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CITY OF GEM LAKE 4707 Hwy 61 # 253 White Bear Lake, MN 55110-3227 Telephone 651-747-2790 City Council Workshop May 7, 2007 The following people attended this City Council workshop which started at 7:10 PM:: Paul Emeott, Chuck Watson, Gretchen Artig-Swomley, Craig Rafferty, Jim Lindner Kim Anderson, Bryan Hansen. 1) This workshop reviewed the existing 1997 City of Gem Lake Comprehensive Plan and then looked at what our planning consultant suggested as updated wording and data for Section 3 & 4. A lot of discussion was done on what population numbers to use in the up -dated plan, as there are big conflicts between what the city thinks we now have for residents and what the Metro Council is forecasting. These numbers are important, so we will strive to find a number that all can agree on.. A lively session was then held on suggested wording for Section 5 — Land use goals and Policies, of the up -dated 2008 City of Gem Lake Comprehensive plan. This section is the area where our planner has said that the City has to provide most of the text changes and ideas. A lot more work is needed to get more in agreement on what our policies might be. We also looked at what is currently in Section 6 — Transportation Plan, but decided that most of this section can be updated by our planner. Section 7 is the Sanitary Sewer Section and the engineers at SEH are currently finishing our policies and system design features for this section. 2) The need for an Animal Control Policy for the city was brought up. As no one had any ideas on this matter, the Mayor will write the policy and put it on the City website. 3) The need for an updated "Capital Improvement Plan (budget ) was mentioned, but no suggestions or work was done on it. All of these subjects will have further discussion at future City Council Workshops. Meeting ajorned at 9:25 PM Notes by Paul Emeott 5/7/07