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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 7, 1995 3 D. Mike Polehna: (1) Winter Access to Lake Elmo Mike Polehna, Parks Manager for Washington County, currently operate a 20 space boat launch in the Lake Elmo Park Reserve on Lake Elmo. The problem in the winter the road is closed down to the cross country ski parking lot and allows no access into the park. The reason they do that is to control the hours the people are in there and the traffic on the lake. In the past, residents who want to fish on Lake Elmo could enter off of Cty Rd. 17. Mr. Krongard would allow people to access the lake. There's been limited access the last two years because of Krongards closing their access. The County would not keep this open in the summer, basically, it would be a winter time access for fisherman. The DNR is very concerned there is no access on the lake and have indicated they would possibly stop stocking the lake because a winter access to the lake was not provided. The County does not allow access through the site now, but there are many trespassers. Polehna asked how would the city like the County to proceed next fall? What the County proposes is to open a roadway to go onto the lake and doesn't imagine a parking area at all. The people would use this access when the ice is thick enough to drive on. The County will be fencing along Cty Rd 17, along Krongard's driveway, and gating it off because people are launching their boats. The council indicated they would not like to see people parking along County Road 17. If there needs to be parking, then it.should be provided off the road. The council is supportive of the concept and asked Polehna to approach the Parks Commission and get input from Sheriff's Dept. (2) St. Croix Valley Ice Arena Concept Chris Aamodt explained he and Mike Polehna have been working on trying to get a new ice arena established in the Valley area and have worked on the concept of attaching it to the new armory in Stillwater where it is proposed to go in next to the new CUB store. They have met with Dr. Wetergren, School District #834, to try to put together a joint powers agreement to operate an ice arena. Aamodt and Polehna are soliciting private funding to get an ice arena constructed. The council was asked to appoint a member to come to meetings with School District #834 and other municipalities to discuss a way we can jointly operate a new ice facility. Councilmen DeLapp and/or Hunt indicated their interest in attending the meetings. 5. OLD BUSINESS: A. Section 32/33:Joint Agreement relating to sewer capacity and boundary delineation Mayor John visited all the homeowners in the area south of 4th Street and East of Ideal within the Section of 32/33 making them aware of the ultimate resolution of this issue between the two cities. The general input was not necessarily a popular decision, but was accepted by the people.