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REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING <br /> MAY 12 , 1992 <br /> 3 PAGE 11 <br /> 4 <br /> 5 <br /> 6 9 . NEW BUSINESS <br /> 7 <br /> 8 a . Ordinance No . 1992-004 , Re : Surface Use of Water on <br /> 9 Silver Lake ( 1st Readina) <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Mayor Ranallo advised that this ordinance was first presented <br /> 12 approximately one year ago . No Council action was taken at <br /> 13 that time . He also noted that if the St . Anthony City Council <br /> 14 takes any action on this matter , that similar action must be <br /> 15 taken by the City of Columbia Heights and by the Minnesota <br /> 16 Department of Natural Resources . <br /> 17 <br /> 18 The Mayor invited anyone in attendance to speak on behalf of <br /> 19 the ordinance or in opposition to it . <br /> 20 <br /> 21 The resident at 2505 Silver Lane stated he served on the <br /> 22 survey committee who circulated a petition regarding the <br /> 23 management of the surface water on Silver Lake. He stated that <br /> 24 a survey letter went to all Silver Lake residents . The survey <br /> 25 letter included a ballot on which property owners could <br /> indicate their preference for more or fewer restrictions on <br /> the water surface usage of Silver Lake . These letter/ballots <br /> were hand delivered to each home on the Lake . Fifty-three were <br /> 29 delivered and forty-nine responses were received . <br /> 30 <br /> 31 This residents stated some reasons for passage of the <br /> 32 ordinance . The ordinance addressed hours when motorized craft <br /> 33 would be restricted and the speed at which motorized craft <br /> 34 could travel . <br /> 35 <br /> 36 In response to the Mayor ' s inquiry regarding surveying of <br /> 37 other St . Anthony residents , this property owner responded <br /> 38 that only property owners on Silver Lake were surveyed. The <br /> 39 Mayor stated he has already received calls from St . Anthony <br /> 40 residents who do not live on Silver Lake and their concerns <br /> 41 regarding restrictions . <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Lowell Thompson , President of the Silver Lake Homeowners <br /> 44 Association , advised that the Association has never taken a <br /> 45 position of opposing the ordinance, but rather wants the <br /> 46 ordinance adopted. He felt this is an "orphan" lake , that the <br /> 47 water quality is deteriorating, and that the political <br /> 48 boundaries of the lake prohibit an active interest in the <br /> 49 future of the lake . <br /> 50 <br /> 51 The City Manager noted that the Rice Creek Watershed District <br /> has been petitioned to conduct a water quality study . He <br /> thinks the Wexford Heights development has impacted on the <br /> 54 lake and there will be concerns of the impact a CUB store <br />