislative Update, Rep.Pam Neary Rep. Pam Neary updated the council on the 1994 legislative session and several laws and impending issues for next year that will affect cities; such as local government aid, annexation, TIF, and landfill cleanup. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: A. Council comments on Heritage Preservation Ordinance Councilman Johnson was uncomfortable giving an appointed commission the power to make decisions in the city. By approving this ordinance, the HPC could approve or deny permits. Johnson suggested meeting with the Heritage Preservation Committee and the city attorney to talk about this. He requested the city administrator investigate what other cities have done. Mayor John liked the idea of the HPC for Lake Elmo, but agreed with Councilman Johnson that decisions on what action to take is the council's job. The Council suggested meeting with the HPC at the June 7 council meeting to discuss this delegation of authority. B. Olson Lake Pond Administrator Kueffner submitted memo to council indicating confusion on the part of the DNR and VBWD on the Motion to Intervene filed by Attorney Dayton. M/S/C John/Johnson - to instruct the city administrator to contact Attorney Dayton to correct his Intervention to clarify that what we intended was a discharge down to 952 after having had the pond treated with alum to bring down the phosphorus levels to acceptable limits, about .031 to .041 mg/per liter. (Motion carried 5-0). Barb Walsh explained she had talked to Molly Shodeen, who did not give a permit for discharge. The permit was given for the pipe in place. The discharge is done by VBWD. DNR Fish and Wildlife gave a permit to treat the pond with alum and as a condition of that permit there was specific testing stipulations outlined. There will be a meeting to discuss Olson Lake Estates Pond on June 7, 5 p.m., Washington County Board of Commissioners.