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•1 Fish Kill and Shore Erosion on Silver Lake Also Discussed 2 Frank Bracchi, 2923 Silver Lake Court, indicated he was there that 3 evening to seek City help with problems on his end of the lake with the 4 fish kill over the winter which was now finding its way up on his and 5 his neighbors' shore property. He said they didn't have the problems 6 with the geese on his end which lake residents on the Columbia Heights 7 side were experiencing. However, Mr. Bracchi added that he had been 8 able to discourage the few geese who had attempted to come up on his 9 property by stringing a few feet of fish line along the water's edge, 10 which in his opion, would be a less expensive and complicated resolution 11 of the problem than the geese removal program being advocated by the 12 Silver Lake Residents Association. His contention was that if everybody 13 did the same as he and his neighbor, the geese would become discouraged 14 and would go somewhere else. 15 Mrs. Sorenson reported she lived in Windsor Green and agreed that the 16 majority of her neighbors enjoyed having succeeding generations of 17 geese families returning to nest in that area, although some disliked 18 the mess the geese left behind. 19 Mr. Childs said he understood Dr. Cooper knew just when to transport the 20 geese away from the area so they wouldn't return. "A very interesting 21 hearing" was expected by Councilmembers who reported mixed reactions to f 22 the proposed program from lake residents who had called them. 23 Councilmember Ranallo said that he would be unable to attend the meeting on the 25th. 25 Public Works Department to Undertake "A One Year Only" Program to Aid 26 Lake Residents in Getting Rid of Winter Killed Fish From Silver Lake 27 Mr. Hamer explained what his crews would, be doing this year in. response 28 to the lack 'of oxygen under the ice which had killed more fish than 29 usual this year. Mr. Bracchi reported it was worse on his side of the 30 lake and he estimated that he had between 500 and 600 pounds of mostly 31 dead carp which the prevailing winds had deposited on his shorefront for' 32 which he had no means of disposal. He said, as usual , the DNR had been 33 unwilling to do anything about the problem perceiving that eventually 34 the dead fish on the lake would sink. 35 There was Council concurrence that although that might be accurate, it 36 was still not healthy to have so many rotting fish in the area or to 37 have those nutrients added to the lake itself. 38 Mr. Hamer's suggestion about putting a dumpster and a supply of plastic 39 bags along the shoreline for use of the residents and to rent a boat 40 from which the dead fish could be netted by his department as they 41 surfaced was accepted by the Council . 42 Councilmember Marks commented that he perceived the fact that residents 43 along that shoreline owned property out into the lake might have • 11