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CITY OF GEM LAKE MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING 15 MAY 2006 The May, 2006 regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Gem Lake was called to order by Acting Mayor Schilling on Monday, 15 May 2006 at 7:01 PM in the first floor meeting room of Tousley Ford. Acting Mayor Schilling, Councilors Bosak, Rasmussen and Watson and Clerk Magnuson were present. Also present were Jim Lindner of the Planning Commission, Mr. & Mrs. Swomley, and Mr. McNulty. Following Mr. Schilling's request for additions, deletions, or corrections, the following actions were taken: 1) unanimous approval ofthe 19 April 2006 Minutes of the City Council meeting as presented on Motion by Bosak, Second by Rasmussen; 2) acceptance of the written record of the General Information Meeting for Public Improvement Project No. 2006-03 held on 24 April 2006; 3) unanimous approval of the 15 May 2006 Agenda of the City Council meeting as amended on Motion by Watson, Second by Rasmussen. The Clerk then presented General Announcements. The report of the Planning Commission was acknowledged and accepted as received in the form of a letter from the Chairman to Mayor Emeott, said report having been distributed electronically to the Council in advance. Staff reports were presented by the Clerk and included comments as follows: 1) The application for a variance submitted by Mr. Macalus remains incomplete and it is noted for the record that Mr. Macalus failed to appear before the Planning Commission and present supplemental data as requested. Notice to Mr. Macalus will be sent again. 2) The pending application by Flanagan Properties of 1567 East County Road E and Enterprise Car Rental has been delayed due to unexpected terms included in the lease by Enterprise. The matter may still come before the Planning Commission and City Council in April. 3) An application for a Variance has been received from Mike Strommer to allow construction of a detached 24' x 24' garage on his property within 6' (a 9' variance from set -back) of his property line with Vomacka. The matter has been set for a public hearing on 05 June 2006 before the Planning Commission. 4) An application for a Special Use Permit to allow construction of a single family residence at 1400 Goose Lake Road by Bruce and Lorry Shirley which will include a facade in excess of the 35' allowed by the existing city zoning ordinance. With the permission ofthe owner and his architect, the matter is being handled consistent with both the current rules regarding height and the proposed rules regarding height to assist in debugging the procedures. Completion of the preliminary plan review by the Plan Review Commission was completed in 6 days, well within the original guidelines set for the procedure. 5) Completion of the proposed changes to Ordinance No. 43 is now at hand and will be incorporated into the document for a final reading before the Planning Commission at a public hearing scheduled for 05 June 2006. Notwithstanding incorporation of comments received at the public hearing, the matter is expected to be sent to the City Council for approval in June. 6) Public Improvement Project No 2006-01 is nearing the bid stage and it is anticipated that work will commence in the first 2 weeks of July and be complete by the end of August. Currently it is anticipated that the City Council will be asked to approve plans, details and specifications at the June meeting followed by acceptance of the low bid and order for the work to begin. 7) Steady progress continues with the Public Improvement Project No. 2006-02, the City Water Plan. As this plan remains in progress with a completion date currently unknown, it will most likely be beneficial to delay installation of city water and other infrastructure in accordance with Public Improvement Project No. 2006-03 until all details have been concluded with PIP2006-02. White Bear Lake has called and offered whatever assistance might be needed relative the projects and other municipal matters. 8) Public Improvement Project No. 2006-04 has been stalled due to staff and volunteer time. The hope is to get back on track as soon as possible, still with an eye on 2007 completion. Page 1 of 4