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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 December 2007 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Gem Lake was called to order by Mayor Emeott on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at 7:05 pm in the old White Bear Township town hall. Mayor Emeott, Councilors Rasmussen, Watson, and Shilling were present. Councilor Artig-Swomley was not in attendance but submitted written comments. Also present was City Attorney Trevor Oliver. Other members of the public were in attendance per the sign in sheet sent around the room. APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES AND AGENDA Minutes of City Council meeting of November 2007: Minutes from the November 2007 City Council meeting were reviewed by Council members. Motion by Rasmussen, Second by Schilling to approve the November 2007 City Council meeting minutes with typo corrections in spelling SEH was unanimously approved by voice vote. Minutes of Special City Council meeting: Minutes from the December 2007 special City Council meeting were not yet available for review. Add agenda item to next city council meeting. 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: Under New Business, addition of H) Recommendation to add an additional payment of claims cycle prior to the end of the year to clean up any final bills. Motion by Watson, Second by Rasmussen to approve agenda with the above addition was unanimously approved by voice vote. PUBLIC NOTICES None PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR None COMMITTEE REPORTS Planning Commission revised December meeting report (Jim Lindner): Mr. Lindner summarized the minutes of the December 4, 2007 Planning Commission meeting. Under discussion was the moratorium for the areas Marc Putman developed his guidelines for. While the commission did not endorse the moratorium, they gave its tacit approval. Regarding Mr. Putman's list of services under consideration by the city, the commission recommends working with Mr. Putman to help clarify our intent for the Gateway vision. Mr. Lindner asked the Council to be cautious as some of Putman's guidelines may be restrictive in their own right. A discussion around Met Council definition of low density housing (3-6 house/acre) took place with Councilor Watson stating that the buffer area between previous houses and the new planning zone would need to be more in the range of 1-3/acre. Councilor Schilling stated that this is why he believes the Planning Commission needs to continue to work with Putman. Councilor Rasmussen stated that he just wants the best plan for Gem Lake residents and that Putman should be able to come up with verbiage that we can use in the Comprehensive Plan to articulate the vision that the City is trying to achieve. Also he stated that the Planning Commission recommends that the city council expend money for the sketch plan for the E/61 NE quadrant and assisting SEH with Comprehensive Plan updates. When asked the status of the Comprehensive Plan, Lindner estimated the plan was 75-80% complete. A more complete draft can be expected in March/April time frame. The Planning Commission intends to meet the September deadline for the plan. Mayor Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org