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Gem Lake City Council Meeting Page 2 of 5 • Ramsey County Sherriff sent a memo to May Uzpen regarding "Nights to Unite" block club parties from the past eight years increased from 95 to 137 for National Night Out. They have received $2,000 from all the cities and want to increase the amount to $5,000. • Councilmember Kuny will be attending the Sherriff Committee meeting. • VLAMO is in talks with Gem Lake regarding the Watershed issues. They are budgeting $25,000 to work on Highway 61. Councilmember Lindner discussed the floating Island issue on Tamarack Lake. • A new restaurant by the name of Black Seed is opening in Gem Lake. The owner's name is Tolga Alta. PUBLIC HEARING None NEW BUSINESS Vera Auto Sales — Sewer Billing: Sally Ackerman and Gibrgi Gochtzghuhi of Vera Auto Sales have questions regarding their sewer billing. They have some tenants that feel the sewer bill is high. Ms. Ackerman called Judy at White Bear Township to discuss the bill and was told by Judy to talk to Mike Johnson who understands sewer accessibility charges. When Ms. Ackerman called Mike Johnson, she was told to call the Met Council. She then called Met Council and talked to three or four people regarding this issue. What she found out was their property is based on a car wash versus a car dealership business. Their business is billed based on 11 SAC units versus one SAC unit. Ms. Ackerman of Vera Auto Sales is asking the City of Gem Lake to reduce the SAC unit billing for their property. Mayor Uzpen stated the City of Gem Lake has an Ordinance (64E) that covers sewer and how it is based on property versus the SAC Units. Gem Lake City Council sets the rates. The sewers are inspected bi-yearly and flushed bi-yearly. The sewer for Vera Auto Sales was relined a few years ago. Mayor Uzpen stated all this information including Ordinance 64E is on the website. The owners are requesting that Gem Lake City Council look into this situation. The owners of Vera Auto Sales want to go on record asking where the money is going regarding the sewer fund and sewer ordinance billing. The City Council has $34,000 in the sewer fund per year. It goes into an enterprise fund. Each year the money from the fund goes towards flushing, maintenance, replacing sewer lines, etc. with all residential and commercial properties within the City of Gem Lake. Mayor Uzpen explained the process of billing and working with White Bear Township and the costs administration duties paid to White Bear Township. It was discussed between the City Council members and it was decided that Gem Lake needs to talk to Judy and Mike from White Bear Township regarding credit to Vera Auto Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org