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Gem Lake News Page 4 of 6 Ramsey County Traffic Initiatives Net Results Ramsey County sponsored two high visibility traffic safety initiatives in September, resulting in numerous driving citations. Both traffic safety initiatives concentrated on freeways in the county, such as 35E, 35W and 694. The first event was held Friday, September 27 and resulted in 184 traffic stops. Of these stops, there were 12 people arrested and brought to jail, 11 DWI arrests, 17 drivers cited for Driving after Revocation or Suspension, and 9 vehicles towed. The following night, September 28, there was a second traffic event, which resulted in 73 stops. Of these stops, 6 people were arrested and brought to jail, 6 DWI arrests were made, 11 drivers were cited for Driving after Revocation or Suspension and 4 vehicles were towed. . Black Sea Restaurant: Gem Lakes Newest Gem! Stop in at our newest Gem Lake business! The Black Sea Restaurant is now open on County Road E near Enterprise Rental Car. The popular Turkish restaurant named the Black Sea recently open its second branch in our city. The restaurant has been a fixture for many years at 737 N. Snelling Avenue in St. Paul. That site opened in the year 2000 as a family run business. The restaurant serves authentic Turkish food such as falafel, kebabs, hummus and other Mediterranean fare. The Gem Lake restaurant is located at 1581 E. County Road E, next to Vera Auto Sales. Crime in Gem Lake A home under construction at Hillary Farm was burglarized on or around September 11. Copper tubing was taken, although there were no signs of forced entry. Property damage was reported on September 12 in the 1300 block of Goose Lake Road. City News Page Gem Lake Designated as Impaired in Recent Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Report A recently completed report done by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency focused on the need to reduce pollution in five area lakes and one creek. The report was a necessary step in obtaining government assistance at some point with the clean-up efforts. The draft of the report is now out for public comment. It highlights the need to reduce phosphorus levels in East Goose Lake, West Goose Lake, Wilkinson Lake, Gilfillan Lake and Gem Lake. Each of these lakes is on the state list of impaired lakes, due to the overly high readings of phosphorus, which range from a high of 91% over the limit at East Goose Lake and a low of 24 % over the limit at Gem Lake. In addition, the report points out the level of E.coli in Lambert Creek needs to be reduced as much 61% to meet federal standards. Various strategies are suggested as possibilities for reducing pollution levels, from more street sweeping to shoreline buffers that will filter storm water run-off before it hits these impaired water bodies and makes things worse. The possibility of leaking septic systems are listed as a potential contributor to phosphorus levels in Gem Lake. (Please note: Gem Lake conducts semi-annual inspections of septic systems to prevent these problems from happening.) Once the public comment period is over, the report will be edited and submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for their approval. Then an plan gets put together for dealing with the problem. Budgets for doing the work, who will do it and how it will get paid for will be figured out later.