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CITY OF GEM LAKE RESOLUTION NO. 94-08 WHEREAS, the City of Gem Lake is primarily a residential community committed to the long-term maintenance of. a quality residential environment for it's residents, and WHEREAS., the. Planning Commission and City Council of the City have carefully and with conscience developed and submitted. it's Comprehensive Municipal Plan to the Metropolitan Councilwhich provides for the maintenance of said: quality residential environment and which has been approved by the Metropolitan Council; and WHEREAS, the City of Gem Lake and the City of Vadnais Heights, as neighboring - communities, participate and cooperate jointly in several matters of public' safety including, but not 1imited to, law enforcement and the T-35E. Corridor study to insure the quality of life of their individual and business residents; and: WHEREAS., the City of Vadnais Heights is considering altering it's Master Plan and rezoning property on County Road E immediately west of Gem Lake to allow a development proposal from Fontana Development for Fontana Square which includes. all retail use, including an additional major discount department store and major g.rocery.store, instead of previously identified office/warehouse use; and WHE.REAS,. said rezoning would, according to estimates, not only increase traffic. along County Road E by as much as 4 times to more than 40,000 trips daily or the approximate equivalent of T-35E, but also increase traffic along streets that feed County Road E'from adjacent..communities through the City of Gem Lake. NOW THEREFORE BE TT RESOLVED that the City Council and the Planning Commission of the City of Gem Lake on behalf of the residents of the City :opposeand protest. this rezoning for the. Fontana Development Plan being considered by the City of Vadnais. Heights on the basis that it will: t) causea dramatic and potentially dangerous increase in traffic on both County Road E and streets within Cern Lake; and 2) adversely affect the safety of Gem. Lake residents including children, pedestrians, and non -motorized traffic; and 3) negatively impact the quality of the residential environment developed and maintained by 'Gem Lake through increased noise, light, and auto pollution; and, 4) significantly diminish the general aesthetic residential: value of the City; and, 5) further endanger the wildlife in Gem Lake. PE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council and the Planning Commission of the City of .Gem Lake on behalf of the residents of the City feel that the Vadnais Heights City Council .and. Planning Commission should spend additional time in consideration of this rezoning and planned development to provide for finalization andanalysis of the I-35E Corridor Study,..a cooperative effort entered into by both communities and :designed to assist in formulating an overall plan with long-term development and planning goals for all communities in the I- 35E corridor. The. foregoing Resolution No. 94-08 offered by Councilinember John McPhillips and supported by Councilrriember Roland Birkebak , was declared unanimously carried on this 20th day of June, 1994, on the following vote: Page. 1 of 2