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City of Gem Lake Planning Commission Meeting Minutes February 11, 2025 2 Section # Comments Throughout • Administration section is added (Section 3), with the City Engineer designated to administer the ordinance (consistent with current city practices). • Replace references to “zoning administrator” with “city engineer.” • New section (Section 7) added regarding small cell wireless facilities. Added references to small cell wireless facilities where needed in other sections. • Move fees to the Fee Schedule. 2 New definitions proposed to be added to Section 2. 5 Updates to payments and permit application language. 10 & 11 New sections regarding Joint Applications for ROW work and obligations, consistent with language from model ordinance. 12 & 13 Revised language regarding permit denial and installation requirements, consistent with language from model ordinance. 18 & 19 Updated language on requirements for mapping data, locating facilities, and undergrounding, consistent with language from model ordinance. 24 Revised language regarding abandonment and removal of facilities within the ROW, consistent with language from model ordinance. The Commission should review the draft ordinance and consider any additional amendments. If the Commission desires additional changes, direction regarding ordinance changes should be provided to staff. Commission Member Wippich introduced a motion to recommend approval of the updates to Ordinance No. 113 to the City Council, seconded by Commission Member Pratt. Motion carried 3-0. Fee Schedule Update On top of the changes made to Ordinance No. 113, City Planner Evan Monson suggested to be consistent with other ordinances, and to ensure that fees are all in one location, permit fees previously listed in Ordinance No. 113 are proposed to be added into the city’s Fee Schedule (Ordinance No. 135). These would be placed in Section 13 of the fee schedule. Open Items for Commission Members to Bring Up Commission Member Pratt was asked to bring up the topic of ATV’s on Gem Lake in the winter to ice fish. While the Ramsey County map does show that each property owner around the lake owns a portion of it, City Attorney Kevin Beck shared that those property owners don’t actually own the lake, they own the land beneath the lake. If the lake were to dry up, their land would extend to what is now available. There is no public access to the lake, which means the only people that would be using the lake would be the people who surround it. Future Meetings City Council Meeting, Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at Heritage Hall, and Planning Commission Meeting, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at Heritage Hall. Attendance Inquiry Commissioner Cummings surveyed the Commission to see if any of the members would have any issues attending the March 11 meeting. At that time Commissioner Wippich will not be in attendance. Adjournment There being no further business, following a motion from Commissioner Pratt, seconded by Commission Wippich, the meeting adjourned at 7:35 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Melissa Lawrence