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Ramsey3 Final Report <br />Grant No: 05-1237 <br />City of Ramsey <br />October 24th -Future Extension of Urban Services (Sewer & Water) <br />November 14th -Traffic Corridor Improvements & Neighborhood Connections <br />December 5th -Visioning and Marketing of Ramsey <br />Join the,City of Ramsey in a series of Col.Laborative Planrnng Sessionsao <br />develop the 240;8 City of Ramsey Comprehensive PIan.Update:Tlesesessions <br />:'are a.conliiiuation ofithe Open Space Technology Forums hosted by Ramsey3.. <br />AuQUSt 1sb "Sette?a the Staae" <br />8ackgroarrd irtformatior: ors riee Comprehensive ?iorr process,:dernographics of the city, <br />c~rrrerrt iorrd use, ceirrerrt rrerr~s; erc Arr irpdQte oz iiarnseyTowri Certterwik be given. <br />Yos as d resideht of fiemseywiii ooef rm the Qgerrde of topic yon went to ireQr~'or the <br />remainder of rheseries. <br />Proposed Agenda , <br />August~l' a galancing.Property Rights vnth publitlrrterest <br />Septern~rl7~-Identifying.Photecting & EnhancmghTafuraLR:esduroes' <br />Octohei 3~ - Ho is ingChaio~; P.ppropna[ a Density, & N eighbo rhood D~ ign <br />Octoher24~'-Future:6detiiun~ofUrEanSerMaes (Sevrer&V'laterj. <br />hbuertiberl4~'=Traffic Qorrdorlmprouements. & Neighborf~and Eonnediors <br />Nlor_einformatlontofollow.inthe:nextissue,oftheRa.rrrsey,~esrdent. fyoic:. <br />tiave other qu esti ons, pl e35e feel free to contact us at (763 4'33 9824 AI I <br />:sessionsto:be held.frornfi.30=9:3q'p.rn irithe AlexanderRarnsey Room ate: <br />the f7amsey Municipal Center; 755:0 Sunvrood DnV.E NVtit: <br />RESULTS: <br />Perhaps one Ramsey resident, who has long been an opponent of many initiatives, put it best during the <br />conclusion of one of the latter OST sessions. "I feel we have our city back." While the proposal had <br />envisioned the OST process would serve as a more open and empowering method than the usual focus <br />groups, public hearings and other typical planning methodologies, its impact-went far beyond that. It is <br />safe to say, Ramsey will never be the same again. The community has discovered a way to allow for <br />citizen input that truly is respectful of ideas and imposes no preconditions or structure. <br />As an example of how important the process has become to the city, Engineering staff considering the <br />routing of a city street used OST to facilitate the discussion. Thus, the City now has a format for citizens <br />to understand the complexities of issues and contribute to any discussion and solution in a positive way. <br />Staff and Council are committed to using OST routinely for future development and.policy discussions. <br />This is not to say that Ramsey does not have more to .learn about the process. One particularly vexing <br />-issue was that some residents viewed OST as a "brainstorming" process rather than a process designed to <br />reach consensus. Several groups fell into a process of voting that is counter to the principles of OST. <br />Ramsey3 also needed to deal with the issue of expertise for the sessions, because residents sometimes felt <br />they did not have enough knowledge to fully deal with an issue. Michael Herman pointed out that much of <br />-12- <br />-203- <br />