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City Council Liaison Letourneau suggested the broad question "What principles or goals might we need to change for this community to meet our land use vision." Board Member Hiatt stated he liked the question but would want to see the words "quality" and "environment" used. He suggested "maintaining or improving our quality of environment". City Council Liaison LeTourneau stated that this type of question instantly got the Board into the type of conversation it needs to have. He thinks it should be about quality of use and types of use and those are the types of things you would want the group to naturally start to talk about. City Planner Anderson likes the question, but would have some concern that it may be viewed by the public as a part of the land use mapping exercise as opposed to tying in with natural resources. He asked if there is a way to weave into the question "land use vision and natural resources" or something along those lines. Board Member Lewis stated that his problem with the question is the wording "land use vision" because it begs for a description. He stated that he does like the question, but thinks that it needs to be rephrased. City Council Liaison LeTourneau stated that nobody knows what land use vision is but it does pose all those larger questions that get the conversation going. He agrees that the Board should try to weave in "natural resources" or possibly take "land use vision" out or tweak it. He stated that the words "land use vision" are used in the case several times. Acting Chairman Valentine stated that what the Board is talking about is not necessarily changes to the land use vision, but rather how the natural resource factors work with the land use vision. City Planner Anderson suggested modifying the question to read "How do natural resources fit into the land use vision of the City?" Committee members agreed with City Planner Anderson' s modification. Acting Chairman Valentine asked if it should read "How do" or "How should". Board Member Lewis suggested modifying the question to say "your perception" or "your vision of land use within the City of Ramsey". City Planner Anderson restated the question as "How do or how should natural resources fit with your perception of land use?" He asked Board Member Lewis to restate his suggestion. Board Member Lewis suggested "How do they fit or align with your perception/vision of the land use vision." Board Member Hiatt asked how the Board can make sure the discussion is all encompassing on various environmental factors. He asked how the connection between natural resources and recycling could be made. He stated that the word environmental is more encompassing. City Planner Anderson suggested adding "natural resources and the environment". Environmental Policy Board / May 19, 2015 Page 3 of 7