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Minutes of Gem Lake City Council meeting, September 16, 2014 Mayor Uzpen called the meeting to order at 7:02 PM Present: Mayor Uzpen, Council members Lindner, Artig-Swomley, Kuny, and Bosak. Others in attendance were Sheriff Matt Bostrom, Randy Gustafson, Justin Gese, Tom Kelly, Patrick Kelly, Angie Calderon, Alejandro Lopez, Alejandro Ruiz, Ron Leaf, and Planning Commission chair Ben Johnson. September agenda Mayor Uzpen asked for additions to the September agenda. Motion by Artig-Swomley and seconded by Bosak the agenda was approved 5-0. August City Council minutes Upon motion by Artig-Swomley and seconded by Lindner the August minutes were approved, 5-0. Committee reports – none Old business City newsletter for October-November, 2014. Several topics including a possible profile of White Bear Montessori school, the sheriff’s report from tonight’s meeting, highlights of the 2015 draft budget, the Phase II investigation of contaminated soil in the Hoffman’s Corner potential redevelopment area, and tonight’s MS4 public hearing and presentation were discussed as possible features in the next city newsletter edition. Public Hearings Sheriff Matt Bostrom presentation. Sheriff Bostrom spoke to the council regarding activities currently happening within the Ramsey County Sheriff’s office. Specifically, he encourages people to use 9-1-1 more often than when the system was first implemented. New technology allows the sheriff’s office to handle multiple 9-1-1 calls simultaneously. Next he discussed the department’s hiring requirements and updated the council on current hiring trends to fill various vacancies in the corrections and patrol divisions. Bostrom then explained how heroin use is increasing across the Twin Cities metro area with heroin approaching 92% pure. He next introduced Randy Gustafson as the public crime prevention coordinator. The sheriff’s office also uses a system known as Code Red to relay information to those members of the public who voluntarily subscribe to this service. He concluded with a discussion of the department’s Fright Farm fund raising event that runs on weekends through October with proceeds going towards youth programs and the purchase of safety equipment. MS4 presentation/public hearing. Ron Leaf of SEH presented on the 2013 Gem Lake MS4 report. He touched on the key points of the 2013 report then discussed how the renewed 2014 permit requires ordinance and policy/procedure review and updates. He explained how the Minnesota Department of