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ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MTl\LJTES OCTOBER 28, 2002 7 . Cesar FarelJ, 449 Amble Drive, statcd they had built their home in 1979 and indicated this was the highest lake level ever. He stated he had two oaks in the water that were going to die. He requested the history of how this developed. A resident stated he sympathized with the people on the east side of the lake, but requested thcy get the water level down to the DNR's suggestion. He noted the raising water level was from all of the storm sewers that flowed into the lake. He requested they come up with a permanent solution to this problem. He stated he was not against the pumping situation, but he took exception to the method of paying for this by only assessing the people who owned property on the lake. Council Member Aplikowski noted she was going to vote to stop the pumping because she believed they rushcd into it without looking at all of the solutions. She stated they needed to have a permanent solution. She stated she understood the homes were not in danger and most of the oak trees were out of the water. She noted the DNR did not say they had to pump four feet, but they could pump LLP to four feet. . Council Member Grant stated he was going to vote to stop the pumping. He stated they realized there was a problem and what they had pumped, had brought the lake water level down to a manageable level. He notcd there were no homes in danger at this time. He stated he believed they had rushed into this and indicated they needed more time to look at all of the options and solutions. . Council Member Larson stated they had heard a great variety of things about thc lake, but he believed the Council did not have sufficient infonnation to continue the pumping. He noted the Mrs. Johnson's home was no longer threatened and indicated the situation on Karth Lake was not that much different than other lakes in the City. He stated the reason for pumping was that the lake level was threatening a home, but that home was no longer threatened and now they needed to rcevaluate how far they shOLdd continue to pump. He noted the fact that they had pumped down two feet was sufficient right now and he was comfortable with stopping the pumping. He indicated in the future, they needed to have some cost sharing and they needed to have a certain height that pumping would begin again. He noted they needed a lot more information to make an informed decision. He indicated the City should monitor the lake levels on Karth Lake and then make a decision. Hc stated he believed they had gone far enough with the pumping at this time.