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Gem Lake City Council Meeting May 19, 2009 Page Two OLD BUSINESS June Newsletter: Lindner stated that .tune 30, 2009 represents the 50th Anniversary of the vote to incorporate Gem Lake into a City. The vote was 105 to two (2). Discussion on what topics for the City news was an update on the Gateway Ordinance, the Scheuneman Road discussion and the City clean-up date. Also Artig-Swomley suggested doing a business profile on the Trike Shop and a profile on Bill Short, Clerk for White Bear Township. Also a profile on a historical group of the older residents of Gem Lake. Goose Lake Road — Mayor Uzpen called the county regarding reducing the speed and getting blinking lights for the crossings by the golf course for Goose Lake Road. The County went back and checked three (3) years worth of records and found that there were no accidents down there, so a decision by the County was made to not put blinking lights for the crossing and also not to reduce the speed limit. If we want the blinking lights, we would have to request that the golf course do it. Printing — The May issue was printed by Minute Print at a lower cost to the city, but it took six (6) days to print the newsletter, which made the residents receive the newsletter at a later date. Artig-Swomley requested that we go back to. Kinkos and the City Council agreed. A resident asked about the price difference between the weight of the paper and Artig-Swomley stated that it was the same price for printing and also the postage was the same whether it was a heavier weight paper versus a slightly lighter weight paper. The newsletter is printed on 11" by 17" paper, which already brings the newsletter weight to one and a half ounces per copy. Surface Water Project — Mayor Uzpen asked Watson where we were on the timeline of the project. Mayor Uzpen has received some calls from the citizens of Gem Lake complaining about some residents raking their leaves and putting them into the street which they are not suppose to do. Watson stated that a city wide meeting on surface water issues will be scheduled for August, 2009. NEW BUSINESS Gateway Zoning Code - Mayor Uzpen stated that the council has been working on the Gateway Zoning and also regarding Schuneman Road. They are working on a "form based code" rather than a "traditional code" where you would have one house per quarter acre or one house per acre. They want to make the Look for us on the World Wide Web at gernIakemn.org