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Gem Lake Planning Commission Minutes <br />Page 2 o f 3 <br />Page five; Community Development. Chairman Rafferty read "natural features.of <br />Gem Lake"., he would like it to just report facts .and simplify that paragraph. <br />Page six: Chairman Rafferty is not sure where the numbers are coming from. <br />Mayor Uzpen stated the numbers are from the Met Council. Commissioner <br />Herzog stated that she liked the White Bear Township's wording for their <br />numbers and would like to follow their wording as an example to write Gem <br />Lake's numbers. Mayor Uzpen stated that if Gem Lake's numbers go over 500 <br />people in the City, it puts Gem Lake into another category. The households in <br />Gem Lake have changed in the past 10 years and the year 2010 will have lower <br />numbers. The question was raised asking if there will be a 33% raise in 10 years <br />as homes are not being turned over to younger families as the Met Council has <br />estimated a 15% growth in 10 years. Commissioner Wippich questioned the <br />open space; prairie grass is 50% versus trees. <br />Page seven: Tousley Ford and Barnett are the two companies that offer <br />employment opportunities in Gem Lake. The Planning Commission is not sure <br />where the numbers for that are coming from, maybe the 2000.census. <br />Page eight: Development Region. Commissioner Wippich would like to change <br />the first paragraph to reword that Highways has been kept up to date. The <br />second bullet regarding the shopping malls has Vadnais Heights in number <br />three. The Planning Commission feels it's not a regional mall, Table 3.2 reflects <br />households, employment in Gem Lake. The 1960's and 70's had fewer <br />households in Gem Lake. Mayor Uzpen suggested questioning SEH regarding <br />this information. <br />Page nine: Land Development — Chart 3-3. The household single family is <br />correct numbers. Will have to address the number of rentals and medium value <br />from the County which is done annually. Will look at verifying chart, commercial <br />development. Will take out the last sentence of that paragraph Chairman <br />Rafferty feels the unemployment and industrial development numbers are fine, <br />Page ten; The Planning Commission went through the description on where to. <br />connect the trail. There are no open spaces for trails for Gem Lake and <br />surrounding areas. There is a trail in Vadnais Heights that goes south. Need to <br />see if Gem Lake can connect to some of the surrounding trails. <br />The next Planning Commission meeting they will review and discuss section four <br />and section five. Section four will need the maps updated to include the <br />Gateway map. <br />OPEN DISCUSSION <br />Commissioner Wippich questioned the number of building permits. and Mayor <br />Uzpen stated that things are moving slow at this time, <br />Look.lor its en the World Wide Web a! gem!akeron,org <br />