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Gem Lake City Council Meeting Page 2 of 5 PUBLIC HEARING Public. Hearing — Surface Water-MS4 Report: Councilmember Lindner gave a presentation to the City Council regarding the Surface Water-MS4 report. The report is six pages long and divided into ten categories. One of the categories is water quality priorities. Gem Lake has only orie body of water and the basis is eutrophication, meaning many weeds and starved for oxygen. This is the number one problem in Gem Lake. Other categories of the report are public education, construction, storm management and program funding. Councilmember Lindner went through the categories and gave a summary of each category. Questions were brought up on training and training will be through SEH. The report is from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. This report was a combined effort as Councilmember Watson started the report and Councilmember Lindner finished the report. The form has been submitted before the due date. Mayor Uzpen asked Councilmember Lindner if he had to report on any culverts that are in need of repair and the answer was only if it was an official in -flow or out -flow. Jean will have a copy of the report on file and a copy on the counter so the residents can come in and read it. Public Hearing opened at 7:36 p.m. Public Hearing closed at 7:37 p.m. Resolution 2010-12 — Preliminary Levy for 2011 — The City Council received a preliminary budget for 2011 prior to the meeting. Some questions from the workshop were is there a flagpole in the budget, yes, there is $3,000 in the budget to purchase a flagpole for 2011..In addition, there is $1,000 in the budget for a water softener. Councilmember Rasmussen had some questions on the numbers not matching on the documents and Mayor Uzpen stated that the Resolution should say $413,245. Upon motion by Councilmember Artig- Swomley and seconded by Councilmember Lindner, Resolution 2010.12 has been accepted and passed for $413,245. A voice vote was taken: Mayor Uzpen — yes, Councilmember . Bosak - yes, Councilmember Lindner — yes, Councilmember Rasmussen — yes and Councilmember Artig-Swomley —yes. Tower Ordinance: Commissioner Herzog went over the ordinance with the. City Council and went through the changes that were recommended. The Planning Commission wrote the cite plan about having some distance from neighbors. There was discussion about having the rotors 30 feet clearance above the tree line written in the ordinance. Councilmember Rasmussen feels that it is not necessary to have a tree inventory, but the rotors need to be above the trees. After some discussion, Mayor Uzpen recommended to table this discussion until the September City Council meeting. Commissioner Herzog will work with City Attorney Trevor Oliver on making changes to the ordinance. Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlaikemn.org