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CITY OF GEM LAKE; MN 4200 Otter Lake Road Gem Lake, MN 55110-3227 Telephone. 651-747-2790 Planning Commission results, 8-5-2008 The August 2008.Gem Lake Planning. Commission meeting was called to order at about 7:06 by Chairman Lindner. Also present were commissioners Craig Rafferty and Derek Wippich, alternate commission Beth Herzog, Mayor Paul Emeott and several members of the community and distinguished guests. Tonight's meeting coincided with the city's pre -planned participation in National Night Out. Chairman Lindner. introduced the comprehensive planning process beginning with our January 200.7 open forum meeting. that allowed the public to first voice their ideas for what the coinprehensive plan should include. He then discussed how the. Metropolitan Council has determined how the municipal plannning process .should progress. Before the cam -I- ission. tonight was the final draft plan (missing minor edits. and the water' managementconaponent). There were three comments from the. f loor. Jack Hoeschler wanted assurance. that the sanitary sewer rnap did not. Overlook natural topographical. features. of his parcel and that the. city would consider his. situation when working with future developers who may install sewer in those areas of the oity that would best serve Jack's. parcels. The commission responded by informing Jack the plan is subject to annual review and that the plan itself is not a regulatory document (the zoning. ordinance and subdivision ordinance provide regulatory statute.that developers Will need to follow. Another comment concerned the extension of Goose Lake Road through to Hoffman Road in White Bear Township to the east of Gem Lake. Paul Emeott explained that Ramsey County likely will not be doing any new road construction for the next ten years or so, as they instead focus work on maintaining existing roadways. Finally someone inquired about the railroad crossing on Sheuneman Road. This has fallen into disrepair especially with the influx of traffic diverted from the 694135E MNDOT project. This crossing is owned by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad based in .Dallas, Texas and they have not expressed any interest in repairing this crossing. It may become a road issue if a proposed trail is put in place along the existing railroad tracks. Chairman Lindner then .moved that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council that the plan be presented to those outside agencies (Met Council, water management organizations, and surrounding municipalities) who are next in line to comment upon it. (There are minor editorial changes such as changing some words to plural and some text and graphic changes submitted to SEH but not part of the copies we had before us tonight.) Derek Wippich seconded the motion. Following 'minor discussion amongst the Planning Commission, the vote was 3-0 in favor of the motion. Look for us on the World Wide Webat gernlaker n org.