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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008 06-17 CC MINUTESCITY OF GEM LAKE 4707 Hwy 61 #253 White Bear Lake, MN 55110-3227 Yazd' &nag sifarytm Minutes of Gem Lake City Council Meeting 17June2008 The regularmeeting of the City Council of the City of Gem Lake was called to order by Mayor Emeott on Tuesday, June .17, 2008 at 7:05 pm in the Gem lake City Hall meeting room. Mayor Emeott, Councilors Rasmussen, Artier Swomley, Watson and Shilling were present.. Also present was City Attorney Trevor Oliver. Other members of the publicwere also in attendance per the signin sheet sent around the room. APPROVAL OFAGENDA AND. MEETING MINUTES Minutes of City Council meeting of April 2008: Minutes from the Apri12008 City. Council meeting were reviewed by Council members. Motion was made and seconded to approve the April 2008 City. Council meeting minutes after correction are made regarding the special meetings was unanimously approved by voice vote. City Council Agenda for this meeting: Mayor Emeott called for additions, deletions and corrections to the agenda. No changes to be made to the agenda. Motion was made and seconded to approve agenda. PUBLIC NOTICES None PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR Neighborhood Watch: A presentation wasmade by Deputy Eastmanfrom the Ramsey County Sheriff's department about organization of a neighborhood watch. COMMITTEE REPORTS Planning Commission. May and June meeting report (Jim Lindner): Jim Lindner was not present. Report was. reviewed by the City Council. Motion was made and seconded toapprove the May and June meeting reports with correction of meeting date. OLD BUSINESS A) City MS4 Report for 2006. (Watson):. See New Business, .F). B) City Newsletter (Artig-Swomley): Councilor. Artig-Swomley reported topics for newsletter. Possibly article topics include: Jim Lindner, Neighborhood watch, National night out, Inspection of Septic Systems, and Gem Lake's history as an equestrian community. Join us at the Neighborhood Night. Out at the Gem Lake City. I-Iall on August 511'. NEW BUSINESS A) Approval of payment. of claims for May -June 2008: Mayor Emeott referred the Council to the listing.of payments•requiring approval. The..claims list is shorter than normal as•a special meeting was•called to`pay bills in early.June due.to the cancellation of the.May City Council meeting..Payinent 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.gemlakemn.org 13. & C) April and May Financial Statements: Jessie will be on the agenda in July to explain ISt half year expenses. If you have questionsregardingthe statements or any financials year to date, pleasebring them to the next meeting or forward them to Jessie. D) Participation in Neighborhood Watch Program by the City of Gem Lake; Motion by Councilor Schilling, Seconded by Artig-Swomley for the city of Gem Lake to participate in the Neighborhood Watch Program was unanimously approved by voice vote. Signs will be posted indicating this city participates in Neighborhood Watch Program. E) National Night Out 2008 Proclamation by the City of Gem Lake: Mayor Emeott stated that a proclamation by the City of Gem Lake to participate in National. Night Out is beforethe council. Motion by Schilling for support or the proclamation for city participation in the National Night Out on August 5`l' to be held at the Gem Lake City Hall wasunanimously approved. •F) Citty NS4 report.for 2007 (Watson): The City will be combining 2006 and 2007 reports. Councilor Watson has an example fi-orn the city of Birchwoodto .use as a template: Work is ongoing, G) Need for storm sewer system map by June 30, 2008 — Minimum Control Measure 3a in the Phase II Permit: Thecity may need to develop a storm sewer system map for inclusion in the Phase II Permit. Mayor Emeott and Councilor Watson will look into this further. H) 2008 Comp Plan upgrade .process .—Public . Hearing: Mayor Emeott stated that the Comp Plan draft isnow completed; copies are being made; and work is beginning on re -writing ordinances to support thisplan by the. Planning Committee.. Three copies .of the Gem Lake Comprehensive Plan will be available to residents for review at the Gem Lake. City Hall by July 8`' and anelectronic copy will be put on the city web site. This will allow for a July 1511' Public Hearing at6:00 p.m. for public comment onthe .plan. Any changes' made. to the Comp Plan will be an additional charge to the city. The July City Council meeting will be moved for July 22nd in order to review an extension: of the building moratorium in the Gateway area. 1) Resolution regarding installation of stop signs at Otter Lake. and Goose Lake Road: Mayor Emeott stated the city has been talking about the need for a stop sign at this intersection for years but. Ramsey County has not be willing to put one in. Ramsey County finally: stated that to put one in, theywill need a resolution from the City of Gem Lake and White. Bear Township.. Motion by Schilling, Seconded by Artig-Swomley that resolution: is drafted asking Ramsey County to install a three way stop at the corner of Otter Lake and Goose Lake Roads as soon as possible was unanimously approved by voice vote. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR Discussion regarding well testing carte up. Suggestion that the city investigate a resource for residents to get their well water tested if they want to. FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS: Next City Council Workshop — Monday, July 7, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. the. Gem Lake City Hall. Next City Council Meeting/Public Hearing — Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Gem Lake City Hall. ADJOURN: The June 2008 regular meeting of the City Council was adjourned at 8:23 p.m. AUTHORIZED: July, 2008 APPROVED: July, 2008 Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org ATTEST: ATTEST: Teresa Tice, Recording Secretary Paul R. Erneott, Mayor Certified Copy. Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org Attendance List for Gem Lake City Council Meeting: June 17, 2008. Trevor Oliver Brian Hanson Jack ?? City Attorney Look for us on the World Wide Web atgemlakemn.org CITY OF GEM LAKE, MN 4200 Otter Lake Road Gem Lake, MN 55110-3227 Telephone 651-747-2790 Planning Commission Minutes, 4-2008 Planning Commission Chair Jim Lindner opened the May meeting at 7:OOPM in the Gem Lake City Hall_ Commissioners Lindner, Derek Wippich, and alternate commissioner Beth Herzog were present. Also present were Paul Emeott, Steve Herzog, Bob Uzpen,. Dan Osterkamp, Gretchen Aitig-Swomley, Trevor Oliver, and a representative from Budget Rent -A -Truck. Summit Mini Storage Dan Osterkamp presented a plan that would allow him to rent van trucks of id', 15', and 24' lengths on his business site. This land is zoned GBH under the current zoning. We reviewed Ordinance 43 Section 10.1.1 that lists permitted uses in GB11 parcels. There is a phrase that allows for "farm and general equipment rental providing it is conducted within a building" that we first tried to apply to Dan's situation, We considered alternatives such as a conditional use permit or an interim use, though interim use would have time restrictions of 180 days making this an undesirable application. Lindner then read 10.1.1's final phrase "and similar uses" and asked Trevor Oliver and Paul Emeott for their interpretation. Derek Wippich moved that we recommend to the City Council approval of Dan's proposal based on the phrase "similar uses" which was seconded by Beth Herzog. Further discussion revolved around possible problems in granting this request. Paul referred to Ordinance 43 Section 20.5.18 on parking requirements. Paul asked Dan if he had adequate parking for his existing mini storage and auto repair facility. Dan replied he only had himself and two half --time employees. Paul wanted to kow if truck renters would need a place to drop off a car while they used their rented truck. The Budget Rent - A -Truck representative advised that most clients rent via the internet and do not leave personal vehicles while they have their trucks. He added that all truck maintenance is performed at a central facility and not on site at the place of rental. Because "similar uses" falls under permitted use, no public hearing is required, but Paul recommended the City not forgo a public hearingsimply because one is not required. Lindner offered a friendly amendment to Wippich's motion that would have Dan Osterkamp pay for a public hearing notification in the local paper and pay for the mailings of all residents and property owners 350 feet from his site. He will do this via the Ramsey County GIS website. The motion, with the amendment carried 3-0. Oswald :Property Paul reported that the proposed use for the Oswald property on the extreme south end of Gem Lake has been dropped. This would have introduced a performing arts center and package courier business that would have used Oswald's property as parking. Look for us on the. World Wide Web at.gemiakemn.org Hillary Farm Paul informed the commission that he has been in contact with Brian Haijes from the McNulty team on the proposed replatting of parts of Hillary .Farm for townhouses. This will require a comprehensive plan revision and a PUD: McNulty is hopeful to have a model ready for this fall's Parade of Homes. Zoning Ordinance We next inquired how the new comprehensive plan will impact zoning. Substantial rewrites of certain sections will be required. Trevor Oliver continued his case from our last meeting and suggests our comprehensive plan will define the "master plan" for all of Gem Lake, particularly thenew mixed .use areas. Zoning will regulate space (setbacks, size and shape of buildings, etc.). Marc Putnam already has language in the back of his concept plans that suggest setbacks and other details required of an effective zoning statement. We again reviewed form -based versus Euclidian zoning in which we will have mixed uses and more intensive commercial uses, especially in the areas currently occupied by, among other businesses, Summit. Mini Storage/Dan's Ailing Auto Repair, etc. The end product will allow for the varied uses we now express as GB, GBH, Retail Business, but. likely without those specific labels for the parcels. It will fall to design review and astute. attention to detail review of proposed plans to make things fall into place. We will regulate the shape and not the use, allowing the lay of the land (including sensitivity to surrounding existing uses) to determine what types of uses wi]1 go where. We also will need to take care with our new residential designations of estate, executive, and "all other" with careful attention to exactly what "all other" will ultimately mean. Note: during this part of the discussion, Chairman Lindner had to leave the premises to attend to personal business (a.k.a. picking up his kids from a softball game). He left at 8:30 and returned at 9:00 while this same discussion was still going on. In that time Trevor appears not to have moVed from the map he was standing in front of.. Comprehensive Plan We closed with a brief update on the plan. We want SEH to have a draft plan ready for our July l Planning Commission meeting, meaning they will have provided the commission and the City Council with a complete draft a week prior to this meeting date. And have a copy posted to the city's website for public review. There being no further business, Lindner adjourned tonight's meeting at 9:20PM. Jim. Lindner Planning Commission chair Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakeinn.org