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City of Gem Lake City Council meeting minutes September 17, 2019 Page 2 Mr. Christopherson gave an overview of his first 10 months with White Bear Township, discussed ongoing collaboration with Township staff and Gem Lake. The Mayor and Mr. Christopherson had a discussion concerning Mr. Christopherson’s memo to Gem Lake on getting things preapproved by Mr. Christopherson. The Mayor stated he disagrees with getting items preapproved, it doesn’t say so in the service agreement, and the Mayor is not going to hold up Gem Lake work for Mr. Christopherson’s approval. White Bear Township and Gem Lake will continue with their service agreement in the future. Approve Amendment to the Municipal Service Agreement with White Bear Township Discussed municipal service agreement with White Bear Township, incorporating into the agreement the auditors’ recommendation that if White Bear Township is short staffed, prior practice was to bill at the higher staff rate, current practice is that the Township shall only charge the rate assigned to the specific task/category. Noted that that White Bear Township has not seen the current draft of the Municipal Service Agreement. Councilmember Artig-Swomley made a motion to accept the draft municipal service agreement with White Bear Township, Councilmember Cacioppo seconded. A vote was taken, all Councilmembers and Mayor voted yes. Draft municipal service agreement accepted. Approve Luther Company, LLLP, Agreement- 3516 Highway 61 North Noted that Vadnais Heights is the main municipality in the facility at 3516 Highway 61 North. Gem Lake has a very small strip of land that will be used to park new cars. Luther Company, LLP, have included in their plans to put a fire hydrant in this area for Gem Lake, no charge to use. A motion was made by Councilmember Artig-Swomley, seconded by Councilmember Kuny to approve the Developers Agreement with Luther Company, LLLP, voice vote taken, all Councilmembers and Mayor voted yes. Developers Agreement approved. Rush Line Update – Andy Gitzlaff, Ramsey County Andy Gitzlaff and Greg Brown presented an overview of the current Rush Line project. Discussed parking concerns at the County Road E location. Councilmember Cacioppo asked if there is an option to revisit this in the future if parking is a problem. Mr. Gitzlaff agreed this could be revisted. Mr. Gitzlaff agreed to write an article for the city newsletter about the Rush Line project. Claims A motion was made by Councilmember Lindner, seconded by Councilmember Artig-Swomley to approve the claims for September, 2019. Motion passes, claims approved. Presentations from the Public Mr. and Mrs. Marier, 40XX Scheuneman Road, made comments on the golf cart ordinance. They felt they were being singled out and unfairly treated. Both the Mayor and Councilwomen Artig-Swomley suggested that the research on what other cities are doing regarding golf carts would have shown approved use was extremely limited. Had this research come first, it may have caused the city to decide not to pursue writing an ordinance. Changes should be made for the future processes. Paul Emeott, 39XX Scheuneman Road, asked about the tree trimming ordinance, some trees still need to be trimmed on Scheuneman Road.