HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-12-75 CCMCITY COUNCIL
CITY OF LAKE ELMO, MINN. 55042
S ecial Meeting of City Council Held Tuesday, August 12, 1975.
5:15 P.M. --- Meeting convenes
Flood Control
Possible temporary help for Maintenance.
Does the City clean up brush and trees
killed by flood water?
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 12, 1975
Meeting called to order at 5:15 PM by Acting Mayor Abercrombie.
i Present: Acting Mayor Abercrombie, Councilmen Shervheim & Pott & Councilwoman Lyons.
Absent: Mayor Eder (Vacation).
Lake Levels:Engineer was not able to be present but supplied the lake level readings
as of August 12, 1975 as compared to August 5, 1975.
Long Lake North 939.20 was 939.84
Long Lake South 939.18 was 939.80
Olson Lake stable as water is running out over the weir.
Lake Jane 922.05 was 922.30
Sunfish Lake 890.45 was 890.59
Lake Elmo was reported as no longer running even though the water level
in the lake was above the level of the culvert. Engineer recommended that
drainage be opened up and lake level and culvert level be brought in line.
Flood level cleanup:Question was raised as to who was responsible to clean up the
shoreline after the flood. The council advises that this is the personal
resonsibility of each landowner.
Assessment Hearing:This item should be on the agenda to discuss at the meeting of
August 19, 1975 at 5:00 PM.
Part Time Help:Councilman Pott asked the council to approve additional help to get
things up to date that have been delayed because of the necessary effort
on the part of city employees to fight the high water problem. Items that
are behind include street patching, shouldering, weed cutting (this may
take care of itself as we are now past the first cutting and would be
scheduling the second cutting), etc.
Kirby Kennedy asked the council if they planned to lower the level of Lake Jane
after the September 15,1975 date which was established, by resolution,
as the end of the emergency. Council advised that it would not give up
on the problem and would review it until resolved.
Part Time Help:Motion by Councilman Shervheim 2nd by Councilwoman Lyons to approve
for up to 80 manhours at a cost, not to exceed, $4.50/hour. Carried
3-1. Abercrombie opposed - Mayor Eder absent.
Minutes: Minutes of the meeting August 4, 1975 to be amended to show that the
3M Meeting is not an informational meeting but a Public Hearing.
Motion by Councilman Shervheim 2nd by Councilwoman Lyons to approve
the minutes of the August 5, 1975 meeting as amended. Carried 4-0.
Adjournment:Motion by Councilman Shervheim 2nd by Councilman Pott to adjourn at
5:44 PM. Carried 4-0.
Donald Mehsikomer
City clerk
Lake Elmo, Minnesota