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CITY OF GEM LAKE 4707 Hwy 61 #253 White Bear Lake, MN 55110-3227 Minutes of Gem Lake City Council Meeting 18 September 2007 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Gem Lake was called to order by Mayor Emeott on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at 7:05 pm in the first floor meeting room of Tousley Ford. Mayor Emeott, Councilors Rasmussen, Shilling, Artig-Swomley, 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 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 Approval of City Council Minutes and Agenda, add C) Minutes of Public Hearing of August 21, 2007; and 2) Under New Business, add discussion about City Newsletter. Minutes of City Council meeting and Public Hearing of August 2007: Minutes from the August 2007 City Council meeting and Public Hearing were discussed. Unknown name in attendance list is Huck and spelling for Hutch will be corrected. Motion by Rasmussen, Second by Artig-Swomley to approve City Council Agenda for September meeting and August 2007 City Council and Public Hearing minutes and with additions and corrections noted above was unanimously approved. PUBLIC NOTICES A) White Bear Lake — State Demographers Presentation: Mayor Emeott announced that the state demographer will be present at the WBL City Hall on Monday, September 24`h at 7:30 p.m. to discuss pulling together details that all surrounding cities will need for their Comprehensive plans. All are welcome to come. B) Gem Lake residents voting location — White Bear School Levy (South Shore Lutheran Church): Mayor Emeott announced that the location for the November 2007 voting location for the White Bear School levy referendum will be the South Shore Lutheran Church. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR City Attorney Trevor Oliver suggested the Council include review and discussion of City Ordinances in upcoming meetings. Attorney Oliver advised the Council that a public hearing is needed prior to voting on these and suggested that the next city council meeting include this topic. Discussion from the Council was that they wanted to review the Housing Codes, Business Licensing, and Home Occupation Ordinances. Councilor Schilling suggested the City workshop also be used to review some of the other outstanding Ordinances. The council asked Attorney Oliver to create a short summary description of the ordinances for publishing in the White Bear Press. Councilor Schilling asked if could have the hearing at the November City workshop. Attorney Oliver advised that no vote could be taken at a workshop but that a workshop could be used to work through these. Mayor Emeott indicated he would like to see junk cars addressed in an ordinance. Attorney Oliver indicated he would include this in the Nuisance ordinance. Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org