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CITY OF GEM LAKE 4707 Hwy 61 #253 White Bear Lake, MN 55110-3227 Minutes of Gem Lake City Council Meeting 19 February 2008. The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Gem Lake was called to order by Mayor Emeott on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 7:08 pm in the Gem Lake. City Hall meeting. room. Mayor Emeott, Councilors Rasmussen, Artig-Swom[ey, and Watson 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 Minutes of City Council meeting of January 2008: Minutes from. the January 2008 City Council meeting were reviewed by Council members. Motion by Artig-SwomleY, Second by Rasmussen to approve the January 2008 Gem Lake City Council meeting minutes with correction was Unanimously approved by voice vote. Correction to make is under Old Business — City MS4 report. "No report. Councilor Rasmussen Watson is not in attendance." City Council Agenda for this meeting: Mayor Emeott called for additions, deletionsand corrections to the agenda. Changes weremade to the agenda as follows: 1) Under Old Business — Discussion about. City Hall Grand Opening Celebration and 2) Under New Business — Newsletter. Motion by Rasmussen, Second by Artig-Swomley to approve agenda with the above additions. PUBLIC NOTICES None PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR: None COMMITTEE REPORTS Planning Commission February meeting report (Jim Lindner): Jim Lindner was not present to. report. Mayor Emeottsummarized the February Planning Commission meeting as a discussion. of .land -use in residential areas. The Planning Commission hasdevelopeda colored map of the city with new proposed residential areas. shaded three colors. The first issingle family estates described as lots greater than 5 buildable acres in size and includes the houses around Gem Lake. The second is single family executive described as lots greater than 3 buildable acres in sizes and included much of Hillary Farms. The third is single family described as lots less than 3 acresin size. Fine tuning of the map and the subgroups still needs to be done but the SEH plannerfeels the city is well underway with future planning of the residential areas in Gem Lake. Resident Robert Upson raised a concern about the potential density of future housing for the Tom Hanson parcel adjacent to his lot. In summary, he believesthat the City needs to submit a Comprehensive Plan using current City zoning ordinances not.. using Guidelines (Putman Planning Guidelines) that are yet to be developed into ordinances. Mayor Emeott: stated that Mr. Upson needs to be sure his concerns are brought up to the Planning Commission. Mr. Upson stated that he has and isregularlyattending these meetings. Attorney Oliver responded by stating that he feels that inclusion of new potential residential densities in the Comprehensive Plan with the Putman Planning Guidelines included as an addendumis a clear concept plan that would allow the city to move ahead with defining what the city would like to see in the next ten years. Attorney Oliver reminded the. Council that the Met. Council needs at least five years notice for sewer additions. He stated that Look for us on the World Wide Webat.'gernlakenin.org