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City of Gem Lake <br />Planning Commission Meeting --March 14,2023 <br />Meeting M inutes <br />Planning Commission Chair -Joshua Patrick called:tlie.me.eting to order at.7:00 p.m. Commission Members Don <br />Cummings, and Derek Wippich. and Art.Pratt were: present. Not present was Commission Member Stephanie Farrell. <br />Also present: City Attorney Kevin Beck; City. Planner Evan Monson and Acting City Clerk Melissa Lawrence.. <br />Marelt 14, 2023 A6 ida <br />.A motion Was. made by Commissioner Pratt to accept the agenda, seconded by Commissioner Cummings.. Voice <br />vote taken, all. Voted yes, motion. passes, agenda accepted. <br />Minutes <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Pratt to:approve the February 14, 2.023,.Planning Commission .Meeting <br />minutes, seconded by Commissioner Cummings. Voice vote taken, all voted yes,. motion passes; minutes are <br />approved. <br />Public Hearings. <br />None <br />Old Business <br />Discussion. ofNuisance Ordinance No: 86 <br />Commission Chair Patrick started the discussion by reviewing what the commission discussed at their last <br />meeting. Commission Chair Patrick stated that he reached out to Mike Johnson; Building Official. and Code <br />Enforcement, of White- Bear Township.to talk about what the Naming Commission can do to help make <br />the nuisance ordinance better. Mike Johnson felt that the ordinancecould be more streamlined and the. <br />language regarding enforcement could be tightened up a: little more. Commission Chair Patrick also shared. <br />that of ..er a conversation with the. Mayor a suggestion.came up regarding banning on street parking along <br />5cheunetnan Road. <br />Commissioner Cummings shared that .he did a little more reseuch on nuisance ordinances: in other nearby <br />cities. He. feels, that the City should :consider.aligning its.ordinance to. be more like. White Beat Township's <br />or White Bear Lake's or a. combination of both given the facultat the City'.s police services are outsoume..d <br />to. White Sear. Lake and Code Enforcement is outsourced to White Bear Township. <br />Commissioner Wippich would like to see some languagc added regarding. goWearts and.iJTV's. The <br />current ordinance only covers ATV's and snowmobiles..He would also. like to see .some language regarding <br />dead.., dangerous and diseased trees. He: also feels that overall banning of parking is not the best route to <br />take and the City could instead regulate that there be no overnight parking. <br />Commission Chair Patrick would like to see.language added regarding the piIing, dumping and importing <br />of snow from off site. locations. <br />Per the .Mayor's suggestion to Commission Chair Patrick to use the April workshop date to inviteresidents <br />to City HAItto`give their suggestions, no one on the commission was interested in hoiding.this workshop: <br />Acting City Clerk Melissa.Lawrence will send each member of the commission the. word document of the <br />Nuisance ordinance so that they can edit the.documentwA s.uggesteo changes'tliat.wi.II be brought to the <br />next Planning Commission meeting: <br />New Business <br />None <br />City (if Gem Lake Planning Commission Meeting M i nutes. F&ruary 14, 2023 1 <br />