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1 mc°IDY JUN 14 2006 <br />28. The Subject Property has been part of Gem Lake since the city was <br />incorporated in 1959.25 The Subject Property receives no governmental services <br />other than fire and police protection which are provided under contract by non - <br />Gem Lake service providers. <br />Administration <br />29. Traditionally, the terms "urban" and "city" have been used <br />synonymously by planners to connote the availability of a full range of services, <br />including central sanitary sewer, public water, schools, higher levels of police and <br />fire protection, a full range of housing types and densities, and significant <br />employment opportunities. Police protection in an urban community is available <br />24 hours per day, 7 days per week, for example. The City of Vadnais Heights <br />has the full range of these urban characteristics; the City of Gem Lake does not. <br />Gem Lake has a Mayor, City Council, Planning Commission, City Clerk, Zoning <br />Administrators, and Code Enforcement Officers. All of these positions are part- <br />time. The Mayor and City Clerk also serve as co -zoning administrators for <br />additional compensation. The Cityy Council is a five -member body, directly <br />elected by the citizens of Gem Lake. s <br />30. Both Gem Lake and Vadnais Heights provide police protection to <br />their residents and businesses through a contract with the Ramsey County <br />Sherriffs Department. <br />27 <br />31. Gem Lake provides fire protection through a contract with White <br />Bear Lake. Vadnais Heights has its own fire department. 28 <br />32. Gem Lake contracts needs. Vadnais Hengineering <br />Heights hasitsown staff for these <br />planning and engineering <br />purposes but also contracts with SEH for special needs.29 <br />33. Gem Lake and a portion of Vadnais Heights are in the White Bear <br />Lake ISD No. 624 School District 30 Both Gem Lake and Vadnais Heights are in <br />Ramsey County. <br />Water and Sewer <br />34. Gem Lake has a municipal sewer system. Approximately 44 <br />residences and 35 businesses are connected to the city sewer system. The <br />remaining residences are on individual septic systems .31 A majority of Gem Lake <br />25 Stip. 23. <br />28 Ex. 45, p. 4. <br />27 Stip. 14. <br />28 Stip_ 15 and 16. <br />29 Stip. 17, Testimony of I Urban. <br />30 Stip. 7. <br />31 Stip.24 <br />0 <br />