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CITY OF GEM LAKE, MN 4707 Hwy 61 # 253 _ White Bear Lake, MN 55110-3227 Telephone 651-747-2790 Planning Commission Minutes, 2-6-2007 Planning Commission Chair Lindner opened the February meeting at 7:05PM. Besides Lindner, Commissioner Rafferty and alternate Commissioner Beth Herzog were present. Also present were Councilwoman Gretchen Artig-Swomley, Bob Upzen, Steve Herzog, Economic Development Commissioner Rick Bosak, Councilman Tom Rasmussen, and Mayor Paul Emeott. Comprehensive Plan meeting recap Mr. Lindner reviewed the January 9 city meeting at White Bear Town Hall. SEH ran the meeting and is responsible for processing the content, but Lindner shared with those present the results of the SWOT analysis. Some of the information will be readily adapted into a Comprehensive Plan, while other information (namely those items deemed "threats") will require further analysis. We discussed continuing to pursue the written survey as part of the information gathering process. Walter Powell had been working on this, but now has accepted employment elsewhere and is no longer our city intern. Contacting residents and business owners via a survey still has merit. We also discussed mailings to all residents as the preferred way of communicating the meetings. Beth Herzog stated she would be able to hand deliver some of the mailings as she walks around town. All in all it was a good start to the comp plan update process. Approximately 65 people attended and all had many opportunities to provide input. Mr. Rafferty also wishes to see a revised schedule from SEH to have a better idea of the course our Comp Plan meetings and drafts will take. City Hall Steve Herzog suggested an alternate means of constructing our city hall, using students from Century College who are learning the building trades and the building process. It is an intriguing idea that may or may not fit our construction schedule and our construction process. Craig Rafferty described what he sees as some of the challenges to such an approach. We left the idea hanging pending further review. Ordinance Updates Nuisance Additions and Amendments Mr. Lindner conducted a first reading of the proposed amendments and additions to the Nuisance Ordinance. There was confusion as to which nuisance ordinance these amendments and additions were intended for. Our original nuisance ordinance dates from the 1960s and may or may not still be in effect. Mayor Emeott said he had a draft nuisance ordinance from the attorney, but nobody else had a copy. We started by addressing methamphetamines and their cleanup. Mr. Rafferty asked if this portion was necessary or if we were duplicating something that already deems meth Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org