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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008 04-15 CC MINUTESCITY OF GEM LAKE 4707 Hwy 61 #253 White Bear Lake, MN 55110-3227 2a d Minutes of Gem Lake City Council Meeting 15 April 2008 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Gem Lake was called to order by Mayor Emcott on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 7:02 pm in Heritage Hall meeting room. Mayor Emeott, Councilors Artig-Swomlcy, Rasmussen and. Shilling were present. Also present was City Attorney Pat Kelly. Other membersofthe public were in attendance per the sign in sheetsent around the room. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND MEETING MINUTES Minutes of City Council meeting of March 2008: Minutes from the March 2008 City Council meeting were reviewed by Council members. Correction of spelling of "Schilling" to be madc on first page: Cinder New Business E),:a deposit will not be required for Nonprofit/governmental agencies that service the City of Gem Lake and. White Bear Township. Adjust days for weeklyrates ofmeeting room to. Monday —Thursday (not Friday). in same section. Motion by Schilling, Second by Rasmussen to: approve the March 2008 City Council meeting minutes with corrections was unanimously approved by voice vote, City Council Agenda for this meeting: Mayor Emeott called: for additions, deletions and corrections to the agenda. Changes were made to the agenda as follows: First, under New Business, addition of C) Hillary Farms Homeowners Association and second, under New Business, .addition ot'.D) Permitting of Parking Lots, Motion by Rasmussen, Second by Artig-Swomley to approve agenda with the above additions was unanimously approved by voice vote. PUBLIC NOTICES None PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR None OLD BUSINESS. A) City MS4 report for 2006.(Watson): No report. fl) Cost and policy for use of Heritage Hallmeeting rooms: Reviewed and discussed a new written policy and costs as agreed upon by councilmembers at the March City Council meeting, This policy. is Subject to review and amendment as needed. Motion byArlig-Swomley, Second by Schilling to approve the: cost :and policy for use: of the Heritage Hall was unanimously approved by voice vote. C) City Newsletter (Artig-Swomley): Councilor Artig-Swomley presented topics for the next Gem Lake Newsletter. Topics that could be include arc interview with former Mayor, Mr. Terry, the Comprehensive Plan, Form Based Zoning, Elie Bemis House, etc. COMMITTEE REPORTS Planning Conunission revised April. meeting report (Jim Lindner): Jim Lindner reported that work continues. on a draft Comprehensive Plan, The May 12th City Council Workshop will be a review of the draft. Motion by Watson, Second by Artig- Swomlcy to approve the. March Meeting reports was unanimously approved by voice vote. NEW BUSINESS A) Approval of payment of claims for Mareh-April 2008:. Mayor Emeott referred the Council to the listing of payinents requiring approval. Six reclaimed file cabinets have:been puiehascd Thank you to White Bear Township for delivering them. Plowing charges are included in die payment of:claitns. Payment of claims for time period above was unanimously approved as indicated by Councilor's signatures on this document. Look for us on the World: Wide Web at gernlakertni.org B) Utility billing — Purchase. Software: Mayor Emeott stated that City Treasurer issuggesting that thecity of Gem Lake purchase. Utility Billing software instead of keeping this on an excel spreadsheet. This .software allows for better record keeping of sewer costs and delinquent billings. The programwill be accessible: by staff at either Heritage Hall or the White Bear Township office. Gem Lake is not able to use While Bear Township's license, The cost will he $1.890 and $4701year:annual .cost . Motion by Watson. Seconded by Arlig-Swomley for purchase of this software was unanimously approved by voice vote. C) Horne Owner Association -Hillary. I+ arms: Mayor Emeott reportedhe receiveda request from the builder of Hillary Farms for a live year extension on a builder run homeowners. associate. Currently only 4 homes in the association. Attorney Kelly willhavehis office draft up a new contract. Motion by Watson, Seconded by Rasmussen for a five extension on the Horne Owners association wasunanimously approved by voice vote. D) Permits for Parking Lots: Mayor Emeott reported a developer has inquired about placing a parking lot on Gem Lake property in the Gateway area in conjunction witha. building that will be going up in an adjacent:Vadnais Heights property. This is not in alignment with the long range vision for this area and would create no new tax revenue: for the city. There is also. currently: a moratorium on building in this area. Attorney Kelly stated that an ordinance for Parking Lot permits would be dratted and submitted for the council's review. PRESENTATIONS FROM TUE FLOOR Mayor Emeott called for presentations from the floor. Discussion occurred.. regarding an extension of the :9 month moratorium: on the Gateway area. Atlorney Kelly reminded the council that a public hearing would need to be held and. a 30 day notice published. Mayor Etneotl will publish this noticeso that a May public hearing at lhe May City Council meeting could be held, Resident Bob Uzpen asked it the plowing performed by Schifsky's.included sand cleanup in the spring. A lot of sand was used this year and needs sweeping. Mayor Emeott stated that. they would probably need to wait until road restrictions are lifted but that. Schifsky will be cleaning it up some in May. Attorney Kelly discussed ordinance enforcement. . The city could prevent goingthrough the courts by select a Hearing officer that would review any ordinance violations. The•parly would have 20 days to contest a violation and the fine would be levied through property taxes. Attorney Kelly wilt present suchan ordinance 10 the council at a future date, FUTURE CITY