Agenda - Council Work Session - 09/15/2009

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. . . L . MEMORANDUM 105 South Fifth Avenue Suite 513 Minneapolis, MN 55401 FOR M . . . . Tel: 612-252-9070 Fax: 612-252-9077 www.landform.net From Site to Finish .!?~T.~...........~...............~~.I?!.~~I?~r..~L?9_Q~......"............_....................._....................._._................-.....................-..-....-............................................-........................................ .T..Q._......._.............R~~.l>.~Y-..g.~!Y..gQ.':!.r,:t.~.~!..._...._............._........._........_................._........._._.........._.__........................-...........-............".................................. .~f...................._........!:l..~i~J...~.~.I~Q!.!.!..~~~~~!~~!...g.i.!Y._!.\9..~.i.r..!.~~.~r.~!9-r................................_................................................................................................................. .f.~9..~.............._...............P-.~r..r.~I}...'=~.?.~n............................._._........................._._..................._......................................_......................................................-........................................................................-....................... .~~.............._...............~~~.~u..!!y.~..~~.~.~.~!:Y._Q.f..~.!.~.~~.hQI.9.~r....'=-~~.~.~.~.~~.fQr.._'3.~r.:!)..s..~.y...IQ.~n..Q~n.!~.r...!3.~Y.1.~.i.9D..i.l}g.......................................... The purpose of this executive summary is to provide an overview to the Ramsey City Council regarding the stakeholder feedback gathered by Landform as part of the Ramsey Town Center Revisioning Process. The feedback was gathered in three different forums: · August 6th Key Stakeholders Meeting. City staff identified key stakeholders in the community and invited them to attend a meeting with city staff, the Ramsey Town Center task force members and City Council members. At that meeting, Landform provided a survey and asked all attendees to complete the form. Ten stakeholder feedback forms were received. · Ramsey Town Center Businesses/Associations. Landform met individually with as many Ramsey Town Center businesses as possible to gather their feedback: That summary is provided in the attached memo. · September 2nd Open House. The open house was very well attended (more than 80 people attended) and we received 33 stakeholder feedback forms. Additionally, Landform has been asked to meet with several additional businesses in the City to provide them with an update on the process and gather feedback. This work was authorized by the City Council on September 8th and Landform will meet with as many of these businesses as possible and provide feedback to the City by the end of the month. All of the stakeholder feedback forms have been summarized and attached to this memo. In general, the feedback indicates residents still believe that quality design and amenities is important (Community Elements & Amenities was ranked #1 and Design/Identity was ranked #3 as key components in the survey). However, stakeholders also believe that the plan needs to be revisited in light of the current market conditions to address some uses that were either not planned for in the original vision or have not yet been constructed. Restaurants and small retail are still the most desirable retail, but big box retail is also strongly desired. Single family homes and senior housing continue to be highly desired by the stakeholders. There were some distinctions in the feedback worth noting as the early feedback comprised predominantly of businesses and stakeholders was more heavily focused on the viability of the project in today's market, while the resident feedback seemed more focused on amenities and housing types. There is a very wide base of opinion on both reflected in the survey. LandfonnSM, SenslblyGreen811 and Site to FinishslI are service marks of Landfonn Engineering Company. 1