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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />January, 2011 <br />Volume 5, Issue 1 Gem Lake News <br />Special Interest <br />Articles: <br /> <br />• Hillary Farm <br />Requests Change <br /> <br />• City Buried in Snow <br /> <br />• City News-Page 4 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Upcoming Recycling <br />Dates: <br />December 31 <br />January 12 <br />January 26 <br /> <br /> <br />Gretchen Artig-Swomley, Newsletter Editor <br />McNulty Homes, the developer of the <br />Hillary Farm Housing Development in Gem <br />Lake has requested the re-platting of a <br />section of the overall parcel. The change <br />would increase the number of lots from 29 <br />to 37. <br /> <br />An application for re-platting was submitted <br />to Gem Lake on December 14 on behalf of <br />Hillary Farm, LLC, and will be the subject <br />of a public hearing at the next Gem Lake <br />Planning Commission Meeting on January <br />4 at Heritage Hall. The meeting will start at <br />7:00 p.m. The public is urged to attend <br />and provide feedback. <br /> <br />Hillary Farm was originally platted for <br />development in 2004 with a total of 29 lots. <br /> <br />(continued on page 2) <br />Hilary Farm Requests Re-platting to Allow <br />Greater Density-Meeting January 4 <br />December 11 Blizzard Buries Gem Lake in Snow <br />Gem Lake residents were more or less <br />snowbound for the weekend of December 11- <br />12 during the largest snowstorm since the <br />Halloween blizzard of 1991. <br />By the evening of Saturday, December 11 <br />between 17 and 22 inches of snow had fallen, <br />depending on where you live. This fell short of <br />the 28.4 inches of snow that fell in the 1991 <br />storm, but still left most people unable to get <br />out, go to work, see around the corner, attend <br />planned functions, etc. <br />As every where else in the Twin Cities, normal <br />life ground to a halt in Gem Lake. The <br />continuous snow fall left people wondering if the <br />snow plows had come through. Schiftsky's, <br />which has contract to plow Gem Lake streets, <br />came through at least twice during the <br />weekend, but roads were still a snow laden <br />mess. (continued on page 5) <br />Jessie Hart, Gem Lake <br />Treasurer <br />Parts of the Gem Lake Hills <br />Fence were buried in snow <br />during the December 11 <br />blizzard