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City of Gera. Lake. City Council Meeting —July 18, 2017 Meeting Minutes Mayor.Uzpen called the meeting to order.at 7.00 p.m. Councilnnembers Artig=Swomley, Kuny and Lindner were present. Others. in attendance: Ben Johnson., Planning Commission.Chair,.Justin.Gese, City Engineer. Citizens: sign in sheet not available. July'18, 2017, Agenda A motion was made. by Councilrnen>ber Artig-Swomley, seconded by Councilmember Lindner to approve the agenda for July 18,..2017;..motion passed. Agenda.approved. Minutes Councilmernber Artig-Swom€ey made a motion, seconded by CounciImember Lindner to approve the minutes for Ju.n.e 20, 2017,.motion passed, Minutes approved. Committee Reports Ben Johnson, Planning Commission chair:stated there was no quorum present for the July 5, 2017, Planning Commission meeting. Old Business Newsletter ideas Profile an new plarining.comm ission member Leonard Cacioppo, Dan Matier retirement from Planning Commission, data on recycling, buffers in city zones; and. how they came to be, VLAWMO buffers, information soliciting volunteers for thep€anning.commission and city council. Next �^ editio.n will. be for August/5eptember. New Business Cob ncilmernber Artig-Sworn,ley on Leadership CounciImember Artig-Swom ley gave an.overview concern ing.lea dership going forward for the City of Gem Lake. The past. cou. ncil meeting was particularly difficult on the council, with several members wishing to resign and two co u ncil rh embe rs recelved threaten..ing letters..Of the 4.7 ca.11s she received, only one .person wanted to serve in a leadership capacity far the city. Thank you, Len Cacioppo for volunteering to be on the: planning commission. How did the council find themselves in this situation? Rumors were started and spread to citizenseven before information was received. on the. proposal. Some of the rumors heard, "this is Mayor Bob's .park, the. field isn't re.a€ly wet,.the buffer was created fo.r the. Mayor, Justin Short is in on this." .This became very. personal and if that was the goal; mission accomplished. What could we have done. about.this? Some. citizens' who.atfencled the planning. commission or city council meeting hadn't been to one meeting in 10 years; whereas the cod nci€.has meet over 400 times in that.10 year period. What. was .attempted to communicate to the citizens via the planningcommission and the City Council was that if the city purchased the land, the city would.be able. to control the density of this.property. Thetity had at the -time three developers and still has three developers interesting €n developing the land. Citizens: need to keep in mind whateverhapp.ens with the land ❑n County Road E w.iII affect ]arge ]and tracts in the City of Gem Lake; the Hoeschler's and Kunin`s property, the golf course. Citizens also are reminded that the City has to answer to the Met Council for growth and development in the city. Another item .that came up was the buffer on the land, where did City of Gem Lake City Council Meeting. minutes,. July 18,.2027 Page I