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Gem. Lake Planning Commission Minutes. page 2 of.3 permit by the City Council. It was stated that it would be 20 parking spaces with one parked car per space and with an additional six parking spaces that go with the front office. The Planning Commission will make a recommendation to approve and send forward to the City Council. Upon motion by Commissioner Maier and seconded by Commissioner Herzog, the conditional use permit was approved to forward to the City Council. Ayes - 3, Nays — 0. 3599 Scheuneman Road: Conditional use permit request from Mr. starting a business by the name of High Tech Auto Services, Inc. The store will be in the old Surround Sound store. His business is restoring/service repair of old autos and full auto service. His place of business will be selling auto alarms, custom tires, anything that has to do with restoring older vehicles. Most of his stock is custom order. He will be the person working at the Gem Lake store. His plan is to paint the outside and wants to clean up the area. He will view the sign ordinance to see what is acceptable. The Planning Commission discussed the issues and upon motion by Commissioner Herzog and seconded by Commissioner Maier, it was approved to forward to the City Council and suggested to attend the February 23, 2010 City Council meeting. Ayes — 3, Nays _0 Hansen Property (West of Daniels Farm Road): There was discussion related to the development of the Hansen property. The developer did not attend the workshop meeting on Monday, February 1, 2010 and Chairman Rafferty stated that the developer had called him and had the dates mixed up. OPEN DISCUSSION It was discussed that the Planning Commission is waiting for a response back from the Metropolitan Council. It was mentioned by Mayor Uzpen that the Comp Plan is from 2008..The Planning Commission agreed to view the updated Cornp Plan and focus on sections three, five, and nine and will discuss at the March Planning Commission meeting. Will look over a chapter at a time. Mayor Uzpen stated that there is money in the budget for the Planning Commission to work with SEH. The Gateway Ordinance has been passed and zoning changed, but nothing from 2009 (i.e. Gateway Ordinance) is not in the plan. SEH will start working on the. Comp Plan after Gem Lake does more research on their own. Goals for 2010: Chairman Rafferty suggested that Gem Lake resolves the bike trails and the safety to the community. Also mentioned was the opportunity to get the community together. Go forth on the discussion of the Hansen property. Figure out ways to handle requests for help in financing and finding alternative ways to help developers. Look for. us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org