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CITY OF GEM LAKE <br />1995 CoMMUNTTY SURVEY <br />COMPREHENSIVE LONG-RANGE P%AN <br />The Gem Lake Planning .Commission is now in the process. of updating the long-range Comprehensive Municipal <br />Plan for the City. As a part of the process, they must project where the. City will be in,the next S, 10 and. i S..years: and how <br />it will arrive there. The results of this community survey will be used by the Planning .Commission to assist them in. guiding M <br />the planning process. Your input is:important. Please answer all questions that you can and that apply to you. <br />COMMUNITY PLAN AND GOALS <br />5 of the basic goals of Gem Lake as expressed in the current Comprehensive Municipal Plan are. sho«n.below. <br />d indicate your suggestions for revisions to the Plan - <br />please take a moment to review these goals an <br />1, The: current Plan calls for preservation of a "rustic". environment in a natural setting. by maintaining low-densin- <br />residential development.. Should this be changed and how? [.01:Q.0%] No Answer <br />[ 67 ! 97.1%.1 Don't Change [ 2 ! :2.9% ]Change <br />YOUR RECOMMENDED CHANGE(S.): <br />1- Concept of density should be changed to..protect.open spaces. <br />2. Maintain natural settings. <br />2. The current Plan coils for creation and maintenance of a high quality man; -mane environment by developing .high <br />standards for construction quality and encouraging maintenance on existing structures. Should this he. changed and. <br />how? ° 010.0% No.Answer <br />[ 66195.7% ]Don't Change [ 314.5 j Change [: ] <br />YOUR RECOMMENDED CHANGE(S): <br />L Instead of maintenance, try code compliance like St, Louis Park.. <br />2. Improve residential maintenance; <br />3. Maintain high quality and.fewer homes. <br />3. The current Plan calls for containing future commercial development in the City withxin the Highway 61 /County <br />Road E areas of the City currently zoned for business:. `Should this be. changed: and how? <br />! <br />[ 60 ! $7.0%.]Don't Change l g ! 13A0 % ]Change. ( 0.0 % a ] No Answer <br />YOUR -RECOMMENDED CHANGE(S): <br />1. Sign Ordinance enforcement: <br />2. Add landscaping requirements to improve commercial development, <br />3. Try to getzooperation from Vadnais Heights, <br />4. Eliminate commercial zoning and change to residential. <br />a. Maintain residential community. <br />6. Preserve rustic atmosphere.. <br />7. No commercial development on Otter Lake/Scheuneman Roads. <br />9. Reduce traffic. <br />9.. Discourage high tragic business. <br />4. The current Plan calls for providing a low -profile government that provides only essential services necessary for <br />the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the community. Should this:be changed -and how? <br />[ 654 91.3%.1 Don't Change 11./ 1.4% ] Change [ 5 ! 7.31/6.1 No Answer <br />YOUR RECOMMENDED CHANGE(S). <br />1. Is it time to hire full time professional staff? <br />2. snow plowing -is excellent. <br />3- Maintain low goven nrent.profile. <br />4: Add .part. time: professional. planner. <br />