COUNCIL. MEETINGS: Next City Council Workshop — Monday, May 12, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall meeting room: Next City Council Meeting— Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 7:00 p:m.'in the City Hall meeting room. ADJOURN: The April•2008 regular meeting of the: City Council was adjourned at 7:55 p.m. AUTHORIZED: April, 2008 APPROVED: May 20, 2008 ATTEST: Teresa Tice, Recording Secretary Certified Copy. ATTEST: �J Paul R. Emeott, Mayor Look for us on the World Wide Webat. gemlakemn.org Attendance List for Gem Lake City Council Meeting: April 15, 2008 Pat Kelly. Bob Uzpen Steve and Beth H.erzOlt City Attorney Big FoxRoad Goose Lake Road Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org CITY OF GEM LAKE, MN 4200 Otter Lake Road Gem Lake, MN 55110-3227 Telephone 651-747-2790 Planning Commission Minutes, 4-1-2008 Planning Commission. Chair Jim Lindner opened the April meeting at 7:00PM in the Gem Lake City Hall. Conunissioners Lindner, Derek Wippich, and Craig Rafferty were present. Also present were Beth and Steve Herzog, Paul Emeott, Justin Gese, Dan Jochim, and Rob Hansen. Comprehensive Plan Jim Lindner introduced the draft comprehensive plan then turned the floor over to Dan Jochim. Dan discussed the process to date and encourages us to discuss the effort and continue to review it after the meeting. He then proceeded to discuss the plan in each of its sections. Also note that plan section 6, Transportation was not complete for this meeting. Dan had informed us this section would not be ready for this meeting ahead of time. Dan's first focus was on section 3. There are some population numbers projected by the Met Council that have' been taken into account for this plan. if we project too low or too high we could encounter challenges from Met Council. Dan believes 652 is an accurate depiction for Gem Lake population by 2030. This number provides us flexibility with how we approach housing and land use. We discussed how our plan section 4 may not coincide with Vadnais Heights development. We also talked about possible park opportunities that have emerged in recent days with regards to the property adjacent to city hall. We reviewed land use and talked about page 5-8 "Land Available for Development" pertaining to the 71 acres in the mixed use planning area along County E and Highway 61. There is merit to initially planning for a 50-50 ration of residential and commercial use in this area but future plan reviews may see the need to alter this ratio: Rob Hansen raised the question of having clustering incorporated into the plan. In section 9, housing, this concept is contained in the goals for the community. As we move forward with new ideas inthis plan the Planning Commission will need to look at our zoning ordinance to assure it supports ideas presented in the plan. Paul asked that SEH add similar guidelines to the new plan that are in section 12 of the 1997 plan. This will help facilitate our review processes. Justin Gese talked about the sewer and water plans. These are more technical in nature and are required components. Dan and Jim advocated an annual workshop between the Planning Commission and City Council to review and assess the plan, so that any necessary changes can be highlighted. This will keep the plan current and dynamic. In the past such workshops have occurred, but never in a consistent basis. Early in each calendar year would be an ideal time. Look for us on the World Wide Web al gemlakernn,org Paul Emeott also inquired about the capital improvements plan and how that will be the City Council's responsibility to establish various projects for inclusion into the plan. Water, sewer, street improvements, and bike trails were some suggestions. At the end of the meeting, Dan stated he wants to hold a public hearing on the comprehensive plan at our May meeting (May 6). Jim Lindner said he would serve as the conduit for suggestions on the plan getting the information to Dan. Dan said we should look at things like headings and titles to make sure they reflect names for areas or wording that we want to see in the plan. Lindner adjourned tonight's meeting at 9:20PM Jim Lindner Planning Commission chair Look for us on the World Wide Web atgemlakemn.org CITY OF GEM LAKE, MN City Hall - 4200 Otter Lake Road Telephone 651-747-2790 Mailing Address 4707 Hwy 61 II 253 White Bear Lake, MN 55110-3227 E-mail City.(W,,2erolakeMN.org Policies for the Use of Heritage Hall for Meetings/Events Heritage Hall — a building jointly operated by the City of Gem Lake and White Bear Township I) VOLUNTEER AND OTHER NON-PROFIT GROUPS . Heritage Hall may be used by volunteer and other non-profit groups, comprised of residents of the City of Gem Lake or White Bear Township, or groups of individuals serving residents of the city/township for only a clean-up charge which is $ 30.00 per use (paid to the Building custodian). The City of Gem Lake City Council may waive the clean-up charge on request. 2) OTHER EVENTS. Rates for using the Main meeting hall at Heritage. Hall for other events are: a) $ 50.00 per hour with a 2 hour minimum (Weekdays (Monday thru Thursday) b) $ 75.00 per hour with a 2 hour minimum ( Weekends (Friday thru Sunday) c) $ 30.00 clean up charge (to Custodian) d) $ 150.00 refundable damage deposit Note: Rates for residents of Gem Lake and White Bear Township are 50% of the above listed hourly charge. RESTRICTIONS: 1) NO food service is allowed in. Heritage. Hall unless provided by a City of Gem Lake approved caterer (Prom Catering or other as approved by the City). Coffee and cookies style of food may be served in the Foyer without a caterer. 2) NO serving of alcohol, beer or wine is allowed in Heritage Hall. 3) There is absolutely NO SMOKING in Heritage Hall 4) NO religious church service use is allowed in Heritage Hall ( problems with church/state regulations). Weddings may be held but regular church services are not allowed. Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org