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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008 02-19 CC MINUTESCITY 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 the Gateway district will not be just a red blob on the Comprehensive Plan that would be leftup to individual. interpretation, but that sub -zones would be clearly defined. Mayor Emeott stated that the focus of the next Planning Commission meetingwill be. the Gateway district. Motion by Watson, Second by Artig-Swomley to approve the February Planning Commission meeting report was approved unanimously. Planners report of NE quadrant of County Road E and Highway 61 (Marc Putman): Marc Putman presented Planning Guidelines for the property on the NE quadrant of Co Road E and Highway 61.. These plans. includethe re. joining of the. Northeast and Northwest sides of Highway 61 using a: combination of overpasses and roundabouts around Highway 61 and the re -connecting of Schuneman Road. Various transit options could be included in the current Railroadareasincluding a combination of bus, lightrail, hikingand biking. Putman re -iterated that the reason for doing Guidelines like this is not to wait for developers to make demands, but for the city to get out aheadof the game. The Planning Guidelines proposed by Putman are very forward thinking, but the development of this property could provide enormous tax basis for the city if properly done. IIe indicated that the next steps would be to match polities and incentives to these Guidelines. Mr. Putmanindicated he would be willing to attend a Planning Commission meeting to present this information if the Council would authorize this expenditure. OLD BUSINESS A) City MS4 report for 200E (Watson): Councilor Watson reported no .change to the report. B) Score Grant for 2007: Mayor Emeott report that Recording Secretary Teresa Tice. expressed interest in helping the City collect the 2007 Score Grant dollars. Ms. Tice stated that for the grant to be released to the City, a year end summary of residential recycling efforts and submission of receipts for cost associated withencouraging city resident to recycle was required. Ms.. Tice contacted Waste Management and obtained the information needed to complete the Grant year end report: Mayor Emeott will submit the receipts of the City's payment of residential recycling. C) Score. Grant for 2008: Recording Secretary Tice will work with Mayor Emeott to request the 2008 Score Grant. D) Grand Opening of Heritage. Hall - Friday, March 14th, 3-7 p.m. (Artig-Swomley): Councilor Artig Swomley reported on effortsunderway to plan for the Grand. Opening celebration of Heritage Hall. She will be mailing out. the City Newsletterearly so to get the invitation out to residents, news releases to the White Bear Press and Pioneer Press have been completed, Invitations to State Representatives, the Fire Department, Mayors of. neighboring communities, Met Council, the Governor, and others have been or will be extended. Food will be picked up at Festival Foods. NEW BUSINESS A) Approvalof payment of claims for January -February 2008: Mayor Emeott referred the Council tothe. listing of payments requiring approval, Mayor Emeott stated that a payment is included for gas and electrical expenses while the building was under construction. Payment is being contested by the Contractor and the City doesn't want tohave services discontinued while this is being negotiated, Payment of claims for time period above was unanimously approved as indicated by Councilor's signatures onthis document. B) WBL. Fire Department contract for 2008: Motion by Watson, Seconded by Rasmussen for approval of 2008 WEL Fire Department services contract was unanimously approved by voice vote. C) Resolution 2008-3 to approved extension of. Charitable Gambling for White Bear Lions — Country Lounge:. Mayor Emeott presented Resolution 2008-3 to approve anextensionofcharitable gambling for the White Bear Lions at the Country Lounge for a periodof two years. Motion by Rasmussen, Seconded by Artig-Swomley for approval of Resolution 2008-3 was unanimously approved by voice vote. Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org D).New :City Ordinances — Accept with. changes: Mayor Emeott stated that the following new ordinances were discussed at the last: City Council Workshop: Ordinance. No. 83, Ordinance No. 84, Ordinance No..85, Ordinance No. 86, and Ordinance No. 91. Motion by Watson, Seconded by Artig-Swomley for approval of the above listed Ordinances with the changes as discussed at the workshop was approved by three voice votes with Councilor Rasmussen abstaining from voting as he was unable to review the changes. E) Resolution 2008-4 to publish summary of new ordinances in White Bear Press: Mayor Emeott requested a motion fora resolution to publish a summary of these new ordinances in the White Bear Press. Motion.. by Watson, Seconded by Artig-Swomley for approval of was unanimously approved by voice vote. F) City Newsletter (Artig-Swomley):.Items for inclusion in the. March Gem Lake. Newsletter include: 1) Open House Story, 2) Profile on Rafferty and his design of city hall, 3) Storm water and septic system. 4) Meet the mayor 5) New Ordinances 6) Gateway plan 7) other. The newsletter will need to be mailedout no later than March 10`s for announcement of the Open House. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE. FLOOR None. FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS: Next City Council Workshop — Monday, March 3, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. the Gem Lake City Hall. Subject: Continued. work on .Ordinances. Next City. Council Meeting - Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Gem Lake City Hall. ADJOURN: The February 2008 regular meeting.. of the City Council was adjourned at 8:46 p.m. AUTHORIZED: February 19, 2008 APPROVED: March 18, 2008 ATTEST: Teresa Tice, Recording Secretary. Certified Copy. ATTEST: Paul R. Emeott, Mayor Look for us on the World Wide. Web at gemlakemn.org Attendance List for Gern Lake City Council Meeting: February 19, 2008 Trevor Oliver City Attorney Robert Uzpen Big Fthc Road Justin Gese. SEH Mark. Putman Putman Planning. and. Design. Mark Sweet .Big Fox Road Lank for us on the World Wide. Web at gemlakemn:org