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STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
Resolution No. 85-23
OPPOSING PUBLIC BOAT ACCESS AND CHEMICAL
TREATMENT ON LAKE JOSEPHINE
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WHEREAS, The Rice Creek Watershed District has
made application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
for a grant to complete projects in the district which included
restoration of County Ditch 4 and a restoration project on
Lake Josephine, and
WHEREAS, this is being processed by the Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency (PCA) , and
WHEREAS, at a meeting on January 31, 1985, the
PCA representative has stated that all grants would be conditional
on a public boat access on Lake Josephine, and
WHEREAS, the DNR stated that Lake Josephine is
on their list for obtaining a public boat access, and
WHEREAS, the Arden Hills City Council has been
studying the matter, and representatives of the City have
attended meetings with the state and local agencies and with
concerned citizens living on Lake Josephine, and
WHEREAS, the City Council received a petition on
May 13, 1985, signed by 59 Arden Hills residents, opposing
the lake restoration and the public boat access,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Arden
Hills City Council opposes the installation of a public boat
access on Lake Josephine for safety reasons because of the
size and depth of the lake and lack of ability to control
the added traffic, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Arden Hills City
Council opposes treatment of the lake with calcium nitrate
which is considered to be experimental with no proof of its
effectiveness, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Arden Hills City
Council opposes the fish kill which it deemed unnecessary.
Unanimously passed by the Arden Hills City Council
this 13th day of May, 1985.
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Robert L. Woodburn
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Charlotte McNiesh
Clerk Administrator