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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES <br />JULY 14, 2003 <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />Council member Rem stated she had talked to the Administrator of Rice Creek <br />Watershed District and his comments were that if the City would be coming back <br />asking for a permanent solution, Rice Creek would need to be involved and it <br />would be looked at differently as a permanent solution than they had looked at as a <br />temporary solution. <br /> <br />Mr. Landwer replied Rice Creek Watershed would need to look at this in more <br />depth if it was a permanent solution. <br /> <br />Bert Nienaber, 1160 Amble Drive, asked if the permanent solution was a one- <br />time cost. He asked what the maintenance cost involved with the permanent <br />solution was. <br /> <br />Mr. Landwer replied the maintenance cost involved would be minimal compared <br />to a temporary station. He stated the maintenance and labor for a permanent <br />solution was a couple of hours to pull and put the pump in as needed and the <br />electrical costs involved. He stated the temporary solution was more labor <br />intensive. <br /> <br />Pam Enz, 1228 Karth Lake Drive, stated they had lost three mature oaks and <br />five poplar trees. Their neighbors had also lost five large oaks. She stated she had <br />moved into the area because of the trees and therefore there was a tax cost to the <br />City and to say under Option I there was no cost to the City was inaccurate. She <br />stated if the trees were not around, the wildlife would also not be around. <br /> <br />Susan Johnson, 1220 Karth Lake Drive, thanked Council for having the <br />meeting. She stated she lived closest to the lake and her retaining wall was <br />collapsing. She noted her home was four feet away from the retaining wall. She <br />indicated she had imminent property damage. She stated she was looking at <br />$10,000 to $20,000 to reinforce her home so it did not fall into the lake. She <br />indicated the lake was historically high because her 100-year old trees died. She <br />noted this was impacting the quality of everyone around the lake. She stated she <br />personally would be happy to pay more in taxes because of the cost she was going <br />to incur anyway. She stated it would only get worse because of the increase of <br />development. She indicated temporary solutions did not seem to be the answer at <br />this point and the cost differential between the two solutions made a permanent <br />solution much more desirable. She asked as a community that they come together <br />and look at ways to find a solution to this problem. <br />