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CITY OF' GEM LAKE MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING. August, 1998 The August meeting of the City Council of the City of Gem Lake was called toorder by Mayor .Erneott.on Monday, 17. August 1998,.at:7:20 p.m. in the first floor meeting room of Tousle), Ford. Mayor &neon, Council Members Birkebak,;Kunin,. and Nielsen,. Treasurer Nordstrom, and Clerk Magnuson were present. Also present were Jim Lindner,Sandy Kuchenmeister,. Vern Grundhoffer, George Jungrnan, Bill Flaspeter, and Michelle Vining. Following Mayor Emeott's request for additions, deletions, or corrections, the followingwere unanimously approved as presented: 1) 20 July 1998 Council Minutes on Motion by Kunin, Second by Birkebak; 2) 17 August 1998.Council Agenda. on Motion by Birkebak, Second by Nielsen, Following discussion of Public Hearing No. 98-04 and on motion by Birkebak,. Second by Nielsen, property owned by Kuchenmeister as PIN #22-30-�2.44-0013-1 and property owned by the City of Gem Lake as PIN #22-30-22-0014-4 were unanimously re -zoned from General Business (GB) to Residential 4 (R 4). The Clerk. was ordered to identify the change to the City Engineer and order map revisions. Discussion of the Watershed Management Plan section of the Comprehensive Municipal Plan was continued. A letter from Cynthia Drake of.SEH regarding the White Bear Montessori. Plan was presented relating to ingress and egress issues and will be filed with Site Development Plans. Copies need to be forwarded to Peter Hilger and Jim Arend. Discussion of code violations followed.: Magnuson reported: 1) Kuchenmeister requires one more: inspection; 2) Thury matter remains unresolved; 3) Jungman matter is resolved (Mr. Jungman presented his case and invited inspection); 4) Fuchs matter is partially resolved, 5) GranIund matter is resolved although there should be additional inspections and followup regarding existing materials that have been duinped. Emeott reported that he executed the Developer's Agreement for the White Bear Montessori School this afternoon. Discussion of alcohol compliance checks was continued. Budget matters for 1999 were discussed and the consensus was reached to not raise taxes in 1999.. Discussion followed with Kuchenmeister regarding the possible acquisition of the Ayde/Gem Lake property adjacent her parcel. The Clerk suggested that the City consider conveying the land to Kuchenmeister for the sum of $1.00 andother good and valuable.. consideration in the fonn of removing all dumped materials from the property:. Kuchenmeisterexpressed an interest in the proposal. The Clerk will research the matter with the City Attorney and report in September. Discussion followed regarding the Livable Communities Act: proposed by the. Metropolitan Council. The City continues. to have no interest in participating. Discussion followed regarding contact with the Clerk bya developer who was interested in placing 16 or .more. townhomes on the Tevlin property on Scheunernan road. The Clerk indicated he hadreferred the matter to the Mayor and Planning Commission. The Clerknoted that he had published public notification of filing dates (08/25/98-09/08/98) for candidacy in Gem Lake for the General Election on November 3, 1998,.with said notice to be published on 39. August 1998.: An Affidavit of Candidacy wasgiven to each incumbent forwhom terms were to be considered at the General Election. Nordstrom presented the Treasurer's Report, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A", and indicating a balance in the City's: General Fund of $65,87.6.72 and in the City's Sewer Fund of.$222,714.38. Motion by Nielsen, second by Kunin to approve the report was carried unanimously. Payment of bills for August totaling $ 8,657.10 and attached 13ereto.as Exhibit "B was presented. Motion by Nielsen, Second by Karlin to approve payments was carried. unanimously. Page 1.of 2