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MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP
OCTOBER, 2005
Having been properly published in the White Bear Press.on 19 October 2005.as Public Notice No. 2005-19, a Joint
Workshop of the City Council .of the City of Gem Lake and the Planning Commission of Gem Lake was called to. order
by Mayor Emeott on Wednesday, .26 October 2005, at 6:15 PM in the boardroom of The Nexen Group,.560 Oak Grove
Parkway, Vadnais Heights, MN 55110. Mayor .Emeott; Councilors Bosak, Schilling and Rasmussen were present.
Messrs. Lindner, Wippich and Mr. Rafferty ofthe Planning Commission were also present.. Also present.were City Clerk
Magnuson.as recording secretary and Don Hewitt:
Mr. Magnuson: distributed a copy of his Excel email to all presentwhich.includedall categories identified atthe first.
meeting which in turnneed to. be prioritized. He suggested they discuss all projects to determine. additional needs.and
priorityformat. Discussion of priorities.followed.
Magnuson. updated: his report on the Joint Town Hall Project with White. Bear Township indicating it.is now time
to begin.meeting with them. Appointment .of representatives. will be done in the immediate future.. Design discussion
followed with no action recommended.
Discussion of redevelopment of Hoffman Corners followed and it appears this is the number I priority for al in
attendance as it is clearly a blight and under utilization I. nit's current form: Discussion of funding efforts to develop the
property in the form of paid individuals followed with general concurrencethis would be an appropriate expenditure for
the City.
Magnuson also recommended development of a Local Improvement Policy, indicating the LMC has aground work
LIP that could easily be modified to suit our needs.
It was determined that additional prioritization will be necessary. Magnuson agreed to reformat for prioritization
and send to all present. Those present were asked to respond in kind by returning the new schedule with priorities.
At the next meeting on Monday, 05 December 2005, it was suggested that in addition to reviewing priorities, a
review of the 1996 Community Questionnaire would be appropriate to determine how current thoughts mesh with
previous responsesand to determine what the communities thoughts and direction were in 1997 and how they might be
reaffirmed or altered for the future.
Following discussion, the next workshop wilt be held on 05 December 2005 at 6:00 pmat the offices of the Nexen
Group, 560 Oak Grove Parkway, V adnais Heights, MN. Mayor .Emeott thanked all for coming and thanked Mr. Schilling
for hosting the meeting.
Therebeing no further business, Mayor Emeott declared the proceedings adjourned at 9:15 pm.
.AUTHORED: 08 November 2005
APPROVED: 16 November 2005
ATTEST:
ATTEST:
Frederic C. gnuson Pauf R. Emeott.
City Clerk
4Viayor
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