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CITY OF GEM LADE MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL MEETIING. 19 JUNE 2006 The June, 2006 regular meeting ofthe City Council ofthe City of Gem Lake was called to order by Mayor Emeott on Monday, 19 June2006 at7:.08.PM in the first floor meeting room.ofTousley Ford. MayorEmeott, Councilors Bosak, Rasmussen; Schilling and Watson. Also present were City Clerk Magnuson, City Attorney Newcome, City Engineer Higgins, City Planner Nolan, Special Counsel Ingram, Jim: Lindner and Craig Rafferty ofthe Planning Commission, Mark Sweet•of the Business Development Committee. Others in attendance included: Roger Anderson,, Amy Cralarn, Jim: McNulty, Holly Watson,.Felic.ity Furber, Bryan.Flarjes;.Bryan Harjes, Bruce Shirley; Bill Grifth, BobUzpen, Mary Bauer, Ann Strommer, Mike Strommer, Gretchen Artig-Swomley, Dale Swomley, Gary TangwalI, .Bryan. Hansen,•Sara Wyckoff Mayor Eineott thanked those in attendance for corning_ Following Mayor Emeott's request for additions, deletions; or corrections, the following actions were taken: I.) unanimous. approval of the I 5 May 2006 Minutes ofthe City Council meeting as presented on Motion by Rasmussen, Second by. Schilling;.2) unannnous.approval of the. 19 June 20.06 Agenda ofthe City Council meeting as. amended (by •Watsonto include New.Business on Planning Commission:discussion, Hillary Farm discussion, Publication-af. Summary Ordinance; by Schilling -to include 18 July 2006 workshop; by Special Counsel to table. Public Improvement items A) and C) per Clerk) on Motion by Bosak, Second by Rasmussen. The Clerk then presented General. Announcements. The report of the PIanning Commission and a brief summary by Mr. Lindnerwas acknowledged and acceptedas receivedin the form of a letterfrom the Chairman to Mayor Emeott, said report having been distributed:electronically to. the Council in advance. Staff reports were presented by the. Clerk and included comments: as follows: 1) City WaterPlan. Clerk Magnuson deferred to Mr. Higgins. Engineer Higgins confirmed. that a draft ofthe. plan is available and SEH would like a meeting to review same. Higgins explained the basis for the plan and Emeott expanded on the • needs for the plan; including Metropolitan • Council requirements and Comprehensive Municipal. Plan requirements. 2} Town Hall.Pian. Clerk Magnuson reported a meeting is scheduled for 22 June 2006 at • 10:00 AM. Siting and space utilization will be discussed to determine space utilization. The White Bear Lake Conservation District has expressed an interest in renting space from the project for their needs. Mayor Emeott then briefly explained the project. 3) Scheuneman Road Cul-de-Sac. Clerk Magnuson reportedthat thethe cul-de-sac has not terminated traffic from entering .Highway 61. Project Engineer Mitchell has proposed threealternatives including a block: wall, a boulder wall and.placement of boulders, each Casting approxiinately $2,500. MnfDOT has indicated no guard rail will be placed. Watson asked if we have received a price for aguard rail and the answer was no. Tabled to next. meeting pending cost of guard rail. 4) Right -Of -Way Maintenance. Clerk Magnuson indicated he.and Mayor Emeott have discussed Maintenance: requirements of roads •now that we have more than 1.5 miles of city streets. An ordinance needs to be discussed following research of League of .MN Cities recommendations. Hopefully the project can he completed by the end of the year. 5) City Limit Signs. Mayor .Emeett reported on the desire. of the .City Council and Planning Commission to install City Limit Signs at the various entry points to Gem Lake: on LaBore Road, Otter Lake Road, County Road .E, Hoffman Road and. B.ig Fox•and Little Fax..18" x 24" signs havebeen ordered and will be placed to assist the public in knowing Where Gem Lake is. . Mayor Emeott then identified the needa of the City regarding the 2008 required:.update of the Comprehensive Municipal Plan last updated in 1997. Mark Nolan was.introduced.Mr. Nolan introduced Himself as Senior Urban Planner for SEH, working throughout ,Minnesota and the Twin Cities. Mr. Nolan presented his credentials as. a landscape architect and architect. Clerk Magnuson..and Mr. Floeschler have provided over view of Gem Lake and it'.s needs. He believes we can meet. an early deadline of2007 to complete the work. He provided an overview of the proposal, the process andthe System Statement ofthe Metropolitan Council, highlighting.several items; He indicatedhow he proposes to engage citizens in the process..Clerk Magnuson presented the project can be completed for $35,000 per proposal. Watson asked for clarification of employees statement and Nolan. responded he was referring.to employment in the City. RESOLVED: Motion by Watson,: Second by•Bosak to approve the SEH proposal. for Comprehensive Municipal Plan update was: unanimously approved. Mayor Emeott welcomed Mr..Nolan as our Urban Planner. Mr. Higgins credentials were also discussed. Page 1 of 17