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MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Village of Arden Hills Monday, May 13, 1985 - 7:30 p.m. Village Hall Call to Order Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Woodburn called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Roll Call Present: Absent: Also Present: Mayor Robert Woodburn, Councilmembers Dale Hicks, Nancy Hansen, Gary Peck, Thomas Sather None Engineer Donald Christoffersen, Planner Orlyn Miller, Treasurer Donald Lamb, Public Works Supervisor Robert Raddatz, Clerk Administrator Charlotte McNiesh, Deputy Clerk Dorothy Zehm . Approval of Minutes Peck moved, seconded by Sather, that the minutes of the April 29th Council meeting be approved as submitted. Motion carried unanimously. (5-0) Business from the Floor None Lake Josephine Petition Opposina Lake Treatment and Bost Launch, Rice Creek Watershed Grant Thomas Lynch, 3220 N. Hamline Avenue, presented s petition to the City Council, signed by about 60 residents of Arden Hills living on property adjoining Lake Josephine, opposing the proposed program for treatment of Lake Josephine by the Federal E.P.A., Minnesota P.C.A., Minnesota D.N.R., Rice Creek Watershed District, and the Ramsey County Parks and Recreation Department, making the following statements: 1. Lake Josephine is cleaner now, and with less algae than in past years; therefore, leave the lake bottom alone, no calcium nitrate needed. 2. Let the sunfish, crappies and northern pike exist with the carp in Lake Josephine as they are today. Forego any restocking. 3. Without the restocking of the lake, we see nO reason for a public boat access with six (6) auto parking places with the ongoing cost to police the lake surface. Lynch reported that the D.N.R. proposes kill all the fish; noted that the lake the only way to rid the lake of carp. re-stock the lake. to poison the lake, which will has a lot of carp; and this is Lynch noted that they will then Lynch said Lake Josephine is 118 acres in area; therefore, according to D.N.R. it has the authority to build a public access (any lake of 100 acres or more in the metro area). Lynch noted that the only public property on the lake is at the beach location, which means the boat access will be adjacent to the beach area, a very dangerous combination of uses. Lynch explained that County Ditch 4 needs upgrading. Federal government will finance the upgrading only if the public access on Lake Josephine goes in. Lynch explained that their biggest concern is that Lake Josephine is too small for six additional power boats next to the public beach - concern is for safety. . Sergeant Bergeron, Ramsey County Water Patrol, noted the proposed access point on a map of the lake, just north of the public beach; noted that boats pick up and drop off skiers; noted that the boat access, beach and area where skiers are dropped off, is in a small, congested area. Hansen noted that Lake Johanna has a similar situation; asked how Lake Josephine differs from Johanna - both are small lakes; noted that the residents of Lake Johanna were opposed to boat access also, but could not stop it; noted that water surface controls were imposed for safety.