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Home My WebLink About07-01-75 CCMAGENDA --CITY COUNCIL CITY OF LAKE ELMO, MINN. 55042 MEETING TO BE HELD TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1975. 7:30 P.M. - Discussion period :for Council Members 7:45 - 8:15 P.M.-- Lloyd Shervheim Dick Johnson Planning Proposals 8:15 P.M. -- Mrs. Pearl Kuehn Patterson--4009 Ideal Ave. Approval of the minor subdivision of Lot A Bordner -Garner Farmettes 8:45 P.M. -- Mr. Gary Thompson --Thompson Disposal Service Discuss options for the disposal of city waste'"material. 9:15 P.M. -- John Banks Scotty Lyall George Hedges Water problems on Deer Pond and Lake Jane Late Addition to Agenda 9:45 P.M. -Bill I-Iagberg-- Bill Wacker --Citizens of Lions Park ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION: Discuss park proposals for Area _ Lake Elmo Area Park Review Cimarron Special Use Permit Seal Coating Dog Control Joint meeting of Lake Elmo Council and PZC, Sewer Study Committee members invited, Monday, June 30, 1975 at City Hall, 7:30 P.M. Target date for news items for Summer News Letter, July 16, 1975. All items to be assembled and turned int� o C ty Office. MINUTES OF THE LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING JULY 1, 1975 pg< 1 Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM by Mayor Eder. Present: Mayor Eder, Councilmen Abercrombie, Shervheim, Pott & Councilwoman Lyons. Also present: Bldg. Insp. Mueller, Counsel Raleigh, Engineer Bonestroo,`Planner Licht and PZC Chairman Johnson. Minutes: Motion by Councilman Shervheim 2nd by Councilman Pott to approve the minutes of the June 17, 1975 meeting as submitted. Carried 4-0 Councilwoman Lyons tardy. Advance Refunding:Steve Mattson, Juran &.Moody, advised that no bids were received for the June 17, 1975 offering. Mr. Mattson requested permission to try again August 5, 1975. Councilman Abercrombie offered Resolution R75-20 authorizing rebid on the $739,000 Park Bond Advance Refunding and asked council approval. Second by Councilman Shervheim. Carried 4-0. Mayor Eder abstained. Pearl Kuehn Peterson:Motion by Councilman Shervheim 2nd by Councilman Abercrombie to approve minor subdivision on Lot A Bordner Garner Farmettes subject to conditions recommended by the PZC at their meeting June 23, 1975. Carried 5-0. The $200 deposit to guarantee completion of the survey has been received in the clerk's office. John -Caputo: Was interested in Outlot B (5 acres) in Derrick's proposed plat. He was considering purchase with the hope of building in August this year. Mr. Caputo was advised that the land was potentially park land and he would, in all probability, not be able to get a permit to build. Planning: Councilman Shervheim, Planner Licht and PZC Chairman Johnson presented detail on their meeting of June 10, 1975. Written summary dated June 13, 1975 on file. Motion by Councilman Abercrombie 2.nd by Councilman Shervheim to auth- orize counsel, planner and PZC chairman to prepare a proposed procedure, including flow chart to be used in processing development plans.Carried 5-0. Claims: Motion by Councilman Pott 2nd by Councilman Abercrombie to approve the payment of claims 75340 thru 75382. Carried 5-0. Legion St: Residents on Legion St. appeared and voiced concern over the amount of water in the area East of Legion and South of 30th St. They asked what could be done to releive situation. They were advised that this was part of the overall water problem and it would be considered. Waste Disposition:Mr. Gary Thompson, Thompson Roll -Off Systems, appeared at the re- quest of the .council. He suggested possibility of setting up a permanent box location. He would supply a 20, 30 or 40 yard box which he would re- move on 24 hour notice and replace with an empty box. If pulled twice a month the cost would be $56 for a 20 yard box, $66 for a 30 yard box and $76 for a 40 yard box. Larger boxes are more difficult to load and you don't get a full load in the box. Mr. Thompson advised that he had a 4 yard compactor for sale. He could probably set us up for about $10,000. New unit would be $12-15,000. Council will consider. MINUTES OF THE LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING JULY 1, 1975 pg. 2 Tri-Lakes Potential Flooding:John Banks, Scotty Lyall and George Hedges appeared to discuss the water problem in the Tri-Lakes Area. Mr. Banks acted as ( spokesman. He advised that level of water in Deer Pond was 925.24' and that homes were already flooded or were in danger of being flooded. Requested that water be held back upstream and that the weir