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<br />Organizations; Church/Education Community; and Organized Athletic Groups. He reviewed the <br />suggested questions and information to be gathered from the focus groups. He stated that staff <br />thinks this initial phase will take about 60-90 days. <br /> <br />City Administrator Ulrich stated that as people come through the focus. groups, the City will <br />solicit whether they would be interested and have the time to commit to serving on the task force. <br /> <br />Management Intern Gladhill noted that this will be different than the Ramsey3 project, in that <br />people will be invited to attend one of four sessions to give feedback, not attend all four sessions. <br /> <br />Councilmember Look stated that his concern is that more than likely this will eventually require <br />some sort of voter approval. He stated that he is concerned that after all the time is spent and <br />plans are made, that the voters, given the current economic situation, will just say no way. He <br />asked whether it would be wiser to go with some sort of voter survey to see if they are agreeable. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec stated that he thinks the City needs to find out what it will look like before it can <br />be presented to people. <br /> <br />Coun<rilmember Dehen stated that people will want to know how much it costs. He stated that he <br />thinks that people, in theory, are in favor of a community center, but they will need to know the <br />costs. <br /> <br />Management Intern Gladhill stated that the purpose of the focus groups is to get an idea of what <br />the community wants to see included and then do a community survey for the financing portion. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig noted that he sees that Bums Township residents are included on the list <br />and questioned whether Anoka residents should also be included. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec. stated that would be a great idea and could really benefit kids, but the problem <br />when dealing with Anoka is that they tend to give a negative response. <br /> <br />Councilmember Look stated that he feels the fitness center could send out a survey that would <br />include Anoka and Bums Township residents. He suggested that perhaps the City could work <br />with the hotel and fitness entities to put together a nice survey and share the costs. <br /> <br />City Administrator Ulrich suggested that both Anoka and Bums Township residents not be <br />included in the focus groups, because he doesn't think that they really bring anything unique that <br />Rams,ey residents don't already bring. <br /> <br />There: was a Consensus not to include Bums Township or Anoka residents in the focus group <br />process and move forward with the focus groups. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dehen stated that he would like to see this moved along as quickly as possible. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session I June 3, 2008 <br />Page 13 of 16 <br />