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WWSB <br />.7L3 <br />& 4ssonates, Inc. <br />Infrastructure • Engineering • Planning • Construction <br />Tim Gladhill, Community Development Director <br />City of Ramsey <br />7550 Sunwood Drive, NW <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br />Dear Tim; <br />701 Xenia Avenue South <br />Suite 300 <br />Minneapolis, MN 55416 <br />Tel: 763-541-4800 <br />Fax: 763-541-1700 <br />Thank you for the opportunity to submit a proposal to you and the City of Ramsey for planning <br />services. WSB & Associates, Inc. has a strong Community Planning and Economic Development <br />group to serve your ongoing land use planning and zoning administration needs, and we are <br />excited at the prospect to work with the City of Ramsey. <br />Enclosed you will find the following information: <br />1) General information about the our company and the benefits of working with us <br />2) A listing of services our Community Planning and Economic Development group provides <br />3) Detailed information about the proposed team to serve your planning needs, hourly rates, <br />and bios <br />4) A copy of a typical Professional Services Agreement <br />The WSB Way <br />Our company was founded in 1995 with a corporate culture rooted in "The WSB Way". The <br />three tenets, Integrity, Over -the -Top Customer Service, and Technical Excellence, have become <br />engrained in our company culture. In 2010, the company saw our clients' need for planning <br />services and we built our Community Planning and Economic Development. <br />In addition to our professional services, choosing to work with WSB means having access to a <br />variety of "value added" services for no extra cost. One of our most valuable is access to our <br />grants and funding analysis, a clearinghouse of hundreds of grant opportunities ranging from <br />large, infrastructure funding sources, to smaller community development/economic <br />development grant opportunities. Another benefit of working with our company is open and <br />free access to WSB University, our educational programs. WSB University holds several <br />trainings a month on a variety of topics ranging from leadership development to understanding <br />the upcoming Comprehensive Planning process. As clients, you have open access to both our <br />grants and funding resources and WSB University. <br />Our Community Planning and Economic Development Team <br />WSB's Community Planning team includes 7 community planning staff and 2 economic <br />developers with a wide range of experience, expertise, and passions. Our group works <br />collaboratively within the group and with other services within the company to ensure the best <br />value and over the top customer service for our clients. We work closely with Landscape <br />Architecture, GIS, and the Private Development group to integrate the site level design eye and <br />the private development community into our work to ensure a practical and realistic approach. <br />