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Mayor's Report November 1. 1994 Olson Lake .Estates Pond Update I attended the Valley Branch Watershed District meeting on October 27 to follow up on the letter sent to them by Chuck Dayton on our behalf. They had received the permit from the DNR for a temporary discharge into Lake Olson subject to six conditions. The first covered the relocation of the inlet pipe to the northern half of the pond. This had been estimated to cost $75 to $80K by the Oakdale City Engineer. As the VBWD had no funding for this project, it would have to be done by Oakdale. If Oakdale refused to meet this cost there would be no discharge. The second condition - for the installation of a skimmer - had already been met. The third, requiring a "No -Mow" restriction on the slopes of the Olson Lake Estates Pond was understood to be stated to be unenforceable by the Oakdale Council. The fourth indicated that the permit was only valid while a temporary easement existed - believed to be until August 13, 1995, The fifth condition did not prevent additional conditions being applied relating to inconsistencies relating to the original pond construction permit. Finally, phosphorus monitoring had to be increased from monthly to bimonthly. Chairman Zetterburg stated that an estimate of $5,000 in consultants fees had been made for studying other alternatives to relocating the inlet pipe. Oakdale had not agreed to do this study as yet. It was declared that the cost of bimonthly monitoring for phosphorus from ice out to August 13 next year would have to be borne by Oakdale, as well as that for the study on relocating the inlet pipe, and for its eventual relocation. In discussing the letter from Lake Elmo, Chairman Zetterburg did not want to remove study of the four options from the plan. He expected the reviewing bodies to comment and reject a particular solution they found unacceptable, or to add additional conditions. He cited the requirement to acid a bypass duet across the south end on Lake Elmo in the 509 project, as a precedent.