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City of Gem Lake Special City Council Meeting
Friday, June 3, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Heritage Hall, 4200 Otter Lake Road, Gem Lake
Mayor Uzpen called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Councilmembers Bosak, Kuny and
Lindner were present. Councilmember Artig-Swomley was excused. Others in attendance:
City Attorney; Pat Kelly; residents Beth Hansen, Tom Hansen and Susan Pratt. Matt Johnson,
Landmark Development and Len Pratt, area business owner.
June 3, Agenda
A motion was made by Councilmember Lindner seconded by Councilmember Bosak to
approve the agenda. Motion passed.
Public Hearing
None
New Business
Temporary Ordinance 127 Moratorium for Residential Development.
The City of Gem Lake has been working on updating a number of ordinances since February,
2016. The ordinances haven’t been updated for 9-10 years and need to be completed and
updated prior to the Comprehensive Plan update for 2018. Section 5 of Ordinance 127 allows
for a variance. Section 4 states the terms of the Duration. Five local cities were consulted as to
the duration of their moratorium and the moratorium duration was mirrored after those cities.
Councilmember Bosak inquired as to the status of the ordinance updates. Councilmember
Lindner, a member of the group working on the ordinances, stated that they have made quite a
bit of progress on the ordinances, with a meeting scheduled for next week and then an update
to the City Council at the scheduled workshop on June 13, 2016.
Tom Hansen, inquired as to: who called the meeting, was the calling of the meeting following
the appropriate notice, why the area in question was targeted, who would the moratorium
serve and his current proposal for development would dissolve because of the ordinance.
Attorney Kelly responded in regard to the appropriate notice. Minnesota Statutes §13D.04,
subd2. The clerk must also post written notice of the date, time, place and purpose of the
special meeting on the principal bulletin board of the city. A principal bulletin board must be
located in a place reasonably accessible to the public. If the city does not have a principal
bulletin board, the notice must be posted on the door of its usual meeting room. Notice of
special meetings must be posted at least three days before the date of the meeting.
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In addition to posting, the city must also mail or deliver notice to each person who has filed a
written request for notice of special meetings with the city. Notice to these individuals must be
mailed or delivered at least three days before the meeting. As an alternative to mailing or
delivering the notice, the city may publish the notice once in its official newspaper at least three
days before the meeting. If there is no city newspaper, notice must be published in a qualified
newspaper of general circulation that covers the city. The official notice was in the weekly
White Bear Press.
No further discussion.
A motion was made by Councilmember Lindner, seconded by Councilmember Bosak to
approve Temporary Ordinance 127, a voice vote was taken, Councilmember Bosak, opposed,
Mayor Uzpen abstained, Councilmember Kuny, yea, Councilmember Lindner, yea. Motion
passed 2-1, with Mayor Uzpen abstaining.
Adjournment
A motion was made by Councilmember Lindner, seconded by Councilmember Kuny to close
the meeting at 7:16 p.m.
Respectfully submitted, Gloria Tessier