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Special Interest <br />Articles: <br /> <br />• Water study <br />commissioned <br /> <br />• City Clean Up Day <br /> <br />• City News, Page 4 <br />Upcoming Recycling <br />Dates: <br /> <br />• April 6 <br /> <br />• April 20 <br /> <br />• May 4 <br /> <br />• May 18 <br /> <br />Municipal Water Study Commissioned <br /> <br />The City of Gem Lake has commissioned a study <br />focused on options for obtaining municipal water <br />from neighboring communities, should it become <br />necessary. The first portion of this study was <br />presented by Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH) <br />Engineering firm, at the January City Council <br />meeting. The January report detailed two potential <br />sources for obtaining municipal water, the City of <br />White Bear Lake, and White Bear Township, both of <br />which border Gem Lake. The study concluded that <br />a viable system that could supply the entire City <br />efficiently is possible, from an engineering <br />perspective, from either of these neighboring cities. <br /> <br />SEH evaluated factors such as water pressure, <br />water quality, water treatment standards, etc. to <br />draw their conclusions. They did not reach out to <br />either neighbor to explore whether they would be <br />able or willing to supply Gem Lake’s water needs at <br />this point. The ballpark cost of a system from either <br />White Bear Township or the City of White Bear Lake <br />was estimated at between $11-12 Million. <br /> <br />(Continued on page 2) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Presentation of City Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br />There will be a joint meeting of the Gem Lake City <br />Council and the Gem Lake Planning Commission <br />on May 17 to present the final draft of the Gem Lake <br />2020 Comprehensive Plan. <br />Gem Lake submitted its draft plan on time, as <br />required by the Metropolitan Council. Each <br />municipality in the metro area must submit a plan <br />every ten years to this agency that deals with long- <br />term planning for areas such as housing and <br />development, transportation, water sources, septic <br />and sewer planning, demographic and employment <br />trends, etc. It is not unusual for plan approval to <br />take several years. Please join us to learn more <br />about the Gem Lake of the future. The meeting will <br />start at 7:00 p.m. at Heritage Hall. <br /> <br />Gem Lake News <br />April 2022 | Volume 16 | Issue 2 Gretchen Artig-Swomley, Newsletter Editor <br />