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➢ Review the financial obligations and resources of the City's TIF districts and submit <br />modifications as necessary. <br />Moderately High Priorities <br />➢ Actively contact and work with prospects concerning the possibility of a second grocery <br />store for Ramsey. <br />➢ Continue to promote multiple modes of transportation, including supporting the <br />efforts to obtain funding for the railroad station. <br />➢ Follow-up on the results of the Retail Site Assessment of Ramsey's Customer Profile <br />undertaken by Buxton in 2008. <br />➢ Consider the feasibility of a Medical -related or Biotech Business incubator in the City of <br />Ramsey. This could include working with Genesis Business Centers, UEL or other <br />entities. <br />➢ Develop long-term marketing strategy to improve area businesses and to attract new <br />businesses. <br />➢ Utilize the City's web site and a software provider (such as E-Gov Link or Co -Star) to <br />improve the community's real estate and business intelligence platform. <br />Medium Priorities <br />➢ Develop a plan to recapitalize the Ramsey Revolving Loan Fund. <br />➢ Move forward with new Village Profile map of the City of Ramsey, as well as the new <br />Anoka Area Chamber of Commerce map. <br />➢ Work with the new owner of the property formerly known as the Diamonds Sports <br />Bar & Grill (a 15.5 acre parcel south of Highway 10) in terms of redevelopment and <br />infrastructure requirements. <br />➢ Work with other City Departments to submit an application to DEED to seek the <br />designation of the area near the transit station as a Transit Improvement Area (TIA). <br />➢ Support efforts by EDAM and other statewide organizations to seek funding for <br />Brownfields Redevelopment and for TIA Loan Programs. <br />➢ Pursue a separate Zip Code and Post Office for the City of Ramsey. <br />➢ Consider the establishment of new industrial/business park in the City of Ramsey. This <br />could include doing a site evaluation of the industrial area south of LCA or the Pearson <br />farm. <br />The bolded priorities are ones where there was significant progress during 2011. Several of <br />the non -bold priorities are ongoing efforts or potentially can move forward in 2012. <br />2 <br />