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Gem Lake City Council Meeting Page 4 of 7 and more in October 2011..Upon motion by Councilmember Lindner, and seconded by Councilmember Artig-Swomley, Resolution Number 2011-04 passes. Ayes — 4, Nays — 0. Claims for July: The claims for July were discussed and authorized to pay. Mayor Uzpen passed out a corrected copy of the claims for July. Upon motion by Councilmember Rasmussen and seconded by Councilmember Lindner, motion passes. Ayes 4, Nays - 0. Monthly Financial Reports: The. City Council received and reviewed the report. No questions were asked from the council. Flag Pole. Discussion: Mayor Uzpen stated there is $3,000 in the budget for purchasing a new flagpole, as no used poles are available at this time. The flag will be flown 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so need to have a light shining on the flags. The electrical bill will be $1,000, which will leave $2,000 in the budget for the pole. Upon motion by Councilmember Artig-Swomley and seconded by Councilmember Lindner, motion passes. Ayes 3, Nays — 1. New Street Sign Discussion: Mayor Uzpen discussed the sign for the building. There was discussion among the council whether it would be a street sign or a monument sign. Mayor Uzpen spoke with Gopher Sign and they only do street signs. Gem Lake has $3,000 in the budget and will receive another $1,000 from White Bear Township. Councilmember Artig- Swomley suggested going with a monument sign. Mayor Uzpen suggested having a wooden sign versus a stone sign. Councilmember Rasmussen would like to get quotes from several sign companies. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC Mr. Tom Hansen, 1231 Little Fox Lane — spoke to the City Council and introduced Xiong Her, 1919 Orange Avenue East, St. Paul, MN who is in charge of the garden plots of land on his property. Mr. Her stated they come in peace and do not want to make trouble, just want to work on their gardens for their families. Mr. Her handed out to the council the rules gardeners receive when they start planting their gardens. Mr. Hansen spoke to the council regarding the setback on the land and the clarifications regarding the wetlands. Mr. Hansen stated that he makes sure the people pick up their weeds and debris. There were horses on the land and he wanted to make sure that in the future if conditions change that he can still have horses and/or grow hay. Mr. Hansen inquired. regarding the costs of the zoning. Mayor Uzpen explained the Garden Overlay Ordinance is a request for zoning change, which under current zoning change requirements is $4,000 with a $4,000 escrow. This is one time expense. Then there is a Conditional Use Permit required each year that gardening is done and the current fee is $600 for the Conditional Use Permit with an escrow of $1,000. Any unused money from the escrow account would be returned to Mr. Hansen. City Attorney Trevor Oliver went over the questions in Mr. Hansen's letter to the City Council, dated July 16, 2011. This Ordinance is a zoning Ordinance. The fees have already been established. The Ordinance is for the whole city. Spring and fall plowing is an issue. The Lookfor us on the World Wide Webat gemlakern.org