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11.3 Road Maintenance <br />Only 0.8 miles of roads are maintained under Gem Lake jurisdiction. <br />There are an additional 0.3 miles of semi-public streets which are <br />privately maintained. The City will continue to contract for road <br />maintenance. <br />11.4 Professional Assistance <br />There are no full-time employees of the City of Gem Lake. All <br />professional assistance including lawyers, engineers and planners <br />are retained on a contractual basis. Policies: (a) A part-time and <br />ultimately a full-time City official will be employed to handle day to <br />day civic affairs. (b) Legal, engineering and planning assistance will <br />continue to be on a retainer basis. <br />11.5 Municipal Building <br />There is no public owned or leased space where community records <br />are maintained and no public location where a resident may call for <br />assistance. Policy: The City shall continue to operate without a <br />central office and will continue to hold public meetings at Tousley <br />Ford. <br />11.6 Public Schools <br />All primary and secondary school students who are Gem Lake <br />residents are bused to White Bear Lake. The ultimate population <br />holding capacity of Gem Lake will not in itself generate a sufficient <br />school age population to justify a grade school within the corporate <br />limits. <br />11.7 Health Facilities <br />At present, there are no hospital facilities in Gem Lake or in any of <br />the contiguous municipalities adjoining it. The closest hospital <br />facility is in the central area of St. Paul, approximately seven miles <br />distance. Policy: Gem Lake should cooperate with other local <br />governments in encouraging a hospital facility within a more <br />convenient proximity. <br />11.8 Outdoor Recreational Facilities <br />There are no publicly held open spaces or recreational facilities <br />within the community. All existing outdoor recreation with the <br />community must currently occur on (a) privately developed lands, <br />(b) vacant lots or (c) the streets. Policies: (a) Consistent with the <br />intention to acquire public open space, a neighborhood oriented park <br />will be provided as the community develops. This might include a <br />picnic ground, a ball field, tennis courts and playground facilities. <br />(b) The first preference for a community park shall be in the <br />northeast section of the community. (c) The community will <br />continue to rely on Ramsey County for development of larger <br />natural resource based recreational facilities. (d) The City will <br />uomprenensive Fllan A-GEMLK9501.00 <br />Gem Lake, Minnesota Page 34 <br />