on Lake Olson be raised 2'. An increase of 16" would flood the Sovereign's. If flooding is permitted up to $1,000,000 in real estate could be affected by the high water. on Lake Jane. Mr. Sovereign suggested that council should check the legal problems regarding changing the flow of water before taking any action. Question was raised about the possibility of diverting the water out of the North end of Long Lake to White Bear Lake. Mr. Banks requested we take action on an emergency basis. Mr. Gidlow advised that Long Lake was draining full force through a 9" culvert. Scotty Lyall commented that people had raised the question of destruction of trees; he assured council that if this is the problem that they would get someone to clean up old trees and replant new ones when the emergency was over. Right now the problem is real estate and a lot of people are going to be affected. Motion by Councilman Pott 2nd by Councilman Shervheim to take action on the items recommended by engineer. Discussion followed on most of the problem areas. At 11:15 PM Mayor Eder recessed the meeting advising that the council would reconvene the meeting on Wednesday July 2. 1975 at 6:30 PM to resume discussion and continue the meeting. The break would give some chance to see the problems firsthand before rendering a decision. Mayor called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM July 2, 1975. Mayor and all members of the council were present. Also present were counsel and eng. Councilman Pott withdrew his original motion on flood control. Councilman Shervheim offered Resolution R75-21 ordering emergency flood control procedures as needed per the engineer with a maximum expenditure of $5,000 and requested council agreement. Second by Councilman Pott. Carried 5-0, Councilman Shervheim offered Resolution R75-22 Receiving Engineer's report and calling for a public hearing on surface water control project 1 and asked for council agreement. Second by Councilman Pott. Carried 5-0. Adjournment: Motion by Councilman Pott 2nd by Councilman Abercrombie to adjourn at 9:15 PM. Carried 5-0. Donald Mehsikomer Lake Elmo City Clerk SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL JULY 1, 1975 `leeting called to order at 5:06 PM by Mayor Eder. Present: Mayor Eder, Councilman Abercrombie, Shervheim, Pott & Councilwoman Lyons. Also Present: Counsel Raleigh, Engineers Bonestroo & Noyes and Members of the VBWS. Purpose of the meeting, called at the request of the engineer, was to resolve expenditure necessary to activate part of the flood control plan. Engineer Bonestroo advised that the flow of water from Deer Pond to Hedge's Pond is critical and can not be resolved on a temporary basis. It is necessary to dig a ten ft. trench covering a distance of 300-350 ft. Contractors in general not readily available but Paul Emerson could get on it Tuesday (July 8) AM. Cost of ditch is $500 and the cost of 300 ft. of pipe, at $17.50/ft., total $5,750. Pipe can be availabe on Tuesday. Engineer reported that Long Lake had risen 1" from Saturday to Monday. Demontreville had risen from 929.4 to 929.64, or .24 ft. Some difficulty has been reported in maintaining the weir on Silver Lake at its proper level. County is attempting to make a concrete section to prevent individuals from taking it upon themselves to lower the weir. Deer Pond had been pumped so water is below H. Brown's home. Pump was moved to the intersection of Hwy 212 and Stillwater Blvd. This was done to accelerate the normal flow of the excess water in the area which may be affecting wells and septic systems and hac caused very bad odors. Level has been dropped 9" in the last 24 hours and engineer plans to continue until Wednesday Morning. So far the engineer calculates that 4,000,000 gals. have been pumped. Don Moris advised that the original permit for storage of up to 2' of excess water on the Moris - Berschen's property had been denied by his father. Mr. Moris suggested another direction of piping where thewater would end up flowing over already acquired park property. Motion by Councilman Shervheim 2nd by Councilman Abercrombie to amend Resolution R75-21 to increase the authorized amount for expenses which the engineer can use for flood control (temporary) from $5,000 to $10,000. Carried 5-0. Clerk requested to check and determine that we are adequately covered by insurance for all the special help hired to carry out the required work. Motion by Councilman Shervheim 2nd by Councilman Abercrombie to adjourn at 6:04 PM. Motion carried 5-0. Donald Mehsikomer Clerk -treasurer _ake Elmo, Minnesota