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The land use plan update has not progressed as smoothly as originally anticipated. We produced an alternative paper in July, 1994 that was to serve as a precursor for completing the plan update. This month we are revising the text of the City's land use plan as. directed by City staff. This - ' I revised text will be presented before the City Council in the near future for final adoption, nearly a year later than originally anticipated. As reviousl discussed the invoices marked "extra" were forwarded to keep you informed P Y � 1? Y regarding the status of the project and to indicate those activities we believe are beyond the scope of our original contract. The "extras" are primarily related to the following three areas: 1) I additional meetings with the Planning and Zoning Commission; 2) meetings with the Economic Development Commission; 3) revisions to the land use map specifically requested by Ryan Schroeder July 25, 1995 Page 2 The wetland inventory material was produced by using the National Wetland Inventory (NWI) computer files, overlaying this material on the City's base map, and confimung wetland boundaries with limited field observation and aerial photos. When complete, the City will have a wetland inventory available in hard copy and in electronic data format. The Ramsey etland inventory is a critical information base for the City that few City's in the Y rY tY �' Twin Cities Metropolitan Area have taken the time to gather. The wetland inventory will be a critical component in the City's stormwater planning process. The inventory can also be used for infrastructure, roadway, park and recreation planning, and as a resource to land developers in the City of Ramsey. Also, recent proposed amendments to the Wetland Conservation Act have given permitting preference to local governments who have completed a wetland inventory and taken further actions to prioritize and classify wetlands. , As previously discussed, the contract amount was exceeded on this project because the NWI data was - not in a useable format and required considerable time to "clean the data" so it could be arranged in a reasonable format. We submitted a revised scope of services dated May 4, 1995 to Sylvia Frolik. This revised scope of services is for $3,780 and included the added time necessary for the NWI data and for adding the following items to the City's Base Map as discussed with Ms. Frolik: 1. Rum River Protection Area 2. Mississippi River Protection Area 3. Shoreland Boundaries 4. DNR Protected Wetlands (Labeling wetlands "DNR' and showing the ".OHW') 5. FEMA Floodplain area ' In a gesture of good will and partnership, and a desire to maintain a long term working relationship with the City of Ramsey, we will complete the City's wetland inventory and items I - 4 as fisted above for the not -to- exceed fee of $5,000. The FEMA Floodplain mapping is not included because of the additional time necessary to complete this task. Land Use Ptah The land use plan update has not progressed as smoothly as originally anticipated. We produced an alternative paper in July, 1994 that was to serve as a precursor for completing the plan update. This month we are revising the text of the City's land use plan as. directed by City staff. This - ' I revised text will be presented before the City Council in the near future for final adoption, nearly a year later than originally anticipated. As reviousl discussed the invoices marked "extra" were forwarded to keep you informed P Y � 1? Y regarding the status of the project and to indicate those activities we believe are beyond the scope of our original contract. The "extras" are primarily related to the following three areas: 1) I additional meetings with the Planning and Zoning Commission; 2) meetings with the Economic Development Commission; 3) revisions to the land use map specifically requested by