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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br />.. .... <br />"' <br /> <br />Mr. Charles Johnson the Aquatic Biologist for Rice Creek Watershed asked if Council <br />had any questions about the letter he submitted. <br /> <br />Council Member Nelson indicated she had read that Rice Creek Watershed would <br />recommend the second alternative but feels the first suggestion is the best protection. <br />She then asked if her interpretation of the letter was correct. <br /> <br />Mr. Johnson indicated that Rice Creek Watershed deals strictly with water quality and not <br />with the birds. He then indicated that Council Member Nelson's interpretation of the <br />letter was correct. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers commented that the letter had said that high-speed <br />boating reintroduces and increases algae blooms. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra commented that the lake is a shallow lake. <br /> <br />Mr. Johnson indicated the water in the north basin is clear and the water in the south <br />basin is mineral rich and is dominated by algae growth during the summer months. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra asked where the difference in water quality begins. <br /> <br />Mr. Johnson indicated he has not been into the north end of the lake but it would be his <br />opinion that the water quality change happens where the main flow comes in. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra indicated that Peltier Lake and Centerville Lake have a poor <br />water quality and St. Paul Water Utility will not take the water. She then asked whether <br />more vegetation would help the health of the water. Mr. Johnson indicated that healthier <br />vegetation would help the health ofthe water. <br /> <br />Ms. Moore-Sykes commented that Council had heard that high-speed boats help <br />oxygenate the water and asked whether that was true or false. Mr. Johnson indicated that <br />the aquatic plants produce plenty of oxygen and noted the negative effect on aquatic <br />plants counters any positive oxygenating impact produced by the high-speed boats. <br /> <br />Mr. LeBlanc, 1677 Peltier Lake Drive, provided handouts showing various images to <br />Council. The first image showed the southern half of the lake in a large algae bloom. He. <br />then commented that the aquatic plants act as a large filter and damage by high-speed <br />boating causes problems for those plants which can impact the fish that need the plants to <br />lay eggs on. <br /> <br />Mr. LeBlanc commented that the lake needs protection trom people other than those that <br />live along it. He further stated that someone who is not aware of the sensitive nature of <br />the area could cause a lot of damage and the no wake zone would make it clear to all that <br />the area needs to be protected. <br /> <br />Page 4 of2l <br />