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City of Arden Hills – 2040 Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br /> <br />Approved:, 2018 <br />10-5 <br />unwanted nutrients to settle out of the water. As a result, the quality of Little <br />Johanna Lake and Lake Johanna are compromised. <br /> <br />Valentine Lake <br /> <br />Covering approximately 74 acres with a 2.4 square mile watershed, Valentine <br />Lake is an NE lake located just south of Interstate 694. Bethel University owns <br />almost all of the lakeshore; however, the lake can be viewed from Old Highway <br />10 along the western shoreline. While there is not any formal boat or public <br />access points, the lake is used for fishing by the public. In the future, it may be <br />necessary to develop a formal agreement with Bethel University for public use <br />and a parking lot for users. <br /> <br />The lake has a dominance of blue-green algae and has heavy algal blooms <br />throughout the summer. Water flows southwest out of Lake Valentine into the <br />County Ditch 12 and eventually into Long Lake in the City of New Brighton. <br /> <br />Round Lake <br /> <br />Round Lake is approximately 125 acres in size and has a subwatershed of 0.83 <br />square miles. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service owns all of the land <br />around the lake. Public use of the lake is prohibited and there are not any public <br />access points due to contamination in the lake bed from operations on the former <br />Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) property. There are single family <br />homes on the east side of the lake, apartments and townhomes on the southeast <br />side, and industrial development on the south and west sides. The north side of <br />the lake is bordered by Highway 96. None of the adjacent property owners have <br />access to the lake. <br /> <br />Karth Lake <br /> <br />Karth Lake is approximately 15 acres in size and is surrounded by single family <br />homes. There is a City park on the south side of the lake; however, there are not <br />any public boat launches to the lake. <br /> <br />Rice Creek Watershed District is conducting water quality monitoring for the lake. <br />The immediate area drains into the lake, and there are also five (5) stormwater <br />inlets draining approximately 170 acres to the lake. Prior to 2004, there was not <br />an outlet for Karth Lake, and the water level steadily increased. The Karth Lake <br />Improvement District was created in 2003 to manage the water level, and a pump <br />was constructed in 2004 to control the lake level. Water that is pumped out of <br />the lake flows through storm sewer and ditch systems to Valentine Lake. Draft 04/04/2018