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<br />.:i <br /> <br />CITY OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />Strategic Planning/Goal Setting Workshop <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Conducted on February 1st and 2nd, 2008 <br /> <br />DRAFT**Our Vision**DRAFT <br /> <br />The City of Ramsey will be a safe and beautiful place where you can truly live, work <br />and play. We will be recognized as a well-planned community with a vibrant <br />sustaining commercial, industrial and residential tax base that will be used to build <br />and maintain our thriving neighborhoods, excellent schools and economic <br />development around these cornerstones: <br />1. Our natural resources, vibrant parks and open spaces, <br />2. Multimodal forms of transportation including rail, <br />3. A "town center" replete with retail, entertainment, commerce, <br />4. Housingfor all stages of life and income leis, <br />5. High level of quality City services. . : <br />For these reasons the City of Ramsey will b?J30nslCl~red a unique destination where <br />people will be drawn to live, work, shop a ..' eatiJw'- <br /> <br />:''(:;'.:>e__ <br /> <br />Strategic Focus Areas"Lo'rig=Term (5-year) Goals, and <br />Proposed Specific Perfo1Z~i!t!,seFocus Points to be Addressed <br />During ~,008~,tO'99 (12-18 month plan). <br /> <br />y.'u <br /> <br />A. Proposed Long-Term (5 Year) Goals and Specific Performance Points to be <br />.Addressed in 2008-2009. (Additions to 200712008 Goals are in italics, <br />strikethrough/completed items have been removed) <br /> <br />Goal No.1: Complete build-out of Ramsey Town Center's residential and <br />commercial components in a manner that generates tax revenues in <br />excess of debt service requirements for infrastructure. (07) <br /> <br />Ease tax burden for our Citizens with new commercial/business <br />development that necessitates including the creation of a viable <br />Ramsey Town Center and development that provides significant <br />employment opportunities for current andfuture residents. (08) <br /> <br />Specific Performance Focus Points to be addressed during <br />2008-2009: <br />. Work with new developer of Ramsey Town Center to ensure <br />that the key components of the vision are maintained; they <br /> <br />-11- <br />