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<br />the petition area. Some people signed the petition not to <br />put the storm sewer in. ~'hat was as proposed by Charlie at <br />the watershed district meeting. We did not want that to go <br />directly in the lake without the purifying in Little Lake <br />Josephine, so while the petition says we do not want the storm <br />sewer, I think several people do want a storm sewer but not <br />the way it was first designed. Secondly, with regard to the <br />first petition so that this project was put on the agenda, <br />some people did sign that and feel there is a storm sewer <br />needed because of the danger to children in the park area..and <br />the wet basements and streets but when they signed the ori- <br />ginal petition they had no idea it would go into Lake Josephine. <br /> <br />MAYOR LINEBARGER: You live outside the area? <br /> <br />MR. KELLER: Yes. I feel I have an interest in the pro- <br />ject because if Charlie's second plan would be adopted it would <br />benefit the area in which I live and I think the additional <br />cost of that plan is very small compared to the recreational <br />area (inaudible) compared to what it costs to build swimming <br />pools or - Mr. Short can verify what it will cost to dredge <br />and build a lake if they had expanded Lake Bennett like they <br />were going to do. The way the lake is, it's going down hill <br />now and could be another Lake Phalen or Como. An independent <br />study was done as to the purity of the water in the ditches <br />being equal to the purity of the water in the lake. That test <br />wasn't done in the winter time when the salt was on the street <br />or the summer when people are fertilizing their lawns and as I <br />understand and from other people, that once this water gets into <br />the lake these chemicals that get in the lake never do get out <br />due to evapbration or other ways that the water gets out. Once <br />the chemicals are in the lake they stay and stay and the lake <br />gets worse. <br /> <br />MAYOR LINEBARGER: Who would like to be next, and I will <br />ask again that you give your name and address. <br /> <br />MR. HERBERT JONAS, 3030 North Hamline: Could I make use <br />of your second projection? <br /> <br />MR. HONCHELL: The shaded one? <br /> <br />12 <br />