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City of Gem Lake City Council Meeting -- September 19, 2023. Meeting Minutes' Mayor Gretchen Artig-.Sworn ley.cal Ied the ineeting to order at 7:00.p.m..CounciIrnembers.Jiiri Lindner, Len .Cacioppo,. Laurel Amlee:and Ben Johnson were present. Also present: City. Attorney Kevin Beck, City. Treasurer Torn Kelly, City Engineer. Justin Gese, Acting City Clerk Melissa Lawrence, Minnesota Pollution Control..Agency (MPCA),representatives, Michael. Ginsbach, Tim Grape, Planning Commissio..n Member Don Cummings, and Gem Lake residents Daniel Epelboim,.Jini Wilson, Pau].E.rueoa, Torn Bolfng, Betsy DiFab io, Sharon Roland, Pat and Melissa Rottach,. Steve Varley, Rick Bosak, Jean and Roys Andrews, Richard acid Roberta Plentka, Sherrie O'Malley, Andre.Yadeau; Carl Wallin, Pat lgo; and Kevin Cullen. Se ternber 19 2023 Aijenda A motion was introduced by.Councilmember Linder.to'accept the. agenda, seconded by Ccuncilmemt gr Cacioppo. Voice. vote taken, all voted yes,: motion passes,. agenda.accepted. Minutes A motion was introduced by Councilmember.Lindner, seconded by Counciimember Cacioppe to approve the August 1.5, 2023, .City Council Meeting Minutes. Voice vote .taken, all in favor, motion carried; agenda accepted: Special Presentafions M.innesotn Legislative Session Update — Minnesota Senator Heather Gustafson, District 36, 6FL Senator Gustafson had a last minute emergency caucus and had to reschedule her visit -to [lie City of Gem Lake.:Acting City Clerk Melis.s.a Lawrence will work on rescheduling thevisit. i►NPCA Water [deport— Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Representat ives T]tn Grape and Michael Ginsbach Since the.last Visit:16 the City the MPCA has.taken samples again .from the areas in Gem. Lake affected -by. or hear the.affected areas. of the 1;4 Dioxane pollution. Earlier readings taken had litany of the affected properties above the Minnesota .Department of Health's.(MDlfl i ppb guidance Value. These properties have.been supplied bottled water since those. results. Tbe. last set of :recent samples taken in 202.3 have showed .:signs that the concentrations of 1j Dioxane are either stay ing.the same. or decreasing; Many affected. areas have dropped below the .l ppb guidance value. These properties wit] still be supplied bottled water while the investigation continues. There have -been no new impacted wells.and the -contamination was. most likely from a.ane-tine event. The MPCA is still inrvestigating Cortec and is:requiring the corripany to put tageth6r an evaluation stating how much contaniination lias: been released: Many of the.msidents.in altendance...asked questions along the lilies of. Is the reduction in pollution expected to continue? What is Cortec. and :has the pipe been repaired? ■ Will more well testing be. conducted and will the testing be expanded to. cover more.homes or areas within. Gem Lake? How long wilI'i.t take .the MPCA :to come to a..res.olution? A summary from Michael Ginsbach was the testing will continue until a resolution has been made. Tlie MPCA hopes to come to a resolution sooner than later. This is an ongoing investigation and the MPCA will continue.16 took at other p0s ible. sou rces of contilmination. Tim Grape sliared that the MPCA.Ims a current. proposal for the. :2024.session Far $170 million to help Minnesota cities come up with solutions to get wells .taken care of. Mayor,Artig-Swontley with thc.lie ip of our City Engineer has applied for federa1.funding. The House. Capital Investment Committee has a tour scheduled. for Thursday, September 28 to.get sonic more. information on the City's request for funding. City ofGcni Lake City Council Meet4ig htinutes July 18, 203