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2516 Ridge LEne 1•'.aunds Vieri� t:tinnesota Segtember 7. 1978 A�Iayor John Pickar r 9 q�9I 1� Lounds Vietv City Hall i��f�" � 2401 Hi�hway 10� � Nevi Brighton� Liinnesota Dear Etayor Pickar: In response to r,�y aFPearing before the City Council on $eptenber 5� 1976� where I-briefly talked aboat mg desire to renove some silt fxrom oui� pond� the Solloj°iin� in£ormation is hereby subnitted per your request. I am �sritin�, this letter as President o" the "lhite Oak fiomeo1vners Association'who ovin the pond south of Ridee Lane and Sast o_* Long Lake Road, TBe Problem: Yle have a 3z acre reelaimed pond which is rinoed by 29 homes end a aity well !iouse. 'iJhen the pond vias reclaiaedi the peat was taken from tce nond�and piled uo on the shore and prior to the time it could be hauled"aereg� a quantity of it we�hed back Snto the pond vrhere it renains to date, The peat has not created too large a problem for us as Par as the viater qualitv is concerned, but it has covered a major � portion oP the s€nd hottovl of the lake, znd svaen stired up� does mxke the r+ater less clean. ti:e recently had e consultant look at our pond as rve hr.d some concern about needin� to do sone mainten.sce or. the west shore line, E:e told us aE that tine thnt our nzjor concez•n should be tho rer.ioval o£ the silt, Aiter exam`_n!n� a nunber o_° possible solutions to re^t�ving this silt� ire have decided the best solution viould be to use a suction dred�e and vaccuum the bottora o£ the pond, ihe exact amount of silt to be removed can onls be guessed at� as there are a nunber oS faotora including the ease �vita vi^ich it is sucked out. The Roto-ROOter conpany hae e�cperience with this type of pa�ping and has indScated to us tiiat they coulo eesily do this project with a ninimum o£ problems to the area and the homes around tha pond. The Pr000sal: As the dur.�pinr o° the water. and silt is the maJor problem in a suction dred-ying oneration� we are requestin3 oernisaion to use the vacaat lots at the northeast co^ner of Ridge Lane and Long Lake Road. :la tiiould nake a dike o" straei b¢ils start�ing about 25 Peet west of � the east edge o_* tnese lots ar.d have the diked Sn area� a large oval�' covering the area Prom the startir.g point over to�eards D,ong Lake Rosd. The silt anfl vuater }vould be pu^�ped into this oval vrhere the solids would aettle out and the �veter woud run throu;;h the'straw� and into the storm sar+er outlet in the corner of the vecant lots, The stPavr �vould be antin6 as a filter. leeving all oS' t5e solids within the oval. After the water has been removed Srom the silt� eie will either remove the �ilt from the land. or leave it the^e �or the City io use as fill Sor this�� �-� area which rie understand is to be Silled Por n park, 7fe understand froa� . tho Roto-Hooter representa:ive that the silt cen be somewhat piled up when��. it is pumned in thia process. ihe pur.roing process night tAke up to three dflys, but probably no lonRer. �.