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Special Interest <br />Articles: <br /> <br />• Well Testing <br /> <br />• Gallery Vadnais <br />Heights – Planned Unit <br />Development <br /> <br />• Gem Lake Scholarship <br />Award Recipients <br /> <br />• Importance of <br />Stormwater <br />Management Part Two <br /> <br />• Spring Clean Up <br />Results <br /> <br />• City News, Page 7 <br />Scheduled Recycling <br />Dates: <br /> <br />• June 4 <br /> <br />• June 18 <br /> <br />• July 2 <br /> <br />• July 16 <br /> <br />• July 30 <br /> <br />Well Testing/Future Municipal Water Report for <br />Gem Lake <br /> <br />The current condition of wells in the City of Gem <br />Lake was the subject of a special presentation <br />during the City Council meeting on March 18 at <br />Heritage Hall. Over thirty people were present, <br />including city officials, residents, representatives <br />from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency <br />(MPCA) and others. <br /> <br />Michael Ginsbach, a Hydrologist with MPCA <br />began the presentation by bringing attendees up <br />to date on a recent round of well testing that took <br />place earlier this year. This round focused on Gem <br />Lake wells that had previously shown some signs <br />of contamination of 1,4 dioxane, or wells <br />geographically near the pollution. In general, he <br />stated that the 1,4 dioxane levels remain stable <br />and show little sign of movement. Contamination <br />levels, measured in parts per billion, have either <br />remained the same or have gone up or down only <br />slightly. <br /> <br />(Continued on Page 2) <br /> <br /> <br />Apartment Complex Receives Planning <br />Commission Approval <br /> <br />Gallery Vadnais Heights, a five-story apartment <br />building proposed for a property bordering the City <br />of Gem Lake, received initial approval from the <br />Vadnais Heights Planning Commission on April <br />22. Project planning now proceeds to the Vadnais <br />Heights City Council for additional review. <br />The apartment complex, which would be located <br />on LaBore Road, and near Little Fox Lane, was <br />the subject of a rezoning request at the meeting. <br />Chase Real Estate, a Burnsville based housing <br />developer asked the Vadnais Heights Planning <br />Commission to rezone the property from <br />commercial to a Planned Unit Development <br />(PUD), and also to perform the site review and <br />approve the final plat. All requests were approved, <br />following a detailed presentation by city staff and <br />time for both the commission and the public to ask <br />questions and provide feedback. <br /> <br />(Continued on Page 3) <br /> <br /> <br />Gem Lake News <br />June 2025 | Volume 19 | Issue 3 Gretchen Artig-Swomley, Newsletter Editor <br />