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CITY OF GEM LAKE 4707 Hwy 61 # 253 White Bear Lake, MN 55110-3227 z_ " - .q0Wd &"'0&' map" Minutes of Gem Lake City Council Meeting 17 July 2007 The July 2007 regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Gem Lake was called to order by Mayor Emeott on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 7:05 pm in the first floor meeting room of Tousley Ford. Mayor Emeott, Councilors Artig-Swomley, Shilling, Rasmusssen, and Watson were present. Also present was City Attorney Trevor Oliver. Other members of the public were also in attendance per the sign in sheet sent around the room. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND MEETING MINUTES Minutes of City Council meeting of May 2007: Minutes from the May 2007 City Council meeting were discussed. There were two changes made. Motion by Rasmussen, Second by Watson to approve May 2007 minutes was unanimously approved with these changes. Minutes of City Council meeting of June 2007: Minutes from the June 2007 City Council meeting were discussed. On page 3 of minutes, New Business 2007-12, change motion by Rasmussen as they were incorrectly attributed to Watson. Also under New Business, the agenda item related to VLAWMO and Storm Water Utility (SWU) for funding of Operations will remain a statement of support and is not a Resolution. Motion by Rasmussen, Second by Shilling to approve June 2007 minutes with corrections discussed was unanimously approved. City Council Agenda for this meeting: Mayor Emeott called for additions, deletions and corrections to the agenda. Changes were made to the agenda as follows: 1) Under New Business, Discussion about City policy regarding donation of Public Lands. Motion by Watson, Second by Shilling to approve agenda with additions was unanimously approved. PUBLIC NOTICES There were no public notices discussed. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR Bob Uzpen stated that the paving of Big Fox road at a level higher than his driveway has created a runoff problem into his property and was there anything the council could do about this. The council discussed getting Schifsky's to consult on this issue and at the same time look at another driveway problem Haven Lane. Secondly, Uzpen commented that he felt Gem Lake residents should be able to participate in workshops, they should not be closed. He checked with some adjacent cities regarding workshops and all had some citizen input. Mayor Emeott stated that the city only has three meetings with the planner and needs enough time to get work done. Uzpen indicated that the Planner also indicated that they generally get input from the Council, residents, and residents close to the development area. Without resident input at the workshop, two of the entities are not included. Council member Artig-Swomley agreed that resident input was important with set time constraints. She suggested 15 minutes be put at the end of the workshop for resident comments so that they could reflect upon what they heard during the workshop and voice ideas or concerns. Mayor Emeott indicated he felt that the 15 minutes should go at the beginning of the workshop agenda so that ideas and concerns could be discussed during the workshop. Councilor Rasmussen agreed with Artig-Swomley but re-emphasized the importance of residents getting their comments to the Council prior to workshops so that the Planner could better respond to them. Uzpen indicated that he has communicated with people on his street and asked them to give their input. Motion by Artig-Swomley to add 15 minutes to the end of workshops for Presentations from the Floor, Seconded by Watson. Discussion continued about when in the agenda to add Presentations from the Floor. Watson discussed the fact that the Planner would not be able to incorporate ideas generated from the floor at the meeting during the current meeting and that resident comments prior to the workshops is essential. Motion by Artig-Swomley revised to read Written comments are encouraged Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org