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Guidelines. Mr. Lindner stated that while the Planning Commission recommended the acceptance of the Guidelines, they could not endorse its immediate implementation at this time because further work needs to be done to create new zoning ordinances. Councilor Rasmussen suggested the council accept the Guidelines and then move on to further discuss how to adopt these ideas into the city. Mr. Putman stated that using the Guidelines, the city does have a basis and criteria for a moratorium while these guidelines are put into zoning ordinances. Mr. Rafferty also suggested that a vote of confidence by accepting the Guidelines the city could accept the Guidelines and use it for the basis of planning and zoning and incorporation into the comprehensive plan. The motion to accept the Putman Development Guidelines in its current form was unanimously approved by voice vote. D) Building Moratorium for Development areas: Mayor Emeott reminded the council that currently, if someone came to the city with building plans for the four corners at Highway 61 and County Road E and met current zoning criteria, the city would have to issue a building permit regardless of the work that the city has done in long range planning. A 6-18 month building moratorium for this corner would allow the city to generate new zoning ordinances and rules for the area to be sure that the City's new ideas for development were incorporated. Six months would be the minimum recommended time and the city could choose to extend it if work was not complete. A variance clause can be added to the moratorium for builders that come right on target with the Putman Development Guidelines recommendations. The city could easily deny variances if they did not meet all of the requirements or were less than what the city council had envisioned. Discussion continued about the north east corner of Highway 61 and County Road E, which has not yet been reviewed. Mr. Putman suggested the council could also include a moratorium for building on adjacent land stating that development on this parcel requires mutually consistent implementation of the guidelines out outlined in the Putman Development Guidelines. Further discussion occurred about the fact that the Planning Commission will need help in writing zoning ordinances. Recommend continue work with Putman. Mr. Putman will put together a proposal regarding continued service to Gem Lake as describe in the Putman services brochure Option 9, Ordinance writing and consultation. Mr. Putman again stated that the 3-D visioning option might be a good option for the city to allow residents and land owners to really envision the recommendations of the Putman Development Guidelines. The review of this proposal will be included in the December City Council meeting. Discussion regarding the length of time the moratorium should be in effect. Various times periods were considered with a final determination that nine months seemed appropriate as this is also the time period until the due date of the City's comprehensive plan. Motion by Artig-Swomley, Seconded Schilling for a nine (9) month building moratorium on the land as described in the Putman Development Guidelines, and including the north east corner of Highway 61 and Co Road E. The final wording of the moratorium will be developed by Attorney Kelly. A voice vote by individual Council Member was requested by Mayor Emeott. The motion was unanimously approved with the following recorded votes: Councilor Artig-Swomley — Aye Councilor Schilling — Aye Mayor Emeott — Aye Councilor Watson — Aye Councilor Rasmussen — Aye E) New Building change order acceptance — Mayor Emeott reported that a rebate of $25,000 for the roofing system might not materialize because the truss company were delivered different than what was specified and the insulators could not get to the vaults of the roof to spray in insulation. So they had to use foam. There was much discussion about if this is the responsibility of the contactor, or the truss manufacturer. The good news is that the change has created a value added situation as the way the insulation is now installed; much higher R values have been obtained. It was decided that the City would wait until close out of the project and final payment to negotiate the details. F) Snow plowing contract for winter 07-08 (Schifsky and WBT quote): Mayor Emeott has obtained two bids for snow plowing for the current winter season of 2007-08. Motion by Schilling, Seconded Artig-Swomley for Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org