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Gem Lake City Council Meeting Page 2 of 5 OLD BUSINESS Tower Ordinance: There has been a Public. Hearing an this Ordinance and the Planning Commission forwarded this to the City Council. Councilmember Artig- Swomley stated that not all towers are high voltage and feels that a high voltage sign is not required on each tower. Wants the wordage on the ordinance to state to say that "high voltage" sign is required only for those towers. It has to be determined what would be considered "high voltage." Councilmember Artig- Swornley feels a safety sign would be more appropriate. In addition, the question was brought up as to why it needs to be connected to the electric company, Councilmember Bosak recommended striking this section of the ordinance. Councilmember Rasmussen asked about the smaller low voltage that you could buy at Menards's. Some residents may want to power their homes and not connect with the power company. City Attorney Trevor Oliver was present at the meeting and went through the wordage of the ordinance with the City Council. Mayor Uzpen recommended to the City Council to let Attorney Oliver work on the ordinance further. Conditional Use Permit for S.G.S. Holdings: the Planning Commission had a Public Hearing regarding this permit, recommended to move forward with this, and forwarded to the City Council. Mayor Uzpen asked if the City Council had any questions or concerns regarding this permit. The owners Giorgi Gochitashvili and his wife Sally Ackerman presented the required paperwork. The question was raised regarding the buried tanks. It had been recommended to remove the oil from the soil. NCPA came out to view the property and closed the file, as there is some contamination, but not enough for any concerns at this time. They would need to go down 50 feet to check soil on existing tanks. The holding tanks. were put in 1998 and are underground tanks. They are per code and the well is in place and tested okay. The well is 50 feet away from the tanks and code is requiring that the well be 100 feet away from the tanks. The condition on closing. the sale on the property will be the well will be moved 100 feet north from the holding tanks. The bank has not sent the report to the City Council stating this information. The City Council is requesting the MPCA report to view. At this point, the owners want to renovate the car wash building for the car showroom with an office and space to repair cars in the back of the building. They are also planting special plants that help the environment. If they decide to add a gas station at a later date, they will remove the underground tanks and test the soil around and beneath the tanks at that time. The State of Minnesota requires that gas stations have ten years to remove the underground tanks. Novua. Engineering was at the property and determined if a food store were built at a later date, then there would be a lot of testing before a food license would be issued. At this point, a Conditional Use Permit is for the sale of cars. The standards are: Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org