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<br />City of Gem Lake City Council Meeting Minutes July 20, 2021 2 | P a g e <br /> <br />Gem Lake Villas Update – Justin Gese <br />Mr. Gese reported that is has been too hot to plant trees. Mr. Gese also reported that construction <br />signs have been placed in the Villas as advanced warning to the construction happening on <br />County Road E. <br /> <br />Scheuneman Road Update – Emily Jennings <br />Ms. Jennings gave a report on the North Scheuneman Road Surface Water Management Plan. <br />The primary areas of interest are located at: <br /> Cross culvert and ditch system discharging to 3999 Scheuneman Road (“Culvert Area”) <br /> Low areas at 3809 and 3824 Scheuneman Road (“South Area”) <br /> Low area 4076 Scheuneman Road <br />Receiving waters: <br /> Golf Course Pond, Gem Lake, Wetlands, Hillary Farm Lane Pond <br /> Other Low Areas <br />Design storm events were created to show the existing conditions: <br /> 2-year, 24-hour frozen ground <br /> 10-year, 24-hour frozen ground <br /> 100-year, 24-hour non-frozen ground <br />Three (3) scenarios were presented and Ms. Jennings recommendations for the Culvert Area was <br />to go with scenario 2, South Area to go with either scenario 2 or 3, Jennings noted that scenario 2 <br />requires additional investigation and scenario 3 requires agency approvals. For 4076 Scheuneman <br />Road, she recommend the owner install a driveway culvert. It was also recommended that the <br />City do additional soil testing. The full report will be sent out to all members of the Council to <br />review before making any decisions and will be discussed at a later meeting. <br /> <br />Gem Lake Public Trail <br />The City received one volunteer application to help maintain the public trail at this time. <br />Committee Chair Ms. Anderson-Uzpen will work on setting up a time with the applicant to go out <br />and work on a plan for maintaining the public land. <br /> <br />Pothole Repair Quote <br />Schifsky’s gave the City a quote to fix the two large potholes that are located on Scheuneman <br />Road right off of County Road E. The quote was $1,500.00 which includes milling and the install <br />of the bituminous. Councilmember Cacioppo made a motion to accept the quote from Schifsky’s <br />in the amount of $1500.00, seconded by councilmember Lindner. Voice vote taken, all voted yes, <br />motion passes, quote accepted. <br /> <br />Hoffman Road Slope Failure – Justin Gese <br />Mr. Gese reported that there is a pipe system that collects water between the greenhouse and the <br />bar that has failed and has separated halfway up the hill and has caused debris to fall onto the <br />railroad. SEH has put together a quote to get the issue fixed. Mr. Gese is reporting that the <br />incident is an emergency and needs to be handled fairly quickly. Mayor Artig-Swomley asked <br />Mr. Gese if he was sure that this is actually considered City responsibility because it takes water <br />from Hoffman Road as well as County Road E. City Attorney Kelly asked Mr. Gese if he knew <br />who owned it and Mr. Gese responded the railroad and greenhouse. Councilmember Cacioppo <br />asked Mr. Gese if the City has anything to mitigate future storm damage before fixing it and Mr. <br />Gese replied no. SEH will have to work with the railroad and get permission from John Birkeland <br />to take down the rock wall. Mayor Artig-Swomley declared this an emergency and told Mr.Gese <br />to start working on the plans. Councilmember Linder made a motion to consider this an <br />emergency repair, seconded by Councilmember Cacioppo. Voice vote taken, all voted yes,