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CITY OF GEM LAKE MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING 15 MAY 2006 The May, 2006 regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Gem Lake was calledto order by Acting Mayor Schilling on Monday, 15 May 2006. at 7:01 PM in the first floor meeting room ofTousley Ford.. Acting Mayor Schilling, CouncilorsBosak. Rasmussen and Watson and Clerk Magnuson were. present. Also present were Jim Lindner of the Planning Coinmission, Mr. & Mrs. Swomley, and Mr, McNulty. Following Mr. Schilling's request for additions, deletions, or corrections, the following actions were. taken: 1) unanimousapproval ofthe 19 April 2006 Minutes ofthe CityCouncil meeting as presented on Motion by Bosak, Second by Rasmussen: 2) acceptance of the written record of the General Information Meeting for Public Improvement Project No. 2006-03 held on 24 April 2006; 3) unanimous approval of the 15 May 2006 Agenda of the City Council meeting as amended on Motion by Watson, Second by Rasmussen. The Clerk then presented General Announcements. The report ofthe Planning Commission was acknowledged and accepted as rece.ivcd•in theform of a. letter from the Chairman to Mayor•Eineott; said report having been distributed electronically to: the •Council in advance. . Staff reports were presented by the Clerk and included comments as follows: t.) The application for a variance: submitted by Mr. Macalus remains incomplete and it.is noted for the record that Mr. Macalus failed to appear before the Planning Commission. and. present supplemental data as requested Notice to.Mr. Macalus will be sent again, 2) The pending application by Flanagan Properties of 1567 East County Road E and Enterprise. Car Rental has been delayed due to unexpected terms included in the lease by Enterprise. The matter may still come before the Planning Commission and City. Council in April. 3) An application for a Variance has been received from Mike Strommer to allow construction of.a detached 24' x 24' garage on his property within 6' (a.9' variance from set -back) of his property line with Vomacka. The matter has beenset for a public hearing on 05 June 2006 before the Planning Commission. 4) An application for a Special Use Permit to allow construction of a single family residence at 1400 Goose Lake Road by Bruce and Lorry Shirley which will includea facade in excess of the 35' allowed by the existing city zoning ordinance. With the permission ofthe owner and his architect, the matter is beinghandled consistent with both the current rules regarding height and the proposed rules regarding height to assist in debugging the. procedures. Completionof the preliminary plan review by the Plan Review Commission was completed in 6 days, well within the original guidelines set for the procedure. 5) Completion of the proposed changes to Ordinance No. 43 is nowat hand and will be incorporated into the document for a final reading before the Planning Commission at a public hearing scheduled for 05 June 2006. Notwithstanding incorporation of comments received at the public hearing, the matter is expected to be sent. to the City Councilfor approval in June. 6) Public Iinprovetnent Project No 2006-0]. is nearing the 'bid .stage and it is anticipated that work will cormence in .the first 2 weeks..of.July and be complete by the:end of August. Currently it is anticipated that the City Council will be asked to approve•plans, details and specifications. at the June•meeting followed by. acceptance of the low bid and order For the work' to begin. 7) Steady progress continues with the Public Improvement :Project No. 2006-02, the City Water Plan: As this plan reinains in progress with a completion date currently unknown, it will. most likely be benefcial.ta delay iristallation ofcity water andother infrastructure.in accordance with Public Improvement Project No. 200.E-03 until all details have been concluded with PIP2006702. White Bear Lake has called and offered whatever assistance might be needed relative the projects :and other municipal matters. .8.) Public Improvement Project No. 2006-04 has been stalled due:to sta ffand volunteer time. The hope. is to get back on track as soon. as: possible, still with an eye on 2007completion.. Page 1 of 4