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CITY OF GEM LAKE, MN 4200 Otter Lake Road Gem Lake, MN 55110-3227 Telephone 651-747-2790 E-mail . CityA gem lake MN. org Minutes of Gem. Lake City Council Workshop 1 February 2010 The workshop meeting of the City Council of the City of Gem Lake started at 7:05. p.m. on Monday, February 1, 2010.in the Gem Lake City Hall meeting room. The following members were present: Mayor Robert. Uzpen, Council members Gretchen Artig-Swomley, Thomas Rasmussen, and James Lindner. Other members of the public attended per the sign in sheet sent around the room.. The. informal meeting started out with the City Council members introducing themselves the public who attended the workshop. Councilmember Watson Replacement on City Council Board: The first item on the agenda was to fill Councilmember Watson's place on the City Council. Due to the demands of his job, he has resigned from the City Council Board. Interest was mentioned by Dan Maier, from the Planning Commission and Mr. and Mrs. Kuney who are new residents moving in the City of Gem Lake in March, 2010. Mrs. Kuney gave a summary of her background and interest in the position. Also recommended by Councilmember Artig-Swomley was Rick Bozak:. Mayor Uzpen mentioned that after speaking with Gem Lake Attorney Trevor Oliver, it was recommended that there are three (3) options to replacing the position. Step 1 would be placing an ad in the newspaper. Step 2 would be the Mayor appointing someone and step three would be to keep the position open until the fall election. Hoffman Road Sewer Problem: Mayor Uzpen mentioned the situation of the sewer backing up on Hoffman Road. Mayor Uzpen contacted White Bear. Township to unplug the sewer so the residents could use their facilities. The sewer broke by Jerry's Upholstery and Waldock. When the sewer on the north side of County Road E was cleaned out, there was a lot of clay. The actual sewer was put in over 50 years ago. Mayor Uzpen spoke to SEH and Bill Short, from the White Bear Township. Justin is going to create a few different proposals to present to the City of Gem Lake. Councilmember Rasmussen suggested just looking into fixing the one problem spot for now. There is a video tape that the previous Mayor had of the sewer lineand will look for that to present to the City Council.