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COUNCIL BUSINESS Council Business Case #1: Ramsey3 Presentation of Final Report and Vision and Values Statement Joe McDilda, Ramsey3 Steering Group Member, presented their final report and encouraged the Council to pay attention to the process used to arrive at the findings. He reviewed the background of Ramser that is a volunteer group that was formed after looking at the land use maps for the 2008 Comp Plan because they thought there were other land uses and elements that Ramsey residents may find important. That is what started Ramser and their desire to be in partnership with the City, which continues to this day. Mr. McDilda stated they recognized funding would be needed to explore the process and get citizen input. The City was not able to find funding so, at that point, Ramsel decided to look for other funding, prepared a proposal to the McKnight Foundation, and was successful in obtaining a grant for that work. Mr. McDilda presented the phases they used to educate and use Open Space Technology (OST) to gather public comments. Another phase was to determine how to use the 1,200 or so different public comments and lay them out into a guideline and identify .values. Mr. McDilda read the Ramsey3 vision statement, values statements, checklist to guide review of zoning alternatives and future planning, commenting on each of the six components and recommendations for changes. He emphasized the guidelines can be used when looking at land use maps and Codes to put them in a matrix and determine how many values it does or does not meet. This will give people a way to draw contrast and comparison on different issues and discussions being held. Mr. McDilda stated if these guides can be included, it will go a long way in having the Comp Plan meet the needs and desires of Ramsey's residents. He stated the guides are all of equal importance. Mr. McDilda acknowledged members of the Ramsey3 Steering Group that he served with: Will Thompsen, Sarah Strommen, Ralph Brauer. Read members of the Ramsey3 Visioning Team: Melody Shyrock, Jim Overtoom, Al Pearson, Ryan Hunt, Bob Ramsey, John Enstrom, Colin McGlone, Jim Steffen, Ralph Hunt, Bob Benz, and Dan Markel as a consultant. He also acknowledged City staff, Kurt Ulrich, Amber Miller, Tim Gladhill and Sylvia Frolik and past staff members Pat Trudgeon and Breanne DaInes. He also extended his appreciation to residents of Ramsey who were involved and provided input. Motion by Councilmember Jeffrey, seconded by Councilmember Elvi~, to adopt Resolution #08- 08-140 acknowledging the efforts of the participants in the Ramsey' project and receiving the Final Report, Vision, and Values Statement. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Jeffrey, Elvig, Dehen, Look, Olson, and Strommen. Voting No: None. Motion by Councilmember Jeffrey, seconded by Councilmember Olson, to adopt Resolution #08-08-141 acknowledging the significance of the Ramser Steering Committee. City Council / August 12, 2008 Page 10 of26