Agenda - Council Work Session - 02/19/2013 - Strategic Planning

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Ramsey Final Report Grant No. 05 -1237 City of Ramsey Ramsey Scoping Process The Process: The final step in the R project was a scoping process, the outcome of which was a workable vision and framework for the City's future development. This final step was overseen by a working group of 25 participants appointed by the City Council and including members of city staff and City Council, commission members and others representing major stakeholders in the city. Specifically, the group consisted of: • The four members of the R3 Steering Committee: • Two city staff • One additional Council member (chosen by Council) • One additional Planning Commission member (chosen by the commission) • Two members from Parks and Environmental Policy (one chosen from each) • One Developer who lives in the city chosen by staff and council. • Six Neighborhood Representatives: These were chosen by staff and council from a list of neighborhood activists who have organized neighborhood efforts. • Four OST Group Leaders: These were chosen by council from participants at the OST sessions and leaders of OST discussions to represent diverse points of view. • Two Local Business Owners: These were chosen by Council from a list prepared by staff and the Ramsey3 group. The City identified Dan Marckel as the main consultant to help with the final phase. Dan's knowledge of planning and the Twin Cities area proved invaluable for this final step. Marckel already had established an excellent rapport with city residents who attended his forum session, which received the highest ratings. Marckel also continued to attend the OST sessions and so had first -hand knowledge of what occurred in these discussions and who attended. The final evaluation of Marckel's efforts probably was best expressed by a Working Group member who, at the final session, suggested Ramsey offer him the "key to the City." Refine the OST -based Vision Statement Due to changes in city staff and scheduling conflicts, the scoping sessions began in April, a bit later than we initially expected. The Working Group, however, chose to schedule extra meeting and work long hours in order to get the work done on time. The results of the OST process were in notes recorded by the discussion leaders for each session. In order to turn these notes into a clear and concise vision, the scoping used AtlasTI, a hermeneutic analysis program developed in Germany and generally acknowledged as one of the main programs used by researchers for qualitative analysis.