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view - none~ In its broadest view - the building activity is 9 percent of our budget. If <br />constmcfioni stopped tomorrow, will we have to make up that 9 percent? You could cut <br />programs, r~ise taxes, raise fees, and/or use other revenue sources. We have them. We <br />can use them. Is that good government - inteffund borrowing and reserves etc.? We <br />expect that ~we will have enough land in the MUSA for four years, so a reasonable <br />expectation [s that growth will not stop, it will slow· Is that bad? Not necessarily. I <br />would rather this be asked to the people - what kind of vision do you have for Ramsey. <br /> <br /> f <br />Commissioner Mare stated she talked with someone who had gotten a survey about that. <br />She inquire4fl if the results had been compiled. <br /> <br />Mr. Schroe <br />compiled b~ <br /> <br />Commissio <br /> <br />Mr. Schrc~ <br />primary ob <br />far as a cot <br /> <br />:ler gave some background on the survey and stated that it had not yet been <br />~t that it should be completed shortly. <br /> <br />ter Mare inquired if the City has a vision. <br /> <br />der responded that City government has a mission statement. We have our <br />ecfives, what we will be doing and looking like by departmental function· As <br />maunity vision, he stated he could not say we have that. <br /> <br />Commissioner Donovan stated the word mischief paraphrases a lot. It makes rnc think <br />about our l~hilosophy as a Charter Commission. We have cleaned up some language so <br />Council co~cl act and we have removed some language that's a barrier for that. We do not <br />want to ~ to stop Council's decision-making process. This issue pops up and our <br />philosoph~ is contrary to people out there. I do not feel this represents the majority and I <br />still have ~,~st in our government. Terry Hendriksen made mean statements - approaching <br />slanderous statements. I find this election contrary to my philosophy. <br /> <br />Chairpersqn Steffen stated he is still grappling for discourse in a broad sense· This is a <br />broader issue than just development. The Charter creates the mechanics of authority and <br />checks and balances. We do not agree with this as a Charter. We should be on the broad <br />base issue. I feel there is a serious matter about what authority is given the Planning <br />Commissibn, the Economic Development Commission and the City Council and, what if <br />they do n4t agree. I know they are all trying to have joint meetings to get some unanimity. <br />I feel it wqJuldn't do any good to get the Charter involved. I would like to see us talk about <br />legislafior~ that gives us the authority to amend the Charier. For the next meeting, we could <br />review sta~.~utory bases for amending the Charter to see if there are any changes we would <br />want to r~ommend to legislators. If the Charier Commission agrees on some changes, we <br />could get ~vord to the proper people. <br /> <br />Commissi~oner Marn stated that if we do not have a vision, we will have chaos. I do not <br />know wMt pan the Charter has in that, but in making decisions, it's easier with a vision. <br /> <br />Mr. Sclm~er stated that Ramsey's vision of development is there will be rural <br />developn4ent north of 153rd and urban south of 153rd, but I do not know if that provides a <br />vision - tttmore provides a map for developing. Our comprehensive plan doesn't paint an <br />adequate lbicture for anyone to sufficiently describe a vision. <br /> <br />DiscussiOn ensued relating to development. Mr. Schroeder stated that the metropolitan <br />assumptit~n appears to be that urban is good and rural is bad; however, that can be argued. <br /> <br />ChairperSon Steffen commented that if the Commission is concerned with a way to get <br />amendm6nts, we should get started. He talked about approaching the legislators <br /> <br />Charter Commission/September 7, 1995 <br /> Page 3 of 4 <br /> <br /> <br />