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AR—DEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—May 26, 2009 12 <br /> Development Director Lehnhoff. She stated that there were comments about there <br /> being problems with Lake Josephine from Ingerson, there is a pond there that is <br /> polluted. Ramsey County was supposed to go out there last Friday to take care of <br /> this and they did not. She asked if anyone knew what was going on with this <br /> situation. <br /> Community Development Director James Lehnhoff stated that he did not recall <br /> the exact issue and he was not sure that the situation was supposed to be taken care <br /> of last Friday. <br /> Public Works Director Hoag stated that Staff was talking to the resident to <br /> determine what she thinks needs to be done and determine what actually needs to be <br /> done. Over the last two years the City has worked on the inlet from the Fernwood <br /> ditch that leads into Lake Josephine and it was cleaned out two weeks ago. The <br /> resident may be thinking that the whole thing needs to be dredged but this is only a <br /> four year old facility. It is operating at this time as it was designed to. There was <br /> sediment at the inlet from Fernwood and Ingerson which was cleaned out last year <br /> and then again two weeks ago. <br /> Councilmember Grant stated that the amount of sediment was not all that <br /> surprising given the amount of drainage this bioswale collects. In the particular <br /> settling pond there are rocks about halfway down that have sunk down and may not <br /> be doing what they were intended to do. He asked Staff to take a look at this. <br /> Public Works Director Hoag stated that Staff will look at it. The rocks were <br /> installed to hold back the lake in a higher water situation. Last week the rocks were <br /> visible and it appeared that they are doing the intended job. <br /> Councilmember Holmes asked that this bioswale be inspected because this <br /> resident does have concerns with it. <br /> Mayor Harpstead stated that there are other ponds that the edges are falling and <br /> trees are falling into the pond. He suggested a six month project to survey and <br /> document the ponds in order to determine what needed to be done and the potential <br /> budget impacts. <br /> Mayor Harpstead opened the Public Meeting at 8:08 p.m. <br /> Mayor Harpstead closed the Public Meeting at 8:09 p.m. <br /> No public comment was received. <br />