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CITY OF GEM LAKE <br />City Hall - 4200 Otter Lake Rd <br />Telephone 651-747-2790. <br />Mailing Address - 4707 Hwy 61 #253 <br />White Bear Lake, MN 55110-3227 <br />gotta easeirig Artaptit. <br />Minutes of Gem Lake City Council Meeting <br />15 January 2008 <br />The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Gem Lake was called to order by Mayor Emeott on <br />Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 7:08.pm in the -new Gem Lake City hall meeting room. Mayor Emeott, Councilors <br />Rasmussen, Artig-Swomley, and Shilling were present. Also present was City Attorney Trevor Oliver. Other <br />members of the public were also in attendance per the sign in sheet sent around the room. <br />APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND MEETING MINUTES <br />Minutes of City Council meeting of December 2007:. Minutes from. the. December 2007 City Councilmeeting <br />were reviewed. by Council members: Questionfrom: recording secretary on page .2 under New Business C) regarding <br />RFP for Auditor should read "Smith: Schaefer". Motion by Rasmussen; Second by Schilling to approve the <br />December 2007 City Council meeting minutes with correction was unanimously approved by voice vote. <br />City Council Agernda for this meeting: Mayor Emeott called for additions, deletions and corrections to the <br />agenda. Changeswere made to the agenda as follows under New Business: H) County. Charter — elected vs: <br />appointed sheriff; I) City Hall Conference room rental fee; 3} City Hall Grand Opening ceremony; and K). <br />Newsletter. Request by.Artig-Swomleythat addition of topic of Newsletter be included on each agenda. Motion by <br />Artig-Swomley, Second by Schilling to approve agenda with the above additions. <br />PUBLIC NOTICES <br />Mayor Emeott is looking for someone: interested in completing a questionnaire regarding the. Superintendent of <br />Schools. Please let him know if you have interest in doing this. <br />PRESENTATIONS FROM THE. PLOOR <br />None <br />COMMITTEE REPORTS <br />Planning Commission January. meeting report (Jim Lindner):. Jim Linder summarized the:January Planning <br />Commission meeting report. The planning commission discussed Section 9-Housing of the. .1997 Comprehensive <br />Plan. including. the possibility of multi unit housing to be. allowed in the'"Gateway" planning. district. It was stated <br />that they need to. learnmore about Met Council's "Livable Communities Act" and are:looking at. the. possibility of <br />planning for. affordable housing (currently defined as &residence under about $206,000): Finally, they discussed <br />developing. an Estate Zoning ordinance that would. protect areas of the city that we: do riot expect to develop during <br />the. comprehensive. plan cycle. Particularly it would cover areas around the lake.that were typically considered <br />estates asthey were developed. or others meeting some.ourlineit definition.. Motion by Schiilin8, Second by <br />Rasmussen to approve the Planning Commission meeting. report was approved by voice vote. <br />Building Committee (City Hall) report (Craig Rafferty): Craig Rafferty stated that they are in the shake <br />down.phase :of the project: The City took over possession of the building on. Friday, January 11, 2008. Balancing of <br />heating and cooling system is being completed. Mayor Emeott reported that discussions are .underway with the.. <br />Ramsey County Sheriff to Open a police substation inthe building as of February. <br />Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org <br />