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ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 28, 2002 6 . Shih- Pau Yen, 1116 Amble Drive, stated two feet or four feet of pumping down was not the issue. He noted the issue was what the shoreline of Karth Lake should be. He stated the issue was a financial one and he agreed with Mr. Amble and asked why he, as a taxpayer, was paying for the pumping of the lake. Ms. Jacobsen, 1295 Wvncrest Court, explained why she had requested the pumping of Karth Lake bc stopped. She stated since they had stopped pumping the lake, she has not had any moisture issues in her basement. She stated however, shc still had odor problems at times. She noted she did not know where the problcm came from, but indicatcd it was not right to move a problem from point A to Point B. She stated there was another side of the lake that had been affected by the pumping of the lake. She noted they had not bccn given notice of the pumping originally, or they would have had a room full of residents opposed to it. . Susan .Johnson, 1220 Karth Lake Drive, noted she probably had the home that was elosest to the lake and noted when her retaining wall was built, they had a lot ofland bet\veen the lake and retaining wall and now, they had no land between the lake and the retaining wall. She stated they had erosion problems and they were in danger of having their house fall into thc lake if thc lake rose any higher. She stated her home was currently four feet from the retaining wall. She stated when the house was built thcre was a lot of land between the house and the lake and for whatever reason, the lake had risen. She noted for 22 years her homc had never been threatened, but now it was. She stated they werc not trying to put their problems on another neighborhood and felt that they had accomplished a temporary solution at this time, but requested a pennancnt solution. Mike Enz, 1228 Karth Lake Drive, stated the lake was higher than it had ever been in 48 years. He stated he did not know why the lake had risen to this level. He indicated there had to be a solution to this problem that would make everyone happy. He noted if this were a problem that was going to continue, even the people on the high side of Karth Lake would have erosion problems. He stated his property value went down $40,000 when the lake went up this summer. He noted the City's tax base would go down with the property values. He stated anyone contributing to this problem had to contribute to the solution. .