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0t/'[1/97 13:27 8612 337 5601 DSU, INC. 009/015 I I I I City of Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Proposal Page 5 TASK 103: COMMUNITY ISSUES WORKSHOP r ~~ This meeting will be facilitated 'by DSU. The workshop will: (a) inform participants about the planning process and the timing and purpose of the plan; and Co) solicit views on issues, problems, and opportunities in the corrammity and (c) assist participants in identifying their 'vision' for the City. DSU will help prepare materials for newspaper and public service announcements on local radio for placement by the City. These annoUncements will help encourage max/mum turnout at the workshop. I I I I I I 104: ~ AND ANALYSIS TASK rrhe existing development pattern and conditions within Ramsey and the immediate surrounding region will have a major influence on future opportunities. Accurate, complete and ap-to-date information on existing conditions is essential to a successful comprehensive planning program. Background information on several key components which are listed below will be needed. 1. ~. We will work with the City to develop a digital inventory of existing land use that will be reviewed and checked by City staff. The data will be mapped and analyzed to identify land use areas, compatible and incompatible land use relationships and vacant lands. We will use the coverages from the Anoka County GIS Database to assist with this inventory. I I I I I I I I 2, ~[ _.', ...... ' n I '~. An inventory and analysis of existing community facilities will be made from the information we obtain from the existing Comprehensive Plan, study reports, and from questionnaires sent to the appropriate department head. Evaluation of facilities and services will be made considering such factors as age, condition, capacity, and the anticipated demand for future services. Facilities and services to be addressed include police and fire protection, parks, institutional, waste treatment, storm sewer system, water and others that may be appropriate to the City of Ramsey. Resources will include the Water Supply and Distribution Plan and the Comprehensive Sewer Plan. 3. ~~rtati.,i~. An analYsis will be made of external traffic connections and internal c]rculaUon systems serving me _~amsey commumty, w~th specmc attention to street configuration and capacities, truck routes, localized congestion, and bike routes based upon existing information. Existing, available traffic and circulation data will be collected from local, regional and State agencies and from transportation studies previously completed. 4.. ~. A demographic analysis of the community will be undertaken and coordinated with the U.S. Census, and the Minnesota State Demographer. An analysis of population trends including changes in total population, households, age, race, occupation characteristics, school district data, building permits, and appropriate existing ten-year demographic projections will be utilized as a basis for future planning. Besides U.S. Census