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<br />ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - October 15, 2002 <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />farther down the street which collected in his pond. He noted there were nine <br />springs in Karth Lake and one of those springs went into his pond. He stated Ms. . <br />Jacobsen's property is situated on a former pond. <br /> <br />Mr. Kramer stated since they had started pumping Karth Lake the water table <br />around his home and his pond had gone down. He expressed concern that they <br />would not be able to ice skate on the pond this year if it continued to go down. <br /> <br />Mr. Kramer suggested stopping the pumping of Karth Lake temporarily to see if <br />this was causing the problems at Ms. Jacobsen's home. <br /> <br />Mayor Probst asked if they had taken the elevations of the pond. Mr. Brown <br />replied they had not, but they would. <br /> <br />Ms. Jacobsen asked if it would make sense to let nature do its part and come to <br />some agreement to reduce the pumping ofKarth Lake. She stated she was opposed <br />to the pumping originally, and now she was very much against the pumping <br />because she believed it was affecting her home. She asked what would happen <br />when the ground started freezing. Would she continue to have problems? Mr. <br />Brown replied they expected the pumping to be completed within the next three . <br />weeks, and the ground would not be frozen during that time. He noted if the water <br />started freezing in the pipe, they would stop pumping. <br /> <br />Ms. Jacobsen asked if someone could investigate if her home was sitting on a <br />former pond. Mr. Parrish replied the City had aerial photos dating back to the <br />1940's and that they would look into this issue. <br /> <br />Council Member Larson suggested reducing the pumping by one-half the volume, <br />which would allow the City to address the concerns of the residents of Karth Lake. <br /> <br />MOTION: Council Member Aplikowski moved and Council Member <br />Grant seconded a motion to authorize the staff to check Ms. <br />Jacobsen's home, the surrounding properties, and the properties <br />around Karth Lake and Wyncrest Court that were suspected of <br />having problem associated with the pumping of Karth Lake. <br />Staff was also authorized to make the decision to go to one-half <br />pumping immediately. Staff was authorized to stop pumping <br />entirely if they determine the pumping was affecting residents <br />in the Wyncrest Court area. . <br />