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Minutes of the Gem Lake. Council Meeting 22 May 2007 The May 2007 regular meeting of the City Councilofthe City of Gem Lake was called to order by Mayor Emeatt on Tuesday, ..May 22, 2007,.at 7:05 p.m„ in the first floor meeting room of Tousley. Ford. Mayor Emeott, Councilors Rasmussen, Watson, Schilling and Artig-Swomley were:. present. Also present was City Attorney, Trevor. Oliver. Other members of the public were also in attendance per the sign -in sheet sent around the room. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND MEETING MINUTES Mayor Erneott called for additions, deletions and corrections to the Agenda. Changes were made to the agenda as follows; 1) Ramsey County Fair Exhibit; 2) VLAWMO Watershed Management Organization;: 3) Letter from State Administrator Hearing Officer. Motion by Watson: and second by Schilling to accept the agenda with changes was unanimously approved; Motion by Rasmussen and second byArtig-Swomley to approve the Minutes of April 24, 2007 was unanimously approved. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Planning Commission Report: The Planning Commission Chair was not present but Planning Commission member Craig Rafferty reported that they were working on the Comprehensive Plan and related. issues. He noted that they discovered some of.the .planning documents are carryovers from previous document of 1975 and really need updating. Motion by Schilling, Second by Watson to receive Planning Commission Report was unanimously approved. Building Committee (City Hall) Report: Craig Raffery reported that there wasexcelleut response to the advertisement for bids for the Town/City Hall project, 22 general contractors pulled plans for the project. There were 14 bids received. Three bids were closeto the low bidder,. Lund Martin.. Construction. Each contractor was asked to provide three possible. options: To movethe project ahead the Councilneeds to sign the contract with the low bidder Oncesigned, it:. will set the contract in motion. The low bidder provided prices for the three specified alternates: 1) eliminate landscaping (White Bear Township will do); 2) an alternate for insulation, and 3) art alternateto remove the roof dormers. -There are other possible options that have been identifiedand once thecontract is signed, change; orders can beexecuted for those options. The representative from Lund Martin Construction thanked the Council on behalf of. Lund Martin. He noted that the bids werevery competitive and they are.. pleased to have provided the apparent low bid. Craig -noted. that the quantity of bids received were the best he has seen, partly due to the time of year that the bids were put .out. The. Lund Martin representative stated that they will need to move thecompletion date to November 1 He -noted that this will be no threat to construction since .ail outside work will be done by that time. Craig Rafferty stated that the adjustment in timing for completion will not affect Gem Lake, but may have some impact on White Bear Township's plans to move their Town. Hall, He stated that may mean that the Townshipmay have to schedule one meetingat another location or have the meeting in the Gem Lake City Hall, even though ail.interior work may not be done. OLD BUSINESS SEH Work on Gem Lake 2006 SWPP and MS4 Report — Chuck Watson: Watson reported that he has talked with the MPCA and they suggest that the City do what White Bear Township does. He stated that he has the information needed and will be getting together with the MPCA who will assist in the report. Watson will.. report back next month. 1