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The,general time frame of the plan ia: apfproximately 15 to 20 years at which timeit is anticipated that most,.if not all, land holdings within GOm Lake will be.committed to some form (if -urban development. 1.2 Use of Plan by the City Planning Commission The Planning Commission of Gem Lake is a five member .body appointed by the City Council of Gem. Lake: Members of the Comxmttee.serve at.- the pleasure. of the City~Council. They may be reappointed. *,specifically, with regard. to the Comprehensive Plan, the Planning Commission has the following major responsibilities: (a) to periodically review (not less frequently than biannually) and make suggested. additions and: amendments to the Comprehensive. Plan, {b) to assure -that all provisions. of the City's. development control. ordinances (or proposed amendments. or :additions to these ordinances) are in accordance with the principles. of. the plan, (e) to review proposed public. capital investments of fine .City of Gem Lake. to determine their consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and (d) to review proposed private capital investments within Gem Lake to assure that are in accordance with the .principies� and proposals of the plan. While the Planning Commission's responsibilities are primarily advisory - the -City Council has prime authority in carrying out the plans features - the Planning Commission nevertl'eless is considered to.be the City's. primary body in terms of making explicit .interpretations of the plan's stated proposals. 1.3 Use of the Plan by the City CdUtWl The City Council is a five; member body directly elected by the citizens of Gem Lake. Council members are elected to four year staggered terms and the. Mayor. is elected to. a 2 year term. As the primary policy making body of the City of Gem Lake, the Council has the following . principal responsibilities in relation to the. Comprehensive Municipal Plan: (a) to assure, to the maximum extent possible; that the policies containd within the Comprehensive Plan document represent the .viewpoint of *the citizens of the community, (b) to attempt to make incremental policy decisions in normal council deliberations that are consistent with the. plans provisions, (c) to make public capital expenditures and related expenditures consistent with :the principles of the plan, and (d) to exercise the ultimate review and adoptiigi of all: onginaI plan provisions and amendments to the plan forwakded to the Council by the Planning Commission. 1.4 Relationship of Other Municipal Bodies and Citizens. to the Plan Beyond .guiding the actions Qf the City Planning. Commission and the City Council, the plan :is designed to be an educational device designed to convey to all people in Gem Lake_ the manner in which the City i&desired to develop. The plan is intended to convey the unique assets; liabilities, and key development issues facing:the City Comprehensive Plan. A-GEMLK9501.00 Gem Lake, Minnesota Page 2