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CITY OF GEM LAKE. MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING JIINE, 2005 The June; 2005 regular meeting of the -City Council. of the: City of Gem Lake was called to order by Mayor Eineott. on Monday, 20 June 200.5, at 7: 12 PM in the first floor ineeting room .of Tousley Ford. Mayor Eineott, Councilors Watson. Bosak, Schilling :and Rasmussen and Clerk Magnuson were present. Also present were, .Planning Vice Chairman. Lindner; Planning Comrissiort appointee Craig Rafferty; and Dan and Josephine Osterkaritp. FollowiitgMayor Euieott's request for additions, deletions; or corrections, the following:actions were.taken: 1) unanimous approval of the Minutes of the 16 May 2005 City. Council meeting as presented ..on Motion by Watson, Second by Bosak, 2) unanimous approval ofthe CityCouncil Meeting Agenda for 20 June 2005 as amended. onM.otion by Schilling Second by Rasmussen. Mr, Magnusonthen made General Announcements. Mr, Lindner then reported dueto the absence of a quorum, the Planning Commission was unable to convene on 07 June 2005. With that, Vice Chairman Lindner continued the. Public Hearing: on the Osterkamp Variance application to 20 June 2005 for consideration by the City Council. Thosepresent did review the proposed Osterkamp development. of Surmm11itMini Storage and determined adequate details have ben discussed to empower the. City Engineer and the Zoning Administrators to handle the projectthrough completion. No.. additional details are available on Mr; And Mrs. 1.loesch ler's.conditions. ❑iscussion of the LaBore Road traffic -study with a consensus that speed was not an issue but that traffic volumes. remain significant during drive times. No further enforcement action is encouraged at this time. Additional enforcement will be depinyed•oti Goose.•Lake Road with an agreed upside limit of$1,000 in additional costs. Mr. Magnuson reviewed the minutes of the Sheriff's nieeting for 19•May 2005 with no action taken_ Mr. Magnuson then. reported that the County ElHighway.61 reconstruction is moving forward and should commence sometirne.iin July. Watson -asked what impact a state shut down might. have and:asked the Clerk to contact Mr. Soler for an answer. Paving will be completed this week an'Scheuneman Road. Feasabilitystudies for Big Fox / Little Pox/ Haven Tessier= reconstruction and • city water will. be available for consideration in July. Mr. Watson .suggested alternative drainage considerations should be included in the plans for presentation to the residents of the area. Mr. Magnuson also noted some conversations have taken place regarding conversion of Big. Pox Road at County Road E to a west bound right -turn. only. Mr.. Segermark felt it to be a positive plan and has expressed a willingness to discuss with neighbors. The: lnflow!lnfi€tration Project should be underway in July as well. Mr. Schilling suggested we hold several community meetings to ask thecommunity what amenities the current residents would like to sec in the comtunity. Thereare substantial funding sources which remain untapped by Gem Lake to provide many amenities without substantial cost to the community. General consensus was that the City Council should hold:. at least two work shop/community meetings in September and October to get input from residents. It. was further suggested that the meetings should be held in a facility other than Tousleyso as not to disrupt their normal operations. Mr. Eineott then reported on the current status of the JPA with VLAWMO notinghe has agreed to serve as it's 'freasui-er in the coining. year: Mr. Magnuson presented the annual financial report for VLAWMO further demonstrating the: effectivenessofthis organization. Motion by Lnicott, Second by Watson to adopt Resolution No. 2005.11 in support. contiinring the. JPA between the communitiesto maintain VLAWMO was unanimously adopted. A copy will be forwarded to VLAWMO for distribution. Mr. Magnusonthen reported he has reviewed Gem Lake:and State statutes regarding liquor licenses and. feels that since no formal applications have been received that the current ordinance be turned over to the Planning Commission in September forconsideration with specific attention paid to the number of each type of license to be issued. Mr. Magnuson reported on additional evidence of coyotes in and near homes in Gem Lake including his own home and has suggested to the Planning Commission that they revivethe final draft"H" as amended to includeexotic species. controls and send it forth for a vote.