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Council Proceedings 6 City of New Brighton March 8, 1977 Motion by Hardt, seconded by Senden to defer action on issuance of building permit to Gonella. 4 ayes - 0 nayes - carried Council Business Lake Forest Howard Moechnig, District Conservationist USDA, Water Quality Soil Conservation Service, reviewed the contents of his report dated October 26, 1976 and received by the Council January 25, 1977. Councilman Werdouschegg asked what specific recommendations Mr. Moechnig had. Mr. Moechnig stated he had intentionally provided a variety of alternates and has no specific recommendations in mind. He stated, however, that to improve the water quality nutrients entering the lake must be reduced. Further, he stated that in his judgment the best way of reducing sedimentation was to dike the bay of Lake Forest making it essentially a sedimentation basin. Councilman Werdouschegg asked how unique the problem with Lake Forest was. Mr. Moechnig stated that although it was one of the worst to his knowledge in Ramsey County, that all similar lakes were rapidly going down hill as urbanization occurs. Councilman Hardt asked wlh t would be the effect of diking of the bay. Mr. Moechnig stated that large sedimentation particles would settle out and that 'Cif the bay were vegetated smaller particles would be filtered out. On the negative side he stated that the quality of the bay would deteriorate,and access to the lake from homes around the bay would be cut off. Councilman Hardt inquired as to how pollutants from property adjacent to the lake would be reduced._ Moechnig stated the main way of preventing this was to mimize use of fertilizer and herbicides. Councilman Werdouschegg asked whether the bay would have to be periodically dredged. Moechnig stated that it would.