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~- <br />CITY ~F S>FI®IZEVIEW <br />f 'tl~~li~ ~ ~~~~ <br />~ ~~, ,r <br />4~ <br />~' <br />April 27, 2007 <br />Travis Germundson <br />Area Hydrologist. <br />DNR W aters <br />1200 Warner Road <br />St. Paul, MN 55106 <br />4600 Victoria Street North, Shoreview, MN 55126 <br />(651) 490-4600 Fay: (6~ 1) 490-4699 <br />(651) 490-4750 Voice/TTY <br />www.ci.shoreview.mn.us <br />RE: Amendment Request -Snail Lake Operation Level <br />rP~.~.r ~/Tr ~e1-lTlllTl'_1vnn. <br />CITY COUNCIL, <br />Sandy Martin; Mayor <br />Blake Huffinan <br />Larry Morrisette <br />Terry Quigley <br />Ady Wickstrom <br />~~ ~°~ <br />~~- z~ ~~t <br />~~'~`; <br />a ~ <br />`~4gS~~.: ~- <br />Please accept this letter on behalf of the Snail Lake Improvement District (SLID) Board as a <br />request to amend the pump opel-ation plan for the augmentation of Snail Lake that is listed in <br />Attachment A as part of Water Appropriation Permit #94-6011. <br />The current plan states Chat between ice-out and before freeze-up water shall be pumped into the <br />lake if the elevation drops below 881.5, until the level is raised to an elevation of 882.0. <br />Based on several meetings that were held with the SLID Board and residents within the SLID, the <br />City has been operating the pump between May 1 and August 15 as per the following: <br />A water elevation of 882.4 will trigger starting the pump, until the level <br />is raised to an elevation of 882.7. The pump will be allowed to run one <br />time per month upon special request from the SLID and authorization <br />from the SL Paul Water Utilities. <br />The higher minimum water level is preferred because recreation on the lake will be lost, access to <br />boat docks would be difficult, boat traffic would disturb weed beds, and there is a greater chance <br />of damage to boats with the lower lake elevation. <br />Please contact me if you have any questions or require more information. <br />Sincerely, <br />CITY OF SHOREVIEW <br />Tom Wesolowski, P. . <br />Assistant City Engineer <br />cc: SLID Board <br />T:\SLID\correspondence\DNR amendment operation level 042707.doc <br />