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Group 1: <br />Group 3: <br />VISION: MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS <br />Council and Staff Exercise <br />Council and staff broke into small groups (each made up of both council and staff members) <br />to conduct an exercise to select and prioritize the top four elements that would be essential in <br />the City of Ramsey's vision statement. Council and staff, via the pre- retreat survey, provided <br />these elements. <br />1. Multimodal transportation <br />2. Housing - diverse, safe <br />3. Natural resources /parks /open space <br />4. Healthy /sustaining commercial, industrial residential, tax base <br />Group 2: <br />1. Well maintained amenities <br />2. Safe /secure community <br />3. Thriving neighborhoods, industry and commercial business <br />City of Ramsey <br />Council /Staff Retreat <br />February 1, 2, 2008 <br />1. A mix of housing, employment, shopping & entertainment <br />2. Commercial development to ease tax burden or robust economic tax base <br />3. A healthy tax base, vibrant parks, open space; walkable community; well <br />planned community for near term as well as long -term needs <br />DRAFT of VISION STATEMENT: <br />Using the above identified "vision elements" and information from the pre- retreat survey, the <br />facilitator drafted the following Vision Statement for the City of Ramsey. The next step will be <br />for the staff to rework this statement (or create another reworded one using the above <br />identified elements) and present to Council for adoption. <br />The City of Ramsey will be a safe and beautiful place where you can truly live, work and <br />play. We will be recognized as a well - planned community with a vibrant sustaining <br />commercial, industrial and residential tax base that will be used to build and <br />maintain our thriving neighborhoods, excellent schools and economic development <br />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) Housing for all stages of life and income levels, <br />5) High level of quality City services. <br />For these reasons the City of Ramsey will be considered a unique destination where <br />people will be drawn to live, work, shop and recreate. <br />-197- <br />