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CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLANNING <br />1. Increase effort to garner positive media /positive public relations efforts <br />2. City -wide marketing plan - existing and new resident and business, define story and objectives, review existing <br />efforts and effectiveness of efforts from an outcome perspective <br />3. Identify stakeholders in the image and success of Ramsey <br />DEVELOPMENT <br />4. Review strategy for the sale of land in The COR <br />5. Pursue change to Met Council policy regarding RALF lease revenue -that it be shared with the City or the City <br />gets to keep it if there is no plan to improve US10 or figure out a plan to convert those dollars to support <br />funding Armstrong Interchange <br />6. Review Economic Development effort for business recruitment, expansion, retention- assess value of efforts <br />(evaluate smoke stack chasing and grow your own) <br />7. Review City facilitation efforts to help businesses grown- assistance with identifying lending, funding, help <br />through the process of expanding or developing a new business <br />8. Facilitate review of costs of operating a business: example provide information about how to reduce assessed <br />value of a property, other operational expenses of businesses <br />9. Consider additional commercial nodes (167/47 and Armstrong /181) <br />TRANSPORTATION <br />10. Sunwood realignment project <br />11. Look for ways to increase capacity and improve traffic flow on 47 (review timing of lights at key intersections, <br />lane stripping) <br />12. Road reconstruction initiative <br />13. Review signing and striping at US10 /Armstrong and Bunker /Armstrong <br />14. Highway 47 alignment through Anoka <br />15. Review US10 median cuts /turning movements <br />16. Identify high priority trail connections to improve connectivity throughout the community <br />17. Review private street west of Hwy 47 /Bunker- behind SA <br />18. Pedestrian overpass over US10- pursue funding for design and construction <br />HOUSING <br />19. Resident roundtable to understand concerns of mature neighborhoods for maintenance of housing stock, re- <br />investment, stability, any neighborhood concerns <br />20. Recent increase rental properties for group /treatment living <br />BUDGET /FINANCE <br />21. Refinance RMC debt <br />22. Franchise fee for road reconstruction initiative <br />23. Explore business subsidy programs for development /investment (CMDC -tied new markets type program) <br />24. Comprehensive management review of services and cost of providing services to determine budget <br />25. Consider options for contracting services /functions <br />26. Reduce HRA and EDA levies <br />27. Review capital purchases to determine if they can be delayed and CIP for projects that we would move forward <br />28. Explore opportunities for additional revenue by renting out equipment, contracting staff <br />29. Continuous improvement to look for efficiencies, ways to reduce costs <br />POLICIES /PROGRAMS /SERVICES <br />30. Continue to review rate and fee schedule to consider reductions <br />31. Single line of accountability and quality control on public improvement /street projects <br />32. Review permits for siding windows, roofing -do we need to have them. Can we eliminate (smaller permits)? <br />33. Sustainability of programs and services <br />34. Consider use of recreational vehicle use on City streets /trails <br />