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City of Gem Lake City Council Meeting Minutes March 15, 2022 5 | Page Councilmember Lindner made a motion to accept the amendment to the employee manual holiday schedule, seconded by Councilmember Amlee. Voice vote taken, all voted yes, employee manual updates approved. City Wide Clean Up Event May 21 Planning The City is planning to hold a City Clean-up Day. The Day will consist of two different events. The first event will be the Street Clean-up. Residents can volunteer and come down to Heritage Hall and grab some industrial strength bags and return them full at the end of the event. It will run from 9-noon and hotdogs, chips and soft drinks will be served after. The second event will be Trash to Treasure. Residents are asked to place items at the end of their driveway that they have been wanting to get rid of and place a free sign. Residents can then get into their cars and ride around Gem Lake and see if there may be something of interest to them. This event will run from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., and at the end of the day anything that has not been taken must be taken back up from the curb. Letter of Support for Bruce Vento Trail Extension A resolution was passed in October 2020 showing the City’s support of the Bruce Vento Trail. Mayor Artig-Swomley typed up a letter to be sent to the Director or Planning and Development showing our support. Included in the letter will be the passed Resolution No. 2020-0013. Councilmember Lindner made a motion to send the letter and Resolution in support of the Bruce Vento Trail again, seconded by Councilmember Amlee. Voice vote taken, all voted yes, motion passes, letter of support will be sent. 2018 Comprehensive Plan City of Gem Lake Update When a City submits a Comprehensive Plan to the MET Council for review it usually goes back and forth until all changes have been completed. The plan is currently at the MET Council for final approval. The City had its last public hearing on the topic a year ago. More information will be shared at the May 17, 2022 City Council meeting with a presentation of the plan. This will be a joint meeting of the Planning Commission and City Council. Discussion of County Road E Corridor Study Mayor Artig-Swomley suggested to the Council that this discussion be tabled until the April 19, 2022 City Council Meeting when Councilmember Johnson will be here and the representatives from the corridor group can attend. Councilmember Lindner made a motion to table to discussion on the County Road E Corridor Study until all others are able to attend, seconded by Councilmember Amlee. Voice vote taken, all voted yes, motion passes, discussion has been tabled until the April 19, 2022 City Council Meeting. Public Works and White Bear Township White Bear Township has agreed to take on out Public Works tasks. The City is waiting on a time to negotiate prices. Once the audits have been completed they will have more time to discuss this. Discussion on Turkey Hunting in Gem Lake The City has received a request for turkey hunting within the City. At this time the City is not in favor of allowing this action. The current Ordinance No. 124B would need to be amended to include information on turkey hunting and it is not something the City is interested in taking on right now.