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that 0riginate.fro m.? That was put in place by Putnam Planning and besign in a project for the City of Gem Lake's business. district in 200.7. The personal attacks on the Mayor were.uncaIled for. Mayor Bob since taking office. has done an amazing job with the. city financials, spearheading the water project for the business district which in turn helps the business district with. growth and development; saving the city over $85,000 in the first year he was elected by replacement of the City Clerk. In.2018 the city will save over $30,000 by negotiating new law enforcement protection with the City of White Bear Lake. Councilmember Kuny, Lindner and Artig=$worriley thanked the Mayor for his dedication and service. Ms. Artig-Swomley went on to say that of the.47 calls she received in regards to the property purchase, 25% of citizen s.were in favor of the. proposal. She wondered it those citizens were attheiieeting but were too intimidated to speak as such, Citizens needs to. keep in mind that 42 cities in Minnesota have no n7aygr and 100 cities have a compromised city .council. No one. wants to be on.the.-council or be the`Nlayor. And in Gem Lake, who. would want.to step up.in a leadership role after. what happened at the. Planning Corn mission. meeting and the City Council meeting.? C.ouncilmem.ber Kuny:Stated that she was afraid'.;for..her family and her family's safety, Councilmember Artig-Swomley then spokejurther on the'l ad.ership crisis and about the toll this has taken on the current city. leaders. What`tto.;da:?;Keep recruitingvo[ur�teers to do things that reed to be. done, :make citizens aware of what current leadersFiave_done, just`o'n. the new land use ordinance alone; Councilmember Linder, Paul. Emeott, Commissipne'r 1ah-nsQri-,and a f ost,of others have spent over 500 hours of their own time wo-kirig'ari the new lar d.;:use ord.ineiice :: AI ho:ug€ "t seems counterproductive, current leadership needs to,stop i of nteerfng so.much;:of their 6wri;ti..Me, coun..cilmembers currently have saved the city ovar_$4Q%,000 by volunteering tQ write much of f€�ie comprehensive plan and many other projects too nume We need;to ;do si6ri e, soui:sea of cities web"sites in aciditipn; guidelin'e§tp. address future n Minnesota Cities, the cities of approved: by the`City pasted on line, pest+ 2017; Following 201 Attorney. nientian, We need'mdre volunteers to:step up to take on these tasks i ng on ho►,v b We:;bring Hack our city together? She looked a number the E:eague of Minnesota Cities and tame up with a simple set of ?tings:'The proposed guideline wording was 'taken from the League of atertown akS.horeview. `These.gufdelines have been reviewed and 0.0re n-ieee1h; gs will adhere to these guidelines: The guidelines will be n the city bufletin board. in the vestibule and at city meetings until the end of board. One change to the planning commission and p will be:posted on line on the city's. we.b site and posted in the city :bu1..1etin udelines was made, changing the guidelines to read "council meetings, ib1iC tearings." Guideline for Gem Lake Meetings Effective July18, 2017, the City of Gem Lake proposed the adoption of guidelines for al! city meetings, Guidelines will be posted nthhe web site, in the lobby of city hall'and.at the sign in sheet for all city meetings: The guidelines were: modeled from the cities. of Shoreview and Watertown and were reviewed and approved by the .City attorney.. Councilmember Lindner.made a motion to accept the guidelines with. one.change, changing the title of the document to read all city meetings, seconded by Councilmember Artig-Swomley, motion passed. The City of Gem Lake guidelines were adopted. Resolution 201,7-08—.Replot of 19 Daniels Farm Road City of Gem Lake City Council Meeting minutes, July 18, 2017 Page 2