Resolution - #08-08-140 - 08/12/2008

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Councilmember Jeffrey introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #0~-08-140 A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING AND RECEIVING THE MCKNIGHT GRANT NO. 05-1237 FINAL REPORT, AND A COMMUNITY VISION AND VALUES STAEMENT - A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF THE RAMSEY3 STEERING COMMITTEE, RAMSEY3 WORKING GROUP, AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS. WHEREAS, in 2005 the Ramsey3 Steering Committee applied for and obtained a $50,000 grant from the McKnight Foundation for the purposes of exploring innovative methods to achieve community participation and planning efforts in charting the City's future course; and WHEREAS, the Ramsey3 Steering Committee organized a series of four (4) educational forums for the residents and policymakers of the City that focused on four (4) critical issues facing metropolitan communities: transportation, innovative zoning, regional intersections, and community ecology; and WHEREAS, the Ramsey3 Steering Committee organized a series of eleven (11) community Open Space Technology (OST) sessions to allow residents to create their own working sessions around themes that they have deemed important to the community; and WHEREAS, the Ramsey3 Steering Committee worked collaboratively with the Ramsey3 Working Group of residents and stakeholders to refine the OST -based comments into a City vision and values statements; and WHEREAS, the activities and outcomes of the Ramsey3 initiative are documented in a Final Report to the McKnight Foundation, in accordance with the grant obligations; and WHEREAS, the Ramsey3 Steering Committee desires to present the Final Report, Community Vision and Values Statements to City Council for community planning purposes. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1. That the City Council respectfully receives the McKnight Grant No. 05-1237 Final Report as prepared by the Ramsey3 Steering Committee. 2. That the City Council extends its gratitude to the Ramsey residents that recognized the unique opportunity and volunteered many hours - to participate in the Open Space Technology sessions to define the issues that are important to the future of this community. 3. That the City Council commends the Ramsey3 Working Group for their willingness to accept the final challenge from the Ramsey3 Steering Committee and process the information from the OST sessions into the City's Vision and Supporting Values Statements that will serve as the City's framework for the future.