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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> DATE: 8/10/98 <br /> ITEM .: x-3 <br /> Department Approval: Manager Reviewed: Agenda section: <br /> -- Hearings <br /> Item Description: Proposed Ordinance and Joint Powers Agreement with Arden Hills <br /> regarding Lake Josephine Water Surface lase. <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> The Council! in 1997, upon recommendation of the _Lake Owasso Task Force, approved <br /> a ,point Powers Agreement with the City of Shoreview regarding Lake Owasso water <br /> surface use. [wring the Lake Owasso Task Force deliberations, a representative of the <br /> Labe Josephine Improvement Association staged in contact with the process. Since that <br /> time, the following activities have occurred: <br /> Representatives of the Improvement Association and cities of Roseville and Arden <br /> Hills reset to discuss the possibility of a Joint Powers regarding water surface usage <br /> on Lake Josephine. The Improvement Association felt the provisions of the Lake <br /> Owasso Joint Powers were appropriate with the addition that all motorboats shall <br /> travel in a counterclockwise direction around the lake. The counterclockwise <br /> direction has historically been the practice. <br /> Roseville and Arden Hills city Attorneys prepared ordinances and Joint Rogers <br /> which were informally reviewed and approved by the Department of Natural <br /> Resources (DNR). <br /> Improvement Association Board of Directors unanimously supported approval of the <br /> ordinances and Joint Powers. <br /> Improvement Association delivered notice regarding proposed Joint Pourers to <br /> property owners on the lake and submitted letter to City with lake property owners' <br /> comments. <br /> Next Ste s: <br /> Roseville and Arden Hills approve ordinance and Joint Pourers Agreement subject <br /> to DN R approval. <br /> Submit ordinances and Joint Powers to DNR for final approval. <br />