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CITY OF GEM LAKE MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER, 2005 The .November, .2005:.regular .meeting of the City Council of the City of Gem Lake, with change of meeting date having been duly noticed, was called to order by Mayor. Emeott on Wednesday, 16 November 2005, at 8:07 PM in the 'first floor meeting room of TousIey Ford followingihe public hearing for assessment ofPublic Improvement No 2004.01 also duly noticed. Mayor Emeott, Councilors.Bosak, Schilling, Watson and Rasmussen and Clerk Magnuson were present: Also present were City Engineer Mitchell, 2 representatives of SEH,. Inc. And several members of the community. Following Mayor Emeott's request for additions, deletions, or corrections, the following actions were taken: 1) unanimous approval of the Minutes of the 24 October 2005 City Councilmeeting as presented on Motion by Watson, Second by Rasmussen; 2) unanimous approval of the Joint Workshop minutes of 26 October 20.05. on Motion by Rasmussen, Second, by Schilling; 3) unanimous approval of the City Council Meeting Agenda for 16 November 2005 aspresented on Motion by Bosak, Second by Watson. Magnuson then made General Announcements. The Council acknowledged receipt of Hoeschler's reportof the Planning Commission for 0.1 November 2005 with notes thatsame has been distributed to interested parties. Mr. Fioeschler then summarized hisreport for the benefit of the Council and those present. Magnuson then reported as. Zoning Adrninistratornoting:placement of an approximate. 10! wide x.34' long mobile: home as a•pigeon coup on the Macklus property' at 1216 Little FOX Lane. He noted he is currently discussing the:matter. with Macklus-following.several complaints from. neighbors. Following discussion of the assessment public hearing just completed and Motion by Bosak, Second by Schilling, Resolution.No. 2005-29:approving assessment ofPublic Improvement Project No. 2004-01 to benefitted properly owners was unanimously approved. Following: discussion .of the current status of the proposed Joint Town Hall project with White Bear Township and. Motion by Schilling, Second by Watson, Resolution No: 2005-25 appointing Frederic Magnuson and Craig Rafferty as representatives and: Tom Rasmussen: asalternate representative to a committee to pursue the Project and act as liaison to the Council was unanirnously approved. Discussion followed regarding the status ofthe Feasability Study for repaving Big Fox Road, Little Fox Lane, Haven Road and. Tessier Lane.. and possible installation of sewer and water infrastructure with Mitchell indicating thestudy would he available in plenty of time for implementation in the 2006.construction season if approved.. Mitchell then discussed the essence of his proposal to complete a feasabllitystudy for replacement of sanitary sewer, installationof storm sewer, repaying of Scheuneman.Road, and implementation of Phase One of the City. Water project. for the business district. Mr. Norton was then recognized and discussed his proposal to provide a feasability study to develop a city water plan in accordance with the Comprehensive Municipal Plan .acknowledging that .Phase One, city water in the business district would be available forinclusion in Mitchell's study.. Motion by Bosak, Second by Watson to adopt Resolution No, 2005-26 ordering two feasability studies, one for a comprehensive city water plan and one for a public improvement project to replace existing sewer, install stonn sewer; and install city water was unanimously approved. Magnusonthen presented of a proposal from T.A. Schifsky.to perform snow plowing in the 2005-6 season at rates of $1.30/hour for largetruck with plow wing (vs $115/hour prior season),.$100/hour for sanding truck (vs $901hour prior season) and $251ton for salt/sand (vs.$23.50: previous season). Motion by Schilling, Second by. Bosak to approve the proposal and empower the Clerk to execute same was unanimously approved. Motion by Emeott, Second. by Watson to adopt Resolution No. 2005.27 approving a one year extension ofthe Joint Powers. Agreement between.the communities of the VLAWMO until January.2007 was unanimously approved. Motion by Bosak Second by Watson to adopt Resolution No. 2005-28 enacting (Proposed) Ordinance No. 69, Draft K as Gem Lake Ordinance. No. 69 with summary publication was unanimously approved. Page. 1 of 7