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CITY OF RAMSEY PRELIMINARY WORK PLAN FOR: <br />2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE <br />(DETAILED WORK PLANS TO BE DEVELOPED IN FUTURE STEPS) <br />PURPOSE: The intent of this document is to BEGIN discussions on developing a Work Plan <br />for the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update. <br />This step is not intended to approve a work plan, nor authorize work to begin on updating the current 2030 <br />Comprehensive Plan. Furthermore, acceptance of this preliminary/initial work plan does not indicate adoption <br />or support of any component of the Comprehensive Plan or regional planning document of the Metropolitan <br />Council. Due to the number of required elements and statutory deadlines, it will be important to plan for a <br />workable, cost-effective work plan to accomplish the minimum necessary elements. This document is NOT a <br />finished product and will evolve throughout the process. The City is required to update its Comprehensive Plan <br />once every ten (10) years. <br />At the end of 2015, the Metropolitan Council will have completed updates to Regional System Plans (Water <br />Resources, Transportation, Parks, and Housing). Information will then be compiled at the local, individual <br />community level in the form of a System Statement. The System Statement is the official kick off to the required <br />Comprehensive Plan Update for the City of Ramsey. This Work Plan is anticipated to be a 12-24 month process <br />with periodic check -ins as needed. <br />The Work Plan is divided into several logical categories. Specific outcomes are not identified in this work plan, <br />but a framework to complete the necessary steps. Based on feedback from the previous 2030 Comprehensive <br />Plan Update, it will be important to start planning for citizen engagement and plan development early in the <br />process in order to meet statutory deadlines. <br />This work planning will be key for budget planning purposes for the years 2016-2018 in order to identify <br />benchmarks and required resources to complete. <br />Sometimes, each step can be accomplished in a single meeting. Others may take several meetings to complete. <br />Likewise, a single meeting may accomplish multiple elements. Once general consensus is achieved, or at least <br />as close to full consensus as possible, each individual end product will proceed through City advisory board <br />review and then City Council adoption. <br />Each `Element is likely to have several steps and is anticipated to commence with citizen engagement before <br />developing alternatives or products. <br />The broad steps include, but are not limited to the following: <br />1. Ask the community the policy question <br />2. Identify Issues and Opportunities <br />3. Develop Alternatives <br />4. Seek Consensus on End Product <br />The intent of this work plan is to divide the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update into smaller, manageable tasks <br />that will maximize the opportunity for public input. <br />Element #1: REGIONAL SYSTEM PLANS <br />